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With the start of a new year, I decided to bring back this regular column where I present a variety of news with my personal commentary appended. Expect to see it 4-5 times a week.
Let’s start in DC, where there is a report saying the House homeland security committee is formally moving ahead with impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The first hearing is supposed to take place on Jan. 10, with a possible second hearing to be held the following week.
Ok, as i said to someone in a recent conversation, I’m tired of the virtue signalling on the right. It’s gotten as bad as it is on the left. This is nothing more than theater, as it would be a cold day in hell before the Chuck Shumer led Senate would vote to impeach. As Chip Roy said, it’s time to use the power of the purse to force the President to secure the border.
Also, miss me with the ‘Chip Roy is a RINO’ nonsense. He’s a rock ribbed conservative and his voting record and policy positions bear that out.
Staying in the District, Senator Bob Menendez, D-NJ, just got hit with a superseding indictment in his federal corruption trial. The new charges are related to him taking bribes from Qatar. He was previously indicted on bribery charges related to Egypt. Authorities who searched Menendez’s home last year said they found more than $100,000 worth of gold bars and over $480,000 in cash – much of it hidden in closets, clothing and a safe.
Am I surprised by this? Sadly no. What I am surprised by is the fact that Menendez still sits on the Senate Intel committee.
On the fourth anniversary of his death a memorial for the Ginsu’ed former head of the Iranian Revolution, Qassem Solemani, was rocked by two large explosions. The blasts killed more than 100 and injured at least 150 more. You’ll remember that Solemani was hit by a Hellfire R9X, the missile with fricken swords, after then President Trump authorized the strike. The bombs went off alongside the route to Kernan Martyrs cemetery in that southern Iranian city during the memorial service.
Of course the Ayatollahs are going to try to blame either Israel or the US. I doubt it was a US operation just because. I’m also reticent to lay this at the Israelis feet. Could they have done this? Quite easily, but it doesn’t fit how they generally operate. The fact is, it is far more likely that some internal dissidents are behind it.
In a related note, the IDF managed to off Saleh al Arouri, a senior Hamas leader known to have connections to Iran, with an airstrike in Lebanon. The US had a $5 million bounty on his head, and had been a specially designated terrorist since 2015. The strike also killed a number of his aides. Israel is already bracing for retaliation from Hezbollah.
This is what I meant in the piece about the Solemani memorial explosions. The strike on al Arouri is a classic Israeli precision strike. The roadside bombs in Iran just seem to indiscriminate to me. I also think this particular strike, deep in Lebanon, puts a lot of people on notice.
The list of names associated with Pedo Jeffrey Epstein is set to be released. According to reports, the majority of the names are already known, and those that aren’t are victims. The list was part of a civil suit brought by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of Epstein and Ghislane Maxwells victims.
Epstein didn’t kill himself. . .
Seriously tho, don’t expect any major revelations from this release. We already know most of the names of those involved in the sex trafficking.
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