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Underground USA

No Fear. No Political Correctness. No Wokeism. An irreverent fact-based podcast heard and read across 48 US states and 35 countries. www.undergroundusa.com

  1. HACE 2 DÍAS

    Taxpayer Dollars Can’t Be Considered 'Free Money' Anymore

    With the arrival of Trump 2.0, the winds of change are being felt across the Washingtonian swamp. For the status quo, spendthrift Deep Staters, those winds have a sub-zero windchill. But the usual suspects on the political and ideological Left aren’t taking the freeze sitting down. A cadre of those who routinely feed at the governmental taxpayer monetary feed trough, including the National Council of Nonprofits and other Non-Government Organization (NGO) entities, have taken legal action against the Office of Management & Budget and its Acting Director, Matthew Vaeth, following a directive that halted the disbursement of federal grant and loan funds. This move by Democrat attorneys general from states like New York, California, New Jersey, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island to sue over the policy seems less about legality and more about protecting the flow of “free” taxpayer federal money into Leftist and Left-leaning politically aligned non-profits and NGOs. Attorney General Letitia James of New York—you remember her, she’s one of the Soros-installed AGs that went after Donald Trump over business practices that no one had a problem with—James branded the directive as “dangerous, reckless, illegal, and unconstitutional.” She’s undoubtedly more concerned with maintaining funding for organizations that align with her specific political agendas rather than addressing the broader implications of fiscal responsibility. Vaeth's rationale for the funding pause—to ensure that federal dollars are spent in alignment with the President's policy goals—highlights much-needed (and long overdue) scrutiny of how taxpayer money is funneled into special interest groups and non-profit organizations. This review is crucial, considering the vast sums often allocated to these entities, which may not reflect the interests or needs of the general populace but serve radical niche political ideologies. As reported by The Hill.com: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused the Trump administration of ‘blatantly’ disobeying the law ‘by holding up virtually all vital funds that support programs in every community across the country.’ “‘Congress approved these investments, and they are not optional; they are the law,’ Schumer said. ‘These grants help people in red states and blue states, support families, help parents raise kids, and lead to stronger communities.’ “He said the move could jeopardize ‘billions upon billions of community grants and financial support that help millions of people across the country. It will mean missed payrolls and rent payments and everything in between: chaos for everything from universities to non-profit charities.’” The plaintiffs' claim that the guidance will devastate non-profits dependent on government grants paints a picture of organizations addicted to federal funding. This presents a legitimate point: questioning their sustainability and true independence. If these groups are so reliant on federal funds to operate, one must ask how effective or necessary their missions truly are without such support. Furthermore, the argument that this guidance breaches the Administrative Procedure Act by being “arbitrary and capricious” reveals how the far-Left manipulates the law to advance their transformative and spendthrift agendas. It evidences an overreach by these organizations to shield their financial interests under the guise of legal rights. The assertion that this could infringe on First Amendment rights, particularly for groups advocating for Left-leaning causes like LGBTQ rights, suggests a fear that funding might be more critically evaluated based on merit rather than political alignment. Basically, this lawsuit is less about protecting the constitutional rights of non-profits and NGOs and more about defending a profligate system where federal funds—taxpayer dollars, and taxpayer dollars in an age of incredible national debt—are disproportionately directed towards far-Left special interest groups at the expense of broader, more equitable—and constitutional—public policy goals. The reaction to this funding pause indicates how entrenched some non-profits and NGOs have become in relying on government support (read taxpayer dollars), raising questions about the efficiency and impartiality of the federal funding distribution qualifying process. Bottom line: If a non-profit organization or a federal grant-eligible non-government organization is worthy of support, that support should come exclusively from the private sector, not through the extraction of tax dollars—under threat by the taxman—from the general public. If you want to support a non-profit or NGO, I applaud you; more power to you. But government shouldn’t force me to support auxiliary organizations outside the constitutionally required entities of the federal government. That’s the very meaning of “unconstitutional.” In the end, the temporary funding freeze to evaluate which initiatives were receiving taxpayer dollars was rescinded, but not until billions of dollars in funding for special interests and unconstitutional wealth disbursement were eliminated. Quite frankly, I think that the $50 million spent on condoms for Palestinians in Gaza—which they filled with flammable materials to firebomb farms and local civilian populations in Israel— or free benefits for people who have broken the law to be here in the first place, could be better spent on Americans in need right here in the United States. But hey, I’m not a federally elected or appointed spendthrift, so what do I know… Then, when we return, our segment on America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from our flagship station WGUL AM930 & FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida.. Underground USA is reader-supported. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. If Information Is Power, Then Data Is The Fuel Before we go, a few words on yet another communist Chinese initiative to collect data on foreign nationals and, specifically, Americans. DeepSeek, the Chinese app that triggered a $1 trillion meltdown in the US markets this week, is not only storing its rapidly expanding pools of US user data on servers in China but is also suspected of having ulterior motives driven by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) agenda. This situation echoes the national security concerns that led to Congress's crackdown on TikTok. Despite its popularity—it topped the charts in both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store on Tuesday, with over 2 million downloads since its international debut—DeepSeek raises red-flag alarms (no pun intended) about data privacy and national security. Unlike other AI chatbots like ChatGPT, which also gather extensive user data, DeepSeek's use of China-based servers marks a significant and concerning distinction, posing a direct privacy threat to American users. Angela Zhang, a law professor at the University of Southern California specializing in Chinese tech regulations, said: “What sets this context apart is that DeepSeek is not just a company but a tool potentially leveraged by the CCP for surveillance and influence…The collection of sensitive data like IP addresses and keystroke patterns could easily be exploited for espionage or to manipulate public opinion, posing a clear national security threat.” DeepSeek’s terms of service openly admit that user data is stored on "secure servers located in the People’s Republic of China," automatically collecting personal details including “device model, operating system, keystroke patterns or rhythms, IP address, and system language.” This level of access to personal data under the control of the CCP, which has a notorious record of using technology for authoritarian control, is deeply troubling. All companies based in China are legally obligated to comply with the CCP's cybersecurity laws. These laws require them to share data with the government upon request, essentially making DeepSeek a conduit for state surveillance. The security risks associated with DeepSeek's close ties to Beijing have prompted exacting responses; for instance, the US Navy has explicitly ordered its members to steer clear of using this chatbot, highlighting the gravity of the situation. This move underscores a broader concern about the strategic use of technology by the CCP to undermine privacy, security, and democratic values in the West. The mainstream populace has gotten so used to thinking of Chinese business ventures as sympatico with Western business initiatives that they completely ignore that the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese People's Liberation Army are at the core of everything they do; at the core of their Commu-Capitalist economic system. To wit: I suppose if you didn't listen about the dangers of TikTok, you wouldn't care about the dangers of this AI data-collecting communist Chinese initiative. But if you are short-sighted enough not to see the danger of the communist Chinese amassing data on you and your children through these apps, then you are naive to the goals they have set for themselves: to be the dominant force in the world. And I use the term “force” deliberately because communism, even in its hybrid form of Commu-Capitalism, cannot thrive without coercion. Get full access to Underground USA at www.undergroundusa.com/subscribe

