The left still talks nonstop about nonexistent 2016 Trump-Russia 'collusion'

It has ruined his legacy...

Author of How to Prep When You’re Broke and Bloom Where You’re Planted online course A lot is riding on the upcoming election, and there are financial changes you may want to make before it happens. If you have your money in the banking system, now could be the time to move it to a safe, tangible haven such as gold or silver. While we don’t know who will be named the winner of the 2024 presidential election, we know that the economy will react right away. Please note that I am not a financial expert, and this information cannot be taken as financial advice. The content is only meant to provide you with the information to make the best decision for your situation. Harris is making expensive promises. Kamala Harris, the new, media-created liberal savior, will have a huge effect on the market right away. That’s because experts know that her rather socialist plans for the future will be extremely costly and drive up consumer prices. Anthony DeLuca, CFP and expert with Annuity.org, explains. A few of her ideas include raising the corporate tax from 21% to 28%, raising the income tax level for earners over $400,000 to 39.6%, taxing LTCG (long-term capital gains) as ordinary income for individuals with taxable income over $1 million along with a 25% unrealized gains tax on the ultra-wealthy. All the above will result in is raised cost of goods which will be passed down to the consumer, more government spending which will devalue the dollar and raise our already out-of-control government debt issue and keep business owners from expanding, So even though all those shiny promises seem like they’ll just hit the “ultra-wealthy,” in the end, it will all come out of our pockets. The dollar will be destabilized even further, and what you have in dollar savings will buy you far less. DeLuca continues: My biggest concern with a Vice President Harris win is her economic stance,” said DeLuca. “At a time where we need inflation to remain level for the Federal Reserve Board to cut the federal funds rate starting in September and through 2025, raising taxes and more government spending is not the answer. This will directly affect Americans in every economic class. As well, the prices of precious metals will go up in response to the devalued dollar. What happens in the event of a Trump win? Regardless of Trump’s economic policies, he’d be stepping into an already disastrous situation. Brandon Thor, CEO of Thor Metals Group, shares his thoughts. Regardless of who becomes president, he/she will inherit an absolute ticking time bomb of a market with the second hand about to hit 12. So, while Trump is expected to “breathe optimism into the markets as Wall Street knows Trump is staunchly pro-business,” according to Thor, the fact is that he would be inheriting a mess. We are still sitting on a currency that has been printed with reckless abandon and a national debt that is untenable to say the least. Would Trump be able to fix a situation as broken as this? It’s difficult to say and it’s entirely possible that the prices of precious metals will go up during a Trump presidency as well. The price of gold vs. economic factors All of these factors affect the price of precious metals: Supply and demand Inflation Geopolitical factors Interest rates Economic instability Decreased dollar values Central bank decisions For years, gold has gone up to reflect the instability of our economy and our massive national debt. If you’re leaning toward precious metals, the price now could be the lowest you’re likely to get if our dollar continues to lose value. Your goal should be to purchase gold at the lowest possible price. What about the potential of war? Gold has long been considered a safe haven during times of global unrest and war, and that’s something we are certainly experiencing now. Here’s a little bit of background. The correlation between war and the price of gold has been vividly demonstrated historically and in recent geopolitical events. For instance, when Israel declared war in response to attacks from the Gaza Strip, the gold price experienced a notable uptick. Similarly, the lead-up to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in February 2022 saw a surge in gold prices, reflecting heightened global tensions and economic uncertainty.  This increase mirrors a trend observed in August 2020 during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, illustrating gold’s tendency to perform well in times of market shocks and uncertainty. As the conflict in the Middle East evolves, with Israel shifting from an air war to a ground offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the markets have experienced increased volatility. Many traditional assets have declined, while gold, recognized for its stability during periods of market uncertainty, has reached record highs. With Putin threatening to nuke the NATO nations and the Middle East showing no sign of settling down, this is definitely a volatile time. Metals tend to be the best investments during volatile times. Why precious metals? As I’ve written many times before, you don’t buy gold and silver to spend during apocalyptic times. You buy it to ride out the emergency with some of your savings and wealth intact. I always recommend paying off debt and purchasing preps before you focus on metals. But if you’re well-prepped and you have money in the banking system, you’ll want to buy before the prices skyrocket even more. The lower price you buy your gold at, the better off you’ll be when we get to the other end of this economic disaster. If you are considering this but want an expert opinion, you can book a call with ITM Trading or call them directly at 866-517-1257. They’ll explain your options and help you make a plan that works for your personal situation. I’ve found them to be extremely low-pressure—whether you invest or not, the meeting will be extremely educational. The call is free and even if you decide that investing in metals is not for you, you’ll walk away with a much better understanding of our economic situation and how it will affect you. Get your finances in order. However you plan to do it, now is the time to get your finances and preps in order. Regardless of who is named the 47th president of the United States, we’re in for a bumpy ride. Between potential widespread unrest, global turmoil, the looming threat of Central Bank Digital Currency, and our own national economic problems, I don’t expect to see things leveling off for at least a year. We know that once prices are greatly inflated, they rarely ever go back down to the way they were before. At the end of this, we’ll still have dollars that buy less on our hands. You need only to walk into a grocery store to see the insanity of prices right now. I nearly died when I saw boxes of crackers that weren’t on sale marked at $6.99. I remember shopping carefully and being able to feed my family healthy, organic food for around $100 a month, and now, it’s hard to feed two people on $100 a week. I can’t imagine what our prices would be like after four years of Kamalanomics. Take the steps you need to take to preserve the wealth you’ve worked so hard to accumulate. You want to have your investments tangible and in your hands, not stored off in a vault somewhere or existing only on paper. Please don’t wait too long to make your choices. I really foresee some troubling times ahead, but we’ve been surviving difficult times since history was first recorded. We’ll get through this with hard work, wise decisions, and our independent American spirit. What do you think? What do you think will happen to the economy if Harris becomes president? What do you think will happen if Trump becomes president? What steps are you taking to prepare for further economic downturns? Let’s discuss it in the comments section. About Daisy Daisy Luther is a coffee-swigging, adventure-seeking, globe-trotting blogger. She is the founder and publisher of three websites.  1) The Organic Prepper, which is about current events, preparedness, self-reliance, and the pursuit of liberty; 2)  The Frugalite, a website with thrifty tips and solutions to help people get a handle on their personal finances without feeling deprived; and 3) PreppersDailyNews.com, an aggregate site where you can find links to all the most important news for those who wish to be prepared. Her work is widely republished across alternative media and she has appeared in many interviews. Daisy is the best-selling author of 5 traditionally published books, 12 self-published books, and runs a small digital publishing company with PDF guides, printables, and courses at SelfRelianceand Survival.com You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Gab, MeWe, Parler, Instagram, and Twitter. The post How Will the Outcome of the Election Affect the Economy? appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

