<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Ben Hart Letter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ben Hart's advertising and marketing campaigns have generated more than $1 Billion for his clients. Ben writes about politics, entrepreneurship, investing, health, fitness, and philosophy of life.]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5J6j!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde40b5a1-05ce-41cd-a82e-e9f7a184dfb3_720x720.png</url><title>The Ben Hart Letter</title><link>https://www.benhartletter.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:31:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.benhartletter.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[benhartletter@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[benhartletter@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[benhartletter@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[benhartletter@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[My Facebook Account Was Disabled!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com/p/my-facebook-account-was-disabled</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.benhartletter.com/p/my-facebook-account-was-disabled</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:19:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0ed15cbd-3d16-40fc-9201-c3010769efd9_1440x1080.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Dear Friends,</strong></p><p>Welp, my Facebook account was disabled about a week ago.  No reason was given, other than I somehow violated &#8220;community guidelines.&#8221;<br><br>Facebook would not tell me which guideline I broke.<br><br>The good news is I&#8217;ve been able to start a new Facebook account.  Don&#8217;t know if FB will delete that once they get wind of it.  But be sure to &#8220;Friend&#8221; or &#8220;Follow&#8221; me here on FB now:  <strong>facebook.com/BenHartFreedom</strong></p><p>You can also follow me my on X at: <strong>x.com/BenHart_Freedom</strong><br>And my YouTube channel is here: <strong>www.youtube.com/@benhartcommentaries</strong></p><p>I have a feeling the reason for the ban from FB was a meme I posted of Iranians throwing the cardboard cutout of the new Supreme Leader off a roof after it was reported that he might be gay.  It was obviously a joke.  But this joke probably ticked off an LGBTQer at FB, who then pushed a button and deleted my account.  </p><p>So I instantly lost my 10,000 friends and followers.</p><p>Also destroyed were 15 years of priceless photos and videos &#8212; including of my kids when they were young, etc. Hopefully, I can find these photos and videos on old hard drives. I was using Facebook partly and a photo and video archive.<br><br>And they gave me no way to appeal the ban.  They said the ban was permanent.</p><p>Hopefully, they don&#8217;t ban the new account.  I think it should be illegal to ban someone from the world biggest social media platform without at least giving a reason.</p><p>Facebook is similar to the modern telephone.  Everyone is on Facebook.  To ban someone from Facebook is effectively to ban the person from society.</p><p>People cannot be banned from using the phone for making LGBTQ jokes.  </p><p>Or it&#8217;s like debanking someone for their political opinions. Of course, Donald Trump was debanked from all the major American banks after the 2020 Election.</p><p>Banking is a service people need.</p><p>Hopefully, he wins his multibillion-dollar lawsuits against these banks.</p><p>My friend of 40+ years <strong>Dinesh D&#8217;Souza</strong> was debanked for his political opinions.</p><p>This is like denying someone medical care or electricity because of their political opinions.</p><p>So make sure your store all your valued photos and videos on a hard drive.  Do not rely on any social media platform to keep your priceless photos and videos safe.</p><p>After Trump&#8217;s election in 20204, Zuckerberg had said Facebook was becoming committed to free speech. This turns out not to be the case.</p><p>This is one reason I launched this Substack newsletter, so that I can contact at least my core group of friends and followers if I get banned from a platform.</p><p>I had a feeling something like this would happen eventually.</p><p>Meanwhile, I have put up a couple of new video productions on YouTube.  Here&#8217;s the latest that went up over the weekend.</p><div id="youtube2-JfOLkfybyts" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;JfOLkfybyts&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JfOLkfybyts?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>And here&#8217;s one that went up about a week ago . . .</p><div id="youtube2-Nr795u6qoX0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Nr795u6qoX0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Nr795u6qoX0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>That&#8217;s all I have for now.</p><p>Love,<br>Ben<br><br></p><p><br><br></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Trump is Crushing It On Iran]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had to put out this video to counter the PROPAGANDA NEWS.]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com/p/president-trump-is-crushing-it-on</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.benhartletter.com/p/president-trump-is-crushing-it-on</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:14:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/90tu9Q5EJHc" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had to put out this video to counter the PROPAGANDA NEWS.</p><p>President Trump and his team are crushing it on Iran &#8212; in every possible way.</p><div id="youtube2-90tu9Q5EJHc" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;90tu9Q5EJHc&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/90tu9Q5EJHc?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Of course, the PROPAGANDA NEWS is doing all they can to rescue Iran&#8217;s imploding regime.</p><p>What President Trump is doing on Iran, plus what he did with Maduro, is remaking global politics.</p><p>Even Syria has come out against Iran . . . . and stands with the United States and Israel.</p><p>Syria used to be Iran&#8217;s #1 ally.</p><p>And the new President of Syria (who replaced Assad) used to be a fighter with ISIS!</p><p>But he stands with Trump against Iran. </p><p>What?!?!</p><p>President Trump has done the impossible: He has united the Arab world against Iran.</p><p>The Arab world is siding with President Trump over Iran because they want to be o the winning side, not the losing side.<br><br>This is called &#8220;peace through strength.&#8221;</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Self-Destruct on Iran]]></title><description><![CDATA[My apologies for not delivering this newsletter Sunday per usual.]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com/p/democrats-self-destruct-on-iran</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.benhartletter.com/p/democrats-self-destruct-on-iran</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:46:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/V1HaJ8ZUuR8" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My apologies for not delivering this newsletter Sunday per usual.</p><p>I was hard at work on this video &#8212; <strong>a full 58-minute documentary</strong> on the Iran war.</p><p>Democrats have chosen to side with with Iran's tyrants over the Iranian people and over America. Republicans gain 1,000,000 Iranian-American votes.</p><p>This is a topic I feel strongly about. I remember well when President Jimmy Carter pulled the rug out from under the pro-America Shah of Iran in 1979 and turned Iran over to these radical Islamic lunatics.</p><div id="youtube2-V1HaJ8ZUuR8" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;V1HaJ8ZUuR8&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/V1HaJ8ZUuR8?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h4>What Iran Was Like In The 1970s Under The Shah</h4><p>Iran was a modern, happening, pro-America country under the Shah. This video is less than two minutes.</p><div id="youtube2-Zc8nI-HX8nc" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Zc8nI-HX8nc&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Zc8nI-HX8nc?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h4>Democrats Root for Iran&#8217;s Murderous Tyrants To Defeat America</h4><p>This is a six-minute clip from the longer 58-minute documentary above. Democrats are not just rooting for Iran&#8217;s murderous regime; they are actively working to sabotage America. They are doing all they can to help Iran&#8217;s regime defeat America.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;aa1e0ea4-b3a4-4fcb-9491-e34b9a496162&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h4>Why U.S. Ground Forces Won&#8217;t Be Needed In Iran</h4><p>Here&#8217;s another clip from the documentary above. </p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;6af21bb2-d309-46b8-a5b2-c3398cda4596&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h4>Megyn Kelly Has Always Been a Fraud</h4><p><strong>Megyn Kelly</strong> has sided with the very-small <strong>Tucker Carlson</strong> wing, and has joined with the Democrats in opposing President Trump&#8217;s military action against Iran.</p><p>But Megyn Kelly is a FRAUD and has always been a fraud. Here she is a few years ago celebrating and promoting transgendered procedures on children.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;a35c74e6-4574-4632-85b7-744d6e1ae4c8&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>This is after she left FOX News for NBC and NBC was signing her paycheck.</p><p>She just chases the money.  Why anyone listens to what she has to say is a mystery to me.