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FRIDAY 7-[10]-26
SPIRITUAL:
Tomorrow is the beginning of the National Day of Prayer, and we are filled with anticipation for what God is going to do.
Over the next few days, believers from across Canada will gather in Ottawa to worship, pray, and seek God's heart for our nation. While many are able to be there in person, we know that many more will be joining from their homes, churches, and communities across the country.
Wherever you are Saturday, we invite you to stand with us in prayer.
This is more than an event. It is an opportunity for the Body of Christ to come together in unity, believing that God is still moving, still speaking, and still drawing people to Himself.
Jesus reminds us in Matthew 18:20,
"For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them."
Whether you are able to watch for a few minutes or join throughout the day, we encourage you to take time to pray for our leaders, our churches, our communities, and the next generation. Let's ask God to bring hope, healing, wisdom, and revival across Canada.
If you are unable to attend in person, you can watch the National Day of Prayer live on Saturday by clicking the link below.
As you pray today, would you also pray for everyone gathered in Ottawa? Pray that hearts would be open, lives would be transformed, and that this would be a significant moment of unity for the Church across our nation.
Thank you for continuing to stand with us in prayer.
We believe God hears the prayers of humility by His people, and we are expectant for all that He will do.
Love & Blessings,
Michael Pierce
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Denise Duncan added
Dear Saints,
Let's be an active part in what God is doing this weekend in answer to our prayers for revival in Canada. "All Canada will be saved" and we will each do our part to pray, make declarations, evangelize and agree with the National direction that is given. Amen?
This afternoon, the saints are on the streets of Ottawa evangelizing individuals etc.
Shalom from the Prince of Shalom!
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CANADIAN:
Carney's condo bailout just got a whole lot ‘Shadier’!
MP Aaron Gunn joins Rebel News to explain why Conservatives tried to launch an emergency ethics investigation into Carney’s “Billionaire Condo Buyout,” and the troubling Brookfield connection they say Canadians deserve answers about.
Suspicions surrounding Prime Minister Mark Carney's $1.45 billion condo bailout plan deepened Tuesday after the Liberal majority shut down the federal Conservatives effort to investigate who the controversial plan truly benefits.
The plan, first announced by Carney and B.C. Premier David Eby, would see governments use taxpayer funds to acquire up to 2,200 unsold condominium units in Greater Vancouver after Carney argued developers were "stuck" and "don't want to sell at a loss."
Despite Parliament being recessed for the summer, newly appointed Conservative Shadow Minister for Ethics and Accountable Government Aaron Gunn and his Conservative colleagues called an emergency meeting of the House of Commons Ethics Committee to demand answers.
REBEL News
A man who kidnapped another man at gunpoint in London, Ont., has seen his charges thrown out after police beat him up during his arrest and then lied about it in court. The misconduct included an officer forcefully kicking the then-19-year-old directly in the face while he was on the ground with his hands out, followed by the same officer “violently” grabbing his hair, the judge found. You can see video of the arrest yourself here.
TRUMP:
Australian permanent resident arrested for allegedly Voting Illegally in two U.S. Federal Elections
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Federal agents arrested a 51-year-old Australian lawful permanent resident at the New Orleans federal courthouse on July 1 after a grand jury indicted her for allegedly casting ballots in two consecutive U.S. federal elections, and lying about her citizenship to get on the voter rolls in the first place.
Denise Nataly Migliore now faces a four-count federal indictment in the Eastern District of Louisiana, Just the News reported. The charges include illegally voting in a federal election and making false statements to register to vote. If convicted, she faces up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fines as high as $250,000, Fox News reported.
The Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest on Tuesday, framing it as part of a broader federal effort to root out noncitizen voting, a practice that, according to DHS, carries consequences up to and including deportation.
How the scheme allegedly worked
The indictment lays out a straightforward pattern. Migliore allegedly falsely claimed U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote in October 2022. She then cast a ballot in the November 2022 federal election. Two years later, she repeated the process, registering again in October 2024 with the same false citizenship claim, then voting in the November 2024 election, the New York Post reported.
Both elections were federal races. The indictment does not specify whether Migliore voted in congressional contests, presidential races, or both. Nor does it explain how she initially registered without triggering a citizenship check at the point of entry into the system.
That gap matters. Voter registration in Louisiana, like most states, relies heavily on an applicant's self-attestation of citizenship. The process typically asks the registrant to check a box and sign under penalty of perjury. If the allegation holds, Migliore did exactly that, twice, and no one caught it until federal investigators came looking.
The investigation and arrest
Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI conducted a joint investigation into Migliore's voting activity. DHS has not disclosed what initially triggered the probe, whether it stemmed from a routine audit, a tip, or a broader database cross-reference between immigration records and voter rolls.
A grand jury in the Eastern District of Louisiana returned the indictment on June 11. Three weeks later, on July 1, HSI agents arrested Migliore at the federal courthouse in New Orleans.
Her current custody status, whether she has entered a plea, and whether she has retained counsel are all unaddressed in the public record so far.
DHS sends a warning
Acting Assistant DHS Secretary of Public Affairs Lauren Bis used the announcement to deliver a blunt message aimed well beyond this single defendant.
"Our message to aliens who vote in American elections is clear: we will find you, arrest you, and you will face the consequences, including criminal charges and deportation. Only Americans should be electing American leaders."
The statement signals that the administration views noncitizen voting not merely as a paperwork violation but as a criminal act worthy of aggressive enforcement, and that DHS intends to publicize these cases as deterrents.
For years, critics on the left dismissed concerns about noncitizen voting as overblown or conspiratorial, arguing that the numbers were negligible and the existing penalties sufficient. Cases like Migliore's complicate that dismissal. Whether the raw numbers are large or small, the fact remains: a noncitizen allegedly walked through the front door of the registration system, lied about her citizenship, and voted in two consecutive federal elections before anyone stopped her.
The deeper question: how did the system miss it?
Migliore is not an illegal immigrant. She holds lawful permanent resident status, a green card. That status grants her the right to live and work in the United States indefinitely, but it does not grant the right to vote in federal elections. Only U.S. citizens may do that.
The distinction matters because green card holders are already in federal databases. Their fingerprints are on file. Their immigration status is tracked by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. In theory, cross-referencing voter registration rolls against immigration records should catch exactly this kind of case before a ballot is cast, not years after the fact.
Yet the indictment alleges Migliore voted twice across a two-year span without detection at the registration or voting stage. The system caught her only after a federal investigation was opened, an investigation whose origins DHS has not explained.
That timeline raises a straightforward question: how many other noncitizens have registered and voted without triggering any flag? If a lawful permanent resident whose information sits in multiple federal databases can slip through, the vulnerability is not theoretical. It is structural.
Enforcement as policy
The Migliore case fits a pattern the current administration has emphasized: treating election integrity enforcement as a visible, public priority. DHS issued a formal press release. Bis delivered a quotable warning. The case was routed through a joint HSI-FBI investigation rather than handled quietly at the local level.
That approach represents a deliberate choice. Prior administrations often treated isolated noncitizen voting cases as low-priority matters, administrative errors to be corrected rather than crimes to be prosecuted. The shift toward federal indictments, public announcements, and explicit deportation warnings marks a different posture entirely.
Whether that posture produces broader deterrence depends on two things: whether federal agencies have the resources to investigate more than a handful of cases, and whether states are willing to cooperate by sharing voter registration data with federal immigration databases. Both remain open questions.
What comes next
Migliore's case will proceed through the Eastern District of Louisiana. The potential penalties, up to five years in federal prison and fines reaching a quarter of a million dollars, are serious. So is the possibility of deportation, which DHS has explicitly flagged.
No plea has been reported. No defense attorney has issued a public statement. The facts as alleged in the indictment are narrow and specific: false citizenship claims on registration forms, followed by ballots cast in November 2022 and November 2024.
The case leaves several questions unanswered. What prompted investigators to look at Migliore specifically? Did Louisiana's registration system have any mechanism that should have flagged her noncitizen status? Are there other pending investigations into similar conduct in the same jurisdiction or elsewhere?
DHS has not answered those questions publicly. But the agency has made one thing clear: it wants every noncitizen in the country to know that casting a ballot carries real consequences now.
