and notice how Trump is not doing anything about this.  I made the point the other day and I will make it again.  Trump controls Israeli politics now.

I'm disappointed in Iran.  They turned out to be bluffing the entire time.  Maybe I'm going to be wrong about that, but as of right now the facts on the ground state pretty clearly that Iran was a paper tiger.  --Tom Luongo

7:40.  And my position is very clear now. Iran never gained a nuclear weapon because they never wanted to gain a nuclear weapon but not for the reasons that Alex and everybody else have been talking about, the fatwa, no, it has nothing to do with that at all.  It's clear that these guys are in bed with freaking GCHQ on both sides. It's the search for the nuclear weapon.  It's the striving for it that is the casus belli, not the actual nuclear weapon.  If they wanted to make a nuclear weapon, they would have done so 20 years ago.  Hell, f*cking North Korean made one.  And if the Russians wanted them to have a nuclear weapon, they would have had one.  If the Chinese wanted them to have a nuclear weapon, they would have had one.  My logic here is not wrong.  My logic here just comes to a different conclusion than your logic, and we're going to find out who's logic is correct, and there's no amount of brow beating me into submission on this.  Because at the end of the day, I understand the strategy of bitches like Christine Lagarde and Andrew Bailey and all the rest of them, and Tony Blair and Benjamin Netanyahu.  The goal is chaos.  Of course, they want regime change in Iran.  Of course, it's playing out like a certain freaking script, and notice how Trump is not doing anything about this.  I made the point the other day and I will make it again.  Trump controls Israeli politics now. The British are trying to resurrect, you know, Reza Pahlavi.  It's not working.  The Russians are going after the NGOs in all of the -stans.  They are arresting people.  Aliyev in Azerbaijan is trying to prop up his failing regime.  He's been caught with his hands in the cookie jar, helping Israel attack Iran from the north, and betray Russia at the same time.  He knows he's in trouble.  

After all of the drama on the slack server for the last couple of days, again I think it's funny that everybody thought I would be upset about this, "Don't tell Tom."  I don't give a s***.  I hope you all found your soulmates being juiceburgs together it's Grand I always want people to find there in the world and if you're not part of mine it's great I don't want you to be in that in this club.  

11:27.  This is my position because I'm trying to end this nightmare.  We have been blackmailed by these evil freaking people for 85 years, 80 years, since the end of World War II, the Cold War, Cold War Redux, the Lost 90s in Russia, all of it.  It's all Downstream of this when you stop to really do the math about how much money is spent trying to deal with minimizing the threat and of nuclear weapon proliferation, and the amount of money that's spent on defense and espionage and cloak-and-dagger stuff, all of it, the Congressional hearings, and the lost wages, all of it, the SG&A costs, [Selling, General, & Administrative Costs] and every corporation in the world.  It's trillions upon trillions upon trillions of dollars every year.  And who does that serve?  Level up and see through the b*******.  The way to end all this is to start cleaving Gordian knots.  Your move, or you get a B2 up your ass.  Your move, or we fly in some F-22s.  Your move.  If you want to know why I have anger in my voice, I'm disappointed in Iran.  They turned out to be bluffing the entire time.  Maybe I'm going to be wrong about that, but as of right now the facts on the ground state pretty clearly that Iran was a paper tiger.  That's what we have and I've been pretty clear, I don't like Israel.  I'm trying not to use the word "hate" because I don't want hate to be the operative means by which I do analysis because that's a bad way to do analysis . . .  because you know that whole anger-fear-aggression path that leads to the dark side, like it's real, folks.  Hate makes you powerful, like yeah.  I'm just not playing that game.  So I want Israel to pay for their crimes, all of them, including the ones where they got us involved and s*** that poured moral stain all over me because I wound up paying for it.  I'm angry about that.  I really wanted to Iran to really knock their freaking teeth in.  Really did. A little angry about that.  A little sad, sad that I was actually sucked into that b******* for a few years.  That being said, they hit them hard enough and hit us hard enough because of the perilous state that our actual military supply lines are in and our ammunition supply lines are in, which has a nugget of truth to it, which is not . . . not untrue that we can't sustain that war for that long.  But we can sustain it longer, long enough to get rid of the assholes who were "fighting the good fight of the resistance." I love Star Wars but it's a bad metaphor for this.  We're not the Empire, they're not the Rebellion or the resistance.  That's not the way this works. Okay so let all that go and let's move forward and say you know what I don't want to be blackmailed by evil f****** shitbags anymore you guys want to fight amongst yourselves for resources you want to text us for military's and all that great great you developed weapons now where you only have to fight each other we're back to where the wars are fought by the King's armies.  And only the king's armies need to be targeted, and the civilians can be left alone.  You know, gentlemanly warfare.  Lob ballistic missiles and drones at each other's ammo dumps and weapons development sites and research departments and Skunk Works and all the rest of it and their barracks.  You sign up for the military, your life is forfeit.  My dad was NYPD.  I never once was under any illusions about the fact that my dad had to put himself In harm's way in order to protect and serve.  And I found it offensive the older I got here in the United States, as time went on, we sat here protecting cops.  F*** protecting cops. Cops are forfeit in service of protecting and serving civilians.  If you've read this month's newsletter I think you understand my perspective on this if you haven't read this month's newsletter maybe consider spending an extra $7 a month on it, or $8 bucks, whatever it is. 

17:50.  I've just come into a different state of mind about all of these things watching this play itself out brought a lot of clarity I'm tired of watching the Vorlons in the Shadows manipulate us into fighting their f****** wars for them.  I want a new way even for people like us.

7SEES: Tech Companies are posting jobs with TERRIBLY LOW PAY so that when they don't fill their positions, they can justify outsourcing those jobs to H-1B's and get subsidized by the government

Tech Companies are posting jobs with terribly low pay so that when they don't fill their positions, they can justify outsourcing those jobs to H-1B's and get subsidized by the government.

Microsoft just laid off over 2,000 workers and is replacing them with H-1B recipients. https://t.co/f27fAxU7Zy

— 7SEES (@7SEES_) July 3, 2025

MASSIMO: Highest protein foods

Highest protein foods

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) July 2, 2025

Animal proteins are best despite some seeds and plants having more protein. 

Farmer reveals what's being injected into the farm animals. pic.twitter.com/LCGC0ecuRg

— Jessica Rojas 🇺🇸💪 (@catsscareme2021) July 2, 2025

MARTIN ARMSTRONG: Criminals have cost the city of Los Angeles an estimated $7.6 billion annually. Gang violence alone costs the city around $1 billion per year, according to the Vera Institute of Justice, which is half of the annual budget of the LAPD.

LA is experiencing a significant uptick in crime, but plans to defund the police to appease the mobs.  --Martin Armstrong 

https://t.co/nrOWaT3FVW  @EMBurlingame As you said, this is part of the Kill Chain. Vandalism, not incompetence.

— Tom Luongo (Head Sneetch) (@TFL1728) July 2, 2025

The city of Los Angeles declared a state of fiscal emergency amid a $1 billion deficit. The council approved of the emergency declaration unanimously in a 14-0 vote. This comes after Mayor Karen Bass approved a $14 billion budget for the fiscal year that began on July 1. The city is a prime example of what happens when socialist policies are allowed to run rampant at the expense of the people.

Bass approved of raising the budget from $12.9 billion in FY2024-25 to $14 billion in 2025-26 despite the looming $1 billion deficit. Unsurprisingly, overspending is the main culprit for the deficit, and yet, lawmakers have every intention of spending more. Over 600 public sector workers will be let go as a result of fiscal mismanagement, and although small government is usually applaudable, the city plans to fire 248 LAPD employees, 44 sanitation workers, and 41 firefighters. LA is experiencing a significant uptick in crime, but plans to defund the police to appease the mobs.

California Governor Gavin Newsom boasts of California’s robust economy but fails to acknowledge that it’s a state basically living “paycheck-to-paycheck,” with the payee being the taxpayer. Read the state’s plan to cover its budget deficits – endless taxes. Spending growth from 2025-26 to 2028-29 is 5.8%, above the average of 3.5%. Growth over the same period is just above 4%, “lower than its historical average, largely due to policy choices that end during the forecast window. Taken together, we view it as unlikely that revenue growth will be fast enough to catch up to ongoing spending.” Even residents who choose or are forced to leave the state will incur taxes to cover government thievery. Los Angeles is one of countless examples of how the public sector will virtue signal to rob Peter, not to pay Paul, but to pay themselves, as they are not hiding the corruption.

Liability costs totaled $546 million in the past years, as there have been numerous lawsuits, mainly involving the Los Angeles Police Department, which is forbidden by law to enforce order. The city refused to budget for these growing legal battles. Not only does the city plan to fire officers, but they also reduced hiring by 50% last year, recruiting 240 new officers instead of the 480 needed to patrol the city.

I’ve reported numerous times how California uses the homeless epidemic to fund NGOs that merely steal from the taxpayers. Mayor Bass stated she plans to cut 10% of funding to the “Inside Safe” program. The city has spent millions on combating homelessness, and the numbers continue to rise.

Crime is more expensive than funding the LAPD. Criminals have cost the city of Los Angeles an estimated $7.6 billion annually. Gang violence alone costs the city around $1 billion per year, according to the Vera Institute of Justice, which is half of the annual budget of the LAPD. The California Department of Justice has acknowledged that property crime has risen in recent years and accounts for  60–70% of total losses. Yet, violent demonstrations are permitted to occur whenever Washington enacts a policy that displeases the Democrats.

Blue policies such as the net-zero climate initiative have caused businesses to flee Los Angeles and California as a whole. From 2020 to the present day, over 164 companies have left California. In the last year, 12 major companies like SpaceX, Chevron, X, and KFC have fled CA for TX. Los Angeles shed 106 corporate headquarters between 2018 and 2024, the second-highest number of losses in US metros behind San Francisco/San Jose.

Taxpayers are fleeing the state en masse. State and local taxes are among the highest in the nation and disproportionately harm the middle and upper classes to fund the growing public sector. Energy costs have skyrocketed, with major refiners abandoning California. Gas is expected to rise 75% by 2026, and residents are already paying the highest price for gas in the nation. The cost of living is exorbitant. Those who can have already fled as the government must continue to leech of the taxpayers to fund their failures.

There should be checks and balances against these elected officials who recklessly spend with no end in sight. Downsizing the police force is a political move that will only cause crime and the costs associated with crime to rise. Los Angeles is becoming a failed city as a direct result of socialist policies that have historically NEVER worked.