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The New McCarthyism

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In 1905 George Santayana wrote “Those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it.” Today western society is on the verge of imploding because we cannot remember the past. Politicians and news outlets, on both sides of the aisle, have reverted to using supposition and innuendo to libel anyone who does not agree with their political ideology.

While there are many examples in history that should tell us of the danger the most effective is to go back to the McCarthy era. While McCarthy used the red scare tactic, calling out people as Communist the new McCarthy’s are calling out those who disagree with them Nazis or Homophobes or Islamophobes etc. The reason is the same and the results are the same. Paint your opposition as dangerous and then ruin them personally. 

In the past, the House Committee on Un-American Activities was responsible for promoting witch hunts, but now similar behaviors are seen in various Congressional hearings and through political influence over government departments such as the Justice Department and the FBI.   The press has also joined in with inuendo and sometimes outright lies.

We can go back and look at the January 6 committee that had already concluded its findings before even the first hearings. Some will say there is no proof of this and that it was a fair hearing that collected strong evidence. However, the committee destroyed the evidence.   The constant calling Trump a liar and a pedophile with noting to back it up. Although efforts are being made to release the Epstein files—whatever they may contain—Trump faces allegations of being associated with Epstein, despite substantial evidence suggesting otherwise.    A recent photo dump from Democrat lawmakers from the House Oversight Committee show one of Trump surrounded by women with there faces redacted implying, as the photo was from the Epstein estate, that Trump was in fact part of the trafficking. Although the photo was revealed to be an old image of adult models at Mar-a-Lago, it continued to circulate online as supposed evidence.  Even though similar photos have been exposed as photoshopped, they continue to surface as alleged evidence.   

Representative Jasmine Crockett did a deep dive on contribution by Jeffery Eptsein to prove he was still part of the Trump team. She showed money coming from Epstein to republican candidate such as Lee Zelden, only it was the wrong Epstein.  When confronted she said that her staff did quick research, and they never said it was that Epstein but an Epstein.

This all tracks with the concept of “McCarthyism”, the truth does not matter just the accusation.

McCarthyism and the Red Scare put the country in a dark place and runed lives. We appear to be returning to this time with the left using anything to attack the right. This has once again put the country in a dark place. There is no true governance that does not include an attack on the other side. Effecting politicians ignore any positive coming from the right and in fact will automatically reject any proposals that do not meet their agenda. This needs to stop quickly or we will lose our society.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

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What the Hell is Going on with Ukraine

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Last month the Trump administration put forth a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine. The plan at first glance looked like a complete capitulation to Russia. A second and third glance does not make the plan look any better. It calls for a reduction of the Ukraine military, a promise to not attack Russia or try to reclaim lost territory and blocking Ukraine from ever becoming a NATO member. The rest of the plan is much the same, Ukraine gives and Russia takes. While Ukraine was not a party to this they have agreed to the concept. Trump being more of a businessman then a politician sees this plan as an opening of a negotiation and has said it is not his final offer. What does that mean?

While any analysis must begin with the assumption that it means exactly what it says and that it must be taken as a final offer. As a former intelligence analyst I must assume at some point the position of a red team or devil’s advocate. In this position I will look at as many alternative reasons as possible.

From the beginning it had to have been known that this proposal was totally unacceptable to Ukraine. It gives Russia everything it wanted with nothing in return for Ukraine. But what about the other parties that must be considered, especially Europe.

Trump for years has chastised Europe for its lack of decisive action on anything. The EU and its member nations have supported Ukraine by backing the U.S. and suppling arms. With this proposal European security is threatened as this gives yet another win to Russia along with its victory over Georgia and the recognition of independent Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which are in fact vassal states to Russia. Then there was the Russia annexation of Crimea, support to Syria and interference in Africa, among others.

The first alternative analysis therefore is that the proposal was designed to force Europe to step up and be more committed to the defense of Ukraine and to take responsibility for its neighborhood.

