My thought too. Find a good lawyer through the Federalist Society or contact Harmeet Dillon and get someone on retainer as a just in case. The DOJ through its enforcement arm, the FBI, has been rounding up what it considers to be the enemies of the current regime.
Schedule F would curtail its power and that makes anyone with an audience who suggests it a threat.
That's baloney. Kavanaugh was one of the most respected jurists on administrative law. There's nothing wrong with him.
Trump got all or most of his nominees from the Federalist Society. Don't forget there were about 300 Federal appointments in addition to the three Supreme Court nominees.
It’s gone on for decades, expanded exponentially under Obama, was used to destroy Trump’s presidency with plenty of complicit Republicans and is now more powerful than “ We The People”. And the Establishment UniParty elite on the GOP side of the duopoly are either silent or praising the FBI, CIA, military industrial war machine and shutting down new candidates and the voices of those who voted to keep them in power, now enraged
Touche’! The UN needs to be abolished. Ditto CIA, FISA, FBI, Patriot Act, NATO, USAID, federal unions, congressional perqs/ qualified immunity/ term limits enacted… SCOTUS and federal judiciary appointments, bureaucrats within every agency.. participation of any political actor currently holding any government position must not be allowed participation in the DAVS, WEF, Bilderberg forums, have any personal ties to any entity outside of their duties, abolish NGOs, lobbying of any sort , abolish government/ corporate projects, abolish the Dept of Education,EPA,HUD,OSHA,IRS,Dept Of Truth, surveilling American citizens, all perqs to illegal border crossers, enact nationwide requirements for Voter ID w/ photo, only paper ballots counted in public immediately after polls close, no mail ins but for verifiable proof of inability for in person, a receipt given to the voter, election results by the following day, no ballot harvesting or “ late ballots” accepted.
Investigation and audit of every agency including massive purges and hiring freeze.Absolutely NO inclusion of Silicon Valley / government coordination on any issues involving political campaigns,censorship of any information as : “ misinformation” or surveillance of citizens.
Our government is quite possibly the most corrupt of any other.We must demand full accountability, perks!
It will only happen if we put aside partisanship and welcome each other into a tremendous movement to save each other and ourselves. NOBODY is working for “ We The People”. We The People must take the reigns or we will cease to exist
They are irreparable and neither party gives a rat’s ass. Conservatives are so insular that instead of outreach, an expanded umbrella and allowing for dissenting voices on issues that have been a forever loss of election wins or waking up to the fact that the censorship and cancellation extends to anybody who questions the “authorities” or provides vital information that doesn’t comport with the MSM, Democrat talking points, objects to the Ukraine/Russia warmongering based on lies and paid for with our dollars. Ironically, the most outspoken about the machinations of the WEF “ Great Reset”, DAVOS, corporate multinationalism , Pharma and government profiteering, coverups, vaccine dangers, Gates, Schwab, Fink, Xi, WHO, technocracy, kleptocracy, election rigging, the planned food shortages, Covid origins, payoffs, our global BlackRock/Vanguard/ StateStreet government, transhumanism, “ Young Global Leaders” installed worldwide, the Climate wealth redistribution scam to create fear, control and confiscation of property, bank accounts, cash , illuminating the nations under “ Young Global Leaders” tyrants- I.e. Canada, New Zealand,Australia,the Netherlands, France, UK,Italy,Scotland,Wales,Ukraine, Burkina,Luxembourg, Belgium,S.Africa,Pakistan,Chile,Bolivia,Peru,Honduras, Panama, now El Salvador and Colombia, soon to be Brazil and of course, the hub of rot, the US. Was it Kuala Lumpur that just overthrew the government?
What do all have in common? Massive protests and punished protestors, confiscated farms , oppressive “ climate regulations, Covid mandates, censorship, bank account frozen or seized… all part of the plan.
Is anybody here on either side of the aisle calling it out? No
This may sound trivial but one of the best weapons to expose this and bring people back to their senses is humor. It gives people a way to rethink things and break through the propaganda.