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  2. HACE 5 DÍAS

    Oh No, No, No…We Can’t Be Doing This

    In 1975, Ronald Reagan famously remarked, “The problem with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t true.” The truth of that statement couldn’t be more apparent than it is today. The advent of social media and interactive internet platforms has validated Reagan’s statement and proved that this truth is even more prevalent than we suspected. At every turn—on any given day and on any given subject, erroneously advanced inaccuracies and untruths can be found because someone “liked,” forwarded, and/or posted a meme, statement, or opinion on something without actually taking the time to validate the meme or statement or read the provided content. This intellectual cancer isn’t just an attribute of “our liberal friends.” It exists just as prevalently on the ideological Right, and instances of this are getting more frequent. Recently, I had an old acquaintance from high school—by all accounts, a solid guy; thoughtful and an engaged member of the community, completely out himself as someone who finds it more important to opine on what he thinks he knows rather than what he actually would have known if he had taken the time to read what he was opining on. He is not alone. I have been guilty of this at one time or another, although today I make a conscious effort never to do it. We will read a headline and maybe the first paragraph of an article, and because we believe we understand the gist of what the author is saying, we feel confident that the opinion we’re about to craft for the consumption of others is valid; and based on a full knowledge of the subject at hand. Yet it’s not because we didn’t read the full article, white paper, research, or book or listen to the full podcast or presentation. This is a dangerous practice because when a not-fully-informed opinion is advanced—and then re-advanced, again and again, and liked and quoted—it takes on the appearance of fully researched truth, and a non-truth co-opts the appearance of legitimacy. Disingenuous actors, those who manipulate the public for ideological and opportunistic purposes, prey on those who engage in such acts—those who exist intellectually vulnerable because of their “excitability”—to seed statements that sound legitimate but aren’t. This allows them to create division and discontent while capturing the power of narrative control. Think of the Steele Dosier and the Trump-Russia scam, the Hunter Biden laptop denial, or, today, the Obama-Jennifer Aniston rumor. This intellectual susceptibility in our society makes us incredibly vulnerable to maleficent actors—government agencies as well as political organizations and ideological NGOs—employing PsyOps. Some of the more egregious PsyOp campaigns in recent years include: * Trump's Business Dealings: Accusations of money laundering and illegal business practices at the Trump Organization, circulated often without substantial evidence * Republican Voter Suppression: The claim that Republicans are actively suppressing minority votes, an allegation repeatedly disproved and lacking in both evidence and context * Trump's Mental Health: Speculation during Trump’s first term about the President’s cognitive abilities and mental fitness, allegations completely baseless and without evidence * Republican War on Women: The notion that Republicans are waging a war on women's rights, even as conservatives are on record as supporting policies that empower women. * COVID Mask Use: During the COVID pandemic, it has now been proven that a purposeful PsyOps campaign was employed to encourage the widespread use of face masks. This operation aimed to instill fear and compliance among the population by exaggerating the effectiveness of masks and the ineffectiveness of natural herd immunity. Inconsistent messaging from health authorities, along with the constant bombardment of frightening statistics and images in the media, created a state of panic that made people more willing to accept unconstitutional restrictive measures like mask mandates and the closing of businesses, maintaining that the information on mask-wearing and social distancing was based on scientific evidence. And the list goes on and on and on. In each case, well-meaning individuals were duped into advancing these untruths on social media and interactive internet platforms, as well as directly into the public square. They were duped because they failed—they failed—to do their due diligence in ascertaining the facts of the matter, to any responsible extent, before they opined on the matter. Now, I’m not advocating for the restriction of free speech in any way, shape, or form. I believe that the way to combat mis– and dis–information is by applying more free speech (which facilitates access to the truth), not less, and it certainly doesn’t facilitate the discovery of truth when the government (or any arrogantly self-important NGO) assumes the mantle of arbiter of the truth. What I am saying is this—and I specifically urge this among those who consider themselves conservative and constitutionalist, although I beseech those on the Left as well as all those who feel the need to opine: Don’t just read the headline or the first paragraph and feel you have the intellectual authority to opine. Yes, you have the right to state your mind, but to feign an understanding of the information in an authoritative way is the height of deceptive irresponsibility. It is almost as egregious as the actions of those who seek to manipulate the people for opportunistically disingenuous gain. It’s insanely irresponsible and arrogant. No one has the intellectual capacity—the clairvoyant ability—that allows them to divine whole swaths of content because they feel they understand the gist of an article, program, podcast, or presentation’s content. It cannot—cannot—be about the feeling that you get it. It can’t even be for your want to believe that you understand it. It has to be about acquiring the full context and content of the information. For that to happen, as the Blues Brothers said (and I paraphrase) you, me, everybody—everybody—we need to be responsible. We have to gather the information first and opine and make statements afterward. We must advance information that is based on fact and truth, not feelings or the want for the appearance of authoritative knowledge without having first earned that station. Bottom line: If you have the time and compunction to advance information, then you have time to consume that whole of the information on which you feel the need to opine first so you know the information you are advancing isn’t complete b******t; so you don’t make a complete ass of yourself by exposing your intellectual laziness; so you don’t come off looking the fool for your ignorance. If we all do this—all of us—imagine how Teflon we will be against the manipulation of the Deep State manipulators and dividers. Then, when we return, our segment on America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from our flagship station WGUL AM930 & FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida.. Underground USA is reader-supported. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. A Few Words On The Left’s ‘Stupidity Games’ As reported in a variety of mainstream media news outlets—both on the Left and the Right, the United States Air Force, arguably the wokest of the military branches as far as its hierarchy is concerned, has ordered the removal of some training courses focusing on the Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots who served during World War II. The order comes, they argue, to “comply” with President Trump’s crackdown on DEI initiatives throughout our government institutions, including the military. And while the problem may not be with the course content itself, the subject matter was co-opted by radical ideologues and incorporated into DEI coursework. There is a stark difference between DEI policy, advocacy instruction, and actual history. In fact, removing historical teachings from the USAF curriculum goes against the very spirit of Trump's Executive Order. This move is, itself, discriminatory. Trump's order is extremely clear: Demographic preferences, i.e., race, gender, religion, sexual preferences, etc., are not to be employed in any way, shape, or form in any training curriculum or promotion-based decision-making. Instead, merit and ability are to be the basis for everything, regardless of demographic. Certainly, the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women of WWII proved their merit, both making history. The Tuskegee Airmen were part of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the US Army Air Corps, the precursor to the US Air Force. Despite facing racial segregation and discrimination, they proved their skill and valor in the skies over Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. The Women Airforce Service Pilots, often referred to as WASPs, were a remarkable group of women who served during World War II. These brave ladies—over a thousand women— took to the skies flying aircraft of all kinds, including bombers, transports, and even the iconic fighter planes. They ferried aircraft from factories to military bases, towed targets for live-ammunition training, and even tested newly repaired planes. But, despite their invaluable contributions, the WASPs weren’t granted military status until 1977. So, whoever in the US Air Force hierarchy made the shallow-brained—or purposely deceitful—decision to remove the history lessons on these two prestigious groups, wrongfully identifying their history as only that of a DEI issue (and I would like to know the name of the charlatan who made the call to do this), doesn't deserve to be in a position of authority and should be relieved of command immediately, for they possess no common sense. We have to refuse to play these stupidity games. As Dan Bongino is fond of saying, "Cutes

