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[AUGUST 31, 2025 (17:00 PDT)] Getting used to working on weekends to get the latest information out as we head into a new month, critical thinkers. Why the dedication? Readers of CT&Reasoning have nearly doubled the visits to the site from the previous month--close to 500 coming on multiple days per month--hundreds the mean average, daily. THANK YOU CDC Squealing Like A Pig in Response to Reforms Demanded By the US Populace Here is a look at the mass firings and closing down of certain operations and functions from the Oh this is horrible we must "trust the science," Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/31/trump-rfk-relationship-maha-maga/ This seems to be now paywalled and I have spent a half-hour trying to find it in archives to no end. Been there heard that for almost three-years: The end result has been the country and economy being irreparably harmed, children's educations dismantled, scholarships and senior balls cancelled, football s...

  [AUGUST 27, 2025 (10:45 PDT)] Another busy newsday, critical thinkers, We started to hear the news of another mass shooting in Minneapolis just under 3-hours-ago. A little over an hour-ago, digital media sources--lead by InfoWars--began the process of verifying evidence of the shooter being a male-to-female trans-identifying as Robin Westman--formerly known as Robert Westman; apparently, many new media figures on 'X, podcasters, and online researchers, immediately scooped-up and worked to archive the suspects social media posts and other online activities. The gunman, Robin Westman, pictured. Obtained by NY Post Sensing A Potential Cover-up: Waiting Hours for Release of Slayers ID FBI Whistleblower, Kyle Seraphin began to hear from his sources in the FBI and intel community stating he was ". . . 100% sure" of the shooter's gender transition about a half-hour before my first link below. (11:00 AM PDT) The program which replaced Bongino's syndicated talk show car...

  [AUGUST 25, 2025 (17:45 PDT) CBS NEWS: US SCRAMBLES FIGHTER JETS NEAR ALASKA ADI ZONE Be sure to watch the video report [4:11m] which goes into the 5:1 disparity of US/NATO forces vs the Russians allied with China in the Artic region, and, the significance of Norway's smattering of the northern-most inhabited islands in the world.  What brought me back to the keyboard this late afternoon, was this report: Image Credit: DNYUZ DNYUZ: RFK Jr MAY ROLLBACK MAJOR ACHIEVMENT TRUMP CALLED MONUMENTAL Please note: the headline and tone of the story attacks the DHS Director, Kennedy, and those of us who have exposed the PlandedDemic and corresponding deaths of 25 million worldwide from the jab & lockdowns. Within the story there are many detractors, yet the mounting evidence from peer-reviewed medical studies, whistleblowers, and plethora of medical professionals over the last several years is breathtaking; accordingly, CT&Reasoning asks that newer readers scroll back thro...

 [August 22, 2025 (13:30 (PDT)] Where do we start this busy newsday, critical thinkers, First thing this morning, we got word of former Trump National Security Advisor, John Bolton, [AKA: Captain (Cap'n) Crunch] has had his house and office raided by the FBI; oftentimes, appearing on MSNBC, Bolton also has been compared to the leather-guy  of the Village People! File: Former U.S. security adviser John Bolton Jesus Hellin/Europa Press via Getty Images CBS NEWS: FBI SEARCHES BOLTON'S HOME NY POST: Maxwell two-day Prison Interview by DOJ Produced a Bunch of Nothing Maxwell, 63, provided virtually no new information on other boldfaced names associated with Epstein, including former President  Bill Clinton ,  Prince Andrew , former Harvard University President Larry Summers, Microsoft founder  Bill Gates  and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Audio and transcripts of the interviews were released Friday as the Trump administration seeks to quash rampant s...

  [August 16, 2024 (19:30 PDT)] Nice to be back after a six-day break, critical thinkers, Frankly, our site tries to stay-out of the political fray of the Left/Right paradigm; obviously, the big story--besides the Putin Trump summit--has been the US House  state redistricting efforts.   Started in Texas and CA Governor Newsom doing anything to thrust himself onto the national stage to be a foil against Donald Trump, the whole idea is quite unusual and could lead to further destabilization or public trust in our current governance.  ABC 7: Frustrated Vigilante Residents Stakeout Mail Thief Take Down for Arrest Sure all of you have had plenty of coverage on the redistricting efforts, and now six or seven states have also indicated their intention to do the same. And before we move on, with California completely dysfunctional, the rampant crime, and lack of prosecutions, how on Earth would the rest of the country think they want Gavin Newsom to become president? Stemmin...

  [AUGUST 10, 2025 (17:00 PDT)] BORDER HAWK: SHOOTING DURING TEEN TAKEOVER DIRTBIKES FIREWORKS Well, other than the shooting aspect of the story, sounds like a weekend afternoon in SF; regularly, 50-70 ATVs, dirt bikes, and other contraption roar through redlights, hop onto sidewalks, and do wheelies--earning the nickname of The High-nooners'. Afterall, I was a Sacramento and Portland streetrodder for decades, so I do not want to be an old-fogy on such goings-on; however, unlike the modern-day sideshows--for instance--where spectators shine lasers into participants/drivers eyes, fire roman candles into some of the stolen vehicles which are set ablaze, run in front of cars [I know what happened at age-17 when one came off perpendicular performing a lawn-job over one of those SacTown curvy curbs taching 4500 RPM in third] grabbing traction on the asphalt; instantly, catapulted into the oak tree on the front lawn across the street! Boy, was that a lesson in physics missed cutting clas...

  [AUGUST 7, 2025 (12:30 PDT)] A lot to unpack in what is usually a slow month, news wise, critical thinkers, Where to start on the confusion of the redistricting battles, upheaval at the FBI, and Trump's tariffs now kicking-in. Can Trump Do That: Orders Commerce Department to Create a New Census For starters, here is the latest on the battle between Texas lawmakers fleeing to Illinois to prevent a redistricting vote. CNBC: Trump Orders New Census That Excludes Undocumented Immigrants Along the same lines, we hear the administration is ordering universities to turnover admissions data to see if they are complying with a 2023 Supreme Court Decision which ended affirmative action based on race or ethnicity. NY Times: Requires Universities to Submit Data on Applicant's Race You know . . . there is so much news breaking, I think I will just bullet point some of the stories for readers to sift through. CNN: FBI Getting Involved in Locating Absent Texas Legislators  ABC: Judge Tempo...

  [August 4, 2025 (18:00 PDT)] An update on what DHS Secretary, Gabbard, criminally referred to the Dept of Justice last week,  Director of the FBI, James Comey (L), Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John Brennan (2L), Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (2 R) in 2014.  Corbis/VCG via Getty Images NY POST:  OBAMA ERA DNI CLAPPER CIA BRENNAN & FBI DIRECTOR COMEY FACE GRAND JURY Trump and current DNI Tulsi Gabbard have called for a federal probe into the early days of the Russia collusion probe dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane” — though the commander in chief himself has  acknowledged that his predecessor likely is immune from prosecution  due to a 2024 Supreme Court ruling on the criminality of official presidential acts. The president has accused the former officials of a treasonous and seditious conspiracy to undermine his first-term agenda, which ultimately led to more than two years of leaky investigations b...