Trump Is Shutting Down The [DS] WWIII Agenda, Curtain Pulled Back, Aug Is A Hot Month – Ep. 3972
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Economy
The California Democratic Party and the California labor movement just stood with @BernieSanders and me in supporting 5% wealth tax on 250 California billionaires.
California voters want a Democratic Party that will stand up for the working class over the billionaire class. pic.twitter.com/QrLZUh3bS6
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) August 15, 2026
- a tax would likely hurt the working class, with more people and businesses deciding not to invest in California, and thus having fewer jobs.
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- Cuban explained there are “billionaires” who don’t have the billions in liquid assets, but are billionaires on paper, who were “cash poor and stock rich.”
Ro, I like you. You know that. But you need to read the state of the state.
The number of Deca Unicorns in Cali is growing by the day as investors chase amazing startups.
A unique feature of these 10b startups is that even if they raise a billion, little, if any of that… https://t.co/l1LRaiki16
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) August 15, 2026
Khanna then pitched division.
“Mark, come on a road trip with me around California, Pennsylvania and the country and ask ordinary Americans how they feel about a billionaire tax,” Khanna wrote. “Most say, I promise you, why only 5 percent?”
Cuban shot back: “You don’t understand business Ro.”
Source: redstate.com
“The increase this year represented $43 billion more in refunds than the IRS had issued during the 2025 filing season for tax year 2024,” according to the report.
The GAO report stated:
By the end of the 2026 filing season, IRS issued $296 billion in taxpayer refunds — an increase of $43 billion, or 17 percent, from 2025 (see fig. 2). The average tax refund that taxpayers received in 2026 increased by $333, or 11 percent, compared to the same period in 2025. IRS attributed these increases to millions of taxpayers claiming new deductions in 2026, such as the ‘no tax on tips’ and ‘no tax on overtime’ provisions.
https://twitter.com/profstonge/status/2087945324048318665?s=20
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA, from 2021) required most U.S. companies—especially smaller ones like LLCs and corporations—to report “beneficial ownership” details to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). This meant disclosing the real people who own or control the business (generally anyone with ≥25% ownership or substantial control), including name, address, birth date, and ID info. The goal was to combat money laundering, shell companies, and illicit finance by creating a centralized database.
It applied to roughly tens of millions of businesses and carried penalties for non-compliance (fines and possible criminal charges). Many small-business owners and advocates called it burdensome paperwork and an invasion of privacy that treated ordinary “mom-and-pop” operations like potential criminal fronts.What the new rule does
- Permanently exempts U.S. companies and U.S. persons from filing these beneficial ownership reports.
- Makes permanent an earlier (March 2025) interim exemption under the Trump administration.
- FinCEN will delete previously reported information from U.S. persons.
- Foreign reporting companies must still report beneficial ownership details for foreign individuals (with some adjustments, such as no longer needing to report certain U.S. “company applicants”).
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described it as “a victory for common sense and American small businesses,” saying it cuts red tape without compromising national security.
FACT: President Trump is the first President to actually LOWER prescription drug prices. pic.twitter.com/k2is5zLmzL
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 13, 2026
Fed Chair Warsh on Bitcoin 👇 https://t.co/9KGULtgkfP
— James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) August 16, 2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the "Treasury is moving quickly to implement" the GENIUS Act 👀
"Beginning on January 18, 2027, the expected effective date of the GENIUS Act," 👀 pic.twitter.com/VCxbnwNM5G
— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) August 17, 2026
The GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act) is the first comprehensive U.S. federal law regulating “payment stablecoins”—digital assets designed to hold a stable value (typically pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar or similar monetary value) and used primarily for payments and settlement.
Only licensed “permitted payment stablecoin issuers” (subsidiaries of insured banks, certain federal nonbank entities, or state-qualified issuers for smaller volumes under $10 billion) may issue them in the U.S. Key rules include:
- 1:1 reserves in high-quality liquid assets (U.S. dollars, short-term Treasuries, similar instruments).
- Monthly public disclosures of reserve composition (attested/audited).
- No yield/interest paid by the issuer on the stablecoins themselves.
- Anti-money laundering (Bank Secrecy Act) compliance, redemption rights, and transparency rules.
