I heard you on Beck the other day and was so impressed by you. I am a conservative, voted for Trump, and for the sake of this country, I will vote for him again. I’m so thankful you are on Substack. We need sane voices in this country. You, Bari Weiss, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, and many more are my Radio Free Europe. We need thousands more like you. Thank you.
I can only assume by your tone that you are on the left. It still amazes me how you and your kind think people on the right are the bad guys when the left is full of vitriol as soon as they think someone has a differing opinion. You are what’s wrong with this country and a threat to democracy.
I am unaware that Biden's border policy is implementation of Trump's border policy, that Biden cutting off the petroleum drill leases was a continuation of Trump policies. Please illuminate the readers here...
HAHAHAHA! OMG, this takes the cake! This is communist propaganda writ LARGE; I MEAN MEGA LARGE. Trump said what he wanted to do (since the early '90's in inteviews with Donahue!) and did what he said he wanted to do. His website from his time in office, "promiseskept.com", layed it all out!
Small business owner (insurance agency) . Customers from all over the world. 5 of first 10 business customers Mexican owned. Have over 500 Indian customers. We are not bigots! Just because you'd like the border secured doesn't mean you are something phobic! My oldest is gay. We have an awesome relationship. I love him and his partner. I grow organic vegetables for our community food bank and local restaurants and operate a tree nursery. I also am an ardent trump supporter simply because he wants to eliminate the swamp.....thats it.
He's all the things boomers can be but he hates DC and so do I. I welcomed you to MAGA 2 weeks ago because you seemed hesitant.......jump in girl, were good people.
That's besides the point. Biden has made it clear that he would like to eliminate 75 million people from the right to participate in democratic decision making. Trump is perfectly comfortable if any American with a valid ID card votes. I don't like Donald Trump and I never did. However, he is not a threat to democracy while Joe Biden and bizarre alliance of war mongering bush-Cheney neocons and left-wing progressives most definitely are.
Jm, if you have the fbi colluding with facebook(Zuckerberg admitted this) to censor information, if you have the fbi making up fake Russian collusion stories, then you have election meddling. You render the votes of 75 million people worthless (not democracy).
Biden has sent 10's of BILLIONS of dollars to Ukraine to fight Russia. That sure as hell is war mongering as now putin has said he's not bluffing about NUKES.
You add the alzheimers patient we call our president, constantly poking the bear on Taiwan and you have China AND Russia pissed off at us......warmonger.
Trump ran on getting us out of silly wars and vowed to get us out of Afghanistan. Biden completely blew off trumps exit plan and let Americans get slaughtered on the way out. He is an absolute disgrace.
Lastly, do what Sasha did and start forcing yourself to read ALL the news from both sides......you are clearly missing a lot.
The press is 100% correct to ignore "october surprises"
Weiner laptop released days before 2016 election. It was timed to do maximum damage in the press before it can be shown to be a nothingburger (which it was). It worked, it handed the election to Trump.
Now 2020, Giuliani has another October surprise with the Hunter laptop. Sorry, the privately owned press outlets are not required to play the game brought to them by crooks and liars. That's not their job. If it was a real story that actually implicated Biden, Giuliani would have released it when they found it. But since they had nothing they tried to get it to do maximum damage before everyone realized it was a total nothingburger (which it was, about deals that didn't happen between hunter and private companies when biden was a private citizen. )
If you want a real scandal, ask why Norvartis paid Trump's fixer, Cohen, 1.2 million while Trump was in office! at which point Trump mysteriously reversed his position on letting Medicare bargain for drugs. It's really sad how this corruption actually affects you -- I mean genuinely hurts you every time you buy drugs, but there is literally nothing anyone can say that will make you stop supporting Trump.
John actually took the time to explain to you how seriously un educated you are. I feel sorry for you. You are seriously naive. I hope you're young and can turn it around.
Trump signed agreement with the Taliban and the Iraqi gov was thus: The Taliban and the Iraqi gov would come together to figure out a working relationship where they worked together on running the country; all Americans and American allies would be removed from the country before any transition was made, along with all military equipement; the Bagham airforce base (I'm spelling it wrong I think) was to be in USA control for an indefinate period of time; as a 'good will offering', the Taliban who was in prision were to be released; and IF THE TALIBAN DID ANYTHING THAT WAS "TERRORIST-Y" during this whole transition, Trump would hit them and hit them hard and the transition agreement would come to a hault. This is straight from a WH staffer.
As for the Weiner laptop, it did not hand the election to Trump, H. Clinton's erasing of 33,000 subpeoned emails (which she lied about doing) and having her own secret servers that she bleachbitted (plus all the stuff that happened when she and Bill were in the White House) and Trump's talking of things that were TRUE but no one could talk about, handed the election to Trump.
The Hunter Biden laptop "was not brought to you by crooks and liars" (and it's slanderous for you to say so), it was given to the FBI a year or so before and they buried it! In fact, an FBI agent is being questioned for why he said "YOU WILL NOT LOOK AT IT AT ALL" to his subordinants, and they did not look. That's why it ended up with Rudy. And Rudy did what was CORRECT (something Democrat leftists can not understand and can not do - it's all about power and control for them) and he checked into the laptop first, before making it public. There's Biden's own words where he bribed a lawyer to NOT do research into corruption in the company Hunter had a cushy deal with, being on the board with no knowledge of the business and making millions! And the laptop clearly shows, with Bobolinsky's testamoney (or whatever his name is), that Bill was in on the "deals", at least to the point that he helped Hunter with them, with advise as the VP (Hunter was constantly on VP Biden's plane trips) - he was "the big guy".
The truth is Trump lowered the drug prices on insulin and EPI pens and Biden removed those exec. orders (TRUTH).
Biden has said on several occasions that he wants to get militarily involved in Taiwan, in spite of current American Policy, spent the early days of Ukraine calling for the deposition of Putin (something that would take force)... and the war isn't over in Afghanistan, we've just pulled out (in a completely disastrous manner that American citizens, green card holders (because he really cares about the would-be immigrants), in addition to expensive military equipment. Anyone could have pulled out of Afghanistan if that idiotic strategy was the bar... Don't get me wrong, good job to Biden for cutting back on gunning down citizens, but that hardly is enough to neutralize the other nonsense he's pulling
He was praised by Assad for at least being honest about it. You dont think we went to save little Kuwait because we just felt sorry for them? America took and I mean a step beneath kidnapped, all of Germany top scientists right after ww2 because we didn't want them in Russian hands. The Saturn 5 rocket that we used to go to the moon was the invention of Werner von braun, hitlers favorite scientist who bombed London into rubble . So let's not be polly Anna's here.
jm... just wow... I started on Substack because the comments were so civil and not demeaning. Unfortunately some of you have jumped off Twitter and found us. Just don't...
think of how mind numbingly, slap-you-in-the-face easy it is to condemn the idea of taking Iraq's oil (their only means of support after our invasion). And he couldn't bring himself to do it.
