The Times They Are A-Changin’

It’s Friday, and there are a couple of things that have been on my radar that I’ve been keeping on the back burner. One is the looming risk the powers that be might try to yank the rug out from under Donald Trump by intentionally tanking the economy. The other is the gradual drip, drip, drip of fearmongering headlines about bird flu.

Granted, most people in the MAGA crowd are probably not staying tuned into these stories, because they’re too busy keeping track of all the winning. However, we’d all be wise to stay loosely apprised of what’s being fed into the minds of the masses, and also keep tabs on the more astute financial analysis provided by clear-minded thinkers.

Along with a hefty dose of liberal lawmakers screeching about America being in a “constitutional crisis” and their growing calls for violence—one jackass Democrat has openly called for the use of weapons against Musk, live on CNN—the other major thread of thought that’s being sown into the left’s collective psyche is that Trump’s funding cuts are going to exacerbate the bird flu into an “existential crisis.”

I’ll give you a taste of what many lefties are reading:

* How America lost control of the bird flu and raised the risk of another pandemic

* Bird flu crisis: Trump, Biden officials begin talks on outbreak

* Eggs Hit by Bird Flu Crisis as Farmers Lose Flocks to Virus

* "No Eggs, No Eggs, No Eggs": Severe Rationing In US Stores Amid Bird Flu Crisis

* Why has California declared a state of emergency over bird flu?

* As bird flu ravages poultry industry, the damage spreads

* New strain of bird flu is detected in a Nevada dairy worker, CDC

* Ohio reports first human case of bird flu: Here's what to know

* Migrants are on the front lines of the bird flu crisis

* Will Trump's Diminished Data Sharing at CDC Hamper Bird Flu

* U.S. Bird Flu Cases Surge in Early 2025

To be clear, I believe this propaganda is laying the groundwork for another pandemic. Whether or not they actually pull the trigger and try to use the pandemic playbook to undermine Trump between now and the midterms is a matter of speculation. These recent headlines point toward the possibility:

* The U.S. Is Not Ready for Bird Flu in Humans

* Expert concerned U.S. not prepared for bird flu spread in humans

* Under Trump, we could be flying blind when it comes to bird flu

* Avian flu in America is a political problem and a health threat

* Is bird flu the next global pandemic?

* Deadly H5N1 bird flu becomes an 'existential threat'

* Is Trump Ready for Bird Flu?

If you’ve been with me for a while, you may recall I’ve been documenting the perfectly timed release of this steady drip reaching back into last summer. TR 635 - Bird Flu, Bread Crumbs, & More Bizarre Coincidence outlines the stories leading up to the election, by date, which includes cats and dogs infecting their owners and other cross-species infections that have led to over a dozen human cases and counting.

I have a nagging suspicion that algorithms are being deployed to gauge the public reaction to these stories, and that once they feel like they’ve got enough traction to launch into full-blown pandemic mode, they won’t hesitate to do so—but they have to prime the minds of enough useful idiots first, in order for the psyop to take.

The narrative surrounding the second issue, the use of a financial collapse to thwart Trump’s winning, has also been carefully constructed. You might remember all the talk of how Trump was inheriting a “remarkable” economy leading up to the election, as noted in my Election Day post:

* The next U.S. president could inherit a booming economy.

* The Next President Inherits a Remarkable Economy

* The Next President Inherits A Very Strong Economy

* America’s strong economy: The next president will have a lot to work with

* 2025 Could Be a Great Time to Be President, Economically Speaking

I then contrasted this egregious gaslighting with the harsh reality of the real financial situation:

* The probability of a recession now stands at 35% - J.P. Morgan

* Americans fear the end: Economic collapse looms largest on the nation’s mind

* 85% Chance of Recession in 2024, Highest Since GFC: Economist

* U.S. Economy on Track for Major Crisis in 2024

* The US economy has defied recession forecasts for years. Is this time different?

Of course, the economy didn’t collapse into a major crisis in 2024—which naturally leads to the question: what are the chances that it’s going to happen in 2025?

