Three NEVERs. Zero citations. One graphic somebody made in Canva.
Let us grade this the way I grade a lab.
NEVER ONE: "never had a problem with election integrity before Donald Trump."
Adams and Jackson. They named it the Corrupt Bargain, and Jackson hollered about it for four straight years.
Tilden WON the popular vote and lost 185 to 184 after four states mailed in dueling slates and Congress had to invent an Electoral Commission out of thin air.
Ballot Box 13, Jim Wells County, Texas. Two hundred and two extra votes surfaced six days late, in alphabetical order, same ink, same handwriting.
Lyndon Johnson took that Senate seat by 87 votes and earned the nickname "Landslide Lyndon."
Democrat, in case you were curious.
Florida. 537 votes. Hanging chads. Thirty-seven days and a Supreme Court.
North Carolina's 9th. Real absentee ballot fraud — and here is me being fair, which is a discipline you should try sometime: the operative was working for the REPUBLICAN. The bipartisan state board threw the whole election out, unanimously, and made them run it again.
Zero for one. Light travels faster than sound, which is why you appeared bright until you posted.
NEVER TWO: "never had a problem with Russian interference before Donald Trump."
Operation INFEKTION. The KGB and the Stasi spent the 1980s planting the story in eighty countries that the U.S. Army cooked up AIDS at Fort Detrick. 1984. Andropov's KGB ran an active-measures campaign with the stated goal of stopping Reagan's reelection. And the one that leaves a mark: a KGB memo from Chairman Chebrikov to Andropov, dated May 14, 1983, sat in the Soviet archives until it was uncovered and reported by the London Times in 1992. It records Senator Ted Kennedy — routing through former Senator John Tunney — offering to help Moscow with American public opinion and to line up U.S. television time for Andropov, with Reagan's reelection sitting right there in the text.
A sitting United States senator. Reaching out to the Kremlin. Forty-three years ago.
Meanwhile Biden's Autopen's old boss leaned into a hot mic in 2012 and told Medvedev "after my election I have more flexibility," then mocked Romney on a debate stage for calling Russia our top geopolitical threat. The eighties called. Nobody picked up.
Zero for two. Has a leak in the think tank.
NEVER THREE, and this is my favorite: "never had a problem with candidates accepting defeat."
Hillary Clinton, 2019, on camera: "You can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you." Hillary Clinton, on repeat: Trump is an ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT. Hillary Clinton, 2020, publicly advising Joe Biden not to concede UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. Hillary Clinton, on a stage in 2019, laughing: "China, if you're listening, why don't you get Trump's tax returns?" She asked CHINA. Out loud. For applause. Stacey Abrams, 2018: "this is not a speech of concession," later upgraded to "I did win my election, I just didn't get to have the job." Al Gore retracted a concession and litigated for thirty-seven days. January 6, 2005: Senator Boxer and Rep. Tubbs Jones formally objected to Ohio's electors and forced a floor debate. January 6, 2017: House Democrats objected to certifying Trump until Joe Biden gaveled them down and said "it is over."
Zero for three. Dumb enough for twins.
— THE FALLACY ROLL CALL —
Ipse dixit. Bare assertion. LIAR, CHEAT, CRIMINAL, TRAITOR — four accusations, four fonts, zero exhibits. Saying a thing loudly in yellow is not evidence, it is decor.
Petitio principii. Begging the question. "He is OPENLY trying to rig the midterms" — you smuggled your conclusion in as your premise. Asking a voter for photo ID is not rigging. It is what the Carter-Baker Commission — bipartisan, chaired by JIMMY CARTER, 2005 — listed as recommendation number one.
Argumentum ad populum, with a chaser of ad passiones. "People are mad about it." Sometimes the majority just means all the fools are on the same side.
Argumentum ex silentio. Suppressed evidence. Three NEVERs that required you to skip 1824, 1876, 1948, 2000, and 2018. That is not an argument. That is muddying the water to make it look deep.\
And special pleading, which is the whole engine. Hillary says stolen — brave truth-teller. Trump says stolen — TRAITOR. Quinn's Twenty-Second Law: liberals love democracy right up until it does not go their way.
— NOW THE PART THAT IS NOT FUNNY —
"HE IS THE ENEMY WITHIN." "TRAITOR."
You understand what the penalty for treason is. So does every unwell person scrolling past your graphic at two in the morning looking for a reason to be a hero. Two bullets have already been fired at that man. One clipped his ear.
What is next? A guy who spent a decade screaming that Russia stole an election turns around and calls someone else the sore loser... wait. I was just told your entire party already did that.
Quinn's Second Law, which you illustrated better than I ever could: if you want to know what the left is up to, listen to what they accuse everyone else of doing.
Quinn's Sixth Law: facts are the enemy of liberalism. Look at your own graphic. Not one date. Not one document. Not one page number. All foam, no beer.
