Trump is about to pull the trigger on changing the culture.
The southern border is a disaster.
And another mass shooting starts the age old debate about us losing our rights.
You Knew Something Like This Was Going to Happen
President Trump has been banned from Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, Twitch, Shopify, Google, TikTok, Apple, Discord, Pinterest, Amazon AWS, Stripe, Okta and Twilio.
Ugh. What does a billionaire do to be able to sit on the toilet and post something at 1 AM? How about build his own social media site? That’s what Donald Trump is going to do. And, unlike the condemned Parler, he’s going to do it right.
This week, the Trump organization stated that they were going into the business of social media.
Trump advisor, Jason Miller, stated:
“The fact the president’s been off of social media for a while because his press releases, his statements have actually been getting almost more play than he ever did on Twitter before. I’m not sure if that’s because the length of them are a bit longer. [We] even had one reporter say that she thought it was much more elegant, the way that the president was able to communicate his thoughts and very much looked more presidential in that longer form.”
“But I do think that we’re going to see President Trump returning to social media in probably about two or three months here with his own platform. And this is something that I think will be the the hottest ticket in social media. It’s going to completely redefine the game and everybody is going to be waiting and watching to see what exactly President Trump does. But it will be his own platform.”
Miller said Trump has had “a lot of high-powered meetings” at Mar-a-Lago with “numerous companies” about creating a platform that he hopes will bring in “tens of millions of people.”
You knew something like this was going to happen. I thought it would be a news organization but he is a social media guy and he’s banned from everything so this makes scene.
This is also the direction conservatives need to go. We must create our own economy and culture.
There was a shooting in Colorado earlier this week. The media did exactly what they do: Claim that this was another white supremacist shooter. They compared this to last week’s shooting of eight people at two Asian massage parlors.
There were a few problems with this:
The second perpetrator ended up being a Syrian refugee who hated Trump and believed the country is filled with racism.
This probably wasn’t terrorism. He had extreme mental problem (paranoia).
All the people shot and killed were white.
I find it amazing that when a white guy commits these crimes, it is because of white supremacy. If a person of color commits these crimes, it’s because of guns. How about everyone who does these things are just pieces of trash.
But this has started the whole gun control thing all over again because race cannot be the thing here. And Joe Biden is ready yo do it on his own if Congress does not pass a gun control bill. Here’s Jen Psaki reiterating this:
So, here we go again. I’m not sure what Biden is going to set up in an Executive Order but you can expect it is going to be extreme and unconstitutional.
So let’s take a look at some of the arguments.
The 2nd Amendment was referring to militias, not private citizens. False. Private citizens were the militia and were required to own a gun and a set amount of ammunition.
The 2nd Amendment protected muskets and not assault rifles. False. Muskets were considered weapons of war. Assault rifle, by the way, has no definition. What gun is not an assault weapon.
Assault weapons bans have worked in the past. False. The 2003 “assault weapons ban” that lasted 10 years did not lower gun violence. In fact, gun violence has gone down in the last 10 years while gun ownership has gone up.
Gun control works. False. Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Boston and Washington DC have the most stringent gun control laws in the country with the highest levels of gun violence. Vermont, which has the easiest gun ownership laws has very little gun violence.
The United States has the highest level of mass shootings in the world. False. In the last 10 years, The US has been number 10 to 12 levels of mass shootings. Norway is leading the pack. Also in that point, Sweden has more mass shootings.
No one needs an AR-15 for home protection. False. Most AR-15s are used for home protection. That’s because they are so easy to use with so little kick that a child can use one.
Australia had a gun buy back and mass shootings are almost unheard of. False. There were already very few mass shootings in Australia and only about a third of the guns were actually collected.
What is the Biden administration going to do?
Implement restrictions on a certain type of scary looking guns.
Implement restrictions on magazine size.
Create a gun owners database. This includes location of the firearm.
Firearms insurance at the cost of $800 a year.
Required psychological testing.
Federal government background checks.
Remove protections for gun manufacturers.
I know they are all talking about “common sense” gun laws for “assault rifles”.
We are in a serious mess. Not because me who think they are women should compete against women. Not because everyone is a racist. Not because our children are being raised as mindless zombies. Not even because there are factions of this country that want to destroy moral and philosophical base of this country. These are important but we can get over these cultural problems…hopefully.
There are immediate threats in the world that I find are more dire and need a leader that is going to be able to counter and deter these threats. Looking at Joe Biden, who can barely string together a sentence and took a header trying to get up to Air Force 1 last week, I hardly think we have that kind of leadership. What’s worse, our enemies around the world know it too. It cannot be anymore obvious than what happened last week.
Let’s talk about it.
The Story
One of the areas where Joe Biden and the Democrats have always been weak is foreign policy. Democrats have always been more concerned with appeasement and money than actually putting evil countries in their place. Real diplomacy must come from a position of strength not weakness or surrender. We have seen this policy with North Korea, Iran, China and the European Union. For some reason, the Democrats feel the need to apologize and bend the knee to other countries.
This type of diplomacy has consequences. We end up losing respect from, not only our enemies, but all other nations. I understand that the Democrats believe in globalism. We are one world, one nation, with no borders. Here’s the problem: no other country believes in that. Even the European Union, through Brexit, is learning that nationalism is still the main philosophy of most countries and their citizens.
Last week, the disrespect for the United States and its leadership became apparent.
China
The United States and China met on Thursday of last week. To say that China ate our lunch during this meeting would be an understatement. What’s worse, China really showed how full of shit they are and the Biden administration never pushed back.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan reiterated that the U.S. had “concern[s]” with China’s “economic and military coercion to assaults on basic values,” but said that they “do not seek conflict, but we welcome stiff competition and we will always stand up for our principles, for our people, and for our friends.”
That did it.
China’s representatives at the meeting were Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi and Yang Jiechi, director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party.
Yang touted the power that the Communist Party of China has in their country and highlighted what he claimed were Chinese achievements before immediately going on the attack against the U.S. Yang’s initial attacks on the U.S. included:
Yang openly mocked Blinken’s comments about “‘rules-based’ international order.” Yang said, “What China and the international community follow or uphold is the United Nations-centered international system and the international order underpinned by international law, not what is advocated by a small number of countries of the so-called ‘rules-based’ international order.”
We need to get rid of the UN because they cow-tow to China and Russia.
This is the first problem with globalists. They don’t understand that a lot of other countries are nationalists first then, when they get what they want, worry about the rest of the world.
Yang openly mocked the “United States-style democracy,” saying that the “Chinese-style democracy,” which does not truly exist, had contributed to “peace and development of the world” while he accused the U.S. of “invading” other nations “through use of force” and toppling “regimes through various means” and massacring “people of other countries.”
They also claimed to have ended poverty and established a peaceful and efficient culture. They failed to mention the attacks against Tibet, Hing Kong, India and the threats against Taiwan. They failed to mention The arrests and “re-education” of dissidents including government officials. They failed to mention the President Xi has declared himself President for life, in other words, a dictator. They failed to mention about the torture, rape and murders of the Wiegers in concentration camps.
You know who else failed to mention that? Jack Sullivan and Antoney Bilken.
As far and invading other countries and massacring foreign peoples, I’m not sure where that is coming from.
Yang exploited political divisions in the U.S., saying “many people within the United States actually have little confidence in the democracy of the United States, and they have various views regarding the Government of the United States.”
Fact check: sort of.
Most Americans citizens don’t believe in the news media or the Leftists views. They are just the loudest. But, unless we can stop with the indoctrination of our children by the school system, entertainment and the news media, China could be right and we will be at the mercies of a growing China.
Yang also cited the Black Lives Matter movement to attack the U.S. on the issue of human rights, saying that there were “many problems within the United States regarding human rights.”
BLM and Antifa are Marxist ideologies that, for some reason, the youth is embracing. But they are hardly the strong examples of American ideology. I will even go so far that a lot of the youth is beginning and will continue to reject this ideology.
“On cyber attacks, let me say that whether it’s the ability to launch cyber attacks or the technologies that could be deployed, the United States is the champion in this regard,” Yang said. “You can’t blame this problem on somebody else.”
We aren’t but we should be. We created the Internet. We should make it that if someone attacks us over the Internet, we should shut their power grids down for an hour.
Yang openly mocked the U.S. and the Biden administration, saying that it did not “represent international public opinion” and neither does the Western world. “Whether judged by population scale or the trend of the world, the Western world does not represent the global public opinion,” Yang said. “So we hope that when talking about universal values or international public opinion on the part of the United States, we hope the U.S. side will think about whether it feels reassured in saying those things, because the U.S. does not represent the world. It only represents the Government of the United States.”
Question for you: Would they have said any of this about the Trump administration?
Secretary of State Bilken and Sullivan had no answers. Like the rest of the Biden administration, they showed weakness in front of an enemy. They are not our friends. They hate us. They want us destroyed. They see what we are doing and know they do not have to fire a single shot to win a cold war. All they have to do is wait, grow (through tyranny) and let us implode.
In an interview on ABC News with Democratic activist George Stephonopolis, Joe Biden was asked a question about the President of Russia, Vladamir Putin.
Biden threatened to place sanctions on Russia for interfering and spreading misinformation during the 2020 elections.
