NateCog

Oppose tyranny, lies, socialism, wokeness, bad policy, in govt & media. Support constitutional freedoms, capitalism, small govt, state rights, border control.

[NateCog @NateCogn]

The GOOD that SHOULD come out of Charlie Kirk's death is a new push for MORE open debate, not less.

@elonmusk and others with money and power, PLEASE create more venues for open, televised & streamed debate among all perspectives. In Charlie's name, revive peaceful debate.

[Royce White 🇺🇸 @Highway_30]

As I stated a few days ago, I am declaring for the 2027 WNBA Draft.

I identify as a sometimes identifying transgender woman! My wig is in the mail.

[NateCog @NateCogn]

@biancoresearch Powell did not decide the vote, he just made it seem like it. With Warsh, things are more honest, the uncertainty is more honest, the market role and individual FOMC positions are more honest, with less perceived influence concentrated in one unelected man. 👍

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

JUST IN - Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan sign Mecca Agreement defense pact: "Any military attack against any of the three countries will be viewed as an attack on all three."

[Mary Katharine Ham @mkhammer]

These texts are incriminating, not exonerating, and the fact he doesn’t know it adds to the evidence against Miller. It took several adults, a handful of lawyers and, by Miller’s admission, 14 hrs to get his daughter’s blue bunny back to her. They show a controlling person who l’m willing to bet a lot makes everything this hard, and doesn’t care if it’s the kid who suffers along the way. The fact that it seems like a small thing, a blue bunny, and he’s making this much trouble for everyone over it, is evidence against him, not for him. Imagine what he’s like on bigger issues. Every response he has to this makes him look worse.

[Roger Severino @RogerSeverino_]

🚨President Trump’s new EO denies citizenship to birth tourists by adopting 2 ideas promoted/originated by @heritage scholars @emlwaters (surrogates) and me (territorial births). This helps the anchor baby problem but we still need to sink the “boat” per my repost below.
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[Roger Severino @RogerSeverino_]

Dear @VP @JDVance, I was honored to see you endorse my idea of prohibiting birth tourism in U.S. Territories (which China has exploited to the hilt), and I'd like to offer you some even bolder ideas to save our national sovereignty.

So far, solutions to the Anchor Baby problem have focused on the "anchors," but the SCOTUS decision requires renewing focus on the "boats" they tether and ending their incentives to give birth here. Here’s how.

Take all the conditions in the original Trump EO and direct all the consequences onto foreigners who exploit "loophole citizenship" by declaring them PERSONA NON GRATA.

Specifically, if an alien without legal permanent residency chooses to have a child on U.S. soil, the foreigner parents must either renounce the child’s American citizenship or lose the ability to ever again legally step foot in the U.S., their choice.

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1182(f)), the President has broad power to suspend or restrict entry of any class of foreign nationals the President determines would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.” The President should use this authority to deem such foreigners:

1) permanently ineligible for U.S. entry under any visa type (whether visitor, student, work, or otherwise)

2) permanently ineligible to petition for asylum, refugee, or temporary protected status

3) permanently ineligible for lottery or family based entry

4) permanently ineligible to petition for any legal residency or U.S. citizenship whatsover, including by future marriage to an American citizen.

Foreigners cynically use their children as tools to get lawful access to the U.S., its resources, and its opportunities that were paid for in blood and treasure by generations of Americans that came before. Forever shut the door to that access and birth tourism would plummet overnight.

But what about the people who would defy any ban or are already here illegally? That’s a tougher problem, but still addressable. The lawbreakers would have know that if they exploit “loophole citizenship” and choose not to renounce their child’s U.S. citizenship, they will have automatically moved themselves up on the deportation tracking and priority list.

The president can also exercise his discretion under the INA to strip away common procedural tools immigration lawyers use to delay or withhold removal and can require expedited deportation once they are caught as we currently do with repeat offenders and criminals.

