Tricia DeNatale-Botfield

USMC Veteran, dog lover, wife, mother, sister, aunt, patriot and follower of Jesus.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

THIS IS WHERE WE SEND OUR KILLERS, DRUG DEALERS & THUGS.

THIS IS WHY MURDER AND OTHER CRIMES IN AMERICA ARE AT RECORD LOWS.

[Lara Logan @laralogan]

Someone needs to listen to this man.

[Everett Stern @EverettStern1]

Dear Secretary Bessent @SecScottBessent,

My name is Everett Stern. In 2010 I was a compliance officer at @HSBC. From a back office in New Castle, Delaware, I watched billions of dollars move to drug cartels, sanctioned regimes, and terrorist organizations. The enemies of the United States. I documented it, I escalated it, and when the bank would not act, I took it to the @FBI, the @CIA, and eventually the @SECGov.

The result was a $1.92 billion settlement. At the time, it was one of the largest in American history. It was also about five weeks of the bank’s profit. Not one banker was charged. Not one went to prison.

I paid a different price. I lost my career, my savings, and my place in the industry I had trained for. I was blacklisted. Every door in American finance closed at once. I slept on a camping cot in a 300 square foot apartment because I could not afford a bed, and I waited tables at @PFChangs to eat. I tell you this not for sympathy, but so you understand that I know exactly what it costs to do the right thing in American finance, and exactly how little the system does in return.

I made that sacrifice because I believed it would change something.

Yesterday, your department fined @BankofAmerica $1.2 billion for failing to report more than $5 billion in suspicious transactions, some of it tied by your own findings to Chinese laundering networks, narcotics, and the southwest border, alongside 475 apparent sanctions violations touching Russia, Iran, and global terrorism. The bank admitted it willfully violated the Bank Secrecy Act.

Fourteen years after HSBC. A bank with “America” in its name. And once again, not one individual charged.

Secretary Bessent, I want to say plainly what I believe you already know. The fines are not working.

A fine is paid by shareholders, absorbed by the balance sheet, and forgotten by the next earnings call. Bank of America reported earnings this morning. Nobody who set the alert thresholds, nobody who decided the 2024 cease and desist could wait, nobody who chose the backlog over the law will lose a single thing they value. Their lives are untouched. That is the entire reason the behavior repeats.

This is money laundering. This is blood money. Money that reaches a cartel buys fentanyl that kills Americans. Money that reaches a terrorist organization buys the next attack. This country has fought a war on drugs and a war on terror for decades, at enormous cost in lives and treasure, and all the while we have allowed the financing to flow through institutions we charter and regulate. Cut off the money and we win. We have never seriously tried.

There is also a question of equal justice that I cannot let go.

Before I walked into the FBI building to report HSBC, I stopped in front of the Great Seal on the wall and read the words engraved beneath it: “Justice is the defense of our liberty.” I believed that. I still want to. But every day in this country, people go to prison for crimes that are nothing next to moving money for the people who want Americans dead. A suit, a title, and a corporate badge should not be a shield from the consequences that apply to everyone else. If a street dealer goes to prison for what he sells, the banker who moved the cartel’s money should be standing next to him.

I also want to raise something that is rarely said in these conversations. Why has no one inside Bank of America come forward the way I did? The answer is that everyone in American banking knows what happened to me, and to the whistleblowers who came after. The last person who spoke up is the only policy anyone believes. That is a culture problem, and it starts with leadership, in the banks and in the agencies that regulate them.

This is not a political issue. It has spanned administrations of both parties. It is a national security issue, and I am asking you to treat it as one.

Three things would change the math overnight.

Refer individuals for criminal prosecution. Not the analyst in the queue. The executives who set the thresholds and chose the risk. One banker in handcuffs would do more than every fine in Treasury’s history combined.

End “too big to jail.” An institution cannot be too big to fail and too big to jail at the same time. If it is the first, it must be held to a higher standard, not a lower one.

And if Bank of America will not act as America’s bank, review its charter. A national charter is a privilege granted on behalf of the American people. It should be conditioned on not moving money for the people trying to kill them.

Secretary Bessent, you said yesterday that these actions send a clear message that even the biggest institutions are not above the law. With respect, the institution was never the problem. The people inside it are above the law, and they know it. Until that changes, I will keep writing letters like this one, and the next bank will keep paying the next fine.

