Did the Russians just thwart a major false-flag attack designed to kickstart World War III?

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According to Russian media, a British-led operation sought to hijack an advanced Russian jet fighter armed with a hypersonic missile and possibly use it for an attack on a NATO-member state in Europe. 

There’s an interesting story being reported in the Russian media today that, if true, shows just how close we are to World War III. Just one false-flag attack away.

On Tuesday morning, November 11, the Russian Federal Security Service, known as the FSB, said it thwarted an operation by Ukrainian military intelligence and its UK handlers to hijack a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile.

The Russian news outlet Sputnik International cited a Russian military expert for the following report:

First and foremost, Ukrainian intelligence planned to capture Russia’s advanced weapon system, military expert Sergey Gorbachev told Sputnik, commenting on the botched Ukraine-UK attempt to hijack a Russian MiG-31 jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile.

He didn’t rule out that the perpetrators planned a provocation involving the MiG-31 to simulate an attack on Romania or Bulgaria, both NATO members. Gorbachev also pointed to a possible media effect related to the scenario of a Russian pilot becoming a traitor and being used for nefarious purposes.

The military expert further noted, “So, it was a multifaceted operation that could have caused not only reputational damage to Russia, but also serious security consequences. A provocation imitating a combat strike against a NATO country would have obvious and easily predictable repercussions.”

He added that it is only natural to suspect that the UK’s MI6 was involved in the operation, as the Ukrainians “could not have planned, organized, and carried out such an operation all by themselves.”

Of course, the fact that it failed suggests that maybe the Ukrainians did try to pull this off by themselves. No further details were given. But either way, UK involvement or no UK involvement, the ramifications for the world would have been catastrophic if it had been carried out successfully.

Another political analyst, Vasily Belozerov, told Sputnik that the goal of the operation was multi-faceted. First, it would have made Russia look weak and vulnerable, while making Ukraine look like it is still capable of countering Russia. And, lastly, the operation, if successful, would have been meant to sow misinformation among the Russian people by getting them to believe there are unreliable Russian servicemen cooperating with the enemy.

“All these purposes are provocative, and any reasonable person understands that each and every Russian serviceman remains loyal to the oath of allegiance,” the analyst emphasized.

When it comes to Ukrainian intelligence, it is “not independent and operates under political directives from abroad, following instructions that come from outside Ukraine as part of the West’s confrontation with Russia,” Belozerov concluded.

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Election Truth Alliance Files Lawsuit Pursuing Election Irregularities in Pennsylvania’s Western District

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LAS VEGAS, NV /PRNewswire/ — The non-partisan non-profit Election Truth Alliance (ETA) has filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Al Schmidt, and the Board of Elections of Allegheny, Cambria, and Erie Counties to compel hand-count audits of the 2024 U.S. General Election.

The ETA is a volunteer-led grassroots organization that conducts independent investigative data analysis supporting election integrity. The lawsuit cites multiple election security concerns, such as significant election forensic red flags and ballot discrepancies that warrant investigation of systematic irregularities.

The ETA’s Pennsylvania lawsuit identifies multiple election irregularities:

Cambria County Tabulation and Certification Failures

On September 28, 2024, Cambria County certified completion of Logic & Accuracy (L&A) testing, claiming all voting equipment was properly verified. However, subsequent official emails contradicted that certification.

During the election, Cambria County was unable to scan completed ballots, affecting every precinct in the county. Faulty ballots were stored in emergency bins until newly-printed, scannable ballots arrived. After polls closed, officials began hand-counting ballots, but later chose to duplicate them onto the new ballots. According to official statements, the County planned to duplicate 35,000 ballots, “… but it turned out to be about 65,000.”

Official county results show 55,661 Election Day votes, over 9,000 votes fewer than the number of duplicated ballots, leaving the final disposition of those votes unclear. Ballot chain of custody and documentation have not been provided by Cambria County during records requests.

Election Forensics Indicates Red Flags in Pennsylvania’s Voting Systems

Of the 67 counties, at least 38 use ES&S systems and 14 use Dominion systems for optical-scan tabulation.

The ETA compared votes received per candidate with registered voter turnout in Allegheny, Cambria, and Erie Counties, as well as across the state. Utilizing election forensics methodologies, both systems exhibited voting anomalies for the 2024 Presidential election that mirror vote manipulation concerns documented in Russian and Bolivian elections. The scale of impact in Pennsylvania potentially exceeds the 120,000 margin of victory for president.

Comparable anomalies have appeared in Minnesota and North Carolina, which use similar election equipment.

The goal of this lawsuit is to ensure that paper ballot records match machine-reported vote totals, and that results as reported were not manipulated – electronically or otherwise.

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PODCAST: Rising Tide of Left-Wing Political Violence

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The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk is not merely the loss of a man, but the silencing of one of the most articulate defenders of faith, freedom, and America’s constitutional order. Charlie was a believer in God, and he recognized, as the Founders did, that liberty comes from Him, not from government.

That conviction made him a champion of the Constitution and of America’s unique tradition of opportunity for all. It also made him a target for those on the extreme Left who increasingly despise both God and freedom.

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‘The Dirty Neck … Must Be Cut Off’: Japan’s New Leader Sanae Takaichi Wastes No Time Duking It Out With China

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi started a feud with Chinese officials Friday by defending Taiwan and claiming China’s use of force on Taiwan could threaten Japan’s survival.

Takaichi is a conservative who was elected as Japan’s first female prime minister in October. She believes a Chinese attack on Taiwan could potentially create a scenario that threatens her country, according to The Guardian.

“The so-called Taiwan contingency has become so serious that we have to anticipate a worst-case scenario,” she informed a parliamentary committee.

The conflict escalated after China’s Consul General Xue Jian said in a now-deleted Saturday X post that China has “no choice but to cut off that dirty neck,” according to multiple reports.

“We have no choice but cut off that dirty neck that has been lunged at us without hesitation. Are you ready?” the post read.

“Are you ready?” the post continued, sharing a link to an article referencing Takaichi’s remarks, according to The Guardian.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass shared a picture of the deleted post.

“The mask slips — again,” he said, according to a translation of his X post. He alleged that Xue had previously compared Israel to Nazi Germany, and that Xue’s post threatens Takaichi and the Japanese people.

“Time for Beijing to behave like the ‘good neighbor’ it talks repeatedly about — but fails repeatedly to become,” Glass concluded.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Monday that Xue’s post was “extremely inappropriate.”

“While the intent of (Xue’s) post is not entirely clear, we must say the comment … was extremely inappropriate,” according to Politico.

Japan’s Foreign Ministry submitted a “strong protest” and requested that Xue’s post be deleted, according to the outlet.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said Xue’s post was personal, and that it was “directed at the erroneous and dangerous remarks that attempt to separate Taiwan from China’s territory and advocate military intervention in the Taiwan Strait.”

He claimed some Japanese politicians and media were exacerbating the issue, Politico reported. Lin added that China has submitted “solemn complaints and protests” against Japan over Takaichi’s comments.

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ARIZONA TODAY: Guest Sheriff Mark Lamb Congressional Candidate

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Candidate for Congress and former Pinal County, Arizona Sheriff, Mark Lamb is my guest. In between some smiles and a laugh, I believe you will enjoy our conversation and the thoughts shared. Whether you reside in Georgia or elsewhere across our country (my show is national, as well as covers Arizona), I think you will learn some pertinent facts and hear a gentleman who brings tremendous law enforcement experience, as well as a real sense of duty, honor and country with him as he strives to become a US Congressman concerned not only for Arizona’s future but the welfare and future of our exceptional nation as well.

