R. A. T. R.✝️

I stand here as a revolutionary. It is as a Revolutionary Against The Revolution

- Jesus is Lord
- Matthew 10:34
- America First
- Western Chauvinist

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA

[Stephen Miller @StephenM]

A useful way to think about migration is to consider what kind of societies the migrants have built in their home countries and to what extent you would like those conditions replicated here.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

Islam is not compatible with western civilization.

[R. A. T. R.✝️ @RATR1776]

@David_J_Bier

[R. A. T. R.✝️ @RATR1776]

@NickJFuentes Who would ever do such a thing?

[Allie Beth Stuckey @conservmillen]

All this hate for evangelicals when, statistically, we are the only bloc consistently holding it down for biblical marriage, the pro-life cause, secure borders, and every other issue.

We are by far the most conservative and united in every political, cultural, and moral area. This is not statistically contested. Without the strength and cohesion of this group, conservatives lose everything. Consequently, the country loses everything. Not an exaggeration.

So ask yourself: why would someone want to divide, destroy, and demoralize this stalwart group?

The answer is obvious if the person is progressive, but it becomes a bit murky when the people targeting this group are on the “right,” right? Something to ponder

[R. A. T. R.✝️ @RATR1776]

@findveritasx Protestant evangelicals are the only religious group in America that majorly opposes these things. Almost all data supports this, and the historically catholic countries are going through the same thing

[Endeavour @RoyalEndeavour]

In middle school, you're taught to believe that a black woman being told to sit somewhere else on a bus (70 years ago) is a greater injustice than this.

[R. A. T. R.✝️ @RATR1776]

@HeracleanVision The difference is that the U.S. demographic change since 1960s has mainly been from Hispanic countries that have some history of Christendom and are more compatible, while Europe imported from totally incompatible countries with no Christendom history
Neither are good tho

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

I wish everyone, including the haters and losers, a very happy Easter!

[Prowler @derzum_]

Trump has pushed to reopen more immigration cases than all previous admins combined, over 115k.

He has additionally revoked over 100k visas and set over 1.5m legal statuses for termination. This marks the most aggressive attempt at immigration-reversal on record.

[10Δ @_10delta_]

3 weeks ago I argued the US goal in Iran is to seize the global oil spigot. Venezuela in January -> Iran in February.

Neutralize every supply channel outside the dollar system within 90 days. Achieve a compliant successor government and complete energy dominance.

The oil thesis was the obvious layer. However, when you zoom out & view the last four years as a single sequence rather than isolated geopolitical events, the architecture of the grander US plan becomes visible.

1st was Europe, which laid the groundwork.

The Ukraine conflict provided the justification for sanctions that collapsed Russian pipeline gas from 150 billion cubic meters to 40.

Then Nordstream was destroyed, which rewired the entire European energy system permanently. The US went from supplying 28% of Europe's LNG in 2021 to 58% by 2025, exporting a record 111 million MTs, the 1st country in history to break 100 MT.

Europe was transformed from a customer with options into a captive market now purchasing its survival in USD.

2nd was Syria.

The fall of Assad severed the critical node connecting China's Belt & Road Initiative to the Mediterranean.

The trilateral railway linking Iran, Iraq & Syria, designed to bypass Western maritime chokepoints, was completely destroyed.

This isolated Iran geographically & cleared the path for what came next.

3rd was Venezuela.

In January the US effectively took control of the world's largest heavy crude reserves. The US Gulf Coast has the most advanced refining complex on earth, specifically built for heavy sour crude. Phillips 66, Valero & the rest are now positioned to process hundreds of thousands of barrels of Venezuelan crude daily.

The US captured a massive strategic reserve & solidified its position as the dominant exporter of refined petroleum products, an industry worth $110 billion in 2025 alone.

Venezuela & Iran were the two major oil supply channels that existed outside the dollar system. Both produce heavy crude sold primarily to China & evaded US financial supervision. Both now being neutralized within 90 days, which leads us to..

4th is Iran & the Middle East energy shock.

Israel struck Iran's South Pars gas field, the world's largest natural gas reservoir. Iran retaliated against Qatar's Ras Laffan, the single largest LNG facility on earth, responsible for a fifth of global supply. QatarEnergy's own assessment is that 17% of export capacity is gone and recovery will take up to 5 years. The Strait of Hormuz is closed. European gas prices spiked 70%. Asian spot prices doubled.

The only remaining scaled supplier? The United States.

If Iran falls & a successor government is installed that the US controls or influences (the Delcy model described weeks ago) then roughly 40 to 45 million barrels per day of global production out of 103 million is effectively under US control. OPEC becomes irrelevant because the US coalition is now the marginal producer. Now add the gas dimension & it goes beyond oil.

This war is solidifying the petrodollar system as it evolves into a hybrid petro/LNG-dollar. The old system was built on Saudi crude priced in USD. The new system is built on American crude plus American gas from the Gulf Coast, with no alternative supplier of comparable scale. The dependency is deeper because LNG infrastructure requires long term contracts & regasification terminals that lock buyers into supply relationships for decades. Europe & the Pacific allies (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.) cannot pivot away as there is nowhere left to pivot to. They're now locked into the US energy system.

