If you've been vaccinated for COVID, here's some news:

You are 2x / 3x more likely to get infected with COVID than someone who's unvaccinated with natural immunity.

That's a finding from a study of 260K+ people in Indiana, out last Wednesday. If your child is vaccinated, their immunity from COVID is "considerably less" than kids with natural immunity.

At the WH today, Jen Psaki again crowed that the West has crushed the Russian economy.

"Hooray!" you might say.

But if that's your only response, you don't understand the gravity of this moment.

We have declared war on Russia. Are we ready for that?

No. Let me explain. Whether you think sanctions against Russia are good or bad is irrelevant.

What matters is what Putin thinks. And how he'll respond.

No, America should not bomb the Russian convoy approaching Kyiv.

The reason? Spies. In DC.

Let me explain. To blow up the convoy, America obviously cannot use an overt approach — eg: firing up some A10s listening to Kenny Loggins as they light up some Russians.

That would be a declaration of war. Obviously.

Former CIA guy here.

I’m seeing lots of reports saying “US intelligence says,” and related frothy assessments on Ukraine & Russia.

Here’s why you should be skeptical, and ask questions. First, where’s the raw intel from?

If human (HUMINT), is it just one person? Multiple people? When did they get the info? Where? How? Have they been vetted? If so, to what extent?

Don’t just assume the CIA / IC knows all this.

Look up “CURVEBALL” and you’ll understand why.

We’re a few days into the Russia / Ukraine war.

Here’s what I see. Putin’s fundamental calculus hasn’t changed:

The West is weak — mil & economically. Europe desperately needs his oil & gas. That won’t change for years.

Sanctions are uncomfortable but bearable. He saw more coming, and planned for it.

Ukraine is (still) ripe for the taking.

With great respect, trucker convoy leaders & protestors should switch gears.

Park your rigs & let fellow patriots crowdsource your income. Squeeze Biden & Trudeau by squeezing their economies.

You have the world’s attention.

Let’s use it. #GeneralStrike 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Truckers parking their rigs — quitting their jobs — is not illegal.

The funds we raise to pay salaries can thus be lawfully provided.

Truckers stay out of jail, families remain intact, and Trudeau / Biden Regimes are left with the economic fallout. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

💥 WHOA: Internal Democrat polling has leaked.

Absolute wipeout numbers on everything from COVID to the border. 💥 66% of self-defined "swing" voters in competitive districts believe that “Democrats in Congress have taken things too far in their pandemic response.”

White and Hispanic voters were in equal agreement. 💥

Nobody likes to be born into a time of tyranny.

But here we are, friends.

So we must rise up against the Left. Peacefully. Strategically.

Relentlessly.

Here’s how… First up: support a general strike.

We crowdsource a modest income for Canadian truckers & their families. Goal is removing 10% of Canada’s truckers from the economy for six months.

We add farmers, railroad workers, & longshoremen as finances allow.

Yikes. Rep. @AdamKinzinger is dumb.

There are multiple reasons why the FBI could have publicly listed a sensitive name — Ray Epps — and then quickly erased it.

Let’s explore two of those reasons. First, compartmentation.

An informant’s identity is often kept secret within the FBI.

Ray Epps could’ve been known by one set of officers but not another, w/ the latter posting the name before the former caught it.

Upshot: good opsec can sometimes lead to unhappy outcomes.

Oregon is trending, I see.

Let me tell you why this story of my home state riles me up so.

Let me tell you why Oregon — and this country, our freedoms & liberty — matter so much to me. Let me take you back. Way back.

My family arrived in Massachusetts in the late 1600s.

Details are slim before 1787. That’s when my fifth great grandfather Jeptha was born.

It appears his mother was unwed when she became pregnant.

A widower in New Hampshire took them both in.

COVID hysteria is spreading.

Again.

Yet the facts haven’t changed: China’s virus is especially nasty for those 65+, obese, or immunocompromised.

For all others, largely sniffles.

Let’s refresh our memories, as it appears the “president” has another agenda… Hospitalizations remain quite rare — about 1% - 5% of sufferers.

Those that are hospitalized or eventually perish are almost exclusively 65+ and/or in this sad category (with death rates 3x their slim compatriots):

There is absolutely evidence that some vaccines — “leaky vaccines” — can foster variants.

https://twitter.com/scottadamssays/status/1464631355958972418

Will COVID vaccines fall into this leaky vaccine category?

Vaccine developers looked at this concern — antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) — during development.

They found nothing during studies and early rollout.

(Perhaps this is what you were referencing.)

For the 150M+ Americans who’ve had COVID and recovered, this is a headline worth framing. Anecdotally we knew this was true. And some data suggested the same.

But this study is massive. There were 353,326 participants.

The results were clear: COVID recovered patients are overwhelmingly protected without a vaccine.

Something is very alarming about this flu story, and where it leads: The reports say that the flu could kill 6x as many people as COVID.

We’ve known that for some time, of course.

So why the new reframing of the risk?

🔥🔥 WHOA: In an interview Friday, Tony Fauci admitted that COVID vaccines are failing in their ability to stop infections, hospitalizations, and death in Israel. Fauci then emphasized the importance of boosters.

Not a singular booster shot, mind you. But an ill-defined “boosting” regiment as part of “the program.”

If the nation’s truckers, train conductors, longshoremen, military & law enforcement follow the lead of protesting Southwest Airlines employees, the vaccine mandates end.

But it’s so much more than that. Americans are realizing that the Regime is using the COVID crisis as a pretext for power.

There’s been no Govt acknowledgment of natural immunity. No conversation abt obesity driving sickness. No exemptions for adults/kids at low risk.

This crisis isn’t about public health.

Biden’s approval numbers are in the crapper.

He polls best on COVID, esp w/ women.

Today was about riling up that base, making unvaccinated Americans the foil.

It’s esp timed to help Newsom. If they lose CA, they lose the Senate (Feinstein).

This ain’t about public health.

https://twitter.com/The_Old_DC/status/1436144765821599787

The Biden Regime knows they’re going to make life miserable for the unvaccinated.

And that’s largely the working poor & minorities.

The Regime doesn’t care. They’re gambling those voters — part of the Dem base — will come back.

Expect more White Man Bad rhetoric to do it.

If America seems upside down, remember who’s in the White House and their base of supporters.

Many of them are mentally ill.

A thread:

freebeacon.com/politics/white… If you’ve never seen this data, it’s remarkable. And horrifying.

Example: White liberals — especially the “very liberal” — suffer the most mental illness of any political group in America.

Important COVID News from Israel:

Natural immunity from a previous COVID infection is “longer lasting and stronger” than two-dose Pfizer vaccine-induced immunity.

(Source: bit.ly/3mEew2m) Remarkably, those vaccinated with Pfizer shots “were also at a greater risk for COVID-19-related-hospitalizations compared to those that were previously infected.”

Former US intelligence colleagues are angry and deeply worried at what has happened in Afghanistan.

Here's what I'm hearing, and why there's nearly universal belief that America and the world are in for one of the most dangerous, unpredictable times in modern history.

1/12 Afghanistan has shown the world -- enemies & allies alike -- that our military & intel assets are largely irrelevant because we can't deploy them successfully.

The blame lays at the feet of multiple Presidents. The Generals. The Spies. The Congress.

America's Elites are trash.

We're all likely to get COVID -- vaccinated or not -- and the resulting natural immunity is key to getting this pandemic under control.

These are just a few takeaways from this remarkable, brutally honest, and well-sourced essay.

Let's break it down.

nymag.com/intelligencer/… Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina makes the compelling case that we're all going to be exposed to COVID -- regardless of vaccination status.