“Coalition Government” with DemComs? We already have that! Any “coalition” with a Communist-fascist movement based on brute force against peaceful citizens means one thing: Brute force wins.

Coalition is a decorative concept. Dems set the agenda, Republicans implement it. This has gone on for generations. Dems pass Social Security and Medicare; Republicans implement and even expand them. Dems pass Obamacare; Republicans (aside from Trump) make no effort to dismantle it, despite promises. Dems inaugurate new taxes, starting with the income tax a century ago; Republicans raise taxes they initially claimed to oppose.

We already have a coalition government. We already have ONE party. We need a SECOND party. If you think you’re going to get it under Kevin McCarthy, you’re mistaken. But if you think you’re going to get it under anyone who opposes him, you’re likely mistaken too.

None of these skirmishes are about anything important. They’re just the Congressional version of the Palace Intrigue. At the end of the day we know we’re going to end up with MORE government, MORE taxes, MORE IRS agents, MORE arrests by the FBI for dissenting political views, MORE censorship by “private” tech giants acting as agents for the government while bragging about it, MORE elimination of borders so the United States can pay for a gigantic international welfare state. We’re going to keep getting ALL of these things and worse, regardless of how the Palace Intrigue in Washington DC works out.

If you’re interested in drama and intrigue, check out Netflix and Amazon Prime. Right now, they’re doing a much better job.

The fight within the Republican Party over choice of Speaker of the House reveals the frustration over the fact that our “two” political parties are now a Uniparty. There’s no disagreement on anything important, when it comes to action or principle. It’s only a matter of price tag, or time.

Get real: Washington DC is rotten to the core, & is irredeemable. Most of us know it, but are not quite ready to say it. The sooner we accept it, the sooner we can come up with alternatives. The Biden regime is NOT the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights. Neither is most of the GOP.

Kevin McCarthy is not going to fix it. Nor will anybody else. By definition, if you are part of this horrible government, you are now part of the problem — even if you’re one of the minority who doesn’t mean to be.

The real issue? The solutions are no longer political. Political solutions come from a change in government. But morality is more fundamental than government. Once morality is out the window, the Constitution — based on a strong moral code of individualism, individual rights, private property and free markets — cannot survive.

Again, get real. Nobody attracted to the leftist Communist-fascist movement that is now the Democratic Party qualifies as a moral person. Some attracted to the Republican Party are moral, and some are not. But after a few years in office, most of them no longer are decent people. And if they are, they’re simply ineffectual. Not because of any personal failings, necessarily; but you don’t send in a Boy Scout to tame a gang of murderous mobsters. The murderous mobsters — by the definition of who they are — would not listen to anyone virtuous.

It’s not that the situation is hopeless. It’s just that the solutions to the situation are no longer political. Our government is a gang of ruthless, rotten, corrupt, more often than not murderous mobsters. It doesn’t really matter what Kevin McCarthy is. He tries to straddle the middle between good guys and bad guys, to please everyone, but it frankly doesn’t matter if he prevails. In order to please the people really in charge, he has to become one of them — and most likely, as his critics point out, already is.

When we the people living under this gang of mobsters become better people — which includes becoming less fearful — then we the people, as a group, will rise up and refuse to tolerate any of it any longer. We’ll simply stop accepting the legitimacy of having most of our lives run by a gang of mobsters. The government as we know it will either wither away, or be replaced by something much more compatible with the original American Constitution.

But so long as half or so of us WANT these mobsters, and the other half or so pretend they aren’t mobsters, then we’re going to remain the victims we are.

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason

Freedom is under attack, perhaps as never before, at least in America.

But freedom has ALWAYS been under attack. All manner of psychopaths, control freaks, and neurotics are against freedom for any number of reasons. It’s nothing new.

If you become depressed over the fact that freedom is under attack, you might as well become depressed over the fact that parades or ball games are sometimes rained out; or that snow sometimes prevents air or car travel.

It’s probably in the nature of things for people to attack freedom.

The question is: Are they winning?

It’s tempting to say: Check back in a year. Or in a decade. It’s honestly true that we cannot predict the future. Even with one person, there are too many variables; with freedom, we’re talking millions or billions of people. You cannot predict.

We do know one thing for sure. It hasn’t been possible to destroy freedom completely. Enemies of freedom were attacking our Bill of Rights in the 1980s, in the 1960s, in the 1860s and probably back to the beginning. So what? That in itself doesn’t prove anything, other than the fact that freedom is not popular. But its lack of popularity has not kept it from surviving and (at some points) even flourishing. Because freedom leads to better results than any of the alternatives, no matter how much you hate freedom.

The reality is: Most people who hate freedom intend on having it for themselves; it’s OTHER PEOPLE’S freedom they cannot tolerate. But such a contradiction cannot sustain itself. It’s one major reason why no statist regime has ever survived, not forever. Communism, Maoism, Nazism — they all fell. It doesn’t mean they were replaced by freedom, but every attack on freedom eventually fails. Every attempt at freedom succeeds way beyond expectations. The only problem? Most people cannot yet handle freedom. Mankind has, perhaps, not yet evolved enough.