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  3. This Is Why There Is Divide In Our Republic

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    This Is Why There Is Divide In Our Republic

    Most of the nation—and the free world—is breathing a sigh of relief at the exit of Joe Biden and Obama 2.0 from power. We see this as the beginning of the end of neo-Marxist wokeism. But while we celebrate the probable return to constitutionality and the downsizing of our federal government, some well-funded far-Left disruptors see an opportunity to create chaos. A small group that played a role in the effort to disqualify Donald Trump from ballots before the 2024 General Election is already propagandizing for impeachment proceedings against the 47th president. The Free Speech for People nonprofit organization is spearheading the call for impeachment, insisting: “Trump has refused to sell his ownership stake in companies through which he is assured to receive substantial payments from foreign governments in violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause. At least five foreign governments pay a combined $2 million per month in fees for their units in Trump World Tower; and because all five of these foreign governments are currently paying Trump these monthly fees, Trump is in violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause from the moment he took the oath of office.” The group is pursuing this ridiculousness even though CBS News and myriad other news outlets reported in January 2017 that Trump “resigned from all positions of authority and management within the Trump Organization and its affiliates” and that “his sons, Don and Eric, are fully in charge of the company.” Expecting Trump to sell his shares in the Trump Organization while he is not in an official capacity decision-making role is similar to requiring members of Congress to sell stocks in companies and organizations that could be impacted by the legislation they are considering. So, the expectation exposes the gross hypocrisy of the hyper-partisan Trump-hating Left at the Free Speech for People organization. The real issue is not so much the Free Speech for People non-profit itself but rather the typical neo-Marxist progressive donors and philanthropic organizations (using the term “philanthropic” very loosely) that finance groups like this one. It’s the dark money of the far-Left transformative Deep State oligarchy and their neverending financial commitment to undermine the will of the American people that is the problem; that is the cancer in the system that needs to be exposed and then expunged. Two main groups behind the new effort to divide our nation, purely for opportunistic partisan, transformative, and power-play purposes, are The Tides Foundation and Arabella Advisors. According to the Independent Journal Review: “The Tides Foundation — a key cog in the wider left-wing Tides philanthropic network, which combined to shell out $850 million in 2022 — is a major financial backer of Free Speech For People. The Tides Foundation gave grants exceeding $250,000 to the legal nonprofit in 2020, 2022 and 2023, and a combined $925,816 since 2019.” Underground USA is reader-supported. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. The article’s author, Nick Pope, goes on to say that the Hopewell Fund granted the Free Speech for People anti-Trump efforts $20,000 in 2023. The Hopewell Fund is one of several nonprofits boosting transformative neo-Marxist causes under the management of liberal dark money juggernaut Arabella Advisors, a major for-profit consultancy established by Clinton administration veteran Eric Kessler and funded by some of the worst anti-freedom advocates around the globe, including: * Bill Gates: Through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he has been one of the largest donors to the Arabella network, focusing on various globalist policy advocacy issues. * George Soros: He has provided multi-million dollar donations to the network, with affiliations noted through his funding to groups like the Sixteen Thirty Fund. * Mark Zuckerberg: Specifically, his philanthropy through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has committed significant funds, particularly noted for social justice issues. * Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund: This organization has been identified as the largest institutional donor to almost all of Arabella's nonprofit entities, providing donor-advised funds to wealthy individuals. * Hansjorg Wyss: A foreign national billionaire, he has donated substantial amounts, notably $500 million, to the Sixteen Thirty Fund, which has been used for various Leftist political initiatives. Incidentally, the same cast of characters—and more of the usual suspect far-Left advocate cabal (Google, Soro’s Open Society Foundations, the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, and Pierre Omidyar and Warren Buffett)—financially supports The Tides Foundation. These are the kinds of organizations that cause the divide in our country. It's less about the radicals they dupe into subservience, who constitute the far-Left ideologue voting public, and more about the agitators in organizations like these that stoke partisanship by advocating for destructive and baseless actions like the impeachments of presidents from the first days of their administrations, regardless of political party or political party affiliation. These are the transformative neo-Marxist opportunists and agitators. These are the people and organizations that comprise the Deep State cabal that must be marginalized and expunged from influence on Capitol Hill. This is the anti-freedom and anti-American influence that the American people mandated President Trump to eradicate from the halls of power. Because we have free speech rights in the United States, we can't go after the cabal’s message—or the message trumpeted by the Free Speech for People nonprofit, as imbecilic as it may be. But we can expose them as disingenuous and opportunistic political partisan assassins and pressure their donors and donor corporations to shun them financially. Bleeding these organizations (The Tides Foundation, Arabella, The Ford Foundation, etc.) so that they have to draw their finances from an evermore limited pool of ideological zealots marginalizes their ability to attack the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as they routinely do. It also sends a message that ‘We the People’ disapprove of impeachment as a partisan political tactic and believe it should be reserved for only the most extreme circumstances. And lastly, it sledgehammers them between the eyes with the unmistakable message that “We the People” are done with this far-Left Alinskyite tactical bullshit and that if they continue to act so childishly, they will suffer consequences, consequences that will result in their being dropped from the elitist class for their personal and institutional poverty. Let’s face it: we punished Disney, Anheuser-Busch, and several other organizations into subservience after their woke activism, bringing them to their knees. We can do it to these “philanthropic” organizations and their benefactors as well. Striking their wallets to punish their intellectual infantilism is the only way to get the message across to them. Then, when we come back, our segment on America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from our flagship station WGUL AM930 & FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida. Before we go, a quick point. It’s beautiful that President Trump is enacting a flurry of much-needed Executive Orders meant to reverse the institutionalized wokeism and neo-Marxism that has been implemented by the Obama-Biden Era. But without legislative action to codify those EOs into law, they can all simply be reversed with any incoming Leftist administration in the future. Then, we are back to square one. We must keep the pressure on our elected Congress creatures to craft and institute constitutionally sound law that codifies the Trump doctrine into law, including his moves to end DEI, secure the border, and unleash our energy sector. Without those pieces of legislation, it’s all just an exercise in short-term gratification and long-term ideological masturbation. We have to be smart this time around. And I’d like to give a quick shout-out to Bobby D. and Sheila S., who have—ever since the days of The New Media Journal and the non-profit BasicsProject.org, have been steadfast supporters. Please know you are appreciated now as you were appreciated then. Get full access to Underground USA at www.undergroundusa.com/subscribe

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  4. 21 ENE

    Pre-Emptive Pardons: A Question Of Constitutionality

    In his final hours as President of the United States, Joe Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons for Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley, the members of the January 6th Committee, and his extended family. This action was one of the most disgusting uses of presidential power to grant reprieves and pardons in the history of our Republic. And the action’s constitutionality should be questioned. In Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution, the president is vested with the power to “grant reprieves and pardons” through these words: “The President shall…have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.” The keywords here are “for offenses against the United States,” which infers a criminal conviction in federal court. In fact, the US Supreme Court has already ruled on that. If you accept a pardon, there is an inference of guilt. Therefore, the question that begs to be asked is valid: Are pre-emptive presidential pardons constitutional? Biden, in the early days of his presidency, lauded the Wilson and Roosevelt administrations, both of which expanded presidential authority and the purview of the Executive Branch unconstitutionally. Roosevelt’s New Deal was choke-full of presidential authority expansion beyond the limits of the Constitution. Brion McClanahan documents each—and the expansionist agendas of Wilson and Truman, as well as several others, in his book, 9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America: And Four Who Tried to Save Her. It’s definitely worth the time. So, it should come as no surprise that Biden felt unencumbered by the Constitution in his actions, specifically with his precedent-setting issuance of pre-emptive presidential pardons. It’s never happened before, and, through an originalist's view of the Constitution, it appears unconstitutional. Some would attempt to defend Biden’s actions by juxtaposing them with President Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon after his resignation stemming from the Watergate scandal. But there are significant differences between the two. Ford’s pardon of Nixon was singular, focused solely on Nixon, covering all federal offenses he committed or was under investigation for during his presidency. It was a direct response to a specific legal threat—a threat that had already been initiated. Ford’s action prevented any further legal action against Nixon. Biden’s actions, conversely, were preemptive because no investigative or legal actions had commenced against anyone receiving a pre-emptive pardon. Biden’s actions were aimed at protecting individuals from potential future legal actions regardless of any criminal conduct. Biden issued pre-emptive pardons to Fauci, Milley, the J6 Committee, and his family members. However, according to the Constitution, presidential pardons are only valid for issuance in instances of transgressions against the United States. So, how could they be valid and binding? But what to do? Well, if Biden can execute precedential actions, so can President Trump. President Trump should instruct his Solicitor General to file an emergency petition with the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to definitively rule on the parameters of the presidential reprieve and pardon clause in Article II, Section 1. It can be successfully argued that Article III, Section 1 gives the SCOTUS purview over establishing the defining parameters associated with Article II, Section1, through the words: “The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party…” Because the SCOTUS is a co-equal branch of our federal government—and the one charged with judicial review—it does not need to be presented with a case to accept or decline because the Executive’s action has already taken place. All it needs is a petition from the Solicitor General. This petition isn’t even an act of partisan politics because it concerns constitutionality; the definition and parameters would apply to all presidents regardless of party. The Supreme Court should be motivated to make this ruling because failure to do so would create a constitutional crisis. For example, suppose presidential pre-emptive pardons are allowed to stand. What is to keep every president, at any time, from issuing pre-emptive pardons to the entirety of his staff and cabinet? What would prevent a president from issuing pre-emptive pardons to sycophantic private citizens or crony foreign nationals? Inaction by the SCOTUS would render moot its ruling on presidential immunity because a POTUS could, theoretically, issue himself a pre-emptive pardon for any and all actions undertaken before, during, and after his or her tenure. Hunter Biden’s pre-emptive pardon serves as precedent for that. Moving forward, President Trump should request that liberal constitutional attorney Alan Dershowitz be seated as a Solicitor General specifically for this action in front of the Supreme Court. Dershowitz is on record as holding the idea of preemptive presidential pardon in contempt as wholly unconstitutional. Few possess his knowledge, experience, and expertise in matters of the US Constitution and constitutionality. Additionally, Mr. Trump must talk directly to the American people, circumventing the mainstream media, and explain that this action is not an act of retribution but a question of constitutionality that would bind all presidents to limitations set forth by the Constitution. He doesn’t even have to state that he wants the pardons revoked. He is simply asking the Supreme Court—the proper authority on the Constitution—for clarification on a matter of constitutionality. Personally, if I were in President Trump’s place and Biden would have left the pre-emptive pardons at only his son, I probably would have let the subject go. The question of what we would do for our children—especially troubled children like Hunter—is a question of personal sacrifice. But the moment Biden issued pre-emptive pardons to Fauci, Milley, the J6 Committee, and his extended grifter family, there was no question that the issue of pre-emptive pardons had to be addressed. We, as a nation and our federal government as a whole, have strayed far from the limitations set forth by the US Constitution. Our federal government routinely ignores the 9th and 10th Amendments even as it expands its authority beyond its constitutional boundaries by bastardizing the meanings of clauses in the Constitution and enabling the bureaucratic regulatory process. By allowing this expansion of authority, we now find our constitutional right to free speech under attack. Mr. Biden said it himself in his farewell babblings. No one should be considered above the law. I put it to you that no president should feel he can exist above the limitations of the Constitution. All we are asking for is a ruling by the SCOTUS on a matter of constitutionality. It’s their job, the reason that branch exists, to determine constitutionality. All we are asking is that they do their jobs. Underground USA is reader-supported. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. This Is How You Come To The Aid Of Your Neighbor? Many people may think I’m naive for believing that people rise to the occasion when disaster strikes. However, I’m not naive. I have witnessed this firsthand as a professional firefighter and paramedic and through my own experiences with numerous natural disasters, primarily hurricanes and tornadoes. In every instance, I have witnessed people stepping up to help their neighbors and even strangers. It may be something ingrained in us as Americans; who knows? I have come to understand one important thing: while people who "run towards the fire" can be found everywhere in our country—and likely across the globe—I notice that there are more of them in rural communities than in urban areas. I have been told by those who have grown up in rural settings (including family members and close friends) that this is because in rural communities, because resources are so spread out, people come to depend on one another in times of crisis. It makes perfect sense. This is why the current story coming out of fire-ravaged Southern California makes me believe that there are some real assholes in the world, and many of them come out during disasters and crises, exposing their selfishness in people’s despair. Ariel Zilber of The New York Post reports: “Landlords in fire-ravaged Los Angeles have jacked up rents — in some cases by more than double the price — in violation of California law against price gouging as thousands of residents seek shelter. By law, landlords are not permitted to raise the price of housing by more than 10% after a state of emergency has been declared. But a search of local listings and horror stories from realtors show that many opportunistic landlords are openly flouting the law after the wildfires destroyed entire communities.” She went on to say that one rental property in North Hollywood, near the disaster area, jumped by $800 overnight. And one mansion (or what would be considered a mansion by middle-class standards—five bedrooms is a bit larger than the average house) in Santa Monica, that previously listed at $12,500 per month in February 2024, now lists at $28,000 per month—a 124% increase. The question that begs to be asked is this. What kind of a jagoff gouges people in the face of a once-in-a-lifetime disaster? The answer is obvious: The worst kind. As pleas for help fill the threads on social media (even from those who have millions and careers that will, no doubt, afford them millions more), this is how some Californians co

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  5. Liberation Day Is Here…Now Our Work Begins

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    Liberation Day Is Here…Now Our Work Begins

    It’s finally here, Liberation Day; liberation from the caustic, divisive, neo-Marxist Biden administration, liberation from the underhanded, shadowy Obama 2.0 neo-Bolsheviks, liberation from the heavy hand of our globalist oppressors, liberation from wokeism. But just like in any successful “revolution”—and frankly, that is what we have achieved, a revolution in restoring governmental leadership that thinks the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights don’t suck—just in any revolution, We the People have to see it through, which means keeping the pressure on. I’ve said this before, and I will say it many more times as we move forward. It’s an Alinsky rule, Rule. No. 8. Alinsky understood that creating constant tension and conflict was the key to transitioning power. This rule—“keeping the pressure on”— was and remains crucial to the far-Left's agenda because it focuses on wearing down their opposition through relentless pressure. They understand that if they can keep the pressure applied, they can exhaust and divide their opponents, making it easier to push their transformative, neo-Marxist agenda. It's like a never-ending political battle where the farthest of the Left never lets up. They use this tactic in various ways, including endless protests, media smear campaigns, and constant calls for change. By keeping the pressure on, they aim to create an atmosphere of crisis and uncertainty that will make people more likely to accept their radical ideas. Well, I have always thought that if your opponent uses a tactic—or in this case, a set of “rules”—that works, why not co-opt that rule book and turn those tactics against them? Quite frankly, the Trump campaign (and now administration) understands this and leverages it to its advantage. But now, the time has come for us to understand our role in our restorative revolution. We cannot go back to being complacent. We cannot foolishly believe that just because we watched President Trump get sworn in as the 47th president, everything will be fine. We are at the beginning of the process, not the end. While wokeism is now dying, just like a mortally wounded wild animal that is cornered, now is the time when those in that movement are the most dangerous. We all must continue to accurately and factually educate our fellow citizens on why wokeism—its DEI and ESG tenets and its climate change and identity politics—why wokeism is so incredibly damaging to our freedom and to our ability to thrive. That takes engagement, not just liking posts and forwarding memes. We must immediately shift part of our attention to the 2026 mid-term elections and adding to the majority numbers in the House and the Senate. Why is this important? Well, we do have usual suspect RINOs in the Senate and the House, and our majorities in both houses are not large. We need to be able to have numbers that make the usual suspect RINOs inconsequential. That can only happen if President Trump doesn’t have to count on their votes. In the meantime, we must make sure that those currently elected to office feel our breaths on the back of their necks every minute of every day. We cannot let them fall back into the “self-importance” routine. They need to hear from us—with both positive and negative reinforcement, just like a child—when they do things that are both good and bad. The American people gave Donald Trump a mandate to re-establish constitutionalism across our nation, and that’s what we have to demand: that return to constitutionalism. We cannot tolerate those elected to the House and the Senate to derail the mandate that we, the voters, bestowed on the 47th president. They must feel pressure from we, the voters, so they know it is unacceptable for them to exhale and return to the bureaucratic, political, inside-the-beltway status quo. Again, that requires engagement, not just poking a button on a social media platform. Underground USA is reader-supported. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. It costs less than a monthly cup of coffee at Starbucks. President Trump, now inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States, has an incredible amount of work to do in just one term. He must: * Secure the border, deport criminal aliens, and advocate for legislation to permanently establish immigration laws that make it impossible for transformative neo-Marxists to flood our nation with illegal immigrants ever again * Completely rework the century-old income tax system to work to our strengths as a nation instead of the current unconstitutional system of inequity and carve-outs for the connected * Re-establish our energy self-sufficiency and position the US as a net exporter of energy to the world while establishing the US energy industry as a leader in common sense innovative energy development * Purge our federal government—including all departments and alphabet agencies—of partisan political activists * Streamline and balance the federal budget while expunging overreaching and unconstitutional regulations and the bureaucracy’s ability to establish regulations that equate to law * Re-establish the core mission of the Pentagon to that of a warfighting machine instead of a social engineering Petri dish * Reclaim the United States' rightful seat at the world power table to regain the ability to influence and potentially compromise the relationship between communist China and neo-Soviet Russia And these are just some of the big-ticket things that Mr. Trump must achieve in only four years. To say his slate is full is an incredible understatement. This is precisely why we—as well as the Trump administration—can’t allow the business-as-usual disrupters of the far-Left and the RINO classes to “wrench the machine” like they usually do. And to make sure that doesn’t happen, we must stay engaged; we must take the lead in using the far-Left’s playbook against them. We must think and act cohesively as a movement—a transformative constitutionalist movement—using tactics; “rules” that have proven to work on the stage of social influence. To reiterate the Alinksy Rules: * Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have * Never go outside the experience of your people * Whenever possible go outside of the experience of the enemy * Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules * Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also, it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage * A good tactic is one your people enjoy * A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag * Keep the pressure on * The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself * The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. * If you push a negative hard and deep enough, it will break through into its counterside; this is based on the principle that every positive has its negative * The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative * Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it So, with the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, I exist with hope in my heart for a re-establishment of constitutionalism for our Republic and a return to equal opportunity and prosperity for all. But without our commitment to “seeing it through,” without our efforts to “keep the pressure on,” this spectacular revolution will have all been for naught. It will die on the vine. And if we fail now to achieve our goals, the far-Left will—without doubt—execute a resurgence that will make the Clinton-Obama-Biden era look like nothing. What will come after our failure will make Mao’s Cultural Revolution look like child’s play ad that will not only affect the United States, it will affect the world. If that doesn’t motivate you, I don’t know what will. Then, when we come back, our segment on America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from our flagship station WGUL AM930 & FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida. Get full access to Underground USA at www.undergroundusa.com/subscribe

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  6. On Grifter Joe’s Parting Words…

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    On Grifter Joe’s Parting Words…

