๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
The Atlantic has identified the Democratsโ man problem and prescribed a cure so cynical it writes its own punchline: pretend to like sports. Greg Gutfeld could not resist.
He started with the diagnosis the magazine skipped. โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บโ, Gutfeld said. โ๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ? ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅโ.
Their solution, he noted, is not to drop the contempt โ it is to costume it. โ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช-๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ข๐ด, ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ-๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ดโ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ.
And Gutfeld put his finger on why it cannot work. The same movement now studying box scores has spent years framing athletics as oppression โ โ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บโ, he pointed out. You cannot brand a thing as bigotry on Monday and cosplay as its biggest fan on Tuesday.
The deeper tell is in the ask itself. A political party that needs a magazine article to instruct it on how to โ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐คโ has already lost the plot, because ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง, ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐.
๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ.
In less than a year, the swamp critters went from being forced to pass the OBBB to being begged to pass a bill to fully fund DHS and ICE.
The only way this great American experiment works is if the elected leaders are afraid of the people voting them out of office.
If only we had a media that was pro American and pro the People.
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
It was long past midnight when Sen. Mike Lee turned to the chamber: ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต. During the Senateโs June 4 vote-a-rama he dragged the SAVE America Act onto the floor and forced every colleague on the record. The bill could not be simpler: prove you are a citizen when you register, and show ID when you vote.
Then he made the comparison no Democrat wanted to hear โ that countries from Mexico and Brazil to India, Argentina, Peru, and even Botswana already require voter ID, while the United States does not. ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐จ.
And the threat is not hypothetical. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด. That is not a turnout problem. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ.
When the yays and nays were called, the amendment carried fifty to forty-nine. Susan Collins crossed over to back it. Every single Democrat voted no. Because Lee had offered it as a budget waiver, it needed sixty โ so a majority of the Senate said yes to citizenship at the ballot box, and Democrats blocked it anyway. ๐ ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ.
Tomorrow they will call this voter suppression. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก: ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ.
Henry Nowak died the same way a civilization dies: abandoned, handcuffed by authorities who neither trusted nor cared for him, and accused of hate crimes he did not commit. His murder is as tragic as it is enraging. He should still be alive today, and he would be if the last few generations of European elites had stood their ground against the politics of self-hatred and the mass invasion of migrants, many of whom despise the West and the people who love it.
Henry was far from the first to so needlessly lose his life, and I fear he wonโt be the last. Each time a life like his is lost, the proper responseโthe only responseโis righteous anger. One of the most important things the Trump administration has proven to the world is that stopping the flow of mass migration and defending national sovereignty is a matter of political will and leadership. Anything else is an excuse.
It is because we love the West that we want to preserve it. We love our civilization. We love our country. We love our children. And nobodyโnobodyโshould ever die the way that Henry Nowak died. May God comfort those who loved him, and may God rest his soul.
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
When local Democrats decided to stop protecting a federal facility from rioters, border czar Tom Homan did not beg. He hardened the building and started collecting evidence on the people attacking it.
The fight is over Delaney Hall, the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey. This week Mayor Ras Baraka announced the city would pull its police back from securing the facility, arguing the cost belongs to the operator, not Newark taxpayers. Homanโs account of what he found when he arrived is damning: โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ 911 ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด... ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅโ.
So the federal government did the job the city would not. Homan said the feds ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ โ more wire, embassy fencing, Jersey barriers, floodlights, drones, and cameras running facial recognition on the crowds. His message to the agitators outside: โ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ.
And he drew a hard line on the mayorโs retreat. ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐-๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐. Homan said he struck an agreement with the state police, the police department, and the governor โ the same playbook he ran in Minneapolis โ and warned that backing out now hands the problem straight to the White House.
Then he closed the door the activists keep trying to pry open: โ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅโ. He said he personally went through the files. Not a roundup of the innocent โ a lawful detention center the local government simply decided to stop defending.
๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ.
He brought his children to Normandy โ at his own expense โ to honor the fallen of the Greatest Generation. Americans who gave everything to defeat tyranny & save the world.
Every parent should teach their kids what real sacrifice & courage look like. Thatโs how we keep freedom alive.
Proud to serve alongside a Secretary of War who leads by example, on & off the battlefield.
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
President Trump just told his new acting intelligence chief, Bill Pulte, to start clearing house โ and Washington is already in a panic (via Eric Daugherty).
โ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ, Trump said of the sprawling Office of the Director of National Intelligence, calling it ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ and adding that heโd โ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณโ (Wall Street Journal).
The directive is blunt: Pulte should ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ of firing a large chunk of the DNI workforce, much of it Biden and Obama holdovers, before a permanent director is even named. Trumpโs own aside about Pulte said the quiet part out loud: โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข, ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ขโ.
