A special edition. 48 hours in, we learn SCOTUS's redistricting decision is so much bigger than it first appeared. Analysis you won't find anywhere else. Welcome to a new dawn of freedom.
Rest assured that Harmeet knows all about California because she was in the SF District Attorney's office way back when Willie Brown installed the meritless Kamala Harris under these very bogus racial rules!
100%. The gerrymandering in this state is insane. Although they could easily just gerrymander it for Democrats, but it may be harder in the local districts.
Colorado next, please. 44% of voters went for Trump in 2024. And yet both of our Senate and house are incredibly lopsided towards the Dems. This is going to be beautiful!
We used to be a solid Republican State until the Bogus Raced Based voting and other Special ways to cheat citizens were enacted! There are more Republicans in California than most think, sadly we have to hide within our own neighborhoods, workplaces and families! Clearly, the rest of the country has seen how the squeaky, virtue signaling rage pods treat lawful citizens!
And I think many of them have given up voting in local elections. I remember when "they" gerrymandered the coast from Pac Pal up through Santa Barbara.
This is true, although I’ve been registered as a NPP for 15 years or so. I think I switched when my choices were Mitt Romney, Michelle Bachman, and Ron Paul, although I may have voted for Ron Paul.
It serves me well because, where I live, Republican is synonymous with Nazi due to indoctrination. When I ran for school board, I could honestly state I’d been NPP for over a decade. Did that help? 🤷♀️ They attacked me for being against mandates, but they couldn’t call me a republican. LOL Here, being more conservative is death.
I'll second that one! But is California racially gerrymandered??? I really don't know. But for sure, it is Democrat voter gerrymandered and they just did it again to push out some Republican representatives. My area had a Republican representative who we have now lost due to Newsom's new district map. In June a Democrat is most likely going to be elected to my area, which was redrawn and expanded ridiculously to include known Democrat areas far away.
Maybe I’m being dense here, but Oregon is run by democrats, and they gerrymandered the state 4-5 years ago but I don’t think it was done based on race. It was done to increase their power in red or purple counties, taking our representation further into the blue zone, 3 hours away. But, those counties are mostly white, race isn’t much of a factor.
I think for our state we have to focus on getting rid of mail in balloting, something that has ruined our state.
I would love to see her appointed to SCOTUS. That she survived as a conservative in SanFran shows she is not only brilliant but has the skills to get along with those of opposing ideas.
re: "Conservatives, experts in unilateral disarmament, usually settle for ‘good enough.’"
One correction, placing the blame on Conservatives is not correct. Change that to RINOs and the sentence is correct.
As Conservatives we are always faced with two battles to win, the first is the intraparty battle to defeat RINOs - meaning democrats who infiltrated the party as "republicans" which is tough enough given these people lie like muslims talking to "infidels". thune, collins, murkowski and mcconnel are good examples. If we can win this battle, then we have to do it all over again fighting the corrupt, racist, America hating democrats who lie, cheat, steal with complete abandon knowing there is a s_Election system and judiciary specifically built to protect them.
The first thing we must do is get rid of rino's... which is impossible as long as we are under the s_Election system of wholesale mail in ballot fraud aided by machines which report who can be voted for, and a process which prevents the Citizens from looking at the results.
Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
So I took ‘A.’s advice yesterday and decided to check out your profile and motives Janice. What I found was it took clicking from your substack link, then an article, then scrolling to the bottom to find any mention of a book, then click there to the book and another link to actually purchase the book from a few retailers. I hardly see that as any kind of solicitation here. Anyhow, when I kept digging, I found a free excerpt and it looks like a lovely book with beautiful artwork on the pages and cover, and daily devotionals with scripture references and a prayer. I also looked at the Amazon description and its a whopping almost 500 pages and hardcover for a very fair price comparable to any other devotional. I’m considering ordering one for my wife now, she does daily devotionals. I struggle with daily devotionals, reading specific things each day, I have too many distractions and get behind. I will have to thank ‘A.’ for suggesting I check out your book.
Glad you checked. Janice is a beautiful Soul who does not solicit nor has any underhanded motives. She is a daily joy and I hope the verses she shares bring a smile to your face and warmth to your heart and Soul.
My Jesus: Reflections of the Redeemer. It was illustrated by my daughter, a professional artist, in pen and ink. Since yall brought it up, I guess I can talk about it here. 😉I am so blessed to have corroborated on the book with her.
My favorite kind of devotional—short and easier to initiate contemplation with. Then the scripture. I really need to connect with My Jesus much more right now. Just ordered it. 🥰 and blessings, Janice.
If anything we should praise God for providing such a glowing example of how “the darkness hates the light.” It’s telling when you look at which people they picked to attack here in this community.
Count me as a fan of Janice’s book as well! I have been reading it every morning since Jan. 1, looking up the Scripture verses and meditating on them. It’s a great way to start my day!
🤣 I love it when God provides us with examples in our modern day. Here he shows us Genesis 50:20, where Joseph tells his brothers, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good" (NIV) or "You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good" (ESV).
What A. set out to harm God turned it into book sales. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 If that doesn’t make you laugh with joy this morning nothing will.
While all that is great it totally misses the point or fact that she clogs up the comments everyday with, though beautiful verse? They have zero to do with the substack article. It’s ridiculous people feel like they have to defend her. I have nothing against her. But this substack isn’t about her daily devotional
Actually, if you knew the Holy Bible, you would find that her comment from said Bible, does often have a relationship to Jeff's column. Try reading the Bible for yourself and you will soon see the connections.
Certainly no president in my lifetime has ever had 3 real life assassination attempts on his life. Things in this country have devolved to this point by the hands of the democrats. Their inability to legitimately win elections due to their anti American agenda and their utter defeat in the marketplace of ideas, has driven them to promote violence. The Supreme Courts ruling heightens their desperation. They have made assassination common place here in America.
Ed Markey is being primaried by congressman Seth Moulton. Well Ed Markey is to the left of Vladimir Lenon and is endorsed by all the big named communists like Bernie Sanders, AOC, Elizabeth Warren, Zohran Mamdani, etc. So for Seth Moulton to be visible he has to become farther left than Markey. So yesterday after saying he thinks the armed forces are nazi like, who he used to be a member of, and everyone in Trumps administration is a war criminal he called for the “taking out” of Pete Hegseth! This is the despicable depth and desperation the democrats have devolved to.
Seth Moulton should be investigated and indicted for treason. A sitting member of congress, and there are many just like ole Seth, should not be allowed to threaten and call for the assassination of the sitting secretary of war. Can you just imagine what would have have happened if a republican congressman called for the assassination of Lloyd Austin, a public hanging. But I guess this is what Nazi’s and Communists due.
**Certainly no president in my lifetime has ever had 3 real life assassination attempts on his life. Things in this country have devolved to this point by the hands of the democrats.**
This is the first time the cabal running things has been truly challenged since they took over after JFK was replaced in 1963.
Communism must use force because the philosophy is based on lies rather than the unchanging truth of God's Word. George Washington stated, "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light." An excellent article on communism by Rod Martin. https://www.rodmartin.org/p/may-day-d92?
Thanks for this, P. Americans who protest our taking down the evil, deadly, oppressive Iranian regime have failed to examine the history of Islam and of Iran in particular.
You cannot glean true history from the media because they make it up as they go. Read books.
And remember, Seth Moulton, right after Trump's election, stated he didn't want his daughters competing against boys - probably a very true and honest statement. But I guess he got the message, and is now back with the program
There were two other people shot that day, one guy was shot twice by the assassin. And the media says it was a hoax. The FCC should pull their license to operate!
I have another idea — what if we stop making politics a profession. That way we can get rid of people who are in it for themselves and we can bring back term limits so people don’t stay for decades. Here are some pieces on changing government:
Amen to that!! "Professional politicians"... why in the world would Americans want to be ruled by people who never held an honest job in their entire life? And I use the word "honest" advisedly.
YES! It still baffles me how people actually chose to vote for a FIFTY year long professional politician, as their POTUS!!! And we all had to suffer through (& still suffer from actions taken during Prez Cabbage’s reign of sad dementia and terror!) those awful 4 years of complete overreach. In my strange little mind, that is stupid on steroids!!
I remember when Republican Scott Brown was elected to the senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy for 46 years, people referred to that as "Kennedy's seat". How disgusting is that? It's the PEOPLE'S seat. Of course, the despicable Elizabeth Warren now "owns" it.
I couldn't agree more. Maybe Jeff could explain how the Trump's family empire getting richer off of Powerus government contracts benefits the taxpayer.
The claims don’t have any evidence that I’m aware of. What big contracts are the Trumps getting rich from? Easier to repeat what they hear on MSNow, PBS, Etc
Besides, if his sons make money for him in his legitimate private business dealings that they would have done even if he weren’t president, what’s so wrong with that?
After Biden’s grift and his son, they have no leg to stand on.
Does he? Jeff has devoted a good chunk of time to Biden family grift, which is chump change compared to the Trumps. But folks around here sure do love their double standards and blind tribalism.
I don't find it to be funny at all. Do you have no problem with politicians families benefiting from insider deals? Especially when it comes to weapons of war? Seems like incentivizing war might not be the best idea.
