I didn't expect to need to post an update on this series already, but here we are.

All hell is breaking loose in DC. Trump and his cadre of billionaire ghouls are creating havoc in the halls of power, sometimes called the swamp, blob, deep state, or shadow government.
Whole agencies are being exposed as corrupt tax wasting parasites on the rump of America, where they cannot be seen but painfully felt.

The Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza Didn’t Start With Trump

By Caitlin Johnstone on February 10, 2025

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I still can’t get over how absurd it is how everyone’s acting like the plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza is some new idea that Donald Trump just came up with. “Wait, so you’re saying we make the Palestinians go away and replace them with Jews?? What bold, innovative thinking! By golly, that’s just crazy enough to work!”

I dropped this comment in Lookout's Weekly Watch this morning:

Good morning LO...

with the revelations about so many liberal media sites receiving USAID monies, it dawned on me this morning that the forced exodus from DKos back in 2016 may have been nudged by USAID funding.

Lookout's reply:

I have not thought about that, but might be likely...

Why would Marcos ban Bernie support otherwise? I just took him as a CIA cut out, but as Dylan said money doesn't talk it swears...and evidently USAID was a funding source for CIA goals.

Interesting idea, thanks!

Edit to add: Perhaps the orange satan is a USAID site?

I wanted to repost my comment and reply as an essay for wider discussion.

What do you all think?

Disclaimer: I have no proof and this is all pure conjecture.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Is the defunding of USAID good? Was the behavior of the dem-wits bad in the RFK, Tulsi, Kash hearings? Is the Trump plan for the Gaza Riviera resort and casino ugly? These and many other questions below the fold...featuring a variety of characters...

The finance minister and current acting president, Choi Sang-mok, testified at Assembly hearing Feb 6 on the note passed to him December 3, while he was speaking to Yoon directly. Yoon said "refer to it." Choi claims he doesn't know who gave it to him, he didn't read it, that it was already folded, and put it in his pocket.

Afternoon folks!

Ready? Here we go. Starting out we've got a compilation of Rufus Thomas' r&b hits, followed by albums from Jimmy Rushing and Mose Allison in the jazz/blues vein. After that there's an album of Chicago blues from the Siegel-Schwall Band. Moving on to the musical diversity section there's a double album from a band that I've been seeing at festivals and a couple of nearby gigs that features an incredible younger guitarist and band with strong hints of the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead in their playing, Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country - it's worth a listen. Finishing up we've got some serious bluegrass from Peter Rowan.

Just as a reminder, if youtube is still screwed up and the full album embed only plays the first song, click the "on youtube" link to listen to the full album.