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How Trump Beat the Margin of Theft

By J Robert Smith

  • Nov. 7, 2024
  • 2-min read

How many of us expected the trouncing that President-elect Donald Trump administered to Kamala Harris? Okay, so the trends were good leading up to Trump’s win, but not many people foresaw the excrement-kicking Trump dealt Kamala. Trump is only the second president in history who’ll serve nonconsecutive terms – Grover Cleveland is the other. For presidential history buffs, that’s remarkable. But Trump is more than Cleveland could ever imagine on multiple levels. He’s had to run a gauntlet of biblical dimensions. He’s withstood malicious prosecutions, two assassination attempts, a corporate media and Democrats who never missed an opportunity to slander him as Hitler or a would-be dictator. If you don’t think there’s a God, think again.

Long before Tuesday’s elections, the consensus among conservatives and Trump backers was that for Trump to win, he’d have to “beat the cheat” – or perform better than the “margin of theft.” If you look at the totals and Trump’s margins of victory in the battleground states, his margins were tight, except for Arizona, where, at this writing, he enjoys about a five percent margin between Harris and himself. If Trump failed to perform better than the margin of theft but still won a resounding victory, how did he accomplish that?

Here are four reasons to consider:

1. In the aftermath of the highly suspect Biden victory in 2020, conservative alternative media and citizen journalists made the rigged 2020 election an unrelenting focus. The information, data, and analyses generated by these cadres spread to audiences throughout the country.
2. Such effective jobs were done in reaching audiences that a third or better of the public were convinced that cheating impacted the outcome of the Biden-Trump contest.
3. In many, though not all, battleground states, efforts were made by governors and state legislatures to reform election laws aimed at tightening ballot security. Lawsuits were filed as required. Georgia suffered the loss of the 2021 MLB All-Star game because of election reforms passed by the Georgia legislature.
4. The 2024 Trump campaign, and then the Republican National Committee (RNC), under the leadership of Lara Trump and Michael Whatley, dedicated resources to deploy an army of election watchers and lawyers to aggressively challenge any irregularities encountered. Grassroots groups weighed in, too. Thousands of eyes watching elections in swing states made it clear that election officials and workers would be held civilly and criminally liable for wrongdoing.

What Happened to Biden’s 2020 Voters?

Take a look at this bar-graph from zerohedge comparing presidential vote totals from 2012 through 2024. The outlier, as anyone can see, is Biden’s 2020 total. This certainly doesn’t prove cheating but it does raise the question: “Where did Biden’s voters go?”

Where did Biden’s voters vanish to this election? Or did they really ever exist?

J. Robert Smith is a regular contributor to American Thinker.

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For Trump, the Election Can’t be a Close-run Thing

By J Robert Smith

  • Oct. 20, 2024
  • 6-minute read

Mark Halperin appeared on Tucker Carlson’s X program earlier this week. Halperin is a bona fide journalist and careful political analyst. He’s worth watching. His sources are solid on both sides of the aisle. He’s had access to the Harris and Trump campaigns’ internal polls. Public polls can be unreliable. Nonetheless, there’s agreement: inside and outside, polls indicate a tight contest. Trends look good for Trump, says Halperin, but don’t dismiss a Kamala Harris victory. Halperin cites four reasons why a hugely unqualified woman could be the next president.

You might recall that Halperin scooped his competitors on Joe Biden’s intention to quit his reelection bid. He took flak when there was a lag between his report and Biden’s announcement. But Halperin was proved right. Okay, so Obama, Clinton, Pelosi, and Schumer squeezed Biden out of the race, but no need to fuss about that.

Halprin told Carlson that if Trump wins, the election won’t be close. The same holds for Harris, he believes. That assessment may miss the target. It’s more likely that Harris will win a close contest. Trump doesn’t have that luxury. Why? Because Trump labors under a substantial handicap. He must beat the margin of theft in some combination of battleground states to secure 270 electoral votes.

To beat the cheat, what sort of margin of victory will Trump need in Pennsylvania, for instance? Some observers suggest 3%. I’ll wager it’s more like 4% or 5%. Public polling from swing states haven’t shown Trump with leads in that range – certainly not sustained leads. As of this writing, Real Clear Politics shows Trump ahead in every battleground state but Wisconsin. In Wisconsin, Harris edges Trump by 0.3%. All leads are within the margin of error. Internal polls are said to show similar razor thin differences.