We have become a nation that has grown so wealthy, so fast, that it has lost the ability to recognize its own prosperity — and the media has systematically replaced the old, grounded benchmarks of success with an endless window into the lives of the ultra-rich. The core middle class has shrunk not because Americans have been left behind, but because so many have moved up with the overall affluence of the country.
Media and politicians prime people who have everything they need and beyond to be envious of those who have more.
First off all, that's just someone spreading confusion. The Trump family are known business family. They have a right to make money. And. Good Grief!! After all they were subjected to, do you really think they'd even drop their little toe in something illegal? The Trump's play by the book. After all the audits and investigations they found nothing. They had to make stuff up to indict.
My crazy TDS Democrat aunt posted that. Just saying!
I agree with Roland - NO PENSION, NO insider trading carve-out, NO cashing in on your own laws, NO way to get rich in office. Once being a "public servant" is a sacrifice, the "wrong" people will no longer be interested.
Seems to me they’re working on that. At least the number of govt employees is waaay lower than it has been historically, they’re making progress with systemically removing fraud and hopefully closing the door to make it more difficult in the future, which should (should) lower spending. The big thing is lowering the invasiveness of laws and regulations on our lives, we’ll have to see about that. All I know is that we’re way better off than if we’d continued on the previous trajectory and nothing happens overnight, so I’m trying to be patient.
the government employee count may be low, but the "work" was outsourced to "NGO's" as was the funding. All of the government spending with none of the accountability.
That's why we should outlaw ALL NGOs. If you want to start a charity for a specific purpose and raise money for it, good on you. However, if the government thinks something needs doing they should fund it and run it so it has oversight.
Now, NGOs are a patron system where politicians pay friends and supports exorbitant wages to run these NGOs.
DOGE shut down USAID, the dems went ballistic and stopped them before they could shut down more.
I don't think they should be outlawed because there are honest charities completely dependent upon donations, however I do believe it should be illegal for any taxpayer money to be shifted to them via the government.
Well that’s what makes them an “NGO”, because they are funded by tax payer funds. So they SHOULD be outlawed in the current form, and if anything legitimate exists in their dealings they can do it under a different name/structure with private funding.
that's what I meant to say, but rereading my comment I see I wasn't clear enough. Government cutouts there to do the dirty things they weren't supposed to do, while also funneling taxpayer dollars into their pockets and those of their patrons.
NGOs are foreign entities. The term Nongovernmental Organizations has been hijacked to imply that they are not connected with the government when they clearly are.
I say, stop all Government GRANTS of TAXPAYER MONEY! STOP ALL IMMIGRATION as well until we get our NATIONAL DEBT DOWN!!! Behave like responsible adults and CUT SPENDING! The TAXPAYER should choose which charities, if any, it deems suitable, trustworthy and deserving of a donation! The Gov't has no business giving , because the Gov't has no money that it has not already TAKEN from the CITIZEN!
As March ‘26 closed the US debt exceeded GDP for the 1st time since WW2. The debt hit 100.2% of GDP ($31.27 trillion in debt vs. $31.22 trillion in GDP). CBO estimates project debt will reach 108% by 2030 & 120% by 2036. This being fueled by Federal government spending $1.33 dollars for every $1.00 it takes in. I share your concern about solvency of SS.
At least they voted to fund DHS. We need to hold their feet to the fire. Name recognition is important, so don’t throw the baby out with the cat litter.
Well, Janet Mills, Democrat of Maine, Governor, was running for the U.S. Senate seat up for re-election, presently owned by Susan Collins, Republican, who is running for re election, just dropped out of the Democrat race, leaving 41 year old, ex Marine, oyster farmer, socialist Democrat, Graham Platner most assuredly to win the Dem nomination. RINO, Susan Collins up against the oyster farmer. Big bucks behind him. This is truly the lesser of two evils.
One, she is representing her constituents, who are "center" independents. Two, Kavanaugh is on SCOTUS because of her. When I become frustrated with her, I remember these two facts.
i wonder what the Maine Districts will look like under the new SCOTUS ruling??? also, with proper voter ID checks and checks on duplicate voting across States, ie, Massachusetts residents who own vacation cabins in Maine, the outcomes and quality of candidates will likely improve!
If you look at the laws surrounding redistricting (or Districting) in general, they explicitly forbid these crab leg or spiderweb districts. The wording is to the effect that they must be compact and contiguous and community oriented. Crab legs came into existence to A) satisfy racial discrimination and B) support democrats.
Yeah, it was all about democrat votes. And the lackeys they used were blacks. When will they wake up? They vote 4-1 democrat. The same folks that started the clan.
We need better legislators, districting commissions, lawyers, judges, and initiative to chop off the Kraken tentacles of these districts, as well, my county in CO was placed as backdrop for CD2 BOULDER behind a literal natural wall called the Continental Divide. We have NO daily common interaction in any physical sense with the greater mass of Boulder Beatniks, and it's over an hour to commute border to border let alone county seat to county seat being far longer. This isn't a Racial division, just an Urban-Rural one with a Dem aim to gentrify and turn us and remaining Red West Slope areas Blue within a few more years.
They did the same to Californians in the Sierra Foothills, Sierras and the Cascade Region! They knew the Republicans that stayed in the state fled to higher ground and larger allotments, so first they made the cultivation and sale of Pot legal, [which brought the dumb Leftists and Cartels in to our rural counties along with the crime associated with loads of cash], then they Gerrymandered districts to ensure that no Republican has a voice period!
Yes, exactly! My area will lose Kevin Kiley (R) and the despicable Democrat Ami Bera will most like be the Rep due to the gerrymandering last November. It's bad enough to have to tolerate all the rich Bay Area lefties who have infiltrated my area, but at least we had a good Republican rep for a time. This makes me sick. Democrats are trying to ensure California is 100% Democrat in all elected offices. They're already very close to that.
yes, sanctuary invaders brought in, shrooms, state mass transit projects, subsidized "affordable" housing no matter local zoning, rise in county services (no matter leadership affiliation), land and water rights grabs, Green Energy, Transsexual restroom codes being enhanced now by, soon to be adopted MENTAL-ADA Codes standards applied to public buildings for inclusive, safe, and welcoming for the Mentally Disturbed-Perplexed-Violent Community. The giant Meteor can't hit these Blue States hard or soon enough.
Yep. And those districts were so difficult to navigate and show that they were equally represented. I worked in a Congressional campaign office and we had to drive many miles to attend events, to distribute signs, etc. It was a lot of extra work and you could see how the wonky lines included all the “major” cities which are traditionally blue. It sure would have been easier and more efficient, if they had been drawn differently. It makes me wonder if my blue state will turn purple or red now.
Yes that makes sense to me ... compact and contiguous and community oriented. This should be the rationale behind a district. I am a Louisiana resident, and the concerns of New Orleans residents and rural residents would be very different for sure.
She's a disgrace to blacks and black women in particular, and she's a disgrace to all women. By saying he would appoint a black woman, Biden basically eliminated about 97% of possible candidates for her position. Sounds like racial discrimination to me.
You are so right with that! We had a “Vice President” for four years chosen for the same reason, and she is, astonishingly, in the D lineup to run for president again. In my entire life, I’ve never seen such an unserious person. She is a caricature. Most D politicians are. No substance.
AMEN!!!! It’s like they chose the most outrageous, apparently without a lick of common sense, lawyer of color, just to meet some “quota”?? She will never, ever, ever be able to hold a light for Clarence Thomas (whom I very much admire!), to run by! Those who voted to confirm her need a major kick in the backside! Crazy world we live in. Thankful we have a good, good God that is far bigger than all the crazy. 😊🙏
Clarence Thomas is a wonderful Supreme Court Justice. His legal philosophy emphasizes self-sufficiency, personal responsibility, and limited government power, often skeptical of federal regulatory authority. He has proven that his judgements are Constitution based, not off "feelings or vibes"- and on top of that - he can define the word woman! I wish we had more just like him.
Amen! They should all be proven Constitutional Scholars with a test and their previous court decisions should be vetted for evidence of practical application of the US Constitution!
Clarence Thomas is brilliant and highly qualified. I watched his confirmation hearings on tv, many years ago, and could not believe the way he was treated by the democrats. May the Lord keep him healthy and strong to serve many more years.
Do you agree l, as he did, with the Citizens United decision to allow unlimited campaign contributions by corporations and the wealthy? Doesn’t that turn elections into legalized bribery by special interests, which leads to damaging policies of environmental destruction, militarism, increased national debt?
He has to follow the Constitution , which was clear on this issue . Don’t judge the Supremes on whether they rule according to your feelings and hopes, but whether they follow original intent. Otherwise, the Constitution doesn’t mean anything. Amend it if you don’t like the results.
Jeff, I have to tell you how much I enjoy starting my mornings with your humor yet enlightening posts. I feel kind of dumb because you make what seems like a complicated issue easy to understand. It’s a true talent that you have to be able to see the nuances and dissect them with a splash of humor thrown in. You are able to start our days with hope and a smile (not the Obama kind of bullshit hope but real hope).
Exactly! Being a topnotch lawyer, steeped in the language and wise to the strategies of the lawyer abundant Democrat Machine, Jeff is the perfect person to decipher the language and assign real world meaning to the masses.
