It's been a long time since I've shared one of my rants as the Chant's pithy political part-time poster. While it's not quite publish or perish here, I do feel the Catholic guilt weighing on me slightly since my name is on the header, and Juvat has been carrying all the water when Sarge needs a break. So I'll just get into it. Fair warning: It's not going to be pretty and I'm going to reference some horrifying items (Epstein file info) that you won't find in the mainstream news, and that's part of the problem.
The past year of news has been eye-opening to say the least, with some of it being awe-inspiring, and another part of it being absolutely shocking, to the point that I don't really know what to think about it all. I once thought that the media went after Trump because during his first term he called them fake news. However, it's now been revealed through DOGE, USAid funding reports, Epstein file releases, the Russian collusion hoax and Hunter Biden's laptop, FBI director Kash Patel's briefings, vaccine injury reports, and more, that this benign insult was a massive oversimplification of the issue on my part.
Considering all the revelations, mainly from FBI releases since Trump took office, we see that Trump was and remains, a threat to a bunch of folks that were getting rich from the fraud that was going on through USAID, Ukraine funding, insider trading, and support from rich billionaires. It was enabled by the the media and attack-dog politicians who fight him at every turn. Trump is threatening their power base that relies on that fraud, with NGOs siphoning off our tax dollars, election rigging, media manipulation, and lock-step democrats who not only criticize every Trump action, but can never admit to any of his successes, and will even block them to ensure Trump gets no credit. The fact that they've tried to kill him multiple times is also some clear evidence of him being a threat.¹
The Epstein files are another high level saga that is clearly being protected by some very powerful people. The "files" was first just thought of as a list of "clients" visiting his island, but we know know the files consisted of millions of pages of investigative reports, emails, and media. After Epstein's arrest and detention, the focus was on how he supposedly died. Then the story shifted to whether or not Trump was in the files, resulting in a full scale endless demand from the left for their release. Then once the files were released and Trump wasn't revealed as a participant in the terrible activities on the island, the Washington left and much of the right went silent. There was no investigation into the horrors there, no demand for justice for the victims, little to no shaming of those revealed, and due to Iran and Venezuela, it has quietly fallen out of the news.
I read many pages (and viewed a few vids) of the release and it disgusts me- so many crimes, so many victims. It also revealed how Epstein was in contact with so many rich and powerful, acting as a "Hyper-Fixer," brokering deals at an elite level, and facilitating introductions between billionaires, politicians, and scientists. He also provided consulting and strategic advice to major financial groups, such as the Edmond de Rothschild Group. Then there's also the evidence of him acting as an agent for some unknown organization or flag, creating honey-trap situations for probable leverage operations², and having powerful friends who intervened for him. The fact that his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested for sex trafficking, and he himself was a convicted pedophile, add weight to the disgusting revelations. I won't go too much into some of the media that was released, but one included a young girl and an adult male, one as victim, one as perpetrator. Enough said.
I feel bad for the victims, frustrated that justice isn't being served, but it shows that there are some very powerful people involved.
I'm sure Trump made no friends with those elites, releasing the files exposing the names and activity, which threatens them. Meanwhile Trump is making eye-watering changes on a global scale (for those paying attention), playing four dimensional chess. He's weakening China and Russia by cutting off their cheap oil from both Venezuela and Iran, making the world safer, yet he seems to be under constant attack from the left and the media. America is growing stronger, our enemies weaker, life becoming more affordable for the average American, and the border is secure, but you'd barely hear that from anyone that isn't a conservative podcaster, a few Fox reporters, the White House Press Secretary, or Newsmax. Despite all the good that is happening to America, and Trump helping ensure peace and stability across the world, he receives little credit, gets constant criticism, and our American interests aren't fully allowed to prosper because of the left blocking him at every turn.
While Trump and Patel are working hard to uncover all the corruption, they're fighting not only the Democratic tide but the Republican one as well.

