Stories and evidence of pre-conquest ritual human sacrifice abound throughout present-day Latin America. The conquistadors, mired in the process of slaughtering thousands of natives in the name of Catholicism and gold, were repulsed by the rite and put a quick end to it without understanding its role within these indigenous societies. Yet each culture had its particular reasons and methods for human sacrifice, which, far from the wild and gory celebration of violence it is often depicted as, was most often a solemn ritual that served spiritual, political, and societal purposes.   Honoring the Gods: Human Sacrifice as the Ultimate Offering Illustration of the Aztec human sacrifice ritual from the Tovar Codex, 1585. Source: Brown University   The practice of human sacrifice, certainly not unique to the Americas, began among the earlier cultures of the region and was still in use among the Aztec, Maya, and Inca at the time of the conquest. With so many pre-conquest records destroyed by the colonizers, researchers lack comprehensive information about the finer details of the practice, but some strides have been made in studying the nature of human sacrifice.   For all of the cultures occupying Meso and South America before the conquest, religion was the initial motivator for ritual sacrifice practices. The practice of making offerings to the gods appears to have been rooted in the ideas of reciprocity and atonement. Across all cultures, the overarching belief was that the gods had made sacrifices, even spilling their own blood, in order to give humans the ultimate gift: life. Humans, in turn, made offerings to the gods to thank and repay them for this gift, as well as to atone for their sins so the gods didn’t change their minds and bring humanity to a swift end. Rather than indicating a lack of respect for human life, sacrifices were made because human life was so valuable, representing the ultimate gift to the gods.   These cultures also shared a belief in the afterlife, including the notion that those sacrificed to the gods were moving on to bigger, better things when their time on this earth came to an end, to be honored by the gods in the next world.   Illustration of Huitzilopochtli, Tovar Codex, 1585. Source: Brown University   Some scholars argue that the term “sacrifice” itself is inappropriate, an imposed perspective from the Old World. In fact, many of the victims, as well as their families, if perhaps not overjoyed at the prospect of having their hearts cut out or being decapitated, would have believed it was an honor to be chosen to be gifts to the gods.   The Aztecs are perhaps the best-known practitioners of the sacrifice ritual, which the Conquistadors witnessed firsthand. What their chroniclers notably failed to emphasize were the far more common forms of offerings, including material goods and animals—these forms of sacrifice might have been offered daily, but humans were not.   While offerings were made to a variety of gods, it was primarily Huitzilopochtli, god of the sun and war, who needed to be nourished with blood to continue his battle against darkness. If he lost, the world would end. That did not mean that humans had to be constantly sacrificed, however. The Aztecs also practiced ritual bloodletting—that is, nobles and priests regularly let their own blood, which was collected and offered to the gods.   Religious belief was the initial source of the sacrifice ritual, but as the Aztec Empire expanded, beginning with the reign of Itzcóatl in the 15th century, a political dimension to the ritual took shape. It became used as a tool for intimidating conquered territories and keeping them in line, with increasing numbers of victims coming from outside the Aztec capital at Tenochtitlan.   Carved limestone lintel, showing a bloodletting ritual performed by Lady K’ab’al Xook, The Yaxchilan Lintels, Classic Maya period, 8th century CE. Source: The British Museum, London   The Maya, once believed to be the more “peaceful” of the Mesoamerican civilizations, also practiced human sacrifice, dating as far back as 200 CE. Like the Aztec, the Maya engaged in human sacrifice for exceptional reasons, not as an everyday ritual. Other forms of offerings were far more common, including bloodletting and body piercing. For the Maya, ritual bloodletting appears not to have been contained to the elites but practiced among all classes.   For the Maya, death and rebirth were deeply intertwined, beginning with their twin hero gods, Hunahpú and Xbalanque, who had to travel to the underworld in order to be reborn. For this reason, sacrifice rituals seem to be particularly linked to times of death and rebirth, like the ascension or death of a ruler. Mass ritual killings might also be undertaken in times of great distress, while smaller-scale sacrifices might be made more regularly by priests in exchange for granting society the things needed to survive, namely water to fuel abundant harvests, which came from their rain god, Chaac.   Metalwork llama figurine, Inca, 1400-1535 CE. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York   Further south, evidence indicates the Inca also practiced human sacrifice, and for much the same reasons as their Mesoamerican counterparts: to honor and appease the gods, especially in times of uncertainty or difficulty. The Inca had many huacas, or sacred places, throughout their territory, and this is where many sacrifices were dedicated. Smaller huacas were honored with offerings that might include animals like llamas and alpacas or their blood, while the most important huacas, often on mountaintops, received human offerings.   The formal sacrifice ritual, capacocha (royal obligation), began in Cuzco, with the Sapa Inca announcing the event and requesting offerings from throughout the territory: gold, coca leaves, fine cloth, feathers, and humans. Some researchers suggest that human offerings may have been selected from among the elites, while others indicate they may have been offered by those wishing to improve their relationship with the Sapa Inca, both of which suggest a political dimension to the practice. These offerings were assembled in the capital and distributed during a pilgrimage to the sacred sites.   Who’s Who? Victims of Human Sacrifice A tzompantli, a tower of skulls from sacrifice victims, excavated at the Templo Mayor in present-day Mexico City, 1486-1502. Source: Government of Mexico   Across all three civilizations, victims appear to have fallen into two main categories: slaves or captured warriors, who were the most likely to be slain in mass events, and specially chosen human offerings whose selection had a specific political or spiritual element. The actual number of victims, however, is largely unknown.   