SteveDeace · 3h

Here’s what absolutely cannot happen, and I fear it may so I’m going to speak up and risk offending allies now in the hopes doing so means the George W Bush (Iraq/TARP) level generational political mistake I fear we could make is avoided.

WE CANNOT ACCEPT ALL THE POLITICAL BLOWBACK FROM DOING WHAT MUST BE DONE TO DEFEND OUR WAY OF LIFE, AND THEN NOT FOLLOW THROUGH AND DO IT.

That will be the next generation’s “bringing democracy to the Middle East” or “suspending free market principles to save the free market” dumbassery. If you’re going to step on a shibboleth of the damned, you must smash that idol into pieces. Do not go into these blue state/city-state communist hellholes timidly.

They are cultural Fallujah, and culturally invading foreign countries in every way but location within this land mass. Treat them accordingly, or never go in at all. But if you do go in you cannot back down. You cannot look weak. You must sweep the leg.

These are the Jim Crowers of the modern era, attempting to install a separate America from the constitutional union — treat them accordingly. If you do not have the political will to do so, don’t start the fight lest you risk accelerating their plans. If your generals don’t have what it takes, get new ones pronto. But what you absolutely mustn’t do here is what the French did in the Rhineland, which is run at the first sign of pushback and only embolden the evil more.

This is no time to get wobbly, George…err….Donald.

Government-Controlled #DigitalID is Not the Optional Convenience It is Being Sold As https://davidthunder.substack.com/p/government-controlled-digital-id

A Green Beret's assessment of Minneapolis

**NOTE** When I tried to verify this by searching for @Schealm5132 on X, I got a 'No Results' error message. I'll continue trying to track down the source for this quoted material. That said, it sounds like a valid assessment of what we're hearing out of Minneapolis.

From a social media post - "This was posted by @Schealm5132 on X he is a retired Green Beret. It explains so much:"

"As a former Special Forces Warrant Officer with multiple rotations running counterinsurgency ops—both hunting insurgents and trying to separate them from sympathetic populations—I’ve seen organized resistance up close. From Anbar to Helmand, the pattern is familiar: spotters, cutouts, dead drops (or modern equivalents), disciplined comms, role specialization, and a willingness to absorb casualties while bleeding the stronger force slowly.

What’s unfolding in Minneapolis right now isn’t “protest.” It’s low-level insurgency infrastructure, built by people who’ve clearly studied the playbook.
Signal groups at 1,000-member cap per zone. Dedicated roles: mobile chasers, plate checkers logging vehicle data into shared databases, 24/7 dispatch nodes vectoring assets, SALUTE-style reporting (Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment) on suspected federal vehicles. Daily chat rotations and timed deletions to frustrate forensic recovery. Vetting processes for new joiners. Mutual aid from sympathetic locals (teachers providing cover, possible PD tip-offs on license plate lookups). Home-base coordination points. Rapid escalation from observation to physical obstruction—or worse.

This isn’t spontaneous outrage. This is C2 (command and control) with redundancy, OPSEC hygiene, and task organization that would make a SF team sergeant nod in recognition. Replace “ICE agents” with “occupying coalition forces” and the structure maps almost 1:1 to early-stage urban cells we hunted in the mid-2000s.

The most sobering part? It’s domestic. Funded, trained (somewhere), and directed by people who live in the same country they’re trying to paralyze law enforcement in. When your own citizens build and operate this level of parallel intelligence and rapid-response network against federal officers—complete with doxxing, vehicle pursuits, and harassment that’s already turned lethal—you’re no longer dealing with civil disobedience. You’re facing a distributed resistance that’s learned the lessons of successful insurgencies: stay below the kinetic threshold most of the time, force over-reaction when possible, maintain popular support through narrative, and never present a single center of gravity.
I spent years training partner forces to dismantle exactly this kind of apparatus. Now pieces of it are standing up in American cities, enabled by elements of local government and civil society. That should keep every thinking American awake at night.

Not because I want escalation. But because history shows these things don’t de-escalate on their own once the infrastructure exists and the cadre believe they’re winning the information war.

We either recognize what we’re actually looking at—or we pretend it’s still just “activism” until the structures harden and spread.

Your call, America. But from where I sit, this isn’t January 2026 politics anymore.
It’s phase one of something we’ve spent decades trying to keep off our own soil."