So if we can't rely on the media, the medical industry, ballot boxes, govt institutions, including almost the entire legislative branch, and other formerly trustworthy organizations, and justice won't be served, where do we turn?
I'm trying to turn off social media for one. Maybe get outside and enjoy the sun. Go for a walk or a hike. Enjoy the beauty of God's creation. Eat better- less processed crap and more nutritional ingredients that you cook yourself. Go to Church. Pray more. Worry less. Trust in Him.
Will that help? It'll help me. Maybe it'll do the same for you.
¹ And I don't believe for a second that a loner kid in Pennsylvania got through all those checkpoints and onto a building without anyone enabling that.


Trying not to hit all the emotional hot buttons this morning.
ReplyDeleteThe first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.
With all the distractions to keep American's asking hard questions of our "Elites" they make more FAKE Money aka Debt to keep the Bread and Circuses going.
Ernest Hemingway
War is no longer made by simply analyzed economic forces if it ever was. War is made or planned now by individual men, demagogues and dictators who play on the patriotism of their people to mislead them into a belief in the great fallacy of war when all their vaunted reforms have failed to satisfy the people they misrule.
Ernest Hemingway
Tower 7 never hit but destroyed exactly as the other two.
No doubt the "Emergency Bank Holiday" WILL be because of EVIL Iranian Hackers or such.
Never mind the national debt is WHAT 39 Trillion and growing like a cancerous tumor? Servicing it at a historically LOW tax rate of 3.8% interest is over 1.1 Trillion a year.
SNIP In Fiscal Year 2025, the U.S. federal government collected approximately $5.26 trillion in revenue, which includes individual income taxes, payroll taxes, and other sources. In Fiscal Year 2026, the federal government has collected about $2.10 trillion so far. Additionally, in Fiscal Year 2023, the IRS collected approximately $4.7 trillion in gross collections. These figures reflect the total tax revenue collected by the federal government and can vary based on the fiscal year and specific tax types.
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.
“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”
“What brought it on?”
“Friends,” said Mike. “I had a lot of friends. False friends. Then I had creditors, too. Probably had more creditors than anybody in England.”
No, NO! We're NOT IN TROUBLE are we...
Wonder how long before "Aliens, SPACE Aliens" will be the next distraction from the chaos our "Epstein Elites" dump on our heads.
Praying for wisdom as gasoline prices change daily and soon enough groceries and electricity (really everything) will soon follow.
Michael the anonymous this morning.
Trump has been amazingly consistent on his campaign promises, and his stance towards the Middle East and Iran since the '80s. This was not war to pad his pocketbook, but to take down a bully that has been killing Americans for 50 years. However, I have lamented the seemingly never-ending debt in these pages before. Again, how can we stop it?
DeleteDo we really want to know how to stop the ever expanding debt?
DeleteThe Greek word for economics is Proper prudent household management.
Don't spend more than you earn and set aside for investments (like roads, bridges, REPAIRS) and emergencies (disasters and wars but I repeat myself).
The largest expenditures are not surprising is Social Security and Medicare.
Frankly we cannot cut these. Aside from the morals of keeping the promises you and I were FORCED to pay into, a nation that tosses its elders and sickly away like "useless eaters" doesn't deserve to live.
Social Security was designed to be funded from an ever-growing economy. Also, it was NOT designed to be CONgress (spelling Intentional) Piggy Bank for pet pork projects.
We CAN However cut down Grift (seems to be MASSIVE problem), Deport Illegals and their families that are involved in crime and GO BACK to the Ellis Island Idea that ANY Immigrant had to PROVE they had a Job and a Sponsor as NOT TO BE A BURDEN on Society.
Yes, ship them back to the countries so many of them are sending Western Union cash to.
Graft is a problem but until tar and feathers becomes a "thing" again politicians WILL steal and do the bidding of those with big checkbooks.
Main thing we REALLY COULD DO is Eliminate and or Sunset the massive set of regulations that stifle every business and startups.
