Comrades, history rhymes…
In his latest review of the Twitter Files, a supplemental to drive home the importance of what is visible – and what was kept hidden, Matt Taibbi focuses attention on the activity of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), and how they monitored public comments on Twitter and gave instructions to the platform on what content should be removed and/or controlled.
Pause for a moment and think about that.
[SEE TWITTER SUPPLEMENTAL HERE]
The House Intelligence Committee, that’s the government of the United States folks, assigning staff to monitor Twitter conversation and remove or control public commentary. Using the justification of “national security interests”, Adam Schiff was telling a social media platform what content should be permitted to exist and what content should be removed.
The ‘Stasi’ used to monitor phone calls and conduct targeting operations based on intercepted communication. In the modern era, the Twitter Files clearly demonstrate, with an unequivocal amount of evidence, that the United States Government was/is monitoring social media content and then dispatching FBI officers based on intercepted public communication.
This is the House Intelligence Committee doing this. This is our taxpayer money funding this.
I really don’t want to write anything further on the specifics of this one. I would rather just like to let these facts simmer in our minds as we contemplate the ramifications of what is now being outlined within this very specific release.
The need for control is a reaction to fear.
What exactly is it the Adam Schiff’s and Intelligence Community of the United States Government is fearful of?
Apparently, there’s a House subcommittee about to begin under the auspices of looking at weaponized government against the people.
I hope the members of that committee are sitting quietly alone somewhere, thinking, evaluating and contemplating what this example is showing us.
I know what’s there.
You know what’s there.
None of us are pretending.
Hope is not a strategy.
This really is the intersection of 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World and heading towards Logan’s Run.
After dismantling the DOJ and FBLie, every participant of these committees that engaged in this evil must be banned from holding public office. Where is the fire imoge.
@SpeakerMcCarthy spanks the media, Swalwell and “Adam Schift”: “If you got the briefing that I got from the FBI, you wouldn’t have Swalwell on any committee.”
I like what he is saying, but he IS wearing a purple tie….
There are a lot of purple ties these days, especially in the whore media. The war is on.
Talk is cheap.
Let’s wait for some results.
Lorrie, if you are who I think you are, lets paint a house!
He combs his hair, showers, and brushes his teeth as well,,,,,Just cannot be trusted.
Just May be the environment in which he works. Obvioulsy you have never done anything like that.
McCarthy will don his French maid uniform soon.
I have one, but I got it at the French Quarter. lol
That was a great response! Hope to see more of Kevin with attitude.
That needs to trend: #KevinWithAttitude
Dark Kevin!?
Wayne Allyn Root says DJT is pulling Kevin’s strings; it’d be a boost if it’s true.
From Root’s lips to McCarthy’s ear drums!
Kevin isn’t from California; he is from BAKERSFIELD. Kevin is tougher than some folks say.
He’s now got a big stage on which to prove his toughness and his Conservative principles, one on which he can prove he’s not another Paul Ryan or John Boehner practicing the art of deception.
Oh please, he’s Luntz bitch!
Tru dat!! But at this particular time, we have to find our small victories. If Kevin does what he says he’s going to do. wahoo!!
So was Merle Haggard. When I was young I had family there. It’s a rough place for sure, but lots of good people there.
Wow, he sounded like he let his testicles drop there. 👏
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Researchers have made great progress re-attaching testicles to neutered dogs. There is hope for him yet.
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Maybe he took advantage of walmart’s 2 for the price of 1 sale:-))))
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LOL!!!
Testicles? He needs a maxipad!
Or Nanzi Piglousi released her bony claws from them. 😀
Kevin could have sat down with Devon Nunes 4 or 5 yrs ago & found out all about Schiff for Brains. Then there’s all the “secret depositions” he conducted w/o Republicans present & his refusal to provide transcripts during the impeachment crap coming out of his ***.
I’ll take Santos over Schiff for Brains 24/7. Santos’ exaggerations aren’t hurting anyone but himself. Schiff’s lies get people killed.
Great F**k Swallowswell!!!!!
dunewall, at least your not calling for prosecutions, which is laughably premature.
FIRST wrest control of the ‘levers of POWER’ …AWAY from the sonsabitches, ….which we haven’t yet DONE, although we MAY be starting to.
