The Torch Report

We can’t help it. We’re human. Being human means we are susceptible to things like heat, hunger, and having our minds messed with by military grade propaganda. Crank up the heat and people respond; wipe out the food and people respond; blast the brain with relentless propaganda and people respond—and for the most part we respond predictably. Sometimes it is difficult to frame a conversation that e...

I was right. But for some reason, people didn’t seem to like what I had to say. Yesterday, in the face of impending financial doom, while everyone was freaking out about a banking system collapse and fretting over whether or not to make a run on the bank, I simply said, “Stay calm and carry on.” My hunch was that it was all a distraction. And I was right. Still, I didn’t get much love for trying t...

You’ve heard the news. Last Friday there was significant chaos in the U.S. financial markets as news came to light that the 16th largest bank in the country, Silicon Valley Bank , with some $209 BILLION on its balance sheet (up from $27 billion in 2020, FYI), went bankrupt over night. How did this happen and what does it mean for the average American? First, let’s take a look at some of the headli...

Think about it. When weaponized government agencies begin to covertly censor the flow of information, secretly censor counter-narrative perspectives, and strategically target their political opponents, we only have a very narrow window of opportunity to address the issue. This is full-fledged tyranny, and with the help of the nimble public-private partnerships, it quickly blossoms into out-right o...

Brace yourself. To be fair to the full spectrum of independent thinkers in this reading and listening audience, I feel I would be remiss not to share some of the information that has recently been fed my way. People share lots of stuff with me—and I always appreciate it—though I don’t always have time to weave it into the daily program. Today, I want to circle back and place front and center some...

It’s not easy. It’s not easy to stay calm when all hell is breaking loose all around you. It’s not easy to stay positive when there’s so much negative in the news. It’s not easy to stay balanced when the fate of humanity is hanging in the balance. It’s not easy to discern the truth amidst all the lies. It’s not easy to chart a course on dark and stormy seas. It’s not easy to square off with the fa...

Game on. Like him, love him, or loathe him, Donald Trump is still very much center stage in American political theater. His speech at CPAC was rousing enough to drive the liberal media to madness and thrust the fact-checkers into overtime. He walked away with a cool 62% of the straw presidential poll—trouncing the #2 Ron Desantis by over 40 points. It’s like nobody else was even there. Is this goo...

Are you ready? Are you ready for the power to go out? Are you ready for the shelves to be bare? Are you ready to defend yourself and whatever precious supplies you have stocked up? Are you ready for the fuel to run dry? Are you ready for the banks to tell you you can’t get your money? Are you ready for all hell to break loose? Are you ready for the long haul? To be fair, none of these bad things m...

» New to the show? Get up to speed on 2023 by listening on Apple or Spotify . « Take a look: Liberals now think that free speech is a free-for-all hellscape. That lady holding the sign is Ms. Katie Porter, congressional representative from Orange County, California. She has three kids and no husband—not that that matters—just thought it might help explain why she busted out that cute little whiteb...

» New to the show? Get up to speed on 2023 by listening on Apple or Spotify . « Imagine being arrested. Not because you are a criminal, not because you’ve stolen something that wasn’t yours, not because you’ve physically or emotionally abused somebody—no, imagine being arrested because you left your house without permission. Imagine being arrested because you failed to finish the full nine months...

» New to the show? Get up to speed on 2023 by listening on Apple or Spotify . « Strange things happen. There are no shortages of political surprises these days. It seems that every election cycle in pretty much every state has endured “unexpected” political upsets in recent years —which is kind of a strange coincidence if you think about it. You know, Biden upsets Trump, Katie Hobbs upset Kari Lak...

Sit with it. That was sound advice that was given to me back in the day, back when I was a young rowdy rebel-rouser —which is not to be confused with being a middle-aged rabble -rouser , which of course would make me a demagogic threat to democracy, but I digress… “Just sit with it.” What a fascinating phrase. Experience indicates that simply sitting still, in silence, allows space for the mind to...