SNIP $3.079 trillion
The Cost of Governmental Regulations on Businesses in America
The cost of governmental regulations on businesses in America is estimated to be $3.079 trillion in 2022, which is 12% of U.S. GDP. This figure represents the total costs of federal regulations and the impact on various sectors and firm sizes. The study indicates that compliance costs are unevenly distributed, with small businesses disproportionately affected. For instance, small firms with fewer than 50 employees incur regulatory costs of $14,700 per employee per year, which is 20% greater than the cost per employee in large firms ($12,200)
While you CAN give people bread and circuses aka welfare, EBT and TV's etc you cannot GIVE them Personal Responsibility and PRIDE.
The Ability to work a JOB that has Job Growth into a well-paying job and Pride of being ABLE to buy a starter home like their Parents (maybe Grandparents now, sad to say) did is how you get a MOTIVATED, Proud American.
You know Ameri CAN. Instead of a drugged out Ameri CAN'T.
But our malevolent Overlords aka Deep State, Epstein party insiders and so on are not interested in INDEPENDENT Self-Respecting Citizens. Too hard to control. They want Serf's for their Techo-tyranny.
After reading this post I feel the need to go take a shower to get clean Tuna, the UniParty makes sure it takes care of it's own. It's a big club and you and me ain't in it.........:(
ReplyDeleteFollow the last paragraph and stay fresh!
DeleteNot your fault, Tuna, but that is a very depressing post. Important to post to let "The People" know and, hopefully, put an end to this crap..
ReplyDeleteThanks
juvat
Maybe not so depressing as long as we heed Tuna's next to last paragraph and stick together. These things can seem so much worse when we think we're isolated. I am encouraged by the progress made by this administration. Let us resolve to do what we can to support those who are doing good, oppose those who mean us ill and everywhere build up our communities; either temporal or online.
DeleteWe will prevail because we must.
Boat Guy
P.S. I don't see the benefit in digging into Tower Seven at this late date.
Boat guy, no benefit because we'll find more of the same deep state stuff? I think so.
DeleteJuvat, I think people know to some extent, and the truth is leaking out. What to do with that information is another story, some accountability, now or in the hereafter is probably guaranteed eventually.
DeleteRe: Epstein -, excuse me, OHMYGAWD!!!EPSTEINFILES!!!!, with rampant abuse of minors and women being an open secret in the entertainment industry for close to a century, they don't surprise me.
ReplyDeletenor does the fact that the rich and powerful will do what is needed to retain and increase that wealth and power.
It's not just the sex stuff, but who he was working for.
DeleteTuna, again, not surprised. See my comments about open secrets and the rich and powerful. What does surprise me is that there aren't more.
DeleteBoy, this place is so dark and uncheerful. 😎
ReplyDeleteCurtis
Yeah I warned ya though.
DeleteTuna, sincere thanks for being the member of The Chant to take the hit.
ReplyDeleteThe one thing I feel reasonable to comment on (because it is more economic based) is the wild misuse of USAID. The siphoning of millions of dollars as a slush fund is not only a significant waste of money, it is profoundly an anti-republican (small "r" there) activity. As a republic, our representatives are there to represent their voters and be concerned first and foremost with their concerns - including financial - rather than siphon away money "for the greater good." Having just had my taxes done, this stings even more.
Why more Americans aren't angry about the theft of our tax dollars amazes me.
DeleteBy the way, I have to think Sarge for letting me post this. It's pretty dark and heavier than anything here probably ever. He's a gracious host who lets me rant.
ReplyDeleteI don't want you to keep it all bottled up. It helps to vent on occasion. I do that vicariously through you. 😎
DeletePresident Eisenhour warned America in 1960, by December of 1963 a cabal was running things from behind the curtain. Since then Trump has been their only threat.
ReplyDeleteWhen DOGE started in I was shocked at how deep the corruption & graft went, I was shocked at how much MONEY was being stolen, regularly! I was embarrassed about the things I'd said about the system of corruption in Mexico over the years... I never imagined we were worse!
