John Rutledge

Obedience is not a virtue

[Jay Bhattacharya @DrJBhattacharya]

Huzzah! The consent decree in Missouri v. Biden is a historic victory for free speech in the US. Though I had to switch to the government side in the case after I became NIH director, I've never been more pleased by "losing" in my life. A huge win for all Americans.

[John Rutledge @JohnRutledge33]

@TheFP Ya think?

[John Rutledge @JohnRutledge33]

@PGATUOR A

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna announces plan to BLOCK passage of 'must-pass' FISA reauthorization unless the SAVE America Act is attached

"FISA IS UP FOR REAUTHORIZATION. No clean reauthorization unless SAVE AMERICA ACT attached."

Patience is wearing thin. SEND IT TO TRUMP! 🇺🇸

[Mary Talley Bowden MD @MaryBowdenMD]

It’s time for the truth to come out. The pandemic changed everything, yet those in charge are acting like it never happened. HHS needs to stop sweeping the facts under the rug. Who else is ready for some real accountability?

[Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke]

There is a deeply disturbing trend in which political actors are not only inventing “hate speech” as a crime out of thin air, as Tim Walz does, but going even further by placing unwanted or unwelcome speech in the same category as actual violence, which is what Mamdani is doing. Put the politics aside for a moment. Forget the antisemitism or the personalities involved. What is at stake here is the basic foundation of America.

I have no idea who Jake Lang is, and from what I can see he appears to be a horrifically odious character. So what? If someone wants to spout reprehensible views, that simply allows everyone else to see exactly who they are. That is the core premise of free speech. Everyone gets to say what they want, no matter how offensive, and society sorts truth from falsehood through open debate.

Violence is the exact opposite of that principle. It is not about expressing views. It is about intimidation, coercion, and ultimately harming or killing people in order to silence others.

To treat speech as a crime, and then to lump speech together with acts of terrorism, as Mamdani’s tweet yesterday did, is a complete inversion of the principles on which America was built.

[John Rutledge @JohnRutledge33]

@RMConservative Same for new home construction...

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Unrealized gains tax for Gen-Z:

You buy a Pokémon card for $50.

Someone offers you $500 for it. You say no. You love that card. You're keeping it.

The government says: "Cool, but that card is worth $500 now. You owe us $100 in taxes."
You: "…I didn't sell it."

Government: "Don't care. Pay up."

You don't have $100 lying around. So you're forced to sell the card you love just to pay a tax on money you never received.

Next month? That card drops back to $50.

Your card is gone. Your money is gone. And the government shrugs.

That's a wealth tax on unrealized gains. They don't pay you back the tax...

Now picture this.

Your mom calls you crying. She has to sell the house she raised you in. Not because she can't afford it. She's lived there 30 years. It's paid off.

But some website says it's worth more now and the government says she owes $15,000 she doesn't have.

So she sells your childhood home. The kitchen where she made you breakfast. The doorframe where she marked your height every birthday.

Gone.

To pay a tax on money that was never real.

Now picture the opposite.

Your dad put everything into his small business. For 20 years he built it from nothing. One year the business is "valued" at $2 million on paper. He owes a massive tax bill. He empties his savings. Sells his truck. Borrows money. Pays it.

Next year the market crashes. His business is worth $200,000.

He lost everything to pay a tax on a number that doesn't exist anymore.

Does the government give him his money back?
No.

Does the government give him his truck back?
No.

Does the government care?
No.

They sold this idea as "taxing billionaires." But billionaires have armies of lawyers, offshore accounts, and trusts. They'll be fine.

You know who won't be fine? Your mom. Your dad. Your neighbor with a small business. The farmer down the road who's had the same land for four generations and now has to sell it because dirt got expensive.

You're not taxing wealth. You're taxing people for owning things.

It's like getting a parking ticket for a car you might drive somewhere someday.

They want you to own nothing and be happy. To fund the fraud, waste and abuse of the welfare state they created.

There is enough money. More tax isn't needed. It's all a lie. But you've been gaslit into believing this is a rich vs poor debate.

I hope you understand what's at stake.

[Patri0tsareinContr0l @Patri0tContr0l]

Every liberal who screams about RFK Jr should watch this 60 Minutes segment. Truly unbelievable.

In 1958, Congress enacted a GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) exemption that allows food companies to independently verify the safety of their ingredients with NO government oversight.

In short, companies can put whatever the fuck they want in your food.

In Europe, there are 400 legal ingredients. In America, there are somewhere between 4,000-10,000!!!

We have literally been eating poison while our government looked the other way.

[Dr Rangan Chatterjee @drchatterjeeuk]

We Are Failing A Generation of Kids!

Delighted to see such a big piece in The Guardian today detailing my thoughts about the growing use of screens in our children's lives.

