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Tiny basket of deplorable's avatar

We have to keep reminding ourselves that what we “see” on Tv is a manipulation or fake. Keep your eyes on Jesus and keeping reading your Bible for the truth.

Sharon Sewell's avatar

Your tiny basket is full of wisdom.

Tiny basket of deplorable's avatar

Sharon, I can only give God the glory for everything in my life. I was once down in a pit with nowhere to look but up and I saw Jesus (after I cried out to him) reach down and pull me out of the place that bad choices landed me. I’ve never looked back and try my best not to let all the crazy stuff going on get me down. That’s what I appreciate about Jeff Childers, he always tries to be upbeat while still telling us the truth.

Sharon Sewell's avatar

To Him all glory belongs. I thank God for Jeff Childers, as well. He is a Truth speaker with spunk and spark. May God protect him and give him favor, surround him and his family with delightful blessings.

PatrioticMama's avatar

Love it! Yes, spunk and spark! Well said!

Kat's avatar

Trust the Lord in all our circumstances, Amen.

Linda's avatar

Almost exactly what I said to my middle-school boys Sunday School class, but I was referring to AI and social media, not to the TV. 🙂. Open those Bibles, boys!

Prudence Sitwell's avatar

The SNAP soda situation is a no brainer... Anyone would agree that our taxpayer dollars shouldn't be subsidizing crack for addicts. Soda and sugary drinks are similar in their addictiveness, albeit (slightly) less bad for your health.

So why on earth would taxpayers be forced to subsidize soda for the unemployed and obese? Why should tax dollars pay for soda for anyone?

You're free to do cocaine or drink soda. Not my business. I don't care that Trump drinks Diet Coke. But I sure as hell don't want to pay for someone else's unhealthy choices, especially if they are gainfully unemployed.

Elaine Russky's avatar

The exclusion of soda from SNAP recipients is not really an opinion about whether people should drink soda. It's based on the concept that SNAP should help buy nutritious food, i.e., what impecunious people need. They aren't barred from drinking soda, but the public isn't obligated to pay for it.

Susan Seas's avatar

I remember years ago receiving WIC, it was very specific with what you could buy. I had no problem with that.

Sharon Trodler's avatar

I remember that. I don’t think they could even purchase sugar laden, artificially colored junk food either. Am I right?

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Had to look it up! Ty, great word. I thought it was Jeff’s job to stump us like that.

Well done!

Christine's avatar

Agreed! I had to look it up too.

Cookie Dee's avatar

Trumps Diet Coke is not paid for by SNAP, that was a red herring created to make people feel bad for the “poor people” on SNAP that can no longer get free soda. (Which BTW is not free” We, the taxpayers, pay for thier “free soda”

Johnny-O's avatar

People on gov healthcare do receive payments for their poor diets and health by us taxpayers - including government workers.

Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

Yes, President Trump "launders" his salary to other departments when he follows the rules and returns it in the form of a donation... so even he can't get around it when he foregoes his government salary.

Christine Summerson's avatar

Good grief I'm old enough to remember when soda was a treat, not a daily beverage. In 8-ounce bottles.

Roger Beal's avatar

I must be older than you, because I remember green bottles of Coca-Cola that held 6-1/2 ounces, and were sold from coin operated flat refrigerated machines. In 1960, those bottles cost one nickel plus one penny, and exact change was required.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

I will never forget the smell of that bottle cap popping and that first taste. I would ride along with my dad when he drove a laundry truck. And that treat, was just beyond anything I can remember.

Cousin Clem's avatar

6.5 ounces....and now the soda comes in buckets called Super Big Gulps or even bigger--the Double Big Gulp at a whopping 50! ounces(which is about 1 full cup of sugar) And we wonder why type 2 diabetes is rampant.

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

AND those bottles were made of non toxic GLASS

Roger Beal's avatar

AND kids could carry them to the distributor and collect two cents cash money for each one. Recycling 1960 style, before it was socially hip!

Christine Summerson's avatar

I stand corrected re the ounces, and remember the machines fondly.

JT's avatar

The nice thing about those flat machines is that when the gas station owner was looking the other way, you cold pop the cap off and stick a straw in and...oh, never mind... (or so I heard)

Roger Beal's avatar

Now surely YOU never participated in such shenanigans ...

JT's avatar

As our favorite HRC would say..."I can't recall..."

Katalin's avatar

Favorite? Hmm...

WTPuck's avatar

Everything tastes better in glass. Also, sodas were made with real sugar and not chemicals, so the taste was superior. I got to have a taste of mom's (rare) Dr. Pepper.

nancy's avatar

I grew up one of nine kids; a soda was divided by at least 3 or 4 glasses.