While it was assumed that Ukraine would outright reject the proposal there appears to be some backdoor negotiations that have allowed them to accept with the provision it was not final as Trump had said. While Russia should have accepted without hesitation there appear to be some aspects that have made them hesitate to accept. It maybe that while it calls for provisions in Ukrainian law that they will never join NATO there is an opening for them to become full members of the European Union which does carry some mutual defense provisions. The true aim of the Russian invasion was to take full control of Ukraine membership in the EU would be a strong block.

The second alternative analysis is that it would be rejected by Russia and therefore open the door for a stronger U.S. and European presence in Ukraine and block Russia both militarily and economically. It would also allow Europe to release frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

To make it clear I have no direct knowledge of these negotiations and the observations are made based on years of analysis and a study of history. I also read art of the deal and the follow on books that give me some insight into Trumps thinking.

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What is the Future of the Epstein Files?

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What is next, now that Congress has passed legislation demanding the Justice Department release the #Epstein Files? To begin Jeffrey Epstein was a degenerate creep that prayed on young girls and developed a sex trafficking network that is reported to have many rich and important clientele. #Epstein began his professional life as a stock trader and then a financial consultant. In this portion of his life, he became affiliated with many rich and powerful men both in business and government. He will however only be remembered for being a sexual predator and procurer. This is how it should be. Unfortunately, his criminal activities have become politicized to the point that the crimes have become secondary to the political circus that it has evolved into.

It is highly unlikely that there is a “list” as most people understand the term. There are, however, tens of thousands of pages of evidence. Do these tens of thousands of pages directly link people to actions, probably not.

To begin with Epstein was not stupid. He was a creep, a degenerate and a narcissist, but not stupid.  Epstein was arrested and jailed in July of 2006 and went to jail in June of 2008. If there was extensive evidence against him it was likely destroyed years ago.  It is interesting to note that in this case, attorney Brad Edwards who represented many of Epstein’s victims said that Trump was the “only person that helped in the persecution of Epstein.”  Which brings us to the brouhaha that is the political circus we see today.

In the world of business and politics most of the rich and powerful knew each other. #Trump knew Epstein. Trump Knew Sen. #Shumer, Trump knew the #Clintons, they all knew each other. They meet each other at diner parties and other events. While Trump was one of many that knew Epstein, he is one of few who took action against him. He removed Epstein from membership in Mar-a-Lago and as stated provided information against. 

This brings us to the last chapters of the case. Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges. This was in the last months of Trumps first administration. Epstein shortly thereafter committed suicide or was murdered, subject for another time. This then ended any formal investigation into him. The investigations continued into his associate #Ghislaine Maxwell who was arrested in July of 2020, during Trumps first term, and then convicted.

Her conviction came in January of 2021 at the beginning of the Biden administration. Since Epstein was dead and the Judge in the case closed it there apparently was no further investigation other than into Maxwell. For four years the files sat undisturbed, until Trump was elected for a second term. 

Trump made the mistake of promising to release the files when he got to the White House then it was compounded by the Attorney General Pam Bondi saying the list was on her desk. If there is no list why promise. Because there were files but not what anyone would consider a list. Trump should have explained this even knowing the left would attack him for lying. All this has done is opened up the door for the lefts propaganda campaign of “Release the Epstein Files.”  Democrat politicians pound the desk and say if he has nothing to hide why not release the files. While others rightly say if there is anything in those files why didn’t Biden release them in the four years, he was president.

There are two possibilities for the delay. First there are things in the files that could compromise national security or other ongoing investigations. Second the files are so large and extensive that Trump knows that the left can take them apart and release out of contexts sections. An example is the recent email the Dems release from Epstein that proports to show Trumps collusion. By redacting the name of the “victim” it indicates Trump was involved. When the actual email was shown the “victim was #Virginia Giuffre who has repeatedly said Trump was never involved in any thing to do with the sex trafficking. What makes it worse is since the Democrats on the committee had this email for years they did not release it until Giuffre was dead and could not rebut it.

There is a third possibility, Trump knows exactly what is going to be released and that it is going to cause a lot of trouble for the left. It is now a waiting game and there will be no end. The most important information may also be in the grand jury testimony which release has been blocked by three left wing judges.

Stay tuned…