Granted, in 2016 and 2020 Trump under-polled. In fact, his poll numbers are better now than they were in those contests. A lot of voters aren’t comfortable disclosing their intentions to vote for Trump. Trump’s overperformance in consecutive elections is solidly indicates that history is about to repeat. If that happens, Trump should receive the numbers needed to win. A critical question, though, is how audacious are Democrats willing to be to overcome Trump if his tallies push his margins beyond a few percentage points? In other words, how brazen are they prepared to be?

For a moment, let’s set aside the not-so-small consideration of election rigging. Let’s examine the four factors that Halperin believes could work to Harris’ advantage, most necessarily in concert.

Abortion. Abortion isn’t showing up as a big driver with voters. A Pew Research survey of registered voters (sampling likely voters would have given a better read) wrapped up on September 2. It revealed that abortion is ranked eight out of ten key issues. The partisan breakdown is interesting. Harris has made abortion a cornerstone of her campaign. Among Harris supporters, the economy edged out abortion by just a percentage point. Both issues trailed healthcare and Supreme Court appointments in importance. With an open border resulting in floods of illegals and big cities plagued by crime, what does that say about Harris supporters?

Among all registered voters queried, the top three issues were the economy, healthcare, and Supreme Court appointments. A dubious two out of three, given the pressing issues the nation faces, but let’s roll with it.

Halperin wonders if there’s a latent vote among pro-abortion women that polling isn’t capturing. Halperin commented that Trump has gone to great pains to neutralize abortion as a driver. Trump conspicuously supports the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling returning abortion to the states. He pledges to leave the issue with the states.

Is abortion really a powerhouse issue that’s flying under the radar? Are there enough intense abortion backers to help tip the scales for Harris? Or is Harris just scrambling to try to shore up her base? Will pro-abortion women – specifically, blue-collar and middle-income wage earners – cast ballots on a single issue? Are they willing to overlook the higher costs of groceries, gas, and utilities – higher costs that the Biden-Harris administration are responsible for? Does aborting babies matter more than paying bills?

Gender Gap. Halperin points out that women vote in greater numbers than men, and more women vote Democrat, hence, the gender gap. Social issues tend to drive that vote. What impact will inflation, crime, and the flood of illegals have on women’s votes? That’s working-class and middle-income women, in particular.

Claims Politico (October 11), the Trump campaign has “given up” trying to close the gender gap by attracting more female voters. Instead, Trump’s play is to boost the male vote. Perhaps Trump is having enough success doing so that it’s set off alarms among Democrats, who’ve focused lately on wooing male voters. Tim Walz’s comical pheasant hunt was a go at aligning with average guys. Democrats are also fretting about black male voters defecting to Trump. Modest gains in black support for Trump may be fatal for Harris. Will younger male voters, including black men, and white working-class females help Trump close the gender gap?

Ground Game. Sounds awfully nuts and bolts, and it is. The ground game refers to grassroots operations to identify, register, and secure ballots from target voters. Let’s face it, Democrats have run more effective, sophisticated operations to get ballots cast than Republicans since 2020 – you remember, the Covid election, when voting laws were liberalized. Rahm Emanuel has every right to crow that Covid was a crisis that Democrats didn’t waste.

This year, closing the ballot gap has been a priority for Trump and Republicans in battleground states. Scott Pressler is leading the charge in Pennsylvania.

Reported the Philadelphia Inquirer, October 13:

“Presler is focused on flipping Pennsylvania red, including purple Bucks County, namely through his organization, Early Vote Action, which had a table at the event. Lara Trump, RNC cochair and the former president’s daughter-in-law, has commended Presler for his efforts, citing Republican registration surpassing that of Democrats in Bucks and Luzerne Counties. Republicans currently have a 936-person registration lead in Bucks, according to the county’s voter statistics. In Luzerne, Republicans have a 3,965-person edge.”

Pennsylvania’s voter registration gap has closed dramatically since the 1990s, when Democrats enjoyed an edge of close to a million more registrants than Republicans. The gap now stands at 333,000.

The big challenge – and it’s big – is translating new GOP registrations into ballots.

Trump’s Personality. Sure, you either love Trump or hate him. But no nothing new here. Halperin says Trump has a ceiling of 47% support. But that claim doesn’t square with his assertion that Trump wins big if he wins – unless he was referring just to the Electoral College.