A school district’s LGBTQ affinity group violated the First Amendment by blocking a journalist on social media amid a heated debate about parents’ right to opt their children out of hearing teachers read LGBTQ-themed books, a federal judge ruled last week. Atheist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and other parents demanded the right to opt out of a 2022 LGBTQ book curriculum for pre-K through fifth grades in Montgomery County Public Schools, a suburban Maryland school district just outside the nation’s capital. The Montgomery County school district refused to grant the right to opt out, and the parents sued. They have appealed the lawsuit all the way up to the Supreme Court. Journalist and mother Bethany Mandel spoke out against the policy, often engaging with an LGBTQ social media account controlled by Montgomery County Public Schools staff named “@MCPS_StaffPRIDE.” The school district’s website links to a “Staff Affinity Page,” which links to the social media account. This account “blocked” Mandel on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter), and she sued, claiming the action violates her First Amendment rights. In her ruling last week, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, appointed by then-President Barack Obama, allowed Mandel’s First Amendment claim to move forward. “In the First Amendment context, a defendant acts on behalf of the state if she “possessed actual authority to speak on the state’s behalf on a particular matter, and purported to exercise that authority when speaking in the relevant social-media posts,” Xinis wrote, citing a Supreme Court case from March. In that case, Lindke v. Freed, the nation’s highest court ruled that the city manager of Port Huron, Michigan, James Freed, did not violate the First Amendment rights of Kevin Lindke when Freed “blocked” Lindke on Facebook. Freed held a political position, but he operated the Facebook account as a personal account. Mandel’s case likely represents the first time a government official has been held liable for violating First Amendment rights by blocking someone on social media under the Lindke v. Freed precedent, Ian Prior, senior legal adviser at America First Legal, the firm representing Mandel, told The Daily Signal. “For far too long we have seen state actors silencing any debate on the government’s political and ideological orthodoxy,” Prior said. “This is especially egregious when those state actors are charged with educating the future leaders of America. It is that kind of suppression of dissent that the First Amendment was designed to prevent, and we are pleased that the court recognized that with its ruling.” Mandel’s lawsuit brought other claims against Montgomery County Public Schools, most of which Xinis dismissed. However, the judge allowed the case to move forward based on the First Amendment claim against the MCPS staff who operated the social media account (whom Xinis referred to as the “pride members”). Mandel plausibly argued that the pride members “exercised official authority to speak on behalf of MCPS about LGBTQIA+ issues generally and pertaining to the opt-out policy,” Xinis ruled. The judge noted that “users can join the pride account only by emailing the pride members at their official MCPS email addresses,” and the Montgomery County Public Schools policy makes clear that such email addresses “are to be used only for work-related” activities. MCPS further advises, she wrote, that “MCPS employees posting to social media in a professional capacity should not block users or delete comments on their own initiative.” The pride members identified themselves with MCPS by using the school district’s acronym in the account’s name, and the account managers identified themselves via school district email addresses. The LGBTQ account describes itself as a “safe, affirming professional & social network for MCPS staff who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community” that aims to provide resources and reminders for MCPS schools and offices. When it comes to considering a motion to dismiss a lawsuit, judges must consider the claims in the lawsuit in the most favorable way for the plaintiffs. When doing so, Xinis ruled that “the pride members have authority to speak on behalf of MCPS as to matters concerning the LGBTQIA+ staff and community.” This ruling allows the case to move into the discovery phase, during which Mandel will be able to request documents from Montgomery County Public Schools’ staff to prove her case; MCPS staff will be able to demand documents from the journalist and mother that allow them to poke holes in her case. The judge will make a “summary judgment” ruling either resolving the case or allowing it to move forward to trial. Montgomery County Public Schools declined to comment on the pending litigation. 44 Mem Opinion on MTDDownload The post School Board Violated First Amendment by Blocking Journalist From LGBTQ Social Media Profile, Court Rules appeared first on The Daily Signal.

