Deep State Drama?

It is looking more and more to me like the Trump assassination attempt was an inside job by the uniparty deep state. Will Biden withdraw from the race? My guess is his crime family says, "No!", but we'll see. Will Russia wrap up the proxy war with Ukraine before the election? Will the BRICS+ create a new global parliament focused on the Global Majority? Will Orban manage an EU coup making Von der Lyin and the Brussels bureaucrats obsolete? Will Israel kill or expel all the Palestinians? Bibi has cancelled his trip to the US next week after a Houthi drone hit Tel Aviv. All this and more below the fold in this episode of, "As the Stomach Churns".

The political circus does seem like a soap opera these days. Let's start with last weekend's big story of the Trump shooting. I found Robert Barnes analysis interesting...(58 min)

Robert lays out his evidence supporting the idea it was an inside job.

Chris Martenson over at Peak Prosperity has also been amassing evidence.
The Evidence Points To Widespread Insider Pre-Knowledge (30 min)
Beyond incompetence; The Shooters & The Water Tower (49 min)
The Evidence Points To Widespread Insider Pre-Knowledge (30 min)
Audio Analysis Is 100% Clear Trump& Crowd Were Shot At By Two Separate People (32 min)
Crooks’ Unbelievable Path To The Roof (45 min)

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Jimmy looks at what happened the DJT stock...

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The Ballot or the Bullet

Saturday’s attempted assassination of President Trump killed one rallygoer, a father of two who died shielding his children from the assassin, and critically wounded two others. President Trump miraculously escaped with a slight wound in one ear, and in the photo of the century, he stood up from under the swarm of secret service agents, literally bloody but unbowed, raised his right hand in a fist, and mouthed, “Fight! Fight! Fight!” Some of Mr. Trump’s partisan critics attacked Mr. Trump’s “violent rhetoric.” Of course, none of them squawked when President Biden said on Monday before the attack that “we’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.” We do not know, and may never know, whether the murderer perceived that he was simply following an order from his Commander in Chief. It is time to man up, stop blaming others, and figure out what we ourselves have done or not done that made this attack and the inciting rhetoric that led to it possible.

TPTB have been making Trump the object of hate for years now, from the Russiagate hoax to the Jan 6 insurrection to all the lawfare cases. Now, I'm no Trumpeteer, but I can see how he's been targeted.

Slowly, Then All at Once

...starting with collective helplessness in the drawn-out RussiaGate psychodrama, even when all the players and their many nefarious acts were exposed by the alt news media, and extending to the mendacious roguery of the two-year Mueller (Weissmann) Commission, followed by fifty-one former intel higher-ups labeling Hunter Biden’s laptop “Russian disinformation, followed by Rep. Adam Schiff’s Ukraine “whistleblower” prank featuring CIA/NSC/DOD/DOJ moles Eric Ciaramella, Colonel Vindman and IC Inspector General Michael Atkinson, and then the FBI-instigated J-6 riot with the ensuing faked-up House J-6 committee . . . plus you can throw in the stupid Ukraine war, the drag queens in the kindergartens, the bumbling Durham investigation, ten million unvetted illegal migrants flowing into the country and this year’s four show-trials put on to finally break Mr. Trump.

Only those with TDS can't see he has been a deep state target.

Most of the security personnel working at the Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, during which the Republican presidential candidate was shot, weren’t even Secret Service, US Senator Josh Hawley has claimed, citing whistleblowers. Shots fired from the roof of a nearby factory nicked Trump’s ear, killed one audience member, and injured two more before the sniper was taken out by law enforcement. “Whistleblowers tell me that MOST of Trump’s security detail working the event last Saturday were not even Secret Service,” Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, said on Friday, accusing the Department of Homeland Security of assigning “unprepared and inexperienced personnel” to the campaign rally.

The RNC Convention...
Regardless of the attempt (or as some friends of mine hypothesize, Hollywood stunt) Trump went to the RNC convention and sat in the hall for all the speeches and circus acts, announced the J.D. Vance Veep choice, called RFK jr, made a mediocre speech, but seemed to fire up the base.

Don't think it is a circus act...did you see Hulk Hogan? (1 min)

Complete with clowns and muscle men...

Perhaps the most substantive thing to come out of the convention was the selection of J.D. Vance as Veep.
Different views on J.D. Vance.
Netflix has a movie about his youth named after his book, Hillbilly Elegy.

Dr. Gilbert Doctorow seems a bit over confident about the Vance selection. (1st 30 min)
Is Trump/JD Vance Going to Transform the US Foreign Policy?

In Defense Of JD Vance As Trump’s VP

And now to the other end of the spectrum....Whitney Webb has a very different take.
The Man Behind Trump’s VP Pick: It’s Worse Than You Think
While J.D. Vance has his own controversies, his close connection to billionaire Peter Thiel, who is poised to have unprecedented influence in a new Trump administration, should deeply unsettle every American who cares about freedom, privacy and reining in the surveillance state.

In this extended, wide-ranging interview, Jimmy and Unlimited Hangout contributing editor and One Nation Under Blackmail author Whitney Webb discuss whether Trump’s VP pick JD Vance is a puppet of billionaire Peter Thiel, the real reason Elon Musk purchased Twitter, how the dystopian future of policing in the film Minority Report is becoming a reality, and much much more.

or if you don't care for Jimmy...
The REAL Reason Behind J.D. Vance’s VP Pick - Whitney Webb & Mark Goodwin
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One thing is for sure, the tech giants control more than we realize...

Massive IT Outage Spotlights Major Vulnerabilities in the Global Information Ecosystem
The global information technology outage on July 19, 2024, that paralyzed organizations ranging from airlines to hospitals and even the delivery of uniforms for the Olympic Games represents a growing concern for cybersecurity professionals, businesses and governments.
The outage is emblematic of the way organizational networks, cloud computing services and the internet are interdependent, and the vulnerabilities this creates. In this case, a faulty automatic update to the widely used Falcon cybersecurity software from CrowdStrike caused PCs running Microsoft’s Windows operating system to crash. Unfortunately, many servers and PCs need to be fixed manually, and many of the affected organizations have thousands of them spread around the world.

Jimmy looks at CrowdStrikes CEO
CrowdStrike CEO Can’t Explain WORLDWIDE Internet Failure! (15 min)
Hospitals, banks, airports, airlines and broadcasters worldwide were impacted by a massive, ongoing IT outage Friday. Thousands of Windows PCs, which many companies and organizations rely on as part of their critical internet infrastructure, were hit by the CrowdStrike outage. Perhaps most concerning, several US states reported that their emergency 911 call centers were also hit.
The outage was blamed on a faulty update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. The company handles the security of many Windows PCs and services around the world. In a statement Friday morning, CrowdStrike said the issue had been "identified, isolated and a fix has been deployed."
Jimmy discusses the shameless TV interview given by casually attired CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz, who refused to answer basic questions or take any responsibility for the global tech catastrophe his company caused.

It is all connected...

After the convention...
Trump tells Zelensky he’ll end war

The US presidential candidate has vowed to “bring peace to the world”
Former US President and Republican candidate in the upcoming elections, Donald Trump, has reiterated his pledge to stop the conflict between Moscow and Kiev following his conversation with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky on Friday. Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that he “had a very good phone call” with Zelensky, during which the Ukrainian politician congratulated him on a “very successful” Republican National Convention and “condemned the heinous assassination attempt.” Trump went on to say that he appreciates Zelensky “for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has cost so many lives and devastated countless innocent families.” Both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal that ends the violence and paves a path forward to prosperity.”
Zelensky, in turn, claimed that he “agreed with President Trump to discuss at a personal meeting what steps can make peace fair and truly lasting.”

I wish I could believe that....

Could Trump’s Election End NATO’s Proxy War In Ukraine Against Russia?

The Duran suggest Zelensky, playing for time (22 min)

Will He, or Won't He Withdraw from the Race?

Biden Orders Poll On Harris’ Popularity
US President Joe Biden has commissioned a survey to get a clearer picture of Vice President Kamala Harris’ popularity, ABC News has reported, citing an anonymous senior administration official. The source reportedly told the outlet that despite putting on a brave face publicly, the 81-year-old Democrat has recently become more receptive to calls urging him to exit the presidential race ahead of the November 5 election. Questions as to whether Biden is fit for a second term have been overshadowing his campaign since he bungled a performance at last month’s CNN-hosted debate against Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. During the event, the incumbent repeatedly lost his train of thought, mixed up words and numbers, and struggled to finish his sentences. On Friday, ABC News quoted an unnamed White House staffer as saying that the “president is wiped and exhausted.”

Absolutely” In The Race: Biden Campaign Calls Malarkey On MSM Reports
On Thursday evening, the New York Times reported that ‘people close to Biden’ say the president has “begun to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race. The Biden campaign swiftly answered – insisting that wasn’t true, while longtime Biden ally Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) – whose daughter Biden sniffed – said that the president is still seeking ‘input’ from colleagues on what to do. On Friday, Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon insisted on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ that the president is staying in the campaign against all odds. “He’s our nominee and he’s going to be our president for a second term,” she said, acknowledging that “this has been such a hard week,” but that Biden will be “back on the trail next week” after allegedly contracting COVID. “This is an organization built for the Biden-Harris ticket,” she continued.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing three Democratic officials, that Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told some House Democrats that she believes that Biden can soon be persuaded to drop out of the race amid serious doubts he can win the election. The media also reported that Pelosi’s aides declined to address her talks with her colleagues, dismissing the media “feeding frenzy” about her discussions with Biden. Numerous Democrats have called on Biden to end his campaign and step aside for an alternative nominee following a dismal debate performance against Trump last month. The Biden campaign has said that they are not planning for a scenario in which Biden is not the Democratic presidential candidate.

Dim donors are running an ad tomorrow on Morning Joe urging Biden to step down and pass the torch

If anything I bet he digs in deeper after the ad. We know why...
A potential withdrawal by US President Joe Biden from the 2024 election could lead to the prosecution of himself and that of his son Hunter, including for crimes conducted in Ukraine, US antiwar activist and Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Coordinator Bruce Gagnon told Sputnik. “The Biden crime family likely worries if the current president is removed from the November ticket, he and his son could well be prosecuted for multiple crimes – particularly for their crimes in Ukraine,” Gagnon said. This might lead to Biden cutting a deal to get a pardon for himself and his son as a trade-off for stepping down, Gagnon said.

EU vs Orban

Sorry, We Want War: Why EU Elites Will Ignore Hungary’s Orban

Hungary, represented by its Prime Minister Viktor Orban, took over the rotating six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union in July 1, and promptly decided to do something unconventional: actual work. So out came the knives. Back in 2022, the most memorable thing that France’s Emmanuel Macron did while in the role was make a logo for his EU presidency that incorporated his own initials. The benefit to the French and European people was fantastic – as in, it exists in fantasy. For his EU presidency meeting in France, Macron stood alongside unelected European Commission bureaucracy president “Queen” Ursula von der Leyen, as they championed issues like climate change, digital transition, and the EU military industrial complex (er, the “EU Defence Union”). They were only too happy to serve up typical globalist fare for their fellow elites to gobble down. But these same folks are now gagging on Orban’s chosen agenda: peace.

Doctorow had a different take on the future of Orban and the EU (where he currently lives)

I like his idea of the path to peace focused on the Treaty of Westphalia.

Orban is not alone in urging peace...
Erdogan teaches his NATO allies some unpleasant truths
The Turkish president understands that the West will have to learn to live as just one of several centers of world power

Sadly, as Scott explains, the US is all about war.

War is the US business model and now the EU wants in on the action.

Lavrov explains in UN speech this week how the world can prevent WWIII.
Transcript here

Chas Freeman looks at the developing world order...

The World Is DONE With The West. Here's What's Next | Amb. Chas Freeman (29 min)
Here is his conclusion:
"In short, we are witnessing the end of a unified, Western-dominated global order and its replacement by a hodgepodge of collaborations and rivalries at the sub-global level. Something similar happened to cause the devastating chaos of the “Thirty Years’ War” in Europe. That was a disorder composed of warring states, much like the history of China before the Qin unification or India before Aśoka. But the “Thirty Years’ War” ended in the establishment in the Peace of Westphalia of a system of peaceful coexistence between multiple sovereign states that respected their cultural diversity. Its result is memorialized in the “five principles of peaceful coexistence.”
The question for your generation and the next in China, the West, and the rest of the world is whether we can replicate that outcome and end our descent into anarchy. We need to craft a peace based on mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, tolerance, and equality and cooperation for mutual benefit. If we cannot not do this, we risk more than our prosperity. We risk our very existence."

Well friends that's about all the news I'll cover this busy week. I hope you'll chime in with stories I didn't cover, insights into those which are posted, or anything else that's on your mind. It is a open thread...