You had me at “Like Wile E. Coyote, they looked down, saw only empty space, and are now at the stage of holding up a small sign that says ‘uh-oh.’” 🤣🤣🤣
I sure hope someone is paying attention in New Mexico - the gerrymandering that happened here is insane. We have 46% of conservative voters and we zero representation. The blue stronghold was rigged a few years ago.
Speaking of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" Pod-people, we saw another invasion of them during COVID-mania. Remember how your once-normal family members and neighbours suddenly and strangely mind-snapped? Into aliens?
Same transformation found in new cult members of any sort. Or in 1930s Germans.
Just by way of an informal survey, did any of you have family members and friends or neighbours who subsequently snapped back out of this odd mental state?
If so, what do you think accounted for the return to normal?
Daughter (a doctor) who, wouldn’t speak to us for 2.5 years for not getting the vax, has been quite loving and interested in seeing us for a couple of years now. No discussion has occurred, still a tabu subject, but something changed.
Yes, it is very common that someone who was mind-snapped into bonding/fawning with an abuser, may come out of this mental state, but will refuse to acknowledge that they were ever in it.
So just proceed forward in the present, rather than re-hashing that mental breakdown. No good in pushing for discussion on it.
Yes. Inducing fear throughout society was the main Globalist trick. I am certain that they understand and found ways to hack the human Attachment System.
Thanks & saw your comment below on Evolutionary Psychology and Stockholm Syndrome... but that goes back to the cause of "compliance" with the insanity. To my knowledge, in a large family and number of people I know that I've shared information with; only 1 has "recanted" and said "I was wrong" & "I wish I had not listened to Fauci & Friends"... and with zero hubris I credit myself and later this newsletter/Jeff and all of you with that One.
B4 I ever found C&C or even heard of Covid; I heard the hub-bub about Moderna's IPO and money pouring in; with nothing pouring or injected (yet - this was approximately 2019). I believe the One person who recanted and those whom I have doubting; were influenced by the following:
-Most of all by themselves, they are people who have always understood it is unwise to trust Govt. (eg. People who understand the reason there is a 2nd Amendment).
-Right when Covid started and I was fighting masks and the hint of vax/shots I shared an email with numerous (30+) people I know... sharing the 99% recovery rate.
-as talk ramped up on Vax/shots, mRNA & Moderna/Pfizer; I shared the Wikipedia history available to Everyone and pointed them to approx. 2017 where it said (at that time, it reads much differently now - but I still have a copy)... That the technology would "never be safe for humans" and went on to provide other info that should give any logical person pause.
-my "One" that recanted (and his wife) still got the shot and one booster.
-I believe another factor for me was having a spouse who believed as how I did and then introduced me to C&C.
-I went on to hammer my contacts with the above info repeatedly, Fauci's "Don't" mask, wait MASK!... Maybe TWO MASKS!!" insanity.
-I shared with people basic outline info from RFK,Jrs. "The Real Anthony Fauci"
-I battled Vax mandates at work and shared that saga with my contacts.
-A side business I run was temporarily shut down by one of the Tyrant Governor's Vaccine Mandates, (around the same time Justin Trudeau was seizing Truck driver's bank accounts) I shared those stories.
-A Magnificent elder (needing critical care for a broken bone) was locked away and denied access to patient advocates and care givers... The same contacts observed all this.
-They also observed a vaxed elder sibling suddenly report a breast cancer diagnosis, and then a vaxed 35yr healthy nurse/relative report breast cancer too (in a family that never experienced it before).
-I shared proof of a major Union (AFGE) lying to its members that it could not bring suit on member's behalf against Federal vax mandates... and spent a year+ fighting them to remove their false guidance and sharing that story.
-Died suddenly stories from the media were shared widely and blood clots, strokes & myocarditis became regular topics of conversation & "hey did you see: Justin Bieber, Haley Bieber, Joe Biden?, Jamie Foxx, Soccer Player, Football Player, random Student athletes, etc."
I'd say it was finally around that time that I finally heard One person say, "I wish I never would have got the shot."
I'm guessing sometime soon, just about when it gets to the point everyone would say: "We were lied to"... some new stories will start to circulate (like those outlined above) that lead to rumors that "Only people who got vaxed are protected from X" or "only the vaxed are developing gills so they can breathe under water"... anything to prevent the compliant from rising up and tearing down the Pharma & Tyrants who risked others lives.... by that point maybe many of those lives may be ancient history; forgotten... or maybe the C&C'ers, the Peter McCulloughs, the Rand Pauls & Ron Johnsons, and other good people of the world find the path to vindication and passage of some Bill of Rights - Amendment 2.5 =... "You'll have to take my life before you can inject me with that crap".... because the above path to One convert is not working - Would love to consider OTHER solutions!
I witnessed this with a fellow volunteer for our church’s kids’ program. Church opened back up after shutdown and there was an implied mask expectation. Some parents had their children wear them but many more did not. My fellow volunteer, Ms. Debbie, was a retired elementary teacher and I just think her personality was to be a rule follower and rule enforcer. She would relentlessly go around telling kids to put their masks on every Sunday. One Sunday the head kids’ pastor said mask are not required anymore (mind you, there was never any change in worthless CDC guidance) and Ms. Debbie dramatically ripped her mask off and said “thank goodness!”.
I am something of an expert on this, through Evolutionary Psychology. I don't know what Jason Christoff had to say, but this condition might be called a form of Stockholm Syndrome.
What happens is that some authority-figure induces fear in vulnerable-type persons. Their ancient evolutionary system kicks in, seeking safety. They go into the Attachment version colloquially known as Love+Terror, or seeking safety from an authority-figure who also frightens them. It causes Disorganized Attachment.
Then once they have you through your Attachment System vulnerabilities, you bond-to-the-abuser, which means that you enter a Splitting state of mind. You begin operating out of one of the psychological extremes, rather than out of the balanced SELF. In this case, these persons operate out of the extreme of the Id. As opposed to the SELF (at the balance-point) or the Superego (other extreme).
They fawn to the abuser/aggressor. They follow the abuser's narrative, to the umpteenth degree, because pleasing the abusive authority seems to be the best option for safety and security. Which is why they have a tendency to snitch on anyone not following that narrative.
This is an ancient and unconscious survival defence. It is triggered by inducing fear in persons who have dependency needs in their Attachment System still.
I was in a professional program that taught Medical Hypnoanalysis. You had to be a medical doctor or licensed therapist to participate. For over two years, I was supervised by an incredible therapist in his early 80’s. He taught me to question everything. Question the indoctrination, “”Who told you that?”. Then covid hit. He lived with his elderly wife in San Antonio & the propaganda was non stop. He succumbed to the fear & they got the shot. However, that program taught me to see world wide hypnosis as a fear based mind control system. This program taught me to see how deeply people are hypnotized through tv programming, news, movies & media. I am grateful for the program because it showed me how easy it is to hypnotize others, how could my supervisors not see it? The programming definitely split their personalities. I am grateful for all they taught me. And, I no longer use Medical Hypnoanalysis as a modality. I agree with your description of an unconscious survival defense. They were older & vulnerable, the media kept death counts going on the local news. I get why it happened.
I also saw extreme disorganized attachment style in my own family system to different degrees. My stepson & his husband went radically left & became very abusive to our unwillingness to comply to the vax & mask mandate. Thankfully divorced now. But, both of them have gone Marxist & my stepson has myocarditis at 43 years old. I The rest of the extended family is waking up & quietly understanding maybe their mother isn’t so crazy after all? But it came at a price. Great description of psychologically describing the extreme splitting of 80% of Americans using Attachment Theory.
Thank you, Amanda. Very interesting information that you have offered here.
I did some work on the hypnosis theories/practices of Milton Erickson. In the end, I moved beyond it. Have to say I questioned some of his motives.
Yes, I too have encountered persons who, I had assumed, would NEVER fall to the mind-control of COVID-mania. But they did. Shocked me to the core. Also told me that many of us might be walking around with Attachment vulnerabilities, against which the cognitive mind takes second place.
A person can function quite normally in most aspects of life for many years even with Attachment System losses or disorders. They work around it. But WHAM! -- when over-riding fear (even fear based on false premises) hits in one way or another, those Attachment weaknesses can surface. As you described, your older supervisor became vulnerable due to being elderly, in a situation where he was convinced that the elderly were under threat.
I am sorry to hear that your stepson developed Myocarditis. Big blow.
I began as a schoolgirl asking regularly how the 60 million Germans of the 1930s could have gone collectively mad and bad. And could it happen again? That question drove me, though few others in the post-war society seemed to pay any attention to it. Then, a similar situation did happen again. In 2020.
Very interesting! I am 67 years old. When I was in 5th grade I was allowed to read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich & many other adult books about the rise of Naziism. I am a Christian & was shocked at the “Christians” in Germany that looked the other way when their neighbors disappeared. Or sang louder in church so you didn’t hear the wailing from the box trains rolling by. I really wonder if the enslavement of Germany now by a Islamic stronghold is the spiritual consequence for their spiritual blindness before WW II or what Ilhan Omar calls WW11.
If you haven't yet read this book, I think you would probably find it very interesting....horrifying, but interesting: "Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland".
There is a movie you might be interested in called "Among Neighbors" - took 10 years to finish and includes discussions with older Poles from a small town in Poland about what happened. Excellent and devastating at the same time. The Polish government is apparently not interested in letting it be shown, especially in Poland. - See AmongNeighbors.com to find out how to see it. I understand it will be made available for purchase soon.
