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Key players are in place so now it's time to get the real work done. The real draining of the swamp will come when politicians get exposed for all of their crimes. Not only exposed though. Exposed and prosecuted, stripped of all government pensions and all assets accumulated over the years. They should leave government positions broke and disgraced and probably do a lot of time in prison as well. I don't know if there is one but a statute of limitations should never apply to those who steal from taxpayers.
 

White House Wants Chinese Ships to Pay $1 Million for Every Port Call

Following a union complaint about unfair Chinese competition in shipping and shipbuilding, the Trump administration's trade representative has pr...
maritime-executive.com

US targets Chinese ships and terminal investments - Splash247

The US is considering slapping huge fees on Chinese-built ships calling at its ports, while also clamping down on Chinese ownership of terminals on home soil. The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has finally outlined the ways it feels Washington DC can fight back against the dominance...
splash247.com
 

WI farmer shares firsthand experience with Trump tariffs​

By Olivia Herken for the Wisconsin Independent.

Broadcast version by Judith Ruiz-Branch for Wisconsin News Connection reporting for the Wisconsin Independent-Public News Service Collaboration

On his farm in Maribel, a small town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin farmer Michael Slattery grows cash crops such as corn, soybeans and canning vegetables, along with hosting a fleet of honeybees and about 50 fruit trees.

He’s run his farm for about 25 years, and he sells his crops to canning companies, corporations and farming cooperatives to make a living. But in 2018, when President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on goods imported from China, it cost him.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/oth...S&cvid=c586beae6ebf471da2c37dbc955ca0f5&ei=19
 

Trump Proposes Investigation into Autism and [Chemtrail] “Sprays”​

February 24, 2025

President Trump recently said that 15 years ago, only one in 10,000 or 1 in 20,000 children were diagnosed with autism, but now the rate is one in 34 children have autism. While the numbers vary, the rate of autism rose after drug manufacturers were given legal immunity from lawsuits over vaccine injury in 1986.

Summary by JW Williams

President Trump recently said that 15 years ago, only one in 10,000 or 1 in 20,000 children were diagnosed with autism, but now the rate is one in 34 children have autism. The autism rate rose after drug manufacturers were given legal immunity from lawsuits over vaccine injury in 1986.

 

Here's a bit more for anyone interested. Lots of links below the vid on youtube if you prefer to read. 22 mins long, nothing to see. Better to listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.

Post in thread 'Commodities, Business & Shipping (and Tariffs)'

Nothing to see, can listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab. Lots of links for those who prefer to read can be found below the vid on youtube. 22 mins long.

Trump Targets China With a Maritime Salvo | Chinese Shipbuilding & Ships | Cruise Industry​

Feb 24, 2025 #supplychain #china #shipping

In this episode, Sal Mercogliano — a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner — discusses the US Trade Representative's Proposed Action due to the Investigation of China's Targeting of the Maritime, Logistics, and...
 

Cross post from the commodities thread.

US attempts to curb China’s dominance in shipping, but actions could backfire

US importers will bear the brunt of new fees on Chinese carriers and ships if they come into effect
think.ing.com
 

Update.

Trump Signals Postposing Mexico and Canada Tariffs to April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised hopes for another pause on steep new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada by saying they would take effect on April 2, about a month later than a deadline next week.
gcaptain.com
 
Pam says the list will be released tomorrow. Well today now. She had to remove the names of the girls involved to protect them.
 
^^ How many degrees of Kevin Bacon is that? (<~~ it's a joke)
 
Interesting read here.

Is Trump actually playing ‘The Great Game’?

Thursday-Friday blog As President Donald Trump tries to stop the slaughter in Ukraine, he has been lambasted as everything from a Neville Chamberlain to a Putin puppet to a friend of dictators to t…
www.snouts-in-the-trough.com
 
O well, maybe tomorrow then.
 
GROK
As of today, February 27, 2025, the status of "the Epstein files" depends on what exactly you’re referring to, since various batches of documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein have been released over time, with more promised recently.

Historically, thousands of pages related to Epstein have already been made public. For instance, in January 2024, a federal judge unsealed roughly 4,500 pages from Virginia Giuffre’s settled defamation lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, including names of over 150 associates, depositions, and allegations—though much of it was already known from prior leaks or press. Earlier releases happened in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, tied to that same case, totaling around 2,000 pages initially, with more trickling out. Then, in July 2024, a Florida judge released nearly 200 pages of grand jury testimony from Epstein’s 2006 investigation, shedding light on his lenient plea deal.

Now, the latest buzz is about a new release promised by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. On February 26, 2025, she told Fox News that her office aimed to release Epstein-related documents—specifically mentioning flight logs and names—on February 27 (today). This follows President Trump’s directive to declassify files on Epstein, alongside other high-profile cases like JFK and MLK. Today, conservative commentators like Rogan O’Handley (DC Draino) were photographed at the White House with binders labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1,” stamped “declassified.” However, as of 3:09 PM MST, the Justice Department hasn’t officially published these documents online or confirmed their contents. It’s unclear if these binders contain new info—like the rumored “client list”—or just rehash old flight logs and names already floating around.

