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Why I Support President Trump’s Tariffs
I understand that President Trump’s tariffs have resulted in some increased prices for consumers. That is reflected in my grocery bill. But I also understand that there are also two very important benefits from the tariffs. The first is the amount of money being paid to America because of the tariffs (and the investments being made into America). The second is the manufacturing that is coming back to America because of the tariffs. The manufacturing coming in has a temporary benefit–manufacturing plants being bought, constructed, or refitted–and a long-term benefit–manufacturing jobs for Americans. Because many talking heads (and Americans) are looking for instant gratification, they are ignoring the long-term benefits.
On Monday, The Center Square posted an article announcing that Honda would be opening a manufacturing plant in Ohio.
The article reports:
Honda on Monday announced plans for a $3 billion manufacturing plant in central Ohio to boost its production of hybrid vehicles, a project that could bring 2,000 jobs to the area between East Liberty and Marysville.
It will be the company’s ninth auto-related production facility in the U.S. with production expected to launch in 2029, the company said in a news release.
The Ohio Tax Credit Authority on Monday approved Honda for an undisclosed amount of tax credit. The exact amount, the authority says, is to be made public after a final agreement is executed. The start of construction is pending government approvals.
“While supporting growing demand for hybrid and gasoline-powered vehicles, the plant will provide Honda with the flexibility to adapt production as customer demand, market conditions and electrification trends evolve,” the company said in a statement made available to The Center Square.
Honda chose Ohio because of its highly skilled workforce and proximity to the company’s American supply base.
The article concludes:
The Ohio plant is part of a growing network of investments the company is making in the U.S. “that will expand and strengthen an integrated U.S. production network to boost production of hybrid-electric vehicles and the engines and hybrid systems that power them,” Honda said Monday.
With investments also in Georgia and Alabama, Honda will eventually make 1.3 million vehicles a year in the United States, according to a release.
“Honda also plans to pursue assistance from JobsOhio, which will be made public after a final agreement is executed,” a release said.
JobsOhio is a private nonprofit corporation funded by profits from liquor franchise rights it purchased from the state of Ohio in 2013, according to its website.
There is also a message here that companies who relocate manufacturing to America are looking for areas with a highly skilled workforce. America needs to improve its education so that it will maintain that highly skilled workforce.
This Isn’t Really A Surprise
I suspect that the people who left California for Texas might be rethinking their decision. On Tuesday, The Federalist posted an article previewing what a blue Texas legislature has planned. This reminds me of what happened in Virginia a few years ago.
The article reports:
The mask sat quite lightly upon their faces.
Running for office this year, Democrats pretended to pivot to the center. This was especially true in Texas, where the Democrat running for governor said that the culture wars are over, and Democrats have no time for that noise.
They pinky-swore: There was only one thing they cared about, and it was affordability. A new era of common sense was beginning, and Democrats were turning away from other stuff to deal with middle-class economic issues. Then Democrats won a majority in the Texas House, and all of the statewide offices, starting with governor. You’ll be shocked what happens next, I guess.
Texas allows legislators and legislators-elect to pre-file bills for the next legislative session, so they can hit the ground running when they show up in Austin. And November 9 was the first pre-filing day for the January 12, 2027 session when the newly elected legislature starts its work. Monday was the first day we could see what the new Democrat-led Texas House, and their allies in the Texas Senate who know they have a majority in the other chamber, intend to do.
The article includes a list of things the new legislature wants to do:
So this is Democrat Day One: Repeal all abortion restrictions, and restore transgender medical and surgical procedures for minors, with government funding. That’s the new, post-culture war, common-sense era Texas Democrat will focus on. The bill, Reed concludes, “would signal that Democrats are willing to make transgender youth care and the repeal of anti-trans provisions part of their messaging.” And that’s not wrong.
Also on Monday, the NRA identified 35 anti-gun bills pre-filed in a single day for the next state legislative session. Among the most radical, SB 80, introduced by Laredo Democrat Sen. Judith Zaffirini, would ban all “assault weapons” in the state. Read the bill, because we’ve traveled down this road before. If you own “a semiautomatic centerfire rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine,” that’s a problem. The bill proposes to add other conditions to make that rifle an “assault weapon,” but they’re things like “a folding or telescoping stock” or “a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the firearm.”
This is obvious ‘bait and switch,’ but unfortunately the voters in Texas don’t get to take back their votes.
We Probably Need To Come Up With A Reasonable Plan To Fix Social Security
Social Security is known as the third rail of politics. Any politician threatening to do anything to it will probably not get re-elected. However, some changes need to be make if the program is to survive.
On Sunday, The New York Post posted an article about the Democrats’ plan to fix Social Security.
The article reports:
Watch out: Democrats’ big ideas for “saving” Social Security — now set to go bust in 2032 — range from lunacy like boosting payouts to madness like job-killing tax hikes.