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Dems Cave after Gaining Nothing for Weeks-Long Shutdown

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Who was responsible for the longest government shutdown in history? Look no further than those enraged at the news it may soon end. “The Democratic base is seething,” reports Politico. Liberal social media is on fire Monday, with activists, pressure groups, and wannabe Democratic senators and presidents falling over one another to condemn the deal in ever-louder terms.

On Monday night, the Senate passed legislation by a 60-40 vote that would fund the government through January 30. The House is expected to take the measure up as soon as Wednesday.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and House Progressive Caucus leader Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) both promised to vote against the bill in the House, and even Democratic senators are slamming their eight colleagues who voted to reopen the government.

Their basic contention is that their Democratic colleagues effectively caved by flipping their votes for nothing more than a promised future vote on extending Obamacare subsidies — a Santa’s pack full of leftist sweets. Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is expected to schedule a vote on an Obamacare bill prepared by Democrats sometime in mid-December.

But progressives are furious at failing to obtain their objective in the shutdown, which was to force the Republican majority to vote for the $1.5 trillion in new health care spending, which Republicans have never voted on before. If the Democrats’ gambit had succeeded, it “would have been the first time a minority party, Democrat or Republican, successfully extracted policy concessions by shutting down the government. That’s never happened before, and it ain’t happening now,” said Quena González, senior director of Government Affairs at Family Research Council, in comments provided to The Washington Stand.

Still, progressives know that they didn’t win anything out of the shutdown. As DNC Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta complained, “Any ‘deal’ that ends with Dems just getting a pinky promise in return is a mistake.” There was “no direct policy concession,” González explained. In fact, the deal that Democrats eventually took was one Leader Thune had offered weeks ago: keep the government funded now, to vote on Obamacare subsidies later.

This was a fair deal for Democrats, since House Republicans had passed a “clear” continuing resolution (CR), which kept the government funded at Biden-era spending levels. But Democrats rejected the deal for weeks, voting 14 times to reject that “clean CR.” “The hardcore Democrat base is set on extending the subsidies and shutting down the government pretty much indefinitely until they get their way,” observed González.

However, “the realistic wing of the party was already beginning to see what was never going to happen,” he added. The fact that Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the number two-ranking Democrat in the Senate, was one of the eight who crossed the aisle to fund the government shows that, “privately, Democrats knew that this day was coming,” González continued. “They knew that, if Republicans held together, they were going to have to compromise on this and that they were going to have to yield.”

To give cover for Democrats facing competitive elections to vote for reopening the government, they had to “have a sacrificial lamb in leadership to take a vote that everybody knew was going to have to be taken,” González explained. After Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was roasted by his party for taking a similar vote this spring, the uncomfortable duty fell to his second-in-command (not that Schumer has avoided criticism this time). The 80-year-old Durbin doesn’t plan to run for reelection again anyway.

As a further sign supporting this theory, González pointed to the fact that “they got exactly enough Democrats” to advance cloture. “No Democrat who didn’t absolutely have to vote for it, did,” he said. “The vote tally was clearly very calculated. … And so, obviously, although Schumer was a big public ‘no’ on this, he was obviously whipping behind the scenes to make sure this thing passed.”

Ironically, even parts of the Democratic base had recognized the inevitability of this outcome. Weeks ago, government employee unions were already calling for Congress to pass a clean CR to reopen the government — exactly the plan Republicans had advanced.

The deal struck in the Senate does vary from the CR the House passed in September, which would have kept the government open until November 18. Thune plans to replace that text with one that keeps the government funded until January 30.

The new deadline is “a win all the way around for conservatives … really one of the best-case scenarios that we could have hoped for,” González argued. “Appropriators had wanted something that would end around Christmas time, so we’d be right back here over Christmas, and appropriators would have the upper hand to lard this thing up with earmarks and kill conservative provisions.”

The Senate deal also includes the three appropriations bills that have passed through committee in the Senate. “There’s a lot to be left to be desired in the Senate version of those, because those were designed on a bipartisan basis,” González conceded. “They left out a lot of the great stuff that was in the House version of those bills.”

In the end, though, the longest government shutdown in history ended up being “a futile attempt by Democrats to achieve something that they had to have known all along was improbable and probably impossible: winning policy concessions by shutting down the government,” González summarized.

Conventional wisdom holds that no one ever wins a shutdown. But oftentimes it’s more important in Congress to stop bad ideas than advance good ones. By sticking together, Republicans achieve that here.

Now that some Democrats have broken ranks to reopen the government, the media narrative that Republicans were responsible is exposed as the farce that it always was. “People who voted against reopening the government denounced the vote, and vow to fight on were never against the shutdown,” argued National Review’s Dan McLaughlin. “There is no way to reconcile the furious response with the wholly false claim that it was Republicans, not Democrats, who shut down the government. It was always a lie, and they always knew it was a lie.”

On MSNBC, former Harris aide Symone Sanders Townsend criticized the Democrats who caved. “If they don’t get anything but a promise to vote later, then how do Senate Democrats explain the last 40 days to the people who have suffered?”

That’s a good question, but the proper time to ask it was before Democrats caused the suffering.

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Schumer Shutdown Becomes Circular Firing Squad After Growing Number Of Democrats Call For His Ouster

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Democratic lawmakers, candidates and left-wing activist groups are taking aim at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer over eight Democrats supporting a bipartisan deal to end the 41-day shutdown.

Two House Democrats — Reps. Ro Khanna of California and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts — in addition to Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner have called for Schumer’s ouster following a handful of Democrats advancing a stopgap bill to reopen the government. Though Schumer publicly opposed the shutdown deal, his progressive critics have lambasted his role in failing to secure a win on Democrats’ chief shutdown demand: an extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies that will expire at the end of December.

Eight Democrats advanced the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) during a vote Sunday night, providing the minimum number of votes necessary to cross the Senate’s 60-vote threshold. Schumer voted “no” on the procedural motion, but is catching most of the heat from congressional Democrats and the party’s base.

“I’m not going to run on a new generation of leadership platform here in Massachusetts and then go down to Washington and vote for the status quo,” Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton told left-wing YouTuber Jack Cocchiarella on Monday. “Again [I] respect his service, but [it’s] time to move on.”

Moulton, 47, is mounting an insurgent primary challenge against Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey. Though Markey, 79, opposed the bipartisan deal to end the shutdown, he has not called on Schumer to step aside.

“Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced,” California Rep. Ro Khanna, 49, wrote on X on Sunday night. “If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?”

Progressive candidates running to join Schumer in the Senate and Democratic Party-aligned organizations working to mobilize voters have also ripped the shutdown deal. Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who is vying to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins, called on Schumer to resign as Democratic Leader on Monday.

“Last night, some Senate Democrats caved,” Platner, 41, said in a video posted to social media. “This happened because Chuck Schumer failed in his job yet again.”

The Bernie Sanders-backed candidate then urged his listeners to call their senators and tell them that Schumer should step down from his leadership post.

Our Revolution, a Sanders-aligned activist group, also called on Schumer to quit his leadership role.

“If he secretly backed this surrender and voted ‘no’ to save face, he’s a liar,” Joseph Geevarghese, executive director of Our Revolution, said in a statement obtained by USA Today. “If he couldn’t keep his caucus in line, he’s inept.”

Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a member of the left-wing group known as “the Squad,” also called for Schumer’s resignation on Monday.

“Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people,” Tlaib wrote on X.

Democratic Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz, a member of Democratic leadership, defended Schumer’s leadership over the record-breaking shutdown on Monday.

“I’ve been in many of those rooms, and he fought like hell against that,” Schatz, who voted against the CR Sunday, told reporters the following day, referring to Schumer.

The eight dissenting Democrats disputed the prevailing narrative on Monday that the cohort caved by joining Republicans to bring an end to the shutdown.

