Burro Battle Royale

Dear Secretary Bessent @SecScottBessent, My name is Everett Stern. In 2010 I was a compliance officer at @HSBC. From a back office in New Castle, Delaware, I watched billions of dollars move to drug cartels, sanctioned regimes, and terrorist organizations. The enemies of the United States. I documented it, I escalated it, and when the bank would not act, I took it to the @FBI, the @CIA, and eventually the @SECGov. The result was a $1.92 billion settlement. At the time, it was one of the largest in American history. It was also about five weeks of the bank’s profit. Not one banker was charged. Not one went to prison. I paid a different price. I lost my career, my savings, and my place in the industry I had trained for. I was blacklisted. Every door in American finance closed at once. I slept on a camping cot in a 300 square foot apartment because I could not afford a bed, and I waited tables at @PFChangs to eat. I tell you this not for sympathy, but so you understand that I know exactly what it costs to do the right thing in American finance, and exactly how little the system does in return. I made that sacrifice because I believed it would change something. Yesterday, your department fined @BankofAmerica $1.2 billion for failing to report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions, some of it tied by your own findings to Chinese laundering networks, narcotics, and the southwest border, alongside 475 apparent sanctions violations touching Russia, Iran, and global terrorism. The bank admitted it willfully violated the Bank Secrecy Act. Fourteen years after HSBC. A bank with “America” in its name. And once again, not one individual charged. Secretary Bessent, I want to say plainly what I believe you already know. The fines are not working. A fine is paid by shareholders, absorbed by the balance sheet, and forgotten by the next earnings call. Bank of America reported earnings this morning. Nobody who set the alert thresholds, nobody who decided the 2024 cease and desist could wait, nobody who chose the backlog over the law will lose a single thing they value. Their lives are untouched. That is the entire reason the behavior repeats. This is money laundering. This is blood money. Money that reaches a cartel buys fentanyl that kills Americans. Money that reaches a terrorist organization buys the next attack. This country has fought a war on drugs and a war on terror for decades, at enormous cost in lives and treasure, and all the while we have allowed the financing to flow through institutions we charter and regulate. Cut off the money and we win. We have never seriously tried. There is also a question of equal justice that I cannot let go. Before I walked into the FBI building to report HSBC, I stopped in front of the Great Seal on the wall and read the words engraved beneath it: “Justice is the defense of our liberty.” I believed that. I still want to. But every day in this country, people go to prison for crimes that are nothing next to moving money for the people who want Americans dead. A suit, a title, and a corporate badge should not be a shield from the consequences that apply to everyone else. If a street dealer goes to prison for what he sells, the banker who moved the cartel’s money should be standing next to him. I also want to raise something that is rarely said in these conversations. Why has no one inside Bank of America come forward the way I did? The answer is that everyone in American banking knows what happened to me, and to the whistleblowers who came after. The last person who spoke up is the only policy anyone believes. That is a culture problem, and it starts with leadership, in the banks and in the agencies that regulate them. This is not a political issue. It has spanned administrations of both parties. It is a national security issue, and I am asking you to treat it as one. Three things would change the math overnight. Refer individuals for criminal prosecution. Not the analyst in the queue. The executives who set the thresholds and chose the risk. One banker in handcuffs would do more than every fine in Treasury’s history combined. End “too big to jail.” An institution cannot be too big to fail and too big to jail at the same time. If it is the first, it must be held to a higher standard, not a lower one. And if Bank of America will not act as America’s bank, review its charter. A national charter is a privilege granted on behalf of the American people. It should be conditioned on not moving money for the people trying to kill them. Secretary Bessent, you said yesterday that these actions send a clear message that even the biggest institutions are not above the law. With respect, the institution was never the problem. The people inside it are above the law, and they know it. Until that changes, I will keep writing letters like this one, and the next bank will keep paying the next fine. I gave up everything I had to stop this. I am asking you to use the power you have to finish it. Respectfully, Everett A. Stern HSBC Whistleblower Founder and Intelligence Director, Tactical Rabbit

Governor Select Hobbs has been particularly obstructive to the needs of Arizona agriculture. Andy Biggs will be much better

Soy de Ceuta, y lo que estamos viviendo ahora mismo es una auténtica invasión, por favor, necesitamos la difusión de todos para que declaren emergencia nacional. Por ahora ha sido solicitada por el gobierno de Ceuta y ha sido rechazada.