The program’s trust fund empties out in just six years, forcing automatic 22% cuts in payments, yet the Democrats who just won control of Congress look to worsen the outlook, throwing the system’s finances even further out of whack.
Last year, Social Security’s Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance trust funds shelled out $160 billion more than they took in, red ink on track to grow to $400 billion by 2033 as the population continues to age and the ratio of workers-to-beneficiaries plunges.
The article notes:
Cue Democratic plans to jack up taxes (and not just on the rich!) to pull in more cash.
Meanwhile, other Democrats want to boost payments and offer more generous cost-of-living increases, deepening the hole and bring doomsday closer.
The cap on Social Security taxes now kicks in at $184,500 of income, rising to $192,300 next year; Dem plans to raise (or eliminate) it wouldn’t hit just millionaires and billionaires, but far more modest-income folks.
Other Dem plans would keep the current cap but impose a new tax on incomes over $250,000, or create a new “Social Security” levy on net investment income.
Such hikes would have a brutal impact on economic growth, socking Americans whose earnings are far closer to zero than six figures and bringing far less cash than Democrats’ project.
Yes, if benefits are left as is, some of the tax hikes might reduce the system’s yearly deficit — but none would totally eliminate it, merely pushing Insolvency Day a few years down the road yet.
And hiking benefits would deepen the problem.
Stopping the fraud in Social Security would be a good first step, but not the real solution. The true basis of the problem is demographics. Fifty-plus years of abortion have greatly impacted the demographics of America. The workforce is shrinking because there are fewer Americans coming of age entering the workforce and even fewer being born. Until having children becomes a positive thing, raising Social Security taxes will only prolong the agony.
When The City Of Brotherly Love Doesn’t Live Up To Its Name
On Sunday, The New York Post posted an article about a protest in Philadelphia over the weekend. The protest was put on by a group called Philly Bike on Your Left. The group calling itself an “anti-fascist, anti-Zionist social cycling collective,” organized a boycott targeting several restaurants in Philadelphia that were owned by Jews.
The article reports:
Protests of Jewish-owned businesses in Philadelphia by dozens of masked bikers on the eve of the Kristallnacht anniversary were drowned out by a massive crowd of heckling counter-protesters on Sunday.
The boycott, which targeted restaurants run by Jewish Americans in Philly’s ritzy Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, came face-to-face with a large counterprotest aimed at supporting the businesses.
However, the protest was forced to shut down early, with organizers claiming “safety concerns.”
Lines at the Jewish-owned businesses stretched out the door as supporters publicly come out to back them.
Social media posts for the protest demanded that the businesses leave the city.
“Show these zio business owners that we see them for the disgusting humans they are,” one post said.
Despite the claim that the protest was “anti-Zionist,” one business owner said her mac and cheese shop had nothing to do with Israel, and believes she was targeted because she wears a Star of David.
The protest Sunday came on the eve of the anniversary for the 1938 Nazi night of terror in Germany and Austria, where Jewish-owned businesses and neighborhoods were sacked. At least 91 Jews were murdered and others rounded up for concentration camps.
The article concludes:
Both the Pennsylvania Attorney’s General’s Office and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker condemned the boycott as an antisemitic act that has no place in the city.
The big turnout in support of the businesses came after the Anti-Defamation League made a call for people to patronize the targeted restaurants during Sunday’s boycott.
“This protest is an attempt to intimidate a Jewish community that has faced generations of violence, exclusion and antisemitism,” the ADL said in a statement. “It’s the latest in a string of incidents that hold Jewish businesses responsible for events in the Middle East.”
“That’s antisemitic, plain and simple. But we refuse to let hate win,” the ADL added.
It is encouraging the the Pennsylvania Attorney General Office and the Philadelphia Mayor condemned the boycott, but it is disturbing that the boycott happened. This is blatant antisemitism, and I would love to know who is encouraging it.
Rewarding Failure?
My husband was in the U.S. Navy during the late 1960’s. He was in aircraft squadrons on aircraft carriers that are now razor blades, museums, or sunken reefs for fish to play on. One of the lessons learned during those years was that the person in charge when the screw-up occurs is held responsible. I can give you a few examples. When the Intrepid ran aground as it was coming into Quonset Naval Air Station to be stationed there, it’s very possible that the harbor master was driving the ship. Even so, the captain got relieved. When the Essex collided with the Nautilus in 1966, the captain was held responsible. When the Essex ran aground near Puerto Rico, the captain got relieved. That’s how things work. You screw-up, you get replaced. I think it is safe to say that the Republicans in Congress screwed-up in the midterm elections. Their leadership needs to be replaced. Speaker Johnson has already graciously stepped down. However…
On Monday, The Federalist reported:
A handful of Republican senators have at least attempted to slow the coronation train for failed Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
The South Dakota Republican announced shortly after the GOP got its brains beat out in Tuesday’s midterm that since he was so successful in losing the majority, he would very much like to lead Senate Republicans as a significantly diminished minority. Thune and his swamp buddies moved quickly to try to secure their leadership positions, calling conference elections for Tuesday — exactly one week after the party lost control of the House and Senate in the blue trouncing.
“I don’t think any rational, honest person [could] blame John Thune for any of this,” Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., told reporters last week. Thune’s Dakota buddy is wrong. Very wrong.
“I saw a report that says Senator John Thune is gliding into the Senate Minority Leader role,” Alex Bruesewitz, adviser to President Donald Trump, wrote on X. “Why do Hill Republicans insist on rewarding failure? He’s not exactly in touch with the interests of Republican voters,” he continued. “Perhaps it’s time to give someone else a chance?”
Ya think? Exactly what did John Thune do with the Republican majority? Where are President Trump’s policies, which have resulted in a booming economy and jobs and manufacturing brought back to America, put into law? Where is the SAVE Act? I firmly believe we need a change in leadership. If the Senate is listening to the American people (which they don’t seem to be very good at), we will see that change.
This Is Not Helpful
On Saturday, Breitbart posted an article about a speech made by newly-elected Senator Abdul El-Sayed. In a speech given on Friday, the newly-elected Senator referred to Michigan as “the capital of Arab America.
The article reports:
“I’m honored to be the next United States senator from the great state of Michigan, which of course I know we’re here in D.C. which of course is the capital of the United States of America,” he said. “But Michigan is the capital of Arab America.”
The term “Capital of Arab America” has historically been used to describe the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, the city that has the largest Arab population in the United States, many of them descendants of families that came in the early 20th century seeking jobs in Henry Ford’s auto assembly plants. It also has the largest Lebanese-American population in the U.S.
Dearborn aside, statewide, California reportedly has more Arab Americans than Michigan.
Despite El-Sayed’s boast, the Arab American community in Michigan is still predominantly Christian, starting with the Lebanese Maronite Catholics who have been in the Detroit area for 100 years, as well as Chaldeans from Iraq and other Lebanese Christians who have historically been Republican voters.
America was designed to be a melting pot—not a charcuterie board of different cultures that never mixed. A country will only succeed if it is united.
The article concludes:
The Arab American population in Michigan has grown by more than 87 percent since 2000, expanding from roughly 150,000 to as high as 400,000 currently, according to some reports.
The website Arab America explains:
Because Arab Americans are not officially recognized as a federal minority group, it is hard to determine the exact number of Arab Americans in Michigan. The estimates range from 409,000 to 490,000 based on information from the Michigan Health Department and the Zogby International polls respectively. In the Greater Detroit area, estimates range from 300,000 to 350,000. While the latest Zogby polls rank Michigan’s Arab-American population as second largest in the U.S., after California, Michigan’s Arab-American community in Southeast Michigan still has the greatest local concentration (California’s Arab-American population is much more spread out).
Dearborn and parts of Detroit are also represented by “Squad” member Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) who in 2018 because the first Palestinian American woman to be elected to Congress.
Declaring a region of America as “Arab America” is not a good thing. The implication is that there is no attempt to assimilate into American culture. I have no objection to preserving the traditions of your native country, but if you come to America, plan on becoming an American.
Show Me The Man And I Will Show You The Crime
On Sunday, The Gateway Pundit posted an article that illustrates the true agenda (and ignorance) of the newly-elected Democrat Congress.Incoming Democrat Oversight Chairman Robert Garcia has already threatened Stephen Miller after he was announced as President Trump’s next White House Chief of Staff.
The article reports:
Garcia labeled Trump’s presidency as “corrupt and lawless” and wrote that Miller was the architect of the “unconstitutional ICE raids.”
Robert Garcia immediately tweeted “LAWYER UP” on election night after the Democrats swept the House.
Of course, the Democrats have no real policies. All they do is target their political enemies with lawfare.
On Friday evening, Garcia threatened Stephen Miller in an unhinged statement.
“Just days after the American people rejected his corrupt and lawless presidency. Donald Trump is doubling down. Stephen Miller is the architect of the unconstitutional ICE raids that have terrorized our communities and kidnapped and killed American citizens and immigrant families,” Garcia said.
“Oversight Democrats will continue to investigate Miller for his misconduct, and we will fight against his hateful policies in Congress and the courts,” Garcia said.
There is a small problem with that. Nothing ICE did was unconstitutional.
The article concludes with the following statement (and a video of the statement):
On Sunday, Garcia appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Dana Bash, and he could not name a single crime committed by Stephen Miller.
Fasten your seatbelts. Our Republic is in danger. The Democrats have a history of ignoring the civil rights of innocent people. I hope they will be held accountable if they do this.
Leopards Don’t Change Their Spots
On Saturday, Legal Insurrection posted an article about the rather quick pivot Democrats did after they won Congressional seats and Governor-ships in the midterm election. Somehow affordability is no longer front and center.
The article reports:
Democrats spent the better part of two years pounding the Trump administration over the spike in prices caused by President Trump’s ill-conceived tariffs and his war of choice with Iran.
