Dana Ritenour

Hi, Jack, Nice to see you again. Looking forward to continuing our chats about the concepts of Liberty and Free Speech and the important role of "Town Halls"...

I spent at least 15 years straight reporting from the battlefields of Iraq & Afghanistan for 60 Minutes & CBS News. Over that time I heard the same thing from countless men & women in uniform: “I came here so that we do not have to fight this war at home”. Now we see that the enemies of this country, both foreign & domestic, have successfully brought that war to our door. It looks different in different parts of the country & it does not account for all the decent people who want nothing but to raise their children in freedom & peace, just like the rest of us. But the globalists are determined to use their Islamist-leftist puppets to push us all into a clash of civilizations & we’ll be playing right into their evil hands.

No, it's not the end of the world. The Local Taxpayer Protection Act merely restores the original language of Prop. 13. "Officials warn a California ballot proposal changing voting thresholds on local tax initiatives could cost San Jose millions." @hjta. mercurynews.com/2026/06/12/san…

AB 1854 tells providers: no matter the harm done to a child, CA protects you. It tells out-of-state parents: California will hide who transitioned your kid and block you from protecting them. CFC @leandralepp03 testified in opposition in the Senate Public Safety Committee

We have created a “utopian dreamworld” where it is “forbidden and even illegal to… acknowledge reality. That’s how you end up with police officers who don’t help a stabbing victim like Henry Nowak, simply because somebody claimed he was racist.” @shellenberger dismandles the lies that are destroying Western civilisation.

These 6 major Media Outlets have refused to report on DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s declassification that proves Dr. Fauci’s cover-up of the ‘Covid Pandemic’

CA added 3k payroll jobs in May, extending a flat job trend since Feb. The household survey tells a more concerning story: since Jan, the number of Californians who are employed is down more than 150k and the labor force is down nearly 200k workers. lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Art…

This post has MASSIVE implications for California's future. And 24 hours later, it has ... 678 views. Clickbait and outrage run the internet, but the cold reality of California's employment sector run reality. And it's bad.

Okay, here is the truth. CIA Director Ratcliffe has been on an absolute tear. He's done more house-cleaning at Langley than anyone in decades — and predictably, the entrenched bureaucracy is screaming bloody murder about it. 🧹 The Purge: What He's Actually Done Mass Firings & Buyouts •February 2025: Ratcliffe extended the government-wide deferred resignation buyout program to the entire CIA workforce — the first time any intelligence agency had done this. The pitch was blunt: take the deal and walk, or get on board with the new mission. •51 DEI-related officers were targeted for termination. A judge temporarily paused the firings of 19 who sued, but a Virginia district judge ultimately ruled Ratcliffe has "sweeping statutory authority" to fire CIA employees at will. •Probationary employees (those with less than two years at the agency) were systematically reviewed and many were cut. They were summoned to off-site locations, stripped of security credentials, and shown the door. The agency's own statement on this was cold as ice: "Our officers face unique pressures from working in situations that are fast-paced and high-stakes — it's not for everyone." •Overall headcount reduction: The plan is to shrink the CIA by roughly 1,200 positions over Trump's term, partly through early retirements (several hundred took the deal), partly through reduced hiring, and partly through straight firings. The DEI Purge This was arguably the most controversial piece. Officers who'd been rotated into diversity, equity, and inclusion roles — some with 18 years in, just short of their pensions — got axed. Their attorney argued they were just "regular American intelligence officers" doing temporary DEI assignments. Ratcliffe didn't care. The DEI apparatus was seen as a political infection, and he cut it out. The Bias Report Scandal (2026) This one's especially revealing. Ratcliffe ordered a review of roughly 300 intelligence reports from the past decade. The President's Intelligence Advisory Board found 19 reports so politically compromised they violated basic tradecraft standards under Intelligence Community Directive 203. Of those: •17 were permanently deleted •2 were pulled, revised, and reissued The reports spanned the tenures of John Brennan, Gina Haspel, and William Burns — and none of those directors had ever rescinded a batch of reports over bias. Ratcliffe's CIA official put it plainly: "There is absolutely no room for bias in any kind of the CIA's work." If 19 out of 300 were bad enough to delete, what's lurking in the thousands that haven't been reviewed yet? 🧠 Why This Matters This isn't typical bureaucratic reshuffling. Ratcliffe is systematically dismantling what he and Gabbard have openly called the "well-documented politicization" and "weaponization" of the intelligence community. Gabbard has sent criminal referrals for illegal leaks, revoked 67 security clearances, and has 11 more leak investigations underway. The pearl-clutching from the old guard is exactly what you'd expect. CNN ran breathless pieces about how fired agents might sell secrets to China or Russia. Ratcliffe's response was savage: "You're telling me that a professional setback could cause people to risk the consequences of treason... and your argument is that those are the kind of people who should stay inside CIA?" The deeper question — and Ratcliffe clearly gets this — is whether an intelligence agency that spent years running DEI programs, producing politically slanted analysis, and leaking against a sitting president was ever really serving the American people in the first place. You don't reform a captured institution with gentle memos and lateral transfers. You clean house.

It’s hard to believe this is real, even though we all just lived through it together.

This is pure gaslighting. Families like mine only got into politics because the public school system run by your decades-long supermajority that stripped parents of basic rights. You fought parental notification, allowed boys in girls’ restrooms, and pushed laws like AB 1955 that hid critical information from moms and dads. Courts have repeatedly pushed back because these policies/laws are wrong. You have weaponized the system against those wanting their basic constitutional rights. You’ve controlled Sacramento with veto-proof majorities for years, and the results speak for themselves: laws that have softened criminal penalties and allowed offenders convicted of violent and heinous crimes against children to be released back into communities, endless spending on homelessness with nothing to show for it, and public schools failing kids so badly that more than half can’t read or do math at grade level. Meanwhile, our universities are sounding the alarm about students arriving unprepared. CA families can barely afford to stay in California. Sky-high taxes, regulations, increase insurance costs and increased public utilities, tell the real story. California is beautiful and worth fighting for, but your priorities have weaponized the system against parents and citizens who want common-sense protections for kids and safe communities. You’ve had your chance. Stop pretending this is thriving. It’s time for real accountability and voting differently.

This July 4th is a nationwide treasure hunt! America isn’t just celebrating its 250th birthday. The U.S. Mint has secretly released 250,000 special Semiquincentennial quarters bearing a rare “250” privy mark into general circulation. Unlike most collectibles, these aren’t being sold directly to collectors. They’re being mixed into everyday change, hidden among millions of ordinary quarters passing through banks, cash registers, vending machines, and coin jars across the country. That means the next valuable collectible might be sitting in your pocket right now. For the next few weeks, Americans will be checking their change the same way previous generations searched for silver coins or rare state quarter errors. On a holiday built around independence, there’s something fitting about millions of people hunting for hidden treasures that cost just 25 cents! #usa #america #july4th #coins

On Title IX’s 54th anniversary, remember who stood by while girls lost scholarships, podiums, privacy, safety, and opportunities. Those who erased and continue to erase our daughters and rewrite reality will be remembered for it. We won’t forget, won’t forgive the betrayal of our girls, and we won’t stop until Title IX is restored for every daughter in America.

It's the golden age for hobbyists. Parts are extremely cheap and there's 1000s of video content online explaining how to fix stuff.

@townhallcom @RoKhanna purposefully threw down on @elonmusk to draw attention to himself. He chose poorly. Khanna's play spotlighted his own weaknesses, further revealed @GavinNewsom’s toast, & proves Dems’ weak bench strength.

