🧵THREAD: Why I’m Calling Out Every Member of Congress Who Says “I Stand With Israel”
Because it’s not just cowardice. It’s TREASON.
Let’s break this down 👇 1. You swore an oath to AMERICA—not a foreign state.

Congressional oath:

“I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

Yet you kneel to a nation that spies on us, manipulates our policy, and drags us into endless war.

🧵DECLARATION OF WAR: THE CRYPTOCULT

By: MichiganAnon93
Crypto is not and never will be money. It is not constitutional money. And it can never be. We declare total war against the Cryptocult—a techno-religion that poses as innovation while dismantling constitutional law, physical reality, and monetary truth.

Thread 🧵: Harry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone; A harmless children’s book, or a crash course in Rosicrucianism? How did @jk_rowling know this occult knowledge? You were never supposed to see this.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is not just fantasy. It’s a coded initiation manual straight from the Rosicrucian playbook.

Here’s how J.K. Rowling baptized millions of children into Hermeticism without them knowing:

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🚨🚨YOU OWN NOTHING: THE LIE OF PROPERTY IN MICHIGAN🚨🚨

You think you own your home.

You think because your name is on a deed, you possess land. Because you paid for it, you hold dominion. Because you follow the rules, you’re protected.

But the truth is brutal:
You own nothing. And never did. THE FRAUD OF FEE SIMPLE

Every so-called “landowner” in Michigan holds their land under a feudal fraud known as fee simple. A system imposed under the guise of law, maintained through legalese, and enforced by threats of seizure.

Fee simple is not ownership.
It is a conditional tenancy—granted by the State, revocable at any time.
•Don’t pay property tax? They take it.
•Refuse zoning compliance? They fine you.
•Try to live sovereign? You’re labeled an extremist.

If the State can take it, regulate it, or dictate its use, you don’t own it—you lease it.

🧵They’re Lying To You About Boulder

I want to be crystal clear up front:
— I condemn the Boulder attack with every fiber of my being.
— Violence against any innocent human being is evil and unacceptable.
— My heart breaks for the victims and their families—period.

That said…

We have a major problem that no one in the mainstream will touch:

The @ADL, the corporate media, and political mouthpieces are weaponizing this tragedy—spreading fear among Jewish communities and falsely framing this as a religious hate crime against Jews.

But here’s what they’re not telling you: THE SUSPECT’S OWN WORDS

According to FBI documents and a DOJ affidavit, the Boulder attacker explicitly stated:

❝ He planned the attack for over a year to kill “Zionists” ❞
❝ He shouted “Free Palestine” and “End Zionism” during the attack ❞
❝ He felt no regret and said he would do it again ❞

So let’s be honest:

This deranged man targeted people he perceived as Zionists. He didn’t say “Jews.” He didn’t reference religion. His language and motives were ideological and political, not theological.

🧵Manifesto: Abortion Is Not a Right I. Introduction: The Lie at the Heart of Modern Liberty

We live in an age where words are cheap, truth is malleable, and morality is optional. Nowhere is this more evident than in the grotesque lie that abortion is a “right.” In this manifesto, I reject that lie outright — not with polite disagreement, but with righteous defiance. Abortion is not a right. It is a violent betrayal of everything the concept of rights was meant to protect. It is a perverse distortion of liberty, a moral rot sold as healthcare, and a state-approved bloodletting cloaked in the language of compassion. This manifesto exists to strip away the euphemisms and expose abortion for what it truly is: an act of violence, not a right; a form of human sacrifice, not an expression of freedom.

🧵MANIFESTO: HEALTHCARE IS NOT A RIGHT! I. Introduction

Let’s get this out of the way: healthcare is not a right. It never was, and never will be. It’s a service—a valuable, lifesaving service—but not something you’re entitled to simply by existing. Rights don’t come from governments, politicians, or public opinion. They come from the Creator, and they are the same in both a civilized world and a collapsed one. If you don’t have access to something in the wild, without a functioning state, then it’s not a natural right. End of story.

🧵 Thread: The Lonely Road of Awakening — and Why You’re Never Truly Alone

No one tells you how lonely awakening can be.
Not the kind of loneliness where you’re just alone in a room—
The kind where you’re surrounded by people, but no one truly hears you. You start to notice cracks in the world.
Lies in the headlines.
Patterns in the chaos.
You speak up—and suddenly, you’re “paranoid,” “too negative,” or “too intense.”

