War Room’s Steve Bannon talked with J6ers at CPAC 2025 on Friday. The men shared their experiences during incarceration, including being put in solitary confinement for days at a time.

“Why did you go down and sue the DOJ?” Bannon asked.

“My name is Brian Mugg. I’m one of the original 45 Jan 6ers that got thrown in the gulag down here back in ’21 ’22. Tortured by our government,” Mugg said.

“When you say you were tortured, give us some details. What do you mean tortured?” Bannon asked.

“They literally deprived us of every single Constitutional right that we have. I was defending myself against the government and all I had to do that with was a pen, a piece of paper and a pocket Constitution,” Mugg said.

“When I demanded my discovery, they sprayed me, they beat me, and they threw me into solitary confinement for over 100 days straight,” Mugg said.

“They deprived us of food, they deprived us of water for punitive reasons for up to 3 days at a time they shut down water in cells,” Mugg continued.

“Tell me what solitary confinement is and how it works on you psychologically?” Bannon asked.

“Solitary confinement, anything over 15 days by international standards, is considered torture,” Mugg said.

“They put you in a cell where you have five steps that you can take. Think about living in your bathroom without the ability to shower. You never see a person. Your little slot in the door opens up on occasion and some crappy food comes through,” Mugg said.

“You try not to think about your kids, you try not to think about the girlfriend that left you, you try not to think about your house being lost, your job gone, your reputation,” Mugg continued.

“Through that process you start to go insane. There is absolutely nobody on this planet that can sit and take solitary confinement,” Mugg said.

“If you don’t have God in those moments, you will go insane,” Mugg said.

He explained that when given an opportunity for a plea deal, he turned it down and refused to compromise with the corrupt DOJ under Biden.

“When they offered me 30 to 36 months and begged me, my lawyer begged me to take a plea deal, I fired him. I turned it down, they hit me with a superseding indictment,” Mugg said.

“This was solely to do one thing, to get you to rat out Donald Trump, correct? If you had done that, you walked out,” Bannon said.

“They will use any American, they will destroy them to try to get to Trump,” Bannon said.

Watch:

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JD Vance was the overwhelming favorite for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual straw poll on Saturday.

Vance won the vote with a 61 percent majority.

War Room host and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon came in second with 12 percent of the vote. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was third with seven percent.

The Hill reports:

Sixty-one percent of CPAC’s 1,022 attendees said they would support Vance as the future GOP standard bearer. Twelve percent said they would support Trump’s former adviser and right-wing media personality Steve Bannon, while seven percent said the same about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s UN ambassador nominee Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) each received three percent support. Donald Trump Jr., Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy, who is expected to launch a gubernatorial bid in Ohio next week, all got two percent support.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders (R), Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R ), Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Trump’s former GOP presidential primary rival Nikki Haley all received one percent support. Four percent said they were undecided.

The poll was given to CPAC’s 1,022 attendees.

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In the classic novel The Leopard (Italian Il Gattopardo) writer and minor Sicilian Prince Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa chronicles life and society during the unification of Italy. Lampedusa left us this memorable quote: ‘If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change’.

This seems to apply to Sunday’s German election.

After the collapse of dysfunctional and deeply unpopular coalition led by Olaf Scholz, a snap election was called, against the background or the surging of the right-wingers from AfD party.

But voters wanting to reshape the country’s political landscape are set to become frustrated by the usual dirty tricks by the German liberal-Globalist political establishment.

MSM proclaims that the man to become the next German chancellor is Friedrich Merz, leader of the ‘center-right’ Christian Democratic Union party – a Globalist political player if there ever was one.

Watch: Merz during the COVID ‘pandemic’, trying to enforce the deadly shots on everyone.

Reminder: The likely new chancellor of Germany is a globalist deep state enforcer.

He wanted to enforce vaccinations for everyone! pic.twitter.com/ZanboaeRLf

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) February 22, 2025

Some Polls are showing Merz’s CDU in the lead with 28% support.

CBS News reported:

“But it’s the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany party that has caught the attention of many analysts ahead of this election. The AfD has surged in popularity and is currently polling second, expected to take about 21% of the vote, while the liberal Social Democratic Party (SPD) is polling at 16%, and the Greens at 14%.”

Since no party will have majority of the seats in the Bundestag, a coalition will have to be formed.
And that’s where the Globalists rig the game.

So, in an election where the voters’ main political impulse is to reject Scholz’s SPD and the detestable Greens, it’s becoming clear that, because he is ‘not allowed’ to ally with the AfD, Merz will attempt to form a coalition the exact same forces that voters have repelled – a move that AfD’s Alice Weidel has called election fraud.