For example, in the modern era, evidence of the skull racks and towers that the Spanish observed at Tenochtitlan has, in fact, been unearthed, but as far as the number of victims—which various Spanish chroniclers attested to be tens or even hundreds of thousands—archaeological evidence tallies nowhere near that number. Even at Tenochtitlan’s Templo Mayor, the main temple in the empire’s capital, where the largest number of such sacrifices would’ve been undertaken, the number of skulls uncovered so far has been less than 1,000.   While definitive numbers of victims are nearly impossible to establish, who they were has been somewhat easier to determine through studying the DNA of remains. This has, in many cases, allowed researchers to determine the gender and approximate ages of victims, as well as whether they were from within the local population or outside.   Maya bas-relief depicting a ball player, 600–750 CE, Guatemala. Source: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC   For the Aztec, most of the victims discovered so far appear to have been from outside Tenochtitlan. This indicates they were likely war captives or slaves—who may have been purchased in markets or offered to the Aztec Empire as tribute. As many sacrifice victims were captured warriors, they were predominantly adult males. In the years prior to the conquest, the Aztec fought a number of ritual or symbolic wars, the flower wars, with neighboring groups, the Tlaxcala in particular. Unlike wars for conquest, these battles were waged at predetermined times. They had different rules of engagement, with some scholars arguing that their primary purpose was for young warriors to gain experience and improve their status by capturing opponents for sacrifice rituals.   The Maya, it seems, did not make a practice of collecting and displaying skulls of human sacrifice victims—perhaps one reason it was originally believed that they didn’t participate in the ritual—but remains that have been discovered include men, women, and children, both local and from outside the region. Remains of children have been found in cenotes, sinkhole caves thought to be portals to the underworld, where priests would sacrifice them to the rain god. Children, in particular, may have been used in sacrifices meant to promote renewal, such as the beginning of a new calendar or agricultural cycle.   Sacrifice was also associated, particularly in the post-classic Maya period, with their ceremonial ballgame. Researchers suggest war captives would be made to play the game with a predetermined outcome and then sacrificed after losing. It was particularly notable if a rival chieftain or other important leader could be captured and sacrificed, as noble blood was highly prized as an offering.   Inca “ice maiden,” an unintentionally mummified victim of human sacrifice found in the Andes. Source: NBC News   The Inca practice of sacrificing victims at high altitudes in the Andes actually led to the preservation of a number of sacrificed mummies, giving scholars quite a bit more physical evidence to go on than in other regions. In contrast with their contemporaries in the Americas, this evidence suggests that, outside the practice of sacrificing prisoners of war and the wives and servants of the Sapa Inca upon his death, for religious ceremonies, the Inca specifically sacrificed children and young holy women, aclla. Some scholars suggest that, at such a young age, these children were thought to be unblemished, a perfect offering to the gods.   The Spanish records of the practice note that it included the sons and daughters of chiefs and other nobility, reinforcing the idea that it had both religious and political motives. While the sacrifice was carried out to honor the gods, the victims were selected to reinforce the power of the Sapa Inca.   Gory Details: Common Human Sacrifice Methods Aztec sacrificial knife with a flint blade and eagle motif, 1400-1521, Mexico. Source: The British Museum, London   While multiple methods were employed for the sacrifice ritual, often depending on the status of the victim or the purpose of the specific event, each civilization had its signature move—and scholars caution that while in some cases the ritual was carried out as a public spectacle, it was not a raucous celebration, but a solemn one.   For the Aztec, the most common ritual involved priests holding the victim down on a platform atop the Templo Mayor and then using an obsidian blade to cut open the chest cavity. The victim’s still-beating heart would be offered up to Huitzilopochtli while the body was pushed down the temple steps.   Scholar David Carrasco notes that this ritual was a reenactment of the Huitzilopochtli origin myth, in which the god bursts from his mother’s womb, kills his sister, and tosses her down the mountain. While this performance fulfilled the spiritual element of the ritual, the displaying of victims’ skulls on racks was most certainly a political tool for intimidating rivals and showcasing the empire’s power.   Scene from a Maya vase showing a decapitated head and captives awaiting sacrifice. Source: Justin Kerr   The Maya were partial to decapitation, again possibly harkening back to their mythology, some versions of which claim that the maize god was decapitated during the harvest and reborn in the spring. Decapitation was closely connected with rebirth and creation, so researchers suggest this method was most commonly used in rituals with great spiritual significance. An alternative was to tie victims up before pushing them to their deaths down the long stairs of the temple, while lower-status war captives were often disemboweled. In the late Maya period, evidence suggested they also adopted the Aztec practice of heart extraction.   Both the Aztec and Maya practices were performed publicly, while the Inca ceremony was necessarily private, taking place in the isolated and treacherous mountaintops. For the child victims of the Inca’s capacocha, it appears efforts were undertaken to make victims as comfortable as possible and avoid unnecessary violence—before burying them alive to die of suffocation or exposure. In the period before the sacrifice, victims were well-fed, well-treated, and possibly highly drugged. The trek up the mountain to the point of sacrifice would have been taxing for the victims, weakening them and hopefully making their passing easier. Some victims appear to have been strangled or suffocated before being buried, but scholars suggest anything likely to blemish the victims and therefore damage the offering to the gods would have been avoided. It was the mountain itself, and the spirit within that was supposed to take the child’s life.   Questioning the Narrative: Human Sacrifice in Context Illustration by Theodore de Bry of the Conquistadors hanging and burning natives, from Bartolomé de las Casas’ A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, 1542. Source: Library of Congress   Christianity, the religion imposed by the Spanish throughout present-day Latin America, holds as its central premise that its god sacrificed his own son to save humanity’s souls. Millions have been slaughtered in the name of this god over the two thousand years since Jesus himself was killed.   Tens of thousands were brutally tortured and killed during the Spanish Inquisition while the Conquistadors rampaged throughout the Americas, murdering the Indigenous in the name of this same god.   Thus, many people, both scholars and amateurs alike, have begun to question why humanity has been so willing to embrace the Conquistadors’ framing of the Indigenous as “barbaric” for killing, on a smaller scale, to honor their gods and perpetuate human life in rituals their people understood and believed were necessary.

