Eric Florack on February 11th, 2025

* What fascist in history has ever sought to shrink government? Next time you hear one of your left wing friends tell you about how Trump is a fascist, hit them with that question. The stunned silence will speak volumes.

* Does this surprise anyone?

* Taylor Swift concerts are a controlled atmosphere by virtue of the fact that only people that like her and her music are going to pay the big bucks to see her perform. Her reaction to being booed very loudly at the super bowl must have been a bit of a shock. For the first time in a long time there was evidence in her face that she is not nearly as popular in the general public as she had believed. And, speaking of her face, the look on it told the story.

* If it wasn’t for inconsistent standards they wouldn’t have any at all.

* Word on the wire is that that character that killed the healthcare executive has received something on the order of $300,000 donations for his legal defense fund. Given the profile of this case, my take is that the figure seems a little low. And I would be interested to see where the money was coming from.

* That anybody is willing to publicly defend this animal’s actions is troubling, but then again look at what else the left has been defending. Usaid for example. The bison crime family. Anthony fauci. The list goes on and on. Defending the indefensible appears to be something of a character trait for the Democrat party these days. There can be little doubt that there will be electoral consequences for those defenses.

Eric Florack on February 10th, 2025

President Donald Trump learned today a Federal Whistleblower and former PA State Police employee has come forward with information and filed a criminal complaint this week on February 7, 2025, allegedly linking Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro with the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Allegations from the private criminal complaint,

“In the weeks leading up to the Trump Rally, President Joseph R. Biden, made frequent visits to Defendant Joshua Shapiro to discuss the obstacle faced by the Democratic party. Joshua Shapiro, organized, schemed, and conspired with other officials to carry out the attempted assassination against Former President Donald J. Trump.”

“Governor Josh Shapiro, facilitated, planned, and coordinated the attempted assassination to climb the political ladder..”

“On July 13, 2024, this Affiant contacted the Secret Service to provide a tip which was blocked by Biden’s Administration.

On July 15, 2024, through July 23, 2024, this Affiant communicated with Secret Service Agent John T. Donohue and provided numerous documentations related to the crimes committed by Governor Joshua Shapiro and the Philadelphia FBI’s involvement in covering up the crimes of Defendant Joshua Shapiro. Agent John T. Donohue sent the complaint to Headquarters, but the Biden Administration blocked it.

On March 9, 2024, Supervisory Special Agent Kenneth Keller, advised this Affiant through email that he contacted the FBI Philadelphia Personnel, FBI victim services, and management at the Washington Field office, and that they advised him to direct the Affiant to Philadelphia FBI. Agent Kenneth Keller informed this Affiant that the crimes being reported are not occurring in his jurisdiction, and that he has no jurisdiction to assist Pennsylvania victims. He advised the Affiant to contact the Department of Justice. This affiant contacted the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Up until recently, Ex FBI director Christopher Wray was conspiring with the Biden Administration and concealing the reports.

Now that he has resigned, this private criminal complaint must be investigated.”

July 23, 2024 the former State police employee filed documents to have criminal charges of attempted homicide filed against Governor Josh Shapiro. Butler County District Attorney, Richard Goldinger sent a letter to the former State police employee, dated August 22, 2024 refusing to bring attempted murder charges, because it was being investigated by other agencies.

Governor Josh Shapiro has not been criminally charged at the time of this story and presumed innocent of any alleged wrongdoing.

Both President Trump and Josh Shapiro are attending the Super Bowl today, which should make for an interesting game. ~ via Pennsylvania Arrest Warrants

VIDEO OF COMPLAINANT WHO FILED CHARGES:

https://ronchapman.substack.com/p/joshua-shapiro-charged-for-attempted?utm_medium=web

Eric Florack on February 9th, 2025
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Eric Florack on February 8th, 2025
Just a few thoughts on the events of the day:

* So, now the teachers unions are talking about arming to fight Trump’s policies in the streets. These are the same people that complained about arming themselves to protect their students from school shooters.

*It is impossible to underestimate the idiocy contained in the skull of the average socialist. The proof comes out every time they open their mouths.

* We are supposed to accept the idea that immigrants make us strong. Well, arguably the legal ones do. The illegal ones not so much. If you look closely you may notice that their home countries are refusing to take them back. Sounds to me like those countries don’t think that the people that snuck into our country aren’t going to make them stronger.

*If you’re going to insist on tipping the waiter, you’re not going to get any of my business. Not dime One.

* Amusing, to watch the Democrats marching on the agencies that have been audited. What they’re trying to hide seems rather obvious. The panic level is nothing short of amazing. Then again I guess it shouldn’t be. You always catch the most flack when you’re flying directly over the target.

