Red wins in election lawsuits; SCOTUS docket; Pfizer CEO dishes on Trump deal; Minnesota shooting victim narrative complications; Trump teases major fraud findings; AI revolution incoming; more.
(Feel free to skip to the link at the bottom for the original story, but MSM's objective of influencing rather than inquiring, investigating, or reporting anything that doesn't contribute to that objective is noteworthy.)
MSM has ceded all pretense of objectivity. Look at the list of about 60 Minnesota companies/organizations that signed a letter, dated Jan 25, 2026, to Tim Walz, et al., encouraging cooperation with the Feds, and then consider that MSM has not uttered a word about it (that I’ve heard). This letter apparently preceded Walz’s call to Trump, but a functioning news media would have recognized and reported this sentiment from prominent Minnesota businesses, instead of wall-to-wall replays of the skirmish that resulted in the death of the mountain climbing nurse who sacrificed himself for the media/anti-Trump/democrat/fraud/anti-ICE/pro-violent crime cause.
3M – William Brown, Chairman and CEO
Allianz Life Insurance Company – Jasmine Jirele, President and CEO
Allina – Lisa Shannon, President and CEO, Tim Welsh, Board Chair
Ameriprise Financial – James Cracchiolo, Chairman and CEO
Anchor Paper – Brooke Lee, CEO
Andersen Corporation – Chris Galvin, Chairman and CEO
APi Group – Russell Becker, CEO and President
Best Buy – Corie Barry, CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota – Dana Erickson, President and CEO
Boston Scientific – Joseph Fitzgerald, Executive Vice President and Group President, Cardiology
C.H. Robinson – Dave Bozeman, President and CEO
Cargill – Brian Sikes, Board Chair and CEO
Carlson – Scott Gage, Chair
CentraCare Health – Kenneth Holmen, M.D., President and CEO
Children’s Minnesota – Emily Chapman, M.D., CEO
CHS – Jay Debertin, President and CEO
CJ Schwan's – Brian Schiegg, CEO
Delta Dental of Minnesota – Rodney Young, CEO
Deluxe Corporation – Barry McCarthy, President and CEO
Donaldson Company, Inc. – Tod Carpenter, Chairman, President and CEO
ECMC Group – Dan Fisher, CEO
Ecolab – Christophe Beck, Chairman and CEO
Essentia Health – Dr. David Herman, CEO
Fairview Health Services – James Hereford, President and CEO
Faribault Mill – Ross Widmoyer, President and CEO
Gardner Builders – Bob Gardner, Founder and CEO
General Mills – Jeff Harmening, Chairman and CEO
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare – Barbara Joers, President and CEO
Greater MSP – Peter Frosch, CEO
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation – Dr. Joseph Lee, President and CEO
HealthPartners – Andrea Walsh, President and CEO
Hormel – Jeff Ettinger, Interim CEO
Kraus-Anderson Companies, Inc. – Peter J. Diessner, CEO
Land O'Lakes – Beth Ford, President and CEO
Liberty Diversified International – Mike Fiterman, Chairman
Marsden Holding – Guy Mingo, President and CEO
Mayo Clinic – Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., President and CEO
Medica – Lisa Erickson, President and CEO
Medtronic – Geoff Martha, CEO and Chairman
Minnesota Business Partnership – Kurt Zellers, CEO
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce – Doug Loon, President and CEO
Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx – On behalf of the entire organization
Minnesota Twins - On behalf of the entire organization
Minnesota United FC – Shari Ballard, CEO
Minnesota Vikings – On behalf of the entire organization
Minnesota Wild – On behalf of the entire organization
Mortenson – David Mortenson, Chairperson, Derek Cunz, President and CEO
New Horizon Academy – Chad Dunkley, CEO
nVent – Beth Wozniak, Chair and CEO
Patterson Companies – Robert Rajalingam, CEO
Pentair – John L. Stauch, President and CEO
Piper Sandler – Chad Abraham, Chairman and CEO
Pohlad Companies – On behalf of the entire organization
Prime Therapeutics – Mostafa Kamal, President and CEO
Red Wing Shoes – Allison Gettings, President and CEO
Ryan Companies US, Inc. – Brian Murray, CEO
Securian Financial Group – Chris Hilger, Chairman, President and CEO
Sleep Number – Linda Findley, President and CEO
SPS Commerce – Chad Collins, CEO
Target – Michael Fiddelke, Incoming CEO
Tennant Company – Dave Huml, President and CEO
The Toro Company – Rick Olson, Chairman and CEO
Thrivent – Teresa Rasmussen, President and CEO
U.S. Bancorp – Gunjan Kedia, CEO
UnitedHealth Group – Stephen J. Hemsley, CEO
Winnebago Industries – Michael Happe, President and CEO
Xcel Energy – Bob Frenzel, Chairman, President and CEO
Excerpt from letter:
“… we are calling for an immediate de-escalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.”
MSM is worth less than nothing. They prefer that you think these companies are aligned with Walz against ICE. They prefer you not think about the colossal theft that has occurred in/through Minnesota state government. Don’t worry about Truth or Reality. “Do not attempt to adjust the picture.”
The NYPost reported on that story about the MN companies...they also ran a story today about the St Paul Police Federation president blaming the politicians for not allowing the cops to do crowd control.
Hey, you got a problem being told what to think about these "protestors"? These days we got MSM to frame the current Narrative for ALL of us, got it? Don't make waves. There are people in very LOW places to keep us on track.
I think at least some portion of these people are true believers, not getting paid but they are being trained in formal classes being held, and called to protests via the Signal network. Have seen videos on X of AWFL's talking about 'getting their affairs in order' in case they are killed, the ultimate virtue signal post saying they are willing to die for the cause. Of course saying it vs actually doing something that stupid are 2 different things....
On a side note, you mentioned Fox. Where is Lawrence Jones--one of the 3 anchors of Fox and Friends? Fox says he is taking a break, but I don't buy that. Here one day, gone the next. Lawrence Jones calls it like he sees it. The people who sit on the throne at Fox don't like that--just ask Tucker.
Well, if I were the CEO of Crowds on Demand, (Adam Swart) I would be putting the business at risk of lawsuits and possible criminal prosecution if I were sending people to do illegal things.
"Blocking roadways, obstructing federal agents and threatening authorities are illegal, and we don’t engage in any form of illegal protest," Swart said, warning the chaos playing out on city streets will have the opposite effect demonstrators claim to want. "The impact of these protests will actually be to increase ICE operations, not decrease them." Swart said mixing peaceful protesters with agitators creates serious risks on multiple fronts.
Not saying there are not people who may be getting paid, but probably more like cash under the table vs a formal company. But nothing much surprises me any more.
I wonder if it ever occurs to these folks to get normal jobs, rather than volunteering (or being paid) to die for criminals, corrupt politicians, and media notoriety... Call me old-fashioned, but....
Well, it seems more like a side gig than a full time job. People who do shift work, like nurses (my daughter in law works 12 hour shifts so is off 4 days a week), or waiters or retail workers would have flexibility to hit a protest or 2 on off days. Although I dug into that company a while ago and they also staff crowds for things like trade shows to help generate 'buzz' so not just political stuff. https://crowdsondemand.com/audiences-events-and-fan-displays
Good to know. It seems the major networks couldn't find time to cover it. At least Kimmel shared how his emotions were affected by the nurse's heroism.
Goes to show that the governor and state administration don’t really care about the companies in their state, their TDS is all that matters. Frey is still pushing back, despite the good discussions between Trump and Walz.
Also check out Cam Higby’s undercover findings in MN - he infiltrated the Signal group and is finding many connections with Walz and other local gov, police and biz helpers providing license plates and shift change schedules and locations / addresses of ICE
That’s a fascinating feed. I’m following 0hour1 on X and it’s mind blowing AND entertaining how much they are doing and have done blowing up that chat and getting their hands on ALL the member’s emails and names and such.
I'm guessing Cam Higby is another Nick Shirley. It's more acceptable and fun to see independent investigators uncover things. There is a reason they renewed FISA.
Now, let's cross check this list of companies with those who donated or supported anti-ICE protests and pro-illegal immigrant policies. Target has a long history of Woke lefty policies, as have a number of the sports teams. I can't speak for the others, but I suspect a lot of them have foundations or donation structures that have funded and supported exactly the demonstrators who are causing chaos in the Cities. Even here in California, where we have a much larger immigrant population we haven't had nearly this much violence and chaos. Maybe because a lot of the immigrants here want the criminal illegals out of their neighborhoods so that they can have the safety that attracted them to the US.
Since those listed businesses want Walz to work with DHS, I doubt you'll find many of them on the paying side of protesters. All the idiots had to do was open jails/prisons to ICE. Kinda stupid not to, since the people there have continued to prove they are a problem - that's why they are in jail. What's going to crush Walz, Frey & Co will be the MN fraud. They had $$$$$ of that stolen money, in their campaigns if not their pockets. https://youtu.be/fa93mwT0fNc?si=l6zLV5R5iR8HWExJ
I looked at https://www.dhs.gov/wow - 3072 arrests in CA vs only 486 in MN. Granted, CA a more populous state but seems like ICE is getting more of them successfully in your state.
Yes, remember the map Jeff posted in C&C several days ago? It shows that the number of people arrested in MN is middle of the road compared to the US as a whole. So why MN? That is the question.
Thanks for this information. The administration should have a website dedicated just to the contribution of citizen journalists and a once-weekly, hourly press conference relaying it to the nation, prefacing the conference with: "Bringing you all the news that's REALLY fit to print...the news that terrifies the New York Times."
A lot of the government is still very much deep state and in line with the democratic party, hence why the propaganda continues, and even if the propaganda stops, we have all seen the legacy of it. There are still many that want the salad days of Covid restrictions back and they love the idea of demanding accommodation of the masses in service of the few.
Democrats are the skilled, shameless thieves who have established and perfected NGO networks and "non-profits" to perpetuate the ongoing loud sucking sound at the US Treasury. Republicans, with a few notable exceptions, aspire to the success of the Democrats in this regard.
It was reported this week that a bi-partisan group voted to largely undo the cuts identified by DOGE, including funding for the National Institutes of Health.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND: "The darkest hour is just before dawn." And Churchill said it clear to a school full of frightened students during the Nazi bombing of London: "Never, never, never, never, never,. never, never ... give up!" That's why we turn to God in prayer, act with confidence to do what is right, and never despair: 1) He is on the side of righteousness 2) We know these anti-ICE protests are a tactic to distract/prevent investigation of cosmic levels of fraud and OTHER crimes spawned by that fraud 3) Thus we know that God is on our side in supporting the extermination of this criminal scheme hijacking law and decency.
I wondered about the silence. Dr. Steve Turley had a great YouTube yesterday detailing this. Some of my other trusted sources don’t seem to be on the ball about this either, including the Daily Signal. Love Peggy.
Impressive list of companies. Minneapolis is the hub for so many great companies. I was there on business about 10 years ago when Trump was still settling into his new desk and there was no Covid or Floyd rioting on the horizon. I got a Somalian taxi driver. He was very nice. I asked him how he liked living in the USA and he said he loved it but didn’t like that so many other Somalis were coming and bringing their old ways with them. He’d come for a new start. I think about that conversation a lot these days. That man knew what was coming.
Going forward, "the news" should be placed in quotes when referencing MSM, similarly to "Joe Biden" when speaking of the 4 year vacancy during the term of the 46th POTUS.
The media and reporters should stop using the word "protester". These people are not protesters, they are not part of a legally permitted demonstration, they are not peacefully expressing their disagreement. They are violent agitators and disrupters.
They are part of a well organized insurgency group, part of a "color revolution" against a sitting President. They are intentionally obstructing justice and the legal authority of ICE. They are even funded by foreign nationals, promoted by Hillary Clinton and Obama. Data Republican showed this connection. This is what America is up against.
Nor is any illegal alien a citizen allowed due process because they are on American soil. With that scenario every foreign tourist could claim citizenship and due process.
Respectfully disagree on one thing: I’ve never seen withholding info as different. I’ve always seen it as the exact same as voicing a lie. The same way someone who condones the behavior of a bully by not speaking up is just as guilty as the bully because they allowed it to continue, it’s silent permission. I know others disagree with my take on that but it’s the way I have always seen it. Leaving out key facts that might change perspectives is purposefully allowing false perspectives to remain - that’s basically what lying is for.
Lying by omission. Mr. Childers wrote, "Pretti's gun went off in the Fracas" ...
The videos show the gun was removed from Pretti's back by a CBP officer just before the first shot was fired while Pretti was on his knees, both hands on the ground. However, by omitting the fact the gun was in a CBP officer's hand, Jeff appears to be deceitfully implying it was fired by Pretti (instead of POSSIBLY accidentally discharged by the CBP officer).
P.S. "At the same time as the first shot is fired, the agent in the grey jacket is leaving with the gun taken from Pretti’s holster. An alternate angle appears shows that the slide of this firearm does not move to the rear. This would indicate that it was not fired. ... there is as yet no evidence that Pretti’s gun was fired." https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-analysing-footage-of-minneapolis-cbp-shooting/
No the point was that the other officers couldn’t have known it was in the one officer’s hand by that time and they had every reasonable cause to believe it went off from his hand, if any did.