At first, Vlad took the insult in stride. He said:
“I would say to him: I wish you good health. Although they think we are the same as them, we are different people; we have a different genetic and cultural-moral code. But we know how to defend our own interests, and we will work with them but in those areas in which we are interested and on terms we consider favorable for us. And they will have to reckon with that.”
But he had a little time to think about it and Vlad got ticked off. He later said:
“I want to offer President Biden to continue our discussion but on the condition that we do it live, online, without any delays but in an open, direct discussion.”
Oops. Joe Biden won’t talk live in front of a press that loves him. There is no way he’s going to hold a live conversation with Vlad Putin. Nothing good could come from that. And Vlad Putin knows it. Now, before you think Vlad was kidding, he sent a message to the Biden administration asking for the meeting.
Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, was asked about the incident:
REPORTER: While you’ve been briefing, President Putin has just extended an invitation to President Biden to continue their conversation, but this time he wants to do it live. He’s asking for a livestreamed conversation, an open, direct dialogue. Putin says he’s available tomorrow or Monday. Is this something that you would consider?
PSAKI: I’ll have to get back to you if that is something we are entertaining. I would say that the President already had a conversation already with President Putin, even if — as there are more world leaders that he has not yet engaged with. And we engage with Russian leaders, members of the government at all levels, but I don’t have anything to report to you in terms of a future meeting. The President will, of course, be in Georgia tomorrow and quite busy.
The Kremlin responded:
“An inquiry has been made and there is either an answer or the absence of an answer to it. The absence of an answer is generally a refusal from such communication.”
The White House is going to downplay this and hope it goes away. The way the media does their job, this will be short lived. But this does show the lack of respect Russia has for the Biden administration. Putin wants the opportunity to make Biden look bad and weak. Though they did not have a conversation live on television, he accomplished his goal. To make Joe Biden look like an old fool and a coward.
Things with North Korea look like they are returning to normal after Trump left office.
North Korea refused to speak with the Biden administration. They have yet to return calls even though the administration has tried to contact the North Korean leader several times.
North Korea is going to restart missile and nuclear testing.
North Korean has started threatening the United States and South Korea if they have their yearly war games.
Iran
Iran is also stepping up in its sabre rattling. Of course, this was sure to happen since Biden is very sympathetic to Iran and hates Israel, especially Benjamin Netanyahu.
The United States has had one of the most powerful militaries in human history. Our technology, training and will to fight for the right thing has always made us a formidable country in a scrape.
One of the things the military has done is stayed out of politics. The follow the orders of the Commander and Chief and usually never comment about his policies or decisions. When you see a general on television, he is usually just telling you what the military has done during their missions. Outside of that, they pretty much stay out of the way.
Unfortunately, the military is an institution and the Left must control all aspects of all institutions. Once, the military was immune to all political or cultural influence. Not anymore and not with the Left.
Since we have a growing conflict brewing with China and plenty of enemies around the world, let’s talk about our military and the consequences if the Left gets its claws into it.
Making News
The military has always been above politics. Just about everyone appreciates them and most do not get mixed up with them and just leave them alone.
Politically, they were able to do whatever they had to in order to complete their mission. This led to many victories up until the Korean War. But then things turned to the worse. During the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the military was used as pawns of the politicians. They could not do their jobs during those wars which led to the loss of North Korea and North Vietnam. Of course, if one actually looks at the history of both wars, one will find that we actually did not lose these wars militarily but politically.
Pollicization of the military can also be seen in the wars in the Middle East. The military was not popular with the Iraqis and they did everything they could to demonize the military. Abu Grab, enhanced interrogation and the deaths of child terrorists by the military all overshadowed the deaths of our military personnel.
But, looking back, that was nothing compared to what the politicians are doing to the military now.
Woke culture is now coming after the military and it is coming with a vengeance. The military, as usual, is complying. But it also seems that the woke culture has poisoned some of the people in the military and their leaders. This can be a bad thing. The last thing we need with the growing threat of China is to have a military that is more worried about wokeness than, say, killing people and destroying things. That’s all their training should be concerned with. That’s there job.
Let’s take a look at some things the military is implementing.
Elimination of the Transgender Ban
One of the first thing the Biden administration did was lift the transgender ban. This was implementing by Trump per the request of the military.
This is the reason that Biden wrote the Executive Order reversing the ban:
Now, I know this is not going to be a popular statement. The reason trans people cannot be in the military is because they do not qualify to be in the military. Trans people are actually seen by the psychological commuting as having a mental disorder. Though the main psychological association in the United States, though watering it down for woke reasons, still considers Gender Dysphoria a real mental issue. It is defined in the latest version of the DSM.
The military does not take trans people just like they do not take those with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and even depression. The last thing that the military wants on the battle field is people who are going to be unpredictable when the fighting gets going.
They also have to worry about what happens to these people after the get off the battlefield. Trans people have a suicide rate that approaches 40% without the stresses of war. What’s going to happen when you throw a little PTSD in an already damaged mind?
When Trump signed that Executive Order, he didn’t do it in a vacuum. He did it because the military told him they shouldn’t serve because of their malady. And Trump also didn’t sign the order because he hates trans people. He signed it because he was actually protecting them. I don’t know if he intended this but I believe it probably was whispered in his ear.
Free Sex Change Operations
This absolutely amazes me. It amazes me because a guy who is having that much issue being a guy shouldn’t be a Marine. Also, and this is forgotten, sex change operations are extremely expensive and I don’t want my tax dollars going to this type of thing.
The Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin said:
“Prospective recruits may serve in their self-identified gender when they have met the appropriate standards for accession into the military services. This revised policy will also ensure all medically-necessary transition related care authorized by law is available to all Service members and will re-examine all cases of transgender Service members that may be in some form of adverse administrative proceedings.”
OK, there are a some problems with this:
First, it becomes a tax payer expense.
Second, the surgery can be done while the soldier is serving. The recovery time for these types of surgeries is quite lengthy. Seems that the guy will spend more time recovering than serving.
Third, watch all the trans people join the military with no intention of serving but getting those free sex change operations.
I just think this is dumb.
Literature of Critical Race Theory is Recommended
Racism. It’s everything today. All white people are racist. No one else is, just white people. We all have privilege and crap like that. And even if we seem to be living a hard life, white people still have privilege. I had a very interesting debate with a moderate liberal and know her well. She believes this crap. She’s in college and they’re teaching her this. What’s worse, she’s beginning to believe it. She’s even spouting the same platitudes that the Left always spouts. Good news! I was able to get through to her. A little.
Well, the military is implementing critical race theory and even recommending books on it.
The United States Navy’s most recent suggested reading list includes books that explicitly endorse critical race theory and intersectionality. Among these books is How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi.
Here’s the problem with Ibram X. Kendi’s book, critical race theory, anti-racism theory and intersectionality: it divides people. It tells people that white people are racist and they can’t help themselves. With Kendi’s book, all white people are assholes and all people of color are victims. Can you think of anything that is more divisive?
With the military, especially in war, one must trust his comrade in arms. He must trust that, if he gets hurt, someone will be there to save him. If he dies, someone will recover him for his family. He must trust that his brethren will keep his rifle pointed forward to destroy the enemy and he will do the same. He must trust he is a brother.
That is the problem with critical race theory. It doesn’t understand the comradery men of war must have with each other. It doesn’t care. Because of this, it doesn’t belong as part of their training.
Lowering of Standards
Finally, the Entry to the Political Sphere
Last week, Joe Biden promoted two women to be generals. This would be historical if it weren’t for the fact that Trump did the same thing. But it is what he said during his speech that caught Tucker Carlson of Fox News. Here is the clip from the Tucker Carlson Show that has everybody in a tither:
Something I find absolutely amazing, Marine Master Sergeant Scott Stalker released a video condemning Tucker’s comments because he, well listen:
A few things about this response:
I was in the military, I believe everything Tucker said.
Sergeant Stalker said twice that Tucker’s opinions were not relevant because Tucker did not serve in the military so his opinion doesn’t count. You know who else didn’t serve in the military? Joe Biden.
Finally, this just doesn’t happen. The military stays out of politics. Opinions are kept to themselves. It’s the first thing you learn. Your opinion doesn’t matter, you are part of a team.
No one in the military should be taking sides when it becomes part of policy decisions. You don’t have to like what someone says but it is not up to you to point it out. When the military starts to have political opinions and then starts expressing them and putting them into practice, that’s when a true tyranny starts. The military does not make an oath to a person or a political party. They make an oath to defend the Constitution. The military has the responsibility to protect the country, including from the government itself. That’s why it is so important that the military be and remain neutral.
Two people have been arrested in the death of Brian Sicknick during the January 6th riot at the Capitol building and the media cheers while ignoring the other fifty riots spreading throughout the country by Antifa and BLM.
And the Catholic church does something that it has done for the last 2000 years (and beyond) and everyone is surprised.
Still Don’t know What’s Up
Two men sprayed Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to charging documents unsealed on Monday.
Julian Khater of Pennsylvania and George Tanios of West Virginia have been charged with assault for allegedly hitting Sicknick, who died a day after the riot, with the chemical spray.
There still is no information how Sicknick died. The autopsy has not been released. But it wasn’t a fire extinguisher as the the New York Times initially reported.
Now, this doesn’t change anything. If Sicknick died due to being sprayed in the face with mace, these two should be charged with murder, not assault. The fact that they were not charged with murder or something in the vicinity of murder leaves some questions as to what happened.
