As an Iranian watching this rescue mission unfold, I was praying the American pilot would make it out alive, not just for him, but so the Islamic Republic could not use him as a bargaining chip or claim some twisted “victory.”
At the same time, I felt a deep envy.
Your government sent elite special forces, million-dollar aircraft, and moved heaven and earth to bring one American home. No hesitation. No excuses.
In Iran, the regime uses human shields and recruited child soldiers to clear minefields during the Iran-Iraq war. They treat their own people like disposable tools. They are now recruiting child soldiers as we speak.
The Islamic Republic has zero regard for human life. That’s the brutal difference.
One side risks everything to save their own.
The other sacrifices their own to stay in power.
This hits hard when you have lived under both realities.
(1) I don't think protestors should attempt to interfere with immigration agents.
(2) I think every American has the right to carry a gun.
(3) I think you, when engaging in obstruction with federal agents, can get hurt. When armed, things can go wrong.
(4) I think we actually don't know as much about this situation as we presume because both sides are focused more on telling narratives than getting to the facts of what actually happened.
(5) I think Tim Walz and Jacob Frey have made the situation far worse and destabilized by amping up white progressives and refusing to assist immigration agents.
(6) I think Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino have made the situation far worse by being unrestrained in how they proceed, not prioritizing the criminals, gang members, and more seriously problematic illegals, and not thinking of the public relations fall out should things like what are happening actually happen.
(7) I think Trump supporters who want an unrestrained and unmeasured deportation response are playing into the hands of progressives' PR and alienating normal voters.
(8) I think Trump cannot back down from deportations due to mob violence because that will only encourage more mobs and violence to stop other polices the left does not want.
(9) I think every illegal should be deported. I think prioritizing the worst ones who are criminals, gang members, drug dealers, etc. is a smart strategy and exposes the Left's sanctuary policies as unreasonable.
3 Communists walk into a bar, one orders a $15 mixed drink, one a $10 Martini, and the other a $6 beer. When the bill comes, based on their mantra, they are forced to split the bill equally.
Next week, the three, once again, return to the bar, but this time, they all ask for separate checks, so the bartender asks them, why aren’t they splitting the bill equally, since in communism, everyone pays the same fair share. The three communists reluctantly agree, and once again split the check 3 ways.
The following week, the three communists return, but with a mob of devoted followers, and protest the bartender, to change the prices of all their drinks, to the cheapest drink on the menu.
In fear of his business vandalized or burned down, the bartender agrees. So the following week all the communists come in and enjoy their $6 equally priced drinks, and celebrate the successes of communism.
The Communists continue this for several more weeks, until one Friday they return to the bar, to find it closed, with a sign out front, stating that the bar is out of business.
And that comrades, is how communism works.
For the record:
“The individual is nothing; the collective is everything.” - Stalin
“The interests of the individual must be subordinated to the interests of the collective.” - Mao
“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State.” - Mussolini
“We’ll replace rugged individualism with collectivism.” - Mamdani
Don’t be afraid to call out objective evil when you hear it.
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.
Lithuanians gathered at the U.S. Embassy in the capital of Vilnius tonight, to mourn the 4 U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team (1ABCT), 3rd Infantry Division, from Fort Stewart, Georgia, who were killed during a training exercise last week in Pabradė. Additionally, Lithuanians have managed to raise over $100k for the families of the Soldiers.
@KurtSchlichter@PeteHegseth As a mom of 3 active duty enlisted (Army and Navy), thank you. When all 3 were home for HBL in December, they had some stories that would raise eyebrows for sure.
GOP — you have a mandate. Use it.
Slash spending.
Reduce size and scope of government.
Eliminate the income tax.
Do it fast. Don’t give the bureaucrats time to block you.
Don’t betray the vote we invested in you.
MAGA has a choice to make, which has been set before it. Does it support Liberty, or does it crave power. It cannot have both. It needs to speak clearly, loudly, and with one voice that it supports American Liberty. Give us Liberty, or give us Death.
