By Allen West, American Constitutional Rights Union, August 13, 2024

“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word, we do not all mean the same thing. With some, the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself and the product of his labor; while with others, the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different but incompatible things, called by the same name, liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names, liberty and tyranny. The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty, especially as the sheep was a black one. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf do not agree upon a definition of the word liberty.”

President Abraham Lincoln, Baltimore Sanitary Fair, April 18, 1864

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FDD | August 16, 2024

Today’s Issue: | IDF Spokesman: Army Has Improved Readiness, Preparing to Strike in ‘Lebanon, and in All Arenas’ | IAF Destroys Some 30 Gaza Targets in Past Day | Analysis: IDF Making Significant Progress in Destroying Hamas Military Capabilities | COGAT: 11 Field Hospitals Operating in Gaza, Three More Being Established | Latest FDD Analysis

IDF Spokesman: Army Has Improved Readiness, Preparing to Strike in ‘Lebanon, and in All Arenas’: In a Thursday evening press briefing, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated that the IDF is gathering intelligence and is preparing to strike “in the skies of Lebanon, and in all arenas,” adding that the military has “improved and increased” its readiness in the past week. He noted that as of now, there is no change in Home Front Command guidelines, adding that if there is, the army will provide an immediate update. Turning to Gaza, Hagari mentioned that IDF operations are ongoing in central Gaza and in Khan Younis and Rafah, both in southern Gaza. In the past week, Hagari said, the IDF destroyed some 50 tunnels near the Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along the border between Egypt and Gaza. Some, he said, are not “active tunnels,” and some are “very old,” but the IDF is working to destroy them all. In addition, the IDF has so far eliminated more than 17,000 terrorists in Gaza.

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Peloni:  Kassandra Troy provides and excellent collage of much of Mike Benz’ recent commentary with ancillary commentary and links.  Very well done!

by Kassandra Troy | The Dystopia of Paradise | August 16, 2024

Aug. 14, 2024 War Room: MSM Reports Of Hunter Biden Lobbying Work Shows Burisma A Vassal Of American Diplomacy.

Lately we have been doing some posts with commentary of Mike Benz, Executive Director of the free speech watchdog, Foundation for Freedom Online (website). He has been informing us not just about the censoring activities of the Western security apparatus (also known as ‘the blob’) (read the primer), but also on their machinations in the geopolitical sphere where they organize so-called ‘color revolutions’ in order to effect regime change, mostly to protect US economical and political interests. Lately there has been hightened activity. Last Tuesday night Benz was Natalie Winter’s guest on the War Room where she fills in for political prisoner, Steve Bannon. Benz once again did not disappoint. There is an aspect to it that directly concerns the US Ambassador to Greece in 2019-22 and its energy policies. Just as a matter of side interest, what happened to the gas field in the EastMed at the intersection of Israel, Cyprus and Greece?

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By Andrea Widburg | AM Thinker | August 16, 2024

Image made using AI and a photo by Niccolò Caranti.

Before George Soros came along, most people assumed that elected prosecutors were committed to law and order and deviated from that principle only through either incompetence or graft (think: Chicago). The rise of the Soros prosecutors, however, introduced a whole new element to local prosecutors: Ideologically driven racist Democrat prosecutors who don’t want to follow laws with which they disagree. The last time America saw this was in the post-Reconstruction South when racist Democrat prosecutors also refused to apply laws with which they disagreed.

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Resa WARCHICK Kirkland | August 7, 2024

There’s a reason that our forefathers were wise enough to declare that this Republic’s future and fortune be decided by the majority of Americans rather than any of the individual groups of minorities. This was a new nation then, filled with the rejects, the hopeful, the wounded, the ambitious from many lands, and it was important that we come together and start thinking like a united and unique country. For anything to be accomplished in this great experiment called America, people were going to have to be capable of coming to a consensus, regardless of their roots, and voting accordingly.

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Sundance | August 16, 2024

Representative Clay Higgins is a member of the congressional investigative task force looking into the assassination attempt by Thomas Matthew Crooks against President Trump.  Rep Higgins was also doing independent research prior to his appointment to the congressional committee, and he released his preliminary report findings today [SEE HERE pdf].

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Peloni:  Shame on Gorsuch!

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has STRUCK DOWN the Biden-Harris administration's rewrite of Title IX. This means that MALE ATHLETES will no longer be allowed in women’s sports, bathrooms, locker rooms, or dorms.

