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How Is The American Economy Doing?

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I’m hearing the word affordability mentioned in a lot of Democrat campaign ads, but somehow the ads don’t mention the roots of the affordability problem. Inflation has decreased under President Trump, but somehow once the prices go up, they rarely go down.

On October 26th, Smart Asset posted the following chart:

So how is the economy actually doing under president Trump?

On October 26th, The Conservative Treehouse posted the following chart:

If you choose to vote Democrat in the mid-term elections, you can expect higher inflation and slower economic growth. You can also expect the amount of goods you can buy with your paycheck to decrease.

The Conservative Treehouse reports:

Exports decreased 5.7%.  However, within the data you will note a third quarter massive surge in imports of 26.4% (goods), which led to a deduction impact of 3.32% in the overall GDP statistic [Table 1.5.2] As noted in the BEA review, “the largest contributor to imports was capital goods, except automotive.”

A 26% increase in capital goods is massive. I would anticipate that in addition to large industrial equipment, what we are witnessing in that import number is the AI-Data Center factor, this is the massive ‘compute’ need. The likely highest import value is on the data chips.

Think about it.  If there was no increase in imported goods and services to deduct from the growth rate, the U.S. economic growth rate would have been +6.7%.  Keep in mind the USA is already the largest economy in the world at $32.5 trillion.  So, a growth rate of 3.4% is a massive whole dollar increase in the U.S. economy.  The pie is much larger!

Overall investment into the economy grew at a whopping 19.4% versus the prior quarter.  The value of industrial equipment grew 20.9% over the prior quarter. We are investing in industrial production and setting the equipment in place for a manufacturing boom for the next several years.

In the background we still need to import industrial equipment and computer chips until we get the manufacturing systems in place (industrial equipment) to begin producing the outputs domestically.  But industrial investment at this scale is exceptional for the long-term growth of the economy.

We need to stay the course. We are moving in the right direction. A Democrat Congress will not take us in this direction.

Elections Have Consequences

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It didn’t take long for recently-elected Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to start acting like a tyrant. Any candidate who ran against his regime in the recent election is on notice that they will be targeted by the new administration.

On Wednesday, The Conservative Treehouse reported:

Brazil has fallen.  The 50/50 presidential election was decided by a relatively small number of votes.  However, once the communist regime of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was declared the winner, 8-minutes later a notoriously corrupt Brazilian Supreme Court Justice, Alexandre de Moraes ordered Flavio Bolsonaro to turn in his passport.

The clenched fist of brutal authoritarian control is now in place. Bolsonaro is not the only target for President da Silva and Judge de Moraes as the pair are also going after any candidate who ran against the regime in the general election.

Reports of regular Brazilian people’s reaction to the election are very sad. Most of the Bolsonaro supporters are now trying to stay off the radar of the openly weaponized govt regime.

…U.S. media are reporting that Flavio Bolsonaro and his family have left Brazil, escaping through Argentina to Ecuador and then potentially to the United States – though nothing is yet openly confirmed as diplomatic risks seem to be part of the public discussion.  At 9:31am ET Bolsonaro arrived in Miami.

The article concludes:

(Via AP) — Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on Wednesday after fleeing Brazil.

The stunning move came after 48 hours in which Bolsonaro refused to concede to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and then threatened to attempt to annul the election result.

Bolsonaro’s father, Jair Bolsonaro, also fled to Florida after losing the 2022 presidential election to Lula before returning to Brazil three months later. On Monday, the U.S. said that it would grant visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family. Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, visited the White House in May.

Bolsonaro first fled from Brazil to Argentina and then Ecuador alongside his wife and two daughters, Argentina’s migration authority said Wednesday — a day after the 45-year-old senator and his family were granted United States visas by the Trump administration.

Brazil is now one of the only major Latin American country that did not turn right in recent elections. Some news sources are comparing Brazil’s election to the 2020 election for President in America. There is no way this was an honest election. The question is whether or not the Brazilian people can find a way to freedom.

The Dangers Of Ukraine Misusing Starlink

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Starlink was designed to be used for civilian purposes. There are currently charges that Ukraine was using it for military purposes. The consequences of this could be far-reaching. Elon Musk has acted to prevent Ukraine from using Starlink for military purposes. On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article explaining why Ukraine could create a serious problem by misusing Starlink.

The article quotes an X post:

FilmLadd – “Analysts who have been bashing Elon Musk for days over this don’t get it. Russia has the capacity to blow up satellites in space. They proved this on November 15, 2021, by firing a PL-19 Nudol missile at an old satellite of their own.

The impact created a large debris cloud—more than 1,500 trackable fragments plus hundreds of thousands of smaller pieces. The International Space Station was forced to implement safe-haven procedures: the seven-person crew (including Russian cosmonauts) sealed hatches and sheltered in the docked Soyuz and Crew Dragon spacecraft for several hours as the debris cloud repeatedly crossed their orbital path.

The ISS even had to perform thruster burns on multiple occasions over the following months to avoid the debris cloud orbiting the Earth.

If Russia decides that the civilian Starlink satellite network is weaponized and fair game, we risk a serious Kessler syndrome. First modeled by NASA’s Donald Kessler and Burton Cour-Palais in 1978, it describes a scenario in which the density of objects in low Earth orbit gets so high that collisions start producing debris faster than natural processes (mainly atmospheric drag) can remove.

Each collision creates more fragments, which raise the odds of further collisions, leading to a self-sustaining cascade, a runaway cloud of satellite debris that can make certain orbital bands increasingly hazardous.

Space could become unusable for years to centuries.

You like driving around with GPS? Starlink MUST remain a civilian entity.” [source]

The article concludes:

However, if U.S. Starlink satellites are being used by Ukraine, without authorization, to target objectives deep inside Russia, a nuclear-armed power this could develop into a very serious issue.  Thus, avoid this problem becomes the issue that Elon Musk is trying to mitigate.

From an operational perspective, Russia now seemingly has a very valid claim that U.S. assets (a nuclear power) were being used to target Russia (another nuclear power). This is not a good scenario.

