Woke-Standing on Their Betters’ Shoulders

There are those who stand on the backs of what other men made, and then forget. So are self-identified “elites” ruining our Country? Taking us down a “woke” road whose end they cannot define? So where did “wokeness” come from? Our elected leaders? “Captains of industry?” Our guardians of democracy—the Fourth Estate? My guess is …

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Janet Yellen Wrote A Letter

     Warning that if the debt limit is not increased, by around Thursday, bad things would begin to happen, and they affect you and I, because the government is going to protect itself, not you and I. Besides, the government has never protected you and I, nor could it ever. That was always an illusion, …

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Follow The Money. Biden Has Sold Out The Country

The Chinese Communist Party is pervasive in the Biden Administration.  Its money and influence run rampant throughout every aspect of the current regime in D.C.  The foul stench is now too strong to ignore.  It is time to admit that which we’ve been reluctant to think much less say aloud, the malodorous vapors of national treachery are in the air.

Omar, Schiff, Swalwell to Get Some Brutal News from McCarthy

Newly-minted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to make good on his vow to kick Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both of California, off the powerful House Intelligence Committee, and Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota off the House Foreign Affairs Committee. After House Democrats stripped GOP Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Marjorie Taylor …

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Top Trump Ally Getting Everything He Needs to Go After the FBI

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It was always part of the House Republicans plans to conduct a probe into the weaponization of government law enforcement and national security agencies. But, according to GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, in one of the concessions made to win the votes of freedom caucus members in his bid for the speakership, now-House Speaker …

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Democracy in Action or a Political Hijacking?

We heard repeatedly last week from pundits and politicians on the right that democracy is messy and we must let the process play out. And yes, up to a certain point, rigorous debate between factions inside a political party is beneficial.  For example, few conservatives would argue that stand-alone spending bills on individual items of …

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Bump Stocks Are Okay Again, But Illinois Tees up an AWB

     At least now, your finger is safe from gun legislation, because you’ve always been able to mimick a machine gun with a belt loop on your britches, with one finger through the belt loop and another on the trigger, both from the same hand while loosely supporting your semi automatic rifle. What the 5th …

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John Surdu: Thoughts on the Speaker Kerfuffle

John R. “Buck” Surdu In previous articles, I have been quite outspoken that there is little difference in my mind between the Demonic Democrats and the Repugnant Republicans. In particular, I predicted in at least two articles that the highly anticipated “red wave” was going to be a red trickle. Simply put, the midterms were …

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GOP Dissident Pompously Rejects Trump’s Phone Call, But Quickly Reversed his Earlier Vote

Ahead of voting in the 14th ballot on Friday night, House Republicans were cautiously optimistic they might be able to carry GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy over the finish line. As it turned out, it was the 15th round that put him over the top to become the speaker of the House for the 118th Congress. …

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Musk Weighs into the Speaker Debate

As the standoff over who will become the next Speaker of the House continues into its third day, Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk made his position clear. In an early Thursday morning tweet, Musk expressed his support for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. In a second post, he asked, “If not McCarthy, then seriously …

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