The Democrats Had It Coming
Not until the election did the sudden realization sink in that the Harris/Walz campaign had done everything wrong. The post mortems were uncovering a deep list of strategic blunders, some obvious — Biden stepped aside too late, Harris failing to differentiate from Biden, over-the-top progressive proposals that had the electorate thinking socialism, and so forth – but other failings showed the Democrats to be “out of touch”, in Representative (D-Mass) Seth Moulton’s candid appraisal.
Democrats were blindsided by the Trump camp’s discovery of the disaffected young men of the 18 to 29 age group voting for Trump over Harris by 14%, as one example. 
Trump’s son Barron had urged dad to make a whirlwind tour of the podcasts that young men listen to. After one, Trump said, "All I know is, my kid said, ‘Dad you have no idea how big this interview is’", The Wall Street Journal reported.
The liberal mainstream media is finding that its influence has declined. There are cable networks other than Fox. Right-wing Sinclair has gobbled up 300 local television stations, all of which have been seen required to recite the same political message on a given night. There has for decades been right-wing talk radio, and Christian radio, totally eclipsing the meager number of left-wing counterparts. And then there are the podcasts. Together they are telling their audiences, “The democrats hate you, they want to turn your son into your daughter”, as Michael Tomasky, editor of The New Republic put it.
Barron Trump had awakened the campaign to a bro sub-culture of young males, disaffected under-achievers resentful of the feminine tilt of America, where young women now form the… Read More »
Lying His Way to the White House
Disasters have traditionally caused Americans and their leaders to set aside partisan differences and pull together in the common cause of healing. But Donald Trump has now done away with that norm. On the campaign circuit, he is using the 
Asheville's River Arts District destroyed.
devastation of Hurricane Helene to advance only his own purposes, absent of any concern for the miseries that have befallen the people of hardest hit western North Carolina. He tells his audiences,
“This is the worst response to a storm or a catastrophe or a hurricane that we’ve ever seen ever…They’re not getting water, they’re not getting anything.”
The Biden administration has “left Americans to drown” in North Carolina and other states, per Trump.
All of this is a total fabrication. Trump has no knowledge or interest in what has actually happened on the ground.
“He really lacks empathy on a very basic level, to care about the suffering of other people”, was Kamala Harris’s reaction, when she appeared on ABC’s “The View”.
”It is unconscionable, frankly, that anyone who would consider themselves a leader would mislead desperate people to the point that… Read More »
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Things You May Not Know About Project 2025
Jul 19 2024
Project 2025’s blueprint for what Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts has called the “second revolution” divides the 920-page document by section, and chapters within that cover the government departments. It's an exhausting slog to plow through.
What emerges, though, are certain themes that pervade throughout and show what the foundation and its other task force organizations are really after. Conservatives want the entire government to be purged of any trace of the left-wing ideologies they so thoroughly loathe.
an end to pamper culture
The left sees the populist right marching inexorably to autocracy and the end of democracy. The right sees the left as taking over the country with a noxious culture that has polluted the nation’s traditional values. They decry the frailty of microaggressions, trigger warnings, pronouns, and the soft coddling of safe spaces at colleges where the offended can be comforted with teddy bears. They are outraged that students are taught — or so 
they claim – critical race theory which says that our culture and laws are shot through with racism and instead want that a sanitized, uplifting version of American history be taught, as in their 1776 project ("Trump's Parting Advice? We Need a Patriotic Education"). These grievances all roll up into the catchall of three letters — D.E.I. – diversity, equity, inclusion. A theme that repeats across Project 2025, formally titled "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise", is that DEI must be expunged from the whole of government.
In the chapter on healthcare, Roger Severino, director of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human…
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Project 2025’s blueprint for what Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts has called the “second revolution” divides the 920-page document by section, and chapters within that cover the government departments. It's an exhausting slog to plow through.
What emerges, though, are certain themes that pervade throughout and show what the foundation and its other task force organizations are really after. Conservatives want the entire government to be purged of any trace of the left-wing ideologies they so thoroughly loathe.
an end to pamper culture
The left sees the populist right marching inexorably to autocracy and the end of democracy. The right sees the left as taking over the country with a noxious culture that has polluted the nation’s traditional values. They decry the frailty of microaggressions, trigger warnings, pronouns, and the soft coddling of safe spaces at colleges where the offended can be comforted with teddy bears. They are outraged that students are taught — or so
they claim – critical race theory which says that our culture and laws are shot through with racism and instead want that a sanitized, uplifting version of American history be taught, as in their 1776 project ("Trump's Parting Advice? We Need a Patriotic Education"). These grievances all roll up into the catchall of three letters — D.E.I. – diversity, equity, inclusion. A theme that repeats across Project 2025, formally titled "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise", is that DEI must be expunged from the whole of government.
In the chapter on healthcare, Roger Severino, director of the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human… Read More »
china watch
I. Our Focus Elsewhere, the U.S. Neglects the China Threat
Mar 29 2024
China is undergoing “the largest military buildup in history since World War II… across all domains, maritime, air, land, space, cyberspace.” So warns Adm. John Aquilino, head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which comprises China’s navy and air forces as well,
China's sailors and their ship on review.
has expanded more rapidly in the past 30 years than any armed force in history. “When I look at the military China is building, it is not a general-purpose military,” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III. “It is designed around the goal of being able to take Taiwan and keep the U.S. out.”
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has set a deadline of 2027 for the PLA to be ready to invade Taiwan, according to Central Intelligence Agency chief William Burns. The unification of Taiwan The United States faces no greater threat than China, which Donald Trump would have to face come 2027. Let's Fix This Country put together this series to show how vastly unprepared the U.S. is to confront China militarily compared to our leadership's blind assumption of U.S. invincibility. Click the titles to read each of the subsequent installments:
II. What Would War With China Look Like?
III. War with China: Could America Survive the Trauma?
with mainland China “must be achieved”, says Xi. In December, the Chinese foreign ministry said, “China will realize reunification, and…
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China's sailors and their ship on review.
has expanded more rapidly in the past 30 years than any armed force in history. “When I look at the military China is building, it is not a general-purpose military,” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall III. “It is designed around the goal of being able to take Taiwan and keep the U.S. out.” Chinese leader Xi Jinping has set a deadline of 2027 for the PLA to be ready to invade Taiwan, according to Central Intelligence Agency chief William Burns. The unification of Taiwan
The United States faces no greater threat than China, which Donald Trump would have to face come 2027. Let's Fix This Country put together this series to show how vastly unprepared the U.S. is to confront China militarily compared to our leadership's blind assumption of U.S. invincibility. Click the titles to read each of the subsequent installments:
II. What Would War With China Look Like?
III. War with China: Could America Survive the Trauma?
with mainland China “must be achieved”, says Xi. In December, the Chinese foreign ministry said, “China will realize reunification, and… Read More »