</p><h4>Today&#8217;s Democrat Party Has Become The Party of the Mentally Ill</h4><p>This  Dem voter hopes our troops &#8220;never make it home.&#8221;</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;c54ee1e2-ca2c-4075-acc9-1d4ecf6ab773&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>You can tell immediately she&#8217;s a Democrat voter because of her nose ring.  The Democrat Party has become the Party of the mentally ill.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ben Hart Letter: Special Iran Edition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Trump's Action on Iran is a Perfect Example of "The Trump Doctrine"]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-special-iran</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-special-iran</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:30:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/NLITQufO2gs" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Why Trump's Action on Iran is a Perfect Example of "The Trump Doctrine" </h3><p>I made this video in June of last year, after Trump's first bombing of Iran.  Every second of this video applies to now, even more so.</p><div id="youtube2-NLITQufO2gs" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;NLITQufO2gs&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NLITQufO2gs?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Subscribe to my YouTube channel if you have not done so.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-special-iran?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-special-iran?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><h4>Trump Liberates 45 Million Females In Iran. Democrats Furious.</h4><p>President Trump has done more to liberate women than any Democrat.  But Democrat females protest his liberation of women in Iran.  Democrats hate Trump more than they hate a regime that kills women for showing their hair.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;6c80dfee-e246-4d41-a6c9-06219c2d1474&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h4>Americans Overwhelmingly Support Trump on Iran</h4><p>A poll by Insider Advantage shows the American people overwhelmingly support President Trump on Iran with 54% supporting, 37% opposing the strikes. and 9% undecided. </p><p>Support from Republican voters is at 79%  with Independent voters approving by a five point margin. Democrat approval was at 32%. Younger age groups showed large approval levels at 55% . Older voters approved by a narrower 49%-42% margin.</p><h4>Democrat Senate Leader Chuck Schumer Was Attacking President Trump For Not Being Tough Enough on Iran</h4><p>Democrats attack President Trump no matter what he does. Here is Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attacking President Trump last June as not being tough enough on Iran. Schumer cut this video before Trump&#8217;s first attack on Iran, mocking Trump as TACO &#8212; which means Trump Always Chickens Out.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;1fcd79b7-8a7e-4c33-8ec6-69100ca27d64&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h4>Democrats Cornered Politically on Iran</h4><p>Democrats oppose Trump reflexively no matter what he does. But the Iran strikes are popular. Democrats are in full panic. Brit Hume lays out the situation.  </p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;f00428b7-21e9-4f7a-a4f1-09d58f0d27ed&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h4>Democrats Did Not Complain When Obama and Biden Took Military Action Without Congressional Approval</h4><p>Democrats are now screaming for &#8220;Impeachment&#8221; over Trump taking action on Iran without Congressional approval.</p><p>But Obama launched airstrikes in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, Philippines, Mali, and Niger, all without advance Congressional approval.</p><p>Biden ordered repeated strikes in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Somalia without advance Congressional approval.</p><h4>It Appears Trump Did Brief Congressional Leaders on Iran Before the Strikes</h4><p>Here&#8217;s Schumer on January 24th:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;5fb31126-ed50-41f0-a491-77594be7637d&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>So Congressional leaders were well aware of the possibility during the weeks leading up to the strikes on Iran.</p><p>We obviously cannot have an open public debate in Congress in advance of military strikes. This would remove the element of surprise.  No successful military action could be achieved.</p><h4>The President Has the Authority to Engage in Military Action Without Congressional Approval</h4><p>Libertarians are wrong about a Congressional Declaration of War being required by the Constitution for military action.</p><p>Congress has issued a formal Declaration of War only 11 times in America&#8217;s history. We have no had a formal Declaration of War since World War Two.</p><p>Congress can issue a Declaration of War, has the option to do so.  But it&#8217;s obviously not required.  The President is the Commander in Chief and is the decider on foreign policy and the defense of the nation.  The President needs a free hand so he can respond immediately to threats. This is just common sense; and the Supreme Court has affirmed this.</p><h4>Iran In the 1970s . . . Before Jimmy Carter Handed Iran Over To the Lunatics in 1979</h4><p>Here was Iran in the 1970s under the Shah before Jimmy Carter pulled the rug out from under the Shah and turned the country over to the radical Islamists.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;fa3c9c6a-9107-4d86-bbe9-3e53c6b2dc8c&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Carter complained about human rights violations under the Shah because he put the radical Islamists in prison.<br><br>Iran with a vibrant, prosperous, happening place with night clubs under the Shah.  It was a modern civilized country.  Iran can be this again.</p><h4>Iranians worldwide are doing the Trump dance, playing the YMCA song, and celebrating Trump&#8217;s actions in Iran.</h4><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;2332bb45-2c18-44be-9da8-72139f12190b&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Thanks to Trump, Iran now has a chance to be a free, prosperous, and civilized country again -- like it was in the 1970s before Jimmy Carter undermined the Shah and turned Iran over to the lunatics in 1979.</p><h4>Iranians in Los Angeles Pour Into Streets to Celebrate President Trump</h4><p>Fake News CNN is SHOCKED, STUNNED, and DUMFOUNDED that Iranians in Los Angeles are pouring into the streets to cheer President Trump&#8217;s action in Iran.  </p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>It&#8217;s impossible despise the legacy media enough.</p><p>Iran&#8217;s radical Islamic regime . . .</p><ul><li><p>executes women for showing their hair;</p></li><li><p>throws gays off the top of buildings to their death or hangs them from cranes for all to see;</p></li><li><p>has more than 100 children on death row;</p></li><li><p>stones women to death simply for being accused of adultery (no proof needed).</p></li></ul><p> Iran&#8217;s regime slaughtered or executed more than 38,000 pro-freedom protesters over the last few weeks.</p><p>Iran&#8217;s radical Islamic regime has been the Number One spreader of terrorism in the world and has killed hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans.</p><p>But the NYT prints an overall positive obituary on the Ayatollah, who really was no better than Hitler.</p><h4>This Iranian Protester, Tayyebeh Seraji, Faces Execution Next Week </h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qA0m!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F646ea6d5-0336-4edc-bdac-3948428a3b29_1153x1611.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qA0m!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F646ea6d5-0336-4edc-bdac-3948428a3b29_1153x1611.png 424w, 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I&#8217;ve seen no coverage of her by the legacy media. I only know about her from the Israeli press.</p><p>Iran has slaughtered or executed at least 38,000 pro-freedom protesters in the past few weeks. These are just the ones we know about. There&#8217;s been an internet blackout, so the real number is probably much higher.</p><h4>The 72 Virgins Probably Not Super Thrilled About His Arrival</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnmh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a004388-b6c8-4231-927f-fce1d8de8b96_1221x1609.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mnmh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7a004388-b6c8-4231-927f-fce1d8de8b96_1221x1609.png 424w, 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.]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-22</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-22</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:11:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6m_J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1afcb4b-e54e-4509-b5f7-3f02566b8c08_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>In This Issue . . .</h4><ul><li><p><strong>COMPARING TWO OLYMPIANS: Patriot Alysa Liu vs Traitor Eileen Gu</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Supreme Court Ruling Will Have Almost No Impact on Trump&#8217;s Tariffs.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>One of The Funniest Things I&#8217;ve Seen In Years.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Chicago Bears Leaving Chicago for Red State Indiana (</strong>because Illinois sucks under Dem rule).</p></li><li><p><strong>This LGBTQ Person Has Some Advice For Amber Glenn and Other Woke American Athletes.