…and the end of the American Stasi.
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The most dramatic narrative shift in modern history.
Category Archives: History
Thoughts
…and a warning, from Blake Powers.
They’re not going to go down without a fight, and it could get ugly.
Donald Trump
The libertarian president?
He sure seems like the closest thing to it we could imagine.
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Donald Trump: "If elected, I promise to dope Elon Musk up with amphetamines and trenbolone and send him rampaging through the federal budget office with a blessed chainsaw forged from the souls of martyred accountants."
— Devon Eriksen (@Devon_Eriksen_) February 6, 2025
Voters: "Yay! We want specifically this thing! At once!"… https://t.co/WJcfkVNa0O
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Trump has finally taught Republicans how to fight.
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I wish he’d tells us what he really thinks.
This is an extremely articulate, forceful, and honest explanation of how the Democratic Party failed the American people. A must watch to the very end where he explains USAID. https://t.co/s79HYmxcZ6
— Bill Ackman (@BillAckman) February 6, 2025
The American Brezhnev Era
…is over.
Good riddance.
The End Of “Palestine”
It was never a viable idea. There was never such a thing as a “Palestinian.” They were always just Arabs.
DEI
Is it on its last legs? Let’s hope.
Twenty-Two Years On
Here is what I wrote in the immediate aftermath of the loss of Columbia. You can follow the link to “Next Post” at the bottom to see subsequent posts in the subsequent days. My first speculative guess (TPS damage) turned out to be correct.
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A golden oldie from that time.
Onward To Mars
Recommendations for fixing NASA from Bob Zubrin (I haven’t read the whole thing yet).
Your Feel-Good Thread Of The Week
Heavy rhetorical focus on diversity at today’s DNC meetings — real record scratch as Trump admin unwinds DEI programs, w Rs confident that this stuff is an electoral loser. pic.twitter.com/1JUaancxc8
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) January 31, 2025
They’ve learned nothing; they’ve forgotten nothing. Vance will get 400+ electoral votes.
And yes, got back from Orlando last night.
Trump’s Golden Age
How to make it a reality.
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Donald Trump is a great man of history.
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Advice to Pete Hegseth from Kurt Schichter.
Some unsolicited advice for @PeteHegseth from another combat arms field grade…
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 25, 2025
Social media and conservative media is already full of examples of open resistance to your leadership. We’re seeing it from the Air Force in particular. See, e.g.: https://t.co/8r7IxuyoqU
They…
Pete is probably way ahead of him, which is why the Democrats and RINOs fought his nomination.
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Understand what happened with Pete Hegseth's nomination and confirmation.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) January 25, 2025
Pete was overwhelmingly supported by the veterans' community. We know he is a dirty boots warrior who has the gumption to straighten out the mess that is the DoD, and collectively we have been his…