A month ago, Badlands published my article called “A Week to Remember,” in which I stated that, once back in office, Trump’s plan is to gradually work towards the complete elimination of income tax.

Some of you probably rolled your eyes at my prediction. Certainly, this idea wasn’t accepted with confidence by many. Most didn’t even comment about it in the comment section. Why is this?

We are conditioned to be unable to see a world beyond the controlled and manipulated world in which we currently live. Our expectations are controlled; it’s why so many are easily black-pilled into hopelessness.

Today people are starting to talk about the concept I wrote about over a month ago, a month before anyone else even considered the possibility of Trump getting rid of income tax. I don’t expect to get any credit for being the first, but I hope this gives the reader more confidence in what I have to say going forward.

Recently, British Cabal-controlled assets have started insinuating or directly pushing the idea that Trump is controlled by Israel. This is to shift blame from the British Cabal to Israel.

The British Cabal runs the Deep State part of Israel, as they also run the Deep State part of Iran.

Some influencers are pushing the idea of Israel controlling Trump because they are easily misled. They find information they think they weren’t supposed to find, and think they’ve discovered some secret, when in fact they were intentionally led there by the British Cabal. Some influencers are being paid to turn on Trump, while some just lack discernment.

Anyone who says Trump is ‘the lesser of two evils’ is either genuinely misled, or a paid shill. If you encounter these people, understand they either lack discernment, or they are corrupt. Seriously, stop following them. They’ve given in to the fact that Trump will win this Fall, and they are doing their best to keep people from going all-in on their trust for Trump. They are trying to dampen people’s hopes and expectations. If they can control the public’s expectations, they can control the changes that can and will occur.

Onto the subject matter of this article.

I think we are getting to a point where we need to begrudgingly learn to forgive and forget. Not only do we need to forgive our neighbors, our friends, our family members, our coworkers, and even in some cases, people we see as our enemies, but we also need to forgive America and some of the economic behemoths that run it.

I don’t think this forgiveness extends to crimes against humanity, but I think that at least some corruption or crime that doesn’t involve the mass murder of innocent people, human trafficking and child abuse may need to go unpunished, and even forgiven to a certain degree. This still leaves a very long list of people who will not avoid justice and punishment.

But first, I’d like to talk briefly about Kamala Harris’ VP pick, Tim Walz.

To me, this is just more evidence of patriot control.

Tim Walz is the antithesis of JD Vance. Vance is a man with family values, who served his country honorably at war, and he has the intellect and desire to grow America as a free market economic juggernaut. Walz, on the other hand is an ultra-woke, economy-killing communist who left the military to avoid war. I couldn’t imagine hand-picking a better punching bag for the guy the 4am-talking-point-media has deemed “weird”.

Walz is the Washington Generals to Vance’s Harlem Globetrotters.

When does Vance start his fancy dribbling routine or throw a bucket of confetti into the audience?

If Trump is Batman, Harris is the Joker, and Vance is Robin, then Walz is Abner, the Jokers mentally ill henchman.

Forgiving Big Tech

Forgiving Big Tech may not be an easy thing to do, but it may be necessary, and ultimately the right thing to do.

Recently, Donald Trump said that Mark Zuckerberg apologized to him following the failed assassination attempt on Trump’s life. He said he wasn’t going to support a Democrat this election.

Mark Zuckerberg, the guy that was hugely responsible for the stealing of the 2020 Election. He banned Trump from Facebook, and banned other conservatives, Anons and their talking points from his platforms. He kept the Hunter Biden laptop from being talked about on his social media platforms. He funded election drop boxes in key battleground states, allowing the fraudulent use of fake mail-in ballots to steal the election.

How could we forgive this guy?

What about Elon Musk?

He said he voted for Biden in 2020, if you actually believe this narrative.

Now, he owns the biggest free(ish)-speech social media site in the world. He is now funding Trump’s campaign at $45 million a month. $45 million to the 45th POTUS. I don’t believe Musk was ever truly working against Trump, but it does seem he’s been working more behind the scenes supporting him the last couple of years, and even more openly the last year.

Big Tech innovators, crypto gurus, venture capitalists like Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have all recently publicly climbed aboard the Trump Train.

But why?

It makes sense that Trump chose JD Vance to be his VP if he wants their support and partnership. Vance is connected to the venture capital world; he has relationships within the Big Tech, venture capital world and understands how it works. He isn’t viewed by Big Tech as another clueless politician who will only call them when he wants more money, or is locked out of his social media account because he forgot his password.

Trump and these titans of Big Tech and Venture Capital are looking for a working relationship. This isn’t to say everyone in Silicon Valley (like Google) is looking to become BFFs with Trump, as some are doubling down to try to keep him out of the White House. Some are remaining loyal to the corrupt entities and people who have installed them into power—corrupt entities who in some cases created their technology, funded their businesses, and manipulated the system to allow them to grow and cannibalize their competition.

Without DARPA and the CIA, we probably wouldn’t have Facebook or Apple, or Amazon or Google, or Microsoft or Netflix, and maybe not even Tesla. I fully believe Musk is a patriot, but I don’t fool myself into believing he never took Deep State money to start his empire. I believe he turned his back on the Cabal long ago, and I forgive him, and trust that he is doing everything in his power to make America great again.

The Obama Administration grew the FAANG stocks into mega tech companies (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google). During his administration, they received preferential treatment over their competitors, ensuring they would monopolize their markets.

Now, these companies are invaluable, irreplaceable.

It’s been more of the same during the Biden Administration: the Magnificent Seven stocks have soared. Microsoft, Apple, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Meta (Facebook), Nvidia, and Tesla. But why is Tesla included in this list?

I have no idea, as its stock price is down -33% in the past two years. It certainly hasn’t performed well under Biden. The opposite has been the case, and Tesla thrived under Trump.

So why are some in Big Tech starting to turn their backs on the corrupt forces that got them to where they are today? Why are they risking it all to support Trump?

One could say they believe Trump will be back in power, and that they want to get on his good side, but I think it goes beyond that.

I believe these giants of Big Tech have come to the realization that the Deep State Cabal, who in many cases created, funded and grew their companies to become some of the largest, richest and most influential companies in the world, are now trying to destroy America and the world. These Silicon Valley titans of tech walk the streets of San Francisco and see the human carnage, the lives destroyed. They can see the plan and how it is being implemented.

I don’t begrudge the people who were made the face of DARPA-created and CIA-run-billion dollar companies. Who would turn that down? I don’t resent those who got funding to expand their vision, later understanding that they are essentially a kept mistress, that they are at the CIA’s beck and call. They may have even thought they were doing something good for the country, something noble by partnering with the CIA.

George Washington once allied with the British Army before leading the revolution against them. We seem to have forgiven him. Apostle Paul once murdered Christians before becoming one and writing much of the New Testament. Again, we’ve all forgiven him.

Why are we so hesitant in forgiving today or accepting that someone has a change of heart and wants to begin doing the right thing as a sort of repentance?

Many people within our community believe Bitcoin will have a huge role in replacing our corrupt financial system, and once replaced, keep it from becoming corrupt again.

During the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, Trump said he wants the US Government to stockpile Bitcoin, to use it to protect the US Dollar and the American economy. He said he wants Bitcoin to be produced in the USA. He seems to be a big fan of Bitcoin, and he appears to be partnering with giants in Big Tech and cryptocurrency.

Is there a connection?

What about AI?

I’ve been very critical of AI—more so in how AI companies stock prices have been manipulated up in what I have only been able to see as a money laundering operation by the Deep State. I can see how AI could be used to do very bad things—to control people, to eliminate jobs, to cancel people. Imagine if AI got to the point where everything you ever said or did could be used against you? How about a Minority Report situation, where the FEDs show up at your door for something they have predicted you will do at some point in the future?

