by Daniela Gonzalez We won’t be disserting endlessly about politics and other nonsense in this article. The facts described below have nothing to do with the standard definition of politics. It’s about how an entire society of millions of people is being subjugated under radical and illegal means of societal control. We will discuss, instead, the effects of such societal control measures on the daily lives of Venezuelan people and how to deal with them. The Venezuelan citizens were slowly taught, brainwashed, and induced to be afraid of the uniformed crowd, no matter the color of the uniform, for the last 20 years. It’s not about getting respect. It’s about making them fear the LEOs that should protect them, even if you’re a law-abiding citizen without a transit infraction. What is the real objective? In the words of the opposition leader Julio Borges, who warns the world about the real objective of the “peace judges” figure: the reliving of the communist-style political commissary. Of course, the sugar coating of this poisoned pill is, in the words of the official position: “With this process, Chavismo promises that justice will be closer to citizens, who without having to go to court, will be able to raise conflicts related to the application of ordinances, domestic or gender violence, animal protection, and property, so that a justice of the peace can proceed to resolve them, through mediation and conciliation… But experts on the subject warn about the intention of the national government to want to deepen social control in the communities, with political cadres of the PSUV “disguised as judges” who will not impartially dispense justice, in a context of increasing political repression after the presidential elections of July 28.“ This is clearly to spread the word so the regular citizens do not get organized in a militia resistance and start fighting back.  As everybody knows already, the actual rulers lost the past election in July 28th. They’re not democratic people after all, and they tried to manipulate the world’s opinion to make it seem as if the real winner was the bus driver. Twisted version of the facts, that nobody other than the allies of the Axis of Evil bought and defend. To keep in power, the only tools they have are boots and weapons. Metaphorically speaking. Let’s see how that works once people decide that enough is enough. Let’s move on. The following initiative the bus driver and cronies have unfolded is beyond belief. Currently, they’re recruiting Socialist Party members to “work” as “peace judges” and prosecute the citizens, falsely charging them with “treason to the homeland” and similar “criminal offenses” in a move to spread State-sponsored terrorism. Official position The justice of the peace in the South American nation will be “the person to turn to in case of facing a problem.” This ambiguous sentence can have any meaning. Neighbors could accuse a youngster of “being a criminal” only for attending and marching in a demonstration. Then, the repression machinery (working right now with “judges” acting as political commissaries in the Chinese Cultural Revolution) The “application process” for the “communal peace judges” concluded…without them being or having any formal education about laws. And they will be responsible for “the administration of justice in their respective communities”…as worrying as this sounds. The town of Palo Verde, located in the densely populated Petare parish of the Sucre municipality, was one of the many communities where this process was carried out. The members of the Socialist Party of this community presented their candidacies to an electoral committee composed of the seven communal councils (all of them members of The Party also). In a very dangerous twist, The Party tries to sugarcoat the whole thing: “(…)..the organizing committee of Palo Verde, supported the application process and highlighted that this event represents a significant task for the community, since the justice of the peace will be the person to turn to in case of facing a problem”…”We needed it,” said the spokesperson for the “Social Comptroller of the Bolivarian Communal Council” of Palo Verde, who affirmed that “(…)the communal justice of the peace will complement her work in the comptroller’s office, in addition to promoting peace and coexistence.”