And after all of that nothing happened! The media is owned by the cabal...
When they tried to assassinate Mr. Trump in Butler, PA (CNN was there live, the only time they were live for him, the Secret Service "C" team was protecting him and an award winning photographer got a shot of the bullet after AFTER it hit Trump's ear). I think that God turned Mr. Trumps head at the exact moment needed to save his life and ruin what would have been amazing video & a still photograph!
I believe that Mr. Trump has a further purpose waiting for him.
Rob,
DeleteI was there for the attempted assassination. I live in Butler. Security was basically a scratch team. Secret Service sent second stringers, the Governor of Pennsylvania denied the use of the State Police for security and the local Police Departments picked up the slack. There was a security perimeter, but it was localized to the Farm Show grounds. There was no outer perimeter security. The very people who denied security assets then tried to place blame on the County Sheriff and other departments. Every person that they tried to blame either was or worked for Republicans. If you are not in Philly, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and a few other cities, Pennsylvania is heavily Republican. In contrast a few weeks later Harris came to Pittsburgh and security was about as tight as it could get.
Rob, definitely some guardian angels doing some heavy lifting there in PA that day.
DeleteExcellent post Tuna. I am praying more but also worrying more. Our country's at stake and if the problessivesocialistcommies get back in power they WILL all but make it impossible to lose it's control.
ReplyDeleteTry to worry less. It won't help. Keep up with Juvat's Voting Rubric, keep praying, don't trust the first (or second) version of a story, and you'll be all right.
DeleteThank you sir. Seeing and calling out the insanity is not doom and gloom.
ReplyDeleteReality is best looked square in the eye.
Well done, Tuna.
ReplyDeleteWell, I appreciate the outlet for my frustration.
DeleteThat is a big, beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteHAHA, thanks WSF.
DeleteConcur 100%
DeleteWhat really peeves me off isn't that all of this happened but that it's just now in the last yearish getting out to where 'normal' people can't ignore it anymore.
ReplyDeleteLike the whole Pizzagate... A child sex-predator ring. Exposed as 'fake' by... child sexual predators. Even worse, child sexual predators in the media who were known back then as... child sexual predators but the power-elite covered for them.
Like the 2020 Election... No fraud there, heck, Guiliani got found guilty and lost all his money for saying there was election fraud in Georgia. And now we find out this year that Georgia had 340,000 fake or fraudulent votes and Biden won by 15,000.
And so forth and so on.
It's been very tiring being a Cassandra to everyone around me and constantly being told I'm wrong. No, no I'm not. Open your eyes, people.
I have a friend who's still getting COVID boosters. And thinks Trump was wrong about Hydrocloroquine and Ivermectin.
And then there was the very uncomfortable conversation with my Roosevelt-Democrat mother when I laid out exactly what was going on after the 2024 election and all she did was kept saying, "Why wasn't any of this reported?" Gee, mother, didn't you listen to me saying the media's been systemically lying to us since, oh, right after 1948? And was under the control of the Soviets as early as the mid 1930s?
And, mom? Melania's still the best looking and smartest First Lady we've ever had, so there!
I still get the eye roll from friends about my FB posts and rants, yet some have started to agree. Will I get an apology from some of the more angry attackers? I doubt it, but as long as they are opening their eyes, even a little, that's a good thing.
DeleteYeah, it's almost as if they hate you for being right, no?
DeleteAll of this was unfortunately plainly obvious to me as I am one of those weird people that can take seemingly unconnected events and happenings and see the connections. My lovely wife, Mrs. Andrew, does the same thing. And, yes, it gets tiring being right so often while the sheeple keep bleating what they're told by the elite.
What's that meme? Conspiracy theorists 50, Media and Experts 0. Or something.
I know I'm late to the party but in the interest of presenting both side of a story here is a video explaining what happened to Building 7. https://youtu.be/KMvCWFCoVN4?si=E7oroDg3GK3gSfXg
ReplyDeleteOops. Jack Spadoni
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