This Clip Encapsulates So Much of What Is Scary About Progressive Democrats

Maybe Not a Red Wave Election, But A GOP El Nino Is Forming

The Butler County SWAT operator who shot at would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks and effectively ended his assault on the July 13 Donald Trump rally in Western Pennsylvania has been identified as Sgt. Aaron M. Zaliponi of the Adams Township Police Department. The revelation was made in Washington, D.C., by U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) during the first hearing of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump. According to testimony at the hearing, Zaliponi quickly acquired Crooks in the sight of his M4 rifle while Crooks was firing his AR-15 at Trump and the rally crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania. Zaliponi fired what became known as shot No. 9, which knocked Crooks down and prevented him from resuming his attack before a U.S. Secret Service counter-sniper fired a fatal shot to the head. 'As I’m getting my target acquired, I’m getting my red dot up, I can see the gas emit from his barrel, his muzzle.' “My investigation thus far leads me to conclude that Zaliponi’s 'shot 9' impacted Crooks in some way, effectively stopping him from ever squeezing the trigger again,” Higgins told Blaze News after the hearing. “Stock of his AR or into his rear shoulder, I’m not sure, but impact. “Zaliponi never took his red dot off of Crooks, and as Crooks rose up from shot 9, Zaliponi was a half-second away from pressing another round into Crooks when the USSS southern counter-sniper team ended the threat,” Higgins said. The hearing served as a bit of redemption for state and local Pennsylvania police, who were initially blamed by the Secret Service for Trump being shot in the ear during a speech before tens of thousands of rally-goers at the Butler Farm Show Inc. fairgrounds. The task force chairman, U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), lauded state and local police for doing “everything you were asked to do that day.” FBI evidence photo shows damage to the stock of the AR-15-style rifle used by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks in Butler Township, Pa., on July 13, 2024. FBI photo; detail enlarged by Blaze News “I know how deeply wounded you were after that event because the first time that anybody pointed fingers at anybody, it was at local law enforcement,” said Kelly, who lives in Butler. “‘They didn’t do their job.’ You being here today is a validation of what you did that day, your commitment to that day, and going over and above what you normally would have done.” Testimony and comments from many task force members placed the blame for the near-killing of Trump squarely on the U.S. Secret Service. A preliminary report issued Sept. 25 by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs echoed the same themes. Crooks was able to sneak onto the roof of the nearby American Glass Research complex, run north to south, and set up a sniper’s position without the Secret Service detecting him. Just after 6:11 p.m., Crooks shot Trump in the right ear, fatally shot volunteer firefighter Corey Comperatore, and seriously wounded bystanders David Dutch and James Copenhaver. Higgins read an excerpt from the transcribed interview of Zaliponi by task force investigators: I hear the first three: crack, crack, crack. At this point I’m like, "OK, where are we at here?" I look up and that’s when I see Crooks. I got his head, his shoulders. I could see a rifle. At that point I hear another crack. That’s when I start pulling my weapon up. He gets three off. As I’m getting my target acquired, I’m getting my red dot up, I can see the gas emit from his barrel, his muzzle. Then right after that I hear the snap of his fifth shot go off. Then immediately after that I press one off, and that’s when he immediately goes down. When I say goes down, it wasn’t like he was ducking to get out of the way. I mean, I know I hit him. Like, there’s no doubt about it. He goes down, he kind of jerks to the right. Then, he slumps over slowly, and then he kind of slowly rolls backward out of my field of view. So at that point, I did not have a second shot. At that point, he tries to recover. Seconds after that the Secret Service from a different vantage point, a higher vantage point, takes the killing shot. Zaliponi, 45, is one of two sergeants in the 18-officer Adams Township Police Department in Mars, Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard from Pennsylvania, including a 2009 tour in Iraq. Zaliponi was behind the bleachers northeast of the stage when he noticed commotion on the AGR property and heard radio traffic about a man on the roof, Higgins said. Sgt. Edward Lenz, Adams Township Police Department, Commander, Butler County Emergency Services Unit; Patrolman Drew Blasko, Butler Township Police Department; Lt. John Herold, Pennsylvania State Police; and Patrick Sullivan, former United States Secret Service Agent, testify during the first hearing of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump on Sept. 26, 2024.Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images “He left his deployed position and ran into a position where he thought he might be able to get a shot if there was a shooter up on the roof, somebody on the roof,” Higgins said. Edward Lenz, also a sergeant with the Adams Township Police Department, who was in command of the Butler County Emergency Services Unit SWAT team on July 13, told the panel he is certain that Zaliponi's shot “was on target.” 'There you go, sir. That’s different than impossible.' “When shots rang out, he was able to quickly identify where the shots were coming from,” Lenz said. “He observed the shooter, he shouldered his rifle, he acquired his target, and he fired one round at the shooter, which caused the shooter to recoil and briefly fall out of sight. “He did this less than six seconds after shots began,” Lenz said, “using his short-barrel M4 platform rifle chambered in 5.56, with an Eotec weapon sight at a distance of approximately 110 yards.” In his Aug. 15 preliminary report on the assassination attempt, Higgins said he believes Crooks was “fragged” and possibly injured in the shoulder when the shot fired by Zaliponi struck the buttstock of his AR-15 rifle. During the Sept. 26 hearing, Higgins asked the medical examiner who did the autopsy on Crooks if two bullets could have caused what the doctor described as a single gunshot wound to the head that caused Crooks' death. “You’re saying it’s not possible that shot No. 9 went all the way through Crooks, and you had no way of knowing that because it was in the same wound that was further affected by shot number 10? You’re saying that’s not possible?” Higgins asked Dr. Ariel Goldschmidt of the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner. “There was no evidence on the body of that occurring,” Goldschmidt replied. “There you go, sir,” Higgins said. “That’s different than impossible.” Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Biden Botches Thomas Jefferson Quote While Mocking Him and Screaming

I'm now on my third day of owning an iPhone 16, but I still haven't even taken it out of the box. As I said previously, I went with the iPhone 16 Plus this year. I had plenty of reasons to upgrade from my iPhone 14 Pro. Apple Intelligence, the Camera Control button, the larger screen, and the better battery life are among the top upgrades. But with Apple Intelligence largely unavailable, I found little reason to get excited about setting up the iPhone 16 Plus. Once I'm done restoring all my data and setting it up, there won't be any surprises waiting for me, or even any exciting new features. I've already been running iOS 18 on my iPhone 14 Pro, and I'm plenty familiar with the experience and the painful lack of AI. I'm also aware that iOS 18.1 will not bring the entire suite of Apple Intelligence features Apple has demoed at WWDC. It'll be a staggered rollout, as Apple is so far behind the competition that it needs more time to finish building all the AI features it promised. And forget about the smarter Siri because that won't be available until sometime next year. But when iOS 18.1 is finally released, it won't do anything for me. I'm a European iPhone 16 owner. That means I can't get Apple Intelligence when the US and other international markets receive it. And, following Apple's most recent move, I'm worried I'll have to wait even longer than I was expecting. Continue reading... The post I’m starting to get really worried about Apple Intelligence on the iPhone 16 appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best Apple deals for September 2024 Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $425+ free Today’s deals: Pitaka iPhone 16 cases, $10 off Starbucks coffee, $199 iPad 9, $36 Dreo space heater, more

Polish President Andrzej Duda, who was in New York this week to speak in front of the U.N. General Assembly, told Newsmax his country "got the highest level of cooperation" with the U.S. when Donald Trump was president.