Hysteria and overhyping turns people off and hardens positions. It's just not effective.
If there is to be a change, and I fervently hope it will follow the original American Revolution and not the French model, then people need to be convinced. You don't convince anyone by hammering them over the head. They have to come to their own conclusions.
In order to touch the untouchable we need a plan. A decentralized one. A safe one.
Dr. Malone identifies the problem, but what is the solution? Our systems have been corrupted by regulatory capture and special interest groups - we can't expect the system to fix itself. We need a NEW idea. One that makes the old one obsolete.
If our problem is systemic corruption the best cure is radical FORCED TRANSPARENCY.
I agree. Florida has the Sunshine Law so that all discussions must be public; government conducted in the sunshine. Maybe it's why Florida works so well for the most part.
However, the drawback as I see it is that the bureaucracy will have to become transparent and produce for inspection. We have the FOIA which is supposed to make government processes and decisions more transparent. We have seen it is difficult and expensive to implement and the bureaucracy can circumvent it, delay it, or ignore it.
Thanks for reading it. We spent a several months thinking and discussing these solutions. We just have no idea how to create a movement so we are spamming our favorite comments sections (but we are paid subscribers) ;)
Seriously though, thank you. This is what we need to do. Discuss together how to end corruption.
Civil Service protects the bureaucracy that are not political appointees. However, due to some preferential hiring orders under some presidents (Bill Clinton comes to mind) people are hired into the permanent bureaucracy with political inclinations. These inclinations may make them more disposed to policies from the Left and make them ignore, slow down, or circumvent policies from the right. It's one reason an administration can have a great deal of difficulty in getting its programs put in place.
Trump's Cabinet secretaries were amazingly effective although they fought headwinds in their agencies. Trump told them to get rid of 2 regulations for every new one they implemented. Just easing up on regulations gave the economy a burst of energy.
Political appointees can be fired or discharged but civil servants can't be. It is too bad that Trump did not get rid of the political appointees at the CIA, FBI, etc. When Clinton became president one of his very first acts was to fire all the U. S. Attorneys.
The country is now so polarized that I doubt there are enough dispassionate people to fill non-political positions.
You're on the right track, but you fall for a common error. The issue is almost never competing political parties. The divide is between those who favor big government versus those who would reduce government. For reasons I hope would be obvious, the bureaucrat will tend to support continued or expanded funding and power of his agency.
In theory, most government positions were given protection against being at the mercy of the executive branch, to reduce the downsides of the patronage or spoils system. But that immunity only protects against political partisanship; it does nothing to address the problems of groups seeking to keep or expand their powers. For example, the problem of regulatory capture by Big Pharma or campaign contributions are independent of political party in power.
Realistically, it may be impossible to completely defend against these various issues, but there are probably ways to minimize it. But as I've pointed out, reform would be the very last thing those in power would ever approve of.
If you think reform is needed you are not understanding the concept. The concept has already been implemented and it did work. In Taiwan. They are able to keep the CCP out of their government using radical transparency ever since the 2014 sunflower revolution. Have you heard of it? Check it out. Think this idea through a little. It is not easy to grasp right away and you are forming surface level arguments. The government isn't involved here barely at all. Just the people. All we need to do is convince the people.
Sunflower revolution starts about 1/3 of the way into this short piece. :
You make some good points but I have a difficult time having a discussion with someone who chooses as a handle "Satan's Doorknob." I mean, really?
I'm having a debate within myself as to whether I should even respond to people on the threads who are so cowardly that they come up with handles to disguise their identifies.
I heard Dr. Carrie Majed speak about the nano particles in the "vaccines" were in fact nano robots that could be programmed remotely.
She was in an airplane crash last week.