Americans were hurting, and boy, did they feel their pain. Elect them to bring down prices.
It was always a disingenuous message considering that inflation hit a 40-year high during the Biden years. In fact, during the 2022 midterm cycle, inflation reached 9.1% in June, and stood at 7.7% when voters went to the polls in November. As I wrote earlier this week:
The roughly 21% cumulative increase in prices during Biden’s presidency did not disappear when Trump took office; those higher costs became the starting point for his administration. Yet Democrats and the toxic legacy media have focused relentlessly on the 3.7% inflation under Trump, giving no attention to the burden he inherited.
Voters who believed that Democrats would — or even could — do anything to lower prices were deceived. It took about a nanosecond for Democrats to forget all about affordability and pivot to their real priorities, chief among them securing sanctuary cities and opening investigations against Department of Homeland Security officials.
Democratic mayors across America are going all-in on efforts to shield illegal aliens from deportation. Many are pledging to revive and expand sanctuary policies, vowing to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities and resist the Trump administration’s deportation efforts.
Among this group is DSA-backed Los Angeles Mayor-elect Nithya Raman. She has pledged to make Los Angeles the strongest and most secure sanctuary city in the country, building upon the city’s existing legislative and policy framework.
So let’s look at some of the possible reasons the Democrats might have for wanting to keep illegal aliens in the country. In 1966, sociologists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven developed a strategy to create a political crisis by overloading the welfare system, ultimately leading to a guaranteed annual income and an end to poverty. Overloading the system was a step toward a socialist (communist) government. A large majority of the illegal aliens in America are getting some sort of government benefit–housing, food stamps, etc. There is also the matter of votes. If the voting rolls can be kept unsecured enough to let noncitizens vote, the Democrats assume those noncitizens will vote to keep their benefits flowing.
The article notes:
On Friday, Fox News reported:
Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., who is poised to lead the House Oversight Committee, responded to Democrats’ win Tuesday with a statement: “Lawyer Up”, despite having pledged to prioritize household costs alongside government accountability.
Garcia told CNN before the election that “Democratic priorities” would be lowering the cost of “gas, groceries, the mortgage, the rent,” alongside combating government corruption.
Before the election, “Squad” Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., wrote in a PBS-Chicago voters guide that there is “no question that the rising cost of living is the number one issue” for a “working people’s agenda.”
After the election, however, her tone appeared to change:
“Noem, Markwayne, Miller, Homan, Bovino, what’s up? Clear your schedule,” Ramirez said.
That doesn’t sound like affordability is their first priority!
Lying To Get Elected
On Saturday, The Daily Signal posted an article about the midterm elections and some of the Democrat rhetoric leading up to the election. In recent years, some Democrats have had a very tenuous relationship with truth.
The article reports:
We had a midterm election in which the Democrats and the Left were wildly successful. There is one way in which this makes some of them look either deeply stupid or dishonest. Many of them who rejoice now tried to claim there wouldn’t be any more elections if Donald Trump won in 2024, or that he might cancel the midterms.
On Oct. 18, 2023, Rachel Maddow plugged her new book about American fascism on ABC’s “The View,” claiming that Trump is “basically portraying a future for America, if he is put back in the White House, in which we don’t have another election after that.” Then it got even dumber. Co-host Sara Haines claimed Trump would “cancel the news. Like, the news, you’re done.” Maddow agreed and added: “He wants to put MSNBC on trial for treason so that he can execute us.”
Insert “Twilight Zone” theme song here. But there’s more.
Right before the 2024 elections, then-MSNBC host Joy Reid ranted: “We’ve laid out the stakes in this crucial election, where one side stands for freedom, while the other meets the textbook definition of fascism.” Trump was Hitler, so: “Make sure that on the morning of Nov. 6, you can say that you are proud of what you did in this moment. That you didn’t sit out what could be our last election.”
Recently I posted this meme:
That statement sums up what actually happened vs. what the Democrats were claiming.
The article concludes:
On the June 17, 2026, “Jim Acosta Show,” Behar’s old colleague Rosie O’Donnell set off the bells on the Kook Alert: “We’re going to have an event here in the United States, maybe another ‘assassination attempt,’ and he’s going to declare that the elections are off,” she said, making quotation marks with her fingers as she said “assassination attempt.”
Rosie feverishly believes Trump wasn’t really shot in 2024. She was referring to the 2028 elections, so that wild-eyed theory isn’t disproven yet.
This is where people should roll their eyes when the Left complains about all the “misinformation” and evidence-free conspiracy theories creeping all over the conservative media. Every conspiracy theorist who suggested the midterms were going to get canceled should … get canceled. Democracy is still alive. It’s not dying in darkness. But the Left pretends there is no Democracy unless they win. Well, now they won. But nobody should expect them to stop the crazy talk. It’s a business model.
Listen to the Democrats at your own risk!
Good News From Florida
On Thursday, The Daily Signal posted an article about the results of a recent court case in Florida.
