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Was there a time when humanity possessed technology that is even more advanced than we possess today?  Using radar signals sent from two different satellites hovering high above our planet, a team of scientists has discovered that there are absolutely colossal man-made structures underneath the Giza pyramids in Egypt.  These structures are far larger than the pyramids themselves, and that is truly impressive because the Great Pyramid is so large that you can actually see it from space.  And apparently these structures were designed for some sort of a purpose, but our best minds can only speculate as to what that purpose might have been because it appears that the technology that was being used was far beyond anything that we have today.

For decades, we have been told that the Giza pyramids were tombs for the pharaohs and that they were constructed by very primitive Egyptians using very primitive tools.

When I asked Google AI to tell me how the Giza pyramids were constructed, this is the response that I got…

The Egyptian pyramids were built by quarrying massive limestone blocks, transporting them to the construction site, and then using a combination of ramps, sleds, and possibly levers to raise them into place, with a highly organized workforce.

That response reflects the official narrative that has always been pushed on us, and it is absolutely absurd.

Even with all of the advanced technology that we possess today, we could not reproduce the Great Pyramid.

Anyone that claims that the ancient Egyptians constructed the pyramids using ramps, sleds and levers is being extremely irrational.

And now a team of scientists has discovered that what lies beneath the pyramids is even more impressive…

The mystery of an ‘underground city’ beneath Egypt’s pyramid deepens as scientists have shared new details about what may lie more than 4,000 feet below the surface.

A team of Italian researchers claimed they uncovered giant vertical shafts wrapped in ‘spiral staircases’ and a massive limestone platform containing two enormous chambers with descending channels resembling pipelines.

During a news briefing released Saturday, the researchers said a water system had been identified beneath the platform, located more than 2,100 feet below the Khafre Pyramid, with underground pathways leading even deeper into the earth.

Wow.

How in the world would it have been possible for very primitive Egyptians using very primitive tools to construct such colossal underground structures?

Needless to say, it would not have been possible.

The team of Italian researchers sent signals from two satellites positioned more than 400 miles above our planet into the pyramids, and those signals were subsequently converted into sound waves.  This allowed the researchers “to ‘see’ through the solid stone”…

During the press briefing, the team explained that they sent radar signals from two satellites, positioned about 420 miles above Earth, into the Khafre Pyramid, allowing them to analyze how the signals bounced back.

The signals were then converted into sound waves, enabling them to ‘see’ through the solid stone. This method helped map hidden underground structures in 3D.

The readings were completely consistent, ruling out any chance of misinterpretation due to sound reflections,’ said Malanga.

In his article about this remarkable discovery, Greg Reese detailed what these Italian researchers were able to “see” under the surface of the plateau where the pyramids are located…

The analyses of dozens of tomographic SAR images obtained from different angles enabled the 3D reconstruction of inside the pyramid of Khafre. And deep beneath the surface of the plateau.

Near the base of the pyramid, 5 identical structures are seen, connected by geometric pathways. Inside each of these are 5 horizontal levels and a sloping roof.

Below these 5 structures are 8 cylindrical structures which appear to be vertical wells, hollow inside, and surrounded by descending spiral pathways. These 8 vertically aligned cylindrical structures, arranged in two parallel rows from north to south, descend to a depth of 648 meters where they all merge into two large cubic structures measuring approximately 80 meters per side.

The entire structure extends approximately two kilometers beneath the surface. And extends beneath all three pyramids of the Giza Plateau complex.

That is a great summary.

Please take the time to read it again so that you don’t miss anything.

On top of everything else, a spokesperson for the researchers claims that there is “a vast underground city” down there…

Nicole Ciccolo, the project’s spokesperson, said: ‘A vast underground city has been discovered beneath the pyramids,’

‘[The] groundbreaking study has redefined the boundaries of satellite data analysis and archaeological exploration.’

She shared a short clip of the press briefing held on March 15, saying the full video of the event will be released on March 25.

The cylinder-shaped structures, which Ciccolo referred to as ‘shafts,’ were arranged in two parallel rows and surrounded by descending spiral pathways.

I can’t wait to see the full video on March 25th.

This really does appear to be the greatest archaeological bombshell of this century so far.

So why did someone build this absolutely gigantic underground complex?

Some are claiming that it was actually an enormous geothermal power facility…

Others have suggested that the pyramids generated electricity in other ways, and one author has even suggested that the Great Pyramid may have been a “weapon of mass destruction”…

Nikola Tesla believed that the pyramids could harness earth’s natural frequencies. This arguably inspired his experiments in wireless energy transmission and scalar waves.

In, “The Giza Power Plant,” Christopher Dunn argued that the Great Pyramid was a power-generating machine using resonant and acoustic forces to convert mechanical stress into electricity.

In, “The Giza Death Star,” Joseph Farrell proposed that the Great Pyramid of Giza was a weapon of mass destruction using a type of physics, that he calls “paleophysics,” to focus energy as a scalar weapon.

Ultimately, we have no way of proving what the function of this underground complex was, because the technology that was being used is not similar to anything we have today.

But there are certain conclusions that we can make…

-The pyramids were most certainly not constructed by very primitive Egyptians using very primitive tools.

-Whoever constructed the pyramids possessed extremely advanced technology.  My theory is that they were constructed prior to the Great Flood.  If we could go back and see how advanced humanity was prior to the Great Flood, we would be absolutely shocked.  But when the Great Flood came, virtually all of that ancient technology was lost.

-If there are vast underground structures like this in Egypt, there are probably similar underground structures elsewhere.

Mainstream scientists insist that we are the only humans that have ever possessed highly advanced technology even though countless “out-of-place artifacts” that indicate that humans once possessed highly advanced technology have been found all over the world.

But now there is no way that they will be able to ignore what these Italian researchers have discovered.

Many of the paradigms that mainstream scientists have worked so carefully to construct are starting to crumble, and so many of the textbooks that they published will need to be rewritten because so many of the “conspiracy theories” that they once had no use for are turning out to be quite accurate.

Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other  books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

Shocking new research indicates that the level of activity on the Sun has a direct impact on the level of seismic activity here on Earth.  That is really bad news for us, because the giant ball of fire that our planet revolves around has become very erratic in recent years.  According to NASA, approximately 1.3 million Earths could fit inside the Sun.  So virtually all of the models that you have ever seen comparing the size of the Earth to the size of the Sun are way off.  We are basically a tiny speck of dust compared to the Sun, and any fluctuations in solar activity have a dramatic effect on our climate.  In general, during times of high solar activity global temperatures tend to go up, and during times of low solar activity temperatures tend to go down.  This is something that has been well understood for a very long time, and now a team of scientists in Japan has discovered that there is also a very clear link between solar activity and seismic activity…

Sunspots, and therefore solar activity, cause seismic activity, according to a team led by computer scientist Matheus Henrique Junqueira Saldanha of the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Their new research reveals how.