THEN, as you say make sure they can’t get their greedy hands BACK on the controls.
THEN, correct the steering, before the vehicle runs off the cliff.
THEN, we can focus on throwing the n’er do wells OFF the vehicle, hopefully at high speed (i.e., PROSECUTIONS, with maximum humiliation.
Do you really think these hearings will result in any DOJ prosecutions. Do you really think MSM will reveal anything the hearings will reveal? These hearings will only give us, “I told you so” at Trump rallies.
Hearings? Don’t need no stinking congressional hearings. We have the evidence in front of us.
Its like security camera footage, WE. GOT. THE. TAPES.
If the Repubs (yes, you McCarthy) remain vociferous and state the issues on the House Floor, C-Span will cover it, and then it will continue to spread to MSM. If the Repubs do a blitz, it will slowly but surely drown out the LSM and our voices will be truly heard and the ignorant among us will start to have their eyes peeled open.
Agree with you on DOJ prosecutions. Our best hope may be House Ethics Committee investigations and forced resignations followed by civil lawsuits from individuals whose constitutional rights were violated.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/holocaust-survivor-hiding-ordered-psychiatric-institution-german-court-faces-forced-covid-vaccine/
Logans run is here.
In this case irony escapes them with an actual holocaust survivor.
Consider that the Soviet Union also considered those not sufficiently enamored of communism mentally ill, and re-educated them accordingly.
That story is totally outrageous as it is written. Who and why would want to do this to an 85 year old woman, knowing that the vax is not really a vax, and there is no longer the support for claiming this to be a “deadly killer” illness.
Actually, aren’t there news reports out of Germany claiming the mRNA vaccs no longer be distributed because of the deadly side effects?
Next stop, Mad Max.
Give the government a weapon and they will use it against the citizens. The Jab is now a punishment and weapon.
Throw in Animal Farm and Stand On Zanzibar, for good measure.
Every time I see the meaning of a word change, I think about the pigs painting the barn wall.
Here is the graphic Venn Diagram!
Cameltoe would upvote you for this graphic…she loves venn diagrams! 😆
Jack should be hung by his nose ring!!!!!
CIA.
Remember this every day you work for them.. supporting this system with your lives.. day in.. day out.
Whoever built the pyramids may not have known they were slaves. They had a place to sleep and all the beer they could drink. Sounds familiar.
Actually, the latest research shows the builders of the pyramids were not slaves; but highly skilled workers. However, I was brought up on the slaves narrative for 79 years.
Of course this makes those of us who were always suspicious that this was taking place so we never bothered with social media; even more suspicious. Once anything is committed to writing its Out there.
House Intelligence Committee
Now there’s one of those Ox Morans.
A camel is a horse designed by a committee.
Oxy Morons. FIFY
It didn’t need fixing
“Oxymoron”. All one word.
It’s been said that the goals of totalitarianism include stripping the people of their dignity.
Such as may result from govt lying to them with impunity (propaganda) where they can’t do anything about that, have to play along to survive.
Govt coercing the people to accept harmful medical treatments without informed consent, and lying to them about the disease and the treatments, with the people unable to stop it.
Or, flaunting wrongdoing by govt that the people can’t do anything about, have to accept it.
I’ve mentioned before that my mom passed last March at 99. She didn’t marry very young for her generation. She was a Rosie Riveter during WWII.
Anyway, she had my sister with her during the day. Then I was with her after school (conservative teacher here) and on weekends.
She only had one side of her heart doing all the work. But— what a will to live — and how fun she was!
My sister and I were hellbent on keeping her at home. Hanging out with her… taking her out…
She was a favorite wherever we went. Hell would have frozen over before I dumped her somewhere. How can anyone trust what is happening to seniors in these facilities ( even before the jab)?
I am so stingy! She made it to 99 and not 100! Now My sister and I are orphans ahead of our time!
Thank God we could keep her with us. She was both a stinker and a sweetie pie!
“How can anyone trust what is happening to seniors in these facilities ( even before the jab)?”
Agree. I also wonder how anyone feels entitled to have taxpayers care for their parents.
We can slam dunk Shiff-for-Brains all we want, however, I believe he cannot be held accountable or liable for anything he says while on the floor in the House. That is protected speech. But, you might want to check with the real legal beagles here instead of an old Shiff-House Lawyer like myself.
