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My fight … and the conviction that brought us here … sends a powerful message to every future candidate and every voter: the American spirit cannot be silenced. Truth prevails. Elections can be protected if we refuse to capitulate to evil. And when ordinary citizens refuse to stay silent, we expose corruption and make our republic stronger than ever before.

Your Honor, I ask that you deliver a sentence that fully reflects the immense harm done … not only to me and my family, but to every Michigander who was denied a real choice and to every American whose faith in our process was shaken. Let this day mark the beginning of restored trust. Let it inspire the next generation to run, to vote, and to believe that honor and truth still matter more than any dollar.

Michigan and America are worth fighting for. Today, justice affirms that we will keep fighting … and we will win.

Your honor please apply maximum sentencing guidelines that can be applied under the law to restore Michigan’s faith in justice.

Thank you.

The expository comments will be posted later after receipt of the transcript.

@Brandenburg4Mi

Good morning!!!

People want to know how they can help. It is critical to understand their method of turning everything into commerce. Our elections are not elections. The one with the most money wins. They have taught us to “worship” polls and who raised the most amount of money. The dark money globalist corporate commerce donations are propping them up.

They destroy the land … and take the resources.

I post a lot of content which connects the dots to the system of commerce … which is what they use to take the land and resources. The local governments stamp approval on the projects. And those individuals are given projects, kickbacks, favor to sell out their communities.

Their goal is to eliminate us … make us renters … pushing their subservient slaves to their system into a smaller and smaller foot print.

This video talks about the globalist agenda and their capture & destruction of the water sources. The DNR & EGLE in Michigan are actively destroying water conservation and our access to water.

This is an important topic to know. The ties into the other aspects of our lives to enslave us is are shocking. Need to know this … but I am positive that their crimes are being exposed on a local level. It’s our time to defeat their system on a local level.

Get informed and act

https://youtu.be/-p-E01T6I6Y

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It is amazing to me. How many people will not get involved unless it directly threatens their home or families. The inability to see what’s coming down the pike one or two steps away from us is an invaluable skill.

No threat ever stops until it finally reaches its destination of going after individual people. They try to lull us to sleep while framing threats as somebody else’s problem. The problem is … threats, run like water and eventually it will seep into every crack and crevice in our lives.

We have to stop the threats before it’s at our doorstep.

Let’s look into First Order effect and bias

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First-order bias (also called the "first-order thinking bias") is the very common cognitive tendency to focus almost exclusively on the immediate, direct (first-order) consequences of an action or decision, while systematically underestimating or completely ignoring the subsequent ripple effects (second-order, third-order, etc.).

In other words:
People naturally default to first-order thinking → this creates a bias toward overvaluing short-term/obvious outcomes and undervaluing longer-term/adaptive/systemic consequences.

Why it exists and why it's so powerful
- Our brains are wired for quick survival decisions in simple environments (fight the tiger now → run!).
- Second-order thinking requires mental effort, imagination, delayed gratification, and often accepting short-term pain for long-term gain.
- It's easier and feels more certain to stop at "this helps right now" than to game out reactions, incentives shifts, behavioral adaptations, or feedback loops.

This bias is closely related to (and often underlies):
- Short-term bias / present bias
- Negativity bias (we fixate on immediate threats/harms more than delayed benefits)
- Optimism/pessimism about policies (people sell the appealing first-order story and ignore blowback)

Expanded table with first-order bias highlighted

How to fight first-order bias
Train the habit of asking layers of questions:
1. What happens immediately? (first-order)
2. Then what happens because of that? (second-order)
3. And then what do people/companies/systems adapt to? (third-order + incentives change)
4. Who wins/loses in each layer? Over what time horizon?

People who consistently push past the first-order story (investors like Buffett/Munger, strategists, good forecasters) tend to outperform because they see the full chain reaction, not just the flashy opening move.

First-order effects = the direct results.
First-order bias = the mental shortcut/error of treating those direct results as if they were the whole story — usually the most seductive and incomplete part.

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Here is a table with examples of first order affect and second order affect.

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Let’s go into another scenario…to help explain the short sightedness of human beings.

“Can't perceive breakfast"is an internet meme … slang phrase that mocks people who are supposedly unable to engage with conditional hypotheticals (also called counterfactual or subjunctive reasoning).

It comes from a popular online "gotcha" question used to test whether someone can think hypothetically:

“How would you feel if you hadn't eaten breakfast this morning?"
(or variations like "yesterday" … "hadn't eaten breakfast today")

The "correct" or expected answer involves imagining the alternate scenario e.g., "I'd probably feel hungry … tired … low-energy right now."