Congress, for its part, should codify these changes to prevent any potential future open borders President from unilaterally undoing them. It may also need to create mechanisms for a parent covered by the EO to be able to renounce their child's American citizenship as an exercise of their parental rights, especially in cases of truly accidental births on U.S. soil.

States too have a role to play in limiting perverse incentives. For example, they can require parents who are here illegally to pay for the public schooling of their children, whether U.S. citizen or not (and thereby prompt the court to revisit the wrongly decided Plyler v. Doe decision of 1982).

People are furious because the biggest court rewrite of the Constitution since Obergefell has placed our national identity at the mercy of foreigners making decisions according to THEIR interests, on THEIR timing, and on THEIR terms.

In the American system of government, for every egregious SCOTUS decision, there should be an equal and opposite reaction from the other federal branches, the states, and the People. It’s how our system is designed, and we should exercise that power to make sure it is Americans, and only Americans, who decide who can join our great nation.
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[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Informed consent is a basic right in a free country. The government owed young people the truth about vaccine risks. They never got it. Anthony Fauci owes us answers. @BiancaDLGarza

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Anthony Fauci pled the Fifth more times than almost anyone in congressional history. Only one person did it more: a mobster tied to the JFK assassination.

Thanks for having me on, @SchmittNYC.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Some in the media say I'm too focused on "criminalizing policy differences." This isn't about policy.

Lying to Congress under oath is a felony. Destroying government records is a felony. If you or I did either of those things, we'd be facing prosecution. Anthony Fauci should be held to the exact same standard.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Anthony Fauci didn't just get it wrong. He knew key facts in January 2020 and spent years telling the public a different story. That's exactly why accountability still matters. Thanks, @jsolomonReports, for the conversation.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Small businesses were destroyed. Kids lost years of learning. Doctors who offered alternative therapies lost their medical license.

This wasn't public health. It was the federal government being weaponized by Left-wing groupthink.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Anthony Fauci sat under subpoena and invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times. He already received a pardon spanning more than 10 years. You cannot claim protection from self-incrimination for crimes you can’t be charged for. That is obstruction.

At 8:30 am on Thursday, the HSGAC votes on my resolution to hold Fauci in contempt.
https://t.co/t8TIjbf7rZ

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

COVID didn't just expose a virus. It exposed how quickly Washington will strip away your basic freedoms the moment it's given an excuse.

Lockdowns that closed churches while liquor stores stayed open. Mandates that cost people their jobs. Restrictions with no science behind them, just fear and control. We cannot treat that as normal. Liberty doesn't survive if we forget how easily it was taken.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Anthony Fauci is fully protected by a sweeping pardon, immune from prosecution, and he still refuses to comply with a lawful subpoena. That's the very definition of contempt for the American people.

On Thursday, the HSGAC will vote to hold him in contempt.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

The far-Left would rather be contrarian than correct: Anthony Fauci gets a crown, basic biology is thrown out the window, and we’re told socialism is the answer to all our problems.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Those of us who questioned “the science,” the origins of COVID, and the unnecessary vaccines were called conspiracy theorists, murderers, and told we didn’t care about our family, friends, or neighbors.

Like so many of us, @AaronRodgers12 was vindicated.

[Hans Mahncke @HansMahncke]

There will be more and more people like this blaming “new evidence” for their sudden change of position. There is no new evidence. The evidence was there from day one. “New evidence” is just an excuse for having ignored the evidence, dismissed the evidence, or helped cover it up.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

The kids who lost a year or more of school didn't get a vote on lockdowns. They're the ones paying the price today, in learning loss and isolation, for decisions made by bureaucrats – like Anthony Fauci – who never once had to answer for them.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Despite being a private citizen with no public health role, Bill Gates was involved in high-level COVID briefings and played a direct role in shaping America’s pandemic response.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

The HSGAC hearing with Anthony Fauci wasn't about relitigating COVID for its own sake. It was about accountability.

Fauci said one thing publicly and another privately. He coordinated to control the narrative. He shaped guidance around politics instead of truth. If we don't demand real accountability and reform, nothing stops the next unelected bureaucrat from doing the exact same thing.