Yes. I know Mike Rogers is doing really well for Senate. I see more signs for Harris, but I do not think it means that much, as Trump people are still careful about their outward preference. Trump and Vance are here a lot. More Muslims than I imagined are for Trump. Many are small businessmen.
This is one of your finest pieces Sasha. As someone who turned away from the Democratic Party at the same time and for the same reasons that you did… thank you for all the ways you have guided me and given me hope and clarity. Over the past few weeks I have been really working on getting off the emotional roller coaster of this election and turning it over to God. My heart and my common sense tell me Trump will win, but I know we are not living in a time characterized by much common sense or fairness. I’ve been praying the rosary every day for months in hopes it will help this election go the way I believe it needs to go and to help me accept it if it goes the other way. This morning my husband and daughter and I went to mass and just prayed that God lets this land where it needs to… to protect the most vulnerable in all the ways we humans are vulnerable. After I get off work on Tuesday afternoon I’m going to go back to church with a group of my friends to say the rosary again along with a few hours of silent prayer. After I have finished all that I’m going to walk out and just let this go. As a regular hard working middle class mom who is always just trying to do the right thing, I have done all I can do.
Ann Lowell, thank you for the lovely posts. It it helps me to brace myself if Harris wins. I really hope she does not but she can. I really hope people of faith turn in mass.
The upper half of the lower peninsula is thoroughly Trump, so I’d have to imagine the UP is at least as devoted. Marquette county was the only one that went for Biden last time, iirc, and that was because of the college.
Michigan is going to depend on how many people in the SE cant lie to themselves anymore.
negative. never avoid. stay on the offensive. move the ball and dominate the message. No wars started under Trump. Peace in the Middle East. Simple and to the point.
the message is simple: Trump will fix it.
Harris bozo brigade have only defense as they try stay relevant playing headlines with faux outrage. desperate. desperate desperate killer kamala. See how they misconstrued the “Liz Cheney., ..would never start wars., …if she had to face consequences?” Do you see how Trump handled it? Blew it out of the water. Harris campaign people really aren't very smart. But they are desperate.
Never avoid because that's risk-averse -Trump is opposite. And why he's a success. He takes risk and it's authentic and imperfect and what we want from a leader. Kamala is the opposite, ie "word salad" lol take it easy!!
Debbie Dingell, , is on FoxNews right now. She is asked about her statement that Trump would put Arab of Americans in internment camps as well as her. She said that some very important people had told her she ought to be very careful.
The sane Arabs want peace because they are getting their asses kicked. Some have suggested this is taqiyya and it may be but I see no reason why we shouldn't take advantage of the moment. Trump wants peace too but is sensitive to Israeli security concerns. Trump's first priority should be the more dangerous Ukraine war but he does have a good framework for peace in the Middle East.
Jane, what really blows my mind is that about Michigan is that Governor Whitmer was reelected by about nine percentage points. After what she subjected Michiganders to during the covid scam. And the whole she did it, she had this demonic smile on her face like she was enjoying inflicting pain and suffering on the people of Michigan while her Husband did his boating while everyone else was prohibited. What happened??? Did Whitmer cheat? 2022 kind of broke me. The "Red wave" turned out to be a red droplet.
What I remember is that Tudor Dixon, the Republican candidate, was an extreme pro life person, who wouldn’t allow any exceptions and ran a lackluster campaign. We had some other people who were disqualified over alleged false signatures on their nominating petitions. James Craig, the former chief of police for Detroit, excited a lot of us. He was a conservative and won my heart when he was asked at the height of the rioting in this country, why rioting never got out of hand in Detroit he answered: we never retreat. I always feared there had been some underhanded action disqualifying not only Mr. Craig but Perry Johnson and 3 others.
Yeah I think the former PD Chief dude was cheated some how on the signiture deal. I sure hope Rogers wins with some Trump's coat tails. What Trump as put together is more of a big flapping tarp as opposed to a "Big tent." I hope he keeps his promise to RFK JR if he wins. There really needs to be some kind of reconning on the covid crimes. DeSantis had started something in FL but I do not know where it went. If Trump wins, I hope he makes DeSantis his chief of staff.
I was so surprised when they first announced Arabs for Trump came out and endorsed him . Then the Muslims! They’ve been here a long time and want peace as much as any other “normal” person. I grew up in Michigan.
Sasha, I absolutely love your sobering analysis of the misguided left and the corrupt machine of elitist snobs behind it. We are so blessed to have you in our camp of liberty loving patriots who love our country and yearn for a return to sanity and a media who reports truth.
You are. I have it on good authority that the sins of the current regime have reached unto the ears of the most high and He has taken as his cudgel, the Great Donald and shalt smite those who deal in wicked behavior; who imagine they can sin under the cover of darkness: the Lord has yet His 144,000 that have not kneeled to Baal and the people shall back them, the rank and file military with officers sworn to protect the constitution shall back them, those that serve in the righteousness of the Lord’s vengeance; all shall arise in unity of heart and purpose, united by the Holy Spirit. And satan’s friends will not win the day.
Well there you go! Its Trump and God smiting the demons (you can't spell democrats with out demons...come on...its an anagram, man.) Sasha must be so proud to run with these people. It really does demonstrate (see, more demons!) just how twisted your arguments are.
thank you. In retrospect, I believe it will turn out to be a blessing that Trump didn’t get a second term in 2020. In the interim, he's taken the measure of the blob, and will start a second term in Jan 2025, backed by a posse which has the credentials and experience to prevail. I can get excited about what Vance, Kennedy, Musk, Gabbert, Patel, Ramaswami etc will be able to accoplish.
I also believe the post election circular firing squad and finger pointing will be the end of the woke far left progressive faction of the Dems. We need that party to rebuild in the center and put "We the People" before the Oligarchs....is that even possible? Probably not, and we'll just see even more hysteria.
And it wasn’t JUST the humility of defeat that taught Trump such vital lessons, his chutzpah baited the entire edifice opposing us and united us all under one banner.
Uh, great analysis, Mr. Minnis. I agree that Trump losing in 20 may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. The scope and severity of the problem is now much more clear and Trump has a better and more committed team to help fix what’s broken.