“Solar heat drives atmospheric temperature changes, which in turn can affect things like rock properties and underground water movement,” Junquiera Saldanha says.

“Such fluctuations can make rocks more brittle and prone to fracturing, for example – and changes in rainfall and snowmelt can alter the pressure on tectonic plate boundaries. While these factors may not be the main drivers of earthquakes, they could still be playing a role that can help to predict seismic activity.”

Needless to say, earthquakes can still happen when solar activity is very low.

But the numbers that this team of researchers in Japan analyzed clearly show that there is a very strong correlation between Earth surface temperatures and seismic activity…

The research team analyzed earthquake data alongside solar activity records and surface temperatures on Earth using mathematical and computational methods.

The team discovered that when they included Earth surface temperatures into their model, the forecasting became more accurate, especially for shallow earthquakes.

Saldanha, a computer science PhD candidate at the University of Tsukuba, said: “That makes sense, since heat and water mostly affect the upper layers of the Earth’s crust.”

Interestingly, we have seen a tremendous amount of seismic activity within the past couple of years, and this has occurred at a time when the Sun has become extremely active.  In fact, last year PBS reported that our Sun “is now in its most active period in two decades”…

To most people, the sun is a steady, never-changing source of heat and light. But to scientists, it’s a dynamic star, constantly in flux, sending energy out into space. Experts say the sun is now in its most active period in two decades, causing potential disruptions to radio and satellite communications.

Last May, which was less than a year ago, there was a “barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections” which resulted in one of “the strongest displays of auroras on record in the past 500 years”…

During May 2024, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic fields toward Earth, creating the strongest geomagnetic storm at Earth in two decades — and possibly among the strongest displays of auroras on record in the past 500 years.

You may be tempted to think that the last quote is somewhat of an exaggeration, but the truth is that it comes straight from NASA.

This is very real.

Life on Earth could not exist without the giant ball of fire that we revolve around, and that giant ball of fire has begun to behave very strangely.

Some experts had been hoping that our Sun would settle down a bit in 2025, but instead we continue to witness high levels of activity.

For example, near the end of last month our Sun released a very strong X2 class solar flare…

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 2:27 p.m. EST on Feb. 23, 2025. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of the event.

Solar flares are powerful bursts of energy. Flares and solar eruptions can impact radio communications, electric power grids, navigation signals, and pose risks to spacecraft and astronauts.

This flare is classified as an X2 class flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength.

Shortly after that solar flare was released, the state of California experienced a swarm of 7 significant earthquakes in less than 24 hours…

California has experienced seven earthquakes in less than 24 hours, with the latest striking Friday morning.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected five quakes along the San Andreas fault that experts say is overdue for a magnitude 8.0 or higher, known as the ‘Big One.’

The initial event, a magnitude 2.7, hit Thursday off the coast of Northern California, followed by another magnitude 2.5 less than one hour later in the same region.

Within the past week, there has been a total of 814 earthquakes in California and Nevada, and a number of them have been quite noteworthy.

On Sunday, a magnitude 3.9 earthquake rattled North Hollywood pretty good…

Shaking was felt across Los Angeles after a 3.9-magnitude earthquake struck the North Hollywood area on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake struck around 10:13 p.m., according to the USGS. It was reported about 1.4 miles east-southeast of North Hollywood.

Scientists tell us that it is just a matter of time before “the Big One” hits southern California.

As we have been warned, when that day arrives the geography of the state will be permanently altered.

We are also closely watching the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

As I discussed last month, a large enough earthquake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone would have the potential to send an 80 foot tall tsunami crashing into cities and towns along the coast in the Pacific Northwest.

And let us not forget about the New Madrid fault.  One of these days an absolutely cataclysmic earthquake will rip North America in half from the Great Lakes all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico.

So let’s keep a very close eye on the Sun, because it may be one of the best clues that the apocalyptic disasters that I just mentioned are almost upon us.

Michael’s blockbuster entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

I don’t even know where to begin.  I normally do not write an article on Saturday night, but in this case I feel compelled to do so.  I need to share the dream that I just had with everyone that I know, and the easiest way for me to do that is to publish it online.  I want to get this out while the details are still fresh in my mind.  I have really been shaken up by what just happened, and so writing this article is not going to be easy.

On Friday night, I went to bed shortly before midnight feeling perfectly fine.  But then in the middle of the night I had a dream which shook me greatly.  Some time after 2:00 AM I suddenly woke up after the dream had concluded.  I quickly realized that something was very, very wrong.  I sat up in bed to see if that would help, but it didn’t.  So I stumbled out into the living room and sat down.  That didn’t help either.  I went over to the refrigerator and got out some apple sauce.  I thought that if I got something in my system that might stabilize my physical condition.

All the noise that I was making awakened Meranda, and she asked me if I was okay.

Normally, I am the sort of person that tries to tough just about anything out, but in this case I simply responded with just one word: “No”.

She came out to the kitchen to see what the problem was.  I had poured myself a little apple sauce and I was seated at the kitchen table.

I asked Meranda to get me a glass of water.  At this point I was sweating like mad.  I don’t sweat at night, and so this was extremely unusual.  Sweat was literally pouring down my face, and I felt like I might pass out at any moment.  I literally felt like I might be dying, but I don’t think that I was actually dying.  I was just in a severe state of physical distress as a result of the dream that I just had.

Meranda sat with me for a while, but there was nothing that she could do about my physical distress.

If I had passed out, I am sure that she would have called for an ambulance.

At one point I actually cried out to God for help, because I knew that physically I was at my limit.

Shortly thereafter, I got the answer to my prayer.  The extreme sweating came to a sudden halt, and then I started getting really cold.

I just felt so drained.

After I had stabilized, Meranda went back to bed, but I just kept sitting at that table.

I was very hesitant to go back to sleep because of what just happened, but I was also completely exhausted and I was really having a hard time keeping my eyes open.

From time to time, I kept giving myself a little bit of apple sauce or a little bit of water.

And in my head I just kept going over the dream that I just had again and again.

I was so shaken by the dream, and it took a long time before I felt good about going back to bed again.

Some time between 3:30 AM and 4:00 AM I finally got back into bed, and eventually I fell asleep.

I wanted you all to understand how this dream affected me before I started describing it.

It was a dream about Donald Trump, the United States and Russia.

Donald Trump is an old school businessman from New York City, and he has a very unique negotiating style.

When Trump is trying to get something accomplished and there is resistance, sometimes he will say crazy things or make very serious threats in order to put the other side off balance.

In cases where Trump has most of the leverage, this approach has worked well.

But in other cases, such an approach would not be wise at all.

In my dream, there was a series of images related to Donald Trump, the United States, Russia, and the war in Ukraine.

But the focus of the dream was not on those images.

What was most important was what I heard.

In the dream I heard a voice say that if Trump follows his usual pattern of making outrageous statements and threats with the Russians, it will backfire severely.

This was said with a lot of force.

That made sense to me, because I have been warning my readers that it will take a great deal of diplomatic finesse to reach a peace agreement with the Russians.

But even though it made sense to me, the voice still really shook me up because the message was delivered with such power.

Then it happened again, but the voice was even more forceful this time.

In fact, I was told the same thing by this voice multiple times.

And each time the voice became even more forceful.

It got to a point where I felt like the voice was literally exploding inside of me.

At the end of the dream, just before I suddenly woke up, I heard three words that were delivered with immense power and authority.

“YOU TELL THEM!”

I will never forget that.

And so now you know why I feel so compelled to share this dream.

We need to pray that President Trump will make wise decisions.  All sorts of people will be giving him all sorts of advice, and it won’t always be easy to know which way to go.

Throughout the Bible, we see examples of God using dreams to convey critical information to His people.  In fact, we see dreams being used to deliver important instructions four separate times in the first two chapters of the Gospel of Matthew alone…

Matthew 1:20 – But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

Matthew 2:12 – And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Matthew 2:13 – And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Matthew 2:19-20 – But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

Of course this is something that didn’t just happen in ancient times.

All over the world, people are having supernatural dreams in our time, and many of those dreams are about war.

Joe Biden brought us closer to a direct war with Russia than we had ever been before, and now President Trump has a chance to reverse course.

The good news is that there was a promising phone call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.

Both sides indicated that they are willing to negotiate, and we are being told that there could be some sort of a peace summit in the spring.

The bad news is that it will be nearly impossible to come up with a peace agreement with the Russians that President Trump will be able to sell to the Ukrainians and our European allies.

The Russians have all the leverage, because their forces have been steadily moving forward in recent months.  So they don’t need to end the war because they are winning.

The Russians insist that any peace agreement must allow them to keep all of the territory that they have already captured.  This is completely and utterly unacceptable to the Ukrainians and our European allies.

In addition, the Russians insist that Ukraine must be permanently banned from joining NATO, and there must be no western troops in Ukraine once this is all over.

Once again, those terms are completely and utterly unacceptable to the Ukrainians and to our European allies.

If President Trump is able to bridge the gap, he really will be the master of “the art of the deal”.

But if the Russians are not willing to give Trump what he wants, it is easy to imagine Trump becoming frustrated.

And once Trump becomes frustrated, he often starts making outrageous statements and issuing threats.

So we shall see how things go.

On another note, if President Trump decides to bomb Iran in an attempt to bring the Iranian nuclear program to an end, that will likely mean the end of peace negotiations with Russia.

So this is another very serious dilemma that Trump is facing.

If Iran is allowed to start mass producing nuclear weapons, it is just a matter of time before terrorists all over the globe have them in their hands.

It would be hard to imagine a development that is more destabilizing than that.

But if the U.S. and/or Israel starts bombing Iran, we are talking about an apocalyptic “World War III” scenario.

So what will Trump do?

Interestingly, this is all happening as remarkable signs are appearing in the sky.  On Friday, I sent a special report about the Purim Blood Moon eclipses of 2024, 2025 and 2026 to my core supporters.  In that article, I mistakenly stated that Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7th, 2024.  Needless to say, the correct date was October 7th, 2023.  Sometimes I make mistakes when I try to write too fast. Thank you for being patient with me.

The bottom line is that we are in a time of war.

The facilities where Iran’s nuclear program is being developed are deep underground.

It would take an absolutely massive attack to take those facilities out.

Of course once those facilities get hit, the entire region is going to erupt in flames.

Meanwhile, our relations with China continue to go downhill.  A trade war has started, the Chinese keep talking about “reuniting” with Taiwan, and now there is tension between our two nations over the Panama Canal.

But ultimately Russia is a more serious threat than either Iran or China, because Russia has the most advanced nuclear weapons in the world.

If President Trump is able to successfully negotiate a peace agreement with Russia, he will be regarded as a hero.

But if negotiations break down and President Trump starts getting really frustrated with the Russians, we could quickly be facing a real life nightmare scenario.

Michael’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com, and you can subscribe to his Substack newsletter at michaeltsnyder.substack.com.

About the Author: Michael Snyder’s new book entitled “Why” is available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com. He has also written eight other books that are available on Amazon.com including “Chaos”, “End Times”, “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”.  When you purchase any of Michael’s books you help to support the work that he is doing.  You can also get his articles by email as soon as he publishes them by subscribing to his Substack newsletter.  Michael has published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and he always freely and happily allows others to republish those articles on their own websites.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, we strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

The damage caused by 4 years of “Bidenomics” has been so immense that it is difficult to put it into words.  Everywhere we look, the U.S. economy is rapidly deteriorating all around us, and it would literally take a major miracle to turn things around at this point.  Needless to say, the condition of the economy was one of the biggest reasons why Donald Trump won the election, and he insists that he can get fix it.  Now he will get his chance.  But the economic challenges that he is facing in 2025 are far greater than anything that confronted him when his first term began many years ago.  If Trump is able to get the U.S. economy moving in a positive direction after everything that has happened during the past 4 years, it will truly be a historic achievement.

Nobody can deny the facts that I am about to present to you, because they are indisputable.  Collectively, these facts clearly prove that our economy is a complete mess right now.  The following are 25 signs that the U.S. economy is dying after 4 years of “Bidenomics”…

#1 In 2024, sales of previously-owned homes in the United States fell to the lowest level since 1995…

U.S. existing-home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level since 1995, the second straight year of anemic sales due to stubbornly high mortgage rates.

High costs related to homeownership sapped sales again. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has hovered between 6% and 8% since late 2022, making it prohibitively expensive for many Americans to buy homes at current prices, which hit record highs last year. Rising home insurance and property tax costs are also adding to homeowners’ expenses. Unlike mortgage rates, which fluctuate, these costs are poised to continue rising.

#2 Pending home sales dropped another 4.5 percent last month.  That was the fastest rate of decline that we have seen in more than two years…

Pending home sales fell 4.5% month over month in December on a seasonally adjusted basis, the largest decline since October 2022. They dropped 2.3% year over year.

Homebuyer demand dipped at the end of the year because mortgage rates jumped. After inching downward at the beginning of the month, mortgage rates reversed course halfway through December and have been rising since—in part because the Federal Reserve projected fewer 2025 interest-rate cuts than anticipated. The weekly average 30-year-fixed mortgage rate now sits at 7.04%, the highest level since May, after hitting an early-December low of 6.6%.

#3 The proportion of credit card accounts that are just having minimum payments being made on them just hit the highest level in 12 years…

Americans are not okay financially, according to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve.

The share of active credit card accounts making just the minimum payment hit a 12-year high of 10.75% from July through September 2024, based on data from the largest banks in the country, the Philadelphia Fed said on Wednesday. As credit card balances swell, the share of delinquent balances is also worsening, it said.

#4 The 60-plus-day delinquency rate for subprime auto loans just reached the highest level ever recorded for the month of December…

The 60-plus-day delinquency rate of subprime auto loans rose to 6.15% in December, a new record for December in the data from Fitch, which tracks subprime auto-loan asset-backed securities (ABS), going back to their origins in the early 1990s. Subprime delinquency rates rose to record highs in 2023 and rose further in 2024. They peak seasonally in January in February. If January and February 2025 follow seasonal patterns, subprime delinquency rates will set new all-time highs (gold in the chart below).

#5 Credit rejection rates have hit levels that we have not seen since the global financial crisis…

The landscape of American credit has taken a stark turn for the worse, with rejection rates for various forms of credit reaching levels not seen since the financial turmoil of a decade ago. According to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, rejection rates for loans, including credit cards, mortgages, and auto loans, have spiked to 23%. This figure marks the highest recorded since the depths of the financial crisis, signaling a significant contraction in credit availability.

Moreover, the rejection rate for credit card limit increases has reached nearly 50%, indicating that even those with existing credit lines are facing unprecedented hurdles in expanding their credit.

#6 Restaurant chains are going bankrupt at the fastest pace since the beginning of the pandemic…

Chain restaurant bankruptcies are reportedly at their highest level since the pandemic.

Among the most recent examples is the casual dining franchise TGI Friday’s, one of more than a dozen high-profile eateries to seek bankruptcy protection between January and October of this year, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (Dec. 5), citing BankruptcyData.

According to the report, that’s the most through that date since 2020, and next year could bring more turmoil, with restaurant prices jumping due to increased labor costs, supply chain issues and steeper interest expenses, lessening consumer demand for meals away from home.

#7 After rising 12.7 percent in 2023, the cost of home insurance went up another 10.4 percent in 2024…

In 2024, insurers raised rates by 10.4 percent as of Dec. 27, which followed a 12.7 percent hike in the previous year, according to the Jan. 21 report from the company.

In total, 33 states saw premiums climb by double digits last year, with the largest spike seen in Nebraska at 22.7 percent. Premiums in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Utah, and Washington jumped by more than 20 percent.

#8 The average price of a dozen eggs went up 36 percent in just 12 months, and it is expected to go even higher during the months ahead…

The average price of a dozen large, grade-A eggs was $4.15 in December, up from $3.65 in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Egg prices were also up more than 36% year-over-year in December, according to the Consumer Price Index.

“Not to be the bearer of bad news, but we’re in this for a while,” said Emily Metz, president and CEO of the American Egg Board. “Until we have time without a detection, unfortunately this very, very tight egg supply is going to continue.”

#9 The household income required to purchase an average home in the U.S. has more than tripled since January 2012…

In January 2012, the household income required to afford the typical home in the U.S. was $39,223, according to Redfin. As of November 2024, home buyers need to earn $126,764, a 223% increase.

#10 A “healthcare giant” that operates 16 hospitals in the U.S. has just filed for bankruptcy…

A healthcare giant that operates 16 hospitals across four states has filed for bankruptcy – with plans to offload several of them.

Prospect Medical Holdings – which also owns 166 clinics across California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, and employs 12,600 people – filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas on Saturday.

The company, which was once an active buyer of struggling hospitals, has debts of more than $400 million.

#11 The hiring rate in the U.S. in the month of November was “the lowest since the early 2010s”…

Hiring was anemic at the end of 2024.

November’s hiring rate of 3.3% is the lowest since the early 2010s when the US was struggling after the Great Recession.

#12 The Washington Post has announced that it will be laying off about 4 percent of its workers…

The Washington Post has started laying off roughly 4 percent of its work force, the company said on Tuesday, as the newspaper struggles to stem millions of dollars in annual losses.

The cuts will affect fewer than 100 people across The Post’s business divisions, which include its advertising sales, marketing and information technology teams.

#13 It is being reported that CNN will be laying off hundreds of workers…

CNN boss Mark Thompson reportedly plans to announce mass layoffs Thursday — just days after he warned top on-air talent including Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper that they ought to avoid “pre-judging” President Trump.

The ratings-challenged cable news pioneer will lay off hundreds of employees as it refocuses the business around a global digital audience, CNBC reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

#14 As a result of closing their Monterey plant, 433 Perdue Farms employees will be looking for new jobs…

Perdue Farms is closing their Monterey plant, the Putnam County mayor announced Thursday night.

The closure will leave 433 employees out of a job. Randy Porter, the mayor of Putnam County, says the plant has been a part of Monterey and the county’s economy for numerous years.

#15 Over the past year, Intel has laid off 3,000 workers in the state of Oregon alone…

Intel eliminated 1 in every 8 jobs across its Oregon workforce last year, reducing its local headcount by 3,000 positions as it sought to cut costs after a steep and sustained drop in revenue.

#16 Meta is one of the few companies that is doing fairly well right now, but they are conducting mass layoffs too…

Meta is planning on cutting about 5% of its workforce, with a specific focus on the company’s lowest-performing employees.

A Meta spokesperson confirmed the news in an emailed statement to USA TODAY Wednesday after first being reported by Bloomberg, citing an internal memo.

#17 Kohl’s has decided to permanently shut down 27 “underperforming” stores…

Twenty-seven “underperforming” Kohl’s stores are set to shutter this spring.

The locations, named late last week by Kohl’s, will permanently close their doors by April, according to the Wisconsin-based retailer.

#18 Over 200 Advance Auto Parts stores are up for sale…

More than 200 Advance Auto Parts stores, either the properties themselves or their leases, are being marketed for sale by Hilco Real Estate.

Raleigh, North Carolina-based Advance Auto, an auto aftermarket parts retailer, has tapped Hilco to manage the disposition of real estate properties and leases that span 46 states. The portfolio includes retail locations and “potential redevelopment parcels situated in densely populated urban areas and along strong commercial corridors,” Hilco, which is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, said Wednesday.

#19 Approximately 500 Big Lots stores will soon be shut down for good…

The company buying Columbus-based Big Lots has identified about 500 Big Lots stores, including several in central Ohio, that it plans to close.

Gordon Brothers, a Boston-based investment group, is offering to sell the stores’ leases, indicating that the stores will not remain Big Lots under new ownership.

#20 Walgreens has announced that it will be permanently closing 1,200 stores…

The thinning of Walgreens locations has been in the works. Walgreens said in October 2024 it planned to close about 1,200 underperforming stores across the U.S. as a strategy to offset declining profits resulting from low drug reimbursement rates and sluggish retail sales.

#21 In 2024, a total of 7,325 stores were closed in the United States.  That was the highest number that we have seen since the early days of the pandemic…

Store closures in the U.S. last year hit the highest level since the pandemic — and even more locations are expected to shutter this year, as shoppers’ dollars increasingly go to a few industry winners, according to an analysis by Coresight Research.

Major retailers, including Party City and Macy’s, closed 7,325 stores in 2024, according to the retail advisory group’s data. That’s the sharpest jump since retailers in the U.S. shuttered almost 10,000 stores in 2020, the year when the Covid pandemic began.

#22 Coresight Research is projecting that a whopping 15,000 stores will be closed in the U.S. in 2025…

Retail closings in the U.S. are on the rise.

That’s according to Coresight Research, a research and advisory firm specializing in retail and technology, which predicts approximately 15,000 store closings and 5,800 store openings this year in the U.S

#23 Cargo theft in the United States has hit a brand new all-time record high for the second year in a row…

Cargo theft hit a record high in the U.S. and Canada for the second consecutive year, and the trend is expected to continue as criminal enterprises have become more sophisticated in their methods.

Verisk CargoNet’s annual analysis released this week found that cargo theft surged 27% from 2023 to 2024, hitting a record 3,625 reported incidents last year with an average value of $202,364 per theft. All told, the losses are estimated at more than $454 million.

#24 59 percent of Americans don’t even have enough money to pay for a $1,000 emergency expense…

Most Americans cannot afford a $1,000 emergency expense, with inflation and high interest rates affecting their ability to save adequately, according to a recent survey by consumer services company Bankrate.

A full 59 percent of Americans aren’t in a position to use their savings “to pay for a major unexpected expense, such as $1,000 for an emergency room visit or car repair,” said a Jan. 23 report from the company.

#25 61 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 35 say that they feel “financially stressed”…

About 61% of surveyed Americans of ages 18 to 35 are financially stressed, according to a new Intuit survey. About 21% of respondents say their stress has gotten worse over the past year.

Some of the biggest stressors included high cost of living, job instability and growing housing costs. Of those who identified as financially stressed, 32% said handling unexpected emergencies like medical bills, car repairs and home maintenance trigger their anxiety with cash, the report found.

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I promised my readers that I would keep digging into the mystery drone phenomenon, and what I have discovered is absolutely stunning.  It appears that many of the drones that people are seeing may be of foreign origin after all.  In recent years, the Chinese have made historic breakthrough after historic breakthrough when it comes to drone technology, and now it is being claimed that they are using that technology to spy on us and test our defenses.  According to the New York Post, “17 military bases adjacent to Chinese-owned farmland” have been swarmed by mystery drones in recent weeks…

At least 17 military bases adjacent to Chinese-owned farmland across the US have experienced a rash of drone sightings in recent weeks, The Post has learned.

Mysterious drones have been reported near military bases in Hawaii and by installations in Utah, California, Maine and Florida — among other facilities scattered throughout the country.

This cannot be just a coincidence.

The Post had previously published a list of 19 U.S. military bases that “lie close to farmland bought up by Chinese-owned companies”, and all but two of those bases have had recent encounters with drones…

The Post previously identified 19 military bases that lie close to farmland bought up by Chinese-owned companies — a situation that has worried China analysts, who feared the Communist country would use the land to spy on US military operations.

All of those facilities apart from Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota and Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis in Texas had reports of drones either attempting to fly over their bases or nearby, according to local reports.

And people need to understand that this didn’t just start happening last month.

According to the Daily Mail, an “internal government report” proves that our military bases have been getting swarmed with drones for at least a year…

DailyMail.com obtained an internal government report showing federal agencies knew about incursions from apparent advanced drones over a year ago but have failed to put a stop to them.

Langley Air Force Base in Virginia was swarmed with dozens of drones for weeks in December 2023, creating a security panic. The incident was kept secret until it was revealed by defense magazine The Warzone in March this year.

A report authored by the Air Force, FBI and NASA – which has a facility next to Langley air base – said that their ‘detection equipment’ and ‘signal jamming’ had ‘failed’, in a presentation slide titled ‘lessons learned,’ DailyMail.com can reveal.

Wow.

The truth is that we are far more vulnerable than most people realize.

These drones have been operating in U.S. airspace for a long time, and we can’t seem to do anything about it.

When U.S. Representative Michael McCaul was asked about these drones, he openly admitted that he believes that they are “spy drones” that are probably being deployed by China…

‘We want answers but the response I’m getting is we don’t know whose drones these are,’ McCaul said before executive-branch officials offered a classified briefing to members of the House intelligence committee.

‘I was with the NASA administrator, Bill Nelson, he said that these drones have been reported over military sites, military bases. I would not think those are friendly. I would think those are adversarial,’ he added.

‘I believe they’re spy drones and the PRC and communist China is very good at this stuff. We know they bought land around military bases. This would be very consistent with their policy over the past couple years,’ he said.

Michael McCaul is a credible source.

Members of Congress are now public discussing this theory, and so we should take it very seriously.

And these mystery drones continue to be spotted over our military bases.  In fact, witnesses just saw a drone “the size of a small truck” hover over a base in Virginia Beach…

Two people said they spotted an aircraft Thursday night near Virginia Beach that was unlike any other they had seen.

The object was over the ocean and they watched as it slowly moved over an Army National Guard facility, John Knight told The Virginian-Pilot.

“It was definitely different,” said Knight, who took videos of what he thinks was a drone the size of a small truck.

The drones that have been appearing over New Jersey have been getting the bulk of the attention, but the truth is that sightings have been occurring from coast to coast.

And these mystery drones have also been spotted in other countries as well.

For example, on November 20th there was a very disturbing incident at a base in the UK that is heavily used by the U.S. military…

The source, a senior officer, was briefed in detail on the drone incursions at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, which began on November 20.

Lakenheath is a highly sensitive location for the US military, reportedly earmarked earlier this year to store some of America’s arsenal of nuclear weapons.

The officer told DailyMail.com that drones were recorded flying at up to 170mph near the base, chased a police helicopter, and appeared to be controlled remotely using radio frequencies outside of the normal bands used for military or civilian drones.

Our government told us that these drones are not a threat.

Clearly, they were not telling us the truth.

Residents of New Jersey have been clamoring for something to be done about the endless drone swarms over their state, and now the FAA has banned drone traffic over large portions of New Jersey until January 17th…

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ban on drone operations in several areas of New Jersey until Jan. 17, unless operators are granted special permission from the government due to “special security reasons.”

The FAA is telling us that “deadly force” could potentially be employed against any drones that violate the ban…

The FAA warned that ‘deadly force’ could be used against drones that present an ‘imminent security threat.’

Pilots who violate the restriction may be ‘intercepted, detained, and interviewed by law enforcement.’

I would love to see one of these mystery drones get shot out of the sky.

Once that happens, maybe we will finally start getting some solid answers.

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Enormous “mystery drones” are buzzing rooftops and flying freely through the skies in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and our government is powerless to stop it.  As I discussed yesterday, these drones have been spotted over military facilities, water reservoirs, transportation hubs, police departments and other sensitive installations.  But even though some of these drones are the size of cars, and even though they are buzzing us at rooftop level in some cases, we can’t seem to track them effectively and when our aircraft do approach they “go dark” and disappear.

What in the world is going on?

These drones have been appearing just about every night since mid-November, and there are countless eyewitnesses.

In fact, New Jersey State Senator Doug Steinhardt says that he saw them from his own front porch…

And State Senator Doug Steinhardt says that’s simply not good enough.

“I’d be happy with an explanation that we’ve looked at it, and we don’t have information, or for law enforcement to say it’s an ongoing something or other, you know, and that’s as much as we can tell you, but we’re not even getting that which is unfortunate,” said Steinhardt.

And Steinhardt says he’s not just speaking as a lawmaker, he’s speaking as a witness.

“I walked out of my front porch last night and saw it would look like drone activity to me. I mean, I’ve seen airplanes cross the sky before and this wasn’t that,” he says.

We have never seen anything quite like this before, and people are really starting to freak out.

Many can’t seem to understand why nothing is being done to stop these unidentified drones from doing whatever they want in our airspace.

The mayors of 21 different towns in New Jersey got together and wrote a letter to Governor Phil Murphy demanding action…

The mayors of 21 towns in New Jersey are demanding action in a letter sent to Gov. Phil Murphy over the mysterious drones that have been spotted flying overhead in recent weeks.

Since mid-November, large drones of uncertain origin have been repeatedly spotted in the sky at night over central and northern New Jersey.

The drones, which are larger than the type typically used by hobbyists, have raised concerns due to their proximity to both a military installation and President-elect Donald Trump’s Bedminster golf course.

Of course Murphy is quite concerned as well.

At a press conference on Monday, he explained that these drones are “very sophisticated”…

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy commented on the situation on Monday, saying that while authorities have not identified any immediate threats, they are treating the sightings with seriousness.

“This is something we’re taking deadly seriously,” Murphy said during a press conference Monday, adding, “These are apparently very, as I understand it, very sophisticated. The minute you get eyes on them, they go dark.”

Murphy said state and federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, are actively investigating. He noted that 49 sightings were reported on Sunday.

This confirms what we have been hearing from other sources.

Apparently we have been trying to confront these drones, but the moment they see our aircraft coming they “go dark” and disappear.

If one of our enemies has giant drones that we can’t track and that can elude us with ease, that is a major problem.

Of course it would probably be even worse news if these drones do not belong to any of the usual suspects.

At this point, authorities are openly admitting that they do not know who these drones belong to or where they are coming from.

When Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram confronted House Speaker Mike Johnson, this is what he was told…

Pergram: It seems as though Members from both sides are not getting answers about these drones or whatever they’re seeing in New Jersey and Staten Island. There’s a hearing focusing on this today. What is the level of concern? Do you think the government is being straight? And Members can’t even get answers on this.

Johnson: We’re working on that. We need straight answers of course. We are concerned about drones and all of these new technologies and what it might mean for national security and the safety of the American citizen. I’m looking forward to the outcome of that hearing. And if we don’t get the necessary answers there, we’ll dig deeper and go to the classified level.

Pergram: Any thought that these might be “dark” programs?

Johnson: I hope not. I do not believe so. But there’s a lot of investigation going on. So we’ll find out.

Yes, I do hope that we get some “straight answers” soon.

The FBI is deeply involved in the investigation, and they just released a statement that tells us absolutely nothing…

“We understand the concern, and we are doing all we can to figure out what’s going on,” a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Newark Field Office, which is leading the investigation, told PIX11 News. “We truly don’t have much information to provide at the moment.”

If these drones actually belong to our military as some are suggesting, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security wouldn’t be expending resources looking into this.

The fact that they are trying to solve this “mystery” tells us a lot.

And obviously Congress doesn’t know what is going on either, because they are actively searching for answers.

So that leaves us with two main theories.

Either Russia, China or another one of our enemies has drone technology that we cannot defend against, or these drones originate from a source that is not human.  As I have discussed extensively, there has been a dramatic increase in sightings of unidentified aircraft all over the world in recent years.  At this point, it is becoming very clear that something truly unusual is happening.

As for the enormous drones that are invading our airspace night after night, hopefully it will turn out that there is a simple explanation.

But for now, mystery drones continue to brazenly buzz the east coast during their nightly visits, and people are really getting scared.

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Well, that certainly escalated quickly.  Just a few days ago, I wrote about how Syrian rebels had taken Aleppo and were on the way to the central city of Hama.  Now Damascus has fallen, the Assad regime has been toppled, and it is a new day for Syria.  But will it be a better day?  The Assad regime was horrible, but the radicals that are taking over are not exactly George Washington and the boys.  The truth is that they are hardcore Sunni jihadists that have much in common with ISIS, al-Qaeda and the Taliban.  Assad pretty much allowed Christians and other minorities in Syria to do their own thing, but now many fear that these jihadists will soon impose a brutal form of sharia law that will make life extremely difficult.

For the moment, there is jubilation on the streets of Damascus, and rebels are having a grand time looting Assad’s presidential palace…

Thousands of Syrians took to the streets in celebration, firing guns into the air, lighting flares, and waving the rebel flag.

Delighted fighters posted footage from inside Assad’s presidential palace as they celebrated their stunning win.

The rebels have ransacked the palace, going room from room looting items of value including Louis Vuitton and other prized possessions.

Video footage from inside Assad’s palace makes it quite clear that he was living the high life.

But now that the looting has begun, soon there won’t be anything left…

A video features scores of people raiding the cupboards while duvets and linen bed sheets are on the floor.

One person was seen holding an orange Louis Vuitton box while others carried bags bulging with looted items.

It’s thought dozens of Assad’s luxury vehicles have also been seized after militants broke into his garage packed with Mercedes, Ferraris, and Audis.

Nobody should feel sorry for Assad.

He was an absolutely brutal leader, and he was deeply hated by large portions of the Syrian population.

As they advanced, the rebels gleefully toppled one Assad statue after another…

As armed rebels have advanced at lightning speed in recent days from the north of Syria toward the capital, Damascus, footage online showed statues of the Assad dynasty — which has kept the country in its authoritarian grip for over 50 years — crashing to the ground.

Needless to say, the rebels would have loved to get their hands on Assad.

But apparently he was able to escape.

Originally, there were reports that Assad was on an Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane that “disappeared from flight tracking” and that was thought to have been destroyed…

An Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane operated by Syrian Air has disappeared from flight tracking amid uncertainty over the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Assad, who has served as the president since July 2000, has reportedly fled Damascus, after a lightning advance by rebel fighters reached the outskirts of the capital city early on Sunday morning.

But now it is being reported that Assad has arrived safely in Russia where he has been granted asylum…

Russia has granted Syria’s ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad and his family asylum on “humanitarian grounds”, according to Russian state media.

“Assad and members of his family have arrived in Moscow,” a source told the TASS news agency. “Russia granted them asylum on humanitarian grounds,” he added.

Obviously, Russia is one of the big losers in this saga.

Syria was Russia’s closest ally in the Middle East.  Now the Russians have been forced to pull all of their forces out of the country and will be losing their sole naval base on the Mediterranean Sea…

Russia is evacuating its ships and transporting leftover weapons by air from its bases in Syria as the regime of Bashar al-Assad falls, according to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU).

The rapid collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has led to the Russian contingent fleeing the country.

“After losing control of Damascus and amid the ongoing offensive by opposition forces in the provinces of Latakia, Hama, and Tartus, the Russian military withdrew its warships from the Tartus naval base, which Assad had previously handed over to Moscow in exchange for security,” intelligence officials stated.

Iran is another big loser.

Syria was an extremely close ally of Iran, but now it will be a very bitter enemy under the new Sunni regime.

In addition, the Iranians had been able to funnel countless shipments of arms through Syria to Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, but now that will no longer be possible.

We are being told that “all pro-Iranian forces” have left Syria, and this represents the biggest strategic defeat for Iran in decades…

All pro-Iranian forces have reportedly withdrawn from the country in a humiliating blow to the Ayatollah.

Iran has lost a key ally in its Shia axis across proxies and allies in the Middle East.

So who are the winners?

The western elite that have been trying to take the Assad regime down for more than a decade have got to be thrilled by these developments.

They finally achieved their goal.

Needless to say, Israel is going to come out of this as a big winner as well…

What is happening these days in the Middle East cannot be found even in the most optimistic scenarios heard 14 months after the surprise attack of October 7. The Shiite axis designed to strangle Israel is collapsing before our eyes.

Qassem Soleimani’s “ring of fire” vision, designed to allow Iran to advance its nuclear program and endanger Israel’s existence, is being buried like its mastermind. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, first lost the gifted commander of the Revolutionary Guards, then his favorite ally Hassan Nasrallah, and now the Assad regime has fallen.

Interestingly, the IDF has already moved into Syrian territory a bit in order to set up a “buffer zone” in case the Syrian rebels decide to launch attacks in their direction.  It turns out that the peak of Mount Hermon falls within that “buffer zone”…

Israel’s Army Radio reported Sunday that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had seized the peak of Mount Hermon, the highest mountain in the region, as a precaution against the advance of Syrian rebels as the Assad regime collapsed.

The mountain, covered in snow during the winter months, is the highest in the region, and a key strategic point. Israel has a military base on the mountainside, but Syria has long had a military base on the peak of the mountain itself.

The move marks the first time Israeli troops have been on the peak of the mountain since the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

In the end, I think that Turkey is actually the biggest winner.

More than anyone else, Turkey was responsible for arming and supporting the rebels that overthrew the Assad regime.

Now Turkey will have a very strong Sunni ally directly to the south, and this will also provide Turkey with a land corridor if it ever decides to physically invade the land of Israel.

The Turks are really starting to flex their muscles in the region, and I think that this success may embolden them even more.

As for the people of Syria, they are being promised a government that is made up of a “council chosen by the people”…

Syria’s armed opposition ultimately plans to form a government defined by institutions and a “council chosen by the people,” Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the militant figure driving the latest rebel swing, told CNN. He heads the dominant group in the coalition, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a former Al Qaeda affiliate.

Jolani declared victory for the “entire Islamic nation” on Sunday, in his first public remarks since the rebel-led coup, which he said “marks a new chapter in the history of the region.”

We shall see what happens.

The Taliban promised that there would be reforms when it reconquered Afghanistan, and we all see how that turned out.

Ultimately, I believe that what just took place in Syria is setting the stage for the sort of history-changing events in the Middle East that I have been writing about for a long time.

Now that the Assad regime is out of the way and Hezbollah is severely wounded, the Iranians are in deep trouble.

