1) As you'll see in a moment, there really has been a tremendous shift in the shape of the land for the #PardonFlynnNow movement. It comes in the form of an announcement @SidneyPowell1 makes in her thread below.
@SidneyPowell1 2) Here's the key sentence: "Judge Sullivan entered an order yesterday that authorizes General Flynn's travel within the United States in compliance with standard requirements, and we are continuing to fundraise for mikeflynndefensefund.org."
@SidneyPowell1 3) Non-attorney that I am, I do not know the specific meaning of "in compliance with standard requirements," but I have to imagine he's no longer restricted to the 50 mile circles he was under previously in Alexandria, VA and his home in Rhode Island.
@SidneyPowell1 4) To my eye, that was always ridiculous. In allowing this stringent travel restriction, Judge Sullivan lowered himself in my eyes. In lifting it, he does not restore my trust. But that it is a shift in the situation cannot be questioned. Hallelujah.
@SidneyPowell1 5) There is much yet to be discovered. While an egregious infringement on @GenFlynn's rights, it was never as heinous as the gag order required for his plea deal. It has been my hypothesis all along that the gag order is the real goal of the left's key actors here.
@SidneyPowell1@GenFlynn 6) To my knowledge, @SidneyPowell1 has NOT yet spoken in public to the question of the gag order, and I'm not trying to push her to do so. I patiently wait for such data. I will speculate. She has a plan. She's attained travel freedom. The gag will soon be removed.
@SidneyPowell1@GenFlynn 7) I will speculate about Judge Sullivan as well. In giving the release from the travel restrictions, I suspect he telegraphs his leaning against this entire case of hellacious prosecutorial overreach and, in my own terms, illegal prosecution. I'm sure he won't use those terms.
@SidneyPowell1@GenFlynn 8) I further guess that the main impediment for him is now, and has always been Gen Flynn's guilty plea. That is the essential pivot point. It is painful to imagine Gen Flynn lying about having lied, when he did not lie, originally. We know the FARA case is a pure fiasco.
@SidneyPowell1@GenFlynn 9) Enough speculation. Let's go back to the situation shift. Travel restriction suspended, when will the gag order be lifted? Don't know, but it might go fast. And if it does, I'll be ready at that point to suspend my request that @POTUS#PardonFlynnNow.
@SidneyPowell1@GenFlynn@POTUS 10) And I hope everyone is clear, I'll be THRILLED to do so! It may be that a verdict will follow, a negative verdict, and if so, then I'll instantly recommence without a blink. But, for now, the key issue is the gag order. When can we hear @GenFlynn speak?
@SidneyPowell1@GenFlynn@POTUS 11) If he can speak, we can attempt to discern his own vision. Yet, if I know him at all, he won't guide us directly. His concern is always for a mission greater than himself. So, we'll have to figure out what to do to support him all on our own, is my suspicion.
@SidneyPowell1@GenFlynn@POTUS 12) Please understand, to this moment I believe a pardon by innocence is the right and best outcome of all. So, as conditions continue to shift, and until I know the gag order is removed, I will continue to petition, please...
The brilliant tweet below, by my friend @FloridaBoyMedia, solved a YUGE problem for me. Why did @realDonaldTrump support @kevinomccarthy for speaker? Until the tweet below, I could not square that circle. Now I can.
2) The simple fact is that McCArthy is a natural enemy of Trump's, and of the #MAGA Movement, exactly as Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are. All of us sycophantic Trump supporters wanted him to be a temporary Speaker, himself. Alas.
3) Thing is, if we know nothing else about Trump, we know he does business with his enemies. Think of Kim Jong Un. No missile tests during Trump's administration. And how many since Let's Go Brandon? It ain't zero.
2) I was not in DC for the 6 January 2021 Rally. I wanted to go. Fiercely. It wounded my ego to NOT go. Allow me a martial arts term: Zanshin. It comes from the Samurai and means your sense of threat or danger. For the Samurai it was almost a mystical concept.
3) In Akira Kurosawa's great film The 7 Samurai (which was the basis of the Magnificent 7), there is a scene in which a Samurai being recruited and tested, refuses to walk past an open door, which was, in fact, hiding an attacker. He was the greatest recruit. That was Zanshin.
1/ I have now watched our podcast below. If you haven't seen it yet, find the time. It's worth it. I sure wish I could learn to make my eyes look at the camera instead of the person's face on screen. Alas.
2/ As to the coming thread, though, I walk away feeling some other ground needs to be covered. Try to stick tight if you can. Look at this list:
1) Doctrine 2) Strategy 3) Tactics 4) Execution
Why does it seem the other side has all four, but we only have the last two?
3/ I want you to try to answer that question for yourself, and my spoiler alert is for the next tweet, not this one. And by all means, please comment. Let me know what your thoughts are, please.
Can you say "getting into the weeds?" I don't imagine too many will care, but for some strange reason I've decided I want to know about the Rules Package. So, here's the best version of the current package I've yet found.
2) The PDF above is the one they call "The 55 Pages."
So, knowing I do not know this language, I decide to just start reading and here's a screenshot of the first thing I find.
3) Who knew? Who had any idea? the 118th Congress begins its own rules by adopting the rules from the 117th Congress. I'd never have imagined. Okay, a bit of searching - it does NOT pop right up - and, I found this:
General Flynn's voice is heard strong and clear. He pulls incredible audiences. His analysis and writings are very powerful as well. Here's his New Year's guidance!
2) We'll walk through his counsel in detail later in this thread (which may take a few days to complete). But let's cut straight to the chase. @elonmusk, can you give General Flynn his Twitter account back, please?
3) No, @elonmusk, there is not - to my knowledge - a major Twitter story behind the unhinged attacks that our government executed against General Flynn and his family. But, the simple fact of his purging from Twitter is, in its own right, an important story.
Analysis 4 - 31 December 2022 - Hammer & Scorecard
Do you follow @maryclairerose? If not, please do so right now! She will be our guide in today's work. She's one of our very best analyst/writers, period.
2) We'll dive into @maryclairerose's work in a moment. First, I have a bit of backstory to share. I met Marcy Claire in 2016. I'll never forget the call I got, shortly after we met, where Mary Claire explained the illegality of Obama's money drop to Iran. Who remembers that?
3) Mary Claire always combines brilliance with patriotic passion. Throw in far more than anyone's fair share of writing talent and you start to get the picture. As I recall it, none of her editors were willing to run with her scoop.