Rose By Any Other Name

These new wave DSA lunatics are all cut from the same cloth as Mamdani: privileged children of immigrants, well educated in the liberal arts, well spoken and adept at the coded speech of communism, overwhelming the listener with multi-syllabic word salads. When our default mode, our foundation, is our constitution, shouldn’t we question a wave of political candidates from the left that seek to destroy even the most basic pillars of our government?  Abolishing everything from the office of the president, the Senate, police, and punishment for crimes committed seems less like a remaking of America and more like anarchy. Listen carefully to candidates like Piker, Kiros, Al-Sayed, and, of course, Mamdani. We shouldn’t be dismissing them as simply crazy. We should consider them a viable threat seeking to attack from within. Not to get all biblical, but Thessalonians 2:3-4 speaks of “the man of lawlessness” exalting himself and taking his place in a seat of authority:  “Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshipped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple proclaiming himself to be God.”I am not much of a theologian, but the parallels are interesting. Isn’t communism a promise that government will replace your family, your God, and supply you with all your needs, cradle to grave. And their first order of business is to destroy anything that competes with government. So the dissolution of the family unit and the abolishing of houses of worship the police and military is part and parcel of their grand Marxist-Socialist movement

Midterm Mania

Yikes, ahead of the midterms, the media is ramping up the anti-Trump rhetoric to record highs. An AOL/HuffPo piece on “precautions Americans need to take when traveling abroad” provided clickbait for the TDS-afflicted, prompting a vociferous response in the comments, blaming Trump and his “illegal war” in Iran for putting Americans at risk. Without an original thought, it’s amusing to see the simpletons on the left parrot the media talking points like good little comrades. Possessing absolutely no geopolitical acumen and perhaps having had democratic socialist fever dreams to tear down Western culture, these lefties long for the good old days of appeasement and kicking the can down the road so the next generation can deal with a weakened America and a nuclear Iran wielding a bigger stick to control the world energy supply and manipulate global markets and all the while throlling their neighbors and funding proxies intent on destroying Israel. Exactly how big does the body count have to get after 47 years of malicious behavior by a doomsday theocracy for the world to take notice and do something about it? 

Such Disrespect

Classless response to Lindsey Graham's passing. The Portland Tribune, an online adventure in leftist ranting, not that the first word “Portland” would have given you a clue, ran with “Good Riddance” as a parting gesture to an Air Force veteran who raised and cared for his young sister after his parents' demise. Not nice. And the first comment after a Washington Post article on how Graham's absence will “complicate” the Republican agenda was “whatever it takes to end the Republican grip,” followed by a slew of comments blaming Trump for the rise of socialism. So let me get this straight, to all of you apparently educated by the teachers' union: your response to conservatives and a return to constitutional rule of law is to embrace the most destructive, oppressive form of government ever devised, with no examples of prosperity in history?  With an estimated 85 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds choosing to get their news from TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook, rating patriotism and pride in America at under 29 percent, and being the recipients of substandard public school education, is it any wonder that we find ourselves at this juncture?  We have failed our youth and allowed them to be swayed by a leftist media empowered by the internet and the promise of free stuff without the inconvenience of work. 

America Under Siege

This wave of democratic socialists winning primaries in deep blue districts, and thus assured of winning in the general election, is almost as alarming as the complacency and willingness of the centrist bulk of the Democrat party to move farther left in an attempt to save their own skins rather than rebuke the candidates for their anti-American, communist rants. Jeffries and Schumer are hearing footsteps. And isn’t it ironic that this wave of socialists, many of whom are well-off children of immigrants, are going to prompt an immigration of their own: an exodus of businesses, the wealthy, and middle-class taxpayers to more tax-friendly locales, presumably in the South. Their destructive policies will inevitably result in increased crime, higher taxes, punitive financial burdens on success, and a net migration out of the cities. Of course the resulting fiscal shortfall after the cities lose their tax base will result in a trickle down affect of increased taxation into lower earnings thresholds and taxpayers statewide picking up the tab, a phenomenon we are seeing play out in New York already where governor Hochul, another vintage Democrat in survival mode, has committed state funds to Mamdani’s utopian disaster unfolding in New York City. When suburban and rural taxpayers inevitably rebel against funding city policies, if they can’t overcome the population advantage the city has at the ballot box, they have no other alternative than to get out. Property values fall, the tax base erodes, and the tax-and-spend cycle bankrupts the state. Services are prioritized, and program budgets are slashed. The first victims will be those who are politically unpopular with the socialists.  Law enforcement is always the first to go with these leftists. Exactly how abolishing prisons, laughably explained because they shouldn’t have been sentenced in the first place, in conjunction with decreased police presence on the street, sounds like a vacuum destined to be filled with drug use, theft, and gang violence. Good luck with that. So is this actually a movement to provide equity and affordability to the masses, or is it actually a step to destroy Western culture, or in this case, destroy America? Listening to Darializa Chevalier, the unhinged winner of New York’s 13th district congressional primary, might make you think so. She has called for the abolition of ICE, the minimal threshold for a DSA candidate of course, but also referred to the US as “a f—-ing disgrace” and claimed she would wipe her dirty hands on the American flag. She also stated that Israel “doesn’t exist” and naturally calls for support for Hamas and a world without borders, prisons or police. She even called Joe Biden, senile perhaps but staunchly positioned on the left, a “rapist” and a “war criminal.”  Seriously, they need to start doing mental health assessments on these DEI lunatics. AOC and the Squad may have started the pendulum swinging, and Barack Obama set the stage with his promise to “fundamentally change America,” but I don’t think any one of them thought the pendulum would swing quite this far. Gird your lions, America; it’s going to be a bumpy ride to socialism. If we even make it there intact. 