#I think the funniest thing I’ve heard today is the complaint that Elon Musk has access to your social security number. Well, so do a few thousand people in the federal government, your bank, your insurance company, the state you’re driving in because your license has it. I mean let’s think about this seriously; do the people making this complaint think he’s going to be taking Grandma’s social security check, or maybe taking out fraudulent loans based on somebody else’s id? These people are complaining based on fear and nothing more. If they actually thought these things through, they wouldn’t say word one. Then again if they went that route, they wouldn’t be able to complain about the change in administration. And that’s really the thing… They still can’t get over the idea that Donald Trump won the election despite their worst efforts.

Eric Florack on February 8th, 2025
Martin Chote sends this one along:

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USAID NOT THE BIGGEST SCAM:

MUSK’S DOGE TEAM REVEALS THE BIGGEST FRAUD IN U.S. HISTORY—$100 BILLION STOLEN FROM TAXPAYERS THROUGH MEDICARE!

Elon Musk has detonated the most explosive revelation in history, A staggering $100 BILLION—siphoned from the American people, funneled through a system designed not to provide healthcare, but to fuel covert operations, line elite pockets, and sustain an agenda that was never meant to be uncovered.

With Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) peeling back the layers of corruption, Musk’s team has gained limited yet damning access to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency responsible for over one billion Medicare claims annually. What they’ve uncovered isn’t just a broken system—it’s a well-oiled criminal empire.

Medicare serves 68 million Americans, Medicaid another 73 million—one in four citizens trapped inside a system designed for plunder. Between June and October 2024, CMS was forced to suspend 850 agents and brokers for fraud, from unauthorized enrollments to illegal plan switches. These were not isolated incidents. They were part of a larger, calculated financial attack embedded in the very core of government healthcare.

The Justice Department has been aware for years. In June 2024, the DOJ indicted 193 defendants—76 of them medical professionals—in a $2.75 billion Medicare fraud operation. Yet these were only the foot soldiers. The true architects remain untouched, operating above the law. Since 2007, over 5,400 defendants have been charged, with more than $27 billion stolen.

The missing $100 billion isn’t missing at all. It’s been redirected into black ops funding, financing CIA shadow programs, experimental weapon development, and covert global influence campaigns. Big Pharma’s role is undeniable, using fraudulent Medicare payouts to keep hospitals, doctors, and insurers locked into their control. Stolen funds also grease the wheels of political machinery—untraceable slush funds financing election interference and opposition suppression. The laundering mechanisms are intricate, cycling through shell companies, offshore accounts, and private equity firms, ensuring those at the top remain untouchable.

Now, the Deep State is preparing its counterattack. The media is mobilizing a disinformation blitz, branding Musk’s findings as “exaggerated” and dismissing his team as “unqualified.” The DOJ and intelligence agencies are poised to retaliate, likely fabricating an investigation into Musk’s access to CMS data under the guise of “national security concerns.” Expect sudden SEC probes into Tesla, antitrust pressure on SpaceX, and government threats against Starlink—all calculated moves to silence him.

The evidence itself is in danger. Cyber warfare and “system glitches” could conveniently erase key data before the public ever sees it. If that fails, personal attacks are inevitable. Expect leaks, “anonymous sources,” and strategically timed scandals designed to discredit Musk before the truth fully surfaces.

This is the moment that will determine who truly controls America. The $100 billion Medicare heist is more than just financial fraud—it’s a revelation that threatens to unravel the entire power structure. If the full extent of this operation is exposed, it won’t just shake Washington—it will collapse the entire corrupt establishment.

This is the war Trump’s DOGE was created for.

If it’s only $100 billion I’ll be stunned

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I think most of us would be.

Eric Florack on February 8th, 2025
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Eric Florack on February 8th, 2025
Found elsewhere and shamelessly reposted

I’m noticing that there are some folks doing some serious whining about the Trump administration. So I thought I’d post some thoughts.

1. Accept the fact that this is the leadership that we (the majority of) working, middle class Americans wanted. We are pulling the economic weight in this country and we are tired of pulling the weight of those that do not contribute.

2. If you haven’t already, get a job. Every business in the country is hiring. And you get paid for the work you do. And the harder you work and the more you learn, the faster you will advance, and the more you will earn. It’s an amazing concept.

3. Understand that if you are a U.S. Citizen, or have already started the legal process to become a U.S. Citizen that you are not going to get deported! I don’t care what your favorite liberal media channel says.

4. Tariffs are a bargaining chip. When you are in business you make deals, and sometimes you have to play hardball. That’s how you get the deals you desire.

5. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects you from discrimination by age, sex, race, etc. DEI openly violates this. Democrats want you to believe the opposite is true because they value your vote more than your quality of life.