    Well, Joe Biden said his official goodbye to the nation—allegedly—in his farewell speech to the nation, which most people decided not to watch. The fact is this. Biden has been beyond a lame-duck president since the Obama machine shelved him as the Democrat candidate. But his farewell address had some things worthy of being addressed, even if for their obvious hypocrisy and the telegraphing of his and his administration’s misdeeds. I have edited his speech down to a few points and hurried his speech along, so if you are someone who thought Biden was a good president, no, I’m not taking him out of context. So, feel free to go about your day in your bizarre pseudo-utopian bubble. In this first clip, Biden discusses the importance of treating everyone with dignity, justice, and fairness. Without time enough to blink, the question erupted: So, what happened to Donald Trump’s right to be treated with dignity, justice, and fairness? He was denied each for his tenure and Biden’s term. He was called Hitler; they mocked his appearance, turned a blind eye to his benevolence to call him greedy, and denied him fair treatment both socially, professionally, and judicially. But that set the tone for Biden’s speech. He would go on to disingenuously serve up one hypocrisy after another even as he telegraphed his own opportunistic actions before and during his presidency. In this following clip, Biden has the unmitigated gall to say that we all must have the backbone to stand up to those who abuse power. You have to wonder if he really doesn’t understand that he is describing exactly what he and his administration—Obama 2.0—have done for eight years. He talks about “respecting” the institutions of government. Yet, at every turn, he transformed whole departments and agencies of our federal government into weapons against his enemies and the American people. And to even suggest that he is a proponent of a “free and independent press” when his and his party’s relationship with the mainstream media was both nepotistic and sympathetic stinks a vomitous stench of untruth. We haven’t had a free and independent press since the days of Woodrow Wilson, and it’s only gotten worse over the years. And then Biden made these obnoxious claims. The claim that this administration did anything to protect our children should earn Biden his own private circle in Dante’s world. There has never been a more egregious push to normalize gender dysphoria than during the Biden administration. The entirety of his staff—appointees et al.—were obsessed with sexuality and the sexualization of our children. And they were so to the point where they attempted to come between the sacred bond of parent and child. The Biden administration did more to corrupt the family unit than 100 years of Planned Parenthood, and that’s saying a lot. He then went on to falsely claim that crime—violent crime—is down across the nation. This is a flat-out lie. In fact, crime is so bad in many locales that people have stopped reporting crimes because there is too much of it for our law enforcement officers to address. Listen to any urban area police scanner on any given night—and especially Friday and Saturday nights—and all you hear is “shots fired.” Those aren’t the radio calls of a lower crime rate. And I suppose it’s easy to claim you’ve created 17 million jobs when you first eliminated 17 million jobs by destroying businesses during a so-called pandemic. But don’t worry, there are more people with health insurance than ever before. Now, all they have to do is schedule appointments thirteen months into the future because there are too many illegal immigrants in the waiting rooms thanks to the Biden administration giving them all free healthcare on the taxpayer’s dime. Underground USA is reader-supported. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. It costs less than a monthly cup of coffee at Starbucks Then we come to Biden’s warnings for all to heed. For some reason, Biden felt he had the mental acuity to channel his inner Eisenhower to forewarn of ghosts of the future. A peaceful transition of power? I suppose the Bidens and their White House staff won’t barricade themselves in the Oval Office. Still, with the rapid-fire executive orders coming out of Biden’s administration in the waning days of his presidency, he is certainly setting Rome on fire for the incoming president. I’m half expecting to hear he has posthumously pardoned Charles Manson and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. But the most sickening thing in his speech to me is his telegraphing of the dangers of a new oligarchy. Yes, he was trying to paint that color onto Trump, his incoming administration, and his potentate supporters, but he was describing exactly what he, the Democrats, Hollywood, the Silicon Valley billionaires, George Soros, and the World Economic Forum Orcs have had assembled since the days of the Clinton administration. Biden was speaking of the Deep State inside-the-beltway bureaucracy, the very entity that Donald Trump now has a mandate from the people to destroy. And he validated this by warning of the mis– and dis-information that will rule the social media threads because his beloved “fact checkers”—read government anointed censors—are being abandoned by most social media organizations, so much so that many “fact checking” companies are going belly up. But he continues to incriminate not only himself but the entirety of the Deep State apparatus. Reform the tax code? Biden had four years to do something about a corrupt and inequitable Internal Revenue Service and did absolutely nothing. In fact, he fueled the beast by feeding it personnel. But hey, he’s right. We should scrap the entire tax code from top to bottom and craft a consumption tax that can never be raised, with no add-ons or extras. That would force the federal government to establish and maintain a budget. Then he dared to complain about dark money in politics when Democrats—his party— have thrived off of dark money political donations since before the Clinton administration. Obam and Biden were even caught accepting donations from overseas. Look into ActBlue if you need proof. And you have to see Nancy Pelosi’s dentures fall into her chardonnay glass at Biden’s suggestion that Congress be forbidden from playing the stock market. I mean, really. How will the Congress creatures exit office as millionaires if they can’t inside trade and influence legislation for profit? However, the moment the possibility of a lightning strike was presented was when Biden addressed the issue of holding a president accountable to the law. Honestly, I agree. And by his own request, the incoming Attorney General should appoint a special prosecutor—and make sure Congress seats him or her—to investigate the actions of both then-presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. And lastly, Biden “circled back” to complain about that darn oligarchy again. Much to my surprise, I agreed completely with the sentiment in his final points, but again, he telegraphed precisely what he and his neo-Marxist ilk have done to the people of the United over the past 16 years. They have used identity politics and the smear of racism to divide our country. Rather than creating that level playing field for every American, they have embraced the discriminatory neo-Marxist tenet of equity of outcome over equality of opportunity. They have demonized the White heterosexual male as a second class onto which all the blame for every ill of our nation—past, present, and future—must be placed. We have to suffer two more days of these divisive assholes, and I am sure there will be some parting shots as he and his leave the White House and the Naval Observatory. But there is a new dawn on the horizon, and it is filled with a return to normalcy, or at least the hope of that eventuality. Now all we have to do is make sure the Congressional Republicans don’t fuck everything up like they did with Paul Ryan’s Congress in 2016. There is never any guarantee that Republicans can’t snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. Then, when we come back, our segment on America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from our flagship station WGUL AM930 & FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida. Get full access to Underground USA at www.undergroundusa.com/subscribe

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  7. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire…And Now There’s FIRE

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    Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire…And Now There’s FIRE