Let’s watch and see what the Iranians choose to do next, because a cornered predator can be extremely dangerous.

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This week, Donald Trump shocked the Washington D.C. establishment to the core.  For decades, the unelected bureaucrats that control our mammoth federal agencies have been running our country into the ground.  No matter who we have sent to Washington, the culture in these federal agencies has remained the same.  But now Trump has nominated firebrands such as Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth and RFK Jr. for some of the most important positions in his cabinet, and this shows that he is quite serious about “draining the swamp” during his second term.  In essence, there will be a bunch of “mini-Trumps” running around firing hordes of useless bureaucrats and dismantling federal power structures that have existed for generations.  Needless to say, many on the left are in a state of panic now that it appears that many of the institutions that they cherish so much could literally be turned completely upside down.

For a lot of Democrats, the possibility that Matt Gaetz could be the next attorney general is truly a nightmare scenario.  When his nomination was announced, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy called him “dangerously unqualified”…

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., warned Tuesday that President-elect Trump’s selection of former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be U.S. attorney general signaled Trump’s intention to follow through on promises to persecute his opponents.

Murphy called the firebrand Floridian “dangerously unqualified” to lead the Justice Department, noting that Gaetz urged the need to abolish the FBI and other law enforcement agencies that do not get in line with conservative priorities.

Many in the corporate media are freaking out about the Gaetz nomination as well.  For example, Geraldo Rivera says that he “threw up in my mouth” when he heard that Gaetz was the pick…

“When I heard that Matt Gaetz was picked to be attorney general, I threw up in my mouth,” Rivera told host Leland Vittert. “I think it is a horrible, creepy choice. I have no idea why he did it.”

The nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be the director of national intelligence has also caused a tremendous amount of outrage…

Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., declared in a post on X that she was “appalled” by the selection of Gabbard for the role.

“Not only is she ill-prepared and unqualified, but she traffics in conspiracy theories and cozies up to dictators like Bashar-al Assad and Vladimir Putin,” Spanberger claimed in a post on X.

Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., called the choice of Gabbard as DNI “incredibly reckless,” declaring in a tweet, “Putting someone with known sympathies for foreign adversaries is not putting America’s interests first – it’s putting our security at risk.”

I find it quite comical that Democrats are now talking about “putting America’s interests first”, because they haven’t been doing that for years.

At the Pentagon, the environment is “like a morgue” now that Pete Hegseth has been nominated to be the new boss of the Department of Defense…

But the surprising top cabinet-post appointment came as an absolute shock to Pentagon career employees – who weren’t anticipating such a non-establishment pick to lead the nation’s largest federal agency with a $800 billion budget.

One defense official told DailyMail.com that it was ‘like a morgue’ inside the Pentagon after Trump’s announcement.

They said the career staff were ‘apoplectic’ after hearing Hegseth, who has no government or management experience, would be taking over administration of the largest joint fighting forces in the world.

In the past, Hegseth has talked about the need to fire all of the “woke” generals, and I certainly think that would be a promising step in the right direction for our military.

After all of the other nominations that Trump has made this week, he topped things off by choosing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services…

I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food complex and drug companies who have engaged in deception, misinformation, and disinformation when it comes to Public Health. The Safety and Health of all Americans is the most important role of any Administration, and HHS will play a big role in helping ensure that everybody will be protected from harmful chemicals, pollutants, pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and food additives that have contributed to the overwhelming Health Crisis in this Country. Mr. Kennedy will restore these Agencies to the traditions of Gold Standard Scientific Research, and beacons of Transparency, to end the Chronic Disease epidemic, and to Make America Great and Healthy Again!

At this moment, the corporate media is begging for the Senate to block these nominations.

But that isn’t going to happen.

As U.S. Representative Thomas Massive has correctly pointed out, even if the Senate does not want to confirm these nominees Trump can just push them through as recess appointments…

In a video posted to X by Haley Talbot, a reporter with CNN, Massie was asked if he thought Gaetz would be confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as the Attorney General.

“Do you think he’ll get confirmed by the Senate?” a reporter asked Massie, to which Massie could be heard responding, “recess appointments.”

“He’s the Attorney General,” Massie added. “Suck it up!”

Many people don’t realize this, but the U.S. Constitution specifically gives whoever is president the power to make recess appointments…

A recess appointment, however, allow presidents to install their nominee to the position while the Senate is in recess, without a confirmation hearing or vote, according to the Recess Appointments Clause in the U.S. Constitution. It says: “The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.”

So this means if a president manages to make a recess appointment, that individual’s term would only last for about two years. At that point, the person could be appointed again through the same recess appointment or through the regular Senate confirmation process.

The Supreme Court has ruled that recess appointments are only allowed if the U.S. Senate is not in session for at least 10 days.

But of course our senators are so lazy that they like to take lots of long breaks.

And since Republicans now control the Senate, there probably won’t be any dramatic moves to stop Trump from getting the recess appointments that he wants.

Some “experts” are making it sound like Trump intends to do something out of the ordinary, but the truth is that other presidents made large numbers of recess appointments…

According to the Congressional Research Service, former President Obama made 32 recess appointments while in office; Bill Clinton made 139 and George W. Bush made 171.

When Senate Majority Leader John Thune was asked about the possibility of recess appointments a few days ago, he specifically mentioned “recess appointments” as one of the ways that Trump could get his nominees in place “as soon as possible”…

“We must act quickly and decisively to get the president’s cabinet and other nominees in place as soon as possible to start delivering on the mandate we’ve been sent to execute, and all options are on the table … including recess appointments,” he said in a statement.

Of course the radical left is not just going to sit back and let Trump do whatever he wants.

In fact, they are already planning massive protests for Trump’s inauguration…

Flyers are now appearing on complete campuses in DC. These fliers have QR codes. When you scan the code, the links invite you to “fight fascism” by protesting Trump’s inauguration on 1/20.

So violent leftist groups have begun recruiting WokeQaeda.

One of the groups is Students for Justice in Palestine.

If that doesn’t sound familiar, that’s the group that one of the primary factors of the violent protests on college campuses.

It appears that there will be a great deal of turmoil in the streets of Washington D.C. on January 20th, and that will just be a preview of the widespread turmoil that is coming all over America.

After everything that they have said and done during the past eight years, the radical left is not going to suddenly change course and decide that it is time for “healing” and “unity”.

Our nation is more divided right now than it has ever been in my entire lifetime, and we should all be deeply concerned about what is coming next.

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