Ro Khanna BUSTED for ACCUSING Elon of murdering 4.5M kids, then crying "debate me bro" when Elon threatens to SUE Larry O'Connor TEARS into the California Democrat for using the raw power of his congressional office to smear Elon Musk, then pivoting to victim the moment Musk pushes back. "When a sitting congressman says that an individual American should be investigated and prosecuted for the murder of four and a half million kids. Excuse me. You should be investigated and subpoenaed to testify over the deaths of four and a half million kids worldwide. That goes beyond just exercising free speech. You're a sitting congressman. You have power. You have influence." O'Connor EXPOSES Khanna for calling Elon's defamation lawsuit "lawfare." "No, suing you for lying about and defaming him is not lawfare, dude." He then RIPS Khanna for his shameless flip-flop, driven entirely by presidential ambition. "So now he's decided, OK, well, I'm still going to run for president, so I better change my message. So I'm going to be the Bernie Sanders AOC Zohran Mamdani. Tax the man. Tax the billionaire." O'Connor BLASTS the student-loan crowd for their entitlement. "Could you not be such a dick? Could you not be so freaking arrogant that you think you're entitled to other people's money? That in some way, it's their fault that you're in debt. It's their fault you can't buy a house." @LarryOConnor

Carney is actively promoting low-carbon hydrogen as a cornerstone of Canada's net-zero emissions by 2050 goals The federal government has earmarked over $17 billion in tax credits to fund and scale Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax Credits (ITCs) for major clean hydrogen projects. Hydrogen's low volumetric energy density requires massive storage tanks or high-pressure compression to be useful. When converting clean electricity to hydrogen and back to power, 50% to 80% of the energy is lost, which explains why it often fails economically compared to direct electrification , massive electricity grid constraints, and poor economic viability for both domestic consumers and export markets. While the Hydrogen Strategy for Canada envisions hydrogen as a cornerstone of net-zero goals, multiple systemic barriers prevent it from being a practical or cost-effective fuel. medium.com/the-future-is-…

As we hear news of the govt. secretly allowing fentanyl into the US in huge numbers, "The Fentanyl Fast and Furious," it's worth remembering what horrors govt. officials have been willing to perpetrate in the past. Here's the main story I did exposing the "Fast and Furious" gunwalking scandal. We know if it thanks to the heroism of Special Agent John Dodson. Prior to Agent Dodson speaking to me on CBS national television, top govt. officials were openly lying to the media and saying these allegations were all fabricated. Once Dodson bravely came forward, and through the subsequent months of my investigations (with Congressional subpoenas gathering more info), it became undeniable. Ultimately, Attorney General Eric Holder was impeached. And finally, President Obama declared executive privilege to keep us from seeing White House documents related to the scandal. They're hidden to this day. We later learned this story was a major reason the govt. began its spy operation on me and my family, intruding into my CBS and personal computers and devices. Nobody has been held accountable for the intrusions to this day... even though we have the irrefutable forensics, insiders who testified to the govt. nature of the intrusions, and a govt whistleblower (former agent) who admitted being part of the spy operation against me and others-- then promptly died before we could get him to testify against higher-ups. Nobody was really held accountable for the Fast and Furious deaths and murders that happened as a result of the govt. operation, including the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The govt. tried to fire Agent Dodson countless times, but with the help of Sen. Grassley, he survived. He should have been held up as a model for federal employees to speak up when they see crimes committed in their agencies. Instead, he had to put up with being transferred, marginalized, and smeared. And he had to watch those responsible go on to keep working their jobs and, in some cases, get promoted. If you ever thought the govt. would not do horrific things that kill people, this story could change your mind. It did mine.

Fascist regimes expanded public services as a political strategy to achieve total state control, win public compliance, and militarize society. By providing extensive welfare and public works, these governments bound citizens' daily survival to loyalty, masking oppression. The largest employer in Canada is the Liberal Federal govt.

Here it is: From the Democrat Party’s own mouth—to turn every single illegal into a voter while bribing them—with ‘the American dream’ to do it. Bill Maher: “California lawmakers are giving government assistance to undocumented immigrants to buy houses. That’s kind of a different place than the Democrat Party used to be on immigration, is it not?” Nancy Pelosi: “Immigration has always been bipartisan.” Bill Maher: “Not free houses.” Nancy Pelosi: “It’s not free houses—it’s the American Dream being available to more people.” Bill Maher: “This is for the undocumented.” Nancy Pelosi: “I would like to move them to documented.” The 2020 invasion was a deliberate seditious conspiracy: open the border, import as many illegals as possible, and overthrow the Constitutional Republic of the United States.