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.
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!
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.
Yes, that is what I would say about Oregon. It is gerrymandered to an extreme and corrupt degree, such that all of the more rural CD's surrounding Portland Metro have a little tentacle that dips into an extreme left, high population area. My neighborhood is one of those.
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!
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.
Remember when we denounced “reverse discrimination” but lost the public argument against, “We have to reverse historical discrimination”? They shot us down with tricky rhetoric, same as in the anti-pro-choice wars. But we were right, and more of us should have been courageous. Thank God, here comes momentum.
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.
You are so right! We have been suffering under this for years! I've enjoyed much cover from the neg impact of Dem policies by living in OC. But Dems quickly spread their tentacles to ruin the OC, first by ballot harvesting tricks, then by jungle primaries for various offices, & then by dividing up city councils & school districts just like explained in the article. The amazing thing is that the racial part was just cover for them to get their grubby hands into the mix & muck things up for everybody. My once great city has turned into a Dem hell hole only softened by the fact that there are still some conservative influences here that help to beat them back at the gates. Thank goodness for this pound of sound judgement! FINALLY!
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.
In Oregon is was definitely the Democrats gerrymandering out the Republicans and was not racially based. When they moved Bend into Democrat run District 5 in 2022 it was to get all those Liberal Californians into the Dem vote. For 40+ years it has been about power and greed in Oregon.
Interestingly, I have encountered a great many Hispanics in the trades in CA (tree work, house painting, landscaping, construction, lots of of things that require manual labor) and they are somewhat surprisingly big Trump supporters. They don't admit it until they know where you stand, but once they realize a person also likes Trump they let loose with the praise for him. I don't know how widespread that is throughout the state, but in the North where I live, they seem to love Trump and I've yet to meet one who admits to supporting Dems.
They way things currently stand, everyone automatically knows all 54 electoral votes will be Democrat. No way it could be otherwise unless things change dramatically.
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.
It's too bad that gerrymandering for political gain is allowed.
I understand the constitution didn't say anything about political gerrymandering, but the fairest way - overall, mind you - would be to say the districts should adhere to county lines to the greatest extent possible, and should be as compact as is practical.
I’ve been waiting for a wrecking ball in Illinois. Decades under Dems and Chicago. Looking forward to seeing the earth open up under JB’s feet and see him disappear 🫠 in an earthquake election against him.
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.
I think when God was handing out the skills I was put into the ten items are less line. I can't even sew on a button and she is saving our Constitution while knitting mittens.
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.
Dan, you are correct about the OBVIOUS problems of mail-in ballots and the Dominion and Smartmatic machines. But I'm not seeing much movement to change that, even though evidence is everhwhere and much of it indisputable!
Thats because the very people who are supposed to undue it are the same one's using it to stay in power over us.
Here's my initial prayer, that whatever he and his team did to prevent the theft of the Presidence in 2024 (Ive read many things about it) will be applied to the upcoming congressional and state elections in 2026. I know he and his team are not sitting on their hands, there is going to be a surprise the uniparty and their masters are not prepared for.
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.
🤣 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.
Thank you for that reminder, Juju. The devious part of me always wants to respond to the trolls, but the Lord continually says, “You don’t have to defend yourself. I will.” And He does, through all of you!
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!
Full transparency, I often was aggravated by Ms. Powells first up, seemingly non associated scripture with the days news topics in comments. Don't get me wrong, I am a hard core believer in the transformational power of Jesus my Christ, thankful daily for His grace which I need a lot of.
I simply jump over Ms. Powells posts looking for the meat in the comments, as others have said time is a factor and with 1000 comments seldom can I read them all and seldom do. Guilty of the old Joe Friday "Just the facts, Ma'am."
The facts are many readers found the scripture posts enlightening and fulfilling. Who am I to to criticize? I never found Ms. Powell pushy or attempting to sell a product. Until I read the review by John did I take the time to be a Berean and do my own research. Books ordered for family friends and for gifts. Thanks to all for taking time to weigh in on a necessary topic, God's word is the bread of life. No matter where we encounter it.
John, thanks for the prompt! Just ordered two copies myself -- one for myself, another for a birthday gift for a friend. I so appreciate Janice's daily scriptures here in the C&C comments. Such a blessing!
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.
Doesn’t really clog as the responses are all replies that one can easily scroll past since they are marked by a vertical line. Replies to replies must often be manually expanded to read.
Yes, you’re right, and people who are so bothered by the posts can even block the poster completely. I don’t get these complaints. Just scroll on by or block if you (not you specifically, you as in the complainers) don’t like them 🤷♀️ Some people also talk about the weather or personal things or post interesting information/links that might not have anything to do with the day’s post directly but I don’t see nearly as many people complaining about those 😑
I love the comments in C&C! I've been here since 2021 and while I don't post very often, I am actively reading Jeff's post and the comments every day. It's gotten better since blocking A. and I appreciate people's suggestions on that front. I also just ordered your book, Janice. Keep posting Scripture! It's telling who people try to tear down in our community...you're doing something right! :-)
Blocking really helped my mood. I did more like a handful. It’s back to the comments I enjoy. I don’t mind disagreements or heated but this blog and comments section has been my daily sanity with a cup or two of coffee since 8/2021 💪🏽🙏🏽☕️ need to protect the space
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.
