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WASHINGTON – Billionaire Patrick Byrne, founder and former CEO of e-tailing giant Overstock.com, has been relentless – risking his life to expose the "shadow government's" ongoing "soft-coup" against America and the Deep State's elaborate and ongoing scheme to frame, incarcerate and eliminate GOP presidential nominee former President Donald Trump.

In his explosive memoir published earlier this year, titled "Danger Close: Domestic Extremist #1 Comes Clean," Byrne reveals how he, the son of former GEICO chairman John J. Byrne, went from being one of the wealthiest men on the planet as Overstock's CEO to being deemed by the Department of Homeland Security to be "Domestic Extremist #1."

The whistleblower played an integral role in the "Russian collusion hoax," a seditious scheme devised by a politically weaponized FBI to frame a sitting president, Donald Trump. The fictitious "Russia, Russia, Russia" scandal would go on to plague the Trump presidency with the wrongful indictment and incarceration of numerous members of his administration.

The federal government has given Byrne numerous ultimatums, warning him that speaking out about the seditious operation he was tasked to execute by the FBI would become a death sentence.

On top of that, Byrne is reportedly in hiding as he faces off in a legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems and a defamation suit filed by Hunter Biden. Byrne insists he has irrefutable proof of widespread voter fraud implemented to rig the 2020 election, some of which he presented in the Oval Office to Trump. His allegations prompted Dominion to slap him with a $1.7 billion lawsuit.

In September, the Venezuelan government put a $25 million bounty on Byrne, who subsequently "fled to Dubai," reports Newsweek.

'The Russia probe – I set it up'

Last summer, Byrne called this reporter, who had previously interviewed him, with an astounding admission. The wind blared through the phone's speaker as if he were traveling at high speed in a car, or about to take flight in a helicopter.

"I worked with the Democrats on the Russia probe – I set it up," he said, before abruptly hanging up the phone. Hours later, Byrne, the mysterious billionaire and mentee of Warren Buffett, sent this reporter a link to an exposé published by Capitol Times Magazine's "Deep Capture" report. His hidden role with the government over the past decade must be widely reported to the masses to stop the steal and save America, he said.

"General Flynn says that the following story is the hypersonic missile," Byrne wrote in a September 2023 text message to this reporter, accompanying a link to the 99-page report. "[Flynn] says the single most important thing for the country is getting this story digested… This is all true."

Byrne summarizes his years-long involvements with the FBI, top law enforcement officials and Senate Judiciary dating back to 2005 in an extensive Q&A featured in the magazine, providing the most comprehensive insight in print of the James Bond-esque clandestine web in which he has been entangled.

Since the release of the Capitol Times Magazine report, the former Overstock CEO, once hailed as the "Messiah of Bitcoin," has spoon-fed the public parts of his story, incrementally, through a series of interviews with various journalists as he reveals what he knows about the FBI's attempt to seize control of the U.S. electoral system.

Excerpts of a video compilation of Byrne's interviews, in which he discusses the ins and outs of "Operation Snow Globe" – a one-time Deep State plan to control Hillary Clinton had she become U.S. president – is an expedient medium through which the public can "digest" Byrne's perilous crusade with the FBI, spanning more than a decade.

The hour-long video is now viral, but only on SpaceX founder Elon Musk's X platform, since Big Tech continues to employ outright censorship on speech damaging to the permanent government.

'Operation Snow Globe'

Like many Americans, Byrne grew up revering the FBI as the nation's premiere law enforcement agency, traditionally one of the federal government's most highly regarded institutions – at least, before it became increasingly clear that the Bureau had been "captured" at its highest levels by so-called leaders with a subversive and unconstitutional intent.

In 2005, Byrne began his first encounter with the FBI when he blew the whistle on Wall Street and the "mass crack in the financial system."

"Hedge funds were looting hundreds of billions and probably trillions out of the system," he told Capitol Times Magazine's "Deep Capture" feature.

After his highly effective exposure of fraud on Wall Street, which had led to the 2008 banking crisis, the feds pursued Byrne to undertake another mission, and then another.

Willing to serve, the next assignment federal agents would present to Byrne was risky, but a relatively simple task that would turn his life upside down and, ironically, incite the Department of Homeland Security to designate him "domestic extremist #1."

In December 2015, Byrne was assigned by FBI agents in New York to initiate "Operation Snow Globe." The mission consisted of facilitating a sting of former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton via entrapping her in a series of bribes.

Byrne was told he was to bribe Clinton with millions of dollars to keep the scandal-plagued former secretary of state on a "Bunsen burner."

