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Watching the circus in Chicago is appalling. Week after week people are dying in the streets. democrats seem so inured by the violence and death that it's all normal to them. The past weekend saw 54 people shot and 8 killed. To Gov. "JBeefy" Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson it's another day at the office. Pritzker, who went to the safest part of Chicago with his retinue of bodyguards to proclaim how safe the city is says "Authoritarians thrive on your silence." He adds "There's no emergency that warrants deploying troops in Chicago". To date this year 1166 people have...

It seems like just yesterday that Ilhan Omar said that it's "categorically false" to call her a millionaire. Well, OK, it wasn't yesterday but it was back in February of this year when she cried poverty. "So if you are going to lie on something that is public, maybe try checking my public financial statements and you will see I barely have thousands let alone millions," I have written extensively about Ilhan Omar. In 2019 I described as "A cancer in the House of Representatives." Anti-American, homophobe, anti-Semite, intolerant math failure. She is a cancer in the House. She once...

Since Donald Trump has begun the push to deport illegal aliens, we’ve seen stories about families being broken up, and people losing their homes or being deported without having been arrested for crimes other than illegal entry. The stories are framed sympathetically to wring American hearts, but they don’t change the debate because you can’t run a country based on emotional anecdotal narratives. Still, that’s exactly what Democrats want the country to do. They’re suggesting that most of the 40 million illegal aliens they invited into the country over the last quarter century are doctors, engineers, or saints, and, therefore,...

Ever go fishing, catch a fish and release it only to have it take the hook again? You're watching that happen right this minute. Donald Trump issued an executive order about the desecration of the US flag (not that many actually read it). The order does not explicitly criminalize flag burning but directs the Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, to "vigorously prosecute" individuals who violate existing laws in ways that involve flag desecration, such as public nuisance, disorderly conduct, or property destruction. It also instructs federal agencies to refer cases to state or local authorities when...

Gavin Newsom has been searching for an identity for his pursuit of the Presidency in 2028. It appears as though he's settled on one. He's been advocating for violence against Republicans (this one is Obamaesque). Gavin Newsom calls for violence against Republicans: “We’re going to punch these sons of b*tches in the mouth.” He knows what he’s doing. He’s inciting more riots and attacks against Republicans. Arrest Newsom for promoting violence. pic.twitter.com/WgcGE0CZCp — Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) August 21, 2025But the rest have a theme. He's holding press conferences that are looking increasingly familiar Gavin Newsom: "$175 billion in the...

Adam Schiff is one of the most, if not the most, execrable persons in world. For years we've been listening to this pencil-necked reprobate spread lie after lie after lie about Donald Trump. I'd love to have a dollar for every time he said "Russian collusion." He was censured for his lies about this, but it wasn't even close to what was deserved. Still, the lies weren't enough. He would leak classified information for the express purpose of dirtying up Donald Trump. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), then the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, authorized leaks of classified information...

Gavin Newsom sucks. He is the slimy, smarmy Governor of California. By any measure he is a failure. He has been doing all he can to raise his stature and visibility for a Presidential run in 2028, which really isn't a good idea. Increased visibility means increased scrutiny. As I mentioned already, Newsom is a failure. PJ on X has complied a handy list for us: Governor Gavin Newsom’s top 20 failures in California 1. Homelessness Crisis: Over 180,000 unsheltered despite $24 billion spent since 2019. 2. Housing Shortfall: Promised 3.5 million new units by 2025, but construction lags severely....

Our Constitution, perhaps the greatest document in human history behind the Bible, is not quite perfect. In 2025, we can see things that might have been added. Number one is probably term limits. Another would be a prohibition on deficit spending outside of war. And maybe they could have added something about judges being responsible for the crimes the criminals they release into society commit… No doubt there are countless things we could sit here 250 years later and think of that the Founding Fathers could have added, but didn’t because they couldn’t see into the future. One thing they...

democrats are a mess. A tawdry, discombobulated mess. They are flailing about trying to find something they can stick to Trump, but nothing is. The Epstein filesNo one really cares about this anymore, but that's not stopping the democrats. Two different judges have refused to allow the release of the files (one was an Obama-appointed judge) but they persist in asking for something that is not allowed, and they know it. Kristi Noemdemocrats are seeking to get Kristi Noem killed. They have twice doxxed her home address and then wonder why she's staying in quarters normally occupied by an Admiral...

Jeffrey Clark is an American lawyer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard University (A.B., 1989), earned an M.A. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware (1993), and received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (1995). Clark served as Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division (2018–2021) and acting head of the Civil Division (2020) at the U.S. Department of Justice under the Trump administration. He is a dedicated American patriot. Clark is now facing threatened disbarment for seeking the truth. James Burnham: On the heels of DC attempting to disbar @JeffClarkUS,...

We all knew, but there's nothing like concrete evidence. Hillary Clinton and her democrat ilk concocted the biggest election fraud conspiracy in the history of the United States. You know most of the players, but let's familiarize you with a couple of other names. Critical to this conspiracy were one Julianne Smith and Leonard Benardo. Julianne Smith is the alleged creator of the Russian collusion scheme. She served as the head of Hillary Clinton’s Europe team during the 2016 presidential campaign. Leonard Benardo is a senior vice president at the Open Society Foundations, a George Soros funded organization. In July...

