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Shoshana Breindel's avatar

Please keep your comments addressed to health and address your political discussions to your mother. I did not subscribe to hear your political thoughts.

Shoshana Breindel's avatar

In fact, I have unsubscribed.

Hank Dreamberg's avatar

Yeah who wants to hear anti-war & anti-death bullshit!

Inisfad's avatar

I have, as well.

LW's avatar

Buncha bots

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

I m about ready to do the same. Trump is "tacky"?That's an ad hominem logical fallacy.

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

That just raised the IQ of the subscriber group.

LW's avatar

Buncha bots good riddance

TiredCitizen's avatar

Just another Always Trumper. Bye Bye

Liberty Liz's avatar

One would think that by now, people would've found some discernment (and moral compass) and would've realizes that were duped by z!on Don the Con. Yet, here we are - with the right now being as deranged and cultist as the left (not that there's a difference in the DC globalist cartel Babylon bought-and-paid-for uniparty).

Roger Kimber, MD's avatar

Ah, another Jew hater takes off her mask.

Katy's avatar

It’s his substack he is free to post as he chooses

if you don’t like the content you are free not to read it.

Shoshana Breindel's avatar

Hi Katy. I totally agree with you. That is why I unsubscribed. I can find another venue that discusses the dangers of the COVID shots.

Dan Star's avatar

If you get triggered look within.

TiredCitizen's avatar

Always Trumpers never do.

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

She's most likely incapable of insight.

Tony Nobaloney's avatar

We have to kill them to save them.

LW's avatar

It’s not your post to direct. Go write your own…get lost.

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

You should practice what you preach and not be a hypocrite. People didn't subscribe to hear you dictate your political thoughts and Bidenesque control freak censorship regime about what the author of the substack can and cannot publish. Go and live in a communist country if you hate free speech so much.

Inisfad's avatar

I suspect you might have subscribed in order to read about medical issues. Surely John Leake is free to start his own substack and voice his opinions.

Wanda Sobran's avatar

John Leake has always written on a wide range of subjects , great investigative journalist .

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

As I might have explained to you or one of your sock puppets previously on another stack, you appear to have a reading comprehension deficit, secondary to your left wing low IQ. You also appear to have a delusion that you're a conservative right winger and yet you're a supporter of the enemies of white Christians. That extends beyond Muslim jihadists. You don't understand that race and the defense of white Christians is core for the right. You are a communist.

Jim Dandy's avatar

I wish he would. I can't think of a single thing of value or independent thought that he has provided in at least a year.

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

That probably says more about you than it does about him. It's a reflection on your limited thinking ability. What use actually are you?

Philip's avatar

There is a time for war and a time for peace (Ecclesiastes. 3:8). The imperial/globalist wars in Iraq, Ukraine, etc. were the wrong time for war, serving the interests of those who want to oppress the world in the name of "democracy." But the proper response is not to cling to the simplistic position that any war is a bad war. Period. War is hell and always tragic, even when justified. This one may yet get very ugly. But the mission to eliminate the demonic, anti-human, apocalyptic cult that has sown mayhem for decades, and is determined to threaten not just regional but world peace in time, is arguably a just war. Reasonable people can differ on this. Your giving a dismissive back of the hand to your readers who take that position is not helpful, and it's not what we came to Focal Points for.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

Well said, Philip. I would like to second that.

John is as good as it gets at poking the hornets nest here, lately.

I love the Caddy Shack images, brings me back to a better time.

It is not really clear why John is sooooo impatient with Trumpie with this little skirmish(Ha, Ha!) as it is only 4 weeks running. He is a smart man and surely knows what huge gains could be possible, that Trump is a risk-on type of guy, and is betting for all it's worth here with the mid-terms surely in the balance . . .

Yet, John could be right that the whole shebang could go south.

I am STILL betting on Trump.

TAW

TiredCitizen's avatar

But address his point about "no wars" Trump.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

Glad to:

I am not a ONE issue voter. I voted for Trump like Philip describes above. . . more than one thing has been effed up by the liberal morons and multiple fixes are in order. I believe Trump wants to keep this "war" quick and effective, which most of us are ALL for. Hence, I am willing to give Trumpie more rope to hand from before calling it a day . . . after only 30. . . in a war with all the cards in the USA's hands.

Don't be a panican!

TAW

TiredCitizen's avatar

Nope. You didn't address that he said "no wars." Try again. Panican = Always Trumper. No different than a Never Trumper. You are just on the other side of the aisle.