Jan's avatar
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We had to divide a 12 oz Pepsi 3 or four ways. I’d get my nose at tabletop level and pour very carefully so nobody got more than me. Lol. My brother licked a spill off the table once. Yes, it was a big treat. Hubby shared when he divided a bottle with his younger brother, he would put ice in his brothers glass first, but not his. Lil’Bro was none the wiser. We called it “pop” here in Midwest. I think there is some borderline where it turns into “soda”. We were a Pepsi pop and Skippy peanut butter family.

Valoree Dowell's avatar

“Gainfully unemployed.”Perfect new T-shirt but they wouldn’t wear one. Wait, maybe, if it was “free.”

It doesn't take Sherlock's avatar

The soda example is just a limited hangout issue. We should be outraged by what DataRepublican was/is doing, but it was not mentioned at all in today's substack. That DataRepublican activity was targeted at people like us.

Beckadee's avatar

Can you be more specific re DR? Lara Logan interviewed her recently and it seems all hell broke loose shortly after. The latest I can find where I don't think that is true is this X post. Thanks

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2091733646533100027?

and then this:

https://datarepublican.com/dsa-explorer/

SHug's avatar

"what DataRepublican was/is doing" - and exactly what was data-republican doing? Jennica mostly uses her substack to expose the actual data of who has been subverting taxpayer money, where they've been sending it, who has been spending it, and for what.

clem h fandango's avatar

The first of the month in any Walmart you could see people with entire carts of just soda. Some even dragging the cart while riding the store scooter...

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

✝️✝️✝️

O LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me!

Give ear to my voice when I call to You!

May my prayer be counted as incense before You;

The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.

— Psalm 141:1-2 NAS95

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Franklin O'Kanu's avatar

I love engaging with fake influencers online - especially about the vaccine.

You can tell they’re paid. They don’t have much depth in their responses and end up regurgitating useless info or make personal attacks.

The back and forth shows people there’s a lot more info out there and they can make informed decisions: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-complete-vaccine-harm-profile

ASK's avatar

Flock is obviously now paying for Pro-Flock posts on X. Go get ‘em!

Ned B.'s avatar

Flock surveillance cameras are the sensors of the security state.

https://nedb.substack.com/p/get-the-flock-outta-here

ASK's avatar

And it’s only getting worse. So much other invasive technology is being added on. And it’s scary. And all of the data centers to store it. At some point, only an emp will get us out of the surveillance state they are building. (Not that I’m advocating that because that will create a new hell.)

SHug's avatar

LOL! Did you see this? Poor unfortunate looks a bit like the Tate bros

Florida Police Use 3D-Printed Camera Decoy to Catch Suspected Vandal

https://oldglorychronicle.com/florida-police-use-3d-printed-camera-decoy-to-catch-suspected-vandal/

Wise Old Woman in the Woods's avatar

Thank you for the link to see the back and forth. I subscribe to MedPage to read the propaganda of the day. It is funny to read the comments by medical providers screeching about Kennedy. They seemingly have no clue MedPage is part of a digital marketing platform that includes stuff for gamers and coupons.

Perrdog's avatar

All media is around to do is tell us a crap story about whatever the topic is or highlight the good guy doing a good deed as the bad guy and his -IST -OBIC intentions in doing said act of kindness.

I don’t know about you but I don’t see black smoke rising on the horizon from my neighborhood. It’s a different story if I turn on the local news!

Love your neighbor and give others a smile and be generous giving others a compliment instead of honking the horn or being cold on a walk. Be the light, be positive, and overall prepare yourself for anything…

Anne Emerson Hall's avatar

Last night, I just finished listening to Nothing Left, the book written by former Democratic campaign operative Evan Barker. She tells about her years as a progressive beginning with her support for Obama as a teenager. She’d inherited a live-threatening lung disorder and benefited from Obamacare—her Midwestern family’s finances were precarious and her frequent hospital stays threatened bankruptcy. So she became a True Believer. The book traces her career becoming a top campaign fundraiser and her eventual disenchantment with the damage wrought by identity politics.

That this NYT story lands today is eerie. The number of campaign operations below the public’s radar she outlines is huge.

The book opens with her walking out of the 2024 DNC convention in disgust.

Susan Hojdik's avatar

Yeah. It’s sickening. Don’t take the 30 pieces of silver. Don’t be a betrayer. It Ain’t Worth it. So few of us trying to keep people truly safe:/

It doesn't take Sherlock's avatar

Problem is our side does it too. Remember the whole "Epstein Binder" fiasco? Just keep a list of who they were (Others as well):

Liz Wheeler (commentator), Rogan O'Handley (known as DC Draino), Chaya Raichik (creator of Libs of TikTok), Scott Presler (activist), Chad Prather (commentator), Jack Posobiec (commentator).