- Payment stablecoins are not treated as securities or commodities.
- Priority claims for holders in bankruptcy; bans on misleading claims about government backing or FDIC insurance.
- Stronger protections against risks — Full reserve backing + transparency reduce the chance of “de-pegging” or collapses (unlike some past unregulated or poorly backed tokens). Holders get priority in insolvency, clearer redemption rights, and safeguards against misleading marketing. This builds confidence so people can use them more safely for real-world payments.
- Faster, cheaper, always-on payments — Stablecoins settle in seconds (24/7, including weekends/holidays) on blockchain rails, often at far lower cost than traditional wires, ACH, credit cards, or money-transfer services.
Examples relevant to daily life:- Instant payday or gig-work payments (instead of waiting days).
- Fewer overdrafts, late fees, or short-term high-cost loans caused by slow bank clearing.
- Peer-to-peer transfers or bill payments that clear immediately.
the Act’s practical upside is safer, faster, and lower-cost digital dollars that work more like cash or a modern payment rail than traditional banking rails—without forcing anyone to switch from existing options (cash, cards, bank accounts remain fully available). Implementation is still underway, so full real-world effects will depend on the final rules and how businesses adopt the framework.
Political/Rights
Under President Trump’s leadership and unwavering support for law enforcement:
→ National homicide rate DOWN 20%
→ Drug overdose deaths DOWN 20%
→ 8 of the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted fugitives arrested in the last 16 months
→ Violent offenders captured from around the world
→… pic.twitter.com/0NqVzhWuqi— FBI Rapid Response (@FBI_Response) August 15, 2026
Under President Trump’s leadership and unwavering support for law enforcement:
→ National homicide rate DOWN 20%
→ Drug overdose deaths DOWN 20%
→ 8 of the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted fugitives arrested in the last 16 months
→ Violent offenders captured from around the world
→ The largest reduction in violent crime in American history
This FBI is delivering results — and America is safer because law enforcement has a President who backs the mission.
Interestingly, some media outlets, including CBS News, were hard-pressed to explain why there was such a dramatic drop, and were reluctant to give the Trump administration any credit because of course:
Source: redstate.com
https://twitter.com/JoeLange/status/2089174154423472201?s=20
DOGE
Hey @grok can you estimate the acreage of farmland in the United States taken over by data centers and compare that to the acreage of farmland taken over by solar panels. https://t.co/e9yoAy3soI
— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) August 16, 2026
Solar panels occupy roughly 300,000–600,000 acres of US farmland (AEI end-2024 figure ~302k; SEIA mid-2026 ~0.07% of the 874M total farmland acres). Data centers lack a full national farmland tally, but developers own ~80k–136k acres overall for sites (Enverus), with actual conversion so far far smaller—mostly tens of thousands of acres—and still well below solar’s footprint.
Glendale apparently raised its CCW application fees dramatically, now $1,078 for new permits, and $828 for renewals.
When you factor in the training course, livescan, and psych exam, they are now even higher than Santa Clara. pic.twitter.com/3fXB1G9wk5
— Kostas Moros (@MorosKostas) August 14, 2026
- Psych exam? Exercising one’s rights under the Second Amendment, in Glendale, California, requires a psych exam? Better to require a psych exam for city elected officials.
According to a recent survey from the Federal Reserve, nearly 40 percent of Americans would have trouble paying for an unexpected expense of $400 or more with cash. Another recent survey from a company called Omnisend found that about 30 percent of Americans are paying for essentials like groceries and gas with credit cards, knowing that they may not be able to pay off their bill.
- There will be a legal challenge to this fee fiasco. Count on it.
Source: redstate.com
Attorney General Blanche Launches New Process to Restore Federal Firearm Rights
“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right, and the federal government should not permanently deprive Americans of a constitutional right without regard to whether they pose a danger to public safety,” said Attorney General Todd Blanche. “This rule establishes a rigorous, commonsense process that protects the public while giving deserving Americans a real path to restoration.”
“President Trump keeps making history – this time by his unprecedented restoration of firearms rights to millions of Americans” said U.S. Pardon Attorney Edward Martin. “Over the past months, we have worked at the direction of Attorney General Todd Blanche to build a program to give a pathway for restoration for the 30 million Americans who have lost their Second Amendment rights. We are proud to serve and defend our great Second Amendment.”