The system that let Migliore register and vote twice without blinking is the same system Americans are asked to trust every election cycle. Cases like this one don't build that trust, they explain why so many voters lost it.
The AMERICAL Almanac
'I Have No Idea How He's Doing,' When Asked About Mitch McConnell's Health... Trump:
Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell has been making phone calls from his hospital bed to Republican allies to dispel internet rumors that he’s “brain dead” after 911 dispatch calls revealed the 84-year-old was rushed off “unconscious” from his DC home in an ambulance last month. President Trump confirmed that he has 'no idea' how Mitch McConnell has been doing.
The New York POST
TRUMP IS NOT PLAYING GAMES
President Trump has had enough of Iran’s BS.At the NATO summit in Turkey, Trump declared the shaky ceasefire with Iran “over” after Iran attacked commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, a strike the U.S. answered by hitting more than 80 Iranian targets.Trump then dismissed Iran's leaders as “scum” and “sick people,” and made clear he’s in no rush to negotiate with Tehran.“We can play games, but I’m not sure I want to make a deal,” Trump said. “Let’s just finish the job.”Later on Wednesday, CENTCOM confirmed another round of strikes was headed for Iran: “The United States is holding Iran accountable.”
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GLOBAL:
Spain backs down on NATO spending after Trump orders trade halt
NOTE: Spain has resisted increasing its NATO defense spending to the proposed 5% of GDP, arguing that it should meet its capacity objectives instead of fixed targets. Despite pressure from the U.S., Spain maintains its commitment to NATO.
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Hours after President Donald Trump ordered his Treasury secretary to cut off all U.S. trade with Spain, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Madrid had reversed course. "Spain came back all the way today," he said. "Spain was very generous today."
The confrontation unfolded at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, where Spain stood alone among alliance members in publicly rejecting the new five percent GDP defense spending benchmark. Trump's response was blunt and immediate: he instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt all trade with Spain, then watched the results roll in.
Within hours, the White House declared victory. And the episode offered the clearest example yet of how direct economic pressure from Washington can move a reluctant NATO ally off the sideline, fast.
The standoff at Ankara
The dispute had been building for months. Spain's socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had refused to commit to the alliance's upgraded defense spending target, insisting that his country's 2.1 percent of GDP was "enough" to meet all NATO obligations. That position put Madrid at odds not only with Washington but with the broader alliance consensus reached at the Ankara summit.
The spending fight wasn't the only friction point. Earlier in 2026, Spain refused to allow the United States to use the jointly operated Rota Naval Base and Morón Air Base in southern Spain for offensive operations against Iran under Operation Epic Fury, as Fox News reported. Spain's foreign minister said his country would not permit use of the bases for strikes not covered by the UN charter.
That combination, refusing to pay more and refusing to cooperate militarily, set the stage for Trump's most aggressive move against a NATO ally to date.
Trump made his position clear during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, AP News reported. "We're going to cut off all trade with Spain," he said. "We don't want anything to do with Spain."
$47 billion on the line
The stakes were not small. The United States and Spain traded roughly $47 billion in goods in 2025. The U.S. exported approximately $26 billion and imported about $21 billion from Spain, meaning Washington actually ran a trade surplus with Madrid, a fact Spanish officials were quick to point out.
Spain is the world's leading olive oil producer, accounting for nearly half of global supply. Annual U.S. imports of Spanish virgin olive oil alone exceeded $860 million, the New York Post noted. A full trade cutoff would have rippled through grocery aisles and supply chains on both sides of the Atlantic.
Complicating matters further, Spain's trade relationship with the U.S. runs through the broader EU trade framework. Severing trade with Spain could have disrupted the entire EU pact and risked a wider trade conflict with Brussels.
None of that stopped Trump from pulling the trigger.
Spain's public calm, private capitulation
Publicly, Madrid tried to project composure. A Spanish government spokesperson told international outlets that Spain was responding to the trade halt "calmly and as a matter of course," highlighting the bilateral trade relationship and the American surplus.
Sánchez himself, speaking to reporters at the NATO summit, described an informal conversation he had with Trump after the trade halt order. He insisted there was no tension:
"We discussed soccer and the World Cup in the United States. It was an informal, casual conversation, completely free of any tension. On the contrary, it was characterized by cordiality and friendliness."
Sánchez said the Spanish government learned about the trade halt through reporters. He urged observers to view such statements with "calm and patience, and a sense of normalcy too."
"Because, ultimately, when you step back a bit from these kinds of statements, you see that the relationship between the United States and Spain, socially, culturally, economically, and politically, is very positive."
That was the public face. Behind the scenes, the picture looked different.
The White House says Spain folded
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Spain had agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military within hours of Trump's embargo threat, Just the News reported:
"With respect to Spain, I think they heard the president's message yesterday loud and clear. And it's my understanding, over the past several hours, they've agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military. The president expects all of our European allies to cooperate in this long-sought-after mission."
Trump, speaking to a Reuters reporter aboard Air Force One, went further. He said Spain had not only agreed to cooperate but had made financial commitments as well:
"They honored a request for lots of payment, and if they didn't, we wouldn't even talk to them."
He did not specify what payments Spain made or what form they took. No formal document or executive order number has been publicly disclosed in connection with the trade halt instruction. And it remains unclear whether the halt was ever formally implemented or was reversed before taking effect.
What remains unanswered
Several questions hang over the episode. What exactly did Spain commit to? Trump described "lots of payment," but neither Washington nor Madrid has disclosed dollar figures or a revised defense spending timeline. Did Sánchez's informal conversation with Trump come before or after Spain made whatever concessions Trump referenced? And what legal authority underpinned the trade halt order, particularly given that the Supreme Court recently struck down Trump's broad tariff authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act?
Trump has claimed the ruling actually grants him power to impose full-scale embargoes on nations, a legal interpretation that remains contested. A spokesperson for Sánchez's office pushed back on the broader approach, stating that any trade agreement review "must do so respecting the autonomy of private companies, international law, and bilateral agreements between the European Union and the United States."
The pattern holds
Whatever the precise mechanics, the outcome fits a pattern. Trump identified a NATO ally that was spending 2.1 percent of GDP on defense while the alliance moved toward a five percent target. He identified the same ally refusing to let American forces use jointly operated bases during active military operations. He applied maximum economic leverage, threatening to shut off $47 billion in annual trade. And within hours, the ally moved.
Sánchez can describe the conversation as friendly. He can talk about soccer and the World Cup. But the White House says Spain agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military, and Trump himself said Spain "came back all the way."
Trump was characteristically direct about what drove the reversal. He described Spain's prior behavior in plain terms: "They were very bad, they behave very badly, in my opinion." He said he told Spain he would stop trading with them. And he said they responded.
Critics will question the legal foundation, the diplomatic propriety, and whether threatening an ally's entire trade relationship is sustainable policy. Those are fair debates. But the results speak in a language every NATO capital understands.
For years, American presidents asked nicely. The bills went unpaid, the bases went unused, and the free-riding continued. Trump sent a different kind of message, and got a different kind of answer.
The AMERICAN Almanac
Dan BONGINO
They're Finding Out
In this episode, I'll discuss the new way forward for President Trump in Iran. Also, Nazi tattoo guy in Maine drops out of the race, finally.
Birthright Tourism Investigation Underway in TX
In this episode of Scrolling: TX officials are investigating billboards offering discounts for illegals to give birth to anchor babies at one Mission, TX hospital. Then, A Somali-American mayor in Minneapolis visits the homeland for July 4th. Plus, the internet blames racism for the death of Nolan Wells.
The Dems Just Swalwelled Graham Platner | Episode 327 – (07/09/26) VINCE
Graham Platner abruptly suspends his campaign; Trump intensifies pressure on Iran and smacks around Spain for failing to meet NATO obligations; the Trump admin launches investigations into H-1B visa abuse; Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D'Esposito joins the show!
Dan BONGINO
Patrick Bestall’s INPUT:
More Appalachian Gospel Songs (90 min)
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#2.
The fall of King Davos [Klaus Schwab]
Klaus Schwab accused of misusing funds and inappropriate behaviour after more than 50 years as head of World Economic Forum
Now if we could only get rid of the much less publicized Council on Foreign Relations.
.PB
#3.