And, use the Charlie Kirk assasination as a ruler too in evaluating the 'quality of thought' of other influencers. Many have fallen out of favor now because of continuing to push the lie of Charlie being shot by a 30.06: TPUSA guys (Kolvet, NEff, Wilson), Posobiec again, Benny Johnson, Barnes, and many others. "Crisp 4k video" was a dead giveaway. They didn't bank of people following up.

It leaves us with legitimate wondering as to why these people do it. Money? Power? Fear of black-mailed info coming out?

Shelle's avatar

I need more clarity. What specifically is each person here accused of?

It doesn't take Sherlock's avatar

I've followed all the above mentioned for years on X. It is evident by what they post now versus prior on things like the Epstein List. And what they choose to ignore on the Kirk assassination. It is easier to see with self-described "sh*t-posters" like Catturd2. Grok was helpful at identifying the shifts for those 'commission' posts. I've been blocked by a few for asking follow-up questions on X. For those of us who followed Dan Bongino the past decade, it is very clear with him that something happened. And you can easily find the "Clear 4k video" posters on the Kirk assassination.

What many people fail to realize is that the Deep-State controlled are not limited to just the people on the Left. People on the Right, especially elected ones, are allowed to attain to their various positions while still being 'kept in a box'. They may be able to operate 'freely' for most issues because they will be procedurally blocked or the issue is minor from a Deep State perspective. But when things become serious in risking Deep State agendas, the "Calls are made". Uncontrollable people are a risk to the 'agenda'. Why is it with 53 Senators, we only know maybe 10 off the top of our heads? And of those, half or more are basically do-nothings at this point? That isn't an accident. Look how hard they fought to try and get Cornyn back. Look at do-nothings (for the citizen) that Cruz, Cotton, and others have become. Thune is the one blocking Trump nominees, not Chuck Schumer. Have we had a good Republican Speaker since Newt? No reason we still go through the continuing fund resolution when we controlled House and Senate in Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 first two years of each.

There are many reasons for the controlled nature of communication on our side at Fox, and major X influencers.

For X, if people have access to Grok there (as opposed to the stand-alone version) you can find shifts in the ones I mentioned. Just ask Grok about how they were posting on a topic Pre January 2025, and now. There are more than just those. I used to have a list of 80+ I could follow and expect them to be 90% good. Sadly that is down to maybe a dozen that I don't have to figure out the angle of the shift on various issues.

shayne's avatar

Excellent advice!

william howard's avatar

most likely they are just preaching to the choir so probably not moving the needle one way or another

Sharon Sewell's avatar

Looks like, smells like, reads like the Mockingbird effect is alive and well. Thanks, Jeff. I have noticed the same.

PonyBoy's avatar

We also must keep reminding ourselves that these "bots" on here with us who are constantly using their words to turn us against President Trump are most likely "paid" to do so.

Oh, they'll deny that all day long but now you know there are people who will do and say anything for money.

TRM's avatar
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Because everyone must blindly support EVERYTHING Trump does or they are "on the take"? We are not allowed to criticize him when he screws up badly? Like the STUPID war he started for Israel? Notice how Israel has now left the stage and has left the USA holding the bag?

Look he's getting stuff done domestically which is needed badly (trans, DEI, border, etc) but internationally he takes orders from his owners in the Zionist banking cartel.

Inisfad's avatar

He’s been talking about Iran since 1980. This shouldn’t have been a surprise for you.

Johnny-O's avatar

Don't waste your time with pony. He's a tribalist to the max.

PonyBoy's avatar

And, you're a "whiner" to the max.

Alan Devincentis's avatar

This one right here. Jew hater. Check. Trump fan but he’s stupid for…check. No identifying marks. Check. Always comes back with the answer, but just the one you will find on any news channel , Check.

PonyBoy's avatar

"Because everyone must blindly support EVERYTHING Trump does or they are "on the take"?"

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Folks, have you ever seen me write the words above that this commenter says?

Nope, like I've said, constructive criticism is good however when it turns out it's 24/7 for years on end, it's morally "sick."

Got that TRM?

Jpeach's avatar

Influencers on social media became a highly weaponized PysOp tool during Covid. The CIA funded NY Times hates competition.

Patti's avatar

They just parrot each other. It’s obvious. I stopped following a lot of them.

Jpeach's avatar

They get paid to “Parrot”.

Carol Brizzolara's avatar

The Mockingbird Media is alive and well.

BelleTower's avatar

I leave here more alert, thanks Jeff! (also, everyone loves lerts)

Uncle Juan's avatar

Happy Monday everyone!!

shayne's avatar

And to you UJ

NoVA mom's avatar

Good morning ! ☀️

Sandra's avatar

You article today explains why I trust Coffee and Covid for getting the truth. In the meantime, I worry about the outcome of the midterms. 🤞🤞

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

I'm not worried ... We may not have the SAVE Act yet, but countless other factors are steamrolling along in our favor.

It's going to be a rout.

TRM's avatar
1hEdited

C&C is an excellent source of info ...

Except about the wars for Israel. Then it cheer leads and when things go south badly it just ignores it and doesn't talk about it.

The R's have 3 times the money that the D's have for midterms. Money buys elections in America. I'm thinking the R's will hold the house.

Proberta's avatar

"except about the wars..."

Remember when Abortion was the political trigger to fire the Conservatives into a frenzy?

Ever since Trump said he would veto any abortion restrictions, Abortion has become a political non-issue.

Now its Election Fraud and Illegal immigration to keep the Conservatives fired up for the Cause.

Kat's avatar

I love how Trump thinks; getting the abortion wedge off the table is another axe the Dems can’t wield at us. I believe borders are yet another issue, closed and quiet!

Proberta's avatar

More likely Trump closed the issue on Abortion because the biological medium used in vaxxines is aborted human fetal tissue (or euthanized canine tissue).

Pfizer can't make enough vaxxines without enough aborted human fetal tissue. And Trump works for Pfizer.

Lynne Morris's avatar

Money does not necessarily buy elections in the US. And neither does polling, which is another insidious device used to manipulate the voting public. Just ask Kamala Harris. IMO it is one of the truly good things to come out of Trump's.

shayne's avatar

Good happy Monday to everyone!

Jacquijacq's avatar

I’d love to know what Tucker and Candace are getting $$$there has to be a reason they’re both completed Bat crap crazy

Alan Devincentis's avatar

Qatar. There’s your answer.

Carol Brizzolara's avatar

I miss Rush Limbaugh and even Glenn Beck on Fox News. Does anyone still listen to Glenn Beck anymore? I occasionally see things he puts out but only snippets here and there. I mainly follow C&C and read the comments for links.

Guy White's avatar

I still listen to Glenn (first discovered him while he was still at CNN!) and appreciate his viewpoint for many reasons. He is a great storyteller and constantly probing topics and discussing with guests many issues I don’t hear about elsewhere. It is insightful and thought-provoking. It’s another part of the spectrum of conservative thought that informs, educates and entertains, just like C&C.

Proberta's avatar

Tucker and Candace have gone anti-Zionist.

Uh oh...

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Now let's talk about the "influencers" the current leadership in the Pentagon paid to post FED slop.

Start with DataRepublican.

BelleTower's avatar

About your WHAT ABOUTism … Every sponsored post ought to be disclosed I don’t care who does it.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Yes, everyone who is getting paid to post, whether it is the Pentagon or any other entity paying the bill, needs to be exposed.

Johnny-O's avatar

What about the zionists paying gobs of money to influencers here in the states?

TRM's avatar

But they're not ever named? AIPAC isn't even registered as a foreign lobby group.

Dena's avatar

That’s because they’re not a foreign lobbying group. They’re an American pro-Israel lobbying org.

Johnny-O's avatar

Maybe if they are so interested in Israel, they should go lobby the gov of Israel. And people like Trump's gal Miriam Adelson are Israeli loyalists. Open your eyes.

Matt L.'s avatar

AIPAC was formed to avoid being named a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). AIPAC used to be the AZC (American Zionist Council). This is all part of the historical record of 1950’s.

Johnny-O's avatar

Well we do know they pay Trump's boy Brad Parscale millions a year for his influencer advice.....

Pat Wetzel's avatar

Or maybe we all tune out and remove the demand side of the equation.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

The monetary aspect is what fuels the propaganda.

Elaine Russky's avatar

X could require the paid ones to kick back a percentage of their earnings to X. I'm not sure how that would work, but it seems fair.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

I was stunned when I realized that there is a payout on X. Did that just start with Elon or did it occur under Jack Dorsey?

Johnny-O's avatar

Um, I certainly don't exercise what aboutism - I call it out daily on these threads. Look and criticize elsewhere.

Juju's avatar

She’s not paid to post “FEDslop”. Just because they have compensated her for some of her hard work (rightfully so) doesn’t make any of it fraudulent or lies.