    The aware understand that free speech is required for freedom to reign. Our Framers understood it well, and that’s why it is enshrined in the First Amendment to the US Constitution in the Bill of Rights. But how does a free society protect free speech from nefarious charlatans who abuse that right for personal and ideological gain? Such is the question we face today when we examine the partisan politics that have metastasized like cancer throughout the mainstream media complex and, to drill down into one aspect of that niche, the pollsters. In an era of high political polarization, trust in polls has waned, particularly among certain voter groups. This distrust manifests in lower response rates and sometimes (and this is growing) dishonest responses, further skewing poll results. There has also been a trend where polls “herd” their respondents towards an expected result to avoid being an outlier, which can lead to a uniform but inaccurate picture. The American Association of Public Opinion Research published a white paper on herding that read: “Herding” specifically refers to the possibility that pollsters use existing poll results to help adjust the presentation of their own poll results. "Herding” strategies can range from making statistical adjustments to ensure that the released results appear similar to existing polls to deciding whether or not to release the poll depending on how the results compare to existing polls. By drawing upon information from previous polls, herding may appear to increase the perceived accuracy of an individual survey estimate…” The white paper said that one troublesome consequence of herding is that pollsters who engage in the practice will produce artificially consistent results that don’t accurately reflect public attitudes. This perceived polling consistency instills false confidence about who will win an election, thereby artificially impacting how the media covers the race. The white paper’s author goes on to say that the faux consistency becomes a major factor in whether political campaigns and parties “devote resources to a campaign, and even if voters think it is worthwhile to turn out to vote. “ So, by the conscious decisions made by the polling companies and, most of the time, by the individual pollsters themselves, even the associations that champion their “science” admit that industry practices artificially affect elections. In 2020, Maddy Weinberg, writing from the University of California at Berkeley, noted that data analyzing over 1,400 polls from 11 election cycles revealed that only 60 percent of polls conducted the week before an election included the actual outcome. This doesn't sound too bad to those defending the “science” of polling, but to the consumer, that result is a failing grade. The defenders of this failure spin it this way: “It’s really important to remember that these polls are not forecasting who’s going to win. They are an estimate of likely vote share. So this is about whether the truth falls inside the confidence interval, not whether the poll calls the eventual winner.” And pollsters often use statistical models manufactured to adjust or “weight” their data to—as they see it—to better reflect the broader population. However, these adjustments often introduce errors if the assumptions or methods used are ideologically tainted, dishonest, or flawed. For instance, weighting by “recalled vote” or education level has been criticized for possibly skewing results. The 2020 election highlighted that national polling errors were among the highest in 40 years despite these adjustments. So, it goes without saying (although it must be said) that the “science” of polling is inaccurate, to say the very least. Yet, the mainstream media complex and the political opportunists of all political parties routinely cite polling results as intently sincere and an accurate harbinger of the coming election results predicated on that snapshot in time. This presents the action in question recently reported by TheHill.com. Ashleigh Fields reported: “The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) announced on Tuesday their decision to represent an Iowa pollster entangled in a lawsuit with President-elect Trump stemming from a November poll from renowned pollster Ann Selzer that showed him losing to Vice President Harris.” The group, in Selzer’s defense, claims the poll was an “outlier that projected inaccurate predictions unintentionally” and, therefore, did not violate the law. The poll in question—Selzer’s poll, was published in The DesMoine Register just days before the November 2024 Presidential Election. Her poll results stated that the people of Iowa favored Kamala Harris by three percentage points over Donald Trump. In reality, Trump won in Iowa by 13 points—a 16-point deviation from Selzer’s results. Yet FIRE maintains: “Trump’s lawsuit, brought under an Iowa law against ‘consumer fraud,’ violates long-standing constitutional principles. It’s also entirely meritless under the Iowa law…The lawsuit is the very definition of a ‘SLAPP’ suit — a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. Such tactical claims are filed purely for the purpose of imposing punishing litigation costs on perceived opponents, not because they have any merit or stand any chance of success. In other words, the lawsuit is the punishment.” Let’s take a look at the past performance of Selzer and her company: * 2008 Presidential Election: Selzer's final poll correctly predicted an influx of first-time caucusgoers would deliver Barack Obama a victory in the Iowa Democratic caucuses. Her poll had Obama leading by 3 points when he actually won by 10, which, while not exact, captured the trend correctly. * 2012 Presidential Election: Her poll showed Obama leading by 5 points over Mitt Romney in Iowa, and he won by 5.6 points, which is a very close match. * 2014 Senate Election: Selzer's poll predicted Joni Ernst would win by 7 points over Bruce Braley, and she won by 8.5 points, showcasing her poll's accuracy. * 2016 Presidential Election: Selzer's polls were among the few that accurately anticipated Donald Trump's performance in Iowa. Her final poll had Trump leading by 7 points, and he won by 9.4 points, indicating a small but notable margin of error. * 2020 Presidential Election: For the 2020 election, her final pre-election poll found Trump ahead by seven percentage points (48% to 41%), which was very close to the actual result where Trump won with a margin of 8.2 points (53.1% to 44.9%). * 2022 Senate Election: Her poll predicted a Republican lead by 12 points, which was exactly what happened. That makes her 16-point error in the 2024 Presidential Election a significant—and, quite frankly—unbelievable anomaly in her track record. Her last poll before the election predicted a 3-point lead for Kamala Harris in Iowa, but Trump won by 13 points, marking a 16-point miss, unprecedented for Selzer's polls. Trump’s lawsuit alleges that Selzer’s poll—now proven to be a magnificent anomaly from her routine accuracy—was intended to “deceive” voters: “Millions of Americans, including Plaintiff, residents of Iowa, and Iowans who contributed to President Trump’s Campaign and its affiliated entities, were deceived by the doctored Harris Poll…Selzer’s misconduct caused ‘great distrust and uncertainty at a very critical time.’” Because the newspaper and associated media outlets portrayed Selzer’s poll as accurate using her reputation and polling accuracy as a selling point—and because that product was intrinsically defective, there must be some culpability for misleading voters given the industry’s acknowledgment of a 40 percent accuracy failure rate and industry standard practices that facilitate that inaccuracy. It’s quite hard to believe, given Selzer’s history of extreme accuracy, that a nefarious intent wasn’t in play here. Certainly, because The DesMoines Register paid Selzer for her polling, the poll itself must be considered a product. By that fact alone—because Selzer was paid for her services—her product shouldn’t fall under the dominion of First Amendment free speech protection, simply because she wasn’t engaging in political free speech as an individual espousing her personal beliefs. She was facilitating a product for profit. That FIRE is attempting to sully the judicial waters by arguing First Amendment protection—in the face of all of the evidence of malfeasance and nefarious intent, and in light of the fact that she was not exercising political free speech as a citizen redressing government, diminished its reputation as a protector of free speech in a time when it is needed the most. How far the mighty have fallen. And I have no doubt a fair and honest jury will hold to that assertion. Then, when we come back, our segment on America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from our flagship station WGUL AM930 & FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida. A Post Script: Before we go, I feel the need to further expose the insanity of the systemic wokeism that has infested the Los Angeles Fire Department’s administrative ranks. If you recall, I mentioned a Deputy Fire Chief named Kristine Larson, the head of the department’s DEI Bureau, in my recent article Who Couldn’t See This Coming. Not that it makes a bit of difference, Larson is of the LGBTQ+ community. What does make a difference is this. That’s why she ascended to her rank. Her appointment was not due to merit. As reported by Newsweek, of all places: “Los Angeles Fire Department Deputy (LAFD) Chief Kristine Larson is facing widespread criticism online after comments surfaced in which she appeared to shift blame onto fire victims for their circumstances. “Speaking as part of a video that aired during a commercial break for the FOX show 9-1-1 about firefighter capabilities, Larson said,

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  8. Who Couldn’t Know This Was Coming?

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    Who Couldn’t Know This Was Coming?

