Trump's tariffs are scaring the establishment. They won't admit they work because tariffs will bring down the Federal Reserve. That is the ultimate goal - destroy the Fed. It has enslaved Americans for over a hundred years, and is unconstitutional. Trump has put a system of external revenue in place to bypass the Fed, and at the same time is exposing how the Fed is not working for us, but for the global elites who had been looting America dry.
Any Congressman who defends the Fed and Jerome Powell are not working for the American people. They use the lie about the Fed needs to be "independent". The Fed needs to be abolished.
My theory is that probably 75% of them go there with the best of intentions, but most of them get caught up in the game (I’ll vote for your bill if you support mine), the easy money, the attention, and get corrupted. I think that about 20% of them end up maintaining their integrity.
My guess is lower than that. In the first administration of the Trumper, he mentioned the fact that so many in congress were compromised that getting rid of them would limit the running of the country..so they would have to be slowly eliminated..words to that affect. I believe Lora Loomer in Texas asked candidates running for senator what plan they had to not be compromised because they would be IF they didn't have a plan. None of them had a plan. If you go there without recognizing the destroyer's goal and know how to resist it, you are lost. Put on the armor of GOD and rebuke satan as we are told.
And it’s easy to be corrupted. From my own experience, it takes fortitude and willpower to resist. You want to win, you know that your winning is in the best interest of the community, but getting endorsements and raising funds makes a big difference. That being said, if you sell out, then you’re not doing your community any favors.
I was approached by a union (SEIU) for a possible endorsement. If you don’t know who they are, just look them up. The usual communist crap and using the same dirty tactics. In order to get their endorsement, I had to sign a contract that essentially said I had to support whatever they supported, push their agenda above all else. All this for their endorsement and $1000 donation. Other than residents, my only endorsement was unofficial from the police association in town because, where I live, at that time, it would kill your chances of winning. Why? Well, I was anti-mandate (during the height of the plandemic), and I was listed as no party preference. In other words, I was a free thinker they couldn’t control.
Honestly, though, after having run for office and knowing what it means to be backed by unions or other organizations like that, I’m more inclined to vote for people with zero endorsements, except for the residents that I know personally.
I would agree with that. DC is exhibit A that absolute power corrupts absolutely, plus the human nature of starting to believe your own PR machine press releases. That being said, I am ambivalent about term limits being the answer. We have that in our state, and our legislature is in constant turmoil and rarely gets anything done as there is constant turnover and few elder statesmen (and women) who have been around long enough to know how to get good legislation written and passed. We had a voter ID bill challenged and overturned in court twice before finally getting a bill across the finish line that survived the court challenge, for instance. Those who are ambitious get elected, and immediately start grandstanding and running for the next higher office as it's a race to build name recognition and notoriety before you term out. There is little incentive to dig in and work on the 'hard problems' that take years to hammer out. For instance our education funding formula is a convoluted mess and hasn't been changed in over a decade. One who was trying admitted that 2/3rds of the legislators don't even UNDERSTAND the formula, let alone want to dig in to try to change it.
Remember this . You don't even get on the ballot unless you are vetted AKA corrupted or corruptible. Almost no one goes to congress with good intentions.
That seems a little jaded. My friend Sean Smith who ran in 2024 (lost) is the furthest thing from corrupt there is. He's been a lone voice against corruption in his role as a county legislator the past 4 years. And as far as vetting is concerned, he was not formally vetted by anyone prior to his filing or after filing. We do vet candidates here locally, our state does not require party registration, and D's do pose as R's, not as much in my blue county, but it's more common in the solid red parts of the state. However there is a woman who spent 8 years on the city council now running for state rep saying she is an R. I watch most council meetings and she did nothing in her 8 years to indicate a conservative leaning and mostly just kept her head down and went with whatever the majority wanted. Voted yes for a DEI commission until a bunch of us packed the meetings and then she backed down and voted no. County party is backing her opponent, a business owner with solid conservative views and a lot of grassroots support from the business community. She can stay on the ballot (filing hasn't even opened yet) but she will not win.
Perhaps, but from what I have seen and read, the infiltration of political level, even down to school boards, have been hijacked by the deep state. I live in a very conservative county, yet the librarian in the town closest to us is very liberal and it shows up in the books there, the school board even admitted they couldn't believe they were able to pull off renaming schools named after Confederates and used tax funds to do it. They were subsequently all thrown out and the school names changed back (first time in America), but the funds to do it were privately raised. I attended a Republican political meeting after Trump won the primary in our state. A local person active in the party approached our small group at one point and said "don't worry. We'll get Ted Cruz appointed ". WTF?
I'm thinking less than 10%. I knew a guy who went to Congress, I was so very happy about it. He went down quick and will not be seeking re-election. I would never want to go there and be so tempted to sell my soul. I don't think I would but ... Satan is strong there, apparently.
I believe that 20% preserved integrity is generous. Too much money and opportunity. Just like the myth of benignly competent and helpful civil servants, Congress members serving solely for the benefit of constituents and country is a utopian fantasy.
No one immersed in the den of thieves that is Washington DC comes out without a taint of corruption.
I listen to the Ruthless podcast, and they interview Republican office holders from across the nation and many of them are people of integrity. I’m sure they’re putting themselves in the best light, but many seem to still have integrity.
I grew up in a political (albeit D, although a different kind of D) household and have followed and been involved in politics my whole life, (born in the 60's). The D and R identities have become so polarized that thinking for yourself is verboten. My D House rep has been there 20 years, When he was first elected, he was pro-life. He is now a shill for 'reproductive rights' lest he get cancelled by his party. He is a corrupt jerk, but still he didn't used to be as bad as he is now.
During covid, I lost longtime liberal friends and stepped up my involvement and now run in a circle where all of my friends are some level of R. BUT the ones who only become political after covid have zero nuance and love to toss out the term RINO and want to cancel anyone who dares color outside the lines.
Take Thomas Massie. Have followed him for years, and generally see him as thoughtful and principled. Do I agree with all of his votes? No, but I do respect that he has views he is willing to stand for. But many of my friends disparage him and call him a RINO. Then there is Josh Hawley, though, who seems more like he just blows in the wind to try to capture the latest sentiment. He is newly into his second term and was the darling of most of my conservative friends prior to Trump's post about him but I always read him as more of an opportunist than a principled conservative.
And then there is the money. Campaign spending has risen to obscene levels and the push to raise funds is relentless. Anyone who wants to stay in office only gets traction if they raise money for the party and of course their own re-election campaigns. And there are all too many corrupting influences with fat check books.
Perhaps we need Political Party Donations Limits instead of Term Limits. I agree that the donation pools are ridiculously overfunded. Many good people, with management and fiscal responsibility skills are unable to run for office due to cost. I’d love to see caps put on the TOTAL WARCHEST instead of the donor. If a candidate gets all his money from one billionaire, who cares? So long as that’s all the money he can get, playing field will be level.
I'd prefer that campaigns were paid for by the government. Yes, that means we all pay for them, but we already do in some ways. Pick a time frame, say 10 years ago, and the average of the race for the position. If for the House, for instance, then that average is what those campaigns get; for the Senate, that average. Period. No other campaign contributions. One can contribute time as a volunteer, but not money, and not cash value contributions (office supplies, advertising, etc). Having limited cash, campaigns would have to be smarter, and better. Also, election opponents couldn't just be spent into oblivion; with similar resources, one would have to be able to show why they are the better choice, rather than rely on a flurry of advertising.
I know many Republican as well as Democrat state and federal level politicians. Integrity is a rare characteristic. Transactional relationships are the norm.
The endless campaign fund raising is a significant driver of this behavior.
I made calls to my senators and to John Thune yesterday about ending the ‘silent’ filibuster. “Make them talk, talk, talk and the other side listen, listen listen and then vote with a simple majority winning”. This pretend debate and a 60 vote requirement is unconstitutional and really stupid.”
The bad senators are probably sure most Americans have no idea about the rules and thus they’re fine doing nothing to change.
They count on our ignorance, short attention spans and constant distractions from unsettled lives to do as they please.
If they don’t hear from us, they assume we aren’t paying attention and have no real idea about what’s going on.
I’d agree with you, not sure about the numbers but so many get sucked in with the power & prestige that they believe they are gods. The money is the second factor that becomes their god and totally corrupted they begin to believe they deserve it. I sure hope the dominoes start falling if nothing less for saving their sorry souls. The original sin- we want to be in control
I appreciate your optimism, but I would place the bar much lower, at perhaps 5%.
Politics is by nature transactional; it is about compromise, so making that a measure of corruption means that only the very worst examples would be considered 'good'. It isn't the compromise that is the issue, it is what one is compromising for, what THEY get as a result. For instance, if I compromise on an issue and say that 'if you help me with this that you have a minor disagreement about, then I'll help with yours that I have a minor quibble about', that isn't the problem.
The real problem is when someone says that they will help on something, in exchange for something for themselves, that has nothing to do with their constituency. For example, I fully expect that Pelosi has an occasional stock tip in exchange for help, solely profiting the proffered individual. Or it might be future help with re-election, or party favors such as committee positions, or any number of things that help the person, likely in inverse relation to the value of the legislation.
As many have pointed out, term limits don't fix the problem; it only means that unelected staffers and lobbyists then have the real control, and there is almost no way to get rid of those. No, the way to deal with it is for the people to actually do their job, and instead of just pulling the lever for 'muh party', do a modicum of research and vote for the best person. Unfortunately, we have become entirely too accustomed to doing little to nothing to correct the issue, instead relying on the same people we complain about to fix the problem they both created and benefit from...
(And for what it's worth, while I don't agree with Paul and Massie often, I do respect that they will stand for what they believe in, at whatever political cost. On the opposite side, one couldn't have a better example than RFK Jr. They take a lot of heat from their own for doing what they feel is right for the people, not necessarily for the party.)
Part of the problem is that you cannot impose your will on your fellow legislators. Plato basically said that you either compromise or get killed. So even if you go in with the best of intentions and do not take bribes, you will be a target.
Jeff Sessions was on record as being the only Congress member who never took a dime. The number of non corrupt Congress members is so small you would need a microscope to see it.
Yes a Capt. in the Army Reserves. He was subpoenaed to Congress late summer for Epstein stuff but I don't know if he showed up. Same stuff Bill and the Kitlery are evading now. He was based out of Mobile, where I live and I never see anything on him. Don't know if he is retired to his family farm north of here but I don't think he's practicing law here. I've always liked him. Especially for trying to go after absentee voting in the Black Belt.
I was looking for the answer and he was subpoenaed on August5, 2025, but there's nothing after that. It does seem like if he had shown up there would be his testimony available.
There is a condensed version that tells the story called “Dishonest Money” by Joseph Plummer. It is even available for free on his website. Does an excellent and concise job so you don’t have to go through the “tome.”
That sounds like the version for me! I used to be an avid reader, but I had no time for reading when raising my children, and now presbyopia (literally “old age vision”) has taken the fun out of it. And reading a real book would take time away from poring over Substack and doom-scrolling Twitter/X.
Imagine a world without ludicrous financial bubbles that totally distort economic reality. Imagine a world where fiscal recklessness is quickly reflected in the markets. Imagine a world...
Exactly. We have been talking for about 20 years about the Brits (and others) have been in control of our economy through the Federal Reserve for over 100 years. It’s finally coming out, and Starmer and Jerome Powell are BIG MAD
It would also be very unpopular with big bankers who are routinely bailed out by massive money printing. That's the purpose of the Fed: to protect the extremely rich bankers at the expense of everyone else.
All for abolishing the federal reserve. Also there should be legislated spending limits on the federal government. They should be required to balance budgets. These two things get accomplished and we should have world peace.
Sorry Dave, but how do tariffs replace the fed exactly? The math doesn't add up - at all. I agree the Fed needs to go, but I don't see how this is even remotely realistic.
If the economy were indeed booming, wouldn't unemployment be low and jobs easy to get? But that's not what's happening. I can't wait for all these jobs from all these billions in investments to be unleashed on the American workers. Let's go already!
On the invisible hand of the market:
I guess the invisible hand is not so invisible when it comes to US coveting Venezuelan and Iranian oil or any other resources that belong to other nations. Nothing stopped the US from genuinely doing business in their own back yard or build infrastructure in Latin America. If I want something built and I don't have the qualifications to do it, I would go to the people who have the expertise to do it. Maybe the US could learn something from China, in this case. The US is like a spoiled, mean girl screaming: "You can't play with my friends!"
Dear Senator Elissa: We folks DO know the "one or two things that actually impact people" your Democrat Party cares about: Fundamentally transforming our nation into a polyglot dumping ground for the world's criminal element ... and aggregating sufficient power to crush anyone who dares stand in your way brandishing the Constitution.
What is destroying our society is Democrats abusing welfare, coddling criminals, devaluing women, decrying White people’s rights, mentally abusing children and positioning themselves against the entire group of middle class Americans. (Not to mention taking advantage of emotionally retarded liberals.)
Where does the constitution say that illegals are entitled to welfare?
Where does it say that Americans MUST fund any NGO?????
STOP THE FUNDING AND ABUSE.
Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding anyone’s childcare but their own children!
I’m an immigrant and we NEVER got any kind of government assistance!
I’ve been a citizen for over 25 years and we never lived off welfare!