Pulte, who just replaced Tulsi Gabbard on an acting basis while keeping his post atop the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has ๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ โ which is precisely why the holdovers fear him. The same Senate Republicans who slow-walked Trumpโs nominees suddenly discovered an urgent concern about his โ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆโ.
For years the intelligence bureaucracy treated Trump as a suspect rather than a president. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ.
๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ญ.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
When @sircalebhammer told Joe Rogan โ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, 2033, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ณ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ตโ, some of you asked whether the math actually checks out. It does. Every number below comes from the governmentโs own ledgers. Follow along.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ: ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐ง
In 2024, Social Security paid out $๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. It took in $1,418 billion โ $1,349 billion from payroll taxes and benefit taxation, plus $69 billion in interest (2025 Trustees Report). That is a $67 billion hole in a single year.
Now check the trust fund balance: $2,788 billion on January 1, $2,721 billion on December 31. Down exactly $๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง. The books balance. The program does not.
Strip out the interest โ which is just the Treasury paying itself โ and the cash deficit was $136 billion. Costs have exceeded tax income ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ (SSA).
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ $๐.๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง
The retirement fund held $๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง at the end of 2024. It ran $103 billion short that year alone โ and the shortfall widens annually, because roughly 11,000 Americans turn 65 every single day (Alliance for Lifetime Income).
The trustees track reserves as a percentage of annual cost: 169 percent in 2025, under 100 percent by 2029, empty during 2034 for the combined funds โ and the retirement-only fund hits zero a year earlier, in ๐๐๐๐ (2025 Trustees Report). Drain $2.5 trillion at an accelerating pace and that is exactly when you hit bottom.
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ
Here is the mechanism nobody in Washington explains. Social Security can pay benefits from only two sources: the trust fund and incoming payroll taxes. It has no authority to borrow. The day the fund hits zero, checks are automatically limited to whatever the 12.4 percent payroll tax brings in.
The trustees calculate that incoming taxes will cover exactly ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ญ of promised retirement benefits at depletion (2025 Trustees Report). The programโs cost already runs 15.15 percent of every taxable payroll dollar โ and climbing โ against a tax rate frozen at 12.4 percent. That gap IS the cut. No vote required. No veto possible.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค
The average retirement check is $2,081 a month (SSA, April 2026). A 23 percent cut is $๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก โ $5,744 a year, gone.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget ran it by household: a dual-earner couple retiring in 2033 loses $๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ. A single-earner couple loses $13,600 (CRFB). And CRFB now projects insolvency could arrive in ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ even sooner than Hammer said.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
In 1960, 5.1 workers paid in for every beneficiary. Today 184 million workers support 68 million beneficiaries โ ๐.๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ (SSA). The trusteesโ own 75-year math shows $๐๐.๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง in unfunded promises, a number that grew $2.5 trillion in one year. That is roughly $6.8 billion in new unfunded obligations for every day Congress does nothing.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐
Fix it today and the trustees say it takes a 3.65-point payroll tax hike to 16.05 percent, or a 22.4 percent benefit cut. Wait until the fund is empty and it takes 4.27 points to 16.67 percent, or a ๐๐.๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ (2025 Trustees Report). Every year of delay makes the surgery bloodier. Eight years out, neither party will even put a bill on the table.
Rogan asked, โ๐๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ?โ The governmentโs own actuaries answered that question in writing a year ago.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐. ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐!๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
While critics insist the homegrown terror threat is overblown, Trumpโs Justice Department just laid out a plot that was incubating on American soil โ and the details are chilling.
Federal prosecutors charged three men with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS: Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California. According to the complaint, beginning by at least February 2025 the three pledged allegiance to ISIS and its leader over Discord and encrypted calls, and funneled more than $2,000 to someone they believed was an ISIS operative.
This wasnโt talk. Prosecutors say ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค!๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐.๐. ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ. Ghafoor allegedly said it would be โ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ฌโ โ as in cool โ if his name could be written on the drone used in an attack on Americans. Investigators say his name was in fact written on the projectile of a rocket-propelled grenade meant for U.S. troops, and that Shamsaldeen talked about stabbing a servicemember himself.
Sit with the geography. ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐. ๐๐๐ค๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐. Not a war zone โ three quiet American towns, where young men sat behind keyboards plotting to fund the deaths of the soldiers their neighbors send overseas. This is the homegrown radicalization the experts keep assuring us weโre imagining.
And then the part that gets buried: it was stopped. ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ. No lecture about root causes, no hand-wringing โ just investigators finding the people who want Americans dead and putting them in handcuffs.
๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ค!๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Every few days Tehran floats the same shimmering promise: a deal is close. Retired Gen. Jack Keane, one of the sharpest military minds in the country, says it is time to stop falling for it. โ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏโ.