Zelenskyy is putting the USA in a very difficult position. Musk is essentially trying to mitigate the potential threat from Zelenskyy’s self-centered and short-sighted behavior.

As much as we have criticized him in the past, Elon Musk is the right guy with the right position on this issue.

Please follow the link to read the entire article. There is a lot more technical information in the article.

A Step Toward Peace?

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has been excluded from a suggested peace conference between Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

On Sunday, CNBC reported:

  • The Wall Street Journal reported Vladimir Putin had reportedly suggested a summit between himself, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping for a deal to end the Ukraine war.
  • The summit is not confirmed, but if it takes place will not involve Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • The report comes amid mounting tensions between Ukraine and the U.S., its largest military backer.

At some point we need to acknowledge that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not want the war to end and that the American left does not want the war to end. According to AI, as of March 31, 2026, the U.S. Congress has made available $195 billion in total spending related to the war in Ukraine, according to the Council on Foreign Relations and the U.S. Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve. [1, 2] There has never been an auditing of that spending. It is extremely possible that a good portion of that money has found its way into American political campaign coffers and another portion has gone into Zelenskyy’s pockets. The recent bombing of the Russian refineries was an indication that Zelenskyy was trying to influence the midterm elections in America to weaken President Trump. Zelenskyy is terrified that the money spigot is going to be turned off.

The article at CNBC concludes:

The Telegraph reported on Friday that Musk “approached Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Starlink in Ukraine,” and both had a hand in imposing the restrictions.

Additionally, Zelenskyy told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that intelligence sharing between the two countries had been interrupted, but later “de-blocked.”

Rubio on Monday denied that Washington had suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine, contradicting Zelenskyy’s claim that the flow of information had been briefly interrupted, Reuters reported.

Speaking to reporters in Uzbekistan, Rubio insisted there had been no pause and said Zelenskyy should instead focus on ending the war, marking another public disagreement between Washington and Kyiv amid deteriorating relations.

On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse noted:

Again, there are multiple dynamics unfolding inside this story. However, as to the central component of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy complaining about hampered access to Starlink and/or Starshield, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sets the record straight.

Ukraine has never had access to the U.S. military version of Starshield; providing that level of guidance access would be akin to the United States being in direct conflict with Russia using a proprietary U.S. military system. This is not our circus and not our war; there is no need for U.S. military conflict with Russia.

Remember the history. Zelenskyy was installed by the deep state. His words cannot be trusted.

This Would Be Comical If It Were Not So Sad

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According to AI, this is a partial list of recent riots in Paris, France:

  • Yellow Vest Movement (Gilets Jaunes) (2018–2019): Months of recurring Saturday protests and riots in Paris centered on fuel taxes and cost-of-living issues, featuring extensive property damage, vehicle burnings, and clashes around the Champs-Élysées.
  • Pension Reform Protests & Unrest (2023): Widespread strikes and violent street demonstrations erupted across Paris after the government pushed through controversial retirement age reforms.
  • Suburban / Nahel M. Riots (June–July 2023): Severe nationwide urban unrest and riots following the police shooting of a teenager in Nanterre, with intense rioting, looting, and clashes extending into Paris and its suburbs.
  • Cost-of-Living, Fuel, and Lycée Protests (October 2026): Major cross-generational demonstrations uniting students, trade unions, and yellow vest elements escalated into severe riots, arson, and looting in Paris and other French cities, leading to hundreds of arrests in the capital region alone.

As we know, AI is only as good as the information it is given. Paris has had a riot problem for a while. Notice that there is no mention of the Palestinian flags seen in the current riots in Paris.

On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the speech French President Emmanuel Macron gave addressing the riots.

The article reports:

Following days of riots, violence, arson, buildings destroyed and mass looting, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a national address to the people of France. Remarkably, in the beginning of his remarks Macron says no one in the French government understands what is happening, but he is demanding an investigation.

A few paragraphs into the prepared transcript and Macron says high fuel prices driven by President Trump’s war against Iran, “a war we had nothing to do with,” is certainly the cause of the protests that have mysteriously turned violent for some unknown reason. Macron further notes those protests are righteous, justified and he agrees with them.

At some point, Europe needs to understand that they are within range of the missiles Iran would use to deploy its nuclear bombs. Europe also needs to wake up to the dangers of unlimited immigration by people who do not share your culture or your values, although it may be too late for them to undo the damage they have done to themselves.

Exactly What Is The “Red-Green Alliance”?

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On October 5th, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the need for western countries to be very aware of possible terrorist attacks on the anniversary of October 7th. Thankfully, a major attack at the Mall of America was averted, and there has been little news of attacks elsewhere.

Contained in that article was a very accurate description of the Red-Green Alliance and the people involved in it and the people funding it:

The “Red‑Green Alliance” refers to a tactical partnership between far‑left movements (“red”) and Islamist movements (“green”), rooted in shared opposition to Western institutions, capitalism, the U.S., and Israel, rather than shared values.

It is not a single organization, but rather a recurring pattern historically, especially during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and in modern Western activism and politics. The western media support the RED side, and the Muslim Brotherhood represents the GREEN side.

Islamists love to celebrate anniversaries and random dates they assign to historic grievances.  The Brotherhood exploits the radical elements’ general lack of intelligence and simultaneously stimulates the autonomic emotional nerve.  Spend any amount of time talking to a Turk, and they can cite multiple grievances with dates.  For multiple years Turkey has been in a co-dependent relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood (AQAP, al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, ISIS, etc.).

Turkish President Erdogan, a NATO member, manages the Brotherhood sensibility better than most.  Jordan’s King Abdullah also does it well; while Egypt’s President Fattah al-Sisi gave up trying and just banned them outright.

Qatar is the banking agency for the Muslim Brotherhood.  Oman and Yemen have severe factions as noted in the FlyDubai airline incident and the Houthis respectively.  In Africa, AQIM, another Brotherhood chapter, carries the banner for the greater Palestinian cause, the primary grievance for 2026.

In France the Palestinian flag is being waved in each of the migrant uprisings and riots.  While in the U.K the hatred for Israel is a sentiment second only to the support for the Palestinians.