He defended it for no reason other than naked partisan politics.
This is where your outrage should lie, not with the sane mind that calls him out.
First off, remember the gov in Iraq boiled people in oil who didn't obey. And the truth is that for the whole history of mankind, for every single country, region, tribe, group, etc. that went to war, the "slap in your face easy" thing to do and WHAT THEY ALWAYS DID, TIME AND TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, is take the resources from their conquered lands (Briton at least put in schools, energy systems, roads and such); but the USA never did that - we paid for it all, and never got anything in return (well, personally, I think we got the "dolllar as reserve currency" as a thank you for saving the world. This wouldn't happened today, as people have zero honor or respect. And Democrats and their spending our country into bankruptcy, will probably weaken our "reserve currency" designation and then we are in really bad doodoo).
Jm, stop indeed, you're bitter about something. What ? I hated our intervention in the middle east. And why did you bring up trump? What because I mentioned MAGA? MAGA is a movement, its not trump. Trump is a figurative head for MAGA but it makes no difference to me whether its trump or DeSantis, its still MAGA.
95+% of what Trump says is intentional triggering bloviating. And when people who despise him get triggered, he repeats it ad infinitum. There is not much sentiment behind such comments and even less (none) action.
"we are building a big beautiful wall and Mexico is going to pay for it."
Sorry not sorry to trigger you, bro.
Now, I wish he wouldn't do it, but I may just as well grab the popcorn.
not true. Just because it's incredibly stupid doesn't mean it's bloviating. Multiple advisors have detailed the amount of effort they put in preventing him from carrying out his ideas.
I've always been an independent. My father was a libertarian of a sort, not the Koch bros. kind, but more of the Ron Paul kind. I grew up around conservatives in a religious, rural area and then went to college and was around liberals. My "ideals" are all over the place, and, trust me, I have no love for Republicans or the religious right. From my early twenties to my early forties, I voted almost straight D. I voted for Trump over both Clinton and Biden, but I would never call myself a supporter. I voted for Trump because Hillary struck me as the least authentic, most corrupt politician I'd come across in my lifetime. I would have gladly voted for Bernie Sanders. I would never have told you the world was going to hell if Clinton won. I figured it would be one scandal after another, but beyond that . . . meh. Not much would change. But Trump won and the insanity began and I was on the "wrong" side of it.
I think Trump was no better or worse than your average president but perhaps a bit more responsive to his voters than most. I can't actually say whether I'd like to meet him. On the one hand, I think he's probably as egotistical and bombastic as he seems, but on the other he seems so much more authentic than say an Obama or a Bush. The fact that I'm supposed to "repent" if I voted for him, per the journalist on Bill Maher's last episode, gives me the creeps and enrages me at the same time. Trump is no better nor worse than any other politician from either side and this is such a transparent attempt to *shame* people into giving one side power when they have done nothing to earn it and have abused what power they have been given.
Having spent my life around conservatives and even conversing with them online, I will tell you right now, you'll meet a-holes. I've been called a commie and a babykiller. I've lost one friend in real life on the right because I wasn't sufficiently "right" and I've lost a friend who was libertarian like I am for having the temerity to vote for Trump and laughing when she said someone was going to assassinate that poor, sweet Ilhan Omar. However, at no time during the height of the Tea Party movement did the Republican Party coalesce around and cater to the Tea Party movement. Instead, they welcomed them in their midsts, yes, but business went on as usual (maybe too much as usual as Republicans are servants of the corporate status quo above all), and at no point did I, a liberal/libertarian, have to watch what I said around my conservative friends and acquaintances. They might have looked at me like I was an idiot, but they wouldn't have been reaching for tar and feathers. The problem with the Left is that they seem to be in the grip of mass hysteria and there is almost no one among them that is willing to reel them back from the edge of the cliff. Instead, the Democrat Party keeps feeding that hysteria hoping it will win them power. It's a most cynical and sickening move that doesn't bode well for any of us.
But other than that, all I have to say is welcome to the real resistance, which isn't really left or right or conservative or liberal or libertarian. It's just a bunch of us that want all this insanity to stop and if that means burning the Democrat Party to the ground, then as many times as I voted for them in the past, I'm still fine with it. Maybe something more sane will rise from the ashes.
Republicans are no longer the most 'kiss-arsing' of the corporate world - Dems are and it's because for a while now, much more money from corporations go to Dems than to Reps! Also, it would be good if you found out about all the things Trump did do while in office that needed to be done for many decades to help keep our republic. It's a long list and it was not reported on, even by FOX.
Republicans let corporations control the government, which control regulation. In that relationship, no regular people benefitted, but for the most part, we were left alone. The Democrats have made a Satan's deal with corporations in that they together can run the country and control the population. The difference is how their cooperation affects regular people. Both, with some exceptions, are beholding to large corporations.
Trump did some good things, but he also signed a tax bill that eliminated the standard exemptions in lieu of an increased standard deduction. When that increased standard deduction sunsets, very soon I might add, regular people will be faced with half the standard deduction they can take now, a SALT cap, a cap on the home loan interest they can take (which admittedly doesn't affect most people), and no exemptions. It's going to be ugly. Meanwhile, the "adjusted" tax breaks for corporations don't sunset, which tells you everything about who the Republican bill favored.
Look, I voted for Trump twice (after voting for Obama), and unless the Democrats run someone I can really trust, like Tulsi Gabbard, if he is the Republican nominee, I will vote for him again. But I have no illusions about who really runs him. He got rolled by the Republican swamp into serving corporate interests over individuals' interests.
I did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016 but after his election I posted on my Facebook saying we might as well wish him the best for the sake of the country.
I got vitriolic reactions and lengthy screeds from otherwise sane people who yelled at me that Donald Trump was an existential threat to every person they loved and by not raging I was part of the problem. I honestly didn't get it.