Over the past decade, childhood has fundamentally changed. Many young people are now spending significant portions of their lives in digital environments designed to capture and hold their attention.

It is so clear to many healthcare professionals that this rapid increase in screen time is having a devastating effect on the health and wellbeing of our children. There are multiple potential issues including anxiety, depression, worsening eyesight, visual problems and lower quality sleep.

Another concern of mine is that these devices (especially social media use) train distraction.  Everything good in our lives comes from our ability to be present - our relationships, self worth and contentment.

We are failing our kids. Our job is to protect them and put safeguards in place like we do with gambling and pornography.

Successive governments have been weak and allowed tech companies to decide what is best for our kids. A few weeks ago, there was hope that a social media ban for under 16s would be forthcoming in the UK but, unfortunately, it seems as though the current government are trying to stall this with another 'consultation'. This has been going on for far too long. We already know enough. How many more kids need to be negatively impacted before action is taken. It is time the politicians acted and did what we expect them to do - protect the wellbeing of our children.

This is not about blame. Teachers and parents are struggling and need the government to help. As @JonHaidt eloquently says, this is a collective action problem.

We are in the middle of a widespread social experiment that no one consciously signed up for. And it is our kids who are paying the price.

What do you think? Do you think we should ban social media for under 16s? What about the rapid increase of screen use in schools? I'd love to hear your perspective below!

Read the full article: https://t.co/HBvTKU9xwa

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

WOAH 🚨 US Rep Tim Burchett exposes Congress Reps give military contractors no bid contracts and then buy stocks in those companies right before awarding the contracts

He says Congress makes 500-600% return on their investments when doing this insider trading scam

Tim Burchett says Congress did this during the Ukraine War

“I'll give you a good, great example. When Joe Biden gave our our missile defense system” to Ukraine “We give them our missile defense system, and then we have to replenish ours — Some of those contractors we described get a multi, multi-billion with a B dollar no bid contract. And who do you think has bought stock in that, in that company? Members of Congress, 2 weeks prior to the president making that official notice.

— They're making 500% and 600% return on investment.

“War is great for business, it's great for the economy, but it's not good for, I don't think it's good for ourselves.“

“War is great for business”

[Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee]

Study: Smart underwear shows people fart way more than anyone thought
https://t.co/X4wSIeKoyc

[The Free Press @TheFP]

After four years in an unsatisfying relationship, this young woman sees ‘singledom as a complete gift,’ and wants to know: Does she have to settle for a guy? Our advice columnist weighs in. https://t.co/ZWZVObnO38

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

Norway consistently wins the most medals at the Winter Olympic Games, with a population of just 5.6 million people.

A big part of their success is how they treat youth sports—and it’s the opposite of what we do in the US. Here’s what we can learn from Norway:

1. Scorekeeping:

In the US: Youth sports tend to be hyper competitive even at early ages. Leagues almost always keep score.

In Norway: Scorekeeping isn’t even allowed until age 13.

Removing winners and losers keeps the focus on the process not outcomes. It keeps kids engaged longer because it minimizes pressure (and tears) and maximizes fun, learning, and growth. The goal isn’t to win a third grade championship. It’s to love sport and keep playing.

2. Trophies:

In the US: If you give everyone a trophy, you’re creating snowflakes who will never gain a competitive edge.

In Norway: Whenever trophies are awarded, they are handed out to everyone.

If getting a trophy makes young kids feel good, we should give them trophies. Maybe they’ll come back and play again next year!!

As for the creation of snowflakes with no competitive edge—Norway’s athletes are tough as nails and all they do is win.

3. Prioritizing Fun:

In the US: Far too often, the goal is to win.

In Norway: The national philosophy is “joy of sport.”

Youth sports in the US are driven by adults, ego, and money. Youth sports in Norway are driven by fun.

Only half of kids in the US participate in sports. The number one reason they drop out: because they aren’t having fun anymore. In Norway, 93% of kids participate in youth sports. Fun is the foremost goal.

4. Playing Multiple Sports:

In the US: There’s pressure to specialize early and play your best sport year round.

In Norway: Try as many sports as you can before specializing as late as college.

Norway encourages kids to try all types of sport. This reduces injury and burnout and increases all-around athleticism. It also helps promotes match quality, or finding the sport you are best suited for as your body develops, which is impossible if you commit to a single sport too early.

5. Affordability

In the US: There is increasingly a pay-to-play model with high fees for leagues, equipment, and travel. This excludes many kids from playing.

In Norway: It’s a national priority to keep youth sports affordable and therefore accessible for all.

Kids aren’t priced out, which creates opportunities for everyone to participate (and develop into athletes), regardless of their parents’ income level.

We could learn a lot from Norway:

In the US, 70% of kids drop out of youth sports by age 13. This not only diminishes an elite-athlete pipeline, but it also destroys an opportunity for healthy habits and all the character lessons kids can learn from sport.