So, have they been released? Older files, yes, in waves over years. The new ones Bondi promised? Maybe—they might be in those binders, but nothing’s publicly accessible yet today. The hype’s real, but skepticism’s warranted; past releases often overhyped familiar details. What are you hoping to see in these files?
 
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Why do they look so happy? Honestly that is not a good look at all. 100's of women raped when they were children and sold off to elites in this country and they all have smiles on their faces like no big deal.

I know I have 0 patience and I'll be the 1st to admit it but something isn't right. Over the weekend Pam says she has the files on her desk and it's disgusting. 4 days later she has flight logs or some shit. WTF? What was disgusting in the flight logs. Now it turns out she doesn't have shit because SDNY didn't give it to her and she wouldn't have even known that if someone didn't come forward and leak that info.

Laura Loomer also brought up a good point. How long was Bondi AG in FL while Epstein was selling underage girls? Looks like since 2011 she was AG.

She did write a strongly worded letter to Kash today though. What are the chances that anything ends up on her desk by tomorrow. ? What are the odds that most of what ends up there is nothing? If that happens she will see a quick end to her stint as AG is my guess. The headlines will be that this was all a big nothing burger and her and Trump will suffer a huge embarrassment.

On the other hand I could be wrong and the 1000's of pieces of evidence might show up. If that happens nothing will be released for awhile. If it took her 4 days to release nothing then it's going to take her a lot longer to go through the actual evidence.

One last point assuming she actually gets the evidence. Who was it that has held onto this evidence for so long and didn't prosecute anyone? Why? IMO, they should also be prosecuted for a whole host of crimes relating to impeding an investigation and withholding evidence. Failure to prosecute ect..
 
First thoughts for the morning.
What happens if Pam doesn't get what she wants this morning? What happens if the FBI agents in charge of the evidence are gone along with the evidence? Poof, vanished into thin air so to speak. Maybe I have watched to many episodes of blacklist but we are talking about her attempting to take down the most powerful people in politics and the business world. We know who some of the players are already but they have never been prosecuted. Why?
At this point there is at least a 50% chance that none of this sees the light of day. The whole world is watching and what better way for the deep state to send a message than to make Pam and Trump look like fools? You know how the media will spin this.

With all the money and power behind these people there is a very good possibility that the agents in charge of this evidence already have new names and are on a private jet to destinations unknown along with the evidence to be destroyed once and for all.

I do hope I'm wrong and in 2 hrs we will know for sure. Pams statements last weekend really bother me though. She had the stuff on her desk and she was disgusted by it but apparently there was no evidence and she didn't know that until yesterday? She's been a prosecutor for how long and it took her days to realize she doesn't have any evidence? You drop 200 pages in front of me and I'll be through that in an hr looking for the evidence. Honestly from what I saw it was mostly names on a ledger. Not that hard to blow past all that looking for the actual evidence.
Of course I didn't see all 200 pages and maybe there is a lot more there.

Looks to me like the deep state is firmly embedded still and if charges are not filed against the agents involved in not providing the evidence requested then it's going to be business as usual. Cant wait to see what happens at 8 AM.
 
Some food for thought by H. L. Mencken


The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H. L. Mencken

The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods.
H. L. Mencken

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
H. L. Mencken

People do not expect to find chastity in a whorehouse. Why, then, do they expect to find honesty and humanity in government, a congeries of institutions whose modus operandi consists of lying, cheating, stealing, and if need be, murdering those who resist?
H. L. Mencken
 
I'll give Kash and Pam until the end of the day to show up with US Marshalls. Even if they do, who's to say the evidence is even there still. Cant be more than a stack of photos and some thumbnail drives. Maybe a box or 2 at most. If they would defy their superiors they would certainly hide the evidence. Maybe even claim there is no evidence.
 
RE the Epstein files release

everyone needs to check this post out.

Post in thread 'Judge orders release of over 150 names of people mentioned in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit documents'

Not so fast...

Here's the back story to the release of Epstein files


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@Liz_Wheeler
tells me the Epstein Files binder “photoshoot” was intended to be a message to the Legacy Media that they no longer had power to manipulate the truth. But it soon spun into something else. She explains why:

“It was our impression at that moment that within about two minutes, we would be able to break the story of the SDNY stonewalling Pam Bondi.

So, when the Legacy Media was so sour and bitter that we had gotten this binder, we were kind of laughing at them. We were holding up...
 
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This is just one thing Pam had to do. We still have JFK and MLK and UFO and on and on. Then there are the billions being stolen across every agency that Musk is uncovering.
I do think Elon understands things pretty well but not sure he understands the politics and the legal hoops that have been put in place to stop Trump and anyone on the right from getting to the truth. Each and every step of the way can be dragged out for months or years. DC was built by lawyers and they built layer upon layer of laws to protect themselves. All these politicians have now been exposed to have NGO funneling money to their wives and family. Sitting on boards and getting expenses paid for. All perfectly legal which is why none of them give a shit that we found out about it. If we vote them out they still collect via NGO's until someone goes through the budget with a fine tooth comb and eliminate their payments.
It's outrageous, disgusting and morally reprehensible but all perfectly legal. The only thing not legal is what they did on E's island.
 
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