I withdrew from social media. I quickly learned not to engage people in conversations about any "current events" even in real life to avoid getting a tongue-lashing if my hatred of Trump didn't meet their standard. I worry that my own thinking could become insular; a victim of my own custom-made echo chamber. Maybe culture is made in the crucible of conversation and none of us can create it without one another. I hope there is a way to make debate great again.
I hope this isn't too blunt but I think there are a lot of people like this. I voted for Obama twice and then Hillary. Then when Trump won I thought ok, if the Democrats act sane and reasonable they should be able to make huge gains standing against Trump. Fun to laugh at that thought now. They went nuts and I can't believe more people don't see it. But if you are in a bubble where you don't hear any arguments to the contrary, then you might not know any better.
And of course there are bubbles on the right and people who only partake in right wing media. But the difference to me is that it's not the right who looks to banish people from social media, and is increasingly censorious against people they dislike. That's the fundamental difference. The right is eager to have a debate, whereas the left frequently wants to deny the ability to have one, and is quite often outraged when exposed to a differing viewpoint. Which I find pathetic and view with contempt.
I was a Democrat from a Democrat family. During Obama’s second term, I saw the writing on the wall...my party had sold out to big business, radical leftist ideology, and had become everything I stand against. They used the levers of power in the IRS to go after the other side and seemed to hate the truth. That made me switch sides and I voted for Trump in 2016 because he wasn’t the establishment(of either side) and he said things about the “swamp” and what made our country weaker that just made sense to me.
I couldn’t believe the hate that came from the left after he was elected either. Now, 6 years later, and after he isn’t even in office anymore, the Democrats have become authoritarian like the old right. It is their way or the highway, and that doesn’t sit right with me in what is supposed to be a free country. I don’t have a lot of hope for the future of the country at this point. They literally control all the levers of power except the SCOTUS and it scares me what they are doing with all that power. Let’s hope more freedom lovers on the center left make the journey we did, but all the ones I know hate Trump so much, you can’t get through to them(which I can understand to some degree). Some people say the first sign of Mass Formation was the pandemic, but I think it happened 4 years earlier with Trump’s election in 2016 and has just gotten worse.
It might help if you talk of your opinions about Trump regarding his personality, like the fact that he acts like an a&&h0le and real &0B sometimes. That he exaggerates (where's the "lie tracker" that they had with him, for Biden and his doozy of lies he constantly tells?) and boasts and gets dates and figures off. Then mention the policies he did that you liked, that helped the USA (which you probably don't know them all - and there are tons - because the MSM didn't report on them).
Unfortunately, Trump Derangement Syndrome and mass formation psychosis are real. I have done those things and it always comes back to “Trump is a criminal” and Jan 6. I can show clear evidence of Biden lies and selling of influence by his family and it is all “right wing BS.” The hatred for one man has become the thing that the Democrats and their machine have used to for mass formation and once someone has become a part of that mass, they will not listen to reason. Btw, if you haven’t read it, The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Matthias Desmet is an amazing explanation for what we are seeing today.
Hi, Sasha! You have become one of my & my husband's must-reads. We are conservatives, voted for Trump, loved everything he did in office. Our son, who publicly supported the president at school (middle & high school), was vilified, ostracized, beaten, and eventually received a death threat, all for simply refusing to conform to Leftist ideology. He received this mistreatment from students, as well as from teachers and administrators. (Yes, Fed court case pending. He graduated from homeschool. ) My former friends on the Left were horrified as these things happened to our son and our family, but then voted for the same people who encouraged this treatment. When the calls came from the Left for us to be put in camps and there was not a peep from my "friends", I dumped them all, sought out a new circle of like-minded Americans & have forged new, meaningful friendships. I applaud you with everything I have for having the courage to look truthfully at the situation and adjust accordingly. Also, adorable pups! Keep the writing coming! Thank you.
I was a life long Democrat. Voted for Obama twice. Was tired of the same old promises made, and promises never kept. I was looking for a change. I was never a fan of Hillary. I was intrigued with Trump because he was different. Not a politician, but business man. I started to listen to what he had to say, and liked what I heard. I credit him for opening my eyes to all of the corruption I was oblivious to. The first time I heard the terms “fake news” or “drain the swamp” I didn’t have a clue as to what on earth he was referring to. I quickly learned. I voted for him twice. I didn’t feel comfortable putting my support for Trump on SM or even sharing it with family or friends. I kept it a secret. That should tell you something right there. The other side is so aggressive with their hatred towards anyone that doesn’t agree with them politically. Yet they can post and slander Trump and his supporters without concern of losing their livelihoods or being censored. I will vote for him again if he runs. I will vote for anyone that has an America first agenda. Trump kept his promises.
I believe if the election wasn’t stolen he would still be doing great things to “Make America Great Again”.
Thank you for stepping out and spreading truths. You are a breath of fresh air. Your voice is heard and important. I look forward to more of your writings. God Bless You.
Hello, and thank you for the dose of sanity. I didn't vote for Trump in '16 (voted Libertarian just to keep them on the state ballot), and I really hope he does not run again. Still, I understand why so many of my fellow conservatives love him (and they do, it's that personal): he kept his word as best he could, after decades of betrayal from supposedly conservative politicians who fell in with the Washington Way Of (Not) Doing Things. This is more than half of the basis for the cult that surrounds him. Add in that he was right about China, and we free-traders were wrong, and his seriousness about controlling the border, and you have the makings of a powerful faith that Trump alone will make America a great place to work and raise a family again for the average American citizen, in whose interests the government is supposed to operate.
Me, I want Trump policies without Trump, but I recognize that there is a very small cadre of politicians from whom we might get that. Cruz, DeSantis, Cotton, and a handful of others whose names escape me right now.
On the other hand, we have those who want a "fundamental transformation" of the United States, as Obama promised. They have their own faith, and will fight just as zealously to further it. Since they control the majority of the press, tech companies, and the justice bureaucracy, those are the tools they use. We are in for a long period of Lawfare, and we'll be lucky if it doesn't produce sufficient injustice that violence erupts in response.
Cruz is showing his true colors again (every blue moon he does) and he is BACKING the Klobachar bill that makes government have control over all the social websites and networks (and thus, completely censor all the 'hate speech' of the right)! That's what I read but I have to call up his office and see. Maybe he's banking on Reps taking the House in the fall (and probably the Senate) and then they would tweak the law so that the government isn't in control but non-partisan state-elected people are? Anyway, he's off my list as pres at the moment.