There have been 315 arrests so far over these riots out of about 500 rioters. I’m going to say this: that is awesome. They should catch every one of them.
With that. let’s talk about what is happening in Seattle, Portland and Minneapolis.
I had to do some math here but it has been about 69 days since the January 6th Capitol riots. That has been all the news media has talked about. What they are ignoring is that antifa and BLM have had dozens of riots since then.
In Minneapolis, antifa and BLM have opened another autonomous zone within the area that George Floyd died called the George Floyd square. Once again, the Leftist government are just letting it go.
The zone takes up about four blocks and police are not allowed. Businesses are threatened and closed. The press is not allowed in. Basically, people’s lives are being destroyed. This is all in preparation for the Derrick Chauvin trial. The city is already preparing for rioting because no one is really sure if this guy is going to get convicted.
Would you consider this an insurrection? On Sunday, someone was killed within the autonomous zone by a drive by shooting. Police could not get in to help and he died.
By the way, Minneapolis gave $27 million to George Floyd’s family as a death settlement. This is probably going to delay Chauvin’s trial because it makes Chauvin look guilty. How an ex-felon, drug addict is worth $27 million is beyond me.
In Portland, things are going really well.
Antifa decided to threatened to burn down a federal court house. Then they threatened security inside. Then they vandalized it. The government didn’t arrest anyone. Instead they put up fencing and barriers. Antifa tried to attack the courthouse but failed because there were barriers. They arrest a couple of antifa members, who were just released a few hours later with no charges.
Things were quiet for a few days so they took down the fencing and barriers. Then, this weekend, it was the anniversary of Brionna Taylor’s death and antifa tried to burn down the same federal courthouse. Fifteen people were arrested including one guy who was arrested a few days before.
These antifa and BLM riots have been occurring all over the country including Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Seattle. There have been dozens of riots since the Capitol riots and less than 50 have been arrested. See a problem?
Why All the Love for Antifa?
The Left doesn’t believe in antifa as a terrorist organization and they have been saying this for the past year, even during the peak of the violence over the summer when the violence peaked.
Here’s Jerry Nadler:
Here’s President Biden during his debate with Trump last year:
Here’s Joy Beihardt yesterday on the The View talking about comments Ron Johnson made about antifa:
So, let’s get this straight once and for all: Antifa is real. It has been around since the 1940s. Antifa is using the same emblem they were using in the 1940s. They have a flag. They have a uniform. Though not centralized, they sects. They have a hierarchy within those sects. They have funding and a support staff. They travel from riot to riot. They’re armed. They have philosophical literature. They have a training program. They have a recruitment process.
Antifa, in some ways, is more organized and better funded than ISIS. And they have caused a lot of damage. They are not a myth. Not an idea. And not fiction. They exist.
With all the crap being brought up about a riot in Washington DC that lasted for three hours and 60% of the perpetrators have been arrested, why does the Left continually down play antifa and BLM, which have been rioting for almost a year and have caused between $2-3 billion in damage?
Because the Left wants antifa and BLM. They want that police force that does their bidding. Mussolini has his Black Shirts. Hitler had his Brown Shirts (the SS). Stalin had the NKVD. Each organization was a terrorist organization used to keep the people in line. Now the Democrats have antifa. This why they are not condemned, arrested, prosecuted and are ignored by the Leftist media.
It’s really scary to see all of the parallels between totalitarian governments and what’s happening in America today.
The Vatican declared Monday that the Catholic Church cannot bless gay unions because God “cannot bless sin.”
The decree came as the Vatican’s orthodoxy office, called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), responded to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless same-sex unions.
The church has previously welcomed gay people into its fold but does not recognize their unions as marriages. Instead, Catholic doctrine teaches that marriage is a union between a man and woman.
The decree states:
“The presence in such relationships of positive elements, which are in themselves to be valued and appreciated, cannot justify these relationships and render them legitimate objects of an ecclesial blessing, since the positive elements exist within the context of a union not ordered to the Creator’s plan.”
By the way, God’s plan for marriage is that the couple will have children. Obviously, a gay couple cannot have children together. If you’ve ever been married in a Catholic church, it is the main covenant that the couple makes to God. To have children and raise the children as good Catholics.
Pope Francis holds a lot of Leftist thoughts but he still has not shied away from keeping the traditions of the Church. Gay marriage and abortion have been real problems for the Catholic church and he has not relented in the least. Pope Francis has even criticized politicians of support abortion like Joe Biden.
Don Lemon took real offense to this. Which is weird and I’ll say why in a second. He’s gay and engaged. He decided to put his two cents in on The View:
OK, a few things here:
Don Lemon used to be a Baptist and is non-denominational that “believes in a higher power.”
Catholicism has been around for 2000 years. I’m pretty sure that there has been a philosopher or two that are more wise than Don Lemon.
Just because the Catholic church says they can’t bless his marriage doesn’t mean he still can’t get married.
God’s main role is to judge.
Sorry this upsets Don Lemon but the Catholic church is not going to change 2000 years of doctrine and philosophy because Don Lemon is gay and offended even though he is not a Catholic.
The Biden administration was not thrilled with the church’s decision not to bless gay marriage. Jen Psaki said that she did not have a message from Biden personally, but as a “devout Catholic” still believes in gay marriage.
Joe Biden is a devout Catholic? He believes in abortion up till the moment of birth. He has been refused communion. I’ll go a step forward: He does not support free will or choice. His belief in big government and telling people what to do goes against the Bible. How do I know that? The Founding Father wrote the Constitution based on freedom of the individual and the contraction of the federal government. This belief was based on Judeo Christian philosophy.
In the end, this bitching about a Catholic edict that has been around for 2000 years is meant to demonize the Catholic church. The church goes against Leftist philosophy. Yes, Pope Francis is a Leftist that believes in redistribution, environmentalism and is against capitalism but when the rubber hits the road, he will follow doctrine. Because he has too. No matter whose feelings it hurts.
Grace Church School published a 12-page memo that encourages people to stop using certain terms that it considers to be outdated and to replace those terms with “inclusive” terminology.
Just an FYI: that school costs $57K a year.
The memo states the following:
Instead of saying, “boys and girls,” “guys,” “ladies,” and “gentleman,” say, “people,” “folks,” “friends,” “readers,” “mathematicians…”
Instead of “assuming gender based on stereotypes,” people should “respectfully ask how they identify if familiar establishing a culture of sharing affirming pronouns in class.”
Instead of saying, “mom and dad,” say, “grown-ups,” “folks,” “or family.”
Instead of saying, “parents,” say, “grown-ups,” “folks,” “family,” “and guardians.”
There are dozens of other examples of changing the language.
There are also terms that must not be used anymore. Those include:
Colorblind—No one is color blind as it pertains to race. We see the skin tones of people and assumptions are made about how someone identifies racially.
Caucasian—The correct term is White. White is a more accurate description of light-skinned people of European descent.
Diverse person/student—referencing a person of color. A person is not diverse. A group of people can be diverse.
Traditional Family—we actively try to undo notions of a “typical” or “normal” family structure, each family is unique
“Real” parents—a preferred term is birth parents
The purpose of the policy, according to the school guide:
“The goal of this guide is to provide the community with more inclusive language that is aligned with the mission of Grace Church School. While we recognize hateful language that promotes racism, misogyny, homophobia, and other forms of discrimination are already addressed in our school handbooks, we also recognize that we can do more than ban hateful language; we can use language to create welcoming and inclusive spaces. This guide addresses ways we can remove harmful assumptions from the way we interact with each other.”
“Families are formed and structured in many ways. At Grace Church School, we use inclusive language that reflects this diversity. It’s important to refrain from making assumptions about who kids live with, who cares for them, whether they sleep in the same place every night, whether they see their parents, etc.”
Of course, this is suppose to be a Christian School. At least that’s what they say in the title of the school’s name! But Merry Christmas is way out of bunds too. The school says:
“At Grace Church School, we work to be mindful of the language we use in order to avoid making assumptions about people as we engage in conversation that touches on religion.”
That’s awesome. SO one can get into trouble with saying Merry Christmas at a Christian school.
You know, one can sort of expect to see this type of thing in public schools especially with the political climate we have today. But when this type of poison begins to make its way in private schools that can be a really bad thing. At least with our private schools we can expect some kids to grow up, I don’t know, knowing things and loving this country.
Next week, the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism—all in the service of a left-wing political ideology.
The new program, called the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, seeks to extend the Left’s cultural dominance of California’s public university system, 50 years in the making, to the state’s entire primary and secondary education system, which consists of 10,000 public schools serving a total of 6 million students.
According to the City Journal:
In theoretical terms, the new ethnic studies curriculum is based on the “pedagogy of the oppressed,” developed by Marxist theoretician Paolo Freire, who argued that students must be educated about their oppression in order to attain “critical consciousness” and, consequently, develop the capacity to overthrow their oppressors. Following this dialectic, the model curriculum instructs teachers to help students “challenge racist, bigoted, discriminatory, imperialist/colonial beliefs” and critique “white supremacy, racism and other forms of power and oppression.” This approach, in turn, enables teachers to inspire their pupils to participate in “social movements that struggle for social justice” and “build new possibilities for a post-racist, post-systemic racism society.”