So freedom remains under attack. But it’s not dead. Yes, Facebook, Google and (initially) Twitter censored any comments or evidence going against the Biden regime narrative on COVID. So did most of the major news networks. But it was still possible to find those perspectives. And now they’re all back on Twitter. Censorship has won too many battles, for sure; but it also eventually loses some big battles, and it has NOT won the war. Especially so long as people are still free to speak “incorrect” things and be heard.

And maybe freedom will never be totally dead, especially so long as a vibrant and principled minority stand ready to defend their own individual rights.

That’s all freedom has ever required: a vibrant and articulate minority. Not even a majority. Because up to now, at least, a majority has never wanted freedom.

Try to keep your spirits up. Freedom is one hell of a tough sell, because most people are still afraid of it.

But freedom can and will still prevail. That the United States existed, and went as far as it did, is solid proof of that.

Happy 2023!

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason

Imagine if these loathsome scumbags were given the power to ship dissenters on the 21st century equivalent of cattle cars to the 21st century American equivalent of concentration camps. If we fail to get them the hell away from government power, this is exactly what they will do.

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Nihilistic environmentalists in the Biden regime are so keen on protecting us from alleged planetary destruction that they’re prepared to impose certain economic destruction, along with the end of civilization. Thank you, leftists!

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The Libertarian Party tweeted:

The FBI literally handed Twitter lists of Americans to be silenced, and Twitter happily did their bidding.

Why is this story already dying?

My reply:

Most Americans are so resigned to censorship–some even support it–that it’s no longer considered outrageous. This country is finished as a free country, which is why the one Party in power is so arrogant.

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle want all of the wealth and glory of being royalty, and none of the burdens or responsibilities. In other words: They’re leftists.

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Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro wants to normalize relations with the Biden regime–a fellow socialist dictatorship.

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason

“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.”

Ayn Rand

Leftists hate Gone With the Wind.

NOT because it condones racism or slavery — it doesn’t.

They hate it because it’s romantic & uplifting. And because only two genders are portrayed.

This makes them wild with rage.

All the more reason for me to watch it tonight.

Happy New Year!

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason

@ChuckCallesto:

BREAKING NOW: Top Republicans Call for the IMPEACHMENT of Joe Biden..

DO YOU SUPPORT THIS MOVE?

Dr. Hurd replies:

Impeach Biden a thousand times over. Paralyze our occupation government. Lock them all up. Do it because you LOVE the Constitution, and because they loathe freedom. It won’t happen, sadly. A few Republicans are good guys but the ones in charge of the GOP are not on our side.

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@ColoRocko:

Secession does not equal civil war. But in government public schools the two have been equated. Of course, it is very likely a corrupt federal government would treat a breakaway republic in the same manner as before — i.e., deserving invasion and destruction.

Dr. Hurd replies:

Civil war sounds horrible. But one thing may be worse: unchecked rule by psychotic, narcissistic, totalitarian leftists.

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@LauraLoomer:

URGENT:

There are only 6 days left till the vote for Speaker of the House on Jan 3.

If Kevin McCarthy becomes Speaker of the House, I believe our country is over. McCarthy @GOPLeader
is a member of the World Economic Forum, & he will help implement a New World Order.

STOP HIM!

Dr. Hurd:

I agree, but the United States is already over. Next stage is either federal dictatorship or breakup into separate nations.

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@GregAbbott_TX:

Texas has bused over 15,900 migrants to sanctuary cities:

 Over 8,900 to DC
 Over 4,900 to NYC
 Over 1,500 to Chicago
 Over 690 to Philadelphia

As Biden does nothing, Texas is taking unprecedented action to provide relief to our overwhelmed border communities.

Dr. Hurd:

Arresting Biden and everyone in his regime for deliberate malfeasance would be actual justice, if our Constitution were still in effect. Nevertheless, Abbott’s actions deserve applause.

“Support Ukraine” is like wearing a mask. The whole point is to convey: “I’m a leftist. I belong. Please like me, because I don’t.”

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Good grief. A new member of Congress who lied on his resume is the LEAST of our problems. How can it possibly compare to totalitarian green and medical fascism, censorship, open borders, hyperinflation and willful destruction of the middle class??

As @PamelaGeller tweeted:

The Democrats lie as a matter of policy so why should we care about George Santos? And why does the right always buy into the the manufactured narrative by the left – the enemy of the people.

Biden: LIAR
Pocahontas Warren: LIAR
AOC: LIAR
Ilhan Omar who married her brother: LIAR

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McDonald’s unveils first automated location, social media worried it will cut ‘millions’ of jobs. [Fox Business]

What do leftists care about jobs? They don’t want people working. They want everyone on government benefits.

That’s why they’re unconcerned about open borders. They WANT millions of refugees to depend on them. They want to destroy the middle class. Their visions of immigration are not the old-style ones, of coming to a land of freedom to take responsibility for making their own way.

They want to infantilize these immigrants. It makes them feel superior, and it makes them feel powerful.

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason