Thursday, 17 April 2025

[DS] Creating A Shadow Government, Bongino:Puzzle Pieces Will Come Together In Time – Ep. 3613

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The [DS]/[CB] are trying to use the market falling to push the narrative that we are in a recession, the recession started during Biden’s term. The tariffs are working, countries want to negotiate. The market is an illusion, it can pushed up or down easily, not based on fundamentals. Fed trapped, window is closing, people are going to see the truth. The [DS] is now creating a shadow government to try to take control of the executive branch, the Judges are having trouble controlling it all. The [DS] is now preparing for the summer  of riots. The FBI, DOJ etc are taking this time to clean out their agencies. Bongino says that in time the puzzle pieces will come together. Watch what happens when the agencies are fully operational.

 

Economy

 

 

 Blackrock’s Fink Says Most CEOs Telling Him ‘We’re Already In Recession’

  • Blackrock CEO Larry Fink says most CEOs he talks to say the country is ‘already in recession,’ and that the 20% market drop in three days will have ‘potential ripple effects’ on clients, and added that he “still won’t rule out another 20% market decline.”

    • Source: zerohedge.com

    Here’s how much more Nike’s Air Jordans could cost after tariffs hit

  • The sneaker giant makes about half of it footwear in Vietnam, which was slapped with a 46% tax as part of President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs announced on Wednesday.
  • Those looking to pick up a pair of the brand’s Air Jordan 1 High sneakers could shell out an extra $18 on top of their current $180 price tag after the new tariff goes into effect April 9, industry sources told The Post.
  • The 46% tariff on Vietnam would add another $8.28 to the total cost per pair, which adds up when its multiplied by 8,000 – or the number of sneakers that can fit in to a shipping container.
  • But Nike is likely to negotiate deals with its factories to mitigate these costs — or as many industry experts believe, the tariffs will change as the countries negotiate deals.

  • Source: nypost.com

    • JUST IN: European Union Makes a Major Trade Offer to America After President Trump Reveals His One Condition for Making a Deal With the Bloc on Tariffs (VIDEO)

    EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that the bloc has offered a “zero-for-zero tariff” trade arrangement on industrial goods with the United States in a bid to avoid a full-on trade war.

     to us and say we’ll go to zero tariffs, that means nothing to us because it’s the nontariff cheating that matters.”

     Peter Navarro   refers to the use of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) that restrict or distort trade without directly imposing tariffs (taxes on imports). These are indirect methods countries employ to protect their domestic industries, limit foreign competition, or gain an unfair trade advantage, often bypassing international trade rules like those of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Navarro’s statement reflects the Trump administration’s view that simply dropping tariffs to zero isn’t enough if these other barriers persist, as they can be just as damaging—or more so—to American exports.
    Examples of non-tariff cheating include:
  • Transshipment: A practice where goods (often from China) are routed through a country like Vietnam with minimal processing, then labeled as “Made in Vietnam” to evade U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. Navarro has highlighted this as a key issue, noting that billions in Chinese goods enter the U.S. this way annually, undermining tariff enforcement.
  • Subsidies: Government financial support to domestic industries—such as tax breaks, grants, or low-interest loans—allows foreign companies to sell products at artificially low prices. This undercuts American producers who don’t receive similar aid, a tactic often attributed to state-driven economies like Vietnam’s or China’s.
  • Technical Barriers: Overly strict or arbitrary regulations, such as unique safety standards, labeling requirements, or testing procedures, can block U.S. goods from entering foreign markets. For instance, Vietnam has been cited for complex registration processes that hinder American agricultural exports like meat or dairy.
  • Import Quotas and Licensing: Limits on the quantity of goods that can be imported or requirements for special permits create bottlenecks. Vietnam’s past use of quotas on certain U.S. products exemplifies this, restricting market access even if tariffs are low.
  • Value-Added Taxes (VAT): Navarro specifically calls out VAT as a barrier. Many countries, including Vietnam, apply VAT to imports but rebate it to domestic exporters, effectively taxing U.S. goods while subsidizing their own. Vietnam’s VAT rate, around 10%, has been flagged as tilting the playing field.
  • Currency Manipulation: Deliberately weakening a country’s currency (like Vietnam’s dong) makes its exports cheaper and U.S. imports more expensive. Vietnam has been on the U.S. Treasury’s watchlist for this, though it’s no longer labeled a manipulator as of 2025.
  • Intellectual Property Theft: Copying U.S. technology or designs without compensation reduces American competitiveness. While more associated with China, Vietnam’s manufacturing boom has raised concerns about enforcement laxity.

