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  [JANUARY 30, 2026 (11:30 AM PST)] Wow,  I have not seen any reporting on this--at all. Yesterday, I was thinking there would be massive profit taking when silver went from $130 on Wednesday to $110.00 at close on Thursday. However, I did not envision this kind of correction. We have a Friday Epstein document dump we will be sifting through over the weekend; one thing I expect is none of the CC surveillance video showing visitors to his residences or pedo-island engaged in criminal behavior. Also, we will take a look at this Fulton County, Georgia seizure--by court order--of the 2020 ballots; furthermore, we have the arrest of freelance/YouTuber, Don Lemon. Stay tuned, Drake 

  [January 29, 2026 (19:00 PST)] Back for a second time today, critical thinkers, We have a lot of stories presenting themselves at this hour; previously, the buildup of a naval armada and prepositioning of air refueling, command, and communication jamming aircraft was mentioned in a previous. Clarification is now at hand as the puzzle pieces are coming into precise view along with the president's comments indicating striking Iran may indeed come about.   THE NAVY CHANNEL: ASSETS DEPLOYED TO IRANIAN THEATER  [8:44m] SJ Mayor Shakes Up CA Run for Governor Will be in Televised Debate Next Week Image Credit: ABC News Mahan, having overseen what has become the safest major city and getting homeless into tiny homes: "We're the safest big city in the nation. We're getting people indoors faster than any other city on the West Coast. And by reducing barriers, we have thousands of new homes for working families now under construction. We need a leader who will fix our problem...

  [January 29, 2026 (11:45 AM)] Hello again, critical thinkers, This has been floating around the once alt-media for over a day now. MSM Narrative Collapses NBC NEWS: ALEX PRETTI KICKED OUT TAILLIGHT SPAT ON URGED ICE TO ASSAULT HIM

  [JANUARY 26, 2026 (11:00 AM PST)] Welcome back, critical thinkers, Continued Unrest in Minneapolis We now have another person dead, Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU Nurse. We have had speculation that the firearm Pretti was legally carrying was known for discharging when bumped or mishandled and competing claims of who is at fault from the executive branch and state elected officials. Undoubtedly--like the death of Ms Good--we have differing videos and interpretations of what transpired. mage Credit: OCTAVIO JONES / Contributor / Getty DAILY MAIL:  PROTESTERS LAY SEIGE TO MN HOTEL AMID UNREST IN WAKE OF ALEX PRETTI DEATH Two major developments as of this morning:  First, investigative reports on the planning, management, or organizational structure of the protesters using the signal app, Second, the Obamas and Bill Clinton released statements this morning as if on cue. NBC NEWS: CLINTON AND OBAMA WEIGH IN Media-ite: WSJ Nukes Trump Over Alex Pretti Death It does seem th...

  [JANUARY 23, 2026 (20:00 PST)] Great to see you back critical thinkers, CT&Reasoning tries to position the site or platform as a news aggregator: We focus on posting links to media outlets from a broad political spectrum with an emphasis on military moves and hardware, geopolitical world affairs, and the leading stories within the US. Purposefully Politics is not our wheelhouse  However, we just witnessed at the World Economic Forum [WEF] Donald Trump and Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) having a pretty substantial dustup. A rather amusing--almost buffoonish--Newsom vying for attention on the world stage where he started-out with lambasting world leaders for [MSM outlets describing as symbolizing 'bending a knee' to trump] needing knee pads which he tossed around on stage in one interview. We are all big boys and girls, okay? Locally in the big shit*y, I tend to notice young people in shorts--or men dressed as women--who have needle marks on the back-side of their knees and...

  [JANUARY 21, 2026 (13:00 PST) Hello again, critical thinkers, With all of the unrest in Minnesota and saturation coverage on Greenland back-and-forth, I wanted to get these two-stories on record: WHITE HOUSE.GOV:  STOPPING WALL STREET FROM COMPETEING WITH MAIN STREET HOME BUYERS ABC:  MSM NOT HAPPY WITH CDC NEW SCALLED BACK VAXX SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN Basically, it lets the states remain to have their requirements but limit automatic injections of all but 4 major longstanding vaccines; parents are urged to get with their pediatrician or doctor and decide on any additional once mandatory vaccines. ILLUSTRATION: EPOCH TIMES EPOCH TIMES: WHY GREENLAND IS VITAL FOR US TO COUNTER CHINA & RUSSIA In 2007, Russia planted a Russian flag on the North Pole seabed. Since that time, it has revitalized more than 50 old Soviet military installations. The Russian presence in the Arctic now includes six army bases, 10 radar stations, 14 airfields, and 16 deep-water ports. BREAKING: N...