Manifesto for a Free Republic: The People, Not the Force I. Introduction: The Illusion of Freedom Under Armed Guardians

We are told we are free—yet our security, our rights, and even our peace are conditioned on the presence of armed agents of the state. Police patrol our streets, and standing armies defend our borders, but at what cost? True liberty cannot coexist with permanent dependence on state violence.

🧵 A MichiganAnon93 Exposé: THE MG SHOW: ECHOES OF WILLIAM COOPER’S “HOUR OF THE TIME” IN THE DIGITAL AGE Introduction:

In the 1990s, one voice pierced through the noise of state propaganda and controlled opposition: William Cooper, host of Hour of the Time (HOTT). Unafraid, unfiltered, and unsellable, Cooper became the oracle for truth-seeking Americans in a landscape riddled with deception.

Today, the MG Show hosted by @intheMatrixxx and @shadygrooove, has picked up that mantle, not by mimicking Cooper’s style but by continuing his mission: revealing the hidden structure of power, decoding the psy-ops, and refusing to kneel before idols of false patriotism. In an age of digital chaos, they’re not just echoing HOTT, they’re embodying its purpose.

YUGE Thread 🧵: We know the cult which runs the world are humanists or lucifierian, practicing the lucifierian doctrine that through illumination man himself can become a god. So who is the “American Humanist Association (AHA)”?

The American Humanist Association (AHA) is a religious advocacy organization that promotes secularism and non-theism views within the United States. The AHA has previously taken part in controversial anti-religious litigation and advertising campaigns. AHA has also advocated in favor of left-of-center policy towards abortion access and environmentalism.

Background:

The American Humanist Association (AHA) traces its roots back to 1920s, when the secular-humanist ideology began to formally organize in the United States. A group of University of Chicago professors formed the Humanist Fellowship, while a former Unitarian minister formed the First Humanist Society of New York. Early humanist organizations rejected traditional religious beliefs and instead “incorporated various aspects of naturalism, materialism, rationalism, and socialism” to establish a non-theist religious organization.

After the publishing of the Humanist Manifesto in 1933, the American Humanist Association (AHA) was formed in 1941. AHA pivoted to the political and cultural issues of church-state separation, abortion access, and feminism.

AHA gained significant media attention in the 1970s after the publication of Humanist Manifesto II was featured in a front-page New York Times article. In the following decades, AHA launched a campaign of media appearances and began to devote resources to political lobbying and litigation against perceived violations of church-state separation. AHA also expanded its Humanist magazine and launched large-scale advertising campaigns.

AS of 2022, AHA claimed to have a network of over 200 local chapters and affiliates in the United States.
Issues

Abortion:

The American Humanist Association (AHA) has maintained a pro-abortion platform since its founding, claiming to have been instrumental in the formation of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and NARAL Pro-Choice America, and having named Margaret Sanger its Humanist of the Year in 1957. AHA signed onto a pro-abortion amicus brief for the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

🧵 Who is Town Branch Foundation, and what ties do they have to the Walton Family of the Walmart empire?

The Town Branch Foundation is a grantmaking foundation created and operated by Jim Walton, the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. In 2023, the Town Branch Foundation supported numerous educational organizations and schools, and a number of political and environmental groups.

In 2023, the Town Branch Foundation reported revenue of $30,794,095, expenses of $45,804,542, and total net assets of $470,582,767. Background:

The Town Branch Foundation is a grantmaking foundation created and operated by Jim Walton, the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. Nonprofit media outlet Inside Philanthropy has speculated that the Town Branch Foundation is the primary philanthropy entity of Jim and his wife Lynne Walton despite its assets only representing 0.5 percent ($566 million) of their estimated total fortune, according to its 2023 tax return.

The Town Branch Foundation is based in Bentonville, Arkansas, where Walmart’s global headquarters is located. The foundation does not have a website, a trait shared by two similar foundations in the Walton family: the Penner Family Foundation and the Alumbra Innovations Foundation.

Thread 🧵: Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine aka The @shriners.

Shriners International, formally known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), is an American Masonic society. Founded in 1872 in New York City, it is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and has over 200 chapters across nine countries, with a global membership of nearly 1.7 million "Shriners". The organization is known for its colorful Middle Eastern theme, elaborate participation in parades and festivals, and the Shriners Children's network of nonprofit pediatric medical facilities.