How Can This Happen

These three Mamdani-endorsed Democratic Socialist candidates in NYC not only won their primaries but also unseated Democratic incumbents, including Dan Goldman, a leading voice in the Trump impeachment movement. Their laundry list of campaign promises reads like the communist manifesto. Medicare for all, free childcare, guaranteed basic income, a 32-hour work week with no reduction in pay or benefits, rent and utility freezes, wealth tax, open borders, no deportations, abolish ICE, no support for Israel, yadayadayada. In other words, free stuff for everyone and the destruction of the work ethic and New York’s economy. But what exactly did you expect in a city where 42% of the population are Medicaid recipients? Our Founders anticipated this, and the farther we deviate from the Constitution, is this what we have to look forward to on our 250th Birthday

California Adrift

No surprise in California: As the votes trickle in and the counting is dragged out, the Republican candidates, Pratt for Mayor of LA and Hilton in the governor's race, are falling in the standings to qualify for the two-candidate runoff. And we are just supposed to swallow the explanation that democrats are more likely to vote late and use mail-in ballots. Sure. Or maybe Californians just like watching their state burn, their tax dollars squandered, and paying a dollar more for gas than the rest of the country. Or maybe the state is just irredeemably corrupt.

Jefferson’s Prophesy

Another Democrat-appointed federal judge, this time from Providence, RI, shot down yet another Trump Administration policy on immigration. Why do we bother to go through the hassle of electing a President when their policies are subject to the political whims of judges appointed by Presidents long gone from office?  The left bemoans the lifetime appointments of Supreme Court justices, and there are only nine of them. And they’re all in Washington. Meanwhile, there are some 700 federal judges spread across the country, requiring plaintiffs to merely shop around for one who will place partisan politics above the law in deciding cases. Jefferson warned us that it would come to this. 

New York Blues

Tax depression this morning. A frantic New York acquaintance of mine, nearing retirement, advised: "I stumbled across a couple of articles detailing the tax burden I am subjected to in NY as compared to other states." He was plunged into deep despair. Between state income and property taxes, he can't see how he can afford to stay in upstate New York in retirement. He plugged numbers into a state-by-state comparison based on his current salary and property valuation, and claims the difference is staggering. Given the same value home, he could be saving $15K a year on property taxes compared to states like SC, FL, or TN. Income tax is even more egregious, especially compared to no-tax states, with those figures reaching another $50-60K on top. Even with projected income reductions in retirement, he projected a total of $30K in savings in more tax-friendly locales. In retirement, that is real money! He angsts over leaving his hard-earned family homestead, his dispersed children and friends in the vicinity, but New York makes it difficult to stay.

His plight rings true for all of us who live in Blue States, who are similarly taxed to the point of considering migration.

Are You Listening America

Democrat preview of coming attractions: Packing SCOTUS, adding DC and PR as states, punishing officials for not telling their version of the truth, keeping red states in check, coming from none other than Kamala Harris, the self-appointed defender of our democracy. She of consummate inadequacy, delusional, posturing intellectually superior, worthy of holding court to express her opinions on the governing of our republic, but what is most frightening is that she is leading in the polls to be the Democrats' 2028 candidate for the presidency.