I love this country and wouldn’t want to be anywhere else! 🇺🇸
It’s sad that the coddled liberal embraces hive mind thought, but they’ve all been born here,with the freedom to think for themselves, and not be killed for thinking. It’s incredible. They don’t see the irony in protesting everything trump, whilst not a word regarding islam in Iran.
They don't seem to be able to think for themselves, which is even worse than choosing not to think.
The levels of ignorance about so many topics makes it worse. For example being a Doctor ( in any area of study) means being very highly educated in 1 tiny area of specialisation, even if you ignore the ideological indoctrination.
I get funny looks when I say a successful farmer knows a lot more than a medical doctor or a lawyer. The doctor or lawyer is highly educated in 1 specialised, narrow area of knowledge but the farmer must have a good knowledge across many areas of knowledge.
It’s the schools. For years, the liberals have infiltrated the schools and brainwashed the kids. Why do you think they are so against homeschooling. Private schools used to be protected from it, but the teachers that come out of the universities are infecting those as well.
You should preach "your gospel of ethical citizenship" to every immigrant you meet, SM--so glad you're 'here'!! I am a natural born USA citizen as are all of my forebears for over 200 years. I have NO 'fear' of any 'foreigner' - but I DO fear the mass migration of illegal CRIMINAL immigrants into our precious Constitutional Republic - always have, and always will!
We may need a few years of authoritarianism... or Marshall Law...
But candidly... I don't think Trump is the guy for that. He has been acting a bit irrational... and serves Israel first, clearly. His new bestie, Lubed-up Lindsay... is VERY concerning. War with Iran... benefits America? Did spending $300 BILLION+ of OUR cash on the dildos of Ukraine serve us?
I don’t think you fully understand what Authoritarian means if you suggest that is what Trump is doing. Technically it was Biden who was becoming Authoritarian with his censorship of conservative views, government oppression of anti-Covid speech, persecution of Republicans and Trump, the entire J6 CIA/Mossad/UN orchestrated theatrical “insurrection” resulting from a stolen election with millions of fraudulent votes….SIGH
Democrats literally steal elections, launder billions, drive taxes up whenever they can, sellout our military, feminize men and dehumanize women for trans mentally unstable people, rape babies and toddlers whilst championing abortion rights and they defend illegal violent immigrants 💀🤮 They are some of the most perverse pedo predators in this country.
You bring up foreign wars yet totally ignore the raging domestic assault on American citizens. He didn’t pimp this country out like past presidents have, especially Obama and Biden.
If people don’t start to realize that our country is under attack and unite against the domestic threats, we’ll have a real disaster to face. Forget party affiliation and stand united as Americans.
Your Trump sycophancy betrays your low intellect... and you need not lecture me on the evils of the left.
Yes, I bring up foreign wars... especially the Trump supported and funded mass slaughter of innocents in Gaza, Yemen and Lebanon... YOU approve of those major war crimes?
Trump has done a lot of good... and also has done a lot of idiotic, sometimes criminal acts, most of the worst to support his obvious Masters, Zionists/Mossad. You drones ignore the obvious truths...
We don’t need her in CA. We have enough transplants ruining our state. A guy from a nearby city downloaded the campaign donation data for a local city council, created graphs, showing the percentage of money raised from people outside of this little 40k city. The three majority, who are all proud DSA members, had 22%, 35%, and 55% raised from within the city. The rest were all outside donations. That 55% was from an election three years ago. Also, that election only required $35k in order to win. The past election, the winning candidates raised over $85k.
Why do I know this? Because we’ve learned we have to watch what’s happening in the cities around us.
I also came across this guy running for CA state assembly in the 51st district. His name is Dick Lucas.
Hopefully Minnesota is learning a hard lesson and gets someone in office who will clean house and bring respect back to the state rather than make it an embarrassment and laughing stock.
It’s been 20 years since they had a Republican governor. Not sure how they can come back from Walz and Frey. Uff da that’s a tall order, you betcha! Send prayers.🙏🏻
"And until Democrats can answer the simple question, “what is a woman?”, they’ll be stuck conducting focus groups until the cows come home."
I will add until you reverse the rhetoric and actions that led to perhaps 10-100 times as many vulnerable and confused young people being harmed as there are people who would perhaps truly benefit from social or medical trans interventions, your party will be irrelevant to me other than as an enemy to be defeated.
Ms Slotkin is getting a whole lot of press time for a 2nd year, freshmen Senator from Michigan. She reminds me of AOC’s meteoric rise in the House, without Cortez’s good looks or some charm. She is the epitome of a CIA operative or KGB sweetheart without the sweet or the heart. As someone from Michigan I watched as Trump carried Michigan handily, but Mike Rogers the Republican candidate for Senate, the name right below Trump’s on the ballot, who was leading until the day after Election Day when all those mail in ballots saw his lead evaporate, just like DJT’s did in 2020.
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This is so bizarre to me. Just goes to show how illogical these women are 🙄 They are fueled by rage against men. So they use their rage against men to help and defend men who have been arrested for trafficking, sexually abusing women and children and murdering and/or assaulting people (also frequently women and children). I just can’t with these morons 🙄🙄🙄
Of course. That was my point. It’s not logical at all, completely emotion based (the “rage” part is a big clue to that 😆😁). I agree that we shouldn’t debate them and just do what is necessary.
I kind of think we should just leave all of these women who are so passionately defending the Tren de Aragua gang members and various other traffickers and criminals in a room together and let them do what they want. I know, not very nice of me but I honestly so sick of these idiots helping to put other people in danger with their foolishness 🙄
There's the centuries-old stereotype that women = illogical, irrational, emotional; while men = logical, rational, unemotional. The raging man-hating feminist agitators only amplify that stereotype. That division is also the purpose of feminism, or one of them at least.
As a woman, they make me roll my eyes and cringe 😕 I hate that they reinforce that stereotype. I’ve always tried to have a logical approach and can’t stand the way these women operate. It’s really just the same kind of manipulative tactic that women who had no power in the past use to use to get power and attention. Pathetic.
Well yes Eve. But we’re all individuals, not carbon copies of Eve. It may be a large and vocal minority or maybe even a majority that fit the stereotype, but there are also lots of counter examples. I dislike being reduced to a stereotype, personally. It’s just a facile way of thinking imo.
If you don't have any solutions, create problems. The Dems have no solutions where they take the opposite side of the Republicans. I've always thought that the Politicians should join forces to solve problems and then argue later who actually was helpful in solving problems. But, the Uniparty world is probably more dangerous. We would never catch the taxpayer wasting of money through fraud.
So much in this Substack today! I liked your description of how to read and discern propaganda! I don’t read the NYT, so I don’t have to worry about their reporting; just as I no longer watch MSM reporting on TV. I easily can discern their propaganda from clips I see on alternative media outlets.
Did you all catch that the new Governor of Virginia is going to bring back DEI to the state? More democrat crap!!
Not nice to throw them to the wolves that way. But it’s kind of like letting a kid face the natural consequences of their choices in a way, I guess. You want to help and defend these thugs, we’ll let THEM have you since you love them so much 🙄
Responding to your question about “nice”. I was clarifying what I meant when I wrote that in my other comment. Or trying to, apparently I wasn’t as clear as I thought 😆
And “you” was meant as “you women defending the illegal immigrant thugs”. Not *you* RJ Rambler.
The most important thing I learned from Scott Adams (RIP) is just how many people are entirely ruled by their emotions. Add to that how a clever manipulator can tap into it and get them to believe complete lies that are 100% at odds with reality around them. Once you see this is can't be unseen, and you'll be amazed you never saw it before.
That's why I'm immediately suspicious of ANYONE trying to provoke an emotional response in others, particularly if doing so in apparent bad faith. The Dems do it like breathing but there are plenty of people supposedly on our side who do it to, Ben Shapiro being among the most egregious. Note how much of what he says seems intended to make you feel angry or guilty. It's not an accident.
Plus women are far more susceptible to this than men, that's not sexist but just a statement of fact. Men are women are different, men being the provider/protector, and women being the nurturers. Nurturing a child requires an emotional attachment unlike any other on Earth. However, once that emotional attachment gets hijacked into a "cause" other than mothering, it results in the insanity we see today.
That last point I believe is why the Bible specifically prohibits female pastors and elders, they are (generally) far too susceptible to emotional manipulation. Satan is the Father of all lies, and he knows this all too well.
I listen to talk radio when I am in my car, and the vast majority of the conservative voices are every bit as bad at times. Like Bongino's "they hate you" commentary from his show before he left for the FBI. The left is easy to bash, but there is some nuance there where some issues are not black and white. Before Trump, R's shrugged off illegal immigration as it was cheap labor that kept inflation in check, wages low and profit margins high. Now some of these same folks are embracing ICE operations as that is where the wind is blowing.
Same on social media. Emotion fueled rants get clicks, which is the currency that helps people make a living off being an 'influencer'. We are all guilty although I try to stick to written stuff as it is generally more even handed. But I run in circles with lots of politically active folks, and people send me video clips all day long, and the vast majority of them are click bait. Don't watch most of them as I would never get anything done if all I did was watch videos.
You seem to be ignoring the fact that Republicans voted, many times , 100% against the RATS, but we did not have a majority. And, even now we only have a ‘simple’ majority.
Please stop ignoring that fact.
The problem with Republicans is that they actually do BELIEVE in listening to and debating opposing viewpoints. We need a SUPER-majority to actually get anything reasonable passed, because the DEMONS are represented by the D party (including those demons who ran as Republicans because they couldn’t win as demonicRATS).
Oh no doubt the R's pre Trump were mostly as weak-kneed as they come. Remember the campaign promises to repeal and replace Obamacare?! And it IS frustrating as h*ll that when we DO get a majority we squander it. But there is also a distinction between the rank and file conservatives and those who end up in elected office. "uni-party" is a thing and too many of those we elect belong to that party. Fine line between those who vote differently based on their own principles, which I do respect, and those who vote differently due to pandering (like those voting for extending Obamacare subsidies so they can get re-elected in tough districts) or satisfying campaign donors. A lot more of the latter than the former.
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him. [5] Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes. [6] He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool. [8] Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
While I agree with your frustration concerning the insistence on debating people who aren't using reason, I don't think it's to convince them, but others hearing the debate.
They need to round up and jail the violent I.C.E protestors just like the Demonrats did to the J6 patriots and throw away the key. Most of the J6 patriots weren't even charged and left in a filthy jail for years.
I don't know where I read it and sadly, did not save it, but think the opinion piece was based off an interview with Brett Weinstein. The gist of it was, we are still products of instinct and evolution, and just as we talked about the ire of the 'mama bears' fighting the covid BS in the schools, young females are wired to walk through fire and broken glass to defend and protect our children. Except many of these man-hating AWFL's don't have children. But the instinct is still there. So rather than fight for their children, all of the effort is re-directed into fighting to defend this "religion" of Woke Virtue. Just as a mama bear is extremely dangerous if you mess with her cubs, these women are dangerous as to how far they will go to defend their misguided sense of ideals.
Very interesting observation. The thing that has always been ironic to me is that these women despise real men, but they also hate traditional feminine women. While hating masculine men, they tend to emulate the worst in men while also disparaging the best in women. It seems to me that at their core they have Daddy issues. And I mean with their Heavenly Father. They despise their Creator who made male and female. How dare He!
All of that sounds like overthinking the situation. Why not just say they are deranged? Renee Good was probably a man hater as seems obvious by the fact that she was a lesbian, but ‘mama bear’? Hardly. From what we hear of her parenting skills, she lost custody of her two older children because her partner, wife, or evil other - was abusing them. At first I didn’t give much credibility to that information but el gato wrote about it recently and he’s as solid as JC in his reporting.
She may have given birth to some children, but I wouldn’t use her name in the same sentence with mama bear.
Edited to add the post by el gato, it’s very informative.
Ok maybe overthinking. And sometimes the mom instinct is broken (just as in the animal kingdom some moms abandon their young) as if it's true 2 of Renee's kids were taken away from her, she was not a mama bear.
But just made sense to me that the most passionate and unhinged group of useful Marxist idiots seems to be AWFL (affluent while liberal females) with no or perhaps grown children.
Yes, in fact I recently read that AWFLs are the target group of those who are trained for these protest (riots). I can’t remember where I read that, but it made sense that crazed women were most useful as protesters because they were less likely to get harsh treatment for their actions.
Yes, I saw a clip of this earlier. The instinct to defend and protect has been mis-aligned. Probably because they have fought so hard to murder babies that they cannot use it towards defending children and women. So they use it for violent criminals. I mean ... 🤯
The word "unhinged" isn't even close to describing these women. What on earth in their past happened to them that led to this? Or is it simply a social contagion in the same way that transgenderism is among teens? Or perhaps it's the end stage of the feminist movement.
18 For kthe wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,7 in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they obecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of rthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
In the case of my 32 YO daughter (who is happily married, not a man hater) who is super intelligent, and super left, I blame the (internet) culture. We restricted screens in our kids up until the last couple of years of HS when we more of less gave up as they had papers to research for and assignments online and so on. We would occasionally cut my son off due to grades but my daughter was an almost straight A student taking advanced classes and was not a partier, did not get in trouble other than the screaming matches between she and I that is part of having a teenager, so we trusted her to make good decisions. Once she graduated she was out of the house and know she spent a lot of time in her 20's on reddit, 4chan and other online groups and she quit going to church. She was always pretty introverted and a voracious reader, everything from the classics to history and was just as happy home curled up with a book vs going out to a party on a Friday night. Lord knows what she reads today, last move there were lots of boxes of books we hauled out but didn't study the titles. I think in her case she has replaced religion with socialism/communism. All I can do is pray, we do have a relationship, but very surface level and any discussion of politics is verboten and she and her husband moved to Minneapolis, so only see her a couple of times a year. Actually they are 4 blocks from where the Renee Good event went down but she was at work and was not part of it. But she is "pro-immigrant" and calls hubby and I bigots for supporting ICE.