Shriners International describes itself as a global fraternity"based on fun, fellowship, and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth". As an appendant body within Freemasonry, membership is open to men who have been initiated as Master Masons in a Masonic rite; various partner organizations accept women and youth. Shriners are obliged to uphold the fraternity's mission and values, which include self-improvement, service and leadership to the community, and active involvement in social and philanthropic causes.

Shriners International is recognizable for its Middle Eastern-inspired iconography, ceremonies, and motif: Shriners wear distinctive red fezzes as their official headgear, while fraternal regalia often features camels, pyramids, the Sphinx and other ancient Egyptian and Arabian symbols. The headquarters of local chapters, formally known as Shrine Centers, are sometimes called "Temples" or even "Mosques"; most have names such as Egypt, Sahara, Morocco, and Oasis, and many are built in the Moorish Revival style. The organization is governed by the "Imperial Divan"—referring to the traditional government councils of the Near East—composed of 12 "Imperial Officers" who serve as a board of directors. However, Shriners International has no connection with the region nor with Islam.

Previously known as Shriners North America, the fraternity adopted its current name in 2010 in recognition of its increasingly global membership; as of 2024, there are Shrine Centers in Canada (since 1888), Mexico (1907) and Panama (1918), Puerto Rico, the Philippines (2010), Germany (2011), Brazil (2015) and Bolivia (2018).

Notable American Shriners include FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, actors Mel Blanc, John Wayne, Ernest Borgnine, and Roy Rogers, Supreme Court chief justice Earl Warren, General Douglas MacArthur, and presidents Gerald Ford and Harry Truman.
History:

In 1870, there were several thousand Freemasons in Manhattan, many of whom lunched at the Knickerbocker Cottage at a special table on the second floor. There, the idea of a new fraternity for Masons, stressing fun and fellowship, was discussed. Together, Walter M. Fleming and William J. Florenceestablished a separate fellowship to fulfill those ideals.

While on tour in Marseille, Florence, an actor, was invited to a party given by an Arab diplomat. The entertainment was a musical comedy. At its conclusion, the guests became members of a secret society. Florence took notes and drawings at his initial viewing and on two other occasions, once in Algiers and once in Cairo. When he returned to New York in 1870, he showed his material to Fleming.

Fleming created the ritual, emblem and costumes. Florence and Fleming were initiated August 13, 1870, and they initiated 11 men on June 16, 1871.

The group adopted a Middle Eastern theme and soon established Temple, although the term Temple has now been replaced by Shrine Auditorium or Shrine Center. The first Temple established was Mecca Temple, established at the New York City Masonic Hall on September 26, 1872. Fleming was the first potentate.

In 1875, there were 43 Shriners in the organization. To encourage membership, the Imperial Grand Council of the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America was created at the June 6, 1876 meeting of Mecca Temple. Fleming was elected the first imperial potentate. By 1878, there were 425 members in 13 temples in eight states, and by 1888, there were 7,210 members in 48 temples in the United States and Canada. By the Imperial Session held in Washington, D.C., in 1900, there were 55,000 members and 82 Temples.

Epstein’s Michigan connection. Thread 🧵: Epstein Had His Own Lodge at Interlochen’s Prestigious Arts Camp for Kids from The Daily Beast 7-11-2019

Since Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest for allegedly trafficking underage girls, authorities have cast a spotlight on his massive wealth and many properties, including his New Yorkand Florida mansions, New Mexico ranch, private isle in the Virgin Islands and apartment in France.

But during the 1990s, Epstein apparently had another getaway at a Michigan cabin. There, the 66-year-old financier was a donor to the revered Interlochen Center for the Arts, a fine arts boarding school and camp, and had bankrolled the “Jeffrey Epstein Scholarship Lodge” on its campus. 

Indeed, The Daily Beast has discovered that Epstein listed this rental lodge in hisinfamous Little Black Book—a veritable rolodex of famous faces, from President Donald Trump and his lawyer Alan Dershowitz, to Harvey Weinstein’s brother, Bob, and even Courtney Love. The address book also contained the names of a pair of students who had attended Interlochen.

Beside the words “Michigan Home” and “Epstein Lodge” in the Little Black Book were the P.O. Box and address for Interlochen, along with three area phone numbers. And in August 1998, Epstein and his alleged madam, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, took a five-day jaunt to Traverse City, Michigan, which is a short drive from the school, along with two other passengers, according to flight records.

The academy and summer camp, a gem in the quiet woods of northern Michigan, is known for churning out world-famous talent. Interlochen’s star-studded alumniinclude musicians like Jewel, Josh Groban and Norah Jones, comedian Maria Bamford, “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan, and actors Terry Crews and Felicity Huffman.