SCOTUS Got It Right

Listening to the media pundits calling the Supreme Court decision against racial gerrymandering an “apocalyptic event” is just preposterous. In 1965, when the Voting Rights Act was proposed, the nation was 85% white. It is now 59% and falling. Carving out racially “equitable” congressional districts is absurd and blatantly unconstitutional. Where do we draw the line?  Does every minority group require its own congressional district to assure one of its own is elected?  Well, isn’t that happening naturally?  How is it possible that obviously unqualified, but candidates socially and politically representative of their constituency, like AOC, Omar, Tlaib, and DeLauro, get elected? Progressive Latina, Somali, Muslim, and just plain stupid appear to be adequately represented on the left. And, coincidentally, why is it that the law overwhelmingly tipped the scales towards Democratic candidates?  And shame on the Wall Street Journal for printing an article claiming that the democrats are finally standing up for themselves with their recent gerrymandering push in states like Virginia and California, claiming that the Republicans started the whole brouhaha in Texas. Uh, no. The Democrats have been at this for decades, unreported by the media, with the most egregious offenses in blue states like Massachusetts, Illinois, and California in particular, who responded to the issue by doubling down and making their gerrymandering worse, disenfranchising rural voters entirely. And Texas didn’t start the war; they were responding to New York’s redistricting efforts that eliminated Republican seats. Spin, spin, and more spin. And this doesn’t even take into account the fact that the apportionment of seats should be reflective of the population, which was ignored during the Biden administration when the census reported a population shift to red states and disputed figures regarding the inclusion of illegal immigrants were in the tallies. The democrats were seeking to bludgeon traditionally red districts with an influx of illegal immigrants. Recall the distribution of where the immigrants were being “relocated” under the Biden Administration and the scuffle that ensued when Texas Governor Abbott shipped them to Obama’s neighborhood on Martha’s Vineyard.  This is nothing but a multi-pronged power grab initiated by the democrats with the strategy to boost their representation in Congress with a campaign to vilify the Trump Administration, support illegal immigration and open border policies, promote amnesty for illegal immigrants, flood Republican strongholds with democrat voters, gerrymander states under democrat rule, and dilute voter registration requirements. And all of this with the unwavering support of the leftist media. Diabolical. But with some Republicans finally recognizing what’s at stake,  the democrats may have started a war that they can’t win. 

Democrat Agenda

The Democrats' long-game agenda takes precedence over any obvious benefit to America. It seems apparent that they want to destroy America as we know it and remake it into a European-style welfare state. Trump sees them for what they are and is a major impediment to their polices, thus the vitriol. I note 40% of children in Vienna public schools are Muslim. We are witnessing the death of European culture in real time. Is that where we are headed? Like the SPLC, are they cheering for the demise of Christianity, the Caucasian majority in this country? 

SCOTUS Diluted

How the Democrats have diluted the Supreme Court’s intelligence through DEI practices is truly deplorable. I’m not a huge fan of Coney-Barrett and and I will even give Kagan a pass, partisan as she is, I think she has a functioning cortex. And, Roberts recent interpretations of the Constitution gives one pause. Jackson and Sotomayor have no business being there. Intellectual lightweights blinded by partisanship

Please Leo Relent

Christianity is being attacked all over the world. The number of practicing Catholics has been falling precipitously in traditionally Christian European countries and the United States for decades. Yet, Pope Leo decides to criticize Trump for his incursion into the Middle East?  Turning the other cheek and preaching pacifism are grand ideals. Still, with Islam on the march and oppressive regimes seeking to expand their spheres of influence, your time would be better served addressing the China-Russia-North Korea-Iran axis, rather than criticizing America, which seeks to police the world’s bad actors as opposed to being on the march for territorial domination. And who are the world’s leading sponsors of terrorism?  And who has a history of abusing basic human rights and the oppression of their civilian populations?  

The Opaque Verses The Transparent

The Democrats are always screaming about wanting a transparent administration, but never deliver when they have one of their own in the White House; they couldn’t be more opaque. Yet here they have the most transparent, communicative, accessible president in our history, and they can’t stand it. Forever finding fault with his every legislation,  executive order, and diplomatic effort. TDS inflection has permeated every segment of the NDP. Twice impeached and always threatened for yet further prosecution. But The Donald persists, with nearly daily exposure to their wrath, Q&Aing with the Press and the public at the drop of a hat, always candid, vulnerable to misinterpretation in his spontaneity, but never any doubt of how he stands on any issue or relationship. Yes, he sometimes comes across as insensitive, brash, and arrogant, but always sincere in what he feels is best for our country, for we the people.

Bankrupt Media

After I nearly punched the radio yesterday, listening to some supercilious European bureaucrat pontificate on his definition of what constitutes Trump’s war crimes, while totally ignoring Iran’s haphazard discharge of missiles into civilian populations and using women and children as human shields. Please, spare me.  It is a no-win proposition for Trump. If Iran fails to cut a deal, and Trump follows through with his threats, he is a war criminal. If he backs off, the media will spin it into their TACO narrative: Trump always chickens out. The media is either working for Iran or, in their fever dream stupor from advanced TDS, believes that opposing all things Trump will return their progressive candidates to office, which is somehow better for the country. As if they can rationalize protecting the enemy’s interests in a war as a morally superior position when, in fact, the underlying goal is to impair the political opposition to support the opinion that we need to continue our inexorable slide into socialism by electing leftist candidates. Yeah, there’s that. Look at them trumpet their win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, as well as promote their performance in a Georgia special election race where a Democrat cut Trump’s margin in “the state's reddest district”…despite still losing. That’s right, the democrat lost the race, but Politico is spinning it as a win because he didn’t lose by as much. I had to read it twice after the headline praised the results as a “wow” moment. Wow, indeed. As in wow, I can’t believe our media is so blatantly biased.

Tell Me It Isn’t So

Is this the Democrats' endgame? Open the borders, flood the country with illegals, give them the right to vote, 85% of which will vote Democrat, pack the courts, make PR and DC states to add four  Democrat senators and five seats in the House, turn the red enclaves blue with immigration, more and more social programs to control our health and maintain government dependency, disarm the general population, create a socialist utopia and the elite ruling class will live like the very kings they supposedly protest against. Seems inevitable that we will go the way of Europe, failed empires destroyed by liberal socialist policies, complacent citizens, and unfettered immigration. If so, it lends a new dimension to diabolical. 

War By Any Other Name

My, my, how war has changed for the naive Western nations. An expectation of zero casualties for one. The Geneva Convention also states that “attacks on civilian objects are forbidden” and constitute war crimes. Even our Democrat politicians, in particular the reprehensible Ro Khanna, have suggested that Trump should be prosecuted. Really?  Iran has been attacking mostly “civilian objects” with impunity. But by these standards, virtually all of our efforts in World War II could be classified as war crimes. And to suggest that Middle Eastern countries that support terrorism are not routinely committing war crimes is absurd.  There are no rules in war, and the sooner civilized nations realize that, the less the chance that we will lose our civilization to the heathens that don’t play by those same rules.  

A Haunting Premonition

We are seemingly becoming a corrupt socialist bent nation, fostered by the Democrats’ agenda, and not realizing its dire consequences.  Progressive income taxation, sales tax, state tax, property taxes, wealth taxes, licensing fees, payroll taxes, capital gains taxes, cap and trade taxes, whose revenues are doled out without the consent of we the people, disproportionately distributed to government employees and people who game the system, those choosing not to better themselves. The waste is unfathomable. This country was founded on taxation without representation, and yet here we are. If the dye is indeed cast, and this great republic of ours slides into the abyss of socialism, history will view us as spoiled, entitled ingrates that didn't appreciate what we had. It 

What Is Happening To Us

It makes me suicidal. Maybe homicidal is more appropriate. All these Democrat bumper sticker simpletons protesting funding ICE and the war in Iran, and bitching about gas prices when our tax dollars are being vacuumed up by fraud and Democrat programs that amount to nothing more than redistribution. Meanwhile, Blumenthal from Connecticut led the Senate, raking in $80 million in the stock market in just the last year alone on only a relatively handful of trades. He even beat Pelosi’s tally, which ranked 5th. Tell me again why I have to pay taxes to support this level of banana republic shenanigans.

And on the heels of this rant, did you hear out of Chicago, where a Louis Vuitton store was attacked by a vehicle that drove through the front door, criminals looted the store to the tune of $700K in merchandise, and in their escape killed a man on his way to work whose wife gave birth to their first child the next morning. You can’t make this stuff up. The criminal mastermind was a four-time offender with warrants out for his arrest, a former gang member recruited into Chicago’s “peacekeeper program,” where “justice impacted” individuals are paid to be community mediators to reduce crime. This particular “peacekeeper” was being paid $150 a day by the city to fight crime. Uh-huh. But even more egregious was when reporters dug deeper and discovered that this program is a $1 billion enterprise in which non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the number one lobbying group in Chicago, coincidentally, receive government grants to fund these programs. Distributed after they skim a significant percentage, sometimes as much as 90% off the top. As Mike Slater opined, this is not an aberration. This is exactly how the Democrats want these programs to operate. More money is funneled to Democrat donors who kick back money to political campaigns, keeping the Democrat apparatus in power and the money flowing. Everybody gets rich gorging themselves at the taxpayer trough. It’s disgusting. And we wondered why the democrats were so vehemently opposed to Elon Musk and DOGE, and now Vance, with his newly formed department, is to root out fraud and abuse.  Our republic is rotting from within, and it is appalling how many bureaucrats are benefiting from the decay.

Misplaced Partisanship

I read recently that Social Security is expected to be insolvent by 2032, with potential solutions including raising taxes and cutting benefits to seniors. How infuriating is that?  If we eliminated all the entitlement programs for illegal immigrants and eliminated fraud and abuse in government programs, we could pay for Social Security in perpetuity and eliminate our national debt virtually overnight. Aren’t any democrats seniors? You would think not so, judging by the number of unhinged, gray-haired, white folks attending every preposterously moronic No Kings rally.