Sorry for your loss. I have two that have nothing to do with us, because we had the audacity to call them out on bad behavior. They are now 53 and 42, and haven’t heard from them in years. It sucks, but loving them,raising them, guiding them, apparently isn’t enough these days.
I'm so sorry! It's such a heartbreak! I have 2 younger sisters that don't have a thing to do with the rest of the family for decades now. It's very difficult on my parents, who, at 72 years old are seeing the ends of the lives approaching. 💔
Funny, I went to an extremely liberal college but was never swayed from my conservatism. I was maybe a little more on the moderate side in my 20s and early 30s before having kids but never became a liberal or Democrat.
I did too, the University of Oregon! No duh, lol, liberal as they come.
Grew up conservative, then took women’s studies class, I thought it was dumb but still became liberal but not political at all, I just wasn’t interested. I did know that Carter was bad and Reagan was good, but beyond that I seriously wasn’t interested until before Obama was elected. I knew he was wrong for our country.
In my 30’s my conservative views were mostly economic as I ran my own business, but like I said they started changing during Obama’s run, and intensified in 2020. I finally woke up!
I was the opposite - raised in a D home (but my parents views were closer to R today than today's D). Actually had some conservative profs in college that started to change some of my thinking, and Ross Perot's candidacy in 1992 is what put me over the edge. I was always a policy wonk, wrote a paper in HS on the danger of budget deficits and I loved Perot's long form commercials. Had a 3 month stint of unemployment that year and spent most of it volunteering for his campaign. Of course that means I actually helped Bill Clinton get elected but was young and naïve enough to think a 3rd party candidate had a shot.
No, she was in and out of school, actually, Went to a fairly conservative school in southern MO and her room-mate was a R and they got along. But she dropped out, worked a couple of years, then went to a couple of different community colleges. Ended up with an associates in medical coding/HC administration. Graduated HS with 24 hours of college credit taking dual credit and to add it all up she has enough hours for a bachelors but couldn't make up her mind what she wanted to do. She is currently in management/does training for the University health system in MN. Left her last job as she said they were 'too profit focused' which I would tend to agree in the health field, but in her lefty mind, all profit is evil so there's that....
Yeah got a fat raise and lots of good benefits and paid holidays with her new job courtesy of the taxpayers of MN (and federal dollars unless Trump cut them off, LOL). And yet profits are dirty. Makes zero sense, but here we are.
Says she really likes her boss and co-workers as I am sure it is a big circle jerk of entitled leftists. Sigh. Just told her I was happy for her and congrats on the new job and let her lecture me about the evils of profit to keep the peace. I will say she did inherit a work ethic, she is not a slacker and sure she is very good at her job. I just wish she was not so damn wrapped up in her ideology, she is smarter than that but led by the nose by emotion.
It is an old movie, but did you ever see "Looking for Mr. Goodbar"? Diane Keaton plays a woman who is looking for a man. Not a nice man, or a gentle man, but someone who is quite the opposite of those things, and she is looking for sex. Well, (I probably saw this movie in the 70s or 80s) she does finally seem to find a guy who fits the bill, and he kills her by stabbing her "after the loving" about 20 times. It was an extremely disturbing movie, but your comment made me think of it. I am female, and God made me an INTP if that means anything to anyone. I like logic, and am a thinker much more than a feeler. I cannot identify with the crackpots out there protesting ICE. I think they are trying to wear us out and get us to give up what is good. We CANNOT let them succeed.
I have not seen that movie, but from your description (and also because I don’t care much for Diane Keaton as an actress), I don’t think it’s something I’d want to see 😳
And I am like you, female but cannot understand these crackpot women at all!! 😳
You should read the book, “Looking for Mr. Goodbar.” It is utterly chilling and it depicts the feeling of young urban professional women in the late 70s. Their newly realized status as independent, capable women led them to idealize women like Gloria Steinem . They felt they were mini-men who would be devoted to their careers and just use men the way they felt men “used” them. Very suspicious of romance or good men. I was a young urban professional during this time, but the ugliness was obvious to thinking women usually with good fathers.
Yeah I don’t think I’d enjoy reading that. From the synopsis given, I would probably dislike the main characters and be tearing my hair out at the stupidity of it all 😆
That book/movie portrays a type of woman that does exist. She is the coolest of the cool. I remember coming of age around '68-'72. The Viet Nam was was going on. Feminism was being birthed, and there was pressure to be on what I strongly felt was the wrong side of issues. I came to view any push by individuals or society to be "cool" as a push to be evil. It is hard to be a teen under the sway of so much pressure to be cool. They won back then, and our nearly baby-free land is the result.
Oh I completely believe that type of woman exists, I just don’t want to spend time reading a story about them 😛
And I agree that the pressure to be “cool” (or “popular”) is a very dangerous thing and you were right to be wary of it. I have always been the same. I am not a bandwagon rider. I am bandwagon suspicious lol 😆 Which is another reason why I was wary of the Covid shots. The whole “team Pfizer” or “Team Moderna” trend was very bizarre to me and made me immediately wary.
I completely agree—coolness actually has devolved into destructive idols. Back in the 70s—80s a stay-at-home mother was actually scorned as a brainless “do nothing.” Meanwhile young, arrogant “working women” were deemed oh-so-cool by advertising and the media. The consequent abortions, selfish, venal marriages, latch-key children and miserable lives led to angry women. And here we are. Coolness—think of the heroin chic of Kate Moss celebrated by Vogue, cutthroat, venal career women who sacrifice their children to their vanity…you are so correct, “Virtue Must Win.”
The INTP type describes a person who is energized by time alone (Introverted), who focuses on ideas and concepts rather than facts and details (iNtuitive), who makes decisions based on logic and reason (Thinking) and who prefers to be spontaneous and flexible rather than planned and organized (Perceiving).
I read the book when it was first published; deeply disturbing. So there was no chance I could ever watch the movie. For some reasons I can read things that I could never handle watching.
One of the aspects of fiction I love most is the opportunity to live in someone else's life, even someone I might initially have little sympathy for. A great writer can flip that switch on you and you find out that you can relate to them or sympathize with them in spite of yourself. 😊
True. A good writer can take a character who is initially off putting and reveal more about the person little by little so as to make the reader more sympathetic to the character. But I’m not sure any writer is good enough to make me like or feel any sympathy for the character in this particular story, as it has been described. The description definitely doesn’t make me want to read it.
In my case, it was the violence that was so off putting. And it may be that the author just wasn't that skilled in his/her craft. I was in my 20s when I read the book and wasn't much of a critical reader at the time.
A former co-worker of mine lost her daughter to a drunk driving hit and run by a once-deported, then returned illegal alien who had a criminal history.
The only rage I ever feel about men is why they don't actually see dirt. 🤣
These women are unhinged and I'm ashamed of being a female. They are full of hate and completely illogical. The best lesson I've learned in the past 5 years is women are beyond evil. I used to think most women were not built to create an unstable society. I WAS WRONG! I pray that the still sane women rise up and beat these women down. Metaphorically speaking of course. 😉
I’m not ashamed. Just because we have a loud minority of idiots doesn’t mean that I am defined by them because I happen to share some physical attributes and perhaps a few other characteristics with them.
They are angry, unhappy people. First of all, they probably don’t have God in their lives. Secondly, they’ve bought all the lies the left has told them. Now, they can’t understand why when they believed everything the left told them to believe, they are miserable, their lives didn’t go as promised and now they have nothing but anger which they direct at everyone except the people who should be blamed.
I feel for ICE officer Ross. The unhinged leftist response to his protection of his life when threatened will put him at risk every time he is in public.
Now we have another officer beat with a shovel last night, and in the early hours of the morning “protestors” destroyed ICE vehicles and stole guns and classified documents from one of their vehicle safes - and started to share the info on the internet. How that doesn’t qualify for immediate military intervention is confusing and angering me.
I don’t really like… I’m angry too! They need to face more severe consequences for sure. I’m wondering if marshall law needs to be implemented in these locations where local government and law enforcement are refusing to uphold law and order.
Carrie, are you familiar with the "Q" plan? I think it may have approach that includes martial law, and as bizzare as has been characterized, it may have a solution.
What I don’t understand is how those same people would treat the situation when it legally DOES require military intervention. Their present actions and logic is saying that no president ever has just cause, ever, so he’s a dictator if he dare tries to use it. There are many valid reasons to use the military internally and they are trying to shut down ALL of those reasons so that they can never be used. That’s more scary than Trump sending in the military.
They would shut it down for a conservative administration, but resurrect it immediately for the Left if they wanted it.
I just think the Senate is the problem. The Left takes the football all the way down the field with Republicans giving way. The Rinos throw interception after interception, and have fumble after fumble, when there’s a Republican charge.
That’s how it’s looked to me for 50+ years of observation.
Popular Youtuber Meidas Touch showed the names. That channel needs to be sued out of existence, and the person who OK'ed that needs to criminally prosecuted.
I have to wonder if dark money is getting dumped into these GFM accounts to make it look like these causes have massive support. Most of the idiots out rioting on the streets don’t look very well off financially.
It’s worse than the Democrats not having a platform. The fact that they don’t have a platform means that they get people ‘on their side’ by fomenting chaos and pretending that the other side is the gestapo. It’s a very dangerous game they’re playing, and I’m wondering when, or if, there will be some leadership from their party to put a stop to instigating violence. So far I don’t see it.
I agree; I doubt we'll see that. The dems/libs are externally oriented. They cling to the negative cause du jour for their very identity. They have to be against something. I guess it gives them some sort of meaning. And today's raison d'être can always be replaced by tomorrow's pseudo-outrage. Rinse and repeat. It's an addiction to rage and a need for attention. Looking within isn't in their wheelhouse.
Exactly. I long for the day when we have two parties that are interested in what’s best for America and just disagree about how to get there. I’m afraid those days are past and never coming back, though.
It is the all-too-human desire for power or retention of power. The “protesters” are merely useful idiots, manipulated by the Democrat Party and its propaganda arm: MSM.
They have nothing to win with so their only play is to villainize opposition so that democrats become the only choice. They put EVERYTHING behind villainizing.
That’s the point the violence IS THEIR ANSWER AND WHAT THEY WANT. They want to tear down the republic and build a communist utopia a they know that violence is the only way forward. The more they lose the more they will turn to violence.
Not only do I not see that but I see them continuing to encourage the outrage. I listened to the Minneapolis mayor and Walz last night. They ask people to calm down but then talk about how horrible ICE is. What I heard was: keep doing what you’re doing because ICE deserves it. If they really wanted the chaos to stop, they’d say, STOP now, go home NOW or you will be arrested. That’s it.
It is very possible I might become the newest billionaire! How can that be ye asketh? Well let me tell you about my new, super-great invention that will soon sweep the planet. 🌎
It is now the year of our Lord, 2026. For the past decade, +/-, the big thing has been AI, aka Artificial Intelligence; which is now old school.
This has inspired me to fill the void the world is waiting for; ACS. Yes, we are now entering the age of ACS; Artificial Common Sense is here to stay!!!
Let's be honest: data centers, and uncontrolled AI (Trump has an AI taskforce that will overturn and overrule munipical regulations) will destroy the US, its environment, and they do not create as many jobs as promised - they provide tax revenue to towns and states, and ruin the water supply:
Exactly Kathleen. glad you get it! The typical corporate headquarters or manufacturing facility can have between 200 and 1,000 jobs on site. By comparison, the number of jobs at a typical data center can be anywhere between 5 and 30
Didn’t I read that Trump made a passing comment that the AI electricity requirements better not be on the backs of citizens as in AI centers have to incur the cost not the people?
I haven't focused my attention on this, but have you heard of any rising stars in the Republican party who should run against Shapiro? Republicans have not been putting forward the best candidates since I don't know when. Tom Corbett was a disaster and I don't recall the Republicans prior to him.
Is he "too Trumpy"? A friend of mine thinks that the state Republican chair (a Philadelphia lawyer) needs to be removed from that post b/c he is anti-Trump. I don't know enough about state politics to say. I'm on our county's Republican committee who by virtue of the fact that this is a blood-red county is complacent about it and doesn't see fit to have to fight for anything. And our congressman Glenn Thompson is a do-nothing congressman in a very safe seat.
I like Doug and even met him at a Republican event but he just doesn’t resonate with enough voters. He is ultra conservative and that doesn’t fly in Pa. I haven’t heard of anyone in the R party that is running. Shapiro is the darling right now. Yuck 🤮
And you have Trump propping up and campaigning for swamp goons like Lindsay Graham.
But hey, the permanent state zombies like Pompeo and Bolton are cheering on a lot of Trump's military moves - so they obviously must be good moves to have support of all the neocons.
I'm wondering if his "support" for Graham isn't a case of "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Trump is no dummy so I'm pretty sure he knows what Graham et al are capable of. As for Pompeo and Bolton, they are cheering on Trump's military moves for a different set of reasons than what Trump's are. Check out Promethean Action's video on Youtube which will begin at 11am Eastern.
