James Comey Had It Coming

By J Robert Smith

  • Sept. 27, 2025
  • 2-min read

Bill Maher has decided that James Comey’s indictment is just Donald Trump’s revenge. That’s what Maher said on Friday night’s show. Actually, Maher isn’t original here. That’s the party line among Democrats. That’s certainly the line from corporate media. So, he’s just regurgitating with zingers and laugh lines.(For the record, Maher can be very funny. If I can’t catch his show, I’ll watch clips at X.) But he whiffs in the humor department here.

Catherine Herridge, now an independent journalist and one of the few good ones, posted at X on September 25:

“• Revealed Comey’s role authorizing media leaks (at least one involved classified information) through his FBI subordinates or through his Columbia law school professor Richman with SGE (Special Government Employee) status.”

Revolver cuts to the chase (September 26):

“The [Kash Patel led] FBI’s declassified investigation tied Comey directly to media leaks, including classified information he funneled through lower-level FBI officials, and even through his Columbia professor buddy. That professor should be facing charges too, unless he’s cutting a deal to save his own skin.”

Revolver summarizes:

“So no, this wasn’t a witch hunt. It was a long-running cover-up that finally collapsed like a house of flimsy cards. Comey thought he had all his bases covered, even planting family in key positions to shield him. But like every crooked scheme, it was only a matter of time before it all came crashing down.”

Wonder why a Comey indictment is only happening now? Revolver cites an X Post by Hans Mahncke (September 25):

“Then I learned that the now former U.S. Attorney, Erik Siebert (Eastern District of Virginia], was a Democratic Party backed pawn, which made the picture a little clearer. Next, I found out that Siebert’s deputy was tied to Trump saboteur Lisa Monaco, confirming the rot. But the biggest shock was discovering that James Comey’s own son-in-law worked there until today.”

Hence, President Trump’s insistence that Attorney General Pam Bondi get off her rump and hand Siebert his walking papers. Siebert was replaced with Lindsey Halligan, who was an attorney defending Trump in the ginned up Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. She was serving in Trump’s administration. Democrats are howling that Halligan is merely a water-carrier for Trump. More nonsense. First, U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. Trump, like his predecessors, has the power to hire and fire.

Second, to put it charitably, Siebert was clearly “conflicted.” If there was anyone carrying water, it was Erik Siebert, hence, the endless delay indicting Comey.

There’s talk that more indictments are headed Comey’s way. What role did Comey play in attempts to frame Trump with Russia collusion? Indications are that then-President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton originated that scheme. How was Comey in the mix? We may find out shortly.

Prediction: James Comey is an oily DC insider. Like most players in that town, he’s all about looking out for Number One. If he doesn’t think he can beat raps in a court of law – if he doesn’t get the level of political cover and financial backing he needs to pay legal fees – he may decide to cut a deal with prosecutors to save himself with a plea deal. If it comes to that, that may prove bad news for others involved in the worse conspiracy to destroy a president in U.S. history.

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Do We Have the Courage to Save America?

By Rob Meyne

  • Sept. 19, 2025
  • 3-min read

Last week was an inflection point in U.S. history. I cannot say how the world will be different now, but I am confident it will.

Those who are familiar with Charlie Kirk’s work and words likely understand the importance of his assassination. The people who do not understand are his political opponents, ideological enemies, or those whose knowledge of him is limited to lies they have heard.

We will have more to say on this and related topics in the days to come. For now, let me ask you to consider one lesson we should learn.
His assassination proves there is one thing the left fears more than anything else: constitutional conservative Christians who can have respectful conversations with people who hold different opinions. We are feared because we are effective.

When people know the facts, and are open to a respectful discussion, minds can be changed. The left fears good will, kindness, and facts more than anything. Most of their political arguments are based on emotion and inaccurate assumptions. Their discussions don’t usually hold up under the light of truth.

Survey data repeatedly show the majority of Americans believe in conservative principles like those generally held by Kirk. Most Americans support reducing the size of government, lower taxes, respectful dialogue, secure borders, the welcoming of immigrants who come here lawfully, and don’t approve of grown men showering with their daughters. And he was a proud Christian and an effective apostle. For that he is accused of being an extremist.

The left fears conservative activists who are willing and able to debate the issues of our day in a way that is open, respectful, and successful. They are not worried about the most extreme, fringe conservative activists.