Trump will outdo killary with all the death and misery he's spreading around the globe with famine projected next year due to the Iran lunacy. She must be jealous
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
An example needs to be made as a result of the hateful and even at times treasonous comments made by the left! And until someone faces the music it will continue... and there will be many tragic deaths in the process!!!!!
Chilling thought - if there had been a skilled assassination team, we'd have 92 year old Chuck Grassley as President. In light of THAT, watch the high resolution video of Cole Allen charging past the security checkpoint which is absolutely appalling. Go to the 4:00 minute mark:
There was a K9 officer with a DOG that was trying to point out Allen, who was just out of sight in the elevator area. The officer briefly spoke with Allen, then turned away. Literally two seconds later, Allen started his charge. I don't know how Allen could have concealed his shotgun from the officer in that exchange.
As he runs past the checkpoint, you see one officer fire 4 times (you see the muzzle flash) with other officers right behind Allen. In situations like this, it's an acceptable risk, but the guy MISSED all four times. They apparently haven't been trained to hit moving targets.
Allen tripped just beyond the field of view of the camera. I mapped out where this scene took place:
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!
If you guys believe the narrative of the state....I just don't know what to say. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who was aide to Colon Powell, is actually going to court to testify I think today in defense of the accused, because there is no way the story they are telling us is true.
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.
Let us not forget that Ted Kennedy also willfully killed a young woman, not his wife, but a campaign worker, by driving drunk off a bridge and leaving the scene of the accident and refusing to call for help. he left a human in the car as it sunk to the bottom of a pond.
I'll never forget that...I watched it all play out in 1969, two years after I finished high school. I was so appalled that he got away with it and furthermore, that he actually had the gaul to run for President in 1980. Did he imagine we were all such idiots that we had forgotten? And he was lionized by the Democrats ever since. Disgusting man.
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.
Add to that, politicians should have to follow the laws they impose on us. No exempting themselves from the mandates, restrictions, and rulings we are subjected to!
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.
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!
Yeah, I'm sure Barron Trump somehow is worth over $100 million and it was all done clean and squeaky like. There are rumors he's on the spectrum, and a "special learner" as we say. How did a 20 year old accummulate so much wealth? What could go wrong with Trump family having their hands in the betting website polymarket? How many of them are insider trading off oil stocks during the war? Nobody ever gets held accountable for this stuff because nearly all of washington does it.
Elon Musk is "on the Spectrum" another Democratesque re-definition to garner more money for Big Pharma donors. Elon is clearly capable of success as are many other Tech CEO's with similar brain wiring. Now, as to Money that Barron Trump may or may not have, you as a parent are also capable of giving a $ 38,000 gift to each child/year, tax free. So by the time your child is of age, if both parents gifted to an account, your child would be quite solvent.
38k X 20 is nowhere near 100+ million dollars, and the best return on investments also wouldn't reach anywhere near that number. The Trump's are like any other grifter politician family. Not sure why this is so hard for people to believe.
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.
'Learing Centers" or took up the "Hospice trade"? If they win some contracts from the Government, rest assured they will complete the work on time and likely on budget because legitimate businesses have accountability and undergo audits. The Unions will be happy as they will continue to have sway no matter the party in power.
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.
I did sY you could form your own charity, do whatever good work you see needs doing. But not be financed by the government.
Like we used to do when Toquiville visited the country. He saw neighbor helping neighbor
The leftist of the day soon got involved and convinced the people the government should do the charity work because some charities might not serve "certain" people. Well, we can see now the government is just as biased against helping "certain" people as any charity they falsely accused of MAYBE discriminating.
But what it did was take agency from individuals and gave it to the collective if you will. Thereby loosening the bonds between neighbors, because 'i dont have to do it, the government is, and I already pay enough in taxes'.
So we all become dependent on the government a little at a time. Until, finally, a vast number of people buy whatever the government is pushing, like a vaccine that was not independently tested, has proved to be ineffective and has more side effects than the government will admit to. But they continue to believe that the government wouldn't make us take it if it wasnt safe.
I suggest they ask the Tuskogee soldiers about that trust.
“But what it did was take agency from individuals and gave it to the collective if you will. Thereby loosening the bonds between neighbors, because 'i dont have to do it, the government is, and I already pay enough in taxes” -Truth 🔥
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.
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.
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.
I read he’s already covered it up. When all the pics surfaced of him showing it off, he was probably told to cover it. Though it may entice some with a “cool” factor, there are still enough 30’s, 40’s, and 50 somethings that consider themselves freedom loving independents; that may be a bridge too far. He claims he got it in a drunken haze while in the Marines, out with his buddies, almost two decades ago, but there are many fairly recent pics of him flaunting it. One writer wondered why he got a Nazi tatt, but not the common Marine Corp tattoo. He will be carefully portrayed to appeal to the younger of Maine.
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 Kavanaugh hearing was nothing but political theater at it’s most kabuki. Every so many years, the Dems pull out a rape or sexual assault card to denigrate a potential Republican president’s pick for Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas fought back and is my favorite of the Supremes. Robert Bork, was crucified by the Dems, after nominated by Ronald Reagan and was never confirmed by the Senate. Yet, if ever a nominee needed to be questioned, it was Kentaji Brown Jackson, and she pretty much sailed through. All kinds of political games are played, and since Trump has been president, you can count on her to be against every initiative. Whoever fronts her has some big bucks and want only her.