Read: German Mainstream ‘Conservative’ and USAID-Media Darling Friedrich Merz Plays Tough to His Globalist Audience, Threatens Musk for Supporting AfD on February 23rd Election

“Despite their swelling popularity, all the mainstream German parties, including Merz’s CDU, have categorically ruled out forming a coalition with the AfD — which President Trump’s advisor Elon Musk has backed in the elections — citing the party’s links to far-right extremism. That exclusion means it is virtually certain that the AfD will not be part of the next government.”

Merz says he will revitalize Germany’s stagnating economy, lower taxes and tighten immigration policies. Talk is cheap.

Besides shilling for Big-pharma, Merz is also an ardent Ukraine fan – another Globalist obligatory trait – so we know he will try to get the war going.

Read more:

German AfD’s Weidel in Fiery Exchange With BILD: Merz Refusing AfD Alliance for Greens Is ‘Voter Fraud’ – Wants To Have Good Relations With Russia – Mass Deportation of Illegals

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Texas DPS stopped a tractor-trailer for a traffic violation on South Zapata Highway in Laredo.

After the truck pulled over, numerous passengers, along with the driver, ran away into the brush. DPS K9 unit went on a 2.6 mile search along with support from other agencies to track and capture 7 illegal aliens and the smuggler who was driving.

All 7 illegals who were from Mexico and Guatemala, were handed over to the Border Patrol. The smuggler, Junior Adalid Montoya-Alvarez, was arrested for human smuggling. He was originally from Honduras but was legally in the United States according to the DPS. He was also wanted in Harris County for sexual assault.

Watch:

TXDPS Arrests Fugitive from Harris Co. for Human Smuggling

2/12/25: While working Operation Lone Star in Laredo, a @TxDPS Trooper stopped a 2011 International truck tractor for a traffic violation on South Zapata Highway and Riverhill Loop.

Once the vehicle came to a stop,… pic.twitter.com/VnqcwzyMGd

— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) February 21, 2025

Texas DPS has been very successful using their Brush Team to capture illegal aliens trying to evade law enforcement.

TGP reported earlier this week of the DPS arresting 4 illegals after crossing the Rio Grande in Hidalgo County.

Watch:

2/14/25: The @TxDPS Brush Team in the #RGV, as part of an anti-smuggling operation with #USBP, apprehended 4 illegal immigrants from Guatemala & Mexico attempting to avoid capture after illegally crossing the Rio Grande. The 4 were turned over to Border Patrol for federal… pic.twitter.com/c9ISmaWwi4

— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) February 15, 2025

The Border Patrol recently deputized over 300 Texas National Guard soldiers to help them keep the border secure. Under President Trump’s leadership, the United States Government is working with the State level to increase protections for the nation.

Watch:

Last Friday, @USBPChief Mike Banks deputized over 300 Texas National Guard soldiers to assist Border Patrol to secure the southern border.

More Texas National Guard soldiers will be deputized in Eagle Pass and Laredo in the coming weeks.

More: https://t.co/bVMg3Y2F2P pic.twitter.com/LpMDp300zh

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 21, 2025

Rule of law is back.

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Iowa Republicans have advanced a bill that would make bringing children to drag shows a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine between $1,025 and $10,245.

House Study Bill 158 also states that businesses could be fined $10,000 for allowing minors to attend drag performances, including “story hours.”

Anyone over 18 who brings a minor to a drag show would be guilty of a class “D” felony. A parent or legal guardian bringing a child to a drag show may face civil action of $10,000 to $50,000 for each violation of the law.

Opponents of the bill argued that the language is too vague and could make it a crime for someone who identifies as “transgender” to speak in front of anyone under 18.

The bill defines a “drag show” as any performance where the performer “exhibits a gender identity that is different than the performer’s gender assigned at birth.” This will include clothing, makeup, or any “other gender signifiers.”

The law will apply to any performance where “The performer sings, lip-syncs, dances, reads, or otherwise performs before an audience for entertainment, whether or not performed for payment.”

Dozens of protesters gathered outside during the vote on Tuesday, with many chanting “trans rights” and “drag is not a crime.”

Republican Rep. Helena Hayes said the bill will be tweaked so children are not banned from genuine art performances.

“You cannot say that if we want to address the content of drag performances, that automatically makes us anti-trans,” Hayes said, according to a report from the Des Moines Register.

“This is not about banning drag shows for adults,” Oliver Bardwell, with Iowans For Freedom, said. “It’s not about stifling freedom of expression. It’s about keeping adult content where it belongs: With adults.”

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