But here’s the critical part: they will use their newfound power as Trump did — to punish their enemies, further their own pet projects and buff out their own authority.
Geez, Bill, your essay today stinks of hypocrisy! Let’s count the ways: First the red states redistricting creating a Republican benefit in Congress. What about Illinois, Massachusetts, and the all-time favorite, California? The Democrats have had a lock on stacking their voting districts to favor themselves for years. Now it’s a sin that warrants your condemnation. Sadly, this trend has only victims [the voters] and culprits [both parties]. Then you claim DJT tried to “control” elections. After the fraud in the 2020 election and the Democrats refusal to demand voter ID [gee I wonder why], the fed is the only means left to try to make our elections honest. But don’t worry, it will never get out of the Senate. Then you claim the dems will get even with the DJT fans because of DJT’s try to get even with his enemies. What in the h*** do you think the dems did to DJT after Sleepy Joe got elected. IMO, Trump should have spent the last two years locking up all the criminals that conspired against him. Then there may have been some deterrent to do this B.S. again. So, what will happen when the dems take over congress? First they will impeach DJT and many of his cabinet members. You will get your wish: DJT will not finish his second term. Then they will vote in D.C. and Puerto Rico as states and add 4 senators and God knows how many representatives to the house to pad their seat count. Lastly, they will spend whatever it takes to bastardize the election process so that every liberal voter, legal or not, will get counted at least once and every conservative voter will be challenged. Finally, Bill, you will see the USA so f***** up that even you will flee to Ireland, France or Argentina [maybe not there if Milei continues] to be able to avoid the mess you so verbally welcomed on us. Thanks, Bill, for your impartiality, worthless perspective, and totally valueless advice on our financial wellbeing.
You say Bill should flee to Ireland, France or Argentina (maybe not if Milei Continues) as if the coutry is going to rack or ruin. Since Milei took power in 2023 inflation has dropped from 300% per year to 30%, Poverty levels have dropped from 65% to 35% and GDP has jumped to 4.5% .Wages have also risen.
Sounds like the place I would rather be living compared to the other countries mentioned.
Joel Bowman's Notes from the End of the World Substack page is worth reading for on the Ground reporting rather than the MSM
You fail to consider the citizens in all of this. Like the Supreme Court ruling "no standing" for states that sued for fraud during the 2020 election.
How is it not in the interest of every citizen when one or more states have fraudulent elections?
When an enitre state, like California, is so corrupt that there can be no fair elections and the entire electoral vote goes to the Leftist candidate, that is a concern for all citizens.
How about the VA governor signing the ageement to nullify the Virginia election outcome by tying their electoral votes to the national popular vote? This agreement is a Leftist's dream. Now, they can commit fraud in just a few large cities and steal the entire nation.
Who is standing up against these actions?
The government fraud, and the Leftists' reaction to it, that has been uncovered during this past year should be enough to concern everyone.
They cannot be allowed to have power again. Take that statement however you like.
Those endorsing gerrymandering are cheats and lairs.
Sacramento liberals succeeded gerrymandering the state in 2008, long before Texas.
Kim Jung Un would be proud!
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There are more registered republicans in California than any other state.
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Yet Sacramento has successfully gerrymandered the vote controlling over 80% of congressional seats for Democrats despite receiving only 60% of the vote.
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Living here behind enemy lines in SoCal the conservative vote does not count for political appointments.
I will vote regardless, not to do so now would be to wave a white flag.
Virginia gerrymander? Absolutely. For comparison, look at New England, w 27 House seats (CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME). Overall political registration is 45-38-17 for D-R-I. In 2024, Mr. T pulled >40% of votes cast. And yet... out of those 27 House seats, there's but one (1) Republican.
I just love a good conspiracy theory. I have been reading Bill for years now. In the past he was busy connecting dots, referencing Dan and Tom and measuring anything and everything in gold in a good faith effort to demonstrate the decline of the empire. However, this past year, or so, Bill has been besieged with TDS and the scope and sequence of his comments have moved away from dots and gold and toward the politics of destruction. Maybe Bill has been vacationing this past year and James Carville has been ghost writing? :😅
Bill I have come to the conclusion that you aren’t considering your reader’s comments or opinions. You are only listening to the left wing. We should have known when we knew you lived in France all those years that you could accept left wing BS .
I agree it was a better read: before Russia couldn't fire back with weapons as good as ours, before China couldn't out produce us, before Iran couldn't launch missiles non-stop, before our Treasury Bonds were needed and safe, and our debt was only single digit trillions.
Those were the days and we thought they would never end. Just saying!
Bill, one thing you can count on: the decline of the degenerate empire will continue. Sadly!