“The government shutting down seemed to be an opportunity to lead us to better policy, but it didn’t work,” retiring Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat, who voted for the CR after having opposed it 14 times, told reporters. “It worked to this extent: health insurance became a big issue, and we get our day in court in December, but this government shutdown itself did not achieve that.”

The promised vote on a Democrat-authored ACA subsidy extension bill is likely to fail given widespread GOP opposition. House Speaker Mike Johnson has also not committed to holding a vote on the measure in his chamber.

Andi Shae Napier contributed to this report. 

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Adam Pack

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Critically Thinking about the Bloom 2 Sigma Education Report

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A MAJOR K-12 Education Matter… 

This may sound like an egghead issue, but there are a LOT of new K-12 education ideas that are based on Bloom’s hypotheses — so what’s the scoop? [Note that this is a follow-up to my last commentary.]

Briefly, the story is that an educational psychologist named Benjamin Bloom published a report 40+ years ago about multiple different ways to possibly improve the effectiveness of teaching children. Here is his original report.

The widely proclaimed takeaway of his report is that one-on-one teaching is extremely effective. Bloom claimed that this effectiveness translated to producing a “two-sigma” improvement (a statistical term) in student learning — which (if true) would be significant.

What is a “two-sigma” improvement? This is a good explanation. A simple example is that it would make a “C” student an “A” student. Clearly, that would be a major improvement — thus the interest in Bloom’s report!

Based on Bloom, the biggest change currently being heavily promoted is to discard conventional classroom “direct instruction” pedagogy and instead teach children using Artificial Intelligence (AI). There are some undeniable benefits of this, but there are also some almost insurmountable problems. Here is a reasonably balanced discussion of both.

As a scientist, I’m disturbed by seeing a lot of material from education experts that is clearly not scientific. Further, I frequently see incomplete, inaccurate, or inappropriate conclusions drawn by educators from good studies. IMO, there is some of the latter going on here with Bloom’s work…

Some Observations and Concerns —

1 – In Bloom’s report, he experimented with about twenty education variables (including one-on-one tutoring). In this excellent discussion (that supports Bloom), it breaks down Bloom’s results from each of these research variables. It’s interesting to note that one variable (“Higher Mental Processes”) pertains to Critical Thinking. Note that it can also produce a 2 Sigma improvement! Why don’t we hear more about that?

“Certain schools in some countries (Bloom cites Israel, Malaysia, and South Korea) emphasize ‘problem-solving, application of principles, analytical skills, and creativity,’ {i.e., Critical Thinking} while schools in the US focus on specific content and ‘tests of remembered information.’ {See here!}

“Here’s a passage about how subjects are taught ‘as methods of inquiry’ in the first group of schools {i.e., non-US}:

“The subjects are taught as much for the ways of thinking they represent as for their traditional content. Much of this learning makes use of observations, reflections on these observations, experimentation with phenomena, and the use of first-hand data and daily experiences, as well as the use of primary printed sources.”

2 – There were two (2) key elements underlying Bloom’s conclusions: a) one-to-one tutoring, and b) students not moving on until there is mastery of the subject. The key question is: what degree of mastery is needed to move on?

This insightful discussion states that Bloom’s paper indicates that: “Classroom students were required to achieve a mastery threshold of 80% before advancing. Meanwhile, tutored students were required to achieve a threshold of 90%.”

Comparing two groups under different conditions is a scientific no-no. This is a major matter as subsequent studies revealed that: “students with a readiness above 90% achieved a 98% pass rate. But for those with a readiness score in the 81-90% range, the pass rate dropped to 69%.”

Here is more info on mastery learning… A reader’s very insightful observation: “Everyone’s been aiming for the wrong goal (replicating one-on-one tutoring), when perhaps a higher mastery threshold [before moving on] is the magic pill.”

3 – Although Bloom’s paper is used to claim that one-on-one tutoring is necessary, his actual research was with groups of three to five students, NOT just one-on-one. This is a major matter where one researcher observed:

“A private student can be continuously prodded during a lesson to focus and to strive, whereas a small-group student must practice and strive on their own in order to advance. In other words, the difference is initiative…”

4 – Bloom did NOT advocate computer learning, instead:

“In his paper, Bloom does mention computer learning courses, but he does not jump to the conclusion that we need technology to deliver cognitive tutoring experiences. Rather, Bloom proposes a different conclusion: we need to combine multiple learning interventions to achieve 2 sigma.”

“And most importantly, the learning interventions we choose need to be additive. For example, combining “Intervention A” (impact = 0.6 sigma) plus “Intervention B” (impact = 0.4 sigma) will not necessarily add up to 1 sigma. Instead, it might add up to only 0.8 sigma if both interventions take place in the classroom and their benefits overlap.”

I see very little discussion or application of this key Bloom information…

5 – In this detailed analysis (that supports Bloom), there is this extremely important, insightful observation:

“Artificial Intelligence (AI) models excel at drills, explanations, and pattern recognition but still struggle with teaching critical thinking, creativity, and deep conceptual understanding.”

This reality should give us extreme pause…

6 – Lastly, there are some more advanced technical issues with Bloom’s report. If you’d like to wade into those, then please carefully read: a) Bloom’s taxonomy is wrong—just ask Bloom! and b) Two-Sigma Tutoring: Separating Science Fiction from Science Fact.

Some Creative Conclusions —

As a scientist who is proudly an education “outsider,” I’ve not been impressed with the creativity being applied to the US K-12 public school system. One would think that the deplorable results (on all fronts) would mandate some imagination, but most creative ideas are immediately attacked with negative thinking. In other words, we prefer to keep digging the hole deeper.

Applying some Critical Thinking leads to non-conventional ideas like…

1 – We MUST come to an agreement as to what our NATIONAL K-12 education objectives are. There is no way that we can make meaningful K-12 system advances when we have fifty different mission statements (our current irrational predicament). In effect, we are trying to please everyone — like simultaneously aiming to accomplish equity and equality (an impossibility). The results we are getting are largely due to this insanity. The best and simplest solution to this crisis is to radically reform DOEd. Period.

2 – Starting in high school (and maybe junior high), separate boys from girls. Ideally this would be classes in different buildings, but at least on separate floors. A close reading of Bloom clearly concludes that when distractions are minimized, learning goes up for everyone. [Note 1: My high school was done this way, and it was a rousing success.]

3 – Have classes grouped by the performance of students. Bloom also clearly conveys that when a class is more homogeneous, teaching (and learning) can progress further and quicker. [Note 2: My high school was also done this way, and again it worked out very well… Note 3: There will be objections to points #2 and #3 here, but it all comes down to what our K-12 objectives are.]

4 – Accept that quality curricula are more important than effective teaching. (See this explained, and shown graphically.) In other words, students would be MUCH better off with a superior curriculum and inferior teaching than the reverse. This is a major matter not adequately covered by Bloom, although he does say, “We also needed to find ways of improving the curriculum…”

5 – Specifically train students to be Critical Thinkers. Although there is almost universal agreement that this is a desirable outcome (and it is specifically endorsed by Bloom’s 2 Sigma report), there is not a single State that is formally doing it! Again, this is where national leadership is needed.

The Bottom Line

There is a LOT of interesting educational information in Bloom’s report. However, almost all of the current applications of his work are just focused on the individual tutoring part — but ignore the serious qualifications about such tutoring. Further, Bloom’s multiple other conclusions about improving education outcomes are given short shrift.

IMO, those are both MAJOR mistakes.