You’re the only one here causing deceit by focusing on your narrative that ICE is to blame and none of the other very reasonable possibilities
"the other officers couldn’t have known it was in the one officer’s hand by that time": IF you watch the 3-way synced video, it appears that the CBP officer who started shooting SAW the gun being removed (by the other officer from Pretti's waistband) as he drew his pistol and started firing into Pretti's back.
Leaving out information when creating a narrative is a classic propaganda technique to manipulate people. The media knows exactly what it is doing and is doing it intentionally.
Yes… and lies of omission fortunately continue to be outed… given the time related to AI today, this Clayton Morris “Redacted” is a worthwhile update on the jabs, nano bots being put in everything… the important msg is without informed consent, the need for data centers).
Clayton interviews Jesse Beltran about A new documentary might be the most mind blowing report we've ever seen on the covid vaccine. If you took the shot, your body is acting as a transmitter.
One of the most eye opening scenes from the trailer shows signals being received... and then camera pans back and you realize the signals are coming from underground... in the corpses in the graveyard... people that had taken the shot... now dead... but still sending a signal. What you will want to jot down: https://youtu.be/GSJ2GHI_AdM?si=X3U8m7FwhOyz6Fo1
A shocking whistleblower from within the hospital system has come forward with a grave warning: the term “vaccine” is quietly disappearing from medical consent forms — replaced with the broad and deceptive category of “Biologics” or “Biogenics.”
Under this new classification, patients could be injected with vaccines and other biological products without their explicit consent — even while unconscious under anesthesia.
According to the insider, new hospital and surgical consent forms now refer to a category called Biologics/Biogenics — a vague umbrella term that includes a wide range of substances and medical treatments containing living organisms or their byproducts.
What does that include? The U.S. FDA’s own list of approved Biologics/Biogenics covers:
Vaccines
Gene therapy
Monoclonal antibodies
Whole blood and blood plasma
Blood platelets and red blood cells
Stem cells and T-cells
Growth factors
Allergenics and antitoxins
Recombinant proteins
Hormone replacement therapies (HRT)
Immunotherapies
Botox
In short, signing a consent form authorizing “Biologics/Biogenics” may give medical staff the legal right to inject or infuse you with any of these products — at their discretion.
It would be good if Congress would get rid of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act which legalized propaganda directed to the American people. Obama's gift to the USA.
Although we saw for the last 4 years, it's not the laws so much as the selective enforcement of those laws. They do no good to be on the books if they are ignored, and too many have gotten away with that for too long. We had a local prosecutor who wrote to the police and said they would not be prosecuting drug crimes unless they were accompanied by a violent crime.
So are blacks. So many misrepresented so that the stats support their claim most crimes are by white men. Yeah, brown or black men with the democratic box of white checked.
"There are lots of things the media needs to quit lying about, whether by actual misinformation or word choices."
. . .
Besides "misinformation," Mr. Childers also puts out disinformation with his creative "word choices."
For example, today he wrote, “Alex Pretti blocked an ICE operation, blew his bullhorn in agent’s faces, physically tried to stop them from arresting another rioter, thereby committing a crime (assault on a federal officer), violently resisted arrest in a scrum with a half dozen officers, and after Pretti’s gun went off in the fracas, was shot and killed.”
I've probably watched all the cellphone videos. NONE of the claims in his quote are factual (except for his final phrase “was shot and killed”.
For example, please show me where Pretti “blew his bullhorn in agent's faces” (he was holding his cell phone).
Or, please provide a link with evidence that “Pretti’s gun went off in the fracas.” A CBP officer shot Pretti in the back shortly after officer(s) shouted “Gun!” and another officer had just removed the pistol from Pretti's waistband while he was on his knees and face down.. By omitting the fact the gun was in a CBP officer's hand, Jeff appears to be deceitfully implying it was fired by Pretti (instead of POSSIBLY accidentally discharged by the CBP officer). https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-analysing-footage-of-minneapolis-cbp-shooting/
As a lawyer, I'm not surprised that Mr. Childers might be disingenuous, but bald-faced lying (Like DHS Secretary Noem saying Pretti “brandished” his pistol) is BS. Or maybe he's just sloppy with his “facts”?
Regardless, his claims don't reflect well on his credibility. He appears to be just a partisan hack, just like the MSM, instead of someone concerned with the truth.
It's telling you didn't address a single point I brought up in my comment above about Childer's BS.
Thanks for your concern for my well-being. For what it's worth, I spent 8 years as an ABN RGR LRRP with Co. F (Ranger) 425th INF MI ARNG (got out in '91 since disgusted by the BS first Gulf War). Spent 30 years as a firefighter in a 200K city. Was in several violent situations with crowds or dealing with the aftermath of shootings and stabbings (especially during the gang turf wars back in the 90'). How about yourself?.
I'll take your thanks for being a firefighter. But, NOT for being in the Army; I hate that "Thank you for your service'"BS! Not serving anybody, just being an "imperial storm trooper." If you want to do something for veterans, maybe do your part to keep our country out of stupid wars (like the impending one with Iran (Israel First!). Too many vets I know with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries from IEDs.
Careful, careful ... you're paying attention to the details. You're supposed to be passively taking it all in ... and hearing MSM broadcasters bark out CONCLUSIONS for us.
Who is sending all of the paid protestors their 1099NECs for 2025?
Are the protestors filing a Schedule C 1099NEC??
Asking for all the IRS agents who should be asking.
Capone went to prison via the IRS.
Any funding over $600 needs to have an attached 1099NEC. Granted the IRS normally doesn't criminally go after Joe Blow tax payer who forgot to file their 1099NEC. However, this level of funding is a different beast. The protestor payments either via SNAIL mail or electronic means crossed state lines. Failure to provide 1099NECs at that point would meet some of the elements of Tax Fraud associated with the RICO statute.
Go after the money and taxes. Someone is on the hook for providing the 1099s and all the protestors are responsible for filing each 1099.
Doesnt matter: An audit will show money gping out of accounts. If its converted to cash first to avoid 1099s, then criminal charges come next. See my other post in this thread
Reading it. Mexico, China, Muslims, cartels, adversaries galore trying and succeeding to defraud and infiltrate us through illegal immigration. Using “racist Xenophobia” as a bludgeon to subvert us, we must reassert our “right to our sovereignty.”
"We charge penalties for each information return you didn’t file correctly or on time, and for each payee statement you didn’t provide correctly on time. " - IRS
Soooo... in 2025 for example, for EACH payment made to a protestor that was NOT followed up by a 1099NEC (aka intentionally not sending out 1099), the penalty is $660 for EACH of the 1099 not sent.
Here is the breakdown for previous years:
2026 $680
2025 $660
2024 $630
2023 $580
2022 $570
2021 $560
2020 $550
Soooo... lets say the IRS looks at (audits) Acme Protestor Funder LLC from 2020 through 2025 and finds, for easy math, 1,000 individual 1099s not sent.
2025 = $660,000 fine
2024 = $630,000 fine
2023 = $580,000 fine
2022 = $570,000 fine
2021 = $560,000 fine
2020 = $550,000 fine
Total = $3,550,500 fine plus interest, etc
But wait, there is more; here the fun stuff
Criminal issues with not reporting 1099s
Tax Evasion (26 U.S.C. § 7201): A felony charge that can result in up to five years in federal prison and fines of up to $250,000 for individuals or $500,000 for corporations.
Willful Failure to File/Supply Information (26 U.S.C. § 7203): This can be a misdemeanor, but if determined to be part of a fraudulent scheme, can carry up to one year in prison per unfiled return and fines up to $100,000.
Making False Statements (26 U.S.C. § 7206): If you filed a business tax return (e.g., Form 1120-S or 1065) and answered "No" to the question asking if you were required to file 1099s, this can be charged as a felony (perjury) with up to three years in prison.
Ok, I understand those kinds of crimes. But what about large amounts of cash that are just waiting to be handed out to random individuals who show up to help. I guess they have to have sign up sheets but what if it’s like a poster (online post) telling all interested people to meet at such and such place and then when they show up they are handed cash. There’s no forensic lines to follow other than tax money going to an NGO who then gave money to a local business who turned it into cash and there is no way to tell who they paid it out to.
Words do matter. But the sad thing is that the difference between democrats and republicans is "Government expansion, whole hog" (Democrats), and Government Lite™ (Republicans
The people who vote for both these sides are not part of the psyops, but they are subject to them, as many of us are.
Minneapolis: As the weeks went by, I must admit, with the George Floyd outrage fresh in my mind, I was more than a little frustrated with Trump for not taking control, for not using the Insurrection Act. But then came my lightbulb moment, Of course, I knew Minneapolis was staged in order to deflect from the fraud story, but then it occurred to me that the powers-that-be behind these paid "protesters" had another goal. They WANTED Trump to use the Insurrection Act. They were baiting him to use the Insurrection Act! That would be PROOF that he is, indeed, a fascist dictator. Well, he didn't bite. But then he never does.
There is a writer on social media, Michael McCune, who has been writing about this very thing. Using or not using the Insurrection Act was a lose, lose for Trump. His advice to all of us was Holdout. Trump apparently had some good advice and figured it out. Smart man, our President.
How sad is it when using the very laws and tools meant to protect us from enemies foreign and domestic ends up hurting us if we use them. 🙁 I’m so tired of these evil people.
I've been wondering if the best thing would be pull back on the ICE work in Minn for now, and concentrate on the fraud - and arresting the criminal anti-ICE ringleaders. Then they could come back and do the deportations without as much "resistance".
I'm talking about sending those agents to other states FOR NOW. Then bring them back to Minnesota when the organizers of the color revolution have been arrested.
That’s how you get such widespread compliance and participation in the fraud. Pretty soon you have dirt on everyone and can take them down in an instant if need be, or you assassinate them like they did Hortman. Most people keep their mouth shut for fear of retaliation either way. It’s really like the mafia where they get them (business owners/officials/leaders,) trapped early on so they can be controlled and are not a risk to continued operations.
In my little mind I decided that letting this “paid protestors” thing keep going was a way for the Trump people to do the behind the scenes research to catch the payers of such underground revolutionists. It was definitely NOT a group of concerned citizens but a color revolution in place there on the streets in MN. I also believe that this revolution has been going on for sometime and we weren’t aware of it until it hit us in the face with the amount of hate against Trump. It isn’t just democrats but many republicans that want this country to be destroyed and made into a socialist nation. I never distrust Trump. He has taken on the huge task of saving our Republic (not a democracy). I trust God only but support Trump.
All the Never Trumpers are whining that Trump caved and now all the blue states are going to sponsor riots. I'm thinking it is otherwise, but what do I know...
Pretty good, thank you for asking. The treatment (coil embolization) is scheduled for March 11, which is the week after I get back from my beach vacation.
Thank you! This is an every-other-year thing with some other moms, and we all hold it loosely, never knowing who will actually be able to go depending on life events. Lord willing, those of us who need the ocean and its peace will be able to go.
That's what I'm waiting for. The Walz perp walk(along with Frey and Ellison). Trump is right. There is fraud on fraud. It's enormous. To think he could have been VP if enough idiots had chosen the Kackler.
I’m just as impatient for justice as the rest but you’re right: they must make certain to leave nothing to chance, cover their a$$e$ & find all the work arounds for the activist judges’ coming responses. I don’t envy anyone in the DOJ right now.
I don’t know but I am so here for the perp walks. “Oh the wai-ting is the hardest part.” But I’ll wait. Impatiently. And bask in the Schadenfreude when it comes…
Just finished Mike Campbell's highly-rated and recommended book, "Heartbreaker: A Memoir". Truly a rags-to-riches story, from Tom's long-time band mate.
If you think about it, the entire government was involved in fraud schemes just like the states are. Taxes on everything, funding for illegals, funding NGOs, shell companies, no-bid contracts, etc etc.
When will there be jail time? Never.
We keep voting for these politicians and the results are always the same.
They take off their pants and bend over for lobbyists, campaign donors and pedo traffickers 🤡
Maybe Starbucks could go back to requiring employees to cover their tattoos. Maybe it's just me, but I prefer those preparing my food to not look like a walking hepatitis factory.
Ewe 🤢 I am seeing those piercings everywhere now, especially in doctor offices?! Seems like the wearers are nice enough but those piercings are so distracting.
I generally agree with two exceptions: the original Starbucks location in Seattle’s coffee is a cut above, and the Starbucks location in a converted old post office in Milan, Italy, is really worth seeing. Otherwise, I always avoid Starbucks and patronize local places whenever I can.
ha ha. I really don't mind the tattoos. Everyone under 30 sports them now. Too bad they don't know the inks wind up in your lymph system and lead to increased cancers. But I have to say I LIKE Starbucks. I've had nothing but good experiences with every employee I've dealt with at the ones I go to. All very nice people just trying to make a living. And now, they have these machines that grind and brew a fresh cup of coffee for each order so you don't get anything sitting in a pot anymore, which too many coffee houses still do. Some of the best coffee from those machines. I never bother with the "fancy drinks" loaded with sugar and flavorings.
Love it- it’s like the Kwik trip stations in WI…. Bring your own mug get a discount on fresh brewed-into-you- cup coffee. Starbucks- ick. We buy coffee from roasters in our area.