Unmentioned by Halperin is Kamala Harris’ personality. It’s grating for many people. That includes women. She hasn’t earned the nickname, “Cacklin’ Kamala” for no reason. Her favorable/unfavorable numbers are a lackluster break even.

It isn’t only about how Republicans or Democrats perceive the candidates. It’s about independents. They’re pivotal in swing states. Given the critical issues confronting the nation; given that most people are struggling to pay bills; given that most people grasp the damage being done by the Biden-Harris de facto open border policy; given that crime is creeping into suburbs and Argentina’s Tren de Aragua is terrorizing Auroa, Colorado; maybe Trump’s personality won’t be the decider among independents?

Trump is better positioned going into the 2024 stretch run then in his previous two efforts. That’s cause for optimism. But the race remains a nailbiter. Like Reagan’s 1980 landslide victory, independents may break late for Trump. That, along with Trump’s track record for overperforming polls, may make him only the second president to serve nonconsecutive terms in U.S. history. But if it’s close, well, to channel Yogi Berra, “Will 2024 be 2020 all over again?”

J. Robert Smith can be found at X. His handle is @JRobertSmith1. At Gab, @JRobertSmith. He regularly contributes to American Thinker.

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How to Stop Iran’s Assassination Attempts on Trump

By J Robert Smith

  • Sept. 25, 2024
  • 3-min read

Tuesday night on X, former President Trump issued a statement that the Iranians have made failed attempts on his life. He said they’re expected to keep at it. “Not a good situation,” wrote Trump. Not only do the Iranians fear Trump’s election, but they want to disrupt the autumn elections. True election interference is in the works. Here’s Trump’s statement in its entirety.

NBC News reported on Tuesday night:

“President Trump was briefed earlier today by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence regarding real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him in an effort to destabilize and sow chaos in the United States,” spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.

“Intelligence officials have identified that these continued and coordinated attacks have heightened in the past few months, and law enforcement officials across all agencies are working to ensure President Trump is protected and the election is free from interference.”

Of course, we wonder if the Biden administration has the backbone to sic the dogs on the Iranians. The only way to deal with a nation that sponsors terrorist outfits across the globe is harshly, unforgivingly. The Iranians should be told in no uncertain terms to call back their assassins or assassination teams. If not, we’ll deploy our own teams or set in motion other means of decapitating Iran’s leadership.

Mossad (Israel’s intelligence service) is widely suspected to have killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh while he was attending the swearing in of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in Teheran. Per CNN, Haniyeh was killed “using an explosive device that had been covertly hidden in the guest house where he was staying [.]”

If the Israelis can reach into Iran to kill a high-ranking Hamas leader, they could kill members of Iran’s leadership. U.S. leaders should make the Iranians aware that they’ll work with the Israelis (and others) to kill their leaders if assassination efforts aimed at Trump – or any other American politician – don’t cease immediately. Violence – or the threat of it – is the only language the mullahs understand.

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Why Hasn’t She Done It?

By J Robert Smith

  • Sept. 13, 2024
  • 2-min read

It would have been so much better had Donald Trump’s closing remarks in last Tuesday’s presidential debate been his opening remarks. Why? Because Trump framed his fight against Harris powerfully. Asked the former president about Harris’ nearly four-year nonperformance: “Why hasn’t she done it?” That is, fix the problems she claims she’ll fix now – problems created by Biden-Harris.

Trump lost some traction coming out of Tuesday’s debate because, although Harris’ remarks came across as canned, she did succeed in making Trump the issue. Any election with an incumbent is supposed to be a referendum on the incumbent. That’s particularly true with Kamala Harris, who lacks the personal attributes to serve in the highest office, and as the “Harris” in the Biden-Harris administration is responsible for the woes that millions of Americans are experiencing – and will experience more deeply if Harris assumes the presidency.

The good news is that Trump has time to turn the tables. He needs to ask his question at every rally and in every interview he gives. His advertising needs to hammer away at it too. And it wouldn’t hurt to close this election with Regan’s memorable question: “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”

Trump will be Trump, of course. He likes to riff. He tends to be too defensive, and spends more time explaining why he did what he did. But this election isn’t about Trump – or shouldn’t be. It’s about the struggles that tens of millions of working and middle-income wage earners are experiencing. It’s about Biden-Harris deliberately throwing open the southern borders to permit millions of illegals to enter. It’s about spreading crime. It’s about historic government and private sector corruption. It’s a bout the prospect of major war with Russia, China, or both. It’s about the future, which is shaky as hell thanks to Biden-Harris’ wretched leadership.

