Tuesday, January 6, 2026
As usual Trump puts the cart before the horse: If you don't already have total access, you're not in charge
And you don't put protective tariffs on trade when you have nothing to protect.
“We’re in charge,” he told reporters. “We need total access. We need access to the oil and to other things in their country that allow us to rebuild their country.”
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The dopes around Trump thought the Cartel de los Soles was a real entity, including Marco Rubio to this day
Pam Bondi forced to admit Trump's Maduro claim is a complete fiction
... Cartel de los Soles is actually a slang term invented by Venezuelan media in the 1990s to describe officials who take drug money as bribes.
The revised indictment against Maduro now concedes that point against the now deposed dictator.
The old indictment refers to the Cartel de los Soles 32 times and claims Maduro is the leader of the organization. The revised document now only claims Maduro upheld the patronage system along with his predecessor and mentor, President Hugo Chávez. ...
Marco Rubio continued referring to Cartel de los Soles as an actual organization during a Sunday interview on NBC's show Meet the Press.
'We will continue to reserve the right to take strikes against drug boats that are bringing drugs toward the United States that are being operated by transnational criminal organizations, including the Cartel de los Soles,' Rubio claimed.
'Of course, their leader, the leader of that cartel, is now in U.S. custody and facing US justice in the Southern District of New York. And that's Nicolas Maduro.' ...
The GOP grip on the U.S. House remains tenuous with the sudden death of Doug LaMalfa, CA-1, at 65
The Erinyes keep pursuing the Republicans for their crimes.
Sudden death of Republican lawmaker shaves GOP House margin to three votes
... [Doug] LaMalfa's death imperils the Republican House majority, leaving Speaker Mike Johnson with just a three-vote margin after the formal resignation of Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene on Monday.
House makeup is presently 218 Republicans to 213 Democrats, leaving Republicans able to lose no more than two votes on any party-line measure, assuming full attendance and participation.
It was also revealed Tuesday that Indiana Republican Congressman Jim Baird, aged 80, has been hospitalized after a car accident.
Democrats are set to gain one additional vote in their caucus after a runoff election in Texas later this month to replace Congressman Sylvester Turner, who passed away last March, taking the Republican margin down to two votes.
Another special election will take place to replace former New Jersey Democratic Congresswoman Mikie Sherill in April after she was elected the state's governor in November. ...
Texas' Tyrant Governor, Republican Greg Abbott, has deliberately denied representation in the US House to the residents of TX-18 since March 2025.
Monday, January 5, 2026
Sunday, January 4, 2026
George W. Bush crossed the Rubicon of American Imperial pre-emptive first strikes in 2003 in Iraq but it was hotly debated in 2002, now we hardly bat an eye when Trump does it
Government of the Uniparty, by the Uniparty, and for the Uniparty.
Trump fancies that he's different from George W. Bush, but he's the same guy.
Flashback: July 1, 2002
Striking First: President Bush's Preemptive Strike Policy
... We can't have one kind of law for the rest of the world that we impose on the rest of the world and an imperial law, if you will, a law of empire, that applies only to the United States. ... We were seeing the possibility of a new kind of law of empire where we would stand above the rest of the world, and the bottom line when we look at the question of attacking civilians, what happens when we're wrong? Like we were today in Afghanistan, where civilians died because of bad intelligence? ...
Saturday, January 3, 2026
Some people think this might have been, you know, theatre, where if everyone plays their part then everyone wins
Except for the casualties in Venezuela, of course, who presently number about 40.
In August 2016 in Youngstown, Ohio Trump specifically disavowed regime change wars, but now we're going to be running Venezuela for a while after removing Maduro
... Our current strategy of nation-building and regime-change is a proven, absolute failure. ...
Here.
Trump captures Maduro on the sixth anniversary of his Soleimani assassination lol
... Explosions were reported in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, at about 2 a.m. local time (0600 GMT), according to images circulating on social media that could not be independently verified. ...
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... Soleimani was assassinated on 3 January 2020 around 1:00 a.m. local time (22:00 UTC 2 January),[158] by a U.S. drone strike near Baghdad International Airport.[159]
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Friday, January 2, 2026
Gold surged 64% in 2025, silver 147%, dwarfing more traditional investments
... [Gold] Bullion surged 64% in 2025, its biggest annual gain since 1979, driven by Fed rate cuts, geopolitical tensions, strong central bank buying, and rising ETF holdings. ...
Spot silver advanced 4.6% to $74.52 per ounce, after hitting an all-time high of $83.62 on Monday, while platinum jumped 4.7% at $2,150.46 per ounce, after rising to an all-time high of $2,478.50 on Monday.
Both metals recorded their best year ever, with silver leading by posting 147% annual gains, driven by its designation as a critical U.S. mineral, supply shortages and low inventories amid rising industrial and investment demand. ...
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Meanwhile in more traditional investments in 2025:
VMMSX +35.66% emerging markets fund
VTIAX +32.18% total international stock index fund
VGENX +20.62 energy fund
VFIAX +17.83 Vanguard 500 index fund
VGHCX +17.31 healthcare fund
VTSAX +17.12% total stock market index fund
VFICX +9.53% intermediate term investment grade bond fund
VWESX +7.18% long term investment grade bond fund
VBTLX +7.15% total bond index fund admiral
VBMFX +7.03% total bond index fund investor
VFSTX +6.73% short term investment grade bond fund
VMRXX +4.23% money market fund
VGSLX +3.19 real estate fund.