I’m not sure center independents will carry her. The ex Marine, oyster farmer comes across as very appealing, especially to the younger independents. He promotes individuality and a guy who fought for his country and is doing traditional Maine work. Much like Mandami in NYC and AOC, he has been cultivated to appeal to the younger crowd, who fancy themselves rugged individuals who still want “free stuff”. Make no mistake, just like AOC, he’s got big money behind him, and was bought off long ago.
From what I’ve read, she has a considerable war chest of donors, and with that backing, they assume she is the only one who can carry the GOP ticket in Maine. However, she may have met her match in the oyster farmer.
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!
From what I got the states have to apply for redistricting, and even though the Federal government is getting involved, it won’t hit on places like Maine.
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.
KBJ is a SCJ for the same damn reason Callais struck down Louisiana’s racially gerrymandered congressional map. The woman (pretty sure that's what she is!) was gerrymandered into this non-elective, lifelong position, and is a pure travesty. KBJ is an RGT (Racially Gerrymandered Token).
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.
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 spent 21 years in USAF, retired in 2000. I don’t remember too much of these tactics until going to the higher ranks. From MSgt to SMSgt was pretty easy, but getting Chief was limited to 3% of the force. Yes the board who selected chiefs were definitely briefed on certain races and genders to be selected by a certain percent.
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?
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.
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!”.
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.
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 brain system kicks in, seeking safety. They activate into the brain's Attachment System version colloquially known as Love+Terror, or seeking safety from an authority-figure who also frightens them. It causes Disorganized Attachment.
Then once the controlling authority-figure has captured you through your Attachment System vulnerabilities (in the case of COVID-mania this would have been the govt. and health authorities giving you their COVID story), 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). See the Freudian concept of the Id/Ego/Superego here.
Vulnerable persons who are hit and taken down by this strategy will subsequently 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. Hence all the ridiculous emphasis on masks and supposed social distancing, and then "vaccines". Which is why they have a tendency to snitch on anyone not following that narrative. The non-followers or questioners are considered to be outside the groupthink herd, as "the other". And "the other" always becomes the scapegoat(s) for a groupthink herd whose narrative is being questioned or dissented to.
This is an ancient and unconscious survival defence. That's the key point. It is triggered by inducing fear in persons who have dependency needs in their Attachment System still. It is about how the human Attachment System is concerned with survival, and that it will change the individual personality and actions (through Splitting) in order to ensure this survival as much as possible, as the fear and authority-figure narrative dictate.
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.
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.
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".
Speaking of Jim Jones, it is interesting to note -- if the details in Tim Reiterman's book "RAVEN" are true -- that Jim Jones and his mother were obviously non-Attached to one another in his childhood. Which was not his fault. And that he displayed Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) traits, a pre-cursor to serious Cluster-B Personality Disorders in adulthood.
Attachment to the primary caregiver in early childhood is vital.
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….
My own father, who worked as a research scientist for 35 years, said something that I still can't believe, in the midst of covid. He said he knew it was wrong, but that he kind of wished the people refusing the vaccine would get covid and die. This shocked me much more than my friends who just went right along with it without question. I didn't respond because I just didn't know how to. My own father. He never said anything like that after that, and it was totally out of character for him, undoubtedly caused by his consumption of liberal media. I remember a facebook friend who was antivax suddenly deciding that this was the one vax everyone needed to get and that if it had to be forced on them so be it. I was able to just end that friendship, but wow. What a crazy time.
Believing in the narrative of the authority-figure -- who has convinced you that your survival is in their hands -- is part of that survival mechanism of the human Attachment System. We very seldom mix critical thinking skills with ancient unconscious survival defenses.
This narrative must not be questioned or dissented to, if you want the benefits from your supposed savior. We see this in all groupthink herds, where the price of admission to the "safe group" is that you worship the leader, and bow down to the group narrative. Any questioning or dissenting means not only that you will be cast from this "protective" herd, but that they will smear you and punish you too.
And all of this goes on in your unconscious level of the mind, so you cannot really say what is driving you to behave this way. The cognitive mind and critical thinking go offline for that topic once a person has bonded-to-the abuser. Untold numbers of doctors, scientists, lawyers, and other professionals went offline during COVID-mania, as far as the "pandemic" issue was concerned. So your father was not the only one.
But I hear you, Mike. It shocks a person to the soles of their feet to experience a loved-one, and especially an authority-figure from childhood, snap into this state. Feels like a betrayal. Feels like hypocrisy. Feels like the world has turned upside-down. It is a form of trauma to the person betrayed in this manner. I know. I have been there. I'll never forget it.
I think this is what family members of "loving" Jehovah's Witness families feel when they are suddenly kicked-out (often onto the street) if they ever question the narrative. It makes them think, suddenly...."So the love was not unconditional after all? " Or you might think, "What else might you fail me over? Do I really know you after all?" It is something like learning suddenly that the love of your life, whom you had trusted to the ends of the earth....has been having multiple affairs for years. Your own sense of reality and meaningfulness becomes seriously challenged.