The pendulum ALWAYS swings back to the other direction over time. The only question is how painful will that swing be? We are the same age and have seen this movie several times in our lives. Nothing is new under the sun!
But maybe we can go back to country concerned about it's citizens instead of a desire to control the entire world. Plus think of the benefits for the rest of the world if our overlords concentrated on improving our country. No more invasions of third world countries and the resulting deaths of millions of innocent civilians.
Here's a copy and paste info "Brown University’s Costs of War project estimates that direct post‑9/11 war violence killed roughly 897,000–940,000 people across Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen and related theaters, with newer tallies and press summaries citing “about 940,000” direct deaths between 2001–2023". Add to that millions killed in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laid.
And what did we, the donkey taxpayers, get? More debt and more inflation. Maybe you should read a little about the Roman Empire. We're on the same path: overextended military, devaluation of the currency, declining cultural values (those pedos in the Epstein blackmail operation files are still running wild), bread and circuses. With an Arc of Triumph and UFC cage fighting in the White House lawn we're just a step away from being the new Rome.
One last thing: You, Angry Icebergs, are not on the controlling side. Our government does not give a rat's ass about you. For example the government just promoted an experimental mRNA vaccine as safe and effective despite the fact that the purchaser agreement that they signed includes a clause that specifically stated that the long term effects and efficacy of the vaccine are NOT KNOWN!
Funny! They want you around as a tax slave. Otherwise they could care less. Call up Trump today and see if he takes your call. Also funny that you don't see the Pfizer contract as proof that they don't call about us. I didn't take it either but a large number of people did and many are suffering the consequences. And those wars the US participated in are US wars. Our "allies" have to go along to get along. As Henry Kissed her once said - "It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal". The US doesn't care about its "allies" either.
Can someone who complains about TDS please explain why this article upsets them? Bill clearly writes that if the Democrats win in November and 2028 the USS Titanic will continue straight ahead into the debt iceberg. Both parties have shared the helm. They specialize in buffing the ballroom floors and rearranging the deck chairs without any attempt to change our disastrous trajectory. Both parties cater to their constituents with deficit spending. A third party that addressed these problems would be nice but it would have no chance. We have become a nation analogous to Tom Cruise in a Few Good Men. The third party would eventually tell us a la Jack Nicholson - You want the truth? You can't handle the truth.
Well that’s it for me. I won’t spend another dime on this rag of yours Bonner. Your TDS is astounding and your far left stance is disgustingly ignorant. Do not renew my subscription so I no longer have to read your bullshit!!!
And for those of you watching msm and their lies there is this.
"Fake News Gets Humiliated: CENTCOM Exposes Media Lies About Iran's "Successful" Blockade Bust
The legacy media couldn't wait to cheer for America's enemies again. Headlines blared that Iranian tankers like the Hero II, Hedy, and Dorena had brazenly slipped past President Trump's naval blockade, ferrying millions of barrels of oil to market and making the U.S. look weak. Iran fed them the propaganda, and outlets ran with it like eager lapdogs, desperate to paint Trump as a failure even as American forces tighten the noose.
Wrong. Dead wrong.
CENTCOM just dropped the hammer: Those reports are flat-out inaccurate. U.S. forces have turned away 29 vessels trying to enter or exit Iranian ports since the blockade kicked off on April 13. The Hero II and Hedy? Intercepted by American warships earlier this week and now sitting anchored in Chah Bahar, Iran—nowhere near freedom. The Dorena? Under escort by a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Indian Ocean after its failed breakout attempt. No victory laps for the mullahs.
This isn't some paper blockade. American sailors and Marines are out there enforcing it with real steel—issuing warnings, turning ships around, and when needed, disabling engines and boarding violators like the Touska. The U.S. military's global reach means the pressure isn't just in the Strait of Hormuz; it's felt across the Middle East and beyond. Iran is isolated, its oil revenue choked off, while the fake news complex keeps carrying water for a regime that funds terrorism and chants "Death to America."
Once again, the mainstream media rushed to amplify enemy talking points, hoping to demoralize Americans and undermine strong leadership. They got burned. The blockade is working, Trump's strategy is delivering results, and the only ones evading reality are the journalists still peddling Iran's fairy tales. Time to tune them out and trust the men and women actually securing our interests."
The Dems would have done VA irrespective of what the GOP did in other states. It’s not actually retribution. It’s just who they are.
And to do it they (1) cheated in the election (2) used language prohibited by VA law and (3) failed to comply with the notice provision for ballot measures.
Perhaps you should sit this one out, since you clearly have no clue.