Notice the whole idology was created by a Marxist. You know what would be nice? If schools decided to teach the evils of Marxism, socialism and communism. All used social justice as the launching boards but all ended in poverty, suffering and death.
The City Journal continues:
R. Tolteka Cuauhtin, the original co-chair of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, developed much of the material regarding early American history. In his book Rethinking Ethnic Studies, which is cited throughout the curriculum, Cuauhtin argues that the United States was founded on a “Eurocentric, white supremacist (racist, anti-Black, anti-Indigenous), capitalist (classist), patriarchal (sexist and misogynistic), heteropatriarchal (homophobic), and anthropocentric paradigm brought from Europe.” The document claims that whites began “grabbing the land,” “hatching hierarchies,” and “developing for Europe/whiteness,” which created “excess wealth” that “became the basis for the capitalist economy.” Whites established a “hegemony” that continues to the present day, in which minorities are subjected to “socialization, domestication, and ‘zombification.’”
If these communists want to see “zombification” they should go to China or North Korea or Venezuela or Cuba. These are countries that turn their citizens into slaves. Another thing no one talking too much about. The communist countries really aren’t that racially sensitive.
The Soviet Union threw Ukrainians, blacks and Jews in the gulags. Heck, they threw anyone who knew anyone mentioned in the gulags.
The Chinese have put Buddhists and Uyigers into their concentration camps.
Cuba used to put homosexuals and blacks into their work camps.
We already know what Hitler did.
I don’t want to hear about the empathy of the communists and Marxists.
The City Journal continues:
The religious narrative is even more disturbing. Cuauhtin developed a related “mandala” claiming that white Christians committed “theocide” against indigenous tribes, killing their gods and replacing them with Christianity. White settlers thus established a regime of “coloniality, dehumanization, and genocide,” characterized by the “explicit erasure and replacement of holistic Indigeneity and humanity.” The solution, according to Cuauhtin and the ethnic studies curriculum, is to “name, speak to, resist, and transform the hegemonic Eurocentric neocolonial condition” in a posture of “transformational resistance.” The ultimate goal is to “decolonize” American society and establish a new regime of “countergenocide” and “counterhegemony,” which will displace white Christian culture and lead to the “regeneration of indigenous epistemic and cultural futurity.”
There are a few things that really bother me about this stuff from our educated college elites.
The first thing is the language that these guys use. This is why I like to read these articles. It shows how saint-on-top-of-the-hill they are. Half these words are just made up and really mean nothing but sound really scholarly when they are slapped together.
Another issue is there is going to have to be a rewriting of American history for any of this shit to have a choice to ring true. History is going to have to be rewritten to show that there was some sort of genocide against the Indians. Guess what, there wasn’t. Most of the Indians were killed through disease. The next killer was war. The Spanish, the puritans and other religious groups took a dim view of doing anything with the Indians. They even traded with them. Most of the conflicts didn’t have anything to do with the color of one’s skin but on land rights.
The Indians sold Manhattan to the Europeans. Ten years later, the Indians wanted the land back because they thought they leased the land not sold it. This is because the Indians did not have an understanding of land ownership. By the way, the Europeans gave the Indians resources and money. They didn’t just give them four goats and shiny beads. This is where the term “Indian-giver” came from. This started a war.
Finally, this is something I was expecting and has been happening kind of quietly for a while. Now it is in the open. The demonization of religion, particularly the Judeo Christian religion. Don’t forget the Judeo Christian religion is the basis for the philosophy of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. This is what the Left must do. They must make evil anything that can destroy their philosophy. The Judeo Christian religion is one of those things. Don’t kids yourself: all religion will be on the chopping block. That includes the Muslims and even the Indian religions. They just need to destroy the most powerful first.
The article continues:
This religious concept is fleshed out in the model curriculum’s official “ethnic studies community chant.” The curriculum recommends that teachers lead their students in a series of indigenous songs, chants, and affirmations, including the “In Lak Ech Affirmation,” which appeals directly to the Aztec gods. Students first clap and chant to the god Tezkatlipoka—whom the Aztecs traditionally worshipped with human sacrifice and cannibalism—asking him for the power to be “warriors” for “social justice.” Next, the students chant to the gods Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totek, seeking “healing epistemologies” and “a revolutionary spirit.” Huitzilopochtli, in particular, is the Aztec deity of war and inspired hundreds of thousands of human sacrifices during Aztec rule. Finally, the chant comes to a climax with a request for “liberation, transformation, [and] decolonization,” after which students shout “Panche beh! Panche beh!” in pursuit of ultimate “critical consciousness.”
The chants have a clear implication: the displacement of the Christian god, which is said to be an extension of white supremacist oppression, and the restoration of the indigenous gods to their rightful place in the social justice cosmology. It is, in a philosophical sense, a revenge of the gods.
So they want to replace the peace and love that Christianity promotes (that’s not saying Christianity doesn’t have its skeletons) for the chants of a civilization that murdered millions. In a four day stretch, the Aztecs killed through sacrifice 800,000 indigenous people, most slaves from other tribes.
The Aztecs were not just defeated by the Spanish but also by other Indian tribes in the region because the Aztecs would systemically raid other villages; enslave, rape and murder the inhabitants. This was a bad civilization that other tribes wanted ended.
The Andrew Cuomo drama continues. I don’t talk too much about him because I just don’t care about him and I think we have completely missed the boat on why he should be out of office.
First, he killed about 16,000 old folks with his policy of putting COVID patients back into retirement homes. Then, he lied about it and covered up the data. This is being investigated by all the sharks, specifically Leticia James, who are eyeing his Governor’s seat. This little bug-a-boo is spreading. Governor Gretchen Whitmer is now being investigated for doing the same thing.
He is not being accused of sexually harassing seven different women including one where he is being investigated for sexual assault by Albany PD.
He has been encouraged to resign by most Democrats including Jerry Nadler, AOC, Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. That may not matter. The New York state legislature is looking to impeach him and they have the numbers to do so.
Joe Biden finally commented saying, “I think the investigation is underway and we should see what it brings us.” This is not a strong stance either way but it is definitely not very supportive. At least he was able to say something without falling asleep.
This guy is done he just doesn’t know it yet. He’s not going to make it to the election. I would bet anything he will resign before the end of the month, especially as this impeachment thing begins to build steam. There is also the question of whether or not he can do his job as governor with all this crap swirling around him.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Sunday blamed former President Trump for the current crisis at the U.S. southern border, saying that President Biden inherited a “broken system” from the previous administration.
Pelosi said:
“This is a humanitarian challenge to all of us. What the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border, and they are working to correct that in the children’s interest,” she said, adding that the Biden administration is effecting “a transition from what was wrong before to what is right.”
Before Biden got elected, there were few illegal crossings. In October, before the election, there was about 34,000 arrests. When Biden got elected, that average doubled. When he got into office, crossings tripled.
Though they refuse to call this a crisis, they are now running at close to 100% capacity and the illegal border crossings of unaccompanied minors has already reached the total for all of last year. Folks, it’s March.
FEMA has been called in by Biden to try to help with the border patrol with the housing of illegals.
Winston Marshall, the lead guitarist for Mumford and Sons, was kicked off the band because he tweeted that he liked Andy Ngo’s book on antifa called Unmasked. He apologized which was a mistake.
Unilever, which owns brands like Dove and Sunsilk, said a study had found that the word “normal” makes most people feel excluded. A spokeswoman said it would remove it from more than 200 products.
Disney Plus has made it that kids under the age of seven can see the classic movies Dumbo, The Aristocats and Peter Pan. I thought all those movies sucked.
Speedy Gonzales, the mouse from the Warner Bros. cartoons is no longer being used because it is a stereotype of Mexicans. Me Mexican fiancé is pissed.
Pepe Le Pew will not appear in the next in the second Space Jam movie because people believe the cartoon skunk promotes sexism and rape culture.
The Democrats pass HR 1 – For the People Act of 2021. As we go through the bill, we will see the only people being benefitted are Democrat politicians.
The Senate passes a massive $1.9 trillion stimulus deal. Republicans think this is going to be a disaster.
HR 1
The Democrats have decided that if they could win an election with a guy that doesn’t run and is practically dead, they can win anytime. So, this week, the House passed HR 1. This would make it that future elections will be just as chaotic as the election of 2020. This is the worst example of the Democrats trying to retain power at any means necessary.
Remember when we used to have election day. You went out, stood in line, voted, put that little sticker on and then, when you got home, the counting started and we found out who won the election by midnight Pacific time? You know, the elections worked. Sometimes your candidate won. Sometimes he/she lost.
Now Democrats want to make sure they never lose again. Here’s what HR 1 or the For the People Act of 2021. This will be from the Heritage Foundation.
Seize the authority of states to regulate voter registration and the voting process by forcing states to implement early voting, automatic voter registration, same-day registration, online voter registration, and no-fault absentee balloting.
Registration is part of the voting process and it is a pain in the ass. It should be a pain in the ass. One should want to vote. Anyone who does not make an effort to vote probably shouldn’t be voting.
This federalizes the voting process. It takes it away from the states. This shouldn’t be a surprise because of how the Democrats are trying to eliminate the electoral college.
This is unconstitutional.
Make it easier to commit fraud and promote chaos at the polls through same-day registration, as election officials would have no time to verify the accuracy of voter registration information and the eligibility of an individual to vote and could not anticipate the number of ballots and precinct workers that would be needed at specific polling locations.
