OK Trumps back in , now what ?
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No doubt Trump is a threat to their democracy, but the question to me is whether or not he is a threat to the common man's democracy.
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@WallStreetApes
James Li and Rudolph Ware PERFECTLY break down what’s really going on with the Democrat ‘Fighting Oligarchy Tour’ with Bernie Sanders and AOC
“Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, they have one function. Their function is to keep an independent third party from emerging. That is their job. That is why they are out there on speaking tours. That's what the ‘uncommitted movement’ was about in 2024. They always create these sheepdog movements that are designed to shepherd people back onto the Democrat plantation. That's their job.”
- 2016, Bernie energizes a certain group and then hands them off to Hillary Clinton to run for President
- 2020 Bernie Sanders energizes that group, hands them off to Joe Biden
- 2024, both Bernie Sanders and AOC say you have to vote for Kamala Harris
“So fool me once, shame on me. Fool me two times, fool me three times, fool me four times. How many times do they get to run this game?”
This is the game plan. Spew 24/7 lies to try and get back whatever they can of their voter base and then hand them off to the next Democrat machine presidential candidate
James Li and Rudolph Ware PERFECTLY break down what’s really going on with the Democrat ‘Fighting Oligarchy Tour’ with Bernie Sanders and AOC
“Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, they have one function. Their function is to keep an independent third party from emerging. That is their job. That is why they are out there on speaking tours. That's what the ‘uncommitted movement’ was about in 2024. They always create these sheepdog movements that are designed to shepherd people back onto the Democrat plantation. That's their job.”
- 2016, Bernie energizes a certain group and then hands them off to Hillary Clinton to run for President
- 2020 Bernie Sanders energizes that group, hands them off to Joe Biden
- 2024, both Bernie Sanders and AOC say you have to vote for Kamala Harris
“So fool me once, shame on me. Fool me two times, fool me three times, fool me four times. How many times do they get to run this game?”
This is the game plan. Spew 24/7 lies to try and get back whatever they can of their voter base and then hand them off to the next Democrat machine presidential candidate
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US Treasury Shocks With Second Biggest Budget Surplus In History
Two weeks ago, as part of its quarterly refunding announcement, the Treasury surprised the market when it unveiled a funding need for the current quarter that was $53 billion lower than it had initially forecast in February, and which we said "indicates that DOGE is indeed working and the US funding needs are actually declining."
Needless to say, for a market that was habituated to Joe Biden's debt-funded drunken sailor spending ways, the news that the US would needs less - not more - spending than previously expected, came as a shock, and yields slumped as less debt than expected would be required to fund the world's most indebted government.
Today we got the reason why the borrowing need of the US was surprisingly lower than previously expected, and it was revealed in the latest Treasury Monthly Statement laying out the US government's monthly deficit... or rather surplus. Yes, we are so used to describing the sum-total of the US government's monthly income statement as a deficit (i.e., more spending than revenue) that it has become automatic to assume that every month the US will spend more than it brings in. Only this time that wasn't the case.
Presenting Exhibit A: in April, the US Treasury generated a $258.4 billion surplus after last month's $160.5 billion deficit; this the second biggest surplus on record, with just the $308 billion bumper surplus in 2021 bigger.
The unexpected surge in revenue, and the resulting budget surplus means that the cumulative deficit for fiscal 2025 suddenly doesn't look catastrophic: recall that just four months ago, back in January, in the last month of Biden's reign, the US had already spent a record $840 billion for the first 4 months of the year, on pace to blow away all previous records. But then something changed, and first March saw a big slowdown in spending which resulted in a much more tame cumulative deficit through March, and then the April data meant that the cumulative deficit in the first seven months of the year, was actually an improvement, and dropped to just $1049 billion, down from a peak of $1037 billion in March, and below the run-rate of both 2021 and 2024.
Two weeks ago, as part of its quarterly refunding announcement, the Treasury surprised the market when it unveiled a funding need for the current quarter that was $53 billion lower than it had initially forecast in February, and which we said "indicates that DOGE is indeed working and the US funding needs are actually declining."
Needless to say, for a market that was habituated to Joe Biden's debt-funded drunken sailor spending ways, the news that the US would needs less - not more - spending than previously expected, came as a shock, and yields slumped as less debt than expected would be required to fund the world's most indebted government.
Today we got the reason why the borrowing need of the US was surprisingly lower than previously expected, and it was revealed in the latest Treasury Monthly Statement laying out the US government's monthly deficit... or rather surplus. Yes, we are so used to describing the sum-total of the US government's monthly income statement as a deficit (i.e., more spending than revenue) that it has become automatic to assume that every month the US will spend more than it brings in. Only this time that wasn't the case.
Presenting Exhibit A: in April, the US Treasury generated a $258.4 billion surplus after last month's $160.5 billion deficit; this the second biggest surplus on record, with just the $308 billion bumper surplus in 2021 bigger.
The unexpected surge in revenue, and the resulting budget surplus means that the cumulative deficit for fiscal 2025 suddenly doesn't look catastrophic: recall that just four months ago, back in January, in the last month of Biden's reign, the US had already spent a record $840 billion for the first 4 months of the year, on pace to blow away all previous records. But then something changed, and first March saw a big slowdown in spending which resulted in a much more tame cumulative deficit through March, and then the April data meant that the cumulative deficit in the first seven months of the year, was actually an improvement, and dropped to just $1049 billion, down from a peak of $1037 billion in March, and below the run-rate of both 2021 and 2024.