Thanks for telling me about this - I was unaware of the legislation and the fight over it. Cruz has written an amendment that he says will prevent political censorship, but Cotton and Lee strenuously object. I will have to look into it before I make up my mind who's right and who's wrong, but a conflict over legal language between Cotton and Lee on one side and Cruz on the other is concerning. Lee seems to think Cruz is just misunderstanding what he's written with his amendment, but Ted is a more experienced litigator and may have case law to back up his interpretation of his amendment.
I do think we have to get legal protection against political viewpoint discrimination into federal law regarding the internet, so I can see what Cruz is trying. I personally would rather just see common carrier rules applied, as Clarence Thomas has suggested. That would open the social media companies up to suit from people who's political speech they've blocked. Some of the state AGs are working on bringing a case like that, and I hope they succeed.
Sasha, your interview with GB was my first introduction to you and your writings. Thank you. I nearly cried while reading your work here to find someone that was able to see through the constant lies and attacks. It is shocking to see people I once held in high regard melt into a puddle of seething hatred and rage for anyone who has the audacity to hold or express another opinion. You are wise to stay away from social media. It does no one any good, in fact, it is an evil that may never be throttled. Again, my deepest gratitude to you for your bravery to write hard things and willingness to see the "other side".
Sasha.....I’ve been reading your work on Awards Daily for years. I sensed your political leanings, but of course your awards analysis was brilliant, so I just brushed aside what you were saying politically. To hear you on Glenn Beck - I kept wandering if this was the same Sasha Stone! I’m so impressed that you took time to see the “other side.” That is what’s missing for many on the Left - the unwillingness to hear our point of view. My two grown children believe everything the Left tells them, and they tolerate their parents’ beliefs. If there is any advice you could give on the parent/child difference of opinion, I’d be grateful. Thank you!!
Hey there! I hope that you feel welcome at AwardsDaily. I know that the commenters can be harsh over there. Yes that is the problem with the Left. They have stopped ASKING questions and believe they have the answers. I think that what they needed was a generation to push back against but they got the boomers instead, and they pander. I don't really know how to reach people. I don't even try at this point. I just figure if they can be with you and you aren't fighting that's the best you could hope for. I try to be respectful of what my daughter thinks and believes unless I think it's going to hurt her. Even then, I'm not sure she would take my advice. I keep thinking sooner or later it's all going to come tumbling down. Rather, I think the better way to go is to build outside of the bubble of the left. That's what I'm hoping to do. Offer something better, something more honest and interesting. Maybe that builds a bridge?
I heard you on Glenn Beck’s show the other day, and was quite impressed by you. I appreciate your honesty, your courage, and your integrity. I wish more people were like you and would actively choose to listen to the other side and walk some time in their shoes. And then be willing to admit when they’ve had it wrong. (On both sides.) Thank you for being a voice of reason and of fairness.
I was happy when you described your experiences at Trump rallies and that they were moments of joy and humor. That’s how I’ve seen them. I still have well meaning, non-leftist friends who just want to be nice who have branded all Trump supporters as hate-filled bigots, and then with great embarrassment tried to walk it back a bit when I tell them I am one. They then state that I’m not like the REAL Trump supporters. They believe every lie spewed by the mainstream media. They cannot grasp any facts if I try to enlighten them (nicely).
So again, I admire and appreciate you. I look forward to reading more of your writing.
[I am a Christian missionary who spent about 20 years in the Philippines with my family, until we settled back in the States 3 years ago. I love reading everything I can get my hands on about what is going on in this country and around the world. You will add to that growing knowledge.]
I am a medical researcher who spent his whole career trying to improve health outcomes especially in minorities where that is an especially acute issue. I am now retired and glad to be retired since I would no longer be able to teach or do research in this medical environment. Wokeism is destroying medicine and I will not be apart of it. Health disparities are now being blamed on “racist” physician’s instead of the biological differences among us. Admission status to medical schools are being relaxed as are the abilities to pass medical boards which will result in inferior doctors being released on the public. Who will benefit from this? Well, that will. Be the malpractice lawyers who make a fortune from the carnage that is about to unfold unless this madness ends.
I gravitated to everything you said on Beck. I know what it’s like to live in a place that some folks can’t see past their rage. I live on Maui, born and raised. I’m sure you’re aware Hawaii is a deep blue state and not counted much in the polls, but I still vote ☺️ because I can’t pack my ‘ohana up and drive to the next state. I am of Hawaiian ancestry but oh how I love America. Of all the countries in the world, I’d rather be struggling as an American 🤙🏽. I’m so happy you were able to get out if that bubble. You give me hope that one day my friends and family here can also burst that bubble and see the truth. I just hope it’s sooner than later. In the mean time, my husband and I will continue to button down the hatches and holomua (move forward). Best wishes to you and your new found freedom...Aloha ‘Oe 🌺🌺🌺
I don't know if it was the Blaze or Breitbart but I read your article through them. Then I heard you on Beck. Great interview. I'm a conservative stuck in psychotic Massachusetts. I registered as an independent about 25 years ago. My intent was to listen to and consider both sides. I may have voted for dems in low-level elections but never for president, senate or congress. I couldn't understand the inability to compromise on issues. It really frustrated me. Also frustrating is how my vote counts for nothing in this tax-happy state. Anyway, over the years I grew up and grew more conservative and watching democrats during the Obama years I vowed to never vote (knowingly) for a democrat in any election ever again (unfortunately its hard to find out the party of every town meeting member and that sort of thing). I will go to my grave standing for God, Jesus and conservative values. God bless you for your boldness.
I heard you on Beck the other day and was so impressed by you. I am a conservative, voted for Trump, and for the sake of this country, I will vote for him again. I’m so thankful you are on Substack. We need sane voices in this country. You, Bari Weiss, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, and many more are my Radio Free Europe. We need thousands more like you. Thank you.
totally agree. love the radio free europe analogy.
I can only assume by your tone that you are on the left. It still amazes me how you and your kind think people on the right are the bad guys when the left is full of vitriol as soon as they think someone has a differing opinion. You are what’s wrong with this country and a threat to democracy.
I am unaware that Biden's border policy is implementation of Trump's border policy, that Biden cutting off the petroleum drill leases was a continuation of Trump policies. Please illuminate the readers here...
HAHAHAHA! OMG, this takes the cake! This is communist propaganda writ LARGE; I MEAN MEGA LARGE. Trump said what he wanted to do (since the early '90's in inteviews with Donahue!) and did what he said he wanted to do. His website from his time in office, "promiseskept.com", layed it all out!
Of what Biden is doing, which do you consider more important: opening our borders, keeping us dependent on foreign oil, or promoting abortion?
Small business owner (insurance agency) . Customers from all over the world. 5 of first 10 business customers Mexican owned. Have over 500 Indian customers. We are not bigots! Just because you'd like the border secured doesn't mean you are something phobic! My oldest is gay. We have an awesome relationship. I love him and his partner. I grow organic vegetables for our community food bank and local restaurants and operate a tree nursery. I also am an ardent trump supporter simply because he wants to eliminate the swamp.....thats it.
He's all the things boomers can be but he hates DC and so do I. I welcomed you to MAGA 2 weeks ago because you seemed hesitant.......jump in girl, were good people.
Trump stated on four or five occasions that we should take Iraq's oil because "to the victor go the spoils". Do you agree with that sentiment?
That's besides the point. Biden has made it clear that he would like to eliminate 75 million people from the right to participate in democratic decision making. Trump is perfectly comfortable if any American with a valid ID card votes. I don't like Donald Trump and I never did. However, he is not a threat to democracy while Joe Biden and bizarre alliance of war mongering bush-Cheney neocons and left-wing progressives most definitely are.
how is biden eliminating 75 million people from participating in democratic decision making?
How is biden a war mongerer? Trump assassinated an Iranian general and ramped up drone strikes and removed civilian protection laws (and eliminated tallying their deaths) https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/5/8/18619206/under-donald-trump-drone-strikes-far-exceed-obama-s-numbers. He was also obsessed with having more nukes than any other president. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/trump-wanted-dramatic-increase-nuclear-arsenal-meeting-military-leaders-n809701
Biden ended the war in Afghanistan, and nearly ended drone strikes. https://theweek.com/foreign-policy/1007579/biden-nearly-ended-the-drone-war-and-nobody-noticed
Jm, if you have the fbi colluding with facebook(Zuckerberg admitted this) to censor information, if you have the fbi making up fake Russian collusion stories, then you have election meddling. You render the votes of 75 million people worthless (not democracy).
Biden has sent 10's of BILLIONS of dollars to Ukraine to fight Russia. That sure as hell is war mongering as now putin has said he's not bluffing about NUKES.
You add the alzheimers patient we call our president, constantly poking the bear on Taiwan and you have China AND Russia pissed off at us......warmonger.
Trump ran on getting us out of silly wars and vowed to get us out of Afghanistan. Biden completely blew off trumps exit plan and let Americans get slaughtered on the way out. He is an absolute disgrace.
Lastly, do what Sasha did and start forcing yourself to read ALL the news from both sides......you are clearly missing a lot.
The press is 100% correct to ignore "october surprises"
Weiner laptop released days before 2016 election. It was timed to do maximum damage in the press before it can be shown to be a nothingburger (which it was). It worked, it handed the election to Trump.
Now 2020, Giuliani has another October surprise with the Hunter laptop. Sorry, the privately owned press outlets are not required to play the game brought to them by crooks and liars. That's not their job. If it was a real story that actually implicated Biden, Giuliani would have released it when they found it. But since they had nothing they tried to get it to do maximum damage before everyone realized it was a total nothingburger (which it was, about deals that didn't happen between hunter and private companies when biden was a private citizen. )
If you want a real scandal, ask why Norvartis paid Trump's fixer, Cohen, 1.2 million while Trump was in office! at which point Trump mysteriously reversed his position on letting Medicare bargain for drugs. It's really sad how this corruption actually affects you -- I mean genuinely hurts you every time you buy drugs, but there is literally nothing anyone can say that will make you stop supporting Trump.
PS IT was Trump that put 5000 Taliban back on the streets.. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/09/01/trump-taliban-peace-deal-afghanistan-prisoners/5673035001/
John actually took the time to explain to you how seriously un educated you are. I feel sorry for you. You are seriously naive. I hope you're young and can turn it around.
Trump signed agreement with the Taliban and the Iraqi gov was thus: The Taliban and the Iraqi gov would come together to figure out a working relationship where they worked together on running the country; all Americans and American allies would be removed from the country before any transition was made, along with all military equipement; the Bagham airforce base (I'm spelling it wrong I think) was to be in USA control for an indefinate period of time; as a 'good will offering', the Taliban who was in prision were to be released; and IF THE TALIBAN DID ANYTHING THAT WAS "TERRORIST-Y" during this whole transition, Trump would hit them and hit them hard and the transition agreement would come to a hault. This is straight from a WH staffer.
As for the Weiner laptop, it did not hand the election to Trump, H. Clinton's erasing of 33,000 subpeoned emails (which she lied about doing) and having her own secret servers that she bleachbitted (plus all the stuff that happened when she and Bill were in the White House) and Trump's talking of things that were TRUE but no one could talk about, handed the election to Trump.
The Hunter Biden laptop "was not brought to you by crooks and liars" (and it's slanderous for you to say so), it was given to the FBI a year or so before and they buried it! In fact, an FBI agent is being questioned for why he said "YOU WILL NOT LOOK AT IT AT ALL" to his subordinants, and they did not look. That's why it ended up with Rudy. And Rudy did what was CORRECT (something Democrat leftists can not understand and can not do - it's all about power and control for them) and he checked into the laptop first, before making it public. There's Biden's own words where he bribed a lawyer to NOT do research into corruption in the company Hunter had a cushy deal with, being on the board with no knowledge of the business and making millions! And the laptop clearly shows, with Bobolinsky's testamoney (or whatever his name is), that Bill was in on the "deals", at least to the point that he helped Hunter with them, with advise as the VP (Hunter was constantly on VP Biden's plane trips) - he was "the big guy".
The truth is Trump lowered the drug prices on insulin and EPI pens and Biden removed those exec. orders (TRUTH).
Biden has said on several occasions that he wants to get militarily involved in Taiwan, in spite of current American Policy, spent the early days of Ukraine calling for the deposition of Putin (something that would take force)... and the war isn't over in Afghanistan, we've just pulled out (in a completely disastrous manner that American citizens, green card holders (because he really cares about the would-be immigrants), in addition to expensive military equipment. Anyone could have pulled out of Afghanistan if that idiotic strategy was the bar... Don't get me wrong, good job to Biden for cutting back on gunning down citizens, but that hardly is enough to neutralize the other nonsense he's pulling
He was praised by Assad for at least being honest about it. You dont think we went to save little Kuwait because we just felt sorry for them? America took and I mean a step beneath kidnapped, all of Germany top scientists right after ww2 because we didn't want them in Russian hands. The Saturn 5 rocket that we used to go to the moon was the invention of Werner von braun, hitlers favorite scientist who bombed London into rubble . So let's not be polly Anna's here.
wow, okay. As you lie in bed tonight, think about what a horrible human being you have become.
jm... just wow... I started on Substack because the comments were so civil and not demeaning. Unfortunately some of you have jumped off Twitter and found us. Just don't...
think of how mind numbingly, slap-you-in-the-face easy it is to condemn the idea of taking Iraq's oil (their only means of support after our invasion). And he couldn't bring himself to do it.