Cult members do sometimes come out of this state of mind. They escape the abuser to whom they are bonded. Same with some gang members. Or Germans of the Third Reich after Hitler was dead. Or parentally-aliented children who are removed from the custody of the Cluster-B abusive parent (NOT the targeted parent, who is hit with false allegations of abuse).
A therapy known as Mentalizing Therapy is showing promise when used by those Cluster-B personalities who realize they have a problem and wish to heal. Though this is the case in the minority of them with this Attachment disorder. Because most will not admit they have a problem.
Learning the skills of Mentalizing (Bateman/Fonagy) has also been found to be of real help when used by the normal parent in cases of Parental Alienation. This is a process of learning how to re-connect to the broken Attachment System of the alienated children of that normal parent.
I am wondering whether normal family members learning to use Mentalizing skills might have a positive effect on the still-gone Pod-people of COVID-mania. It's a theory of mine, and I think it could be worth pursuing.
Yep. I see mask wearers still as well, though not a big percentage At all. Some of the staff of my pharmacy wear them, a couple of folks at my Starbucks wear ‘em. I roll my eyes & wonder….
As a DOD civilian employee’s spouse I saw this type of racial discrimination play out many times in just the hiring practices. If a black female applied for a position she would most likely get it in all cases. The government saved positions for minorities, white males usually got promoted thru attrition or time in service. Strangely if you looked into government’s contracting employees you would find it’s predominantly filled black females, and that is discrimination!!
As a survivor of the nation's DEI hiring wars in a college, I well remember that any time we hired a white male, the search committee had to justify it to HR. It wasn't easy.
Black women should be able to stand on their own without help. They should be educated in the area they are working in and have college required if needed to move up the chain, be prepared for the job, have class and decorum and valid experience required for a job they are applying to. No different than anyone else. To assume they need help or to treat them as though they are handicapped is a disgrace and insult. If they are the best pick for the job, there it is. It is that simple. Dems have treated them like helpless infants for way too long now.
Unfortunately, in my workplace experience, many of them are "helpless infants" as they were given their college diplomas based solely on their "political status/skin color". Where you and I would be given failing grades if we didn't accomplish the work, they were simply promoted and never received failing grades. And they knew it... they just coasted through. As a result, the majority of these entitled DEI hires in government are dumb as shit and totally incompetent at their jobs. I have heard Admirals and managers complaining about this. Real world experience.
Many, as in any group or peoples, will take the easy way out instead of doing the work. Human nature for some I suppose. I am proud to know a few black women who came from tough backgrounds but rose above and are in jobs they so rightfully deserved and earned. Like you Phil, I have seen what you have and oddly enough including many races/colors.
Beth I believe after 2 terms of Youngkin the Virginia’s populace was ready for a change (back) to their old ways. I know they are sorry Spamburger got elected!! Winsome was a great Lt Gov, but making the transition to Governor is much more difficult.
I think the real travesty is our education systems failure to educate each student using curriculum designed for each individuals learning style! As a retired teacher, I recall the very wise words of one of my college instructors, which I adopted as my mission statement, If a child cannot learn the subject it is the fault of the method of the teacher! She was 100% correct and any teacher worth paying should apply her words into daily application. The trouble is that most Teachers Colleges are run by childless academics steeped in Democrat/Marxist ideals and theories. They push medication over active learning and social over academic. Engaged, active learners don't disrupt classrooms. Bored active learners, held indoors under buzzing, blinking light ballasts, is a recipe for life long failure for many and a fast track to a prison sentence for others'.
I am wondering the same thing. Many local municipalities require a box to be checked when companies are bidding on their contracts. They ask specifically if you are a minority-owned small business… are they getting preferential treatment, and will this also come to an end?
A special shout out and blessings to Harmeet Dhillon at the DOJ. She will hopefully be the Blue State Gerrymandering Buster!
and she can start with the 9 dem states where there are zero republicans in congress but republicans represent 40+% of registered voters
New England republican voters will hopefully be represented
California needs to be closely examined!
Rest assured that Harmeet knows all about California because she was in the SF District Attorney's office way back when Willie Brown installed the meritless Kamala Harris under these very bogus racial rules!
Praying that it happens! Bring the rain!
Minnesota!
puuuuhhhhhhleaaasssssssse!
100%. The gerrymandering in this state is insane. Although they could easily just gerrymander it for Democrats, but it may be harder in the local districts.
This Nutmegger wholeheartedly hopes so!
Colorado next, please. 44% of voters went for Trump in 2024. And yet both of our Senate and house are incredibly lopsided towards the Dems. This is going to be beautiful!
Ditto for New Mexico
And Washington state!
No no no California needs to be first!
I dunno…y’all have Californiafied us lol!
We used to be a solid Republican State until the Bogus Raced Based voting and other Special ways to cheat citizens were enacted! There are more Republicans in California than most think, sadly we have to hide within our own neighborhoods, workplaces and families! Clearly, the rest of the country has seen how the squeaky, virtue signaling rage pods treat lawful citizens!
And I think many of them have given up voting in local elections. I remember when "they" gerrymandered the coast from Pac Pal up through Santa Barbara.
This is true, although I’ve been registered as a NPP for 15 years or so. I think I switched when my choices were Mitt Romney, Michelle Bachman, and Ron Paul, although I may have voted for Ron Paul.
It serves me well because, where I live, Republican is synonymous with Nazi due to indoctrination. When I ran for school board, I could honestly state I’d been NPP for over a decade. Did that help? 🤷♀️ They attacked me for being against mandates, but they couldn’t call me a republican. LOL Here, being more conservative is death.
I'll second that one! But is California racially gerrymandered??? I really don't know. But for sure, it is Democrat voter gerrymandered and they just did it again to push out some Republican representatives. My area had a Republican representative who we have now lost due to Newsom's new district map. In June a Democrat is most likely going to be elected to my area, which was redrawn and expanded ridiculously to include known Democrat areas far away.
Same in Oregon, we’re a white state mostly. I wrote about it a few comments down.
Illinois is lonnnnng overdue
Abso-frickin-lutely!🤨
Maybe I’m being dense here, but Oregon is run by democrats, and they gerrymandered the state 4-5 years ago but I don’t think it was done based on race. It was done to increase their power in red or purple counties, taking our representation further into the blue zone, 3 hours away. But, those counties are mostly white, race isn’t much of a factor.
I think for our state we have to focus on getting rid of mail in balloting, something that has ruined our state.
Would love to be part of getting some republican representation in TAXachusetts...um massachuestts.
Illinois! We have no say in state government. The Democrats have gotten meaner with legislation that defies. I’m on sense.
I would love to see her appointed to SCOTUS. That she survived as a conservative in SanFran shows she is not only brilliant but has the skills to get along with those of opposing ideas.
She is unshakable in her moral center, fearless, intelligent, honest and an insanely talented knitter!
knitter? as in knitting?
YES!
I will second that one.
A nice, pointy stick in the eye of two liberal women supremes.
Yes! This was why we got Ketanji Brown!! Was being stupid a requirement??
Appreciate her SO much!
re: "Conservatives, experts in unilateral disarmament, usually settle for ‘good enough.’"
One correction, placing the blame on Conservatives is not correct. Change that to RINOs and the sentence is correct.
As Conservatives we are always faced with two battles to win, the first is the intraparty battle to defeat RINOs - meaning democrats who infiltrated the party as "republicans" which is tough enough given these people lie like muslims talking to "infidels". thune, collins, murkowski and mcconnel are good examples. If we can win this battle, then we have to do it all over again fighting the corrupt, racist, America hating democrats who lie, cheat, steal with complete abandon knowing there is a s_Election system and judiciary specifically built to protect them.
The first thing we must do is get rid of rino's... which is impossible as long as we are under the s_Election system of wholesale mail in ballot fraud aided by machines which report who can be voted for, and a process which prevents the Citizens from looking at the results.
Let’s hope she can crack the solid blue nuts here in CA
I'm so excited. I have been expecting and waiting for this.
He seems to be one of the few individuals who are holding blue States accountable for anything.
BSGB
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Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply.
— Acts 4:13-14 NAS95
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So I took ‘A.’s advice yesterday and decided to check out your profile and motives Janice. What I found was it took clicking from your substack link, then an article, then scrolling to the bottom to find any mention of a book, then click there to the book and another link to actually purchase the book from a few retailers. I hardly see that as any kind of solicitation here. Anyhow, when I kept digging, I found a free excerpt and it looks like a lovely book with beautiful artwork on the pages and cover, and daily devotionals with scripture references and a prayer. I also looked at the Amazon description and its a whopping almost 500 pages and hardcover for a very fair price comparable to any other devotional. I’m considering ordering one for my wife now, she does daily devotionals. I struggle with daily devotionals, reading specific things each day, I have too many distractions and get behind. I will have to thank ‘A.’ for suggesting I check out your book.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. 😉Thank you.
It’s in my Amazon cart right now.
That's lovely. Thank you for the review.
I will have to check out the book as well now. : )
Glad you checked. Janice is a beautiful Soul who does not solicit nor has any underhanded motives. She is a daily joy and I hope the verses she shares bring a smile to your face and warmth to your heart and Soul.
