The Weekly Watch
Trump Obsession
Last week I made a comment that began, "I ain't a Trumpeteer but I also don't have TDS." Unfortunately it was read as if I finished the sentence with "like you". That is not what I said nor intended to imply. However I can understand their sensitivity since others have called them Trump deranged. Words in a blog are often misunderstood, however that's not really what I want to address. Down thread it was stated that accusations of TDS are intellectually lazy. I'm sure there are Trumpeteers that use TDS to defend him for all his craziness, but not to see the massive extent of an engineered psyop of "Orange man bad" is also naive. Let me explain below the fold...
There's plenty to affirm "Orange Man Bad" like senselessly bombing Yemen, providing weapons for the Gaza genocide, deporting people critical of the genocide without due process, just to mention a few. However the Trump phenomenon has been engineered from the start.
We learned from the $hill's emails that the Clintons encouraged Donald to run because they thought he would be easy to defeat. We also learn from those emails that the Clintons encouraged their media minions to cover him extensively to insure he would get the nomination, and after which they should change their coverage to be more negative during the election itself. Well the Clintons underestimated Trump, and were surprised by his election (and I think Trump was as well).
However with their deep state connections they create the Russiagate hoax which many people still believe is true. The real collusion involved the DNC, FBI, CIA, the Clintons, Obama, and Biden (among others). We have Trump repeatedly called Putin's puppet, and the "Putin Bad" narrative had been cultured for years.
Next up, Impeachment supposedly for withholding funds to Ukraine (which ironically Biden bragged about doing). In fact Trump was tying to learn what the Clintons, Biden and Obama had going on in Ukraine challenging their cash cow money grift. Trump quickly folded and provided Ukraine with both money and weapons.
The evidence keeps coming out. American taxpayers paid for the impeachment of Donald Trump with laundered USAID money
Jesse Watters “You have this new piece on Substack that the USAID and the CIA helped orchestrate Trump's impeachment?”
Michael Shellenberger “It's a crazy story… pic.twitter.com/gyVfawoIL8
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) April 25, 2025
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Michael Shellenberger “It's a crazy story — The House of Representatives impeached, president Trump in December of 2019. Many people may may not remember that it was a CIA analyst who was left over from the Obama White House who wrote the memo that led to the impeachment. It was all based on hearsay.
The person had not actually been in the room with Trump. Nonetheless, this memo that he wrote relied heavily on a report done by an organization funded by USAID. In fact, its initial founding funding I mean, now it's $10s of millions of dollars had gone into this group called the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a name that's not very memorable, OCCRP, but it was basically created as an extension of the state department and then of USAID
— It was a kind of public facing part you know, regime change operation like CIA, but not covert, more overt — They were doing this sort of thing abroad, creating a predicate essentially for Trump's impeachment.”
Lawfare was beginning during the end of his first term with a slurry of questionable cases. Just before the 2020 election we have more deep state CIA operatives sign a letter declaring Hunter's laptop as Russian disinformation. After the election we had the Jan 6 FBI involved (led?) event at the capitol. With a healthy dose of trials for the so called rioters and numerous cases against Trump for largely trivial matters.
Don't forget the Mar-a-Lago raid and the discrepancy compared to way they treated Biden for the exact same "crime". My point is TPTB constructed a narrative designed to turn the people away from Trump.
To cap it off we have at least two attempted assassination attempts which appear to have deep state involvement. All as the MSM (with the exception of FOX) continually say the equivalent of Orange man bad 24/7.
So my point is TDS is real and it has been engineered and propagated. I'm sure many of you can add more examples. Many of my friends are infected with TDS. I can assure you the psyop has been effective. So understanding how TDS has been spread and promoted is anything but intellectually lazy. This was just off the top of my head, so I'm sure I've omitted stories I should have mentioned to support the case.
The question becomes "Why?. Is he really going after the deep state and the globalists, because they have an agenda...
(3 min) The Agenda: Their Vision - Your Future (2025) | Official Trailer
Alex does a good job describing Trump obsession in this less than 10 min conclusion to a interesting conversation...
ALEX KRAINER & ALEX CHRISTOFOROU
"In the US it is all Trump"
Glenn Greenwald does a good job dissecting Trump's 100 day interview with Time magazine
(13 min) He focuses on the deportations, Ukraine, and Iran.