Think about how stupid it is to talk about a "threat to our democracy". By definition democracy means rule by the people which translates to "rule by the majority". Therefore in any democracy the rule of the majority prevents the minority from getting their way. Obviously, if you did not vote for Trump but he was elected then you are the minority, by definition, and his election means you will not get your way. So then, losers in an election crying about not getting their way comes across as a bunch of whiny babies.
Now if you can point out that the leader is a threat to the rule of law, or that he is violating the US constitution, that is a very different argument. The rule of law, based on the US constitution is what protects the rights of the minority. So they aren't complaining about a threat to the rule of law or a threat to the constitutional rights of all citizens, no, when they say "a threat to our democracy" they simply are crying about losing the election and not getting their way.
Now if you can point out that the leader is a threat to the rule of law, or that he is violating the US constitution, that is a very different argument. The rule of law, based on the US constitution is what protects the rights of the minority. So they aren't complaining about a threat to the rule of law or a threat to the constitutional rights of all citizens, no, when they say "a threat to our democracy" they simply are crying about losing the election and not getting their way.
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Federal Judge Says Trump's Invocation Of Alien Enemies Act Was Legal
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 08:05 PM
Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times,
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has said that President Donald Trump validly invoked the Alien Enemies Act in March as part of an effort to deport Venezuelan gang members.
More specifically, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines held that the gang - Tren de Aragua (TdA) - was engaging in the type of “predatory incursion” that the Alien Enemies Act mentions.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 - 08:05 PM
Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times,
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has said that President Donald Trump validly invoked the Alien Enemies Act in March as part of an effort to deport Venezuelan gang members.
More specifically, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Haines held that the gang - Tren de Aragua (TdA) - was engaging in the type of “predatory incursion” that the Alien Enemies Act mentions.
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PatriotJosh
@Patriot_Josh11
The Price of Peace Was Paid—In Full
What you just witnessed was not a “bribe.” It was a reckoning.
The assertion that “Arabs took out trillions and suddenly Trump changed course” reflects not insight—but desperation. Let’s clarify the battlefield: those trillions are reparations, not to a man, but to a nation—the United States. These are repayments for two decades of asymmetric warfare, ideological subversion, and terrorist insurgencies launched from Gulf-linked networks under the guise of religion and resistance.
Let’s put it in historical context:
•After WWI and WWII, reparations were not always labeled as such—Germany paid with infrastructure deals and industrial output, while Japan offered technological integration.
•The Sword Dance before Trump was not ceremonial hospitality—in Arabian tribal custom, it is submission to the victorious warrior-king. It is how defeated factions acknowledge a new dominant force without openly declaring surrender.
So what did the Arabs “buy”?
Peace. Access. Protection. And most of all—amnesty from total collapse.
The psychological dissonance here is classic:
When covert wars end, there are no parades. No treaties. Only financial realignment. The losing side pays quietly, hoping no one notices. This was the end of the silent war. Trump didn’t lift sanctions because he was “bought.” He lifted them because the mission was accomplished:
•Al-Julani renounced terror,
•Assad ceded regional dominance,
•The Palestinians’ status is now under U.S.-controlled diplomacy, not Iranian or Turkish manipulation.
The American war machine turned from kinetic to economic, and the cash flow for global mercenaries dried up.
They call it a “bribe” because they can’t admit America won—without a single bullet fired.
Welcome to 5th Generation Warfare:
•Economic surrender replaces battlefield defeat
•Reparations are laundered through trade and tourism
•And history is rewritten before the ink even dries.
America was not bought. It was paid back.
@Patriot_Josh11
The Price of Peace Was Paid—In Full
What you just witnessed was not a “bribe.” It was a reckoning.
The assertion that “Arabs took out trillions and suddenly Trump changed course” reflects not insight—but desperation. Let’s clarify the battlefield: those trillions are reparations, not to a man, but to a nation—the United States. These are repayments for two decades of asymmetric warfare, ideological subversion, and terrorist insurgencies launched from Gulf-linked networks under the guise of religion and resistance.
Let’s put it in historical context:
•After WWI and WWII, reparations were not always labeled as such—Germany paid with infrastructure deals and industrial output, while Japan offered technological integration.
•The Sword Dance before Trump was not ceremonial hospitality—in Arabian tribal custom, it is submission to the victorious warrior-king. It is how defeated factions acknowledge a new dominant force without openly declaring surrender.
So what did the Arabs “buy”?
Peace. Access. Protection. And most of all—amnesty from total collapse.
The psychological dissonance here is classic:
When covert wars end, there are no parades. No treaties. Only financial realignment. The losing side pays quietly, hoping no one notices. This was the end of the silent war. Trump didn’t lift sanctions because he was “bought.” He lifted them because the mission was accomplished:
•Al-Julani renounced terror,
•Assad ceded regional dominance,
•The Palestinians’ status is now under U.S.-controlled diplomacy, not Iranian or Turkish manipulation.
The American war machine turned from kinetic to economic, and the cash flow for global mercenaries dried up.
They call it a “bribe” because they can’t admit America won—without a single bullet fired.
Welcome to 5th Generation Warfare:
•Economic surrender replaces battlefield defeat
•Reparations are laundered through trade and tourism
•And history is rewritten before the ink even dries.
America was not bought. It was paid back.
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