Europe has imported millions of radical extremists.  The background for the RAF Fairford terrorist event did not happen overnight; the sentiment has been building.  However, that said, Obama/Biden imported mass numbers of Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers, so it would be well worth paying attention as the next 48 hours of anniversary celebration may indeed result in some form of Islamic terrorist attack.

Remember that after the Communists helped the Islamists gain control of Iran, the Islamists killed the Communists who helped them. The American left needs to be aware of that!

The Lobbyists Go Into Action

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On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the unintended consequences of the changes the Trump administration has made to the visa entry processes.

The article reports:

CTH (Conservative Treehouse) strongly emphasizes two key policy sectors, Maganomics and Immigration enforcement; they go together. We cannot achieve the economic results we want for the American people unless strong and powerful immigration enforcement is in place.

While the Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) navigates the deportation and removal process (painfully slow in my opinion), Secretary of State Marco has revoked, blocked and restricted visa entry processes. The State Dept effort is strong, but continually encounters resistance from the Lawfare communists who are trying to destroy U.S. nationalism.

NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Service Companies) is an Indian non-governmental trade association and advocacy group that primarily serves the Indian technology industry. Founded in 1988, NASSCOM operates as a nonprofit organization and serves as a key entity within the Indian technology sector. NASSCOM is the primary advocacy group for manipulating the U.S. visa entry system.

The article concludes:

As noted by Amanda Louise on X: “[NASSCOM’s] concern wasn’t that jobs would go unfilled because America lacked skilled workers. It was that companies like Infosys would have to “hire many more local Americans, which would be expensive.”

“Americans weren’t described as unavailable. Americans were described as the more expensive alternative.

And they acknowledged the other half of the problem.. companies with a “strong local American presence” would have a competitive advantage if visa-dependent companies lost easy access to that labor.

That tells Americans exactly what this business model does. Use visa labor to lower costs. Compete against companies that hire more Americans. Win their contracts. And now those American-employing companies have fewer jobs to offer too.

The American worker loses twice.
So why are we still debating what these visa programs are being used for? Their statements tell us the incentive. The immigration filings show us the scale. The layoffs show us who pays the price.

How much more evidence does Congress need before it answers why U.S. immigration policy gives companies a competitive advantage for hiring visa workers instead of Americans?”

Maybe the foreign money that needs to come out of politics isn’t all found in election campaigns.

Enforcing The Law Has Consequences

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On Saturday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about a yacht club on Long Island that was forced to close its restaurant because the staff was deported due to immigration enforcement.

The article reports:

The larger picture is well worth discussing, because there is a large and inorganic part of the U.S. economy that will obviously be impacted by immigration enforcement and the removal of illegal or unauthorized workers.

If you business model won’t work without illegal cheap labor, maybe there is a problem with your business model.

The article notes:

There are resorts and venues operating in the USA which never would have been built without a foundation of foreign labor to service them.  Take that labor force out of the economy and things will significantly change.  This outcome is both predictable and necessary to reset the labor market.

As all of these foreign workers are removed there is going to be massive pressure on the wage rates for American workers.  That’s a great benefit.  Simultaneously, there’s also some businesses that will never survive without that foreign labor pool because the business model itself was built upon a false foundation.

Most of the time we think about the service industries with workforces that are significantly staffed with foreign workers.  Hotels, resorts, restaurants, vacation destinations etc.  Many of these locations currently operating would never have found capital or investment in a true economy that was not built on illegal immigration, visas or foreign workers.  There are likely hundreds of resorts that exist only because the labor market is inorganic.

With a predictable rise in wages comes the increased operating costs and diminished profit return for the investors and owners.  This can have a major impact, but again, this outcome is due to fraud in the underlying business model.  Those businesses likely would never have started and the investment never would have been capitalized without the fraud it is dependent upon.

Take out the illegal aliens; remove the H1B visas and all other ancillary visa approvals and remove the protected status returning foreign workers to their country of origin, and U.S. wage rates and benefits will quickly increase as companies try to find a way to shift to a business model built upon real economics.

This rise in wages will be significant and that can create an inflation increase.  As wages increase in price, the operating costs increase.  The per unit business model then must adjust and things like hotel rooms go up in price.  As resort prices increase, they become unaffordable to the current target customer, that leads to lower sales and decreased revenue.  However, that natural dynamic also returns organic competition to a market that has been missing competition for decades.

It’s not just about the service industries.  As the labor market contracts, wage rates for blue collar construction and manufacturing jobs also increase.  This can lead to higher consumer prices during the painful phase as the natural market balance is restored.  Again, many businesses will not exist because many businesses never would have existed without the baseline of imported foreign workers.

It is time to enforce the law so that American workers can take these jobs and be paid what the jobs should pay.

The Fracture Points Make No Sense

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On Tuesday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the breakdown of the trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada. The article explains exactly what the four points of disagreement were.

The article reports:

Trade Emissary LeBlanc outlined the major fracture points that drove Prime Minister Mark to reject the deal. I’ll put the full interview below which everyone should watch because what LeBlanc outlined is rather funny. Carney was obviously looking for a reason to walk away, because the fracture points were ridiculously small.

Essentially, it boils down to four issues. !1) Removal of tariffs on Canadian assembled Semi-Trucks. (2) U.S. streaming services writing code for “search engines” in the French language. (3) Canada demanding 5% of gross revenues from U.S. tech platforms, and the last one is silly because it already exists: (4) the U.S. having a right to reject a trade deal made by Canada with a non-market economy, ie. CHINA.

The article includes a video of Trade Emissary LeBlanc outlining the four points.

The article notes:

Taking the issues one by one we start with ♦U.S. tariffs on Canadian Semi Trucks.  Canada wanted tariffs on Big Rigs removed. The U.S. said no.

The reason is simple.  Big Rigs assembled/built in Canada are falling apart in the USA. Why? Because they are full of cheap Chinese component goods and parts that wear out quickly.  The U.S. wants two things on this issue. Either: (1) Make them in the USA, or (2) stop using cheap Chinese component parts.  The parts that Canada are using are not even available in the USA because we tariff and reject them, so why should we accept them when Canada installs them?  Either quit using Chinese parts (hence, the trade alignment against Chinese imports), or accept a tariff equal to the rate we would apply if the product was coming directly from China.