Epstein also counted himself as an alumnus. Katharine Laidlaw, Interlochen’s Vice President of Strategic Communications and Engagement, told The Daily Beast he attended Interlochen’s “National Music Camp” in 1967. His course of study was Bassoon/Orchestra/Radio, Laidlaw said.

Laidlaw said Epstein is no longer an Interlochen donor, and that his last gift to the school was in 2003. “After the administration learned of his conviction, Interlochen discontinued contact with Mr. Epstein and removed all donor recognition with his name,” Laidlaw said in an email, referring to Epstein’s 2008 plea to soliciting underage girls in Florida.

She said Interlochen has no record of any complaint lodged against Epstein and that the school’s “policies would not have permitted Mr. Epstein any unsupervised access to students.”

According to records reviewed by The Daily Beast, Epstein not only funded the scholarship lodge, but hosted events for Interlochen alumni at his New York office and his seven-story townhouse—which was raided by the feds over the weekend. It’s also where Epstein is accused of forcibly raping a 15-year-old girl in 2002. Jennifer Araoz, now 32, came forward this week with claims that Epstein began sexually assaulting her there when she was 14.

In an exclusive interview with NBC News, Araoz said she wanted to become a Broadway actress and discussed that dream with Epstein, whose recruiter allegedly targeted Araoz at her performing arts high school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Big Thread 🧵: French Rite of Freemasonry

The French Rite (French: Rite français) is one of the oldest masonic rites, and the most widely practiced in France and Belgium. It is the direct heir and one of the best preserved ritual of speculative masonry as practiced by the Premier Grand Lodge of London in the early 18th century. Today, it is primarily practiced by over 900 lodges of the Grand Orient de France and by the Grande Loge Nationale Française, making it the predominant rite in France, it is also worked in several other masonic jurisdictions worldwide.

The French Rite consists of seven degrees: three "blue" or craft degrees (Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason) and four additional Orders of Wisdom (Ordres de Sagesse), which were codified between 1781 and 1786 by the Grand Orient de France. It is characterized by its simplicity of ceremony, its emphasis on both tradition and progressive philosophical thinking, and its maintenance of practices from early speculative masonry that have been modified or abandoned in other jurisdictions.

Historically significant, the French Rite underwent several major transformations, notably in 1877 with the removal of religious requirements, establishing the principle of absolute freedom of conscience. Today, it exists in several variants, including the Groussier Rite, the Modern French Rite, and the Philosophical French Rite, each reflecting different approaches to masonic tradition and philosophy.

Unlike many other masonic rites, the French Rite maintains several distinctive features from early speculative masonry, including the placement of both Wardens in the West and the use of three large candlesticks in specific positions within the lodge. These characteristics, along with its historical development and philosophical orientation, make it a unique repository of early masonic practices while remaining adaptable to contemporary societal evolution.
History

Origins (1725-1750):

The French Rite traces its origins to the introduction of speculative Freemasonry in France around 1725. As recorded by Jérôme de Lalande in his "Mémoire historique sur la Maçonnerie" (1777), the first documented lodge was established in Paris by English Freemasons, including "Milord Dervent-Waters, the chevalier Maskelyne, d'Heguerty, and several other Englishmen." This lodge met at Hurre's tavern, an English establishment in the Rue des Boucheries. Within a decade, it had attracted between five and six hundred members, leading to the establishment of additional lodges including Goustaud's (run by an English lapidary), the Louis d'Argent lodge, and the Bussy lodge (later renamed Aumont lodge when the Duke of Aumont became its Master).

The earliest French masonic practices are documented in a 1737 police report commissioned by René Hérault, Lieutenant General of Police in Paris. The report, obtained through surveillance involving a police informant known as Mademoiselle Carton, provides the first detailed description of French masonic ceremony. This document reveals that early French masonic ritual closely followed English "Premiere Grand Lodge" practices, including specific elements such as: The examination of candidates left to their reflection in a darkened chamber for about an hour, The removal of metals and partial disrobing and other ritualistic practices still used to this day.

Despite opposition from both civil and religious authorities, including a police ordinance in 1737 and Pope Clement XII's bull "In Eminenti" in 1738, French Freemasonry continued to grow. By 1742, there were twenty-two lodges in Paris and a similar number in the provinces.