Freedom Convoy organizer "Disappears"
“James Bauder and his group, Canada Unity, sought support for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that, on its face, called for the Governor General to change Canada’s system of government if all COVID-19 restrictions were not repealed,” the Emergencies Act inquiry’s final report found.
Bauder adamantly denies leading an insurrection or trying to “overthrow the government,” insisting that his proposed committee was intended to investigate whether the government had broken the law.
“What we had wanted to do was form a committee of people like Dr. Jordan Peterson, Randy Hillier, get a committee of good, respected, smart brainiacs,” Bauder explained. “They would work side-by-side with the Senate to investigate publicly the laws.”
While he waits patiently in his RV for Trump and his guardian angels to answer his prayers, Bauder finds his lonely thoughts often turn to his wife, Sandra, and the simple life he left back home.
“I miss my wife,” Bauder said. “I miss being able to sit in my chair at home and watch my big screen.”
.PB
#4.
Freedom Convoy Founding Organizer Says He is Seeking Political Asylum in the United States
To avoid his upcoming criminal trial in Canada, James Bauder says he is ‘living in exile’ and enlisting support from Trump allies
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Luke LeBrun,
Editor
As Canadians drove up to cottages and enjoyed family barbecues for Canada Day, one of the founding organizers of the Freedom Convoy found himself alone in an RV park somewhere in the United States with two puppies and a mobile phone.
“I’m living in the middle of nowhere,” James Bauder told PressProgress on the eve of Canada’s national holiday. “I’m by myself. There’s me, myself and my dogs.”
The convoy leader is careful not to disclose details about his whereabouts, other than to suggest he can be found somewhere between “the North Pole and the South Pole.”
“I don’t go out in public, I just lay low,” Bauder confided. “It’s lonely. Other than my phone, I’d be going up the wall.”
Bauder is set to stand trial in Ottawa at the end of this year over his role in the Freedom Convoy. Bauder faces several criminal charges, including mischief, intimidation by blocking or obstructing a highway, obstructing a police officer, plus two counts of counselling others to commit indictable offences that were not committed.
The convoy leader not only maintains his innocence, but believes he is being persecuted by Canada’s government as part of what he characterizes as a “political prosecution.”
James Bauder and his “Canada Unity” RV in Mattawa, Ontario in 2022 (James Bauder, Rumble)
Despite his criminal case being handled “pro bono” by a team of lawyers from a convoy-friendly litigation charity called The Democracy Fund, Bauder was advised his chances of avoiding jail time are slim to none given the recent convictions of other convoy leaders, including Pat King, Chris Barber and Tamara Lich.
“‘There’s nothing we can do about it,’” Bauder said he was told. “You’re praying and you’re watching all of the people being charged go to court and get politically prosecuted, and then your lawyers phone you up and say, ‘James, we’ve got bad news for you — you’re going to jail.’”
As a Hail Mary gamble, the convoy leader has decided to take the unusual step of filing for political asylum in the United States to avoid standing trial in Ottawa.
“My only option on the chessboard was to claim political asylum,” Bauder explained. “We’ve flipped the game of chess back in my court. Now I have the Crown in check.”
Bauder says he is now a “political asylum refugee living in exile in the USA.”James Bauder at past public events with Sarah Palin and Danielle Smith (James Bauder, Facebook)
Matthew Kolken, a high-profile New York state immigration lawyer, has been brought on board to help the Canadian asylum seeker seek refuge in the United States.
“He said, ‘This is very winnable,’” Bauder recalled. “‘You’re going to set legal precedents … this is a case of a lifetime.’”
Kolken, who is described as a “conservative influencer” by Fox News where he appears as an occasional commentator, told PressProgress he had “no comment” as to his client’s chance of success, but confirmed Bauder is formally applying for asylum under section 208 of the US Immigration and Nationality Act.
“Any alien who is physically present in the United States or who arrives in the United States … irrespective of such alien’s status, may apply for asylum in accordance with this section,” Kolken noted.
Immigration lawyer and Fox News commentator Matthew Kolken (CATO Institute)
As he waits for his asylum application to be processed, Bauder is quietly gaming out his next moves.
Over the coming weeks, Bauder plans to roll out an ambitious media strategy to raise awareness of his legal battles and an associated crowdfunding campaign that could involve appearances on big American cable news programs and support from allies connected to Trump’s White House.
“Some big, big names are going to be involved in covering this story,” Bauder promised, adding that there are “definite people that I’m working with that are very close to Trump and the Trump admin team.”
On Canada Day, Bauder had lunch with Paul Vallelly, a former military analyst for Fox News and a retired general who served as a commander of a US Army PSYOP group. Vallely advocates Canada becoming America’s 51st state, has close ties to former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn and is a prominent influencer in QAnon circles.
Vallelly posed for a photo with Bauder’s Canada-US “Freedom Convoy” flag and signed a note crediting Bauder for being a “great ‘patriot’ for Canada.”
Ret. Maj. General Paul Vallely and James Bauder (James Bauder, Facebook)
Bauder is perhaps best known as a key author of the convoy’s controversial “Memorandum of Understanding,” a pseudolegal document proposing to give an unelected committee of convoy leaders and social media influencers, in conjunction with Canada’s Senators and Governor General, the power to repeal COVID-19 public health rules. The MOU was later withdrawn.
“James Bauder and his group, Canada Unity, sought support for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that, on its face, called for the Governor General to change Canada’s system of government if all COVID-19 restrictions were not repealed,” the Emergencies Act inquiry’s final report found.
Bauder adamantly denies leading an insurrection or trying to “overthrow the government,” insisting that his proposed committee was intended to investigate whether the government had broken the law.
“What we had wanted to do was form a committee of people like Dr. Jordan Peterson, Randy Hillier, get a committee of good, respected, smart brainiacs,” Bauder explained. “They would work side-by-side with the Senate to investigate publicly the laws.”
Asked what he foresaw happening to Canada’s democratically-elected members of Parliament under his plan, Bauder clarified that the MOU was only a first draft and said he expected the Senate or Governor General would have provided feedback and proposed amendments.
“We’re not lawyers,” Bauder stressed. “Three truck drivers wrote the darn thing.”
“I humbly, humbly apologize if Canadians felt that that was the premise of it,” Bauder added. “I apologize to Canadians over and over and over. I’m sorry if there were a few words that got construed and slurred around and misrepresented with disinformation and misinformation from the fake media.”
James Bauder testifies at Emergencies Act inquiry in 2022 (POEC)
The Trump administration has recently sparked nationwide protests in the US over draconian raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Trump’s anti-immigrant “mass deportation program” is also impacting Canadians living and working in the US, as well as Canadian and international travellers who have been arbitrarily detained for weeks at US border crossings.
Despite this, Bauder is personally unconcerned about ICE. “I’m here lawfully,” Bauder said confidently. “I’m not worried about somebody showing up on my doorstep, I’m in a really safe position.”
“I’ve got a wall of guardian angels around me,” Bauder added. “We will get this brought forward to have Trump intervene, and then Trump will do what Trump does.”
Bauder’s confidence has been bolstered by US President Donald Trump’s return to power, pointing out Trump previously expressed support for the Freedom Convoy.
“(Trump) doesn’t like seeing the truckers get beat on. He did promise in his words that he would be with us to the very end.”
(James Bauder, Facebook)
While he waits patiently in his RV for Trump and his guardian angels to answer his prayers, Bauder finds his lonely thoughts often turn to his wife, Sandra, and the simple life he left back home.
“I miss my wife,” Bauder said. “I miss being able to sit in my chair at home and watch my big screen.”
“I miss the open road and the freedom of driving long-haul trucks … I miss being able to drive all over the place and see sunsets and sunrises, and see all the different scenery and the beauty, and being able to have that life with my wife as my partner there beside me.”
Bauder’s criminal charges could carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
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More Wind Turbines in Ont.?
NO!
NO!
NO!
Those turbines are such dinosaurs. New designs are small cone shapes or funnels. Follow the money to see which way the wind is blowing.
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Turkiye
As we've been saying, "watch Turkey". WWIII will not explode until the Ottomans rise up once again.