Small nuclear reactors which don't require vast amounts of water are in our near future. They'll also sell excess power generation to the grid. When do the reactors actually get built is the question, not if.
I saw a YouTube video which was amazing and completely disturbing. Exposing the Dark Side of America’s AI Data Center Explosion. Look it up. (Sorry not tech savvy enough to figure out a link 🙄).
You mean like the regime change instigators from Mossad, CIA, and MI6 that are leading the "revolution" in Iran? Those aren't organic protests, and people here who seem to be wary of media readily believe this story because it comports with what they want to believe.....
So DJT FINALLY sent out a Truth saying if the retards in MN don’t get their 💩together and let ICE do their jobs he would declare the Insurrection Act as many past Presidents have done. About time.
“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT”
About time but I think we are past the warnings stage, time to act. Poor Minnesotans. So many are afraid to publicly speak out for fear of what radicals locally could do to them or their businesses and family.
Not only did they revoke visas but they are also putting a hold on letting people in from countries whose people tend to depend on public assistance when they come to the US.
Did you know that each legal immigrant was to have a sponsor and that sponsor was to be responsible for the immigrant if they needed public welfare? It was their responsibility to pay back what the sponsored immigrant used in welfare. I did not know this and apparently it wasn’t being enforced?
It sounds like CBS deserves credit for improving from the dumpster fire they had become. The flip side, of course, is that they poisoned their own well so badly and for so long that it is unlikely that I will ever consume their product again. At the very least, not until about a decade of continuing improvement occurs, which will be less than half of the length of time it was declining at an exponential rate.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
I personally love the new moniker for nbc: msnbc (I refuse to capitalize it) Every time I see this, I think MS is multiple sclerosis! 🧐 Multiple Sclerosis nbc. Perhaps that's fitting after all.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! So sweet, and good advice to stay on the side of positivity (if that’s actually a word!) I may post this to my (mostly negative) Facebook feed.
It has taken me a long time to learn how to focus on the positive aspects of life daily and to count my blessings. It’s easy to get negative about life when there’s so much crazy stuff happening.
However, it feels so much better to think about the beautiful things in life -especially if there is nothing we can do about the negatives. Thinking negative thoughts too often isn’t good for your mental or physical health and most definitely not good for your spiritual/emotional health either.
Same with Oregon, I live here and wonder how this state is so ignored when it relates to fraud, violence, and election integrity, "hello we need help out here!" Our "lawmakers" have single hand-idly torched our economy. Praying and crossing my fingers for Cali, WA and OR.
The NYT having to cover the civil war within the DNC signals that their efforts to create an amplify a civil war within MAGA blew up in their faces.
I pray that the poor ICE soldier who was struck by Renee Good's SUV is in a safe, trusted hospital surrounded by safe, trustworthy doctors, nurses, and hospital staff. And I pray his family is also safe; the word is that they have had to go into hiding because they were receiving so many death threats.
And the NYT wonders why people are turning on the Democrats.
It’s cold 🥶 over here. As I went towards the front door this morning, my beloved Aussie shepherd thought I wanted to walk her (not so) and started her doggie dances of joy. I almost caved because she looked so happy. Then I thought about the cold 🥶
I don't even get dressed. I just get up and go out and run. No one cares about some naked guy running in the dark on a cold morning, except the police.
Trump's tariffs are scaring the establishment. They won't admit they work because tariffs will bring down the Federal Reserve. That is the ultimate goal - destroy the Fed. It has enslaved Americans for over a hundred years, and is unconstitutional. Trump has put a system of external revenue in place to bypass the Fed, and at the same time is exposing how the Fed is not working for us, but for the global elites who had been looting America dry.
Any Congressman who defends the Fed and Jerome Powell are not working for the American people. They use the lie about the Fed needs to be "independent". The Fed needs to be abolished.
Question: how many congresscritters do you think are actually "working for the American people", rather than themselves and their benefactors?
I'd say that, given the history of about at least the last 75 years or so, it's a vanishingly small number.
My theory is that probably 75% of them go there with the best of intentions, but most of them get caught up in the game (I’ll vote for your bill if you support mine), the easy money, the attention, and get corrupted. I think that about 20% of them end up maintaining their integrity.
My guess is lower than that. In the first administration of the Trumper, he mentioned the fact that so many in congress were compromised that getting rid of them would limit the running of the country..so they would have to be slowly eliminated..words to that affect. I believe Lora Loomer in Texas asked candidates running for senator what plan they had to not be compromised because they would be IF they didn't have a plan. None of them had a plan. If you go there without recognizing the destroyer's goal and know how to resist it, you are lost. Put on the armor of GOD and rebuke satan as we are told.
And it’s easy to be corrupted. From my own experience, it takes fortitude and willpower to resist. You want to win, you know that your winning is in the best interest of the community, but getting endorsements and raising funds makes a big difference. That being said, if you sell out, then you’re not doing your community any favors.
I was approached by a union (SEIU) for a possible endorsement. If you don’t know who they are, just look them up. The usual communist crap and using the same dirty tactics. In order to get their endorsement, I had to sign a contract that essentially said I had to support whatever they supported, push their agenda above all else. All this for their endorsement and $1000 donation. Other than residents, my only endorsement was unofficial from the police association in town because, where I live, at that time, it would kill your chances of winning. Why? Well, I was anti-mandate (during the height of the plandemic), and I was listed as no party preference. In other words, I was a free thinker they couldn’t control.
Honestly, though, after having run for office and knowing what it means to be backed by unions or other organizations like that, I’m more inclined to vote for people with zero endorsements, except for the residents that I know personally.
Great insight... thanks for sharing 👍🇨🇦
"the Trumper" wins an award for dumbest comment of the day
Are you referring to Dave aka Geezermann?
WS, reply was for the comment just above by Carolyn, referenced by quoting her exact language
Your question was below my comment etc.
After several comments there is not enough screen to show them and SS fails
I would agree with that. DC is exhibit A that absolute power corrupts absolutely, plus the human nature of starting to believe your own PR machine press releases. That being said, I am ambivalent about term limits being the answer. We have that in our state, and our legislature is in constant turmoil and rarely gets anything done as there is constant turnover and few elder statesmen (and women) who have been around long enough to know how to get good legislation written and passed. We had a voter ID bill challenged and overturned in court twice before finally getting a bill across the finish line that survived the court challenge, for instance. Those who are ambitious get elected, and immediately start grandstanding and running for the next higher office as it's a race to build name recognition and notoriety before you term out. There is little incentive to dig in and work on the 'hard problems' that take years to hammer out. For instance our education funding formula is a convoluted mess and hasn't been changed in over a decade. One who was trying admitted that 2/3rds of the legislators don't even UNDERSTAND the formula, let alone want to dig in to try to change it.
And then you get the staffers actually running things because the newbies depend on them to understand what is going on 😕
AND the lobbyists who are all too happy to 'educate' the newbies.
🎯🎯🎯
And author laws............. .
That cycle is vicious, isn’t it?
Remember this . You don't even get on the ballot unless you are vetted AKA corrupted or corruptible. Almost no one goes to congress with good intentions.
That seems a little jaded. My friend Sean Smith who ran in 2024 (lost) is the furthest thing from corrupt there is. He's been a lone voice against corruption in his role as a county legislator the past 4 years. And as far as vetting is concerned, he was not formally vetted by anyone prior to his filing or after filing. We do vet candidates here locally, our state does not require party registration, and D's do pose as R's, not as much in my blue county, but it's more common in the solid red parts of the state. However there is a woman who spent 8 years on the city council now running for state rep saying she is an R. I watch most council meetings and she did nothing in her 8 years to indicate a conservative leaning and mostly just kept her head down and went with whatever the majority wanted. Voted yes for a DEI commission until a bunch of us packed the meetings and then she backed down and voted no. County party is backing her opponent, a business owner with solid conservative views and a lot of grassroots support from the business community. She can stay on the ballot (filing hasn't even opened yet) but she will not win.
Perhaps, but from what I have seen and read, the infiltration of political level, even down to school boards, have been hijacked by the deep state. I live in a very conservative county, yet the librarian in the town closest to us is very liberal and it shows up in the books there, the school board even admitted they couldn't believe they were able to pull off renaming schools named after Confederates and used tax funds to do it. They were subsequently all thrown out and the school names changed back (first time in America), but the funds to do it were privately raised. I attended a Republican political meeting after Trump won the primary in our state. A local person active in the party approached our small group at one point and said "don't worry. We'll get Ted Cruz appointed ". WTF?
I'm thinking less than 10%. I knew a guy who went to Congress, I was so very happy about it. He went down quick and will not be seeking re-election. I would never want to go there and be so tempted to sell my soul. I don't think I would but ... Satan is strong there, apparently.
Yes, Satan is very strong in our congress...'
Satan... AKA Israel.
I believe that 20% preserved integrity is generous. Too much money and opportunity. Just like the myth of benignly competent and helpful civil servants, Congress members serving solely for the benefit of constituents and country is a utopian fantasy.
No one immersed in the den of thieves that is Washington DC comes out without a taint of corruption.
I listen to the Ruthless podcast, and they interview Republican office holders from across the nation and many of them are people of integrity. I’m sure they’re putting themselves in the best light, but many seem to still have integrity.
I grew up in a political (albeit D, although a different kind of D) household and have followed and been involved in politics my whole life, (born in the 60's). The D and R identities have become so polarized that thinking for yourself is verboten. My D House rep has been there 20 years, When he was first elected, he was pro-life. He is now a shill for 'reproductive rights' lest he get cancelled by his party. He is a corrupt jerk, but still he didn't used to be as bad as he is now.
During covid, I lost longtime liberal friends and stepped up my involvement and now run in a circle where all of my friends are some level of R. BUT the ones who only become political after covid have zero nuance and love to toss out the term RINO and want to cancel anyone who dares color outside the lines.
Take Thomas Massie. Have followed him for years, and generally see him as thoughtful and principled. Do I agree with all of his votes? No, but I do respect that he has views he is willing to stand for. But many of my friends disparage him and call him a RINO. Then there is Josh Hawley, though, who seems more like he just blows in the wind to try to capture the latest sentiment. He is newly into his second term and was the darling of most of my conservative friends prior to Trump's post about him but I always read him as more of an opportunist than a principled conservative.
And then there is the money. Campaign spending has risen to obscene levels and the push to raise funds is relentless. Anyone who wants to stay in office only gets traction if they raise money for the party and of course their own re-election campaigns. And there are all too many corrupting influences with fat check books.
Perhaps we need Political Party Donations Limits instead of Term Limits. I agree that the donation pools are ridiculously overfunded. Many good people, with management and fiscal responsibility skills are unable to run for office due to cost. I’d love to see caps put on the TOTAL WARCHEST instead of the donor. If a candidate gets all his money from one billionaire, who cares? So long as that’s all the money he can get, playing field will be level.
I agree about Thomas Massie. I have a lot of respect for him.
But until yesterday, I wouldn't have known who Hawley was. Today, I like him because of his exchange with the doctor who didn't know what a woman was.
Doctor: I think we should proceed from science and evidence, not politics.
Hawley: Can men get pregnant?
Doctor: That sounds like a political question.
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My friends local congressman went into office as a $250000 a year attorney. Now he's worth 19 million.
I'd prefer that campaigns were paid for by the government. Yes, that means we all pay for them, but we already do in some ways. Pick a time frame, say 10 years ago, and the average of the race for the position. If for the House, for instance, then that average is what those campaigns get; for the Senate, that average. Period. No other campaign contributions. One can contribute time as a volunteer, but not money, and not cash value contributions (office supplies, advertising, etc). Having limited cash, campaigns would have to be smarter, and better. Also, election opponents couldn't just be spent into oblivion; with similar resources, one would have to be able to show why they are the better choice, rather than rely on a flurry of advertising.
Pie in the sky, perhaps, but one can dream...
You are too bright to take on assigned titles.
ProLife or AnitAbortion?? Howz about refusing to even consider
normalizing killing babies??
AntiVax?? Howz about Pure Blood
AntiScience? Howz about Socratic
Tolerant? Howz about principled
Were they "friends" or were they fools??
Is a fool lost by definition?
I know many Republican as well as Democrat state and federal level politicians. Integrity is a rare characteristic. Transactional relationships are the norm.
The endless campaign fund raising is a significant driver of this behavior.
I'll say again, term limits across the board. 8 and out.
I am not convinced
I made calls to my senators and to John Thune yesterday about ending the ‘silent’ filibuster. “Make them talk, talk, talk and the other side listen, listen listen and then vote with a simple majority winning”. This pretend debate and a 60 vote requirement is unconstitutional and really stupid.”
The bad senators are probably sure most Americans have no idea about the rules and thus they’re fine doing nothing to change.
They count on our ignorance, short attention spans and constant distractions from unsettled lives to do as they please.
If they don’t hear from us, they assume we aren’t paying attention and have no real idea about what’s going on.
Many of them probably don’t know what’s going on.
I’d agree with you, not sure about the numbers but so many get sucked in with the power & prestige that they believe they are gods. The money is the second factor that becomes their god and totally corrupted they begin to believe they deserve it. I sure hope the dominoes start falling if nothing less for saving their sorry souls. The original sin- we want to be in control
And the longer they're entrenched the higher the likelihood they've been corrupted.
Yep. Term limits!
I appreciate your optimism, but I would place the bar much lower, at perhaps 5%.
Politics is by nature transactional; it is about compromise, so making that a measure of corruption means that only the very worst examples would be considered 'good'. It isn't the compromise that is the issue, it is what one is compromising for, what THEY get as a result. For instance, if I compromise on an issue and say that 'if you help me with this that you have a minor disagreement about, then I'll help with yours that I have a minor quibble about', that isn't the problem.
The real problem is when someone says that they will help on something, in exchange for something for themselves, that has nothing to do with their constituency. For example, I fully expect that Pelosi has an occasional stock tip in exchange for help, solely profiting the proffered individual. Or it might be future help with re-election, or party favors such as committee positions, or any number of things that help the person, likely in inverse relation to the value of the legislation.
As many have pointed out, term limits don't fix the problem; it only means that unelected staffers and lobbyists then have the real control, and there is almost no way to get rid of those. No, the way to deal with it is for the people to actually do their job, and instead of just pulling the lever for 'muh party', do a modicum of research and vote for the best person. Unfortunately, we have become entirely too accustomed to doing little to nothing to correct the issue, instead relying on the same people we complain about to fix the problem they both created and benefit from...
(And for what it's worth, while I don't agree with Paul and Massie often, I do respect that they will stand for what they believe in, at whatever political cost. On the opposite side, one couldn't have a better example than RFK Jr. They take a lot of heat from their own for doing what they feel is right for the people, not necessarily for the party.)
You’re being very generous. I’m going with 1-2% have any integrity at all.
The glass is half full preference. Evidence is that long before it was mostly empty. Most were honeypotted climbing the ladder.
% is the birds eye view concept...
Integrity is a life long missive, like a seedling has growth spurts or dries up.
Valerie, I used to think 75% or more went with good intentions, but I now believe that figure is much lower.
I’d say 20% - if we look at policies coming from congress, 80% of them benefit organizations. Only 20% benefit the people: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/understanding-the-ruling-class-of
Part of the problem is that you cannot impose your will on your fellow legislators. Plato basically said that you either compromise or get killed. So even if you go in with the best of intentions and do not take bribes, you will be a target.
Like Minnesota state representative Hortman and husband who paid with her (and husband’s) life. Dems are in a “…..steal, kill and destroy” mission.
Apparently the Walz apparatus is at one with the Clinton mafia.
Sorry, Signcut. I can't count that low.
Jeff Sessions was on record as being the only Congress member who never took a dime. The number of non corrupt Congress members is so small you would need a microscope to see it.
He should have kept the safe seat instead of becoming a totally inept Justice Department director...
I still have hopes he is behind the scenes helping DJT.
I have wondered if he might be a prosecutor in military tribunals. He has ROTC in his background. I don't know if that's enough to qualify.
Yes a Capt. in the Army Reserves. He was subpoenaed to Congress late summer for Epstein stuff but I don't know if he showed up. Same stuff Bill and the Kitlery are evading now. He was based out of Mobile, where I live and I never see anything on him. Don't know if he is retired to his family farm north of here but I don't think he's practicing law here. I've always liked him. Especially for trying to go after absentee voting in the Black Belt.
I was looking for the answer and he was subpoenaed on August5, 2025, but there's nothing after that. It does seem like if he had shown up there would be his testimony available.
1.8% reject AIPAC money so that’s my number.
AIPAC....!! You're missing a lot more.
I’ve heard 2%!!!
Here's a start:
https://www.trackaipac.com/
Have you read The Creature from Jekyll Island? The Fed was a sham from the get go.
Yes! It is quite a tome, and I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but it’s fascinating, SHOCKING, and highly recommended reading.
There is a condensed version that tells the story called “Dishonest Money” by Joseph Plummer. It is even available for free on his website. Does an excellent and concise job so you don’t have to go through the “tome.”
There’s also a Tuttle Twins version for kids that is somewhat simplified.
That sounds like the version for me! I used to be an avid reader, but I had no time for reading when raising my children, and now presbyopia (literally “old age vision”) has taken the fun out of it. And reading a real book would take time away from poring over Substack and doom-scrolling Twitter/X.
I hope it has a lot of drawings.
There are a few 😆 if I remember correctly.
https://a.co/d/drW0OtR
I believe it even had an endorsement by Ed Griffin.
What is his website, please, so I know I have the right guy?
https://joeplummer.com/dishonest-money-0.html
Thank you
G. Ed Griffin is a font of knowledge. Worth reading everything he writes.
Imagine a world without ludicrous financial bubbles that totally distort economic reality. Imagine a world where fiscal recklessness is quickly reflected in the markets. Imagine a world...
Ok Rod. ;)
Rod Serling used to give me the creeps whenever he started talking.
He was pretty creepy. Same with the gang on Dark Shadows. lol
Beckadee, I see what you did there. Clever.
😂
Exactly. We have been talking for about 20 years about the Brits (and others) have been in control of our economy through the Federal Reserve for over 100 years. It’s finally coming out, and Starmer and Jerome Powell are BIG MAD
Interestingly, Promethean Action will be talking about this, and other things, on their YouTube channel in a few minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/live/tXxLBXOiR8c?si=v5oUnSQm3UeOvdNQ
It's awesome they are growing! People like what they say.
You're welcome, yes, they have grown much lately, many new followers.
I noticed that!!!! I started following when they had around 40 followers and it is amazing, watching them grow so quickly.
THanks for the reminder. Susan and Barbara are 2 of my favorites.
Absolutely right! Trumps plan from the beginning 🙏🙏
I'm not clear on how tariffs would bring down the Fed, but replacing the income tax with tariffs sounds good to me.
And the Fed definitely needs to be abolished:
https://patrick.net/post/1346509/2022-07-05-end-the-federal-reserve
We should all just start using silver by _weight_ with each other. Weight alone, not "dollars" or other bullshit which is easily debased.
Cannot Trump just transfer all significant roles of the FED to the Treasury Dept?
I think it would require the making of some law.
It would also be very unpopular with big bankers who are routinely bailed out by massive money printing. That's the purpose of the Fed: to protect the extremely rich bankers at the expense of everyone else.
Trump's economic team is full of Ex-Fed and Pro-banker lice.
Moore was a good guy... not welcomed back?
Audit the Fed, then end the Fed.
At least an audit! I don't think it has ever been done.
All for abolishing the federal reserve. Also there should be legislated spending limits on the federal government. They should be required to balance budgets. These two things get accomplished and we should have world peace.
The Fed needs accountability to the people!!!
Sorry Dave, but how do tariffs replace the fed exactly? The math doesn't add up - at all. I agree the Fed needs to go, but I don't see how this is even remotely realistic.
Really? what math exactly ?? Be real now.
Is this a serious question? If it is, good luck with life if you can't see the obviousness of this.
There is strong competion for cluelessness. JO is a top contender.
Okay genius, please explain how you replace 5, 6, or 7 trillion dollars of spending with tariffs that bring in half a trillion.
On the booming economy:
If the economy were indeed booming, wouldn't unemployment be low and jobs easy to get? But that's not what's happening. I can't wait for all these jobs from all these billions in investments to be unleashed on the American workers. Let's go already!
On the invisible hand of the market:
I guess the invisible hand is not so invisible when it comes to US coveting Venezuelan and Iranian oil or any other resources that belong to other nations. Nothing stopped the US from genuinely doing business in their own back yard or build infrastructure in Latin America. If I want something built and I don't have the qualifications to do it, I would go to the people who have the expertise to do it. Maybe the US could learn something from China, in this case. The US is like a spoiled, mean girl screaming: "You can't play with my friends!"
Yep!!
All I know is you can’t have politicians setting interest rates!
Dear Senator Elissa: We folks DO know the "one or two things that actually impact people" your Democrat Party cares about: Fundamentally transforming our nation into a polyglot dumping ground for the world's criminal element ... and aggregating sufficient power to crush anyone who dares stand in your way brandishing the Constitution.
Literally wrote an article called “how democrats are destroying society” that echoes this statement: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/how-the-democrats-are-destroying
What is destroying our society is Democrats abusing welfare, coddling criminals, devaluing women, decrying White people’s rights, mentally abusing children and positioning themselves against the entire group of middle class Americans. (Not to mention taking advantage of emotionally retarded liberals.)
Where does the constitution say that illegals are entitled to welfare?
Where does it say that Americans MUST fund any NGO?????
STOP THE FUNDING AND ABUSE.
Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding anyone’s childcare but their own children!
I’m an immigrant and we NEVER got any kind of government assistance!
I’ve been a citizen for over 25 years and we never lived off welfare!
I love this country and wouldn’t want to be anywhere else! 🇺🇸
It is the best country in the world!
It’s sad that the coddled liberal embraces hive mind thought, but they’ve all been born here,with the freedom to think for themselves, and not be killed for thinking. It’s incredible. They don’t see the irony in protesting everything trump, whilst not a word regarding islam in Iran.
Sadly, they don’t actually think for themselves. They’re being manipulated.
They don't seem to be able to think for themselves, which is even worse than choosing not to think.
The levels of ignorance about so many topics makes it worse. For example being a Doctor ( in any area of study) means being very highly educated in 1 tiny area of specialisation, even if you ignore the ideological indoctrination.
I get funny looks when I say a successful farmer knows a lot more than a medical doctor or a lawyer. The doctor or lawyer is highly educated in 1 specialised, narrow area of knowledge but the farmer must have a good knowledge across many areas of knowledge.
I'd sooner go to a farmer for healthcare than a doctor. The farmer probably won't try to kill me for starters.
It’s the schools. For years, the liberals have infiltrated the schools and brainwashed the kids. Why do you think they are so against homeschooling. Private schools used to be protected from it, but the teachers that come out of the universities are infecting those as well.
Please reserve a pew in your church for me. Great preaching and I am in full agreement.
SM, your comment is absolutely outstanding. Thank you.
💯!!!!
Well said!!! 👏👏👏
You should preach "your gospel of ethical citizenship" to every immigrant you meet, SM--so glad you're 'here'!! I am a natural born USA citizen as are all of my forebears for over 200 years. I have NO 'fear' of any 'foreigner' - but I DO fear the mass migration of illegal CRIMINAL immigrants into our precious Constitutional Republic - always have, and always will!
JEHOVAH JIREH--He HAS, He DOES, He SHALL!
Bravo.
We may need a few years of authoritarianism... or Marshall Law...
But candidly... I don't think Trump is the guy for that. He has been acting a bit irrational... and serves Israel first, clearly. His new bestie, Lubed-up Lindsay... is VERY concerning. War with Iran... benefits America? Did spending $300 BILLION+ of OUR cash on the dildos of Ukraine serve us?
"Peace President"... my ass.
I don’t think you fully understand what Authoritarian means if you suggest that is what Trump is doing. Technically it was Biden who was becoming Authoritarian with his censorship of conservative views, government oppression of anti-Covid speech, persecution of Republicans and Trump, the entire J6 CIA/Mossad/UN orchestrated theatrical “insurrection” resulting from a stolen election with millions of fraudulent votes….SIGH
Democrats literally steal elections, launder billions, drive taxes up whenever they can, sellout our military, feminize men and dehumanize women for trans mentally unstable people, rape babies and toddlers whilst championing abortion rights and they defend illegal violent immigrants 💀🤮 They are some of the most perverse pedo predators in this country.
You bring up foreign wars yet totally ignore the raging domestic assault on American citizens. He didn’t pimp this country out like past presidents have, especially Obama and Biden.
If people don’t start to realize that our country is under attack and unite against the domestic threats, we’ll have a real disaster to face. Forget party affiliation and stand united as Americans.
I understand things far better than you...
Your Trump sycophancy betrays your low intellect... and you need not lecture me on the evils of the left.
Yes, I bring up foreign wars... especially the Trump supported and funded mass slaughter of innocents in Gaza, Yemen and Lebanon... YOU approve of those major war crimes?
Trump has done a lot of good... and also has done a lot of idiotic, sometimes criminal acts, most of the worst to support his obvious Masters, Zionists/Mossad. You drones ignore the obvious truths...
Good for you ! Now climb down off your high horse.
Roger Beal , this lady is really scary 😱 https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/meet-the-millennial-influencer-running-to-be-michigans-next-us-senator
Miz Mallory oughta transplant herself to Minnesota ... she'd be a shoe-in to replace Tampon Tim as gouverneur.
NO, NO, NO! Not to Minnesota! We have more than enough challenges here trying to find the pony in a huge pile of 💩!!! 😖
Send her out to California. They like freaks out there.
North Korea seems like a great place for her!
Gaza?
We’re tired of the freaks here too!
What a world!
Where are you?
Great idea!!
We don’t need her in CA. We have enough transplants ruining our state. A guy from a nearby city downloaded the campaign donation data for a local city council, created graphs, showing the percentage of money raised from people outside of this little 40k city. The three majority, who are all proud DSA members, had 22%, 35%, and 55% raised from within the city. The rest were all outside donations. That 55% was from an election three years ago. Also, that election only required $35k in order to win. The past election, the winning candidates raised over $85k.
Why do I know this? Because we’ve learned we have to watch what’s happening in the cities around us.
I also came across this guy running for CA state assembly in the 51st district. His name is Dick Lucas.
https://dicklucas.com/
This is the district map:
https://a51.asmdc.org/district-map
Look at how it’s drawn. I’m sure that’s some gerrymandering there.
Then send her to Timbuktu.
Hopefully Minnesota is learning a hard lesson and gets someone in office who will clean house and bring respect back to the state rather than make it an embarrassment and laughing stock.