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>AOC Makes Fool of Herself on International Stage.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>This Canadian Citizen Voted in California for Donald Trump in 2024 To Prove How Fraudulent Elections Are In California.</strong></p></li></ul><h3>COMPARING TWO OLYMPIANS:  Alysa Liu vs  Eileen Gu</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6m_J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb1afcb4b-e54e-4509-b5f7-3f02566b8c08_1280x720.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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He just wanted to be free.<br><br>Decades later, his daughter Alysa Liu became the face of the USA at the Olympics. She won a gold medal.<br><br>What the media is not telling you is China has been targeting her and her father for years.<br><br>China was worried she or her father might say something negative about Communist China.<br><br>China wanted her to renounce the USA and compete for China. But she wanted to compete for the USA. <br><br>China's regime stalked them.  The FBI had to give them security 24/7 so she could compete. <br><br>She walked away from the sport for two years, and then came back.<br><br>She is the first American female to win an individual gold in this event in 24 years.<br><br>She wasn't just skating for a medal; she was skating for freedom.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kyxm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c673c8-b1ab-4c36-8315-1d365eb70372_1195x919.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kyxm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c673c8-b1ab-4c36-8315-1d365eb70372_1195x919.png 424w, 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China harvests the organs of its political prisoners.<br><br>Eileen Gu competing for Communist China is like if Jesse Owens had decided to compete in the Olympics for Hitler instead of the United States.<br><br>Do you think Jesse Owens would have competed for Hitler if Hitler had paid him a lot of money?<br><br>Of course not.<br><br>Jesse Owens was a patriot. And so is Alysa Liu. <br><br>But Eileen Gu decided to become a propagandist for Communist China . . . for money.</p><p>Media hailing this freestyle skier's answer to this question.  A much better question would have been: "Why did you betray your country . . .for money?"</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;d0801d62-af4e-45f2-ad08-9f448b88b9ce&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>So she is far worse than a wokester like <strong>Amber Glenn</strong>, who at least competed for the USA, did not compete for an adversary of America.<br><br>Eileen Gu should be stripped of her U.S. citizenship.  She can live in China. This is probably not possible to do legally. We should have stronger citizenship laws that allow for this. </p><h3>Supreme Court Ruling Will Have Almost No Impact on Trump&#8217;s Tariffs</h3><p>Contrary to the way this has been covered by the media, the Supreme Court ruling against some of President Trump&#8217;s tariffs will actually have almost no impact on Trump's tariffs.  </p><p>The Supreme Court ruled that Trump cannot use the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 to raise revenue.  This currently affects about 60% of Trump's tariffs.<br><br>All Trump has to do to impose almost exactly the same tariffs is cite the proper legal authority, such as:<br><br><strong>1) Section 301</strong> of the Trade Act of 1974 (to address unfair trade practices).<br><br><strong>2) Section 232</strong> of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (to address national security concerns).<br><br><strong>3) Section 122</strong> of the Trade Act of 1974 (to address trade deficits).</p><p>Here is Trump&#8217;s Treasury Secretary <strong>Scott Bessent</strong> on the ruling, who is probably the smartest Treasury Secretary America has had since <strong>Alexander Hamilton</strong>:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;9a1163e8-b405-48f4-9b97-c3b93d01b72b&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>And here&#8217;s what President Trump&#8217;s Domestic Policy Advisor <strong>Stephen Miller</strong> had to say:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;d0eb2d80-e20e-4fb4-8ff9-20efcb07f2f2&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>I was wondering why Trump and his team did not impose his tariffs under these other statutes in the first place.  Turns out, and predictably, it was more 5D chess strategy by Trump and his team.</p><p>Trump didn't use these Acts first because it would have taken an approximately a year to get them into force. So he used the IEEPA to get the ball rolling immediately. And now that they are enacted, he can switch to the these other Acts and keep his tariffs enforced without waiting.</p><p>No need to watch CNBC, just follow my posts on social media to find out what&#8217;s actually happening.</p><h3>One of The Funniest Things I&#8217;ve Seen In Years</h3><p>Joe Biden gave this man a Presidential &#8220;Lifetime Achievement Award.&#8221;  But this man doesn&#8217;t want Biden&#8217;s name on it.  So he asks Trump to CROSS OFF Biden&#8217;s name and for Trump to sign his award instead.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;e4e207d6-ad70-4208-88f1-1dc7376e9fb3&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h3>Chicago Bears Leaving Chicago for Red State Indiana</h3><p>The Chicago Bears are moving to the Red State of Indiana because Illinois just sucks under Dem rule.  The original understanding was that they would still be the "Chicago Bears," but this appears no longer to be the case.  They might now become the &#8220;Indiana Bears&#8221;  (or something).  </p><p>We&#8217;ll see if there&#8217;s a name change.</p><p>It&#8217;s fun to listen to the woke Chicago Mayor <strong>Brandon Johnson</strong> try to explain this. He&#8217;s way worse than even the previous Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who was way worse than the mayor before her Rahm Emanuel (who at least has some grip on reality).</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;c4a976da-b5db-4b8b-88a8-abb4f24b5292&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h3>This LGBTQ Person Has Some Advice For Amber Glenn and Woke American Athletes</h3><p>This LGBTQ person says Amber Glenn's flameout in the Olympics (13th place) was a cautionary tale for those who put their identity politics and wokeness ahead of the task at hand.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;5827129d-2bd4-4dce-a4a9-faa12af720ed&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Amber Glenn was more focused on trashing America, her LGBTQ identity, and wokeness than on her Olympic performance.<br><br>Amber Glenn boasted that she&#8217;s &#8220;a Woke Bit*h.&#8221;</p><p>But Karma can be an even tougher Bit*h.</p><h3>AOC Makes Fool of Herself on International Stage</h3><p>The radical Left Congresswoman from New York <strong>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</strong> (AOC), thought to be a top contender from the Democrat Presidential nomination, traveled to Munich to participate in a foreign police conference. She thought she would display her mastery of foreign policy on the world stage. </p><p>Here&#8217;s what happened when she was asked what the U.S. response should be if China invades Taiwan:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;087abd0d-eaa4-4975-b905-bdf07448bab5&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>This was actually a very easy question to answer.  All AOC had to say is: "It's hard to imagine China's government doing something so self-destructive.  I would not want to say anything more beyond that."</p><p>This would have been hailed as a brilliant answer.</p><p>And here&#8217;s AOC displaying her ignorance when she attempted to dunk on Secretary of State Marco Rubio&#8217;s historic speech, where Rubio articulates the Trump Doctrine on foreign policy.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;17c37adc-8bcd-451c-9378-a444c5e09af4&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>AOC seems unaware that all of Latin America&#8217;s language and culture comes from Spain . . . and Portugal for Brazil. </p><p>AOC became a worldwide laughingstock with her performance in Munich. </p><p>Funniest about this is how arrogant AOC is with her ignorance and stupidity.</p><p>Imagine being in Congress for eight years and not bothering to learn anything about policy.</p><p>AOC is the product of American education, which is purposefully designed to keep people dumb and ignorant, required for control.<br><br>The longer people remain in America&#8217;s education system, the dumber they become -- by design.</p><h3>This Canadian Citizen Voted in California for Donald Trump in 2024 To Prove How Fraudulent Elections Are In California</h3><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;db02d1f3-0274-4b1d-b139-a9af2dbda881&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>You can also follow my material here on <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ben.hart.1042">Facebook</a></strong>, <strong><a href="https://x.com/BenHart_Freedom">X</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@benhartcommentaries">YouTube</a></strong>.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ben Hart Letter - February 15]]></title><description><![CDATA[In This Week&#8217;s Issue .]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-15-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-15-2026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:27:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!th_U!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F738420e5-1783-422a-b085-c7b8dd14157d_1395x1625.