So-called America First president threatens Iran over its domestic turmoil
Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran
“We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” Trump wrote, without elaborating.
Trump Criticized Obama For Not Intervening During 2009 Iran Protests:
"If Obama would’ve backed the people of Iran two years ago when that county had a big, big problem—and the protesters were making headway...we wouldn't have any problems in Iran, believe me.”
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
One week after Supremes rule against Trump, he withdraws National Guard from Chicago, LA, and Portland
Trump gives up on National Guard deployments in Chicago, LA, Portland
... The pullback comes a week after the Supreme Court delivered a stark blow to Trump’s push for military troops to patrol U.S. city streets, rejecting his bid to send National Guard members to the Chicago area to protect federal officials enacting his immigration agenda.
In an apparent 6-3 decision, the court explained that federal law generally bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement, and the law Trump used to call up the National Guard likely only applies when the president is unable to execute laws with the regular forces of the military. ...
I missed the December 23 Supreme Court decision story because my cat died the very hour it broke.
I guess I'll always remember her now as the Posse Comitatus Cat.
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to send National Guard to Chicago
... Citing the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from engaging in domestic law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by the Constitution or Congress, the court found Trump lacked the authority to deploy troops to Illinois in this case.
“At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” the unsigned order states. ...
Lunatic progressive Democrat, but I repeat myself, complains about Harris' massive failure to get 6.8 million Biden voters from 2020 after people like him forced Biden out
Norman Solomon here:
... Voter disenchantment: Losing 6.8 million voters who supported Joe Biden in 2020 proved pivotal in the close 2024 election. Harris’s inability to mobilize those pro-Biden voters was a massive failure.
Biden’s betrayal: Biden’s stubborn decision to seek re-election, and his refusal to step aside until very late in the process, robbed Democratic voters of open primaries and undermined Democrats’ chances. ...
Progressives did the betraying here, not Joe Biden.
No one in his right mind would expect Biden voters to turn out for somebody else, especially someone else put in at the last second of a campaign which was announced more than a year earlier. Biden did have primaries and won 14 million votes of confidence. And as I've said before, Harris was decisively but narrowly defeated.
Progressives should think about how many of those 6.8 million voters might have still showed up for Joe Biden in 2024 had they not thrown him out, even if he ultimately lost.
Some of those 6.8 million votes might have been the difference between a Republican U.S. House with a five seat majority and a Democrat one, and if the latter, the difference between passing Trump's Big Ugly Bill under reconciliation by just four votes, or it never seeing the light of day in the first place.
Democrats lost five seats in the U.S. House to Republicans in 2024 by 1.62 points or less, the difference between stopping President Trump in his tracks and the madness he is unleashing now, all because progressive elites like Solomon and his ilk betrayed Joe Biden and forced him out:
PA-8: 1.62%
PA-10: 1.26%
PA-7: 1.01%
CO-8: 0.73%
IA-1: 0.19%.
In 2018 The Wall Street Journal was still defending China's admission into the WTO, today it pretends it wasn't part of that bipartisan folly
Then: "The U.S. properly worked for China's inclusion".
Now: "An era of folly began in the new century. Leaders of both political parties supported China's entry into the World Trade Organization".
I can't wait for the Wall Street Journal to admit that America's decline actually began under Reagan forty years ago, not twenty-five, because at this rate I'll be dead before they do.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
New so-called conservative Tax Foundation analysis says Trump/GOP tax and spending bill heralded on the Fourth of July benefits the richest taxpayers over the poorest taxpayers by 4,435%
The One Big Beautiful Bill Cuts Taxes Across the US, New Analysis Finds
... At the county level, the largest average tax cuts are found in mountain resort towns. For example, we estimate Teton County in Wyoming will see an average tax cut of $37,373 per taxpayer in 2026, the highest in the US. Pitkin County, CO ($21,363), and Summit County, UT ($14,537), rank number two and three for the largest average tax cuts, likely representing the residences of business owners and higher-earning taxpayers. The smallest average tax cuts are found in rural counties, such as Loup County, NE, with an average tax cut of $824 in 2026. ...
Yes, the average tax cut of the richest taxpayers is 45.35 times the size of the average tax cut for the poorest.
Yeah, run on that GOP, run.
Georgia pollster Matt Towery is in complete denial about how bad 2026 is looking for Republicans because of Trump
... I mean, I had President Trump in my Inside Advantage poll at 50% approval. I think others have him at 50%, but a lot of these other pollsters have him at 36, 38, which is just ridiculous. ... That needs to be the number one motivating message from the Republicans, their hatred for Trump ...
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Trump Strongly Disapprove, currently 44%, hasn't dipped below 40% at Trump-friendly Rasmussen Reports since mid-September.
Trump Total Approve, at 44%, has been south of 50% since mid-October.
Trump Strongly Approve, at 29%, hasn't been north of 35% since mid-October.
Trump Approval Index, at -15, has been double digit negative since early November.
Republicans need to run in 2026 AWAY from Trump, but unfortunately for them, they spent all of 2025 worshipping Trump, and when not worshipping Trump, keeping quiet about Trump.
Chickens. Comin' home. To roost.
Monday, December 29, 2025
Brigitte Bardot was a French patriot
I am against the Islamisation of France! Our ancestors, our grandfathers, our fathers have for centuries given their lives to push out successive invaders.
Throughout most of her life Brigitte Bardot was the very symbol of everything that was in vogue with the left, but in death they hate her for telling the truth
She was a true born child of liberty.
And holy shit, see the update below.
Every damn time lol.
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