Unfortunately, I think the patient is too far gone and on life support and there is no going back. We can only hope for a miracle.
Governor Lindell?
Lindell, boundless energy, a business mind and loves America. I would give the guy a try if I lived there.
Yes please 🙏🏽
Hey, don't forget we have Pistol Pete too!
It’s been 20 years since they had a Republican governor. Not sure how they can come back from Walz and Frey. Uff da that’s a tall order, you betcha! Send prayers.🙏🏻
Good article about the New Jersey transplant
NJ is about to get a dose of white Kamala.
"And until Democrats can answer the simple question, “what is a woman?”, they’ll be stuck conducting focus groups until the cows come home."
I will add until you reverse the rhetoric and actions that led to perhaps 10-100 times as many vulnerable and confused young people being harmed as there are people who would perhaps truly benefit from social or medical trans interventions, your party will be irrelevant to me other than as an enemy to be defeated.
Ms Slotkin is getting a whole lot of press time for a 2nd year, freshmen Senator from Michigan. She reminds me of AOC’s meteoric rise in the House, without Cortez’s good looks or some charm. She is the epitome of a CIA operative or KGB sweetheart without the sweet or the heart. As someone from Michigan I watched as Trump carried Michigan handily, but Mike Rogers the Republican candidate for Senate, the name right below Trump’s on the ballot, who was leading until the day after Election Day when all those mail in ballots saw his lead evaporate, just like DJT’s did in 2020.
Wonder what they’re grooming her for?
Victoria nuland may need replacing….everyone knows she’s very bad news.
^^This!^^
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But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.
— 2 Corinthians 2:14 NAS95
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As true today as it was yesterday, and will be tomorrow!
This morning I felt the need to sing Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine, oh what a foretaste of Glory Devine!
Amen!
Amen!
Janice, when is your procedure being done?
Hi Elaine, it is Thursday the 22nd beginning at noon. Had my preop yesterday, and the nurse practitioner said, "I'm going to go talk to the anesthesiologist because your case is so unique." I said, "You mean weird." She laughed. Thank you for asking and for praying for me!
Continuing to pray for you Janice!! 🙏🙏🙏
Unique?
Yes, I have some rare vessel issues, hence the chest angiogram, plus a zillion allergies to meds.
Then I ask the Lord to do "impossible" things - whether through the medical staff or by His own supernatural power!
I pray God will let your surgery and healing be a ministry to all who provide care for you in this interim healing time!
May God open hearts to the truth of HIS Word;
And may He put His Words in your mouth and cover you in the shadow of His hand as you speak them forth! (Isaiah 51:16; ESV)
[May you be a vessel for the word of the Lord to flow from and to your medical team!]
In Jesus name!
Amen!
Amen. My prayer as well. I want Him to use it all. There is a reason He has led me down this path.
As always, good luck.
I identify with that. I cannot take most antibiotics. Will be praying for you.
This is so bizarre to me. Just goes to show how illogical these women are 🙄 They are fueled by rage against men. So they use their rage against men to help and defend men who have been arrested for trafficking, sexually abusing women and children and murdering and/or assaulting people (also frequently women and children). I just can’t with these morons 🙄🙄🙄
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/01/14/man-hating-anti-ice-observer-says-quiet-part-out-loud-on-why-she-does-it-n4948285?
Well, it's not logic-based, it's emotion. Debate is therefore going to be useless.
I'm not sure why we insist on debating regime mouthpieces, protestors or anyone else espousing illogical or anti-American positions.
We should just be moving forward with what we know needs to be done, not talking with completely captured chaos agents.
I'd also recommend a stronger reaction with regards to these protestors.
Of course. That was my point. It’s not logical at all, completely emotion based (the “rage” part is a big clue to that 😆😁). I agree that we shouldn’t debate them and just do what is necessary.
I kind of think we should just leave all of these women who are so passionately defending the Tren de Aragua gang members and various other traffickers and criminals in a room together and let them do what they want. I know, not very nice of me but I honestly so sick of these idiots helping to put other people in danger with their foolishness 🙄
There's the centuries-old stereotype that women = illogical, irrational, emotional; while men = logical, rational, unemotional. The raging man-hating feminist agitators only amplify that stereotype. That division is also the purpose of feminism, or one of them at least.
As a woman, they make me roll my eyes and cringe 😕 I hate that they reinforce that stereotype. I’ve always tried to have a logical approach and can’t stand the way these women operate. It’s really just the same kind of manipulative tactic that women who had no power in the past use to use to get power and attention. Pathetic.
You'd think, after millennia, we'd get that we're meant for each other.
Same here RL!
Clearly. Have you ever asked why you chose logic?
Not an easy one to answer but very useful.
Unfortunately that stereotype is true. Remember Eve?😳😬
Well yes Eve. But we’re all individuals, not carbon copies of Eve. It may be a large and vocal minority or maybe even a majority that fit the stereotype, but there are also lots of counter examples. I dislike being reduced to a stereotype, personally. It’s just a facile way of thinking imo.
I agree. But like a teenager saying “SHE started it!!!!” I felt the need to blame her 😂😂😂.
(My daughter is experiencing peri-menopause…..and she keeps saying “Damn that Eve!”So……right now we are in the “She started it!!” mode.
Forgive me, please Father God…….bbbbbbut it’s Eve’s fault!
If you don't have any solutions, create problems. The Dems have no solutions where they take the opposite side of the Republicans. I've always thought that the Politicians should join forces to solve problems and then argue later who actually was helpful in solving problems. But, the Uniparty world is probably more dangerous. We would never catch the taxpayer wasting of money through fraud.
Chaos the opposite of order. It is telling that it is also self destructive.
The American Revolution was won with less that 5% supporting.
So much in this Substack today! I liked your description of how to read and discern propaganda! I don’t read the NYT, so I don’t have to worry about their reporting; just as I no longer watch MSM reporting on TV. I easily can discern their propaganda from clips I see on alternative media outlets.
Did you all catch that the new Governor of Virginia is going to bring back DEI to the state? More democrat crap!!
Good that you graduated from the fake news echo chamber.
Discernment facilitated by removal of noise (propaganda)
Your technique is reproducible.
Once I did, I felt a huge sigh of relief!
Running Logic here’s a real scary female dem . https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/meet-the-millennial-influencer-running-to-be-michigans-next-us-senator
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Scary female Dem-isn’t that redundant though 😆😛
Amen
I'm all for that RL
Absolutely agree.
Who's not nice? What is the definition of nice?
Not nice to throw them to the wolves that way. But it’s kind of like letting a kid face the natural consequences of their choices in a way, I guess. You want to help and defend these thugs, we’ll let THEM have you since you love them so much 🙄
Are you talking to me?!
Responding to your question about “nice”. I was clarifying what I meant when I wrote that in my other comment. Or trying to, apparently I wasn’t as clear as I thought 😆
And “you” was meant as “you women defending the illegal immigrant thugs”. Not *you* RJ Rambler.
The most important thing I learned from Scott Adams (RIP) is just how many people are entirely ruled by their emotions. Add to that how a clever manipulator can tap into it and get them to believe complete lies that are 100% at odds with reality around them. Once you see this is can't be unseen, and you'll be amazed you never saw it before.
That's why I'm immediately suspicious of ANYONE trying to provoke an emotional response in others, particularly if doing so in apparent bad faith. The Dems do it like breathing but there are plenty of people supposedly on our side who do it to, Ben Shapiro being among the most egregious. Note how much of what he says seems intended to make you feel angry or guilty. It's not an accident.
Plus women are far more susceptible to this than men, that's not sexist but just a statement of fact. Men are women are different, men being the provider/protector, and women being the nurturers. Nurturing a child requires an emotional attachment unlike any other on Earth. However, once that emotional attachment gets hijacked into a "cause" other than mothering, it results in the insanity we see today.
That last point I believe is why the Bible specifically prohibits female pastors and elders, they are (generally) far too susceptible to emotional manipulation. Satan is the Father of all lies, and he knows this all too well.
I listen to talk radio when I am in my car, and the vast majority of the conservative voices are every bit as bad at times. Like Bongino's "they hate you" commentary from his show before he left for the FBI. The left is easy to bash, but there is some nuance there where some issues are not black and white. Before Trump, R's shrugged off illegal immigration as it was cheap labor that kept inflation in check, wages low and profit margins high. Now some of these same folks are embracing ICE operations as that is where the wind is blowing.
Same on social media. Emotion fueled rants get clicks, which is the currency that helps people make a living off being an 'influencer'. We are all guilty although I try to stick to written stuff as it is generally more even handed. But I run in circles with lots of politically active folks, and people send me video clips all day long, and the vast majority of them are click bait. Don't watch most of them as I would never get anything done if all I did was watch videos.
You seem to be ignoring the fact that Republicans voted, many times , 100% against the RATS, but we did not have a majority. And, even now we only have a ‘simple’ majority.
Please stop ignoring that fact.
The problem with Republicans is that they actually do BELIEVE in listening to and debating opposing viewpoints. We need a SUPER-majority to actually get anything reasonable passed, because the DEMONS are represented by the D party (including those demons who ran as Republicans because they couldn’t win as demonicRATS).
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Oh no doubt the R's pre Trump were mostly as weak-kneed as they come. Remember the campaign promises to repeal and replace Obamacare?! And it IS frustrating as h*ll that when we DO get a majority we squander it. But there is also a distinction between the rank and file conservatives and those who end up in elected office. "uni-party" is a thing and too many of those we elect belong to that party. Fine line between those who vote differently based on their own principles, which I do respect, and those who vote differently due to pandering (like those voting for extending Obamacare subsidies so they can get re-elected in tough districts) or satisfying campaign donors. A lot more of the latter than the former.
Yes, very true.
I am a woman born as a female and will die as one. And I absolutely agree that a woman does NOT need to be ‘over’ men in a church.
Some did not rely on SA to illustrate individuals being ruled by emotions.
One must accurately assess to allow immediate suspicion.
BS is BS as you assess.
The gentler gender is more suscptible to hoodwinking. Testosterone facilitates leadership.
Ever consider "gender bending" inclusions in the "food supply"?
It is deliberate.
... ruled by NEGATIVE emotions
Never argue with anyone idiot. They will only drag you down to their level and beat you with stupidity.
Proverbs 26:4-6,8 NASB95
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him. [5] Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes. [6] He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool. [8] Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
Many admonitions about fools. "Answer a fool as his folly deserves."
That is on topic and brilliant.
While I agree with your frustration concerning the insistence on debating people who aren't using reason, I don't think it's to convince them, but others hearing the debate.
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Good point.
If that is true, and it is, the same holds for the comment section yes?
https://open.substack.com/pub/sashastone/p/confessions-of-a-recovering-liberal?r=uqvhz&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
An inside look at the mindset of WFL activity from a reformed wokist. Long but full of insight.
They need to round up and jail the violent I.C.E protestors just like the Demonrats did to the J6 patriots and throw away the key. Most of the J6 patriots weren't even charged and left in a filthy jail for years.
are you suggesting that the simplest explanation is nearly always correct?
We will not have long to wait for you rec.
I don't know where I read it and sadly, did not save it, but think the opinion piece was based off an interview with Brett Weinstein. The gist of it was, we are still products of instinct and evolution, and just as we talked about the ire of the 'mama bears' fighting the covid BS in the schools, young females are wired to walk through fire and broken glass to defend and protect our children. Except many of these man-hating AWFL's don't have children. But the instinct is still there. So rather than fight for their children, all of the effort is re-directed into fighting to defend this "religion" of Woke Virtue. Just as a mama bear is extremely dangerous if you mess with her cubs, these women are dangerous as to how far they will go to defend their misguided sense of ideals.
Very interesting observation. The thing that has always been ironic to me is that these women despise real men, but they also hate traditional feminine women. While hating masculine men, they tend to emulate the worst in men while also disparaging the best in women. It seems to me that at their core they have Daddy issues. And I mean with their Heavenly Father. They despise their Creator who made male and female. How dare He!
Yes I think you are on to something there.
And our Creator DARED to make men and women DIFFERENT
All of that sounds like overthinking the situation. Why not just say they are deranged? Renee Good was probably a man hater as seems obvious by the fact that she was a lesbian, but ‘mama bear’? Hardly. From what we hear of her parenting skills, she lost custody of her two older children because her partner, wife, or evil other - was abusing them. At first I didn’t give much credibility to that information but el gato wrote about it recently and he’s as solid as JC in his reporting.
She may have given birth to some children, but I wouldn’t use her name in the same sentence with mama bear.
Edited to add the post by el gato, it’s very informative.
https://open.substack.com/pub/boriquagato/p/lets-talk-about-renee-good?r=17ca20&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
Ok maybe overthinking. And sometimes the mom instinct is broken (just as in the animal kingdom some moms abandon their young) as if it's true 2 of Renee's kids were taken away from her, she was not a mama bear.
But just made sense to me that the most passionate and unhinged group of useful Marxist idiots seems to be AWFL (affluent while liberal females) with no or perhaps grown children.
Yes, in fact I recently read that AWFLs are the target group of those who are trained for these protest (riots). I can’t remember where I read that, but it made sense that crazed women were most useful as protesters because they were less likely to get harsh treatment for their actions.
And more likely than (most) men to be led by emotion.
Men seem to be led by anger a lot though. Maybe less by fear or being unpopular which seems to be more the way women trend.