Philip's avatar

I don't understand why it is so hard to see that Trump is using an entirely new playbook. The "no forever wars" promise meant no wars like the wars the neocons have waged that cost trillions and lasted decades. It did not mean no wars ever for no reason, world without end, Amen. Whether one agrees with Trump's America First, quick and decisive military actions to end decades-long deadly hindrances to regional and world peace, or not, it should not be that hard to see the difference of his approach from that which Trump promised to avoid, and has so far.

Taming the Wolf Institute's avatar

It is a valid point, but lacks the sophistication that comes with a true investigation of why the wars Trump disdained would land on his desk.

Why is that? What forces control the White House, before Trump, and now while Trump sits in the Oval Office. The real question is not Trump's broken promise, it is a question of what forces could bend and break him?

We must step back and analyze what demonic forces are in place to destroy any efforts toward peace. Were the gnostics correct when they posited the existence of a Demiurge?

Roger Kimber, MD's avatar

There was no peace with That regime since 1979. Now, thanks to Trump, there is a good chance & soon.

TiredCitizen's avatar

My comment “lacks the sophistication that comes with a true investigation…..” Sorry if I’m beneath you. I take that as a compliment.

Hank Dreamberg's avatar

Trump is very clearly an imbecile and a pawn to be used by anyone that sniffs his butt and waves gold coins in his face.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

you certainly are a typical liberal with such diverse use of ad hominem. You have named yourself! Good job.

Hank Dreamberg's avatar

Ha! Trump and Biden are two heads of the same monster! Just because someone isn’t stupid enough to “bet on Trump” doesn’t make them a liberal.

Ernstein's avatar

Ignorance.

Trumps admin has done so many good things for us.

But if nothing other than the border closure, I would still say his Presidency has been a massive success.

Conservatives are so quick to dump the captain. That’s why we lose all the time.

How can you be so blind to the benefits so far.

We would have it so much better if it wasn’t for the activist judges and the crazy violent left.

And how about Mr. Leake, speaking about the 30 to 40,000 people that were assassinated in Iran.

The Persians, who just want freedom.

I don’t want boots on the ground, but I’m not going to throw Trump under the bus based on what he’s doing without me, knowing any of the intelligence and long-term dangers of Iran with ICBMs and nuclear material.

Taming the Wolf Institute's avatar

One correction: "decades" should read "centuries."

Lin Mohle's avatar

You are wrong that we voted for President Trump because he promised to keep us out of war. That is certainly not true. We voted for this man because: 1) he brought in RFK Jr to HHS - a desparately needed response to extreme irresponsibility and downright dangerous agendas in recent administrations and defense agencies. 2) He closed our borders to hordes, millions, of unvetted, illegal aliens. We have a perfectly fine immigration policy and procedures, but previous administrations chose to go outside the law. 3) He pursued and uncovered the enormous sex and perversion rings that had been allowed to grow in this nation and had entangled us with other nations even more embroiled than we. And he has been performing excellently ever since. He cannot force those who refuse to look at real science, at real world economic systems and cartels of various sorts (sex, economic, technological, religious/philosophical). He is fighting a mighty fight against so much corruption, and the outright plan to take over this nation by women-hating philosophies that have blighted every nation on which they have landed. Does that mean war now. He's been working on no war, but they will not negotiate. They only know one way - their way and murder. Try switching news sources, or at least including them along with what you usually inform yourself with.

RN retired's avatar

I’d like to know where John thinks we would be with heals high Kamala Harris and her fraud denying VP choice Tim “Aw Shucks” Walz

Jim Dandy's avatar

His head would be behind her heels that are up in the air.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

geeez another one I MUST second. Great post Lin.

maybe John is a single issue voter, holding out for that . . . OOnnnnnnne thing!

TiredCitizen's avatar

" He pursued and uncovered the enormous sex and perversion rings that had been allowed to grow in this nation and had entangled us with other nations even more embroiled than we. "

And how has HE specifically done that. Give us the FACTS.

Let's go back in time to after the photo op of the "BINDERS!" when he was asked a question in the cabinet room with Barbie Bondi next to him: I normally loathe to quote CNN, but they give the context and answer from the 7/8/2025 question: "“Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy’s been talked about for years,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting after a reporter directed a question to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who’s been the subject of MAGA blowback after the Justice Department said on Monday there is no evidence Epstein kept a “client list” or was murdered.

“You’re asking – we have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things, and are people still talking about this guy? This creep? That is unbelievable,” Trump said, referring to the devastating flooding in Texas. “I mean, I can’t believe you’re asking a question on Epstein at a time like this, where we’re having some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas. It just seems like a desecration.”

Time to stop listening to the propaganda (you know it can exist on both sides, right?) and use the gray matter in between your ears that God gave you. Don't be an Always Trumper. They are just as bad as the Never Trumpers.