In Norway, lifelong participation in sport is the norm. The goal isn’t to have the best 9U team. It’s to develop the best athletes. Those are two very different things. And Norway has the gold medals to prove it.

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Wajahat Ali: "Whites you already lost once you took us in. We're breeding people, we import relatives, marry western women."

[The Free Press @TheFP]

“Fox is one of the most admirable people I’ve ever met. Despite his physical difficulties, he is an incurable optimist and utterly fearless about living his life—publicly—with Parkinson’s.”

Read @Opinion_Joe’s interview with Michael J. Fox: https://t.co/D59KJyeTiK

[SaltyGoat @SaltyGoat17]

Ya, no evidence whatsoever right?

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

I’m still going through the Epstein files to discuss on the show tomorrow. Some people are arguing that the nonsense in the files — unsubstantiated “tips” called in from anonymous schizophrenics, etc — means that the documents never should have been released at all. I understand that argument but totally disagree with it, which is why I’ve called for the release for years.

The fact is that the “conspiracy theorists” were right. There is a powerful network of evil, degenerate, incestuous elites whose behavior even when it is not criminal — though it often is criminal — is nevertheless disgusting and depraved. For years they have enjoyed far more privacy than they ever granted us. They deserve to be exposed, even with whatever unintended consequences may accompany it.

I don’t see any other option. In a post COVID world, trust in our institutions and the elites who run them is nonexistent. These are the people who locked us in our homes and lied to us about the reason. They lied about George Floyd. They spent years claiming that the best way to treat a gender confused adolescent girl is to chop her breasts off. They have lied so brazenly and so frequently at the highest levels of society that now we cannot be satisfied with anything less than complete radical transparency.

Yes, liars and charlatans will take whatever they want from the files out of context to support their preferred narrative. That is not ideal. But the path we’ve taken for the past several years — allowing the very people implicated in the files to decide which parts of it we can see — is far less ideal. In fact it is totally untenable.

This is where we are now. Put it all on the table and let the chips fall where they may. So be it.

[Nayib Bukele @nayibbukele]

A journalist asks about human rights.

[Paul White Gold Eagle @PaulGoldEagle]

BOOM! ARCHBISHOP VIGANÒ DROPS A NUCLEAR TRUTH BOMB AND NAMES THE GLOBAL ELITE IN "CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY"

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò just spoke the truth from the throne of truth. The former Apostolic Nuncio to the US didn't hold back when he talked about the dangerous subversive elite that has gotten into the highest levels of Western institutions to push a criminal global plan. This isn't just a theory; it's a coup happening all over the world, destroying democracy, sovereignty, and faith right in front of our eyes.

They do it under nice names like Agenda 2030, fake health emergencies from the WHO, climate hoaxes, and digital surveillance cages, all of which are sold as "progress." But Viganò shows it for what it is: a planned attack on human freedom, which is the worst crime ever committed against people. These powerful people have made everyone their slaves by setting up a system of coordinated oppression around the world and using fear, coercion, and lies to keep people in line.

Fauci, Gates, Schwab, Soros, von der Leyen, Bourla, and all the people they control in government. The Archbishop directly named these architects. They're the ones who started the totalitarian regime that is now spreading like wildfire across Europe, Canada, Australia, and every country controlled by the UN, NATO, WHO, and WEF. They've turned "public safety" into a weapon to take away rights, keep people from speaking the truth, and make people do what they say.

Anyone who tries to expose this global coup will be silenced, threatened, or arrested. Journalists are kicked off platforms, doctors are slandered and ruined, activists are thrown in jail, and regular patriots are called "extremists" just for asking real questions. The Archbishop won't be quiet, even though the soul of the West is being dragged into a cage.

He stands up for Rainer Füllmich, a German lawyer who is being held as a political prisoner for looking into the crimes. Viganò says loud and clear that Füllmich should not be in jail, but the people who committed the worst crime against humanity. The people who are really criminals are the ones who want to lower the population, impose medical tyranny, and make the Great Reset nightmare happen. They're scared because people are starting to wake up. The Church is speaking out, whistleblowers are coming forward, and the light is breaking through the darkness.

This is a battle between good and evil, freedom and fear, and light and darkness. The elites thought they could shut up God's voice, but Viganò just showed that they can't. The deep state puppets, the billionaire overlords, and the globalist monsters have all been named, shamed, and put on notice.

Speak up now. Stand up for those who are being persecuted. Demand justice for the crimes against people. Let the people who tell the truth go. The storm is here, patriots. The awakening can't be stopped. These evil elites want to rule everything, but We the People, with the help of God's truth, will bring them down. They don't think the reckoning is coming soon. NCSWIC. Stay strong, Anons. The best is yet to come, and the plan to take down the cabal is already in motion. God wins.