Thank you, Lori. That’s very kind.
Better than Amazon reviews, Janice! How I love this, your book and your kind Spirit.
Thank you. 🫶
No thanks required Janice. It is all you:}
John - your wife will love Janice’s book. As my sister and I love it 🥰🙏🏻
Laura, there you go being kind as usual. 🫶
“Love one another”
Do unto others as you would have others do unto you Matthew 7:12. We ♥️ you Janice & the blessing you bring alongside Jeff. Always looking up.
That is a tough one Laura as I cannot love those that commit heinous acts like SRA with infants and children.
Agree - maybe pray that they are healed from their evil.
I love Janice’s book. I read it every morning and have purchased 9 of them for gifts. Feedback from people I gave the gift has been outstanding.
Now I am going to cry. 🥹
What is the book's name? Thanks
My Jesus: Reflections of the Redeemer. It was illustrated by my daughter, a professional artist, in pen and ink. Since yall brought it up, I guess I can talk about it here. 😉I am so blessed to have corroborated on the book with her.
My favorite kind of devotional—short and easier to initiate contemplation with. Then the scripture. I really need to connect with My Jesus much more right now. Just ordered it. 🥰 and blessings, Janice.
My Jesus
Beautiful devotional that is aptly named
And now I’m going to have to order one for MY sis. Thank you very much, Laura Kasner! 🤣🤣🤣
I’m going to have to order one too !
Well, you made my day! That's what i call pissing in As wheaties!
If anything we should praise God for providing such a glowing example of how “the darkness hates the light.” It’s telling when you look at which people they picked to attack here in this community.
Count me as a fan of Janice’s book as well! I have been reading it every morning since Jan. 1, looking up the Scripture verses and meditating on them. It’s a great way to start my day!
It is a lovely book, I have a copy. 🙏🏻
🤣 I love it when God provides us with examples in our modern day. Here he shows us Genesis 50:20, where Joseph tells his brothers, "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good" (NIV) or "You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good" (ESV).
What A. set out to harm God turned it into book sales. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 If that doesn’t make you laugh with joy this morning nothing will.
I love our God ❤️
I thought the same thing and had a good laugh myself, JuJu! Our God is so, so good! ♥
Also available on Amazon Canada 🇨🇦 👍 Thanks for sharing John, and thank you Janice. Copy ordered. God bless you 🙏
Thank you!
Yay!! Thank you for sharing that we can get Janice's book in Canada!! I don't know what the title is though, help please! :)
I found it on Amazon Canada, thank you!
Thank you so much!
It is titled My Jesus: Reflections of the Redeemer.
Nicely done John! Do your own research!
While all that is great it totally misses the point or fact that she clogs up the comments everyday with, though beautiful verse? They have zero to do with the substack article. It’s ridiculous people feel like they have to defend her. I have nothing against her. But this substack isn’t about her daily devotional
Substack articles are just place holders for the comments section, where the real exchange of ideas takes place.
Actually, if you knew the Holy Bible, you would find that her comment from said Bible, does often have a relationship to Jeff's column. Try reading the Bible for yourself and you will soon see the connections.
Janice, I appreciate your scripture daily post very much. I learn a lot.
My upbringing while religious, did not included in-depth bible study. I used your excerpt to direct me to the bible and read further.
Thank you
That is beautiful, Dr. Linda. Thanks for telling me that.
Certainly no president in my lifetime has ever had 3 real life assassination attempts on his life. Things in this country have devolved to this point by the hands of the democrats. Their inability to legitimately win elections due to their anti American agenda and their utter defeat in the marketplace of ideas, has driven them to promote violence. The Supreme Courts ruling heightens their desperation. They have made assassination common place here in America.
Ed Markey is being primaried by congressman Seth Moulton. Well Ed Markey is to the left of Vladimir Lenon and is endorsed by all the big named communists like Bernie Sanders, AOC, Elizabeth Warren, Zohran Mamdani, etc. So for Seth Moulton to be visible he has to become farther left than Markey. So yesterday after saying he thinks the armed forces are nazi like, who he used to be a member of, and everyone in Trumps administration is a war criminal he called for the “taking out” of Pete Hegseth! This is the despicable depth and desperation the democrats have devolved to.
Seth Moulton should be investigated and indicted for treason. A sitting member of congress, and there are many just like ole Seth, should not be allowed to threaten and call for the assassination of the sitting secretary of war. Can you just imagine what would have have happened if a republican congressman called for the assassination of Lloyd Austin, a public hanging. But I guess this is what Nazi’s and Communists due.
**Certainly no president in my lifetime has ever had 3 real life assassination attempts on his life. Things in this country have devolved to this point by the hands of the democrats.**
This is the first time the cabal running things has been truly challenged since they took over after JFK was replaced in 1963.
This is Trump vs the cabal.
indeed.
Communism must use force because the philosophy is based on lies rather than the unchanging truth of God's Word. George Washington stated, "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light." An excellent article on communism by Rod Martin. https://www.rodmartin.org/p/may-day-d92?
Eric Metaxas did a great podcast with Rod Martin this past week.
Thanks for this, P. Americans who protest our taking down the evil, deadly, oppressive Iranian regime have failed to examine the history of Islam and of Iran in particular.
You cannot glean true history from the media because they make it up as they go. Read books.
Here's the interview: https://youtu.be/tvwIc-u30jY?si=dU0A-IGE-Ye6KtWp
Yes, he did. It was excellent, too!
He is a genuine clear and present danger and needs to be jailed or firing squad for treason. He is a very bad man (and/or demon).
And remember, Seth Moulton, right after Trump's election, stated he didn't want his daughters competing against boys - probably a very true and honest statement. But I guess he got the message, and is now back with the program
3 made for tv "assassinations"....
Yeah?? Tell that to the family of the murdered fireman, who was killed by the assassin’s bullet in Butler, PA!! 😡
There were two other people shot that day, one guy was shot twice by the assassin. And the media says it was a hoax. The FCC should pull their license to operate!
You are beyond disgraceful, you sorry azzwipe!
Now, if the Republican party would become the party of small government all this voting rights kerfuffle would actually matter.
I have another idea — what if we stop making politics a profession. That way we can get rid of people who are in it for themselves and we can bring back term limits so people don’t stay for decades. Here are some pieces on changing government:
https://citizensrisingusa.substack.com/cp/195268140
https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/the-ruling-class-of-the-united-states
Amen to that!! "Professional politicians"... why in the world would Americans want to be ruled by people who never held an honest job in their entire life? And I use the word "honest" advisedly.
YES! It still baffles me how people actually chose to vote for a FIFTY year long professional politician, as their POTUS!!! And we all had to suffer through (& still suffer from actions taken during Prez Cabbage’s reign of sad dementia and terror!) those awful 4 years of complete overreach. In my strange little mind, that is stupid on steroids!!
I remember when Republican Scott Brown was elected to the senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy for 46 years, people referred to that as "Kennedy's seat". How disgusting is that? It's the PEOPLE'S seat. Of course, the despicable Elizabeth Warren now "owns" it.
SOS... stupid on steroids. I like that.
To answer your implied question: we didn't vote for that Pedo. The election was clearly stolen which was the legal reason Trump went into Venezuela.
Someone (Sam Clemens, or HL Mencken, perhaps) once said, "Those who cannot do, teach. Those who fail at teaching, go into politics."
There should be NO retirement for any politicians. It makes me want to puke when I hear themselves say they are "civil servants ".
In the real world, a servant should follow his boss’s orders. He shouldn’t be able to tell the boss what to do.
I couldn't agree more. Maybe Jeff could explain how the Trump's family empire getting richer off of Powerus government contracts benefits the taxpayer.
Maybe you could do it for us. I’m sure Jeff has bigger fish to fry.
The claims don’t have any evidence that I’m aware of. What big contracts are the Trumps getting rich from? Easier to repeat what they hear on MSNow, PBS, Etc
Besides, if his sons make money for him in his legitimate private business dealings that they would have done even if he weren’t president, what’s so wrong with that?
After Biden’s grift and his son, they have no leg to stand on.
Does he? Jeff has devoted a good chunk of time to Biden family grift, which is chump change compared to the Trumps. But folks around here sure do love their double standards and blind tribalism.
🤣you’re a funny guy
I don't find it to be funny at all. Do you have no problem with politicians families benefiting from insider deals? Especially when it comes to weapons of war? Seems like incentivizing war might not be the best idea.
Jennifer, I see you’re still brainless after all these years, eh?
This comment makes no sense.
We have become a nation that has grown so wealthy, so fast, that it has lost the ability to recognize its own prosperity — and the media has systematically replaced the old, grounded benchmarks of success with an endless window into the lives of the ultra-rich. The core middle class has shrunk not because Americans have been left behind, but because so many have moved up with the overall affluence of the country.
Media and politicians prime people who have everything they need and beyond to be envious of those who have more.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/12/did-middle-class-shrink-or-get-richer-feel-poorer/
First off all, that's just someone spreading confusion. The Trump family are known business family. They have a right to make money. And. Good Grief!! After all they were subjected to, do you really think they'd even drop their little toe in something illegal? The Trump's play by the book. After all the audits and investigations they found nothing. They had to make stuff up to indict.