. The main lie is that domestic problems in the community will be easier to address and resolve. The Party pretends to make people believe that “..the justice of the peace will act as a receiving body for complaints that will complement the work of the hundred justices of the peace existing in the municipality, who are unable to cover all the demand, given that it is the most populated parish in Venezuela.” In an incredible act of hypocrisy, they even state that “…this body will be in charge of conciliation, mediation, and arbitration, but most importantly, it will also watch over the rights of children and adolescents”. (Yeah, right, with over 80 kids under 18 still in prison.) Analysis But the truth is very different, according to the experts: “With the approval of the Organic Law of the Special Jurisdiction of Communal Justice of the Peace in 2012 and now its recent reform, the AN undoubtedly distorts the content and purpose of the justice of the peace, apart from usurping from the municipalities a constitutional competence that they have assigned in article 178, numeral 7, competence that in turn is enshrined by the legislator in the Organic Law of Municipal Public Power of 2010, in article 56,” says a lawyer and professor at the Central University of Venezuela who preferred to omit her name for this article. The jurist points out that the justice of the peace, according to article 258 of the Constitution, constitutes an alternative means for the solution of conflicts that arise between citizens without the need to go before the jurisdictional bodies, which in theory would decongest the courts and make the solution to certain problems that arise in the communities more expeditious. In the real world, however, this figure of paralegal judges will be used to spray some resemblance of “legality” to the accusations of “treason”…something we have seen already in communist-ruled countries once and again. The evidence is this: “Not to engage in the promotion of hatred, intolerance, discrimination, treason, as well as fascist, neo-fascist positions and similar expressions, contempt of the Constitution, laws and other acts of the organs of Public Power, dishonor of the symbols of the country, acts against the protection of sovereignty, nationality and territorial integrity, are the prohibitions established in article 18″. These changes were proposed by Jorge Rodríguez in the second discussion in the plenary session. (Rodriguez is one of the most dangerous elements behind the repressive structure) And The Party members insist on washing the face of the real structure and its purpose. It’s good to know it’s all recorded for the coming real justice application. “This law is a radical transformation of the justice system, so that in the territories there is not a peace judge, but a collegiate body between the elected peace judge, which can be up to three per territory; and the organized community that is the popular power, called the communal justice committee (CC law) which is in turn made up of the commissioners of justice of the peace of each Communal Council,” explained the deputy Mogollón to the State channel VTV. In the Communes, there is also the Commission of Communal Justice and Peace, which comprises spokespersons of the Communal Councils. The justices of the peace will be the heads of said collegiate bodies under the direction of the Directorate of Justice of the Peace of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), which The Party totally controls. It’s an extension of that body: “The most interesting thing about this reform is that justice is not blind, it has a context, it is collective, it must be collegial, it is the neighbors themselves,” say The Party parliamentarians. Neighbors without a clue of anything related with our legal system, hunting down young men and women to send to prison because they chose to be “rebels”. This is nothing but an attempt to make politically originated mobs and prison charges seem legal. Partisanization of justice For experts on municipal issues, the “communal name” contains the introduction of an ideological component, since the communal structures (Communal Councils and Communes) are made up of people who are members or sympathizers of The Party, which will work as a certain obstruction for the independence that should characterize the fact of administering justice. This initiative likely came from real judges that try to redirect the coming fire towards other targets: those fool enough to believe they can “judge” people and charging them with “treason to the homeland” sending them to prison only for participating on a demonstration, just like happened in the days after July 28th that detonated a real bomb, with people as important as Eurodeputees Cayetana Alvarez de Toledo asking to the ICC to speed the process of submitting an arrest order. The general consensus is that the way the ruling party conceives justice for the peace with the addition of “communal courts” intends to deepen societal control in the communities. This was stated by one of the teachers at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) in the area of ​​government and citizen participation, in agreement with the former mayor Ramon Muchacho. This, he warned, after what happened with the presidential elections in which the vote favored the opposition candidate Edmundo González, according to 83.5% of the voting certificates or acts released by the opposition, and that those who demonstrated against the result in favor of Maduro, announced by the Electoral Power, were mostly from popular sectors. Venezuelans have a long road ahead. Strategies to Mitigate Government Repression