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    Source: thegatewaypundit.com

    going to also eliminate trade barriers, a variety of trade barriers that have been put up unnecessarily.” “We will eliminate the trade deficit with the United States… Mr. President, we are going to eliminate the tariffs.” HUGE WIN for the United States! 

     

     

     retaliate. They’ve made enough, for decades, taking advantage of the Good OL’ USA! Our past “leaders” are to blame for allowing this, and so much else, to happen to our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

      not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th. Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated! Negotiations with other countries, which have also requested meetings, will begin taking place immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

     

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    Systematic weakening of the US.
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    Political/Rights

    IRS Receives Report Detailing ‘Sufficient Grounds’ for Gates Foundation to Lose Tax-Exempt Status

  • Bill Gates has funded an entire patronage network of leftist allies through his infamous nonprofit, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • The Microsoft co-founder has used his billions to fund nefarious projects over the years, ranging from dimming the sun to promoting lab-grown mystery meat.
  • But the nonprofit’s tax-exempt status could grind to a halt if the IRS takes recent allegations of anti-white discrimination at the Gates Foundation seriously.
  • The American Alliance for Equal Rights sent a letter Tuesday to the tax agency, claiming that the Gates Foundation “is engaged in invidious racial discrimination that violates established public policy and thus renders it ineligible for tax-exempt status.”
  • The organization indeed funds and manages a prestigious scholarship opportunity called the Gates Scholarship, which is open to various racial identity groups — with the notable exception of white people.
  • “The Foundation is intentionally discriminating against white students by excluding them from the tuition assistance and specialized support that it provides to students of every other race or ethnicity,” the letter added.
  • “Such discrimination is sufficient grounds on its own for the IRS to revoke the Foundation’s tax-exempt status,” according to the letter.

  • Source: westernjournal.com

    DOGE

    Obama Encourages Student Protests

  • Former President Barack Obama is urging Americans to resist Trump’s policies even if it means making “sacrifices.” “It has been easy during most of our lifetimes to say you are a progressive, or say you are for social justice, or say you are for free speech, and not have to pay a price for it…And now we’re in one of those moments when…it’s not enough just to say you’re for something. You may actually have to do something and possibly sacrifice a little bit,” Obama said.
  • Obama declared that universities were under attack by the Trump Administration. Trump has revoked funding for schools that permitted pro-Hamas rallies and deported international students who took part in those protests. There was clear evidence that many of these rallies were organized by powerful outside influencers funded by Democrat-backed super PACs and philanthropists like Soros. Worse, international terrorist organizations influenced these rallies. Sami Al-Arian, a known terrorist who was once deported, advised associates and his wife to camp out along with the college students.
  • Obama also called upon law firms to resist the current president, hoping for massive lawsuits to be brought against the current administration. Obama did not specify what “sacrifices” would be needed but his message is clear—raise hell.
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    • Source: armstrongeconomics.com

    “Geofenced Every Event”: Democrats Caught Staging Another ‘Inorganic’ Color Revolution Operation Against Trump 

  • Ahead of anti-Trump protests, we uncovered the Democratic Party’s NGO war machine, totaling 186 NGOs, unions, and other radical leftist groups that supported Saturday’s mass mobilization efforts of rent-a-protesters and, of course, a grassroots component of the protests (mainly old white angry liberals).

    Source: zerohedge.com

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      action we take on the DOGE website and X account. So, it’s extreme transparency. Nonetheless, we get accused of all sorts of things, but we are extremely transparent, and we’re only cutting the most obvious, terrible expenses that make no sense.”

    Gov. Hochul Signs Bill Allowing Credit Cards to Track Ammo Purchases
  • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed new controls into law last week, including one that allows credit cards to track ammunition purchases.
  • She described the ammunition control as one that “[refines] how credit card companies track purchases at gun dealerships.”
  • Hochul noted, “This gives law enforcement the opportunity to find out exactly who may be stockpiling ammunition. And this is an indicator that something untoward could be happening, so it’s an important data point for us to have.”

