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Trump Goes Straight After Comey, McGabe In New Tweets

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(Via Zerohedge)

It has been a scorched earth weekend in the PR war between Donald Trump and the FBI.

In the aftermath of the report that the FBI’s top lawyer – and suspected FBI leaker – James Baker, had been reassigned, and at the same time as news hit that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was set to retire as a result of the “Trump Insurance Policy” debacle (but only once he becomes eligible for pension benefits), Trump lashed out at top FBI officials on Saturday and Sunday, his latest in a stream of criticism aimed at an agency that has seen a sudden spike in high profile departures after Peter Strzok’s publicly disclosed text message revealed a stunning climate of extreme anti-Trump bias at the FBI – including one still to be determined “Trump Insurance Policy” – just as Trump had suggested all along.

Trump swiped at multiple agency officials in a string of tweets Saturday afternoon, suggesting that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may have been compromised by political donations and ripping former FBI Director James Comey as a leaker.

“How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, the man in charge, along with leakin’ James Comey, of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33,000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700,000 for wife’s campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?” Trump tweeted.

The tweet was followed moments later by a comment on reports that McCabe is looking to retire from the bureau in the coming months as reported yesterday, in the aftermath of the “Trump Insurance Policy” fiasco. Trump noted that McCabe may seek retirement in March, when he would receive his full pension benefits. Trump wrote that the deputy bureau chief was “racing the clock to retire with full benefits,” adding, “90 days to go?!!!”

Rounding off the Saturday tweetstorm was a reference to reports that James Baker, the FBI’s top lawyer, had been reassigned. Trump reacted to that development with a simple “Wow” on Twitter, though news of Baker’s reassignment had surfaced days earlier.

The tweets Saturday from Trump, who has repeatedly jabbed at McCabe by citing his wife’s ties to prominent Democrats, came after the FBI deputy testified for many hours behind closed doors on Capitol Hill this week, responding to questions from lawmakers on three congressional panels probing the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia and the bureau’s work. As we reported, Congressional investigators said that McCabe dodged questions on the “Trump-Russia” dossier, and his testimony “contained numerous conflicts with the testimony of previous witnesses” so much that the House Intelligence Committee is planning to issue new subpoenas next week to Justice Department and FBI Personnel.

“It’s hard to know who’s telling us the truth,” said one House investigator after McCabe’s questioning – which was reportedly spearheaded by Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC). When asked about funding for the “Trump dossier”, McCabe claimed he could not recall whether or not the Clinton campaign and the DNC funded the report – despite the alleged existence of documents which McCabe signed establishing his knowledge of its financing and provenance. Curiously, ahead of McCabe’s Thursday appearance in front of the House Judiciary Committee for a “transcribed interview,” the DOJ announced that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe “will not be in a position to discuss matters that are within the scope of the investigation of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III.”

On Sunday, Trump’s feud with the FBI resumed, when the president used a tweet to quote Fox, stating that that FBI’s Andrew McCabe, “in addition to his wife getting all of this money from M (Clinton Puppet), he was using, allegedly, his FBI Official Email Account to promote her campaign. You obviously cannot do this. These were the people who were investigating Hillary Clinton.”

To be sure, Democrats argue that the Republican criticisms of McCabe and the FBI are an effort to undermine Mueller as his investigation ramps up, and to give Trump cover should he try to remove Mueller, a step the White House insists is not on the table. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, responded to Trump’s criticisms Saturday afternoon. “FBI would set a dangerous precedent if it forced out dedicated career public servants in capitulation to Trump and (White House) pressure,” Schiff tweeted. “President has already removed one top FBI leader — Comey — over Russia; McCabe would be another.”

None other than James Comey, now in active marketing mode for his upcoming book, tweeted that “Sadly, we are now at a point in our political life when anyone can be attacked for partisan gain. James Baker, who is stepping down as FBI General Counsel, served our country incredibly well for 25 years & deserves better. He is what we should all want our public servants to be” to which some twitter commentators had a sarcastic response…

As a reminder, what really happened according to the Washington Post, Baker, the FBI’s general counsel, communicated with Mother Jones reporter David Corn in the weeks leading up to the November 2016 election. Corn was then the first to report the existence of the Trump dossier on Oct. 31.