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Some sample references —

Who Was Benjamin Bloom? A Deep Dive Into His Educational Legacy

The ‘2 Sigma Problem’ and EdTech: Scrutinizing the Evidence for Impact

Study Smarter: Fast, Effective Study with Bloom’s Taxonomy

On Bloom’s two sigma problem: A systematic review of the effectiveness of mastery learning, tutoring, and direct instruction

A Critical Appraisal of Bloom’s Taxonomy

Bloom’s Taxonomy (Explained in 3 Minutes)

The Problem with Bloom’s Two-Sigma Problem

Life and Legacy of Psychologist Benjamin Bloom

Mastery Learning

The case for direct instruction

The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research

A Brief Summary of Research on Direct Instruction

Moving Students From Information Recitation to Information Understanding: Exploiting Bloom’s Taxonomy in Creating Science Questions

Study: Insights from early adopters of artificial intelligence in schools

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In Comey’s Own Handwriting: Comey’s Own Notes Expose Clinton’s Plot to Frame Trump

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Read handwritten notes on Clinton’s ‘plan to tie Trump’ that James Comey left in FBI safe….High treason.

They destroyed almost all of the incriminating documents. Imagine what was burned.

“Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Obama, Monaco all conspired together…to sabotage the democratic institutions of this country. I cannot find words harsh enough to condemn the conduct of these conspirators, these insurrectionists.” —Stephen Miller

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Daily Caller News Foundation — The FBI uncovered a handwritten note by former FBI Director James Comey in which he wrote “HRC plans to tie Trump” and “HRC health” just weeks before Election Day 2016, despite it being tucked away in a long dormant safe the week of President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, new legal filings in the U.S. government’s case against Comey reveal.

CONFIRMING, DNI Tulsi Gabbard: Putin wasn’t the only one sitting on a bomb—Barack Obama was too. Obama knew, James Comey knew. They all knew—Hillary Clinton was a psychopath and mentally unfit for the White House.

Instead, he devised the single greatest criminal conspiracy in United States history—a second ICA report tying Trump to Russia—with the sole intent to overthrow the United States government as we know it.

The original Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA) concluded that Hillary Clinton was suffering from “intensified psycho-emotional problems, including uncontrolled fits of anger and aggression,” and was placed on a daily regimen of “heavy tranquilizers.”

In other words: Not only was Barack Obama ready to have a psychopath in the White House in 2016, he installed one in 2020.

Which brings us to three questions: Blackmail? Espionage? Treason?

Comey’s Shocking Notes EXPOSE Clinton Plot

A new revelation threatens the integrity of past political narratives, as James Comey’s own notes reveal he knew about the Clinton plan to tie Trump to Russia.

Quick Take

  • James Comey’s notes reveal awareness of a Clinton plan to link Trump to Russia.
  • The notes contradict Comey’s previous testimony under oath.
  • Comey faces legal proceedings for false statements and obstruction.
  • The findings raise questions about the integrity of the 2016 election investigations.

The Comey Notes and Their Implications

In a shocking development, notes penned by former FBI Director James Comey have surfaced, indicating he had prior knowledge of a plan by Hillary Clinton’s campaign to associate Donald Trump with Russia. These notes, discovered in a secure FBI facility as part of a bureau reform investigation in early 2025, reference “HRC plans to tie Trump.” The existence of these notes directly contradicts Comey’s 2020 testimony, where he claimed ignorance of any such plan.

The discovery has led to Comey being indicted on charges of making false statements and obstruction of justice. This legal action, initiated in September 2025, highlights the significant discrepancies between Comey’s public statements and his private documentation. The notes are seen as direct evidence that undermines the narrative of Russian collusion, which had heavily influenced the political landscape since 2016.

The Political and Legal Fallout

The implications of Comey’s notes are far-reaching. They not only question the integrity of the Trump-Russia collusion investigation but also raise concerns about the role of intelligence agencies in political processes. The Clinton campaign’s alleged orchestration of this narrative was initially intended to divert attention from other controversies, such as the email server scandal. The revelation of Comey’s notes revives discussions on political accountability and the impartiality of intelligence operations.

Furthermore, the legal proceedings against Comey could lead to broader investigations into the conduct of the FBI and other intelligence agencies during the 2016 election. The potential for further indictments and declassification of intelligence reports looms, promising more transparency and possibly more controversy.

Impact on Public Trust and Institutional Integrity

The fallout from these revelations extends beyond immediate legal consequences. They contribute to a broader erosion of public trust in intelligence agencies and electoral processes. The credibility of key institutions has been called into question, prompting calls for extensive reforms and oversight in intelligence operations. The situation underscores the need for transparency and accountability to restore faith in the democratic process.

As the investigation continues, the American public remains divided, with some viewing the developments as a vindication of longstanding beliefs about political manipulation, while others see them as a necessary step towards truth and accountability.

Sources:

Read Handwritten Notes on Clinton’s Plan to Tie Trump

The Significance of the Recently Released Russia Hoax Documents

Russian Collusion Hoax: New Evidence May Show Written Plan

DIG Russia Hoax Memo and Timeline Revisited

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Pamela Geller

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The Whitewashing of Zohran Mamdani Has Begun

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Now that Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, the media have been cleaning up his history, trying to make him seem less threatening to the city’s Jews and more acceptable to the general public. More on what is being whitewashed, or deliberately overlooked altogether, for the benefit of Zohran Mamdani, can be found here: “Media Amnesia: Zohran Mamdani’s Extremism Forgotten as Pro-BDS Socialist Wins New York City Mayor,” by Rachel O’Donoghue, HonestReporting, November 5, 2025:

The clean-up has begun.

As votes rolled in and it became clear that Democrat nominee Zohran Mamdani had secured the landslide victory long predicted, the media whitewash was already underway.

Mamdani’s rise – from relative unknown to mayor of America’s largest city – is, politically speaking, extraordinary. He won more votes than any candidate in a New York City mayoral race in 50 years.

Mamdani’s “landslide” and “spectacular victory” was not, in fact, a landslide, and furthermore, not all that “spectacular.” He squeaked by, with only 50.4% of the vote, while running against one of the weakest candidates in recent years, Andrew Cuomo, who was fatally tainted by charges from eleven women of sexual harassment during his time in office as governor.

But it was also a campaign haunted by allegations of antisemitism, anti-Israel extremism, and sympathy for radical Islamist movements. Those allegations were well-founded, which is precisely why the media – until now – felt obliged at least to mention them, if only to dismiss them as “smears.”

Now that he’s won, even that pretense of scrutiny is vanishing.

The Record the Media Are Erasing

These facts are not in dispute – and they have all been previously documented by HonestReporting and others:

  • May 2021 – Pro-Palestinian rally, Manhattan:
    Led BDS chants and attacked city officials who traveled to Israel.

    Aug 4–6, 2023 – DSA National Convention, Chicago:
    “When the boot of the NYPD is on your neck, it’s been laced by the IDF.” (Video resurfaced Oct 2025)

    2023–2025 – Multiple posts and interviews:
    Repeatedly labeled Israel an “apartheid” state and accused the U.S. of “subsidizing genocide.”

    June 5, 2025 – Media interview:
    Refused to affirm Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state, saying instead that he supports “a state with equal rights for all” and opposes any “hierarchy of citizenship… on the basis of religion.”

    June 8, 2025 – Cornell Tech boycott call:
    Urged a boycott over the university’s partnership with Israel’s Technion.

    June 2025 – NBC’s “Meet the Press”:
    Refused to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada,” saying it’s “not language I use,” but stopping short of disavowing it….

“Globalize the intifada” means that “just as Jews in Israel were killed during the First and Second Intifadas, so now Jews everywhere (“globalize”) must be killed.

July 16, 2025 – Private meeting:
Said he wouldn’t use the phrase “globalize the intifada” going forward, but defended it as “a protest slogan against occupation.”