Dena's avatar

Yes, she announced about a week ago that she was hired in July as a Special Government Employee for the Dept of War ( kind if like Doge I think). They can use her tech expertise imo. Also that She gave up her Pentagon press credentials in June & doesn’t attend briefings.

https://x.com/datarepublican/status/2091977388892545306?s=61

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

She only admitted working for them after she was outed.

If she had put out a statement as soon as it took effect, people would've been OK with it. Like what John Solomon did. He put a statement saying he is now working for the White House.

Juju's avatar

That’s how you and others who are threatened by her work see it. I’d say a month delay is pretty darn fast given all that is going on and how she has to protect herself from lunatics.

If she was putting out fake data, sure, villainize her. But she's not, it's open source. She's just a master at connecting the dots, and it's making the grifters super edgy. If they think we will fall for a paid campaign against her, they are even dumber than I thought.

She is not owned by anyone. All of you are.

Juju's avatar

Also, she is SGE. People need to look up what that is and understand it better, the parameters of being an SGE. It has a specified legal status that she has stayed well within.

She also was never a “journalist” so being held to journalistic “ethics” is a typical red-herring. She had every right to share her work on social media as she did, and she violated no laws doing so. And she has used her tool to expose people/NGOs/corporations on BOTH sides of the aisle. It’s not her fault that the majority are on the left. That doesn’t make her some attack dog, and it shouldn’t upset the far right either, unless of course they know they are about to be exposed … 🤔 Could this be behind their attacks?

Grok: “Special Government Employees under 18 U.S.C. § 202 have a defined temporary status (≤130 days/year) with modified ethics rules distinct from regular federal employees. Legal compliance on conflicts and disclosures is separate from questions of voluntary transparency when offering public commentary.”

Juju's avatar

You are the last person whose opinion I will ever deem reliable. You so easily smear others without knowing whether or not you’re right. Yesterday all over the place on X you were accusing DataRepublican of being a FED, AND her mother, because of her paid work she has done for the government. It’s not at all the way you spun it to be, but you were dutifully parroting what the influencers are. You furthered the frenzy of their messaging to discredit her.

So I turned it on you and said you sounded more like a FED than she does, accusing others of what you yourself are doing. And it was traitorous. How would someone innocent of that charge reply to me? Certainly not the way that you did. No … you continued to repeatedly attack MY identity, telling me I hid behind anonymity, and too afraid to put a name to my opinions. (We all know why identity matters so much to you people online, as Data Republican found out the hard way, it’s SOLELY to harrass them and shut them up.) You kept hammering about my identity and not what I was saying. You eventually turned to calling me “f*ing insane” and a lunatic.

There’s only one sort of person that responds that way to logical statements made by others. You’re far from innocent.

Then to make matters WORSE, you proved your complete and utter lack of discernment and investigatory prowess - something everyone here needs to know since you’re throwing accusations around about DR. In another X post you mocked the WRONG account that just accused you of being a FED! Just because they had “Juju” in their name! You accused an innocent account of doing something they never did. You can’t even properly go to that other person’s account and double check their recent replies to verify you were mocking the right person. You weren’t. It was me. And that wasn’t my account. 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️

How on earth is anything you parrot about DR any more trustworthy when you can’t even tend to your own backyard with grace or accuracy.

I stand by my initial point that I made yesterday, you behave more as a FED than DR ever has. Her data speaks for itself. She doesn’t parrot given scripts and she works diligently to uncover the truth. You are either highly threatened by that truth she is uncovering, and working for people who need you to “influence” in conservative spaces like this, OR, you are foolishly listening to the wrong sorts of people without doing proper homework, carrying an air of arrogance to boot. Either way, that leaves you as one of the last people in this community people should trust.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

She unfortunately is suffering some sort of mental crisis.

Juju's avatar

See? Her only response to my clear details is to attack me personally.

I have all the screenshots, fool

Johnny-O's avatar

The Naked Emperor just posted an article today highlighting the exact opposite of what you are saying. The war for your mind has no boundaries.

https://archive.is/uN0zZ

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

It is extremely offensive that an active duty Army officer, LTC Adam D'Ortona posting as @infantrydort, is posting FED slop during normal working hours from his job in the Pentagon, totally violating the Army's strict social media policy.

I didn't like it when this kind of crap happened under the Biden administration especially with the push for the covid jabs, and it seems even more offensive under the Trump administration.

Pat Wetzel's avatar

That was disillusioning, and perhaps that is good. We really are living in the matrix. What is real? I suggest that the sunshine, the blooming roses and the cooler September air make the grade, but not much else.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

All the FED slop just reminds me of the intense campaign that occurred during the Biden administration in regard to covid.

Somehow I expected better from this administration. Silly me.

Kat's avatar

Sometimes you gotta get in the mud with em!!