The Supreme Court had multiple opportunities during the last term to end the censorship of conservatives by social media. It chose a different path. Now, Democrats are free to double down on the Biden-Harris administration’s massive censorship enterprise. There is every indication they intend to do so.  The bedrock of American democracy, the First Amendment, prohibits Congress from making laws “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” The prohibition also applies to executive actions and state governments. Until recently, there was bipartisan agreement on the centrality of free speech to American liberties. Today, nearly a third of Americans believe free speech rights go too far. When Donald Trump was elected president, Democrats in Congress threatened social media platforms with antitrust actions and repeal of the libel protections in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act if they failed to rein in conservative speech. When Joe Biden took office, the federal government institutionalized a censorship enterprise that coerced and collaborated with social media platforms to censor, suppress, and demonetize disfavored views. The New York Times acknowledges the Left has long sought to limit “unfettered speech.” Former President Barak Obama told a Stanford University conference that government controls must be imposed to stop so-called disinformation. Vice President Kamala Harris announced a White House task force to block disinformation involving women’s issues. Democrat vice presidential candidate Tim Walz told MSNBC, “There’s no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech.” In fact, both are generally protected by the First Amendment. The Democrat platform sees controlling disinformation as a priority. By contrast, in July, the Republicans adopted a platform that states: “We will ban the Federal Government from colluding with anyone to censor Lawful Speech, defund institutions engaged in censorship, and hold accountable all bureaucrats involved with illegal censoring. We will protect Free Speech online.” In Murthy v. Missouri, health care professionals, Missouri, and Louisiana sued to block the Biden-Harris censorship regime. During discovery, officials testified that they knowingly sought to end-run the prohibitions on government interference in free speech by working with and through third parties, including Stanford, nonprofit associations, and social media companies. After reviewing extensive discovery, U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty found that the Biden-Harris administration had engaged in “a broad pressure campaign designed to coerce social media companies into suppressing speakers, viewpoints, and content disfavored by the government” and issued an injunction to stop it. A unanimous panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with the findings but tailored the injunction to eliminate ambiguities and exclude some agencies. Florida and Texas then passed laws to make it more difficult for social media platforms to ban political speech. The 11th Circuit struck down Florida’s law, finding that it impermissibly limited editorial discretion, while the 5th Circuit upheld Texas’ law, concluding that content moderation activities are not speech. Last term, the Supreme Court weighed in on both cases. In Murthy v. Missouri, a 6-3 court overruled the 5th Circuit, holding that the plaintiffs lacked standing because they failed to demonstrate that their speech was specifically censored by specified actions of identified government officials. The majority found that the platforms had independent incentives to censor content, “often” exercised their own judgment, and likely would have censored the same content without government coercion or encouragement. In Moody v. NetChoice, LLC, the court unanimously decided that the Florida and Texas appeals courts had inadequately analyzed the First Amendment. It sent the cases back for reconsideration, though warning the 5th Circuit that content moderation usually involves editorial decisions protected by the First Amendment. The court’s use of the Left’s preferred euphemism, “content moderation,” in these decisions, rather than “censor” or “suppress,” is troubling. And, while the court is properly wary of states intruding in the editorial choices made by social media platforms, it expressed no similar concern about the federal government. Murthy was inconsistent with NetChoice, precedent, and the evidentiary record. In Peterson v. City of Greenville (1963), the court held that when the government strongly involves itself in a private party’s conduct, it cannot claim the conduct occurred as a result of private choice, even if the private party would have acted independently. In Norwood v. Harrison (1973), Chief Justice Warren Burger explained that the government “may not induce, encourage, or promote private persons to accomplish what it is constitutionally forbidden to accomplish.” In Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. (1974) and Blum v. Yaretsky (1982), the court developed guidelines for when government becomes responsible for private actions by coercing or “significantly encouraging” those actions. In his concurring opinion in Biden v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ. (2021), Justice Clarence Thomas summarized: “The government cannot accomplish through threats of adverse government action what the Constitution prohibits it from doing directly.” Since the court’s ruling in Murthy, the Biden-Harris administration has ramped up its censorship enterprise. A July report from the Justice Department recycles the same justification of malign foreign influence it used in defending Murthy to again authorize DOJ collaboration with social media platforms to suppress disfavored postings. Last week, referring to Elon Musk’s interview with Trump on X, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre channeled former press secretary Jen Psaki, asserting that social media companies have a “responsibility” to stop disinformation and misinformation. Though the court’s rulings leave an opportunity for future plaintiffs to more carefully link coercion to specific instances of censorship, unless Republicans win in November, government-encouraged censorship of conservatives will only get worse. This article was originally published by RealClearPolitics and made available via RealClearWire The post This Election Is a Referendum on Free Speech appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Look folks, I’m not going to tell you what to believe here, I’m simply going to report the news and let you decide. But this is HIGHLY unusual. It is customary for the President or Vice President to conduct a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery and that’s exactly what happened today as the 13 U.S. service members killed in Kabul were remembered, except….the (alleged) sitting President and sitting Vice President were not there. Instead President Trump ran the ceremony. Take a look: THIS JUST ACTUALLY HAPPENED President Trump lays a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of the 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack on Abbey Gate outside of the Kabul airport attack. Do you understand what this means? It’s proof of what we already knew.