    • Source: breitbart.com

    Geopolitical

    War/Peace

    China Cuts Off Rare Earth Mineral Exports to U.S. in Trade War with Trump
  • China’s retaliation against President Donald Trump’s tariffs includes more export controls on rare earth minerals, which are vital to electronics and battery manufacturing.
  • The Chinese government said over the weekend that it will maintain its supply of rare earths to the rest of the world stable while limiting U.S. access to the minerals.
  • China is the world’s dominant producer of rare earth minerals, accounting for about 70 percent of the world’s supply at the moment. More precisely, China supplies roughly 60 percent of the raw minerals, but controls almost 90 percent of processing and refining capacity.
  • China controlled 90 percent of the market a decade ago, but alternative suppliers have ramped up production. The Chinese retaliated for this infringement upon their near-monopoly by setting record-high production quotas in a bid to bring prices down and bankrupt their competitors.

  • Source: breitbart.com

    • Medical/False Flags

    [DS] Agenda

     eye. Remember the whole “THESE CASES ARE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED” bit by Boasberg and others? No one really believes this…right? Also–during the start of the 5pm Zoom hearing on March 15, Boasberg apologized for his casual dress saying he had gone “away” for the weekend and did not bring a tie or his robe. He knew this case was coming. He wanted this case. He wanted to stop the deportations and most importantly–he wanted to set a contempt trap for the Trump administration.

    DNC Chair Announces Democrats Are Launching a Shadow Government Called the ‘People’s Cabinet’ to Sabotage Trump’s Agenda

  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has announced the launch of a rogue “shadow government” dubbed the People’s Cabinet — a brazen attempt to sabotage President Donald Trump’s America First agenda.
  • The so-called People’s Cabinet is being marketed as a group of “experts, leaders, and everyday Americans,” but in reality, it’s a coalition of washed-up leftist bureaucrats, failed politicians, and radical activists who are hellbent on blocking President Trump’s common-sense efforts to restore sanity to the country.
  • Martin shamelessly claimed this project will counter “lies” and bring “accurate information” to the American people. But Americans know better.
  • Among the featured names in the People’s Cabinet are some of the most radical figures in the Democrat universe:

  • Robert Reich, a far-left economist and co-founder of a group that traffics in class warfare and fearmongering.

  • Mandela Barnes, who couldn’t win over voters in Wisconsin but is now being recycled to bash Trump’s policies on the national stage.

  • Heidi Heitkamp, a former senator who wants to lecture rural America after voters sent her packing.

  • Martin O’Malley, failed presidential hopeful, now reinvented as a “defender” of Social Security against imaginary threats.

    • Source: thegatewaypundit.com

    President Trump’s Plan

    NEW: Ed Martin Expands Probe Into Biden US Attorney Matthew Graves’ Unlawful Use of 1512(c)(2) Obstruction Charge to Lock Up J6ers

  • Acting US Attorney for DC Ed Martin, is expanding his inquiry into former US Attorney Matthew Graves’ prosecutions of more than 1,500 January 6 protestors.
  • Ed Martin is specifically probing Graves’ abuse of the 1512(c)(2) obstruction charge.
  • Biden’s corrupt DOJ charged more than 300 J6ers with 18 USC §1512(c)(2). Additionally, two of the four charges against Trump in Jack Smith’s DC case were conspiracy to obstruct.
  • Then-US Attorney for DC, Matthew Graves, arrested and charged thousands of non-violent J6ers who didn’t even enter the Capitol building. He also threatened to seek more prison time for J6 defendants if the Supreme Court reversed the obstruction count.
  • “Indeed, at any resentencing, the Court could apply an upward departure for “significant disruption of a governmental function”…” Matthew Graves said last March.

  • Source: thegatewaypundit.com

    SHOWDOWN: Trump Asks Supreme Court to Intervene, Block Obama Judge’s Order to Return Deported Alleged MS-13 Gang Member to the US

  • President Trump asked the US Supreme Court to intervene and grant an emergency stay of the judge’s  
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    • Source: thegatewaypundit.com

     of new moms being able to vote when recovering from child brith as well as those who worked hard to get these changes done. If we truly want a pro-family Congress, these are the changes that need to happen. There was a ton of disinformation surrounding why the floor was shut down either way I’m glad to see this resolved. Thank you to everyone who corrected the people who were straight up lying.

    Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is referring to a historical congressional practice called “live/dead pairing,” which she and House Speaker Mike Johnson have agreed to reinstate as of April 2025. This procedure, originating in the 1800s, allows members of Congress who cannot be physically present for a vote—due to circumstances like new parenthood, bereavement, or emergencies—to still have their voting intentions accounted for without directly affecting the outcome of the vote.
    In this context, “live/dead pairing” works as a vote-offsetting mechanism:
  • Live Pairing: An absent member pairs with a present member who holds the opposite stance on a bill. The present member agrees to abstain (vote “present”) instead of casting their vote, effectively canceling out the absent member’s intended vote. This ensures the absence doesn’t shift the result while symbolically recording both positions.
  • Dead Pairing: Two absent members with opposing views on a bill pair their votes, which are recorded for the record but not counted in the final tally, as neither is present to vote.
    • Historically, this practice was used in the U.S. House and Senate to accommodate absences without disrupting the balance of a vote, dating back to at least the 19th century. For example, it was documented in congressional proceedings as early as the 1840s and remained in use sporadically, though it became rare in modern times due to stricter attendance expectations and technological advances like proxy voting debates.
    Luna’s announcement reflects a compromise with Speaker Johnson, who opposed broader proxy voting (where absent members delegate someone to vote for them). Instead, “live/dead pairing” revives this older method to support members in specific personal situations, aligning with Luna’s push for a more family-friendly Congress. The agreement, announced around April 6, 2025, aims to formalize this for the entire House Republican conference, allowing absences to be managed without changing the constitutional requirement of in-person voting that Johnson emphasized.

      to be circumspect in what we can make public. Bad guys read this stuff too. Neither one of us came here to play games. Measure us by results. You will see them. But just because you don’t see something happening right this second, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. I’ll conclude by stating that not every result is going to please everyone. That’s just pandering, it’s not leadership. Complex problems require diligence and a reform-oriented process to create lasting changes. Or else you’re simply putting a bandage on a gushing wound. Let’s do it right. God bless America, and all those who defend Her. -Dan

     

  •   story isn’t public, and the underlying facts aren’t all public, it may appear counterintuitive to our reform agenda.  I promise you, it’s not an accident. Ask yourself, why I would sign on to something like this otherwise. Is it a desire to be wealthy, famous, “connected,” or to be a future lobbyist? If that sounds ridiculous, it’s because it is.  I realized when I signed up that I’d never be able to fully explain some decisions we make due to legal and ethical constraints. But that’s a pill I agreed to swallow when I swore in.  In conclusion, I realize asking you to “trust me” is a waste of time. Watch what happens, continue to demand results, be cautious of narrative “traps,” let time put the puzzle pieces together, and what we’re doing will make sense. I see and hear you and your feedback. Thanks for your time.  -Dan

    •   judged on those results, and that just because we cannot see things happening right now, does not mean they are not happening. In other posts, he reiterated that he has heard all the criticism/feedback, and that he cannot make you “trust him”, but that if we watch what happens, the puzzle pieces will begin to fall into place. Bongino is being about as transparent as he can be, without directly telling us what they are doing. Kash/Bongino are going to carry out their operations by the book, in a methodical and air-tight process. It has to be PERFECT, and they cannot risk compromising their plans just to appease people being impatient online. He is kindly asking us to give them time to show us some results, while reassuring those who have doubt, that an operation is underway.

    BREAKING: Senior DOJ Immigration Lawyer Put on Leave After Apologizing to Obama Judge Who Ordered Deported MS-13 Gang Member Returned – Pam Bondi Issues Warning

  • A senior DOJ immigration lawyer was put on indefinite leave on Saturday after he apologized to a federal judge and appeared unprepared for the hearing in the case of an MS-13 gang member deported to El Salvador’s prison.
  • On Friday, a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to return an alleged MS-13 gang member to the United States after he was deported to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison.
  • US District Judge of the US District Court for the District of Maryland, Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, ordered the Salvadoran gang member to be returned by Monday at midnight.

    • Source: thegatewaypundit.com

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