Government repression is a complex issue that requires multifaceted solutions. Here are some strategies that we detected as being effective in protecting citizens from the ruling mafia: At the Individual and Community Level: Peaceful Organization and Mobilization: Unity is strength. Organizing peaceful protests, marches, and demonstrations can make discontent visible and increase the pressure over the government. Civil Disobedience: Non-violently rejecting unjust laws can undermine the government’s legitimacy. This was proven when women surrounding youngsters in the demonstrations avoided them being “arrested”. Information Dissemination: Using social media and other means to inform the whole world about abuses and human rights violations. It’s not like the ICC is going to run, but surely it would make them look bad. Mutual Support: Creating community support networks to protect vulnerable individuals and provide legal assistance. Documentation of Abuses: Recording and documenting instances of violence and repression to present evidence to international bodies. This has been a key issue, and resulted in the European government “noticing” there are 16 Spanish citizens under detention. Specific Strategies for Digital Contexts: Use of Security Tools: Utilizing VPNs, encryption, and other tools to protect privacy and avoid censorship. Development of Decentralized Technologies: Promoting the use of technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrencies to facilitate secure communication and information sharing. Creation of Anonymous Networks: Developing social networks and communication platforms that protect user identities. These are the reasons why many of us restrict our public profiles on social media and don´t deliver strong statements that could make us stand out. This repression structure is nothing new. It has been implemented previously and only worked because the citizens allowed it. In a free society, the rule of law will never be crushed. What are your thoughts? What do you think about the way officials are trying to make repression seem like acts of law? Do you have other ideas for mitigating government repression? Let’s discuss it in the comments section. About Daniela Daniela Gonzalez is a student of history at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas. The post Systemic Repression as a Defense Against Revolution appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

by Daniela Gonzalez We won’t be disserting endlessly about politics and other nonsense in this article. The facts described below have nothing to do with the standard definition of politics. It’s about how an entire society of millions of people is being subjugated under radical and illegal means of societal control. We will discuss, instead, the effects of such societal control measures on the daily lives of Venezuelan people and how to deal with them. The Venezuelan citizens were slowly taught, brainwashed, and induced to be afraid of the uniformed crowd, no matter the color of the uniform, for the last 20 years. It’s not about getting respect. It’s about making them fear the LEOs that should protect them, even if you’re a law-abiding citizen without a transit infraction. What is the real objective? In the words of the opposition leader Julio Borges, who warns the world about the real objective of the “peace judges” figure: the reliving of the communist-style political commissary. Of course, the sugar coating of this poisoned pill is, in the words of the official position: “With this process, Chavismo promises that justice will be closer to citizens, who without having to go to court, will be able to raise conflicts related to the application of ordinances, domestic or gender violence, animal protection, and property, so that a justice of the peace can proceed to resolve them, through mediation and conciliation… But experts on the subject warn about the intention of the national government to want to deepen social control in the communities, with political cadres of the PSUV “disguised as judges” who will not impartially dispense justice, in a context of increasing political repression after the presidential elections of July 28.“ This is clearly to spread the word so the regular citizens do not get organized in a militia resistance and start fighting back.  