The article then goes on to explain the other three items.

The article concludes:

Prime Minister Mark Carney blew up the trade discussion based on his demand that: Canada should be allowed to make any deal they want with China; that Chinese component parts be allowed in Canadian assembled Semi Trucks; that streaming services install a French language search engine; and that tech platforms pay him to censor information and subsidize official narratives.

In other words, Mark Carney was looking for an excuse/justification not to make a trade deal, and make a political statement that would appeal to the uber leftist French Québécois and his partners in Beijing.

Clear enough?

I can assure Mark Carney that making a deal with China is similar to the deal the lady made with the dying snake when she took him in. Canada’s largess will not be answered with reciprocal largess.

Accountability

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On Wednesday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the Southern Poverty Law Center. The organization has been charged with money laundering.

The article reports:

SPLC Chief Financial Officer Heidi Beirich was previously identified as one of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) leaders who assisted in “opening bank accounts” with “fictitious companies’ names” to make payments to hate group leaders.  Apparently, she was in a romantic relationship with a Nazi whom she funded.

According to CNN: Beirich has been charged as part of a superseding indictment with wire fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally insured bank and conspiracy to conceal money laundering.

Obviously, the CNN reporting of the story has a slightly different slant than The Conservative Treehouse story.

CNN reports:

The SPLC has fought the case, arguing that the government is mischaracterizing a long-standing informant program designed to gather intelligence on hate groups, and accused the Justice Department of charging them for political reasons. Attorneys for the SPLC have also said that law enforcement officials have used information gathered by the organization’s informants in the past.

The charges are part of the Justice Department’s case against the SPLC over the alleged payments, which prosecutors say were done through shell companies. In earlier court documents, the department gave details on nine unnamed informants it says received payments through the program, which began in the 1980s.

Despite her role in overseeing the payments — some of which were directed to an Imperial Wizard in the KKK — Beirich allegedly had a romantic relationship with one source who infiltrated a White Supremacy group and stole documents for the SPLC, according to the indictment.

…The documents that person allegedly stole were used as part of an article that the SPLC later published. Beirich then allegedly paid a second informant $6,000 to take the fall for the stolen documents.

“Dr. Beirich is innocent, and this case is without merit,” her attorney, Michael J. Proctor said in a statement. “We believe the charges against her and the SPLC are politically motivated, and Dr. Beirich has been targeted in this case because of the important work she has done to combat hate groups and extremists.”

When you can’t defend yourself with facts, you simply claim that the charges are politically motivated. That is straight out of the Clinton handbook on how to handle scandals!

The Important Numbers That Are Not Being Reported

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On Monday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about some important economic data that is not being widely reported.

The article reports:

What we can take away from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) index on manufacturing [Data Here]: overall, the U.S. manufacturing sector is continuing to expand significantly.  The current index of 55.6 percent in July is 2.3 percentage points above the June figure and the highest reading since May 2022 (55.9 percent), when we were trying to recover from the COVID-19 shutdowns and supply chain problems.

…Overall, companies wanting to make products in the United States are expanding the manufacturing sector. However, they are running into a problem when trying to source the component goods and/or raw materials. The resource goods they need are constantly in a status of flux and the prices are unstable.

For large companies their supply chain management can deal with the short inventory issue through various sourcing networks using multiple suppliers. However, for smaller companies this is frustrating.

The manufacturing system is a network of complex suppliers who make component materials needed for the core product. In order to get really successful, the smaller manufacturing component goods need to start up inside the USA just like the larger companies who are producing a finished product.

This is why even during a manufacturing surge we end up importing a lot of goods on the front end of the transition. Absent a domestic supplier, industrial component products are heavily imported in order to manufacture the finished durable good.

It takes time, well, technically its never been tried – so, no one is sure, but it takes time for all of the component manufacturing to establish inside the USA in order to feed the component parts to the various manufacturers who depend on the sub-sourcing. This is the period we are in at the moment, and prices are fluctuating as people try to get their arms around costs here and abroad.

When the free market is allowed to be free, it creates growth and prosperity. Putting a businessman in the White House is what was needed to start moving America back to the free market instead of crony capitalism. Think carefully when you vote in November. Your economic future depends on it.

How To Deal With Fraud Properly

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On Tuesday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about Medicare and Medicaid fraud in Pennsylvania.

The article reports:

The DOJ Fraud Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, and Pennsylvania Attorney General today announced criminal charges against 19 defendants, including owners and employees of home care companies, for their alleged participation in various fraud schemes involving over four million dollars in claims to Medicare and Medicaid.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General also announced a plea agreement involving the final defendant in a previously-charged 21 defendant case involving over $1.7 million in claims.

Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and senior federal and state officials hold a press conference announcing a significant health care fraud takedown and a new Anti-Fraud Initiative in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

To emphasize the scope of the fraud in California and New York Dr Oz notes, “the number one job in the entire state is personal care services.”

The Press Release from the Department of Justice notes:

Acting Assistant Chief Miriam Glaser Dauermann, Health Care Fraud Trial Attorneys Paul J. Koob and Carla Jordan-Detamore, and Eastern District of Pennsylvania Health Care Fraud Chief Anthony Scicchitano, Deputy Chief Paul Shapiro, and Counsel to the U.S. Attorney Sara Solow, led and coordinated the cases charged in today’s Takedown, together with the FBI, HHS, DEA, IRS, and state and local law enforcement partners. Trial Attorneys Paul J. Koob and Carla Jordan-Detamore, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sara Solow, Paul Shapiro, Angella Middleton, Alisa Shver, Jessica Rice and Megan Curran, and Pennsylvania Deputy Attorneys General Benjamin McKenna, Susann Shore, Jonathan Clymer and Jacob Gordin are prosecuting the cases being announced today.

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the Fraud Division. The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.

When people start going to jail for their crimes, the level of crime will slowly decrease.

Who Is On Our Voter Rolls?

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On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the number of ineligible voters being discovered on our voter rolls. Why is this being discovered just now?