I was glad to see that Batya Ungar-Sargon, who is an expert on class, just came out today endorsing Trump. Not that it will make a difference. But what she says about class in America is of paramount and disturbing importance. The facts on how damaging (low-skilled) immigration is are even worse than I had thought. There is a link with criminality among young Black males.
Abused child PTSD is a common cause of nihilism. Hitler was an abused child. All the petty criminals I knew were abused children. Black males? The Drug War was designed by Nixon to put them in jail (lawfare at scale) it worked. There are now generations of fatherless children.
I woke up to the deception in 2008 under the no talent snake oil salesman. Could see right through him immediately. I was a democrat and switched to Republican. Then when DJT was impeached twice I switched to Independent. I am a mix of liberal and conservative stances and so I have a varied group of friends that is getting considerably smaller as I no longer have that wide eyed innocent naive life is grand personality I used to have years ago. When you are married and have kids and aging parents and sick family members and a mortgage and bills to pay and crime (in my city) is through the roof and the roads are crumbling and eggs are $9 a dozen and the tel-lie-vision continually lies to your face (peaceful protests, safe and effective etc lol) as do the paid celebrity morons,….you pray to God everyday that people will one day wake up and see that life is short and we are all human and have struggles that want peace love good health and safety. I shut the tv and the newZ off a long time ago and have never looked back. My health certainly improved too.
I agree. Of course I had no idea how bad it would be under his eight years, but I knew enough to be suspicious and I’m very proud of the fact I never voted for this turd.
It is so refreshing to see someone else state that they were suspicious of Obama and never voted for him. I just knew in 2008 that there is something off or wrong about him, especially that so many had begun to idolize him as a Messiah. I always thought of the phrase "If it looks too good to be true, you can conclude that it is indeed too good to be true."
That is still my sense about him. Now in 2024 what I fear is that Kamala would be Obama's 4th term, something to be very concerned about.
Obama said Rev. Jeremiah Wright had been like a father to him. When RJW came out against him, I decided to view videos of his sermons. Holy smokes!! I knew we were in BIG trouble if he were to be elected. I was right. Harris & Obama go WAAAAAAY back. Her sister, Maya, worked on Hillary's failed election campaign.
In 2008 when he was running against Clinton I looked in cars that had Obama bumper stickers to see what kind of idiot thought he had the skill sets to be president. He had never accomplished anything that would qualify him for anything - not even a mid-level manager. He was an outstanding speaker but that was it. It even took the Chicago machine to get him elected senator - he was behind until the Chicago machine released the sealed divorce records from his opponent. Everything in his past indicated he would be far left. Didn’t like Clinton but I thought she was more experienced. The same people that picked him as the democrat nominee are still picking a front face to cover all the oligarchs machinations.
Totally true. The Dem machine is a form of cheating bc they manipulate who they want to be the nominee instead of making them win it on their own. Kamala hasn’t won a single thing nationally (chosen by Obama) and in California, she won through the power of Willie Brown. She is yet another
no-accomplishments Dem nominee. And unlike Obama who could charm audiences with oratory skill, Harris is an embarrassment when speaking without a teleprompter. Crazy days.
Because it became obvious the Neocon Republicans were just as bad…many to this day support Biden. I was also tired of all the solicitors asking me for my $$$ :/
Never have and never will. Can't prove it but willing to bet the farm none of them have ever spent a day doing anything where their lives were at risk.
Alex Berensen said it pretty well: “[Kamala] is happy to take the endorsement of Dick Cheney, the chickenhawk warmonger who for 50 years has stood for everything wrong with American elites and American politics.” I honestly cannot wrap my head around why Dems are trumpeting the support of Dick Cheney. I thought he was pretty much universally reviled and has been out of the public eye for 15 years. But we all know what side the forever war crowd is voting, which confirms that Trump is the way to go.
Nah, let’s give Native American Spirit some credit here. If we tucked in and defended our shoreline Turtle Island we’d be pretty good.
We certainly have enough arable land and resources to make a go of it, if we just tell the rest of the world to screw off and deal with their own problems, eh?
So fundamentally it’s just a game to us. There’s a lot of aficionados of team Israel in the country and that has had some effect, a big drain on our treasury for one, a deal of moral opposition to genocidal geopolitics for another, and coupled with lots of eager proponents of conflict who need a worthy enemy and are focused on Russia, combine to form a fortuitous stew of military industrial employers and unionized labor all throughout the tribe - SAG, Teamsters, publicly funded pension behemoths and all.
It’s all a bit overwhelming. I’m sorta glad Trump has Vance cuz this whole shmiel is gonna take some figger’n
Genocidal politics? You obviously haven't read the Koran. It is a genocidal religion and Jews are at the top of the list. With everybody else a close second.
Then there is this: Arab child abuse fuels Mideast Wars.
Look up - "Is Arab hatred for Israel a product of the child abuse normative in the Arab world?" American Thinker September 29, 2024
"How does that square with leftists who want to protect animals?"
The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.
They feed the rank and file emotional issues to keep them jumping on a string so they don't notice the corruption festering at the top.
As for the top, they think Utopia is just one more action away. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, they think they can control things. This is the hubris of Greek tragedy.
BINGO! The issue is ALWAYS the revolution, and the woke activists are all useful idiots. If they had ever studied revolutions, they would know what happens to the likes of them when they realize their lives are as miserable as the people they hated.
I can feel the bittersweetness in this post Sasha. Please don’t think your time was wasted following the left in their falsely virtuous appeal for your allegiance. It was probably meant for you to think you were on the “good side” so you would hang with the “swells” long enough to realize the flip side of their mission. You know, first hand, the motives and the lingo. You were on the inside and gleaned an insight many of us have not. Because of those years, you provide a blessing to your readers who find honest credibility in your opinions. I appreciate your bravery and how you inform and clarify through your writing. Thanks for everything you share.
“ Nobody handed the presidency to Barack Obama. He earned it by being a once-in-a-generation talent who made people like me believe in a movement we thought was changing the world.”
Nothing could be further from the truth.
He was - and is to this day - a part of a ruthless and diabolical machine that tramples everything and everyone that dares to get in its way.
He has hated America all his life, almost as much as his wife Michelle does. And he is still wreaking havoc since he appeared on the scene in 2007, not just here but all over the world, like he did during his 8 years in office, and the last four, using Biden and the Khameleon as his puppets,. and he has never left, (first President in history not to leave DC after his term in office - wonder why that is?).