[January 15, 2025 (11:00 AM PST)] Busy day in the CT&Reasoning newsroom, We have a couple of major stories swirling around since my last post on Jan 10th. Yesterday, it was announced through a story--late afternoon--that Trump would be hitting Iran within 24 hrs. Dominating the news cycle continues to be events in Minnesota. Image Credit: Reuters NBC NEWS: LIVE FEED MINNEAPOLIS TRUMP THREATENS INVOKING INSURECTION ACT ZeroHedge: TRUMP THREATENS TO INVOKE INSURRECTION ACT CHAOS IN MN NY POST: 3 MEN ARESTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER ID'd as ILLEGALS from VENEZUELA HERE ARE SHOCKING VIDEOS FROM LAST NIGHTS RIOTS InfoWars/Nick Sortor Videos : ANTI ICE PROTESTORS SEIZE WEAPONS LOCKER  NY TIMES: Trump pressuring Mexico to allow US military strike on Cartels Incase this story/URL is paywalled, I have been trying to find elsewhere to no avail! That is it for now, Drake  

  [JANUARY 10, 2026 (10:00 AM PST) Good Saturday morning critical thinkers, Dominating coverage for a third-day was the ICE shooting of the 37-year-old woman, Renee Nicole Good, with the country deeply divided on what they saw from various viral videos from differing vantage points; to a certain degree, maybe both sides are right--if that makes sense. My take? Well, the car did hit the ICE officer, Johnathan Ross, yet he could have chose not to step in front of the already moving vehicle; after seeing the pictures from him being dragged by a car six-months-ago resulting in 33-stiches and a prolonged hospital stay, it could be said he planned to shoot Ms. Good. The audio of him saying, "Fu*king Bitch" adds credence to the claim. Do Not Miss CNN's Analysis Using 3-D Modeling CNN: CELL PHONE FOOTAGE RAISES NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT ICE AGENTS TACTICS NBC NEWS: OFFICER WHO KILLED MN WOMAN WAS DECORATED WAR VETERAN I am not so sure that NBC used the best headline; within the article...

  [January 7, 2026 (13:30 PST) Back to the keyboard, critical thinkers, SCARRY NBC NEWS: US SEIZES RUSSIAN FLAGGED TANKER AFTER WEEK LONG PURSUIT My question is: Why would it take a week to board a commercial tanker? NO PLAN GOING FORWARD AFTER DECAPITATION Here is the take from the Russian News Agency, TASS, regarding the situation going forward. US DEMANDS VENEZUELA SEVERE ECONMIC TIES WITH IRAN CUBA CHINA RUSSIA There are reports of another tanker about to be boarded, and we now have Russian officials saying USN ships need to be torpedoed. Meanwhile, the extreme demands on NATO ally Greenland seems to be entering dangerous levels. Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European Nato members in the Arctic Ocean in Nuuk, Greenland  Credit : Ebrahim Noroozi/AP THE TELEGRAPH: DENMARK WILL SHOOT FIRST ASK QUESTIONS LATER Here at Home: ICE Shoots MN Motorist CNBC: ICE AGENTS FATALLY SHOOT MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN BNO NEWS: GRAFFIC VIDEO Ha...

  [January 6, 2026 (10:00 PST) We have had a few days to digest the events of the surgical extraction of Maduro and yesterday's court proceedings in a US federal court in New York. Monday also saw the announcement from Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) that he will not be running for a third term ; meanwhile, as the Somali-run scandal unfurls, Walz has not been directly implicated, but many suspect something may be coming. Fast-forward to today--with the strangest stories emerging on so many fronts--I do not know where to start; perhaps, I will just bullet point links due to suffering from new cycle whiplash! Willian DeFoor, 26, was arrested on Monday. Facebook / Julia DeFoor NYP:  DERANGED ALLEGED VANDAL OF VP's HOME RECENTLY GOING BY JULIA WAPO: CUBA LOST 30+ GUARDS IN MADURO RAID ADMINISTRATION MAY TARGET CNBC: EU LEADERS PUSH BACK ON TRUMP THREAT TO ANNEX GREENLAND TIME: TRUMP IMPEACHMENT CALLS GAIN MOMENTUM . . . think that last headline won't happen? What are the Odds  DAILY MA...

  [DECEMBER 3, 2026 (12:30 PST)] A busy weekend news wise, critical thinkers, Maybe all of the chatter on going into Iran was a diversion for the media to consume (?) CNN: THE US HAS CAPTURED VENEZUELAN LEADER This Just In: Trump Posts Image of Maduro in Custody TRUTH SOCIAL: DJTrump@realDonaldTrump (13:00 PST) We are learning much more after Trump talked to Fox News a short time-ago. THE US SUN: Maduro Tried to Get to Panic Room   Speaking to   Fox News ,   Trump said: “He [Maduro] was in a house that was more like a fortress than a house. “It had steel doors. It had what they call a safety space where it’s solid steel all around. “He didn’t get that space closed. He was trying to get into it, but he got bumrushed so fast that he didn’t get into that.” Alright, a lot to digest in just this latest article, so I am going to leave it there for now. Best, Drake [January 3, 2026 (18:00 PST)] Some new details and dramatic footage coming into view, critical thinkers, THE N...

 [JANUARY 2, 2026 (23:00 PST)] Picture of fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, after a series of explosions in Caracas on Saturday.   Luis Jaimes/AFP/Getty Images CNN :  https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/03/americas/venezuela-explosions-intl-hnk DMD

 [JANUARY 2, 2026 (12:45 PST)] Entering our first post of 2026, critical thinkers, For an administration which prides itself on non-intervention, we now have another threat of the us getting involved in the internal affairs of another country. DAILY MAIL:  IRAN DECLARES ALL US BASES LEGITIMATE TARGETS IF TRUMP INTERVENES The last few weeks have had--really months since Charlie Kirks assassination--have presented an under-current of evidence that this administration is beholden to Israel First. Hence, this next article demonstrates the continued fractures within the Republican party. THE HILL: Greene Criticizes Threatening Troops to Iran as 'Everything We Voted Against in 2024' Alright, wanted to get out in front of this, and will keep an eye on developments. Meanwhile, InfoWars had pretty good links on this developing situation. Happy New Year, Drake