The article reports:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has suspended operations in Florida after a federal court rejected its request to block the state’s designation of the organization as a domestic terrorist group.
Earlier Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier posted on X: “This morning, a federal court upheld Florida’s Domestic Terrorist Organization law and rejected CAIR’s attempt to stop the designations.”
It should be noted that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case, which involved terrorism financing allegations. It is appropriate to name them as a domestic terrorist group. They are closely aligned with The Muslim Brotherhood. CAIR is the arm of the Brotherhood that uses lawfare to advance the cause of Islam in America. They tend to be involved in cases related to Sharia Law in areas such as honor killings and female genital mutilation.
The article notes:
The CAIR Florida webpage says: “We have suspended our operations in Florida because of Governor DeSantis and other state officials’ baseless and unconstitutional enforcement of the state’s unprecedented new ‘domestic terrorist organization’ laws against us. The ACLU*, SPLC*, and their partners are representing us in a federal lawsuit challenging this designation on First Amendment and due process grounds.”
The webpage then directs people to the American Civil Liberties website. “CAIR is the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country and CAIR-Florida is its state chapter. The nonprofits are organized under the laws of the District of Columbia and Florida, respectively,” the ACLU post says. It adds, “They have not been charged with, let alone convicted of, a crime. They do not engage in ‘terrorist activity.’ They serve, and employ, Floridians.”
…CAIR was founded in 1994 and characterizes itself as a civil rights group for Muslims. It is also politically active.
CAIR Action, a separate political advocacy organization, announced that a record 97 Muslims were elected nationwide in Tuesday’s elections.
Muslims who practice Islam believe in Sharia Law, which is incompatible with the U.S. Constitution. Part of Sharia Law is Taqiyya, which essentially says it’s okay to lie to non-Muslims to advance the cause of Islam. Keep that in mind as you watch the elected Muslims swear allegiance to the U.S. Constitution. How many of these elected officials will take their oath of office on a Quran?
*You are known by the friends you keep!
The Fallout From The Israeli Election
Israeli elections are complicated–you vote for the party–not for the candidate. In the recent election for Prime Minister, Netanyahu’s coalition controlled 53 votes in Parliament. Eisenkot’s four-party “change bloc” holds just 48 seats. The Knesset has 120 incoming lawmakers. On Saturday, Breitbart posted an article with an update on the situation.
The article reports:
Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced Saturday that he will give former military chief Gadi Eisenkot the first opportunity to form Israel’s next government, handing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a significant political setback nearly two weeks after the country’s parliamentary elections.
The decision places Eisenkot, leader of the opposition Yashar party, in position to challenge Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, although assembling a governing coalition remains a formidable obstacle.
Despite securing recommendations from 67 of the Knesset’s 120 incoming lawmakers, Eisenkot’s four-party “change bloc” holds just 48 seats, while Netanyahu’s outgoing coalition controls 53, leaving neither side with a parliamentary majority.
Herzog informed both leaders of his decision Saturday following consultations with representatives of the newly elected parliament and additional discussions over the weekend. Eisenkot will formally receive the mandate Sunday at 5 p.m. local time, beginning a 28-day period to form a government that the president can extend by up to 14 days.
During that time Netanyahu will remain as Prime Minister.
The article notes:
The president’s decision follows an election in which Netanyahu’s longstanding parliamentary alliance fell short of the 61 seats needed for an outright majority, despite outperforming expectations. During presidential consultations, 46 lawmakers recommended Netanyahu, while the seven members of United Torah Judaism (UTJ), an ultra-Orthodox party traditionally allied with him, declined to endorse either candidate.
Eisenkot secured his 67 recommendations with the backing of 19 lawmakers from the Arab parties Ra’am and the Joint List, whose support has emerged as a central obstacle to establishing a government capable of replacing Netanyahu.
Against that backdrop, Netanyahu warned in a video statement Saturday that a government dependent on Arab-party support would undermine Israel’s ability to confront Hamas and other security threats, including Iran.
“A government dependent on terror supporters will not fight terror,” Netanyahu warned, accusing the Arab parties of holding positions incompatible with Israel’s security interests.
“With such a government, Israel simply will not survive,” he said.
I question the idea of changing horses in mid-stream–I am not convinced that the war between Israel and Iran is over. This is a situation that bears watching.
We Need Better Candidates
On Friday, Power Line Blog posted an article about Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidate Abdi Daisane, who was elected to represent Minnesota’s House District 14A in the Minnesota Legislature.
The article quotes Fox News:
The owner of a Somali daycare center that has faced scrutiny over state and federal funding and is linked to a massive fraud settlement won a seat in the Minnesota legislature Tuesday night.
Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) candidate Abdi Daisane defeated a Republican incumbent to win Minnesota’s House District 14A seat in St. Cloud, Minnesota, becoming the first Somali-born lawmaker in the statehouse from St. Cloud.