Dr. Yeardon also spoke about this. There is an interview on EpochTV Facts Matter. You may want to watch it. Then, maybe there is a way for you to contact Dr. Yeardon.
so I am actually online :) again. we just can't stay off. :) EC.. and working on a petition a Change org .. which is Ok when they are on the "correct" side. City Alexandria going full blown WOKE forcing Artists to be re juried. (my sister is one of founding artists) and I know many artists through her.. and a couple just from living here.. :) you live in one town long enough. YES reading your comment: Florida needs him. and he made it clear he is sticking to Florida but doesn't hurt to ask. ! I KNOW .. you are a journalist. I hope you are getting some fresh air. went to the local car show too ;) this AM doing life. and my favorite things.. online too. I have to laugh at that AGAIN. listening to music online. very relaxing. ;)
While I support openness "in theory," it too has downsides. Not the least is that, if real or potential accountability is required, it will tend to increase "cover your ass" costs. Sure in some cases this is even desirable, for example, considering it a necessary cost to insure honesty or transparency. But in other cases, it may be counter-productive. A common example is "defensive medicine" where a doctor orders all manner of diagnostic tests. To defend against potentially ruinous legal claims, the doctor rationally tries to cover all possible diagnoses, no matter how improbable This, of course, has the effect of drastically raising costs as well as making the delivery of medical care that much more inefficient. Too often, it's easier to just blame the lawyers; but I'm arguing that is a missing the bigger picture.
Phillip Howard's "The Death of Common Sense" provides many such examples.
Read National Security and Double Government by Michael J. Glennon, and then consider how many national security ghouls out there wrote the policies that past presidents merely rubber-stamped. The administrative state/managerial state is the seat of the technocracy's power.
Now you really need to watch your back. You have touched on the untouchables. That’s a no-no.
My thought too. Find a good lawyer through the Federalist Society or contact Harmeet Dillon and get someone on retainer as a just in case. The DOJ through its enforcement arm, the FBI, has been rounding up what it considers to be the enemies of the current regime.
Schedule F would curtail its power and that makes anyone with an audience who suggests it a threat.
Federalist Society hates Trump and what what we stand for. Can't trust them. Thats how we got Kav the Squish. And, I think, Roberts.
That's baloney. Kavanaugh was one of the most respected jurists on administrative law. There's nothing wrong with him.
Trump got all or most of his nominees from the Federalist Society. Don't forget there were about 300 Federal appointments in addition to the three Supreme Court nominees.
Roberts was a Bush appointee.
Bet they are afraid to.
It’s gone on for decades, expanded exponentially under Obama, was used to destroy Trump’s presidency with plenty of complicit Republicans and is now more powerful than “ We The People”. And the Establishment UniParty elite on the GOP side of the duopoly are either silent or praising the FBI, CIA, military industrial war machine and shutting down new candidates and the voices of those who voted to keep them in power, now enraged
Touche’! The UN needs to be abolished. Ditto CIA, FISA, FBI, Patriot Act, NATO, USAID, federal unions, congressional perqs/ qualified immunity/ term limits enacted… SCOTUS and federal judiciary appointments, bureaucrats within every agency.. participation of any political actor currently holding any government position must not be allowed participation in the DAVS, WEF, Bilderberg forums, have any personal ties to any entity outside of their duties, abolish NGOs, lobbying of any sort , abolish government/ corporate projects, abolish the Dept of Education,EPA,HUD,OSHA,IRS,Dept Of Truth, surveilling American citizens, all perqs to illegal border crossers, enact nationwide requirements for Voter ID w/ photo, only paper ballots counted in public immediately after polls close, no mail ins but for verifiable proof of inability for in person, a receipt given to the voter, election results by the following day, no ballot harvesting or “ late ballots” accepted.
Investigation and audit of every agency including massive purges and hiring freeze.Absolutely NO inclusion of Silicon Valley / government coordination on any issues involving political campaigns,censorship of any information as : “ misinformation” or surveillance of citizens.
Our government is quite possibly the most corrupt of any other.We must demand full accountability, perks!