The Administration has built a system where every time they fix corruption, they upgrade it. It’s like they took a virus and gave it Wi-Fi.
And Trump! Oh boy! He ain’t running a country. He’s running a feedback loop. Every abuse of power becomes a tutorial for the next guy. ‘Here’s how you break the rules, and here’s how to call it tradition.’”
I love how they’re turning the map into modern art. “We’re not cheating,” they say, “we’re just creatively hallucinating boundaries.” 🤩 You got districts shaped like a snake choking on a calculator. Both sides? Oh, They take turns acting shocked. “How dare you rig the system!” they scream, while holding blueprints titled Rigging the System 2: Now It’s Personal.
And President Trump, he keeps handing out executive orders like coupons at grocery store. Buy one constitutional crisis, get two free.
And now they’re all worried about the next ruler using those same powers. That’s like handing a psycho lunatic an ax and saying, “Now promise you’ll only use it responsibly.”
Geez, Bill, your essay today stinks of hypocrisy! Let’s count the ways: First the red states redistricting creating a Republican benefit in Congress. What about Illinois, Massachusetts, and the all-time favorite, California? The Democrats have had a lock on stacking their voting districts to favor themselves for years. Now it’s a sin that warrants your condemnation. Sadly, this trend has only victims [the voters] and culprits [both parties]. Then you claim DJT tried to “control” elections. After the fraud in the 2020 election and the Democrats refusal to demand voter ID [gee I wonder why], the fed is the only means left to try to make our elections honest. But don’t worry, it will never get out of the Senate. Then you claim the dems will get even with the DJT fans because of DJT’s try to get even with his enemies. What in the h*** do you think the dems did to DJT after Sleepy Joe got elected. IMO, Trump should have spent the last two years locking up all the criminals that conspired against him. Then there may have been some deterrent to do this B.S. again. So, what will happen when the dems take over congress? First they will impeach DJT and many of his cabinet members. You will get your wish: DJT will not finish his second term. Then they will vote in D.C. and Puerto Rico as states and add 4 senators and God knows how many representatives to the house to pad their seat count. Lastly, they will spend whatever it takes to bastardize the election process so that every liberal voter, legal or not, will get counted at least once and every conservative voter will be challenged. Finally, Bill, you will see the USA so f***** up that even you will flee to Ireland, France or Argentina [maybe not there if Milei continues] to be able to avoid the mess you so verbally welcomed on us. Thanks, Bill, for your impartiality, worthless perspective, and totally valueless advice on our financial wellbeing.
You say Bill should flee to Ireland, France or Argentina (maybe not if Milei Continues) as if the coutry is going to rack or ruin. Since Milei took power in 2023 inflation has dropped from 300% per year to 30%, Poverty levels have dropped from 65% to 35% and GDP has jumped to 4.5% .Wages have also risen.
Sounds like the place I would rather be living compared to the other countries mentioned.
Joel Bowman's Notes from the End of the World Substack page is worth reading for on the Ground reporting rather than the MSM
You fail to consider the citizens in all of this. Like the Supreme Court ruling "no standing" for states that sued for fraud during the 2020 election.
How is it not in the interest of every citizen when one or more states have fraudulent elections?
When an enitre state, like California, is so corrupt that there can be no fair elections and the entire electoral vote goes to the Leftist candidate, that is a concern for all citizens.
How about the VA governor signing the ageement to nullify the Virginia election outcome by tying their electoral votes to the national popular vote? This agreement is a Leftist's dream. Now, they can commit fraud in just a few large cities and steal the entire nation.
Who is standing up against these actions?
The government fraud, and the Leftists' reaction to it, that has been uncovered during this past year should be enough to concern everyone.
They cannot be allowed to have power again. Take that statement however you like.
Those endorsing gerrymandering are cheats and lairs.
Sacramento liberals succeeded gerrymandering the state in 2008, long before Texas.
Kim Jung Un would be proud!
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There are more registered republicans in California than any other state.
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Yet Sacramento has successfully gerrymandered the vote controlling over 80% of congressional seats for Democrats despite receiving only 60% of the vote.
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Living here behind enemy lines in SoCal the conservative vote does not count for political appointments.
I will vote regardless, not to do so now would be to wave a white flag.
“Living here behind enemy lines in SoCal…” that sums up the situation in California for a Republican PERFECTLY!
Virginia gerrymander? Absolutely. For comparison, look at New England, w 27 House seats (CT, RI, MA, VT, NH, ME). Overall political registration is 45-38-17 for D-R-I. In 2024, Mr. T pulled >40% of votes cast. And yet... out of those 27 House seats, there's but one (1) Republican.