The article notes:
The Minneapolis Star Tribune ran a long piece (paywall) celebrating Daisane’s “historic” victory, under the headline,
A first for St. Cloud as Somali American man elected to Legislature
The article runs for some ten (10) paragraphs and quotes the representative-elect,
I’m Somali-American. I’m a Muslim. I’m Black. I’m an immigrant.
Yet, somehow, in those 10 paragraphs, the subject of Mr. Daisane’s business comes up only in passing, and in the last sentence of paragraph 9,
Since then, he’s opened a child care business and done consulting work to help other entrepreneurs.
Only in America. Well, only in Minnesota, perhaps.
In America, you are innocent until proven guilty. However, I have questions.
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The Trump Economy
The Democrat Congress that takes office in January will probably end the Trump policies that have resulted in the economic growth we saw in the third quarter and are seeing now. Ending the tariffs (a Democrat priority) will limit the supply of money being invested in America and will also slow the return of manufacturing to America. Green energy policies will increase the cost of fuel. Over-regulation will slow down business growth. Ending the tax cuts in the Big Beautiful Bill will slow economic growth. Increasing taxes on businesses will also slow economic growth. Hopefully, President Trump can veto all of these moves. Meanwhile, the Trump economy is doing very well.
Meanwhile, on Friday, CNBC reported the following:
- Nonfarm payrolls increased by 165,000 in October, well above the Wall Street forecast for 59,000, while the unemployment rate edged lower to 4.1%.
- Worker pay rose by 0.4% for a 3.1% annual increase.
- Job gains came in professional and business services, healthcare and manufacturing.
The article notes:
Payroll gains also came in better than forecast. Average hourly earnings increased 0.4% on the month and 3.1% annually, compared with respective estimates for 0.3% and 2.9%. The average workweek was unchanged at 34.4 hours.
“Today’s jobs report is a strong rebuttal to fears that the economy is heading into a meaningful slowdown,” said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management. “Payrolls growth surprised firmly to the upside, unemployment fell back to 4.1%, and job creation remains broad-based, pointing to an economy that is still absorbing labor comfortably rather than one beginning to buckle under tighter financial conditions.”
The breadth of job growth also was strong, contrary to a trend in which healthcare had accounted for the bulk of gains.
Professional and business services saw an increase of 70,000 to lead all sectors, while healthcare was next at 42,000. Other areas seeing notable growth included transportation and warehousing (25,000) and manufacturing (19,000).
The article noted:
The share of workers either looking for a job or already working as a share of the workforce, known as the labor force participation rate, edged higher to 61.9%. The labor force had been shrinking, the result of demographic changes and immigration reductions, but expanded by 421,000 in October.
We are moving in the right direction. Hopefully, the Democrat Congress will not mess this up.
I Hate To Be Cynical, But…
On Thursday, The Conservative Treehouse posted an article about the price of gasoline and diesel fuel. The article notes that as soon as the election was over the price of gasoline and diesel dropped rapidly. So what was the increase over the last month really about (the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz was at prewar levels)?
The article reports:
You can actually watch/see the prices dropping via GAS BUDDY Here. Most of the price increase was driven by market manipulation designed to influence the U.S. political outcome.
The western market ‘justification’ per se’ was the Iran war and the oil disruption from the Strait of Hormuz, but that’s not what drove up the price. The timing of the drop tells you the story that many deniers maintained for the past several months.
Additionally, we can now watch as Zelenskyy stops targeting Russian oil refineries, again removing one of the justifications that was being used by the “market speculators” who were intentionally driving up the price. Zelenskyy will justify the sudden shift in drone targeting by using the ever-present, and always Machiavellian, magnanimous explanation.
As the Ukraine and Russian teams meet with U.S. intermediaries in Abu Dhabi next week, Volodymyr Zelensky will claim his instruction to stop targeting oil refineries shows his commitment to a ceasefire and peace talks. However, if you have watched events closely and tracked the narrative and the assembly behind it, you will see the truth and timing behind events.
There is no longer a need to target refineries because the energy market speculators are going to dial back the upward pressure and allow prices to drop. Vladimir Putin was correct when he said, “How, in fact, is the price of gas formed on the European exchanges? It is not determined by producers, but by exchange traders.” {Go Deep}
People are only now just beginning to realize what folks like you and me have been outlining for months, this energy crisis was a justification for upward price pressure. There is no ‘free market’ factor in this system. The output never changed but the prices skyrocketed; the ‘speculators’ made billions from the manipulation, the energy companies banked the profits and the geopolitical stakeholders benefited from the political consequences.
Accepting this reality is why we were able to predict the exact moment when fuel prices would begin a precipitous drop.
We have been played. Prepare for the Democrats to take credit for the roaring economy we are going to see in the next year.
Interesting Timing On This Court Ruling
On Wednesday, Just the News posted an article about a ruling by a New York state appeals court on Wednesday.
The article reports:
A New York state appeals court ruled Wednesday that New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani can move forward with a controversial tax on high-end second homes.