… pic.twitter.com/0yvdqg0Ryy — RealAF Patriot (@RealAF_Patriot) August 26, 2024 This is historically the job for our Commander-In-Chief, which is also typically the President. From ChatGPT: I COULD BE WRONG BUT DOESN’TONLY CURRENT PRESIDENTS PARTICIPATE IN WREATH LAYINGCEREMONIES AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY? pic.twitter.com/ch1WzRf7xE — DR. Kek (@Thekeksociety) August 26, 2024 In fact, there have been very few instances in recent history (past 50 years) where the sitting President or Vice President did not conduct the ceremony, and in each of those instances someone else from their Administration filled in — typically, the Secretary of Defense: 1972: President Richard Nixon did not attend the Veterans Day ceremony due to a trip to Key Biscayne, Florida. In his absence, General William C. Westmoreland, the Army Chief of Staff, laid the wreath. 1983: President Ronald Reagan was attending a summit in the Caribbean on Memorial Day. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger laid the wreath in his absence. 1992: President George H.W. Bush was overseas on Veterans Day, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Edward Derwinski laid the wreath. 2007: President George W. Bush was attending an international summit on Memorial Day. In his absence, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates laid the wreath. 2010: On Memorial Day, President Barack Obama was attending a ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Illinois. Vice President Joe Biden participated in the wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington, but at another ceremony, then-Army Secretary John McHugh laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some ceremonies were altered. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper laid the wreath at Arlington on Memorial Day, with President Donald Trump attending another wreath-laying ceremony at Fort McHenry. But that’s not what happened here. Joe Biden is allegedly on vacation but hasn’t been seen in any official capacity in days, if not weeks. Kamala Harris is busy campaigning, but also hasn’t done any official interviews or press conferences. So President Trump just steps in? And neither Biden nor Harris could stop it? Who is really in charge here? Somebody had to do it.Isn’t that the job of the CIC?Trump just now Arlington Biden is missingKamala is hiding#Afghan13 pic.twitter.com/QM2s1JnOwH — Fletch17 (@17ThankQ) August 26, 2024 I’m not telling you what to think, but what I saw today was a Commander-In-Chief….no other way to describe it. My friend JoeRambo was all over it: Go ahead.. Please. Someone explain to me WTF just happened?! Trump has been “telling” us the whole time. But, no one believed. Proof that we had to be shown. Trump told you he caught them all. He told you about the PAUSE. He told you we are sort of in my second term… https://t.co/CrEB84r2fg pic.twitter.com/JkaIuPqycN — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) August 26, 2024 Go ahead.. Please. Someone explain to me WTF just happened?! Trump has been “telling” us the whole time. But, no one believed. Proof that we had to be shown. Trump told you he caught them all. He told you about the PAUSE. He told you we are sort of in my second term right now. … Q told us we were being given the gift of vision. People had to be shown not told. Trump told us “they are the ones who are REALLY under investigation.” Trump told us Joe was shot, and that it’s not him. Some of you called me crazy. Well please explain this away. I mean, I hate to say I told you so.. But.. Trump is really the one who said it. “We are sort of having my second term right now” “Will we be considered 2 term or 3 term” You have got to be kidding me…. Trump is doing the wreath ceremony as we speak?! So is he just… https://t.co/zJgtcjpK5b pic.twitter.com/iMg7xhjtId — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) August 26, 2024 I mean, I hate to say I told you so.. But.. Trump is really the one who said it. “We are sort of having my second term right now” “Will we be considered 2 term or 3 term” You have got to be kidding me…. Trump is doing the wreath ceremony as we speak?! So is he just CIC?! Or is he President?! PAUSE. Q. People had to be shown not told. Watch more here: Donald Trump lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of the 13 Soldiers Lost in Biden’s Disastrous Afghanistan Removal.. Where is Joe Biden? He is literally on vacation at the beach right now. https://t.co/B251VNqCxW pic.twitter.com/nORjPL78Es — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) August 26, 2024 Do you know what the “-” means in 45-47? Do you know what “The Pause” means? You’re about to. President Trump Once Again Explains Why “The Pause” Was Necessary I cover it a lot, but that’s because repetition is a good teacher… And when you have something this big and this hard to digest, you need to hear it a lot. I think that’s why President Trump himself keeps bringing it up so much. Because he’s trying to get the concept out there. It’s called “The Pause”. By all accounts, it was planned. It goes like this…. President Trump was not caught off guard by the theft of the 2020 election, and in fact I believe he recorded all of it in realtime and still holds those cards.  Somewhere VERY safely.  In multiple copies.  From multiple SCIFs, perhaps also tied in to SpaceX. I believe that evidence will come out, legally, before the 2024 Election. I believe the Treason will be fully exposed, President Trump will win the 2024 Election by a landslide 50 state margin. But why not just reveal all of this in 2020? That’s where The Pause comes in. Simply put, it would have torn the country apart, Civil War style. Remember the Summer of Love?  The Summer of 2020?  Where all major US Cities were literally burning down thanks to BLM? That powder keg would have erupted like nothing we had ever seen before if Trump attempted to fight back and stay in office. So he walked away, knowing he would play his “Trump Card” at just the right time…. And knowing that 4 years later, with the Country going downhill so badly, that the timing would be just right. That’s the theory, and by the time you get done reading this article I expect most people will have a hard time not believing it is real — or at least possible. You’re free to disagree with me, and I could be wrong, but it’s not crazy to believe this when you put all the pieces together and listen to what President Trump is telling you point blank. It actually takes more faith to believe President Trump was blindsided by cheating in 2020, didn’t plan for it, had no contingency plan, and then everything since then has just been a random mess for our Country.  Sorry folks, I don’t believe that for one second. Here’s the latest, from last night’s NH Rally: He just did it again. Once you know what’s happening, Trump’s words ring clear as day. “We have been in this battle side by side since 2016” “Taking on the corrupt system. Every element is corrupt” “Who else would have brought it to your attention? And it’s important… https://t.co/c1P5pbDkjW pic.twitter.com/i0qJwGnEE2 — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) January 22, 2024 He just did it again. Once you know what’s happening, Trump’s words ring clear as day. “We have been in this battle side by side since 2016” “Taking on the corrupt system. Every element is corrupt” “Who else would have brought it to your attention? And it’s important that we brought it to your attention, because we’re gonna fix it” The psyop explained. The PAUSE. THE SWAMP RUNS DEEP. Sometimes you cannot tell people the truth. You must show them. Only then, at the precipice, will people find the will to change [to participate]. We, the People, have been betrayed for a very long time. It’s no coincidence that everything we are watching was predicted by Trump. It’s no coincidence that Q explained the same thing. There are no coincidences. We are taking our country back. MIL-CIV alliance. And here’s another big one, from about 6 months ago: Translation: I Donald Trump have made moves and signed orders so that we can put the government on pause. During this period, we will run a multi layered psyop for multiple reasons. Our country was infiltrated. Our citizens were divided and lulled into slavery. To… pic.twitter.com/GhdJ4ytsFq — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) July 22, 2023 Translation: I Donald Trump have made moves and signed orders so that we can put the government on pause. During this period, we will run a multi layered psyop for multiple reasons. Our country was infiltrated. Our citizens were divided and lulled into slavery. To correct these issues, we have written a story and produced a show/cover story. The show will allow the American people to see what we were up against and, in turn, weoponizing the people… all while saving the kids, revamping the financial system, and derooting corruption of every form globally. We are 100% reaching the precipice. It is time. It had to be this way. And it’s glorious. What a time to be alive. But that’s not all. There are literally dozens, hundreds even, of examples of President Trump telling you about The Pause right to your face. Keep reading…. President Trump Once Again Explains “The Pause” — This Time In More Detail With each new speech, President Trump is becoming more explicit in what he reveals to us. He’s previously hinted about “going away for a while” and “we will be back” and “The Pause”. But those have always been fleeting comments. Yesterday, he went into much more detail about “The Pause”. Folks…how much more clearly can he say it? This was all planned long in advance and is advanced warfare. Very high stakes. Watch here: READQ PROOF I’m watching back Trump’s speech from last night.. Cause that’s what everyone does at 4am right? This PAUSE statement is literally a Q PROOF. Only when evil is forced into the light can we defeat it. Only when they can no longer operate in the [shadows]… pic.twitter.com/ZEgNDbSHtp — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) November 3, 2023 READQ PROOF I’m watching back Trump’s speech from last night.. Cause that’s what everyone does at 4am right? This PAUSE statement is literally a Q PROOF. Only when evil is forced into the light can we defeat it. Only when they can no longer operate in the [shadows] can people see the truth for themselves. Only when people see the truth [for themselves] will people understand the true nature of their deception. Seeing is Believing. Sometimes you can’t tell the public the truth. YOU MUST SHOW THEM. ONLY THEN WILL PEOPLE FIND THE WILL TO CHANGE. It had to be this way. This is not another 4-year election. GOD WINS. THIS IS NOT ANOTHER 4 YEAR ELECTION Trump is literally telling us this is an operation that was done intentionally. NCSWIC You can’t “TELL” many people….you have to “SHOW” them. Seeing is believing. pic.twitter.com/puwSJ6QZun — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) November 3, 2023 The big question now: has this been enough? Are enough people awake? Here’s more from our prior reporting on this topic…..it goes DEEP! President Trump Explains “The Pause” — All Planned In Advance? Heads up folks! President Trump just had one of the most interesting soundbites in recent memory. In less than 35 seconds, he explains “The Pause“. It sounds very intentional. Very planned. Very coordinated as part of the overall operation that is currently running. I can’t explain it any other way than that. You judge for yourself. What is “the pause”? It sounds like the Joe Biden Residency to me. Full text: Translation: I Donald Trump have made moves and signed orders so that we can put the government on pause. During this period, we will run a multi layered psyop for multiple reasons. Our country was infiltrated. Our citizens were divided and lulled into slavery. To correct these issues, we have written a story and produced a show/cover story. The show will allow the American people to see what we were up against and, in turn, weoponizing the people… all while saving the kids, revamping the financial system, and derooting corruption of every form globally. We are 100% reaching the precipice. It is time. It had to be this way. And it’s glorious. What a time to be alive. Now watch for yourself: Translation: I Donald Trump have made moves and signed orders so that we can put the government on pause. During this period, we will run a multi layered psyop for multiple reasons. Our country was infiltrated. Our citizens were divided and lulled into slavery. To… pic.twitter.com/GhdJ4ytsFq — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) July 22, 2023 Backup here on Rumble: Is Trump still in charge? I am telling you, it sure sounds like it to me! Want more? This is just ONE clip. I have about a dozen and they all tie together. How did we miss these when the originally came out? Looking back it’s all so clear. Take a look….. UPDATE: More