My crazy TDS Democrat aunt posted that. Just saying!
I agree with Roland - NO PENSION, NO insider trading carve-out, NO cashing in on your own laws, NO way to get rich in office. Once being a "public servant" is a sacrifice, the "wrong" people will no longer be interested.
Seems to me they’re working on that. At least the number of govt employees is waaay lower than it has been historically, they’re making progress with systemically removing fraud and hopefully closing the door to make it more difficult in the future, which should (should) lower spending. The big thing is lowering the invasiveness of laws and regulations on our lives, we’ll have to see about that. All I know is that we’re way better off than if we’d continued on the previous trajectory and nothing happens overnight, so I’m trying to be patient.
the government employee count may be low, but the "work" was outsourced to "NGO's" as was the funding. All of the government spending with none of the accountability.
That's why we should outlaw ALL NGOs. If you want to start a charity for a specific purpose and raise money for it, good on you. However, if the government thinks something needs doing they should fund it and run it so it has oversight.
Now, NGOs are a patron system where politicians pay friends and supports exorbitant wages to run these NGOs.
DOGE shut down USAID, the dems went ballistic and stopped them before they could shut down more.
I don't think they should be outlawed because there are honest charities completely dependent upon donations, however I do believe it should be illegal for any taxpayer money to be shifted to them via the government.
Well that’s what makes them an “NGO”, because they are funded by tax payer funds. So they SHOULD be outlawed in the current form, and if anything legitimate exists in their dealings they can do it under a different name/structure with private funding.
That's not how I read it....the NGOs did the "work" not allowed by the government but wanted by the globalist Dems.
that's what I meant to say, but rereading my comment I see I wasn't clear enough. Government cutouts there to do the dirty things they weren't supposed to do, while also funneling taxpayer dollars into their pockets and those of their patrons.
NGOs are foreign entities. The term Nongovernmental Organizations has been hijacked to imply that they are not connected with the government when they clearly are.
I say, stop all Government GRANTS of TAXPAYER MONEY! STOP ALL IMMIGRATION as well until we get our NATIONAL DEBT DOWN!!! Behave like responsible adults and CUT SPENDING! The TAXPAYER should choose which charities, if any, it deems suitable, trustworthy and deserving of a donation! The Gov't has no business giving , because the Gov't has no money that it has not already TAKEN from the CITIZEN!
Pay down the debt and save Social Security 🙏
As March ‘26 closed the US debt exceeded GDP for the 1st time since WW2. The debt hit 100.2% of GDP ($31.27 trillion in debt vs. $31.22 trillion in GDP). CBO estimates project debt will reach 108% by 2030 & 120% by 2036. This being fueled by Federal government spending $1.33 dollars for every $1.00 it takes in. I share your concern about solvency of SS.
https://www.crfb.org/blogs/debt-surpasses-size-economy
Yeah, they’ve been really working on NGOs too.
Amen!
well getting the votes is a good start . now to get rid of RINOS
The RINOS are easy to find if you look at who is against honest elections ... they are blocking the Save America Act.
At least they voted to fund DHS. We need to hold their feet to the fire. Name recognition is important, so don’t throw the baby out with the cat litter.
Start with JOHN THUNE, please.
He is the biggest disappointment.
Sadly, I’m not disappointed because I had no faith in Thune to start with. I wanted Scott or anyone other than Thune or Cornyn.
Well, Janet Mills, Democrat of Maine, Governor, was running for the U.S. Senate seat up for re-election, presently owned by Susan Collins, Republican, who is running for re election, just dropped out of the Democrat race, leaving 41 year old, ex Marine, oyster farmer, socialist Democrat, Graham Platner most assuredly to win the Dem nomination. RINO, Susan Collins up against the oyster farmer. Big bucks behind him. This is truly the lesser of two evils.
You skipped the part where he has a legit nazi tattoo.
There’s no primary challenge for the disgusting Susan Collins?
One, she is representing her constituents, who are "center" independents. Two, Kavanaugh is on SCOTUS because of her. When I become frustrated with her, I remember these two facts.
The lesser of two evils; or perhaps the evil of two lessers.
Sudan Collins may be essential to R’s holding the Senate.
i wonder what the Maine Districts will look like under the new SCOTUS ruling??? also, with proper voter ID checks and checks on duplicate voting across States, ie, Massachusetts residents who own vacation cabins in Maine, the outcomes and quality of candidates will likely improve!
Or if we had hand counted paper ballots. Otherwise this is just more smoke and mirrors.
I agree with that! Get rid of the machines and mail in ballots, period.
If you look at the laws surrounding redistricting (or Districting) in general, they explicitly forbid these crab leg or spiderweb districts. The wording is to the effect that they must be compact and contiguous and community oriented. Crab legs came into existence to A) satisfy racial discrimination and B) support democrats.
Yeah, it was all about democrat votes. And the lackeys they used were blacks. When will they wake up? They vote 4-1 democrat. The same folks that started the clan.
We need better legislators, districting commissions, lawyers, judges, and initiative to chop off the Kraken tentacles of these districts, as well, my county in CO was placed as backdrop for CD2 BOULDER behind a literal natural wall called the Continental Divide. We have NO daily common interaction in any physical sense with the greater mass of Boulder Beatniks, and it's over an hour to commute border to border let alone county seat to county seat being far longer. This isn't a Racial division, just an Urban-Rural one with a Dem aim to gentrify and turn us and remaining Red West Slope areas Blue within a few more years.
They did the same to Californians in the Sierra Foothills, Sierras and the Cascade Region! They knew the Republicans that stayed in the state fled to higher ground and larger allotments, so first they made the cultivation and sale of Pot legal, [which brought the dumb Leftists and Cartels in to our rural counties along with the crime associated with loads of cash], then they Gerrymandered districts to ensure that no Republican has a voice period!
Yes, exactly! My area will lose Kevin Kiley (R) and the despicable Democrat Ami Bera will most like be the Rep due to the gerrymandering last November. It's bad enough to have to tolerate all the rich Bay Area lefties who have infiltrated my area, but at least we had a good Republican rep for a time. This makes me sick. Democrats are trying to ensure California is 100% Democrat in all elected offices. They're already very close to that.
yes, sanctuary invaders brought in, shrooms, state mass transit projects, subsidized "affordable" housing no matter local zoning, rise in county services (no matter leadership affiliation), land and water rights grabs, Green Energy, Transsexual restroom codes being enhanced now by, soon to be adopted MENTAL-ADA Codes standards applied to public buildings for inclusive, safe, and welcoming for the Mentally Disturbed-Perplexed-Violent Community. The giant Meteor can't hit these Blue States hard or soon enough.
Yep. And those districts were so difficult to navigate and show that they were equally represented. I worked in a Congressional campaign office and we had to drive many miles to attend events, to distribute signs, etc. It was a lot of extra work and you could see how the wonky lines included all the “major” cities which are traditionally blue. It sure would have been easier and more efficient, if they had been drawn differently. It makes me wonder if my blue state will turn purple or red now.
Pesky stuff like "law" never stopped the dems.
But, Lord willing, it’s gonna stop ‘em now!!
At this point, with my decades of life experience, I do not count them out from doing something even more outlandish.
So true!
Yes that makes sense to me ... compact and contiguous and community oriented. This should be the rationale behind a district. I am a Louisiana resident, and the concerns of New Orleans residents and rural residents would be very different for sure.
Welcome back all to the United States of America. Now let us be One Nation under God, because whether we admit it or not, we are under Him.
Yes Logos, great name by the way. We are all under Him as either Lord or Judge.
Amen, Tom and Logos!!!
Jesus is King!
God, family, country.
Jeff,
Can we recall Supreme Court Justice Jackson since she was specifically appointed because she is a black female?
She must be the dumbest person ever to serve on the Court.
“Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?”1 Jackson responded, “I can’t . . . Not in this context. I’m not a biologist.”
How many doctors didn't know what a woman is BEFORE they went to medical school??? 🤔 🤣🇨🇦
That tells you all you need to know about her. What a jackass she is.
Lori! You’re insulting jackasses 😂
The next question should have been, "Madame Justice, do you sit down to pee?"
Anybody ask her if she is a woman? If she says yes, ask her how she knows.
She's in a race to the bottom with Sotomayer
Ahh, the "Wise Latina".
Only if you consider KBJ's bouncing off the bottom to achieve her current "elevated" status as still in the race?...
She's a disgrace to blacks and black women in particular, and she's a disgrace to all women. By saying he would appoint a black woman, Biden basically eliminated about 97% of possible candidates for her position. Sounds like racial discrimination to me.
You are so right with that! We had a “Vice President” for four years chosen for the same reason, and she is, astonishingly, in the D lineup to run for president again. In my entire life, I’ve never seen such an unserious person. She is a caricature. Most D politicians are. No substance.
Correct, she has no substance and no command of the English language. She is a full on embarrassment to herself and to America.
And yet the hard left still don’t get it. No hope for them …
All role playing
That is an excellent question.
Al, between that and the fact that everything “President” Autopen did was illegal, I sure hope and pray so!!!
AMEN!!!! It’s like they chose the most outrageous, apparently without a lick of common sense, lawyer of color, just to meet some “quota”?? She will never, ever, ever be able to hold a light for Clarence Thomas (whom I very much admire!), to run by! Those who voted to confirm her need a major kick in the backside! Crazy world we live in. Thankful we have a good, good God that is far bigger than all the crazy. 😊🙏
Unlike Clarence Thomas?
