John Trustman

Conservative, capitalist Christian. Behavioral game theorist and computational linguist. Father of nine (six adopted) and grandfather of five.

[John Trustman @jwtru]

"There's no cure for stupid."

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

"'Gays for Gaza?' If a gay person goes to a Muslim country, they will be stoned to death. Feminists for 'Palestine'? If a feminist goes to Palestine, she will be beaten and forced to marry a Muslim man."

He's 100% correct.

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

"'Gays for Gaza?' If a gay person goes to a Muslim country, they will be stoned to death. Feminists for 'Palestine'? If a feminist goes to Palestine, she will be beaten and forced to marry a Muslim man."

He's 100% correct.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: A German soccer fan who flew to the USA but was fearful about coming because of news about criminals and people being mean...

...breaks down into TEARS, live on air saying he has FALLEN IN LOVE with America after a random man named "Bob" in Boston gave him a ride home after he was stuck at a game with no way back to his hotel

The German soccer fan's name is Sebastian, he said after meeting Bob, he extended his entire trip.

He said leaving America will hurt worse than watching Germany get knocked out of the World Cup.

"I fall in love with America. I'm sorry, it's just so emotional. Americans are not rude... if we are together, we can achieve great things."

THIS IS THE AMERICA I KNOW!!!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Isaac @isaacrrr7]

Israel no olvida
El Mossad no perdona

El terrorista de Hamás Muhammad Ashour, cuyo video se viralizó el 7/10 arrastrando a una joven israelí, quien violó el cadáver de la joven, fue abatido en una operación de inteligencia de las FDI.

Se estaba escondiendo como personal médico.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@TheAliceSmith I read the Declaration of Independence out loud today with heartfelt conviction.

It is a work not just of genius, but also of a purity of soul that resonates to this very day.

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

As many blue cities in the US cancel July 4th fireworks, this is the scene today in Tokyo:

[Basil the Great @BasilTheGreat]

Douglas Murray on how Keir Starmer will be remembered

"If he's remembered at all it will be for him deciding that instead of dealing with bad things in the country, he would instead arrest the people who didn't like the bad things that were happening in the country"

[John Trustman @jwtru]

"All Marxists are stupid, evil, or both."

[Owen Gregorian @OwenGregorian]

Nithya Raman can’t, or won’t, explain socialism | California Post Editorial Board

Nithya Raman can’t explain why she’s a socialist, or even what a socialist is.

When CNN’s Elex Michaelson asked her what the difference was between a Democrat and a “democratic socialist,” her only answer was to claim that socialists care more about renters.

Really? And here we thought socialism was about ownership — the ownership of the means of production.

Raman’s dodge is typical. Socialists always want to hide what they truly believe, because the American people would reject it — or laugh at it.

Lately, socialists have been on a “hearts and minds” campaign to soften their image.

Zohran Mamdani isn’t an angry rabble-rouser getting arrested for protesting against Israel. No — he’s the guy who always smiles, who jumps into the swimming pool wearing a suit.

Seizing people’s wealth isn’t what socialists want to do — if you ignore that billionaire tax. No, no — socialism is just public roads, and public schools and public parks — anything public.

And Nithya Raman isn’t a socialist who appeared with Hamas-supporting radical Hasan Piker — no, she just wants to make sure that the streetlights stay on and the homeless are housed.

Socialists have also been on a campaign to claim that everything they do is successful — that after just six months in office, Mamdani has turned New York around. Never mind the homeless dying on the streets in winter, or the investors rushing for the exits. Everything is wonderful!

Then again, the Soviet Union also had Pravda, and Western admirers of communism willing to overlook even the most ghastly crimes. Socialism cannot abide truth, or dissent.

Raman also told Michaelson that she wants to get past “pay-to-play” politics. As if socialists had invented a better kind of politician; as if socialism had done away with greed.

Raman’s description of socialism was so empty that at one point in the CNN interview, Michaelson asked her if she considered herself a capitalist. She dodged that one, too.

She was right about one thing: “Angelenos are ready for something new,” she said.

