Ben Grizzle

Renewal of cities & Western culture thru local church. Anything outdoors, great ideas well written, permaculture. Follow the 1. Married the 1 for me; we have 4.

[Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog]

All men are called to fatherhood. For most this will take the form of parenthood. A much smaller subset of men will become spiritual fathers through a religious vocation. But to reject this call entirely and live only for yourself is to remain stuck in a perpetual state of emotional and psychological adolescence.

[David L. Bahnsen @DavidBahnsen]

I believe the biggest message may be in two states that Harris actually won - New Jersey and Illinois. Harris only winning two deep blue states by 4 or 5 points that Biden won by 17 points is a screaming message about progressive culture war failures. From crime to police to migrants to school board issues, etc. - even blue states become pragmatic when progressive ideology runs amok. This is not a political failure, it is a cultural one. Critical theory and its insidious ideological cousins are failures - and politics follows culture.

[Alan E. Godwin @alangodwin52]

In the book of I Samuel, God gave the Israelites what they begged for when Saul became their king. This seemed to be the only way they would open their eyes to what they were unwilling to see. Perhaps something similar is happening now.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect.  All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections. We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy.

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

Please retweet this brand new ad from Kamala Harris

[Secretary Pete Buttigieg @SecretaryPete]

The economic experts didn’t think it was possible after Covid. In most countries, it still hasn’t happened, but after so much hard work and struggle by the American people, here it is: full employment, low inflation, and strong growth.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

I agree with 2016 Ben Shapiro, JD Vance, Nikki Haley, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio and so many others on their opinions about Trump before they realized they had no future in Republican politics or right-wing media unless they sold out.

[Republican Accountability @AccountableGOP]

.@RepCharlieDent on his decision to vote for VP Harris: “I have policy disagreements with Kamala Harris…Sometimes, elections aren't about right or left in terms of policy. Sometimes, it's about right or wrong…I'm going to choose honorable over dishonorable.”

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

The verdict on phone free schools from a school superintendent: "Do it," and "I've already seen the results:"

https://t.co/U0BNDeD8yk

[Olivia Julianna 🇺🇸🦅🗳️ @0liviajulianna]

I’m not going to sit here and say I love Liz Cheney with all my heart— but it’s absolutely bullshit that she’s out there for the most part standing alone because men like Mitt Romney and George Bush don’t have the courage to stand up for the constitution.

[Ben Grizzle @bendgriz]

@DavidBahnsen I trust you’re being ironic…
This makes me want to vote for her more: holding parents accountable for failing at their fundamental job of rearing their children? And then the hard cut to a bizarre ambiguous charge that she’s not hard *enough* on crime? Pick a lane.

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

The attorney general of Texas is suing the United States government so they can get their hands on private medical records of women who leave the state to get care.

Trump won’t let anyone see his medical records, but these guys want to get their hands on yours?

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

If your response to Gen John Kelly, gold star father & Trump’s WH chief of staff, confirming that Trump praised Hitler & called members of our military “suckers and losers” is to defend Trump, you need to look in the mirror and realize your dishonor will live forever.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

NEW

The conservative American Enterprise Institute says that Trump’s proposed tariffs would cost Americans as much as $3.9 trillion.

“Potentially one of the biggest tax hikes in decades"

[Cooper @justcuuper]

Go ahead, MAGA. Spin it. Why are 23 Nobel Prize winning Economists wrong and you’re right?

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

Wow.

This ad is very powerful. Puts into perspective the historic danger that Trump poses to America.

Please watch and share 🎥 from @VoteVets:

[Raylan Givens @JewishWarrior13]

It's very surreal to see the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin lit up like this today 🇮🇱🇩🇪

[David L. Bahnsen @DavidBahnsen]

On this one-year anniversary of the utterly horrific October 7 attacks against Israel, the depraved Hamas terrorist atrocity of a year ago proved to be more than just the bloodshed and violence of that day,  It provoked and catalyzed the events that would shine a light on far more evidence of severe anti-semitism around the world than many people knew existed, not merely in the villainous caves of the depraved Hamas cells, but on American college campuses, various media outlets, and other fringe corners of far right and left circles.  It also has now provided the world a chance to see that Israel's vows and determination for self-preservation are not merely bark, but a whole lot of bite, and her foes under-estimate her resolve to their own peril.