Each applicant must establish to the Attorney General’s satisfaction that the circumstances giving rise to the prohibition, together with the applicant’s record, reputation, and subsequent conduct, demonstrate that the applicant is not likely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety and that granting relief would not be contrary to the public interest.
Source: .justice.gov
War/Peace
that it is too late to cancel, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to substantially reduce the Joint Military Exercises! While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, “No thanks!” Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
- Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired U.S. Navy captain, blasted President Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises in South Korea as “shortsighted” and a “mistake.”
- “North and South Korea are still technically at war,” Kelly wrote Sunday in a post on the social platform X. “Our ability to help defend our ally against the North Koreans is because our forces are well trained and able to coordinate with the South Koreans.”
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Source: thehill.com
- President Trump had previously hoped the relationship between North and South Korea would be healed and slowly the divisions between the Korean people would soften. This was a direct effort during the first Trump administration.
- The U.S. retreating from South Korea changes the dynamic considerably, especially when you overlay the Chinese perspective toward the region and Beijing’s heavy hand operation inside the DPRK. The U.S. pulling back from South Korea is not something Chairman Xi would disfavor; in fact, it is something Xi would welcome.
- This pushes Japan into the solid position as the U.S. number one ally in Asia. Obviously, South Korea becomes less valued.
Source: theconservativetreehouse.com
Hamas tells Jared Kushner they are going to demilitarize Gaza: report https://t.co/6TAhvUDF3C
— John Solomon (@jsolomonReports) August 17, 2026
- Iran is now offering a bounty to whomever can kill or capture an American service member, said bounty amounting to five billion tomans, about $30,000 in American freedom dollars, you have to wonder where they think they’ll get the money should someone seek to collect. A toman is a superunit of Iran’s rial, amounting to 10,000 of the new, devalued rials. Oh, and if a woman claims the prize, the award is doubled.
Iran's Army chief: Any individual who kills an American aggressor force will receive a reward equivalent to $30,000 or 5 billion tomans. pic.twitter.com/s8DI8ZZMRX
— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) August 16, 2026
- An announcement like this smacks of desperation. This isn’t an offer made by a regime that’s confident about their chances of prevailing.
- They have lost their terrorists army, now they are so desperate to find anyone that can do this, they are weak and they are showing the world.
Source: redstate.com
Know what I notice?
The Dugin praised, multipolar Ron Paul Network of clowns has been peddling this nonsensical "nuclear" narrative for MONTHS:
🤡Colonel MacGregor
🤡Max Blumenthal
🤡Larry Johnson
🤡Kiriakou
🤡Tucker Carlson
🤡Kim Dotcom
🤡Scott Ritter
🤡MTGThink it's a… https://t.co/CM6APQMTOO pic.twitter.com/HjkzRXD2WQ
— SheThinksFreely (@L08818) August 16, 2026
Think it’s a coincidence?
Or organic?
Think again.
They want us terrified, angry, demoralized, and hopeless.
President Trump shut this bullsh*t down long ago when he was asked about using nuclear against Iran: “We don’t need it.
Why do I need it?
Why would a stupid question like that be asked?
Why would I? Why would I use a nuclear weapon when we’ve totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it? No, I wouldn’t use it. A nuclear weapon should never be allowed to be used by anybody.” They think we’re stupid. We’re not. We’re wide awake and we see through their con. Exposure ends their game.
It aligns closely with Trump’s emphasis on regional self-reliance, reduced U.S. primary security burden, and collective deterrence among key partners amid Iran-related instability.
Fit with Trump’s broader Middle East approachTrump’s second-term posture has consistently pushed allies and partners to assume greater responsibility for their own security rather than relying primarily on the U.S. umbrella—echoing his long-standing demands on NATO burden-sharing. He has framed success in the region around local actors handling more of the deterrence and stability workload while the U.S. acts more as a “guarantor of last resort.” The Mecca pact is presented by Trump exactly in those terms: regional countries banding together for meaningful self-defense.