Name a statute. Name a date. Name a page. In a battle of wits you are currently fighting unarmed, and I am glad to see you have not let education get in the way of your ignorance.
But what do I know, I am only a science teacher who actually reads the primary documents instead of trusting a stranger's slideshow.
#MAGA #Trump #Veterans
@JoJoFromJerz@atrupar@TheYoungTurks
We spent our afternoon in Nashville visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame. As new fans of the genre, it was amazing to learn about the history and all the incredible stories behind it. Before today, we only knew about ten country artists. Now it feels like we know them all.
I’m confused…
How can ABC/NBC, which broadcast on PUBLIC AIRWAYS, decide that they don’t think it’s in our interest to hear from the president?
They have literally covered the fucking REFLECTING POOL, but an address from the President is not important?!
We’ve obtained the following Pennsylvania county non-juror lists:
▪️Carbon (NEW)
▪️Centre
▪️Columbia
▪️Huntingdon
▪️Jefferson
▪️Mifflin (NEW)
▪️Pike
▪️Susquehanna (NEW)
“The jury selection commission shall create and maintain a list of names of all prospective jurors who have been disqualified and the reasons for their disqualification.
The list shall be open for public inspection.”
8 down & 59 to go — it’s the law.
We’re making the move! Heading up to Reno today, stopping in our favorite little cowboy town, Bishop, for BBQ. Into Reno/Tahoe tomorrow and our new Casa de Patterson. I’ll check in along the way. ❤️🇺🇸🔥
I would just like to point out that I have never once seen a large group of Amish "teens" destroy any property or beat any police officer, anywhere, ever.
Not once in the entire history of the internet.
Here is my favorite political slogan that I still remember seeing on bumpers from before I was old enough to vote. I lived in California and Gov Pat Brown was being challenged by actor Ronald Reagan:
"Why not an actor? We've had a clown for 8 years."
Reagan won.
I love a good bonnet brawl as much as the next person,
But maybe these people wouldn’t have time or energy to fight if they’d do something crazy like……..GET JOBS.
We need to have a serious discussion about how to fix these "teen" takeovers.
Nearly EVERY time, the crowd is OVERWHELMINGLY Black, but we are not allowed to notice that because that's racist...
...so how do we fix this?
Seriously, what is the ACTUAL solution here???
A Tale of 2 Military Flybys
Lots of chat online today about the Navy Blue Angel flyover at the Pensacola Beach. I’ll weigh in later today with a more detailed look at the incident. But, in the meantime…
The first picture is me, captured circa 1985, doing a flyby at a classified US base in the Middle East in a C-141. About 300 knots and 50-ish feet. Note the people below me. I knew I would get in trouble but the base commander had opened his arms to welcome my crew for a night after we’d landed with an engine failure the day before. I was happy to do it.
The second is the Blue. I’m guessing roughly the same speed, maybe slower. Again, people below him/her. I’m assuming he/she had similar intentions. Show the people our flag and our expertise.
I’m on Pete’s side.
The only difference? Cell phones. With cameras. Circumstances. Food for thought. Back later!
@PeteHegseth@realDonaldTrump
Today I went to the car dealership to buy new tires. That's never a cheap purchase. Got them installed and went to pay... "Oh, you need to pay 3% more because you are using a credit card. We pass our fees along to the customer. You are free to pay with a debit card or check to avoid the fees."
I didn't have my debit card with me (lost it on vacation), and I haven't written a check to anyone in the last 5 or 10 years.
Credit card fees should be paid by the merchant. It's the cost of doing business. If you can't afford to pay the fees, raise your prices slightly.
Passing the fees along to the customer is unfortunately common in service businesses (i.e., my hairdresser and nail salon), but c'mon... a car dealership!?! Sheesh! 8 years ago I bought a brand new car with my credit card. No fees at all (different dealership) and lots of rewards points for me.
Thank you for reading as this ranks as my 2nd biggest (but silly) pet peeve... just below everyone asking for tips. (I'm expecting to see a tip jar next time I go to the car dealership.)
.@SenFettermanPA might be the last real Democrat left in the Party. He is openly calling them out for staying silent while candidates who literally self-identify as communists run under their banner. I have to admit, a few years ago, I thought he was a Marxist. But he’s really proving to be a voice of reason. He’s noticing what I hope the rest of the Democrats notice: The modern Left hasn't just drifted, they're crossing the point of no return.
My post yesterday blew up because the person peddling the "men can get pregnant" line isn't some activist on X. He's the chancellor of UC San Francisco's medical school, one of the most prestigious in the country.
The doctors, nurses, and surgeons trained under him will be treating your family for the next 40 years. And he cannot bring himself to say a man cannot have a baby.
Transgender ideology has captured American medicine. Not enough people are talking about it.