People who fail the test respond literally / concretely instead, such as:

- "But I did eat breakfast."
- "I didn't eat breakfast today."
- "I usually skip breakfast anyway."

This response shows they refuse (or are unable) to entertain the hypothetical condition ("if you hadn't...") and instead anchor only to what actually happened in reality.

In meme culture, this inability is exaggerated as “can't perceive breakfast" … meaning the person lacks the cognitive flexibility to mentally simulate alternate realities or "what if" scenarios, even very simple ones. It's often used jokingly (or insultingly) to imply low intelligence, literal-mindedness, poor abstract thinking, or sometimes to dunk on certain political/ideological groups stereotyped as anti-intellectual.

The phrase plays on the idea that they can't even "perceive" (grasp … imagine) the breakfast in the hypothetical branch of reality … it's right there in the question, but they bounce off it completely.

So in regards to conditional hypotheticals:
"Can't perceive breakfast" = shorthand for failing to process or engage with conditional/counterfactual reasoning at even a basic level. The breakfast example just became the canonical silly test case because it's so mundane that almost anyone should be able to handle it.

So the question should be … can people be trained out of this… I doubt it. This is hardwired intelligence IQ. Just like I will never be a professional athlete. But I have other gifts.

The government schools have used brainwashing to give humans unrealistic expectations that we all can do anything instead of finding and focusing on what we are each gifted in by God.

So bottom line we are going to have to use our unique gifts to help each other as the body of Christ. We are all different parts of the body and it’s a beautiful thing when we come together and work together.

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Here’s a great story to just relax and listen to…

It’s about adapting and figuring things out … when others tell you there is no hope.

It’s a gentle story of overcoming with a great ending…

Relax with a great cup of coffee and enjoy.

https://youtu.be/8CAOlvm_-JE

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Thank you God for everything you have done for us…

Look how much we have changed!!! People care about the things that matter.

Honesty … because we have seen so much deception.

Turning back to You … because we have seen what it looks like when we don’t put out relationship with You first…

Learning to fight for what is important … because Your gift of time is so precious that we don’t want to waste a minute on empty pursuits.

Learning to see the world as You do … because when we see the world as You do … we live in with peace, strength and contentment.

We have learned to change what you call us to change in the world … and put down our expectations because we know You are working ALL things for good!!

Looking at the individual gifts You have given us and how far we have come … thank You.

The doors you have opened …

The friends we have made along the way … because they have become family.

Thank you this day and every day … we choose You first. God first. Christ first. First in our lives … first in our homes … first in the world.

In Jesus Name

@Brandenburg4Mi

Morning thoughts…

In these shifting seasons, I keep noticing how easily we get caught in the whirlwind. Headlines scream, opinions flare, and suddenly people are switching teams—not out of conviction, but out of the moment. One day aligned here, the next day there, blown like autumn leaves every time the cultural wind changes direction. It’s exhausting to watch, and even more disturbing when it reveals the real foundation: momentary ideological team-building instead of something eternal.

But, we were never called to live that way.

God invites us into a different posture … one of long obedience in the same direction. Not chasing the loudest voice or the newest alliance, but fixing our eyes on His unchanging heart and walking the path He’s marked for our lives. When we do that, the distractions lose their power. Peace becomes possible … not the fragile kind the world offers, but the deep, anchoring peace that only comes from seeing everything through His eyes rather than our own limited ones.

Ephesians 4:14 warns us so clearly: we are no longer to be “infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching.” That verse isn’t just poetic … it’s a loving rebuke to the double-minded instability so many of us slip into when we let personal opinions or tribal loyalty become our compass. The moment we trade God’s eternal perspective for the latest emotional high or fear-driven reaction, we forfeit the solid ground we were meant to stand on.

Instead, let’s choose the long game … the one that actually leaves the world better because we were here. Not in flashy, headline-grabbing ways, but in the quiet, faithful contributions that shine because God is first. Whether in large acts of justice or small, unseen acts of kindness, our work becomes meaningful when it flows out of His path for us. We stop building sandcastles of ideology and start planting seeds that will outlast our lifetimes. We become examples … not of perfect politics, but of souls cared for with the same tenderness Christ showed us.

Matthew 6:33 puts it simply and powerfully: “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.” When that is our daily priority, everything else … our opinions, our alignments, our fears … falls into its proper, secondary place. Suddenly we’re not leaves in the wind; we’re trees planted by streams of living water, roots deep, branches steady, bearing fruit that nourishes others.