👀This guy flew from Canada to California to vote in the 2024 Presidential elections. He said he was going to prove that a blue state doesn’t require voter ID in an American election and all they want is the vote for Kamala Harris. He ended up casting his vote for President Trump.👀

I agree with Mahsa. If you are an Iranian and you follow me, I have a request. Just like you came out in the 100s of thousands and showed your support for Pahlavi and our people inside Iran, please change your registration from Democrat to Republican. Especially if you are in a Blue or a Purple state. Democrats like @RoKhanna have already said that if they win the House, they will impeached President Trump for taking out Khamenei and attacking the regime. Don’t let them. Iranians have a very strong presence where it matters. Let’s show our unity like we showed up for HRH Pahlavi. Every vote for a Democrat is a betrayal of our cause and fallen protesters. If you have voted Democrat before, they do not deserve your vote. Don’t put it off. Please wake up and take action. ❤️ #KingRezaPahlavi جاوید شاه

🚨HORRIFYING NEW DETAILS The invasion of Cities Church was even worse than we thought. Agitators blocked stairs so "parents were unable to get to their children" at Sunday School.😡 One told a kid, "Do you know your parents are Nazis, they're going to burn in hell?" 🧵1/7

I've known all kinds of former Democrats who had an ah ha moment when they woke up and could no longer vote D. Always a transformative moment, one they will recount if you ask. I have never met a former Republican who suddenly started voting for Democratic candidates and policies because they suddenly saw the "truth." It only goes one way. It's about growing up, about maturity based on experience. One never grows stupider.

This is perfectly explained. Well written, Sir. “Projection as Ideology, Liberals are now a Cult Article by Todd Chase What you are seeing inside the modern liberal mind is not independent thought. It is projection stacked on top of projection until it becomes a worldview. Everything they accuse others of is exactly what they are doing themselves. Fascism, hatred, authoritarianism, extremism. None of these labels originate from observation. They originate from internal guilt and ideological insecurity. Liberals no longer argue ideas. They chant labels. They move as a mob, not as individuals. Once a belief becomes emotionally fused to identity, reason becomes irrelevant. At that point, disagreement is treated as evil rather than difference. This is how cult psychology forms. The individual dissolves into the group, and the group demands constant reinforcement through outrage and moral panic. Projection is the fuel. By calling everyone else Nazis, they avoid confronting their own authoritarian instincts. By labeling dissent as dangerous, they justify silencing it. By declaring themselves morally superior, they excuse any behavior that would otherwise be indefensible. This is not intelligence. It is narcissism reinforced by group approval. History is full of movements like this. Jim Jones did not start with poison. He started with moral certainty. He convinced his followers that everyone outside the group was evil, corrupted, and dangerous. Once that belief was locked in, the group no longer needed evidence or restraint. The same psychological mechanics are visible now, amplified by social media and political rhetoric. A society cannot function when one side abandons reason and replaces it with projection and fanaticism. When people stop thinking and start chanting, they do not become righteous. They become dangerous. The Truth is Hard”

Letter written to President Trump from a man formerly inside the Maduro regime/cartel. This is a stark warning.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to announce that the committee has finished voting and has elected a new member to the Democrat Hoax Hall of Fame. But first, the current members of the Hall: 1. Trump/Russia Collusion Hoax. 2. Very Fine People Hoax. 3. Suckers and Losers Hoax. 4. Hunter's Laptop is Russian Disinformation Hoax. 5. Wuhan Wet Market Hoax. 6. Two Weeks to Stop the Spread Hoax. 7. Joe Biden is Mentally Competent Hoax. 8. Mostly Peaceful Protestors Hoax. 9. J6 Insurrection Hoax. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce the tenth and newest member of the Hall.... (*DRUM ROLL*) 10. The Kill Them All Hoax! Congratulations to our latest hoax, which will be enshrined with a gold engraving of the below picture:

Who did I piss off to get all these vegans and marxists on my TL?

Looks like the memo went out to all the democrats that Mark Kelly is the new anointed one. They are going to run him up the flagpole and see if he can get some traction to run for president.

This Illinois woman says she doesn’t always like the way Trump speaks or talks or the way he does things, but…. “But now, the first President to come along that said I’m not going to allow this anymore, I’m not gonna’ allow you to fill your pockets, I’m not gonna allow everyone to just run amuck, is in office. And I don’t like everything he says, and I don’t like everything he does or the way he does it, but the one thing we have to remember is he’s not a politician. He’s a business man and he’s running this country as a business to make us be the better business than all the other businesses out there, which is a good thing. You may not agree with the National Guard coming in. I do! I agree whole heartedly with the National Guard coming in because in Illinois we have a Governor and a Mayor of Chicago that think it’s okay for 50 people to be k****d in a weekend or 300 people s**t in a month. They think that’s okay. Carjackings- ‘nah, we’re not going to prosecute.z’ And the sanctuary state and the sanctuary city has bled Illinois dry. Personally, I’m over it. Whatever you have to do Trump, get ‘em in here. Get these Governors and these Mayors out that are refusing to follow Federal Law that’s been set up….you don’t get to disagree with and break the law that’s been set up, to say Illinois is a sanctuary city and you’re going to fight ICE. …You don’t have to like him (Trump), but if he’s doing what’s good for the country, you gotta’ like what he’s doing.” 100% correct ma’am. 100%. You may not like the boss but if the boss is making the country safer and better than before, you have to like the job he is doing. People are fed up. As she said, go get ‘em Mr. President. The majority that elected you, supports you.

