Information Friday

 

Happy Friday, Friends!

It's been another crazy week in American politics. So many people have struggled with Bondi and then Trump brushing the Epstein stuff off as a "hoax," and I took a few days off for a break. 

I have learned with Trump to not react right away. To stop and think, and to wait. I was proven right with the Iran situation, to pause and trust that Trump would not get us into war, etc.

So with the Epstein issue, I wondered what might be going on. Then Trump posted about the former FBI and others who had corrupted the Epstein files. It started to come together, and I read a few posts that made a lot of sense.

Trump posted this yesterday.

Then Pam Bondi responded.

Ahhh. So one thing I noticed was that Trump seemed to be baiting the left to call for the Epstein files to be released. Never mind that they had control of the files for years and acted like they didn't exist, and that they potentially messed with the files. (deleting, adding) They hate Trump so much that if he starts saying "There's nothing here." They will go the extra mile to prove him wrong! Often to their own harm!

Late last night I saw these posts from Anna Paulina Luna.

She responded to Pam Bondi!

Then this!

Friends, I am gobsmacked! That man standing next to Trump is Eric Swalwell! WHAT?!

Let's see what happens! 

Never, ever underestimate Trump. Just like the distraction of B2 bombers headed to Guam, while the real bombers headed the other direction. Trump thinks outside the box!

I also believe that this is tied to the perpetrators of the Russia Collusion hoax, and other crimes against humanity.

Buckle Up!

The left is so worried that the Wall Street Journal a "conservative" newspaper ran with a story that was false, even after being warned about it being false.

Here are some other news items from the week!

Have an excellent weekend, Friends!

Bridal Shower

 

Here is our beautiful bride to be!

I had seen the hanging flower garlands on Pinterest and mentioned them to Kayleigh (my dil). She said, "I could make that with my Cricut!" So I bought paper and she spent many hours creating this stunning hanging background!

Those are all paper flowers that print out flat! She also made a lot of leaves that we added to the food table! It looked so great!

The shower was a drop in, and so for several hours we had ladies coming and going, and then some of our dearest friends stayed for a long time afterwards.

It was a special time and Sarah loved it. 

I made my curried chicken salad, and regular chicken salad. I made sandwiches with mini croissants and then also had bowls of chicken salad for those who are gluten free or watching their carbs. I also made gluten free keto brownies and they were very delicious! The grooms' mom brought veggie platters and Rachel did a fruit salad. The rest we bought. 

We are now three weeks away from the wedding! It's time to work on the flower order! I'm so excited for Sarah and Dave! It's going to be a great day!

Information Friday

 

Welcome to Information Friday!

It's a big day here at the Cottage. It's my Sarah's birthday and then tomorrow is her bridal shower! Then just three more weeks until the wedding!

But now onto the Information!

CIA Contradicts Obama Officials’ Sworn Denials About Russiagate Report

By Paul Sperry - RealClearInvestigations

Explosive new evidence suggests that some of the highest-ranking officials in the Obama-era CIA and FBI perjured themselves regarding their claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin helped Donald Trump secure his victory in 2016.

A newly released CIA review challenges their sworn denials to Congress that the Steele dossier – a discredited set of allegations about Trump funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign – was used as the basis for the years-long Russiagate probe that hamstrung President Trump’s first term.

Read more {here}.

Brennan and the Clinton Russian-Collusion Cabal

By Mark Alexander

“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.” —John Adams (1797)

All the news cycle bandwidth over the last 24 hours has been absorbed by Attorney General Pam Bondi’s latest revelation on the “Epstein File” – that it was a nothing burger, you know, Nothing to see here; move along. Donald Trump said it was “old news.”

But…..

There was some other news this week pertaining to an another dossier that hardly got any mention — though it further exposed the most egregious deep-state assault on a sitting president in the history of our nation.

As you may recall, last week CIA Director John Ratcliffe released the declassified report on a comprehensive review he ordered of the agency’s analysis on Russia collusion in the 2016 election.

According to Ratcliffe: “[President Trump] has trusted me with helping to end weaponization of US intelligence. [This] report underscores that the 2016 IC Assessment was conducted through an atypical and corrupt process under the politically charged environments of former Dir. Brennan and former FBI Dir. Comey. All the world can now see the truth: Brennan, Clapper and Comey manipulated intelligence and silenced career professionals — all to get Trump. Thank you to the career CIA officers who conducted this review and exposed the facts.”

"I noted that the colluders in this coup attempt were under the direction of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and included a brazen cabal of operatives at the highest levels of the most powerful government agencies. These operatives included former CIA Director John Brennan, former FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI Chief of Counterespionage Peter Strzok, FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. All of whom colluded with then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) in his repeated efforts to impeach President Trump."

Read more {here}.

• 

  Secret Service suspensions: July 13, 2024, will be remembered for the attempt a deranged madman made to assassinate Donald Trump. Almost a year later, reports have emerged that six Secret Service agents were suspended without pay due to failures at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The penalties ranged from 10 to 42 days of unpaid leave, with Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn explaining that the Service could not "fire its way out of this" problem. After the suspensions were lifted, the agents were assigned to restricted roles with reduced responsibility. The second attempted assassination that occurred in September of 2024 has had repercussions as well, with Tina Brown Cooper and Ronnie Jay Oxendine pleading guilty to charges after they conspired to sell a rifle to the would-be assassin despite his 2002 weapons conviction.

Sadly, this is not about what she feels about a case. It is about law. All the court is supposed to do is rule regarding law. Not personal opinion, not feelings. 

With that I'll say, Happy Weekend!

What A Happy Weekend

 

What a lovely weekend we had here at the cottage! Most of our kids came, the local grands were here and got to swim! They'd been looking forward to this! Kaidence, age 6, said to her mom on the morning of the 4th, "Do you know what today is?" and Kayleigh answered her, "It's the 4th of July!" Kaidence responded, "No, it's fireworks and swimming day!" (grin) She starts formal education this year and she'll be learning all about the real reason why we celebrate!

We had a few friends join us for food and fireworks. We always have a good time.

Kyle bought his first car this week! 

Kyle helped me in the garden on Saturday. Just a bit of cutting back, deadheading, and a few weeds. Now it's looking good for Sarah's bridal shower this weekend!

On Sunday, Tim and I and my parents meandered our way down to Havre de Grace and enjoyed a drive through Susquehanna State Park in Maryland.

We ate lunch in Havre de Grace at the Promenade Grille, outdoors in beautiful weather by the water. What more could you ask for?

No photo of mom. Her neck was bothering her and she didn't want her photo taken.

The drive home was lovely!

Tim and I ended the evening at a friends' home. Tim was helping him put together a desk and bookcase. 

It was a wonderful weekend. 

Today, I have an annual check up, and an appointment with my naturopath. I'm working on loosening up these tight muscles still!

Four weeks until Sarah and Dave's wedding! It's coming fast now!

Talk to you later this week!

Happy Independence Day, And A Little Information Friday

 

“This was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of, not merely to say things which had never been said before; but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take. Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1825)

"But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations.... This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution." — John Adams

Trump Is a Terrible Tyrant

By Douglas Andrews

This isn’t going to sit well with the Nazi King crowd.

Fresh off their failed efforts to convince the American people that Donald Trump is a goose-stepping version of George III, the Democrats have been hit by yet another salvo of unassailable facts. As it turns out, Donald Trump is the opposite of a dictator, and the numbers bear this out.

We find these facts in The Federal Register, a document that might fairly be described as the daily diary of Big Government’s depredations on our Essential Liberty. Indeed, the Register is the official journal of the agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices of the federal government. And its pages are, right now, being churned out at a record low pace.

Facts are stubborn things.

“It’s July 1, mid-year 2025,” begins Wayne Crews at Forbes. “The federal regulatory landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation. After years of relentless compounding of federal rules and regulations and Federal Register pages — capped by Joe Biden’s self-proclaimed ‘whole-of-government’ executive actions on the likes of DEI, ESG, net-zero and the ‘care economy’ — conventioal [sic] federal regulation as we have known it has largely stopped.”

How can this be? you ask. And rightly so. After all, ever since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, you’ve been buried beneath a deluge of mainstream media reporting about his authoritarian despotism, his monarchical tendencies, his rank Third Reichishness.

These are lies. James Freeman at The Wall Street Journal piles on: “At the risk of ruining his media reputation as an authoritarian, Mr. Trump now appears to be setting a modern record in avoiding telling Americans what to do. Specifically his administration appears to be imposing far fewer rules than its recent predecessors. What’s more, even when Mr. Trump does issue a directive, it’s often simply to tell Americans that they no longer have to follow another directive previously issued by someone else.”

Dude is the worst Nazi ever. The worst authoritarian ever. In fact, when it comes to deregulation, Donald Trump is the OG — the Original Gangster. Recall that soon after taking office, after the dust from his initial flurry of executive orders had begun to settle, Trump issued a directive stating that for any agency to put forth a new rule, regulation, or guidance, it must first finger “at least 10 existing rules, regulations, or guidance documents to be repealed.”

Read more {here}.

• June jobs report exceeds expectations: Economists keep warning that Donald Trump's policies are leading to an economic slowdown that fails to materialize month after month. Predictions for the June jobs report included unemployment ticking up from 4.2% to 4.3% and the addition of only 115,000 jobs. Once again, Democrats were disappointed by reality this morning when the numbers showed that unemployment had ticked down to 4.1% and 147,000 jobs had been added. Government employment accounted for most of the growth, adding 73,000 jobs even while DOGE-related projects cut 7,000 jobs in June. Manufacturing and business services experienced a decline of 14,000 jobs, while education, health, hospitality, and construction accounted for most of the remaining growth.

“What light is to the eyes, what air is to the lungs, what love is to the heart — liberty is to the soul of man.” — Robert Green Ingersoll

"Courage, then, my countrymen, our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty." — Samuel Adams

“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” — William Faulkner

“How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!” — Thomas Jefferson

“There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free or you are not free.” — Walter Cronkite

“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” — Benjamin Franklin

Happy Independence Day to my Fellow Americans!