"They don't want any attention brought to me," Byrne states in the video that has been viewed 7.5 million times on X. "I bribed Hillary Clinton $18 million dollars."

"I caused Hillary Clinton to be offered to take a bribe in mid-July of 2016 by the FBI. The FBI had me bribe – had me facilitate a bribe for Hillary Clinton, which I accomplished," he explains.

"They also told me she had already taken one bribe for $20 million – and I got an $18 million bribe in her face and she took it. I've been shown the why – the bank records that show that she took it.

"So, they don't want me – any attention being brought to me. That is probably why they omitted my name when they leaked the story."

Byrne contends that when the FBI tasked him with bribing Clinton in late 2015, federal agents informed him that the Democratic presidential contender had already been compromised by accepting a bribe for millions of dollars from Turkey in a bid to entrap the former U.S. senator.

The Overstock CEO was to carry out the next step and facilitate the bribe with a "bagman" from Azerbaijan.

"I know what's in the Durham report," Byrne insists. "I facilitated a bribe for Hillary Clinton on Jan. 14, 2016, right here in this town on behalf of the FBI.

"They came to me on Dec. 1st, 2015, and they told me that Hillary Clinton had accepted a bribe from Turkey for $21 million. They told me that I would be working for a group in New York [with] FBI agents who had authorization to set Hillary Clinton up in a sting.

"The bagman from that other government was, I was to befriend and I was to get that person 10 minutes alone in a room with Hillary Clinton.

"I did," said Byrne.

"On January 16, Hillary Clinton was in this town and she met in a way that was kept off her schedule and she accepted an $18 million bribe. General Barr knows this – Durham – they know. This is what's behind it all."

'Scrubbed from the highest level'

Days after Clinton accepted the bribe from Byrne and met with the bagman, the FBI gave Byrne an ultimatum, recalls Byrne. There had evidently been a change of plans.

The "highest of levels" terminated the scheme to entrap Clinton with bribes, a ploy that could crush her electoral prospects. Instead, Clinton was to be installed as commander-in-chief, as long as she would abide by certain conditions.

"They came to me three days later and told me I 'had to forget about it' and 'forget that ever happened,'" Byrne admonished. "\I said, 'What are you talking about?'

"They gave me one excuse. They said – 'Hillary is going to win – they decided upstairs and there's nothing – nothing is going to be able to stop that now. She's going to win and she's going to send her people up to the FBI and they will ask who is part of investigating Hillary, and any of us who are part of it are going to be destroyed and that includes you too, Patrick.' And so, this mission has been scrubbed from the highest level.

"I thought about that, and I said, 'Yes, sir.'"

But the FBI was not done with Byrne – not yet. Hillary was scandal-plagued: In addition to the bribes Byrne has blown the whistle on, it was Clinton, not Trump, who had actually "colluded with the Russians," as Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton explained in a video interview with WND.

"Two or three weeks later, I was back with three federal agents [in Salt Lake City, Utah]," Byrne said, noting, "I let them know, 'This was not sitting well with me and I'd like to know why they had changed course.'

"We had almost a year before the election," he continued. "They could have me and another person in front of a grand jury in a week and gotten her indicted."

Bottom line: Clinton was going to be placed in the executive office only if she agreed to act as an arm of the shadow government, Byrne explained.

"They told me word for word, 'Patrick, what's really going on is this: President Obama has his people across the federal bureaucracy at this point, but especially the Department of Justice," said Byrne.

"Hillary Clinton is going to be president for eight years, and nothing's going to change that, but think of there being a 'Bunsen burner' within the Department of Justice,'" Byrne says the federal agents told him, verbatim. "That evidence about the two bribes you were part of gathering is going to be sitting on the Bunsen burner, and the hand on the Bunsen burner is going to be one of Barack Obama's people.

"If Hillary is a good girl and defends Obamacare, that flame stays low. If she's a bad girl and thinks for herself, it's going to get turned up high that way. Barack Obama's going to manage Hillary Clinton for the eight years she's president, then she's going to step down, and Michelle's going to run, and, Patrick, that's the plan.

"I was later to learn that this plan was called 'Operation Snow Globe.' Snow Globe we had, you know, Christmas kids get a little glass ball like a shake. And this was a snow globe they wanted Hillary Clinton, and a snow globe that Clinton, that Obama and Brennan and Comey could shake up anytime they wanted while she's president. My bribe was the lure, it was the bait to lure her to step into that snow globe."

The government continues to attempt to squeeze Byrne into compliance as he blows the whistle on foreign election interference.