Exactly. I kept thinking, "what if I'm wrong?". Which now seems quite ironic because nobody around me seem to have had that thought even once (well, until 2023 or so anyway). I kept my mouth shut, aside from my two conservative band mates who I suddenly found myself agreeing with on everything. Because they were right, and still are.
Writer Robert Louis Stevenson understood the concept of sudden personality change into the extreme Id, before even Sigmund Freud. He wrote "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" on this theme.
I am a social conservative. Never even a feminist. But a few of my conservative friends or colleagues went down into COVID-mania during those years; nothing they had claimed they believed before had any effect. One went out and bought an EV during that time, which made me certain they had switched-off to reality!
It is just so discombobulating to find that people you thought you knew really well can become someone else under certain circumstances. It shakes your entire concept of trust.
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
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!
And Washington state!
Ditto for New Mexico
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.
Judicial Watch just reported their success with lawsuit in Oregon...800,000 illegal/defunct names" removed from voter rolls...800K!
END VBM. Clean the voter rolls and keep them clean. De-centralize the voting system, return control to the county clerks.
Yes, that is what I would say about Oregon. It is gerrymandered to an extreme and corrupt degree, such that all of the more rural CD's surrounding Portland Metro have a little tentacle that dips into an extreme left, high population area. My neighborhood is one of those.
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!
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.
Remember when we denounced “reverse discrimination” but lost the public argument against, “We have to reverse historical discrimination”? They shot us down with tricky rhetoric, same as in the anti-pro-choice wars. But we were right, and more of us should have been courageous. Thank God, here comes momentum.
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.
You are so right! We have been suffering under this for years! I've enjoyed much cover from the neg impact of Dem policies by living in OC. But Dems quickly spread their tentacles to ruin the OC, first by ballot harvesting tricks, then by jungle primaries for various offices, & then by dividing up city councils & school districts just like explained in the article. The amazing thing is that the racial part was just cover for them to get their grubby hands into the mix & muck things up for everybody. My once great city has turned into a Dem hell hole only softened by the fact that there are still some conservative influences here that help to beat them back at the gates. Thank goodness for this pound of sound judgement! FINALLY!
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.
In Oregon is was definitely the Democrats gerrymandering out the Republicans and was not racially based. When they moved Bend into Democrat run District 5 in 2022 it was to get all those Liberal Californians into the Dem vote. For 40+ years it has been about power and greed in Oregon.
Key Oregon Demographic Data (Approximate)
White (Non-Hispanic): 75.1% – 84.9%
Hispanic/Latino: 13.3% – 14%
Asian: 4.5% – 6.2%
Two or More Races: 6.1%
Black/African American: 1.9% – 2.9%
American Indian/Alaska Native: 2.1%
Lots of Hispanics in CA
Interestingly, I have encountered a great many Hispanics in the trades in CA (tree work, house painting, landscaping, construction, lots of of things that require manual labor) and they are somewhat surprisingly big Trump supporters. They don't admit it until they know where you stand, but once they realize a person also likes Trump they let loose with the praise for him. I don't know how widespread that is throughout the state, but in the North where I live, they seem to love Trump and I've yet to meet one who admits to supporting Dems.
That was the argument for doing the latest redraw!
CA has the electoral votes to sway the nation.
They way things currently stand, everyone automatically knows all 54 electoral votes will be Democrat. No way it could be otherwise unless things change dramatically.
Which is sorely needed!
Lots of republicans in CA.
Illinois is lonnnnng overdue
Abso-frickin-lutely!🤨
Karen, agreed!
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!
Or E Gone!! The birth-state of mail in voting and only democrat governors for the last 44 years!
Is this the hope we have waited so long for? An end to Wyden and Merkley!!!!
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!
Not to be a downer, but I don't think this makes much difference in New England.
(1) Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island have only two districts. Vermont has only one. So gerrymandering isn't a big factor there.
(2) Massachusetts has so many Democrats that they can gerrymander without needing to use race.
(Connecticut, I don't know as much about, but the districts already look pretty compact except maybe the puzzle-piece line between CD 1 and 5.)
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 common sense.
It's too bad that gerrymandering for political gain is allowed.
I understand the constitution didn't say anything about political gerrymandering, but the fairest way - overall, mind you - would be to say the districts should adhere to county lines to the greatest extent possible, and should be as compact as is practical.
Something like this.
I’ve been waiting for a wrecking ball in Illinois. Decades under Dems and Chicago. Looking forward to seeing the earth open up under JB’s feet and see him disappear 🫠 in an earthquake election against him.
Hahaha, I don't think earthquakes make crevasses big enough to disappear that blimp!😜
Haha but heart attacks do.
I can hardly wait for Portlandia to fall into the pit of hell. I hope I live to see the day!
Debra, gosh, that's a lot of emotion about a statue...
Like my state of California, which is predominantly red except for LA and SF.
Wisconsin needs to be closely examined too!
Like California!!!!! 🎯🎯🎯
Which states?
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. She frequently posts pictures of sweaters and hats that she is knitting. On X.
I think when God was handing out the skills I was put into the ten items are less line. I can't even sew on a button and she is saving our Constitution while knitting mittens.
Probably saving her own sanity.
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??
No but being a Dem was. Wait that’s maybe almost synonymous…
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.