EVIDENCE Hidden In Plain Sight — Trump Has Been Telling Us All Along! This is now the THIRD TIME I’ve updated this article. More information just keeps coming in… I’ll mark the updated information below so you can see it. Or just read the whole thing in full again, there is SO MUCH to soak in! So in my original article, I argued that perhaps President Trump has been telling us the truth all along and we just haven’t noticed it. The truth about what? Well, the truth about the Military Operation being conducted by the White Hats — or however you want to phrase it. But assuming there is a team of “Good Guys” working to save this Country, would we see any evidence of it? We certainly see evidence of the horror Joe Biden has brought on this Country…but is there evidence that the White Hats are also running their playbook? I think there is. “Central Casting” “He’s Shot!” “I Caught Them All!” I’ll copy my original article below so you can see all of that in case you missed it — there’s a lot in there! But first I want to show you a bunch of new stuff. I’ll just put it out here and let you decide after you read everything. Huge credit to my friend Joe Rambo (@Brainstorm_Joe on X) for putting together this incredible thread. Ok, we start here and please read and watch everything first because it all fits together.  One particular video may not mean a ton on its own, but you put them all together and eventually it tells a pretty compelling story: How is Trump so confident in telling Karri that something good is going to happen. Something much bigger….? Because they caught them all. Including the 2022 midterm thefts. Space force had an aircraft up for 908 days. It’s called X-37B. It took off shortly before the… https://t.co/8JuH8gcoJg pic.twitter.com/0OYI5WCmLY — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) September 5, 2023 How is Trump so confident in telling Karri that something good is going to happen. Something much bigger….? Because they caught them all. Including the 2022 midterm thefts. Space force had an aircraft up for 908 days. It’s called X-37B. It took off shortly before the 2020 election and landed just after the 2022 election. Coincidence? Or do they have it all? Was the military the only way? Read the rest of this thread. What we are watching is awesome. What an amazing time to be alive. Then we go here: From this point forward. We will not announce when we will attack. But attack we will. This is a wartime president who was attacked personally from every angle. As our country was also attacked. Watch the clips in this thread. I believe it makes he reference to the… https://t.co/Ji1aBir1N9 pic.twitter.com/PdTbs6SRlc — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) September 5, 2023 From this point forward. We will not announce when we will attack. But attack we will. This is a wartime president who was attacked personally from every angle. As our country was also attacked. Watch the clips in this thread. I believe it makes he reference to the “pause” impossible to deny. Patriots are in control. I believe the MSM was well aware Trump was telling the truth in these moments. The summer of love and the media attacks ramped up like crazy leading into 2020 for exactly that reason. But Trump put safeguards in place. He signed EO’s. He placed certain people like Ezra and… https://t.co/pOVnzG1tTS pic.twitter.com/2WyIccYFht — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) September 5, 2023 I believe the MSM was well aware Trump was telling the truth in these moments. The summer of love and the media attacks ramped up like crazy leading into 2020 for exactly that reason. But Trump put safeguards in place. He signed EO’s. He placed certain people like Ezra and Miller in positions. He promised to give the government back to the people on day 1. The “pause” is part of keeping that promise. The military was the only way. It had to be this way to minimize loss of life. To ensure public safety. NCSWIC. Here he is again. Hinting at what is really happening. You have to love that style. He drops truth BOMBS right in the middle of speeches. Then moves right along as if he didn’t just tell you exactly what is going on. It’s right in our faces. He caught em all. I know it’s… https://t.co/VGr9nK6U8t pic.twitter.com/7vHg5BZM4G — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) September 5, 2023 Here he is again. Hinting at what is really happening. You have to love that style. He drops truth BOMBS right in the middle of speeches. Then moves right along as if he didn’t just tell you exactly what is going on. It’s right in our faces. He caught em all. I know it’s hard to see the forest through the trees. But it’s true. Patriots are in control. 11/08/19 Trump was already telling you they spent millions of dollars investigating and trying to find corruption. Wanna know why Joe Biden is a different guy? Why he doesn’t know he is alive? Why he is shot? The answer is right here. Joe Biden is a crook. If you think… https://t.co/mmfoL2Ge9z pic.twitter.com/cNa4hiiAFE — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) September 5, 2023 11/08/19 Trump was already telling you they spent millions of dollars investigating and trying to find corruption. Wanna know why Joe Biden is a different guy? Why he doesn’t know he is alive? Why he is shot? The answer is right here. Joe Biden is a crook. If you think no one did anything about it.. I suggest reading the rest of this thread. Full clip: Then he explains “the pause”… This is one of the most compelling clips to me. Have you seen this? He’s telling you point blank. Let it simmer for a while and let people see what Radical Left Democrats will do to our country! It was all planned and had to go this way? Sure sounds like it: More proof that Patriots are in control. Remember that this is an information war. Nothing is as it seems. Connect the dots. Trump re-truthed this post of himself telling us that he could go right in and fix it fast. But rather they chose to let it simmer for a while. “Let… https://t.co/c1P5pbDkjW pic.twitter.com/PJn84N4jMy — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) September 5, 2023 More proof that Patriots are in control. Remember that this is an information war. Nothing is as it seems. Connect the dots. Trump re-truthed this post of himself telling us that he could go right in and fix it fast. But rather they chose to let it simmer for a while. “Let them see what radical left Democrats will do to our country” And to boot, the post is overplayed with a literal Q drop. 4461 to be specific. Sometimes you can’t tell the public the truth. YOU MUST SHOW THEM. ONLY THEN WILL PEOPLE FIND THE WILL TO CHANGE. It had to be this way. This is not another 4-year election. GOD WINS. Q Can you see it yet? He called it the “pause” They have it all. Still think he did nothing about it? Let’s see what happens. This next one builds on the exact same topic. He confirms it again:  it was a planned “pause”. It