As I sit down to write this, I can honestly say at this exact moment, I’m more confused than ever before with what is going on in the world. I’ve never claimed to have all the answers, and now I’m beginning to question if I have any of the answers. This could all change in an hour, or a day, or a week, but for now, I am totally confused.
I should probably state that when I was asleep like many still are today, I didn’t feel totally confused—I was misled. When I was asleep, most things made sense to me, or at least made enough sense to me that I willingly accepted the mainstream narratives that were fed to me. I don’t accept those narratives anymore, and in trying to make sense of what is really happening, I’m completely confused. Again, more confused than at any point while I’ve been awake.
The confusion I feel is in understanding the day-to-day operations, the details. I’m not confused about the bigger picture. I understand that God will never abandon us. I believe Trump and the Patriots have some control and are trying to take our country back. The confusion comes from how that process is occurring. Things I thought I was clear about are beginning to become a little more out of focus. Maybe I just tried to over-simplify things too much and am now beginning to realize they are more complex than I gave them credit for.
At this point in time, I realize coming to a hard conclusion on most anything is foolish. My opinion on a matter may change, or new evidence could come out at any time that would challenge my original thoughts. Right now, I am only comfortable making observations, and asking questions based on those observations. I think it is important to look at every person or situation from every possible angle. Are they being straightforward? Are they being used, willingly or unwillingly? Are there multiple things happening at once? What are all the possibilities, not just the ‘one’ that makes the most sense?
Kevin McCarthy.
When McCarthy was up for Speaker of the House, my original thought was, ‘this guy is just another weak Republican, maybe even a RINO.’
I stood with the Congressmen who were opposing him as Speaker. I knew Trump endorsed McCarthy, but he also endorsed the Congressmen opposing McCarthy. I thought there was something more at play, and for Trump to endorse McCarthy as Speaker of the House, it meant he had to have control over him. After McCarthy was confirmed, and the opposing Congressmen started getting important leadership roles on congressional committees, I thought, ‘Okay, it all makes sense to me.’
It needed to appear McCarthy was forced to appoint these Congressmen to key positions to get confirmed. The Neocons and Democrats would accept this and still believe McCarthy was working with them. At this point, I didn’t completely trust McCarthy, but I could accept that he was ‘playing ball’ with Trump.
More evidence that having McCarthy as Speaker was a threat to the Deep State was the fact that overnight everything started to get crazy. From boxes of classified documents being discovered, to train derailments, to Chinese spy balloons, to the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage being uncovered, everything went into over-drive. It appeared the Deep State was in full-on panic mode.
Then the debt limit agreement occurred.
Now I have to rethink why Trump endorsed McCarthy to be the Speaker of the House. Is an increased debt limit with virtually no spending cuts all a part of Trump’s plan? Does more evidence of a ‘Uniparty’ need to occur to wake more people up? Is it necessary that the economy gets worse before Trump takes over again? Is this all a part of destroying the Cabal banking system that controls the country and the world?
And another possibility that I now have to consider:
Did Trump endorse McCarthy with the intent of having him quickly ousted? Is McCarthy ‘caving’ to the Democrats on the debt ceiling all a part of exposing the RINOs and Neocons? Did Trump know McCarthy would side with the RINOs, Neocons and Democrats? We know the America First Congressmen pushed for and got measures put in place that make it easier to impeach the Speaker of the House. After seeing the debt limit situation play out, this possibility can’t be ignored.
We now have to look at McCarthy from multiple angles. He could be working willingly with Trump to enact Trump’s plan. He could be working with Trump unwillingly to expose the RINOs and Neocons. One has to be open to all possibilities.
Also, I find it strange that at the writing of this, the morning before Hannity’s Town Hall, I haven’t even heard Trump mention the monumentally-big debt ceiling deal. Instead, he has been playfully making fun of DeSantis. This could all change after the writing of this, but still, it seems kind of strange that with this being the biggest issue in the news cycle the past few weeks, I haven’t heard him mention it once. This would lead me to believe that the debt ceiling deal needs to go through as is, unless Trump suddenly attacks it in the next few days.
The same could be said about Ron DeSantis. Is DeSantis running for President because he is a Neocon who has sold out to the Deep State? Was he always a Deep State player who was commissioned to appear conservative, as McCain, Romney and the Bushes did before him? Is DeSantis, willingly or unwillingly working with Trump? Whether he is or is not, he is in fact exposing the RINOs, Neocons, the Deep State and the Communist plot.
If Trump and DeSantis are in fact working together, then why?
In my opinion, it is to expose the people who claim to be conservatives and claim to support Trump and America. We’ll see how personal their attacks are on each other, but I would suspect they will remain pretty playful. What happens when DeSantis drops out of the race? I would suspect he will throw his support and endorsement Trump’s way, as well as the Neocon money he collected for his campaign. Campaign money these Neocons would have never sent to Trump on their own.
Several weeks ago, I wrote an article entitled “Get Woke, Go Broke.” In this article, I tried to point out that American corporations are put in a position of either upsetting and losing their customers from ridiculous ‘woke’ narratives and policies or have their company stock pulled from large investment portfolios for not enacting ‘woke’ narratives and policies.
I still believe this to be the case with American corporations, and this isn’t to say they are innocent of anything, just that they are forced to be ‘woke,’ whether they want to be or not. But having recently watched a video clip by a guy named Andy Frisella, I now have to reassess things; maybe the situation is more complex than I originally thought.
Frisella basically stated what I said about American corporations: they are forced to be ‘woke,’ otherwise they lose their status in large investment company’s portfolios, and they even lose their funding and financing.
Here’s the part I hadn’t considered:
I said boycotting ‘woke’ companies works, in that if you stop buying products or services from ‘woke’ companies, they lose money. An obvious example of this is Budweiser and Target. But what if we are unwittingly doing what the Deep State Cabal wants us to do? What if they want us to boycott and destroy these companies?
Frisella suggests that we are being coerced to boycott and destroy companies that represent America—Americana. Companies that are tied to the American culture. He suggested this is a Communist plot to remove our American culture, and to usher in a communist state that removes the middle class.
Having now considered this as being a possibility, or at least a part of the equation, I thought to myself, ‘what brands are the most ‘American’ to me?’
In no particular order, these are the brands I think represent American culture the most: Coca-Cola, Disney, Levis, Hersheys, Budweiser, and McDonald’s. Maybe this list is different for different people, but these brands say ‘Americana’ to me.
Other than maybe McDonalds, all these companies have gone out of their way to upset their customer base through ‘wokeness’. What if the Communists are forcing these companies to go ‘woke’ to destroy them? To create a new culture in our country that isn’t as ‘American.’ What if we are unwittingly helping the Communists remove ‘Americana’ from America by boycotting and driving these companies into the ground? What if McDonalds is being allowed to prosper by staying ‘woke-free’ because it is being used to make us sick and unhealthy?
I am not saying people should stop boycotting Budweiser, Target, Disney or any other company that is pushing wokeness, Satanism or the grooming of children, but we have to at least consider we may be doing the Deep State’s bidding for them. We must consider the possibility that there is more to the story. It’s possible that Andy Frisella’s take on the Communists trying to destroy brands that represent America is off-base, but I’m slightly embarrassed his theory is something I hadn’t even considered. It reminds me that I don’t have all the answers, and maybe the easiest explanation isn’t the only factor in play.
The other day, I read that Lulu Lemon fired two store employees for calling ‘911’ when a group of people came into their store and started stealing everything in sight. The store manager—or someone in charge—fired the employees on the spot for not complying to company policy, which is to not stop people from stealing merchandise. I have to ask the question, what bizzarro world do we now live in?
I also read that Ulta Beauty, the cosmetics store, expects profits to be down throughout the year due to expected, continued, massive merchandise theft. So, they know exactly what is causing profits to fall, but they aren’t willing to do anything about it. They aren’t willing to go back to store policies that were in place before the original BLM looting three years ago.
The vast majority of this merchandise theft occurs in liberal cities by groups of young people. They are fully aware they can steal whatever they want, whenever they want from these corporate stores, and no one will do anything to stop them. They are fully aware there are no repercussions for their crimes. Because the firing of these employees has made the news, it will make these criminals even more comfortable stealing more merchandise from stores. I would not be surprised at all if these young people are being coerced to steal to create more racism and division in our country.
What other explanation could there be other than, ‘it’s a Communist plot to destroy America?’ If it’s just a matter of these companies being corrupt, how does it benefit them to allow so much theft? It takes away from their profits. The downtown areas of liberal cities are becoming ghost towns due to the violence. The only explanation that makes sense is these companies have puppet masters who are trying to destroy America by bringing in a Communist state.