I will be happy that his reputation will be destroyed. He has to be very careful what he says now when he goes on the Fake News.
Yes he does!
Who should be equally “careful” is every son-of-a-bitch that testified against PDJT UNDER OATH to the J6 Tribunal.
Bring them back in and ask them some real questions and watch them squirm and probably take the 5th.
There is no doubt in my mind that dozens can be charged with perjury. Doing it now will also blow the Special Counsel’s case against PDJT right out of the water……. I think!
…or I pray that it will!
I would love to see them bring the capital police women that beat Rosalyn Boyland to death and play the video and get her arrested. That was despicable.
Call him before the committee and have him recant what he said , under oath. Then his reputation is finished.
it was not all on the ‘floor of the house’.
His lies and assaults on civil rights outside the House chamber are fully adequate to ‘hold him accountable’.
Love the lrony of Pencil Neck abuslng Congresslonal speech protectlons and splttng on the 1st amend at the same time.
The Founders surely dldn’t intend to protect bald face lies on the House floor
That in itself is unconstitutional, and needs to change.
How about all the times Schiff appeared on CNN and MSNBC and the rest of the phake nooz media spouting a C130 load of bull shiite. He was nowhere near the floor of the House then. The man deserves a 10-foot drop on a six-foot rope at the Mall in DC. Put it on Pay Per View and let the proceeds go toward paying down the national debt.
I don’t watch television news – but I don’t doubt you.
The more this plays out, the more deep state criminals/traitors are exposed.
Without Trump and Elon this undeniable evidence might have been kept hidden for many more years. I can never thank Donald Trump and Elon Musk enough for the sacrifices they have made to expose the evil that has infested our Constitutional Republic.
DC should never been allowed to become a city with its own government. It should have remained the seat of the Federal Government and nothing more. All parts of DC not used for official Federal business need to return to the states they were taken from. When the seat of the Federal Government can be ruled over by people who moved in to control it, we have a big problem. The residents of DC have to much power and control when it comes to what happens in DC.
If we had the chance I think a lot should be addressed with the constitution. A republic is no better than the serpents who run for office, and we a 3-1 ratio of them in DC. And that may be generous.
Rome.
Perfectly stated, mike. I will add that the more frequently the Repubs/Patriots in office stand up and speak out against the fraud and lies shoved down our throats since 2016, the better chance we have of turning this current hellhole around.
As I read this, it reminded me of a metaphor I’ve used from time to time.
So consider this; let’s assume the House really goes gang-busters and impresses all our socks off with eye-popping, no-holds-barred investigations.
So what? What will that result in?
Is Merrick Garland’s Dept. of (In)Justice going to prosecute? We all know the answer to that?
Will the Enemedia provide wall-to-wall coverage like they did the fake and made-up scandals targeted at the Trump Administration? I think its fair to say there will be scant–if at all–coverage by the Enemedia.
Will Big Tech continue to censor the public as they have for the past seven or eight years? House money says that is a sure bet.
So my metaphor? Imagine a muscle car with the best engine, the best suspension and the best tires–but no transmission. All you have is something pretty to look at, but it won’t go anywhere or do anything but take up space.
Oh, and since elections are now permanently rigged, well…..we should enjoy whatever information the Republican House Committees uncover because its quite likely it will be the last such revelations for a long, long time.
“Elections are now pErmAneNtly rigged”.
Sharing a wish?
Nope. Expressing reality. Although I realize the acceptance of such isn’t for everyone, pretending (as Sundance often cautions against) is only deferring the inevitable.
As Ayn Rand said, “You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.”
According to posters on this web-site there are near 80 million people who are aware. The awareness will spread but it will morph into “they’re both crooks”. I’m already getting that response from left-wing folks I know.
The media isn’t touching any of this. They support Schiffs actions. I would prefer to see them set up with say….Jordan’s name replacing Schiffs. Let them run a 72 hour newscycle then release the real documents with schiffs name.
They don’t support Schiffs actions, they support their own feathered nests, and will whore themselves out as needed to protect said nest.
I would like to see Mad Max’s car!