Development and Codification (1773-1786):

A crucial period in the development of the French Rite began with the reformation of French Freemasonry in 1772-1773 and the formation of the Grand Orient de France (GODF). This reorganization established the principle of collective sovereigntyof blue lodges and introduced the election of Worshipful Masters by secret ballot, marking a significant departure from previous practices. Between 1781 and 1786, the GODF undertook the systematic codification of ritual practices. This work was primarily led by Alexandre-Louis Roëttiers de Montaleau (1748-1808), who was initiated in 1774 at the Lodge of Friendship in Paris. The Chamber of Degrees (Chambre des Grades) was established to harmonize ritual practices while preserving their "ancient purity." This effort culminated in the adoption of standardized rituals for the three craft degrees in July and August 1785. A significant development occurred in 1784 when a group of 80 Brothers, including 27 GODF Officers, created the Grand Chapitre Général du Rite Français. This body was formally integrated into the GODF on February 17, 1786, by a vote of 39 to 7. The integration established a complete system of seven degrees: the three craft degrees plus four Orders of Wisdom (Élu, Écossais, Chevalier d'Orient, and Rose-Croix). The Orders were carefully structured to provide a philosophical progression while avoiding excessive "sacerdotal" elements.

Thread 🧵: Li bloodline, @UniofMich, @michiganstateu, and Wuhan?

Funny how @gretchenwhitmer, @dananessel, @JocelynBenson, @RepHaleyStevens, @ElissaSlotkin and others are bought and paid for by not just China, but foreign and domestic billionaires (cough cough Li bloodline) and look here a Chinese national get busted for voting.

I’m sure the Li bloodline has nothing to do with #AnnArbor and the University of Michigan.

cia.gov/library/abbott… Peng Li Lab

The Peng Li lab is a Life Sciences laboratory found at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

According to their page:
Research:

“We investigate the neural mechanisms and pathways that orchestrate breathing — and their deviations in breathing disorders.”

“Breathing is a critical homeostatic process, delivering oxygen to every cell in the body. The rate and pattern of breathing are precisely regulated by a complex interplay of physiological and emotional inputs, orchestrated by the intricate breathing control circuitry within the brain. 

Various disorders are linked to the disruption of this neural control of breathing. Yet, the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying breathing, and how it goes awry in diseases remain largely unknown. Through molecular and genetic dissection of the breathing control circuitry, our laboratory endeavors to unravel the function of neural populations and circuits that control breathing rhythms and behaviors, along with the underlying pathophysiology of disorders marked by breathing abnormalities.

Our ultimate aim is to attain a comprehensive molecular understanding of the neural orchestration of breathing and its deviations in breathing disorders, paving the way for innovative interventions to address breathing irregularities.”

Comprehensive molecular understanding? DNA?

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Thread 🧵: What is the “Great Work” specifically in Thelema?

Within Thelema, the Great Work is the spiritual endeavor aimed at realizing one's True Will and achieving a profound mystical union with Nuit, the Thelemic personification of the infinite and boundless expanse of the universe. This path, crafted by Aleister Crowley, draws inspiration from Hermetic alchemy and the Hermetic Qabalah. The cornerstone of Thelema is the Book of the Law, received by Crowley in 1904 through a communication with the entity Aiwass. This text became the central scripture, heralding a new Aeon for humanity and outlining the principles of Thelema.

The core purpose of Thelema is twofold: to discover one's unique True Will, or life's purpose, and to attain mystical union with the universal consciousness. Crowley described the Great Work as the unification of opposing forces, be it the individual with the universal or the ego with the non-ego. The techniques to achieve these goals are collectively termed "Magick", encompassing Western ceremonial magic, meditation, Hermetic Qabalah, tarot, and yoga. In Thelema, these practices are dedicated to the worship of Nuit, the goddess of Infinite Stars and Space.

In the framework of Thelema's magical Order A∴A∴, the Great Work of the Probationer Grade involves self-knowledge, understanding the nature and powers of one's own being. Yet, Crowley emphasized that the Great Work is not confined to specific milestones; it is a continuous process. Achieving the Great Work necessitates extensive preparation, including comprehensive knowledge of the Hermetic Qabalah, disciplined meditation, and invoking spiritual entities. The pinnacle of this path lies in the discovery and manifestation of one's True Will, as expressed in the Benediction of Crowley's Gnostic Mass. True Will and Union:

Thelema is a path intended to do two interrelated things: to enable one to learn one's True Will; and to achieve union with Nuit, the Thelemic personification of the infinite and boundless expanse of the universe. This unification of opposites, the individual and the universal, is reiterated by Crowley in his book Magick Without Tears:

“The Great Work is the uniting of opposites. It may mean the uniting of the soul with God, of the microcosm with the macrocosm, of the female with the male, of the ego with the non-ego.”