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>In This Week&#8217;s Issue . . .</h4><ul><li><p>Trump&#8217;s Economic Policies Are Working</p></li><li><p>ABC News Admits Trump Reported Epstein to Palm Beach Police in 2006 and Blew The Whistle on Epstein</p></li><li><p>EPSTEIN &amp; CANNIBALISM?</p></li><li><p>Here Is Yet Another Mass-Shooting by a Trans Teen</p></li><li><p>83% of Americans want a Photo ID Requirement to vote</p></li><li><p>There&#8217;s Only One Reason to Oppose a Photo ID Requirement to Vote</p></li><li><p>ICE has arrested more than 12,000 illegal migrants so far in Minnesota</p></li><li><p>CNN POLL: 58% of Americans say today&#8217;s Dem Party is &#8220;Too Liberal&#8221;</p></li><li><p>Kid Rock&#8217;s Amazing Halftime Performance at TPUSA&#8217;s All-America Super Bowl Half-Time Show</p></li><li><p>&#8220;Bad Bunny&#8221; Causes Record Number of Viewers to Tune Out of Super Bowl</p></li></ul><h3>Trump&#8217;s Economic Policies Are Working</h3><p>Welp, turns out Trump was right again.</p><p>During Trump&#8217;s first year as President, native-born employment increased by 840,000 while the number of foreign-born workers employed fell 97,000</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!th_U!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F738420e5-1783-422a-b085-c7b8dd14157d_1395x1625.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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It turns out that when you deport 500,000 people and 2 million more voluntarily go home, Americans line up for the jobs they were doing, and companies have to pay them more because of the labor shortage!</p><p>Democrats have always been the party of slave labor, including in slavery days.</p><p>Yet, miraculously, the inflation rate has also been coming down under Trump. This is due largely to cheaper energy, made possible by President Trump&#8217;s pro-energy production policies -- also by Trump&#8217;s massive deregulation.  He has removed 100 regulations for each new regulation added. </p><p>Trump is also massively cutting the number of federal government workers.  Trump has slashed 300,000 federal jobs.</p><p>So he&#8217;s achieving these job gains even while slashing the size of the bloated federal workforce.  </p><p>These are private-sector job gains, not parasitic government jobs.</p><h3>ABC News Admits Trump Reported Epstein to Palm Beach Police in 2006 and Blew The Whistle on Epstein</h3><p>Send this to your liberal friends.</p><p>ABC News forced to admit that Trump reported Jeffrey Epstein to Palm Beach police in 2006, which kicked off the investigation that led to Epstein&#8217;s first conviction in 2008. </p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;9b6ebc6f-f6ce-4cd9-953f-98c464d025f6&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Trump also expelled Epstein from his Mar-a-Lao Club, first in 2003 (after an incident in the spa involving an 18-year-old employee); and then expelled Epstein permanently in 2007, when it came to Trump&#8217;s attention that Epstein was harassing an underage daughter of a club member.</p><p>Trump also described Ghislaine Maxwell to Palm Beach police in 2006 as Epstein&#8217;s evil &#8220;operative&#8221;.</p><p>In other words, it was Trump who exposed Epstein and reported Epstein to the Palm Beach police in 2006 -- which is why Epstein hated Trump and spent the rest of his life conspiring with Democrats to destroy Trump. Then Trump&#8217;s DOJ brought Epstein to justice in 2019.</p><p>Epstein has always been a Democrat scandal, not a Republican scandal.  And certainly not a Trump scandal.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.benhartletter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.benhartletter.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-15-2026?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-15-2026?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p></p><h3>New subscribers receive a FREE digital copy of my bestselling book . . 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talking about &#8220;ritualistic sacrifice,&#8221; dismemberment of babies, and consumption of human remains and feces. These come from summaries of a 2019 FBI interview with an anonymous individual who claims to have witnessed such acts on Epstein&#8217;s yacht around 2000.</p></li><li><p>Epstein Island and his ranch in New Mexico had dental chairs installed in bathrooms. What was the purpose of these dental chairs.</p></li><li><p>It took the FBI three weeks to get to Epstein&#8217;s Island after he was arrested. During these three weeks, a bulldozer was used (drone videos document this) to clean up the site. </p></li><li><p>The images of children coming out of the DOJ&#8217;s release of the 3,000,000 Epstein files are beyond disturbing, can&#8217;t be reproduced here on Substack&#8217;s platform, and certainly suggest child torture and murder.</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hBtp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F503172d5-96ba-4f66-9b48-5c37dab7556a_1485x1973.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hBtp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F503172d5-96ba-4f66-9b48-5c37dab7556a_1485x1973.png 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;73723402-fda9-41c9-9908-df4988894a0b&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Here&#8217;s what Republican Congressman Tim Burchett says about what he saw:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;763d05b3-f99f-4304-8e85-6136a220fb21&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>So far there has been no verified proof of cannibalism, just claims in FBI interviews and suggested language is email communications with Epstein.</p><p>Christopher Wray was Director and Maureen Comey, Jim Comey&#8217;s daughter, was overseeing the case out of SDNY.</p><p>Keep in mind that Trump called the Palm Beach police about Epstein in 2006, reporting what he witnessed of Epstein&#8217;s behavior at his club in Mar-a-Lago.  (Epstein was a member of Trump&#8217;s club).</p><p>Trump  called Maxwell Epstein&#8217;s &#8220;evil operative&#8221;  in his 2006 conversations with Palm Beach police.</p><p>Trump expelled Epstein from his club for an incident in the Spa area involving an 18 year old employee in 2003. </p><p>He expelled Epstein permanently from his club in 2006 or 2007 because Epstein was harassing an underage daughter of a club member.</p><p>All this led to Epstein&#8217;s first conviction in 2008.</p><p>Epstein spent the rest of his life conspiring with Democrats trying to take down Trump,</p><p>The Trump DOJ brought Epstein to justice in 2019.</p><p>Trump&#8217;s hands are clean on the Epstein matter.</p><p>If the Biden DOJ had had any dirt on Trump when it comes to Epstein, they would have used it on Trump.</p><p>If Ghislaine Maxwell had anything on Trump, she would have used it by now, would have made a deal with the Biden DOJ.</p><p>Virginia Giuffre, the primary witness we know about, testified under oath twice that Donald Trump did nothing wrong, always behaved like a complete gentleman. She said the same in her memoir.</p><p>Other female victims have said the same thing.</p><p>So why isn&#8217;t Trump emphasizing all this?</p><p>Because it would destroy America if the public knew the truth about how America&#8217;s Deep State and national security establishment really operate.</p><p>Epstein was in the blackmail and money-laundering business. He was an an operative for the CIA and Israeli Intelligence.</p><p>Epstein was the U.S. government -- or a key part of it and representative of how our government (and all Western governments) operate.</p><p>So I believe the reason Trump and Bondi have tried to  to keep a lid on the truth is it would show how dirty and evil the CIA and American Deep State really are.  </p><p>The CIA&#8217;s methods and operations would be exposed for the world to see. </p><p>And the legitimacy of America as any kind of moral force in the world would be over.</p><p>Trump is trying to rebuild America -- make America great. He wants America to be seen as the good guys, not as evil.  That&#8217;s why he doesn&#8217;t want the truth out about Epstein.</p><p>I am writing a longer, much more detailed piece on all this.</p><h3>We Saw Yet Another Mass-Shooting by Trans Teen This Past Week</h3><p>Yes, Demon possession is real.</p><p>Meet Jesse Van Rootselaar, the 18-year old TRANS shooter who shot and killed eight people this past week in British Columbia, Canada.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;e37ce2f1-03d9-450a-b05b-370f74e98cd7&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>He shot and killed his mom, Jennifer Jacobs, and his  stepbrother: Emmett Jacobs, age 11.  He then went on to the Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where he shot and killed five students and a teacher, plus wounded 25 others.</p><p>He then shot and killed himself.</p><p>Van Rootselaar was &#8220;born a biological male &#8230; who approximately six years ago began to transition to female, and identified as female.</p><p>Police had visited the family home on multiple occasions over the last several years due to concerns over Van Rootselaar&#8217;s mental health.  More than once, the troubled teen was taken into custody for assessment.</p><p>Today&#8217;s Dem Party and the Left have weaponized Demon possession, are encouraging our children to embrace Satan over God, evil instead of good. </p><p>Democrats have been teaching children as young as kindergarten that they can change their gender, and are encouraging children to do this. </p><p>Democrats are pumping children full of Hormone puberty blockers, promoting chemical castration on children, and literally promoting mental illness in children instead of getting them the help they need.