He is quite possibly the worst thing that has ever happened to this country.
Actually, he is indisputably the second worst thing to ever happen to this country. The first is liberalism which put him, a jacked up crackhead with a vastly over inflated sense of self, into office.
I agree. Obama created all this racial tension and fanned the flames of it. Whenever there were black activists in the news, he invited them to the White House. He’s a fucking bully.
My two cents: MANY of us believed Obama was the Great Black Hope back then. I was even duped~ and that almost NEVER happens, 'cause I can see into and through people. I didn't even vote for him during the first run, 'cause I was scared he might be assassinated, and I didn't wanna see his kids left fatherless (what an idiot I was)!
Perhaps it's best to avoid invalidating another's perspectives and opinions. We are ALL entitled to see the world thru our own lens, rose-colored or not. I believe millions of us VIEWED Obama as a brilliant orator and essentially GOOD for our country. Still, it's OKAY to have been dead wrong about the prick!
If we could always determine who's trustworthy and who is not, there's be no divorces in the world. It takes a Big Person to admit (in hindsight) they've made a shame-producing mistake or error. I'm fairly clairvoyant, but even I was fooled~ and not much slides past me without detection.
Along these lines, people with Borderline Personality Disorder traits are incredibly seductive. I can detect 'em within 15 seconds of talking with 'em by phone... but Obama's apparent brilliance eclipsed my (usually stellar) instincts and intuition, and I was seduced~ along with most of the nation. Nobody LEARNS from getting it "RIGHT" all the time. We ONLY learn by getting it WRONG, and discovering what NOT to do, the next time around.
LOL... well, that's my viewpoint, and I'm pretty sure I'm entitled to it. Obama SEEMED bright to me. Cannot tolerate the guy now, but again, I'm apparently one of millions who were duped. Can we concede that we all see the world thru a somewhat different lens? I like to wallow in the grey areas, and not be as black and white in my thinking or perceptions. :~)
Frankly Obama viscerally reminds me of P. Diddy. They share an all-consuming hatred of the USA & whites in general. And layer onto that homosexuality, a trans partner in Obama's case, & a murderous pedo preoccupation in Diddy's. Worst of all was Obama's performance as a suave black political savior who loved America. It was all a lie. Both men are reviled by a majority of black Americans. Both hate the country. And both allied themselves with the Democrats, historically the party of slavery & segregation. The Democrats have morphed into a terrorist group.
Obama was a good at giving pollical speeches and that's about it. The first time I heard him, I told my husband (voted Republican or "other" before that - but never Demorcrat) that "maybe we'll be voting Democrat this presidential election". But we both kept watching and listening to him and did research and changed our minds quickly, realizing he was a communist/socialist. Then I found out that the only way he won both his races in IL,, was by hiring lawyers (no doubt with S0r0s money) and getting all other candidates off the ticket (except for the front runner) by comparing signatures, dates, zip codes, etc. on the petitions (to get them on the ballot) and found enough discrepancies to get them thrown off the ballot. After they were gone, rumors about the front-runners cheating on their spouses (true in one instance, I think) came out just before election day and Obama won, when he was never expected to.
Wow... Iso admire your having done such due diligence! Brava! I'm chagrined to admit this, but I was always apolitical, until Trump appeared on the scene and woke me the fuck up to what's really going on 'behind the curtain.' Better late than never, I suppose... yet I'm too often these days reminded that "ignorance is bliss." Trump turned me into a passionate patriot. Go figure!
Quite the “Hunger Games” scenario! Sad to think that people will actually believe this nonsense,but interesting that Vance becomes the embodiment of evil.
It does capture the general feeling of both left and right that we are approaching the last chapter of the current version of the United States. In the absence of a unifying force to preserve the constitution and the republic we are doomed to the devolution of this noble experiment. 35 trillion dollars in debt, no will to stop foreign invaders, no sense of civic duty or safety, I cannot see how the nation will long endure.
Agree. I have long said that there will be a geopolitical entity here that will be known as the United States, but it will NOT be "America". We are in perilous times.
Other than the debt monster, there are those with the will to correction. They're not the ones in power. And correction of many stupids, particularly the border and the energy "policies," would do much to at least ameliorate the debt without explicitly addressing it.
Leftists need to be shunned by all decent people. Refuse them service in stores. Refuse to shake their hands at church (if they bother to show up). If they enter a room, turn your back on them. Don't let your children play with their children. Show them that they have placed themselves outside of the pale of polite society.
A 7 year old family friend dressed up as Trump last night and instead of saying "Trick or Treat," when she held out her bag, she said "Make America Great Again."
No, this is not the Way. Show the Left we still care. Laugh and be joyful, no matter the result next Tuesday. We are now much more fully awake to the Establishment’s divide & conquer tactics that the Left currently has access to control knobs, which now include Left/Right political parties. Not all on the Left are irredeemable however, and not all of them subscribe to some of the more bat shit crazy positions of the Democrat leadership. There are a LOT of former Bernie followers now in the GOP. I hear JD Vance talk about positions of old school liberals (like suspicion of Big Money) with respect and gratitude. Removing oneself from a long standing association is not easy, especially when the identity is wrapped up in that label. For those waking up, welcome them with questions of curiosity and less judgement, even if it’s judgement that the human heart too often defaults to. Know that and tamper it down? Yeah, I do hear you there are some wrapped in Palestinian flags shouting antisemitism’s and more radical types like these that do need shaming and shunning. But that is a slice of the Left and not all of them. I say all this as a lifelong Republican who has now voted Trump 3x.
To me, there’s no point in talking to these people who are going to vote for Kamala with great eagerness and joy because she’s a black woman and a Dem, and that’s what they want. Their thinking on issues is very shallow and if you try to talk to them, you will just get platitudes and soundbites back, and they don’t wanna talk anyway cause they’re locked in to their mindset and very, very content. They are convinced they’re on the right side of history. They’re arrogant in the sense that they don’t think there is another side. It’s really sad because a lot of them are my friends. They’re nice people. I hang out with them. They’re nice but bat shit crazy when it comes to politics .
There is much truth in both Sasha's post AND these comments, BUT, yours is almost certainly the most true. You accurately describe the left. I no longer engage with them for the reasons you name.
