Critical Thinking and Reasoning

  July, 22, 2025 (10:30 AM) Welcome back critical thinkers, The last two-weeks, the media has seized on the mishandling of the release of what is being referred to as The Epstein Files; many contend, this should not be about intelligence files retained by previous administrations but the trove of DVRs, videotapes, and surveillance footage used for blackmail--allegedly. Meanwhile, there has been hardly any reporting about DHS Secretary, Tulsi Gabbard's bombshell interview on Maria Bartiromo's Fox's Sunday show in which she laid-out evidence which has resulted in Gabbard obtaining a criminal referral to the justice department. The Difference of What is Being Covered is Stark from Right & Left Media  At this hour, there is so much back-and-forth on competing media outlets it is hard to know where to start this morning; meanwhile, breaking story after breaking story have been dropping over the last 48-hours. . . . why don't I do this I will just bullet point the ICE det...

[JULY 16, 2025 (9:30 AM PDT)] Welcome back critical thinkers, On my last post of July 11th, I skimmed-over the ongoing Trump vs Epstein issues wanting to go onto other news--stating "This story is not going to go away." . . . was that an understatement! President Melts Down Over Epstein; Slams Supporters Who Believe 'This Bullsh*t'... 'I Don't Want Their Support Anymore!' 'IT'S A HOAX'... POLLING PLUNGE... MAGA DIVORCE! Imagine my surprise when the MAGA DIVORCE link above goes straight to an infowars link; obviously, Drudge Report is no fan of MAGA or infowars for that matter. Last I checked, Assistant FBI Director, Dan Bongino is still absent from his post, Trump and others around him keep flip-floping and now this: Self Destruction on Full Display                 I Don't Want Their Support Anymore   Image Courtesy Media-ite  MEDIA-ITE: Trump Melts Down on Epstein Hoax Rejects Support of People Demanding Answers Further eviden...

  [July 11, 2025 (11:00 AM PDT)] Situation Nearing Civil War Conditions We are going to get to the continued ICE news, but first this, critical thinkers, CT&Reasonning is to a large degree a news aggregation site which is not heavy on a lot of opinion or cheerleading for one political or worldview ideology; that said, many--including myself--view the decision to drop the story of criminal investigations of John Brennan, James Comey, and James Clapper as a response to the fracturing of the Trump-base over the mishandling of the Epstein Investigation. Red-meat to calm the base, in my opinion For days now, the internet has been in an uproar over the weird comments from Trump at a presser on Epstein being old news; similarly, AG Bondi contradicting herself on the clients list and creation of a red-herring that releasing the personal child porn of Epstein cannot be allowed. . . .no, any sane person following this knows we were told ". . .there were thousands of hours--14 Terabytes-...

  [July 7, 2025 (20:30 PDT)] Today, the newscycle has been consumed by the alleged--renewed--cover-up of the Epstein files, Megan Kelly Show: Interview of Andrew Klavan  [18:52m] InfoWars:  CIA Mossad Blackmail Ring is Behind the Backpaddle: Politicians Corporate Leaders Compromised MEDIA-ITE:  'NO ONE BELIEVES THIS' MAGA INSIDERS REJECT DOJ CLAIMS OF NO CLIENT LIST CNN Decides All of the Epstein Evidence is a Right-wing Conspiracy Theory Two Things Do Not Hang Themselves: Christmas Lights & Epstein    Musk reacts Reports of the announcement were immediately met with outrage online, most notably from Trump’s erstwhile ally Elon Musk, who posted an image of a zeroed-out scoreboard titled “The Official Jeffrey Epstein Pedophile Arrest Counter.” “What’s the time? Oh look, it’s no-one-has-been-arrested-o’clock again,” Musk wrote in the  post on X . Six weeks ago, Musk claimed on X that “@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files,” later posting a video o...

  [JULY 6, 2025 (17:45 PDT)] Goodness Gracious Critical Thinkers, Have We Got News for You, Texas flood victims furious as local officials blame Trump's National Weather Service over failed warning First, the 69 People--Including 21 Children--Killed by Devastating Floods in Texas Piling-on: NY TIMES: As Flood Hits Key Roles Are Vacant at Weather Service Office in Texas FOX NEWS: DHS SAYS MSM DELIBERATELY LYING ABOUT EVENTS IN TEXAS FLOODING On the Other Hand:  Yahoo/Daily Beast: MTG Wants to Make Deadly Weather Manipulations a Felony Jones Did Not Have Enough Headroom to Don Tinfoil Hat in His Report InfoWars: Did Weather Weapons Cause Deadly Destruction  (?) Elon Musk Announcing New 'American Party' Epoch Times: Former White House Special Gov Employee Musk Targets UniParty Do not fail to punch-up the AI voiced audio [6:31m] Dodo Bird: Looks Like Voiceover Will Go the Way of AM/FM Radio . . . glad to have retired due to health reasons & other concerns  MIRANDA D...

  [JULY 3, 2025 (11:20 AM PDT)] YEA: 210 NAY 212 [5-R & 1-D have Not Voted] CSPAN LIVE FEED OF HOUSE FLOOR (11:25 AM) BILL PASSES 217/214 2 REPUBLICANS VOTE AGAINST House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images NBC NEWS: HOUSE PASSES SPRAWLING DOMESTIC POLICY BILL SENDT TO TRUMP'S DESK POLITICO: BILL TO BECOME LAW So, critical thinkers, In the coming days we shall learn what has been cut, what survived attempts to cut, etc.  We do know a lot of money will be going to an increase in spending for border enforcement, funding for deportation flights and holding facilities, and hiring of additional ICE agents. That is it for now, Drake