In a video interview conducted in July 2022, Byrne revealed to this reporter that that he, Gen. Flynn and attorney Sidney Powell met with Trump in December 2020 for an emergency meeting. In the Oval office, Byrne presented the president with advisories issued by the Department of Justice and DHS, showcasing how U.S. electoral system had been hacked by Iran, which allowed Trump to invoke emergency powers.

In September 2023, five convicted Proud Boys leaders, four of whom were found guilty of seditious conspiracy, were sentenced to 22, 18, 17, 15 and 10 years in prison for their alleged roles in the U.S. Capitol demonstration on Jan. 6, 2021.

Byrne donated over $200,000 to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's legal fund and continues to assist with legal fees of January 6 defendants. In fact, Byrne has offered to pay the $350,000 of damages the Capitol building sustained. Along with whatever other charges J6 defendants typically face, assessments for the damages to the building left behind after the riot are often added.

In addition, as "Deep Capture" reports, "Byrne has publicly offered to face all non-violent charges from that day: those accused can say they did it because they listened to Byrne, and Byrne will agree to stipulate to this, on the condition he can defend himself in televised proceedings."

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Israel/Middle East Morning Brief

Israelis favor a Trump presidency over Kamala Harris almost 4:1

JERUSALEM – Israel's Channel 12 released a poll showing the overwhelming majority of Israelis support a return for Donald Trump to the White House; 66% said they wanted him to win over his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris, who only had 17% support.

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JERUSALEM – The Knesset, Israel's Parliament, took the extraordinary step in a Monday night vote to approve two bills effectively barring the United Nations agency for eternal Palestinian refugees – including generations of descendants – from functioning in Israel, as well as acutely shrinking its role in Judea and Samaria, and Gaza.

At the opening session of the Knesset's winter term, Israel's lawmakers voted unanimously to severely curtail the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians in the Near East's (UNRWA) ability to function effectively. MKs voted 92 to 10 to approve a law barring UNRWA from operating in Israeli territory, and 87-9 in favor of another measure curtailing UNRWA's activities in the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria, by making it illegal for state actors to have any contact with the agency.

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein presented both bills in the plenum, and on their conclusion took to X to announce gleefully, "UNRWA is out!"

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President Donald Trump often has blown to smithereens the Deep State protocols in Washington. He did it during his first campaign, his first term in office, and now that there's a potential for his second, he's again following his own path.

This time it's private funding for the launch of a transition team.

There will be a transition from the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris regime, whether Trump wins, or Kamala Harris wins the election and pushes America further into leftist ideologies like transgenderism, abortion, and "diversity" agendas that insist on giving people jobs and money because of their skin color or sex orientation.

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The horrific situation happened a few years ago, but the tale about a man who was being prepped for organ donation while alive has gotten much attention lately because of an investigation into the situation.

And it's caused many people to drop out of the organ donation plans to which they had subscribed.

It was legacy wire service reports at the AP that warned of a "spike" in people revoking organ donor plans.

It's because, the report said, their confidence was "shaken by reports that organs were nearly retrieved from a Kentucky man mistakenly declared dead."

The report noted that it happened in 2021 and the man remains alive today. It was exposed during a recent congressional hearing on the topic.

"The federal agency that regulates the U.S. transplant system is investigating, and the Kentucky attorney general's office said it is 'reviewing the facts to identify an appropriate response,'" the report said.

It is at PJMedia where there is an explanation of why people are running scared from the idea.

That report identified the man as Anthony Hoover, 33, who "woke up in a Kentucky hospital with medical personnel shaving his chest, bathing his body, and talking about harvesting his organs."

He had been hospitalized with an overdose and doctors apparently claimed he was unresponsive, "lacked reflexes" "had "emptiness in his eyes" and was "brain dead."

He was two hours into a five-hour procedure to remove organs when a staff member came out to talk to the family with what has to be the stunner of the year: "He's not ready. He woke up."

The report noted that those who formerly worked at the "organ procurement organization" said someone who was making eye contact and shaking his head "no" never should have been near the operating room.

But Dorrie Dils, president of thte Association of Organ Procurement Organizations, pointed out that the process is based on the trust of the public. And once lost, it can take "years" to restore, she said.

The case came to the public's attention through an investigation in Congress, and the result has been "thousands" of people leaving the programs.

Donate Life America, for example, has had 170 people per day leaving the registry.

The report noted that while doing a heart catheterization, the patient had "purposeful movement to pain" and he was "thrashing around."

A cardiologist suggested, "I would most certainly call this purposeful movement, and they should not have said that patient was not going to have a meaningful recovery with these reflexes."

In fact, the report said, he was given a paralytic and sedated further.