Ever try to change a Borderline's mind on ANYTHING, regardless of how much hard evidence you present that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, their perceptions are incorrect and invalid?? IMPOSSIBLE.
There are some that will purely vote for her, as she is not Bad Orange Man. They have a stone-cold heart full of visceral hatred. They should be aware that hate on that level will consume their soul and ultimately destroy them.
Yes, we still care, because we are humanitarian individuals... but ya sound a bit like someone who dissociated from your darker emotions decades ago. Sure hope I'm wrong about this. NOBODY dances in the light ALL the time, and if they pretend to or say they do, they're living with only half a personality structure, and LYING. Too many exert way too much energy on being "Christlike," when in reality, we were NOT created to be gods. We were created to be fallible, flawed and Human, with light AND dark personality aspects (which even CHRIST had)!
The problem is that people think anger is "dark" and it's not. It's a godly emotion. The Apostle Paul wrote "Be ye angry and (but) sin not; don't let the sun go down on your wrath" (meaning, talk to the person(s) about it). Also, the Creator originally created us to be perfect, like Him, but the first humans walked away from that and now we experience the flawed, screwed up-ness. Those who believe in the perfect Christ, son of the Creator, being the sacrifice for our screw ups, get's a new nature, by way of God's spirit residing in them.
Though, big diff between anger and hate--especially the hate on uber-high levels mentioned here. It will eat away at one until something gives... Hate is stronger than you or they. I raised my kids to never evoke hate, unless there was absolutely no other options. And, then you find there actually were options.
If we deny our darkness (anger, rage, envy, sadness, resentment, etc.) it converts into depression, obsessive-compulsive traits and Anxiety Disorder.
Remember The Sopranos?? Dr. Melfi told Tony Soprano, rage turned inward becomes depression. He started psychiatric treatment for panic attacks after struggling with spontaneous, uncontrollable blackouts.
Now, THAT character had a Borderline Personality Disordered mother! And boy, did “Livia” (Nancy Marchand) play that part spectacularly!
The deepest divide in this country is between people who think the other side is evil, and people who think the other side is people. You and I are in the second group.
When my Lefty friends were losing their shit after Trump was elected in 2016 they started to share stories of how they were rude/cancelling to people with MAGA hats, signs, or bumper stickers.
I told them the story of how a car with a MAGA bumper sticker tried to merge in front of me, and guess what I did? I let him merge right in front of me, like a normal human being would.
I wasn't even MAGA at the time, but I shared my experience with them to let them know that I was nothing like them...
I'll engage with anyone and have and I know most of them come from our exchanges enlightened (mostly because the leftists lie like the devil). But it's very draining and after a while (I've been around the block a few times), it saps the soul. However, if this election is clearly stolen (days and days of counting, months of lawsuits, videos of illegal activity, etc.) I could get on board with working on a secession from the union, as that's more productive than shunning people, I think, as it doesn't inform or engage.
To be fair, every Republican between Reagan and Trump was the same sort of loser that you take the Democrats to task for. Even now, the GOPe is plotting a comeback post-Trump. This must not be allowed.
Thank you. I hate to think if Trump hadn't run for a second term much of this fake and deep state criminality would never have come to light. Much has been exposed and it will be interesting to see how the Democrat party positions themselves moving forward. And, will Republications seize the moment to unite us and clean up the mistrust and bloated government.
We see how they are positioning themselves. They want Hakeem Jeffries to be in charge of the House as Speaker. They wield the club of racism like the bullies that they are to try to beat the majority population and majority voting blocks (women) into submission. Their democracy is minority rule. They don’t even want majority representation.
Wow, Sasha! This was a superlative piece! You shared from your own intimate experiences, knowledge — and spoke out for many of us who may also have had the “scales fall” from our eyes. You pulled no punches. 💥👏🎉Thank you!
Magnificent, Sasha! From the heart and from bitter experience!
Those People and Institutions that Sasha calls out and names, sincerely DESPISE and HATE her.
Why?
Because she EXPOSES them and their BS lies and behaviors with obvious TRUTHS and with HER UNDENIABLE EXPERIENCE...
And WE L O V E I T❕️❕️
Sasha is such a great writer. Thank God for her!
Of COURSE they do! Cockroaches hate it when a light is shined on them, too.
OMG, what a GREAT analogy! 👏🏻 👌🏼
I'm just a very simple person. Once I see an analogy, which is pretty easy, I "get" it.
Are you in Michigan now? Yes, Sasha did outstanding in this piece.
Yes. I know Mike Rogers is doing really well for Senate. I see more signs for Harris, but I do not think it means that much, as Trump people are still careful about their outward preference. Trump and Vance are here a lot. More Muslims than I imagined are for Trump. Many are small businessmen.
This is one of your finest pieces Sasha. As someone who turned away from the Democratic Party at the same time and for the same reasons that you did… thank you for all the ways you have guided me and given me hope and clarity. Over the past few weeks I have been really working on getting off the emotional roller coaster of this election and turning it over to God. My heart and my common sense tell me Trump will win, but I know we are not living in a time characterized by much common sense or fairness. I’ve been praying the rosary every day for months in hopes it will help this election go the way I believe it needs to go and to help me accept it if it goes the other way. This morning my husband and daughter and I went to mass and just prayed that God lets this land where it needs to… to protect the most vulnerable in all the ways we humans are vulnerable. After I get off work on Tuesday afternoon I’m going to go back to church with a group of my friends to say the rosary again along with a few hours of silent prayer. After I have finished all that I’m going to walk out and just let this go. As a regular hard working middle class mom who is always just trying to do the right thing, I have done all I can do.
Ann Lowell, thank you for the lovely posts. It it helps me to brace myself if Harris wins. I really hope she does not but she can. I really hope people of faith turn in mass.
This is good news! How is Trump doing in UP (the place I so yearn to visit ASAP!) ?
The upper half of the lower peninsula is thoroughly Trump, so I’d have to imagine the UP is at least as devoted. Marquette county was the only one that went for Biden last time, iirc, and that was because of the college.
Michigan is going to depend on how many people in the SE cant lie to themselves anymore.
Trump is in Dearborn right now trying to persuade Arab Americans. He should avoid any discussion on the ME and focus on Harris' transgender agenda.
negative. never avoid. stay on the offensive. move the ball and dominate the message. No wars started under Trump. Peace in the Middle East. Simple and to the point.
the message is simple: Trump will fix it.
Harris bozo brigade have only defense as they try stay relevant playing headlines with faux outrage. desperate. desperate desperate killer kamala. See how they misconstrued the “Liz Cheney., ..would never start wars., …if she had to face consequences?” Do you see how Trump handled it? Blew it out of the water. Harris campaign people really aren't very smart. But they are desperate.
Never avoid because that's risk-averse -Trump is opposite. And why he's a success. He takes risk and it's authentic and imperfect and what we want from a leader. Kamala is the opposite, ie "word salad" lol take it easy!!
peace!
Debbie Dingell, , is on FoxNews right now. She is asked about her statement that Trump would put Arab of Americans in internment camps as well as her. She said that some very important people had told her she ought to be very careful.
The sane Arabs want peace because they are getting their asses kicked. Some have suggested this is taqiyya and it may be but I see no reason why we shouldn't take advantage of the moment. Trump wants peace too but is sensitive to Israeli security concerns. Trump's first priority should be the more dangerous Ukraine war but he does have a good framework for peace in the Middle East.
Saw lots of Trump signs up there this summer.
Jane, what really blows my mind is that about Michigan is that Governor Whitmer was reelected by about nine percentage points. After what she subjected Michiganders to during the covid scam. And the whole she did it, she had this demonic smile on her face like she was enjoying inflicting pain and suffering on the people of Michigan while her Husband did his boating while everyone else was prohibited. What happened??? Did Whitmer cheat? 2022 kind of broke me. The "Red wave" turned out to be a red droplet.
Matthew,
What I remember is that Tudor Dixon, the Republican candidate, was an extreme pro life person, who wouldn’t allow any exceptions and ran a lackluster campaign. We had some other people who were disqualified over alleged false signatures on their nominating petitions. James Craig, the former chief of police for Detroit, excited a lot of us. He was a conservative and won my heart when he was asked at the height of the rioting in this country, why rioting never got out of hand in Detroit he answered: we never retreat. I always feared there had been some underhanded action disqualifying not only Mr. Craig but Perry Johnson and 3 others.
Yeah I think the former PD Chief dude was cheated some how on the signiture deal. I sure hope Rogers wins with some Trump's coat tails. What Trump as put together is more of a big flapping tarp as opposed to a "Big tent." I hope he keeps his promise to RFK JR if he wins. There really needs to be some kind of reconning on the covid crimes. DeSantis had started something in FL but I do not know where it went. If Trump wins, I hope he makes DeSantis his chief of staff.
I was so surprised when they first announced Arabs for Trump came out and endorsed him . Then the Muslims! They’ve been here a long time and want peace as much as any other “normal” person. I grew up in Michigan.
Sasha, I absolutely love your sobering analysis of the misguided left and the corrupt machine of elitist snobs behind it. We are so blessed to have you in our camp of liberty loving patriots who love our country and yearn for a return to sanity and a media who reports truth.
This is a great substack. I fear the Dems will steal this election, I hope for all of us that I'm wrong.
You are. I have it on good authority that the sins of the current regime have reached unto the ears of the most high and He has taken as his cudgel, the Great Donald and shalt smite those who deal in wicked behavior; who imagine they can sin under the cover of darkness: the Lord has yet His 144,000 that have not kneeled to Baal and the people shall back them, the rank and file military with officers sworn to protect the constitution shall back them, those that serve in the righteousness of the Lord’s vengeance; all shall arise in unity of heart and purpose, united by the Holy Spirit. And satan’s friends will not win the day.
So I believe. So I witness
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The "Gread Donald" - excellent satire, buddy!
Well there you go! Its Trump and God smiting the demons (you can't spell democrats with out demons...come on...its an anagram, man.) Sasha must be so proud to run with these people. It really does demonstrate (see, more demons!) just how twisted your arguments are.
A heartfelt, personal, and poignant essay.
thank you. In retrospect, I believe it will turn out to be a blessing that Trump didn’t get a second term in 2020. In the interim, he's taken the measure of the blob, and will start a second term in Jan 2025, backed by a posse which has the credentials and experience to prevail. I can get excited about what Vance, Kennedy, Musk, Gabbert, Patel, Ramaswami etc will be able to accoplish.
I also believe the post election circular firing squad and finger pointing will be the end of the woke far left progressive faction of the Dems. We need that party to rebuild in the center and put "We the People" before the Oligarchs....is that even possible? Probably not, and we'll just see even more hysteria.
Dick Minnis removingthecataract.substack.com
Keen insight, there Dick. I think you nailed it.
And it wasn’t JUST the humility of defeat that taught Trump such vital lessons, his chutzpah baited the entire edifice opposing us and united us all under one banner.
Hallelujah
Bang on, Dick (that didn’t sound right).
Uh, great analysis, Mr. Minnis. I agree that Trump losing in 20 may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. The scope and severity of the problem is now much more clear and Trump has a better and more committed team to help fix what’s broken.
Dear God, I hope you're right, Dick Minnis.
But I strongly fear that you will be wrong because the anti-democratic and treasonous crooks will, once again, FRAUDULENTLY STEAL the election.
I was glad to see that Batya Ungar-Sargon, who is an expert on class, just came out today endorsing Trump. Not that it will make a difference. But what she says about class in America is of paramount and disturbing importance. The facts on how damaging (low-skilled) immigration is are even worse than I had thought. There is a link with criminality among young Black males.
Every witness is a precious gem. Every soldier in the fight against the tyrant is reason for rejoicing
Abused child PTSD is a common cause of nihilism. Hitler was an abused child. All the petty criminals I knew were abused children. Black males? The Drug War was designed by Nixon to put them in jail (lawfare at scale) it worked. There are now generations of fatherless children.
I woke up to the deception in 2008 under the no talent snake oil salesman. Could see right through him immediately. I was a democrat and switched to Republican. Then when DJT was impeached twice I switched to Independent. I am a mix of liberal and conservative stances and so I have a varied group of friends that is getting considerably smaller as I no longer have that wide eyed innocent naive life is grand personality I used to have years ago. When you are married and have kids and aging parents and sick family members and a mortgage and bills to pay and crime (in my city) is through the roof and the roads are crumbling and eggs are $9 a dozen and the tel-lie-vision continually lies to your face (peaceful protests, safe and effective etc lol) as do the paid celebrity morons,….you pray to God everyday that people will one day wake up and see that life is short and we are all human and have struggles that want peace love good health and safety. I shut the tv and the newZ off a long time ago and have never looked back. My health certainly improved too.
