“Before you diagnose yourself as depressed, make sure you are not surrounding yourself with people who suck the life out of you.” [a meme on social media]

We have medicalized EVERYTHING. In the process, we forget we make poor choices.

We are not responsible for another’s choices. But we are responsible for the psychological atmosphere we create around us. Friendships and marriages are not coercion. We can end relationships, or at least minimize their influence, when we choose. We don’t have to let things bother us. We don’t have to become the toxic people trying to bring us down. We can refuse to enter or stay in their universe, at least psychologically speaking, and often literally — we can exit their lives.

Most choices are correctable, and many choices are even reversible. That’s the fact you cannot see if you’re too caught up in being a victim. Sometimes we are victims, but it does nothing to remain in that role. All it does is recreate the victimization we owe it to ourselves to move beyond. Seek justice and even retribution when possible, and when it’s truly worth it for you. But never let justice become your all-consuming motive. Otherwise, the whole point of holding others accountable is lost.

Michael J. Hurd

There’s been a strange transformation on the left in recent years, as its rhetoric has turned from championing real issues to bashing the right and salivating over putting Donald Trump and his associates in prison. Since the internet and social media have opened up so many new channels of communication, the left is losing its former power over the flow of information and has become forced to debate issues on the merits. Despite still maintaining a stranglehold over education, the legal system, the MSM, large corporations and most of big tech, a new study found that teenage boys are the most conservative they have been in half a century.

In reaction, the left is trying to deflect and avoid real debates by tarnishing the right with lawfare since the left now dominates the legal system. When you can get a judge to twist the jury instructions, disallow legitimate evidence and witnesses based on bogus excuses and skew the jury pool by refusing to transfer the case outside of a heavily Democratic area like Washington, D.C., you can ensure victories every time.

The right allowed the left’s domination of the legal system to happen, because we were too busy going to church, raising families and participating in typical Judeo-Christian charitable work – instead of spending our free time volunteering on busybody state bar and judicial committees, hanging out with politically correct legal groups late at night drinking and networking.

This is why there has been such a rise in lawfare – it’s now the left’s most successful strategy for winning. Destroy the right’s arguments by creating the illusion they are so bad their opinions should be illegal. The judges all go along with it, because as I’ve written previously, they are terrified of having their pristine, mostly behind-the-scenes reputations destroyed and their families harassed in public.

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The Democrats never talk about Joe Biden’s positions on issues. They never discuss his latest initiatives. They know no one takes Biden seriously due to the dementia, and Democrats have lurched so far to the left that trying to take a defensive position and prop up their positions is futile. The transgender issue is a classic example; it’s impossible to defend child mutilation, so the left is losing that debate. The best they can do is duck the argument and gaslight, changing the topic to magnify the flaws of Trump and others on the right.

Unlike the right, the left never gets any satisfaction from watching people come to see the light like #WalkAway, or by giving a speech commending their leaders’ bold visions. They don’t even make a pretense of it anymore like they did last century (pretending Jimmy Carter had bold vision was a stretch). So in order to find some satisfaction, they have resorted to disguised fascist tactics, using the legal system to squelch free speech.

The average American, who doesn’t pay close attention to politics but still votes, can be easily swayed by this tactic since no one wants to be associated with a “criminal.” Polls show that support for Trump greatly decreases if voters are asked whether they’d vote for him if he were in prison.

The left has a proven track record already, by successfully targeting fringe people and groups like Alex Jones and Q/QAnon. Since few conservatives aligned with them, they were a cinch to take down, and now the left has a blueprint to easily follow – even labeling people as “QAnon” who aren’t.

This transformation to this psychotic approach took place in part due to COVID-19 lockdowns driving mental illness on the left. Since the left insisted on locking down hard, unlike the right, they experienced more social isolation. One of their jobs that expanded during the lockdowns was trolling people on the right online from home, which further exacerbated the mental illness, being stuck with that miserable job all day long.

The left has successfully changed real political debate into a terrifying “gotcha” Orwellian era, the beginning of fascism. Turn to the MSM and it is endless coverage of Trump’s legal battles, as if there’s little else going on. Their leading pundits, like Ron Filipkowski, hysterically post round-the-clock about every minor proceeding in the lawsuits and prosecutions of Trump.

The Democratic Party should be honest and change its platform so that every plank states what it is really doing – take Trump and his associates down with lawfare, particularly through prosecution. Minor prongs are taking down his associates with lawfare.

I keep wondering, “When are the grown-ups going to intervene and stop this Orwellian lawfare?” The Supreme Court has shown that it will not intervene in anything related to election fraud, but I predict it will draw the line at allowing Trump to go to prison, realizing that’s a terrifying slippery slope to go down. While that intervention will stop people from deserting Trump, the Democrats have mastered election fraud so they won’t need him in prison in order to “win” the presidential election. Their approach is “by any means necessary,” so they are working all sleazy angles to avoid legitimate political debate.

The Democrats have successfully implemented radical Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals,” diverting attention from real political issues to destroying their political opponents with character assassinations. Since the average American doesn’t have time to figure out the complex legal issues involved, they’re getting away with it, as their comrades in the MSM hype up the caricatures of conservative leaders as traitors.

It’s not easy, but the right is going to have to figure out how to stop this transformation of political debate. I am forming an organization to combat the lawfare, especially against conservative attorneys. But that’s only one angle; we need something pronto to get people to wake up and realize we no longer have free political debate in this country.

Rachel Alexander, The Stream

The killing of three U.S. troops and wounding of dozens more Sunday by Iran-backed militants is piling political pressure on President Joe Biden to deal a blow directly against Iran, a move he’s been reluctant to do out of fear of igniting a broader war.” [Newsmax]

Political pressure? What’s political pressure, exactly? What political consequences will there be to Biden if he does NOT strike Iran? That he’ll lose reelection (assuming they don’t replace him with Michelle Obama)? Like in 2020? Please!

Iran may not be America’s friend. But Iran’s virulently toxic totalitarian government is the friend of Biden — as well as Obama and everyone else involved in this regime we still call a federal government in America.

We know that Iran is Biden’s friend, because he advanced them billions of dollars (as did Obama before him) so that Iran may practice self-defense. Well, when you give billions of dollars to a country that sponsors most of the world’s terrorism, what do you expect? More terrorism.

All of this is done out in the open. I simply can’t believe any media anywhere would refer to “political pressure” that does not exist. Conservatives legitimately complaining about it all on the Internet (when not censored by Facebook and Google) is not the same as political pressure.

“Political pressure” is a term that applies to governments who are accountable in some way to the people they govern. Leftists are accountable to their own deranged interest groups — the pro-Palestinians, the violent trannies, the vax police, the Green police and all the others. But they’re not accountable to anyone else, and they’re not worried. Perhaps they should be. But it’s not going to be mere “politics” that stops them.

Michael J. Hurd

Just think: This horrible woman could be commander-in-chief of the U.S. military a year from now. Remember: the fraud in 2020 worked. Biden “won” without a single campaign event, and with the aid of mail-in voting that remains with us. This time, Trump faces endless lawsuits and dozens of criminal charges. The entire federal government and a majority on the Supreme Court are weaponized against him. Whether Biden resumes office next year, or someone like Michelle Obama does so, is really in the hands of a few people — people like Barack Obama, Soros, Gates, Zuckerberg and others.

This woman loathes America by her own acknowledgement. If you love liberty, she loathes you and your liberty. She thinks everyone who’s not a hard leftist like herself is a racist and a tyrant. We know this because she says so repeatedly, and her actions back it up. Not that she has ever held an elected office. You can be sure that she will be more than a puppet. She will use her race as an excuse to intimidate and ultimately terrorize people into agreement with her; or if not agreeing, then obeying. Biden was a zombie. Michelle Obama could be a monster.