I’d say that it’s more likely than not, but then again, I’m just an ignorant peasant speculating on things way beyond my pay grade. But, within this vein, here is some of what the “experts” have been saying over just the last week:

* Inflation came in hotter than expected in January

* Jobs report shows slowdown as companies are acting like 'they're in a recession'

* The success of Elon Musk's D.O.G.E will send the US economy into a depression

* Will Donald Trump sink the US economy?

It kind of seems the writing is on the wall, doesn’t it?

Regardless, right now insiders are claiming that the Deep State has finally met its match with Elon Musk—maybe… but I think that as Musk continues to move quickly and works to “delete entire agencies,” we are going to start to see the true extent of just how far the ruling class will go to protect their own.

Each day DOGE continues to uncover rampant fraud, like Biden’s illegal immigration funding machine, for example, and they have begun investigating the bureaucratic stooges who’ve grown fat off decades of systemic corruption. This is great news.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump just unleashed Mel Gibson to pull a Braveheart on the pedophile elites lurking in Hollywood, which seems to have Mickey worried:

My hope is that Mel exposes the darkness for what it is—which is pure evil—and manages to save more exploited children from Hollywood’s Satanic practices.

It will be fascinating to see how many rich and powerful people are ultimately caught up and implicated by these heinous atrocities. At any rate, what we are witnessing is a full-frontal assault on leftist institutions. It’s exciting and long overdue, but, as I’ve been saying, there is no doubt in my mind that it will come at a cost.

Other pundits are starting to tune into this fact too, asking the very real question:

Where Are the Protests and Riots Over Trump, Musk and DOGE?

They’re coming.

There’s no doubt in my mind they’re coming. What remains to be seen, in my mind, is which of the Deep State tactics get deployed in tandem. As we’ve seen, it appears that bird flu and economic collapse might well play into it.

Of course, there’s also the disturbing possibility that the Deep State goes straight for the throat by orchestrating a major false flag, successful assassination, or some other drastic measure that’s meant to shock the public back into submission.

Matter of fact, I ran across an article this morning that had a video of Mike Benz reading straight out of the CIA’s assassination manual—which probably has nothing to do with the 2,400 “newly discovered” JFK files that were just released, but the timing is interesting to me just the same.

Dark possibilities abound.

The good news is, for the time being, the winning continues to pick up speed:

* Trump is scheduled to meet with Putin (even as the Dems claim that he “literally appears to be negotiating on behalf of Putin”);

* RFK Jr. has been confirmed as the new HHS secretary (even though Mitch The Glitch McConnell voted against him);

* Tulsi Gabbard, Kristi Noem, and Pam Bondi have been sworn in as Director of National Intelligence, Secretary of Homeland Security, and U.S. Attorney General respectively (these women are set to kick some serious ass);

* Some 75,000 federal employees have taken Trump’s buy-out offer, ahead of his Feb. 11th Executive Order forcing agency heads to “promptly undertake preparations to initiate large-scale reductions in force.”

On top of all this, and so much more, Trump has flexed his executive muscle with a flurry of some 98 executive actions as of yesterday, February 13th—which has the Democrats scrambling and the bureaucratic parasites scrambling like cockroaches.

(Click here for the official White House list.)

It’s an exciting time to be alive.

Friends, there is so much happening so fast, it’s impossible to keep up with it all—which, of course, is precisely the point. This is why the Trump Team is moving hard and fast, to outpace the Deep State and their media allies. It’s all good stuff, but it does ratchet up the tension and sense of desperation among establishment figures.

I think of what’s happening kind of like cornering a wounded animal.

There is no telling what their next move might be.

That said, it’s snowing and I’ve got work to do. I’ll leave you with a few lines from the Great American Bard, Bob Dylan, who I didn’t realize had won the Nobel Prize in literature. I’m sharing this because it was the song in my head when I woke up this morning, and I think it speaks to the moment in a foretelling sort of way:

Come senators, congressmenPlease heed the callDon't stand in the doorwayDon't block up the hallFor he that gets hurtWill be he who has stalledThe battle outside ragin'Will soon shake your windowsAnd rattle your wallsFor the times they are a-changin'…The line it is drawnThe curse it is castThe slow one nowWill later be fastAs the present nowWill later be pastThe order is rapidly fadin'And the first one nowWill later be lastFor the times they are a-changin'

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