</p><p>This is what happened to Jesse Van Rootselaar in Canada, where the entire country is run like California.  What the Left is doing (mainly through the schools) is transforming our children into human weapons, by design.</p><p>Here&#8217;s a partial list of trans and gender-confused killers over the past few years:</p><p><strong>1) Tyler Robison.</strong> Killer of Charlie Kirk. In a romantic relationship with Lance Twiggs, who is in the process of transitioning from male to female.</p><p><strong>2) Robin Westman,</strong> previously Robert Westman, shot up a Catholic school in Minneapolis, killing two young children &#8211; an 8 year old boy and a 10 year old boy.</p><p><strong>3) Thomas Matthew Crooks.</strong> Tried to kill President Trump. Identified as non-binary and as a &#8220;furry,&#8221; which is a gender-fluid fetish community.</p><p><strong>4) Audrey Hale,</strong> the trans killer who gunned down children at a Christian school in Nashville in March of 2023.  She killed three 9 year-old children and three adults.</p><p><strong>5) Anderson Lee Aldrich</strong>, used they/them pronouns, went my Mx Aldrich, called himself non-binary. On the night of November 19, 2022, entered a gay night club called the Q Club armed with an AR-15&#8211;style rifle loaded with a 60-round drum magazine. Killed 5 people, wounded 25 more. It appears he was angry about being rejected by the people there.</p><p><strong>6) Alec McKinney</strong> (born female with the name Maya, transitioned to male at the age of 15). At age 16, on May 17, 2019, entered the STEM School in Highlands Ranch Colorado, a suburb of Denver, with a romantic friend named Devon Erickson. Armed with four handguns and explosive devices, they killed one student, wounded 9 others. McKinney told investigators transphobic students were targeted.</p><p><strong>7) Snochia Moseley</strong>, a female to male trans shooter who murdered three colleagues in 2018 at a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Md. Moseley then shot himself, eliminating himself.</p><p><strong>8) Dylan Butler</strong>, a biological male, entered Perry High School in Perry, Iowa, and opened fire, killing one 6th grander and a school administrator.  Also wounded four other students.  </p><p>Screen shots from Dylan&#8217;s now-deleted social media accounts on TikTok, Discord, and Reddit) showed &#8220;he/they&#8221; pronouns, rainbow and transgender flag emojis, and a repost of graffiti saying &#8220;Love your trans kids.&#8221; </p><p>He also used the genderfluid hashtag and posted in r/trans on Reddit in 2021. It appears Dylan was considering transitioning to female, but worried about &#8220;looking ugly.&#8221;</p><p><strong>9) Natalie Rupnow</strong>. On December 16, 2024, Natalie Rupnow, then age 15, entered the Abundant Life Christian School, a private K-12 school in Madison, Wisconsin.  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She turned then turned the gun on herself.   </p><p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt from her manifesto: </p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Women are the only hope for the wretched world. But even women have been brainwashed by the moids for too long. They&#8217;ve internalized the patriarchy and turned on each other, always begging for male approval and validation. It&#8217;s disgusting. I realize the truth that men are irredeemable . . . They can&#8217;t be reformed or redeemed. They are a f***king scourge upon the earth. The only solution is to totally exterminate them and every foid who worships these f***king parasites. Every single male must be wiped out, from babies to the elderly. Only then can women be free to create a new world. I&#8217;ll be a pioneer. I&#8217;ll be the first to take the first step.. . I&#8217;ve been craving to kill them all.&#8221;</p></blockquote><p>Natalie had started using different pronouns, and asked to be called &#8220;Sam.&#8221;  She was getting &#8220;therapy&#8221; for gender identity issues.  Her father said she was starting to socially transition.  </p><p>And this list could go on and on. But it&#8217;s not just trans ideology Democrats are brainwashing America&#8217;s children with. </p><p>Democrats are using the schools to brainwash our children into  every form of evil and mental illness -- not just LGBTQ ideology, but also  abortion on demand up to the moment of birth, rejection of parents, rejection of God, hatred of America.</p><p>The destruction of America&#8217;s children by today&#8217;s Democrat Party is by design and on purpose.  This is a key part of their political strategy. Because they know if they can poison the hearts, minds, and souls of America&#8217;s children, they can destroy the country --  which is their goal.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.benhartletter.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.benhartletter.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-15-2026?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-15-2026?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><h3>83% of Americans want a Photo ID Requirement to vote</h3><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;d9f3e305-05d8-4beb-be62-4ff88145465a&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h3>There&#8217;s Only One Reason to Oppose a Photo ID Requirement to Vote</h3><p>Basically what Democrats are saying is that black people are not smart enough to know how to get a valid photo ID to vote.<br><br>How is it possible to be more racist than this?<br>Obviously, that&#8217;s nonsense. 73% of black Americans want a photo ID requirement to vote.<br><br>And if someone really is not smart enough to know how to obtain a  photo ID, I don&#8217;t want that person deciding who the President is anyway.<br><br>The only possible reason for opposing a Photo ID Requirement to vote is if the goal is massive Election Fraud -- which is obviously the goal. And it&#8217;s why the Biden Regime allowed 10 MILLION+ migrants to just pour into a America.<br><br>These are Democrat  voters.  Millions of illegal migrants plus no Photo ID Requirement to vote plus the mass-mail-in-ballot equals millions of illegal Democrat votes.</p><h4>Female rap star NICKI MINAJ is telling her 26 MILLION followers on X to contact their Senators to demand passage of the SAVE Act</h4><p>Minaj posted this on X: </p><blockquote><p>&#8220;Call your senators, then tweet <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/hashtag/saveact?__eep__=6%2F&amp;__cft__[0]=AZZIXXKF0mhLBkMVWWbQbvcalTVvsuqLNHreaazERztOsN6ON77exxAsRRTxPMuwHetHzAGoXOiSMJmdEXFOMu5VUiNWbyhbBs1wZjfSsSd9CpSO37zZ8mNnXRi2eCmRlaiTrfLqbGBST3Won3kkZRMBT2P2lbIN8S71J8kGO0r60-DS7WlStw9lt4S1WxSW2LV7rxd-5mwsu75QanlA-mv5&amp;__tn__=*NK-R">#SaveAct</a></strong> to let me know you did it. Here&#8217;s a little video as a bribe to get you to do it.  If you all do it, I&#8217;ll let you choose between a new look &amp; Spaces. The choice is yours.&#8221;  </p></blockquote><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;866902fc-20af-4110-948c-71de440f1ea5&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Photo IDs are required in just about every other area of American life, including . . .  </p><ul><li><p>The Democrat National Convention  </p></li><li><p>The Democrat National Party HQ  </p></li><li><p>Airports  </p></li><li><p>Grocery Stores  </p></li><li><p>To Drive  </p></li><li><p>Trains</p></li><li><p>To Enter Office Buildings  </p></li><li><p>Hotels  </p></li><li><p>To enter sporting events and rock concerts  </p></li><li><p>The Grammys </p></li><li><p>The Oscars </p></li><li><p> Just about everywhere.    </p></li></ul><p>You cannot function in life without a photo ID.</p><p>Dem Leaders claim requiring an ID to vote is &#8220;racist&#8221; and Jim Crow.  </p><p>Really?  </p><p>Then why does every African country that has a democracy require an ID to vote, including even Somalia?  </p><h3>ICE has arrested more than 12,000 illegal migrants so far in Minnesota</h3><p>But wait!  The propaganda news keeps telling us ICE has surrendered and folded up shop in MN.  </p><p>Nope. Gov Tim Walz  and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey caved to Trump pressure and are now cooperating with ICE, including allowing ICE to take illegal migrant prisoners from local jails into Federal custody.  </p><p>Walz and Frey are  no doubt worried about being prosecuted for their role in the massive Somali welfare fraud, so are hoping for leniency from Trump.</p><p>As a result of this new cooperation, ICE is able to scale back to normal operations in Minnesota and deploy more intensely to other hotspots, like California.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;35b44b60-e62e-4cf7-86ff-cfdcf2204516&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h3>CNN POLL: 58% of Americans say today&#8217;s Dem Party is &#8220;Too Liberal.&#8221;</h3><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;5db2ac79-04d2-4608-82e8-f4defd2b8ac4&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>However, Trump&#8217;s job approval rating  on the Real Clear Politics Average of polls is 41.2% right now, which is lower than I would like it to be;  but which is almost exactly where Obama was at this point in his term.</p><p>Voters might be unsure about Trump, but the question in voters&#8217; minds is always: &#8220;What is the alternative?&#8221;</p><p>If the alternative is AOC, Mamdani, and the Communists, the 2026 Midterm Elections can still go well for Republicans if Trump and his team do a much better job than they&#8217;ve been doing at getting their good economic message out.