He defended it for no reason other than naked partisan politics.
This is where your outrage should lie, not with the sane mind that calls him out.
First off, remember the gov in Iraq boiled people in oil who didn't obey. And the truth is that for the whole history of mankind, for every single country, region, tribe, group, etc. that went to war, the "slap in your face easy" thing to do and WHAT THEY ALWAYS DID, TIME AND TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, is take the resources from their conquered lands (Briton at least put in schools, energy systems, roads and such); but the USA never did that - we paid for it all, and never got anything in return (well, personally, I think we got the "dolllar as reserve currency" as a thank you for saving the world. This wouldn't happened today, as people have zero honor or respect. And Democrats and their spending our country into bankruptcy, will probably weaken our "reserve currency" designation and then we are in really bad doodoo).
Jm, stop indeed, you're bitter about something. What ? I hated our intervention in the middle east. And why did you bring up trump? What because I mentioned MAGA? MAGA is a movement, its not trump. Trump is a figurative head for MAGA but it makes no difference to me whether its trump or DeSantis, its still MAGA.
95+% of what Trump says is intentional triggering bloviating. And when people who despise him get triggered, he repeats it ad infinitum. There is not much sentiment behind such comments and even less (none) action.
"we are building a big beautiful wall and Mexico is going to pay for it."
Sorry not sorry to trigger you, bro.
Now, I wish he wouldn't do it, but I may just as well grab the popcorn.
not true. Just because it's incredibly stupid doesn't mean it's bloviating. Multiple advisors have detailed the amount of effort they put in preventing him from carrying out his ideas.
Oh, well that's distinctive: "advisor said not to do it." That's never happened with other presidents. "Great point."
I've always been an independent. My father was a libertarian of a sort, not the Koch bros. kind, but more of the Ron Paul kind. I grew up around conservatives in a religious, rural area and then went to college and was around liberals. My "ideals" are all over the place, and, trust me, I have no love for Republicans or the religious right. From my early twenties to my early forties, I voted almost straight D. I voted for Trump over both Clinton and Biden, but I would never call myself a supporter. I voted for Trump because Hillary struck me as the least authentic, most corrupt politician I'd come across in my lifetime. I would have gladly voted for Bernie Sanders. I would never have told you the world was going to hell if Clinton won. I figured it would be one scandal after another, but beyond that . . . meh. Not much would change. But Trump won and the insanity began and I was on the "wrong" side of it.
I think Trump was no better or worse than your average president but perhaps a bit more responsive to his voters than most. I can't actually say whether I'd like to meet him. On the one hand, I think he's probably as egotistical and bombastic as he seems, but on the other he seems so much more authentic than say an Obama or a Bush. The fact that I'm supposed to "repent" if I voted for him, per the journalist on Bill Maher's last episode, gives me the creeps and enrages me at the same time. Trump is no better nor worse than any other politician from either side and this is such a transparent attempt to *shame* people into giving one side power when they have done nothing to earn it and have abused what power they have been given.
Having spent my life around conservatives and even conversing with them online, I will tell you right now, you'll meet a-holes. I've been called a commie and a babykiller. I've lost one friend in real life on the right because I wasn't sufficiently "right" and I've lost a friend who was libertarian like I am for having the temerity to vote for Trump and laughing when she said someone was going to assassinate that poor, sweet Ilhan Omar. However, at no time during the height of the Tea Party movement did the Republican Party coalesce around and cater to the Tea Party movement. Instead, they welcomed them in their midsts, yes, but business went on as usual (maybe too much as usual as Republicans are servants of the corporate status quo above all), and at no point did I, a liberal/libertarian, have to watch what I said around my conservative friends and acquaintances. They might have looked at me like I was an idiot, but they wouldn't have been reaching for tar and feathers. The problem with the Left is that they seem to be in the grip of mass hysteria and there is almost no one among them that is willing to reel them back from the edge of the cliff. Instead, the Democrat Party keeps feeding that hysteria hoping it will win them power. It's a most cynical and sickening move that doesn't bode well for any of us.
But other than that, all I have to say is welcome to the real resistance, which isn't really left or right or conservative or liberal or libertarian. It's just a bunch of us that want all this insanity to stop and if that means burning the Democrat Party to the ground, then as many times as I voted for them in the past, I'm still fine with it. Maybe something more sane will rise from the ashes.
Republicans are no longer the most 'kiss-arsing' of the corporate world - Dems are and it's because for a while now, much more money from corporations go to Dems than to Reps! Also, it would be good if you found out about all the things Trump did do while in office that needed to be done for many decades to help keep our republic. It's a long list and it was not reported on, even by FOX.
Republicans let corporations control the government, which control regulation. In that relationship, no regular people benefitted, but for the most part, we were left alone. The Democrats have made a Satan's deal with corporations in that they together can run the country and control the population. The difference is how their cooperation affects regular people. Both, with some exceptions, are beholding to large corporations.
Trump did some good things, but he also signed a tax bill that eliminated the standard exemptions in lieu of an increased standard deduction. When that increased standard deduction sunsets, very soon I might add, regular people will be faced with half the standard deduction they can take now, a SALT cap, a cap on the home loan interest they can take (which admittedly doesn't affect most people), and no exemptions. It's going to be ugly. Meanwhile, the "adjusted" tax breaks for corporations don't sunset, which tells you everything about who the Republican bill favored.
Look, I voted for Trump twice (after voting for Obama), and unless the Democrats run someone I can really trust, like Tulsi Gabbard, if he is the Republican nominee, I will vote for him again. But I have no illusions about who really runs him. He got rolled by the Republican swamp into serving corporate interests over individuals' interests.
I did not vote for Donald Trump in 2016 but after his election I posted on my Facebook saying we might as well wish him the best for the sake of the country.
I got vitriolic reactions and lengthy screeds from otherwise sane people who yelled at me that Donald Trump was an existential threat to every person they loved and by not raging I was part of the problem. I honestly didn't get it.
I withdrew from social media. I quickly learned not to engage people in conversations about any "current events" even in real life to avoid getting a tongue-lashing if my hatred of Trump didn't meet their standard. I worry that my own thinking could become insular; a victim of my own custom-made echo chamber. Maybe culture is made in the crucible of conversation and none of us can create it without one another. I hope there is a way to make debate great again.
ditto. can relate to all of this.
I've not met a Trump hater that could articulate why they feel that way.
I hope this isn't too blunt but I think there are a lot of people like this. I voted for Obama twice and then Hillary. Then when Trump won I thought ok, if the Democrats act sane and reasonable they should be able to make huge gains standing against Trump. Fun to laugh at that thought now. They went nuts and I can't believe more people don't see it. But if you are in a bubble where you don't hear any arguments to the contrary, then you might not know any better.
And of course there are bubbles on the right and people who only partake in right wing media. But the difference to me is that it's not the right who looks to banish people from social media, and is increasingly censorious against people they dislike. That's the fundamental difference. The right is eager to have a debate, whereas the left frequently wants to deny the ability to have one, and is quite often outraged when exposed to a differing viewpoint. Which I find pathetic and view with contempt.
I was a Democrat from a Democrat family. During Obama’s second term, I saw the writing on the wall...my party had sold out to big business, radical leftist ideology, and had become everything I stand against. They used the levers of power in the IRS to go after the other side and seemed to hate the truth. That made me switch sides and I voted for Trump in 2016 because he wasn’t the establishment(of either side) and he said things about the “swamp” and what made our country weaker that just made sense to me.
I couldn’t believe the hate that came from the left after he was elected either. Now, 6 years later, and after he isn’t even in office anymore, the Democrats have become authoritarian like the old right. It is their way or the highway, and that doesn’t sit right with me in what is supposed to be a free country. I don’t have a lot of hope for the future of the country at this point. They literally control all the levers of power except the SCOTUS and it scares me what they are doing with all that power. Let’s hope more freedom lovers on the center left make the journey we did, but all the ones I know hate Trump so much, you can’t get through to them(which I can understand to some degree). Some people say the first sign of Mass Formation was the pandemic, but I think it happened 4 years earlier with Trump’s election in 2016 and has just gotten worse.
It might help if you talk of your opinions about Trump regarding his personality, like the fact that he acts like an a&&h0le and real &0B sometimes. That he exaggerates (where's the "lie tracker" that they had with him, for Biden and his doozy of lies he constantly tells?) and boasts and gets dates and figures off. Then mention the policies he did that you liked, that helped the USA (which you probably don't know them all - and there are tons - because the MSM didn't report on them).
Unfortunately, Trump Derangement Syndrome and mass formation psychosis are real. I have done those things and it always comes back to “Trump is a criminal” and Jan 6. I can show clear evidence of Biden lies and selling of influence by his family and it is all “right wing BS.” The hatred for one man has become the thing that the Democrats and their machine have used to for mass formation and once someone has become a part of that mass, they will not listen to reason. Btw, if you haven’t read it, The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Matthias Desmet is an amazing explanation for what we are seeing today.
Hi, Sasha! You have become one of my & my husband's must-reads. We are conservatives, voted for Trump, loved everything he did in office. Our son, who publicly supported the president at school (middle & high school), was vilified, ostracized, beaten, and eventually received a death threat, all for simply refusing to conform to Leftist ideology. He received this mistreatment from students, as well as from teachers and administrators. (Yes, Fed court case pending. He graduated from homeschool. ) My former friends on the Left were horrified as these things happened to our son and our family, but then voted for the same people who encouraged this treatment. When the calls came from the Left for us to be put in camps and there was not a peep from my "friends", I dumped them all, sought out a new circle of like-minded Americans & have forged new, meaningful friendships. I applaud you with everything I have for having the courage to look truthfully at the situation and adjust accordingly. Also, adorable pups! Keep the writing coming! Thank you.
Hi Sasha,
I was a life long Democrat. Voted for Obama twice. Was tired of the same old promises made, and promises never kept. I was looking for a change. I was never a fan of Hillary. I was intrigued with Trump because he was different. Not a politician, but business man. I started to listen to what he had to say, and liked what I heard. I credit him for opening my eyes to all of the corruption I was oblivious to. The first time I heard the terms “fake news” or “drain the swamp” I didn’t have a clue as to what on earth he was referring to. I quickly learned. I voted for him twice. I didn’t feel comfortable putting my support for Trump on SM or even sharing it with family or friends. I kept it a secret. That should tell you something right there. The other side is so aggressive with their hatred towards anyone that doesn’t agree with them politically. Yet they can post and slander Trump and his supporters without concern of losing their livelihoods or being censored. I will vote for him again if he runs. I will vote for anyone that has an America first agenda. Trump kept his promises.
I believe if the election wasn’t stolen he would still be doing great things to “Make America Great Again”.
Thank you for stepping out and spreading truths. You are a breath of fresh air. Your voice is heard and important. I look forward to more of your writings. God Bless You.
Hello, and thank you for the dose of sanity. I didn't vote for Trump in '16 (voted Libertarian just to keep them on the state ballot), and I really hope he does not run again. Still, I understand why so many of my fellow conservatives love him (and they do, it's that personal): he kept his word as best he could, after decades of betrayal from supposedly conservative politicians who fell in with the Washington Way Of (Not) Doing Things. This is more than half of the basis for the cult that surrounds him. Add in that he was right about China, and we free-traders were wrong, and his seriousness about controlling the border, and you have the makings of a powerful faith that Trump alone will make America a great place to work and raise a family again for the average American citizen, in whose interests the government is supposed to operate.
Me, I want Trump policies without Trump, but I recognize that there is a very small cadre of politicians from whom we might get that. Cruz, DeSantis, Cotton, and a handful of others whose names escape me right now.
On the other hand, we have those who want a "fundamental transformation" of the United States, as Obama promised. They have their own faith, and will fight just as zealously to further it. Since they control the majority of the press, tech companies, and the justice bureaucracy, those are the tools they use. We are in for a long period of Lawfare, and we'll be lucky if it doesn't produce sufficient injustice that violence erupts in response.
