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This is a great sign! The people in Gaza are realizing that Hamas is only going to bring ruin, and are starting to protest against them. Hopefully this builds steam and there is a real push to completely and totally eject Hamas from Gaza. Ejecting Hamas from Gaza is the only hope for peace. These kinds of protests are extremely rare, so the fact that they are even happening is a great sign.

Hahahahaha!

Democrats face gloomy reality as unpopular policies bleed into electoral math https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3356762/democrats-reality-unpopular-policies-electoral-math-midterm-elections/ "The Democratic Party’s struggle to rebound from bruising losses last year has put it in a vulnerable position ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. It has been nearly four months since Republicans took control of the White House and Senate from Democrats, and the Democratic Party has been unable to rebound. In addition to not putting up a real fight against President Donald Trump’s agenda, the party is bleeding support, and there’s no sign of it stopping. At the end of January, a Quinnipiac University poll had MAGA swaggering as the GOP took its largest-ever advantage over Democrats in favorability ratings. As Democrats shed support, particularly from male and Hispanic voters, another CNN poll earlier this month put the party’s favorability rating at a record low of 29%. As with any party that loses the White House, there’s a period of soul-searching. However, despite caucus retreats meant to get members on the same page and build momentum, every move the party makes seems to dig it deeper into a rut." The Democratic party is historically unpopular, and continues to see its support fall. Young Men are now more conservative than Boomers, and might be the most conservative generation we have seen in decades. Democrats continue to do nothing but insist on blind rage and scream about "Democracy" and "Fascism" to the point that no one is listening. They take the stance of 20% of the electorate in most 80-20 issues, and they show no signs of stopping. The radical left keeps trying to pull the party further and further into the abyss, and moderates are being shouted down or forced from the party. Its pretty fun watching the Democrats collapse like this. Never thought I would see it happen, but it is. Trump truly broke Democrats, and they are going to seriously struggle to make up ground.

Elon Musk’s X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround https://www.ft.com/content/d4616dec-c4c7-417f-8549-134710bbc5b1 So much for running it into the ground. X has completely rebuilt its value and is now worth the same as what it was purchased for.

Once again Fetterman is on the right side of history. All Hamas has to do is surrender and release the hostages. War wound end right then. But they would rather continue to starve and torture civilians than surrender. This war is entirely the fault of Hamas, and they carry the sole blame for everything that continues to happen. Thankfully Israel is taking out commanders as fast as new ones pop up.

Broncos are significantly better today than they were at the start of FA. Filled 3 big holes, and are clearly in a "its time to win" mode. Its such a great change from sucking for the past decade.

Didn't even take 24 hours from my post for Democrats to cave. And it sounds like its following the exact off ramp that I laid out as well. Thune let Schumer know they will bring up a vote on the Democrat bill. Once that is voted down, Democrats will support the GOP CR, itll pass, and the government will stay open. Will be interesting to see how the actual vote tomorrow goes, but all signs point to it passing.

Whats probably so fun with the shutdown trap is just how obvious it is. This isnt that dumb 4D chess crap that Trump says, its as obvious a trap as you can get. Its easy to see whats going to happen when Democrats spring it as well. Trumps going to use his megaphone to blame them, but shortly after that DOGE and others will call out how "Essential" Gov employees still have to go to work. Which will lead to the obvious question being asked "Why are there non-essential government employees?" From there its a pretty straight line to working on eliminating any government employee who isnt "essential". Thus reducing the size of government, and virtually eliminating entire departments. If Democrats wernt so blinded by pure rage and hate they would be able to see this. Fetterman does, but the rest of the party is too blinded by hate and rage to see the trap they are walking into. The obvious out for Democrats is to start to throw a ton of amendments at the bill, have them all shot down, then vote to advance it anyways while saying "we tried". Gives them something without teeing up brutal attack adds for next year in swing state races, which Democrats now have quite a few they need to defend. Or, the other option, is that Trump simply lets the Government stay shutdown for months. Gov employees will eventually quit when they arent getting paid, and the entire bureaucracy would collapse in on itself. Essential employees have to show up and work, but they dont get paid. People can only do that for so long before the bills come do and they may need to change jobs.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/schumer-senate-democrats-votes-gop-funding-bill-shutdown-rcna196029 Democrats are going to shut down the government. By not voting on the clean CR, they are owning the shutdown. Its truly something else watching Democrats hit a point where they are now willingly shutting down the government. Whats even better about this, is that this entire thing was a painfully obvious trap that the GOP set, and Democrats are apparently stupid enough to spring is. Fetterman gets this, but apparently no one else in his party does. If the government shuts down, that basically gives Trump want he wants anyway. DOGE can just go to town slashing whatever they want, and there wont really be any way to stop them. Trump can also use the bully pulpit to lay this shutdown squarely at Democrats feet. The GOP did their job, its Democrats who are irresponsible and wont keep government open. Democrats are so consumed by blind rage that they are letting Trump get the best of them.

Hes doing it, hes actually doing it. This is amazing. Needs to finish the job and completely remove the agency, but this is a fantastic start.

Out of all the mistakes that the Kamala campaign made, one of the biggest has to be the whole "JD is Weird" thing. Not only did it lead her to pick Waltz (another mistake), but its incredibly easy to disprove. JD went on media campaigns, and came out looking like a normal dad. It even continues now with the whole Chubby JD memes. The Left tried to use it to attack him, but JD and the Right embraced it and now its totally taken over. even JD is in on it now. Really have to wonder who it was that decided this was a good line of attack, because they probably should never work in politics again.

This was such a great moment last night. Imagine not cheering for this.

Well that was fun! Easily one of the most entertaining SOTUs ever, and it was a good speech to. Trump came out with a clear goal of projecting his ideas to the American people, celebrating whats happened so far, and making the Democrats look completely out of touch. And he nailed all three points. He clearly stated that no matter what he did or said, Democrats would refuse to cheer. And boy did they prove him right. From the hilarious antics of Old Man Green imitating Abe Simpson yelling at clouds, to refusing to cheer for a 95 year old woman getting her son home from being a Russian hostage, to the West Point bit, and even to the kid with cancer. They just sat there like petulant children who arent getting their way. Its truly something watching a party become so consumed with hate that all they can do is sneer at extremely heartwarming moments. Refusing to cheer for a survivor of childhood cancer sure is a choice. Democrats have completely lost the plot, and it showed again last night. Trumps speech was viewed very positively according to CNN and CBS instant polls. Large majorities said it was Presidential, Entertaining, Inspiring, and Unifying. It made most people Hopeful and Proud as well. It was, by all accounts, a very good speech. Unless your a Democrat. But even then, their own antics are going to shoot down any chance at going after some obvious weak points in the speech. Trump just keeps on winning. Democrats better have a serious course correction soon or they may wind up even further in the political wilderness than they already are.

Press conference canceled, no deal to be signed. Zelensky has left the WH well ahead of schedule. Hope Europe actually steps up and helps out, because its pretty clear that we are done giving anything to Ukraine.

Im on it And by on it, I mean I will throw wild speculation around. Im still leaning toward some sort of environmental thing. Accidental pills might do it as well. They havent said anything about violence, so I dont think it was a home intrusion gone wrong. CO makes a ton of sense, its an easy way to die if you dont have working detectors. Or, and hear me out,