Clarence Thomas is a wonderful Supreme Court Justice. His legal philosophy emphasizes self-sufficiency, personal responsibility, and limited government power, often skeptical of federal regulatory authority. He has proven that his judgements are Constitution based, not off "feelings or vibes"- and on top of that - he can define the word woman! I wish we had more just like him.
Amen! They should all be proven Constitutional Scholars with a test and their previous court decisions should be vetted for evidence of practical application of the US Constitution!
Clarence Thomas is brilliant and highly qualified. I watched his confirmation hearings on tv, many years ago, and could not believe the way he was treated by the democrats. May the Lord keep him healthy and strong to serve many more years.
Do you agree l, as he did, with the Citizens United decision to allow unlimited campaign contributions by corporations and the wealthy? Doesn’t that turn elections into legalized bribery by special interests, which leads to damaging policies of environmental destruction, militarism, increased national debt?
He has to follow the Constitution , which was clear on this issue . Don’t judge the Supremes on whether they rule according to your feelings and hopes, but whether they follow original intent. Otherwise, the Constitution doesn’t mean anything. Amend it if you don’t like the results.
If anyone deserves the position it’s Thomas. He fought hard against the smear campaign against him and racist Biden’s visible contempt for him.
More importantly, Justice Thomas got his position on merit and continues to make constitutional arguments and judgments.
Very unlike.
Hope this Friday is blessed for all of us!
Yes! Happy sunny Friday! ☀️🌷
And to you too, Alan!
Jeff, I have to tell you how much I enjoy starting my mornings with your humor yet enlightening posts. I feel kind of dumb because you make what seems like a complicated issue easy to understand. It’s a true talent that you have to be able to see the nuances and dissect them with a splash of humor thrown in. You are able to start our days with hope and a smile (not the Obama kind of bullshit hope but real hope).
I’m guessing Jeff is an excellent lawyer, and no doubt his clients and staff love him!
Exactly! Being a topnotch lawyer, steeped in the language and wise to the strategies of the lawyer abundant Democrat Machine, Jeff is the perfect person to decipher the language and assign real world meaning to the masses.
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And a Christian! I am very thankful for Jeff.
You had me at “Like Wile E. Coyote, they looked down, saw only empty space, and are now at the stage of holding up a small sign that says ‘uh-oh.’” 🤣🤣🤣
Made me laugh out loud!! Love this humor...we need it desperately.
Amen! 😊
me too! LOL
(Homer Simpson voice)
Mmmmm SCOTUS has a UPS truck... Think of all the doughnuts it will bring me.
I sure hope someone is paying attention in New Mexico - the gerrymandering that happened here is insane. We have 46% of conservative voters and we zero representation. The blue stronghold was rigged a few years ago.
The Califorication commision got hold of MN!
Jeff! YOU ARE A NATIONAL TREASURE! How would we know any of these things without you?? THANK YOU for your wisdom & insight!
Praying God’s richest blessings and protection over you & yours!
Amen and Amen!!
“. A new golden age of colorblindness has begun.” That is music to my ears.
Amen!
Speaking of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" Pod-people, we saw another invasion of them during COVID-mania. Remember how your once-normal family members and neighbours suddenly and strangely mind-snapped? Into aliens?
Same transformation found in new cult members of any sort. Or in 1930s Germans.
Just by way of an informal survey, did any of you have family members and friends or neighbours who subsequently snapped back out of this odd mental state?
If so, what do you think accounted for the return to normal?
none of mine have snapped back as of yet, we are still waiting.
Thanks, Mia. Best of luck.
Daughter (a doctor) who, wouldn’t speak to us for 2.5 years for not getting the vax, has been quite loving and interested in seeing us for a couple of years now. No discussion has occurred, still a tabu subject, but something changed.
Glad to hear, Becky!
Yes, it is very common that someone who was mind-snapped into bonding/fawning with an abuser, may come out of this mental state, but will refuse to acknowledge that they were ever in it.
So just proceed forward in the present, rather than re-hashing that mental breakdown. No good in pushing for discussion on it.
Thank the Lord!! 🙌🙏🤗
A few, not many. Fear is still a huge factor.
Yes. Inducing fear throughout society was the main Globalist trick. I am certain that they understand and found ways to hack the human Attachment System.
Thanks & saw your comment below on Evolutionary Psychology and Stockholm Syndrome... but that goes back to the cause of "compliance" with the insanity. To my knowledge, in a large family and number of people I know that I've shared information with; only 1 has "recanted" and said "I was wrong" & "I wish I had not listened to Fauci & Friends"... and with zero hubris I credit myself and later this newsletter/Jeff and all of you with that One.
B4 I ever found C&C or even heard of Covid; I heard the hub-bub about Moderna's IPO and money pouring in; with nothing pouring or injected (yet - this was approximately 2019). I believe the One person who recanted and those whom I have doubting; were influenced by the following:
-Most of all by themselves, they are people who have always understood it is unwise to trust Govt. (eg. People who understand the reason there is a 2nd Amendment).
-Right when Covid started and I was fighting masks and the hint of vax/shots I shared an email with numerous (30+) people I know... sharing the 99% recovery rate.
-as talk ramped up on Vax/shots, mRNA & Moderna/Pfizer; I shared the Wikipedia history available to Everyone and pointed them to approx. 2017 where it said (at that time, it reads much differently now - but I still have a copy)... That the technology would "never be safe for humans" and went on to provide other info that should give any logical person pause.
-my "One" that recanted (and his wife) still got the shot and one booster.
-I believe another factor for me was having a spouse who believed as how I did and then introduced me to C&C.
-I went on to hammer my contacts with the above info repeatedly, Fauci's "Don't" mask, wait MASK!... Maybe TWO MASKS!!" insanity.
-I shared with people basic outline info from RFK,Jrs. "The Real Anthony Fauci"
-I battled Vax mandates at work and shared that saga with my contacts.
-A side business I run was temporarily shut down by one of the Tyrant Governor's Vaccine Mandates, (around the same time Justin Trudeau was seizing Truck driver's bank accounts) I shared those stories.
-A Magnificent elder (needing critical care for a broken bone) was locked away and denied access to patient advocates and care givers... The same contacts observed all this.
-They also observed a vaxed elder sibling suddenly report a breast cancer diagnosis, and then a vaxed 35yr healthy nurse/relative report breast cancer too (in a family that never experienced it before).
-I shared proof of a major Union (AFGE) lying to its members that it could not bring suit on member's behalf against Federal vax mandates... and spent a year+ fighting them to remove their false guidance and sharing that story.
-Died suddenly stories from the media were shared widely and blood clots, strokes & myocarditis became regular topics of conversation & "hey did you see: Justin Bieber, Haley Bieber, Joe Biden?, Jamie Foxx, Soccer Player, Football Player, random Student athletes, etc."
I'd say it was finally around that time that I finally heard One person say, "I wish I never would have got the shot."
I'm guessing sometime soon, just about when it gets to the point everyone would say: "We were lied to"... some new stories will start to circulate (like those outlined above) that lead to rumors that "Only people who got vaxed are protected from X" or "only the vaxed are developing gills so they can breathe under water"... anything to prevent the compliant from rising up and tearing down the Pharma & Tyrants who risked others lives.... by that point maybe many of those lives may be ancient history; forgotten... or maybe the C&C'ers, the Peter McCulloughs, the Rand Pauls & Ron Johnsons, and other good people of the world find the path to vindication and passage of some Bill of Rights - Amendment 2.5 =... "You'll have to take my life before you can inject me with that crap".... because the above path to One convert is not working - Would love to consider OTHER solutions!
Good work. I'm impressed. My efforts were quite feeble compared to yours.
My family was resistant to facts, so I just shared things I thought were particularly compelling, which they ignored.
We had a brief time when my son and grandson got covid and blamed me because I was opposed to masks, especially for my grandson.
But I wrote him an email in which I made my case, and he got over it.
Kudos to you for persevering.
Mrs. RW
Whoa...good info! Thanks for that. I will take my time and go through all of your points. You used your critical thinking skills!
I witnessed this with a fellow volunteer for our church’s kids’ program. Church opened back up after shutdown and there was an implied mask expectation. Some parents had their children wear them but many more did not. My fellow volunteer, Ms. Debbie, was a retired elementary teacher and I just think her personality was to be a rule follower and rule enforcer. She would relentlessly go around telling kids to put their masks on every Sunday. One Sunday the head kids’ pastor said mask are not required anymore (mind you, there was never any change in worthless CDC guidance) and Ms. Debbie dramatically ripped her mask off and said “thank goodness!”.
My twin sister & I are still waiting… covidian crickets
Watch Jason Christoff's documentary for your answers.
I am something of an expert on this, through Evolutionary Psychology. I don't know what Jason Christoff had to say, but this condition might be called a form of Stockholm Syndrome.
What happens is that some authority-figure induces fear in vulnerable-type persons. Their ancient evolutionary system kicks in, seeking safety. They go into the Attachment version colloquially known as Love+Terror, or seeking safety from an authority-figure who also frightens them. It causes Disorganized Attachment.