I just love a good conspiracy theory. I have been reading Bill for years now. In the past he was busy connecting dots, referencing Dan and Tom and measuring anything and everything in gold in a good faith effort to demonstrate the decline of the empire. However, this past year, or so, Bill has been besieged with TDS and the scope and sequence of his comments have moved away from dots and gold and toward the politics of destruction. Maybe Bill has been vacationing this past year and James Carville has been ghost writing? :😅
Oh no he said something mean about “dear leader”!
Waaaaaah!
Bill I have come to the conclusion that you aren’t considering your reader’s comments or opinions. You are only listening to the left wing. We should have known when we knew you lived in France all those years that you could accept left wing BS .
Only thing new Jim is to find the answer as to who is really writing this crap for BB. This is not the same author I signed on to read years ago!
I agree it was a better read: before Russia couldn't fire back with weapons as good as ours, before China couldn't out produce us, before Iran couldn't launch missiles non-stop, before our Treasury Bonds were needed and safe, and our debt was only single digit trillions.
Those were the days and we thought they would never end. Just saying!
Bill, one thing you can count on: the decline of the degenerate empire will continue. Sadly!
The pendulum ALWAYS swings back to the other direction over time. The only question is how painful will that swing be? We are the same age and have seen this movie several times in our lives. Nothing is new under the sun!
Jim Marshall
I think you’re right about most of this Bill but, do you have to sound so gleeful about it? It is, after all, the end of the great American republic.
I thought he sounded sadly resigned. However, I agree with your second sentence.
But maybe we can go back to country concerned about it's citizens instead of a desire to control the entire world. Plus think of the benefits for the rest of the world if our overlords concentrated on improving our country. No more invasions of third world countries and the resulting deaths of millions of innocent civilians.
I think most of us would like to see more appreciation for constuents.
However, when an aggressive adversary smells weakness, they will seek to exploit us...
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I would rather be on the controlling side, than the controled.
The 3rd world countries will continue to demonstrate they are their own worst enemy...
U.S. assist or not.
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"Millions of innocent lives?"... c'mon man!
Here's a copy and paste info "Brown University’s Costs of War project estimates that direct post‑9/11 war violence killed roughly 897,000–940,000 people across Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen and related theaters, with newer tallies and press summaries citing “about 940,000” direct deaths between 2001–2023". Add to that millions killed in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laid.
And what did we, the donkey taxpayers, get? More debt and more inflation. Maybe you should read a little about the Roman Empire. We're on the same path: overextended military, devaluation of the currency, declining cultural values (those pedos in the Epstein blackmail operation files are still running wild), bread and circuses. With an Arc of Triumph and UFC cage fighting in the White House lawn we're just a step away from being the new Rome.
One last thing: You, Angry Icebergs, are not on the controlling side. Our government does not give a rat's ass about you. For example the government just promoted an experimental mRNA vaccine as safe and effective despite the fact that the purchaser agreement that they signed includes a clause that specifically stated that the long term effects and efficacy of the vaccine are NOT KNOWN!
I am "shocked!"
You are telling me the gov't doesn't give a rat's ass about me?
I just paid more in income taxes than some folks make in a year.
I think they want me around...
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I am not concerned for myself as I don't do mRNA.
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Wars happen when folks can no longer just disagree.
It takes more than one to engage in a war.
You only cite the U.S. as the instigator and culpret.
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The U.S. is the largest entity militarily, economically and commercially cultural.
And you think the U.S. is able to remain neutral?
The study you cite claims post 9-11 it is "estimated" 900k+ souls have been directly killed in wars "participated" by the U.S.
Read that again...
Then tell me the U.S. killed millions...
Funny! They want you around as a tax slave. Otherwise they could care less. Call up Trump today and see if he takes your call. Also funny that you don't see the Pfizer contract as proof that they don't call about us. I didn't take it either but a large number of people did and many are suffering the consequences. And those wars the US participated in are US wars. Our "allies" have to go along to get along. As Henry Kissed her once said - "It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal". The US doesn't care about its "allies" either.
I certainly agree "they" look to me as a tax slave.
But "they" are us.
We elect "them" to screw us.
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Simply, the system does the dirty work for "them".
"We" are the system.
"They" are the system.
It seems none want to replace or improve the system.
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As in California, even the Democrats agree they've ruined the state.
But "they" keep getting re-elected.
So... who is screwing who?
Is it "them" or is it "us" the stupid voters en masse ?
To quote Henry: "The issues are too important to be left for the voters."
The system screws those that do not know how to circumvent the system.
It's a non-discriminating system assuring the more you work the more you will get screwed...
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Another word you reference is "care".
The U.S. "cares" about others only in so much as it affects the U.S.