Once the normies start to get it, things can happen fast. Don’t forget the country gave Nixon a huge victory after the Watergate story broke. Once the hearings started, the normies started paying attention and getting pissed. Of course all the wrong people got busted, but my point is that once the conventional wisdom shifts everything changes.
Once the normies start to get it, things can happen fast.
Yes ma’am. That is precisely what I am praying for.
THINK POSITIVE!!!
Not only is it unconstitutional, it may have implications in treasonous activities and crimes against humanity. This big stuff and it involves every institution from government, media, tech, business and banking, to education. It is a complete infiltration and it has been orchestrated by China and those friendly to the communist theology.
Treason and conspiracy to violate people’s rights, coercion of witnesses, collusion, etc etc, does not fall under any category of representing his constituents in California, and do we know if he committed any of those offenses outside the buildings of DC? Perhaps Schittforbrains was sitting in an airport in middle America, waiting for a connecting flight to California, or wherever, when he was sending one of these messages to commit a crime. Geotracking should be able to tell us. Now you’re looking at “intra” and “interstate” crimes. If the corrupt US DOJ doesn’t want to uphold their oath, maybe a State will.
Treason. Misprision of treason
Yes, the answer lives in the State and other places closer to home.
TParty
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There’s gotta be 5 black SUV’s parked outside SD’s Florida mansion … ?
I pray for Sundance on a regular almost daily basis and I am positive l am not the only one
R.D.
Those poor bastards.
Indeed. They’ve probably all got bananas up their tailpipes … if you know what I mean
That is exactly what I have been saying since 20 Nov 2020 when I found the evidence that CISA, the EAC and the state SOSs (thru the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) and the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED)) were using our tax payer dollars to monitor, silence and cancel us on every platform out there regarding the massively stolen elections, and all of the election fraud that was going on both before and after the elections.
And that includes all their b.s. false claims they spouted about mail-ins being safe, drop boxes, and all of the other crap they spout on their Rumor Control (propaganda) page, that every platform was directing us to with their b.s. blue boxes.
https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol
These people stole our country, while we paid them to do it, under duress, and while they had us locked down and locked up.
These are the shovel ready jobs of the JoeBama maladministration. It is big business. Anyone who has a .gov address can get in on the fun.
And just to be clear, RINO Harmeet Dhillon spouts all the same crap.
If he were still alive today, Andy Kaufman was born to play Adam Schiff in the made for Amazon Prime film “Russian Collusion Monkey Business”.
Did he ever play whoror roles?
“The House Intelligence Committee, that’s the government of the United States folks, assigning staff to monitor Twitter conversation and remove or control public commentary. Using the justification of “national security interests”, Adam Schiff was telling a social media platform what content should be permitted to exist and what content should be removed.”- Sundance
It says “Committee” was anyone else giving orders to Twitter other than Schiff? Was he the point man? Did Schiff get his instructions to Twitter approved in advance by the whole Committee, just the Democrats on the Committee or was he acting as a lone wolf? Were the Republican members on the Committee aware of what Schiff was doing, did they agree? Did any Republicans make suggestions/recommendations to Schiff to remove tweets or suspend, block or ban Twitter users? My feeble weak mind would like to know! Just wondering how deep and pervasive it was?
It is great news that he is being exposed by the Twitter files. We, here already knew of his evil power-hungry mindset. People are starting to wake up, slow;y but surely.
Schiff should b banned from siting on any House Committee…………….that’s what Pelosi did to MTG.
^^^THIS^^^
McCarthy does not have the cojones to do this on his own volition.
It appears that he has been lent the cajones of 20 irate Patriots. Thank God!!!
He should be expelled from congress
He ls(was?) the heir apparent to DiFi’s seat. Let’s hope he runs and loses, removing himself from Congress
I think that’s where he is right now.
Do any of the thugs in congress have any ties to the United States?
The whole of media is chasing the documents squirrel that is successfully distracting from the ongoing and exposure of the evil of the 4th (IC) Branch including congressional committees.
How many Republicans in the House , or Senate talking about this???????
There is no person more deserving of tarring and feathering than that slithering coward Schiff. I sincerely hope that he gets everything he deserves and cries publicly when justice is delivered. Let him beg.