The techniques for accomplishing these goals Crowley called Magick, a word he used to describe Western ceremonial magic (especially invocations and eucharistic ceremonies) supported by Buddhist meditation, Hermetic Qabalah, English Qaballa,[a]tarot, and yoga, all set in the context of the worship of Nuit, the goddess of "Infinite Stars and Infinite Space".

Within the system of the magical Order A∴A∴, the Great Work of the Probationer Grade is considered to be the pursuit of self-knowledge to, as Crowley said in The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, "obtain the knowledge of the nature and powers of my own being." However, Crowley continues, the Great Work should also be something that is integrated into the daily life of all.[b] Although Crowley often discussed the idea of "succeeding" or "accomplishing" in the Great Work, he also recognized that the process is ongoing.

The ability to accomplish the Great Work requires a great deal of preparation and effort, according to Crowley's system. The programme consists of several key elements, including a thorough knowledge of the Hermetic Qabalah (especially the Tree of Life), disciplined concentration (i.e. meditation), the development of one's body of light (in order to experience other planes) and the consistent and regular invocation of certain deities or spiritual beings ('assumption of godforms').

Within the mystical and philosophical system developed by Crowley, the core task for a practitioner is the discovery and manifestation of True Will. The realisation of this True Will is itself the Great Work, as expressed in the Benediction at the end of Crowley's Gnostic Mass, where the Priest blesses the congregation with the words:

“The LORD bring you to the accomplishment of your true Wills, the Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness.”

Who is James M. Cox?

James Middleton Cox (born James Monroe Cox; March 31, 1870 – July 15, 1957) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th and 48th governor of Ohio, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio. As the Democratic nominee for President of the United States at the 1920 presidential election, he lost in a landslide to fellow Ohioan Warren G. Harding. His running mate was future president Franklin D. Roosevelt. He founded the chain of newspapers that continues today as Cox Enterprises, a media conglomerate.

Born and raised in Ohio, Cox began his career as a newspaper copy reader before becoming an assistant to Congressman Paul J. Sorg. As owner of the Dayton Daily News, Cox introduced several innovations and crusaded against the local Republican Party boss. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1913 before being elected as Governor of Ohio. As governor, Cox introduced a series of progressive reforms and supported Woodrow Wilson's handling of World War I and its aftermath.

He was chosen as the Democratic nominee for president on the forty-fourth ballot of the 1920 Democratic National Convention. Running on a ticket with future President Franklin D. Rooseveltas his vice presidential running mate, Cox suffered the worst popular vote defeat (a 26.17% margin) since the unopposed re-election of James Monroe in 1820.

Cox retired from public office after the 1920 presidential election to focus on his media conglomerate, which expanded into several cities. By 1939, his media empire extended from Dayton to Miami. He remained active in politics, supporting Roosevelt's campaigns and attending the 1933 London Economic Conference.
Early life and career:

Cox was born on a farm near the tiny Butler County, Ohio, village of Jacksonburg, the youngest son of Gilbert Cox and Eliza (née Andrew); he had six siblings. Cox was named James Monroe Cox at birth; he was later known as James Middleton Cox, possibly because he spent part of his early years in Middletown, Ohio. Cox was educated in a one-room school until the age sixteen. After his parents divorced, he moved with his mother in 1886 to Middletown, where he started a journalistic apprenticeship at the Middletown Weekly Signal published by John Q. Baker.

In 1892 Cox received a job at the Cincinnati Enquirer as a copy reader on the telegraph desk, and later started to report on spot news including the railroad news. In 1894, Cox became an assistant to Middletown businessman Paul J. Sorg who was elected to U.S. Congress, and spent three formative years in Washington, D.C. Sorg helped Cox to acquire the struggling Dayton Evening News, and Cox, after renaming it into the Dayton Daily News, turned it by 1900 into a successful afternoon newspaper outperforming competing ventures. He refocused local news, increased national, international and sports news coverage based on Associated Press wire service, published timely market quotes with stock-exchange, grain and livestock tables, and introduced several innovations including photo-journalistic approach to news coverage, suburban columns, book serializations and McClure's Saturday magazine supplement inserts, among others. Cox started a crusade against Dayton's Republican boss, Joseph E. Lowes, who used his political clout to profit from government deals. He also confronted John H. Patterson, president of Dayton's National Cash Register Co., revealing facts of antitrust violations and bribery. In 1905, foretelling his future media conglomerate, Cox acquired the Springfield Press-Republic published in Springfield, Ohio, and renamed it, the Springfield Daily News.