Ps Great article 💕
Isn’t it funny/weird how many people not just loved Obama but also believed him?!!!! We saw right through him from the get-go.
I agree. Of course I had no idea how bad it would be under his eight years, but I knew enough to be suspicious and I’m very proud of the fact I never voted for this turd.
It is so refreshing to see someone else state that they were suspicious of Obama and never voted for him. I just knew in 2008 that there is something off or wrong about him, especially that so many had begun to idolize him as a Messiah. I always thought of the phrase "If it looks too good to be true, you can conclude that it is indeed too good to be true."
That is still my sense about him. Now in 2024 what I fear is that Kamala would be Obama's 4th term, something to be very concerned about.
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Obama said Rev. Jeremiah Wright had been like a father to him. When RJW came out against him, I decided to view videos of his sermons. Holy smokes!! I knew we were in BIG trouble if he were to be elected. I was right. Harris & Obama go WAAAAAAY back. Her sister, Maya, worked on Hillary's failed election campaign.
In 2008 when he was running against Clinton I looked in cars that had Obama bumper stickers to see what kind of idiot thought he had the skill sets to be president. He had never accomplished anything that would qualify him for anything - not even a mid-level manager. He was an outstanding speaker but that was it. It even took the Chicago machine to get him elected senator - he was behind until the Chicago machine released the sealed divorce records from his opponent. Everything in his past indicated he would be far left. Didn’t like Clinton but I thought she was more experienced. The same people that picked him as the democrat nominee are still picking a front face to cover all the oligarchs machinations.
Totally true. The Dem machine is a form of cheating bc they manipulate who they want to be the nominee instead of making them win it on their own. Kamala hasn’t won a single thing nationally (chosen by Obama) and in California, she won through the power of Willie Brown. She is yet another
no-accomplishments Dem nominee. And unlike Obama who could charm audiences with oratory skill, Harris is an embarrassment when speaking without a teleprompter. Crazy days.
Why would you switch from Republican to Independent after those RIDICULOUS impeachments?
Because it became obvious the Neocon Republicans were just as bad…many to this day support Biden. I was also tired of all the solicitors asking me for my $$$ :/
I despise the neocons. They have zero regard for human lives, American or others.
Never have and never will. Can't prove it but willing to bet the farm none of them have ever spent a day doing anything where their lives were at risk.
Alex Berensen said it pretty well: “[Kamala] is happy to take the endorsement of Dick Cheney, the chickenhawk warmonger who for 50 years has stood for everything wrong with American elites and American politics.” I honestly cannot wrap my head around why Dems are trumpeting the support of Dick Cheney. I thought he was pretty much universally reviled and has been out of the public eye for 15 years. But we all know what side the forever war crowd is voting, which confirms that Trump is the way to go.
IC. Well, there's no way I'm changing my affiliation because of the RINO's. A few are just as bad but most aren't imo.
I personally get few solicitations for money but just like any others I just ignore them.
The hope is that Trump / Vance and friends might reshape the Republican Party. Regardless, the
Dems are WAY worse.
If Harris wins, it will lead to WWIII and destroy the planet.
How does that square with any leftist that supposedly wants to ‘save’ the planet?
The inflation brought on by the Harris/Biden regime’s vote buying schemes have caused people to have to surrender their pets to animal shelters.
How does that square with leftists who want to protect animals?
It won't lead to WWIII... Russia and China will sit back and watch us gut ourselves.
And it won't take long. The blue shitties will be rubble in a month.
They might wait at first.
But at some point, they’re going to want to move in – or use the assets that are already here.
But any kind of resistance to their rule will be met with that kind of overwhelming force.
And that doesn’t account for nutcases around the world who might get their hands on a Nuc.
Nah, let’s give Native American Spirit some credit here. If we tucked in and defended our shoreline Turtle Island we’d be pretty good.
We certainly have enough arable land and resources to make a go of it, if we just tell the rest of the world to screw off and deal with their own problems, eh?
So fundamentally it’s just a game to us. There’s a lot of aficionados of team Israel in the country and that has had some effect, a big drain on our treasury for one, a deal of moral opposition to genocidal geopolitics for another, and coupled with lots of eager proponents of conflict who need a worthy enemy and are focused on Russia, combine to form a fortuitous stew of military industrial employers and unionized labor all throughout the tribe - SAG, Teamsters, publicly funded pension behemoths and all.
It’s all a bit overwhelming. I’m sorta glad Trump has Vance cuz this whole shmiel is gonna take some figger’n
Genocidal politics? You obviously haven't read the Koran. It is a genocidal religion and Jews are at the top of the list. With everybody else a close second.
Then there is this: Arab child abuse fuels Mideast Wars.
Look up - "Is Arab hatred for Israel a product of the child abuse normative in the Arab world?" American Thinker September 29, 2024
For $535M they could bribe each and every member of congress to do their bidding. Peanuts....
USD or bitcoin cash?😂
"How does that square with leftists who want to protect animals?"
The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.
They feed the rank and file emotional issues to keep them jumping on a string so they don't notice the corruption festering at the top.
As for the top, they think Utopia is just one more action away. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, they think they can control things. This is the hubris of Greek tragedy.
BINGO! The issue is ALWAYS the revolution, and the woke activists are all useful idiots. If they had ever studied revolutions, they would know what happens to the likes of them when they realize their lives are as miserable as the people they hated.
"The issue is never the issue. "
Abused child PTSD is like that. The left is a hot bed of abused children. The Drugs (for the pain) and deviant sex are clues.
So we know the cause.
"If Harris wins, it will lead to WWIII and destroy the planet."
From the mouth of trump who lies non-stop.
Trump tells the truth much more often than the leftists in this country.
You need to shut your vile communist mouth
Answered at the top of the thread.
I can feel the bittersweetness in this post Sasha. Please don’t think your time was wasted following the left in their falsely virtuous appeal for your allegiance. It was probably meant for you to think you were on the “good side” so you would hang with the “swells” long enough to realize the flip side of their mission. You know, first hand, the motives and the lingo. You were on the inside and gleaned an insight many of us have not. Because of those years, you provide a blessing to your readers who find honest credibility in your opinions. I appreciate your bravery and how you inform and clarify through your writing. Thanks for everything you share.