We saw what happened to the ex-marine who tried to take down the violent street person, with a violent criminal record, who threatened people on a New York subway. He now faces possible jail time. Anyone who gets in the way of them destroying our country will be punished. It is a clear message: ‘don’t try to stop the destruction of the country—if you do, you will be punished.’ Again, what other explanation could there possibly be?
Now we have AI taking over the world. Wall Street is saying AI will make companies more profitable. Tech companies are saying AI will make our lives easier and will improve our way of life. While some are standing up and saying AI could be dangerous if manipulated by the wrong people, most are acting as though it is the next greatest thing, and that we can’t continue to exist without it.
Does anyone think it’s strange how AI just all of a sudden became a huge thing? Does anyone think Silicon Valley only discovered a few months ago how important AI is? Wall Street is just now realizing how AI could make companies more profitable? It’s like they want us to believe they just recently discovered the benefits of AI.
I believe it’s all an act, and that, in fact AI has been used a lot more than they are admitting. I believe many interactions we thought we were having with humans have, in fact been with AI. I believe they’ve been testing it on us for decades, and now that they feel it is where they think it needs to be, they are doing a fake roll-out on us.
‘Look what we discovered.’
We’ve gone from very few talking about AI six months ago, to everyone talking about it today. It has absolutely nothing to do with recent, groundbreaking technological advances in AI, it has everything to do with them wanting to get our ‘buy-in’ on AI.
We are experiencing the progression of AI usage. It’s like the FBI and CIA going from tapping your phone and hacking your computer to getting you to willingly invite them into your home. At first AI was used to spy on us unwittingly, and now they want us to not only willingly invite it into our lives, but to do so excitedly.
I believe AI has been created and is used to change people. To change our view of the world. To change our morals, values, and perceptions. AI is like a person who has the ability and desire to manipulate people. A person who can manipulate you into siding with their point of view. Manipulate you into doing for them. A salesman at best, a con artist at worst.
It makes sense to me that AI has been used to create a ‘woke’ society. Our view of the world has been changed, manipulated, without even knowing these changes occurred from unwittingly interacting with AI. When did AI manipulation kick into high gear? I would suggest it was when social media became common place in people’s lives. A lot of those interactions you thought you were having with people were in fact AI. A lot of those degrading selfies you posted on Instagram that got all those ‘likes’ were likely manipulated by AI.
We know CCP-run TikTok manipulates their algorithms so that intelligent things go to the bottom and stupid and degrading things go to the top, so more people see them. Stupidity and degradation are rewarded. People—young people especially—seek the ‘likes’, the ‘views’, the adoration and approval they think they need, not realizing every aspect of the equation is manipulated through AI.
Why is this all occurring?
I believe it is a progression needed for the Communist takeover of America. First you strip away from Americans what makes them American—their American identity. Then you destroy the American society, American values, American morals. Once you’ve accomplished this, you destroy the American economy. Now the country is ripe to be taken over by the Communists.
Globalism leads to Communism. Communism is a two-class society where the elites have total control. A society where the elite eat meat and the working class eat bugs, the elite travel by private jets and the working-class rides city buses, the elite live on estates while the working-class rent apartments in smart cities.
We have been manipulated. We have been fooled into believing what is important and good in life. We have been convinced good is bad and bad is good. We are willingly assisting in our own demise. We are broken and refuse to acknowledge anything is wrong, or if we realize something is wrong, we are afraid to do anything about it.
This is a game we can’t afford to lose.
For those who are awake, you have been chosen to see; it is your responsibility to explain to others what is happening. We all need each other. America can’t exist long term if it is divided. We must forgive those who have wronged us, who have ridiculed us, who have rejected us. We need the conservatives and moderates, but we also need the liberals in order for our country to survive. We know the plan that has been put in place to destroy our country—others don’t.
If America falls, so does the world. If we lose this fight, there won’t be a second chance, it will be over for good.
We must fight for our country.
Be brave. Be courageous. God bless you, and God bless America.
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all these big companies need to go down...we need once again small family owned factories making things in America for America. Let the big corps that betrayed us all long ago go under and let the small stores in towns once again be back in business and let walmart go to hell
Very interesting Eric. It never occurred to me either that the ruining of certain American companies is deliberate, and that people are being manipulated to boycott them because of wokism and therefore helping to destroy them quicker. I haven’t heard anyone else suggest that, only people rejoicing over Get Woke Go Broke. It’s an interesting perspective and credible, but who really knows for sure about anything now.