And who is going to hold these people accountable? I have no faith that the Republican party will do it, so who will? Can We The People file a class action lawsuit against the US government
Missour v Biden
The AGs of Missouri and Louisiana and other plaintiffs have been in court looking for some accountability on the governmenet suppressing free speech via big tech.
ERIC SCHMITT: The government can’t violate the First Amendment by suppressing speech, and the government can’t outsource that also to the Big Tech partners. And that’s what we’re alleging in this lawsuit. And we’re taking on two of the biggest, most corrupt institutions that are out there, big government and Big Tech…
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/missouri-ag-targets-biden-big-tech-in-free-speech-lawsuit-taking-on-the-biggest-most-corrupt-institutions
Update Today:
The discovery process is getting interesting. The gov’t lost some battles tryng to stop/block some discovery. Based on recent info that was revealed by the discovery process, the judge has ordered the government to produce the name of every gov’t official who was involved in suppressing free speech and to do so withn the next 14 days.
https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/01/12/missouri-v-biden-more-stunning-developments/
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Dana Remus is mentioned in the documents.
She left the admin for private practice, and to search for classified skeletons in Joe’s locked foundation closets.
How is the US Government infringement of free speech using the FBI, DOJ and CIA etc going to be punished and permanently stopped? Isn’t that the $1 Trillion question at this point. Obviously, any law enacted by Congress will simply be ignored by the FBI, DOJ and CIA as well as Congress itself! What are we to do????
Defunding these institutions is the responsibility of Congress.
The new rules package is as Gaetz says a tool kit. One of the new tools enables defunding.
One of the victories of the patriotic 20 during the election of the Speaker was getting the Holman rule re-instated. The Holman rule allows the House to attach an amendment to any bill to defund a federal program, to defund a part of an agency –or to fire or defund an individual government employee/official.
And because another rule outlaws Omnibus bills and requires each bill be dedicated to a specific subject and for the government budget be broken down into I believe 12 separate funding bills —at some point this year there will be ample opportunities to use the Holman rule.
Doesn’t matter that the House can’t actually pass any of its own bills. At some point by September the Senate and White House will want to fund the government.
Merveille!!
The Holman rule seems to me to be in conflict with 1 subject bills, lol
Military tribunals, perhaps.
Maybe some State legislatures will borrow McCarthy’s dropped testicles for awhile, search their State constitutions and State laws and figure it out. They have more power than they think.
Lawsuit cited above?
Can we start the tar and feather actions now? How about the running out on a rail? Swinging from lampposts? Pitchfork brigades? Something?
Waiting for Russian Military to crush what’s left of Ukraine and blame will fall on Biden and Ron Klain!
Preamble: I DON’T like Kevin. He is a wiggly creature of the swamp.
But he is the speaker.
There is no easy solution to what is happening, outside total chaos. What we have is sunlight exposing the rot and the creature of the rot. The 3 or 4 letter orgs cannot be dismantled as we continue to have foreign enemies. and some are on our soil. It requires a systematic elimination of the poisonous heads. The followers will eventually expose themselves in the sunlight.
There are some orgs to be eliminated for sure imo: EPA, DEA, DHS, hic, Some of these orgs are redundant in their scope on purpose to diffuse attention and obfuscate purpose and information.
The former admin people know the swamp as well as some of the close administrative supporters.
The best past about the 2020 coup, if we can look at tit this way, is that now we know.
Like any lie, it eventually collapses on itself. We’ve been led and are by a powerful elite that is evil in its choice of existence.
It’ll not be pretty for any of us this year and I think for the next decade. But it’ll be better for our children and theirs.
Let’s pray for protection and onward to our work that must be done: inform, speak, write letter and never give up
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What I want for these animals I can’t post
No way the dems would allow this to happen. And no fear of it either as it’s uniparty members that would go down too once the criminal activity is brought under the spotlight. Besides, can’t pull the plug on POS POTUS now as there’s still more looting of the nation to do. As long as we’ve got a pulse they will have incentive to keep their fingers in our pockets and maintain their hold on the reigns of power.
Burn it all down
It is time to erect a gallows om the national mall.
Best make it a 6-nooser … as there are quite a few problems to solve
Meme worthy …. anybody?
Even symbolically it would have the desired effect. Make it 4 times life-size. Erect it in front of the Capital.
