Tea at Trianon: FBI Raid

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Saturday, August 23, 2025

FBI Raid

From Tierney's Real News:

Bolton was reportedly paid a $2 million advance for his book plus royalties. Even though the book was NOT approved, Bolton had already given his publisher permission to move ahead with publication while the supplemental review was still underway. Bolton’s book had already been printed and bound, and members of the media had obtained advance copies when - on June 17, 2020 - the US government sought an injunction to prevent its release and strip Bolton of all proceeds from book sales.
The initial civil action, U.S. v. Bolton, was followed by an attempt to pursue criminal charges against Bolton.
In the fall of 2020, Trump’s DOJ opened a criminal investigation and empaneled a grand jury to determine whether Bolton could be prosecuted for criminally disclosing classified information. They stole the election from President Trump in November 2020 and in June 2021, Biden's DOJ dropped the investigation against Bolton.
In theory, the statute of limitations for criminally disclosing classified information is five years. However, some unique situations extend the timeframe to 10 years. Further, if the FBI is pursuing a conspiracy case against Bolton, the conspiracy lasts until the last overt act, which might neatly fit into a five-year statute of limitations if adequate evidence exists.
President Trump terminated Bolton’s security clearance on January 20, 2025 as one of his first acts in office in his second term. He also immediately withdrew the government security detail that had been protecting Bolton.
Bolton was also named on the “Members of the Executive Branch Deep State” list in the book Government Gangsters published in 2023 by now-FBI Director Kash Patel. I’ve read this book and it’s worth your time.
Bolton has not been arrested and is not currently charged with any crimes. Bolton is now trying to compare Trump with Nixon. In some ways, he’s right - they both were framed - the coup against Trump is a repeat of the coup against Nixon. (Read more.)

Transparency. Also from Tierney's Real News:

Remember that what you think you know about Epstein is probably wrong. I found out that we’ve all been fed a bunch of lies about Epstein for the last 10 years - by doing extensive research. Epstein was likely an FBI informant for Mueller & Comey and laundered money for the swamp through the Clinton foundation - the rabbit hole goes deep....(Read more.)

From AND Magazine:

As DNI Gabbard herself has noted repeatedly, the reform of the Intelligence Community (IC) is not just about numbers and size. It is about focus, the composition of the workforce, and restoring efficiency and effectiveness. What we have now is not just too big. It is incapable of getting the job done.
Earlier this week, DNI Tulsi Gabbard pulled the security clearances of 37 individuals involved with the Russiagate hoax and efforts to stage what amounts to the first coup in American history. None of these individuals is currently in federal service, but an examination of their records and the positions they held says something very disturbing about the condition of our national security apparatus in general and the IC in particular. (Read more.)