Trump, always the promoter and marketer, should brand merchandise and signs with “Harris: Why hasn’t she done it?” His ads should feature the question. Saturate it. And Trump should never leave a rally or interview having not asked that very potent question.

It’s a question that practically answers itself, and it’s a question Kamala Harris never wants asked.

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The Presidential Debate won’t Decide the Election

By J Robert Smith

  • Sept. 11, 2024
  • 3-min read

Look, no spin here. Donald Trump had a better debate against Biden. On Tuesday night, he looked tired and grumpy. Harris successfully baited Trump, who spent too much time on defense. Yes, the ABC News moderates were biased as hell. It was Harris and ABC News versus Trump. But did anyone expect otherwise?

Trump missed some golden opportunities to frame the election as a referendum on Biden-Harris. Truth is, Trump let Harris frame the contest as a referendum on him – for only a bit, if Trump and his team use the post-debate to dissect Harris’ lies and reposition this race as an up-or-down vote on nearly four miserable years of the Biden-Harris regime.

Kamala Harris? She came off as a bitch: lecturing, scolding, taunting. That won’t play well among a segment of independent voters who don’t want a nasty grade school teacher to be president. Male voters – younger males, in particular – will find Harris’ “Badass Momma” routine off-putting. It’ll be interesting to see how Harris’ performance registers among black men, who may be as turned off by woman wagging a finger in Trump’s face as are other male cohorts. Trump shut up Harris twice for interrupting, which was very good.

However canned Harris’ answers were, she didn’t come across as a ditz. That’s going to allay concerns among some independents about Harris’ competency to serve as president. She isn’t competent, but that’s the Trump campaign’s challenge in the coming days: peel back Harris’ facade.

The big takeaway is that much will happen in the coming days to shape the outcome of this election. The debate is just one battle. Trump has to do what he hasn’t done strongly enough so far: make the focus on Biden-Harris – on hurting working and middle income Americans with higher prices on everything. On choking off domestic energy production, which is the economy’s lifeblood. On deliberately collapsing the border. On crime. On using the law to not only persecute Trump, but many others.

And finally… finally… this election is about ballots. Trump must beat the margin of theft this November. If you don’t expect Democrats to “creatively” ballot in jurisdictions they control in swing states, you didn’t live through the 2020 presidential race. In my estimation, beating the cheat means defeating Harris in battleground states (or the right combination of swing states) by more than 3%. 5% might be what Trump needs to win. Getting pro-Trump voters casting ballots is imperative.

However unevenly Trump did in the debate, it’s only a round in this fight. Cliché as this is, the presidential contest will serve as an historic pivot. Either we move to recapture our liberties or we continue to march toward some form of tyranny. Transforming America comes down to tyrannizing America.

Trump’s election is terribly critical in ending the march of would-be tyrants and rebuilding a free republic. Let’s keep our eyes on the ball.

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It Don’t Come Easy, Kamala

By J Robert Smith

  • Aug. 21, 2024
  • 1-min read

Forget about all the smog that corporate media is belching. Kamala Harris is still a ditz. Her sidekick, Tim Walz, is a progressive Minnesota Fats. He’s all about the hustle. He’s a guy who stole valor thinking he could trade it for a beer. The Kamala that we’ve come to know is being memory-holed — or so our hubristic betters hope. For them, like The Fly, something new is aborning. Spinning sell-able narratives depends first on the old Kamala disappearing.

Corporate media’s pollsters are hired to massage numbers as needed. Number massaging is crucial. Kamala vying with Trump in the polls — in fact, leading him by a tittle in this or that battleground state sample — is necessary to bolster whatever narratives her handlers confect. It’s self-reinforcing. Those tight polls also serve as mighty good cover when ballot-counting starts in garden spots like Philly and Detroit.

Blank slate Kamala can be filled-in as perky but not cackling. She’s a woman who bakes, not barks. She strained her widdle eyes studying the southern border for nearly four years, and now she’s got an idea: she’ll close it. She’ll eat Walz’s “white guy tacos” to be a good sport. She’s Florida from Good Times until the Indian vote matters, then she’ll flip to some Bollywood persona.