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#China’s top General, Zhang Youxia, 75, accused of leaking country’s #nuclearweapons program to #CIA – allegedly leaked core technical data on China’s nuclear weapons to the US, the Wall Street Journal reported. Zhang, the first-ranked vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, was officially placed under investigation on Saturday. https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/world-news/chinas-top-general-accused-of-leaking-nuclear-secrets-to-us/

#China’s top General, Zhang Youxia, 75, accused of leaking country’s #nuclearweapons program to #CIA – allegedly leaked core technical data on China’s #nuclearweapons to the US, the Wall Street Journal reported. Zhang, the first-ranked vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, was officially placed under investigation on Saturday. https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/world-news/chinas-top-general-accused-of-leaking-nuclear-secrets-to-us/

Jackson County #WestVirginia #WV
Ripley woman arrested in alleged #DonaldTrump assassination plot https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/ripley-woman-arrested-in-alleged-trump-assassination-plot/

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Jeremiah
Chapter 30

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

3 For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

4 And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5 For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

10 Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

12 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

13 There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines.

14 All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

15 Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

16 Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

18 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

20 Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.

21 And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

22 And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.

24 The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

Anti - #ICE Militant Arrested for Attacking #Federal Vehicle at #Florida Protest - Allegedly female suspect punched window of passing federal vehicle in "apparent attempt to break it," authorities say - https://www.infowars.com/posts/anti-ice-militant-arrested-for-attacking-federal-vehicle-at-florida-protest

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Video: U.S. Unveils New Defense Strategy; Dumps #Israel, #SouthKorea, #European Allies? 'Won't Protect...' - The US Department of #War has released its new National Defense Strategy, naming the protection of US interests across the entire Western Hemisphere as its top priority. According to the updated strategy, the US will no longer cede access or influence over key terrain in the Western Hemisphere — from the #Arctic all the way to #SouthAmerica. The newly released US defense strategy frames Russia’s nuclear arsenal as the world’s largest and insists the US must have guaranteed access to #Greenland — even as it claims the strategy “is not a strategy of isolation.” #Russia is named as a persistent threat to #NATO’s eastern flank. Watch. #unitedstates #china #india #northkorea #iran #uspolitics #america #donaldtrump #pentagon #petehegseth https://youtu.be/UKNlC837wpE?si=ZJzNgwFTunRIbXdq

Video: U.S. Unveils New Defense Strategy; Dumps #Israel, #SouthKorea, #European Allies? 'Won't Protect...' - The US Department of #War has released its new National Defense Strategy, naming the protection of US interests across the entire Western Hemisphere as its top priority. According to the updated strategy, the US will no longer cede access or influence over key terrain in the Western Hemisphere — from the #Arctic all the way to #SouthAmerica. The newly released US defense strategy frames Russia’s nuclear arsenal as the world’s largest and insists the US must have guaranteed access to #Greenland — even as it claims the strategy “is not a strategy of isolation.” #Russia is named as a persistent threat to #NATO’s eastern flank. Watch. #unitedstates #pentagon #china #india #northkorea #iran #uspolitics #america #donaldtrump #pentagon #petehegseth https://youtu.be/UKNlC837wpE?si=ZJzNgwFTunRIbXdq

Video: U.S. Unveils New Defense Strategy; Dumps #Israel, #SouthKorea, #European Allies? 'Won't Protect...' - The US Department of #War has released its new National Defense Strategy, naming the protection of US interests across the entire Western Hemisphere as its top priority. According to the updated strategy, the US will no longer cede access or influence over key terrain in the Western Hemisphere — from the #Arctic all the way to #SouthAmerica. The newly released US defense strategy frames Russia’s nuclear arsenal as the world’s largest and insists the US must have guaranteed access to #Greenland — even as it claims the strategy “is not a strategy of isolation.” #Russia is named as a persistent threat to #NATO’s eastern flank. Watch. #unitedstates #pentagon #china #india #northkorea #iran #unitedstates #uspolitics #america #donaldtrump #pentagon #petehegseth https://youtu.be/UKNlC837wpE?si=ZJzNgwFTunRIbXdq

JEREMIAH
CHAPTER 29
VS 1-16
1 Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;

2 (After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

3 By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,

4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.

7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.

8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.

10 For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

14 And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;

16 Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

JEREMIAH
CHAPTER 29
VS 17-32

17 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

18 And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

20 Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

21 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

22 And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

23 Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.

24 Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,

25 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,

26 The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

27 Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?

28 For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

29 And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

30 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,

31 Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

32 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

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