    This terrible, tragic story about what is happening in Southern California isn’t about wildfires or climate change, no matter how badly the elected class in California tries to spin it as such. Wildfires have been a part of everyday life since Los Angeles was created. And climate change didn’t cause the explosion in the size of this wildfire. But blame for the utter devastation has a home. Woke-brained ideologues and eco-zealous activists who have captured California government—at every level—have instituted reckless and dangerous utopian ideas and unrealistic and imbecilic initiatives, which have made this tragedy 100 times more dangerous and deadly than it had to be. Wildfires in California are nothing new. No one should have been surprised about a wildfire in Southern California. No one should have been caught unprepared for the annual arrival of the Santa Anna winds. What is happening in California right now was bound to happen sooner or later. However, the inability of California’s state and local governments to mitigate the emergency has caused this natural disaster to become an unnatural disaster propagated by inferior intellect at the hands of social engineers of a dysfunctional ideology. Traditionally—or until the woke mob assumed the throne—a large portion of California’s state, county, and city budgets were allocated to a reasonable amount of fire prevention, water management, and forest maintenance. But since the invasion of the woke, fire prevention budgets have been slashed, water management doesn’t exist, and forest maintenance is considered a crime. At a time when a large portion of the budgets should have been devoted to securing the safety of the citizens of California by evolving fire prevention abilities, hiring more firemen and training them for wildfires, and solving the decades-old water crisis—the exact opposite has taken place. Over 2,000 homes have burned to the ground (so far). Let that number sink in. It will take decades to rebuild all that was lost if, in fact, the people who lost their homes are allowed to get permits to do so for all the bureaucratic b******t people have to go through in California. So, the overarching question for the moment is this: Why did this happen? Los Angeles elected a radically extreme neo-Marxist activist for its mayor, Karen Bass. She is woke in a devout way; fully invested in the DEI culture that manufactures the equity of outcomes instead of the equality of opportunity. Bass cut the fire department’s budget by $17.6 million in deference to the institution of DEI programs and their accompanying taxpayer-funded administrative salaries. At the same time, Bass’s budget found money for housing, educating, and healthcare for millions of illegal immigrants and the homeless. By the way, with full knowledge that a massive wind event was to bear down on Los Angeles and its surrounding area, Bass went to Africa to celebrate the inauguration of Ghana’s president. Why would attending such an event serve the people of Los Angeles? Then, we have the DEI hires who are the Fire Chief of Los Angeles, Kristin Crowley, an LGBTQ+ community member, devoted to DEI (and damn proud of it, according to her official department bio), and her deputy chief, Kristine Larson, also of the LGBTQ+ community. Larson heads up the department’s DEI Bureau. Both have publicly bragged about their devotion to ridding the Los Angeles Fire Dept of “old-school white guys” and hiring for “diversity.” In fact, Crowley said shewas “super inspired about bringing more women and LGBTQ-identifying persons in to fight fires.” Honestly, if your house is on fire and you are trapped, do you give a damn who the person coming to rescue you is sleeping with? It’s inconsequential to the job at hand and the position. To base the hiring of a firefighter—or any first responder— on gender, sexual orientation, or skin color over the candidate’s ability to do the job is not only imbecilic, it’s a dereliction of duty. This is illustrative of the whole of governments—with few exceptions—in the state of California. Underground USA is reader-supported. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber. It costs less than a cup of quarterpounder with cheese at Mc Donald’s once a week! During COVID, Bass and the Los Angeles Fire Department administration fired hundreds of professional firefighters who refused the vaccine. It goes without saying that those fire-tested professionals could have been valuable during this emergency, but then they would have needed equipment. To that point, were you aware a large portion of Los Angeles’ firefighting equipment was sent to Ukraine to aid in the war effort? Then we have Janisse Quiñones, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power, the nation’s largest publicly-owned utility. Under Quiñones, firefighters responding to the fires were met with fire hydrants that didn’t produce water. Within 24 hours, the tanks used as reservoirs for the hydrants were depleted, and Los Angeles' outdated infrastructure couldn’t refill the tanks fast enough to produce usable pressure for the hydrants. The water was there, but there was no pressure to bring it to the hydrants. Could it possibly be that an individual whose salary was doubled upon taking the position as head of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power ($750,000 annually—the highest salary in municipal government) might begin efforts to upgrade a dilapidated system that, by all expectations, couldn’t perform in a worst-case scenario? Then, we come to the eco-zealots of Southern California’s radically insane environmentalist community. The area currently existing as an inferno is surrounded by state forests. However, the eco-zealot stewards of these woodlands have not controlled, cleared, or maintained undergrowth in 20 years. Many eco-zealots argue that undergrowth plays a crucial role in forest ecosystems, providing habitats for wildlife and contributing to biodiversity. Clearing it, they argue, would disrupt these natural processes. Besides, fire is a natural part of the forest ecosystems. Preserving habitats is one thing, but allowing undergrowth to accumulate to the point that when it catches fire, it obliterates whole cities is the rationale behind the imbecile. This poses the question: How many habitats were destroyed in the current fires? California has had two years of more-than-average rainfall, especially in Southern California. 2022-2023 was notably wet, with many regions of California receiving significantly more rain than average. Following the previous year, the 2023-2024 water year continued this trend with above-average rainfall across much of the state. Los Angeles, for example, recorded one of its highest two-year rainfall totals since the late 19th century, making these back-to-back years exceptionally wet by historical standards. Yet that naturally available water wasn’t captured to fill new reservoirs that were appropriated in 2014 through Proposition 1. Instead of building new reservoirs, there's been a push towards “conservation.” The last water desalination plant was built in 2015 in Carlsbad, California, Los Angeles is a city built on the Pacific Ocean. Yet the firefighters had no water? Why? Well, the state government—spurred by a potent eco-zealot lobby—routes naturally occurring water to the ocean for several reasons, all of which are rooted in environmental regulations. These people lecture everyone about carbon footprints and how dangerous CO2 is for the environment (CO2 is required in the growth cycle to afford photosynthesis and plant growth) as they board their G6s to Davos. So, while tens of thousands of people see their houses burn to the ground and, in a growing number of instances, find out that their neighbors have died, it’s pretty easy to see that the bulk of the blame for this horrific event lays at the feet of the woke assholes that are elected and appointed to public office in the State of California and the city and county of Los Angeles. Each has failed the people of Southern California in a spectacular way. To add insult to injury, just weeks ago—you know, when warnings about a more intense than usual Santa Anna wind was forecast, many of the people affected by the fire had their fire insurance canceled. Aside from that action being tantamount to criminal, it begs the question: If the insurance robber barons were astute enough to know that a disaster was in the offing, how come the people elected to know about these things were caught completely unprepared? The answer is simple. They are all DEI hires of the extremist ideological class, and their mission is not public service or the protection of their people but a mission of social engineering transformation. Well, they’ve succeeded in transforming a once beautiful and thriving area into an armageddon-like wasteland. But, you get the government you vote for so it can be argued that the woke of California lit the match to this disaster because virtue signaling was more important to them than electing people of merit to very important roles. But, hey, don’t worry. President Biden just announced the federal government will be picking up the tab for the disaster, so the woke who voted for their shit show of a government won’t suffer any consequences for their ideologically-based stupidity. I wonder how Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee people feel about that. Then, when we come back, our segment on America’s Third Watch, broadcast nationally from our flagship station WGUL AM930 & FM93.7 in Tampa, Florida. Get full access to Underground USA at www.undergroundusa.com/subscribe

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