had to be this way: Translation: I Donald Trump have made moves and signed orders so that we can put the government on pause. During this period, we will run a multi layered psyop for multiple reasons. Our country was infiltrated. Our citizens were divided and lulled into slavery. To… pic.twitter.com/GhdJ4ytsFq — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) July 22, 2023 Translation: I Donald Trump have made moves and signed orders so that we can put the government on pause. During this period, we will run a multi layered psyop for multiple reasons. Our country was infiltrated. Our citizens were divided and lulled into slavery. To correct these issues, we have written a story and produced a show/cover story. The show will allow the American people to see what we were up against and, in turn, weoponizing the people… all while saving the kids, revamping the financial system, and derooting corruption of every form globally. We are 100% reaching the precipice. It is time. It had to be this way. And it’s glorious. What a time to be alive. NOW HERE IS THE NEWEST UPDATE: He told us so many times. We just couldn’t comprehend how yuge the operation was and therefore what the timeline would be. I can’t wait to make the documentary. I want to name it “Hind sight is 2020” Vindicating and celebrating all of the anons that picked up on the truth… https://t.co/c1P5pbDkjW pic.twitter.com/elHoTTuIVm — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) September 10, 2023 He told us so many times. We just couldn’t comprehend how yuge the operation was and therefore what the timeline would be. I can’t wait to make the documentary. I want to name it “Hind sight is 2020” Vindicating and celebrating all of the anons that picked up on the truth even prior to the fake 2020 election. “The Pause” In the face of adversity anons and patriots heald the line. You can feel the excitement in the air. As Trump is calling g it. “2024 is our final battle” NCSWIC. Nothing. And: Who remembers when the National Guard took an oath to act as US Marshals for 1 year right before “Joe Biden’s” inauguration? What are the duties of a US Marshal? The duties of the U.S. Marshals Service include protecting the federal judiciary, apprehending federal fugitives,… https://t.co/c1P5pbDkjW pic.twitter.com/nPYdAJZw30 — Joe Rambo (@BrainStorm_Joe) September 10, 2023 Who remembers when the National Guard took an oath to act as US Marshals for 1 year right before “Joe Biden’s” inauguration? What are the duties of a US Marshal? The duties of the U.S. Marshals Service include protecting the federal judiciary, apprehending federal fugitives, managing and selling seized assets acquired by criminals through illegal activities, housing and transporting federal prisoners and operating the Witness Security Program. The inauguration was provably false. The wreath ceremony and the 21 gun salute were provably false. Trump told us “I don’t think it’s him” “I caught em. I caught em all. Now let’s see what happens.” “The pause is a beautiful thing. If there is such a thing. And it’s a beautiful thing.” Are y’all starting to put it together yet? Drip. Drip. Drip. Flood. Sometimes you can’t tell. You must show. “It will be much easier to do what must be done. Bc everyone will agree with us.” Y’all ready for the good part? Because here it comes… So there you go. Wow! Hidden in plain sight? He’s been telling us very clearly! Want more? Trump Has Been Telling Us All Along? I’m just throwing this out there and you can make of it what you will… You could chalk it all up to just common phrases used over and over with no bigger meaning or purpose behind them. But I’m starting to wonder if perhaps they do have meaning. I’m starting to wonder if we truly are going to see and end to this “movie” play out soon, and I’m wondering if when we look back in hindsight if it will be a “Sixth Sense” moment. You remember that movie? (30 year old) SPOILER ALERT: In one of the most legendary twists to end a movie of all time, you find out at the end that Bruce Willis has been dead the whole time. You immediately ask yourself, “But….how can that be?” We saw him talking to people throughout the movie, did they know he was dead? But then the flashbacks start and you quickly realize you didn’t really see what you thought you saw. It was all hidden in plain view, but you missed it. The entire audience missed it for the whole movie. But when you look back, it’s obvious. And I wonder if that’s how this “movie” is going to end. Will we look back and see that Trump was telling us BIG clues all along? Will we look back and see it was all hidden in plain sight? I’ll let you judge for yourself, let’s start here: When all is said and done and we look back on everything in hindsight, I believe it’s going to be like The Sixth Sense. Remember that movie? It was all there the whole time and you never saw it until you look back in hindsight. TRUMP HAS BEEN TELLING US! Also?… pic.twitter.com/lDZvjJlYtV — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) August 20, 2023 He’s shot! Just a phrase? He sure does seem to repeat it a LOT. What do you think? But that’s not the only example… Now let’s go to “Central Casting”. As President Trump has stated over & over – CENTRAL CASTING – ENJOY THE REST OF THE MOVIE pic.twitter.com/tBPix35XxQ — JQΛППΛПӨП (@JoannaLody) August 19, 2023 For those who don’t know, Central Casting is a real company that specializes in providing actors and background actors for movies. Gee, isn’t that interesting? Again, it could just be a phrase, but he sure does seem to say it a LOT! Take a look: Trump Central Casting Compilation You are watching a movie?#CentralCasting pic.twitter.com/URigmxRBTK — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) August 21, 2023 Backup here on Rumble: Literally “Central Casting”? Central casting you say… pic.twitter.com/zDd6bciTTJ — CtrlAltDelete (@TakingoutTrash7) August 10, 2023 Then I have one more… I’m not sure why this doesn’t get more attention. Here he is point blank telling us “I caught them all”. I’m not sure how else to interpret that other than at face value. President Trump caught the swamp! He caught them ALL! Trust in the Lord! “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to Him.” Psalm 28:7 pic.twitter.com/9oirr4Ewca — Laura 1776 (@TeacherResearc1) August 12, 2023 Which leads to the question I know you’re probably asking at this point…. Ok, if this IS a movie being allowed to play out and if President Trump DID catch them all, then what is he waiting for? Why is this taking so long? Well, I have a theory about that and I’ll explain it to you right here: President Trump Just Confirmed It: “He Already Has All The Evidence!” This is HUGE folks… I am literally bouncing a bit in my seat as I type this one. For years, I have told you my theory is that President Trump already has ALL the evidence. What evidence? Everything. Confirmation of the 2020 Election Steal (we know they watched