AMEN.
“What we got instead was a George Spahn, who allowed a cult-like movement to move into the White House.”
Wow. Sometimes, you read an analogy so clear, that it’s like a shaft of light illuminating every speck of dust. Really, really well said.
I had to look up the name. Great analogy.
My thoughts, exactly.
You were going great until right here:
“ Nobody handed the presidency to Barack Obama. He earned it by being a once-in-a-generation talent who made people like me believe in a movement we thought was changing the world.”
Nothing could be further from the truth.
He was - and is to this day - a part of a ruthless and diabolical machine that tramples everything and everyone that dares to get in its way.
He has hated America all his life, almost as much as his wife Michelle does. And he is still wreaking havoc since he appeared on the scene in 2007, not just here but all over the world, like he did during his 8 years in office, and the last four, using Biden and the Khameleon as his puppets,. and he has never left, (first President in history not to leave DC after his term in office - wonder why that is?).
He is quite possibly the worst thing that has ever happened to this country.
Actually, he is indisputably the second worst thing to ever happen to this country. The first is liberalism which put him, a jacked up crackhead with a vastly over inflated sense of self, into office.
I agree. Obama created all this racial tension and fanned the flames of it. Whenever there were black activists in the news, he invited them to the White House. He’s a fucking bully.
My two cents: MANY of us believed Obama was the Great Black Hope back then. I was even duped~ and that almost NEVER happens, 'cause I can see into and through people. I didn't even vote for him during the first run, 'cause I was scared he might be assassinated, and I didn't wanna see his kids left fatherless (what an idiot I was)!
Perhaps it's best to avoid invalidating another's perspectives and opinions. We are ALL entitled to see the world thru our own lens, rose-colored or not. I believe millions of us VIEWED Obama as a brilliant orator and essentially GOOD for our country. Still, it's OKAY to have been dead wrong about the prick!
If we could always determine who's trustworthy and who is not, there's be no divorces in the world. It takes a Big Person to admit (in hindsight) they've made a shame-producing mistake or error. I'm fairly clairvoyant, but even I was fooled~ and not much slides past me without detection.
Along these lines, people with Borderline Personality Disorder traits are incredibly seductive. I can detect 'em within 15 seconds of talking with 'em by phone... but Obama's apparent brilliance eclipsed my (usually stellar) instincts and intuition, and I was seduced~ along with most of the nation. Nobody LEARNS from getting it "RIGHT" all the time. We ONLY learn by getting it WRONG, and discovering what NOT to do, the next time around.
HIs oratorial skills are waaaay overrated. If you.........know what ah mean....
LOL... well, that's my viewpoint, and I'm pretty sure I'm entitled to it. Obama SEEMED bright to me. Cannot tolerate the guy now, but again, I'm apparently one of millions who were duped. Can we concede that we all see the world thru a somewhat different lens? I like to wallow in the grey areas, and not be as black and white in my thinking or perceptions. :~)
Frankly Obama viscerally reminds me of P. Diddy. They share an all-consuming hatred of the USA & whites in general. And layer onto that homosexuality, a trans partner in Obama's case, & a murderous pedo preoccupation in Diddy's. Worst of all was Obama's performance as a suave black political savior who loved America. It was all a lie. Both men are reviled by a majority of black Americans. Both hate the country. And both allied themselves with the Democrats, historically the party of slavery & segregation. The Democrats have morphed into a terrorist group.
The Dem Party should be charged with hate crimes.
Amen!
Obama was a good at giving pollical speeches and that's about it. The first time I heard him, I told my husband (voted Republican or "other" before that - but never Demorcrat) that "maybe we'll be voting Democrat this presidential election". But we both kept watching and listening to him and did research and changed our minds quickly, realizing he was a communist/socialist. Then I found out that the only way he won both his races in IL,, was by hiring lawyers (no doubt with S0r0s money) and getting all other candidates off the ticket (except for the front runner) by comparing signatures, dates, zip codes, etc. on the petitions (to get them on the ballot) and found enough discrepancies to get them thrown off the ballot. After they were gone, rumors about the front-runners cheating on their spouses (true in one instance, I think) came out just before election day and Obama won, when he was never expected to.
If Obama was a communist, he was a terrible one. Wall St. loved him.
Wow... Iso admire your having done such due diligence! Brava! I'm chagrined to admit this, but I was always apolitical, until Trump appeared on the scene and woke me the fuck up to what's really going on 'behind the curtain.' Better late than never, I suppose... yet I'm too often these days reminded that "ignorance is bliss." Trump turned me into a passionate patriot. Go figure!
Yes. I remember upon my first time seeing him speak, I had one word that immediately came to mind: Snake...
Well, you were a LOT smarter than I back then, that's for sure!
White House Aides Changed Official Transcript of Biden's 'Garbage' Remark
https://archive.ph/f82xz
WATCH: This Lefty Fever Dream Political Ad Is the CRAZIEST Thing You'll See All Day
https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/11/01/crazy-lefty-political-ad-emperor-vance-n2403107
And we still have four days until the election. Imagine the rivers of stupid we've yet to ford.
Quite the “Hunger Games” scenario! Sad to think that people will actually believe this nonsense,but interesting that Vance becomes the embodiment of evil.
It does capture the general feeling of both left and right that we are approaching the last chapter of the current version of the United States. In the absence of a unifying force to preserve the constitution and the republic we are doomed to the devolution of this noble experiment. 35 trillion dollars in debt, no will to stop foreign invaders, no sense of civic duty or safety, I cannot see how the nation will long endure.
America can endure. Not sure about the United States at least not as a Republic.
Agree. I have long said that there will be a geopolitical entity here that will be known as the United States, but it will NOT be "America". We are in perilous times.
Other than the debt monster, there are those with the will to correction. They're not the ones in power. And correction of many stupids, particularly the border and the energy "policies," would do much to at least ameliorate the debt without explicitly addressing it.
My body, my choice. BALONEY! The Covid vaccine. Nuff said.