Biden tells us to trust the bureaucracy to investigate the assassin’s motive.
But the feds categorized the crazed, leftist congressional baseball shooter as “suicide by cop” — even though the shooter had a well-documented left-wing political bent and made sure that the players on the field were Republicans before attacking.
And there does need to be an investigation regarding the security protocols used in Butler. The answer to the following question must be provided in short order: how did someone, armed with a rifle, get on top of a roof 150 yards away from the stage?
DC bureaucratic failures almost never result in any accountability; this time needs be to be different. Our country is in the peril its in partly because the DC ruling class has consistently evaded responsibility for its failures.
Why many Republicans will never support Trump ever again?
✔️ I have never supported or wished Donald Trump any harm. I do NOT want to see him go to jail, and he shouldn't lose his businesses/fortune. I've never wavered on this.
✔️ Whether or not I believe the 2020 election was stolen is irrelevant, Joe The Zombie Biden is POTUS.
✔️ Donald Trump will never be president again, the Democrats made sure of this already. Whether you like it or not, the damage is done. Winning is all that matters, and Trump lost too many Republican voters between 2021 - 2022, 100% of the Democrats and most independents are motivated to vote against him, and that's a losing hand 100% of the time.
✔️ Maybe the worst part is Trump knows the Republican party can beat Biden, just as long as it's not Trump going up against Biden.
✔️ I despise Trump because he refuses to allow Republicans to nominate a candidate that can win. All Trump has to do is cut a deal to ensure he's protected, and Republicans can start winning again.
✔️ I refuse to support someone that puts themselves above all else, even when over 350 million lives are at stake.
✔️ If Trump truly wants Republicans to win, all he has to do is cut a deal with a Republican leader not named Nikki Haley. But instead Trump will drive us right off the cliff.
✔️ Notice how all the trump supporters are telling us that voting for Trump is a must because otherwise we support Biden. Imagine how we feel, we can win every election if Trump steps away, but he refuses to allow anyone to win unless he gets the credit. We can literally win the House, Senate, and WH if just one person, Donald Trump, ends his campaign. Let that sink in for a second.
This is why I despise Donald Trump and why so many Republicans will never vote for him again.
I am a @RonDeSantis conservative, and only support principled conservative candidates.
@GovRonDeSantis@TrumpWarRoom@realDonaldJNews
Trump was to destroy the establishment, but now they are stronger than ever, and they have engulfed Trump and MAGA.
Has anyone noticed any discernible change in the GOP?
They sign all the debt bills, they don’t use their leverage to force border security, they support cultural leftism, so on and so forth.
But because Magadonians cannot think critically concerning Trump, those who wish to reform are powerless. As we all know, once you declare your love for Trump, all is instantly forgiven. The establishment, and the left by proxy, has used that to enable the very globalist WEF agenda they fear!
As such, the claim that ‘AMERICA can be saved only if we elect Trump’ is bogus!
“Feeling” like things are better under Trump is not the same as things “actually” being better under Trump.
MAGA is being played like a toy, and the rest of us are unable to do anything about it… unless we dissent.
Strongly.
I didn’t want to be part of another #NeverTrump movement.
A year ago, I would have chafed at the mere thought.
But here we are. And it is a righteous cause.
This has nothing to do with Ron DeSantis. He NEVER asked us or encouraged us to withhold support to Trump. But his treatment by Trump and his goons served as a catalyst and wake up call.
MAGA is a insidious cancer to America. It is the exact opposite of its stated meaning. It’s maddening!
This country has drifted into complete insanity: the transgender movement, a criminally wide open border, a clearly dementia riddled president, a historically dysfunctional House of Representatives, and now MAGA. The list of perpetual craziness grows daily on the left AND right.
As patriots we cannot allow this to stand unchecked.
I refuse to be quiet and accept that our best two options are two corrupt elderly men! Neither can save America!
THEY ARE THE EMBODIMENT OF THE DESTRUCTION WE CURRENTLY LIVE IN!
To save America they BOTH must go!
So keep talking! Demand change!
#NeverTrump
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