Well let's get to some Current News
It's been another busy news cycle with the Pope's burial, peace talks with many parties, and plenty of economic chaos...
What about the China Trade War?
China, Hong Kong and The Art of Blinking (Pepe Escobar)
So, predictably, Captain Chaos did blink first. As much as he – and his sprawling media circus – could not possibly admit it. It all started with “tariff exemptions” – from smartphones and computers to auto parts – on products imported from China. Then it veered towards carefully manicured leaks implying tariffs “could” be reduced to a range between 50% and 65%. And finally a terse admission that if there’s no deal, a “tariff number” will be unilaterally set. China’s Ministry of Commerce was unforgiving: “Trying to trade away others’ interests for temporary gains is like bargaining with a tiger for its skin – it will only backfire”. And it got fiercer. The Ministry was adamant that any Trump 2.0 claims of any progress on bilateral negotiations have “no factual basis” – de facto depicting the US President as a purveyor of fake news.
Tigers, tigers burning bright: the image does not recall poetry superstar William Blake, but Mao’s legendary depiction of the US Empire as a “paper tiger” – a flashback that struck me over and over again last week in Shanghai. If the US Empire was a paper tiger already in the 1960s, the Chinese argue, imagine now. And the pain will increase, not only for the paper tiger: any dodgy deals made by foreign – vassal – pussycat governments at the expense of Chinese interests simply will be not be tolerated by Beijing. Last week in Shanghai I was reminded over and over again – by academics and business people – that the weaponized Trump Tariff Tizzy (TTT) goes way beyond China: it is a desperate offense ordered by the US ruling classes against a peer competitor that scares the hell out of them.
Pepe Escobar: Massive Backfire: Trump’s Trade War Ends in Surrender to China (77 min)
He has a shorter interview with the Judge with good commentary about Yemen at the end.
Pepe Escobar : The Shanghai Spirit - China Will Take No Bullying (25 min)
Will this conflict evolve into a hot war? Let's hope not.
The Duran sees an off ramp...
Off-ramp to US-China tariff war (14 min)
Yemen
The senseless bombing of Yemen to "send a message to Iran" is beyond stupid.
Yemen Fires Hypersonic Missile at Israel and Takes Out $200M in US Drones (15 min)
Jon Elmer, contributing editor at The Electronic Intifada, joins the show to discuss the escalating US bombing of Yemen. Washington is attacking Yemen to retaliate against Ansar Allah (the Houthi movement) after it reinstated its blockade on Israeli vessels in the Red Sea to stop the genocide. While the deadly attacks have killed hundreds of civilians, Elmer examines how the poorest country in the world continues to hold its own against the two most militarily powerful.
This is lose lose. Just stop Donald, and cut your losses. Same story in Ukraine...just walk away and let the EU cope with the mess.
Israel and Iran
My two favorite analysts on this issue are Alastair and Max...
Alastair Crooke : Trump and War (30 min)
Max Blumenthal : Netanyahu Plotting
(30 min)
Phil Giraldi : Israelis Suppressing Christianity (21 min)
Prof. John Mearsheimer : Can Ukraine and Israel Embrace Peace? (26 min)
As John says we have wars of narratives.
UKRAINE DEAL UNRAVELS - IRAN ENRICHMENT TALKS AT CRITICAL POINT - W/LARRY C JOHNSON (63 min)
One of the best interviews I heard this week was with Doug Macgregor in a wide ranging conversation.
(27 min) The best way to avoid all these wars is to bring home the troops and do useful things in our country.
Economic Collapse next?
$10T Money Print! Fed’s New Plan Will Dwarf Bernanke Era
“Gold is a seat in a lifeboat,” says Lawrence Lepard, Managing Partner at Equity Management Associates and author of The Big Print: What Happened to America and How Sound Money Will Fix It. In our recent interview, he tells Daniela Cambone that compared to Bernanke's era, the scale and speed of current monetary intervention have significantly increased. He estimates the next wave could involve $7–10 trillion.
"Each time it gets bigger. Bernanke printed two, three trillion in three, four years. Powell printed five trillion in 18 months. This one, I think, will be between seven and ten."
The solution to the currency crisis, he suggests, could involve a return to a gold-backed currency. “What I'm advocating for is a one-time reset as opposed to another 10 or 15 years of pain... a sound money future would clearly be better.”