- Monday marks the end of the 60-day cease-fire between the United States and Iran, and as of Monday morning, things were already getting interesting. President Trump is calling on Iran to surrender, and claiming to now have an inside channel to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),
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Source: redstate.com
Anonymous ID: f6af13 No.175432
>>175260
Is [19] a marker for FBI?
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FBI immediates no longer with us, i.e.fired
Self suicide if actioned because we hear all and know they plan to take cyanide tablets if arrested.
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Could the above be a correct decoding?
[19] would cease to exist immediately upon the harm of select individuals.
Think nuclear stand-off.
Clarified?
Q
https://twitter.com/unseen1_unseen/status/2089361887871779034?s=20
Although he cannot say it publicly, Trump is in a cold war against the CCP.
China intends to topple the US as the world's greatest military and economic power.
They've been slowly subverting governments that are currently allies of the US. Canada is one example. The UK is… pic.twitter.com/ghb7adW2CU
— Praying Medic (@prayingmedic) August 16, 2026
s another. Spain and South Korea are currently being reeled in by the CCP. Trump removed the CCP’s influence in Venezuela. He’s working on Iran & Cuba. Trump’s endgame is to form new economic & military alliances to maintain a Western democratic bulwark against the CCP’s plan for global domination. The Gulf States are a key part of this plan. There’s a decoupling happening. Any nation that will not stand against the CCP’s subversive plans will be left to fend for itself. If South Korea aligns itself with the CCP, Trump will leverage his relationship with Kim Jong Un to try to bring them back into alignment. The CCP plans to capture not just Taiwan, but South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the entire Pacific.
Medical/False Flags
Remember this?
- In November 2021, Pfizer’s CEO, Albert Bourla, said people who dare to “spread misinformation’ about Covid vaccines are “criminals.”
- Bourla said people who circulate misinformation about Covid jabs and dare speak ill of his product are “criminals.”
- “Those people are criminals,” Bourla told Atlantic Council CEO Frederick Kempe nearly five years ago. “They’re not bad people. They’re criminals because they have literally cost millions of lives.”
- Bourla issued a veiled threat, warning Americans that life won’t return to normal until the vaccine holdouts take the jab.
- This was during the height of the Biden-era Covid vaccine mandates, where people were being fired for refusing the jab.
- “The only thing that stands between the new way of life and the current way of life is, frankly, hesitancy to vaccinations,” he said.
- VIDEO:
TAKE A LISTEN
Source: thegatewaypundit.com
NEW FAUCI EMAIL: SYSTEM BLINKING RED @SenRonJohnson @SenRandPaul
Just months after the COVID-19 vaccine emergency authorization, the Acting FDA Commissioner flagged "adverse events…(from all three of the current vaccines.)
The main complaint is that “no one takes them… pic.twitter.com/xxeAYjnXEr
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) August 16, 2026
seriously, no one knows how to treat them, and there is no effort to study this” “I think it would be worthwhile to do a study and evaluate a cohort of these individuals.” “I doubt the industry would support, for obvious reasons. But my experience is, that if you let a problem fester, then it will come back to bite you later and you are not prepared.”
Here is the head of the FDA telling the head of NIH that injury reports are flooding in but industry will not "support" any examination of them "for obvious reasons." So, the head of the FDA admits here that industry does not care in the slightest about the numbers of people it… https://t.co/Qpe6g5TeWt
— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreytucker) August 16, 2026
hurts.
December 2022: Asked of 680 US Adults Who Received a Covid-19 Vaccine
Do you believe you have experienced –
7% Major Side Effects (12M+)
34% Minor Side Effects (60M+)
56% No Side Effects
4% Not SureWe discover major side effects were COMMON, not RAREhttps://t.co/J7lh8I1L3Y https://t.co/z7ZaT7EViV pic.twitter.com/NeFvk3Mm5l
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) August 16, 2026
Prescription drug prices PLUMMETING 📉💊
Thanks to President Trump's promise to SLASH prescription drug costs and TrumpRx, drug prices just saw their sharpest drop in more than 60 YEARS.