Cruz is showing his true colors again (every blue moon he does) and he is BACKING the Klobachar bill that makes government have control over all the social websites and networks (and thus, completely censor all the 'hate speech' of the right)! That's what I read but I have to call up his office and see. Maybe he's banking on Reps taking the House in the fall (and probably the Senate) and then they would tweak the law so that the government isn't in control but non-partisan state-elected people are? Anyway, he's off my list as pres at the moment.
Thanks for telling me about this - I was unaware of the legislation and the fight over it. Cruz has written an amendment that he says will prevent political censorship, but Cotton and Lee strenuously object. I will have to look into it before I make up my mind who's right and who's wrong, but a conflict over legal language between Cotton and Lee on one side and Cruz on the other is concerning. Lee seems to think Cruz is just misunderstanding what he's written with his amendment, but Ted is a more experienced litigator and may have case law to back up his interpretation of his amendment.
I do think we have to get legal protection against political viewpoint discrimination into federal law regarding the internet, so I can see what Cruz is trying. I personally would rather just see common carrier rules applied, as Clarence Thomas has suggested. That would open the social media companies up to suit from people who's political speech they've blocked. Some of the state AGs are working on bringing a case like that, and I hope they succeed.
Sasha, your interview with GB was my first introduction to you and your writings. Thank you. I nearly cried while reading your work here to find someone that was able to see through the constant lies and attacks. It is shocking to see people I once held in high regard melt into a puddle of seething hatred and rage for anyone who has the audacity to hold or express another opinion. You are wise to stay away from social media. It does no one any good, in fact, it is an evil that may never be throttled. Again, my deepest gratitude to you for your bravery to write hard things and willingness to see the "other side".
Sasha.....I’ve been reading your work on Awards Daily for years. I sensed your political leanings, but of course your awards analysis was brilliant, so I just brushed aside what you were saying politically. To hear you on Glenn Beck - I kept wandering if this was the same Sasha Stone! I’m so impressed that you took time to see the “other side.” That is what’s missing for many on the Left - the unwillingness to hear our point of view. My two grown children believe everything the Left tells them, and they tolerate their parents’ beliefs. If there is any advice you could give on the parent/child difference of opinion, I’d be grateful. Thank you!!
Hey there! I hope that you feel welcome at AwardsDaily. I know that the commenters can be harsh over there. Yes that is the problem with the Left. They have stopped ASKING questions and believe they have the answers. I think that what they needed was a generation to push back against but they got the boomers instead, and they pander. I don't really know how to reach people. I don't even try at this point. I just figure if they can be with you and you aren't fighting that's the best you could hope for. I try to be respectful of what my daughter thinks and believes unless I think it's going to hurt her. Even then, I'm not sure she would take my advice. I keep thinking sooner or later it's all going to come tumbling down. Rather, I think the better way to go is to build outside of the bubble of the left. That's what I'm hoping to do. Offer something better, something more honest and interesting. Maybe that builds a bridge?
Stick with the Truth and you’ll be a great example!
Thank you for your wise words….I appreciate “honest and interesting.” That is something I can strive to do!
Stick with the Truth and you’ll be a great example!
Stick with the Truth and you’ll be a great example!
Stick with the Truth and you’ll be a great example!
I heard you on Glenn Beck’s show the other day, and was quite impressed by you. I appreciate your honesty, your courage, and your integrity. I wish more people were like you and would actively choose to listen to the other side and walk some time in their shoes. And then be willing to admit when they’ve had it wrong. (On both sides.) Thank you for being a voice of reason and of fairness.
I was happy when you described your experiences at Trump rallies and that they were moments of joy and humor. That’s how I’ve seen them. I still have well meaning, non-leftist friends who just want to be nice who have branded all Trump supporters as hate-filled bigots, and then with great embarrassment tried to walk it back a bit when I tell them I am one. They then state that I’m not like the REAL Trump supporters. They believe every lie spewed by the mainstream media. They cannot grasp any facts if I try to enlighten them (nicely).
So again, I admire and appreciate you. I look forward to reading more of your writing.
[I am a Christian missionary who spent about 20 years in the Philippines with my family, until we settled back in the States 3 years ago. I love reading everything I can get my hands on about what is going on in this country and around the world. You will add to that growing knowledge.]
In This House We Believe
Free Speech For Me But Not For Thee
My Rights, Your Responsibilities
Government Provides, Business Takes
People Are Responsible For Their Ancestors, Not Their Behavior
We Are Tolerant, You Bigots
whenever I hear a democrat bleating out "our democracy", I replace it with "my corrupt government" and then whatever they are saying makes sense.
I am a medical researcher who spent his whole career trying to improve health outcomes especially in minorities where that is an especially acute issue. I am now retired and glad to be retired since I would no longer be able to teach or do research in this medical environment. Wokeism is destroying medicine and I will not be apart of it. Health disparities are now being blamed on “racist” physician’s instead of the biological differences among us. Admission status to medical schools are being relaxed as are the abilities to pass medical boards which will result in inferior doctors being released on the public. Who will benefit from this? Well, that will. Be the malpractice lawyers who make a fortune from the carnage that is about to unfold unless this madness ends.
I gravitated to everything you said on Beck. I know what it’s like to live in a place that some folks can’t see past their rage. I live on Maui, born and raised. I’m sure you’re aware Hawaii is a deep blue state and not counted much in the polls, but I still vote ☺️ because I can’t pack my ‘ohana up and drive to the next state. I am of Hawaiian ancestry but oh how I love America. Of all the countries in the world, I’d rather be struggling as an American 🤙🏽. I’m so happy you were able to get out if that bubble. You give me hope that one day my friends and family here can also burst that bubble and see the truth. I just hope it’s sooner than later. In the mean time, my husband and I will continue to button down the hatches and holomua (move forward). Best wishes to you and your new found freedom...Aloha ‘Oe 🌺🌺🌺
I don't know if it was the Blaze or Breitbart but I read your article through them. Then I heard you on Beck. Great interview. I'm a conservative stuck in psychotic Massachusetts. I registered as an independent about 25 years ago. My intent was to listen to and consider both sides. I may have voted for dems in low-level elections but never for president, senate or congress. I couldn't understand the inability to compromise on issues. It really frustrated me. Also frustrating is how my vote counts for nothing in this tax-happy state. Anyway, over the years I grew up and grew more conservative and watching democrats during the Obama years I vowed to never vote (knowingly) for a democrat in any election ever again (unfortunately its hard to find out the party of every town meeting member and that sort of thing). I will go to my grave standing for God, Jesus and conservative values. God bless you for your boldness.