Leftists need to be shunned by all decent people. Refuse them service in stores. Refuse to shake their hands at church (if they bother to show up). If they enter a room, turn your back on them. Don't let your children play with their children. Show them that they have placed themselves outside of the pale of polite society.
Out trick or treating last night with my son, I skipped the two neighbors with Harris/Walz sign in their yard.
A 7 year old family friend dressed up as Trump last night and instead of saying "Trick or Treat," when she held out her bag, she said "Make America Great Again."
Exactly
No, this is not the Way. Show the Left we still care. Laugh and be joyful, no matter the result next Tuesday. We are now much more fully awake to the Establishment’s divide & conquer tactics that the Left currently has access to control knobs, which now include Left/Right political parties. Not all on the Left are irredeemable however, and not all of them subscribe to some of the more bat shit crazy positions of the Democrat leadership. There are a LOT of former Bernie followers now in the GOP. I hear JD Vance talk about positions of old school liberals (like suspicion of Big Money) with respect and gratitude. Removing oneself from a long standing association is not easy, especially when the identity is wrapped up in that label. For those waking up, welcome them with questions of curiosity and less judgement, even if it’s judgement that the human heart too often defaults to. Know that and tamper it down? Yeah, I do hear you there are some wrapped in Palestinian flags shouting antisemitism’s and more radical types like these that do need shaming and shunning. But that is a slice of the Left and not all of them. I say all this as a lifelong Republican who has now voted Trump 3x.
To me, there’s no point in talking to these people who are going to vote for Kamala with great eagerness and joy because she’s a black woman and a Dem, and that’s what they want. Their thinking on issues is very shallow and if you try to talk to them, you will just get platitudes and soundbites back, and they don’t wanna talk anyway cause they’re locked in to their mindset and very, very content. They are convinced they’re on the right side of history. They’re arrogant in the sense that they don’t think there is another side. It’s really sad because a lot of them are my friends. They’re nice people. I hang out with them. They’re nice but bat shit crazy when it comes to politics .
There is much truth in both Sasha's post AND these comments, BUT, yours is almost certainly the most true. You accurately describe the left. I no longer engage with them for the reasons you name.
Ever try to change a Borderline's mind on ANYTHING, regardless of how much hard evidence you present that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, their perceptions are incorrect and invalid?? IMPOSSIBLE.
There are some that will purely vote for her, as she is not Bad Orange Man. They have a stone-cold heart full of visceral hatred. They should be aware that hate on that level will consume their soul and ultimately destroy them.
Yes, we still care, because we are humanitarian individuals... but ya sound a bit like someone who dissociated from your darker emotions decades ago. Sure hope I'm wrong about this. NOBODY dances in the light ALL the time, and if they pretend to or say they do, they're living with only half a personality structure, and LYING. Too many exert way too much energy on being "Christlike," when in reality, we were NOT created to be gods. We were created to be fallible, flawed and Human, with light AND dark personality aspects (which even CHRIST had)!
The problem is that people think anger is "dark" and it's not. It's a godly emotion. The Apostle Paul wrote "Be ye angry and (but) sin not; don't let the sun go down on your wrath" (meaning, talk to the person(s) about it). Also, the Creator originally created us to be perfect, like Him, but the first humans walked away from that and now we experience the flawed, screwed up-ness. Those who believe in the perfect Christ, son of the Creator, being the sacrifice for our screw ups, get's a new nature, by way of God's spirit residing in them.
Though, big diff between anger and hate--especially the hate on uber-high levels mentioned here. It will eat away at one until something gives... Hate is stronger than you or they. I raised my kids to never evoke hate, unless there was absolutely no other options. And, then you find there actually were options.
If we deny our darkness (anger, rage, envy, sadness, resentment, etc.) it converts into depression, obsessive-compulsive traits and Anxiety Disorder.
Remember The Sopranos?? Dr. Melfi told Tony Soprano, rage turned inward becomes depression. He started psychiatric treatment for panic attacks after struggling with spontaneous, uncontrollable blackouts.
Now, THAT character had a Borderline Personality Disordered mother! And boy, did “Livia” (Nancy Marchand) play that part spectacularly!
The deepest divide in this country is between people who think the other side is evil, and people who think the other side is people. You and I are in the second group.
Well said Matt L!
When my Lefty friends were losing their shit after Trump was elected in 2016 they started to share stories of how they were rude/cancelling to people with MAGA hats, signs, or bumper stickers.
I told them the story of how a car with a MAGA bumper sticker tried to merge in front of me, and guess what I did? I let him merge right in front of me, like a normal human being would.
I wasn't even MAGA at the time, but I shared my experience with them to let them know that I was nothing like them...
Do not be tolerant of the intolerant!
I'll engage with anyone and have and I know most of them come from our exchanges enlightened (mostly because the leftists lie like the devil). But it's very draining and after a while (I've been around the block a few times), it saps the soul. However, if this election is clearly stolen (days and days of counting, months of lawsuits, videos of illegal activity, etc.) I could get on board with working on a secession from the union, as that's more productive than shunning people, I think, as it doesn't inform or engage.
This sounds like Maxine Waters. 😲
And this is how we will heal the divisiveness in this country.
You don’t have to worry much about their kids, they hardly have any.
Tit for tat is the strategy that works.
To be fair, every Republican between Reagan and Trump was the same sort of loser that you take the Democrats to task for. Even now, the GOPe is plotting a comeback post-Trump. This must not be allowed.
We will have the midterms to weed more of them out. Mitch's coven needs thinning.
Btw where is Seva?
Dunno. I sometimes go dark when I am out of range
Love this!!!
Sasha, you are brilliant (and brave)!
Thank you. I hate to think if Trump hadn't run for a second term much of this fake and deep state criminality would never have come to light. Much has been exposed and it will be interesting to see how the Democrat party positions themselves moving forward. And, will Republications seize the moment to unite us and clean up the mistrust and bloated government.
We see how they are positioning themselves. They want Hakeem Jeffries to be in charge of the House as Speaker. They wield the club of racism like the bullies that they are to try to beat the majority population and majority voting blocks (women) into submission. Their democracy is minority rule. They don’t even want majority representation.
Wow, Sasha! This was a superlative piece! You shared from your own intimate experiences, knowledge — and spoke out for many of us who may also have had the “scales fall” from our eyes. You pulled no punches. 💥👏🎉Thank you!
I cried as I read it.