Dan, you are correct about the OBVIOUS problems of mail-in ballots and the Dominion and Smartmatic machines. But I'm not seeing much movement to change that, even though evidence is everhwhere and much of it indisputable!
Judicial Watch recently reports success with Oregon lawsuit - 800K ineligible names removed from voter rolls.....
Hoffmeister, Oregonian here: praise God for Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch!!
Yep, I'm life Oregonian (70+ yrs ). It's a long return road, one step at a time…….
...and Praise God for Jovan Pulitzer.
Hi John,
Thats because the very people who are supposed to undue it are the same one's using it to stay in power over us.
Here's my initial prayer, that whatever he and his team did to prevent the theft of the Presidence in 2024 (Ive read many things about it) will be applied to the upcoming congressional and state elections in 2026. I know he and his team are not sitting on their hands, there is going to be a surprise the uniparty and their masters are not prepared for.
I tend to agree. We just have to trust Pres Trump and his people.
Jovan Pulitzer is the expert here. He explains a lot!
Let’s hope she can crack the solid blue nuts here in CA
Wouldn't it be something if the country we thought we had, we really did have all along. Just fix the theft on all levels.
🙏🙏🙏
You won the comment section imo.
I’m hoping because I know NO ONE that wants this crap
I'm so excited. I have been expecting and waiting for this.
I hope the DOJ does the right thing.
PS: Some weekend reading. https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/when-cobras-come-to-america
The congressmen and women from the "majority minority" districts are almost always race hustling "community activists" in nature - not just Democrats.
I wouldn't mind the majority minority district idea if it the congresspeople were quality representatives.
He seems to be one of the few individuals who are holding blue States accountable for anything.
BSGB
Shari, 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.
I ordered directly from you. I’m the one who ordered just the gift wrap at first. Lol
Thank you!
😂💜
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 🥰🙏🏻
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
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.
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 !
That's lovely. Thank you for the review.
I will have to check out the book as well now. : )
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.
🤣 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 ❤️
Thank you for that reminder, Juju. The devious part of me always wants to respond to the trolls, but the Lord continually says, “You don’t have to defend yourself. I will.” And He does, through all of you!
He surely did!! 🙏
I thought the same thing and had a good laugh myself, JuJu! Our God is so, so good! ♥
Indeed!! 🙏❤️
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. 🙏🏻
Nicely done John! Do your own research!
Full transparency, I often was aggravated by Ms. Powells first up, seemingly non associated scripture with the days news topics in comments. Don't get me wrong, I am a hard core believer in the transformational power of Jesus my Christ, thankful daily for His grace which I need a lot of.
I simply jump over Ms. Powells posts looking for the meat in the comments, as others have said time is a factor and with 1000 comments seldom can I read them all and seldom do. Guilty of the old Joe Friday "Just the facts, Ma'am."
The facts are many readers found the scripture posts enlightening and fulfilling. Who am I to to criticize? I never found Ms. Powell pushy or attempting to sell a product. Until I read the review by John did I take the time to be a Berean and do my own research. Books ordered for family friends and for gifts. Thanks to all for taking time to weigh in on a necessary topic, God's word is the bread of life. No matter where we encounter it.
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! :)
It is titled My Jesus: Reflections of the Redeemer.
I found it on Amazon Canada, thank you!
Thank you so much!
John, thanks for the prompt! Just ordered two copies myself -- one for myself, another for a birthday gift for a friend. I so appreciate Janice's daily scriptures here in the C&C comments. Such a blessing!
Thanks so much, Ellen.
Thanks for writing this. It inspired me to go to her website and order the book.
Thank you!
Love Janet’s book. It’s beautiful . Sent it to 2 friends and they love it as well🙏🏻
Thank you!
I didn't know Janice had a book at all, and I'm sure few others did. And now a lot of us do.
So the laugh is on A. whoever that is. I'm glad I didn't see his or her comment yesterday.
I guess I wasn't talking about it enough on here. 😃
Completely disproving A’s assertion that you are here trying to sell your book 😁
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.
I agree! It’s amazing how that works, and is a huge part of the reading experience here.
I nearly always marvel at the perfect congruence Janice's chosen scriptures have with some aspect of Jeff's daily posts!
Same here.
Doesn’t really clog as the responses are all replies that one can easily scroll past since they are marked by a vertical line. Replies to replies must often be manually expanded to read.
Yes, you’re right, and people who are so bothered by the posts can even block the poster completely. I don’t get these complaints. Just scroll on by or block if you (not you specifically, you as in the complainers) don’t like them 🤷♀️ Some people also talk about the weather or personal things or post interesting information/links that might not have anything to do with the day’s post directly but I don’t see nearly as many people complaining about those 😑
Yeah, isn’t that telling?
You can click on the vertical line to collapse the comment and everything responding to it.
Even better for the supposed-Christians who are offended by God’s Word!
Substack articles are just place holders for the comments section, where the real exchange of ideas takes place.
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.
You all are awesome!
I love the comments in C&C! I've been here since 2021 and while I don't post very often, I am actively reading Jeff's post and the comments every day. It's gotten better since blocking A. and I appreciate people's suggestions on that front. I also just ordered your book, Janice. Keep posting Scripture! It's telling who people try to tear down in our community...you're doing something right! :-)
Blocking really helped my mood. I did more like a handful. It’s back to the comments I enjoy. I don’t mind disagreements or heated but this blog and comments section has been my daily sanity with a cup or two of coffee since 8/2021 💪🏽🙏🏽☕️ need to protect the space
Agree!! So much better now without all of the name calling, negativity and condescension.
Sarah, A. Is the only one I have ever blocked. There was just something wrong with them
I don’t think they were a them. I think they were a bot. For real.
I don’t know, to me it was more like an agitator.
A. claimed to be a Christian mom.
I didn’t see that part.
Same here!
I have your book in my Amazon cart right now… 💖✝️🙏🏽
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
Better link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-eric-metaxas-show/id991156680?i=1000764204841
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).
They still can’t get over the fact that killary lost!!
Trump will outdo killary with all the death and misery he's spreading around the globe with famine projected next year due to the Iran lunacy. She must be jealous
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
An example needs to be made as a result of the hateful and even at times treasonous comments made by the left! And until someone faces the music it will continue... and there will be many tragic deaths in the process!!!!!
What comments are treasonous?
I've put out a couple substacks on the new assassination attempt. This is the more general interest one:
https://skepticalactuary1348.substack.com/p/was-the-security-adequate-for-the
Chilling thought - if there had been a skilled assassination team, we'd have 92 year old Chuck Grassley as President. In light of THAT, watch the high resolution video of Cole Allen charging past the security checkpoint which is absolutely appalling. Go to the 4:00 minute mark:
https://x.com/USAttyPirro/status/2049975353976688653
There was a K9 officer with a DOG that was trying to point out Allen, who was just out of sight in the elevator area. The officer briefly spoke with Allen, then turned away. Literally two seconds later, Allen started his charge. I don't know how Allen could have concealed his shotgun from the officer in that exchange.
As he runs past the checkpoint, you see one officer fire 4 times (you see the muzzle flash) with other officers right behind Allen. In situations like this, it's an acceptable risk, but the guy MISSED all four times. They apparently haven't been trained to hit moving targets.
Allen tripped just beyond the field of view of the camera. I mapped out where this scene took place:
https://x.com/SonjaBactuary/status/2050137307684950438
I will probably put out a new substack around these points today or tomorrow.
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!
If you guys believe the narrative of the state....I just don't know what to say. Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who was aide to Colon Powell, is actually going to court to testify I think today in defense of the accused, because there is no way the story they are telling us is true.
Propaganda spreader.
No, that's the governments specialty which you seem to blindly believe.
@Johnny-O; Zero-You are beyond disgraceful, you sorry azzwipe!
Did you learn to treat others like that through the scripture you like to post and talk about?
Remember the time Jesus called his own apostle little satan because he was misleading people?
As if you ever read the scriptures I comment on. Bet you know all about the Koran, though. Don’t you?
Does your scripture also teach you to lie about others and slander them?
Your Koran definitely does.
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!!
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.
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.
Let us not forget that Ted Kennedy also willfully killed a young woman, not his wife, but a campaign worker, by driving drunk off a bridge and leaving the scene of the accident and refusing to call for help. he left a human in the car as it sunk to the bottom of a pond.
I'll never forget that...I watched it all play out in 1969, two years after I finished high school. I was so appalled that he got away with it and furthermore, that he actually had the gaul to run for President in 1980. Did he imagine we were all such idiots that we had forgotten? And he was lionized by the Democrats ever since. Disgusting man.
AMEN!
It is usually the ones who have never held a hard working job that consider themselves experts and the masses should fall right in line!
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.
Bingo. Live under the same rules you created.
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.
Add to that, politicians should have to follow the laws they impose on us. No exempting themselves from the mandates, restrictions, and rulings we are subjected to!
then the concern will be those who go into office to signal their virtue and get young chicks.
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.
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!
Yeah, I'm sure Barron Trump somehow is worth over $100 million and it was all done clean and squeaky like. There are rumors he's on the spectrum, and a "special learner" as we say. How did a 20 year old accummulate so much wealth? What could go wrong with Trump family having their hands in the betting website polymarket? How many of them are insider trading off oil stocks during the war? Nobody ever gets held accountable for this stuff because nearly all of washington does it.
Elon Musk is "on the Spectrum" another Democratesque re-definition to garner more money for Big Pharma donors. Elon is clearly capable of success as are many other Tech CEO's with similar brain wiring. Now, as to Money that Barron Trump may or may not have, you as a parent are also capable of giving a $ 38,000 gift to each child/year, tax free. So by the time your child is of age, if both parents gifted to an account, your child would be quite solvent.
And Elon is nothing other than a media made front man.....
38k X 20 is nowhere near 100+ million dollars, and the best return on investments also wouldn't reach anywhere near that number. The Trump's are like any other grifter politician family. Not sure why this is so hard for people to believe.
Jennifer, I see you’re still brainless after all these years, eh?
This comment makes no sense.
Because you’re probably Muslim and lack depth of knowledge of American culture.
Like the Japanese being asked about the World Series in WWII.
Now I'm really confused. Are you sure your commenting to me?
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/
perhaps the family established some
'Learing Centers" or took up the "Hospice trade"? If they win some contracts from the Government, rest assured they will complete the work on time and likely on budget because legitimate businesses have accountability and undergo audits. The Unions will be happy as they will continue to have sway no matter the party in power.