What appears to be at issue is how doctors make a determination that a patient is dead.

Daniel Sulmasy, of Georgetown Hospital, said the key is that they do "the right tests and doing them well."

The case has had long shadows. In France, the government presumes donation consent, but recently up to 1,000 people per day have joined a registry of those objecting.

The trend could have "catastrophic consequences" for those needing transplants, said Regis Bronchard, of the French Biomedicine Agency.

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Tucker Carlson is is going nuclear on a New York Times reporter who sought comment about alleged election misinformation by the conservative champion, telling him to "f*** off."

Carlson shared a text exchange late Monday night from Nico Grant, a San Francisco-based technology correspondent for the newspaper, who indicated: "We rely on an analysis conducted by researchers at Media Matters for America," a left-wing-minded media watchdog.

Grant said he was working on article where researchers found 286 videos Carlson posted on YouTube between May and August supposedly containing misinformation, including a clip of Carlson mentioning a "clearly stolen" election.

Grant also sought to know if Carlson were a member of the YouTube Partner Program, and if so, "How often does YouTube demonetize your videos?"

Carlson responded: "So the New York Times is working with a left wing hate group to silence critics of the Democratic Party? Please ask yourself why you're participating in it. This is why you got into journalism? It's shameful. I hope you're filled with guilt and self-loathing for sending me a text like this. Please quote me."

The reply from the reporter stated: "Thank you for your prompt response. Would you like to address any of the points or questions above?"

Carlson then responded: "Would I like to participate in your attempt to censor me? No thanks. But I do hope you'll quote what I wrote above and also note that I told you to f*** off, which I am now doing. Thanks."

On his New York Times author page, Grant says of himself: "As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook. I want all of my work to be accurate and fair. I do not accept gifts, money or favors from anyone who might figure into my reporting. I do not directly own or trade stocks. I make every effort to understand issues from multiple angles."

Meanwhile, the Fox News Channel aired a segment Tuesday afternoon on what might be the same New York Times article in the works.

The network interviewed Joe Concha, a Fox News contributor, who said:

"There is not a more corrupt, more radical media organization out there than Media Matters. And the New York Times, which has vast resources and personnel, instead of doing its own research has now outsourced this to this patently dishonest, activist organization whose number one mission, outside of taking out this network, is to squash any and all free speech through astroturf campaigns, online against anyone or anything they consider to be conservative or even right of center. Elon Musk once referred to Media Matters as evil propaganda machine. That is not hyperbole, he ain't wrong."

"So this is the game plan here," Concha continued. "Media Matters along with the New York Times, and it's getting increasingly difficult to differentiate the two, by the way, they're gonna pressure YouTube to demonetize these big voices on the right like Ben Shapiro, like Benny Johnson.

"Remember that YouTube is owned by Google, and Google is the the number one donor to Democratic Party out of Silicon Valley. If it does happen, the argument will be Shapiro or Johnson, they are spreading misinformation on the platform, misinformation like saying COVID may have come from a lab or Hunter Biden's laptop is Russian disinformation. You know that kind of misinformation. So, who's to decide what it is and what it isn't? But that's what they're trying to do right now seven days before an election."

Concha concluded: "Media Matters is a tax-free organization, but they receive millions from Democratic megadonors. And they use those funds to pressure major companies to pull their advertising from outlets that they target. And yet, here's the New York Times presenting them as some sort of objective, legitimate source, when they're nothing more than a far-left activist organization.

"So, hopefully they're not successful here, but the deck is stacked against Shapiro and Johnson and others at this point, given that it's the New York Times with Media Matters and YouTube and Google all trying to take them out, and as we saw with Hunter Biden's laptop, they were successful before the last election in terms of squashing voices at a critical time."

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Israel/Middle East Morning Brief

Egypt proposes two-day ceasefire for release of 4 hostages

JERUSALEM – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a Cairo press conference on Sunday that his country had proposed a two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages for some Palestinian prisoners.

Khamanei's one-day old Hebrew X account suspended over threats against Israel

The account was suspended after Ayatollah Khamenei posted a message warning that "The Zionist regime made a mistake" when it decided to retaliate for the Oct. 1 ballistic missile attack carried out by Tehran.

Iran seemingly ambiguous about retaliation to IAF attack, despite bellicose noises coming from IRGC; Israel expects response

Israel's Channel 13 reported Iranian missiles were being prepared for launch while the Israel Air Force's attack was under way and their planes were flying over Iranian airspace. Tehran is still taking stock of the damage wrought, which indeed seems to be extensive.

Report: Does a wave of desertions mean Hezbollah is beginning to crack?

Sources have apparently relayed to the independent Arabic independent online newspaper Elaph that Israel's campaign against Hezbollah, which has included the pager explosions, eliminating almost all of the terrorist group's top leaders, as well as a ground incursion is causing a number of Islamist combatants to flee their posts.

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'The growing involvement of the West in the conflict in Ukraine creates global risks. The desire to inflict maximum damage on Russia can lead to a direct military clash between the nuclear powers. We cannot but respond to these threats

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a warning to NATO members: if Ukraine gets permission to use long-range missiles, it will be an open declaration of war by NATO allies, and the Russian military is already prepared for it.

Polish news outlet Super Express reported Putin has stated Moscow military commanders are currently preparing troops for an eventual war against Western allies because Russia's reaction will be more than diplomatic.

"Our military command is thinking about it and will propose various options for response," Putin said, adding Russia's position on the matter should be taken seriously because "we will have to make some decisions on our side as well."

During the BRICS Summit in Kazan last week, Putin accused NATO of hiding behind Ukraine to fight a war against Russia.

"NATO is at war with us, but with the hands of Ukrainian soldiers. Ukraine does not spare its soldiers in the interest of third countries," Putin said.

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov also threatened the West during a meeting with his Belarus counterpart in Minsk, stating Russia is prepared to use nuclear force if necessary.

"This year the NATO member states conducted a series of the largest exercises since the Cold War, to practice scenarios of a full-scale conflict with Russia and its allies," Belousov said. "The coalition forces of the alliance are being built up. Combat training and reconnaissance activities are also intensified.

"The growing involvement of the West in the conflict in Ukraine creates global risks. The desire to inflict maximum damage on Russia can lead to a direct military clash between the nuclear powers. We cannot but respond to these threats. The changes in the military and political situation made it necessary to specify the basics of the State policy of the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear deterrence and to adjust them to the new reality. Among other things, it is possible to use nuclear weapons in response to the aggression against Belarus as a member of the Union State."

In September, Putin stated if there is a missile strike strong enough to reach Russian cities, he will know it was enabled by NATO allies because long-range missiles can only be used with satellites, something Ukraine does not have.

"If such a decision is made, it will mean nothing more than the direct involvement of NATO countries in the war in Ukraine. This would change the nature of the conflict. This would mean that NATO countries are at war with Russia," Putin said.

Putin's comments come after Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyy has in recent months pleaded with NATO allies to supply Ukraine with the means to strike deep within Russian territory, potentially even reaching as far as the Kremlin.

Zelenskyy's campaign to gain access to these weapons has increased the tensions between the two nations and deepened the military ties between Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

On Monday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed North Korean troops were being deployed to Russia to fight against Ukraine.

"This morning a delegation from the Republic of Korea, a close NATO partner, briefed the North Atlantic Council and our other Indo-Pacific partners Australia, Japan, and New Zealand, on North Korea's growing involvement in Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine," Rutte said.

"The delegation included senior representatives from the Republic of Korea's National Intelligence Service and Ministry of National Defense. Allies also shared their intelligence assessments. Today, I can confirm that North Korean troops have been sent to Russia and that North Korean military units have been deployed."

Rutte noted North Korea's involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine would further expand the conflict, and NATO called on Russia to "cease these actions immediately."

"The deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a threat to both the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic security. It undermines peace on the Korean peninsula and fuels the Russian war against Ukraine. Pyongyang has already supplied Russia with millions of rounds of ammunition and ballistic missiles that are fueling a major conflict in the heart of Europe, and undermining global peace and stability," Rutte said.

While current Western leaders and Russia and its allies seemed locked in a bitter back-and-forth – former President Donald Trump has promised to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine if reelected, making his comments while Zelenskyy was in the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.

"We're gonna work very much with both parties to try and get this settled and work it out. It has to end, at some point, it has to end … it's a terrible situation," Trump said.

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Democrats, for years already, have claimed, wildly, that President Donald Trump is a "Hitler." They insist that he's a "fascist," and that's essentially their only articulable reason why he shouldn't be elected.

Longtime failed Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was interviewed just days ago, and cited her own book, and other officials who align with her, as confirmation of that.

And then she sought to push on American people that Trump was re-acting a 1939 Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden with his event over the weekend.

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Perhaps the 2024 presidential race should be the sermon topic for Christian pastors all across the country in these last few days before the vote.

It's because one of the candidates has exhibited a personality that is "militantly hostile toward Americans of faith."

Those are the words of President Donald Trump about Kamala Harris, who, he says, has been "very destructive to Christianity and very destructive to evangelicals and to the Catholic Church."