Then once they have you through your Attachment System vulnerabilities, you bond-to-the-abuser, which means that you enter a Splitting state of mind. You begin operating out of one of the psychological extremes, rather than out of the balanced SELF. In this case, these persons operate out of the extreme of the Id. As opposed to the SELF (at the balance-point) or the Superego (other extreme).
They fawn to the abuser/aggressor. They follow the abuser's narrative, to the umpteenth degree, because pleasing the abusive authority seems to be the best option for safety and security. Which is why they have a tendency to snitch on anyone not following that narrative.
This is an ancient and unconscious survival defence. It is triggered by inducing fear in persons who have dependency needs in their Attachment System still.
I was in a professional program that taught Medical Hypnoanalysis. You had to be a medical doctor or licensed therapist to participate. For over two years, I was supervised by an incredible therapist in his early 80’s. He taught me to question everything. Question the indoctrination, “”Who told you that?”. Then covid hit. He lived with his elderly wife in San Antonio & the propaganda was non stop. He succumbed to the fear & they got the shot. However, that program taught me to see world wide hypnosis as a fear based mind control system. This program taught me to see how deeply people are hypnotized through tv programming, news, movies & media. I am grateful for the program because it showed me how easy it is to hypnotize others, how could my supervisors not see it? The programming definitely split their personalities. I am grateful for all they taught me. And, I no longer use Medical Hypnoanalysis as a modality. I agree with your description of an unconscious survival defense. They were older & vulnerable, the media kept death counts going on the local news. I get why it happened.
I also saw extreme disorganized attachment style in my own family system to different degrees. My stepson & his husband went radically left & became very abusive to our unwillingness to comply to the vax & mask mandate. Thankfully divorced now. But, both of them have gone Marxist & my stepson has myocarditis at 43 years old. I The rest of the extended family is waking up & quietly understanding maybe their mother isn’t so crazy after all? But it came at a price. Great description of psychologically describing the extreme splitting of 80% of Americans using Attachment Theory.
Thank you, Amanda. Very interesting information that you have offered here.
I did some work on the hypnosis theories/practices of Milton Erickson. In the end, I moved beyond it. Have to say I questioned some of his motives.
Yes, I too have encountered persons who, I had assumed, would NEVER fall to the mind-control of COVID-mania. But they did. Shocked me to the core. Also told me that many of us might be walking around with Attachment vulnerabilities, against which the cognitive mind takes second place.
A person can function quite normally in most aspects of life for many years even with Attachment System losses or disorders. They work around it. But WHAM! -- when over-riding fear (even fear based on false premises) hits in one way or another, those Attachment weaknesses can surface. As you described, your older supervisor became vulnerable due to being elderly, in a situation where he was convinced that the elderly were under threat.
I am sorry to hear that your stepson developed Myocarditis. Big blow.
I began as a schoolgirl asking regularly how the 60 million Germans of the 1930s could have gone collectively mad and bad. And could it happen again? That question drove me, though few others in the post-war society seemed to pay any attention to it. Then, a similar situation did happen again. In 2020.
Very interesting! I am 67 years old. When I was in 5th grade I was allowed to read The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich & many other adult books about the rise of Naziism. I am a Christian & was shocked at the “Christians” in Germany that looked the other way when their neighbors disappeared. Or sang louder in church so you didn’t hear the wailing from the box trains rolling by. I really wonder if the enslavement of Germany now by a Islamic stronghold is the spiritual consequence for their spiritual blindness before WW II or what Ilhan Omar calls WW11.
If you haven't yet read this book, I think you would probably find it very interesting....horrifying, but interesting: "Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland".
There is a movie you might be interested in called "Among Neighbors" - took 10 years to finish and includes discussions with older Poles from a small town in Poland about what happened. Excellent and devastating at the same time. The Polish government is apparently not interested in letting it be shown, especially in Poland. - See AmongNeighbors.com to find out how to see it. I understand it will be made available for purchase soon.
This same condition is found in cults, in gangs, and in what is known as "Parental Alienation" (better called Alienation with Coercive Alignment).
It is all about a Cluster-B Personality acting as the abuser, and finding vulnerable dependents to bond-and-fawn to them. It is about control.
This is what Jim Jones of Jonestown was all about, and why his 900+ victims followed his orders to drink poison. They were all bonded-to-the-abuser.
You are correct and summarize the documentary. The video is more for the layman, but I think you would enjoy it, maybe at 1.5 speed
Thanks. I'll have a look at it.
The Patty Hearst saga back in the 70s was all about Stockholm Syndrome, or bonding/fawning to the abuser. As a survival mechanism.
Looks interesting and worth a watch https://www.planetmindcontrol.com/
Nope...none!
Nope. They are still all-in.
Cult members do sometimes come out of this state of mind. They escape the abuser to whom they are bonded. Same with some gang members. Or Germans of the Third Reich after Hitler was dead. Or parentally-aliented children who are removed from the custody of the Cluster-B abusive parent (NOT the targeted parent, who is hit with false allegations of abuse).
Let's hope the Trump cultists snap out of it before WWIII starts.
A therapy known as Mentalizing Therapy is showing promise when used by those Cluster-B personalities who realize they have a problem and wish to heal. Though this is the case in the minority of them with this Attachment disorder. Because most will not admit they have a problem.
Learning the skills of Mentalizing (Bateman/Fonagy) has also been found to be of real help when used by the normal parent in cases of Parental Alienation. This is a process of learning how to re-connect to the broken Attachment System of the alienated children of that normal parent.
I am wondering whether normal family members learning to use Mentalizing skills might have a positive effect on the still-gone Pod-people of COVID-mania. It's a theory of mine, and I think it could be worth pursuing.
Sadly, some of them are still stuck in the face mask wearing madness.
Yep. I see mask wearers still as well, though not a big percentage At all. Some of the staff of my pharmacy wear them, a couple of folks at my Starbucks wear ‘em. I roll my eyes & wonder….
Yes, I see that. Even my bank manager.
Sad. It’s interesting, I’m in the hospital and it’s refreshing to see a number of nurses NOT wearing face masks. Finally!
the power of fear used to manipulate people.
Thanks for these insights.
It’s glorious to contemplate what can be, unburdened by what has been.
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Oh, that is good!
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Also, nice nod to Splash Mountain 😁
As a DOD civilian employee’s spouse I saw this type of racial discrimination play out many times in just the hiring practices. If a black female applied for a position she would most likely get it in all cases. The government saved positions for minorities, white males usually got promoted thru attrition or time in service. Strangely if you looked into government’s contracting employees you would find it’s predominantly filled black females, and that is discrimination!!
As a survivor of the nation's DEI hiring wars in a college, I well remember that any time we hired a white male, the search committee had to justify it to HR. It wasn't easy.
Black women should be able to stand on their own without help. They should be educated in the area they are working in and have college required if needed to move up the chain, be prepared for the job, have class and decorum and valid experience required for a job they are applying to. No different than anyone else. To assume they need help or to treat them as though they are handicapped is a disgrace and insult. If they are the best pick for the job, there it is. It is that simple. Dems have treated them like helpless infants for way too long now.
The Dems are masters of "the soft bigotry of low expectations".
Bingo!
Unfortunately, in my workplace experience, many of them are "helpless infants" as they were given their college diplomas based solely on their "political status/skin color". Where you and I would be given failing grades if we didn't accomplish the work, they were simply promoted and never received failing grades. And they knew it... they just coasted through. As a result, the majority of these entitled DEI hires in government are dumb as shit and totally incompetent at their jobs. I have heard Admirals and managers complaining about this. Real world experience.
Many, as in any group or peoples, will take the easy way out instead of doing the work. Human nature for some I suppose. I am proud to know a few black women who came from tough backgrounds but rose above and are in jobs they so rightfully deserved and earned. Like you Phil, I have seen what you have and oddly enough including many races/colors.
And yet, Virginia, the Virtue Signal Capital of Appalachia, bypassed an amazing and accomplished Winsome Earle-Sears for an AWFL CIA agent...
Beth I believe after 2 terms of Youngkin the Virginia’s populace was ready for a change (back) to their old ways. I know they are sorry Spamburger got elected!! Winsome was a great Lt Gov, but making the transition to Governor is much more difficult.
Amen, Lori. Well stated!
I think the real travesty is our education systems failure to educate each student using curriculum designed for each individuals learning style! As a retired teacher, I recall the very wise words of one of my college instructors, which I adopted as my mission statement, If a child cannot learn the subject it is the fault of the method of the teacher! She was 100% correct and any teacher worth paying should apply her words into daily application. The trouble is that most Teachers Colleges are run by childless academics steeped in Democrat/Marxist ideals and theories. They push medication over active learning and social over academic. Engaged, active learners don't disrupt classrooms. Bored active learners, held indoors under buzzing, blinking light ballasts, is a recipe for life long failure for many and a fast track to a prison sentence for others'.
My husband was active duty. It was the same. Harder when you aren’t a minority that they need to promote more of.
This is true! And so wrong. Also explains a LOT about some experiences with the government. (I wish competent was a quality they discriminated for)
I am wondering the same thing. Many local municipalities require a box to be checked when companies are bidding on their contracts. They ask specifically if you are a minority-owned small business… are they getting preferential treatment, and will this also come to an end?