Geez, I wonder. [NOTE: Please LISTEN to this report… the audio better conveys the message!] I am of the firm belief, as I’ve repeatedly said, that we are being taunted and demoralized more and more by the day. Each news cycle is another smack in the face, as the progressive cabal rubs our nose in the fact they’ve captured the media and can manipulate public perception at will. Blatant corruption,...

Fascinating. That’s the word that comes to mind when I see headlines like these: * Putin’s Transformation of Society in Overdrive * Biden’s Shock-and-Awe Failing to Stop Russia * Pentagon Threatens China Over Arming Russia * Communist Jet Fighters Step Up Pressure on U.S. Aircraft * Brave Zelensky Vows Year of Victory These headlines were all top of page at the Drudge Report this morning. I’ve com...

— Flashback — TR 63 - Who Should We Trust? (Feb. 21, 2022) Allegations of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news are lobbed about without any accountability. These labels allow low-information individuals — those who haven’t the time or inclination to think for themselves — to hide behind the authority of state propaganda. But, as commonsense makes clear, not everyone gets to be right. That...

Let’s dive in. Picking up where we left off with TR 308 - The Sordid History of Vaccines , today’s report will present a broad scope of evidence that suggests the global push for mandatory vaccinations may in fact be nothing more than a money making sham. We will explore the origin of vaccinations, the process of vaccine development, and the underlying assumptions embedded in mass vaccination camp...

Question everything. Let’s just be honest, asking hard questions can make people uncomfortable. It’s kind of a strange phenomenon if you think about it. What’s the harm in asking a question? It’s not like the answer is going slice you down or end your existence, right? And besides, you ultimately get to decide the answer to any given question for yourself—choosing who or what to believe, along wit...

It’s weird. As the Great Reset continues to steamroll the world, as people gradually adjust and get comfortable with tyranny, the strange and insane become more surreal and real. Surreal in the sense that when I see Smilin’ Biden strutting through Kiev on the anniversary of the Great Russian Invasion , I can’t believe my eyes—but at the same time, the stunt makes the insanity of all this feel more...

Let’s have some fun. In Hackable Animals , I posit that the weaponization of artificial intelligence, Weaponized AI, is the greatest threat to humanity. Indeed, there has never been a greater threat. However, it is not the technology itself that we must be concerned with. Instead, it is the incessant ideological insanity that drives these systems that we need to pay attention to—the threat is the...

It’s shocking. I’ve seen the word “shock” cropping up in its various forms throughout the week, and today I’d like to explore some fairly “shocking” implications. But first, a few totally unrelated and completely random headlines: * Man's shock at losing 100 friends in the Turkey earthquake * Sticker shock for Californians as natural gas bills soars to nearly $1K per month * Column: U.S. manufactu...

Prepare to be shocked. That was the central message of the global central bank, the International Monetary Fund, who just warned the whole world that we need to prepare to “handle shocks” and deal with “the unthinkable” in this new post-COVID era. What do you think? IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, has this to say : “We all have to change our mindset to be much more agile and much more...

[ image from Tom Stiglich ] What’s going on? There have been multiple train derailments over the last week, and the worst of them is spewing noxious chemicals into the air and water near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border in what some are calling “the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is getting roasted for responding with too little too late, as th...

Brace yourself. Are you ready for the alien invasion? That seems to be the theory that’s getting floated in the mainstream media today, even as the Biden administration continues to play coy about the four different objects that have been shot down by fighter jets over the last week or so. It all started with the Chinese spy balloon, but the last craft they brought down was a strange “ octagonal o...

People are people. I’ve done a great deal of haranguing the ignorant hordes and bashing the useful idiots for their apathetic complicity in destroying the American Dream. Not only is it a pleasurable pastime, it serves to remind the remnant that this odious obtuseness is really our greatest obstacle—for it is their collective political might, deployed by tyrants under the banner of democracy, that...

You probably already knew. Last September, in TR 207 - The Baltic Sea Bombing , I said this: As the world keeps turning, so too does the U.S. deep state continue to manipulate global affairs and fleece the American people. It’s as predictable as it is disturbing, but every once in awhile their meddling risks triggering an unstoppable series of geopolitical events that lead directly to truly catast...