You might be right, but it is the supreme irony that they don't have kids because they aborted any pregnancies they did have.
Yes, I saw a clip of this earlier. The instinct to defend and protect has been mis-aligned. Probably because they have fought so hard to murder babies that they cannot use it towards defending children and women. So they use it for violent criminals. I mean ... 🤯
That’s an interesting perspective!
The word "unhinged" isn't even close to describing these women. What on earth in their past happened to them that led to this? Or is it simply a social contagion in the same way that transgenderism is among teens? Or perhaps it's the end stage of the feminist movement.
It is a spiritual problem.
Demons are real.
God ain’t playin’.
Romans Chapter 1
18 For kthe wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,7 in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they obecame futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of rthe immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
I love this section of Romans. Paul doesn’t mince words, and this sounds like a fairly apt description of Renee Good.
In the case of my 32 YO daughter (who is happily married, not a man hater) who is super intelligent, and super left, I blame the (internet) culture. We restricted screens in our kids up until the last couple of years of HS when we more of less gave up as they had papers to research for and assignments online and so on. We would occasionally cut my son off due to grades but my daughter was an almost straight A student taking advanced classes and was not a partier, did not get in trouble other than the screaming matches between she and I that is part of having a teenager, so we trusted her to make good decisions. Once she graduated she was out of the house and know she spent a lot of time in her 20's on reddit, 4chan and other online groups and she quit going to church. She was always pretty introverted and a voracious reader, everything from the classics to history and was just as happy home curled up with a book vs going out to a party on a Friday night. Lord knows what she reads today, last move there were lots of boxes of books we hauled out but didn't study the titles. I think in her case she has replaced religion with socialism/communism. All I can do is pray, we do have a relationship, but very surface level and any discussion of politics is verboten and she and her husband moved to Minneapolis, so only see her a couple of times a year. Actually they are 4 blocks from where the Renee Good event went down but she was at work and was not part of it. But she is "pro-immigrant" and calls hubby and I bigots for supporting ICE.
Keep praying for her; it's her best chance.
I pray she will see the light as she gets older and go back to her roots and what she was taught as a child.
Sorry for your loss. I have two that have nothing to do with us, because we had the audacity to call them out on bad behavior. They are now 53 and 42, and haven’t heard from them in years. It sucks, but loving them,raising them, guiding them, apparently isn’t enough these days.
I'm so sorry! It's such a heartbreak! I have 2 younger sisters that don't have a thing to do with the rest of the family for decades now. It's very difficult on my parents, who, at 72 years old are seeing the ends of the lives approaching. 💔
I’m sorry 😞 I hope they will see things differently one day soon.
Donna, did she go to a liberal college?
Funny, I went to an extremely liberal college but was never swayed from my conservatism. I was maybe a little more on the moderate side in my 20s and early 30s before having kids but never became a liberal or Democrat.
I did too, the University of Oregon! No duh, lol, liberal as they come.
Grew up conservative, then took women’s studies class, I thought it was dumb but still became liberal but not political at all, I just wasn’t interested. I did know that Carter was bad and Reagan was good, but beyond that I seriously wasn’t interested until before Obama was elected. I knew he was wrong for our country.
In my 30’s my conservative views were mostly economic as I ran my own business, but like I said they started changing during Obama’s run, and intensified in 2020. I finally woke up!
I was the opposite - raised in a D home (but my parents views were closer to R today than today's D). Actually had some conservative profs in college that started to change some of my thinking, and Ross Perot's candidacy in 1992 is what put me over the edge. I was always a policy wonk, wrote a paper in HS on the danger of budget deficits and I loved Perot's long form commercials. Had a 3 month stint of unemployment that year and spent most of it volunteering for his campaign. Of course that means I actually helped Bill Clinton get elected but was young and naïve enough to think a 3rd party candidate had a shot.
No, she was in and out of school, actually, Went to a fairly conservative school in southern MO and her room-mate was a R and they got along. But she dropped out, worked a couple of years, then went to a couple of different community colleges. Ended up with an associates in medical coding/HC administration. Graduated HS with 24 hours of college credit taking dual credit and to add it all up she has enough hours for a bachelors but couldn't make up her mind what she wanted to do. She is currently in management/does training for the University health system in MN. Left her last job as she said they were 'too profit focused' which I would tend to agree in the health field, but in her lefty mind, all profit is evil so there's that....
Interesting, they hate capitalism yet want top paying jobs, illogical.
Hope she figures it out, she has a good momma.
Yeah got a fat raise and lots of good benefits and paid holidays with her new job courtesy of the taxpayers of MN (and federal dollars unless Trump cut them off, LOL). And yet profits are dirty. Makes zero sense, but here we are.
Says she really likes her boss and co-workers as I am sure it is a big circle jerk of entitled leftists. Sigh. Just told her I was happy for her and congrats on the new job and let her lecture me about the evils of profit to keep the peace. I will say she did inherit a work ethic, she is not a slacker and sure she is very good at her job. I just wish she was not so damn wrapped up in her ideology, she is smarter than that but led by the nose by emotion.
Right?? 🙄 Isn’t that always the way?
Have many decades in "health care"
Is not health nor care. The Medical Cartel circles the bowl due
to being the delivery crew for Covidiocy. Preservationists wish to
fix the problem from within.
For termite riddled houses it is more efficient and expedient to
bulldoze.
Begs a reassessment of intelligence?
Higher ed or higher indoctrination?
Happily married to a bigot??
Bad wiring.
It is an old movie, but did you ever see "Looking for Mr. Goodbar"? Diane Keaton plays a woman who is looking for a man. Not a nice man, or a gentle man, but someone who is quite the opposite of those things, and she is looking for sex. Well, (I probably saw this movie in the 70s or 80s) she does finally seem to find a guy who fits the bill, and he kills her by stabbing her "after the loving" about 20 times. It was an extremely disturbing movie, but your comment made me think of it. I am female, and God made me an INTP if that means anything to anyone. I like logic, and am a thinker much more than a feeler. I cannot identify with the crackpots out there protesting ICE. I think they are trying to wear us out and get us to give up what is good. We CANNOT let them succeed.
I have not seen that movie, but from your description (and also because I don’t care much for Diane Keaton as an actress), I don’t think it’s something I’d want to see 😳
And I am like you, female but cannot understand these crackpot women at all!! 😳
You should read the book, “Looking for Mr. Goodbar.” It is utterly chilling and it depicts the feeling of young urban professional women in the late 70s. Their newly realized status as independent, capable women led them to idealize women like Gloria Steinem . They felt they were mini-men who would be devoted to their careers and just use men the way they felt men “used” them. Very suspicious of romance or good men. I was a young urban professional during this time, but the ugliness was obvious to thinking women usually with good fathers.
Yeah I don’t think I’d enjoy reading that. From the synopsis given, I would probably dislike the main characters and be tearing my hair out at the stupidity of it all 😆
That book/movie portrays a type of woman that does exist. She is the coolest of the cool. I remember coming of age around '68-'72. The Viet Nam was was going on. Feminism was being birthed, and there was pressure to be on what I strongly felt was the wrong side of issues. I came to view any push by individuals or society to be "cool" as a push to be evil. It is hard to be a teen under the sway of so much pressure to be cool. They won back then, and our nearly baby-free land is the result.
Oh I completely believe that type of woman exists, I just don’t want to spend time reading a story about them 😛
And I agree that the pressure to be “cool” (or “popular”) is a very dangerous thing and you were right to be wary of it. I have always been the same. I am not a bandwagon rider. I am bandwagon suspicious lol 😆 Which is another reason why I was wary of the Covid shots. The whole “team Pfizer” or “Team Moderna” trend was very bizarre to me and made me immediately wary.
I completely agree—coolness actually has devolved into destructive idols. Back in the 70s—80s a stay-at-home mother was actually scorned as a brainless “do nothing.” Meanwhile young, arrogant “working women” were deemed oh-so-cool by advertising and the media. The consequent abortions, selfish, venal marriages, latch-key children and miserable lives led to angry women. And here we are. Coolness—think of the heroin chic of Kate Moss celebrated by Vogue, cutthroat, venal career women who sacrifice their children to their vanity…you are so correct, “Virtue Must Win.”
I am right there with you smart and informed women 💥
They're the best!
Evil deflects to others and appears as the light of an angel.. Satan himself.
The INTP type describes a person who is energized by time alone (Introverted), who focuses on ideas and concepts rather than facts and details (iNtuitive), who makes decisions based on logic and reason (Thinking) and who prefers to be spontaneous and flexible rather than planned and organized (Perceiving).
I read the book when it was first published; deeply disturbing. So there was no chance I could ever watch the movie. For some reasons I can read things that I could never handle watching.
I have a hard time reading books (especially now that I’m older) with a main character that I can’t relate to or at least sympathize with.
One of the aspects of fiction I love most is the opportunity to live in someone else's life, even someone I might initially have little sympathy for. A great writer can flip that switch on you and you find out that you can relate to them or sympathize with them in spite of yourself. 😊
True. A good writer can take a character who is initially off putting and reveal more about the person little by little so as to make the reader more sympathetic to the character. But I’m not sure any writer is good enough to make me like or feel any sympathy for the character in this particular story, as it has been described. The description definitely doesn’t make me want to read it.
In my case, it was the violence that was so off putting. And it may be that the author just wasn't that skilled in his/her craft. I was in my 20s when I read the book and wasn't much of a critical reader at the time.
There is a reason. Visuals directy affect the nervous system very differently.
The fake news is very aware of this. Programming??
Saw it, was horrible. My girl at the time, loved Diane Keaton, who was a nobody at the time, so we went to the theatre to see it. Yikes.
ENTJ and I don't identify with these people either!
A former co-worker of mine lost her daughter to a drunk driving hit and run by a once-deported, then returned illegal alien who had a criminal history.
Here's another example of that:
https://substack.com/@manofsteele/note/c-195348054?r=rktkg&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
Heartbreaking.
That’s horrible 😞 So sad. Many recent examples of this same kind of thing in my local area in the past few years 😞😞😞
The only rage I ever feel about men is why they don't actually see dirt. 🤣
These women are unhinged and I'm ashamed of being a female. They are full of hate and completely illogical. The best lesson I've learned in the past 5 years is women are beyond evil. I used to think most women were not built to create an unstable society. I WAS WRONG! I pray that the still sane women rise up and beat these women down. Metaphorically speaking of course. 😉
I’m not ashamed. Just because we have a loud minority of idiots doesn’t mean that I am defined by them because I happen to share some physical attributes and perhaps a few other characteristics with them.
I hope she doesn't have sons, with that level of generalized rage towards men.
They are angry, unhappy people. First of all, they probably don’t have God in their lives. Secondly, they’ve bought all the lies the left has told them. Now, they can’t understand why when they believed everything the left told them to believe, they are miserable, their lives didn’t go as promised and now they have nothing but anger which they direct at everyone except the people who should be blamed.
You are making the case that a huge % are bereft of logic.
Unfortunately that is accurate.
Women...
Not all of us…
And the men certainly have their share of insanity too 😑
case in point...Biden, Clinton, Epstein, Obama... LOL
Right??? I can think of dozens more off the top of my head.
Walz……but he seems to be more of a woman than those AWFULs
Most women are born stupid and need to be properly trained by men. Feminism changed the dynamic and now here we are.
I feel for ICE officer Ross. The unhinged leftist response to his protection of his life when threatened will put him at risk every time he is in public.
Now we have another officer beat with a shovel last night, and in the early hours of the morning “protestors” destroyed ICE vehicles and stole guns and classified documents from one of their vehicle safes - and started to share the info on the internet. How that doesn’t qualify for immediate military intervention is confusing and angering me.
Along with Waltz egging on the whole situation. Where are the consequences for him?
Or maybe he wants it escalated so his wife can get her "smell of burning rubber" fix.
I don’t really like… I’m angry too! They need to face more severe consequences for sure. I’m wondering if marshall law needs to be implemented in these locations where local government and law enforcement are refusing to uphold law and order.
Carrie, are you familiar with the "Q" plan? I think it may have approach that includes martial law, and as bizzare as has been characterized, it may have a solution.
They are goading ICE and the Federal Government (Trump) to bring in military intervention. It supports their claims that Trump = dictator.
What I don’t understand is how those same people would treat the situation when it legally DOES require military intervention. Their present actions and logic is saying that no president ever has just cause, ever, so he’s a dictator if he dare tries to use it. There are many valid reasons to use the military internally and they are trying to shut down ALL of those reasons so that they can never be used. That’s more scary than Trump sending in the military.
They would shut it down for a conservative administration, but resurrect it immediately for the Left if they wanted it.
I just think the Senate is the problem. The Left takes the football all the way down the field with Republicans giving way. The Rinos throw interception after interception, and have fumble after fumble, when there’s a Republican charge.
That’s how it’s looked to me for 50+ years of observation.
Congress critters in general seem traitorous
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/unbelievable-46-house-republicans-join-democrats-kill-chip/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/more-betrayal-house-votes-keep-funding-globalist-ngo/
Looking at the Florida legislator names; almost all Spanish
Hate liking this. I’d still ne perfectly fine with Americans taking charge, and beating these people senseless.
Right there with you. How much clearer can it be that we get more crime when consequences aren't swift and consistent?
Here's another. Maybe not a copycat, but proof that not every ICE quick draw is as quick as it should be. In this case, not a good thing.
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/ice-vehicle-allegedly-rammed-by-migrant-in-san-antonio-agent-hospitalized-says-abbott-renae-good-protests-immigration-local.
Popular Youtuber Meidas Touch showed the names. That channel needs to be sued out of existence, and the person who OK'ed that needs to criminally prosecuted.
Fentanyl Floyd 2.0
I saw that 😞
Him, and his wife and (if they have any) their children. Doxxing incoming ...
I think there is a GFM account for him. Accounts for his aggressor is much more. Also, I read the man at Ford who was calling Potus names is more.
I have to wonder if dark money is getting dumped into these GFM accounts to make it look like these causes have massive support. Most of the idiots out rioting on the streets don’t look very well off financially.
It’s worse than the Democrats not having a platform. The fact that they don’t have a platform means that they get people ‘on their side’ by fomenting chaos and pretending that the other side is the gestapo. It’s a very dangerous game they’re playing, and I’m wondering when, or if, there will be some leadership from their party to put a stop to instigating violence. So far I don’t see it.
I agree; I doubt we'll see that. The dems/libs are externally oriented. They cling to the negative cause du jour for their very identity. They have to be against something. I guess it gives them some sort of meaning. And today's raison d'être can always be replaced by tomorrow's pseudo-outrage. Rinse and repeat. It's an addiction to rage and a need for attention. Looking within isn't in their wheelhouse.
Exactly. I long for the day when we have two parties that are interested in what’s best for America and just disagree about how to get there. I’m afraid those days are past and never coming back, though.
Martin Armstrong says the US will fragment by ideology. I agree with him. I don't know what it will look like.
That takes a Christian nation. A return is not impossible.
It is the all-too-human desire for power or retention of power. The “protesters” are merely useful idiots, manipulated by the Democrat Party and its propaganda arm: MSM.
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All the flag buying must get expensive. I wish I had kept track of the ones they went through. LOL
They have nothing to win with so their only play is to villainize opposition so that democrats become the only choice. They put EVERYTHING behind villainizing.
That’s the point the violence IS THEIR ANSWER AND WHAT THEY WANT. They want to tear down the republic and build a communist utopia a they know that violence is the only way forward. The more they lose the more they will turn to violence.
Unfortunately I think you’re right.
And it's a very old game. Why do people still fall for it? (rhetorical)
Not only do I not see that but I see them continuing to encourage the outrage. I listened to the Minneapolis mayor and Walz last night. They ask people to calm down but then talk about how horrible ICE is. What I heard was: keep doing what you’re doing because ICE deserves it. If they really wanted the chaos to stop, they’d say, STOP now, go home NOW or you will be arrested. That’s it.
Seems like both sides enjoy chaos.
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The problem is instead of needing rare earth minerals for AI you will need rare intelligent brain cells which are very hard to find these days.
You will be treated worse than Tesla! The idea if giving away common sense without charging an elite university’s tuition!
Can we purchase that as a gift for.... someone we know? Is shipping included? Is there an Express install for ACS?
LOL!!! Really should be a thing
Right?? I can think of several people I’d like to send that gift to 😆😁
Send it COD, though.
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Let's be honest: data centers, and uncontrolled AI (Trump has an AI taskforce that will overturn and overrule munipical regulations) will destroy the US, its environment, and they do not create as many jobs as promised - they provide tax revenue to towns and states, and ruin the water supply:
https://romanshapoval.substack.com/p/data-center-comes-to-camp-verde-az
It's about surveillance and control, not about making America strong.
Those AI centers are staffed by very few employees.
Waiting for my electric bill to go up even more with AI centers in PA.
Exactly Kathleen. glad you get it! The typical corporate headquarters or manufacturing facility can have between 200 and 1,000 jobs on site. By comparison, the number of jobs at a typical data center can be anywhere between 5 and 30
The the amount of energy and WATER they require is more than a small city.
Didn’t I read that Trump made a passing comment that the AI electricity requirements better not be on the backs of citizens as in AI centers have to incur the cost not the people?
PA Gov. Shapiro will just ignore him.
Our electric bills have almost doubled for the same amount of usage.
New green scams are to blame. Sun doesn't shine much in PA during the winter, yet the state wants to depend on wind and solar.
We have the same nonsense gg in in CT.
I haven't focused my attention on this, but have you heard of any rising stars in the Republican party who should run against Shapiro? Republicans have not been putting forward the best candidates since I don't know when. Tom Corbett was a disaster and I don't recall the Republicans prior to him.
I always thought Doug Mastriano should run, but I read somewhere where he was discouraged from running for Governor,
Is he "too Trumpy"? A friend of mine thinks that the state Republican chair (a Philadelphia lawyer) needs to be removed from that post b/c he is anti-Trump. I don't know enough about state politics to say. I'm on our county's Republican committee who by virtue of the fact that this is a blood-red county is complacent about it and doesn't see fit to have to fight for anything. And our congressman Glenn Thompson is a do-nothing congressman in a very safe seat.
I like Doug and even met him at a Republican event but he just doesn’t resonate with enough voters. He is ultra conservative and that doesn’t fly in Pa. I haven’t heard of anyone in the R party that is running. Shapiro is the darling right now. Yuck 🤮
And you have Trump propping up and campaigning for swamp goons like Lindsay Graham.
But hey, the permanent state zombies like Pompeo and Bolton are cheering on a lot of Trump's military moves - so they obviously must be good moves to have support of all the neocons.
I'm wondering if his "support" for Graham isn't a case of "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Trump is no dummy so I'm pretty sure he knows what Graham et al are capable of. As for Pompeo and Bolton, they are cheering on Trump's military moves for a different set of reasons than what Trump's are. Check out Promethean Action's video on Youtube which will begin at 11am Eastern.
Small nuclear reactors which don't require vast amounts of water are in our near future. They'll also sell excess power generation to the grid. When do the reactors actually get built is the question, not if.
Elon is also talking about space Data Centers. Anything is possible when Elon is in charge.
He posted this on his Truth Social page a day or two ago.
So so many in Loudoun county VA…I hate it.
Your saving grace is Cornerstone Chapel!
I’ve heard good things about Cornerstone. We love Reston Bible Church. 😇
Idk reston but cornerstone is gonna be next to impossible to beat! It’s online so do both and see
RBC is online too. To each his own…I prefer a bit smaller church. 😉
I've seen them in Loudon County, VA. Huge monoliths that are a blight on the land.
I saw a YouTube video which was amazing and completely disturbing. Exposing the Dark Side of America’s AI Data Center Explosion. Look it up. (Sorry not tech savvy enough to figure out a link 🙄).
Here is the link to that YouTube video you mentioned:
"Exposing The Dark Side of America's AI Data Center Explosion | View From Above | Business Insider"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-8TDOFqkQA
Thank you Kathleen! 😘
Reaching thousands with the good news of Jesus!!
“Expert” is code word for regime bootlicker. MSM regurgitates copy pasta as propaganda like a human centipede of slop. Here is a full glossary of demoralized doublespeak terms: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/demoralilzed-doublespeak-dictionary-2025
100%
With her obfuscation, she outed herself as working for some other purpose than truth and science.
She should, therefore, be excluded from the conversation going forward.
Science is not truth.
Expert is in charge of enforcing a two party belief system.
You mean like the regime change instigators from Mossad, CIA, and MI6 that are leading the "revolution" in Iran? Those aren't organic protests, and people here who seem to be wary of media readily believe this story because it comports with what they want to believe.....
So DJT FINALLY sent out a Truth saying if the retards in MN don’t get their 💩together and let ICE do their jobs he would declare the Insurrection Act as many past Presidents have done. About time.
What is he waiting for?!?!?
Patience, The Trumpster is the master of timing. Jeff's discussion on election lawsuit timing is a good example.
When???
Ok he said this 2 hours ago on Truth Social:
“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT”
About time but I think we are past the warnings stage, time to act. Poor Minnesotans. So many are afraid to publicly speak out for fear of what radicals locally could do to them or their businesses and family.
Exactly
Not only did they revoke visas but they are also putting a hold on letting people in from countries whose people tend to depend on public assistance when they come to the US.
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2026/01/14/state-dept-to-pause-visa-processing-from-countries-whose-migrants-take-welfare-at-unacceptable-rates-n2423925?
Did you know that each legal immigrant was to have a sponsor and that sponsor was to be responsible for the immigrant if they needed public welfare? It was their responsibility to pay back what the sponsored immigrant used in welfare. I did not know this and apparently it wasn’t being enforced?
I did know that. Apparently as you said, it hasn’t been enforced.
Odd that Trump has not acted on that...
No shock at all that Liar Blondi has not...
It sounds like CBS deserves credit for improving from the dumpster fire they had become. The flip side, of course, is that they poisoned their own well so badly and for so long that it is unlikely that I will ever consume their product again. At the very least, not until about a decade of continuing improvement occurs, which will be less than half of the length of time it was declining at an exponential rate.
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
I personally love the new moniker for nbc: msnbc (I refuse to capitalize it) Every time I see this, I think MS is multiple sclerosis! 🧐 Multiple Sclerosis nbc. Perhaps that's fitting after all.
please do not sully multiple sclerosis by comparing it to msnbc.
I know. And I truly apologize to all the people who have MS. It's a terrible disease...hmmmm
Or human beings, when Joy Reid's name comes up!
I still prefer Rush Limbaugh's attribution: PMS-NBC
Just think “Ms.” They tend to “report” like deranged feminazis as Rush used to say. 🎙️☕️🍪
As we hurry along on life’s journey today
With the joy and the sorrow it brings,
And never a thought what we pass on the way
Let us look for the beautiful things.
There is music that’s free, that will surely beguile
‘Tis the song of the bird as he sings,
And the sun-kissed breeze makes us linger awhile.
Just to look for the beautiful things.
Let us close our eyes to the faults of a friend
Drop them deep in oblivion’s springs,
As we travel along to life’s golden end
We can always find beautiful things.
~Lucile B. Ballard
Be strict with yourself and tolerant of others. -Stoicism Teaching
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! So sweet, and good advice to stay on the side of positivity (if that’s actually a word!) I may post this to my (mostly negative) Facebook feed.
Marlene,
It has taken me a long time to learn how to focus on the positive aspects of life daily and to count my blessings. It’s easy to get negative about life when there’s so much crazy stuff happening.
However, it feels so much better to think about the beautiful things in life -especially if there is nothing we can do about the negatives. Thinking negative thoughts too often isn’t good for your mental or physical health and most definitely not good for your spiritual/emotional health either.
WA state’s 100% mail-in voting is hugely problematic. Crossing my fingers this will finally be addressed.
The Minnesota thing stunned me. Any verified voter can "vouch" for any other EIGHT people as voters!! No ID, no verification, nothing but fraud.
Where in hell are all the activist CONSERVATIVE judges???
This disgrace and many other election related FRAUDS should have been struck down long ago by REAL Constitutional judges!
Same with Oregon, I live here and wonder how this state is so ignored when it relates to fraud, violence, and election integrity, "hello we need help out here!" Our "lawmakers" have single hand-idly torched our economy. Praying and crossing my fingers for Cali, WA and OR.
And all the states!!🤞🏼it is Election Day not Month🙆🏻♀️
Paper ballots with secret watermarks to avoid another mass influx of Chinese fake ballots...
NO machines... part of Trump's Venezuela gambit seems to be about election fraud by the cartels... odd he never mentions it...
Murdering drug-runner SUSPECTS was moronic...
Oregon too
The NYT having to cover the civil war within the DNC signals that their efforts to create an amplify a civil war within MAGA blew up in their faces.
I pray that the poor ICE soldier who was struck by Renee Good's SUV is in a safe, trusted hospital surrounded by safe, trustworthy doctors, nurses, and hospital staff. And I pray his family is also safe; the word is that they have had to go into hiding because they were receiving so many death threats.
And the NYT wonders why people are turning on the Democrats.
Yes, I prayed he didn't get a Nurse who decided to "not ze" treat people with different political opinions!
The civil war in MAGA is real... but it is far more about supporting genocidal Israel and making war on everyone for the foul zio-pigs benefit...
Good Thursday Morning!
Happy Thursday!! 😊
Shayne,
❤️🌷❤️ Hope you have a wonderful day ❤️🌷❤️
It’s cold 🥶 over here. As I went towards the front door this morning, my beloved Aussie shepherd thought I wanted to walk her (not so) and started her doggie dances of joy. I almost caved because she looked so happy. Then I thought about the cold 🥶
She’ll be just as happy for a walk midday when your nose won’t get frost bitten, lol.
Valerie,
Truth!
Yeah same here, it was a huge effort for me to get dressed and go out for my run in the dark and cold this morning! 🥶😆
I don't even get dressed. I just get up and go out and run. No one cares about some naked guy running in the dark on a cold morning, except the police.
Also you probably would have frozen in place with no clothes and a zero degree windchill 😆
But I wear gloves!
Yeah if you or anyone else were out in my neighborhood running naked in the dark the police would definitely be called 😆😂
I run faster when the police chase me.
I bet 🤣😆
Me too. Fed my chickens in the cold dark this morning before I ferried a friend to the hospital for an op.
It’s Friday eve!
A radio host I used to listen to always called it “baby Friday” 😆😁
I knew someone who was off on Fridays so instead of T.G.I.F., she'd say S.H.I.T.- which stood for "So happy it's Thursday!" Lol
That’s a new one to me lol 😆
I like the way you think!!! 🤣