Lydia donohue's avatar

All true, I agree. But this war and the way he talks about it are a real turn off.

P Flournoy's avatar

It is shocking to me what wimps the greatest generation raised. That generation stood behind their president and made many sacrifices to win the war against Germany and Japan. The women went to work, the men went to war and everybody did what they could to make a sacrifice to win that war. Donald Trump said peace through strength many times. I believe he thought that he could negotiate with Iran, but they wouldn’t have it. Are we supposed to just sit back and let a regime that has killed so many Americans and basically invaded America and terrorized the whole world continue. As we’ve all heard, it was time to take the head of the snake. Nothing will ever bring complete peace until Jesus Christ returns, but we can only hope that ridding the world of the radical leaders will help diminish the terror that they have caused. Let’s not live in fear, but pray for God‘s guidance and wisdom for our President as well as protection for our brave soldiers.

TiredCitizen's avatar

Careful. That is Generation X and we are anything but wimps. Here's you something to watch on who the Generation X generation was:

https://youtu.be/G5YmIqYSqA0?si=_-G8SG8Z7Cor9A-l

And your "beliefs" don't stand up to the facts unless you sat down and were a part of the meetings. Iran made a mockery of the US (whose country we helped send into chaos btw) since 1979 and we just coincidentally decided now was the time to deal with them? Please.

And please share what radical leaders have been removed without kidnapping them or starting a war by bombing them under Trump (won't even go into the others we have done that to around the world the past 75 years). As Trump has SAID several times, he can do whatever he wants and no one can stop him. That, my friend, is a very dangerous position to be in and I don't care what side of the political aisle you are on.

Everyone cheers his executive orders (had someone yesterday comment that he was going to fix our elections by EO's. We don't live in a monarchy where the ruler can rule by fiat. We have a constitution that the founders put in place to avoid this very situation. And for all that cheer going in to bomb this or that, kidnap whatever ruler (just happens to be ANOTHER oil rich country - just a coincidence, right?) or try to "rule" our country by EOs, you will be singing a very different tune when a democrat gets in the WH and as all this history to allow him to do whatever HE wants. Always Trumpers = Never Trumpers. Doesn't matter the side of the aisle you are on. Both don't use the organ God gave you between your ears to think for yourself and both sides want you to not do that exact thing.

Jim Dandy's avatar

"The greatest generation" raised the boomers, thus effed us all. This country can't be fixed until the boomers die off since they won't surrender power.

Unfortunately by the time they're all dead it may be too late.

Gen X is going to have to eat the crap sandwich, and maybe they can line up the millennials to start to get back in track for what will be a generational effort to repair what the boomers broke.

TiredCitizen's avatar

And the Boomers gave us the millennials. Their flurries are reaching their teen years.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

yep, Keep the FAITH, baby.

Brien's avatar

I have never been a fan of Donald Trump. I did agree with a number of his planks and pronouncements in his 1st and pre-2nd term days, including the one to keep us out of forever wars. That said, I do believe one thing in our world has dramatically changed since 2016, and arguably for the US since 2024. That is the existential threat of Radical Islam in the West and in particular inside the borders of the United States. What has happened regarding the Islamification of Europe and its destructive civilizational effects should be obvious to anyone, as well as the rapid speed with which America is heading in the same direction. Islam is the only religion in the world that has never joined the Enlightenment. It’s gospel is the murder of all non-converts. Its creed is the total subjugation of all aspects of public and private life through the imposition of sharia law, and its goal is the establishment of Islam and Sharia throughout the world, starting with Europe and the United States. The adherants of Radical Islam prefer death to the failure of their mission and only death will stop them from fulfilling it. And what is the engine of Radical Islam in the world today? It is Iran. I believe the Islamification of the West has now become a crisis of survival, a problem that must now be dealt with if our nation and western civilization is to survive, if our children and grandchildren, our daughters and granddaughters, are to be protected from a life under Sharia. The war in Iran will be successful if it stops the engine of Radical Islam from continuing its onslaught against the west and against America, an onslaught that can be seen and measured every day. Otherwise the war will be a failure.

Bruce Cain's avatar

Political Islam is a huge problem in the US and abroad. The threat an no longer be ignored. These essay are written from the perspective of someone that has lived in the Muslim enclave of Dearborn Michigan for 72 years. We have a big problem before us.

The Urgent Need for Global De-Islamification: Free 460 page series on why Islam is dangerous.

https://brucecain.substack.com/

Jim Dandy's avatar

Unfortunately this recognition is completely beyond Leake's world view too be able to recognize. He's just going to keep schilling for them at any cost, even your life.

