Scott N

Conservative Political Activist. Hillsdale College Associate. Retired USSA Technical Delegate. Retired POD cast producer. @CPAC, @NRA, @MNGOP

[Scott N @ScottNin]

@FIareNetworkGov @FlareNetworks bullish guys

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@FIareEcosystems @FlareNetworks bullish guys

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@FIare_DAO @FlareNetworks Rewards with flare

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@FIare_DAO @FlareNetworks thanks #Flaredevs

[Scott N @ScottNin]

Saw the Hillsdale movie Revolutionary America last night. It’s excellent. The ratings on Fandango were 5 star with a few 1s. The main criticism was all the experts were white men. Really. When you have to resort to claims of racism, you really have nothing to offer.

May God continue to bless this grand experiment in self governance on its 250th birthday. We are the only country with a defined date of birth.

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@Hillsdale #RevolutionaryAmerica

[Alpha News @AlphaNews]

🚨 WATCH: The White Bear Lake school board voted to censure conservative board member Dan Skaar after he criticized Superintendent Wayne Kazmierczak

"What's happening now is retaliation against a board member who refused to sit quietly while those in charge operate the district like their own private club," Skaar said during a meeting this week as he was repeatedly cut off by other board members.

Kazmierczak faced backlash last year after it was revealed that a 22-year-old man posed as a 17-year-old and enrolled in the district.

[Scott N @ScottNin]

My new favorite artist. I know nothing about her. Yet we know all we need to know. This is an American. @CPAC @realDonaldTrump @tashaowensmusic

[Scott N @ScottNin]

Excellent music and you can dance to it. Watch “The Somali Waltz”…..

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Another reason to love Hillsdale College grads and professors. But they can’t do it by alone. We need liberal white women to behave happier and nicer.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Whites are a rapidly dying minority

[Scott N @ScottNin]

The left’s response to Trump isn’t analysis—it’s reflex anger. Immigration enforcement is “cruel.” Tariffs are “vandalism.” Standing up to hostile regimes is “reckless.” Bringing jobs home is “naïve.” No merits, no debate—just outrage. Fine. What’s the alternative they’re actually proposing?

[Scott N @ScottNin]

@PioneerPress the letter they won’t print….
What Do You Want This Country to Become?
As a long-time reader of this paper, I no longer wonder whether it leans Democrat. It does. Heavily. And that bias now routinely substitutes for honest journalism.

A recent example is the January 4 article, “Federal child care probe advances.” Rather than focusing on the substance of the allegations, the story dismisses them by noting they “went viral when a right-wing influencer posted a video,” referring to independent journalist Nick Shirley. That phrasing is not reporting—it’s character assassination. The implication is clear: discredit the source so readers won’t consider the facts.

This tactic has become standard practice. Label the speaker. Question motives. Avoid the evidence.

Your paper consistently rushes to defend what cannot be defended while expressing near-constant outrage at everything President Trump does—enforcing immigration law, imposing tariffs, challenging hostile regimes, or attempting to restore domestic manufacturing. No action is evaluated on its merits. Every action is framed as a scandal.

So I’ll ask the obvious question your coverage never seems willing to confront: what exactly is the alternative you prefer?

A country awash in fentanyl and other deadly drugs?
A country overwhelmed by millions of illegal immigrants, many of whom do not share American values and have no intention of assimilating?
A country unable to defend itself because it outsourced its manufacturing base and industrial capacity?

History should have taught us something. The United States did not defeat Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan on virtue signaling or press releases. We won because we out-produced them. The war was won in American factories long before victory was secured on the battlefield.

A serious newspaper would engage these realities honestly—even if doing so offends its ideological preferences. Instead, your readers are served predictable outrage, selective facts, and political framing disguised as reporting.

That isn’t journalism. It’s activism. And readers deserve better and you should know better.

[Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec]

BREAKING: GOLD AND SILVER HIT HIGHS AMID GEOPOLITICAL UPHEAVEL IN THE WORLD

ALLEGIENGE GOLD COO EXPLAINS

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[Fr. James Altman @FatherAltman]

The Bible, Thomas a Kempis' "Imitation of Christ" and this book should be in every Catholic home.

One page a day, for five minutes, for a total of about 590 pages (including Feast Days and Saints Days) literally will put on the Armor of God and protect you from the insidious snares of the devil, both outside the Church and, worse, inside the Church.

[Scott N @ScottNin]

Excellent article

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Work hard, contribute, embrace America

In the 2015 film “Woman in Gold,” there is a moment that feels especially relevant to many of today’s new immigrants. Early in the story, a father sends his daughter away to America for her safety. With calm resolve that barely hides his fear, he tells her, “From now on, we speak in the language of your future.” He reminds her that when their family came to Vienna, they were not wealthy. They worked hard, contributed and did everything they could to belong. They were proud of what they built.

That message resonates here at home. As in any community, a small number of people can cast a shadow over the many who live decently and honorably. We’ve seen this in Minneapolis and St. Paul, where scandals and fraud shocked the public and where government oversight failed to prevent it.