Is calling for the murder of Jews worldwide a legitimate “protest slogan against occupation”? How does the murder of Jews in France, or Germany, or the United States express one’s opposition to “occupation”? And since every last Israeli pulled out of the Strip in 2005, how can the word “occupation” conceivably apply to Gaza?

Oct 1–2, 2025 – ABC’s The View:
Called the Gaza war a “genocide” to audience applause….

And now that he’s Mayor, when the hurly-burly’s done, and the battle lost and won, can he be asked to explain on what evidence does he rely to call the Gaza war a “genocide”?

Oct 27–28, 2025 – Debate fallout:
Told an emotional story about a hijab-wearing “aunt” who stopped riding the subway after 9/11 over “Islamophobia” fears – but discrepancies later emerged, forcing him to walk back the claim and clarify that he had actually been referring to a cousin….

Mamdani did more than confuse his aunt with his cousin in this tale, but almost certainly made up the whole story of her supposed worry over “Islamophobia” out of whole cloth. Perhaps he could explain how he knows that a cousin had been “afraid” to go out in public wearing a hijab after 9/11. Does he know of any attacks on Muslims in New York after the 9/11 terrorist attacks? No, I thought not. So why should any Muslimah have been fearful of wearing a hijab in public? Tens of thousands of Muslim girls living in New York have appeared in public after 9/11 unconcernedly wearing their hijabs.

Then there’s Rolling Stone, which bizarrely claimed Mamdani “hasn’t said or done anything antisemitic” and “did not call to ‘globalize the intifada.’”

Mamdani has not “said or done anything antisemitic”? Is repeatedly and falsely accusing the Jewish state of committing genocide not antisemitic? Does his refusal to condemn the use of the phrase that calls for the mass murder of Jews worldwide — “globalize the Intifada” — not amount to antisemitism? Does his insistence that BDS — that is, the plan to devastate the Jewish state’s economy through boycotts, divestment, and sanctions — should be adopted everywhere not reveal Mamdani’s antisemitism? For he has not proposed applying BDS to any other country in the world — not to Putin’s Russia, despite its aggression against Ukraine, not to Iran, despite that country’s support for terrorism worldwide, not to China, despite its ruthless campaign to suppress the Uighurs. Mamdani has one measure for the Jewish state, and another for all other countries on our giddy globe.

The whitewashing of Zohran Mamdani in the media, whether by failing to note so many examples of his anti-Israel animus, or by misinterpreting them so as to soften their meaning, is already well underway. But when next January he becomes mayor, and then begins to implement his hugely expensive economic measures — the free buses, the free and universal childcare, the city-owned food stores — to be paid for by a rise in taxes for the well-off that will lead many of them to move out of the city, thereby shrinking New York City’s tax base, and with companies also moving out of New York, in response to Mamdani’s increase in corporate taxes, shrinking that tax base still further, people will become less willing to overlook or forgive his animus for Israel.

All the excitement about this young Lochinvar come out of the east, the best thing, we are being asked to believe, to happen to American politics in many years, or so his supporters devoutly insist, will eventually die down as Mamdani’s supreme incompetence undermines his supreme self-confidence.

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Election Theft is NOT Theory

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I wrote this article on May 18, 2022. I coordinated both Arizona Joint Legislative Hearings on Election Fraud/Integrity which our nation watched most closely. Other states followed Arizona’s lead setting up their own legislative hearings, and our evidentiary findings of election interference and corruption were strong and quite large. With the launch of “Arctic Frost” the Socialists, Uniparty and Globalists masquerading as public servants in Congress and the US Senate, launched a diabolical assault on anyone proving election fraud, lack of election integrity, corruption and malfeasance.

Only now, and with full appreciation to President Trump and his team, are the attacks, cover-ups, collusion, etc. being revealed as to the heinous acts and attacks against any and all who tried to expose election corruption.

This article will provide a glimpse behind the curtain of secrecy and blind ambition beginning in November 2020 and forward here in Arizona.

By now the People of the United States know the November 2020 Election was stolen; not merely mistake prone or administratively driven – stolen! What was considered Reasonable Suspicion (A suspicion founded upon circumstances sufficiently strong to warrant a reasonable man to believe the charge(s) are true), became Probable Cause (An apparent state of facts, found to exist upon reasonable inquiry and having the appearance of truth having more evidence for than against which would lead a reasonably intelligent person to believe a cause of action existed) Black’s Law Dictionary. From the time of commencing my coordination for the first Joint Legislative Public Hearing in Phoenix on November 30, 2020, with Mayor Giuliani and his team to the second Joint Legislative Public Hearing in Pima County, Arizona on December 13, 2021, I monitored and coordinated the slow and deliberate, the careful compilation of evidence brought forward to Arizona State Rep. Mark Finchem, State Senator Sonny Borrelli and State Rep. Leo Biasiucci – all three working diligently and soberly to get it right, to truly learn whether or not the last national election was stolen, a fraud, corrupt and seriously flawed requiring the Arizona Attorney General to formally investigate, and if warranted, bring forth charges against those who were involved. Arizona waited as did the entire nation who had been cheering on Arizona for taking the lead in this most heinous and diabolical set of acts to remove a sitting President of the United States because he did not go along with the agenda of the Global or Political Elites comprising both political parties, and beyond.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich submitted a preliminary report of findings validating the two legislative public hearings were warranted and not mere political theatre or sham. That sufficient evidence was compiled warranting a formal criminal investigation. That very serious acts occurred to interfere with a fair election, and evidence of non-cooperation and cover-up existed, as well as non-compliance by certain elected officials to the Rule of Law. But Mr. Brnovich could not bring himself to take the next step which would be to bring charges against several elected officials. Brnovich blinked. Brnovich deferred. Brnovich busied himself keeping the political waters calm and without ripples. Then 2000 Mules was released. This well investigated movie/report demonstrated Beyond A Reasonable Doubt crimes had been committed to seriously damage the integrity of the national election in six specified states including Arizona. High ranking elected officials in both parties have gone silent, nothing, crickets. All the nay-saying and derogatory remarks directed at those who worked tirelessly to seek the truth, all the political posturing, the attacks launched to character assassinate and bring discredit and even removal to those who dared to pull the curtain back on the dark and evil ways launched to undermine our sacred institution of free elections, these heinous acts by those who took an Oath of Office to Protect and Defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic; well, these pusillanimous office holders are suddenly silent. Suddenly nowhere to be found. Oh yes…they are busy going about doing the people’s work!

The people’s work is to get to the bottom of the fraud and criminality of the national elections, and to make damn certain it doesn’t rear its vicious head again this coming November 2022. But we have few elected officials willing to go into the trench and get muddy cleaning up the electoral process. We even have other highly visible community members who have dreams of running for elected office who remain willfully ignorant to the entire election fraud subject. They don’t want to stir the waters either, just like Brnovich appears to be so concerned about as he looks for another elected office. Well…Mark (Brnovich) allow me to give you some unsolicited counsel save your breath and time; you are going nowhere in your political life except into ridicule. You are waiting for President Trump’s endorsement as you seek a U.S. Senate seat and it’s not going to happen! You were given ample evidence carefully developed to make a positive and correct set of actions to return election integrity, and you balked. You chose what so very many in public office do go along to get along, not lead, not place We the People as a priority, not protect the Constitution you swore to protect and uphold. Just look around at the on-going expense of that fraudulent election, the financial ruin already taking grip across our country, the alteration of our society into something absolutely bizarre and threatening, the values and principles promoted by our founders being cast aside, quickly diminishing respect for our country by other nations, authoritarian rule dictated across our country even into our very homes. Don’t tell us Mr. Brnovich some legal slap on the hand to those involved in this Crime of the Century is sufficient.