Charlie Kirk is not dead because he was extreme. He was not. Or because he was hateful. He was not. Charlie is dead because he was successful. He brought thousands of young Americans to understand and support our Constitution, nation, the value of the family, and the love of the Lord. Those are the things for which Charlie Kirk lived and died. Any time you want to know who is being effective, and who radical leftists fear the most, look at who they attack. That will tell you everything.

In a presidential campaign, your opponents will tell you where they fear they will lose. Just look at where they are spending their time and money. By the same reasoning, they will tell you who they think is hurting them in the political world. The people who are hurting them are the ones they attack. That simple.

In the case of Kirk, he was such a threat to the leftists that he was murdered. If that doesn’t tell you everything you need to know, you are beyond saving.

What should be our response? Be more like Charlie. We can change this world for the better, starting right now, if we commit to being unafraid to express our opinions, to debate in a way that is civil, factual, and persuasive, and to be willing to listen.

If every conservative patriot woke up tomorrow and did just that, we would change the political future of America, inexorably and positively.
How many of us have the courage to do that?

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Another Look at Gaza

By Rob Meyne

  • Sept. 1, 2025
  • 5-min read

A lot of formerly conservative and reasonable political types have decided to blame Isreal for the chaos in the Middle East. It is fashionable. All the “cool kids” seem to be supporting the side that started the most recent battle in the region.

Notably, the great majority of them hold these two positions simultaneously: 1) Ukraine should fight hard against Russia until they win, no matter the cost. And, 2) Israel needs to be calm, measured, and proportionate in their response, while bearing all accountability for the suffering in the region. Got it?

It is hard to imagine an explanation for this other than antisemitism. Give us a better explanation. We’ll wait.

With respect to all those who carry a different viewpoint, the trend today is to blame Israel for a problem started by Hamas. And these positions are justified by believing reports on Israel that come from Hamas. It is as if we believed the mafia dons instead of the DOJ.

Hamas and their allies, including dreck like AOC and Omar and Sanders and Harris, justify and build support for Hamas while ignoring our long-time ally in Israel.

This just in: War is bad. Innocent people die. That is not the fault of Israel. It was true when the Allies bombed Dresdent and Hiroshima, and it is true when they attack Gaza City.

One solution, of course, for people who don’t like civilian casualties would be for them to not massacre innocents themselves. Israel did not attack Hamas October 7. Hamas attacked Israel, and there should be a massive price. For me, I can justify wiping out Hamas leadership and fighters, permanently, without apology. They have lost their seat at the table of reasonable debate.

Have you heard the mindless ranting that “war never solves anything?” BS. It is often the very thing that solves problems.

Were the Nazis a problem? Of course. WW II solved it. And millions of non-military casualties were part of the price we paid.

One assumes the people wadding their panties about possilbe civilian starvation – we actually don’t know how many people are starving, or why – would have opposed the ending of WW II because we bombed civilians. To say otherwise would be hypocritical.

No one is targeting civilians. Well, Hamas does, in a sense, by way of hiding behind them or under buildings where women and children are used by human shields.

Hamas started it, they are evil, they are among the most cruel and despicable governing bodies extant. (Name one that is worse. North Korea, maybe?) They are dedicated to wiping out all Jews, and America in the bargain. And people like Biden and AOC and Harris carry their water for them. And the Democrat Party has nominated a man devoted to wiping out Jews, and Americans, to be mayor of our largest city.

No one likes to have civilian casualties, which is one of many reasons our president is trying to end it. But implying Israelis are targeting reporters or children is irresponsible. And false. There is no accurate and credible information coming out of Gaza except possibly that from Israelis forces, American intelligence, and NGOs. And nearly all NGOs say Israel is not preventing food and other aid from getting to Gaza. But once there, Hamas leadership steals or misappropriates it.

It is up to you if you want to trust people who live streamed themselves raping, torturing, and massacring innocent people. If you give Hamas your loyalty or trust, God help you.

The food being distributed in Gaza gets there with the assistance of the Israelis and international aid organizations. Those same organizations deny the charges of Israeli genocide against Gaza. Genocide is the planned extermination, as a matter of policy, of a group of people. That is simply not what is happening in Gaza.

No sane person can blame Israel for the inexcusable ways Hamas treats its own people. They keep them unsafe, hungry, and in harm’s way. It isn’t you, me, or Benjamin Netanyahu.

BTW, there is no nation called Palestine, and never has been. A two-state solution has been offered repeatedly and rejected by the Arabs, including Hamas. And if there ever are two such states, one of them might be called Palestine. Fine. I couldn’t care less what they call it. But the often-repeated fiction is that the land from which Israel was formed was taken from a nation called Palestine. That just isn’t true. But you even hear U.S. representatives saying it.

“Palestinians” is a term that is widely used today because it was promoted by Yassar Arafat. He needed a good way to brand anti-Israel radicals. Thus the “PLO” cane to be. Which isn’t to say he invented the term, of course. But he recognized the value in seizing on an old term to represent a current cohort.

Today, millions of people want to “return” the “Palestinians” to a nation that has never existed. It is astounding how much world history is forged by false impressions and propaganda.

BTW, even major Arab nations in the region – Egypt, Jordan, for example – don’t want Hamas/Gazans. Egypt has a wall to keep them out that is bigger and more effective than anything we have on our Southern border. Arab nations won’t even allow Gazans in. Why do you think that is? Is it because the Gazans are loving, innocent people, blameless in it all, who just want rainbows and unicorns for a peaceful world?

Some, not all, of the Hamas apologists mean well. But sometimes the world offers moral clarity. This is such a time.

People who buy into all the anti-Israel garbage are doing the bidding of today’s Nazis. We need to pick a side, and they’ve picked the bad guys. Sorry to be so blunt, and nothing personal, but the anti-Israel propaganda machine has worked on a lot of otherwise intelligent and principled people.

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The View From the Neon Lights

By Rob Meyne

  • Aug. 29, 2025
  • 4-min read

We love living in Las Vegas. There is no location with more to do.

But it is undeniable that the city is not as welcoming to people of ordinary means as it used to be.

It is funny how often I hear “The city was better when it was run by the mob.” I don’t know how true that is, but it was more accessible.

Ordinary Americans should be able to come here and have a good time on a decent budget. Manifestly, they cannot.

There are one-of-a-kind resorts here that give you an unforgettable experience. Places like the Venetian-Palazzo, or Mandalay Bay, or Aria do not disappoint. They have figured it out. There is no city like this, and some of the world’s biggest hotels are here, often full to capacity for weeks on end.

But the focus of many properties has, over time, moved from middle America to the rich and privileged. Lots of resorts have decided that essentially EVERY component of their operation must turn a profit. They are good at tracking expenses and income, but not always good at looking at the entire enterprise. More people will come to your hotel, gamble, and drink, if they don’t have to pay so much for parking, etc. But they miss that.

You used to be able to park for free, eat inexpensively, enjoy free drinks while playing, and probably see a decent show for little or nothing. You may have noticed the casinos didn’t go broke. They thrived. Now they charge ridiculous resort fees (which is just additional profit), outrageous parking fees, ludicrous prices for drinks, and there are very few affordable restaurants.

I was in a discussion once where a casino executive said, “Parking facilities are expensive, so why shouldn’t our visitors pay for it?” “For the same reason,” I said, “That you can still park at the mall, doctor’s office, or Applebee’s for free.” Heating and cooling are expensive, too, but they don’t charge you for it separately. They did not get the point or find it amusing.

Last week we had a friend in town who wanted to eat on the Strip. So, we went to Netflix Bites (which is not a commentary on their programming), a themed place at MGM. Five people. One ordered steak frites, another a cheeseburger, then a pasta dish, nachos, and a club sandwich. No drinks. It was ok, not great. If I had the same meal at Denny’s I would have said it was fine, but nothing special.

$250 before tip. There is zero chance we’ll go there again. If you get the urge to try it, please notify me so I can talk you out of it.

City leaders can claim the drop in visitation isn’t a Las Vegas issue, but not all the factors affecting us are global. The least responsible or credible thing businesspeople can do, when business takes a downturn, is to claim there is nothing you can do about it. There always is.

Major resorts are saying they are trying to bring in more business by lowering or eliminating parking charges and resort fees. They also claim those same expenses are not keeping people away. Uh… if those expenses aren’t driving away business, why would changing them bring it back? It IS about money. Of course it is. It always is.

A few years ago, the city sold its soul to F1 to bring a race here. It is cool to have one here. Sounds like a good idea, right?

But average people can’t afford to attend. And the annual event disrupts the daily lives of tens of thousands of people, for months on end, because they are constantly building, tearing down, and rebuilding the infrastructure. They are inconvenienced just trying to live their lives, but they get little or no benefit from the event itself.

There is also no way for most locals to participate in F1. Most major events – the Super Bowl, Kentucky Derby, Indy 500 – have a lot of ways for folks to enjoy the festivities, often at a decent price. Not F1 Las Vegas.

And, for about a third of the year, conservatively, things that people come here to see – think the Bellagio Fountains – aren’t fully visible or accessible because the streets and sidewalks are blocked. If you’re a crown prince or a billionaire, F1 is a good gig. If you are a teacher, cop, or firefighter, not so much.

This is a great city and one of the few truly unique locales one can call home. But it is not as affordable for mainstream America as it was once. Las Vegas will face tough years ahead if they continue to cater only to the richest among us.

The city leaders and the businesses who pull their strings have decided Las Vegas should not appeal to average people. They didn’t announce it, of course, but they made the decision to abandon middle America by making thousands of individual choices that rose the price of everything from taxis to uber to steaks to beer to parking. Having priced everything out of sight, it is hard to see how they can roll it all back.

Or maybe it is easy: lower your prices. But business models that depend on people paying $20 for a beer will be put to the test.

EVERY new property and restaurant wants to be the nicest, most elite, snootiest, etc. But sometimes people just want a decent meal and cocktail for a reasonable price. There are very few places to eat near the Strip that are priced decently. That is why the few that are, like Ellis Island, are crowded.

Vegas will survive but things will remain a bit more challenging than they need to be until someone in charge realizes there are more people who can pay 6 or 8 dollars for a beer than the 15 or 20 most places charge. I recently had a bourbon on the rocks, just a decent but not spectacular pour, for which they asked $35.00. One shot. I declined and didn’t stay around long enough to see if they actually inserted the drink where I suggested.

There is a vast, underserved market, and the next big winners in NV will be the people who figured out how to serve it.

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Pam Bondi Blew It

By J Robert Smith

  • July 11, 2025
  • 2-min read

As I write this, Pam Bondi is coming under increasing fire for her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Reports are that FBI director Kash Patel and his deputy director, Dan Bongino, are “furious” at Bondi for her ineptness in the matter. The report comes via Revolver from Laura Loomer.

The extent of President Trump’s approval of Bondi’s efforts to deep-six the Epstein affair is unknown. Revolver did report that Bill O’Reilly says that Trump has wanted to spare those who may appear on an Epstein list simply because of contact with him. In other words, they committed no crimes but could be the victims of guilt by association.

What matters is that the grassroots are livid. The White House and DOJ are trying to bury what most Americans know is one of the most sordid scandals in U.S. history. Epstein and his handmaiden Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked in underage females for the pleasure of prominent and powerful men – and, who knows, maybe women. They may have done so to blackmail these men. Talk has been that Epstein may have been an asset for U.S. intelligence services, most likely the CIA. There’s some talk that he may have been acting on behalf of Israeli intelligence or acting in coordination with the CIA and the Israelis.

Of course, all that is speculation. At this point, Trump needs to decide that the Epstein matter cannot be stonewalled, unless he wants the firestorm to grow. Trump risks alienating segments of his base voters if they believe the truth is being concealed for political or other purposes.

The likely outcome should be that Pam Bondi resigns to save face. If she doesn’t resign, then the president needs to fire her and commit to a quick disclosure of everything the DOJ and other federal agencies possess on a truly evil man, Jeffrey Epstein.

Then make Kash Pastel attorney general and Dan Bongino FBI director.

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Will House RINOs Bail on the One, Big, Beautiful Bill?

By J Robert Smith

  • July 2, 2925
  • 2-min read

Reports Breitbart, July 1:

“Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Briefing” that President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” domestic policy package passed by the Senate has at least 20 Republican Representatives who are currently no votes.”