Read the article in its entirety at American Thinker.

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Harris and Walz: Atop the Democrats’ Wedding Cake

By J Robert Smith

  • Aug. 8, 2024
  • 1-min read

On Wednesday, Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris named her running mate. Minnesota governor Tim Walz got the nod over Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor. Rumors of Michelle Obama wanting second banana were fanciful. The Obamas aren’t second anything.

Walz’s selection is a bit of a surprise. Shapiro would have brought more to the ticket, and Pennsylvania is critical to Harris’ chances this autumn. Donald Trump enjoys a slim lead in the Keystone State. Democrats may figure that they’ll just steal PA from Trump, as happened in 2020. Shapiro may have threatened Kamala’s sense of self. Kamala is said to be insecure, self-doubting, and bullying. In an increasingly volatile world, she’s the perfect choice to helm the ship-of-state.

What can we say about a man [Walz] who protects those who mutilate children’s bodies in the name of “gender-affirming health care?” How about promoting the savagery of no-limits abortion? How about banning counseling for gender dysphoria sufferers? How about safeguarding graphic LGBTQ themed pornography in public libraries and schools?

To read the article in full, go to: American Thinker.

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A Must Read by Victor Davis Hanson

By J Robert Smith

  • July 29, 2024
  • 2-min read

Certainly, guilt over their largess, together with our 21st century
secular update of sanctimonious New England puritanism, explain
this overweening left-wing new zealotry
to change the world, but largely at others’ expense.
They are the descendants of Salem, who share the same
superstitions and fanaticism to punish all
who doubt their purity and wisdom.

— Excerpt, Victor Davis Hanson, America’s Lab Rats?

There’s no one better than Professor Victor Davis Hanson in surveying the national landscape and providing comprehensive diagnoses of what ails America.

The nation’s cultural divide is at the heart of the troubles and conflicts that beset the country. A mega-wealthy elite – representing a tiny percentage of the U.S. – have embraced radical beliefs and values. They’re the cutting edge. They have sought for nearly a generation to inflict their radicalism on us, the majority who instinctively reject the elites society-destroying experiments. Theirs is, as Professor Hanson points out, an insufferable sanctimony borne of their professional accomplishments and the wealth produced. Further, as with the old Puritans, their righteousness is to be regarded as unassailable. The penalties for doing otherwise promise to be severe.

All true, but Professor Hanson’s diagnoses lead us to an inevitable conclusion. There’s no accommodation with these wealthy radicals and their minions. How do you find accommodation with people who have no intention to meet others somewhere in the middle? They aren’t content to limit themselves in any way.

Their intention is to conquer America. We are to be subjugated to their anti-God, debauched morality. We are to meekly surrender our lives to woke and DEI (diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) orthodoxies. If we suffer – if our families, friends, and neighbors suffer – it’s in service of their twisted concept of social justice. We will bend knees or suffer even greater depravations and humiliations.

This is an internal conquest. It’s a rough parallel, but what is happening now does hold some similarities to the subjugation that the American Indian experienced.

Yet, tens of millions of Americans aren’t a stone age people. We are the doers and builders and maintainers of America. We are the nation’s backbone – break it, and the nation breaks, too. But that appears the intent of the elite.

How does this end? It is a zero-sum game. It’s intended by the elite to be just that. No guess is ventured here as to the particulars of how this intensifying conflict resolves, but it must resolve with a victory for traditional America. Not defeating this determined foe means there won’t be much left of the America that a multitude of patriots died for.

Professor Hanson’s article can be found at his website, “Blade of Perseus.”

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Getting Crazy with Speculation

Democrats will shortly elevate Vice President Kamala Harris to the Democrat presidential nomination. Democrats will spin her nomination furiously. (Photo by Gage Skidmore)

By J Robert Smith

  • July 22, 2024
  • 3-min read

In the aftermath of the near-assassination of Donald Trump, there was a deluge of speculation on X (formerly Twitter) and other social media. A lot of higher profile conservatives suggested that the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was somehow linked to a conspiracy to kill the former president. Some of the speculation has been wild.