6. It’s not the government’s money, it’s your money. You absolutely should give a damn about how it is spent.

7. We are not the World Bank. If other countries need help they should raise their own finances. I don’t recall receiving any hurricane relief money from India or China.

8. Drill baby, drill. Want to know why? Because we have it. Are electric cars the future? Not in their current form. There is way more oil in the ground than lithium, and guess where most of that is? China. Want food prices to come down? Then energy costs have to come down. And that means oil, gas, coal, and nuclear. Unicorn farts and liberal tears won’t power your car!

9. The economy and the security of the country are far more important than your feelings, get over it.

10. There are men and there are women. Simple as that.

11. Education is to establish a learning core that prepares a child for the real, working world. Anything else is wrong.

12. Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States and he won by a landslide — both the popular vote and the electorial vote. Get over it.

Eric Florack on February 8th, 2025
Who does USAID help?

We said $4 billion to Haiti.

Turns out, over 40% went to Beltway firms and NGOs, over 55% went elsewhere, and a paltry 2.2% actually got to Haiti.

I believe we have a working definition for a slush fund.

And by the way do a little investigation into the Clintons on this matter.

Eric Florack on February 8th, 2025
I have often written in these spaces that once government gets its hands on something who they will very seldom let it go.

Donald Trump has suggested that the income tax should go. Remember, it was never supposed to be anything more than a temporary tax to cover the cost of the first world war.

Such was the fiscal solution imposed by the racist socialist and indeed worthless Woodrow Wilson. Or was it his wife? (Okay, that’s another matter.)

If there’s anyone who has a chance of eliminating the federal income tax, it’s Donald Trump. Indeed as I said earlier today, it’s beginning to look like eliminating the grift as DOGE has been attempting to do, we stand a pretty good shot at it.

Actually accomplishing this feat given the resistance that it is bound to get from the Democrats and from the never Trump Republicans, but I repeat myself, means that it is going to be as difficult as the moonshot was.

I have also often indicated that we don’t have a taxing problem, we have a spending problem. Which by the way is the answer to the question if the income tax goes bye-bye, how do we fund the government initiatives? The answer of course is we don’t.

Government will be severely curtailed and that is always a good thing. Always. Star Trek fans will understand the illusion, that government is like tribbles. Feed them more money, you get more government.

It’s long past time for us to put government back into its constitutional box. Personally, I applaud and he moved to that end. Usaid seems a good place to start.

Eric Florack on February 8th, 2025
The more people find out about what’s really been going on under the democrats, the less popular they become.

Eric Florack on February 8th, 2025
The gravy train has stopped. And the screaming has just started.

Eric Florack on February 6th, 2025
The answer is, well, not quite.

I actually held off on posting this so that I didn’t get accused of peeing on Carter’s grave.

Certainly, there is a good deal of equivalency between Jimmy Carter’s naive Mishandling of the Iranian hostage crisis and Joe Biden and his mishandling of the Afghanistan situation.

There is a remarkable similarity also between the two of them on their handling of energy, specifically oil. Creepy Uncle Joe was wearing diapers but at least he wasn’t wearing sweaters.

There was a bit of a difference in the reaction to the complaints of the people on the economy. Carter blamed the American people… Which was arguable, but ultimately untrue… and Biden just flat out lied about the state of the economy, claiming it was the best academy ever. That argument was difficult to justify in the face of anybody paying bills for groceries and fuel. Amazing how somebody so inept on energy can be so brazen in gaslighting.

The people’s reaction to Carter was Ronald Reagan, not once, but twice, and in Landslide fashion both times. The second time, the Democrats offered up McGovern, who’s intended policies were so bad and who had a record that was so foul that the gag reflex caused Reagan to win 49 states.

In observing these parallels it’s difficult not to conclude that the foibles of each resulted from a similar mindset, a similar set of politics and goals and frankly, similarly naive.

As word continues to leak out regarding Biden not being capable of handling the job from day one, (instead of it being as was claimed a problem that popped up in the middle of his term) it becomes clear that he wasn’t the one running the show. It is just as clear that Harris wasn’t either, being very apparently incapable of it.

So if Joe Biden wasn’t running the show and neither was Harris, who was? And why were the results of the policies of whoever it was so similar to that of the actions of Jimmy Carter? I submit that it is something called the Democrat mindset, or mindlessness if you prefer.

Joe Biden still maintains he could have won this election. Frankly he’s saying that because he’s trying to salvage what little is left of his legacy. But if you’ll recall, I wrote last summer that DNC internal polling suggested that driving was going to lose in epic fashion, which in turn is precisely why they pushed him out in favor of Harris. The signs were that she was probably going to lose too, but they needed to salvage what they could.