As everybody knows already, the actual rulers lost the past election in July 28th. They’re not democratic people after all, and they tried to manipulate the world’s opinion to make it seem as if the real winner was the bus driver. Twisted version of the facts, that nobody other than the allies of the Axis of Evil bought and defend. To keep in power, the only tools they have are boots and weapons. Metaphorically speaking. Let’s see how that works once people decide that enough is enough. Let’s move on. The following initiative the bus driver and cronies have unfolded is beyond belief. Currently, they’re recruiting Socialist Party members to “work” as “peace judges” and prosecute the citizens, falsely charging them with “treason to the homeland” and similar “criminal offenses” in a move to spread State-sponsored terrorism. Official position The justice of the peace in the South American nation will be “the person to turn to in case of facing a problem.” This ambiguous sentence can have any meaning. Neighbors could accuse a youngster of “being a criminal” only for attending and marching in a demonstration. Then, the repression machinery (working right now with “judges” acting as political commissaries in the Chinese Cultural Revolution) The “application process” for the “communal peace judges” concluded…without them being or having any formal education about laws. And they will be responsible for “the administration of justice in their respective communities”…as worrying as this sounds. The town of Palo Verde, located in the densely populated Petare parish of the Sucre municipality, was one of the many communities where this process was carried out. The members of the Socialist Party of this community presented their candidacies to an electoral committee composed of the seven communal councils (all of them members of The Party also). In a very dangerous twist, The Party tries to sugarcoat the whole thing: “(…)..the organizing committee of Palo Verde, supported the application process and highlighted that this event represents a significant task for the community, since the justice of the peace will be the person to turn to in case of facing a problem”…”We needed it,” said the spokesperson for the “Social Comptroller of the Bolivarian Communal Council” of Palo Verde, who affirmed that “(…)the communal justice of the peace will complement her work in the comptroller’s office, in addition to promoting peace and coexistence.”. The main lie is that domestic problems in the community will be easier to address and resolve. The Party pretends to make people believe that “..the justice of the peace will act as a receiving body for complaints that will complement the work of the hundred justices of the peace existing in the municipality, who are unable to cover all the demand, given that it is the most populated parish in Venezuela.” In an incredible act of hypocrisy, they even state that “…this body will be in charge of conciliation, mediation, and arbitration, but most importantly, it will also watch over the rights of children and adolescents”. (Yeah, right, with over 80 kids under 18 still in prison.) Analysis But the truth is very different, according to the experts: “With the approval of the Organic Law of the Special Jurisdiction of Communal Justice of the Peace in 2012 and now its recent reform, the AN undoubtedly distorts the content and purpose of the justice of the peace, apart from usurping from the municipalities a constitutional competence that they have assigned in article 178, numeral 7, competence that in turn is enshrined by the legislator in the Organic Law of Municipal Public Power of 2010, in article 56,” says a lawyer and professor at the Central University of Venezuela who preferred to omit her name for this article. The jurist points out that the justice of the peace, according to article 258 of the Constitution, constitutes an alternative means for the solution of conflicts that arise between citizens without the need to go before the jurisdictional bodies, which in theory would decongest the courts and make the solution to certain problems that arise in the communities more expeditious. In the real world, however, this figure of paralegal judges will be used to spray some resemblance of “legality” to the accusations of “treason”…something we have seen already in communist-ruled countries once and again. The evidence is this: “Not to engage in the promotion of hatred, intolerance, discrimination, treason, as well as fascist, neo-fascist positions and similar expressions, contempt of the Constitution, laws and other acts of the organs of Public Power, dishonor of the symbols of the country, acts against the protection of sovereignty, nationality and territorial integrity, are the prohibitions established in article 18″. These changes were proposed by Jorge Rodríguez in the second discussion in the plenary session. (Rodriguez is one of the most dangerous elements behind the repressive structure) And The Party members insist on washing the face of the real structure and its purpose. It’s good to know it’s all recorded for the coming real justice application. “This law is a radical transformation of the justice system, so that in the territories there is not a peace judge, but a collegiate body between the elected peace judge, which can be up to three per territory; and the organized community that is the popular power, called the communal justice committee (CC law) which is in turn made up of the commissioners of justice of the peace of each Communal Council,” explained the deputy Mogollón to the State channel VTV. In the Communes, there is also the Commission of Communal Justice and Peace, which comprises spokespersons of the Communal Councils. The justices of the peace will be the heads of said collegiate bodies under the direction of the Directorate of Justice of the Peace of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), which The Party totally controls. It’s an extension of that body: “The most interesting thing about this reform is that justice is not blind, it has a context, it is collective, it must be collegial, it is the neighbors themselves,” say The Party parliamentarians. Neighbors without a clue of anything related with our legal system, hunting down young men and women to send to prison because they chose to be “rebels”. This is nothing but an attempt to make politically originated mobs and prison charges seem legal. Partisanization of justice For experts on municipal issues, the “communal name” contains the introduction of an ideological component, since the communal structures (Communal Councils and Communes) are made up of people who are members or sympathizers of The Party, which will work as a certain obstruction for the independence that should characterize the fact of administering justice. This initiative likely came from real judges that try to redirect the coming fire towards other targets: those fool enough to believe they can “judge” people and charging them with “treason to the homeland” sending them to prison only for participating on a demonstration, just like happened in the days after July 28th that detonated a real bomb, with people as important as Eurodeputees Cayetana Alvarez de Toledo asking to the ICC to speed the process of submitting an arrest order. The general consensus is that the way the ruling party conceives justice for the peace with the addition of “communal courts” intends to deepen societal control in the communities. This was stated by one of the teachers at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) in the area of ​​government and citizen participation, in agreement with the former mayor Ramon Muchacho. This, he warned, after what happened with the presidential elections in which the vote favored the opposition candidate Edmundo González, according to 83.5% of the voting certificates or acts released by the opposition, and that those who demonstrated against the result in favor of Maduro, announced by the Electoral Power, were mostly from popular sectors. Venezuelans have a long road ahead. Strategies to Mitigate Government Repression Government repression is a complex issue that requires multifaceted solutions. Here are some strategies that we detected as being effective in protecting citizens from the ruling mafia: At the Individual and Community Level: Peaceful Organization and Mobilization: Unity is strength. Organizing peaceful protests, marches, and demonstrations can make discontent visible and increase the pressure over the government. Civil Disobedience: Non-violently rejecting unjust laws can undermine the government’s legitimacy. This was proven when women surrounding youngsters in the demonstrations avoided them being “arrested”. Information Dissemination: Using social media and other means to inform the whole world about abuses and human rights violations. It’s not like the ICC is going to run, but surely it would make them look bad. Mutual Support: Creating community support networks to protect vulnerable individuals and provide legal assistance. Documentation of Abuses: Recording and documenting instances of violence and repression to present evidence to international bodies. This has been a key issue, and resulted in the European government “noticing” there are 16 Spanish citizens under detention. Specific Strategies for Digital Contexts: Use of Security Tools: Utilizing VPNs, encryption, and other tools to protect privacy and avoid censorship. Development of Decentralized Technologies: Promoting the use of technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrencies to facilitate secure communication and information sharing. Creation of Anonymous Networks: Developing social networks and communication platforms that protect user identities. These are the reasons why many of us restrict our public profiles on social media and don´t deliver strong statements that could make us stand out. This repression structure is nothing new. It has been implemented previously and only worked because the citizens allowed it. In a free society, the rule of law will never be crushed. What are your thoughts? What do you think about the way officials are trying to make repression seem like acts of law? Do you have other ideas for mitigating government repression? Let’s discuss it in the comments section. About Daniela Daniela Gonzalez is a student of history at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas. The post Systemic Repression as a Defense Against Revolution appeared first on The Organic Prepper.

British Elite Seem Angrier at Elon Musk than About Migrant R@pe Gangs

Toodle-Ooo, Trudeau?

The revolutionary mission has had some challenges in the past few years.