There is no "care" amongst nations, only self-preservation....
As far as Pfizer... it's simple follow the money...
...and Fort Detrick.
I think the use of the term “orange man” gave the impression he was having fun with it. Maybe that’s just me
Can someone who complains about TDS please explain why this article upsets them? Bill clearly writes that if the Democrats win in November and 2028 the USS Titanic will continue straight ahead into the debt iceberg. Both parties have shared the helm. They specialize in buffing the ballroom floors and rearranging the deck chairs without any attempt to change our disastrous trajectory. Both parties cater to their constituents with deficit spending. A third party that addressed these problems would be nice but it would have no chance. We have become a nation analogous to Tom Cruise in a Few Good Men. The third party would eventually tell us a la Jack Nicholson - You want the truth? You can't handle the truth.
Well said C.A. well said....
Bill Bonner just replaced James Carville as democrat strategist. Congratulations Bill.
Well that’s it for me. I won’t spend another dime on this rag of yours Bonner. Your TDS is astounding and your far left stance is disgustingly ignorant. Do not renew my subscription so I no longer have to read your bullshit!!!
Have a nice life, any way!
It keeps getting better!!
I think trump devotion syndrome might be worse than the other one at this point…
TDS vs TDS... funny.
The deraigned all sing the same song.
Whereas the perception of "devotee's" for the most part can be defined as "voters with no alternatives".
Forced to choose a binary offering of bad and worse.
The "devotees" correctly chose the only viable option...
How so?
The devotees refuse to acknowledge that he has abandoned most of his campaign pledges…
And for those of you watching msm and their lies there is this.
"Fake News Gets Humiliated: CENTCOM Exposes Media Lies About Iran's "Successful" Blockade Bust
The legacy media couldn't wait to cheer for America's enemies again. Headlines blared that Iranian tankers like the Hero II, Hedy, and Dorena had brazenly slipped past President Trump's naval blockade, ferrying millions of barrels of oil to market and making the U.S. look weak. Iran fed them the propaganda, and outlets ran with it like eager lapdogs, desperate to paint Trump as a failure even as American forces tighten the noose.
Wrong. Dead wrong.
CENTCOM just dropped the hammer: Those reports are flat-out inaccurate. U.S. forces have turned away 29 vessels trying to enter or exit Iranian ports since the blockade kicked off on April 13. The Hero II and Hedy? Intercepted by American warships earlier this week and now sitting anchored in Chah Bahar, Iran—nowhere near freedom. The Dorena? Under escort by a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Indian Ocean after its failed breakout attempt. No victory laps for the mullahs.
This isn't some paper blockade. American sailors and Marines are out there enforcing it with real steel—issuing warnings, turning ships around, and when needed, disabling engines and boarding violators like the Touska. The U.S. military's global reach means the pressure isn't just in the Strait of Hormuz; it's felt across the Middle East and beyond. Iran is isolated, its oil revenue choked off, while the fake news complex keeps carrying water for a regime that funds terrorism and chants "Death to America."
Once again, the mainstream media rushed to amplify enemy talking points, hoping to demoralize Americans and undermine strong leadership. They got burned. The blockade is working, Trump's strategy is delivering results, and the only ones evading reality are the journalists still peddling Iran's fairy tales. Time to tune them out and trust the men and women actually securing our interests."
The Dems would have done VA irrespective of what the GOP did in other states. It’s not actually retribution. It’s just who they are.
And to do it they (1) cheated in the election (2) used language prohibited by VA law and (3) failed to comply with the notice provision for ballot measures.
Perhaps you should sit this one out, since you clearly have no clue.
Very Nice! Very Nice Bill!!
The Administration has built a system where every time they fix corruption, they upgrade it. It’s like they took a virus and gave it Wi-Fi.
And Trump! Oh boy! He ain’t running a country. He’s running a feedback loop. Every abuse of power becomes a tutorial for the next guy. ‘Here’s how you break the rules, and here’s how to call it tradition.’”
I love how they’re turning the map into modern art. “We’re not cheating,” they say, “we’re just creatively hallucinating boundaries.” 🤩 You got districts shaped like a snake choking on a calculator. Both sides? Oh, They take turns acting shocked. “How dare you rig the system!” they scream, while holding blueprints titled Rigging the System 2: Now It’s Personal.
And President Trump, he keeps handing out executive orders like coupons at grocery store. Buy one constitutional crisis, get two free.
And now they’re all worried about the next ruler using those same powers. That’s like handing a psycho lunatic an ax and saying, “Now promise you’ll only use it responsibly.”
Sounds like Obama's legacy on steroids troubles people when used against them. Sad Sad.