The speculation about Crooks was fueled, in part, by the lack of transparency by the FBI, Secret Service, and other law enforcement agencies. Granted, with an ongoing investigation, law enforcement must withhold some details, lest the investigation be hampered. But there’s plenty about Crooks and the event’s general circumstances that could be discussed. Lack of communications has only ratcheted up guesswork.

Now, does that mean we should write off the possibility that Crooks was the gunman in a scheme to kill Trump? No. Certainly, authorities should have or are exploring that avenue. Should we trust law enforcement? Maybe not, but let’s see what they claim first.

Based on the information that has surfaced about Crooks to date, it seems unlikely that he was anything more than a misfit. He was another in a long line of losers who decided killing – in this case a former president – was a way of evening scores for failures in his own life. And/or Crooks was a radicalized left-winger.

Democrats and corporate media spent months demonizing Trump as the next Hitler, a wannabe dictator, and the destroyer of democracy. It may be that such highly inflammatory, hate-filled language helped Crooks rationalize attempting to assassinate Trump. Perhaps, Crooks believed that important establishment voices branding Trump as dangerous gave him license to commit murder? Perhaps, in his twisted mind, he thought he’d be celebrated as a hero for killing Trump?

“Where’s Biden” Craziness

Joe Biden hasn’t been seen since – well, for days. In fact, he issued (or someone did) a statement declaring that he was backing out of the presidential contest. It was announced a few days ago that Biden was battling COVID. That may explain why he hasn’t been visible. It may also be that Biden is stewing because he didn’t chose to leave the race. Chances are, Biden was forced out of the contest. Who knows, he may have been induced to leave with financial guarantees and guarantees of legal cover for himself and his clan of grifters. But that’s guesswork, too.

Nonetheless, Biden being scarce has sparked oodles of speculation that the Democrats or whoever are keeping him out of the public eye for whatever nefarious reason. Again, we can’t exclude that Biden is being kept under wraps to serve some dark purpose, but not likely. Biden is sick, and he and Dr. Jill are probably taking time to lick their wombs. If Biden stays out of sight much longer, then there may be legitimate questions about his well being and whereabouts. We’ll find out more shortly, so let’s exercise a little patience and not spin crazy tales.

Tag, Kamala is It

Meanwhile, the Democrats will shortly elevate Kamala Harris to the Democrat presidential nomination. They’ve already locked up the delegates. Democrats will spin her nomination furiously. They’ll gaslight like maniacs hoping that no stink clings to her as part of Biden’s failed presidency. Along with corporate media, they’ll use all their powers to try to make Kamala who she isn’t and never was.

Kamala Harris is a silly, unsmart, untalented politician. Harris is a double box check: Female and part Black. Harris has no slave ancestry – at least, not related to the American south. She spent a big chunk of her growing up years in Toronto, Canada. She’s a knee-jerk left-winger. She would be a terrible president if she’s elected (with a little help from creative balloting).

A Harris presidency would extend the Barack Obama team’s hold on the White House and executive authority. Harris would simply replace Biden as chief puppet.

You can take all that to the bank.

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Why the End of the American Empire is Good for the Republic

This past weekend, the Ukrainians fired missiles at Russia. It’s not the first time. U.S. fingerprints are all over this attack, too. It was yet another provocation to war with Russia. A war with Russia wouldn’t be a limited affair, despite the conceits emanating from Washington. And it wouldn’t revolve around Ukraine’s future. It would center on the fate of the American empire.
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The Biden administration is pushing brinkmanship with Russia. Of course, that’s a monumental gamble. Washington’s defense and foreign affairs establishment is trying to win through intimidation what Ukraine isn’t winning on battlefields, regardless tens of billions of dollars in U.S. aid and hands-on support. But brinkmanship with Russia opens the door to miscalculations. Triggering a conventional war between the world’s premier nuclear-armed powers risks escalation to nuclear conflict.
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Whatever Washington’s reasoning, it’s best to remember that America was never intended to be an empire. It was created as a republic. It was never to roam the globe on moral crusades, which, too many times, were thin disguises for power acquisition and economic exploitation. Our military was for our defense, not a profit center for special interests. We were to have a government of the people, tending to laws that made our society civil and safe. Our government wasn’t supposed to “capture” commerce but referee it to ensure that the rules of the game were fair. Government has become incessantly profligate. We were to be a free, strong, and prosperous people minding our affairs.

Perhaps the end of empire will open the way to the return of the Republic?
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