It will only happen if we put aside partisanship and welcome each other into a tremendous movement to save each other and ourselves. NOBODY is working for “ We The People”. We The People must take the reigns or we will cease to exist
They are irreparable and neither party gives a rat’s ass. Conservatives are so insular that instead of outreach, an expanded umbrella and allowing for dissenting voices on issues that have been a forever loss of election wins or waking up to the fact that the censorship and cancellation extends to anybody who questions the “authorities” or provides vital information that doesn’t comport with the MSM, Democrat talking points, objects to the Ukraine/Russia warmongering based on lies and paid for with our dollars. Ironically, the most outspoken about the machinations of the WEF “ Great Reset”, DAVOS, corporate multinationalism , Pharma and government profiteering, coverups, vaccine dangers, Gates, Schwab, Fink, Xi, WHO, technocracy, kleptocracy, election rigging, the planned food shortages, Covid origins, payoffs, our global BlackRock/Vanguard/ StateStreet government, transhumanism, “ Young Global Leaders” installed worldwide, the Climate wealth redistribution scam to create fear, control and confiscation of property, bank accounts, cash , illuminating the nations under “ Young Global Leaders” tyrants- I.e. Canada, New Zealand,Australia,the Netherlands, France, UK,Italy,Scotland,Wales,Ukraine, Burkina,Luxembourg, Belgium,S.Africa,Pakistan,Chile,Bolivia,Peru,Honduras, Panama, now El Salvador and Colombia, soon to be Brazil and of course, the hub of rot, the US. Was it Kuala Lumpur that just overthrew the government?
What do all have in common? Massive protests and punished protestors, confiscated farms , oppressive “ climate regulations, Covid mandates, censorship, bank account frozen or seized… all part of the plan.
Is anybody here on either side of the aisle calling it out? No
I agree. I get it. Please don't shout at me.
How to push back? What to do about it?
This may sound trivial but one of the best weapons to expose this and bring people back to their senses is humor. It gives people a way to rethink things and break through the propaganda.
Hysteria and overhyping turns people off and hardens positions. It's just not effective.
If there is to be a change, and I fervently hope it will follow the original American Revolution and not the French model, then people need to be convinced. You don't convince anyone by hammering them over the head. They have to come to their own conclusions.
Humor does this by gently shifting the paradigm.
In order to touch the untouchable we need a plan. A decentralized one. A safe one.
Dr. Malone identifies the problem, but what is the solution? Our systems have been corrupted by regulatory capture and special interest groups - we can't expect the system to fix itself. We need a NEW idea. One that makes the old one obsolete.
If our problem is systemic corruption the best cure is radical FORCED TRANSPARENCY.
I purpose it is this: A Transparency Movement.
I beg all of you to read this:
https://joshketry.substack.com/p/what-we-need-is-a-transparency-movement
I agree. Florida has the Sunshine Law so that all discussions must be public; government conducted in the sunshine. Maybe it's why Florida works so well for the most part.
However, the drawback as I see it is that the bureaucracy will have to become transparent and produce for inspection. We have the FOIA which is supposed to make government processes and decisions more transparent. We have seen it is difficult and expensive to implement and the bureaucracy can circumvent it, delay it, or ignore it.
Thanks for reading it. We spent a several months thinking and discussing these solutions. We just have no idea how to create a movement so we are spamming our favorite comments sections (but we are paid subscribers) ;)
Seriously though, thank you. This is what we need to do. Discuss together how to end corruption.
Civil Service protects the bureaucracy that are not political appointees. However, due to some preferential hiring orders under some presidents (Bill Clinton comes to mind) people are hired into the permanent bureaucracy with political inclinations. These inclinations may make them more disposed to policies from the Left and make them ignore, slow down, or circumvent policies from the right. It's one reason an administration can have a great deal of difficulty in getting its programs put in place.
Trump's Cabinet secretaries were amazingly effective although they fought headwinds in their agencies. Trump told them to get rid of 2 regulations for every new one they implemented. Just easing up on regulations gave the economy a burst of energy.
Political appointees can be fired or discharged but civil servants can't be. It is too bad that Trump did not get rid of the political appointees at the CIA, FBI, etc. When Clinton became president one of his very first acts was to fire all the U. S. Attorneys.
The country is now so polarized that I doubt there are enough dispassionate people to fill non-political positions.