Noel's avatar

I will also find another way to keep up with Dr McCullough and Dr Hulscher. You truly dont know what you're talking about.

savvysenior's avatar

At the risk of offending some good folks here, taking a more even and objective viewpoint on the matter , to pass judgement singularly focused on one contradictory action in violation of a well-intentioned promise is IMO - irresponsibly myopic.

Aside from the enormous and copious accomplishments this president has made in one year, there is undeniably the matter by all recent presidents since 2001 having unequivocally stating that Iran (and its terrorist allies) are the single biggest threats to the Middle East (and every European capital!)

At the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute, this president is putting an end to the repeated and very real threats issued by this theocratic government.

TiredCitizen's avatar

Really? In what way? EOs? We aren't a country ruled by fiat.

Bruce Cain's avatar

I am glad we invaded Iran. We kicked the can as far down the road as we could. But to put it simply, we could not allow Iran Nuclear Weapons and ICBM’s to launch their missiles at the US or the EU.

Why invading Iran was unavoidable

Why Global De-Islamification is necessary

https://brucecain.substack.com/p/why-invading-iran-was-unavoidable

TiredCitizen's avatar

I'll remember your comment when my two families have to be part of boots on the ground.

annademo's avatar

This site has devolved into yet another Trump bashing site. I'm outta here.....

TiredCitizen's avatar

Because he isn't an Always Trumper? If you walk in lockstep with someone no matter what they say, think you better look at the multiple fingers pointing back at you.

Truth Seeker's avatar

Your writing on medical issues is excellent. Looks like this time you are giving an example of TDS. You sound deranged (much like the No Kings crowd looks). I'm unsubscribing.

AwakeNotWoke's avatar

You sound more deranged. Trump is the best America could produce but that doesn't mean he's not a dangerous narcissistic psychopath or that John Leake is unable to recognize it wnd, like you do knows it's true but you're one yourself so you don't care.

TiredCitizen's avatar

No. He isn't an Always Trumper like so many people. You guys use the same verbiage as the TDS people you make fun of. Interesting isn't it how that happens.

Kevin Medler's avatar

Did you just develop TDS or have you been hiding it all along

evergreen's avatar

Why do you assume a snarky attitude and declare the sole reason that Trump was elected when you know that such a statement is absurd? You don't have a clue as to the true reasons on the minds of tens of millions of voters. This kind of hand waving undercuts your other writings--going forward, especially.

Fine, so Trump is gaudy. Give it up. The state of Iran is waging war on world commerce, so where does the level of crass of Trump begin to have relevancy?

By the way, does Iranian war on commerce have any standing in your hierarchy of good/evil? Do rabid dogs have rights? If the county drunk took out the rabid dog, would you pillory him the day of for public intoxication? Sometimes even the jerks have their moment. Trump is engaging a nation that declares war on the rest of the innocent world, and you snark about his image.

You ought to try constructive critcism. Perhaps there is a grand strategy that the "idiots" running the war could employ if only Leake would divulge it.

Or, is it only safe to quarterback on Mondays?

working rich's avatar

Agree. Huge disappointment. Rivals the famous “ read my lips..”

Daniel Wirt's avatar

For all those out there suffering from TDS (Trump Dead-ender Syndrome), a conservative analysis of the situation:

“So after complete obliteration of Iran and its military capabilities, USA and Israel have achieved the following:

1. Iran’s regime is still in place and is more hardline than it ever was before

2. Iran is selling more oil and at $100

3. Oil sanctions are no longer effective

4. Middle Eastern economies have been devastated and oil infrastructure damaged with medium term consequences

5. Israel is being pounded from three directions with considerable damage that has been suppressed by force

6. U.S. navy has run away from the Persian Gulf

7. Oil prices doubled.

8. Iran now controls 20% of world oil flows which may increase to 30% if Iran decides to close shipping in the Red Sea. (through Houthis)

9. Strait of Hormuz will remain under Iran’s control for foreseeable future.

10. Iran is likely to get out of NPT and develop nuclear weapons.

11. Trump has done so well in the war that he is likely to lose midterms.

12. Netanyahu who used to shamelessly roam around has been mostly in hiding

13. U.S. bases in the Gulf have been obliterated and Iran says U.S. must leave Middle East now

14. The world is likely to experience inflation and low economic growth in the next year.

15. The entire world opinion has changed in favour of Iran.

16. NATO and European allies have refused to participate in the war.

Thank you for your attention to the matter.”

Daniel Williams's avatar

Well said. Those who think Trump is doing a good thing are deranged. He will go down in history as the president that caused the most pain for his subjects and put the final nail in the U.S. empire. Iran won't be defeated and will just become stronger regardless of what you hear on the "news" and from Trump himself.