After Biden, is the bar so low and are even decent people so desensitized that they will simply put up with the selection of this nasty totalitarian to finish off the destruction of our republic? I honestly don’t know. But it’s a very plausible scenario.

Michael J. Hurd

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I have come to the depressing conclusion that the white ethnicities that constituted the nations of Western Civilization have degenerated into such insouciance and stupidity that they have no possibility of survival.  They sit mindlessly in front of TV absorbing their brainwashing and indoctrination.  They can’t pay their rent, mortgage or car payments, but they pay endlessly for care of immigrant-invaders who are overwhelming their communities with material needs.

(Article republished from PaulCraigRoberts.org)

In the US, North Carolina, once a Southern state, now an immigrant staging ground, has given over its high schools to serve as immigrant-invader “resettlement areas.”  To Hell with the North Carolina taxpayers. Immigrant-invaders’ rights preempt those of North Carolina taxpayers, whose majority white population, according to the narrative,  consists of white supremacist racists exploiters.  https://thepostmillennial.com/north-carolina-high-school-to-close-make-way-for-newcomer-school-for-refugees-families#google_vignette 

North Carolina has also, at taxpayers’ expense, built a campus for a “head’s start” program for children of immigrant invaders. The program takes over a former school property for NC American citizens.  https://www.wect.com/2023/07/07/ribbon-cutting-event-planned-east-coast-migrant-head-start-projects-new-campus/ 

Wherever you look, you see the US welcoming at citizens taxpayer expense endless burdens from immigrant-invaders permitted to walk unheeded across the border into the Tower of Babel that the US has become. According to leaks, RINO Republican Senators are preparing an immigration bill that would force America to accept 1.8 million immigrant-invaders each year.  Amazing to watch white people destroy their own country.  https://dailycaller.com/2024/01/24/senate-republican-josh-hawley-mike-lee-ted-cruz-border-deal-leak-proposal/?spot_im_redirect_source=pitc 

No one in America can do anything about it.  Instead of stopping the invasion and over-running of the country, the US government commits endless American resources to defending the aggressively expansive borders of Israel and Ukraine, while Washington dismantles the barrier put in place to defend America’s borders.  And the fool responsible for this policy is running for reelection as president with the media’s and America’s elites’ support.

In what remains of European ethnic countries, the director of the EU’s “border protection agency, Fronrtex,” Hans Leitjens, said that “nothing can stop immigrants.”  What he means is that the EU will not stop immigrant-invaders from bringing the Camp of the Saints to all of Europe and perhaps to Russia as well, considering the weakness demonstrated by a government that could be ruling the world. https://www.infowars.com/posts/nothing-can-stop-immigrants-eu-border-chief/ 

The dumbshit Hans Leitjens, obviously a proponent of Western annihilation, says that opposition to being overrun by immigrant-invaders constitutes “xenophobia and prejudice.”

There you have it.  If white ethnicities attempt to prevent their overthrow by invaders, they are xenophobic and racist.  

How did so many white ethnicities get converted to a point of view that doesn’t serve them? The English Suffer While Immigrant-invaders Are Housed in Hotels. This is what white people have learned to expect from “their” governments.  https://www.rt.com/business/591133-uk-power-cuts-energy-debt/

Don’t you think it is strange that the world’s white ethnicities are prepared to commit lives and endless resources to protect the borders of Israel and Ukraine, but nothing to protect their own borders?

How can people this totally stupid continue to exist?

They simply do not get it! Their product is garbage! Their adherence to the orthodoxy of the Democrat Party, diversity, multiculturalism, and now DIE, as well as giving Dem politicians a pass while excoriating Republicans over the tiniest peccadilloes … no one wants to read what they write. And these days, people have alternative news sources. It’s not that Los Angelenos can’t support the LA Times. It’s that Los Angelenos WON’T support the LA Times.

UPDATED Jan. 26, 2024: The administration has officially confirmed that they intend to postpone permitting of natural gas projects to appease eco-loons.

