It is not just incompetence or confusion, but the deliberate *channeling of power, privilege, and money* toward insiders while the rest of us foot the bill and fight over scraps. Whether it’s Claremont’s local swamp or the DNC’s national machine, the pattern is the same.
You want to clean it up? You start by pulling back the curtain and naming names. You expose the network of planners, councilors, lawyers, and DNC-affiliated operatives bleeding this city for everything it’s worth.
They skim from the top. They pad the pockets of their friends. They operate in the shadows. And they call it “public service.”**
Let’s lay this out plain, side-by-side, with no spin and no excuses:
THE SKIMMING EFFECT: CLAREMONT VS. THE DNC
Facing Excuse: “We’re revitalizing our downtown!” “We’re defending democracy!”
Real Objective
Reward connected developers, attorneys, and insiders through 79-E, sweetheart deals, and land giveaways.| Funnel power and money to party elites and pre-picked candidates through super PACs, debate rigging, and DNC funding filters.
How the Skimming Works: Tax breaks are handed out via 79-E, often with vague covenants, no enforcement, and murky timelines. Friends on planning boards and council quietly approve. Donations from working-class Democrats flow in, but only a handful of “approved” candidates see that money or exposure. Outsiders are shut out. Debates are manipulated.
Who Benefits
Politically connected landlords, friends of City Hall, favored developers—often Democrats or their allies. | Clinton-Biden-Obama aligned insiders. Media-adored establishment figures. Lobbyists and corporate backers with DNC access.
Who Gets Screwed
Taxpayers, small business owners, average homeowners. | Grassroots candidates (Tulsi, Bernie, RFK Jr.), disillusioned voters, rural Democrats.
How It’s Hidden: Complex zoning terms, selective enforcement, legalese-packed covenants, quiet approvals. | Delegate math, primary rule changes, DNC bylaws, coordinated media censorship.
Common Tactic: “Oops! Confusion! Oversight!”… while no money is ever clawed back and no one loses their seat. | “Oops! The rules changed last minute!”… while insiders stay funded and outsiders are erased.
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THE PATTERN: SAME PLAYBOOK, DIFFERENT STAGE
1. Selective Privilege Distribution
In Claremont, RSA 79-E isn’t being applied evenly. It’s being selectively enforced to benefit those in the know—those who have the right last name, the right lawyer, or the right handshake behind the scenes. That’s skimming. That’s not policy.
At the DNC? It’s selective endorsement. If your platform doesn’t align with globalist talking points, climate alarmism, or central banking orthodoxy—you get the cold shoulder. You’re told to shut up, sit down, and support the “unity candidate.” That’s skimming attention, skimming opportunity, skimming democratic choice.
2. Power Held in the Hands of the Few
In Claremont, a handful of council members, planning board appointees (often Democrats or their allies), and city hall staffers control who gets relief, who gets fined, who gets building permits, and who gets ignored.
In the DNC, a handful of superdelegates, party insiders, and media liaisons control who gets campaign coverage, who gets ballot access, and who gets crushed behind the scenes.
The pattern is centralized control masquerading as process. They don’t just skim dollars—they skim choices from the people they claim to serve.
3. Confusion” as the Escape Hatch
When caught, both groups say the same thing: “It was all a big misunderstanding.”
In Claremont: “Oh, we didn’t realize the 79-E benefit wasn’t being used properly. It just fell through the cracks.”
In the DNC: “Oh, we didn’t mean to give Hillary the debate questions. That was just one staffer.”
Confusion is their legal shield.The skimming continues, the insiders laugh, and nothing changes—because it wasn’t a mistake. It was by design.
CONNECTING THE DOTS: THE CLAREMONT-DNC PIPELINE
Let’s not be naïve: Claremont’s local Democrats are plugged into the broader progressive machine.
The same party activists sitting on Claremont’s planning board or city council are parroting the same national lines from the DNC.
The local lawyers and developers benefiting from Claremont’s tax breaks often donate to or campaign for progressive Democrats.
The same media tactics are used: censor critics, bury scandals in process, and silence dissent under the guise of “civility.”
They’re not running your city—they’re managing your decline, one skimmed deal at a time.
EXAMPLE SCHEME BREAKDOWN: CLAREMONT-STYLE SKIMMING
Let’s follow the typical RSA 79-E skim:
1. A connected property owner hears about 79-E.
2. A planning board buddy helps fast-track the approval.
3. The council rubber-stamps the covenant.
4. No one follows up, and the “project” sits idle or half-finished.
5. Tax rates stay frozen, while the property value and rent go up.
6. Meanwhile, that same developer donates to local Democrats, sits on local boards, or runs for office.
Repeat that 5 or 6 times across a city, and you’ve got a full-blown racket. Not illegal—just unethical. But that’s what makes it so dangerous: it looks like policy. It smells like fraud.
CLOSING THOUGHT: CALL IT WHAT IT IS
This isn’t just confusion.
It’s not just inefficiency.
It’s not just “a learning experience.”
It’s institutionalized skimming—and the local machine in Claremont is a miniature version of the DNC playbook.Their tactics are the same. Their values are the same. Their contempt for transparency is the same.
You want to clean it up? You start by pulling back the curtain and naming names. You expose the network of planners, councilors, lawyers, and DNC-affiliated operatives bleeding this city for everything it’s worth.
Because once you see the pattern—you can’t unsee it.
And once you know the game—they can’t gaslight you into silence.
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