The Epstein Files?
Release all.
Sort through them.
Round up the suspects.
Liberal use of polygraphs and “enhanced interrogation” techniques.
Public Executions.
The slow kind.
As always I only support military action anywhere, in any context, if it directly serves the interests of American citizens. It’s troubling that the arguments we’re hearing for this war in Iran, including from Trump himself, seem to revolve primarily around “bringing freedom to the Iranian people.” As Americans, the freedom of Iranians is not our responsibility. If a single American life is lost in the service of that goal, it will be a travesty.
What nobody has even come close to sufficiently explaining is how this war will first and foremost directly benefit American citizens. That is a case that needed to have been made clearly and convincingly before this move, and it wasn’t. We’re also told how this will benefit Israel, and I’m sure it will. But Israel is not America. What does it do for America? How does it help us? That needs to be explained to us. And it isn’t “panicking” or demonstrating “disloyalty” to demand those very basic answers about how American tax money, and potentially American lives, are being spent.
We hear about the danger of a nuclear Iran, but that’s odd because we were told that Iran’s nuclear capabilities had already been set back decades. We hear that this war will be over quickly and easily because Iran is powerless, which I hope and pray is the case, and maybe it will be. But that’s odd, too, because if Iran is such a paper tiger then how were they a danger to us in the first place? It seems hard to argue both that Iran is an existential threat to the United States and that we can topple them in 20 minutes with no casualties or negative downstream effects.
Also the political calculation really matters here. A huge majority of American oppose this. That’s just a fact. If it costs Republicans in 26 and 28, then, no matter how things work out in Iran, it will not have been worth it. A free Iran at the cost of Democrat rule here at home is a bad deal. A free Iran for an unfree America would be just about the worst trade of the century.
I’m praying for our great country today.
I believe America is for Americans.
I believe no other country should have influence of America or its elected officials. Zero. I believe in hard work. I believe in merit. I believe in personal responsibility doing your part, handling your business and building a life you're proud of. I believe it should be a hell of a lot easier for people to earn and keep their money than it is right now. You shouldn't have to work three jobs to support your family. You shouldn't be taxed into submission by a system that punishes producers while rewarding the lazy. The government's job isn't to strangle prosperity, it is to protect the freedom that allows it.
I believe in equal opportunity...not equal outcome. You should be free to go as far as your work ethic & skill can take you and when you do, that should be celebrated, not vilified. I believe in helping people up when they fall. I believe in trying your hardest and getting back up when you stumble. I believe in being kind, but not soft. I believe in being honest, but not hateful. I believe in raising the standard in your own house before trying to fix the world with hashtags, slogans, and performative outrage. When you win, you should be respected. When someone else wins, you should be clapping. We've lost that. We need it back.
I believe in freedom of speech, especially when it's offensive to hear. Let all views be heard and let things sort themselves out. I believe in having a sense of humor, in laughing at each other. In disagreeing without having to burn someone's whole world down. I believe in harsh and swift punishment for violent crimes. I believe we're being manipulated into fighting each other so we never notice how bad we're all getting screwed. I believe most people, regardless of politics, want the same basic things: to be left alone, to raise their families, to live with purpose, to make money and to chase what matters to them without apologizing for it.
I believe who you are is built through your actions, not the labels someone puts on you. I believe strong men raise strong families and that fatherhood, discipline and masculine leadership should be honored, not attacked. I believe the people elected to represent us should be held to a higher standard not just when it's convenient, but always. I believe in building people so strong they never need to be rescued by the system again. I believe we should all take privilege of being American seriously and our lives should honor those that came before us and inspire those coming after us.
That's the America I believe in.