We've traveled the entire country the last 5 years and Maverik is now our fave stop - if they have diesel stations for our f350 towing our 5th wheel - they are clean and as you said, great coffee at a great price!
Ever wonder what substance is used to make the tattoos? The same stuff they use to paint automobiles! Tell me that's not toxic. A lifetime of toxicity being absorbed into your body.
unfortunately, they don't test them but they all move into your lymph system as your body is trying to remove what it (correctly) perceives as foreign matter. Laser removal doesn't really remove it either.
Kind of like vaccines. some folks have no bad reactions while others do. Denmark did a study with twins, one with tattoos and the other without. They found that skin cancer and lymphoma were more frequent in those with the tattoos. The inks contain heavy metals and chemicals like propylene glycol. Inks travels from skin to blood to lymph nodes. Most probably won't have a bad reaction but I guess my point is why even put the stuff in your body just to participate in the fad of the moment?
Never liked Starbucks, but then I am in the backwoods here, so the only place I saw them was in airports. We now have one about 15 minutes away, but we also now have a Biggby’s, 5 minutes away. They make a good, if still overpriced latte.
Starbucks lost me right before the plandemic. I just checked, and the last time I refilled my Starbucks Rewards card was in November 2019. This coincides with the last time I set foot in Manhattan for work. That ship has long since sailed, and I'm so glad it has!
I know there’s a flood of news to try and keep up with and God knows Jeff is faced with the impossibility of hitting ALL of the salient points of the moment….especially with all eyes frozen on the heinous atrocities unfolding in Minnesota. Given the influx of absurdity that characterizes our current time frame, he can’t possibly get to everything. It must be a devil of a time prioritizing ceaseless madness on all fronts. To that end I hope that you all don’t mind me adding an addendum to today's post. It’s not at all pleasant, but necessary nonetheless as the other side continues its free fall descent into the pit.
Another useless hypocritical liberal chucklehead self-destructs: “Silence of the Toads”
Bell won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2019 as a freelancer. He was recognized for "beautiful and daring editorial cartoons that took on issues affecting disenfranchised communities, calling out lies, hypocrisy and fraud in the political turmoil surrounding the Trump administration," according to the awards website. Wait for ………………………...it
The heralded prize winner and sanctimonious icon of the progressive loons was arrested on Wednesday Jan. 16, accused of possessing 134 videos depicting child sex abuse. Bell was being held on $1 million bail Thursday at the Sacramento County Main Jail. A woman who identified herself as Bell's wife said Thursday afternoon in a brief telephone interview, "Pray for me and my children." She declined to comment further.
Here we have yet another textbook example proving once again that every progressive liberal’s haphazard accusations turn out to be confessions. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Hopefully, this creeping Jesus boogeyman will be updating his resume to highlight his new found “talents” for his potential employers. Wonder if he’ll be keeping his paltry Pulitzer?
Lots of people share news in the comments that isn’t covered in Jeff’s daily swim. We like it actually. Were a cool bunch. 😊 (Well except some knobheads who get their panties in a twist whining, “what’s that got to do with Jeff’s article today!” And we just laugh at them, some mock and slap them upside the head, but they are a minority of intolerant Karens around here. LOL.)
I totally forgot about that story. It was reported on some time ago and then quickly disappeared. Your Pulitzer Prize reference brought to mind Walter Duranty, who helped cover up Stalin's murderous rampage. Apparently, many knew about this but ensured the story was hidden. I often wonder if Karl Popper's theory that nationalism was the cause of so much rampage would have had the traction it has had if the truth about Stalin was known earlier.
Thank you for this. I believe we are in a civil war. The pedophile & Satanists are everywhere and in positions of power where they can protect one another. I'm reading up on the Nebraska Boys town/Franklin scandal. Anyone threatening their exposure was taken out with plane crashes, heart attacks and the like. And their victims, children or young adults, have been damaged for life.
I don't know, Phil. I've been down some deep black holes and seen things that have forever changed me. Earth is a freaking insane asylum. But yeah, The U.S. is harboring some real sickos.
I've caught glimpses but I've avoided any prolonged gazes. I can feel my brain being traumatized just from such glimpses. Some things are not meant to be understood, only recognized for the evil they are. Some are better equipped for this than me.
Birthright citizenship is on the docket too. In its 2025–26 term, the Supreme Court of the United States will decide the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
Oral arguments are expected to take place in the spring of 2026; the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by summer 2026.
Birthright citizenship of those born to illegal immigrants, who thumb their noses at our laws and refuse to assimilate, then connect their children to the welfare state immediately after birth, getting their sacred social security number, creates cradle to grave dependency on the government.
I believe it was Barbls who gave us a link one C&C day to the transcript of 1800 whatever where ALL THE CONGRESSMEN were in agreement that this amendment IN NO WAY gives citizenship to persons born here of non citizen parents. It’s clear as day when you read the transcript. Who torturously twisted wording to interpret this any other way must be a contortionist
Thank you for date information. Here in the “Sanctuary State” of Colorado, the Latino anchor babies do not identify as Americans. Oh no, they are generally Reconquista Warriors. There are even charter schools that have murals throughout their buildings glorifying their Aztec heritage. Spanish is interwoven into their classroom discussions. They have no interest in America’s founders or our belief in “the individual’s rights and responsibilities.” It is actually terrifying.
PETER SCHWEIZER: A top senator on the Mexican National Defense Committee has stated, "Mexicans are in OUR territories: California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Wyoming. We're going to take back the territory that was stolen from us."
This isn’t bravado. Mexico runs 53 consulates in the United States that are organizing anti-ICE protests and meddling in our politics!!
I just read the Chinese have been coming to US to give birth and register the child as “citizen” but go back to China to live. The estimate is that China has over a million “citizens” that will vote to screw up our elections. Those “citizenships “ need to be deleted immediately.
lI suspect the Pfizer deal involved allowing them to go ahead and run TV ads, which some comments had earlier been made to ban all pharma ads. Danged, I sure wish they had. I get so sick of seeing all these people with their skin maladies and how happy they get when they take
Arphexapexalectapus. Then a long fast talking list of probable side effects, including death.
Seems to me, most medications are used to coverup the adverse effects of other medications. I have so many friends wolfing down statins and also on pain meds for achy legs. They are gobsmacked when I tell them, “ditch the statin, which does NOTHING to prolong your life, and the leg pain will go away” Only one friend, scheduled for knee replacement surgery, who had to stop all medication prior to surgery, was amazed to discover her leg pain went away while she was off all meds. Of course she resume pharmaceutical poisoning protocol as soon as the surgery was over. 🤦♀️
I cut the cord to “regular” tv in November 2020….subscribe to Britt Box, Acorn and Rumble. Frustration with ads (I also got tired of the mixed race marriage and gay couple ads) fixed.
I basically quit like you, several decades ago. I never watched commercials when I was on TV, and would mute them. My one sin is watching some football games, where I have forced myself to watch a few of the pharma ads for educational (🤣) purposes only. I'm even getting sick of the woke NFL and won't even be watching the Super Bowl this year.
You are so right. If you have the TV on, especially evenings, it’s a steady stream and so ridiculous. How many people have that many medical problems that these commercials push? I can’t even pronounce the medical problem they are for, and the side effects should scare your socks off
Having worked in healthcare as an occupation, I can tell you that many of these so-called maladies that require meds didn't even exist several decades ago.
I've remarked more than once that it's amazing to me that things like psoriatic arthritis or eczema have become so common place that they need to develop new drugs for them! I mean, how many people out there are suffering?
Including death - or a sudden slippage of your intestines out of nearby orifices, painful bleeding from the ears, or an inability to remember your name and home address … things like that.
😆🤣 I couldn’t download it to read but thanks to Ai they accommodated with a summary. Hilarious! I’m posting it here:
“Joint pain, nausea, headache, or shortness of breath — ironically, the very condition the drug is meant to treat.
Projectile vomiting (50% of users),
leg cramps, and frequent bowel movements (up to every ten minutes).
Compulsive repetition of "no can do",
visions of the Virgin Mary in treetops, and an urge to shout "I'm gonna whop you wid da ugly stick!" during a Catholic Mass.
Men may experience impotence during intercourse but powerful erections otherwise,
painful urination while sitting, and lockjaw.
Women may suffer loss of libido, voice deepening by an octave, increased ankle hair, and lowering of a testicle.
Unusual physical changes: lumpy back syndrome, bloated fingertips on the heart-side hand, stone-like body density (making flotation devices useless), and shortened intestines by twenty-one feet.
Retroactive birth defects, geiger counter ticks, phantom third arm, levitation illusions, and language inversions like "Hi, are how you?"
Addictive cravings: An insatiable desire to take another dose twenty minutes after ingestion — so strong that users are advised to have a friend handcuff them to a large kitchen appliance to prevent relapse.
The drug is also said to contain bizarre ingredients such as crack cocaine, pork bladders, crushed saxophone reeds, gunpowder, and English muffins.
The final warning notes the drug is legal in the U.S. only when the user is straddling a state line.”
🤣🤣 Women may suffer the “lowering of a testicle”. I’m dying😂😂
I read this every once in a while just to make myself laugh. My all-time favorite line is, "You may feel a powerful sense of impending doom; this is because you are about to die." Brilliant, I tell you.
Huh that’s annoying, I don’t blame you, I wouldn’t do that either! I have friends with no FB accounts who can access Facebook and I haven’t heard of them having to do that, maybe it’s something new? Or location dependent?
I went there for my honeymoon. Moorea mostly, Bora Bora at the end. I didn’t want to leave but was told you could not move there, ever, without a ridiculous amount of money to open a business that they approved would benefit them - basically next to impossible. I was told most Americans could not relocate there. I’ve always dreamed of going back. It was the most beautiful memory in my entire life and was before Moorea became captured by the tourism.
The closest I got was Florida, California, and Hawaii. After winning tonight, I'm hightailing it to Tahiti. I'd invite you, but your husband might object. Hahaha.
That’s funny. However I’ve often wondered about an app that sorts out all previous winning lottery numbers and then uses a logarithm to calculate a potential winning number combination.
CNN was actually trying to plant the details around the broken rib for sympathy. What caught my eye is what they actually said was, “he was taking medicine commonly prescribed for a broken rib”. 🤨 um …. No. He wasn’t. They don’t prescribe ANY medicine for rib fractures. Advil at most, which wouldn’t be notable so if that’s what he was taking they milked the reason and misled the seriousness. If he were on a prescription pain med for it, then it would have been of the severity that he could not have walked as easily as he did in the videos, so which is it?? There is NOTHING they can treat rib fractures with these days. As a matter of fact my orthopedic JUST canceled an appointment last week with the doctor who treated my last rib fracture stating “we don’t treat broken ribs anymore”. So it’s hogwash to state there’s a common medicine prescribed for broken ribs. So why even say that?? Did they think we would contest he had a fractured rib? Or were they trying to milk sympathy by making it sound like, “…the poor man was beaten! He’s on medicine for that beating!”
Let me readjust my legs to find a comfortable position here with the TWO broken ribs I am presently contending with as I type this. I’m in week four and it’s STILL highly painful and impossible to easily sleep at night. No way in hell could I have easily been walking around streets one week after my fall, and certainly not as spritely as he was. Deep breaths are like getting stabbed, a sneeze is literal torture, and a cough stops all train of thought until you can brace yourself to get through it. That’s how painful every little movement you make is. I wasn’t able to walk around easily after two weeks much less one. And Ive broken two others over the past four years to know this pattern: once from simply laying on my stomach, (I was 65lb heavier back then) and one doing the leg press at the gym. This time I took a fall on ice and landed smack dab on my rib cage on the stoop outside. You could say I’m an an expert in rib fractures and their life-cycles of healing (not clean breaks, of which he NEVER would have been able to easily walk away with OR return to scuffle a week later if his was a clean break. So … that means his was (purportedly) a fracture.)
They try to improve more than his features, they try to improve the story details to trigger sympathy over yet another situation that was entirely his fault.
I had a broken rib and my doctor said it would hurt for six weeks. Painful to sleep, painful to get out of bed. No meds. I remember getting out of bed and it didn’t hurt. Looked at calendar and it was exactly the end of 6 weeks. Mine broke when I passed out and fell on the bath tub edge. I was on a cruise, when I came home saw doc who did all kinds of tests to determine why I blacked out. It was not from drinking alcohol, before you wonder.
I had "a broken" rib and was given Vicadin for about 3 weeks. Without it, I couldn't move without debilitating muscle cramps. My rib was separated and I suspected I had some cracked ribs in my back too.
So yes, if he was on prescription medication, its doubtful he wouldn't be able to move much.
When I was in college, I pulled a muscle between my ribs, so not a fracture, but a muscle pull and it was one of the most excruciating injuries ever. Couldn’t sleep, move, breathe, or laugh. I was on a regular dose of Advil plus Flexeril, but that was it. Wrapping didn’t help either.
After four fractures they have never once given me that. But - I DID try the DMSO cream I had on hand last week! I had a razor sharp pain just under the skin that was unbearable and it did help that particular pinching/slicing but it did nothing for the primary pains of the fracture. It can’t reach deep enough.
My hunch is his was melodramatic and exaggerated to make ICE look like Gestapo bullies. Some of my fractures showed on an X-ray, others didn’t, but for the ones that did it was hard to discern the severity without a CT scan. He probably had a bruised rib, which has a lot of the same pain as a fracture, and could easily be misdiagnosed without X-ray as a fracture, but you have a LOT easier mobility when it’s just bruised. He had mobility, no question about that. I question the “broken rib” with how mobile he was so soon after, and for me I’d want to see that he was given an X-ray and that it alone was conclusive of a fracture. Not that he was on some medicine. None of it makes sense after experiencing what I have with rib fractures that he could do what he did just a week later.
Juju, you can get lidocaine 4% patches from most drug stores and even Amazon. $15-16 for a box of 15. I use 5% patches for my lumbar and they are prescription and much more $$$. They might help enough for you to be able to sleep. 12 hrs on, then 12 hrs off - I found out the hard way do not go over 12 hrs unless you like throwing up.
If Pretti actually had a broken or cracked rib, he wouldn't have been out to participate in riots for another month, unless he was Walter Payton's ghost. I had one, and just barely moving is excruciating for weeks. Breathing can even hurt.
Sitting here with two fractured ribs right now and in week four and I still can’t take a deep breath at all without a yelp. After one week I was only able to lay in my bed and could NOT roll over. Getting up was an afternoon long activity as was laying back down.
When I broke just one last year I had the exact same pain and experience so whether it’s just one or three the pain is the exact same.
It is nearly impossible to move like he did in those videos with a broken rib.
Yeah, sometimes you're forced by circumstances. I broke 2 falling off my KLX650 beside Lake Natron. The 8hr return ride to Arusha got exponentially more painful by the hour. Eventually had to sit out of earshot of my trailriding clubmates constant wisecracking whenever we stopped for a puncture repair or rider tally. It was especially brutal because they thought it great fun getting me to laugh against my will.
When still really sore a week later I got an x-ray. At the time I'd thought they were just bruised, maybe cracked. Way more than grateful I hadn't punctured a lung out there!
We’re all five actual fractures that showed clearly on scans? Some of them may have just been bruised, as the symptoms are exactly the same. But just one makes most people immobile the next day but it actually gets worse after one week. My best days were the two right after I broke them. After a week I entered hell
I would like to see a toxicology report. My own experience with opioids and fentanyl at low dosages, turned excruciating pain into something barely noticeable. As a nurse, Pretti had access to drugs. People responded differently to painkillers.
And drugs (and/or alcohol) could help explain how he, and some of the other protestors, have been acting.
Depends upon the individual. I broke 4 ribs falling down the stairs years ago. After a stay in the hospital, I found the discomfort mild and non-debilitating.
I tend to believe that it in part depends on how much conditioned muscle is available in that area to contract and push against the rib cage, and whether there are nerve endings affected.
I have a friend who just had the end joint of his index finger bitten off by a mastiff. He is a very studly guy, but the pain has been debilitating, and narcotics useless now for 3 weeks. I had another friend who had the ends of 2 fingers cut off in a table saw, and he felt very little residual pain, and went back to work as a carpenter a few days later. The human body is amazing.
Can’t help but wonder how much closer to reality our perception of current events would be, if corporate media was fair, truthful, balanced and accurate. The massive flow of partisan, dishonest opinions and biased speculation that passes for news is damaging our nation, and the cumulative effect is hurting all of us in ways we will probably never fully understand.
I agree. The other day on CNN a young liberal said "Trump is a known participant in child sex trafficking..." and they just tried to casually move on. Scott Jennings stopped them and asked if they were just going to let that sit there. The kid walked it back a little bit but not much, and a day later retracted on X, but that for example should be immediate cease and desist and prosecution. Just do it to one person daily and make it high profile and keep on and on until people like him recognize there are consequences. The man's name was Cameron Kasky.
He didn't walk it back at all on TV. He retracted it the next day on an X post, which of course is not at all adequate. The retraction needs to be done at least as prominently as the slander.
If media were honest, and fair and balanced, and just reported the truth day after day, there would not be a democrat party. They could not exist without owning the presses.
As I see it, the success of the democrat party is predicated on fear, hate, media lies, massive misuse of public money, self-enrichment, law-fare, partisan judges, and election corruption. This wasn’t always so - there used to be a lot of good, decent, center-left democrats.
The democratic party would never have morphed into the travesty it is. Policywise, it would be more like Bill Clinton. I don't want to sing Clinton's praises too highly, I realize that Bill Clinton was pretty corrupt, but he was still recognizable as a politician more or less doing things the people wanted, and he wasn't running the country into a ditch as quickly as possible.
Pray fervently for President Trump and his family- for protection and safety -and for discernment for him and purging of advisors in administration that are traitors to the country and not Godly.
(Feel free to skip to the link at the bottom for the original story, but MSM's objective of influencing rather than inquiring, investigating, or reporting anything that doesn't contribute to that objective is noteworthy.)
MSM has ceded all pretense of objectivity. Look at the list of about 60 Minnesota companies/organizations that signed a letter, dated Jan 25, 2026, to Tim Walz, et al., encouraging cooperation with the Feds, and then consider that MSM has not uttered a word about it (that I’ve heard). This letter apparently preceded Walz’s call to Trump, but a functioning news media would have recognized and reported this sentiment from prominent Minnesota businesses, instead of wall-to-wall replays of the skirmish that resulted in the death of the mountain climbing nurse who sacrificed himself for the media/anti-Trump/democrat/fraud/anti-ICE/pro-violent crime cause.
3M – William Brown, Chairman and CEO
Allianz Life Insurance Company – Jasmine Jirele, President and CEO
Allina – Lisa Shannon, President and CEO, Tim Welsh, Board Chair
Ameriprise Financial – James Cracchiolo, Chairman and CEO
Anchor Paper – Brooke Lee, CEO
Andersen Corporation – Chris Galvin, Chairman and CEO
APi Group – Russell Becker, CEO and President
Best Buy – Corie Barry, CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota – Dana Erickson, President and CEO
Boston Scientific – Joseph Fitzgerald, Executive Vice President and Group President, Cardiology
C.H. Robinson – Dave Bozeman, President and CEO
Cargill – Brian Sikes, Board Chair and CEO
Carlson – Scott Gage, Chair
CentraCare Health – Kenneth Holmen, M.D., President and CEO
Children’s Minnesota – Emily Chapman, M.D., CEO
CHS – Jay Debertin, President and CEO
CJ Schwan's – Brian Schiegg, CEO
Delta Dental of Minnesota – Rodney Young, CEO
Deluxe Corporation – Barry McCarthy, President and CEO
Donaldson Company, Inc. – Tod Carpenter, Chairman, President and CEO
ECMC Group – Dan Fisher, CEO
Ecolab – Christophe Beck, Chairman and CEO
Essentia Health – Dr. David Herman, CEO
Fairview Health Services – James Hereford, President and CEO
Faribault Mill – Ross Widmoyer, President and CEO
Gardner Builders – Bob Gardner, Founder and CEO
General Mills – Jeff Harmening, Chairman and CEO
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare – Barbara Joers, President and CEO
Greater MSP – Peter Frosch, CEO
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation – Dr. Joseph Lee, President and CEO
HealthPartners – Andrea Walsh, President and CEO
Hormel – Jeff Ettinger, Interim CEO
Kraus-Anderson Companies, Inc. – Peter J. Diessner, CEO
Land O'Lakes – Beth Ford, President and CEO
Liberty Diversified International – Mike Fiterman, Chairman
Marsden Holding – Guy Mingo, President and CEO
Mayo Clinic – Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., President and CEO
Medica – Lisa Erickson, President and CEO
Medtronic – Geoff Martha, CEO and Chairman
Minnesota Business Partnership – Kurt Zellers, CEO
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce – Doug Loon, President and CEO
Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx – On behalf of the entire organization
Minnesota Twins - On behalf of the entire organization
Minnesota United FC – Shari Ballard, CEO
Minnesota Vikings – On behalf of the entire organization
Minnesota Wild – On behalf of the entire organization
Mortenson – David Mortenson, Chairperson, Derek Cunz, President and CEO
New Horizon Academy – Chad Dunkley, CEO
nVent – Beth Wozniak, Chair and CEO
Patterson Companies – Robert Rajalingam, CEO
Pentair – John L. Stauch, President and CEO
Piper Sandler – Chad Abraham, Chairman and CEO
Pohlad Companies – On behalf of the entire organization
Prime Therapeutics – Mostafa Kamal, President and CEO
Red Wing Shoes – Allison Gettings, President and CEO
Ryan Companies US, Inc. – Brian Murray, CEO
Securian Financial Group – Chris Hilger, Chairman, President and CEO
Sleep Number – Linda Findley, President and CEO
SPS Commerce – Chad Collins, CEO
Target – Michael Fiddelke, Incoming CEO
Tennant Company – Dave Huml, President and CEO
The Toro Company – Rick Olson, Chairman and CEO
Thrivent – Teresa Rasmussen, President and CEO
U.S. Bancorp – Gunjan Kedia, CEO
UnitedHealth Group – Stephen J. Hemsley, CEO
Winnebago Industries – Michael Happe, President and CEO
Xcel Energy – Bob Frenzel, Chairman, President and CEO
Excerpt from letter:
“… we are calling for an immediate de-escalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.”
MSM is worth less than nothing. They prefer that you think these companies are aligned with Walz against ICE. They prefer you not think about the colossal theft that has occurred in/through Minnesota state government. Don’t worry about Truth or Reality. “Do not attempt to adjust the picture.”
Source: Peggy Tierney
Link:
https://open.substack.com/pub/tierneyrealnewsnetwork/p/democrats-are-trapped?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
The NYPost reported on that story about the MN companies...they also ran a story today about the St Paul Police Federation president blaming the politicians for not allowing the cops to do crowd control.
The police were apparently too busy handing out coffee and donuts to the rioters and insurrectionists🙄
It was the national guard that was handing coffee and doughnuts
Thanks for the correction, I misremembered what I had read.
Laced with Valium in the sugar, perchance.
Don't you mean "mostly peaceful protestors?"
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Nope, I tell it like it is 😁
Hey, you got a problem being told what to think about these "protestors"? These days we got MSM to frame the current Narrative for ALL of us, got it? Don't make waves. There are people in very LOW places to keep us on track.
A perk for crowdsondemanddotcom
Actually I read that Crowds on Demand's CEO said they were NOT staffing in Minneapolis, https://www.foxnews.com/us/crowd-for-hire-boss-rejects-minneapolis-unrest-illegal-chaos, although there are other protestor staffing companies, names escape me at the moment.
I think at least some portion of these people are true believers, not getting paid but they are being trained in formal classes being held, and called to protests via the Signal network. Have seen videos on X of AWFL's talking about 'getting their affairs in order' in case they are killed, the ultimate virtue signal post saying they are willing to die for the cause. Of course saying it vs actually doing something that stupid are 2 different things....
All good, but, still wouldn't trust ANYTHING faux news says.
On a side note, you mentioned Fox. Where is Lawrence Jones--one of the 3 anchors of Fox and Friends? Fox says he is taking a break, but I don't buy that. Here one day, gone the next. Lawrence Jones calls it like he sees it. The people who sit on the throne at Fox don't like that--just ask Tucker.
And you would believe what they say because… ??
Well, if I were the CEO of Crowds on Demand, (Adam Swart) I would be putting the business at risk of lawsuits and possible criminal prosecution if I were sending people to do illegal things.
"Blocking roadways, obstructing federal agents and threatening authorities are illegal, and we don’t engage in any form of illegal protest," Swart said, warning the chaos playing out on city streets will have the opposite effect demonstrators claim to want. "The impact of these protests will actually be to increase ICE operations, not decrease them." Swart said mixing peaceful protesters with agitators creates serious risks on multiple fronts.
Not saying there are not people who may be getting paid, but probably more like cash under the table vs a formal company. But nothing much surprises me any more.
I wonder if it ever occurs to these folks to get normal jobs, rather than volunteering (or being paid) to die for criminals, corrupt politicians, and media notoriety... Call me old-fashioned, but....
Honestly, that's classic TDS.
Well, it seems more like a side gig than a full time job. People who do shift work, like nurses (my daughter in law works 12 hour shifts so is off 4 days a week), or waiters or retail workers would have flexibility to hit a protest or 2 on off days. Although I dug into that company a while ago and they also staff crowds for things like trade shows to help generate 'buzz' so not just political stuff. https://crowdsondemand.com/audiences-events-and-fan-displays
They were ordered to !
Yes, that is also what I had understood.
Good to know. It seems the major networks couldn't find time to cover it. At least Kimmel shared how his emotions were affected by the nurse's heroism.
Did he cry? Hope so it makes him look like the man he is.
Yes, that Drama Queen cries at the drop of a hat.
True girly boys cry easily.
The man he isn’t. 😊
Pedo Kimmel wants open borders for reasons of his own.
He is a dope! And a sissy boy liar
Goes to show that the governor and state administration don’t really care about the companies in their state, their TDS is all that matters. Frey is still pushing back, despite the good discussions between Trump and Walz.
Not the people who pay high taxes without write offs and off shore accounts.
Also check out Cam Higby’s undercover findings in MN - he infiltrated the Signal group and is finding many connections with Walz and other local gov, police and biz helpers providing license plates and shift change schedules and locations / addresses of ICE
That’s a fascinating feed. I’m following 0hour1 on X and it’s mind blowing AND entertaining how much they are doing and have done blowing up that chat and getting their hands on ALL the member’s emails and names and such.
I'm guessing Cam Higby is another Nick Shirley. It's more acceptable and fun to see independent investigators uncover things. There is a reason they renewed FISA.
An organized effort, including public officials. A conspiracy? Certainly an insurgency.
Sedition perhaps?
Not to mention, the Signal chats were encrypted and disappeared at end of each day. Not a good look.
Who knew? Thank you.
Interesting!!
Now, let's cross check this list of companies with those who donated or supported anti-ICE protests and pro-illegal immigrant policies. Target has a long history of Woke lefty policies, as have a number of the sports teams. I can't speak for the others, but I suspect a lot of them have foundations or donation structures that have funded and supported exactly the demonstrators who are causing chaos in the Cities. Even here in California, where we have a much larger immigrant population we haven't had nearly this much violence and chaos. Maybe because a lot of the immigrants here want the criminal illegals out of their neighborhoods so that they can have the safety that attracted them to the US.
Since those listed businesses want Walz to work with DHS, I doubt you'll find many of them on the paying side of protesters. All the idiots had to do was open jails/prisons to ICE. Kinda stupid not to, since the people there have continued to prove they are a problem - that's why they are in jail. What's going to crush Walz, Frey & Co will be the MN fraud. They had $$$$$ of that stolen money, in their campaigns if not their pockets. https://youtu.be/fa93mwT0fNc?si=l6zLV5R5iR8HWExJ
Sounds anti semantic.
I looked at https://www.dhs.gov/wow - 3072 arrests in CA vs only 486 in MN. Granted, CA a more populous state but seems like ICE is getting more of them successfully in your state.
The bounty increases even for citizens.
Yes, remember the map Jeff posted in C&C several days ago? It shows that the number of people arrested in MN is middle of the road compared to the US as a whole. So why MN? That is the question.
Foundations rule.
Thanks for this information. The administration should have a website dedicated just to the contribution of citizen journalists and a once-weekly, hourly press conference relaying it to the nation, prefacing the conference with: "Bringing you all the news that's REALLY fit to print...the news that terrifies the New York Times."
That would be worth turning on the idiot box for!
Outstanding idea!
Wait a minute, the MSM doesn't have the people's interest in mind? The MSM is a propaganda arm of the government? Say it isn't so!
That would be a "propaganda arm of the Democrats." They are committed anti-Trumpers and anti-ICE.
A lot of the government is still very much deep state and in line with the democratic party, hence why the propaganda continues, and even if the propaganda stops, we have all seen the legacy of it. There are still many that want the salad days of Covid restrictions back and they love the idea of demanding accommodation of the masses in service of the few.
The local Minneapolis news feeds are calling the encrypted Signal chat participants ‘rapid responders’
Local MPLS media is wholly controlled by the DFL and their Somali crime partners
What's a Democrat?
Only one party.
Democrats are the skilled, shameless thieves who have established and perfected NGO networks and "non-profits" to perpetuate the ongoing loud sucking sound at the US Treasury. Republicans, with a few notable exceptions, aspire to the success of the Democrats in this regard.
It was reported this week that a bi-partisan group voted to largely undo the cuts identified by DOGE, including funding for the National Institutes of Health.
Just the opposite.
I’d read that too but definitely not on mainstream sources.
Thank you. This gives hope that lawlessness may be restrained.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND: "The darkest hour is just before dawn." And Churchill said it clear to a school full of frightened students during the Nazi bombing of London: "Never, never, never, never, never,. never, never ... give up!" That's why we turn to God in prayer, act with confidence to do what is right, and never despair: 1) He is on the side of righteousness 2) We know these anti-ICE protests are a tactic to distract/prevent investigation of cosmic levels of fraud and OTHER crimes spawned by that fraud 3) Thus we know that God is on our side in supporting the extermination of this criminal scheme hijacking law and decency.
Churchill murdered 500, 000 civilians in Dresden.
A tool of the bankers.
Define murder in a time of war when the aim is to defeat the enemy that wants to enslave you. Idiot.
Hidden History and Prolonging the Agony expose him.
He was no hero.
Yes, he was. He likely saved the world from Nazism.
to what end? So we can give our countries and our civilisation away to the barbarians?
Popular fiction.
Hidden History is available online, if you’re curious to find out what really happened.
Robert—I thought the Mamas and Papas were the first with that line about the darkest hour. 😉
Thanks so much for this list!
I wondered about the silence. Dr. Steve Turley had a great YouTube yesterday detailing this. Some of my other trusted sources don’t seem to be on the ball about this either, including the Daily Signal. Love Peggy.
There’s a share!
Impressive list of companies. Minneapolis is the hub for so many great companies. I was there on business about 10 years ago when Trump was still settling into his new desk and there was no Covid or Floyd rioting on the horizon. I got a Somalian taxi driver. He was very nice. I asked him how he liked living in the USA and he said he loved it but didn’t like that so many other Somalis were coming and bringing their old ways with them. He’d come for a new start. I think about that conversation a lot these days. That man knew what was coming.
Thank you for a useful "white list" of companies that deserve our business!
I asked ChatGPT for a list of prominent media which covered this letter. It found... four:
AP, Axios, Fortune, and Dallas Morning News (DallasNews.com)
No networks. At all.
Going forward, "the news" should be placed in quotes when referencing MSM, similarly to "Joe Biden" when speaking of the 4 year vacancy during the term of the 46th POTUS.
Thanks, I had not read this story. Astounding.
The media and reporters should stop using the word "protester". These people are not protesters, they are not part of a legally permitted demonstration, they are not peacefully expressing their disagreement. They are violent agitators and disrupters.
They are part of a well organized insurgency group, part of a "color revolution" against a sitting President. They are intentionally obstructing justice and the legal authority of ICE. They are even funded by foreign nationals, promoted by Hillary Clinton and Obama. Data Republican showed this connection. This is what America is up against.
Nor are illegal aliens "migrants" ....nor are foul mouthed women "ladies"....terminology is everything...
Nor is any illegal alien a citizen allowed due process because they are on American soil. With that scenario every foreign tourist could claim citizenship and due process.
Yeah, now they call them "resident" of whatever city. When you see that, you know they are illegals.
They didn't come here via "due process" so why would they be entitled to it now?
Especially the "ladies" with a tallywacker!
*deep sigh*
I’m no lady anymore 😖 But I’ll be honest and admit it 😬
Juju, by this definition, I haven't been a "lady" in a loooong time! But I can still pass for one in certain company. 😁😆
There are lots of things the media needs to quit lying about, whether by actual misinformation or word choices.
You are correct, that is one of the more annoying ones.
I also hate how some people are "man" but others the same age are "teen" depending on the spin they want on it.
There's a blurry line between media misinformation and simply being good, old-fashioned "full of shit."
Reminds me exactly of Covid times and the blurry line between the ‘experts’ questionable recommendations and simply being good old-fashioned lies.
That's not a "blurry line" that's diarrhea.
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its actually Dem aligned full time propaganda, which is way about half the population is not in touch with reality.
And also by what they intentionally leave out. I guess that’s technically misinformation but it’s somewhat different than outright lying.
Respectfully disagree on one thing: I’ve never seen withholding info as different. I’ve always seen it as the exact same as voicing a lie. The same way someone who condones the behavior of a bully by not speaking up is just as guilty as the bully because they allowed it to continue, it’s silent permission. I know others disagree with my take on that but it’s the way I have always seen it. Leaving out key facts that might change perspectives is purposefully allowing false perspectives to remain - that’s basically what lying is for.
I would say that the use of AI to "pretty up" Pretti's photo is also a form of lying to the public.
Lying by omission. I understand what you mean but do think they are different, though equally bad/destructive.
But tbh it’s splitting hairs, in the end…
Sins of omission.
Lying by omission. Mr. Childers wrote, "Pretti's gun went off in the Fracas" ...
The videos show the gun was removed from Pretti's back by a CBP officer just before the first shot was fired while Pretti was on his knees, both hands on the ground. However, by omitting the fact the gun was in a CBP officer's hand, Jeff appears to be deceitfully implying it was fired by Pretti (instead of POSSIBLY accidentally discharged by the CBP officer).
There's been plenty of unsourced speculation about a ND (negligent discharge). However, the CBP preliminary review makes no mention of Pretti's gun being fired: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/27/alex-pretti-dhs-cbp-report/88386166007/
P.S. "At the same time as the first shot is fired, the agent in the grey jacket is leaving with the gun taken from Pretti’s holster. An alternate angle appears shows that the slide of this firearm does not move to the rear. This would indicate that it was not fired. ... there is as yet no evidence that Pretti’s gun was fired." https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-analysing-footage-of-minneapolis-cbp-shooting/
No the point was that the other officers couldn’t have known it was in the one officer’s hand by that time and they had every reasonable cause to believe it went off from his hand, if any did.
You’re the only one here causing deceit by focusing on your narrative that ICE is to blame and none of the other very reasonable possibilities
"the other officers couldn’t have known it was in the one officer’s hand by that time": IF you watch the 3-way synced video, it appears that the CBP officer who started shooting SAW the gun being removed (by the other officer from Pretti's waistband) as he drew his pistol and started firing into Pretti's back.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-analysing-footage-of-minneapolis-cbp-shooting/
Leaving out information when creating a narrative is a classic propaganda technique to manipulate people. The media knows exactly what it is doing and is doing it intentionally.
Agree.
And lies of omission are their stock in trade.
Yes… and lies of omission fortunately continue to be outed… given the time related to AI today, this Clayton Morris “Redacted” is a worthwhile update on the jabs, nano bots being put in everything… the important msg is without informed consent, the need for data centers).
Clayton interviews Jesse Beltran about A new documentary might be the most mind blowing report we've ever seen on the covid vaccine. If you took the shot, your body is acting as a transmitter.
One of the most eye opening scenes from the trailer shows signals being received... and then camera pans back and you realize the signals are coming from underground... in the corpses in the graveyard... people that had taken the shot... now dead... but still sending a signal. What you will want to jot down: https://youtu.be/GSJ2GHI_AdM?si=X3U8m7FwhOyz6Fo1
A shocking whistleblower from within the hospital system has come forward with a grave warning: the term “vaccine” is quietly disappearing from medical consent forms — replaced with the broad and deceptive category of “Biologics” or “Biogenics.”
Under this new classification, patients could be injected with vaccines and other biological products without their explicit consent — even while unconscious under anesthesia.
According to the insider, new hospital and surgical consent forms now refer to a category called Biologics/Biogenics — a vague umbrella term that includes a wide range of substances and medical treatments containing living organisms or their byproducts.
What does that include? The U.S. FDA’s own list of approved Biologics/Biogenics covers:
Vaccines
Gene therapy
Monoclonal antibodies
Whole blood and blood plasma
Blood platelets and red blood cells
Stem cells and T-cells
Growth factors
Allergenics and antitoxins
Recombinant proteins
Hormone replacement therapies (HRT)
Immunotherapies
Botox
In short, signing a consent form authorizing “Biologics/Biogenics” may give medical staff the legal right to inject or infuse you with any of these products — at their discretion.
https://diamondz.substack.com/p/hospitals-have-quietly-reclassified?
I've been advised to write "No Biogenics" on all hospital paperwork if ever admitted. So sad to not have trust in hospitals anymore.
It would be good if Congress would get rid of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act which legalized propaganda directed to the American people. Obama's gift to the USA.
Although we saw for the last 4 years, it's not the laws so much as the selective enforcement of those laws. They do no good to be on the books if they are ignored, and too many have gotten away with that for too long. We had a local prosecutor who wrote to the police and said they would not be prosecuting drug crimes unless they were accompanied by a violent crime.
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And Hispanics are listed as white.
So are blacks. So many misrepresented so that the stats support their claim most crimes are by white men. Yeah, brown or black men with the democratic box of white checked.
Just a father from …
"There are lots of things the media needs to quit lying about, whether by actual misinformation or word choices."
. . .
Besides "misinformation," Mr. Childers also puts out disinformation with his creative "word choices."
For example, today he wrote, “Alex Pretti blocked an ICE operation, blew his bullhorn in agent’s faces, physically tried to stop them from arresting another rioter, thereby committing a crime (assault on a federal officer), violently resisted arrest in a scrum with a half dozen officers, and after Pretti’s gun went off in the fracas, was shot and killed.”
I've probably watched all the cellphone videos. NONE of the claims in his quote are factual (except for his final phrase “was shot and killed”.
For example, please show me where Pretti “blew his bullhorn in agent's faces” (he was holding his cell phone).
Or, please provide a link with evidence that “Pretti’s gun went off in the fracas.” A CBP officer shot Pretti in the back shortly after officer(s) shouted “Gun!” and another officer had just removed the pistol from Pretti's waistband while he was on his knees and face down.. By omitting the fact the gun was in a CBP officer's hand, Jeff appears to be deceitfully implying it was fired by Pretti (instead of POSSIBLY accidentally discharged by the CBP officer). https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-analysing-footage-of-minneapolis-cbp-shooting/
As a lawyer, I'm not surprised that Mr. Childers might be disingenuous, but bald-faced lying (Like DHS Secretary Noem saying Pretti “brandished” his pistol) is BS. Or maybe he's just sloppy with his “facts”?
Regardless, his claims don't reflect well on his credibility. He appears to be just a partisan hack, just like the MSM, instead of someone concerned with the truth.
Obviously, you have never been involved in a violent situation. Hope you never are.
It's telling you didn't address a single point I brought up in my comment above about Childer's BS.
Thanks for your concern for my well-being. For what it's worth, I spent 8 years as an ABN RGR LRRP with Co. F (Ranger) 425th INF MI ARNG (got out in '91 since disgusted by the BS first Gulf War). Spent 30 years as a firefighter in a 200K city. Was in several violent situations with crowds or dealing with the aftermath of shootings and stabbings (especially during the gang turf wars back in the 90'). How about yourself?.
easy to claim on the internet. If you did all that, thanks. But who knows.
Lots of stolen valor around?
I'll take your thanks for being a firefighter. But, NOT for being in the Army; I hate that "Thank you for your service'"BS! Not serving anybody, just being an "imperial storm trooper." If you want to do something for veterans, maybe do your part to keep our country out of stupid wars (like the impending one with Iran (Israel First!). Too many vets I know with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries from IEDs.
Careful, careful ... you're paying attention to the details. You're supposed to be passively taking it all in ... and hearing MSM broadcasters bark out CONCLUSIONS for us.
Satan is the father of lies and the lies aren’t gonna stop
Who is sending all of the paid protestors their 1099NECs for 2025?
Are the protestors filing a Schedule C 1099NEC??
Asking for all the IRS agents who should be asking.
Capone went to prison via the IRS.
Any funding over $600 needs to have an attached 1099NEC. Granted the IRS normally doesn't criminally go after Joe Blow tax payer who forgot to file their 1099NEC. However, this level of funding is a different beast. The protestor payments either via SNAIL mail or electronic means crossed state lines. Failure to provide 1099NECs at that point would meet some of the elements of Tax Fraud associated with the RICO statute.
Go after the money and taxes. Someone is on the hook for providing the 1099s and all the protestors are responsible for filing each 1099.
If they are so handy and fast with supplying gas masks and glove warmers and snacks, they probably are handy at paying in cash?
Doesnt matter: An audit will show money gping out of accounts. If its converted to cash first to avoid 1099s, then criminal charges come next. See my other post in this thread
Even if those funds are coming from outside of the states and then converted to cash?
Here is a great Substack on the deep funding….frightening actually.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jameshowardkunstler/p/had-enough-9ec?
Has anyone read “The Invisible Coup” by Peter Schweizer?
I’ve got it on my list to pick up at the book store.
Reading it. Mexico, China, Muslims, cartels, adversaries galore trying and succeeding to defraud and infiltrate us through illegal immigration. Using “racist Xenophobia” as a bludgeon to subvert us, we must reassert our “right to our sovereignty.”
I’ll pick up a copy tomorrow. Im certain I’ll be glued to it.
Just so that everyone understands how much teeth and legs the 1099 thing actually has in penalties and criminal charges:
https://www.irs.gov/payments/information-return-penalties
Civil charges:
"We charge penalties for each information return you didn’t file correctly or on time, and for each payee statement you didn’t provide correctly on time. " - IRS
Soooo... in 2025 for example, for EACH payment made to a protestor that was NOT followed up by a 1099NEC (aka intentionally not sending out 1099), the penalty is $660 for EACH of the 1099 not sent.
Here is the breakdown for previous years:
2026 $680
2025 $660
2024 $630
2023 $580
2022 $570
2021 $560
2020 $550
Soooo... lets say the IRS looks at (audits) Acme Protestor Funder LLC from 2020 through 2025 and finds, for easy math, 1,000 individual 1099s not sent.
2025 = $660,000 fine
2024 = $630,000 fine
2023 = $580,000 fine
2022 = $570,000 fine
2021 = $560,000 fine
2020 = $550,000 fine
Total = $3,550,500 fine plus interest, etc
But wait, there is more; here the fun stuff
Criminal issues with not reporting 1099s
Tax Evasion (26 U.S.C. § 7201): A felony charge that can result in up to five years in federal prison and fines of up to $250,000 for individuals or $500,000 for corporations.
Willful Failure to File/Supply Information (26 U.S.C. § 7203): This can be a misdemeanor, but if determined to be part of a fraudulent scheme, can carry up to one year in prison per unfiled return and fines up to $100,000.
Making False Statements (26 U.S.C. § 7206): If you filed a business tax return (e.g., Form 1120-S or 1065) and answered "No" to the question asking if you were required to file 1099s, this can be charged as a felony (perjury) with up to three years in prison.
And all need to be topped off with RICO charges!
But how do they prove there were 1,000 individuals to begin with?
Forensic accounting.
Ok, I understand those kinds of crimes. But what about large amounts of cash that are just waiting to be handed out to random individuals who show up to help. I guess they have to have sign up sheets but what if it’s like a poster (online post) telling all interested people to meet at such and such place and then when they show up they are handed cash. There’s no forensic lines to follow other than tax money going to an NGO who then gave money to a local business who turned it into cash and there is no way to tell who they paid it out to.
Or what am I missing? I want to understand
Excellent questions, Juju. Forensic accounting interests me. I think it would be interesting to chase the money.
A forensic audit (aka criminal audit) is MUCH different than the "standard" audit.
All of the receipts are there. Cash or otherwise. Someone just has to go get the receipts.
This is a winner of an angle, Primum non nocere. I hope it’s being pursued by those who can actually do something about it.
Problem is that the receipts go back to the Feds... so how much real interest is there for a bona fide forensic accounting of the money trail.
They are outlaws and criminals. They don't have any intention of abiding by the law.
RICO
Great post! Hope all the right folks read it and get to work!
And this is why all Republicans need to GET OUT AND VOTE RED IN THE MIDTERMS ‼️
Both sides part of the psyop.
There are people on both sides who are part of the psyops. Both SIDES are not part of the psyops. There is a difference. Words matter.
Words do matter. But the sad thing is that the difference between democrats and republicans is "Government expansion, whole hog" (Democrats), and Government Lite™ (Republicans
The people who vote for both these sides are not part of the psyops, but they are subject to them, as many of us are.
Truer words…
Damn straight!
Thugs! Crooks! Gangsta's!
When did THOSE types "get the Key to the City?"
This is the winter version of the ‘mostly peaceful’ riots from the summer of love. 😖
01/28/26: IF Pretti had broken a rib (had a rib broken) a week ago, there’s no way he would have been where he was on the day he made The Big Mistake.
Those of us who have had our ribs broken know better.
--- Eat Your Spinach!
Adjective abuse: “… media’s whitewashing is falling apart like cheap gas station toilet paper.”
The point is correct. Say, simply: “Gas station toilet paper.”
There’s no expensive gas station toilet paper. Doesn’t exist.
You only have to hear it if you pay attention to MSM. . .
Exactly.
Bolsheviks.
Why the masks and IDF training? They may be illegals too.
Minneapolis: As the weeks went by, I must admit, with the George Floyd outrage fresh in my mind, I was more than a little frustrated with Trump for not taking control, for not using the Insurrection Act. But then came my lightbulb moment, Of course, I knew Minneapolis was staged in order to deflect from the fraud story, but then it occurred to me that the powers-that-be behind these paid "protesters" had another goal. They WANTED Trump to use the Insurrection Act. They were baiting him to use the Insurrection Act! That would be PROOF that he is, indeed, a fascist dictator. Well, he didn't bite. But then he never does.
There is a writer on social media, Michael McCune, who has been writing about this very thing. Using or not using the Insurrection Act was a lose, lose for Trump. His advice to all of us was Holdout. Trump apparently had some good advice and figured it out. Smart man, our President.
How sad is it when using the very laws and tools meant to protect us from enemies foreign and domestic ends up hurting us if we use them. 🙁 I’m so tired of these evil people.
EKO also wrote an intriguing piece examining the negative implications of the Insurrection Act.
https://ekolovesyou.com/p/the-darkest-nudge
Certainly made me change my mind about the insurrection act.
I've been wondering if the best thing would be pull back on the ICE work in Minn for now, and concentrate on the fraud - and arresting the criminal anti-ICE ringleaders. Then they could come back and do the deportations without as much "resistance".
We can do both--investigate and bring charges for fraud and continue to arrest/deport illegal criminals. Which is what Trump is doing.
Far better than suspending law enforcement IMO.
No. MAGA voted for this. Biden allowed over 22 million illegals into this country. Send them all back.
I'm talking about sending those agents to other states FOR NOW. Then bring them back to Minnesota when the organizers of the color revolution have been arrested.
IMHO...Threatening the use was a very level headed and wise move. It exposed much of this Transnational gangster assault.
You may find this story enlightening. Floyd was part of a large money laundering operation with the local authorities. Seems there's quite a bit of dirt they are trying to hide with the distractions of the paid protests. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/25/jd-vance-notes-something-very-important-about-minneapolis-chaos/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
This link didn’t work for me.
I think they are getting lots of hits on the site but it eventually loads. Try this: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/25/jd-vance-notes-something-very-important-about-minneapolis-chaos/ Still might take a minute to load.
That’s how you get such widespread compliance and participation in the fraud. Pretty soon you have dirt on everyone and can take them down in an instant if need be, or you assassinate them like they did Hortman. Most people keep their mouth shut for fear of retaliation either way. It’s really like the mafia where they get them (business owners/officials/leaders,) trapped early on so they can be controlled and are not a risk to continued operations.
Ty. That loaded. Interesting times.
Ooooo….Good article.
It worked leaving off everything after the word “chaos”.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/01/25/jd-vance-notes-something-very-important-about-minneapolis-chaos
I think the site was down temporarily. The original link is working now.
Same
Thanks for that link!
In my little mind I decided that letting this “paid protestors” thing keep going was a way for the Trump people to do the behind the scenes research to catch the payers of such underground revolutionists. It was definitely NOT a group of concerned citizens but a color revolution in place there on the streets in MN. I also believe that this revolution has been going on for sometime and we weren’t aware of it until it hit us in the face with the amount of hate against Trump. It isn’t just democrats but many republicans that want this country to be destroyed and made into a socialist nation. I never distrust Trump. He has taken on the huge task of saving our Republic (not a democracy). I trust God only but support Trump.
And I saw today that both of the deceased had connections to Colorado
Yes. And there is no getting around it. The thing is, they will continue to "Bait" and then cry "no hit backs" when consequences occur.
But if Frey keeps it up he’s messing with fire.
I’m hoping the burn happens soon, Steenroid.
Exactly! Use of the Insurrection Act was a desired goal for sure! I give our President a lot of credit, BBS.
TAW!
It also allowed the government time to track & trace all those payments. :)
Exactly!
There is only one party to bend the knee.
Yes, the GOP has a lot of issues... mostly due to the bribery/extortion of AIPAC, Big Pharma and Big Defense...
But thinking they are equal to the absolute SCUM of the left... is nuts.
All the Never Trumpers are whining that Trump caved and now all the blue states are going to sponsor riots. I'm thinking it is otherwise, but what do I know...
✝️✝️✝️
Remove the false way from me,
And graciously grant me Your law.
I have chosen the faithful way;
I have placed Your ordinances before me.
I cling to Your testimonies;
O LORD, do not put me to shame!
I shall run the way of Your commandments,
For You will enlarge my heart.
— Psalm 119:29-32 NAS95
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How are you feeling,Janice?
Pretty good, thank you for asking. The treatment (coil embolization) is scheduled for March 11, which is the week after I get back from my beach vacation.
You’re on my prayer list. Have a wonderful vacation.
God bless you!
Have a wonderful and blessed vacation!!
Thank you! This is an every-other-year thing with some other moms, and we all hold it loosely, never knowing who will actually be able to go depending on life events. Lord willing, those of us who need the ocean and its peace will be able to go.
I have serious fraud fatigue. When is anyone going to jail?
That's what I'm waiting for. The Walz perp walk(along with Frey and Ellison). Trump is right. There is fraud on fraud. It's enormous. To think he could have been VP if enough idiots had chosen the Kackler.
Air tight cases are being constructed. Patience.
There's also the objective of having the perpetrators turn on each other when the jig is up and they are looking at hard time.
I’m just as impatient for justice as the rest but you’re right: they must make certain to leave nothing to chance, cover their a$$e$ & find all the work arounds for the activist judges’ coming responses. I don’t envy anyone in the DOJ right now.
And Ilhan Omar. Benny Johnson exposed her husbands vinyard/winery as 100% fake.
Like Oprah, probably took in $$$ in PPP loans that were the forgiven. Never mind that the winery had no employees.
Thank the LORD, He did not allow that to happen!
Or if the election machine servers in Serbia hadn't been taken down, or if they were brought back online.
Probably me when the Dems regain control and determine my posts are inflammatory. 😏
I think about that every time I hit send 🤣🤣
I don’t know but I am so here for the perp walks. “Oh the wai-ting is the hardest part.” But I’ll wait. Impatiently. And bask in the Schadenfreude when it comes…
Tom Petty, timeless classic
Just finished Mike Campbell's highly-rated and recommended book, "Heartbreaker: A Memoir". Truly a rags-to-riches story, from Tom's long-time band mate.
Petty was great... but in this one, Prince blew me away...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y&list=RD6SFNW5F8K9Y
When corrupt traitor liar scum like Blondi and Kash are ass-kicked OUT and replaced with serious Patriots who enforce our laws.
lighten up Francis!
You a big fan of those two turds?
Impressed with all the arrests and prosecutions?
Best you dullards remain silent... 'K?
If you think about it, the entire government was involved in fraud schemes just like the states are. Taxes on everything, funding for illegals, funding NGOs, shell companies, no-bid contracts, etc etc.
When will there be jail time? Never.
We keep voting for these politicians and the results are always the same.
They take off their pants and bend over for lobbyists, campaign donors and pedo traffickers 🤡
After the Constitution is destroyed.
Maybe Starbucks could go back to requiring employees to cover their tattoos. Maybe it's just me, but I prefer those preparing my food to not look like a walking hepatitis factory.
Those nose rings are distracting, too.
Ewe 🤢 I am seeing those piercings everywhere now, especially in doctor offices?! Seems like the wearers are nice enough but those piercings are so distracting.
The only place I want to see rings is on fingers.
Rings look okay in hogs' snouts, too. Like, functional.
Yup, but I don't eat pork, or beef, or cabbage.
and bells on toes
It’s to distract you from the taste of their coffee to begin with. 🤢
Their coffee is really good now with those new machines that grind the beans and do pour overs for each coffee order.
Everyone knows Starbucks coffee is low grade!
I generally agree with two exceptions: the original Starbucks location in Seattle’s coffee is a cut above, and the Starbucks location in a converted old post office in Milan, Italy, is really worth seeing. Otherwise, I always avoid Starbucks and patronize local places whenever I can.
ha ha. I really don't mind the tattoos. Everyone under 30 sports them now. Too bad they don't know the inks wind up in your lymph system and lead to increased cancers. But I have to say I LIKE Starbucks. I've had nothing but good experiences with every employee I've dealt with at the ones I go to. All very nice people just trying to make a living. And now, they have these machines that grind and brew a fresh cup of coffee for each order so you don't get anything sitting in a pot anymore, which too many coffee houses still do. Some of the best coffee from those machines. I never bother with the "fancy drinks" loaded with sugar and flavorings.
The machine at my local Maverick gas station brews fresh coffee on demand using a premium high caffeine blend. It's fresh, and it's cheap. I am too.
Oooh fresh and cheap, quite a list of personal qualities! 😂
Yeah, I'm quite a catch. No tats or nose rings, though.
Love it- it’s like the Kwik trip stations in WI…. Bring your own mug get a discount on fresh brewed-into-you- cup coffee. Starbucks- ick. We buy coffee from roasters in our area.
Same here. Bring own mug discount. After 10 = one free.
RaceTrac does this too! And they have the best decaf!
Circle K too. Recently desperate on a road trip; pleasantly surprised.
We've traveled the entire country the last 5 years and Maverik is now our fave stop - if they have diesel stations for our f350 towing our 5th wheel - they are clean and as you said, great coffee at a great price!
Sounds like fun!
Ever wonder what substance is used to make the tattoos? The same stuff they use to paint automobiles! Tell me that's not toxic. A lifetime of toxicity being absorbed into your body.
Yikes! Not mine.
unfortunately, they don't test them but they all move into your lymph system as your body is trying to remove what it (correctly) perceives as foreign matter. Laser removal doesn't really remove it either.
Slow death?
Kind of like vaccines. some folks have no bad reactions while others do. Denmark did a study with twins, one with tattoos and the other without. They found that skin cancer and lymphoma were more frequent in those with the tattoos. The inks contain heavy metals and chemicals like propylene glycol. Inks travels from skin to blood to lymph nodes. Most probably won't have a bad reaction but I guess my point is why even put the stuff in your body just to participate in the fad of the moment?
Ditto with the nose rings.
Only thing I don't mind about the nose rings - let's me know exactly 'who' I am speaking with. Otherwise, they are GROSS!!!!
I’m over 50 and out of work. Starbucks rejected me for barista app… didn’t even get an interview.
Praying you find somewhere that will appreciate you as an employee soon! 🙏🏻
Never liked Starbucks, but then I am in the backwoods here, so the only place I saw them was in airports. We now have one about 15 minutes away, but we also now have a Biggby’s, 5 minutes away. They make a good, if still overpriced latte.
Or change name to Popeyes
And go back to wearing the OG green aprons with a name tag that simply states your given name.
Starbucks lost me right before the plandemic. I just checked, and the last time I refilled my Starbucks Rewards card was in November 2019. This coincides with the last time I set foot in Manhattan for work. That ship has long since sailed, and I'm so glad it has!
ROFLMAO!
You mean you actually go to Starbucks???
I know there’s a flood of news to try and keep up with and God knows Jeff is faced with the impossibility of hitting ALL of the salient points of the moment….especially with all eyes frozen on the heinous atrocities unfolding in Minnesota. Given the influx of absurdity that characterizes our current time frame, he can’t possibly get to everything. It must be a devil of a time prioritizing ceaseless madness on all fronts. To that end I hope that you all don’t mind me adding an addendum to today's post. It’s not at all pleasant, but necessary nonetheless as the other side continues its free fall descent into the pit.
Another useless hypocritical liberal chucklehead self-destructs: “Silence of the Toads”
Meet Darrin Bell - https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/darrin-bell-freelancer
Bell won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2019 as a freelancer. He was recognized for "beautiful and daring editorial cartoons that took on issues affecting disenfranchised communities, calling out lies, hypocrisy and fraud in the political turmoil surrounding the Trump administration," according to the awards website. Wait for ………………………...it
The heralded prize winner and sanctimonious icon of the progressive loons was arrested on Wednesday Jan. 16, accused of possessing 134 videos depicting child sex abuse. Bell was being held on $1 million bail Thursday at the Sacramento County Main Jail. A woman who identified herself as Bell's wife said Thursday afternoon in a brief telephone interview, "Pray for me and my children." She declined to comment further.
Here we have yet another textbook example proving once again that every progressive liberal’s haphazard accusations turn out to be confessions. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Hopefully, this creeping Jesus boogeyman will be updating his resume to highlight his new found “talents” for his potential employers. Wonder if he’ll be keeping his paltry Pulitzer?
Have a great day. Fight the good fight.
Sanctimonious people always make me suspicious. This guy is a good example of why. What a sick b**tard 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬
It's just a bit disturbing. Kids?? Children?? Just what the bloody hell?! Trust no one, my friends.
Lots of people share news in the comments that isn’t covered in Jeff’s daily swim. We like it actually. Were a cool bunch. 😊 (Well except some knobheads who get their panties in a twist whining, “what’s that got to do with Jeff’s article today!” And we just laugh at them, some mock and slap them upside the head, but they are a minority of intolerant Karens around here. LOL.)
I totally forgot about that story. It was reported on some time ago and then quickly disappeared. Your Pulitzer Prize reference brought to mind Walter Duranty, who helped cover up Stalin's murderous rampage. Apparently, many knew about this but ensured the story was hidden. I often wonder if Karl Popper's theory that nationalism was the cause of so much rampage would have had the traction it has had if the truth about Stalin was known earlier.
Thank you for this. I believe we are in a civil war. The pedophile & Satanists are everywhere and in positions of power where they can protect one another. I'm reading up on the Nebraska Boys town/Franklin scandal. Anyone threatening their exposure was taken out with plane crashes, heart attacks and the like. And their victims, children or young adults, have been damaged for life.
Nice place we have here….no doubt viewed as the most dangerous planet in the cosmos. Come at your own risk.
More specifically... The most dangerous nation on the planet - the largest "consumer" of child trafficking!
I don't know, Phil. I've been down some deep black holes and seen things that have forever changed me. Earth is a freaking insane asylum. But yeah, The U.S. is harboring some real sickos.
I've caught glimpses but I've avoided any prolonged gazes. I can feel my brain being traumatized just from such glimpses. Some things are not meant to be understood, only recognized for the evil they are. Some are better equipped for this than me.
Birthright citizenship is on the docket too. In its 2025–26 term, the Supreme Court of the United States will decide the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.
Oral arguments are expected to take place in the spring of 2026; the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling by summer 2026.
Birthright citizenship of those born to illegal immigrants, who thumb their noses at our laws and refuse to assimilate, then connect their children to the welfare state immediately after birth, getting their sacred social security number, creates cradle to grave dependency on the government.
Looking over the plaintiffs' affidavits in the lawsuit, it all too plain to see that dependency on the government is the end game, literally: https://lizlasorte.substack.com/p/doe-v-trump-birthright-citizenship?r=76q58
Get rid of birthright asap. That is a sacrilege to our country and her citizens.
I believe it was Barbls who gave us a link one C&C day to the transcript of 1800 whatever where ALL THE CONGRESSMEN were in agreement that this amendment IN NO WAY gives citizenship to persons born here of non citizen parents. It’s clear as day when you read the transcript. Who torturously twisted wording to interpret this any other way must be a contortionist
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I wonder why Trump has not issued an EO to prohibit ALL benefits or ANY kind to the smelly illegal parasite lice? Add mandatory E-Verify for hiring...
Let the SCOTUS rule on it...
E-Verify has been broken with so many stolen ss numbers.
Ah... good point.
Maybe make using a SS# that is not yours (for whatever reason)... a 5 year mandatory felony... to be served in El Salvador?
Hi AD, I thought he had done that already. E-Verify, great idea.
Hi, Lori,
I don't think so... if he did... no one is paying any attention to it.
I still wonder why Trump does not push for the passage of House Bill HR2... a good Bill, which could be made even stronger...
Thank you for date information. Here in the “Sanctuary State” of Colorado, the Latino anchor babies do not identify as Americans. Oh no, they are generally Reconquista Warriors. There are even charter schools that have murals throughout their buildings glorifying their Aztec heritage. Spanish is interwoven into their classroom discussions. They have no interest in America’s founders or our belief in “the individual’s rights and responsibilities.” It is actually terrifying.
Found on Bannon's War Room last week:
PETER SCHWEIZER: A top senator on the Mexican National Defense Committee has stated, "Mexicans are in OUR territories: California, Nevada, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Wyoming. We're going to take back the territory that was stolen from us."
This isn’t bravado. Mexico runs 53 consulates in the United States that are organizing anti-ICE protests and meddling in our politics!!
That’s extremely hard to like but I appreciate the information.
Same.
It’s a whole higher level with the Chinese doing it.
I just read the Chinese have been coming to US to give birth and register the child as “citizen” but go back to China to live. The estimate is that China has over a million “citizens” that will vote to screw up our elections. Those “citizenships “ need to be deleted immediately.
I bet they don’t file or pay taxes though 😑
That was mind blowing to read about.
No way to talk about Congress.
Oh, I could talk about Congress and how they live like kings and do nothing but enrich themselves: https://lizlasorte.substack.com/p/no-more-kings?r=76q58
lI suspect the Pfizer deal involved allowing them to go ahead and run TV ads, which some comments had earlier been made to ban all pharma ads. Danged, I sure wish they had. I get so sick of seeing all these people with their skin maladies and how happy they get when they take
Arphexapexalectapus. Then a long fast talking list of probable side effects, including death.
Seems to me, most medications are used to coverup the adverse effects of other medications. I have so many friends wolfing down statins and also on pain meds for achy legs. They are gobsmacked when I tell them, “ditch the statin, which does NOTHING to prolong your life, and the leg pain will go away” Only one friend, scheduled for knee replacement surgery, who had to stop all medication prior to surgery, was amazed to discover her leg pain went away while she was off all meds. Of course she resume pharmaceutical poisoning protocol as soon as the surgery was over. 🤦♀️
So true
I cut the cord to “regular” tv in November 2020….subscribe to Britt Box, Acorn and Rumble. Frustration with ads (I also got tired of the mixed race marriage and gay couple ads) fixed.
I basically quit like you, several decades ago. I never watched commercials when I was on TV, and would mute them. My one sin is watching some football games, where I have forced myself to watch a few of the pharma ads for educational (🤣) purposes only. I'm even getting sick of the woke NFL and won't even be watching the Super Bowl this year.
The mixed-race marriage and gay couples is beyond infuriating.
Pfizer lowering prices is good, but they still are treatment drugs; all cures are off the menu.
You are so right. If you have the TV on, especially evenings, it’s a steady stream and so ridiculous. How many people have that many medical problems that these commercials push? I can’t even pronounce the medical problem they are for, and the side effects should scare your socks off
Having worked in healthcare as an occupation, I can tell you that many of these so-called maladies that require meds didn't even exist several decades ago.
Just having lived 75 years, I know you’re right.
I've remarked more than once that it's amazing to me that things like psoriatic arthritis or eczema have become so common place that they need to develop new drugs for them! I mean, how many people out there are suffering?