This is what it looks like to care for the human soul of our neighbor … refusing to let the world’s chaos define our love. It means extending grace even when it’s unpopular, speaking truth even when it costs us “likes,” and choosing mercy over mockery. It means walking humbly with our God (Micah 6:8), eyes lifted, hearts soft, hands open to serve rather than score points.

And the beautiful promise? When our minds stay steadfast on Him, He keeps us in perfect peace (Isaiah 26:3). Not because the storms stop, but because we’ve learned to see them from His vantage point … temporary, passing, already under His feet.

So today I’m choosing again … no more distraction-driven side-switching. No more building on the shifting sand of the moment. Just steady, prayerful steps along God’s path … leaving every place I touch a little more like heaven because His love shone through me. Will you join me? Not in a new “team,” but in the ancient, beautiful resolve to put Him first and let everything else flow from there.

The world doesn’t need more loud opinions. It needs more steady lights … souls anchored in the One who never changes. Let’s be those lights, one faithful day at a time.

“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”
1 Corinthians 15:58

Unwavering with love,
Donna

@Brandenburg4Mi

If you haven't ever listened to it, listen to it now in light of the recent convictions and one sentencing.

Donna has always played it smartly, she's always tried to be on her toes, and here she puts the truth plainly and boldly demands answers.

https://youtu.be/dh-YOG2GA9E?si=noafQ7VhFni0_AL3

Spring is here; I don't care what the calendar or the weatherman says.

I spent hours outside in my garden, barefoot, with a tee shirt & sweatpants. That was enough to keep warm & make contact with the earth and sunlight. It was good.

Now I'm sore! Back, arms, fingertips tender from all the squatting, reaching, pulling, clipping, pruning motions I haven't done for months.

But the lamb's ear is cleaned up, the catnip sheared down, the new buds spotted and hoped for on my young tree and other bushes, and all of my panicle hydrangeas in the ground have been pruned for the first time (and all cuts--hopefully all-- sealed to keep out the borers). That's...let's just say that's a lot of bushes. 😆

Some of them were planted almost 3yrs ago, some last year. But they all had "issues" after this winter, and/or their early days before I got them. I'm learning to make decisions as to where to cut to get their forms growing as I would like them to grow.

As this is my first time with that focus, I learned that each one has its own instincts and desires. I can guess at the history which lead to where they are now. Some of them didn't get a good effort, I'm guessing, in previous pruning and care. I can remember what they looked with leaves and blooms, and now with their skeletal forms all bare, I can see, I think, what they need to grow better moving forward, and I tried to help them along today. I look forward to seeing the results over the next few months....

People are similar, if you think about it. Some things are, naturally, genetic. Some things are nurtured (or not). Sometimes the outside world causes us damage we could never have avoided, and then we just try to grow around the damage. We try to go in the direction which leads to survival.

Some things, and people, bear scars. You can say, "Something bad must have happened in their childhood", and you might be right. What can you do to help heal that scar?

One must always work with our knowledge of nature, but recognize that "Nature's God" knows far more than we do. We can only do so much, but we can try to help someone in need.

I like taking on plants that need help. I've learned how to nurture them. I know they can look and feel so much healthier with a little effort on my part, a little help from nature, and a little time. Then I get to watch. It brings me joy, and they give back, in their own way. It's addictive.

Some people are good at helping plants. Some with animals. Some with people. Donna is so very knowledgeable about horses. I could talk with her all day about horses and dogs and plants. She is very good at helping people, too. She is a generally happy person, don't you think? Perhaps it's from the joy she finds in all the helping.

Who or what are you helping?

What comes to mind when I reflect on our entire globalist structure and conversation is about the deep spiritual fracture is the root … the love of money as the compromising vector

The systems built on greed, the observable "takedown" moves in policy and justice, and personal battles we have all fought makes it evident .. the profound sense of alignment between the unseen war and the visible shake-ups.

I’m not buying anything I see or hear right now because, just like in politics, the propaganda is usually 2 wings on the same bird.

I ask the question why?

They changed from racial and gender division focus to … who do you follow or what team are you on … to which country is in the right.

There is a whole underlying structure that no one is mentioning.

First people are not being differentiated from the usurping parasitic globalist mindset based in the culture of greed - material worship over God and people.

Second it’s not as centralized as we are lead to believe.

The largest failure point is the spiritual fracture of individuals as we wrestle with the spiritual fight between good and evil.
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Every global structure is the result of an individual spiritual fracture. They wouldn’t exist without people who are complicit engaging in self gain.

Policies are the result in trying to control the situation and they can become their own problem.

So let’s look at a switch in policies and go down through the levels being coveted up by the propaganda.

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