Celebrities participating in the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards show on Sunday steered clear of politics mostly, except for the event's host, comedian Nikki Glaser, who couldn’t resist roasting the celebrities in the room over their inability to sway the 2024 election. Many high-profile stars endorsed Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, but their endorsements largely fell flat. Americans, clearly, have grown tired of being told how to vote by Hollywood's rich and famous.  Glaser also made it clear that she was not particularly pleased with the results of the election, as she went on to say that she was ‘scared’ that there might not be another election. Nikki Glaser: Some of you may know me as a stand up comedian, and from my appearances on roasts. But I'm not here to roast you. I want you to know that. How could I, really? You're all so famous, so talented, so powerful. You can really do anything, except tell the country who to vote for, but it's okay. You'll get 'em next time. If there is one. I'm scared. Ariana, hold my finger? The host also took aim at President-elect Donald Trump's health secretary nominee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., by making a joke about his diet by tying the names of Golden Globe-nominated shows, to things that might be found in his freezer.  “The Bear, The Penguin, Baby Reindeer, –– these aren’t just things in RFK’s freezer," she joked.  Glaser also took a swipe at hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs who is in federal custody awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering –– facetiously lamenting that the event afterparty wouldn't be 'as good' this year.  Nikki Glaser: Oh, my god, I woke up for all of your scenes. You were so good. And "Challengers," girl? Oh, my god, that was so good. That movie was more sexually charged than Diddy's credit card. I'm sorry, I'm upset, too. The after party isn't gonna be as good this year. But we have to move on. "Stanley Tucci freak-off" doesn't have the same ring to it. No baby oil this year. Just lots of olive oil.  The shine of Hollywood’s most self-congratulatory evening seems to be dimming. As ratings continue to decline and public interest wanes, it’s hard to ignore how out of touch the ceremony, the nominated movies, and TV shows — and its stars have become with everyday Americans.  Many users posted their lack of excitement for the award show on X, instead mocking the event and some of its attendees – which should come as no surprise.  Live from the Golden Globes Grown man dresses up as a woman He looks absolutely ridiculous ? pic.twitter.com/7APoBWtJGP — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 6, 2025   Golden Globes 2025:pic.twitter.com/vjLoJGE4fv — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 6, 2025   I had no idea the #GoldenGlobes was happening tonight, did you? Hollywood is irrelevant. I'm more focused on the real world and January 6th tomorrow. — Sassafrass84 (@Sassafrass_84) January 6, 2025   Who else is not watching the Golden Globe awards tonight? ??‍♂️ — Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) January 6, 2025   This is a positive post! The MOST positive of the night! I’m fckn POSITIVE I’m not watching the “Golden Globe” award’s tonight! ✌? — Hunter Eagleman™ (@Hunter_Eagleman) January 6, 2025  

Happy New Year, happy Epiphany, and welcome back to the Beltway Brief. Today marks the visit of the wise men — the first gentiles to worship the Lord in a stable and the first to come based on faith alone. Remember: While there’s no doubt Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds believed the little infant was the Christ child, they were all explicitly told so by the angels. The wise men, in contrast, followed the star of Bethlehem and simply seemed to know the time had come. Of course, Epiphany also caps the end of Christmas, so sadly, it’s past time to haul that pine-needle fire hazard to the curb and box up the lights and ornaments until next year. And speaking of things that are over ... Welcome to January 6, 2025. Everything is different. From Washington to Los Angeles, prominent figures are unafraid of their associations with America’s 45th and 47th president and corporate money is once again flowing to a populist disruptor deemed anathema just one year ago. Four years ago, on January 6, 2021, a mixture of angry Republicans, serial agitators, street performers, and frustrated, forgotten Americans rioted at the U.S. Capitol. Within two days, Twitter banned the president of the United States from communicating with his 90 million followers on its platform. The move marked a major escalation in corporate America's war on Trump but was quickly surpassed by Amazon, Apple, and Google, which ganged up to destroy Parler (a popular competitor to Twitter) for no reason at all except to censor dissident thought. Today, everything is different. It was the culmination of four years of a hard-left push not just in Hollywood, college campuses, newsrooms, and television studios but in corporate boardrooms and advertising departments. It had started right after Donald Trump’s surprise win on November 8, 2016. Nonpartisan socializing in D.C. ended nearly immediately. Casual happy hours between liberal and conservative newsrooms stopped and never restarted. Socializing was collaborating, in the language of the Democrats cosplaying as anti-Nazi resistance fighters. The inauguration party scene the following January was noticeably subdued. It’s