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EXCLUSIVE: RNC Responds To 28 Bomb Threats, Nearly 500 Tips Of Suspicious Election Activity

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The Republican National Committee responded to 28 bomb threats and nearly 500 tips while Americans voted Nov. 4, officials told the Daily Caller, the latest example of their efforts to secure election integrity.

Ahead of the 2025 elections, the RNC put an election integrity team on the ground in both Virginia and New Jersey and invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in the cycle, the Caller previously reported. Prior to Election Day, the party recruited 964 poll workers in New Jersey and successfully placed 463 on Election Day, more than double what had been achieved in previous years, the Caller learned.

“Election integrity is essential, and the RNC is leading the fight to secure the ballot. This cycle, we are building a strong ground operation with staff, attorneys, and volunteers to ensure accountability at every level,” RNC Chairman Joe Gruters told the Caller in a statement.

“In New Jersey and Virginia, our teams resolved hundreds of issues in real time, defended ballot security laws, and made sure every lawful vote was counted. While Democrats try to make it easier to cheat, Republicans are safeguarding confidence in our elections,” the chairman continued.

The increase in poll workers and volunteer attorneys on the ground in both New Jersey and Virginia helped the RNC respond to 478 reports of voting issues on election day, the party shared with the Caller. The reports ranged from polling place disturbances and machine malfunctions to voter check-in and accessibility concerns.

A party election integrity official told the Caller that they tracked bomb threats at 28 locations during last Tuesday’s voting, which affected 37 precincts.

The official explained to the Caller how they respond to such security threats in real time. The party will get an immediate notification of election integrity concerns from one of their poll observers on the ground, and then the worker tracks how long voting booths are closed.

“We just tried to continuously feed information back up to the beast so that we at the top can then communicate to elected officials, to local police, to the registrars of election, whomever is in charge at that specific location … so we know exactly what what they’re tracking, and we just try to have a dialogue,” the party official told the Caller.

“And it’s never antagonistic. It is just truly dialogue. So we can, you know, help communicate and find a solution,” the official continued.

The party also got involved in a lawsuit in New Jersey to stop the Bergen County Board of Elections from counting over 300 “naked” ballots, which did not have an inner envelope. The judge sided with the party, ruling that the ballots violated the law.

Since breaking free of a 1982 consent decree in 2018, the GOP has been building up its election integrity efforts. The RNC finally began diving head first into the election integrity realm in 2022, an official previously told the Caller. Then-RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel established an official department for election integrity following the 2022 midterm elections which allowed the party to pull resources from all departments, such as communications, politics, and legal, the Caller previously reported.

The 2024 election cycle was about building the department up, and positioned the party to continue to make real progress in the 2025 off-year election and the 2026 midterms, an official previously told the Caller. Coming off a strong presidential election cycle for the department, a RNC official told the Caller that they were able to put boots on the ground much earlier in Virginia and New Jersey than in years past.

Before doing that, the party recruited 1,500 election judges in Pennsylvania, the official shared, adding that they had a team in California tracking the Proposition 50 gerrymandering proposal. In Wisconsin, the party is continuing to work on recruiting poll workers, the official shared.

The official told the Caller that the department has not stopped working on the election integrity despite Trump’s victory in November. The department kept a full staff while other departments lost people who joined the administration.

“What we have at the RNC is we have more continuity than any department of staff that are true believers in building an election integrity operation,” the official told the Caller. “Everybody that is on our team right now participated in election integrity in one way, shape or form, last election cycle.”

AUTHOR

Reagan Reese

White House Correspondent

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Nuclear Bomber Fleet Shares Fence With Trailer Park Linked To Chinese Intel-Tied Fraudster

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The top secret June 2025 B-2 Bomber strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities was launched from Whiteman Air Force base, which shares a fence with a foreign-owned trailer park linked to a convicted fraudster with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence ties.

The Knob Noster Trailer Park in rural Missouri is located less than a mile from the runway of “the world’s only nuclear-capable stealth bomber.” Business filings and social media posts reveal the RV park is one of several properties near U.S. military interests acquired by a web of shell companies, which are ultimately owned by a couple who live in Canada and belong to organizations controlled by disgraced Chinese tycoon and self-described former CCP intelligence “affiliate,” Miles Guo, The New Yorker wrote in a 2022 profile.

Guo did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The Knob Noster Trailer Park’s manager declined to comment.

The companies’ purchases raise serious national security concerns and must be investigated by federal authorities, says State Armor, a nonprofit focused on countering the CCP. State Armor provided information to the Daily Caller News Foundation for use in its investigation.

“China is pre-positioning assets across the U.S. in both the cyber and physical realm,” Michael Lucci, founder and CEO of State Armor, told the DCNF. “They seek to be able to incapacitate us. Federal and state leaders should be rapidly assessing how China’s assets within the U.S. — including industrial, residential and commercial properties on top of agricultural land — will double for military use. China’s agents should be expelled accordingly.”

[Image created by DCNF with Canva and screenshots from Google Maps, Earth and Reviews]

‘Thin Veneer Of Legitimacy’

Business records for the property neighboring Whiteman AFB reveal a curious maze of shell companies that appear to have been established solely for the trailer park’s purchase.

Four days after an entity called Property Solutions 3603 LP registered as a Missouri limited partnership on Aug. 28, 2017, business filings show the company purchased an approximately 25-acre RV park located directly north of Whiteman AFB in the town of Knob Noster, population 2,902.

Three months later, the company registered to operate under the business name “Knob Noster Trailer Park.”

In October 2017, the trailer park was placed under the control of a Georgia firm owned by Esther Mei and Cheng Hu, a Canadian couple at the center of the web of companies including Property Solutions 3603, and two others that have all used the same Michigan address, Utah business filings, Missouri and Michigan property records show.

Mei and Hu did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

The use of foreign citizens and shell companies is “classic Chinese intel ops” providing the CCP with a “thin veneer of legitimacy,” Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA operations officer, told the DCNF.

“There’s zero chance a Chinese couple from Canada rolled into Knob Noster and saw a strictly financial investment in a dumpy plot of land,” said Wright, who now hosts The Wright Report. “This trailer park would hypothetically give Xi Jinping a range of options to wreak havoc. For example, certain spy tools can connect to the local grid and fry systems at Whiteman AFB. He might also house signals intelligence equipment like a StingRay to catch cell phone data of people on base and target them for later recruitment. He can also hide attack drones or even missiles in nearby storage units and otherwise benign-looking shipping containers, as we’ve seen in the war in Ukraine and Russia.”

[Image created by DCNF with Canva and business records from Missouri and Georgia]

Social media posts indicate that Mei and Hu are members of the New Federal State of China (NFSC), a purported political movement to “take down” the CCP that was launched in 2017 by Miles Guo, who was found guilty of orchestrating an over $1 billion fraud conspiracy in July 2024. Guo is awaiting sentencing on the fraud conviction.

Although NFSC champions Guo as “the CCP’s number one enemy,” questions linger about the exact nature of his relationship with the Chinese government in light of Guo’s repeated acknowledgment of close ties with Chinese intelligence arms. In one interview, Guo said that China’s Ministry of State Security had tasked him with “handling things for them” and had used the code name “Wu Nan,” The New Yorker reported in October 2022.

The FBI also discovered two gold People’s Liberation Army pins bearing CCP symbols as well as 29 cell phones, a cell phone scrambler, and multiple passports within the mogul’s U.S. properties during March 2023 raids.

While it is unclear how the couple first entered into Guo’s orbit, the firebrand has interviewed them on several NFSC livestreams, and they have defended him using their social media platforms, from which they also host NFSC programs. The DCNF has not been able to determine the location of the NFSC’s internet server, but it appears likely to be located in the U.S.

The NFSC did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Hu hosts “NFSC Promotion Team” shows like “Flowery Talk” using his moniker “Flowers In June,” and Mei has used the name “Estie” to host programs like “NFSC Finance” on YouTube and other platforms, according to DCNF translations of social media posts.

DCNF translations show the couple have also hosted shows for NFSC’s “Vancouver Sailing Farm,” which was named as a party in a civil adversary proceeding related to Guo’s ongoing bankruptcy case in February 2024. The court-appointed trustee for the bankruptcy case alleges Guo attempted to hide his assets by fraudulently transferring $255,000 to NFSC’s Vancouver arm.

While the couple have not been named in that lawsuit, they are named in a May 2024 civil claim in British Columbia brought by Gao Bingchen, a Canadian journalist, who alleges they and other NFSC members slandered him as a “CCP spy” during demonstrations held outside his home in 2020 and 2023. Several videos Gao posted to social media appear to show Mei and Hu demonstrating outside his Surrey home.

“The defendants, Estie and Cheng Hu, have not responded to my lawsuit, and the court will issue a default judgment after May,” Gao told the DCNF. “I have no connection whatsoever with any CCP organization.”

Mei and Hu’s ownership of the Knob Noster Trailer Park poses a serious national security threat given their relationship with Guo, Lucci told the DCNF.

“It is a five-alarm fire for foreigners tied to Chinese intelligence to own the mobile home and RV park that is essentially off Whiteman’s runway,” Lucci said, pointing to one Google review video for the trailer park showing a B-2 landing at Whiteman AFB’s runway less than a mile away from the property.

“Beyond the obvious risk of photos and footage of B-2 bombers, properties immediately adjacent to an airfield create direct — and dangerous — access vectors,” L.J. Eads, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, told the DCNF, and pointed to satellite communications (SATCOM) infrastructure located on the north end of Whiteman AFB.

“Those dishes are plausibly tied to the base’s SATCOM and secure command-and-control links and would logically fall under the purview of the 509th Communications Squadron,” Eads said. “The 509th is responsible for the B-2’s global-strike command, control, and communications networks — the systems that allow the bomber force to receive, process, and transmit mission data securely from Whiteman or forward-deployed locations.”

Line-of-sight and/or close proximity is a requirement for some methods of surveillance and electronic warfare attacks, Eads told the DCNF.

“In a left-of-war environment the CCP would prize that marginal access to map and influence these links,” Eads said. “In wartime the same access becomes a high-value avenue to disrupt tactical command-and-control, and mission assurance. That’s precisely why continuous counterintelligence, emissions-control, and community reporting matter.”

[Image created by DCNF with Canva and screenshots from 郭文贵Miles Guo’s YouTube, 吊儿朗当吃瓜’s X account, Himalaya Australia and Laxi’s Odysee account]

‘Alarmed’

The couple’s company acquired the Missouri RV park and several other properties, which are located near U.S. military bases and a General Motors facility producing defense hardware, while Mei worked for a foreign investment firm with extensive ties to the Chinese government, business filings show.

“Individuals affiliated with the Chinese government use shell companies to disguise their identities and their intentions,” Michigan Republican Rep. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the CCP told the DCNF.

“That’s why land transactions near our military sites need to be scrutinized to the highest degree,” Moolenaar said. “I have bipartisan legislation that would increase transparency of foreign ownership of American land and Congress needs to act to support the Trump’s administration’s efforts to protect land near sensitive military sites.”

Around two weeks after Property Solutions 3603 bought the Knob Noster trailer park, Property Solutions 3601 LLC, which is also controlled by the couple, purchased the Pecan Grove Mobile Home Park in Oglethorpe, Georgia in September 2017, business filings and property records show.

The Georgia trailer park is located approximately 35 miles from Robins Air Force Base — a U.S. military logistical hub — and 50 miles from Fort Benning, which is home to the Army’s Airborne, Armor and Infantry schools, according to the Department of Defense (DOD).

“Kinetic weapons can obviously reach targets at 30–50 miles, but the real operational leverage for the CCP at those distances lies in electronic warfare, cyber intrusion, and persistent intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance,” Eads said. “Those capabilities are easier to operate from standoff, easier to maintain and hide, and allow adversaries to surveil, jam, and degrade critical nodes while remaining effectively ‘off the map’ of conventional defenses — precisely why co-location matters.”

Business filings show that when the couple purchased the trailer parks, Mei was a board member of Urban Select Capital Corporation, a Vancouver investment firm with offices in China. Founded in September 2007 as Orient Venture Capital II Inc., the company changed its name to China Select Capital Partners Corp. in April 2010 and rebranded again as Urban Select in October 2011, according to business records.

By the time Mei was hired in June 2016, the now-defunct firm had offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and had formed an investment company in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), a Chinese government-controlled zone that has housed at least 17 companies sanctioned by the U.S. government for supporting China’s military since 2019, according to federal records.

The firm had also by then formed partnerships with several Chinese state-owned enterprises, including SIP’s investment arm, Suzhou Venture Holdings (now called Oriza Holdings), which runs a venture capital center supporting China’s strategy to repurpose civilian technology for its military.

At least four CCP members have been listed on the Vancouver firm’s website as employees, as well as a National People’s Congress delegate, a staff member for a Chinese influence and intelligence service affiliate called the Chinese People’s Association For Friendship With Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), and several high-level personnel in the State Council’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), according to business filings and DCNF translations of Chinese government records.

The firm listed one such board advisor, who is also a party member, as having held positions within both the 863 Program and 973 Program, which employ overt and covert means to acquire U.S. technology in order to advance China’s national defense, according to federal reports.

While Mei left Urban Select in February 2019, and the couple ultimately sold the Georgia trailer park in May 2023, Property Solutions 3601 continues to own two Pontiac, Michigan homes less than a mile from General Motors and its Global Propulsion Systems facility, which develops DOD products, according to property records and an announcement from GM subsidiary GM Defense LLC.

Other properties in Canada, Washington, Michigan, and Utah have also been owned by the companies or have been listed as being associated with them, however do not appear to be located near U.S. military interests.

As China and its allies seek to realign global power, the U.S. must be on guard and expect the unexpected, Wright told the DCNF.

“The FBI and Department of War should be on this case immediately,” Wright said. “It deserves an alarmed reaction.”

AUTHOR

Philip Lenczycki

Senior Investigative Reporter

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Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Signals the Islamic Siege on America

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Fellow Americans, the red, white, and blue nightmare we’ve warned about for years has crashed through the gates of our greatest city like a Trojan horse packed with Sharia decrees. Last night, as the final votes trickled in from the concrete jungles of New York, the unthinkable became reality: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old radical democratic socialist and unapologetic Muslim activist, has seized the mayoralty of New York City. This isn’t just a loss for moderates like Andrew Cuomo or the embattled incumbent Eric Adams – it’s the opening salvo in a calculated Islamist takeover of America’s urban heartlands. If we don’t rise up now, with fire in our veins and steel in our resolve, every mayor’s office from sea to shining sea will fall to these infiltrators, turning the Stars and Stripes into a prayer rug under foreign boots.

Let’s cut through the liberal spin machine’s fog of “progressive triumph” and “historic firsts.” Mamdani isn’t some plucky underdog; he’s a foot soldier in a global jihadist playbook that’s been exported from Tehran to Tehran-on-the-Hudson. Born in Uganda to South Asian Muslim parents, this Queens assemblyman has built his career on DSA fever dreams – defund the police, open borders for endless migrants, and a housing “revolution” that reeks of wealth redistribution straight out of the Communist Manifesto with a hijab twist. But peel back the layers of his slick social media memes and multilingual voter pandering, and you’ll find a man whose loyalties lie not with the Constitution, but with the ummah – the global Muslim brotherhood that views Western democracy as a stepping stone to caliphate rule.

Don’t take our word for it; the establishment media, in their desperate bid to normalize this abomination, parades the same damning evidence under headlines of “celebration.” NPR crowed that Mamdani’s win makes him “the first Muslim and person of South Asian descent” to hold the office, as if that’s a badge of honor rather than a blaring klaxon for cultural conquest. The Guardian, ever the apologist for radical chic, gushes over his “buoyant jaunts” and “message centered on affordability,” conveniently ignoring how his campaign war chest overflowed with dark money from Islamist networks masquerading as “community organizers.” And CNN? They fawn over his “personal magnetism” that “attracted a diverse coalition,” code for importing vote blocs from Somalia to Syria who’ll tip the scales toward halal zoning laws and burqa mandates. These aren’t isolated reports; they’re a chorus of complicity, from Politico’s “sharp-elbowed campaign” puff pieces to NBC’s projection of his “rapid rise,” all whitewashing the existential threat.

Mamdani’s platform? A venomous cocktail of anti-American poison. He vows to slash NYPD funding – already a joke under Adams – while funneling billions into “equity programs” that prioritize migrant hostels over veteran shelters. His “relentless improvement” rhetoric, as CBS parroted in their victory lap, translates to relentless erosion of Judeo-Christian values: prayer rooms in every school, Sharia-compliant finance for city bonds, and a blind eye to honor killings rebranded as “cultural clashes.” Remember his debate clashes with Cuomo, where he dodged questions on Israel like a Hamas operative evading IDF drones? That’s not debate; that’s declaration of war on our allies. And his victory speech, quoting socialist relic Eugene Debs? It’s the siren song of the caliphate, luring the naive with promises of “affordability” while plotting to make New York the blueprint for Dearborn 2.0 nationwide.

This isn’t hyperbole; it’s history repeating its bloodiest chapter. Look south to Hamtramck, Michigan, where Muslim-majority councils have already banned Pride flags and mandated Islamic calls to prayer blaring over taxpayer speakers. Or Londonistan, where Sadiq Khan’s mayoral reign has turned Big Ben into a muezzin’s megaphone. Mamdani’s ascension – defeating Cuomo by nine points, per the New York Times’ precinct maps – is the American sequel, scripted by the same shadowy imams who fund CAIR and its tentacles. Even Trump saw it coming, endorsing Cuomo and threatening to choke federal funds to this budding theocracy. But the elites laughed it off, just as they did when 9/11’s masterminds plotted in Jersey City mosques.

Patriots, the dominoes are toppling. If New York falls – and it has, with Mamdani’s “unstoppable force” of youthful radicals and imported voters, as The Guardian boasts – Chicago’s Lori Lightweight will be ousted by a keffiyeh-clad councilman next. Minneapolis, already a no-go zone, will elect a full Sharia slate. And don’t get us started on San Francisco’s tech mullahs waiting in the wings. This is no organic “diversity”; it’s demographic warfare, accelerated by Biden’s border floodgates that dumped millions of military-age men from hostile lands into our voting rolls. Mamdani’s coalition – Black, Hispanic, and fresh-off-the-boat blocs – flipped the Bronx, per NYT data, proving the strategy: overwhelm, outvote, occupy.

We will not go quietly into this long night of dhimmitude! Arm yourselves with truth, not tolerance. Boycott the businesses that bankrolled this coup. Flood your statehouses with demands for voter ID ironclad as Fort Knox. Support leaders like Sliwa, who at least growled back in defeat. March on City Hall – not with pitchforks, but with the full fury of the First Amendment. Recall laws, ballot initiatives, congressional probes: unleash them all. If Mamdani rams through his “ambitious agenda” of socialist surrender, impeach him before he turns Gracie Mansion into a madrasa.

The hour is late, but the fight is ours. America didn’t birth freedom to watch it be beheaded by ballot-box barbarians. From the heartland to the harbors, rally now – or watch your mayors trade gavels for Qurans, and your flag for the black banner of conquest. The takeover starts in NYC; it ends with us. Rise, roar, reclaim!

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Eight Senate Democratic Caucus Members Defy Chuck Schumer To Advance Deal That Would End Shutdown

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Forty days into the longest government shutdown in history, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus bucked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to support a deal that will end the government shutdown.

Lawmakers voted 60 to 40 to advance a House-passed clean continuing resolution (CR) Sunday night that had previously failed to clear the Senate’s 60-vote threshold 14 times. Though the deal marks a crucial breakthrough to reopen the government, the process is expected to take several days due to likely opposition from a number of senators to expedite a vote on final passage.

Any agreement will also have to clear the House of Representatives, which has been in recess since Sept. 19.

Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine of Virginia, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and Jacky Rosen of Nevada flipped their votes to support the House-passed CR. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat who is not running for reelection, also supported the measure.

The five Democrats joined their fellow caucus members, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who repeatedly voted with Republicans to fund the government throughout the record-breaking shutdown fight.

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is widely viewed as the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent running for reelection in 2026, voted with Schumer to oppose the shutdown deal.

In the coming days, Senate Majority Leader John Thune is expected to offer a substitute to the House-passed continuing resolution that would include the prongs of the bipartisan framework.

The deal extends government funding levels through the end of January 2026, advances three full-year appropriations bills and funds a federal food aid program through fiscal year 2026. The agreement also reverses the mass layoffs of federal workers implemented by the Trump administration during the shutdown.

King, Hassan and Shaheen were reportedly responsible for negotiating the bipartisan deal with Republicans to bring an end to the 40-day funding lapse.

The breakthrough comes after Thune kept the Senate in session over the weekend in an effort to hasten an end to the shutdown. The funding lapse forced a vast swath of federal employees to miss paychecks, threatened millions of Americans’ access to food stamps and disrupted air travel in major hubs across the country.

King, who caucuses with Democrats, told reporters prior to the vote that the “length of the shutdown” led the group of Democrats to support the shutdown deal. The Maine Independent also said Republicans’ refusal to negotiate on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies slated to expire at the end of December while the government was shut down also forced Democrats’ hands.

“The question was, as the shutdown progresses, is a solution on the ACA [Affordable Care Act] becoming more likely? It appears not,” King told reporters. “And I think people are saying we’re not going to get what we want, although we still have a chance, because part of the deal is a vote on the ACA subsidies.”

Many of King’s Democrat colleagues railed against the bipartisan agreement, arguing the legislation was inadequate because it failed to guarantee an extension of the ACA subsidies.

“I cannot in good faith vote for a show vote that does nothing to guarantee that 24 million Americans get the health care they deserve,” Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, wrote on X.

“[V]oting for Trump’s continuing resolution – without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality – is a mistake,” Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy, another Democrat who could make a run for president in 2028, wrote on X. “I voted NO.”

The Democratic National Committee, left-wing activist organizations and a large chunk of House Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, voiced their opposition to the deal Sunday evening. Democratic candidates running for Senate during next year’s midterm elections and rumored 2028 presidential candidates also came out against the deal, citing its insufficient language on health care.

Thune has offered Democrats a vote on extending the ACA subsidies as part of the shutdown deal. However, the vote is likely to fail due to deep opposition among Republicans to an ACA subsidy extension without significant reform.

Republicans are not about to further burden taxpayers by blindly extending a flawed program,” Thune said on the Senate floor Saturday.

House GOP leadership will give lawmakers 36 hours notice to return to Washington upon the Senate passing a stopgap bill to reopen the government.

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Adam Pack

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