Yes!! Civil servant does a term or two and moves on. Fresh eyes, Ears and hearts.
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.
I did sY you could form your own charity, do whatever good work you see needs doing. But not be financed by the government.
Like we used to do when Toquiville visited the country. He saw neighbor helping neighbor
The leftist of the day soon got involved and convinced the people the government should do the charity work because some charities might not serve "certain" people. Well, we can see now the government is just as biased against helping "certain" people as any charity they falsely accused of MAYBE discriminating.
But what it did was take agency from individuals and gave it to the collective if you will. Thereby loosening the bonds between neighbors, because 'i dont have to do it, the government is, and I already pay enough in taxes'.
So we all become dependent on the government a little at a time. Until, finally, a vast number of people buy whatever the government is pushing, like a vaccine that was not independently tested, has proved to be ineffective and has more side effects than the government will admit to. But they continue to believe that the government wouldn't make us take it if it wasnt safe.
I suggest they ask the Tuskogee soldiers about that trust.
“But what it did was take agency from individuals and gave it to the collective if you will. Thereby loosening the bonds between neighbors, because 'i dont have to do it, the government is, and I already pay enough in taxes” -Truth 🔥
Amen.
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
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.
We are not going thru that discussion again.
Then don't call them NGO's. They are formed as Nonprofit Organizations.
Elon Musk explained exactly how the NGOs are funded by our tax dollars.
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.
I read he’s already covered it up. When all the pics surfaced of him showing it off, he was probably told to cover it. Though it may entice some with a “cool” factor, there are still enough 30’s, 40’s, and 50 somethings that consider themselves freedom loving independents; that may be a bridge too far. He claims he got it in a drunken haze while in the Marines, out with his buddies, almost two decades ago, but there are many fairly recent pics of him flaunting it. One writer wondered why he got a Nazi tatt, but not the common Marine Corp tattoo. He will be carefully portrayed to appeal to the younger of Maine.
Fully agree
The lesser of two evils; or perhaps the evil of two lessers.
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 Kavanaugh hearing was nothing but political theater at it’s most kabuki. Every so many years, the Dems pull out a rape or sexual assault card to denigrate a potential Republican president’s pick for Supreme Court. Clarence Thomas fought back and is my favorite of the Supremes. Robert Bork, was crucified by the Dems, after nominated by Ronald Reagan and was never confirmed by the Senate. Yet, if ever a nominee needed to be questioned, it was Kentaji Brown Jackson, and she pretty much sailed through. All kinds of political games are played, and since Trump has been president, you can count on her to be against every initiative. Whoever fronts her has some big bucks and want only her.
I’m not sure center independents will carry her. The ex Marine, oyster farmer comes across as very appealing, especially to the younger independents. He promotes individuality and a guy who fought for his country and is doing traditional Maine work. Much like Mandami in NYC and AOC, he has been cultivated to appeal to the younger crowd, who fancy themselves rugged individuals who still want “free stuff”. Make no mistake, just like AOC, he’s got big money behind him, and was bought off long ago.
From what I’ve read, she has a considerable war chest of donors, and with that backing, they assume she is the only one who can carry the GOP ticket in Maine. However, she may have met her match in the oyster farmer.
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!
From what I got the states have to apply for redistricting, and even though the Federal government is getting involved, it won’t hit on places like Maine.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.”
Anybody ask her if she is a woman? If she says yes, ask her how she knows.
Yep, that would have been my follow up. Actually was yelling at my teevee at the time.
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?"
She was probably dodging the question because it was a political landmine.
There are OTHER things she has said and written that show she is definitely nowhere near a Supreme Court quality mind.
You are bring extremely generous! 😂
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?...
KBJ is a SCJ for the same damn reason Callais struck down Louisiana’s racially gerrymandered congressional map. The woman (pretty sure that's what she is!) was gerrymandered into this non-elective, lifelong position, and is a pure travesty. KBJ is an RGT (Racially Gerrymandered Token).
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.
Yes, it’s pure discrimination. There’s no other possible interpretation..
This is what the Left wants.
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 …
Let us hope she's "chosen" again to be their load [sic] star!!
All role playing
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. 😊🙏
Al, between that and the fact that everything “President” Autopen did was illegal, I sure hope and pray so!!!
That is an excellent question.
And she was probably nominated by autopen, not by the actual President (albeit fraudulently elected).
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.
I believe that decision relied on calling corporations "persons" which is flawed beyond belief.
I'm not sure though. At any rate he was one of at least 5 that voted that way.
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.
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! The mental image was very compelling 😁
me too! LOL
(Homer Simpson voice)
Mmmmm SCOTUS has a UPS truck... Think of all the doughnuts it will bring me.
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!!
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!
This isn't going to help with political gerrymandering, unfortunately.
Hope this Friday is blessed for all of us!
Yes! Happy sunny Friday! ☀️🌷
And to you too, Alan!
“. A new golden age of colorblindness has begun.” That is music to my ears.
Amen!
It’s glorious to contemplate what can be, unburdened by what has been.
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Oh, that is good!
🤣🤣🤣
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.
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'.
Agreed.
Amen, Lori. Well stated!