Meanwhile, some Republicans have called for McCabe’s ouster, accusing him of political bias, particularly over the fact that his wife received hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to her 2015 Virginia state Senate campaign from a super PAC led by a Clinton ally. At the same time, Benjamin Wittes, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and friend of Comey, cautioned in a tweet on Saturday that the deputy director’s exit from the FBI may not be part of any kind of larger “purge” at the bureau. Then again, if more evidence of FBI collusion against Trump emerges, the “purge” – or the draining of the FBI/DOJ swamp as some have dubbed it – may just be getting started.

Further stoking the PR war between Trump and the FBI, a number of Republican lawmakers have questioned the FBI’s objectivity and fairness in recent months, particularly regarding McCabe’s work at the agency, while recent revelations that FBI Peter Strzok – who was in charge of the FBI’s probe into Hillary’s email server and was leading the investigation into Trump’s Russian collusion – had sent text messages critical of Trump during the presidential race, only served to undescore speculation that the FBI may have been the critical cog in the “deep state’s” plan to avoid a Trump presidency.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Sues ActBlue (Democrat Funding Machine)

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just dropped a landmark lawsuit against ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s favorite fundraising machine, for systematically deceiving Americans about its donation processes that enable rampant fraud, including illegal foreign contributions and untraceable gift card schemes. On Monday, April 20, 2026, Paxton filed suit in Texas state court, accusing the platform of violating consumer protection laws by lying to donors and the public about the strength of its verification safeguards. This isn’t some minor paperwork dispute — it’s a direct assault on the integrity of our elections, where ActBlue has funneled over $16 billion into Democratic campaigns and causes while turning a blind eye to straw donations, identity fraud, and cash from overseas that has no business influencing American politics.

For years, everyday patriots have watched as Big Tech-enabled platforms like ActBlue operated with impunity, raking in small-dollar donations that often smelled fishy — thousands of identical contributions from the same IP addresses, elderly donors suddenly maxing out limits they never touched before, and untraceable gift cards flowing through after the platform claimed to Congress it had shut that door in 2024. Paxton’s investigators proved otherwise, successfully pushing small gift card donations through to the DNC and Democratic candidates as recently as February 2026 without a hitch. The radical left has relied on this dark money pipeline to subvert election laws, compromise sovereignty, and flood campaigns with cash that real Americans never authorized. Paxton nailed it: “The radical left has relied on ActBlue as a way to funnel foreign donations and dark money into their political campaigns to subvert our laws and compromise the integrity of our nation’s elections.”

This lawsuit exposes the deeper betrayal of the ruling class against working families and honest voters who play by the rules. While border communities in Texas and across America suffer under waves of illegal immigration and crime, Democrat elites in Washington and blue strongholds use tools like ActBlue to bankroll their open-borders agenda, woke indoctrination in schools, and endless attacks on traditional values — all funded by processes riddled with fraud that they publicly deny. Paxton’s action builds on his multi-year investigation that uncovered suspicious donation patterns and prompted calls for FEC reforms to ban straw donations. The consequences are clear: eroded trust in elections, stolen voice for American citizens, and a tilted playing field that favors globalist interests over national sovereignty.

What needs to happen now is full accountability and sweeping reforms to protect election integrity. Paxton’s suit should force ActBlue to clean house or face real penalties, while Congress and the FEC must step up with ironclad rules banning foreign nationals, unverified gift cards, and obscured identities from touching U.S. campaigns. States should follow Texas’s lead and launch their own probes. True election security starts with secure borders, verified voters, and transparent fundraising that puts American citizens first — not shadowy platforms serving the America Last crowd. Patriots everywhere should celebrate fighters like Ken Paxton for refusing to let the radical left rig the game. The fight for fair elections and a sovereign nation isn’t over; it’s just getting started. Demand your representatives back real reforms, or watch the fraud machine keep humming along at the expense of every hardworking family in this country.

