Mark T Miles

Born & Raised in Chicago, ILL proper in a loving Catholic family. OTR truck driver (semi-retired) & proud American-Irish decent☘️

[Toni @ToniLL22]

Counting ballots?! Does that sounds familiar to you? 🔥👇🔥

This political cartoon nails the absurdity of California’s extended ballot counting process.

Elections are supposed to produce confidence. California’s system too often produces confusion.

The joke works because it captures what millions of voters already think when they watch California results trickle out long after Election Day. At some point, the public stops seeing a careful process and starts seeing a political guessing game.

That is the problem.

California officials will tell you the long count is about processing mail ballots, verifying signatures, curing problems, auditing totals, and making sure every legal vote is counted.

Fine. Every legal vote should be counted.

But trust is not built by stretching results out for days and weeks while leads change, margins move, and voters are told to sit down, be quiet, and accept that this is normal.

Most Americans understand that close races take time. They understand that accuracy matters.

What they do not understand is why one of the biggest and richest states in the country so often looks like it is counting ballots with a calendar instead of a clock.

That is where the cartoon lands.

The image is not just about one politician. It is about a system that has made itself easy to mock.

When people are left watching new vote drops appear long after the polls close, the natural question is not partisan. It is basic common sense.

Why does this take so long?

Why does it always seem to move in one direction?

Why should voters trust a process that feels hidden from the people it is supposed to serve?

California’s leaders can complain about election skepticism all they want, but they should start by looking in the mirror.

A transparent, fast, understandable count builds confidence. A slow, confusing, extended count destroys it.

The bottom line is simple.

If a state wants voters to trust the results, it should not run elections in a way that makes distrust feel rational.

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@waymac_007 @SteveSchmidtSES @menocchio8 TAKE YOUR MEDS...YOUR RELAPSING !!!

[GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE @GOP_is_Gutless]

Mike Gallagher, the 8th most recognized talk radio personality, in the U.S.A., is heard by over 2.25 million listeners weekly. He compiled and wrote the following essay entitled, "Obama: It was You."

* It was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner - "I am one of you."
* It was you who on ABC News referenced - "My Muslim faith."
* It was you who gave $100 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to rebuild foreign mosques.
* It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict- "I will stand with the Muslims."
* It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that - "I am a Muslim."
* It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.
* It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning America and professing Marxism.
* It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that the rest of us have to pay.
* It was you who purposefully omitted - "endowed by our Creator " - from your recitation of The Declaration Of Independence.
* It was you who mocked the Bible and Jesus Christ's Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the 'HOLY' Qur'an.
* It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.
* It was you who instantly threw the support of your administration behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the hallowed crater of the World Trade Center.
* It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast, but hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the White House
* It was you who ordered Georgetown Univ. and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you would agree to go there to speak, but in contrast, you have NEVER requested the mosques you have visited to adjust their decor.
* It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.
* It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.
* It was you who said that NASA's "foremost mission" was an outreach to Muslim communities.
* It was you who as an Illinois Senator was the ONLY individual who would speak in favor of infanticide.
* It was you who was the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the White House, and went so far as to hang photos of Chairman Mao on the White House tree.
* It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.
* It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.
* It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture, but yet, have submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.
* It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists, and instead profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu and the victim of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.
* It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.
* It was you who ordered the United States Postal Service to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a new commemorative stamp.
* It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help "empower" the British Muslim community.
* It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in Grammar schools across our country.
* It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.
* It is you who departs for Hawaii over the Christmas season so as to avoid past criticism for NOT participating in seasonal White House religious events.
* It was you who was uncharacteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, formerly America's strongest ally in North Africa; but, remain muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.
* It was you who appointed your chief adviser, Valerie Jarrett, an Iranian, who is a member of the Muslim Sisterhood, an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood.
It was you the whole time who ushered in this mess we are in!

[Just Jen ℞ 🫡🇺🇸 @JustJenRX]

Liberal poll workers deny a man a ballot for wearing a MAGA hat! Fun fact: YOU CAN WEAR ANYTHING YOU WANT, AND THEY CANNOT DENY YOU A BALLOT!!! It’s a violation of your civil and constitutional rights!

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@RedRepublicIV @SGTWipper1Each @MoHartman99 OOORAH !!! 🇺🇸

[RedRepublicIV~Boomer🇺🇲Ville @RedRepublicIV]

@SGTWipper1Each @MoHartman99 Thank you for your amazing service Gunny Ermey.
You represented The Marine Corps with Honor and Dignity....R.I.P.
Semper Fi

Now for the rest of you...
How would Drill Sargeant Ermey respond to me if I called out his"Gig line" in the lower right corner?