Here is some counting that Gavin Newsom doesn’t want you to do: -homelessness (1 out of 50) -poverty (1 out of 50) -Retail crime (1 out of 50) -gas prices (1 out of 50) -illiteracy (1 out of 50) -wage stagnation (1 out of 50) -frivolous lawsuits (1 out of 50) -unemployment (3 out of 50) -housing costs (2 out of 50) -water bills (2 out of 50) -restrictions on workers (1 out of 50) -Anti-business regulations (1 out of 50) -energy/electricity costs (3 out of 50) -inequality (3 out of 50) -income tax (1 out of 50) -gas tax (1 out of 50) -budget deficit (1 out of 50) -road disrepair (3 out of 50) -educational inequity (2 out of 50) -COVID school shutdowns (1 out out of 50) -COVID business shutdowns (1 out of 50) -COVID mandates (1 out of 50) -illegal border crossings (1 out of 50) -funding for illegal immigrants (1 out of 50) -People leaving state (1 out of 50)

I’ve lived in California my entire life, specifically San Joaquin county, the Central Valley and in my city 12.6% live in poverty. Just this year alone there have been 25 murders, children are killing each other. We are so heavily taxed that families are having to make tough decisions between food & gas. Education has plummeted and children are graduating illiterate, kids in 4th grade can’t read and are not proficient in math. Have you ever heard of the Mathew effect? If kids do not learn how to read by 3rd grade they have a higher rate of incarceration. The last thing I want to see is the Governors social media influencer team gaslighting the nation on the policies of Newsom and his administration and what they have done to families. They aren’t trolling Trump, they are trolling us. Ridiculous people

Home Invasion caught on film. Gopher defends its home from a foreign invader!

When you actually read the Big Beautiful Bill “Cuts to Medicaid” you’ll realize every Democrat and mainstream media outlet is lying through their teeth No American would ever be against any of this, here are the facts “Here is just the first page of the cuts: -Cut number 1, saving $35 billion over 10 years. Limit federal health program eligibility based on citizenship status. That's just saying that people who are here illegally don't get to use Medicaid. It's something you have told us isn't happening anyway, so you obviously agree with that cut. - Cut number 2, eliminate Medicare coverage of bad debt, saving 42 billion over 10 years. Do you know what bad debt is? You probably don't, so let me explain it to you. Bad debt is where you have a debt with a hospital beyond what your coverage pays. So like let's say you have private health insurance. Now, your health insurance is going to pay their piece and then you have your leftover piece. Now if you don't pay that, that is what's known as bad debt. Now under no circumstances will your private health insur cover your bad debt. However, if you have Medicaid, the American taxpayer will cover up to 65% of that debt. Now, how hospitals use that to their advantage is they up the prices for people on Medicaid, therefore making that bad debt increase dramatically and the American taxpayer pays 65% of it. All this would say is that we're not going to do that anymore. Therefore hospitals can't charge more for people on Medicaid because they're not going to make any extra money from it. Who the is opposed to that? - Cut number 3: Next Medicare site neutrality set to save $148 billion over the 10 years. That one's actually really simple. All that says is the hospitals can't charge people on Medicare and Medicaid more. It just says they have to charge people on Medicare and Medicaid the same prices they charge people on private health insurance or cash. Is there anyone who's opposed to that? No, I didn't think so. Now, from just those 3, we're looking at $200 plus billion dollars in savings. Now, I imagine if I said we're going to cut $200 billion for Medicaid, y' all would freak the out. However, when you do a little bit of research, when you actually look into the topic that you're bitching about, making tiktoks about, you can see that. That $200 billion worth of cuts you agree with, Like, I just showed you one quarter of all the cuts they want to make. And here's the thing. If you remotely have f*cking common sense, you don't disagree with any of them.“

Roundup on the Rim, Northern AZ

Two Alphas having a discussion.

Honestly if you want to fight back then join Trump and Elon and fight for changes in the system, not the guys trying to fix it. They are doing the right thing. Social Security has been paying out more than it takes in since 2010, and by the government's own numbers, the Trust Fund will be insolvent by 2033. The bonds in the Trust Fund yield around 2.5% annually while inflation over the past few years has averaged 3.5% to 7%, depending on the year. Congress built a system that spent our contributions immediately and replaced them with IOUs that lose real value every year. I think it’s time to be honest — the money we paid into Social Security is long gone. It was handed out as soon as it came in. That’s how the system was built. Now, because the population is shrinking and the government invested our savings in bonds that don’t even match inflation, the collapse is already baked in. Congress stole from us, not Trump. If Trump needs to make cuts to stop a total collapse in a few years, then he needs to do it.