You're on the right track, but you fall for a common error. The issue is almost never competing political parties. The divide is between those who favor big government versus those who would reduce government. For reasons I hope would be obvious, the bureaucrat will tend to support continued or expanded funding and power of his agency.
In theory, most government positions were given protection against being at the mercy of the executive branch, to reduce the downsides of the patronage or spoils system. But that immunity only protects against political partisanship; it does nothing to address the problems of groups seeking to keep or expand their powers. For example, the problem of regulatory capture by Big Pharma or campaign contributions are independent of political party in power.
Realistically, it may be impossible to completely defend against these various issues, but there are probably ways to minimize it. But as I've pointed out, reform would be the very last thing those in power would ever approve of.
If you think reform is needed you are not understanding the concept. The concept has already been implemented and it did work. In Taiwan. They are able to keep the CCP out of their government using radical transparency ever since the 2014 sunflower revolution. Have you heard of it? Check it out. Think this idea through a little. It is not easy to grasp right away and you are forming surface level arguments. The government isn't involved here barely at all. Just the people. All we need to do is convince the people.
Sunflower revolution starts about 1/3 of the way into this short piece. :
https://joshketry.substack.com/p/the-case-for-building-a-new-open
Hey, Rationalist, do you think Satan is going to let this person open their doorknob to be able to read sense?
You are an optimist.
I don’t know who you are Naomi but your sense of humor is vibing with me. Thanks for that.
I'm not sure who the I am either but my real first name is Naomi.
You make some good points but I have a difficult time having a discussion with someone who chooses as a handle "Satan's Doorknob." I mean, really?
I'm having a debate within myself as to whether I should even respond to people on the threads who are so cowardly that they come up with handles to disguise their identifies.
Lol
Yikes. You think this is what you have?
I heard Dr. Carrie Majed speak about the nano particles in the "vaccines" were in fact nano robots that could be programmed remotely.
She was in an airplane crash last week.
Dr. Yeardon also spoke about this. There is an interview on EpochTV Facts Matter. You may want to watch it. Then, maybe there is a way for you to contact Dr. Yeardon.
Yes, you are right. Dr. Yeadon. I have no idea how to contact him.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/former-pfizer-vp-massive-fraud-playing-out-on-a-global-scale-reckless-to-vaccine-the-whole-population_4509490.html
I don't know how anyone here could help you. I certainly can't although I can be sympathetic.
so I am actually online :) again. we just can't stay off. :) EC.. and working on a petition a Change org .. which is Ok when they are on the "correct" side. City Alexandria going full blown WOKE forcing Artists to be re juried. (my sister is one of founding artists) and I know many artists through her.. and a couple just from living here.. :) you live in one town long enough. YES reading your comment: Florida needs him. and he made it clear he is sticking to Florida but doesn't hurt to ask. ! I KNOW .. you are a journalist. I hope you are getting some fresh air. went to the local car show too ;) this AM doing life. and my favorite things.. online too. I have to laugh at that AGAIN. listening to music online. very relaxing. ;)
While I support openness "in theory," it too has downsides. Not the least is that, if real or potential accountability is required, it will tend to increase "cover your ass" costs. Sure in some cases this is even desirable, for example, considering it a necessary cost to insure honesty or transparency. But in other cases, it may be counter-productive. A common example is "defensive medicine" where a doctor orders all manner of diagnostic tests. To defend against potentially ruinous legal claims, the doctor rationally tries to cover all possible diagnoses, no matter how improbable This, of course, has the effect of drastically raising costs as well as making the delivery of medical care that much more inefficient. Too often, it's easier to just blame the lawyers; but I'm arguing that is a missing the bigger picture.
Phillip Howard's "The Death of Common Sense" provides many such examples.
If only there was a “safe” plan.
Read National Security and Double Government by Michael J. Glennon, and then consider how many national security ghouls out there wrote the policies that past presidents merely rubber-stamped. The administrative state/managerial state is the seat of the technocracy's power.
Thanks, Linda... my computer is acting very strange these days.
Nic Timeo - Nic Spurno is my family motto.