As Trump lays out plans for massively increased war budget, his top officials are all moving onto the safety of military bases

Question of the Day: What do Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller, Miller, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll all have in common? They have recently moved themselves and their families into military housing normally reserved for generals and high-ranking military officers. Seeing as all these people are civilians, why is this happening? When you add to that Trump’s call yesterday for a massively increased military budget, it sure feels like people are preparing for war.

“Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.” Psalm 140:2 (KJB)

Donald Trump on his Truth Social site yesterday said “I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion Dollars.” I believe in a strong military, always have, but isn’t a trillion dollars enough to get that job done? Do we really have to add another $500 billion to that budget? Well, it would all depend on what type of military Trump is looking to build, and more importantly, what is he looking to do with it? Are many of his top people moving onto military bases because they know things about what’s coming that we don’t know? Let’s look at what we do know so far. War is coming, prepare yourself.

Trump On The March:

• Trump has been given authority from the UN Security Council to take over and rebuild Gaza
• Trump surrounded and invaded Venezuela, captured their leader and is taking their oil
• Key members of his administration are saying the annexation of Greenland is inevitable
• Canada has been mentioned many times as a region that should become a state of the US
• Columbia is being floated as the next place to invade, along with Cuba and Mexico

So when you lay it all out on the table like that, a $1.5 trillion dollar budget for the war machine seems like a pretty good idea. But wait a minute. Isn’t Trump the “president of peace”? Why would a peace-seeking leader need such a high military budget? He says it’s “peace through strength”, but those words ring quite hollow. If you seek peace, then you have a Department of Defense. If war is your goal, then you need a Department of War. I think it’s quite clear why more and more of his top officials are moving onto military bases, you’d have to be blind to miss it.

U.S. On Edge: Trump Cabinet Members In Underground Military Bases

Senior Trump officials — including Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, and Stephen Miller — have reportedly moved into US military bases near Washington amid security fears following Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The relocation underscores rising tension and political unrest as the administration faces backlash and protests. Living on bases like Fort McNair and Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, these top figures cite “organized campaigns of dehumanization.” The White House has since labeled antifa a domestic terror group, heightening the national divide. Officials say the relocations are “temporary security measures.”

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The woman that the ICE agent in Minneapolis shot was Renee Nicole Good, a Far Left Liberal and LGTBQ member. Did she deserve to die?

Over the past few months, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has been grooming you to accept ‘lethal kinetic force’ as the preferred means of conflict resolution by the Trump administration. Video after video of airstrikes blowing up ‘narco-terrorists’ to wild applause from MAGA world has lead us to where we find ourselves right now. It’s super-easy to do. Just label someone a terrorist, foreign or domestic, it doesn’t matter, and then administer justice by blowing them up. Renee Nicole Good found out about Trump justice earlier this afternoon when an ICE agent blew her brains out all over her steering wheel. Kristi Noem, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, called the woman’s actions leading up to the shooting “an act of domestic terrorism.” Trump said on Truth Social “The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense,”  That was not even close to true.

“When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.” Proverbs 29:2 (KJB)

Now I understand that Renee Nicole Good, (notice that it’s the victim now that gets the 3 name treatment usually reserved for killers), was a Far Left Liberal, I get that. But I know that from watching the video, the only thing she seemed to be guilty of was attempting to flee the scene. Yes, that’s a crime, but did she deserve to get shot in the face when they could have easily shot her tires and arrested her? No. I hear from some reports that she was a member of the LGBTQ, and possibly a lesbian. Does that make her deserving of death? It does not. But a large part of the MAGA/QAnon crowd who are cheering her slaughter like Romans at the Coliseum thinks it does. When the police murdered Ashli Babbitt and then got away with it scot-free, I thought that was a sickening thing and I wrote about. That woman was not a “domestic terrorist”, and she did not run over any ICE agent. Trump is a liar. The ICE agent who murdered Renee Good is a cold-blooded killer, should stand trial, and let a jury of his peers decide if he is guilty.

Trump claims woman “ran over” ICE agent in Minneapolis before he fatally shot her, video contradicts claim

FROM CBS NEWS: President Donald Trump claimed that the woman who was shot and killed by an ICE officer in south Minneapolis Wednesday “viciously ran over the ICE Officer” prior to her death, though the video evidence he shared showed no sign of an officer being run over in the incident.