The White House has intervened in the permitting process for 17 large natural gas projects, ordering additional climate impact analyses after activists called on the administration to nix the projects, The New York Times reported. [emphasis, links added]

In a move environmentalists have demanded in recent months, the White House is ordering the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider the impact proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal projects would have on climate change, three individuals with knowledge of internal deliberations told the Times.

The DOE has never before rejected a gas export application on climate grounds.

“It appears that individuals within the White House are trying to force policymaking through leaks to the media. This continues to create uncertainty about whether our allies can rely on US LNG for their energy security,” Shaylyn Hynes, a spokesperson for energy developer Venture Global, said in a statement.

“If this leaked report from anonymous White House sources is true, it appears the Administration may be putting a moratorium on the entire U.S. LNG industry.”

“Such an action would shock the global energy market, having the impact of an economic sanction, and send a devastating signal to our allies that they can no longer rely on the United States,” Hynes added.

“The true irony is this policy would hurt the climate and lead to increased emissions as it would force the world to pivot to coal.”

The White House declined to comment on the report and the DOE didn’t respond to a request for comment.

Among the projects that would be impacted by the DOE’s review is the so-called Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) project, a proposed $10 billion LNG terminal located on a 546-acre site in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, which would be the largest export terminal of its kind in the nation.

According to Venture Global, the facility would have a nameplate export capacity of 20 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG and a peak capacity of about 24 MTPA.

In 2023, the U.S. exported 88.9 MT of LNG, according to a FOX Business analysis of tanker tracking data, meaning the CP2 facility would alone increase exports by a staggering 23%.

Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers and fossil fuel industry associations have called for the Biden administration to expeditiously approve pending LNG export terminals, arguing they are key for strengthening the U.S. economy and supporting the energy security of allies in Europe and Asia amid geopolitical turmoil.

“The longer the Biden administration drags its feet on approving new paths for America to develop and supply its allies with clean natural gas, the more this White House empowers our enemies in China and Russia — and the more the American people pay higher energy prices,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, told Fox News Digital in a statement.

“Our economy and national security can’t afford for President Biden to stay beholden to climate fanatics who are happy to see our country sacrifice jobs and energy independence for nothing,” Kennedy said.

Fellow Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy argued during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing this month that LNG export facilities in the U.S. would have an “overwhelmingly” lower carbon footprint than the alternative of coal-fired power generation in foreign nations.

“This is a war on our allies,” Cassidy told Fox News Digital. “They depend upon us for their energy and economic security. For apparently political purposes, the Biden administration is deliberately postponing permitting. Putin must have designed this strategy.”

And Marty Durbin, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Energy Institute, echoed those comments on Wednesday, saying U.S. LNG plays an “essential role in displacing dirtier Russian gas” that Europe remains reliant on. “Any move to restrict or delay our ability to meet our commitments to our allies is deeply disturbing,” he said.

Earlier this month, international energy organizations Eurogas and the Asia Natural Gas & Energy Association (ANGEA) issued strong statements of support for continued permitting of U.S. LNG export terminals.

Eurogas said such exports were critical for ensuring the full phase down of Europe’s dependence on Russian natural gas, while ANGEA added U.S. LNG is needed to meet Asia’s decarbonization goals.

However, LNG export terminals have been opposed by Democrats and environmentalists who argue they would create harmful pollution and contribute to global warming.

The issue has led to activists posting videos on social media which, over the last two months, have generated tens of millions of views.

Additionally, in December, dozens of environmental groups wrote to DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm, imploring her to reject the CP2 project “for the sake of our climate and communities.”

Days later, 170 scientists penned a letter to President Biden, asking him to determine whether CP2 is not in the public interest and to reject it and other pending LNG facilities.

This just in: the ruling class hates your freedoms.

