“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us…” - President Trump
“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us…” - President Trump
Regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it.
4 days out from my life-changing surgery, @Aetna has denied the appeal for my brain surgery.
to be clear, when i signed up to aetna months ago, the coordinator had confirmed they would cover this surgery. then, a week ago, they said the surgery was too experimental/elective and denied coverage. we appealed. that appeal was just denied today.
now, my neurosurgeon is trying to do a peer-to-peer consult with someone at aetna to explain why i need it so we don’t lose the surgery date on monday morning. aetna is not being responsive.
this is sadistic and a violation of basic trust. please spread this so they can’t ignore it. they may not care if i live or die but people should know just what kind of company they’re dealing with. and please pray they are able to have a peer-to-peer consult with my neurosurgeon and have a change of heart.
What is the one institution that could actually force a president to leave office if they tried to stay? And would it be necessary to remove individuals in the upper ranks of that institution who might refuse to comply?
This famous 1943 Norman Rockwell painting, which often makes its way around social media as a popular meme template, has an official title:
Freedom of Speech
Only Trump has the power to humiliate an entire party by forcing them to defend state-backed censorship just days after they promised a million new Charlie Kirks who would vigorously defend free speech in his martyrdom. Truly mind-boggling.
I spent nearly ten years building the We Are Libertarians Podcast Network. I worked more than 20 hours a week on it and invested tens of thousands of dollars. COVID-era censorship is a big reason it is now functionally dead. To support our new family, I had to shift into teaching and coaching podcasting. From 2021 to 2023, I mourned the loss of a childhood dream of doing talk radio for a living, along with the reality that moderate, libertarian talk does not have the same place it once did.
At our peak, we reached 10,000 listeners per episode and brought in $2,500 a month. Then a couple of memes wiped out the group that had been our main pipeline for new listeners and donors. I can show the direct correlation between losing that group and the decline of Patreon, which made it clear the model was not sustainable long term. It did not matter how careful or respectful I tried to be. The Biden administration had “jawboned” social media companies, leaning on them in a Tony Soprano kind of way, and those companies rolled out ham-fisted AI solutions with no recourse.
So forgive me if I do not believe Democrats are suddenly champions of free speech, when the next administration will almost certainly repeat what Biden and Trump have already done. I would love to hear someone say, “We got that wrong, and we are recommitting to these principles,” but I will not hold my breath.
And yes, I see the hypocrisy of Republicans becoming “the libs” just to own the libs, and I find it disturbing.
Still, I will keep playing the fool who points back to the best foundations for a free society, knowing most people will not listen.