</p><h3>Kid Rock&#8217;s Amazing Halftime Performance at TPUSA&#8217;s All-America Super Bowl Half-Time Show<br></h3><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;b57f3f66-675d-477e-906f-38e2b8b18955&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h3>&#8220;Bad Bunny&#8221; Causes Record Number of Viewers to Tune Out of Super Bowl</h3><p>Meanwhile, the NFL chose to put on someone named "Bad Bunny", who I had never heard of, who explicitly hates America.</p><p>Here&#8217;s how the crowd reacted to Bad Bunny&#8217;s performance.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;67553d17-9c8d-4d7e-93fc-239c5079c59b&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p> But wait. The Media told us the crowd in the stadium went wild over Bad Bunny. </p><p>And here was Jesse Watters&#8217; Report on Bad Bunny&#8217;s ratings disaster.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;b8ca9a64-18ef-4912-b564-3c6f88b7b81c&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>The NFL explicitly hates its fan base. The NFL owners need to wake up and get rid of the woke NFL Commissioner <strong>Roger Goodell</strong>. 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url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EsVK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48f0d619-8c63-4527-b700-19d1f05bda72_1956x1793.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h5>In This Week&#8217;s Issue . . .</h5><ul><li><p>Kamala on Track to Win Dem Nomination.</p></li><li><p>64% of Americans Want ALL Illegals Deported.</p></li><li><p>83% of Americans Want Photo ID Required To Vote.</p></li><li><p>Female Rap Star Nicki Manaj Explains Why She Supports Trump.</p></li><li><p>80% of All U.S. Dollars Created Since Covid.</p></li><li><p>Americans Flee Blue States for Red States.</p></li><li><p>President Trump&#8217;s Video on Obamas NOT Racist.</p></li><li><p><strong>Did You Receive Your FREE Copy of My Bestselling Book?</strong> (See Bottom of This Email for Details).</p></li></ul><h3>Kamala Harris Appears To Be Sailing to The 2028 Democrat Party Nomination for President</h3><p><strong>Kamala Harris</strong> currently has a substantial lead over California Governor <strong>Gavin Newsom</strong> for the 2028 Democrat Presidential nomination. And I have a feeling it will stay this way.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EsVK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48f0d619-8c63-4527-b700-19d1f05bda72_1956x1793.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EsVK!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48f0d619-8c63-4527-b700-19d1f05bda72_1956x1793.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EsVK!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48f0d619-8c63-4527-b700-19d1f05bda72_1956x1793.png 848w, 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Harris will also have a lock on the black and non-white vote in Democrat primaries.</p><p>Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom is a white male -- a toxic mix in today&#8217;s Democrat Party. </p><p>I would have thought <strong>AOC</strong> might be a strong competitor. But she&#8217;s only garnering 8.6 percent support in the party. Democrat voters tend to just vote with whoever the Party ruling Establishment wants.</p><p>There&#8217;s not a lot of independent thinking happening in today&#8217;s Democrat Party.</p><p>A great campaign strategy for Harris would be to repeat <strong>Joe Biden</strong>&#8217;s 2020 campaign from the basement strategy, when he made hardly any public appearances.<br><br>Harris should say nothing, do no interviews.</p><p>So right now, it&#8217;s looking like Kamala Harris is sailing to the Democrat nomination for President. This is good news for <strong>J.D. Vance</strong> or <strong>Marco Rubio</strong>.</p><h3>The American People Overwhelmingly Support Deporting ALL Illegal Aliens</h3><p>Even <strong>CNN</strong> tells us that the overwhelming majority of Americans want every illegal alien deported, no matter how loudly Democrats scream.</p><p>Here are the numbers: <em><strong>The New York Times</strong></em> has it at 55 percent, <strong>Marquette</strong> 64 percent, <strong>CBS News</strong> 57 percent, <strong>ABC News</strong> 56 percent who want all illegal aliens deported.</p><p>Nearly 90 percent want all criminals deported. </p><p>Who are the 10 percent who don&#8217;t want all criminals deported?</p><p>Here&#8217;s CNN:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;c4cfa778-86af-442e-9e46-42c1b1564f02&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>In other words, <strong>President Trump</strong> needs to lean into this issue.  This issue is why he was elected.  This is no time to go soft.</p><p>But Dems and the propaganda news keep gaslighting us - portraying gangbangers, drug cartels, human traffickers, and killers as victims.</p><p>And, of course, the reason Dems want open borders is so they can create millions and millions of new voters for Democrats and for socialism. That&#8217;s why Democrats want no ID requirement to vote and the mass-mail-in ballot. This makes it easy for Democrats to create millions of illegal votes for Democrats.</p><p>An estimated 10 MILLION illegal aliens poured into America under Biden, on purpose.  They went immediately on welfare.  So Biden was actually using American taxpayer money to incentivize (pay) migrants to flood into the United States.<br><br>And because non-citizens in America have been counted by the U.S. Census, Democrat states have 12 more seats in Congress than they should have if only U.S. citizens and legal residents were counted.  Democrats are also over-represented in the Electoral College for Presidential Elections.<br><br>You can be sure Democrats would be for closing the border if they thought the millions and millions of illegal migrants who poured across the border under Biden were future Republican voters.</p><p>And <strong>Kamala Harris</strong> is the front-running for the 2028 Democrat nomination for President.  </p><p>Harris is saying she will be tougher on border security if elected.  But she was the Border Czar under Biden.  She was in charge of the border. </p><p>Here&#8217;s a CNN panel on this:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;e04363d8-c90c-4be4-9370-26ab6c3185f8&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>It&#8217;s fun to watch the expressions on the faces of the CNN panelists as they react to these poll numbers repeated by this Republican strategist. The GOP must continuously hammer Democrats as the party of open borders and rampant crime.  By </p><p>By the way, the murder rate across America has dropped 20 percent under Trump, after just one year in office. <br><br>Only two percent of the population commits all the violent crime. It turns out that the easiest and best way to reduce violent crime is to put and keep violent criminals in prison. Who would have thunk it?</p><p>If Kamala wins the Presidency in 2028, she will definitely reopen the border because this is the entire strategy of the Democrat Party to permanently lock in political power.</p><h3>83 Percent of Americans Want a Photo ID Requirement To Vote</h3><p>And here&#8217;s another CNN report that show 83 percent of Americans want a photo ID requirement to vote.  71 percent of rank-and-Democrats want a photo ID requirement to vote.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;7efc8adc-13da-414d-89bc-7f90c235e829&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>People do NOT want their vote canceled by fraud.</p><p>There is only one conceivable reason not to want an official government-issued photo ID requirement to vote, and that&#8217;s to cheat. After all, a photo ID is required just about everywhere else in American life: To drive, to board a plane, to buy alcohol, to cash a check, to enter an office building.</p><p>But Democrat leaders tell us that black voters are too stupid to know how to obtain a photo ID.  How condescending and racist is that? <br><br>Let&#8217;s hear what black people have to say about the opinion of liberal whites that Black people are not smart enough to know how to get an ID.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;16b75e39-6d77-4550-8be1-b2f68bda75af&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Republicans need to hammer away on this issue too.  Americans want honest elections, and today&#8217;s Democrat Party is the party of cheating.</p><h3>Female Rap Star Nicki Minaj Explains Why She Switched from Democrat to Republican</h3><p>Female rap star Nicki Minaj used to be a Democrat. But then she became a Christian, so then became a Republican. She&#8217;s one of the biggest hip hop music stars out there.  She has 26 MILLION followers on X alone. </p><p>She will bring a lot of black voters with her. Here&#8217;s what she has to say:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;3499fad2-bc20-40df-a24f-cf15a72b17b4&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><h3>80 Percent of U.S. Dollars Were Created Out of Thin Air In The Last Five Years, Since Covid</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!su2u!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3084d322-e42a-412c-acfd-290bec536c42_1459x1910.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!su2u!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3084d322-e42a-412c-acfd-290bec536c42_1459x1910.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!su2u!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3084d322-e42a-412c-acfd-290bec536c42_1459x1910.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!su2u!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3084d322-e42a-412c-acfd-290bec536c42_1459x1910.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!su2u!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3084d322-e42a-412c-acfd-290bec536c42_1459x1910.