Let's hear it!😁

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@SGTWipper1Each Loved him

[Christopher Wipper @SGTWipper1Each]

R. Lee Ermey enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1961. He served as a drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.

Along with serving as a drill instructor, Ermey was also a rifleman and repair shop mechanic throughout his time in the Corps.

In 1968, he arrived in Vietnam where he served 14 months attached to Marine Wing Support Group 17. He then served in Okinawa and he rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant.

In 1972 he was medically discharged for various injuries sustained during his service.

On May 17, 2002 Ermey received an honorary promotion to Gunnery Sergeant, thus becoming the first retiree in the history of the Marine Corps to be promoted.

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@GadSaad @RealDeanCain GREAT LEADER...GREAT PRESIDENT !

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

An American hero.

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@CalkarenG @GOP_is_Gutless TELL ME THAT GUY DOESNT LOOK LIKE THE JOKER W/O MAKEUP ? I'd love to see his wife take an IQ TEST 🤣...what a MAROON !!!

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@GOP_is_Gutless WHO EVEN FUCKIN CARES ANYMORE @ CALIF...ITS LOST, BROKE & ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT SATURATED ! ITS A DESOLATE SWAMP LAND OR LANDFILL AT BEST ! 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@ToniLL22 STUPID IS AS STUPID VOTES ! Look at NY...I REST MY CASE YOUR HONOR !!! 🤑 Let'em waddle in their own SHIT & WATCH THE SHOW ! LOOK @ CHI...EVEN THE F...... BEARS ARE LEAVING FOR A RED STATEbc of the RACIST MAYOR & LUNATIC BILLIONAIRE GOV...VOTE W/YOUR FEET & WALLET !!!

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@ToniLL22 Look U cant expect any better from the ppl of Maine ! U also can't FIX STUPID so they say ? This is the same ppl that gave us the BRAINDEAD SENATOR COLLINS & THE ONLY REASON SHE GETS SUPPORT IS HER SERIOUS MENTAL CONDITION OF TDS ! They have no other reason then Orange man BAD !

[Toni @ToniLL22]

Hypocrisy indeed!!! 👇👇👇

This meme sadly sums it up better than most cable news segments ever could.

For years, Democrats like Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have thrown around words like fascist, authoritarian, and threat to democracy so casually that the terms have almost lost meaning.

They use them against Donald Trump, against conservatives, and against policies as basic as border enforcement, election integrity, and shrinking the size of government.

But when the target is one of their own, the standards suddenly vanish.

Democrats who posture as moral referees are perfectly willing to wave through conduct they would never tolerate from the other side.

A candidate with an actual Nazi tattoo, pro-communism posts, and a pile of other ugly controversies somehow still gets treated as acceptable, or at least not disqualifying, because he is politically useful to them.

That is not principle. That is tribalism.

If a Republican candidate had a Nazi-linked tattoo, mocked a wounded veteran, and carried the baggage of multiple vile scandals, the media and the Democratic establishment would be in full meltdown mode for weeks.

There would be wall to wall coverage, emergency panels, and nonstop lectures about character, decency, and the future of democracy.

Here, though, the response is basically a shrug.

That is why the hypocrisy is impossible to ignore.

These are the same people who want the public to believe every disagreement is some grand battle against fascism.

Yet when they are forced to confront something truly ugly in their own political orbit, they suddenly discover nuance, silence, or selective blindness.

At best, it is pure hypocrisy.

At worst, it shows that all the moral outrage was never really about values in the first place.

It was about power, messaging, and protecting their side while condemning everyone else.

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@Sassafrass_84 I HEARD THAT ! WORD !

[Sassafrass84 @Sassafrass_84]

True story.

[Mark T Miles @MarkTMiles9]

@alasecofstate GTFO !!! NO WAY...DEMOCRAPS SAID THEY DONT VOTE IN OUR ELECTIONS 🤔 could this be true 🤔 Im shocked, mortified, confused & SICK & TIRED OF THIS BULLSHIT GOING ON SO WE CAN BECOME THE SAME SHITHOLE LIKE GB ! THIS IS UP TO THE PPL (indpnd) TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS

[Wes Allen Alabama Secretary of State @alasecofstate]

Press Release: Election Integrity Update from Secretary of State Wes Allen: “Noncitizen Pleads Guilty to Voting in Alabama Elections in Federal Court”

Read more here: https://t.co/MuqOAkkwuX

#alpolitics

[US Oil & Gas Association @US_OGA]

"Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking."

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, closing his Order of the Day to the troops --

Evening of June 5, 1944.

Share this tonight -- so people can remember that so much of what they enjoy today is in large part because of what happened 82 years ago tomorrow.