Iranโs strategy, he argues, is not peace โ it is the clock. โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆโ, Keane says, timing it so that ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
And he warns against rewarding the stall with money. โ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณโ. His reason is history, not theory: โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆโ. Every signature Iran has ever put on paper, it later erased.
So Keaneโs counsel is the opposite of caution. With Iranโs economy in freefall and the regime weaker than it has been in decades, he says the moment should be pressed, not squandered: โ๐๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ, and ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฏ๐.
This is the choice the pro-Israel hawk has warned about for years. A weakened Iran that is allowed to catch its breath does not reform โ it rebuilds, and it remembers.
๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐ญ.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
Californiaโs jungle primary sends the top two vote-getters to November regardless of party, and for the first time in years Democrats are staring at a real scenario where both finalists could be Republicans. Asked what heโd do about it, Gavin Newsom let the mask slip.
He opened with the dodge. โ๐๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏโ, he said, insisting โ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆโ. Then, instead of stopping, he kept talking โ and the quiet part came out.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ตโ, Newsom said, โ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏโ. ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ .
This is the party that spent a decade branding any doubt about an election a threat to democracy. Now its biggest star is openly war-gaming how to override a result he doesnโt like before a single vote is counted. And itโs not idle talk: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐, a move designed to keep Chad Bianco out of the top two (Politico).
Read the logic plainly. When the rules might produce an outcome Democrats want, the rules are sacred. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง.
๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฒ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ .
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
She was on stage at Turning Point USAโs Womenโs Leadership Summit in San Antonio โ the flagship event built to pull young conservative women into the movement โ when a protester began shrieking the same vile line over and over, trying to hijack the room. โ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฑโ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ดโ, the heckler screamed, again and again.
Kirk did not flinch. She let the noise wash over her, stood in silence for a few beats, and then delivered the only line that mattered. โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ตโ ๐๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ, ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ค, ๐ง๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ โ just a prayer aimed at the person trying to humiliate her in front of a packed hall.
Remember who this woman is. Erika Kirk took over as ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ after her husband Charlie was assโssinated in front of a campus crowd. She inherited an organization with a presence on more than 4,200 high school and college campuses and over 800,000 lifetime student members, and she has carried it forward while raising their children and burying their father.
The left spent years insisting that conservatives are the party of ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. Then a stranger stands up and accuses a grieving widow of the single most monstrous thing he could invent, and her answer is to wish him peace. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ. One side throws the filth. The other side prays for the person throwing it.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐. ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐.
Sending ballots in the mail to people who moved out of California years ago is corrupt.
Sending ballots in the mail to people who didnโt request one is corrupt.
Sending ballots in the mail to every address someone has lived in for the past 10 years is corrupt.
Letting activists sign up mentally unstable people for a ballot by using phony addresses is corrupt.
Not letting third party law enforcement officials check the voter rolls is corrupt.
Letting one political party control the entire process for decades leads to corruption.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
At the end of a grueling nineteen-hour overnight session, the Senate did the thing Washington has promised for years and never actually delivered (via Libs of TikTok).
By a vote of 52 to 47, the chamber passed a $๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐ and sent it to the House. The breakdown is enormous: $38.6 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection, and another $5 billion for DHS to spend on enforcement as it sees fit (CNBC, Washington Times). The money is locked in through fiscal 2029 โ funded for the rest of President Trumpโs term.
Then the clerk read the tally out loud. โ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ 52, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ 47. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅโ.
Here is the line that tells you everything. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฌ. Zero. The only Republican to break ranks was Lisa Murkowski. An entire party looked at the largest border-security investment in modern American history โ the resources to actually finish the job at the border โ and decided the safer political move was to vote against it.
This is the difference between talking about the border and funding it. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค; ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ. The bill now heads to the House, where the same choice waits for everyone who has spent four years insisting they care about the rule of law.
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐
The Vances are expecting their fourth child this summer, a boy due in late July. It reads like an ordinary family announcement until you learn what changed Usha Vanceโs mind โ and that it traces straight back to the worst day of Erika Kirkโs life.
In an excerpt of his forthcoming book published by the Wall Street Journal, Vice President JD Vance describes his wife holding Charlie Kirkโs widow as the grief first broke over her. โ๐๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฌโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฌ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ด๐ฉ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆโ.
That confession landed on a marriage where the question had already been asked and answered. โ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ด๐ฉ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆโ, Vance writes, ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ.
Then it shifted. โ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ด๐ฉ๐ข, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บโ. Vance adds that he does not know why God works this way, only that โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ดโ.
Charlie Kirk spent his public life arguing that faith and family are the answer to a culture that worships neither. ๐๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ โ a son who would not exist if a grieving widowโs honesty had not reached the woman holding her.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง. ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐.