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[Commentary - Sowell Economics @sowelleconomics]

"Envy was once considered to be one of the seven deadly sins before it became one of the most admired virtues under its new name, 'social justice'."

- Thomas Sowell

[Voluntaryist Keith @an_capitalist]

"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing...You may know that your society is doomed.”

― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

[NWS Twin Cities @NWSTwinCities]

We are hearing reports of NWS weather radars (NEXRAD) being down. This is inaccurate, our radars are up and running and available to access real-time. There could be a specific vendor issues, but there are no nationwide NWS outages impacting radar data.

[Farm Girl Carrie™️👩‍🌾 @FarmGirlCarrie]

Wow, and here we are… 🌳 🪓

[The Black Opinion @opinion_black]

We have now arrived at this point. 👇🏽

[Benjamin Michael Langlois @RealBenMichael]

Patrick J. Buchanan wrote this in 2001

[Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre]

The lesson here is that Charlie was simply too forgiving

You can crush the left or they will crush you

They will never be swayed by your magnanimity

[Auron MacIntyre @AuronMacintyre]

If you have a basic level of dignity or self preservation you don’t let people use genocidal language towards you

It’s not because you’re actually worried about some stupid college girl or drug-addled comedian, language builds on itself, first a whisper, then a laugh, then a speech, then a mob

Humans are naturally vicious, and when they’re granted permission they will tear an object of hatred apart like a pack of jackals

Libs know what time it is, no matter how desperately conservatives deny it, they know things are coming to a head and they crave violence

They celebrated when Charlie was assassinated because they wanted him dead, they wanted you dead

The celebrities and pundits learned to moderate their language for a while but the demented soldiers continued to mock Charlie’s death and now the bigger voices are regaining the courage to mock

But it won’t remain mockery for long, the mockery is just a step towards violence, and the violence will start with politician and personalities, but eventually any Trump supporter will be a valid target

The reason is simple, the Trump admin refused to punish the left for killing Charlie and dancing on his grave

We pretended that acting shocked and appalled was enough, that clutching our pearls and talking about principles would stop the jackals from acting like jackals

The left already believed we were evil but they at least had to consider that conservatives had the government and the guns, but of course nothing happened, they killed Charlie and cheered and nothing happened

So now in addition to believing we’re evil the left KNOWS we’re weak, that violence is all upside with no downside, that assassinations are both effective and without cost

Being evil and weak in the eyes of your enemy is the worst possible combination, if you were evil and dangerous they may want to hurt you but fear would restrain them

But being evil and weak makes you below contempt, something your enemy is morally obligated to exterminate

So this will get worse, the left will get more violent, they will hurt and kill conservatives, and apparently it’s impossible to get anyone in power to care

Buy guns and ammo, start training with friends, no one is coming to save you

[Thomas Sowell Daily @DailySowell]

“If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves.”

— Thomas Sowell

[Handre @Handre]

The men who wrote the Constitution owned guns, distrusted bankers, and believed taxation without consent was worth dying over. They would not recognize the country operating under their name today.

Federal spending crossed $7 trillion per year. The income tax, which the founders explicitly rejected, now reaches into every paycheck you earn before you touch a dollar of it. The Federal Reserve, a central bank of the exact type Jefferson warned would strip citizens of property through inflation, has spent the last two decades aggressively expanding the money supply and handing you the bill through rising prices.

The founders drew the federal government's powers in a short, specific list. Congress could coin money, raise an army, and regulate interstate trade. What it could not do is not in that list, because the founders assumed the limits were obvious. They were wrong to assume that.

Today the federal government licenses your profession, subsidizes your competitor, dictates your health plan, and surveils your financial transactions above $600. The administrative state, staffed by unelected bureaucrats at the FDA, SEC, EPA, and an estimated 430 other agencies, writes rules carrying the force of law without a single congressional vote. Madison called this precise arrangement tyranny in The Federalist Papers(No. 47).

The founders risked hanging to escape a government that taxed tea at 3%. You hand over 30 percent of your income and are supposed to thank the state for the privilege of keeping the rest.

[Mike Benz @MikeBenzCyber]

Young white men (ages 18-25) swung from +28 for Republicans in 2024 to +17 for Democrats in 2026. That's a 45-point swing in 2 years that can't be blamed on demographics. They have massive debt, few jobs, high prices, a scary future, and there's nothing for them in the Iran War.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

I don’t think the GOP truly grasped how badly they were fucking up.

I talked to people who normally have ZERO interest in politics, and they were legitimately pissed off.

They didn’t see the major reform they expected, and they were REALLY MAD about it.

No true accountability.
No true mass deportations.
No meaningful decrease in the deficit.
Lots of very long vacations and no work.
No bills passed that REDUCED the government’s involvement in their lives.

People are pissed off that they voted Trump into office and the GOP kept slow-walking every reform they wanted.

Where were all the DOGE cuts that were promised?
Where was the SAVE Act?

Why didn’t we defund the Taliban?

Why did bills pass the House and then disappear in the Senate?

Why did the GOP keep funding left-wing NGOs that target and hate MAGA Republicans?

Why were members of the GOP pushing for mass amnesty instead of mass deportations?

People woke up, and they weren’t happy about it.

People believed they voted for the Trump agenda, and instead, they felt like they got the same old Washington.

Republicans in Congress didn’t produce tangible results, and they just discovered that frustration has consequences...

...but by the time they realized how deep-seated that frustration was, it was already too late.

Republicans had EVERYTHING.

The White House.
The House.
The Senate.

...and they totally blew it and people were pissed and voted like they were pissed, which sadly is the price of doing nothing when you had everything.

Completely avoidable.

[🇺🇸 @FreeStateWill]

"Read my lips: no new taxes."
- George Bush

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
- Bill Clinton

"You can keep your doctor."
- Barack Obama

"Drain the swamp."
- Donald Trump

[John @ackera1]

The answers were obvious all along.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

To avoid a repeat of last night’s shellacking in the 2026 midterms, Republicans should:

quit covering for pedophiles

put America before Israel

put farmers before corporations

quit funding wars abroad

reduce spending to control inflation

quit attacking independent voices

[J.J. Carrell @JJCarrell14]

“Why did the Republicans lose?”

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

The Republican congress did nothing. Achieved nothing. Took the mandate they were given and did precisely zero with it. Feckless losers who are relieved to no longer be in the majority. The only thing Republicans do with power is bide their time until they can relinquish it.

[Emerald Robinson ✝️ @EmeraldRobinson]

Trust me: the GOP party machine is pleased with these "election" results.

They betrayed all their campaign promises for a reason.

They wanted the Democrats to win.

Why? Because they don't take their orders from voters.

They raise more money from the donor class when they are out of power.

[Dr. Richard Harambe @Richard_Harambe]

Marking my home in hopes the government weaponizing democrats passover us

[Emerald Robinson ✝️ @EmeraldRobinson]

The current system cannot be fixed by the American people because it's rigged.

It's rigged at the mechanical level by voting machines.

It's rigged at the operator level by big banks and corporations.

It's rigged at the spiritual level by our loss of religious faith.