The article reports:

Reviewing lists of disqualified non-citizen jurors is now taking place in many counties led by citizen inquiry. The disqualification records, “non-juror” lists are public records in many states and counties. These reviews are turning up tens-of-thousands of non-citizens who are on juror lists, which means they are also on voter rolls.

The article quotes The New Jersey Globe:

About 75,000 noncitizens are summoned for jury duty in New Jersey each year, based on data from three state government agencies, including the Motor Vehicle Commission — a stunning figure that widens the scope of a growing controversy over government databases that may incorrectly identify noncitizens as eligible voters and jurors.

While the number is alarming, there’s no indication that noncitizens have served on a jury since the judiciary implemented additional guardrails to prevent it.

“Prospective jurors are asked about their citizenship and other qualifications when they complete the mandatory juror qualification questionnaire,” said Pete McAleer, a spokesman for the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts. “Those who advance are reminded of the eligibility requirements during jury orientation and are directly questioned about their citizenship during jury selection by the judge and, as permitted, the attorneys.”

In between, potential jurors watch a training video that includes the citizenship requirement.

The revelation of noncitizens making their way into jury pools comes three days after Gov. Mikie Sherrill disclosed that an alleged software glitch at motor vehicles led to the inclusion of roughly 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey’s voter rolls; Sherrill blamed the vendor, IDEMIA, and said less than 400 noncitizens have voted in recent elections.

The article at The Conservative Treehouse concludes:

That 75,000/yr number are just those summoned people who disqualified themselves by being truthful about their status. I firmly believe the average non-pretending American will soon to realize/admit that many non-citizens actually remained on juries and passed judgement during trial.

Illegal aliens voting in elections is happening, we all know it and even though the media is still trying to retain their lies, you can tell that stance is softening against the reality. However, illegal aliens sitting as jurors in trials, will create a big-time constitutional mess that is something the communist left and media will never admit.

We have no idea how many of those 75,000 people voted. We also have no idea who registered them to vote.

Let The Consequences Begin

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The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision was awful. They interpreted a law to mean something it was never intended to mean and laid the foundation for bad things to happen to this country in the future. The birthright tourism from China will continue, and in less than a generation, America will suffer the consequences. However, on Tuesday The Conservative Treehouse posted an article with a few suggestions as to how to deal with the ruling.

The article suggests:

As a pragmatic and patriotic American I respectfully suggest and recommend the U.S. State Department immediately institute the “Roberts Requirement” following similar visa entry protocols previously used for COVID-19 tests prior to U.S. admittance.

The Roberts Requirement: Each female visa applicant must present a valid negative pregnancy test taken no longer than 10 days prior to travel to the United States.

The certified document, negative pregnancy test, together with all related visa approvals must be presented to Customs and Border Patrol at each port of entry. Failure disqualifies the traveler.

This is the same protocol as COVID-19, only using pregnancy status as the disqualifying health issue. It is a lawful regulation, born from a new standard established by the Supreme Court, that does not need congressional approval.

The article notes:

Start thinking like a person who realizes the goal is to create severe antagonism through regulation.  That antagonism can then be directed.

Aim isolation, ridicule and marginalization at those who created the problem.  This can be done without visible vitriol.

The objective is not just making sure pregnant women do not get visas; that is one small element. The bigger objective is to make it extremely difficult to come to the USA and THEN pin that global compliance requirement on Chief Justice John Roberts, making him live every day with the consequences of his blinded American stupidity; facing him, belittling him, ridiculing him, sitting on the front pages of his peers and global friends.

Chief Justice John Roberts created this mess, now put it on his doorstep every day.

But people will lie – doesn’t matter.

But people will create fake documents – doesn’t matter.

But people will still overstay their visas – doesn’t matter.

You are putting the emphasis on the wrong aspect.

The most important idea in the article:

Make every regulation specifically cited to the Supreme Court decision and make it exceptionally burdensome.

Make SCOTUS own the outcome.

I think the author has a great idea!

The Current Senate Takes Care Of Themselves–Not The American People

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Congress has long since forgotten who they are supposed to represent. Right now I think the only people they represent are themselves.

On Thursday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives trying to block President Trump’s attempt to set up a victim’s compensation fund for those targeted by corrupt government conduct. Yet at the same time, the Senate has introduced a bill that would pay members of the Senate $500,000 for being illegally surveilled.

Hidden in the 2025 Senate Continuing Resolution Bill is the following:

This makes my blood boil.

The article at The Conservative Treehouse notes:

A grandmother silently praying outside an abortion clinic encounters the full weight of the Dept of Justice and FBI costing her tens of thousands of dollars to defend herself. Hundreds of conservatives have been targeted by a politicized and weaponized IRS. Dozens of Trump officials were targeted, prosecuted and spent millions of dollars during their judicial defense – many going bankrupt. Thousands of people who peacefully attended the January 6, 2021, protest were targeted by the FBI and had to hire lawyers. Thousands more received ridiculous subpoenas and investigative inquiries that required them to pay lawyers who provided legal responses.

Yet, only when the weaponization targets a Republican Senator personally does the issue warrant compensation. Think about it.

The article concludes:

The difference between the Tea Party targeting in 2010, and MAGA targeting 2016-through today, is the pesky impediment called Donald Trump.

Review the 15-year history and you will see these commonalities, including DC’s use of Main Justice and the FBI.

The McConnell-minded Republicans were happy to see the Tea Party targeted in 2011/2012. The same is true for the targeting of MAGA in later years.

This core reality is why I support President Trump; indeed, I actually cherish his fighting for us, because the alternative is reliance on our Republican abusers.

In my opinion, the strongest, most based and unflinching MAGA-minded America-First supporters, are the people who bear the visible scars from the extreme Tea Party targeting.

Those of us who went through the furnace of frustration are forged with a unique type of resolve that will never stop supporting Donald Trump.

We can see through the UniParty tricks, schemes and Machiavellian constructs, and we trust nothing.

The DC guards weaponized virtue as an attack strategy. They use our love of country against us. However, one glance at the scars and that approach doesn’t work any longer….