I have worked with many black women and found they were well qualified for their positions.
which is they need stop being treated as unfortunates that have to be given handouts and hand ups. Merit and hard work. One must earn it.
My husband was active duty. It was the same. Harder when you aren’t a minority that they need to promote more of.
I spent 21 years in USAF, retired in 2000. I don’t remember too much of these tactics until going to the higher ranks. From MSgt to SMSgt was pretty easy, but getting Chief was limited to 3% of the force. Yes the board who selected chiefs were definitely briefed on certain races and genders to be selected by a certain percent.
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?
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)
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!! 🙌🙏🤗
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!”.
Authority seems to mean a lot to her.
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.
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 brain system kicks in, seeking safety. They activate into the brain's Attachment System version colloquially known as Love+Terror, or seeking safety from an authority-figure who also frightens them. It causes Disorganized Attachment.
Then once the controlling authority-figure has captured you through your Attachment System vulnerabilities (in the case of COVID-mania this would have been the govt. and health authorities giving you their COVID story), 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). See the Freudian concept of the Id/Ego/Superego here.
Vulnerable persons who are hit and taken down by this strategy will subsequently 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. Hence all the ridiculous emphasis on masks and supposed social distancing, and then "vaccines". Which is why they have a tendency to snitch on anyone not following that narrative. The non-followers or questioners are considered to be outside the groupthink herd, as "the other". And "the other" always becomes the scapegoat(s) for a groupthink herd whose narrative is being questioned or dissented to.
This is an ancient and unconscious survival defence. That's the key point. It is triggered by inducing fear in persons who have dependency needs in their Attachment System still. It is about how the human Attachment System is concerned with survival, and that it will change the individual personality and actions (through Splitting) in order to ensure this survival as much as possible, as the fear and authority-figure narrative dictate.
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.
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.
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".
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.
Speaking of Jim Jones, it is interesting to note -- if the details in Tim Reiterman's book "RAVEN" are true -- that Jim Jones and his mother were obviously non-Attached to one another in his childhood. Which was not his fault. And that he displayed Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) traits, a pre-cursor to serious Cluster-B Personality Disorders in adulthood.
Attachment to the primary caregiver in early childhood is vital.
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/
My twin sister & I are still waiting… covidian crickets
Nope...none!
Nope. They are still all-in.
Not yet. I didn't know any extreme COVID vaxxers or maskers in person, though.
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.
My own father, who worked as a research scientist for 35 years, said something that I still can't believe, in the midst of covid. He said he knew it was wrong, but that he kind of wished the people refusing the vaccine would get covid and die. This shocked me much more than my friends who just went right along with it without question. I didn't respond because I just didn't know how to. My own father. He never said anything like that after that, and it was totally out of character for him, undoubtedly caused by his consumption of liberal media. I remember a facebook friend who was antivax suddenly deciding that this was the one vax everyone needed to get and that if it had to be forced on them so be it. I was able to just end that friendship, but wow. What a crazy time.
Believing in the narrative of the authority-figure -- who has convinced you that your survival is in their hands -- is part of that survival mechanism of the human Attachment System. We very seldom mix critical thinking skills with ancient unconscious survival defenses.
This narrative must not be questioned or dissented to, if you want the benefits from your supposed savior. We see this in all groupthink herds, where the price of admission to the "safe group" is that you worship the leader, and bow down to the group narrative. Any questioning or dissenting means not only that you will be cast from this "protective" herd, but that they will smear you and punish you too.
And all of this goes on in your unconscious level of the mind, so you cannot really say what is driving you to behave this way. The cognitive mind and critical thinking go offline for that topic once a person has bonded-to-the abuser. Untold numbers of doctors, scientists, lawyers, and other professionals went offline during COVID-mania, as far as the "pandemic" issue was concerned. So your father was not the only one.
But I hear you, Mike. It shocks a person to the soles of their feet to experience a loved-one, and especially an authority-figure from childhood, snap into this state. Feels like a betrayal. Feels like hypocrisy. Feels like the world has turned upside-down. It is a form of trauma to the person betrayed in this manner. I know. I have been there. I'll never forget it.
I think this is what family members of "loving" Jehovah's Witness families feel when they are suddenly kicked-out (often onto the street) if they ever question the narrative. It makes them think, suddenly...."So the love was not unconditional after all? " Or you might think, "What else might you fail me over? Do I really know you after all?" It is something like learning suddenly that the love of your life, whom you had trusted to the ends of the earth....has been having multiple affairs for years. Your own sense of reality and meaningfulness becomes seriously challenged.
Exactly. I kept thinking, "what if I'm wrong?". Which now seems quite ironic because nobody around me seem to have had that thought even once (well, until 2023 or so anyway). I kept my mouth shut, aside from my two conservative band mates who I suddenly found myself agreeing with on everything. Because they were right, and still are.
Writer Robert Louis Stevenson understood the concept of sudden personality change into the extreme Id, before even Sigmund Freud. He wrote "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" on this theme.
I am a social conservative. Never even a feminist. But a few of my conservative friends or colleagues went down into COVID-mania during those years; nothing they had claimed they believed before had any effect. One went out and bought an EV during that time, which made me certain they had switched-off to reality!
It is just so discombobulating to find that people you thought you knew really well can become someone else under certain circumstances. It shakes your entire concept of trust.