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Populist Warning: Hungary’s Nationalist Fortress Falls

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In a stunning upset on April 12, 2026, Hungarian voters delivered a crushing blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party after 16 years of defiant nationalist leadership. The opposition Tisza Party, led by Péter Magyar—a slick former insider turned “change” candidate—stormed to victory with around 53% of the vote and a projected supermajority of 138 seats in the 199-member parliament. Orbán conceded defeat, calling it “painful,” as record turnout hit nearly 80%. What was sold as a grassroots revolt against “corruption” and “illiberalism” looks far more like a coordinated elite operation to drag Hungary back into the EU’s suffocating embrace. This isn’t just a Hungarian story; it’s a flashing red alert for every nation fighting to preserve its sovereignty against globalist machine politics.

The real story behind this result is a classic elite betrayal of working families who once rallied behind Orbán’s unapologetic defense of borders, traditional values, and resistance to endless migrant invasions and Brussels diktats. Magyar’s Tisza outfit, dressed up as “centre-right” and “pro-reform,” promises to “bolster the rule of law” and unlock frozen EU billions—code for surrendering Hungary’s hard-won independence on migration, family policy, and foreign affairs. Orbán built a bulwark against demographic replacement, gender ideology, and Ukraine war escalation that threatened to bleed Europe dry. Now, with high turnout fueled by anti-Orbán mobilization and possible foreign-backed campaigns, that wall is cracking. They—the Davos crowd, EU bureaucrats, and their media allies—painted Orbán as an authoritarian boogeyman while ignoring how his policies protected Hungarian workers from the cheap labor floods and cultural erosion devastating Western Europe. This shift reeks of the same globalist playbook we’ve seen time and again: undermine leaders who put citizens first, install pliable figures who prioritize “European values” over national survival.

The consequences for everyday Hungarians—and the broader populist movement—could be dire if this new regime follows through. Expect a rapid pivot toward open-border policies lite, accelerated EU integration that funnels sovereignty to unelected officials in Brussels, and a rollback of pro-family incentives that kept Hungary’s birth rates from total collapse. Hungarian families already squeezed by inflation and energy costs from green fantasies will face more “reforms” that benefit multinational corporations while eroding national identity. On the world stage, this weakens the America First alliance; Orbán stood as a rare European voice skeptical of forever wars and mass migration pacts that hurt American workers too. A pro-EU supermajority in Budapest hands globalists a propaganda win, signaling that even resilient populists can be toppled through relentless pressure, funding, and narrative control. For the U.S., it’s a reminder that our own battles against Big Tech censorship, bureaucratic overreach, and demographic swamping demand eternal vigilance—Trump’s return notwithstanding.

Patriots must treat Hungary’s fall as a cautionary tale, not a death knell. What needs to happen now is a fierce counter-mobilization: expose the foreign influences and elite capture behind Magyar’s rise, double down on securing borders and sovereignty wherever populists hold ground, and reject any “moderate” surrender that trades short-term EU cash for long-term national suicide. America First means learning from this—strengthen election integrity, rally working-class voters against cultural Marxism, and back leaders who refuse to bend the knee to globalist overlords. Hungary showed that high turnout can be weaponized against defenders of the nation; we must ensure ours delivers victories for citizens, not Davos. The fight for Western civilization isn’t over, but complacency invites exactly this kind of betrayal. Time to wake up, organize, and push back harder than ever before.

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Trump’s Reverse Psychology to Expose Zionism

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In a fiery Truth Social post this week, President Donald Trump unloaded on four prominent conservative voices—Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and Megyn Kelly—calling them “low IQ,” “stupid people,” “nut jobs,” “troublemakers,” and “losers” who aren’t real MAGA. The trigger? Their vocal opposition to U.S. military escalation against Iran, which critics frame as part of a broader joint U.S.-Israeli campaign in the region. Trump spent hundreds of words attacking them while insisting his actions align with keeping nuclear weapons out of Iran’s hands, the number one state sponsor of terror.

The attacks were personal. Trump mocked Jones over his Sandy Hook-related bankruptcy, jabbed at Owens’ past comments on Brigitte Macron, questioned Carlson’s education, and dismissed them all as irrelevant podcast hosts chasing publicity. In response, Owens quipped it might be time to “put Grandpa up in a home.” Jones suggested Trump had changed and prayed for him to be freed from “demonic influences,” while Carlson has repeatedly called Trump a “slave” to Israel, arguing the war serves Israeli interests over America First.