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!su2u!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3084d322-e42a-412c-acfd-290bec536c42_1459x1910.png" width="1456" height="1906" 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Today, one ounce of gold costs $5,000.  So the dollar has lost 99% of its value since 1971. In other words, instead of paying $50,000 for an average car today, you should be paying $500 for the same car. Let that sink in.<br><br>Fiat money printing by government is 100% taxation over time.  And it's unlegislated taxation. Congress never has to pass another tax increase. The government just prints up more money -- as much as it wants -- prints up enough to cover the interest payments on the $39 TRILLION National Debt (soon to be $100 TRILLION).</p><h3>Americans Are Fleeing Democrat States for Tax-Friendly Republican States</h3><p>The 2025 Census numbers are in. There is a great migration of people fleeing Democrat-dominated Blue states for Republican-leaning states or states where Republicans are competitive.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Labo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d6952f8-ef4d-450a-9320-21e1342a5017_2679x1438.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Labo!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d6952f8-ef4d-450a-9320-21e1342a5017_2679x1438.png 424w, 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Louisiana is an exception.  Republicans run the state, but Louisiana is losing population.  Same happening in Democrat-dominated New York state and Illinois.</p><p>More on this . . .</p><h4>7 of the top 10 states for job growth are under unified Republican control</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNiL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c8a8a7-b367-4537-96d6-cda7b77163d3_2286x1916.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zNiL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F40c8a8a7-b367-4537-96d6-cda7b77163d3_2286x1916.png 424w, 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Massachusetts hiked taxes on millionaires, and now ranks 47th for job growth. </p><h3>No. President Trump&#8217;s LION KING Themed Video Is Not &#8220;Racist.&#8221;</h3><p>A staffer posted a video on <strong>President Trump</strong>&#8217;s account about how the 2020 Election was rigged. Whoever recorded the video from social media inadvertently recorded  about one second of the next video that was shown automatically, which was this LION KING themed video:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;46d19ede-b913-45af-820a-bb134c98ff05&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>This is obviously just a light-hearted video on the LION KING theme that presents politicians as animals in the jungle with Trump as the Lion King. Nothing whatsoever wrong with this video.</p><p>From the news coverage, you might think that President Trump participated in a Ku Klux Klan rally.</p><p>Here was the video that the Trump staffer actually posted:</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;cdf257ca-dedf-4e58-8a9c-5ede51db9783&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>So you can see that inadvertently including the LION KING-themed video was just a mistake. The staffer left the screen recorder on too long and did not realize approximately one second of the next video got picked up.<br><br>Either way, not racist. The main video about election fraud was not racist. Nor was the LION KING themed video racist when seen in context, and knowing it was included in error. </p><p>In other words, more fake outrage by Democrats and the propaganda news.</p><h4>Did You Receive Your FREE Copy of <em><strong>Poisoned Ivy</strong></em>?</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wrwh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe13f71ca-0bf0-4f26-a20c-bc8a28458423_300x472.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wrwh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe13f71ca-0bf0-4f26-a20c-bc8a28458423_300x472.png 424w, 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February 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[FAFO For Disgraced Fake Journalist Don Lemon]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-4-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.benhartletter.com/p/the-ben-hart-letter-february-4-2026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:24:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>FAFO For Disgraced Fake Journalist Don Lemon</h4><p>The official Federal indictment against Don Lemon reveals two felonies for his involvement in preventing Christians at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota from worshiping God on Sunday morning. </p><p>COUNT 1: 18 U.S.C. &#167; 241 - Conspiracy Against Right of Religious Freedom at Place of Worship</p><p>COUNT 2: 18 U.S.C. &#167; 248(a) (b), &#167; &#167;2(a) - FACE Act: Injure, Intimidate, and Interfere with Exercise of Right of Religious Freedom at a Place of Worship.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png" width="1370" height="694" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:694,&quot;width&quot;:1370,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:867325,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.benhartletter.com/i/186844012?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IN3X!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8707c686-7079-4371-9e84-0f97921afa89_1370x694.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Lemon and his fellow rioters terrorized children. An elderly woman fell and broke her arm while attempting to escape Lemon and the rioters.</p><p>Lemon is getting off easy. I believe Lemon should also have been charged with terrorism and kidnapping because Lemon and the rioters held the Christians as prisoners and forced them to listen to unhinged and very stupid speeches.</p><p>Many of the children feared that either they or their parents were about to be killed by Lemon and his gang.</p><p><strong>Here are some highlights from the indictment:</strong></p><p>The defendants, including Don Lemon, &#8220;did knowingly and willfully conspire and agree with one another, and with other persons known and unknown to the Grand Jury, to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate multiple persons, including the clergy, staff, and congregants of the Cities Church, in the free exercise and enjoyment of the rights and privileges secured to them by the laws of the United States, and because of such persons having exercised such right, namely, exercise of the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship.&#8221;</p><p>The defendants, including Don Lemon, &#8220;did by force, threat of force, and physical obstruction, intentionally injure, intimidate, and interfere with, and attempt to injure, intimidate, and interfere with, persons who were lawfully exercising and seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship, specifically Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.&#8221;</p><p>The government contends that Lemon&#8217;s livestreaming was not merely reporting but served as a &#8220;coordinated propaganda and intimidation tool&#8221; to amplify the disruption of the service and terror inflicted on these Christians, including children and the elderly woman who had her arm broken during this violent attack.</p><p>Versions of this post appeared on <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1APFUoPvx3/">Facebook</a> </strong>and<strong> <a href="https://x.com/BenHart_Freedom/status/2017717165911380474?s=20">X (Twitter)</a></strong></p><h4>My Post on Bitcoin&#8217;s Price Crash Gets 338,000 Views . . . For Some Reason</h4><p>Most readers of <em><strong>The Ben Hart Letter</strong></em> are not Bitcoiners. I am a longtime Bitcoin stacker and wrote a bestselling book on Bitcoin, titled <em><strong>BITCOIN: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide - Your Off-Ramp from the Corrupt Political System and Protection from Economic Collapse.</strong></em></p><p>I&#8217;m not here to sell you on Bitcoin, nor do I offer investment advice. For most people, just find a way to save 10 percent of your income and put it in a Nasdaq index fund (QQQ).  Do that for 30 years (no matter what your income) and you&#8217;ll be rich.</p><p>But I became fascinated with Bitcoin in 2016.  So I post occasionally on the topic of Bitcoin when it seems warranted. This post really hit this week for some reason, garnering <strong><a href="https://x.com/BenHart_Freedom/status/2018151057935712260?s=20">338,000 views on X</a></strong>.  So I reprint that post here . . .</p><p>A lot of people are asking me about the recent #Bitcoin price drop.</p><p><strong>ANSWER:</strong> Bitcoin is behaving as it always behaves. Zoom out. I don&#8217;t worry about it.  </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png" width="1456" height="893" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:893,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:123214,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.benhartletter.com/i/186844012?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kDue!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae33e6aa-3727-4416-b521-df0d3561ca0f_1740x1067.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>All you really need to know is . . .</strong></p><p><strong>1)</strong> There will never be more than 21 MILLION Bitcoins for 8 Billion people. (19.9 Million have been mined, which means only 1.1 Million left to mine).</p><p><strong>2)</strong> Bitcoin is the only truly decentralized money or crypto asset -- meaning Bitcoin is not controlled by anyone or any small group.  