usually a time for corporations and business interests to compete for the attention of incoming appointees, politicians, and staff, but not that year. One of the few was co-hosted by the Daily Caller and Facebook atop the swanky Hay-Adams hotel and featuring one of the city’s best views of the White House and Washington Monument. By any business stretch, the evening was a well-attended success. The internal blowback from liberal employees at Facebook, however, was swift and brutal. It would be the last “celebration” of the Orange Hitler. The feeling spread. It was obvious on cable news, but far stranger was the spread at news media advertising conferences. Traditionally, everyone who sells ads for a living is a capitalist, no matter their barroom politics. After Trump’s win, however, commerce with the enemy was collaboration with the occupation — and strictly verboten. Whole sessions were devoted to “resistance” in the business world. It only got worse during the 2020 moral crusades, when companies like Bank of America pledged $1 billion to Black Lives Matter, a radical movement completely enmeshed in deadly rioting and looting that just four years earlier had been connected to the murder of five Dallas police officers. Today, everything is different. The man once censored on social media and agitated against in virtually every top boardroom in the country is set to see his return to the White House certified by the U.S. Senate after winning the popular vote as a Republican for the first time in 20 years. The president’s inaugural committee has more than $150 million in pledges (and more than $140 million in the bank) — far more than the planned budget for the day. Million-dollar donors include Meta, Amazon, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Toyota, Ford, General Motors, hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Bank of America, AT&T, and Goldman Sachs. Four years ago, many of those companies had pledged to never give another dime to Trump or his allies. Apple and Amazon in particular were instrumental in destroying Parler for simply providing a social media platform that hadn’t banned the president. Now, they’re all ponying up millions for his return. “People just really want to move forward and move on,” a representative for one of the corporations that had pledged otherwise after the Capitol riot told the Wall Street Journal. “The election results were very clear." More than unsure, corporations are lost in the new environment. Once reliable liaisons between companies and Republicans burned their credit over the past few years resisting the populist tide. “Corporate America and Big NGO [(non-governmental organizations)] are terrified and have no idea what to do,” one consultant between Republicans and corporate clients told Blaze News. “I’ve had people reach out to me. None of their reliable contacts have a grip on any of the policy shifts, and their traditional allies in a few sectors have no utility. ... They have no sense of any of the new groups or appointees, and they’re panicked.” Similarly, governors and mayors who made their reputations as anti-Trump politicians are meeting with the president-elect and signaling that cooperation is in the future. Meanwhile across the ocean, European leaders are realizing that far from an irritated aberration, Trump’s brand of populism is a force with longevity — and one that must be reckoned with responsibly. Of course, the global left’s disoriented posture and peaceable withdrawal aren’t here to stay. The relative calm in the streets, in the newsrooms, and in Hollywood will likely end when the first deportations begin. It’s a long march, no doubt. But for now, “the resistance” is out of steam. More: The previously unending supply of corporate patience, backing, and money are drying up. Strange as the alliance ever was, it was also very dangerous. This turn is indeed a very good thing. May 2023: House GOP investigating Bank of America for ‘voluntarily’ giving FBI list of customers related to Jan 6 Popular Information: Zuckerberg, once a champion for the undocumented, embraces Trump Sign up for Bedford’s newsletter Sign up to get Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford's newsletter. The fire rises: The Wall Street Journal: What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up? They used to say young adults are lagging behind previous generations of American adults. Now it seems many of them will completely fail to launch, stuck living with roommates instead of spouses; scratching by, even when making more money than their parents did at the same age. The problem is deep-rooted and cultural, but the Wall Street Journal’s Rachel Wolfe looks at some of the social and economic causes (and symptoms) of this mass arrested development: Americans in their 30s have never looked less like grown-ups. Amid steep declines in homeownership, marriage and birth rates, economists have long been warning that young people are struggling to meet the milestones of adulthood. Although some 30-somethings are consciously choosing a less traditional path, many say these goals are simply out of reach. “It feels like the instructions for how to live a good life don’t apply anymore,” says 38-year-old Cody Harding, who is single and lives with three roommates in Brooklyn. “And nobody has updated them.” Now, as a mix of social and economic factors holds back an entire generation, what researchers once called a lag is starting to look more like a permanent state of arrested development ...