Congress:

In 1908, he ran for Congress as a Democrat and was elected. Cox represented Ohio in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1909 to 1913, and resigned after winning election as Governor of Ohio.

Thread 🧵: Who Are Foreign Billionaires Hansjörg Wyss And Pierre Omidyar And How Are They Working To Influence U.S. Elections?

We all hear about Soros, Soros, Soros, but silence about others like Wyss and Omidyar and the dark money machines they back. Arabella is the biggest but what are the others? Who is Hansjörg Wyss?

Hansjorg Wyss (Hansjörg, sometimes spelled Hansjoerg; pronounced “Veese”) is a Swiss entrepreneur and businessman. He is the former CEO of multinational medical device manufacturer Synthes. Wyss’ net worth is estimated to be over $6.1 billion.

Wyss is an active philanthropist, giving through his private foundation, the Wyss Foundation, which supports liberal civic and environmentalist projects. 2 In addition, Wyss is a political supporter of center-left groups and politicians.

Wyss’ support for liberal political groups through his Wyss Foundation and its associated 501(c)(4) lobbying arm, the Berger Action Fund (formerly “Wyss Action Fund”), has earned him criticism from conservative and liberal groups and journalists. The New York Times has criticized Wyss for “quietly” becoming an “influential force among Democrats” through his nonprofits, and a “leading source of difficult-to-trace money to groups associated with Democrats.” As the Times put it:

“He is not as well known as wealthy liberal patrons like George Soros or Tom Steyer. His political activism is channeled through a daisy chain of opaque organizations that mask the ultimate recipients of his money. But the Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss has quietly become one of the most important donors to left-leaning advocacy groups and an increasingly influential force among Democrats.”

Thread 🧵: What was the Phoenix Program?

The Phoenix Program (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Phụng Hoàng) was designed and initially coordinated by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Vietnam War, involving the American, South Vietnamese militaries, and a small amount of Special forces operatives from the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam. In 1970, CIA responsibility was phased out, and the program was put under the authority of the Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS).

The program, which lasted from 1967 to 1972, was designed to identify and destroy the Viet Cong (VC) via infiltration, assassination, torture, capture, counter-terrorism, and interrogation. The CIA described it as "a set of programs that sought to attack and destroy the political infrastructure of the Viet Cong." The Phoenix Program was premised on the idea that North Vietnamese infiltration had required local support within noncombat civilian populations, which were referred to as the "VC infrastructure" and "political branch" that had purportedly coordinated the insurgency.

Throughout the program, Phoenix "neutralized" 81,740 people suspected of VC membership, of whom 26,369 were killed, and the rest surrendered or were captured. Of those killed 87% were attributed to conventional military operations by South Vietnamese and American forces, while the remaining 13% were attributed to Phoenix Program operatives.

The Phoenix Program was heavily criticized on various grounds, including the number of neutral civilians killed, the nature of the program (which critics have labelled as a "civilian assassination program,") the use of torture and other coercive methods, and the program being exploited for personal politics. Nevertheless, the program was very successful at suppressing Viet Cong political and revolutionary activities. Public disclosure of the program led to significant criticism, including hearings by the US Congress, and the CIA was pressured into shutting it down. A similar program, Plan F-6, continued under the government of South Vietnam.
Background:

Shortly after the 1954 Geneva Conference and the adoption of the Geneva Accords, the government of North Vietnamorganized a force of several thousand to mobilize support for the communists in the upcoming elections. When it became clear that the elections would not take place, these forces became the seeds of what would eventually become the Viet Cong, a North Vietnamese insurgency whose goal was unification of Vietnam under the control of the North.

While counterinsurgency efforts had been ongoing since the first days of US military involvement in Vietnam, they had been unsuccessful with dealing with either the armed component Vietcong or the Vietcong's civilian infrastructure (VCI) which swelled to between 80,000 and 150,000 members by the mid 1960's. The VCI, unlike the armed component of the Viet Cong, was tasked with support activities including recruiting, political indoctrination, psychological operations, intelligence collection, and logistical support. The VCI rapidly set up shadow governments in rural South Vietnam by replacing local leadership in small rural hamlets loyal to the Saigon government with communist cadres. The VCI chose small rural villages because they lacked close supervision of the Saigon government or the South Vietnamese Army.