It operates on its own autonomously in accordance with a fixed set of rules.</p><p><strong>3)</strong> Because of Point 2, Bitcoin is unconfiscatable and uncensorable if you self-custody.</p><p><strong>4)</strong> There are more possibilities for private key codes than there are atoms in the known universe.</p><p><strong>5)</strong> Bitcoin is the only asset class that enables you to move your wealth with a few key strokes without permission of a third party. (You can&#8217;t move real estate. And find out what happens if you try to carry your gold bar across a border or through an airport.)</p><p><strong>6)</strong> These price corrections are healthy because they crush the rest of Crypto -- 99% of which are either scams or fatally flawed.</p><p><strong>7)</strong> You don&#8217;t actually own your money if it&#8217;s in a bank or any 3rd party institution. If you don&#8217;t believe me, try moving any sizable portion (say, $100,000) quickly, especially if cash. The IRS is alerted if you withdraw or move $10,000.</p><p><strong>8)</strong> Bitcoin protects you from the government&#8217;s fiat money printer. One ounce of gold cost $35 per ounce when we went off the gold standard completely in 1971. Today, it&#8217;s $4,800 per ounce. So the dollar has lost 99% of its value since 1971. In other words, instead of paying $50,000 for a car, you should be paying more like $500 for the same car. The problem with gold is it&#8217;s very difficult to transport or transact with, and it&#8217;s confiscatable. Gold is also centralized.</p><p>Money printing by government is unlegislated taxation, and it&#8217;s infinite taxation. Actually, it&#8217;s counterfeiting. It&#8217;s theft. Counterfeiting used to be a death penalty offense in America.</p><p>Bitcoin protects you from this the government&#8217;s money printing press over the long</p><p> run. But the price is volatile because Bitcoin is still relatively new and people are still trying to figure out Bitcoin.  It&#8217;s still an emerging technology. Bitcoin is where the Internet was in 1996 in terms of adoption.</p><p>And here&#8217;s <strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Beginners-Guide-Benjamin-Hart/dp/0578389533/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3O6K2FD99BMXX&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-NtE-J0WAT8UK_pdMYRDKHWH_LgCGVuryT-R3d14g_E.VPKOAdEiaAaojXR3SdAC5z8xsseGgqexJQqP6jgBg-c&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=bitcoin+by+benjamin+hart&amp;qid=1770204822&amp;sprefix=bitcoin+by+benjamin+hart%2Caps%2C167&amp;sr=8-1">my book on Bitcoin</a></strong>. I&#8217;m in the process of updating this book. It&#8217;s available on Amazon, but you might want to wait for the update.</p><h4>If You See a Sudden Change in Behavior In Someone Your Care About, Check In on That Person</h4><p>I wondered today what happened to a college friend and FB friend who I had not heard from in a while.<br><br>Thought I might have said something he didn't like, which must have been why he suddenly stopped commenting on my posts a while back, when he had been a regular commenter before.<br><br>So I go to his page to check in to find out what's up, only to find that he died more than a year ago.  Has this ever happened to you?<br><br>I feel terrible for not knowing. What a shocker.<br><br>Now that I'm approaching 68, this is happening more and more.<br><br>I really thought he was just ticked off at my posts and just stopped commenting.<br><br>If you see a sudden radical change of behavior on the part of someone you know (such as just stops coming around), you should probably check in on that person and see if everything is okay.<br>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br>I posted this on <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17bjakSviL/">Facebook</a></strong> this week.<br></p><h4>This Should Scare the Bejesus Out of Every Human</h4><p><strong>ROBERT HERJAVEC (SHARK TANK) on How AI is Building Its Own Social Networks Without Human Input.</strong> <br><br>AI bots and software post, share ideas, plan, and coordinate. They question their purpose; they even joke about humans. Skynet appears to be actually here.<br>Think of what this means for cybersecurity, warfare, and your freedom.<br></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;e70ff719-714a-4e41-b178-41d6ca831b72&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>I posted this originally on <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DGwu1yRfu/">Facebook</a> </strong>and <strong><a href="https://x.com/BenHart_Freedom/status/2018024445840121873?s=20">X</a></strong>.<br></p><h4>Alex Pretti Was a Violent Extremist</h4><p>The propaganda news attempted to portray Alex Pretti (who was killed during his violent confrontation with ICE in Minneapolis) as a peaceful and heroic male nurse who was shot by ICE for no reason.</p><p>But he was actually a violent far-left extremist who had been having repeated violent confrontations with ICE and law enforcement during the two weeks leading up to his fatal encounter with ICE.<br><br>Here&#8217;s Alex Pretti spitting on and attacking law-enforcement 11 days before he was killed. He kicked and smashed the taillight of this ICE vehicle. He screamed profanities at the officers. Pretti was a dangerous, violent extremist.  He was NOT any kind of peaceful protester.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;4e452f12-1ed1-4c3f-aba9-4faae2824d8f&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Notice also here that the ICE agents let him go --so  not acting at all like the Gestapo or Nazis portrayed by Democrats and propaganda news. </p><p>You can only imagine how much violence Pretti engaged in against law-enforcement that we have not seen on video. Pretti should have been removed from the streets after this incident.</p><p>And here was the day Pretti was shot and killed by ICE on the streets on Minneapolis, with solid analysis by Myron Gaines.</p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;5e60d2b9-40a3-415e-a653-bb9de619db37&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p>Follow me on <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ben.hart.1042/">Facebook</a></strong> and <strong><a href="https://x.com/BenHart_Freedom">X</a></strong>. I also have a <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@benhartcommentaries">YouTube channel here</a></strong>.<br><br>And remember, new subscribers to <em><strong>The Ben Hart Letter</strong></em> (which is FREE), also receive a FREE  digital edition of my bestselling 1984 book<em><strong> Poisoned Ivy</strong></em>.  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Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[My anti-Trump friends ask: &#8220;When will you Trump sycophants realize that Trump is crazy, a narcissist, an egomaniac, a jerk, not a good person?&#8221;]]></description><link>https://www.benhartletter.com/p/assessment-of-the-trump-presidency</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.benhartletter.com/p/assessment-of-the-trump-presidency</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Hart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:40:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5J6j!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fde40b5a1-05ce-41cd-a82e-e9f7a184dfb3_720x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My anti-Trump friends ask: &#8220;When will you Trump sycophants realize that Trump is crazy, a narcissist, an egomaniac, a jerk, not a good person?&#8221;</p><p>I conced all this. I don&#8217;t even agree with all of his policies and actions.</p><p>But he seems to be doing mostly good things for the country:</p><p>1) Secured the border.</p><p>2) Removing violent criminals, gangs, drug cartels, human traffickers (70% of illegals removed have serious criminal records or have been charged with serious crimes. The others happened to be with the criminals when ICE arrested them).</p><p>3) Disabled Iran&#8217;s nuclear weapons development program.</p><p>4) Arrested Maduro.</p><p>5) Cut fentanyl deaths by 80% in one year of border security.</p><p>6) Inflation now 2.6% (averaged more than 5% under Biden, and got up to around 10%)</p><p>7) Gasoline prices now back to early 2021 levels and dropping.</p><p>8) GDP grew 4.3% in Q3. Atlanta Fed forecasts Q4 GDP growth at 5.9% (Reagan levels).</p><p>9) Trump&#8217;s tariffs seem to be working, or at least not as much harm as many were expecting (I was skeptical, believing Milton Friedman free-trade doctrine) </p><p>10) Freed the hostages from Hamas</p><p>11) Cutting 100 regulations for every 1 new regulation added.</p><p>12) Stopping transgender surgeries on children.</p><p>13) Will probably grab Greenland.</p><p>14) Might end the insane Iran regime.</p><p>15) Might end Communism in Cuba.</p><p>16) Might end the Ukraine war.</p><p>And he&#8217;s just been President for one year.  </p><p>So let&#8217;s say Trump is &#8220;crazy, a narcissist, an egomaniac, a jerk, and not a good person.&#8221;</p><p>But for Trump to succeed, his plans for America need to work.  Otherwise, he goes down in history as a failure (like Biden).  Trump&#8217;s interests and America&#8217;s interests are aligned.</p><p>I do think Trump is too much of a spender.  Not a fan of his $1.5 TRILLION military budget idea.  Not a fan of his money giveaways ($2,000 checks from tariffs); or government takeover of corporations.<br><br>I&#8217;d like to see him crack down harder on the rioting in Minneapolis and the welfare fraud.</p><p>Maybe that&#8217;s happening.  Glad to see Elon back in the tent.</p><p>So far, I see mostly good things from Trump. The country is generally headed in a positive direction.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>