The market confirms this. DXY went from 96 to 101. Gold down ~20% from its January all time high. Bitcoin down 20% on the year. Brent above $100. European & Asian institutions are liquidating precious metals and crypto to buy dollars because they need dollars to buy the only remaining scaled energy supply. The world is selling its gold to buy American energy in American currency. The dollar is now being weaponized through energy dependency.

The structural repricing is happening regardless of how the conflict resolves.

But the US grand strategy goes deeper..

Artificial intelligence is a physical industry. It runs on power and chips. Data centers require massive uninterrupted baseload electricity, primarily provided by natural gas. Semiconductor fabrication requires helium & rare earths.

By choking the Strait of Hormuz & crippling Middle Eastern LNG & helium production, the US is systematically degrading China's ability to power its data centers & fabricate semiconductors at scale.

The US is energy self sufficient, especially with newly captured Venezuelan reserves & expanding Gulf Coast capacity running on domestic gas.

On the other hand, China is import dependent & every joule it imports effectively now transits chokepoints the US Navy controls..

Iran was the Belt & Road's overland energy bypass, the corridor that allowed China to mitigate the Malacca Trap. With Iran neutralized that corridor is severed. China faces a world where its compute infrastructure competes for scraps on a depleted global LNG market, while American data centers run at full capacity on domestic energy.

Russia is next in the sequence. A post-war Iran reopening under US influence competes directly with Russia for the same refineries in China & India at lower cost. Iran's production costs are lower. Russia loses its last structural advantage in heavy crude & its economic lifeline. Additionally, under the Iran war cover, Ukraine has been opportunistically destroying Russian energy infrastructure & all signs point towards Russia being at the end of the line. The message from Washington becomes very simple: we dismantled two regimes in three months, your economy is about to get crushed, sign the Ukraine deal.

Then Trump sits down with Xi holding every card. Complete energy dominance. The hybrid petro/LNG-dollar fortified, Iran cleared, Russia cornered, & China facing the Malacca Trap fully closed with no remaining energy bypass.

Israel & the GCC are absorbing the kinetic cost of a conflict whose primary beneficiary, counter to the mainstream narrative, is actually America (First). Qatar offline for 5 years reprices the entire global gas market in favor of US exporters for the remainder of the decade. The Gulf states face years of rebuilding. Europe faces its 2nd energy crisis in four years.

Sure, the average American might face temporary moderate inflation & higher gas prices. But if you are the architect of the US empire & you view the rise of China & Chinese ASI as an existential winner takes all scenario, the collateral damage is acceptable cost.

Whoever controls the energy corridors controls the monetary system. Whoever controls the monetary system & the energy supply simultaneously controls the compute infrastructure that determines which civilization builds ASI first.

The US is seizing all 3.

[Hany Girgis @SanDiegoKnight]

Legal immigration to the U.S. is falling sharply in 2025 under Trump policies.

•Roughly 250,000 fewer visas issued vs. 2024
•About an 11% overall decline

Most major visa categories are down:
•Student visas: down over 100,000+ (30%+)
•Family visas: down ~27%
•Exchange / medical visas: down significantly
•Employment-based visas: also declining
•Multiple other categories also down

Exception:
•Temporary worker visas slightly increased (~+4,000)

•Visas for Chinese and Indian nationals fell by ~84,000
→ driven mainly by fewer students and skilled workers coming from those countries

The drop is policy-driven, not random:
•Expanded travel bans (19+ countries)
•Stricter vetting, including social media screening
•Paused or reduced visa interviews
•Reduced embassy staffing

Also tied to:
•Broader efforts to limit legal immigration pathways
•Administrative slowdowns and processing barriers

•For the first time in decades,
more immigrants are leaving the U.S. than entering

The debate (this is where narratives split)

Critics say:
•This hurts:
•Economic growth
•Innovation
•Universities and research pipelines
•Talent competitiveness globally

Supporters say:
•This:
•Protects American workers
•Reduces labor competition
•Forces companies to hire domestically

The U.S. is intentionally tightening legal immigration across most major pipelines, and the fight is whether that strengthens the domestic workforce or weakens long-term economic growth.

https://t.co/HzoxDLydWN

[White Papers Policy Institute @WhitePapersPol]

Once again:

You may sometimes be frustrated with the administration, especially Trump's offhand remarks.

But the fruits of the admin continue to be less immigration.

The border is closed, the illegal population is declining.

Student visas were down 36%.

H1Bs issued at consulates are down 28%, H1B family member visas (H4s) are down.

Legal immigration is expected to decline 33-50% more with the policies coming into effect this year.

[R. A. T. R.✝️ @RATR1776]

@_sn_n Difference between a memorial for a dead man and a crosswalk celebrating degeneracy

[Norm Macdonald @normmacdonald]

What terrifies me is if ISIS were to detonate a nuclear device and kill 50 million Americans. Imagine the backlash against peaceful Muslims?

[Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre]

We're definitely getting a Rosa Parks moment out of this

[Rep. Andy Ogles @RepOgles]

“Legal” immigration from the third world is going to get Americans killed.

Hart-Cellar must be REPEALED and Muslims must be banned.

[Congressman Brandon Gill @RepBrandonGill]

Immigration isn’t “good” just because it’s legal.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

"@shmopniggadick: @realDonaldTrump for president"