The Committee to Unleash Prosperity (CUP), a D.C.-based nonprofit advocacy group led by Steve Forbes and economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore, released a report this month announcing the findings of a Rasmussen poll which confirms what the “average” American already knew: the elites, to paraphrase F. Scott Fitzgerald, are different. What the average American may not already know is just how much of an existential threat to freedom the ruling class is.

CUP calls the report, titled “The Two Americas and How the Nation’s Elite is Out of Touch with Average Americans,” a “first-of-its-kind look at the views of the American Elite.” This report is based upon two separate Rasmussen surveys of 1,000 members of the elite class conducted last September. It defined the elites as people having at least one post-graduate degree, earning at least $150,000 annually, and living in high-population density areas (more than 10,000 people per square mile in their zip code). They represent a mere 1% of the U.S. population, but of course they have a disproportionate degree of power and influence, not least in terms of the topics and views that dominate public policy and the national conversation.

“These results confirm what people have long suspected,” the report states. “Today, there are two Americas.” As the authors write in their executive summary,

The people who run America, or at least think they do, live in a bubble of their own construction. They’ve isolated themselves from everyday America’s realities to such a degree their views about what is and what should be happening in this country differ widely from the average American’s.

The elites’ views arise from what the authors of the report describe as a “fraternity culture” that, to some extent, crosses the political aisle (73% of the elites sampled in the report were Democrats, 14% Republicans). The ruling elite – regardless of political party – is “an exclusive club that sees and experiences America through a different lens than ordinary Americans.” The study also examined a sub-sampling of attendees of Ivy League or other elite private schools such as Northwestern, Duke, and Stanford. Roughly half attended one of these schools; the report refers to these members as “Ivy League Graduates.”

The findings reveal that, in the arena of personal finances, only about 20% of all Americans say they believe their finances are getting better under the Biden administration. Anyone who goes to the supermarket or gas station knows that, contrary to Biden administration gaslighting, the economy is disastrous compared to the Trump years. But a whopping 74% of the elite, and a full 88% of the Ivy League grads claim they are better off now.

On the topic of individual freedom, elites are three times more likely than all Americans to say that we have too much individual freedom (!). Almost six out of ten of the Ivy League graduates think there is too much freedom.

Too much freedom. Let that sink in.

Predictably, climate change is “an obsession of the very rich and highly educated.” An astonishing 77% of them – including nearly 90% of the Ivy League graduates – favor the rationing of energy, gas, and meat to help save the planet. Among all Americans, 63% oppose the idea. The prevalence of this attitude across the board should terrify Americans.

Between half and two-thirds of Elites favor a ban – a ban, mind you – on many modern conveniences such as gas stoves, gas-powered cars, air conditioning, SUVs, and “non-essential air travel”. More than two-thirds of the Ivy League grads would ban each of these. For the average American, less than one in four of these voters favors such bans (it’s alarming enough to realize that even that many favor banning; this reveals the extent to which the Left’s indoctrination about the “climate crisis” has taken hold).

To help reduce the impact of climate change, almost “two-thirds of elites (70%) said they would pay $500 or more each year in taxes and higher costs… while nearly as many average Americans (72%) said they would only be willing to pay $100 or less a year.”

Surprisingly, about half of Americans apparently hold a favorable opinion of lawyers, lobbyists, union leaders, or journalists. Contrast this with the almost 80% of elites who have a positive view of this group of professionals, and with the nearly 90% of the elite college graduates. Twenty-eight percent of Americans, as opposed to 67% of the elite, have a favorable opinion of Congress.

As for President Biden himself, whose approval rating is cratering among most voters, his performance earned approval from an eye-popping 84% of the elites. Eighty-four percent think decrepit radical Joe Biden, who can’t even find his way out of a conference room without being guided by a handler or his wife, is doing a great job.

On the hotly-contested issue of education: two-thirds (67%) of the elites would prefer a candidate who said education professionals rather than parents should decide what children are taught in school — only 38% of the public agrees.

It is notable that the totalitarian urges of the elites intensify among the younger ones. For those who are 55 or older, only 10% think there is too much individual freedom, whereas a majority (54%) of those under 35 hold that view. This does not bode well for the future.

As you might expect, the elites exhibit “an extraordinary level of trust in the government.” Contrary to Ronald Reagan’s quip that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help,” 70% of elites trust the federal government to do the right thing most of the time. That is more than twice the national average. The survey notes that among the most politically active members of the elite, that figure rises to a jaw-dropping 89%.

The CUP report concludes that the elites “are wildly out of touch with the American people,” particularly on the vital issue of individual freedom. Indeed, the authors warn that the “overall views of the Elites represent an existential threat to America’s founding ideals of freedom, equality, and self-governance.” [Emphasis added]

Is it any wonder that Donald Trump, who technically could be categorized as one of the elites but who is sneered at by that same ruling class both here and abroad as a “populist,” has such passionate support on the Right? It is precisely because he represents the most unrelenting threat to the ruling class’ vision of totalitarian governance that he strikes such panic in the cold hearts of globalists at home and among the imperious Davos crowd internationally.

As the Committee to Unleash Prosperity report demonstrates, there are two Americas. But ultimately, to quote the movie Highlander, there can be only one. And whichever vision prevails – populist or elite – will determine whether America still has a future as the land of the free.

By Larry Brandes

The Democratic National Convention will be held this August in Chicago.  What time is it for the Dems?  It’s panic time.

Joe falls down a lot, wanders around in a confused state, and babbles incoherently.  He vaguely remembers winning in 2020 by campaigning from his basement wearing pajamas and flip-flops.  Everyone (except Joe and Jill) knows that Joe is feeble and about as popular as a tuna sandwich from a broken Alabama gas station vending machine.  Biden apparently is unconcerned about his pathetic popularity polls, the upcoming election, or illegal aliens being dumped from sea to shining sea.  The chances of Biden winning a second term are slim to none, and slim left town.  That beep-beep-beep you hear is the truck backing up on Biden’s political career.

The Republican contender is Donald Trump, who has been training for 2024 like Rocky Balboa in Rocky I.  Rocky said, “It ain’t about how hard you get hit.  It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.”

Trump has suffered blow after blow from friend and foe.  Every time Trump gets knocked down, he gets back up and keeps moving forward.  Trump is a brave warrior who was defeated in 2020 but seeks a rematch in 2024.  Trump loves America, and millions upon millions of Americans love him right back.   

Apparently, according to Cindy Adams, “Michelle Obama may already be working on a 2024 White House bid.”  Could a super-secret plan be afoot to replace Joe as the Democrat candidate for 2024 and eject toxic Kamala for good measure?

Michelle is popular among certain groups and would be eminently qualified.  She watched Barack for eight years, knows where the White House china room is located, and is excited about planting another garden.  She also has experience mingling with the upper-crust A-listers ensconced on Martha’s Vineyard.  Mr. and Mrs. Obama are terrified that Trump will gut their diabolical plan to fundamentally transform America into a third-world country.

Sooner rather than later, Joe will be persuaded to abandon his quest for a second term.  Oh, they will say it’s because of health reasons, but the time is quickly drawing near for Biden to be dragged off the stage.  The Dems will sing, “For he’s a jolly good fellow” and applaud as Joe boards the last bus to Delaware.  Joe will eat ice cream on the beach and wonder why he is no longer president.  Democrats will clap their hands and announce a brand new candidate at the eleventh hour to replace forlorn Joe.

Obama vs. Trump will be a battle for the ages.  Michelle checks a lot of boxes, and the lapdog media will sing her praises and continue to hate Trump 24/7.  However, Trump is a champion who actually was president for four years.  Trump stood tall in the Thunderdome, exhibited true grit when confronting our enemies, and earned the respect of nations throughout the world.  Trump accomplished many things during his first term of office and desperately wants to repair the intentional damage inflicted on America by Biden.  Trump vows to make America great again!

All America wants to see is a clean fight in 2024.