On the surface, this looks like a messy MAGA civil war: Trump, once boosted by these influencers, now turning on them over foreign policy. But zoom out, and a sharper pattern emerges. Trump’s willingness to take the punch—alienating loud voices in his own coalition—functions like reverse psychology. By drawing a hard line and inviting the inevitable backlash, he spotlights the very issues his critics obsess over: Israel’s influence on U.S. policy, AIPAC-style lobbying, donor pressures (think Miriam Adelson’s past contributions), and accusations of “Zionist control” over decisions from embassy moves to strikes on Iranian targets.

The Feud in Context

These critics didn’t start the fight in a vacuum. Carlson has questioned whether Israel is “blackmailing” Trump or holding leaders “enslaved,” framing U.S. involvement in the Iran conflict as contrary to America First promises. Owens has accused Trump of betraying troops for Israel, warned of false flags, and tied various events to Zionist lobbying. Jones has echoed themes of external “influences” pulling strings. Their pushback intensified as Trump defended actions against Iran, with some alleging the timing and scope served Netanyahu’s agenda more than strict U.S. interests.

Trump’s response? Instead of ignoring or quietly sidelining them, he amplified the rift with over-the-top rhetoric. The result: millions of eyes now glued to the debate. Every reply from Jones, Owens, or Carlson recirculates claims about undue foreign influence, Epstein files speculation (often laced with conspiracy), Adelson donations, and the broader “Israel lobby.” What was once fringe muttering in echo chambers becomes mainstream conservative infighting—broadcast on X, podcasts, and news cycles.

This isn’t subtle. Trump has a long history of transactional deal-making, including strong pro-Israel moves in his first term (Jerusalem embassy, Abraham Accords, Golan recognition) that pleased evangelical bases and certain donors while advancing what he saw as U.S. leverage. He’s also repeatedly warned against endless wars and nation-building. By punching right on this fault line, he forces the “anti-Zionist” wing of MAGA to overplay their hand, turning abstract gripes into concrete examples of division.

Mastercraft or Self-Sabotage?

Call it masterful political jiu-jitsu or chaotic disruption—Trump absorbs the hits to expose fractures. Critics on one side see him “caving” to neocons, donors, or Israeli security needs against a nuclear Iran. On the other, his base loyalists view the influencers as grifters who abandoned him the moment policy got tough, prioritizing isolationism over confronting terror sponsors. Either way, the spectacle drags Zionist influence, lobbying power, dual-loyalty whispers, and Middle East entanglements into the open for public dissection.

  • Pro-Trump read: He’s prioritizing American security (no Iranian nukes) and calling out disloyal voices who bash him while riding his coattails. The feud proves he’s not controlled—he’s fighting on multiple fronts.
  • Critics’ read: The attacks confirm external pressures overriding campaign rhetoric, with Trump “mad that he got set up by Israel.”
  • Neutral observer: Regardless of who’s “right” on Iran policy, the infighting spotlights real questions about foreign aid, lobbying transparency, and whether U.S. decisions should ever prioritize another nation’s survival over domestic priorities like borders and debt.

Trump’s brand has always been willingness to brawl in public, even with allies. He takes the punch knowing it generates attention, frames the narrative, and lets opponents reveal their priorities. Here, by escalating against popular podcasters, he ensures debates over “Zionism” vs. strategic alliances, influence ops, and America First consistency dominate the discourse. The louder the backlash, the more those topics—usually confined to niche corners—flood timelines and force ordinary voters to confront them.

Whether this is deliberate 4D chess or raw instinct, the effect is the same: exposure. The feud isn’t hiding Israeli or Zionist sway; it’s thrusting it under the spotlight for millions to judge. Trump’s history suggests he bets on his base seeing strength in the fight, not weakness in the fray. In a polarized media age, taking the punch while the critics swing wildly may be the ultimate way to make the underlying tensions impossible to ignore.

The right is splintering in real time. How it resolves will say as much about U.S. foreign policy priorities as it does about Trump’s unique style of disruption. One thing is clear: no one’s looking away.

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