The Brooklyn-based court reversed a September ruling by a state Supreme Court judge, who found the city mishandled the tax’s rollout and ordered officials to remove the current list of property owners to whom the tax won’t apply and replace it with one listing only those who will be subject to the tax.
Mamdani supported the new pied-à-terre tax, which was proposed by New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, earlier this year. The tax was expected to bring in approximately $500 million for the city annually.
The appeals court ruled the homeowners who brought the suit, who used to have homes in New York City, had no legal stake in the outcome and therefore, the mayor’s tax could move forward, according to the New York Daily News.
Notice that they waited until after the election to decide to raise taxes in New York City. Did anyone actually think that a Mayor with socialist leanings would not raise taxes?
The article includes Mayor Mamdani’s comment:
“Today, an appeals court rejected an attempt by the ultrawealthy to avoid paying their fair share and ruled in favor of the City in a lawsuit challenging the rollout of the pied-a-terre surcharge,” Mamdani said in a statement. “From day one, those with the most have attempted to use every legal avenue available to shield their wealth and avoid contributing more to our city. But owning a second home worth over $5 million should come with a responsibility to the city that makes it valuable.
“The pied-a-terre surcharge asks those who can afford luxury second homes to contribute toward the safer streets, cleaner parks and essential public services that every New Yorker deserves,” he added.
Class envy is a basic strategy of Marxists. It’s sad that New York City residents did not see this coming.
The Narrative Shifted Very Quickly!
On Thursday, Townhall posted an article containing a quote by U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin concerning the Democrats’ plan to deal with America’s ‘affordability’ crisis.
The article reports:
Do you feel your gas prices are getting lower, Americans? What about your grocery bills?
Democrat Jamie Raskin said his party will go after businesses and law firms they believe “collaborated” and “capitulated” to President Trump.
“We will not hesitate to go after private corporations that are collaborating in all of the lawlessness with Donald Trump,” Raskin said. “And we’ve done it before, and we will absolutely do it again. The law firms you mentioned, we know that there were many heroic law firms that have stood up against all of the lawbreaking and then the attempt to shake them down for the time of their partners and their young associates. And yet there are major law firms in America, including Paul Weiss, that have capitulated to these coercive tactics by Donald Trump, and have basically surrendered and made all kinds of outrageous concessions.”
“We’ve sent a number of letters to those law firms,” he continued, “and they have been not forthcoming up until now. But when we have the power of subpoena, and we have the power to conduct oversight, we believe a lot of these law firms are going to be coming forward and telling the truth. Otherwise, they are law firms that have no respect for the rule of law, and we’re going to make sure that they comply with the congressional subpoena. It is the exact same legal force as a judicial subpoena does.”
If this were not serious, it would be comical. First of all, the ‘affordability crisis’ was the result of former President Biden’s policies on energy and the excessive spending and government employment glut that took place during the Biden administration. As soon as the Democrats impose their ‘green energy’ policies, the cost of energy will increase and will not go down again. Secondly, how is investigating anyone and everyone even tangentially connected to President Trump going to help with the ‘affordability crisis’? Many of us understood that the ‘affordability crisis’ was simply a talking point to get votes from uninformed voters. I wonder how those voters will feel when they discover that the Democrat Congress will be raising the cost of living–not lowering it.
I Would Not Recommend This Show As A Source Of Valid Information
On Monday, The Gateway Pundit posted an article about a recent statement by Ana Navarro on The View.
The article reports:
Ana Navarro of ‘The View’ is encouraging her social media followers to vote for Democrats, which is no surprise at all, even though the show touts her as a Republican.
In a recent video, Navarro must have been a little nervous because she says that ground beef is now $6.30 a gallon.
I am assuming that she meant gasoline, but even that doesn’t really make sense. The View originates in New York City. The current price of gasoline in both New York and New Jersey is between $4 and $5 a gallon. When I looked up the price of a pound of ground beef in New York City, I found Ground beef, 80/20 (1 lb) is $2.99 at Aldi and $10.33 at Whole Foods in New York City this week.
The only conclusion I can draw here is that the lady does not know what she is talking about and that she is sharing what she doesn’t know with millions of people. That is a scary thought.
From my friends at The Patriot Post:
There Is Some Good News
On Tuesday, JD Rucker posted an article titled “Seven Silver Linings for the GOP and America After Midterm Obliteration.” I needed some optimism, and his article provided it.
The article lists seven good things that will result from this election.
1. America Gets a Full Preview of the Democrat Agenda Before 2028
Wealth taxes. Open borders by another name. Cultural capture. Americans who only heard the campaign slogans will now be pitched the product for two years. That is clarifying. The 2028 contest will not be fought in the abstract. It will be fought against a record. When the prices stay high, the borders stay porous, and the investigations become pure theater, the contrast writes itself. Better a short, visible failure than another cycle of theoretical warnings that half the country never believed.