How Türkiye went from problem child to power broker in NATO — RT World NewsAnkara used the summit to prove it can deliver what others cannot: access, leverage, and channels to Trump, Damascus and Moscow
View much more detail HERE: https://www.rt.com/news/642817-turkiye-nato-problem-power/
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Countries Slowly Shifting Back To Oil, In The End The Taxes Will Be A Thing Of The Past
Streamed on: Jul 9, 6:00 pm EDT
Canada just admitted that the climate agenda was a scam. Now manufactures are moving out of Canada and Canada is moving back to oil to try to compete with the US. IMF letting everyone know they had to lower global outlook, US going in opposite direction. Oil prices holding steady. Soon taxes will be a thing of the past.
The Deep State Has Been Put On Notice, Deep State/[CB] Played Right Into Trump’s Trap, Now They All Lose
Streamed on: Jul 9, 6:30 pm EDT
Trump played the [DS] players and they fell right into his trap, first it was Zelensky then Spain, they folded and gave Trump what he wanted, now he is using the leverage to Greenland. The [DS] thought Trump failed with Iran withe MOU, he knew Iran would violate it, he took the time to plan the next move to keep fuel prices steady and monitor everything they were doing. Harmeet Dhillon put the [DS] players on notice, letting them know if you assist in rigging the election or allow non-citizens vote you will be arrested. Now they all lose
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And We Know — 7.9.26: Aircraft, Deviation, America is Back, Iran, Immigration in the UK, Quantum
In an era defined by rapid geopolitical shifts and intense domestic debate, understanding the forces shaping American policy has never been more critical. A recent discussion from And We Know Official offers a provocative look at the current U.S. landscape, blending high-stakes international strategy with a staunch defense of national identity.
From the halls of power in Washington to the complex web of Middle Eastern diplomacy, the narrative presents a vision of an America that must remain vigilant, self-reliant, and unapologetically guided by a strategy of strength.
At the core of the discussion is the assertion that recent U.S. foreign policy—specifically under the leadership of President Donald Trump—achieved a decisive shift in how the nation interacts with global adversaries. The dialogue highlights the neutralization of Iranian capabilities as a cornerstone of this strategy.
By framing Iran’s leadership as unstable and prone to internal purification, the narrative underscores a fundamental goal: ensuring that Tehran remains unable to achieve nuclear proliferation. Furthermore, the discussion extends to broader international maneuvering, referencing NATO, the complexities of the war in Ukraine, and even historical U.S. interests in Greenland, characterizing these not as peripheral issues, but as essential theaters where American authority must be maintained.
The discourse doesn’t stop at the water’s edge. Domestic policy, particularly concerning the integrity of the U.S. border and the protection of the American workforce, takes center stage.
A key point of contention raised is the a---e of the H1-B visa system. The argument posits that immigration policy must be recalibrated to prioritize American jobs and ensure that those entering the country contribute positively to the economy rather than undermining domestic wages. This, combined with an aggressive stance against fraud, is framed as a foundational necessity for national health.
Perhaps the most impassioned portion of the analysis centers on the ideological battles currently playing out in the American cultural sphere. The narrative warns against the “creeping” influence of socialism and communism, labeling them as existential threats to the American dream.
The analysis also casts a critical eye on the mainstream media, describing major outlets as antagonistic forces that prioritize bias over the national interest. By framing the media as a purveyor of misinformation, the narrative calls for a more discerning public and a return to “true patriotism.”
Complementing this is a look at internal security. The FBI’s efforts to root out foreign spies, cyber threats, and domestic fraud are presented as vital, ongoing missions that have objectively made the United States a safer nation. Adding an element of international intrigue, the discourse touches upon the real-world risks facing national leadership, citing credible concerns regarding assassination plots and the high-stakes logistical maneuvers required to keep officials safe.
Ultimately, the video leaves the audience with a call to action. It is a message of prayer, vigilance, and unity. Despite the combative nature of the geopolitical challenges described—from the instability in the Middle East to the cultural friction at home—the sentiment remains one of resilient optimism.
The overarching vision is one of a nation that remains independent, economically empowered, and firm in its commitment to its founding principles. As the world becomes increasingly unpredictable, the message is clear: for America to thrive, it must remain strong, secure, and clear-eyed about the threats it faces.
Want to dive deeper into these high-stakes discussions? For a comprehensive breakdown and further insights into these geopolitical and domestic issues, watch the full video on the And We Know Official YouTube channel.
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