Trump posted a video of the encounter to Truth Social, which he owns, Wednesday afternoon. In his comments, he claimed “the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting.” The video, which appears to have been taken from a nearby residence above ground level, shows the woman’s vehicle appear to drive away as multiple federal agents approach. However, the video also shows that no officer was run over by the vehicle.

Renee Nicole Good did not deserve to die, she was murdered in cold blood by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. I am not “standing with the Liberals” I am standing up for the value of a human soul. America is changing rapidly right now, you soon won’t recognize what it will become. pic.twitter.com/TZBxqcQylD

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While Trump said the video “is a horrible thing to watch,” he also said “these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis.”

Trump said that the ICE agent was hit, in the hospital and nearly killed by Renee Nicole Good. Oh, really? Here is that same officer AFTER shooting her in the face three times. Trump is LYING. Share this everywhere. pic.twitter.com/ZulyiHibjd

— Now The End Begins (@NowTheEndBegins) January 8, 2026

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem earlier characterized the driver’s actions as an “act of domestic terrorism.” However, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who said he’s also seen the witness videos, called the ICE narrative of the encounter “bulls**t.”

Witnesses have told WCCO that the incident happened at about 9:30 a.m. near the intersection of 34th and Portland. Witnesses say they saw a Honda Pilot blocked by multiple federal agents. Other video angles WCCO has obtained show an agent trying to open the driver’s side door, before the driver attempts to drive away. Witnesses said they then heard three shots fired. The Pilot is seen in other videos driving another several feet before crashing into another vehicle.

The victim was a 37-year-old woman, according to Frey, and a U.S. citizen, according to Sen. Tina Smith. City leaders said the victim was a legal observer of federal actions in the city and wasn’t a target for an ICE-related arrest. READ MORE

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Marco Rubio says the Trump administration on Wednesday will seek to assert its control over Venezuelan oil overseeing the sale of Venezuela’s petroleum worldwide.

Donald Trump is a one-man crusader to end narco-trafficking all by himself, with each boat they blew up saving 25,000 American lives with each strike. I’ll grant you, if true, that’s exciting stuff. But as Paul Harvey would say, “and now for the rest of the story.” Gone is all pretense of “ending narco-terrorism” and in its place an American oil orgy to the tune of 50 million barrels of the golden crude. And that’s just getting the party started.

“And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.” Matthew 25:8 (KJB)

Now, I hate to say “I told you so”, but seriously, I told you this would happen, that it was never about narco-traffickers in drug boats, it was always about using a pretext to seize another nations oil. It breaks my heart seeing all the QAnon and MAGA (is there really a difference anymore?) Trump followers gleefully and dutifully falling down at Trump’s feet, issuing thunderous applause for all his authoritarian antics. People are going to one day wake up, but by the time they do, the time to have done something about what’s coming will be over. So go ahead and cheer on your king, but please have me excused. I’ll be the street preacher on the corner, warning the people about the coming judgment.

US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Trump’s administration intends to control the distribution of Venezuela’s oil products globally following its ouster of President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid. Besides the United States enforcing an existing oil embargo, the Energy Department says the “only oil transported in and out of Venezuela” will be through approved channels consistent with U.S. law and national security interests.

That level of control over the world’s largest proven reserves of crude oil could give the Trump administration a broader hold on oil supplies globally in ways that could enable it to influence prices. Both moves reflect the Republican administration’s determination to make good on its effort to control the next steps in Venezuela through its vast oil resources after Trump has pledged the U.S. will “run” the country.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that the oil taken from the sanctioned vessels seized in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea would be sold as part of the deal announced by Trump on Tuesday under which Venezuela would provide up to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, is “selectively” removing sanctions to enable the shipping and sale of Venezuelan oil to markets worldwide, according to an outline of the policies published Wednesday by the Energy Department.

The sales are slated to begin immediately with 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil. The U.S. government said the sales “will continue indefinitely,” with the proceeds settling in U.S.-controlled accounts at “globally recognized banks.” The money would be disbursed to the U.S. and Venezuelan populations at the “discretion” of Trump’s government. READ MORE

Marco Rubio Says US Has “Tremendous Leverage” Over Venezuela, Will Control Money From Oil Sales

The US seized a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in the North Atlantic and a tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Wednesday — the latest seizures since beginning the campaign against Venezuela in early September. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after a Trump administration briefing for senators that the U.S. has “tremendous leverage” over Venezuela and will control the proceeds from the sale of millions of barrels of oil to help stabilize the country.

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