President Joe Biden evidenced his desire Monday to continue burning bridges and salting the earth on his way out of office, this time announcing a ban on all new offshore oil and gas drilling along the entire U.S. Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf of Mexico, as well as in Pacific waters off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington and in the Northern Bering Sea bordering Alaska. While Biden has approved numerous offshore wind projects that not only can have a devastating impact on wildlife and the environment but generate a tremendous amount of pollution, the White House framed his decision to ban offshore drilling as a way to help "ensure our oceans and coasts are resilient to the threats of climate change and nature loss." Biden's ban, executed under the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, applies to roughly 334 million acres of the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf running down America's eastern flank from Canada to the southern tip of Florida; to 250 million acres of federal waters off the West Coast; and to 44 million acres of the Northern Bering Sea. The White House suggested that Biden's unilateral decision to prevent Americans from taking advantage of the rich and internationally coveted resources under 625 million acres of U.S. ocean would not adversely impact the nation's energy needs. "Drilling off these coasts could cause irreversible damage to places we hold dear and is unnecessary to meet our nation's energy needs. It is not worth the risks," Biden said in a statement. "As the climate crisis continues to threaten communities across the country and we are transitioning to a clean energy economy, now is the time to protect these coasts for our children and grandchildren." 'Drill, baby, drill.' According to the White House, the deeply unpopular Democrat's decree "builds upon the Biden-Harris Administration's ambitious climate agenda and unprecedented commitment to protect America's natural wonders now and for future generations." The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act does not afford presidents the explicit authority to revoke such a ban and put federal waters back into development, reported CNN. Consequently, President-elect Donald Trump will likely need the Republican-controlled Congress to step up and change it before he can undo Biden's ban. Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary for the incoming Trump White House, called the ban "a disgraceful decision to exact political revenge on the American people who gave President Trump a mandate to increase drilling and lower gas prices." "Rest assured, Joe Biden will fail, and we will drill, baby, drill," added Leavitt. 'Their final act is to burn what is left to the ground.' American Petroleum Institute President Mike Sommers blasted the move, stating, "American voters sent a clear message in support of domestic energy development, and yet the current administration is using its final days in office to cement a record of doing everything possible to restrict it." "Congress and the incoming administration should fully leverage the nation's vast offshore resources as a critical source of affordable energy, government revenue, and stability around the world," continued Sommers. "We urge policymakers to use every tool at their disposal to reverse this politically motivated decision and restore a pro-American energy approach to federal leasing." The API noted that "robust offshore oil and natural gas development could generate over $8 billion in additional government revenue by 2040." According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration data, roughly 14.5% of U.S. crude oil was produced in 2022 from wells located in federally leased waters off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and 0.1% was produced in federal waters off the coast of California. The U.S. Oil and Gas Association noted on X, "Having fully looted the Treasury, divvied up the spoils amongst their friends — their final act is to burn what is left to the ground." The offshore oil drilling ban is the latest in a series of controversial 11th-hour decisions on the part of Biden. The 82-year-old Democrat also: undermined Trump's pursuit of peace in Ukraine and risked a shooting war with a nuclear power by authorizing the use of long-range American missiles against Russia; gave his felonious son Hunter Biden an "unconditional" blanket pardon and commuted the sentences of child-killers, fraudsters, and other degenerate convicts; rushed through DEI-satisfying judges; vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have created 66 new judicial seats in the coming years in understaffed federal courts across the country; set high-reaching greenhouse gas emission targets; gave the highest civilian honor to George Soros, failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and Cecile Richards, a woman who made millions of dollars at Planned Parenthood, an organization that helps snuff out millions of unborn American lives; gave the second-highest civilian honor to Jan. 6 committee leaders Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson, as well as to former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac favorite who was credibly accused of sexually assaulting a waitress with Ted Kennedy in 1985; and took steps to "Trump-proof" the federal bureaucracy. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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