But those bad actors do not define everyone. I have met many good people from Somalia and other African nations—places I have had the privilege to visit. Most want exactly what earlier generations of immigrants wanted: a chance to build a life, contribute and become part of the American story.

The lesson is simple and timeless: work hard, contribute, learn the history of this nation and embrace the values that made it strong. Do that, and you become one of us—not as a guest, but as a fellow citizen in the shared future we are building together.

[Scott N @ScottNin]

Health Care in America - Health-care costs in America keep rising, and much of the blame lies with structural problems made worse—not solved—by the Affordable Care Act and today’s insurance industry. What was sold as “reform” expanded bureaucracy, distorted risk pools, and accelerated the cost spiral that families now face.

A major issue is the way the ACA reshaped insurance risk pools. Insurance only works when enough people are paying in to balance those who use the most care. Yet after the ACA expansions, a large share of the newly added participants were high-cost users who contributed little or nothing toward the true price of their care. Today, according to national expenditure data, roughly 4.6 percent of Americans account for 50 percent of all health-care spending. When this many high-cost users are added to the pool without corresponding contributions, premiums and deductibles rise for everyone else.

Then there’s the administrative machinery itself. The United States now spends an enormous share of its health-care dollars on billing, coding, claim processing, prior authorizations, and compliance—work that adds complexity but not care. Estimates place billing- and insurance-related administrative costs at roughly $500 billion per year nationwide. That includes millions of employees inside insurance companies and millions more inside hospitals and clinics who spend their days feeding data into that system. These layers do not diagnose, treat, or heal. They exist to process paperwork, delay approvals, and negotiate payments—and every layer adds cost.

We see the effects on every medical bill. A procedure may be “billed” at a high number, then heavily written off, and finally paid at a negotiated amount that bears little resemblance to the real cost. A $12,000 billed charge may turn into a $3,500 payment, even though the same procedure might cost a cash-pay patient around $1,800. This confusing three-step dance—billed, write-off, paid—does not help patients. It obscures prices and shields the system from accountability.

Follow the dollars and the picture becomes even clearer. The U.S. now spends $4.9 trillion per year on health care—about $14,570 per person. Yet multiple independent analyses show that a very large share of that total never reaches the doctors, nurses, and facilities delivering actual care. A significant portion is absorbed by administrative overhead, insurance bureaucracy, and compliance structures created by federal rules and industry practices. In other words, a substantial part of our health-care spending is not care at all.

In this writer’s opinion, the only realistic way to reduce costs is to remove unnecessary work. Shrink the administrative empires, simplify the rules, and stop forcing providers to employ entire teams whose job is to navigate insurance complexity. The health-care system should reward people who deliver care—not people who shuffle paper.

If America wants affordable health care, we first must stop paying for a system built to serve itself instead of the patient.

The solution will require restructuring, loss of jobs and a return to competition.

[Hillsdale College Online Courses @hillsdaleonline]

.@DrLarryArnn delivered these remarks at Charlie Kirk’s memorial today.

[Scott N @ScottNin]

This is the depth of their mental illness. A neighbor down the street posted on FB. Total TDS.

[Scott N @ScottNin]

If the Chicago born Pope wanted to score big in America, he would do the funeral Mass of Chicago born Charlie. That would be courageous, uniting and a slap down of the left. @CPAC

Charlie’s public funeral will be the biggest funeral seen of all time WW.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: Over a million British patriots are gathering in London to mourn Charlie Kirk, in favor of British nationalism and against mass third world migration. Absolutely stunning. The movement is alive and well. History is being made. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[Isabel Brown @theisabelb]

What the hell do we do now? Where do we go from here? What happens next? Who is supposed to pick up the microphone?

No one will ever be able to fill Charlie’s shoes. No one.

But I can’t think of anything that would fill his heart and make him prouder than the generation he inspired to pick up the torch and carry it forward. To continue this mission he gave his life for to speak the truth and to fight against evil, to fill the hearts of the world with courage and the love of God.

This is the Turning Point of our time. I don’t even know if Charlie intended for that name to pack such a punch, and maybe it seems even more important now, but amid the expected and disgusting hate comments in the wake of Charlie’s death, I am floored and inspired all over again by the thousands of posts I’ve seen from our generation saying that this is their personal awakening to get in the arena, to be on the frontlines of this culture war, and to speak out in courage no matter what the backlash that comes next might look like.

And I guess that’s the answer. Who picks up the microphone from here? Who keeps speaking the truth when the world needs it the most? Who keeps pushing back against evil?

YOU. You do. We do.

Charlie always believed this - that anyone from anywhere can inspire the world if they just have the courage to do it.

I have to believe that Charlie lit the spark that will spark a wildfire in this movement.

A movement not just to fix our political system or revive the American Dream, but so much bigger. To change culture. To seek and speak truth. To love God authentically and share that love with the world. To transform humanity as Salt and Light through every action we take.

For you, Charlie.

@charliekirk11 @TPUSA @tpusastudents