Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist and host of War Room, was released from federal prison on Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
LET’S FUCKING GO!!!! pic.twitter.com/LOkm4HKYlQ
— Maureen Bannon (@maureen_bannon) October 29, 2024
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Following his release, Bannon immediately returned to his media platform, directing a warning at former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and what he called her “progressive insanity,” which he claims the Republican Party is poised to end in the upcoming election.
“The four months in federal prison not only didn’t break me, it empowered me,” Bannon said in a statement. “I am more energized and more focused than I’ve ever been in my entire life.”
Bannon’s prison sentence stemmed from his defiance of a subpoena from the House committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021.
The committee, which Bannon and his supporters have criticized as partisan, was composed of members chosen by then-Speaker Pelosi.
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Bannon had declined to provide documents and testimony, citing executive privilege, which led to his contempt of Congress conviction in October 2022.
Addressing Pelosi directly, Bannon said, “Nancy Pelosi sent me to a federal prison… she wanted to break me.” He continued, “Nancy Pelosi, take out your number two pencil and write this down: We’re gonna deliver a knockout blow to your progressive insanity on November 5th.”
Bannon’s early-morning release marked his swift return to his political commentary role, where he assured his audience that his time behind bars had only increased his commitment to conservative causes. “The four months in federal prison not only didn’t break me, it empowered me,” he reiterated, adding, “I can see clearly, just like in 2016 and in 2020, exactly what’s going on here and what we have to do to defeat it.”
Bannon also referenced recent rhetoric used by Democrats against Trump supporters, whom he claimed are being disparaged as “fascists.”
He pointed to the high-energy Trump rally held last week at Madison Square Garden, saying that such events reveal the enthusiasm of conservative Americans, which he argued is unmatched by the current Democratic base.
“Calling this audience… calling you ‘fascists,’ saying that amazing rally in Madison Square Garden could never be pulled off by Kamala Harris or the Democrats,” Bannon said. “I can tell you, coming from a federal prison, that young men in this country who are African-American and Hispanic — they detest Kamala Harris.”
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“Nancy Pelosi sent me to a federal prison… she wanted to break me.”
“Nancy Pelosi, take out your number two pencil and write this down… We’re gonna… pic.twitter.com/Jz9bsNBieV
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 29, 2024
Bannon has consistently portrayed himself as a voice for conservatives who feel overlooked by mainstream media and government institutions.
His War Room podcast has been a platform for his analysis of issues such as government overreach, economic policies, and what he calls the “establishment’s” efforts to suppress conservative voices.
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Before turning himself in for his prison term, Bannon had publicly criticized the U.S. Justice Department, describing his imprisonment as a political maneuver designed to silence both him and his supporters.
Since his release, he has maintained that his sentence only strengthened his resolve, concluding, “They empowered me.”
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Right on! Right on!
Is this of interest ? Jim
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Harvard professors … advised pushing a “militant democracy” to ensure an “authoritarian figure” like former President … [to] restrict or outlaw speech against “antidemocratic forces.
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THE ULTIMATE HYPOCRISY
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The ultimate hypocrisy: The U.S. government that claims they can use the [illegal] Standing Military with lethal force to suppress dissident demonstrations to protect the continuity of the — lawful – government.
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The Oath of Office to which each bureaucrat has sworn to support, and authorizes their jurisdiction, contains the provision that the existing government does not have the power of a Standing Military. The lawful military power is vested in the militia of each independent State and must be activated by Congress to become a national body for two years. After activation by Congress, the Officers, as Commanders of the authorized military, are to be appointed by the States. [These provisions have been abrogated since 1947.] Ref: Art I, Sec 8, clauses 12-16.
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The Standing Army has been continuously used since 1947 to initiate war-mongering for the economic benefit of the MIC and financial entities using the IMF and NATO. Economic benefits, and U.S. supplies and troops, for Ukraine and Israel are for the same purpose. Those actions now threaten nuclear WW III.
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The authority operating in D.C. does not have Constitutional authority to order or authorize a Standing Military to any action.
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Is a military officer, who has not been lawfully appointed, illegally impersonating a government official ?
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The United States has been founded on the basic principles that the occasion to question and discuss any action of government that offends the public or may constitute a nefarious act shall not be suppressed nor result in discomfort or harm to the source.
Such protection is called Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press as enunciated in the First Amendment. As Amaryllis Kennedy pointed out in the Tucker Carlson interview: The govt sure hates exposure of their oppression.