He further predicts that this reset could drive gold prices significantly higher, suggesting it could “easily hit 5,000, maybe this year.”
Well, this week's column was a bit rambling, but I hope you found something useful and interesting. I'm particularly interested in your thoughts on why the deep state has been targeting Trump. I wonder if the US will ever accept peace. Alex Krainer's hypothesis is that the UK is the primary perpetrator of world conflict. He may be right, but the US sows plenty of chaos as well. A war based economy spreads war in its own interest, and I think that is the situation we find ourselves in today. So peace out friends. The thread is open to any and all ideas.
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Nice to see Julian and his family...
the post continues...
Francis wrote to Julian in prison and even proposed to grant him asylum at the Vatican." - Stella Assange
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
And talk about something completely different...
Anyone heard about this? It was news to me.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Very mysterious.
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Wonder how the statues are both standing and sitting
in different pics. AI hallucinating?
Zionism is a social disease
perhaps some were seated
and others standing? I don't know if it is real, but would be a mystery for sure if true.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Beyond the statues is a Golden Apple, right
where eris dropped it off. It is watched over by some foreign chick:
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Oh no...is it Troy all over again?
Certainly seems to be war over and over again over the golden apple?
Nice picture!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Its good to see Assange
looking heathy again! He was looking pretty rough back then.
It is nice after his torture...
to see him free and with his family. We owe Julian and wikileaks very much. We've learned so much from him.
Thanks for coming by today!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Amen to that!
no N/t
Howdy to the Holler
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The strange things I see are the concerted efforts of legacy media
to focus their ire on a 'populus' politician. Mostly a diversion of the
failure of the dems to maintain any decent agenda.
The inability of bipartisan support for peace is also telling.
Smoke and mirrors, lies disguised as negotiations and the like.
What the ailing US economy really needs is Peace. Full stop.
Re-tooling the MIC industry to support life at home.
Probably sound like a broken record on this. If there is any hope
to improving the quality of life, a serious course correction is needed.
Thanks for the watch!
Zionism is a social disease
Yes, a war economy is anti-peace
I don't know how to escape the mess we've made. In Alabama we build patriot missiles, and almost every state makes weapons that capture the politicians of all the states, and we are all pro-war. We need Houdini to show up to escape the choke hold.
Hope all is well in your world. Things are well in the holler. We've had a couple of inches of rain this week and the world is green and growing.
All the best my friend!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning, LO!
Man, I have a busy day ahead, full of reading and listening!
Here is what happens if I engage with a TDS sufferer. I will make some statement. They will reply, "So, what you're REALLY saying is..." It isn't possible to rationally continue the discussion. It can become hostile in an instant.
It is still spring here. The temperatures haven't hit 90 deg. yet. Gorgeous wildflowers everywhere.
I hope all is well in The Holler, my friend.
Thanks for this outstanding WW!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
It really isn't their fault...
They've been so propagandized they are convinced "Orange Man Bad!!!" After all they've been told so over and over again.
Now there are many bad policies and actions of this administration as we often discuss. However the concerted efforts of the deep state to vilify him makes me wonder why TPTB fear him so much.
Have a great day, and thanks for the visit!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Counter point to Greenwald
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Yesterday I posted Glenn discussing the arrest of Dugan who let a suspect flee her court. He made sense.
This is about the difference of the type of warrant that should have been presented.
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/ices-fake-warrant-judge-ha...
I still think this will be resolved by a trial. I didn’t finish reading it because I’m not interested in the kitchen sink. But it has a good argument on whether Trump over stepped his bounds.
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
- Kevin Alfred Strom
I saw that yesterday...
Thanks for posting it here. Makes you realize there are nuances in the law. I thought Glenn made a good point about how Trump's people tell him what to think. He doesn't read nor do homework, he just relies on his advisers.
I appreciate the homework you do for us here at C99!
Edit to add: I thought the article seemed a bit bias against Trump, but thanks for posting that point of view!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Hey, snoopy
I doubt that any lawyer who doesn't practice immigration law has ever heard of an administrative warrant such as the one issued for that judge's arrest.
FWIW, I have seen many people get arrested in the courtroom. Many arrests were at the behest of the presiding judge.
Courtrooms are not asylums.
If Sam were outside playing in my yard. her nose would be yellow from all the buttercups!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Something came across our feed...
...that you might find humorous...
Law and Disorder
Silly Brit humor about 20 min per episode.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Thanks!
Looks like fun stuff!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
'elensky uses Pope's funeral to media pimp...
about 10 min
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
OK, whatever, I'm tired, sooooo tired, as the song goes.
I have an overwhelming case of TMDTATDMS - too much damned Trump all the Damned time syndrome. The man is a buffoon, a piss=poor reality show actor whose show wasn't that close to reality and was mostly a promo for his other enterprises. He burned through his inherited fortune but recouped a lot through various shady practices including extortive lawfare and the fact that real estate in much of the US keeps going up in
ValuePrice.There's not much one can do about his activities or agenda or wrongdoing except to fund folks like the EFF, ACLU, Earthjustice, Planned Parenthood and all that crew. Funding his co-conspirators, the Democrats, is certainly not going to improve anything, as they have proven time and time again. Hence I'm watching and reading more "history", "archaeology, science, cooking, soccer and stuff like that. I don't really care what he did yesterday or what was done to him in 2020 or whenever.
There is a huge list of laws and court cases that need to be overturned, and nobody is even trying or thinking about trying, certainly no legislator from either political party. And not just this recent shit, the cleanup needs to include The Patriot Act, sure, but the problem starts well before that.
Meanwhile, World PeaceTM is a wonderful idea. It is not the USA's job to create or enforce it and, given the USA's history and mindset, the idea that the USA could promote or in any way work for world peace is laughable. The USA needs to just shut up about damned near everything, step back and sit down.
It is also not our place to lead the world economically. The original colonists found a land ripe for exploiting and did so, generating surpluses that allowed them to capitalize (there's that word again) on a bombed out industrial world after WWII and rise to prominence in that arena. Because we are capital, as in money, driven, we soon traded our productivity and production infrastructure for financial assets which we them increased by speculating in a vast range of intangibles and cannot, at this point, buy any of our productive capabilities back. Again, the USA's best program and role is to shut up and go stand in the corner.
Manwhile, we, the hoi polloi, need to work on cottage industries and sustainable/regenerative ariculture, silvaculture and the like on any scale we can while trying to stay above water.
/rant off
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Excellent summary!
It is an obsession. My point is it was created for a purpose, but I'm still unsure "Why?".
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
What do you mean?
Why right now Jeffries and Booker are sitting on the capital stairs bloviating something about Trump and his policies. See? They are doing something.
Meanwhile….HuffPoo
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
- Kevin Alfred Strom
Exactly, but...
...ignore Dark Brandon who looks like something out of V.
...while delivering a message of division....but fear Trump.
Hell, they all scare me.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good afternoon, el!
Now you know why I cut the cable to TV over 20 years ago.
My interests are trending towards music, economics, world news, homeopathic health care, and certain additions to my home.
We have arrived at that time in history where the working class has far more practical solutions than out government. We recognize government is the problem. Establishing close community networks is vitally important. We will need each other when shit hits the fan.
Friend, hope you find some eggy recipes today!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
You got that right!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
With Virginia Guiffre back in the news
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and her supposed death by suicide, the amazing report by Whitney Webb is an interesting if not vile read.
This site covered a lot of her work after Epstein was arrested and then murdered. Webb details how child trafficking and sexual blackmail went back to the prohibition era and included many intel agencies and including many presidents and their White House.
Part 3 has links to her previous 2 articles.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/mega-group-maxwells-mossad-spy-story-jeffr...
That the government tries anyone for any crime is the biggest hypocrisy gag ever conceived! The directors of the FBI were up to their breasts in blackmail and often times because they were just as deviant and guilty as those they prosecuted.
Reagan, Clinton, Bush 1 and Trump are all tied into this slime. They knowing trafficked children and knew that the Catholic Church was just as evil as they were.
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
- Kevin Alfred Strom
it is deep and dark...
...And they try to sell the idea Epstein hung himself with paper sheets?
Talk about a psyop...Epstein is the ultimate example!
George discusses the situation of her suicide this afternoon.
it last a few minutes. I often fast forward to the interviews after his monologue. Today with Garland and Chay Bowes, a Brit in Russia.
Thanks for Whitney's article. No one know the Epstein scandal better than she does.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”