There’s a reason one must register two weeks in advance of the election. So one can be verified.
Because this takes the process away from the state, the is probably unconstitutional.
Hurt voter turnout through 15 days of mandated early voting by diffusing the intensity of get-out-the-vote efforts; it would raise the cost of campaigns. Voters who vote early don’t have the same information as those who vote on Election Day, missing late-breaking developments that could affect their choices.
I think this is one of the reason Trump lost. People were voting before the debates and the Biden scandals were released. People did not know everything about their candidates before they voted.
We don’t three weeks to vote. For the last 240 years, we have been voting on one day. There’s no need for 15 days of voting.
Degrade the accuracy of registration lists by requiring states to automatically register all individuals (as opposed to “citizens”) from state and federal databases, such as state Departments of Motor Vehicles, corrections and welfare offices, and federal agencies such as the Social Security Administration, the Department of Labor, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services. This would register large numbers of ineligible voters, including aliens, and cause multiple or duplicate registrations of the same individuals and put federal agencies in charge of determining a person’s domicile for voting purposes (as well as that individual’s taxing state).
This is what California is doing right now with the DMV. If you register at the DMV you are automatically registered for the election. California said that it has nothing to do with illegals voting and that there are separate forms for legal citizens and illegal aliens. Problem is the forms are identical and there have been “mistakes”.
This is fraught with corruption.
Constitute a recipe for massive voter registration fraud by hackers and cyber criminals through online voter registration that is not tied to an existing state record, such as a driver’s license. It would make it a criminal offense for a state official to reject a voter registration application even when it is rejected “under color of law” because the official believes the individual is ineligible to vote. It would also require states to allow 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds to register; when combined with a ban on voter ID and restrictions on the ability to challenge the eligibility of a voter, this would effectively ensure that underage individuals could vote with impunity.
Nothing, when it comes to registration or voting, should be done online. It is way too insecure. Registration to vote and voting should be done on paper. Period. We’ve been doing this for almost 250 years and it has always worked. Technology does not benefit voting or registering at all.
Allowing 16-year-olds to vote is just stupid. Sixteen year olds are dumb. Sorry, they are. It’s also unconstitutional per the 26th Amendment of the Constitution. If the Democrats want this, they have to add another amendment to the Constitution repealing the 26th Amendment.
Require states to count ballots cast by voters outside of their assigned precincts, overriding the precinct system used by almost all states that allows election officials to monitor votes, staff polling places, provide enough ballots, and prevent election fraud.
Again, this replaces state laws with federal laws. This is probably unconstitutional.
Mandate no-fault absentee ballots, which are the tool of choice for vote thieves. It would ban witness signature or notarization requirements for absentee ballots; force states to accept absentee ballots received up to 10 days after Election Day as long as they are postmarked by Election Day; and require states to allow vote trafficking (vote harvesting) so that any third parties—including campaign staffers and political consultants—can pick up and deliver absentee ballots.
This will allow for nothing but corruption. California does this now and is the primary reason Democrats have held every office including offices in red districts.
First off, 10 days after the election votes can be counted?! Are you kidding?! You mean with all the technology we have, our voting system is worse not than it was in the 1980s?
This also allows for cherry picking of ballots. If I want a Democrat to win, I will only pick up ballots for registered Democrat.
Another problem is ballot harvesters have been known to intimidate and influence voters who may not have completed their ballots. This has happened in California, especially with the older voters.
Finally, this brings into question the chain of custody for the ballots. Who are these ballot harvesters? Do they manipulate the ballots they’re picking up? Do the ballots even get to their destination? We have seen videos that this sometimes doesn’t happen.
Prevent election officials from checking the eligibility and qualifications of voters and removing ineligible voters. This includes restrictions on using the U.S. Postal Service’s national change-of-address system to verify the address of registered voters; participating in state programs that compare voter registration lists to detect individuals registered in multiple states; or ever removing registrants due to a failure to vote no matter how much time has elapsed. It also would substantially limit the public release of voter registration information, making it almost impossible for nonpartisan organizations to verify the accuracy of registration rolls, and prohibit states from using undeliverable election mail as a basis for challenging a registrant’s eligibility.
No ID for voters. No address verification. No signature verification. Improperly filled out ballots remain counted. Yeah, nothing to see here.
Ban state voter ID laws by forcing states to allow individuals to vote without an ID and merely signing a statement in which they claim they are who they say they are.
I need an ID to drive, drink, get a hotel room, board a plane, see an R-rated movie, buy a gun, pay with a check or credit card, withdraw money from my bank and lease an apartment. But I don’t need one to vote. Wow.
Violate the First Amendment with respect to a vast range of legal activity. Voter intimidation or coercion that prevents someone from registering or voting is already a federal crime under the Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration Act. But H.R. 1 would add a provision criminalizing “hindering, interfering, or preventing” anyone from registering or voting, which is so vague and so broad that it could prevent providing any information to election officials about the ineligibility of an individual, such as an applicant not being a U.S. citizen.
We have to see if this will conflict with existing laws. But I believe this provision makes it that questioning an illegal alien about voting could be construed as voter intimidation.
Expand regulation and government censorship of campaigns and political activity and speech, including online and policy-related speech. H.R. 1 would impose onerous legal and administrative compliance burdens and costs on candidates, citizens, civic groups, unions, corporations, and nonprofit organizations. Many of these provisions violate the First Amendment, protect incumbents, and reduce the accountability of politicians to the public; its onerous disclosure requirements for nonprofit organizations would subject their members and donors to intimidation and harassment—the modern equivalent of the type of disclosure requirements the U.S. Supreme Court in NAACP v. Alabama (1958) held violated associational rights protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
This is probably unconstitutional because the Federal government cannot impose laws on states. If the regulation change state laws, that’s a problem.
Reduce the number of Federal Election Commission members from six to five, allowing the political party with three commission seats to control the commission and engage in partisan enforcement activities.
This can actually bite both parties in the ass. Just not a solid decision.
Prohibit state election officials from participating in federal elections and impose numerous other “ethics” rules that are unconstitutional or unfairly restrict political activity, eliminating the ability of the residents of specific states to make their own decisions about what rules should govern their state government officials.
Unconstitutional. We don’t have a federal election. We have 50 state elections. Each state has rules their legislatures passed.
Require states to restore the ability of felons to vote the moment they are out of prison regardless of uncompleted parole, probation, or restitution requirements. Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment gives states the constitutional authority to decide when felons who committed crimes against their fellow citizens may vote again. Congress cannot override a constitutional amendment with a statute.
This is right. It is unconstitutional.
Transfer the right to draw congressional districts from state legislatures to “independent” commissions whose members are unaccountable to voters. H.R. 1 would make it a violation of federal law to engage in “partisan” redistricting and mandate the inclusion of alien population, both legal and illegal, in all redistricting. This is an anti-democratic, unconstitutional measure that would take away the ability of the citizens of a state to make their own decisions about redistricting.
Again, the federal government can’t tell states how to run their elections.
Authorize the Internal Revenue Service to engage in partisan activity. H.R. 1 would permit the IRS to investigate and consider the political and policy positions of nonprofit organizations before granting tax-exempt status, thus enabling IRS officials to target organizations engaging in First Amendment activity with disfavored views.
I hate this for three reasons.
First, I’m not sure what this is for outside of the IRS going out to harass religious and conservative organizations. That leads to my second problem with it.
The IRS has already proven partisan and has been used as a weapon for Barrack Obama during his term. Yeah, the guy who never had a sandal. This would just make the weaponization of the IRS legal.
Finally, the last thing this country needs, especially when dealing with voting, is another bureaucracy. The IRS is the epitome of bureaucracy. It also is a bureaucracy that has already condemned certain groups. Probably want to keep them out of this one.
Limit access to federal courts for anyone challenging H.R. 1. The bill would prohibit the filing of any lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of H.R. 1 anywhere except in the District Court for the District of Columbia and would allow the court to order all plaintiffs and intervenors, regardless of their number (such as all 50 states), “to file joint papers or to be represented by a single attorney at oral argument,” severely limiting the legal representation and due process rights of challengers.
Very convenient to make a law that says we can’t use the law to say this law shouldn’t be a law.
Yeah, this is unconstitutional.
Establish a “Commission to Protect Democratic Institutions” that would threaten the independence of the judiciary. H.R. 1 defines “democratic institutions” as those that are “essential to ensuring an independent judiciary, free and fair elections and the rule of law.” The commission would be given the authority to compel judges to testify and justify their legal decisions, threatening their independent judgment and subjecting them to political pressure and harassment.
Awesome! Another bureaucracy that will attack other parts of the government. The judiciary is meant to be independent. This would break that.
This is also unconstitutional.
Here’s the news about this bill. It will never pass the Senate. Senators from small blue or purple states will not pass this. I suspect this is going to get blown out in the Senate.
If it doesn’t, it will get deemed as unconstitutional because…it’s horribly unconstitutional.
The Senate passed Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package. It was passed right down party lines 50-49. Kamala Harris was heading to the Capitol to be the tie breaking vote but a Senator from Alaska needed to go back to Alaska for a funeral.
So let’s make clear here: Not one Republican Senator or Congressperson voted for the bloated bill that will only offer 9% of its price for COVID relief.