and logged it all in realtime from that SCIF)… All the goods on the Biden Family treason… All the evidence of the multiple Unconstitutional actions taken against President Trump which also amount to Treason and election interference to name just a couple crimes…. He. Has. It. All. At least that’s been my theory. Why? Call it common sense or intuition or a gut feeling or reading between the lines but in light of everything they’ve thrown at him and his family, he looks WAY too calm to me to be managing all of this if he didn’t already know he had won…. If he didn’t already know he holds the Trump Card. So that’s been my working theory. Then last week a lady named Jan Halper-Hayes went on GBN and told the world that theory is 100% correct. I mean, she basically reiterated my theory word-for-word and even went farther than anything I’ve ever speculated. We covered it and that was excited, but then a couple other things happened and that’s where we now advance the story. First, Don Jr. posted a link to her full interview, essentially giving it his stamp of approval. Ok, that’s cool, but it’s not 45. …….but then 45 did it. Not only reposted it but gave it his clear endorsement and confirmed it was TRUE. Take a look: Here is a backup screenshot to confirm:   OH BABY! I told you this was good! I’m not the only one picking up on it…. StormIsUponUs summed it up perfectly: Imagine the massive amounts of extreme panic spreading among the deep state right now after President Trump just reposted this video on Truth Social and said Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes is “fantastic.” Did you think he was kidding when he said, “we caught them all”? pic.twitter.com/mnm32PcYH1 — TheStormHasArrived (@TheStormRedux) August 7, 2023 I told you, this movie is just about over and you are going to LOVE how it ends! To watch the full interview and to read my entire theory, keep reading below… Here’s Why Trump Has Waited SO LONG To Play The Trump Card… Did you think the 2020 Steal was over? Think they got away with it? They have for 3 years but it’s far from over. In fact, thanks to Jack Smith’s new charges against President Trump it seems we now have the perfect forum to actually litigate the 2020 election. And its with that backdrop that I have to show you this brand new interview on England’s GBN (which I assume stands for Great Britain News) featuring Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes. Dr. Halper-Hayes is a political strategist who was on the Trump Transition Team and who is a frequent guest on BBC, CNBC, CNN and Breitbart. But it’s what she said on GBN that got my attention. Here comes the Trump Card! “They’ve got the goods!” Dr. Jan Halper-Hayes, a Republican Commentator and former VP of Republicans Overseas told a British morning news show this morning that she sits on a DOD Task Force and that Space Force has evidence of the 2020 stolen election. Halper-Hayes also… pic.twitter.com/VFDCJiRAZx — DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) August 4, 2023 Check this out: Listen carefully: Trump is about to play an ace card. I don’t think the two interviewing Jan Halper-Hayes understand the clever manueuvring of the Trump team. He can subpoena and call witnesses. Its all about to all come out. “Trump has got the goods” He has the evidence of it all. Nice journalists but coming across as a little bit dim here. This reminds me of Liz Truss trying to deal with Putin. Completely out of their depth. #TrumpArrest #USA Listen carefully: Trump is about to play an ace card. I don’t think the two interviewing Jan Halper-Hayes understand the clever manoeuvring of the Trump team. He can subpoena and call witnesses. Its all about to all come out. “Trump has got the goods” He has the evidence of it… pic.twitter.com/faFpJn8p9A — Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) August 4, 2023 Fun Fact… she was on Trumps Transition team.https://t.co/XhElY7VJS4 @TheNotoriousLMC pic.twitter.com/v5p1JABvKv — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) August 4, 2023 More here from MJ Truth: Holy Smokes! Listen to this! Jan Halper-Hayes, who sits on a TaskForce for the Department of Defense Talks Trumps Subpoena Power and EO 13848- How the DoD & Trump Has All the Goods on the 2020 Election… The US is a BANKRUPT CORPORATION – SPACE FORCE “They’ve made a HUGE HUGE mistake with this one… Because even though they thought what was gonna happen was that they were going to go after him for treason or sedition, but they did criminally charge him, but they didn’t go to that extreme. As a result, he has due process so he can subpoena people and bring things in. Let me say something about this 2020 election. Biden is the legitimate president, but he’s a legitimate president of what is now the BANKRUPT US CORPORATION. That wa SA treaty in 1871. On September 12, 2018… Trump created a. Executive Order. Within that, he outlined in any future elections, any kind of foreign or domestic interference, specifically for the 2020 election. (That EO Fam is 13848, the one Joe Biden keeps renewing). How did he know some of these things were going to happen?..> What what this has done is open the door for Trump to present his case….> It’s a great mistake by Jack Smith that he’s done that… Think about Edward Snowden & all the information he had. Think about the fact that our military, our Department of Defense, SPACE FORCE… if you think that they don’t have the actual real results from the election, then you’re fooling yourself….>> She goes on to talk about 2000 mules and the 60 court cases the media lies about that were rejected…. “There were 3… he won 2 & lost 1, 57 were never heard because they had no standing. Standing means the person bringing the case has to claim some kind of impact or injury….>> I sit on a task force at the Department of Defense & they’ve got the goods. And Trump knew if he presented the evidence early of the goods early on, we’d have a Civil War & he felt that the people had to see how bad it could really get.” BOOM Holy Smokes! Listen to this! Jan Halper-Hayes, who sits on a TaskForce for the Department of Defense Talks Trumps Subpoena Power and EO 13848- How the DoD & Trump Has All the Goods on the 2020 Election… The US is a BANKRUPT CORPORATION – SPACE FORCE “They’ve made a HUGE… pic.twitter.com/T3jAFQGibl — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) August 4, 2023 Backup of the full interview here on Rumble: And from Trump’s attorney John Lauro, he confirms many of the same details: Hey deep state, be careful what you wish for! “We now have the ability in this case to issue our own subpoenas. And we will relitigate every single issue in the 2020 Election. It gives President Trump an opportunity that he has never had before, which is to have subpoena power.” pic.twitter.com/MWorFb9rF7 — Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) August 1, 2023 Be careful what you wish for Jack Smith, it looks like you just might get it!