The esteemed Thomas Sowell, easily the most important economist of the last 50 years, turned 95 a couple of weeks ago. He has an extraordinary ability to take complex ideas about economics and culture and distill them down in prose that speaks to everyone from PhDs to those with a GED. His ability and willingness to address issues from race to economics to history in compellingly readable books are unmatched. Indeed, his Cultures trilogy is one of the most robust weapons one might equip themselves with in any battle against the nonsensical wokeness that plagues America in the early 21st...

Projection is a funny thing. In psychology, this is generally what it means: Projection is a defense mechanism by which an individual unconsciously attributes their behaviors, emotions, impulses, undesirable characteristics, and thoughts to others.2 It is a way of taking our internal dialogue and turning it into an external exchange, as if our own beliefs or behaviors belong to someone else. It also can be both unconscious and conscious. In the case of democrats not only is it conscious, but it's been raised to also an art form. You can bet large sums of money that projection is the underlying...

Nobody saw this coming. I mean nobody. Yesterday, the Times ran another electrifying story headlined, “After Ghislaine Maxwell Interview, Concerns Mount Over Possibility of a Trump Pardon.” Pardon concerns mount! In the passive voice! By themselves! Yesterday, in the warm, cozy, Sunshine State climate, “Todd Blanche, Attorney General Pam Bondi’s top deputy, concluded a second extraordinary day of interviews with Ms. Maxwell,” the article explained. In other words, after years of Biden Administration stonewalling (and file padding), Ghislaine Maxwell got a two-day DOJ interview faster than Little Caesars could deliver a jailhouse pizza. And not just any random DOJ interviewer,...

democrats have no message for America. None. Donald Trump has them careening about trying to find something to stand for. Their Russiagate hoax has collapsed and the cretins of the intelligence community (Brennan, Clapper, Comey and assorted scum and villainy) are in jeopardy of going down with it. So, democrats changed course- to defending illegal alien criminals over Americans. Americans aren't liking that either, so they've turned to a Hail Mary play- demanding that Trump release the Epstein files. Guilt by association. It's a Machiavellian ploy. They know whatever remains can't be released without a court order. Former Epstein lawyer...

The First Punic War began in 264 BC, lasted 25 years, and was fought between the Romans and the Carthaginians, a civilization in what is today modern Tunisia. The Carthaginians were the most powerful and prosperous force in the Western Mediterranean and North Africa, while the Romans were a growing power on the Italian peninsula. After two decades, with both sides financially and demographically exhausted, Rome prevailed. Carthage ceded Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, and paid substantial reparations. The Second Punic War lasted from 218 to 201 BC. This is the war that saw Hannibal attack from the north, taking his...

You might remember Mahmoud Khalil. He was anti-Semitic student at Columbia who SoS Marco Rubio tried to remove from the country as an undesirable. America-hating democrats have chosen him as their cause celebre and have decided he is worthy of beatification. Khalil made the rounds with those America hating left-wing politicians for photo-ops yesterday. I had a productive meeting with Mahmoud Khalil today who was illegally detained by the Trump admin. Students continue to be wrongfully disciplined for exercising their First Amendment rights and protesting a taxpayer-funded genocide in Gaza.Our institutions shouldn’t fuel an… pic.twitter.com/8vl1nj0h49— Rep. Summer Lee (@RepSummerLee) July...

Remember when Obama said "We didn't have a scandal that embarrassed us" during his Presidency? Yeah, about that. DNI Tulsi Gabbard has released her findings in regard to the Russiagate hoax and all roads point to Obama. Obama officials had zero empirical evidence of a Russia/Trump conspiracy: Obama-era intelligence officials acknowledged that they had no "empirical evidence" of a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election, but continued to publicly push the "narrative" of collusion.The House Intelligence Committee, in 2017, conducted depositions of top Obama intelligence officials, including Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, national security...

I'd said it here many times. Liberals have zero long term memory. Or they have memories of convenience. Either way, they're pretty much useless. The entire party is in disarray. No message, no leader and they're left trying to create a crisis they had in their power to resolve years ago. The Democratic Party has no leader and no message. That’s not a right-wing talking point; that’s the findings of a poll commissioned by a Democrat SuperPAC. As reported by The Hill, a survey conducted between May and June by Unite the Country showed voters perceive the Democratic Party as...

The Epstein saga continues, now with a bit of legerdemain. The alleged "Epstein list" has disappeared. Pam Bondi made the announcement a couple of weeks ago. When asked about the list In February, Bondi did say "It's sitting on my desk right now to review.” Then it stopped existing. When questioned about her February statement, Bondi did try to walk back her "Epstein list" comment after the DOJ memo shut down the idea of a client list existing. She claimed she was talking about the broader case files, not some specific bombshell list. "I was referring to the entire Epstein...