Mitch McConnell pretty much summed it up after the bill was passed:
There were a few things that happened before this vote happened:
But the debate on the bill was quickly scuttled by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who requested the entire 628-page legislation be read aloud by the Senate clerks in advance of any discussion on the merits of the proposal. That meant Senate clerks spent the next 10 hours and 44 minutes reading the bill until 2:04 a.m. Friday.
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., worked through the night without sleep, according to a spokesperson, as he prepared to offer amendments to support the Keystone XL pipeline and cut spending from the bill, including about $175 million in transit projects from California, New York and elsewhere.
Sean. Bernie Sanders tried to get the $15 minimum wage stuck in the bill. That failed. He didn’t get any help from Joe Machin or Kirstin Sinima who both rejected the amendment.
The things that were changed in the bill:
The $15 minimum wage was removed.
The raising of unemployment raised from $300 to $400 was removed but benefits were extended by two weeks.
The bill is being sent back to the House for a vote. But this is not a guaranteed thing. Some of the Leftists are pissed about the minimum wage being removed. Nancy only can afford to lose only four votes. I think it will get through but I will not be broken hearted if it doesn’t. It is a huge, bloated pig of a bill. We have spent $3 trillion last year and will have spent $2 trillion in the first three months of this year.
According to analysis, each person will receive a $1400 check, but it will cost over $5750 per person. I’m no accountant but that seems like a bad deal. A bad deal that our kids and grandkids will be paying for.
This is an incredible story and it shows the societal failures within the United States. This is a lesson on what needs to happen within society but, also, no one reads the tea leaves and makes any effort to solve the problems.
It is a parable about the circle of failure that has been going on for generations and, reading the blame game of the article, will be with us for generations after.
I hope this story scares you. I hope this story depresses you. I hope this story, which could easily have been avoided, shocks you into doing something about it.
The Story
I like covering the news. Sometimes, the news comes wild and wooly and I can’t keep up. I do have limited resources.
I had three stories ready to go for today but there was an unrelated story I just couldn’t ignore. It is a real life social commentary on what the Left is trying to do to our society and has been for generations.
This is an extremely disturbing story that is happening more often that not. And it is the reason were, as a country, are in the position we are in right now.
This story is from Fox Baltimore and is titled, City student passes three classes in four years, tanks near the top of his class with a 0.13 GPA by Chris Papst.
It’s as bad as you think.
A shocking discovery out of a Baltimore City high school, where Project Baltimore has found hundreds of students are failing. It’s a school where a student who passed three classes in four years, ranks near the top half of his class with a 0.13 grade point average.
Tiffany France thought her son would receive his diploma this coming June. But after four years of high school, France just learned, her 17-year-old must start over. He’s been moved back to ninth grade.
“He’s stressed and I am too. I told him I’m probably going to start crying. I don’t know what to do for him,” France told Project Baltimore. “Why would he do three more years in school? He didn’t fail, the school failed him. The school failed at their job. They failed. They failed, that’s the problem here. They failed. They failed. He didn’t deserve that.”
I want to point out the self-centeredness of France’s comment here. She’s going to cry. “They” failed him. This is a set up for her not taking any responsibility for her son’s education.
There were a lot of failures here. Not just Tiffany’s failure. But placing 100% blame and not acknowledging blame elsewhere does not solve the problem.
Hint: Tiffany is partially to blame.
France’s son attends Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts in west Baltimore. His transcripts show he’s passed just three classes in four years, earning 2.5 credits, placing him in ninth grade. But France says she didn’t know that until February. She has three children and works three jobs. She thought her oldest son was doing well because even though he failed most of his classes, he was being promoted. His transcripts show he failed Spanish I and Algebra I but was promoted to Spanish II and Algebra II. He also failed English II but was passed on to English III.
“I’m just assuming that if you are passing, that you have the proper things to go to the next grade and the right grades, you have the right credits,” said France.
She assumed? Really? She thought he was doing well even if she knew he was failing all his classes, so she knew? She didn’t bother to inquire? It is her son, right?
I also don’t care if she is working three jobs. There’s no sympathy for an absent parent from me. Why? Because I was a single parent too and I had to make changes to my life to deal with my kids. More on that one later.
As we dig deeper into her son’s records, we can see in his first three years at Augusta Fells, he failed 22 classes and was late or absent 272 days. But in those three years, only one teacher requested a parent conference, which France says never happened. No one from the school told France her son was failing and not going to class.
“I feel like they never gave my son an opportunity, like if there was an issue with him, not advancing or not progressing, that they should have contacted me first, three years ago,” said France.
There are two things to question here:
One – He was absent for 272 days and the parent didn’t know? She was asked to have a parent/teacher conference but it never happened? She didn’t follow up?
Two – Where were the authorities? Absent for 272 days and minimal effort to contact the parent? The school, child services and police should have all been involved. Where were they?
In his four years at Augusta Fells, France’s son earned a GPA of 0.13. He only passed three classes, but his transcripts show his class rank is 62 out of 120. This means, nearly half his classmates, 58 of them, have a 0.13 grade point average or lower.
“He’s a good kid. He didn’t deserve that. Where’s the mentors? Where is the help for him? I hate that this is happening to my child,” said an emotional France.
Project Baltimore talked with a City Schools administrator, who works inside North Avenue, but asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation. That administrator says the school system absolutely failed France’s son.
Tiffany France is completely correct. Where was everyone? Where were the mentors, the authorities and the teachers?
But she did forget one person. Where was the parent, Tiffany France? Where was the kid’s father (more on that later)?
The administrator told FOX45 News, City Schools failed because it has protocols and interventions set up to help students who are falling behind or have low attendance. In France’s son’s case, they didn’t happen.
“I get angry. There’s nothing but frustration. We see on the news the crime that occurs, the murders, the shootings, we know that there are high levels of poverty in Baltimore. Things like this are adding to that. His transcript is not unusual to me. I’ve seen many transcripts, many report cards, like this particular student,” said the City Schools administrator.
Hmm. So what the administrator is saying is the system failed. Have we heard this before?
Dr. Sonja Santelises was the City Schools CEO four years ago when France’s son was a freshman. But she will not interview with FOX45 News. Instead, we received a two-page statement, which explains what should happen when a student is chronically absent or failing.
The district says students received a letter about their academic status this past summer, and records can be accessed through the campus portal. When a student is absent, an automated call is placed to the number on file. The statement also said the school conducted recent home visits and the student’s parent visited the school. France says none of that happened.
What the statement does not address, is why France’s son was promoted despite failing classes. It doesn’t discuss his class rank, or the 58 other students with a GPA of 0.13 or lower. But it does say North Avenue is “reviewing actions that impacted student outcomes” at the school prior to this year.
What does this tell us? The system doesn’t care. The system will not be held accountable and they do not have to answer for their failures. This child is not a victim, he’s the problem. Hey, they sent several automated messages and gave him a letter.
By the way, just a reminder. The system is the government.
“It took a lot for me to just build the courage to do this,” France told Project Baltimore.
I want to point something out: Tiffany France is not a hero. She’s not a whistleblower and she shouldn’t be celebrated as such. She neglected her child. That is a heavy statement and it is not all France’s fault. But her child is her responsibility. She also failed. We’ll get into that later.
Project Baltimore asked the City Schools administrator what they would say to France. The administrator replied, “I didn’t have a hand on this student, but I worked for City Schools. So, he is one of my kids. I would hug her, and I would apologize profusely.”
This is the problem with a bureaucracy. There is nobody who is directly responsible. That’s bureaucracy is a machine and not people. It is processed paper and moving student numbers through the system so they can be “promoted” and be the problem of the next bureaucracy. There are no human beings in a bureaucracy, just numbers.
“He feels embarrassed, he feels like a failure,” France said of her son. “I’m like, you can’t feel like that. And you have to be strong and you got to keep fighting. Life is about fighting. Things happen, but you got to keep fighting. And he’s willing, he’s trying, but who would he turn to when the people that’s supposed to help him is not? Who do he turn to?”
France has pulled her son out of Augusta Fells. He’s now enrolled in an accelerated school program at Francis M. Wood in west Baltimore. If her son works hard, he could graduate by 2023.
Too little, too late. This child may not be able to break the cycle he and his mother and probably his grandmother is in. That might seem cynical and I’m sorry for that, but we have heard this story a thousand times before.
But how can this happen and how do we break this cycle.
This is a Societal Problem
Death of the Nuclear Family
Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty (1965) destroyed the nuclear family. Men were no longer necessary in the family because of welfare and food stamps. Women could receive more government assistance with no husband and a bunch of kids. I am oversimplifying this but not by much.
Feminism made sure every woman realized they did not need a man in their lives even with children.
The erosion of the importance of religion decayed the need for a family to stay together. It used to be that one only divorces if there is no other option. Today’s generations don’t even bother getting married.
Studies have shown the effects of a family made up of a father and mother has on children. It’s not even close. Today, over 50% of children are born out of wedlock (75% in the black community).
Elizabeth Warren unveils her wealth tax proposal. It sounded nonsensical last year it sounds nonsensical this year.
The new Education Secretary thinks education has to be reimagined. I’d just like to imagine our kids know how to read and do math.
In a blockbuster hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray unleashes the beast about the January 6th Capitol riots. Just kidding! The hearing was garbage but we’re going to cover it anyway.
Mo Money, Mo Money, Mo Money
You know what the problem is with spending $1.9 trillion bill that has nothing to do with running the government? The government begins to run out of money. Then, we need to get more money from those that produce and give the most in our society.
On Monday morning, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts (D) proposed a new tax bill, alongside Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal (D) and Pennsylvania Representative Brendan Boyle (D), that would reportedly place a tax on “ultra-millionaire” net worths and households. It is also co-sponsored by Bernie Sanders so you know it is going to be a special proposal.
The tax would reportedly place a 2% yearly tax on the net worth of households and trusts above $50 million. Any households and trusts that have a net worth over $1 billion would have to pay another 1% annual surtax. This would leave billionaires with a total tax of 3%.
Here is Elizabeth Warren talking about the tax on CNBC:
Here is the problem.
This is double-taxing the rich. They already pay taxes now they have to pay more? This may prove to be unconstitutional in the end. They also pay payroll tax, corporate, property tax, sales tax, state taxes and personal taxes. They are paying their fair share of taxes. They just have more money.
She wants to tax speculated wealth. If I own property (which I already pay taxes on) or stocks, that is not liquid cash. It only has speculated value, no real value. If she taxes stocks, I have to sell those stocks to pay the tax. This may also prove to be unconstitutional.
She wants to tax investments and businesses not in this country. Again, I’m not sure this is legal and could be double-taxing.
She also said that the rich pay far less as a percentage in taxes than the lower 99% of the taxpayers. This is a problem when dealing with percentages. The ultra rich also pay 80% of all taxes collected. Warren never bothers to bring that up.
Also, the reason the rich pay less in taxes as a percentage is because they have so much in investments, business and personal wealth that they qualify for bigger tax breaks. But they are paying more money as a whole than most of the country.
As Bloomberg Wealth points out, the real amount paid through Warren’s plan:
“Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, would face an extra tax charge of at least $5.4 billion in 2021 if the bill became law, while Elon Musk would pay $5.2 billion, according to a Bloomberg analysis. The measure would cost Bill Gates an additional $4 billion and Mark Zuckerberg would have to fork over $2.9 billion to cover the tax.”
When one talks about the actually money these people would pay, suddenly it looks like a lot. Talking percentages is what Warren is doing to make it look like this is not much of a tax increase. Actually it is. I also find it amazing that Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and AOC think they know more about business and how to handle money better than businessmen who have made their wealth. Mostly by hiring thousands and paying them. Warren, Sanders and AOC have never created or run a business and never hired anyone. Damn, AOC never had a full time job before becoming a Congressman.
What these politicians are doing is trying to make the population jealous of people who have innovated. I would personally think it would be better if we celebrated these people and not demonized them. Jeff Bezos created a business that gets me my toilet paper in two days for a better price. Elon Musk created the first successful electric car and is helping the United States land on the moon and, eventually, Mars. Bill Gates created the best business Operating System that is used throughout the world. Mark Zuckerburg invented social media.
Ophrah Winfrey created a media empire. I thought it was important to throw a black woman in there.
These guys should be celebrated. They have innovated and created something that has made society better. It also shows the wonders of this country. None of these guys was rich. They became rich because they provided something people wanted to pay for.
Finally, the government socks at everything. Just because they make a law doesn’t mean what they are doing is moral and right. Taxes is immoral. It is legislated theft. Demonizing people that have made America and the world better is also immoral and those who create to generate a jealous the population are also immoral. Those who do it are going to have a lot to answer to in the next life.
This is where I think Republicans need to force things. And Republicans should have voted against guy being who was confirmed for Education Secretary.
The Senate confirmed Dr. Miguel A. Cardona to lead the Education Department on Monday. The final vote was 64 to 33. Why there were 33 Republicans to confirm this guy, I don’t know.
Cardona said when he was nominated:
“There are no shortages of challenges ahead, no shortage of problems for us to solve. But by the same token, there are countless opportunities for us to seize. We must embrace the opportunity to reimagine education – and build it back better. We must evolve it to meet the needs of our students.”
Looking at what Biden has deemed as his priorities, one can see what “building back better” and “reimagining education” means. Race. Cardona has made that very clear during his push for his nomination.
“The American public school system has been phenomenal. However, it also has its flaws. Zip code, skin color in many cases, are still determinants of success.”
You know what I think is a measurement of the success of our children? That the know math, know how to read and write, know history, know science and can speak intelligibly. Yeah, I’m weird and a white supremacist.
Cardona is just another who is more concerned about the narrative, race and equity. Education, you know, kids knowing things, is secondary. He is also for jerking off the teacher’s unions, which is something has been doing since being elected.
Sen. Tim Scott thinks the same thing which is why he didn’t vote for him. He said:
“Unfortunately, it is not his Connecticut policies that he will be championing as Biden’s education chief, it is the president’s union-focused progressive policies. If Cardona follows the Biden plan to pit teacher unions against parents and students, our kids will never get the education they truly deserve.”
In an interview with Connecticut Public Radio on WNPR in January, Cardona said he was “totally in support” of President Biden’s plan to call on Congress to cancel $10,000 of student debt for all borrowers, of which 1 in every five are in default. Taxpayers would cover student loans that are forgiven.
He believes in transgender rights but is afraid to directly answer the question from Rand Paul about men competing with women.
.@RandPaul: "Do you think it's fair to have boys running in the girls track meet?"
Sec. @usedgov Nominee Cardona: "I think it's the legal responsibility of schools to provide opportunities for students to participate in activities and this includes students who are transgender." pic.twitter.com/XxHqPYyB2E
I find it amazing that everyone believes in trans rights but no one, including the trans health secretary, refuses to actually answer any questions during the public confirmation hearings.
This guy is going to push the Left’s narrative onto our students. One thing I am sure, nothing in schools is going to change as far as education. Our kids will continue to get indoctrinated to the Left’s belief system.
FBI Director Christopher Wray defended the bureau’s handling of information warning of the prospect of violence on Jan. 6 by Trump supporters and described an increasingly complex extremist threat landscape in the wake of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Wray said:
“The problem of domestic terrorism has been metastasizing across the country for a long time now, and it’s not going away anytime soon,” Mr. Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee at a Tuesday hearing, adding that the ideologies motivating a variety of extremists were proving difficult to pinpoint.
“In some cases, it seems like people are coming up with their own sort of customized belief systems—a little bit of this, a little bit of that—and they put it together maybe combined with some personal grievance or something that’s happened in their lives. Trying to get your arms around that is a real challenge.”
Mr. Wray said the FBI currently has roughly 2,000 open domestic-terrorism investigations, double the number the bureau was actively probing when he became director in 2017.
Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois said:
“For too long, our federal government has failed to address the growing terrorist menace in our own backyard,” calling the rioters the “latest incarnation of a violent white supremacist movement that has terrorized fellow Americans.”
Wray said the FBI viewed some of the defendants as militia-affiliated violent extremists and cited a “couple of instances” of racially motivated extremists. He said the FBI was building out a fuller picture of the motivations of the alleged members of the mob as the investigation unfolds.
Several of the Republican Senators pointed out that white supremacy, though terrible and evil, is hardly the only example of domestic terrorism. He was referring to the antifa and BLM riots over the summer and the five that have occuerred since the January 6th riots.
Chuck Grassley from Iowa said:
“A narrow view of these matters would be intellectually dishonest. We’re not serious about tackling domestic extremism if we only focus on white supremacy movements, which isn’t the only ideology that’s responsible for murders and violence.”
Fact check: True! We reaally can’t focus on a single domestic terrorist group. We must work to prevent them all.
Wray did say that there was no evidence that there was anyone from any Left-wing terrorist groups.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
A report from George Washington University’s Program on Extremism released Tuesday found that 142 of the 257 federal defendants it examined could be characterized as “inspired believers,” or those who “were neither participants in an established violent extremist group nor connected to any of the other individuals who are alleged to have stormed the Capitol.”
There was also questions about how Capitol Officer Brian Sidnick died. We were told by the media that he was hit over the head by a fire extinguisher. That was a lie. Wray said they did not know what caused Sidnick’s death and that he could not say during the hearing. The investigation was still pending.
It was a BS hearing. The Democrats tried to make it that this was all about the scourge of white supremacy. The Republicans wanted this to be about antifa and BLM and about how Nancy Pelosi calling off the Capitol Police. None of this happened. No answers.
Once again, a lot of this was just a lot of political posing and a huge waste of time. Does this sound like something you’ve heard me say before?
Dr. Seuss’ first six books have been pulled from shelves and cannot be sold on Ebay because it has been determined the books are not racially sensative.
Dr. Seuss, you have been…CANCELLED!
The Washington Football team, formerly Redskins have replaced their cheerleaders with a male/female dance team.
Washington Redskin cheerleaders, you have been… CANCELLED!
Conservative actress Amanda Ensing has been banned from Twitter for “copyright” violations.
Amanda Ensing, you are hot and… CANCELLED!
Amazon has taken down the documentary about Justice Clarence Thomas because…well, no one knows. It happened during Black History Month. Justice Clarence Thomas, you have been… CANCELLED!
The House has decided it is time to spend tons of money.
Smart kids are banned in Boston.
And books are burning on Amazon.
That’s A Lot of Money
On Saturday morning, the House of Representatives passed Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus. The vote went right down party lines: 219-212.
The stimulus bill passed with unanimous Republican opposition, and two Democrats — Reps. Jared Golden of Maine and Kurt Schrader of Oregon — also voted against it.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed the stimulus bill. He said:
When you add it all up, the price tag of Democrats’ bill is jaw-dropping. At $1.9 trillion, it is the single most expensive bill in history. But don’t call it a rescue or relief bill. Call it a Pelosi Payoff. Because the amount of money that actually goes to funding public health is less than nine percent. This is not a serious attempt to fix the real problems of the American people.
The solution America needs is one that will get us on a path back to normal. We need blue state governors to lift their non-science-based lockdowns. We need schools to reopen, students back in the classroom and breadwinners back to work.
We need to continue to increase our vaccine distribution, so we can continue to control cases and ultimately destroy the virus.
That is what the American people need, what they want, and what they deserve. But the Democrats’ bill won’t accomplish this, and instead will result in families, children and small businesses continuing to get left behind, saddled with a debt they cannot afford, all for the sake of an agenda they never voted for.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has called it a “spectacular piece of legislation,” according to NBC News. That’s enough reason for me to believe that this bill sucks.
Here’s what the bill does:
Raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour. This is the tough one.
Will extend unemployment benefits from $300 to $400 through August 29th.
Will send a $1400 check for those earning $75K or less or a couple earning $150K or less. This is a tough one. I would have limited those checks. Also, the Republicans should ask for $2000 checks. That’s how heavy this bill is.
The House plan would extend the 15% increase in food stamp benefits through September, instead of having it expire at the end of June.
The legislation would send roughly $19.1 billion to state and local governments to help low-income households cover back rent, rent assistance and utility bills.
In an effort to combat poverty, it would expand the child tax credit to $3,600 for each child under 6 and $3,000 for each child under age 18. Currently, qualifying families can receive a credit of up to $2,000 per child under age 17.
The bill would provide nearly $130 billion to K-12 schools to help students return to the classroom. What’s controversial about this is that the payments for the teacher’s union will go over the next four years and goes way above what they used to get.
The House bill now includes nearly $40 billion for colleges. Institutions would be required to spend at least half the money to provide emergency financial aid grants to students.
The bill would also provide $39 billion to child care providers.
The bill would make federal premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act policies more generous and would eliminate the maximum income cap for two years. This is trying to fix Obamacare and has nothing to do with COVID.
The bill would provide $15 billion to the Emergency Injury Disaster Loan program, which provides long-term, low-interest loans from the Small Business Administration. Severely impacted small businesses with fewer than 10 workers will be given priority for some of the money. It also provides $25 billion for a new grant program specifically for bars and restaurants. Eligible businesses may receive up to $10 million and can use the money for a variety of expenses, including payroll, mortgage and rent, utilities and food and beverages. The Paycheck Protection Program, which is currently taking applications for second-round loans, would get an additional $7 billion and the bill would make more non-profit organizations eligible.
Another $175 million would be used for outreach and promotion, creating a Community Navigator Program to help target eligible businesses.
The House legislation would provide $350 billion to state and local governments, as well as tribes and territories. States and the District of Columbia would receive $195.3 billion, while local governments would be sent $130.2 billion to be divided evenly between cities and counties. Tribes would get $20 billion and territories $4.5 billion. This is a bail out for democrat run cities and states who ran their states into the ground.
The House bill provides $14 billion to research, develop, distribute, administer and strengthen confidence in vaccines. It would also put $46 billion towards testing, contact tracing and mitigation, including investing in laboratory capacity, community-based testing sites and mobile testing units, particularly in medically underserved areas.
It also puts a crap load of money into infrastructure including libraries, schools, roads, bridges, art centers and museums.
It’s a crappy bill that takes out a lot of money that our kids and grandkids are going to have to pay off. It’s a disaster. This bill is definitely going to have issues getting through the senate as it is.
The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Thursday that the minimum wage hike could not remain in the proposal as written if it were passed through the reconciliation process, which Democrats will have to do in order to ensure a veto-proof simple majority. Basically, the Democrats need to prove that raising the minimum wage can be reflected in the cost of the bill. Of course, it can’t. The Republicans can filibuster this to require 67 votes to pass. They do not have anywhere near 67 votes.
Another problem, even if it gets through the reconciliation process, the Democrats cannot lose one vote. They need a 50-50 vote to have Kamala Harris be the affirming vote. We know of at least one Democrat, Joe Manchin, who is against the bill. I think there is another but am not sure.
This would be a big win for Biden. I find it sad to hear that this bill would be OK with the Republicans if it weren’t for the minimum wage increase. I also find it sad that the best way our politicians think to fix this problem with the economy is not a $1.9 trillion bill but just opening the economy.
Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders will not be accepted into advanced classes in Boston for the next year because a majority of students in those classes are white or Asian.
GBH News reported that the selective program, called Advanced Work Classes, will suspend enrollment in part because of the pandemic but also because of “concerns about equity.”
The school district analyzed the demographics of the program and found that “more than 70 percent of students enrolled in the program were white and Asian, even though nearly 80 percent of all Boston public school students are Hispanic and Black,” GBH reported.
Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said:
“There’s been a lot of inequities that have been brought to the light in the pandemic that we have to address. There’s a lot of work we have to do in the district to be antiracist and have policies where all of our students have a fair shot at an equitable and excellent education.”
School committee member said:
“This is just not acceptable. I’ve never heard these statistics before, and I’m very, very disturbed by them.”
The suspension of the program comes as schools across the country have begun teaching radical critical race theory, creating more classes insisting white supremacy can be found everywhere and denouncing merit-based systems as racist.
So being smart is racist. We can have people with more capacity than others. We must be a collective and in order to have a collective we must all be the same. Comrade.
We are going to have a lot of stupid people in the future.
Last week, Amazon decided to kill a biopic for Justice Clarence Thomas, on Black History Month, Great timing. But they also banned a book called When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement. The book is a scientific look at transgenderism and how people can gain an understanding on how to deal with them. It is not a book that disparages transgenders but teaches us how to understand them.
When asked, Amazon just pointed to their policies:
” Under a section labeled “Offensive Content,” Amazon states that they “don’t sell certain content including content that we determine is hate speech, promotes the abuse or sexual exploitation of children, contains pornography, glorifies rape or pedophilia, advocates terrorism, or other material we deem inappropriate or offensive.”
Amazon most recently added the “hate speech” portion of their policies. You know what the problem is with hate speech? What is hate speech? If the book mentioned earlier was an example of hate speech, what was said that was “hateful”?
He’s back and showed up at the Coderivative Political Action Conference.
He’s Back!
Donald Trump held his first speech since becoming a private citizen. It was held at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) conference in Florida on Sunday. He was the keynote and final speaker for the conference. It was a pretty good speech but it was very long, about 90 minutes.
Here’s what he said:
He committed to the Republican Party and denied starting a third party.
He talked about his successes during his administration.
He contrasted his successes with the radical policies of the current administration.
He attacked the culture directly:
He talked about Cancel Culture.
Defunding the police. Law and order.
The embrace of globalism. No one cares about us but us.
The embrace of socialism.
The Equity Act and how it will destroy women’s sports.
His talk of culture is important because this is what Conservatives are worried about.
Finally, at the end of his speech, he made clear that America was great, exceptional and an example for the world.
He said that the that America is great because of the people.
One of the things I was really worried about was that Trump would ponder too long on how the lection was stolen from him. This speech needed to be about the country, not him. He did well until the last half hour of the speech where I thought he did go off on the subject for too long. Good news for the speech, it was at the end and I don’t think many people were listening hard, including me, anymore. So it didn’t have the impact.
The speech appeared very well organized. Some had said most of the speech was on the teleprompter. And those always work well for Trump.
Trump, ever the troll, hinted that he might run again in 2024. He didn’t say he would, he didn’t say he wouldn’t. He just threw it out there. Don’t think that wasn’t on purpose. He’s just giver the news media a month of topics.
For the most part, it is not a violent war where we are shooting each other. It is not a war between Florida and New York. It is a civil war of culture. Cancel culture, censorship, anti racism, socialism vs. capitalism, the destruction of the family are all part of the culture war. Right now, no one on the Republican party is fighting the Culture War. They are worried about taxes and spending but not pushing back on whether boys are boys or girls are girls. They aren’t pushing back on cancel culture or censorship.
Donald Trump has proven he is going to fight this civil war. He says things that the Left hates. He does things that the Left hates. He represents things that the Left hates.
But should he run again?
No:
He will be 78 years old when he runs again. We haven’t been great with Presidents that old.
He creates his own conflicts. He’s clumsy. January 6th is an example of this.
He creates a moral argument against himself.
The problem with these arguments is everyone knew about these deficiencies before he won in 2016. We knew he was married a billion times. We knew he cheated on his wives. We knew he uses brash language. But he’s always been a fighter.
What if he does run?
He will have no competition. No one will run against him.
He continues to fight the Culture War. He is the only thing between us and the Left.
His successes will be used as a campaign benefit and then contrasted with Biden failures.
Do I think Trump will run? No. But if no other Republican can step up and take the reigns from Trump, Trump might run.
The Republicans need to find a new fighter. Someone who will counter the Cultural Civil War. Someone who is not afraid to be criticized and attacked.