2. The GOP Establishment Can No Longer Pretend Their Stewardship Worked
Control of both chambers plus the White House produced a historic wipeout in red states. That fact ends the charade. The base that showed up for Trump in 2024 did not show up to defend this version of Republican governance. The leadership that treated victory as a management problem rather than a conviction problem now has nowhere to hide.
3. Trump’s Executive Authority Remains Intact for Two Years
Congress can obstruct. It cannot erase the presidency. Deportations, regulatory rollbacks, foreign policy pressure, and appointments that do not require Senate confirmation continue. The veto pen still works. The bully pulpit still works.
4. The Base Will Demand Real Accountability Instead of Excuses
…Members who watched safe seats evaporate are not interested in another round of “we did the best we could with the tools we had.” The midterm results strip the establishment of its favorite defense. They had the majority. They had the president. They still lost seats that had not gone Democratic in decades.
That leaves two choices. Either the party purges the managers who treated the base as an ATM and replaces them with people who fight on the actual issues, or it keeps the same faces and loses again. The election just made the second option harder to sell.
5. Cultural and Economic Pain Will Create a Clearer Contrast
High prices, energy costs, and the ongoing consequences of open-border policies do not vanish because Democrats now control Congress. They become harder to blame exclusively on the previous administration once the new majority has had time to act.
6. A 2028 MAGA Reshuffle
7. Faithful Americans Will Finally Stop Looking to Politics for Salvation
This is the one that matters. For years a large share of the church treated elections as the decisive battlefield. Vote hard enough, organize hard enough, win the right majorities, and the culture would turn. The results keep arriving anyway. The country drifts. The institutions capture themselves. The same patterns repeat.
Politics can restrain evil. It cannot redeem it. Culture can be influenced. It cannot be saved by legislation or court appointments. The obliteration of the GOP majority is painful. It is also clarifying. The work that actually endures is not another cycle of fundraising and messaging. It is doing the will of God, spreading the Gospel, and refusing to be absorbed by the world that is passing away.
Please follow the link above to read the entire article. It is the best perspective I have seen on the mid-term election.
Things That Make A Unified America Very Difficult
Does anyone remember ‘The Office of the President-Elect’? There never was any such office–it was just a very egotistical President-elect throwing his weight around. Unfortunately, we are already seeing the same sort of thing after the mid-term elections.
The following was posted at Oversight Democrats:
If you click on the whistleblower arrow, this is what you get:
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If this is nonpartisan, why does it say:
We respect your confidentiality. You may submit a disclosure anonymously. Any contact information you choose to provide will only be used to follow up with you regarding your submission. All submissions go to the Democratic staff on the Committee and will not be shared with the Republicans.
I also object to the characterization of ‘the Trump Crime Family.’ The Trump organization has built hotels and golf courses all over the world. That is the source or their wealth–there is a product involved. What about the Biden Crime Family? What was the source of their income? What product was involved?
This is partisan politics at its worst!
Waiting For The Resignations
On Wednesday, The Federalist posted an article titled “After Midterm Drubbing, Senate GOP Leadership Should Resign.” I totally agree. The voters gave you both Houses of Congress and you sat on your hands or played political games.
The article reports:
But it’s not just that Republicans lost “key” Senate races heading into Election Day. It’s that they lost or were close to losing seats in supposedly “red” states.
This includes places like South Carolina (lost), Kansas (lost), Nebraska (relatively close win), Mississippi (too close to call), and others. The environment was so bad for Republicans that states originally seen as battlegrounds, like Georgia and North Carolina, weren’t even considered contested going into Tuesday.
While the Iran war and its harmful effects on the economy have become a large source of blame for the losses (and rightly so), there’s another major culprit responsible for the disaster — Senate GOP leadership.
Since retaking the majority two years ago, the Republican-run upper chamber and its leading senators have spent more time fighting the voters who elected them in 2024 than their Democrat counterparts. No matter the issue, these actors relentlessly worked to undermine conservative priorities, all of which helped set the stage for Tuesday’s drubbing.
Consider that it was Senate Republicans who dragged their feet on confirming Trump cabinet picks like Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard in the early days of the administration. Some of these senators even sought to sabotage these selections behind the scenes when they thought voters weren’t looking.
Things were just as awful on the legislation front. Aside from a tax cut bill that midterm voters clearly didn’t put much stock in, soon-to-be former Senate Majority Leader John Thune and his band of misfits haven’t done — to put it mildly — jack squat.
…Say what one will about Democrats’ destructive vision for the country (and it is destructive), they deliver for their voters and actually fight for their interests. The same cannot be said for most elected Republicans, who offered no meaningful, alternative message other than “We’re not Democrats.”
I am disappointed that North Carolina elected Roy Cooper to the Senate. However, there is no way he can be any worse than Thom Tillis. I am amazed that Roy Cooper got any votes from the western part of the state. His actions after Hurricane Helene were pathetic. His ignoring the Constitution during Covid was also awful. However, people voted him into office. At any rate, almost anything would be an improvement over the Senator we have had for the past six years.