In a surprise, Conservative Justice Gorsuch joined the three… pic.twitter.com/itNvOmSZid

— Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) August 16, 2024

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Kamala’s got one chance to take the presidency, and if Democrat operatives can’t fill out enough mail-in ballots to get her across the finish line, she’ll never be invited back for a second shot.  For the next two-plus months, she inherits what Biden called “the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.”  This operation catapulted Dementia Joe — who struggled to earn more than single-digit support in previous presidential campaigns — into the White House with the highest number of recorded votes for any politician in American history.  Kind of makes you wonder why Democrats would feel compelled to ditch their incumbent if the guy actually won 25% more votes than their Marxist demigod, Barack Obama.

Is this our moment? A strategic surprise like Pearl Harbor or the Six-Day War seems unattainable for either side.

Brigadier General (res.) Amir Avivi | August 15, 2024

“In war, there is but one favorable moment, the great art is to seize it.” This quote by Napoleon remains one of the most fundamental principles of warfare to this day. Our adversary in the north had such a moment on the morning of October 7th, but he failed to seize it. When I heard reports of the outbreak of war in Gaza, I waited with great vigilance for similar news from the north. When these did not come, I felt a slight relief, despite the terrible news from the south. That Saturday morning was the perfect moment for the enemy, a moment when we were caught by strategic surprise.  An attack from another front, especially the northern one, would have led to outcomes I don’t even want to imagine.  “There is one who acquires his share in the World-to-Come in one moment,” our sages of blessed memory said. Fortunately, our enemy did not acquire his share with a strategic surprise.

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By Devvy Kidd, NEWS WITH VIEWS,   August 12th, 2024

“Reality is the curse of the sane.”  Jonathan Kellerman, The Murder Book

How could I make such a statement?  Because it’s true.  How many legal Democrat (and even “independent”) voters have ever read the Communist Manifesto?  Have even taken the time to read the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto?

For decades millions of foolish Americans have jumped on the garbage truck called socialism having no real understanding socialism is the major stepping stone towards communism.  Socialism, dictionary:  1. Any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.  2. The intermediate phase of social development between capitalism and communism in Marxist theory in which the state has control of the means of production.  3. Any left-wing ideology, government regulations, or policies promoting a welfare state, nationalisation, etc.
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Peloni: Benz provides a brilliant analysis in 12 min video to explain the American Blob’s targeting Netanyahu while supporting Iran.  Benz explains that the Blob’s pursuit of Iran is related to the Blob’s obsession with destroying Russia, while it also mirrors the Blob’s pursuit of Ukraine.

video & thread with receipts, if you’re new here & just getting up to speed https://t.co/72UnJUJrCP

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) August 15, 2024

By Aaron Kheriaty | l Brownstone Institute | August 14, 2024

Last year, Jacob Siegel at Tablet magazine published a long investigative piece on the censorship-industrial complex, “A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century,” which is well worth reading. More recently, he published a superb follow-up essay, “Learn This Term: ‘Whole of Society,’” which is crucial for understanding our current political and cultural moment, and for grasping the real dynamics of power at work today. I want to provide here just a few highlights from the piece, which opens:

To make sense of today’s form of American politics, it is necessary to understand a key term. It is not found in standard US civics textbooks, but it is central to the new playbook of power: “whole-of-society.”

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“I will once again stand with the state of Israel.  I will protect American Jewish Community.  I will put America first.  I will keep America safe.  And I will defend judeo-christian civilization from the Barbarian Savages and the left-wing extremists who want to to destroy it.  Together, we will confront the forces of anti-Semitism and we will win win win.  Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America!  Save Israel! “

by A.J. Caschetta | The Investigative Project on Terrorism | August 12, 2024

By killing Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr in Beirut and Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran within a 24-hour span, Israel demonstrated a commitment to total victory over its enemies. But the rest of the world, from the least free nations (China) to the freest nations (the U.S.), seems committed to saving Hamas. Jerusalem must resist these efforts.

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Peloni:  There is no basis in reason or rationale which would support the application of antisemitic laws in the Jewish State, and make no mistake, all that Ben Gvir is advocating is that this antisemitic prohibition specifically for Jews be finally and completely rescinded.  The status quo is and has been a policy which demeaned Jews in their own homeland, in their ancient capital, and by their own govt.  Such villainy is unseemly as it remains unjust and unjustifiable.  End the Status Quo, and allow the Jews to go where they like and pray as they like, and let the Americans pound sand.

by Ronn Torossian | August 14, 2024

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits Al-Aqsa compound also known to Jews as the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City May 21, 2023. Minhelet Har-Habait, Temple Mount Administration/Handout via REUTERS.

Jews can pray where they choose in London, New York, Buenos Aires, or Sydney — but not in Jerusalem. The world is in an uproar after Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the Temple Mount to mark the solemn Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av. Critics say that Ben Gvir disrupted the carefully-crafted status quo in Jerusalem — and even broke with the policy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ben Gvir says that he has the authority to assert his own guidelines.

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