Including death - or a sudden slippage of your intestines out of nearby orifices, painful bleeding from the ears, or an inability to remember your name and home address … things like that.
Once again, I am reminded of Steve Martin's brilliant "Side Effects." Fall down on the floor funny. Published in the New Yorker in 1998.
https://www.scribd.com/document/698944294/Side-Effects-by-Steve-Martin-pdf
😆🤣 I couldn’t download it to read but thanks to Ai they accommodated with a summary. Hilarious! I’m posting it here:
“Joint pain, nausea, headache, or shortness of breath — ironically, the very condition the drug is meant to treat.
Projectile vomiting (50% of users),
leg cramps, and frequent bowel movements (up to every ten minutes).
Compulsive repetition of "no can do",
visions of the Virgin Mary in treetops, and an urge to shout "I'm gonna whop you wid da ugly stick!" during a Catholic Mass.
Men may experience impotence during intercourse but powerful erections otherwise,
painful urination while sitting, and lockjaw.
Women may suffer loss of libido, voice deepening by an octave, increased ankle hair, and lowering of a testicle.
Unusual physical changes: lumpy back syndrome, bloated fingertips on the heart-side hand, stone-like body density (making flotation devices useless), and shortened intestines by twenty-one feet.
Retroactive birth defects, geiger counter ticks, phantom third arm, levitation illusions, and language inversions like "Hi, are how you?"
Addictive cravings: An insatiable desire to take another dose twenty minutes after ingestion — so strong that users are advised to have a friend handcuff them to a large kitchen appliance to prevent relapse.
The drug is also said to contain bizarre ingredients such as crack cocaine, pork bladders, crushed saxophone reeds, gunpowder, and English muffins.
The final warning notes the drug is legal in the U.S. only when the user is straddling a state line.”
🤣🤣 Women may suffer the “lowering of a testicle”. I’m dying😂😂
Thank you soooooo much for the best laugh this week. I’m trying to read it to my son and I can’t stop crying in laughter
I read this every once in a while just to make myself laugh. My all-time favorite line is, "You may feel a powerful sense of impending doom; this is because you are about to die." Brilliant, I tell you.
Should be on the label of every vaccine.
Here's a funny parody of those drug ads.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1G6rLuoaxs/
Thanks, but I'm not on FB. Is it also somewhere else?
Sorry. I don't know if it can be found elsewhere.
You should be able to watch it even without a Facebook account.
It won't let me. Demands a facial video and that ain't happenin.
Huh that’s annoying, I don’t blame you, I wouldn’t do that either! I have friends with no FB accounts who can access Facebook and I haven’t heard of them having to do that, maybe it’s something new? Or location dependent?
That's probably your browser.
Nope, it's FB trying to force me to get an account.
Please don't waste your money on tickets for tonight's lottery jackpot. Moltbot already gave me the winning numbers. See you in Tahiti.
My my my you have good taste - take me!!!!
I went there for my honeymoon. Moorea mostly, Bora Bora at the end. I didn’t want to leave but was told you could not move there, ever, without a ridiculous amount of money to open a business that they approved would benefit them - basically next to impossible. I was told most Americans could not relocate there. I’ve always dreamed of going back. It was the most beautiful memory in my entire life and was before Moorea became captured by the tourism.
Huh you mean you can’t just move there and be “undocumented” and have the government pay to feed and house and educate you? 🤔 Wow 😑
Ikr! I’m starting a protest! On their soil as soon as I can get back there. I’ll blare horns and bang garbage cans so they can’t sleep!
🤣😂😁
Maybe you can get some of the MN people to come protest on your behalf 😆
The closest I got was Florida, California, and Hawaii. After winning tonight, I'm hightailing it to Tahiti. I'd invite you, but your husband might object. Hahaha.
I'm the guy who will be working on your plane's engines.
Care to offer me a few mil... or would you prefer to hope and pray?
Happy landings! :-D
I'm not flying to Tahiti. I'm driving, as soon as these dental drugs wear off.
Wear your swimsuit...
Drugs... Do you have any extra?
Hawaiian shirt? Check. Running shorts? Check. Flip flops? Check. Drugs? Check. They're already coursing throughout my body.
ENVY is running through mine!
Weed: Check
But I need Xanax, Demerol, Prozac and Dulcolax!
I'm high on vibes...
That’s funny. However I’ve often wondered about an app that sorts out all previous winning lottery numbers and then uses a logarithm to calculate a potential winning number combination.
There's gotta be one, or more, somewhere.
I wonder if Pretti was on SSRIS.
I wonder if these professionals groups target folks on SSRIs. I wonder if these professionals recruiters encourage SSRIs.
I am guessing people on SSRIs are easier to convince to partake in dangerous, suicidal behaviors.
Some people suspect that the covid shots have similar effects, increasing aggression.
Agreed!! Covid poison shot & SSRIs, a deadly combination.
That’s a great question, Dr Linda!
CNN was actually trying to plant the details around the broken rib for sympathy. What caught my eye is what they actually said was, “he was taking medicine commonly prescribed for a broken rib”. 🤨 um …. No. He wasn’t. They don’t prescribe ANY medicine for rib fractures. Advil at most, which wouldn’t be notable so if that’s what he was taking they milked the reason and misled the seriousness. If he were on a prescription pain med for it, then it would have been of the severity that he could not have walked as easily as he did in the videos, so which is it?? There is NOTHING they can treat rib fractures with these days. As a matter of fact my orthopedic JUST canceled an appointment last week with the doctor who treated my last rib fracture stating “we don’t treat broken ribs anymore”. So it’s hogwash to state there’s a common medicine prescribed for broken ribs. So why even say that?? Did they think we would contest he had a fractured rib? Or were they trying to milk sympathy by making it sound like, “…the poor man was beaten! He’s on medicine for that beating!”
Let me readjust my legs to find a comfortable position here with the TWO broken ribs I am presently contending with as I type this. I’m in week four and it’s STILL highly painful and impossible to easily sleep at night. No way in hell could I have easily been walking around streets one week after my fall, and certainly not as spritely as he was. Deep breaths are like getting stabbed, a sneeze is literal torture, and a cough stops all train of thought until you can brace yourself to get through it. That’s how painful every little movement you make is. I wasn’t able to walk around easily after two weeks much less one. And Ive broken two others over the past four years to know this pattern: once from simply laying on my stomach, (I was 65lb heavier back then) and one doing the leg press at the gym. This time I took a fall on ice and landed smack dab on my rib cage on the stoop outside. You could say I’m an an expert in rib fractures and their life-cycles of healing (not clean breaks, of which he NEVER would have been able to easily walk away with OR return to scuffle a week later if his was a clean break. So … that means his was (purportedly) a fracture.)
They try to improve more than his features, they try to improve the story details to trigger sympathy over yet another situation that was entirely his fault.
I had a broken rib and my doctor said it would hurt for six weeks. Painful to sleep, painful to get out of bed. No meds. I remember getting out of bed and it didn’t hurt. Looked at calendar and it was exactly the end of 6 weeks. Mine broke when I passed out and fell on the bath tub edge. I was on a cruise, when I came home saw doc who did all kinds of tests to determine why I blacked out. It was not from drinking alcohol, before you wonder.
I had "a broken" rib and was given Vicadin for about 3 weeks. Without it, I couldn't move without debilitating muscle cramps. My rib was separated and I suspected I had some cracked ribs in my back too.
So yes, if he was on prescription medication, its doubtful he wouldn't be able to move much.
When I was in college, I pulled a muscle between my ribs, so not a fracture, but a muscle pull and it was one of the most excruciating injuries ever. Couldn’t sleep, move, breathe, or laugh. I was on a regular dose of Advil plus Flexeril, but that was it. Wrapping didn’t help either.
Our urgent care gives lidocaine patches for broken ribs.
After four fractures they have never once given me that. But - I DID try the DMSO cream I had on hand last week! I had a razor sharp pain just under the skin that was unbearable and it did help that particular pinching/slicing but it did nothing for the primary pains of the fracture. It can’t reach deep enough.
My hunch is his was melodramatic and exaggerated to make ICE look like Gestapo bullies. Some of my fractures showed on an X-ray, others didn’t, but for the ones that did it was hard to discern the severity without a CT scan. He probably had a bruised rib, which has a lot of the same pain as a fracture, and could easily be misdiagnosed without X-ray as a fracture, but you have a LOT easier mobility when it’s just bruised. He had mobility, no question about that. I question the “broken rib” with how mobile he was so soon after, and for me I’d want to see that he was given an X-ray and that it alone was conclusive of a fracture. Not that he was on some medicine. None of it makes sense after experiencing what I have with rib fractures that he could do what he did just a week later.
Juju, you can get lidocaine 4% patches from most drug stores and even Amazon. $15-16 for a box of 15. I use 5% patches for my lumbar and they are prescription and much more $$$. They might help enough for you to be able to sleep. 12 hrs on, then 12 hrs off - I found out the hard way do not go over 12 hrs unless you like throwing up.
I actually have these for my lower back but they have never worked for my pain. I’ll give it a go on my rib and see …
Seize all the vehicles involved in the anti-ICE blocking tactics under the
federal asset forfeiture laws.
If Pretti actually had a broken or cracked rib, he wouldn't have been out to participate in riots for another month, unless he was Walter Payton's ghost. I had one, and just barely moving is excruciating for weeks. Breathing can even hurt.
Sitting here with two fractured ribs right now and in week four and I still can’t take a deep breath at all without a yelp. After one week I was only able to lay in my bed and could NOT roll over. Getting up was an afternoon long activity as was laying back down.
When I broke just one last year I had the exact same pain and experience so whether it’s just one or three the pain is the exact same.
It is nearly impossible to move like he did in those videos with a broken rib.
Exactly. Get well!
I broke five ribs in a motorcycle wreck in 2024 and was up and about the next day. It's painful, but it can be done.
Yeah, sometimes you're forced by circumstances. I broke 2 falling off my KLX650 beside Lake Natron. The 8hr return ride to Arusha got exponentially more painful by the hour. Eventually had to sit out of earshot of my trailriding clubmates constant wisecracking whenever we stopped for a puncture repair or rider tally. It was especially brutal because they thought it great fun getting me to laugh against my will.
When still really sore a week later I got an x-ray. At the time I'd thought they were just bruised, maybe cracked. Way more than grateful I hadn't punctured a lung out there!
We’re all five actual fractures that showed clearly on scans? Some of them may have just been bruised, as the symptoms are exactly the same. But just one makes most people immobile the next day but it actually gets worse after one week. My best days were the two right after I broke them. After a week I entered hell
You are unusual, especially if you were able to still join in with peaceful protest scuffles a few days later.
Oh please!
I would like to see a toxicology report. My own experience with opioids and fentanyl at low dosages, turned excruciating pain into something barely noticeable. As a nurse, Pretti had access to drugs. People responded differently to painkillers.
And drugs (and/or alcohol) could help explain how he, and some of the other protestors, have been acting.
Interesting point.
Depends upon the individual. I broke 4 ribs falling down the stairs years ago. After a stay in the hospital, I found the discomfort mild and non-debilitating.
I tend to believe that it in part depends on how much conditioned muscle is available in that area to contract and push against the rib cage, and whether there are nerve endings affected.
I have a friend who just had the end joint of his index finger bitten off by a mastiff. He is a very studly guy, but the pain has been debilitating, and narcotics useless now for 3 weeks. I had another friend who had the ends of 2 fingers cut off in a table saw, and he felt very little residual pain, and went back to work as a carpenter a few days later. The human body is amazing.
Can’t help but wonder how much closer to reality our perception of current events would be, if corporate media was fair, truthful, balanced and accurate. The massive flow of partisan, dishonest opinions and biased speculation that passes for news is damaging our nation, and the cumulative effect is hurting all of us in ways we will probably never fully understand.
I agree. The other day on CNN a young liberal said "Trump is a known participant in child sex trafficking..." and they just tried to casually move on. Scott Jennings stopped them and asked if they were just going to let that sit there. The kid walked it back a little bit but not much, and a day later retracted on X, but that for example should be immediate cease and desist and prosecution. Just do it to one person daily and make it high profile and keep on and on until people like him recognize there are consequences. The man's name was Cameron Kasky.
He didn't walk it back at all on TV. He retracted it the next day on an X post, which of course is not at all adequate. The retraction needs to be done at least as prominently as the slander.
If media were honest, and fair and balanced, and just reported the truth day after day, there would not be a democrat party. They could not exist without owning the presses.
As I see it, the success of the democrat party is predicated on fear, hate, media lies, massive misuse of public money, self-enrichment, law-fare, partisan judges, and election corruption. This wasn’t always so - there used to be a lot of good, decent, center-left democrats.
The democratic party would never have morphed into the travesty it is. Policywise, it would be more like Bill Clinton. I don't want to sing Clinton's praises too highly, I realize that Bill Clinton was pretty corrupt, but he was still recognizable as a politician more or less doing things the people wanted, and he wasn't running the country into a ditch as quickly as possible.
And part of that is done precisely so that we will accept their “regulation” of our speech for the greater good. Duplicitous monsters
Pray fervently for President Trump and his family- for protection and safety -and for discernment for him and purging of advisors in administration that are traitors to the country and not Godly.