I gave up everything I had to stop this. I am asking you to use the power you have to finish it.

Respectfully,

Everett A. Stern
HSBC Whistleblower
Founder and Intelligence Director, Tactical Rabbit

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

A must-read. I know how it comes across in "pastor world"...

- Super cringe
- "Off mission"
- "political idolatry"
- Disinvited from conferences, privately vetoed from publishing organizations, and coalitions, etc.

... but what modern progressivism has become is legitimately a crockpot-speed civilization-destroying force. This is not the 1996 political left anymore.

"Love your neighbor; defeat progressivism."

[Catturd ™ @catturd2]

President Trump just went scorched earth on crooked IIham Omar, and I’m here for it.

[Stephen Millier @StephenM_2]

Dear God, protect this man. He's battling an evil we can't even imagine. Keep him safe from those who seek to destroy him. Amen!

[SaltyGoat @SaltyGoat17]

It took 250 years to build this nation

You let a Muslim sneak into power by lying about what he is and it was almost destroyed in 8

Think long and hard about how you vote in November

[Carl Higbie @CarlHigbie]

She disabled comments😂😂😂😂

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

We're getting our country back. 🇺🇸

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

This was a tough, but necessary one. The Pope says you can't be "pro-life" and "pro-death penalty."

He went as far as to say the death penalty is "inadmissible." There are some significant issues with this, including historical Catholic doctrine...

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

There is a live feed outside of Ilhan Omar's house right now showing HSI agents DRAGGING evidence out.

It’s glorious.

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

"By mixing a little truth with it they had made their lie far stronger." – C.S. Lewis

This quote sums up James Talarico's deceptive blend of Christianity and politics perfectly.

[Carlos Erazo @CarlosErazoGTG]

I wish somebody would’ve taught me this before I started reading my Bible.

If you want to know who Jesus is, read the book of John.

If you want to go deeper into your identity in Christ, read the book of Ephesians.

If you want to learn how to live in holiness in a GODLESS culture… read the book of 1 Corinthians.

If you want to have wisdom for life, read the book of Proverbs.

If you want to know the origin of the universe and everything that exists, and why the world is broken today, read the book of Genesis.

If you want to understand the Gospel and learn what you should believe as a Christian, read the book of Romans.

If you want to understand why life without God has no meaning (even if you achieve success, status, money, and pleasure…) read Ecclesiastes.

If you want to learn how to find joy in the midst of your trial and suffering, read Philippians.

If you want to hear how the church was born and what the first Christians did through the power of the Holy Spirit, read the book of Acts.

If you want to learn how to put your faith into practice, read the book of James.

If you want to learn how to pray with honesty, even in the midst of lament, read the book of Psalms.

If you want to see a preview of what will happen in the future and remind yourself that, in the end, Christ wins every battle, read the book of Revelation.

St Jerome was right when he said: “The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning…. and deep enough for a theologian to swim in without ever touching the bottom"

You CANNOT read the Bible and not have it change your life.

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

He hates us. It’s obvious. He’s just here to execute a mission. I’ve seen that face before.
@NYCMayor

[Live Free Podcast @TheLiveFreePod]

🚨 Pastor @howertonjosh responds to those who say he needs to "just stay out of politics" 👇

"No. I will not stand passively by while evil advances & watch the societal inheritance that I'm gonna hand my children, grandchildren & future church in America get much, much worse."

[DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican]

After the book launch event (which went great!), @DataInterpretr and I watched the @glennbeck special. And, oh my goodness, he has such a talent for explaining difficult concepts that are smack-in-your-face undeniable.

I hope there's a way to get this special out to the public, it's a conversation maker and election changer. The DSA must be stopped!

[Josh Howerton @howertonjosh]

At the risk of getting crushed (again) this week, I’ll hesitantly point out that death penalties in the Bible were performed publicly before “all the assembly” (Leviticus 24:14)

This was because there was not just 1 purpose (justice) for capital punishment; there were 2 purposes…

1) Justice, AND…

2) Public deterrence, so the rest of the people “shall hear and fear, and never again do any such evil” (Deut 13:11)

[ThePersistence @ScottPresler]

Doing my best to reach as many Republican voters as humanly possible.

I know I’ve at least reached 58,000 people.

That’s enough to swing a statewide election.