Never put treachery or cowardice past RINOs. But bailing on Trump’s signature legislation would cost so-called moderate Republicans dearly. The president has a lot of tools in his toolbox to deal with recalcitrant House Republicans. There are dozens of favors that the White House could withhold from representatives who are up for election next year. Speaker Mike Johnson, likewise, could withhold monies and favors, including reelection support.

The leverage that the RINOs enjoy, however, is that the GOP has a razor-thin majority in the House. The Republican majority couldn’t function without the support of moderates. It’s something of a standoff, but an angry Donald Trump might not care. If moderates fail to support the continuing resolution, Trump is capable of going scorched earth.

What will happen is that Speaker Johnson and his team will make some accommodations to his members who have issues with the Senate version of the CR. The amended version will go to a conference committee (that’s a House-Senate confab) that will negotiate further compromises. The conference bill will then be voted on by the House and Senate.

Frost admitted that Republicans – moderates and fiscal conservatives like Chip Roy – are more than likely to cave. Said Frost:

“Now we’ve got to be honest all the time, the moderates on the Republican side always fold. They put up a little fight. So that way, they have some footage that they can put behind their ads during election time, and then they fold right away. The far right kind of Freedom Caucus folks, most of the time, they fold. Sometimes they stick to it. So we’ll see. Right now, we’re having conversations with a lot of them behind the scenes. But you, one of the most important conversations, the most impactful ones, are actually constituents and the people reaching out. That’s why the big strategy right now is delay, delay, delay. Every minute we keep this bill from passing, it becomes even more unpopular.”

There you have it. Delay is the Democrats’ big weapon. Mike Johnson and John Thune need to move heaven and earth to get balky Republicans onboard and pass the One, Big, Beautiful Bill no later than next week, latest. Twist arms, trade favors – whatever. Get it done.

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The U.S. has No Obligation to Liberate Iran

By J Robert Smith

  • June 19, 2025
  • 2-min read

So, I have a piece running at American Thinker today. If you have a few minutes, check it out. The takeaway is this:

In the main, Americans favor ending Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions even if that requires limited military action. They prefer negotiations to work, though. But they don’t want another regime change war. Not in Iran, not anywhere. No more occupations. They’ve seen enough blood spilled and treasure squandered in Iraq, Afghanistan, and long distant Vietnam — all fruitless and costly ventures.

Older and now current polling is clear: Americans don’t want the Iranians to possess nuclear weapons. They rightly view such as a threat to U.S. national security. They’ll tolerate or accept limited military action to destroy or cripple Iran’s nuclear weapons program, but they want nothing to do with a regime change war. Who does? Have failures in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam – the latter two catastrophic – taught us nothing?

Moreover, it didn’t require a lot of deep research to learn that the President of the United States opposes regime change wars. Donald Trump has been thoroughly consistent in his opposition to toppling governments and nation-building exercises. Both are championed by neocons, who haven’t met a war they didn’t want the U.S. involved in.

Neocons love cloaking U.S. interventions that they push in high moral tones. We have to “protect democracy” is one of their favorites. Like in Ukraine, where “democracy” doesn’t look much like democracy. After suspending elections, among other anti-liberty actions, Zelenskyy performs like an authoritarian.

Or, we have a moral obligation to “liberate” enslaved peoples. No, we don’t. As the founders proclaimed – particularly Washington – our obligation is to be a light in a dark world. There are a lot of bad players across the globe. The U.S. is supposed to hopscotch from country to country fighting wars of liberation? At what costs? There aren’t enough challenges at home? How many parents must bury their sons and daughters to serve these endless, “noble” causes?

More practical minded neocons claim it’s in America’s national security interests to fight the enemy in Afghanistan, for example. It saves Americans from fighting enemies here at home. Since Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, where in the U.S. have there been pitched battles with the Taliban? We’ve been hearing that balderdash since Vietnam.

No doubt about it, America’s leaders have a principal obligation to protect the homeland from threats, foreign and domestic. But not from ginned up threats. America shouldn’t be in the business of wars of aggrandizement. Its fighting men and women aren’t fodder for military brass to buff-up their resumés. The U.S. shouldn’t go to war to increase revenue streams for defense contractors.

If you don’t believe me, listen to Donald Trump and talk to your friends and neighbors.

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Is the Senate GOP is about to Ruin Trump’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill?

By J Robert Smith

  • June 10, 2025
  • 2-min read

President Donald Trump wants to give middle-class and working Americans tax breaks. He pledged to do so during last year’s presidential contest. Those promises proved popular and helped elect him. Now, some Senate Republicans are balking. If they wind up gutting some of Trump’s most popular tax-cut initiatives from the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill,” they risk losing the U.S. House in next year’s midterm elections. If the House flips to the Democrats, it’s game over. The final two years of the Trump presidency will end up like the last two years of his first presidency: marked by investigations, impeachment inquiries, and gridlock. The stakes are enormously high.

Politico is reporting (June 10) that Sen. Ron Johnson (WI) is leaning against “no taxes on tips,” “no taxes on overtime” and tax relief for seniors” – the latter refers to permitting seniors to deduct up to $4,000 annually in taxes on their Social Security pensions. Why Social Security pensions are taxed in the first place is the real question. Working Americans are forced by law to contribute to Social Security. When they retire, Uncle Sam then taxes their pensions. How is that fair?

North Carolina’s Thom Tillis is raising objections, too. Tillis voted to impeach Trump back in 2020. He’s clearly no friend of the president’s. Tillis is an establishment Republican. Does he have any feel for the struggles of working North Carolinians? Tar Heel State conservatives are likely to challenge him for renomination in 2026.

Making legislation is a messy affair. Compromises are standard. Making minor adjustments to accommodate senators are expected. But any changes that break President Trump’s promises to help tens of millions of hardworking – often struggling – Americans should be a nonstarter.

Republicans hold a razor-thin majority in the U.S. House. Passing the One, Big, Beautiful Bill largely intact is critical to the GOP holding their House majority next year. Senate Republicans should remember that as they mark up Trump’s signature piece of legislation.

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Trump’s Mini Slump is ending

By J Robert Smith

  • May 21, 2025
  • 4-min read

Nick R. Hamilton at Slay reports that Trump’s poll numbers are starting to trend up. He draws from Nate Silver’s polling data. Silver has seen Trump’s approval rise four points in the last month, give or take. But here’s the revelation: Expect Trump’s numbers to continue to rise, albeit modestly for a while.

Why? The economy is doing better. Employment is up. Prices are down, particularly at gas pumps and in grocery stores. This is happening as energy production is just ramping up and as Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill wends its way through Congress. Passage is anticipated by Independence Day, July 4. The C.R. contains a broad range of tax cuts that were scheduled to lapse but will be made permanent and newer tax cuts – elimination of tip taxes and taxes on Social Security payments. The measure includes other economic incentives, too.

Trump’s numbers are rising as the public learns more about the impact of his tariffs. Nations are negotiating to settle difference. Britain has just made a deal. Various enterprises in Asia and elsewhere pledge to site manufacturing facilities in the U.S. or increase investments here. Trump just announced $600 billion in investments from Saudi Arabia in U.S. concerns.

Trump also continues to work diligently to broker a peace deal between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. He’s seeking a negotiated end to Iran’s nuclear weapons program development. Unlike neocons, Americans want peaceful settlements of differences, not war.

Finally, in less than four months, Trump has effectively closed the U.S.-Mexican border, proving that Biden’s handlers lied all along about grappling with ways to end the tide of illegals into the country. In fact, everything that Biden’s White House did was to encourage millions of migrants to enter the country. It was a cynical ploy to build Democrat consistencies and voter bases.

Not that there aren’t challenges ahead for the president. The U.S. Supreme Court needs to shutdown lower federal courts from interfering with the chief executive’s right to deport illegals, particularly those deemed dangerous.

But, all in all, mid and longer term, the positives outweigh the negatives for Trump’s presidency. With critical midterm elections slated for November 2026, Democrats can’t be very happy about that development.

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Equity is Failing,
And We Are Better Off

By Anthony Trevlac

  • May 12, 2024
  • 5-min read

Unfortunately for people who are smart and knowledgeable, most public policy, even at its highest levels, is determined by something other than logic or facts. Examples abound.

Equality is a foundational value in our country. Historically, that has meant equality of opportunity and equality before the law. Those are defensible, widely loved elements of the American Dream. They fit cleanly into a society where people can be as successful as their ability and effort will take them.

Equity (the “E “in “DEI”) is an entirely different concept. Its supporters use it interchangeably with words like equality, in an effort to obfuscate its true meaning. But equity, as practiced by the Biden Administration, means treating certain races more favorably than others. It is the opposite of equal opportunity.

Equity rests not on any identifiable, defensible, or constitutional principle, or even on any generally accepted social norm. There is no tenet of traditional liberal thought that supports discrimination based on membership within a group. And discrimination is the core concept behind equity.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits that, as SCOTUS has ruled. But that is what Biden and Harris repeatedly did, hiring and promoting people based on race, appointing judges or selecting candidates based on race, and even allocating governmental largesse based on the race of the recipient, and not on need.

Emotions always come into play. Anyone brave enough to question equity is at risk (or inevitability) of being accused of racism. Equity, as practiced by Biden-Harris under the orders issued on “Day One,” proscribes that government benefits and opportunities be allocated based first on race, not merit.

If you weren’t a preferred sex or race, Joe Biden didn’t consider you for his VP slot or for his SCOTUS appointment. He said so. Both selections were therefore made, in a nation of about 330 million people, from a pool of less than 8 million. Equity is the enemy of equal opportunity and merit.

Calling someone names is the go-to tactic for people who have lost an argument. Calling someone racist is possibly the most egregious charge that can be made against them in contemporary American. If you ask questions about DEI, you are very likely to be called a racist. Very few people are brave enough to even ask questions about what is meant by equity. Even asking the question can result in raised voices and pointed fingers.

Emotion is powerful. If you convince an audience that you are on the side of love, compassion, and justice you will probably prevail. But if emotion isn’t tied to facts and reason bad law inevitably results.

Leftists are obsessed with viewing everyone in groups. Very little of their agenda can survive even a cursory dose of common sense. The left prevails when voters make decisions on broad emotional appeals rather than details and facts.

This just in: Groups don’t do things, people do. All members of a group – any group – are not the same. Yet we use broad categories like Hispanics or Asian Americans, that suggest they are uniform.

Asian Americans are…. well, what? Is a Korean the same as a Japanese person? Are all Chinese people the same? If not, why do we lump them into categories as if they were? The reason is that emotion is an easier tool to wield when the facts are made deceptively simple.

A friend once said it is “…easier for people to believe a simple lie than a complex truth.” The leftist narrative maintains that all Black people are victims, and all white people are oppressors. That is the core of Critical Race Theory and the driving force behind the Democrat agenda. But in America, Black Americans are not the only group that has suffered economically compared to their neighbors. Neither are white people outperforming everyone else. The most successful groups in America are Asians and Indians, not whites. But those details are inconvenient to leftist race-baiters.

The emotional and group-based appeals of the left fall completely apart once people start considering what their policies really mean. No reasonable person argues that every person of any group is oppressed or that every person of any group is privileged. There are too many examples that prove otherwise.

I know people of Cuban heritage who hate Mexicans, Mexicans who hate El Salvadorans, and Cubans who hate some other Cubans. Should this surprise us? Only if we haven’t been paying attention. People act as individuals, not groups, and no policy developed for broad group appeal can ever bring justice. Stop pretending it will.

The theory is that equity will make up for past injustices. The problem is that isn’t possible. We might as well dedicate ourselves to preserving unicorns. It can’t happen and never will. It is not possible to make up for past injustices or to make it as if they did not occur in the first place.

Two reasons: you can’t change the past (if this is news to you, please report to the Department of the Obvious for further information). Plus, the supposed “cures” aren’t applied to the people who were injured. In the case of slavery, for example, those people are no longer among the living. Neither are slaveholders. You can’t atone for injustices to one person by giving benefits to someone else.

There is also the inconvenient fact that not all slaveowners were white. Records aren’t particularly reliable – we can’t look up their Instagram accounts – but it is certain several thousand Americans owning slaves were themselves black or of mixed race. Some also held white indentured servants. Irish people were among America’s first slaves.

Modern equity programs maintain that all members of certain groups are victims, they have all been held back and have all been denied a chance to succeed. They also maintain that all white people are oppressors and themselves advantaged. Really? Neither of these points are true.

When you elevate one group, you devalue another. That has always been the catch-22 behind affirmative action and equity, and law has finally come to grips with it. SCOTUS says so, as do the federal statutes. Will the woke left ever stop viewing the whole world as a Marxist struggle of the classes? Don’t count on it.

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