Here is the corrected and addended statemt.
Sorry I was too late.
Preamble: I DON’T like Kevin. He is a wiggly creature of the swamp.
But he is the speaker.
There is no easy solution to what is happening, outside total chaos. What we have is sunlight exposing the rot and the creatures of the rot. The 3 or 4 letter orgs cannot be dismantled immediately as we continue to have foreign enemies. Some are on our soil. It requires a systematic elimination of the poisonous heads. The followers will eventually expose themselves in the sunlight. Remember they are cowards without power.
There are some orgs to be eliminated for sure imo: EPA, DEA, DHS, HIC to name a few. Some of these orgs are redundant in their scope on purpose in order to diffuse attention and obfuscate purpose and information.
The former admin people know the swamp as well as some of the close administrative supporters.
The best past about the 2020 coup, if we can look at tit this way, is that now we know.
Like any lie, it eventually collapses on itself. We’ve been led and are by a powerful elite that is evil in its choice of existence.
It’ll not be pretty for any of us this year and I think even for the next decade. But it’ll be better for our children and theirs. I don’t care what happens to me. Every day I pray I am ready to meet God and hope in His mercy. But I care for those I love.
Let’s pray for His protection and carry on onward to our work that must be done: inform, speak, write letters, and whatever may be needed. And never give up
So — we the “citizens” are financing our own government’s abuse inflicted on we the “citizens.”
Huh?!
Still only talk.
Seen a buttload of that the last decade with worse than nothing to show, the marauders have gained a lot of ground facing little to no resistance.
The ‘DeepStasi” is scared to death of Free, Well ARmed, Citizens.
Those types have always been fearful of others,,,,which is why they so urgently seek overwhelming control. That is how they feel safe.
When will someone step forward and charge color of law violations?
Far left ideas are unsellable except though engineered amplification of official narrative and visibility filtering of public consideration of those ideas.
Schiff needs to be arrested and charged with thousands of violations of 18USC242. Expulsion from the House is a must.
Join Twitter and follow Matt Taibbi; his interaction with others is fascinating.
Please Sundance-
DO AN ARTICLE AND THREAD ON THE CRIMINAL GOP SSCI.
The most important Twitter File drop is Matt Taibbi’s latest.
When twitter & FB said there was no Rus disinfo and Warner pressured them to go back and “find” something or else, they produced bs. But warner and the Dems came running out & made these lies the “smoking gun” info. THE GOP ALLOWED IT ALL. THEY WERE SILENT ON THE TRUTH AND REPEATED AND PROMOTED VERY LIE.
THERE WAS NO DNC HACK AND NO RUSSIAN COLLUSION. JUST GOPE/NT COLLUSION.
Paul Singer, GOPE mega donor, was FGPS CLIENT A, the originator of the Rus col hoax.
Why did Burr and Rubio cover for Mark Warner’s encrypted texts? Who was “the guy?”
The GOPE/NT SABOTEURS must be exposed and expelled.
I have to believe there are actual legal ramifications for the federal government in violating citizen’s first amendment rights. I would love to hear some discussion about this. I believe some individuals have sued some people in government for crossing this line in their official capacity. Sue them to oblivion.
Everything must be exposed. Starting with the full truth about JFK.
What “we” here on CTH know to be true doesn’t really matter — what matters is what the least informed people in our society understand to be true.
The IC took over the power behind the United States of America and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, they’ve just got more brazen over time. Comprehensive legal reforms need to eliminate the “intelligence community” to the bare minimum. It must include significant safeguards to prevent abuse. The current level of oversight needs to be increased by at least one order of magnitude, probably more.
Unless that is done, it’s just filling potholes. Unless that is done, the IC remains in control. Under that scenario, perhaps a national divorce would be in order — if for no other reason than to enable one of the parties to the divorce to disconnect from the 3-letter agencies.
Unfortunately, a House committee will only be able to expose, not reform. The Senate remains the root of corruption, and the election of Senators needs to be repealed in order to restore the balance of power between the branches of the Federal government and between the Federal and state governments.
I wish I’d have faith that things would change, but I’ve been here long enough to know better.
Old Chinese proverb. Seeing something once, is better than hearing it a thousand times. Got it Kevin.