The reason Harris lost is the American public saw correctly that all she was going to do was make the problems worse by doubling down on Biden’s misguided policies. The last thing the American people wanted was more of the same…including it should be noted, a fair number of Democrats who crossed party lines.

I suggest to you that it was the nominal Democrat mindset that caused this similarity of outcome. If neither Biden nor Harris was running things, then obviously Biden administration officials were doing so. People who were steeped in that mindset. Unelected people. Which is one reason that so many find complaints about Elon Musk not being elected so comical.

The American people looked at the situation, looked at their raped bank accounts and recognized that regardless of which Democrat got elected, the braindead Joe Biden or the only marginally less brain dead come on Harris, the outcome would be precisely the same, four more years of the misery we’ve just gone through. Add to that the idea that Harris was the choice that was essentially forced on us by the Democrats not abiding by their own rules. Voters tend to dislike that.

It’s short, it’s not the individual Democrat… Carter, Biden, Harris, or for that matter tampon Tim,that is the issue. It is the mindset of the Democrats that has been in place for many years now.

Up until Joe Biden taking office, Jimmy Carter was quite probably the worst president in American history this side of Woodrow Wilson and FDR. One imagines that Carter died happy, knowing that title had been taken from him by the current administration.

It should be said that where Biden and Carter differ in terms of their time in the White House is that unlike Joe Biden, Jimmy Carter wasn’t using Presidential power to take family members of the criminal hook which by the way was probably the most coherent thing he had done well in office.

Which, intern brings us to Joe Biden’s mental decline and the cover-up of it. That’s already been the subject of a couple of posts on this website and I imagine those won’t be the last as more stuff comes out over time.

Jimmy Carter will be remembered as naive, but well meaning. Joe Biden’s legacy on the other hand will not be fondly remembered by the American people and Joe Biden himself probably won’t remember it all given the rocket sled ride of his mental diminishment.

But the one thing they share is the disaster that was each of their presidencies. Disasters that demonstrably had a common root. Their mutual fatal flaw if you will. Their dependence on making government bigger and more intrusive.

Eric Florack on February 6th, 2025
Found elsewhere and passed along…

WAL-MART VS. THE MORONS (NOT A JOKE)

I know lots of folks don’t like Wal-Mart, but this is fascinating.

This is spot-on.

PLEASE, READ THIS TO THE END. IT IS VERY INTERESTING!!!

Wal-Mart vs. The Morons

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart Every hour of every day.

2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!

3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick’s Day (March
17th) than Target sells all year.

4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco

K-Mart combined.

5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world’s largest private
employer, and most speak English.

6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.

7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and
keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.

8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought
bankruptcy.

9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.

10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are
Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.

11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur
at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth’s population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)

12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground
work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart
to fix the economy.

This should be read and understood by all Americans… Democrats,
Republicans, EVERYONE!!

To President Obama and all 535 voting members of the Legislature,
it is now official that the majority of you are corrupt morons:

a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234
years to get it right and it is broke.

b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to
get it right and it is broke.

c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get
it right and it is broke.

d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right; $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor” and they only want more.

e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.

f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get
it right and it is broke.

g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of
$24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.

You have FAILED in every “government service” you have shoved down our
throats while overspending our tax dollars.

AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED
WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM??

Folks, keep this circulating. It is very well stated. Maybe it will end
up in the e-mails of some of our “duly elected’ (they never read anything)
and their staff will clue them in on how Americans feel.

AND

I know what’s wrong. We have lost our minds to “Political Correctness”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone please tell me what is wrong with all the people that
run this country!!!!!!

We’re “broke” and can’t help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless
etc. and the last months we have provided aid to Haiti, Chile, and Turkey and now
Pakistan ( the previous home of bin Laden). literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!

Our retired seniors living on a ‘fixed income’ receive no aid nor do
they get any breaks.

AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children
going to bed hungry, elderly going without needed medicines, and mentally ill
without treatment, etc.

Imagine if the GOVERNMENT gave U. S. the same support they give to
other countries. Sad isn’t it?

*99% of the people receiving this message won’t have the guts to forward this.

*I’m one of the 1% — I Just Did
BEING UNITED SAVES AMERICA!

Eric Florack on February 6th, 2025
* Amusing, watching the Democrats claim that Trump imposing tariffs will raise our prices, when they’ve demonstrated for so many years that they haven’t any clue at all about how economics works.

* Remember when they closed all the gyms but kept McDonald’s open because they were worried about your health?

* It is useful to remember that the same people that are so terrified of DOGE, are the very same people who hired 87,000 IRS agents and armed them, so as to keep track of every financial transaction you make.