MORE WINNING FOR AMERICA! pic.twitter.com/eS6LDx22XO
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 13, 2026
FACT: President Trump is the first President to actually LOWER prescription drug prices. pic.twitter.com/k2is5zLmzL
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 13, 2026
- Investment research firm Renaissance Macro said that prescription drug prices are falling at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.6 percent, which it called “the sharpest six month drop on record.”
Source: thegatewaypundit.com
[DS] Agenda
TODAY: Voters Reject Radical Policies
Candidates proposing socialism and other radical ideas face defeat by candidates who defend American traditions. If given a choice, 78% of Likely U.S. Voters would vote for a candidate who wants to preserve America’s constitutional system of… pic.twitter.com/AZkvhDq8aa
— Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) August 17, 2026
government.
FBI had evidence that Swalwell got illegal donations from a suspected Chinese spy, bombshell memos show
The newly declassified investigation files also show that the FBI had initially tried to recruit the infamous Fang Fang as a source who could share information on Chinese… pic.twitter.com/I3cJlsLD3P
— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) August 17, 2026
influence operations targeting public officials in the United States. INSIDE BASEBALL: She was a double agent who may have, in turn, recruited Swalwell.
A curtain is about to be pulled back.
The entire seamy world of foreign influence operations that the shadow government DELIBERATELY SET UP around our US Congress.
The Transnational Crime Syndicate wants it's foreign based operatives that work inside of/around the US… https://t.co/sbxCqrqNQi
— Brian Cates – Political Columnist & Pundit (@drawandstrike) August 17, 2026
sex as a means of getting ahead in politics.
Executive Branch, and the US federal courts to have easy access. The best way to HIDE the ‘influcene operations’ targeting key members of your US Congress is to make sure your shadow government operatives embedded inside of the DOJ/FBI/IC keep a LID on anything that goes awry as all that sex happens, all that bribery changes hands, the deals get done, the foreign interns are inserted, etc. And the American people pay the bill for all of it. Never underestimate the awesome power of a hostile takeover of the Executive Branch, when Team Patriot takes control of the FBI/DOJ/IC away from the shadow government, and starts SHOWING YOU all the stuff that shadow government was ‘containing’.
FLASHBACK: Despite knowing the FBI was investigating Eric Swalwell as a Chinese espionage target and a potential risk to national security, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi + Dem Rep. Adam Schiff in 2021 re-appointed Swalwell to the House Intelligence Committee.https://t.co/uTzN4ec3YH
— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) August 17, 2026
President Trump’s Plan
TRUMP: It is my Great Honor to endorse America First Patriot, Saritha Komatireddy, who is running to be the next Attorney Gene… pic.twitter.com/xNKvHT2urP
— Trump Truths (@trumptruthsbot) August 14, 2026
Friendly reminder about Comey’s wife.. https://t.co/KhnbzVdK6p pic.twitter.com/7xkLHgYdZ3
— Rosie Memos (@almostjingo) August 15, 2026
🚨 BREAKING: CNN has just admitted that Democrats need to win the 2026 national popular vote by +3-4 POINTS because of GOP redistricting
Before this, they only needed 1 point! 🤯
"To win House control, under current lines…they only would have to have won by less than 1… pic.twitter.com/R9gcup6VjC
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 17, 2026
POINT…NOW, with redistricting, look at this…Democrats have to win by anywhere from 3 to 4 percentage points. Democrats CAN’T just win by a little to win back the House.” Hakeem Jeffries hates this! While he wanted a “blue tsunami,” this means narrowing into November could destroy his chances if the generic ballot falls below 4 points. Republicans have to win this! History is NOT on our side, but redistricting could save the majority.
Despite fighting against cleaning up their voter rolls, states will ultimately be forced to work w/the feds to do so. And once that happens, we'll find out why they never wanted to share them.
They're protecting tens of millions of names that shouldn't be on them. https://t.co/3Ig6hGImHQ
— AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ (@AwakenedOutlaw) August 17, 2026
ELECTION NEWS: The 5th Circuit has reversed a lower court and reinstated nine key provisions of Texas’s 2021 election law.
The ruling restores ID-number matching requirements for mail ballots, ballot-curing rules, and an oath requirement for anyone assisting a voter.
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) August 16, 2026
America's summer isn't over yet. pic.twitter.com/KOay7GQ9JX
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 16, 2026