….. and they hate us even more because of that.

That outlook brings me to a place of thankfulness.

I think most of us here realize we have a few years with a political leader in our corner; that means advocacy for our specific interests is on a diminishing timeline.

If we, well, really, he, does not get that thing accomplished in the next three years, well, it’s unlikely to happen.  That clock ticking raises the stakes for us and makes policy issues sensitive and urgent.  This is an entirely understandable sentiment.

I fully support Donald Trump, because the alternative is dependency on a Republican.

Don’t forget to pray.

It Really Is Always About The Money

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On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about a recent reversal of Germany’s position on Iran.

The article reports:

Six days ago, in Marsberg, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized the U.S. approach to Iran, saying Washington was being “humiliated by the Iranian leadership” and demanding the conflict end “as quickly as possible.”

Three days ago, President Trump responded with an announcement that U.S. troops in Germany would be drawn down, and there would be a 25% tariff on all imported European autos.  {GO DEEP}

Suddenly, Friedrich Merz reverses his position:

Imagine that.

But seriously folks, when people argue that it’s not about the economics of the thing – remind them, it’s always about the economics of the thing.

Germany is facing a perfect storm of economic consequences following their decision to chase the climate change agenda (Build Back Better) and eliminate their coal and nuclear power plants.  Combine the German/EU policy to stop purchasing cheap LNG and oil from Russia, in addition to skyrocketing energy costs from oil/gas flows from the Middle East, and the outcome is rising manufacturing costs leading to massive layoffs.

The German industrial economy is the heart of the EU economy, and President Trump is now hitting them both right where it hurts.

The tariffs will have an impact, but the long-term impact of drawing down the troops we have in Germany will be greater. Although having thousands of America troops in Germany does stretch the infrastructure in some areas, the presence of the troops adds to the local economies. Soldiers eat at local restaurants, shop, and attend local events. Removing five thousand troops from the country is going to have a long-term economic impact.

I Never Thought I Would Celebrate A High Unemployment Figure, But…

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On Friday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the unemployment rate in Washington, D.C.

The article reports:

A few years ago, I was eating breakfast in a DC hotel listening to two men talk about their schedule for the day.  Their business was decorating homes for Christmas, and they were discussing their heavy workload.

As I listened quietly the men were describing premium rates for DC families who wanted their decorating services completed fastest.  The average rate was $15,000 per residence for 30-day interior holiday decorating, and the rates went up from there. They were overwhelmed with business calls.

I sat there stunned doing spit-takes with my coffee while thinking, “holy cow, who has that kind of money to blow, just renting Holiday decorations?”  One of the client names was familiar, Kellyanne Conway.  “Jumpin’ ju-ju bones, this is an actual thing they do up here,” I thought.  My mind was blown, but this put context to the economic bubble that isolated DC from the rest of ‘real’ America.

Yesterday, I read a New York Times column describing how the professional political employees and their families have been impacted by President Trump and the downsizing of the federal workforce.

Amid the tear-filled typeset meant to generate sympathy this part jumped out at me: “The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.” {CITATION}

Almost all of the $35 billion spent by USAID in 2024 went to Washington-based contractors, not to people in need overseas.  Eliminating USAID has now created an unemployment problem for all of those DC-based federal contractors, NGOs and USAID employees. The NYT article gives examples of the terrible state of affairs. 

The person mentioned in The New York Times column that we were supposed to feel sorry stated that Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior vice president at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va.

You would think that at $272,000 a year she might have put something in a savings plan of some sort! Somehow my sympathy button got lost.

When You Pull A Piece Of Yarn On A Sweater

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When you pull a piece of yarn on a sweater, you never know exactly what will happen next. You could get a short threat that you can simply weave back into the sweater to repair it or you could unravel the entire sweater. I think the second scenario is where we are with the impeachment of President Trump over his telephone call with Ukraine.

On Monday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the transcripts of the testimony of Inspector General of the Intelligence Community (ICIG) Michael Atkinson before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) in September and October of 2019. This was not a classified session–only a closed-door session.

The article reports:

In fact, during the October 2019 deposition, Ranking Member Devin Nunes went out of his way to clarify the status of the hearing itself. Chairman Schiff reemphasized this was not part of the impeachment inquiry, simply a hearing to clarify questions from Republicans to ICIG Atkinson about the nature of the complaint created by CIA whistleblower Eric Ciaramella.

…This is interesting, because that means at the time of the hearing itself in 2019 any one of the members could have immediately gone to the microphones and discussed all of the information gained from within the questioning.   They didn’t.

Later on, Chairman Adam Schiff classified the Atkinson testimony in order to bury it.  The Lawfare impeachment crew, led by Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Mary McCord, Dan Goldman, Barry Berke, Stephen Castor and Norm Eisen also weaponized the “ongoing investigation” classification to keep the CIA/ICIG report hidden during the impeachment effort.

President Trump was not even allowed to see/review the classified IC IG information that was being used to impeach him.

Now, as you can see from the attendance above, John Ratcliffe was present for both Atkinson depositions.  Despite his immediate silence, we know John Ratcliffe was concerned about the content within ICIG Atkinson’s statements as he relayed in a series of questions during a public hearing December 9, 2019. {SEE HERE}.

The article asks the question:

DNI nominee John Ratcliffe was confirmed by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on May 21 and sworn in on May 26, 2020.  John Ratcliffe was now a constitutionally confirmed DNI with access to the full record and work product that led to the previous impeachment effort.

Why didn’t DNI John Ratcliffe release the ICIG investigative material and CIA whistleblower report?

Why did it take another six years and DNI Tulsi Gabbard to discover, dig out, declassify and release the material that was in the custodial review of DNI John Ratcliffe back in 2020?

Congressman Ratcliffe was in both Atkinson depositions during Sept/Oct 2019, and he knew the impeachment allegations were false.  He essentially called out the HPSCI Democrat staff in December of 2019. Congressman Ratcliffe became DNI in May 2020 and knew the entire background of the IC IG material that was now at his fingertips.

Ratcliffe knew President Trump was set up.

Why didn’t John Ratcliffe release the evidence of it in 2020?

Please follow the link above to read the entire article. There is something very rotten here. What is the statute of limitations on treason?

I Guess The Sanctions Weren’t Working

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On Sunday, The Conservative Treehouse posted the following headline:

That truly sums up the current situation with Iranian oil.

The article reports:

Oil and gas sales from Iran are under international sanction and not supposed to be taking place. However, oil and gas sales from Iran -violating the sanctions- have been taking place.

CENTCOM is announcing that the U.S. military will now ensure the oil and gas from Iran doesn’t move.

The U.S. will physically enforce the pre-existing global sanctions. A blockade begins tomorrow morning.

…Oil and gas from Kuwait will be allowed transit and passage.  Oil and gas from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar will also transit without issue.  However, oil or gas from Iran will be blocked.  China takes the biggest hit, again.

The target now is to cut off the Iranian money supply.

This blockade is happening against the little discussed backdrop of Dubai (UAE) targeting Iranian money changers.

The article quotes Iran International:

The arrest of dozens of IRGC-linked money changers in the United Arab Emirates is one of the most serious blows yet to Tehran’s sanctions-evasion network, laying bare how heavily the Islamic Republic has depended on Dubai as an economic lifeline.

Sources familiar with the matter told Iran International that UAE authorities detained dozens of money changers tied to financial entities linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, shut down associated companies and closed their offices.

…For years, Dubai has served as Iran’s main offshore financial artery, where oil proceeds, petrochemical revenues and rial conversions were turned into dollars, dirhams and euros beyond the reach of the country’s battered domestic banking system.

“This is going to be a real problem for Tehran because Dubai was an economic lung for the Iranian regime,” Jason Brodsky of United Against Nuclear Iran told Iran International.

I don’t think it was wise of the Iranian regime to bomb the UAE. Iran has successfully alienated all of its possible supporters in the region.

Solving Problems

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Before you are able to solve a problem, it’s a good idea to find the source of the problem. If you are unable to acknowledge the source, chances are you won’t be able to solve the problem! That is the place some of the leaders of European countries find themselves in relation to supplying energy to their countries.

On Wednesday, The Conservative Treehouse reported:

They stopped their oil and gas exploration. They chose to chase ‘net zero’ academic pontifications. They closed their refining operations. They took apart their coal-fired electricity plants. They disassembled their nuclear power capabilities. Then, the absolute cherry on the proverbial cake, they voted to stop purchasing oil and gas from Russia.

The EU is now in the Find Out stage of their FAFO positioning.

Gasoline prices have skyrocketed. The last shipments of jet fuel have arrived. Major airline carriers are cancelling flights due to lack of fuel. Faster than the EU can organize meetings to discuss their position, EU destined LNG shipments have diverted to southeast Asia and India as the ASEAN nations bid higher purchase prices for the vessels literally on the water.

The article quotes EU Politico:

“Germany’s Friedrich Merz warns the economic fallout from the war in Iran is on track to rival that of the Covid pandemic or the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[…] With the war in Iran threatening to choke off energy flows for the foreseeable future, Europe is facing a supply shock that promises to cripple manufacturing, ground airlines, hike up the price of food, spike borrowing costs and send inflation spiraling back to crisis levels.

As the last tankers carrying fossil fuels from the Persian Gulf pull into European ports, the scale of what is about to hit seems to be dawning on the continent’s leaders.

“I’m living with the reality of this war and its consequences 24 hours a day,” Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto told the La Repubblica newspaper. “I’m forced to know things that don’t let me sleep.” The conflict could last “years,” Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, warned in an interview with the Economist last week. The long-term effects, she added, are “probably beyond what we can imagine at the moment.”

The war in Iran is not their problem–their own refusal to develop their own fossil fuel resources is their problem. Thank God for President Trump and his American energy independence agenda! We can help them out, but we can’t do everything for them.

Why Are We In NATO?

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded on 4 April 1949. Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States signed the treaty. Since its founding, Greece, West Germany, Turkey, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Finland and Sweden have joined. Since its founding, no country has left the organization.

On April 1, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about NATO’s current actions.

The article reports:

The U.S. supports our NATO posture in Europe in part because it provides us with strategic military bases and operations that are considered vital to our national interests. However, as outlined in the Iran conflict, when we need to use those strategic bases the NATO member states withdraw previous permissions. France has blocked us from flying over their airspace, Spain and Italy have said the U.S. cannot use our military bases on their soil for operations. The U.K has refused to protect and/or escort their own energy assets.

The NATO membership is now a one-way street where they demand our military protection, but Europe blocks us from using our own military assets for our independent operations.

Europe, while hiding behind the NATO protection skirt of the U.S, is simultaneously telling the U.S. what we can and cannot do with our own military. Secretary Rubio and President Trump are now confronting this very visible one-way benefit head on.

The article includes the following video:

America has been protecting Europe since World War II. Our military bases there boost the local economies. The decision of some of the NATO counties to deny the use of bases in their countries to deal with the threat of Iran makes it very hard to justify our continued membership in the organization. I think Europe needs to understand the threat posed to them by Iran (if Iran’s missiles can reach Diego Garcia, they can reach Europe) and help with the war effort. Europe is much more dependent on the Strait of Hormuz for its oil than America is. It’s time for the NATO nations to step up to the plate. Otherwise, why should America be a member?

This Is Going To Get Interesting

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On Saturday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the American attack on Kharg Island, a small coral island in Iran in the northern Persian Gulf.

The article reports:

Kharg Island is a small coral island in Iran in the northern Persian Gulf. It is 34 miles (55 km) northwest of the port of Bushehr and vital to Iran’s oil industry.

The oil processing facilities at Kharg Island are a foundational component of Iran’s economy. Roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude is processed at Kharg Island, and any disruption to its oil processing could cripple Iran’s economy.

All military targets on the Island were destroyed in the attack, but the oil infrastructure on the Island was left intact.

The article includes President Trump’s statement:

“Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island. Our Weapons are the most powerful and sophisticated that the World has ever known but, for reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island. However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision.”

“During my First Term, and currently, I rebuilt our Military into the Most Lethal, Powerful, and Effective Force, by far, anywhere in the World. Iran has NO ability to defend anything that we want to attack — There is nothing they can do about it! Iran will NEVER have a nuclear weapon, nor will it have the ability to threaten the United States of America, the Middle East or, for that matter, the World! Iran’s Military, and all others involved with this Terrorist Regime, would be wise to lay down their arms, and save what’s left of their country, which isn’t much! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

Also on Saturday, John Hinderaker reported at Power Line Blog that the Strait of Hormuz is now open.

The statement from Iran says:

It is only closed to the tankers and ships belong[ing] to our enemies, to those who are attacking us and their allies. Others are free to pass,” Araghchi (Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi) told MS NOW.

I don’t think that is going to be acceptable.

Rats Deserting A Sinking Ship

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On March 14th, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the number of Iranian Revolutionary Guard members who have fled to Canada.

The article reports:

This is quite a remarkable development.  Someone in the Toronto airport captured video of Iranian Cleric Hojjatoleslam Morteza Tayebi arriving in Canada yesterday [Video Here].  As the story is told, apparently 700+ members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who carry out regime terrorism, reside or have dual citizenship in Canada. [HERE]

“The individual observed in the Pearson Toronto Airport videos, carrying a suitcase while dressed in clerical attire, is Hojatoleslam Morteza Taieb.  According to some reports, he holds residency or citizenship in Canada and travels between Iran and this country.” {Source}

Canadian Member of Parliament Melissa Lantsman has been trying to draw attention to the issue for several years, claiming the IRGC is carrying out domestic terrorism in Canada while supporting the activity of the Iranian government.

Melissa Lantsman, “the government knows there are IRGC agents here in Canada. They know these terrorists perpetuate violence, terrify our citizens, and do the work of the mullahs in our own streets. But the government lets them stay in Canada.  Why?

Great question. Additionally, if Iranian Mullahs and Clerics are part of a fanatical war against the U.S. then wouldn’t their ability to seek safe harbor in Canada represent a threat to the United States?

That said, the IRGC members living in Canada in combination with dual citizenship for Mullahs and Clerics certainly explains the soft response from Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Keep in mind that America’s border with Canada is not as secure as our southern border. We have IRGC members in Canada who would love to create chaos in America at a time when America’s Department of Homeland Security is not being funded by the Democrats in the Senate.

The Global Impact Of The Iran War

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According to brics.br:

The BRICS is a group formed by eleven countries: Brasil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Iran. It serves as a political and diplomatic coordination forum for countries from the Global South and for coordination in the most diverse areas.

Basically, this is Russia and China’s attempt to move oil trade away from the U.S. dollar, and some of our ‘friends’ are playing both sides. Well, the war on Iran has had a serious negative impact on BRICS.

On Tuesday, The Conservative Treehouse reported:

Consider the severe economic body blows to China in the past 14 months.

♦ First blow, the Trump tariffs hit Beijing hardest. ♦ Second blow, the Beijing tentacle on the Panama Canal is severed.  ♦ Third blow, global tariff threats changed the risk dynamic for southeast Asia countries who acted as transnational shippers for China. ♦ Fourth blow, cheap sanctioned oil from Venezuela was cut-off. ♦ Now, the fifth blow; cheap, sanctioned Iranian oil is disrupted.

As noted by Politico: Following USA military strikes, “ships have begun to avoid the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran — a critical shipping lane for Gulf nations to export oil to Asia. China in 2025 received about half of its imported oil from the six Gulf countries that rely on the strait. Other large crude oil producers in the region — including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates — transport almost all their crude exports through the geographic bottleneck.”

The article includes this chart from Politico:

The article notes:

With Iranian oil removed from the non-petro supply chain, the only remaining non-petro oil producer is Russia – who is simultaneously hit with a loss in military hardware support.  China may end up as a larger oil customer to Russia, but at what price and in what payment structure.

With global oil supplies in a state of flux, and with the USA in control of the oil flow from Venezuela, North America is certainly in the best position for minimal energy disruption.

Asia is heavily dependent on oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, and the majority of Europe has already shut themselves off from Russian oil production, putting themselves in a position of dependency to the global markets.  The short-term ramifications of this oil disruption hit China, Southeast Asia, Japan and Europe particularly hard.

“OPEC+ countries affirmed on Sunday that they would boost oil production starting in April by 206,000 barrels daily — a modest increase intended to dampen the war’s effect on prices down the road. The majority of the increase would come from Saudi Arabia and Russia.” {SOURCE}

As usual, President Trump is playing chess while much of the world is playing checkers.

They Must Have Really Little Offices

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On Friday, The Conservative Treehouse reported:

Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) Director Dr. Mehmet Oz and Deputy Director for Health and Human Services, Jim O’Neill, just released a stunning video from Minnesota.  They discuss a former linen factory that was transformed into 400 Medicaid businesses that generated almost $380 million in billing to CMS.

It doesn’t make sense.  One industrial building housing almost 400 individual Medicaid businesses that cost taxpayers $380 million in payments for services that are now under investigation.  It is almost guaranteed these complex houses fraudulent fake businesses.  Director Oz dropped the video on his X account.

The video is interesting in that Director Oz notes that while they are walking around filming, they are being watched. I believe the fraud in Minnesota is very well protected by those in power who profit from it.

The article concludes:

“They generated about $380 million of billing that you, the taxpayer, were putting up. That means roughly each business had a million dollars of billing.”  … “It’s an industrial area. There’s no reason that you have a mother bring her child.”

“You can’t imagine getting extra business support. An autistic child probably wouldn’t want to come here. You hear the noise. It’s just not a hospitable place.”

“The question is, how is it possible 400 businesses billing almost $400 million were able to thrive here?!”

“I think it’s because they weren’t looking. They didn’t want to know that this problem was happening here.”

“We’re here to figure out why these folks are being defrauded. Why the people who live in Minnesota aren’t getting access to the care they deserve because it’s been stolen.”

This is a disgrace. It’s time to discontinue all federal funds to Minnesota until a complete audit of where those funds are going can be completed.