After four years of mismanagement by Karen Bass, that’s true. But socialism isn’t “new.”

Socialism is one of the oldest ideas in the world. It has never worked, except in a few circumstances — like the Israeli collective farms, the kibbutzim. (The US socialists hate Israel, though, so don’t tell them that.)

Socialism combines high-minded sentiments with heavy-handed repression.

Nithya Raman chose the “socialist” label. She should wear it.

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[John Trustman @jwtru]

"All Marxists are stupid, evil, or both."

[Joel Pollak @joelpollak]

Obama invited the terrorist Ayers to his presidential library opening last month, after years of denying they had a relationship.

[John Trustman @jwtru]

"There's no cure for stupid."

[Oli London @OliLondonTV]

Liberal woman on America’s 250th Birthday:

“Can someone explain to me how America is celebrating 250 years and it’s 2026? How? Y’all just lie about everything.”

[Am Yisrael Chai 🐙 @AmYisraelChai_X]

⚽️ Did you enjoy watching the USA beat Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday in the World Cup Soccer match?

Well you may enjoy it even more after seeing how Bosnia and Herzegovina refused to shake hands with the Israeli team after losing 3-0.

[Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron]

What an appalling speech the Mayor of New York delivered for the 250th anniversary of the nation.

Sadly, it reflects the view of America propagated for years by Howard Zinn and his like-minded colleagues in the universities and believed by armies of the young: a dark, oppressive country where common people are denigrated by tyrants and oligarchs, where immigrants are treated with contempt, where those with “soft hands” hold the wealth created by those with dirty hands.

No sensible person would claim that our country is without flaws, but the relentlessly negative picture painted by Mayor Mamdani is just absurd.

And it is the fruit of the Marxism that, sadly, is all the rage today.

[John Trustman @jwtru]

"All Marxists are stupid, evil, or both."

[Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle]

Glad we now know what the feminist movement has become.

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

To the Americans:

I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:

You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.

Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.

This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world.

Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250th.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson

[John Trustman @jwtru]

The truth is that we are exceptional because we have so far avoided the evils of Marxism.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

I was never taught America is great because it’s richer/bigger. I heard about the light bulb,airplanes, movies, the telephone, rock, jazz, basketball, the Internet, nuclear power, Ali-Frazier, Thoreau, King, Lincoln, Twain, Chandler, the Hoover Dam and the Fender Stratocaster…

[John Trustman @jwtru]

That's the fundamental truth about Marxism. Marx was a taker. He never made anything and all Marxists are takers. That's the point of Marxism. It's all about envy not about gratitude or contribution. As AOC herself said, "We figured out production. Now it's just about distribution."

"All Marxists are stupid, evil, or both."

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk just now ended Zohran Mamdani’s whole career in once sentence:

“Mamdani has built nothing. He is a taker, never a maker”

MIC DROP 🔥

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk just now ended Zohran Mamdani’s whole career in once sentence:

“Mamdani has built nothing. He is a taker, never a maker”

MIC DROP 🔥

[John Trustman @jwtru]

There is no logical argument which grants American rights to non-Americans.

[Maria @dimkovska88]

𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐋 - Do you stand with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, saying illegal aliens have no equal protection rights from the federal government? YES or NO 👇

[John Trustman @jwtru]

It's never been clear to me why we need the WNBA in the first place. Without Caitlin Clarke it doesn't get to the tip-off.

[@amuse @amuse]

SPORTSBALL: Emmanuel Acho says WNBA would be better off without Caitlin Clark explaining, "Caitlin got the necessary eyes there. But now that the eyes are there, we don't necessarily need her anymore." This is exactly the sentiment of the majority of black and lesbian players.

[John Trustman @jwtru]

I'll never understand what these people are comparing to. Capitalism isn't perfect, mostly because it allows for corporatism. Socialism never works. It always brings misery and death. Certainly a system, though imperfect and flawed, is preferable to one which routinely causes massive harm.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

Joshua Doss: "If you don’t want people to be curious about socialism capitalism has to work a lot better.”