It’s clear AI can be used as a dangerous weapon if in the hands of bad people. But, like with war, the only way to protect one’s nation from the invasion of an enemy military is to build up one’s own defenses. If one builds up their country’s military and defenses, it lessens the likelihood of being invaded and defeated.

Does this same rule apply for AI?

If a nation doesn’t want to be invaded by an enemy through the use of AI, then they have to build up their own AI to counteract it.

In order to compete and defend oneself on an ever-changing battlefield, America needs to produce Bitcoin in-house and build up their AI. To not do so would guarantee the destruction of the nation by means of a digital invasion. Whether one likes or trusts Bitcoin or AI, it doesn’t change the fact that if America falls behind, America will cease to exist as we know it, or rather, how we hope to know it again.

Picture, if you will, America being a country protected by Samurai, while other countries are developing guns and artillery. A sharp and skillfully wielded sword may have held its ground against other swordsmen and archers, and even musket-loaded riflemen, but certainly not against an infantry equipped with M4 Carbine rifles and Howitzers.

Trump understands that it’s either keep up … or die, and he prefers to be the one wielding the cutting-edge technology.

At this point, I’m even entertaining the thought that the AI narrative push has been created to build an infrastructure that will allow for the mass production of Bitcoin. In the case of the electric vehicle push, they pushed EVs without having the infrastructure to support it, which ultimately caused it to lose steam and fail. If the infrastructure is being built up before the push to produce Bitcoin, or some other form of cryptocurrency, it is more likely to succeed.

Is Trump setting the table for when he is back in office?

Is cryptocurrency the biggest reason Trump is aligning with Big Tech and crypto gurus?

Please don’t gloss over this last part …

Is WWIII the battle to control cryptocurrency, or is controlling cryptocurrency the avoidance of WWIII? This is a question and not a statement. Also, blockchain isn’t just about currency, its usage is much broader. We tend to just focus on the financial aspect of it. Maybe this is by design, as we seem to care more about protecting our wallets than our personal information.

Trump is a master dealmaker. I believe he has convinced many in Big Tech, cryptocurrency and venture capital that the current trajectory and intent of the Deep State Cabal is to destroy America and kill its economy. If they stick with the Deep State, in other words, everything they built will be destroyed.

Who cares how much money you have if the high-end stores and restaurants you want to spend it at are closed? Who cares to drive a Lambo if you can’t park it anywhere without it be vandalized or stole?. Who cares to live in a mansion if you can never leave it?

If America falls, so does Silicon Valley.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the Bay Area has been decimated by woke, liberal, Deep State policies, and this is a region so many in the world of Big Tech see every day.

Who represents this area? Has Trump been whispering in Big Tech’s ears that the Deep State Cabal plans to offshore their business?

Maybe they’ve come to this conclusion on their own, and have reached out to Trump. Whatever the case, I think the conclusion has been made that the path we are on leads to the destruction of all Americans and American businesses.

Remember when we started hearing about Big Tech billionaires building underground fortresses? Maybe they weren’t building them for protection against the angry mobs of citizens that will show up with pitchforks, demanding justice. Maybe it’s to protect them from their Cabal overlords, at least for some of them.

At this point, everything needs to be considered as a possibility.

How does the Silicon Valley Bank bailout in the early Spring of 2023 play into Big Tech jumping on the Trump train today? How does the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband in the Fall of 2022 play into this? Which side is Nancy Pelosi currently playing for, and for how long? Who pushed to get Biden out and Kamala in?

Let’s not forget the Sam Bankman-Fried FTX cryptocurrency scandal in the Fall of 2022.

Was this all a massive white hat coup? Did Trump and his allies take control of Big Tech and cryptocurrency at this time?

I’ll leave you with this, and if this doesn’t at least make you sit up in your chair a bit more, then I give up:

What day did Elon Musk officially buy Twitter?

October 28th, 2022.

What day was Nancy Pelosi’s husband attacked?

October 28th, 2022.

Coincidence? I think not.

Deep State retaliation, and a threat to anyone turning against the Deep State Cabal?

You decide.

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