VCI tactics in establishing local communist control began by identifying towns and villages with strategic importance to either the Viet Cong or NVA and local populations with communist sympathies with the Hanoi government putting a great deal of emphasis on the activities and success of the VCI. After a community was identified, the VCI would threaten local leadership with reprisals if they refused to cooperate or kidnap local leaders and send them to reeducation camps in North Vietnam. Local leaders who continued to refuse to cooperate or threatened to contact the Saigon government were murdered along with their families. After VCI agents took control of an area it would be used to quarter and resupply Viet Cong guerrillas, supplying intelligence on US and South Vietnamese military movements, providing taxes to VCI cadres, and conscripting locals into the Viet Cong.

Thread 🧵: Rose Cross symbolism

Rose Cross:

“The Rose Cross (also called Rose Croix and Rosy Cross) is a symbol largely associated with the legendary Christian Rosenkreuz, a Christian Kabbalist and alchemist said to have been the founder of the Rosicrucian Order. The Rose Cross is a cross with a rose at its centre, which is usually red, golden or white. It symbolizes the teachings of a Western esoteric tradition with Christian tenets.

As a key Rosicrucian symbol, the Rosy Cross was also used by the Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross (1750s–1790s), and is still used by the Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (1865–present).”

Symbolism:

“The Rosicrucian Manifestos were written during the Protestant Reformation in Germany, and have an underlying theme of reform. In 1520, Martin Luther had a seal made with a five-petaled white rose encapsulating a heart, with a simple cross in the centre. Johannes Valentinus Andreae, a likely candidate for the authorship of the third Rosicrucian manifesto, the Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, came from a family whose crest featured an X-shaped cross with roses in the four corners.

Many allegorical and esoteric explanations for the Rose Cross have arisen over the centuries. Some groups, such as the Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, purport that the rosy cross predates Christianity, where "the cross represents the human body and the rose represents the individual's unfolding consciousness.

It has also been suggested that the rose represents silence while the cross signifies "salvation, to which the Society of the Rose-Cross devoted itself by teaching mankind the love of God and the beauty of brotherhood, with all that they implied." Others saw the Rosy Cross as a symbol of the human process of reproduction elevated to the spiritual: "The fundamental symbols of the Rosicrucians were the rose and the cross; the rose female and the cross male, both universal phallic [...] As generation is the key to material existence, it is natural that the Rosicrucians should adopt as its characteristic symbols those exemplifying the reproductive processes. As regeneration is the key to spiritual existence, they therefore founded their symbolism upon the rose and the cross, which typify the redemption of man through the union of his lower temporal nature with his higher eternal nature."

It is further a symbol of the Philosopher's stone, the ultimate product of the alchemist.”

Rosicrucianism:

“The Rosicrucian manifestos tell an allegorical story of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood, founded in the early 14th century, or between the 13th and 14th centuries, as an Invisible College of mystic sages, by a sage having the symbolic name of Christian Rosenkreuz in order "to prepare a new phase of the Christian religion to be used during the coming age now at hand, for as the world and man evolve so also must religion change".

Paracelsus, who was called the "Luther of Medicine", describes these mystics sages as "persons who have been exalted (verzueckt) to God, and who have remained in that state of exaltation, and have not died (...) nobody knew what became of them, and yet they remained on the earth". Some modern Rosicrucian groups suggest that the Rosicrucian Order has been active since the beginning of the Renaissance period, not only as an hermetic Order, but also through forerunners – geniuses of the western world, sometimes also known to be Freemasons – in the literary, cultural, ethical, political, religious and scientific fields.

In the late 18th century, Karl von Eckartshausen, a German Christian mystic, described the true Adepts of the Rose Cross in the following terms: "These sages, whose number is small, are children of light, and are opposed to darkness. They dislike mystification and secrecy; they are open and frank, have nothing to do with secret societies and with external ceremonies. They possess a spiritual temple, in which God is presiding". Later, in the early 20th century, Max Heindel, a Rosicrucian Initiate, believed that the roots of the Brothers of the Rose Cross, immersed in the western mystery tradition, are almost impossible to be traced as "theirs is a work which aims to encourage the evolution of humanity, they have labored far back into antiquity—under one guise or another".”