On "Who do I find to be an honest broker?"? No one, really. I read a wide range of opinions to get the full scope, but everyone has an underlying opinion they're trying to shape (including Charlie Kirk, who I watched semi-regularly). I used to do it with leftist Youtube, then I realized none of them were acting in good faith and collectively, they wanted America to fail. If I HAD to pick something, it would probably be @michaeljknowles. But both him and @MattWalshBlog come across as too smug sometimes (I always say Matt gets the low-hanging fruit right, but struggles hard with any type of nuance...In some ways, a mirror-image of James). @JohnDoyle clips have been good of late, because he is giving kind of the history of the neocons. The guys who have taken over Kirk's show are GENERALLY okay, but usually just for a clip or two (depends on the guest). Hit or miss. @RazorFist is a strong voice that is good at calling out nonsense, but he posts irregularly. Probably the "most honest" broker I can think of. I enjoyed some of the Jordan Peterson stuff, but I understand he's having health issues. Megyn Kelly was a guilty pleasure from old-school Fox, until she started defending Candace. But that just demonstrates how easy is to be a bad faith actor in this space. The best thing to do? Read the comment sections and see what people are saying. I knew woke capitalism wasn't going to last because they always had to suppress comment sections. The comment sections have a lot more votes than the content creator. On Tucker: Tucker is already an irrelevant figure and a lot of his support was completely manufactured (astroturfed). The neocon sphere continues to QT and comment on every crazy thing he says and every goofy guest he has on, but a lot of us have essentially moved past him, so it's kind of like picking the lowest fruit hanging from the tree. The same thing goes for Granny Groyper, Candace, Alex Jones and the rest of the low-quality slop space these people occupy. At this point, commenting on them just gives them the oxygen they need. If Tucker had influence, you would see a massive blackpill effect in the Republican party and that isn't happening. He was soundly rejected at the last TP USA speaking event (the last two, he has tried pitching Islam to Republicans and that isn't happening) and they are mostly all in on Vance. Frankly, I'm waiting for someone to knock on Tucker's door and put him in handcuffs, exposing his paid operation for what it is. I suspect that time is coming. On your appeal-to-authority hangup: You're saying you don't see James Lindsay as an authority figure, yet you're saying he doesn't owe anyone a discussion or explanation. That's...interesting and conflicting. The mark of an intellectual is stirring up thought, then having your ideas challenged and then having them hold up or admitting where there are flaws. That disqualifies James, especially when he is readily accessible on this platform. And ESPECIALLY when he fails to bring up very obvious events that are shaping the current discourse (which I consider to be either "lying by omission" or not knowing they exist...neither is good if your existence is based around shaping opinions or selling your intellectualism). James' behavior on Twitter is something that completely negates any sense of good faith he might have. And honestly, I have seen a number of people say they respect his work, but hate his behavior on here (one of whom is one of my favorite accounts on this site and may very well be responsible ). He is intentionally trying to put himself on the losing end of the discussion (much like Tucker or your typical 3rd rate podcaster), then crying wolf to draw attention to it. It happened during the past debate on affordability and it's not getting much better, with him trying to conflate people who are legitimately and rightfully angry with true conspiracy theorists and grifters. You can see his attempt to invoke Hitler last night as an example (a very leftist tactic, if I do say so). Sorry you're getting fooled THAT badly, but he is free to dispute that at any time. And there's no "bee-in-the bonnet" with him specifically. His opinions move almost in lockstep with the Babylon Bee guys and Jeremy Boreing. In Jeremy's case, he is trying to do the long-winded podcast/interview route and I expect that to continue as Vance gets closer to being president in 2028. The one thing I give James is he's probably smarter than those clowns. Watch their reactions the next Vance speech or the next time Trump does something they don't like. It's almost coordinated. And in Joel Berry's case, there isn't a shred of intelligence there, so he's literally just trying to imitate the others. Have a look at his comment section the next bad hot take he tries. It would be a LOT worse if he hadn't blocked so many people. On the Federal Reserve and the Immigration Act of 1990: It's not my job to propose a solution, but it IS my job to identify the downstream effects these issues have and how they contribute to the discourse. It should be yours as well. Neocons fail to see either as problem and conveniently ignore them. They literally put their fingers in their ears and scream "I'M A PRINCIPLED CONSERVATIVE, LALALALALALA". I actually hate the "Heritage America" discussion, but we definitely need to talk about the government (by design) opening the flood of legal immigration in 1990 and the support that neocons generally have for it. Charlie Kirk was one of the voices that screamed loudly about winding down legal immigration. The Fed? Completely politicized, actively picks winners and losers in the market (mostly Democrats), has no real oversight (while arguably being more powerful than the president), is responsible for destroying buying power for people on the low end of the K-shaped economy, but usually given a pass in regular discourse. Neocons like to argue for "free market Capitalism", but you have a central bank ensuring a desired outcome by manipulating fiat currency. Sure doesn't sound like "free market Capitalism", does it?

CNN will not be allowed to fly on board Air Force One to Tennessee with President Trump tomorrow. In the spirit of goodwill, I've found some terrific non-stop flights from Washington to Knoxville on Allegiant for just $80. And for an additional $10, CNN reporters will be able to purchase a snack box featuring turkey jerky and Jelly Belly Jelly Beans!

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I'm turning notifications on for @JeffClarkUS because he just completely ended @ConceptualJames (and @JoelWBerry by association). Chef's kiss on that brutal takedown.

.@ConceptualJames, please stop trying to divide the conservative and populist movement. I worked with @VivekGRamaswamy on the Trump 47 Transition. I don't agree with him about everything and he's made some mistakes, especially on immigration issues, but I certainly still support his run for Ohio Governor. If he's not elected, I fear potential disaster for Ohio across the full mine-run of issues. I also support much of the work of @DineshDSouza, even though my views do not align 100% with him either. People seem to have short memories. Dinesh did such pioneering -- and I seem to remember record-breaking -- documentary work exposing Barack Hussein Obama at a critical time. For that alone he deserves a mild form of political canonization. I'm also a fan of his daughter, @MrsDanielleGill and even more so of her firebrand husband @realBrandonGill. I think this concept of a "Woke Right" is a false parallelism that doesn't really exist, which is not to say there aren't some racist people out there. There clearly are. But I'm seeing too many of my allies smeared as racist who are not racist at all. The nuclear family I lead is multi-racial. So I simply won't stand for the smearing and the potential splash-back/sloshing around tarring everyone-in-sight effect of this kind of loose set of politically flailing attacks. It seems like it's all an attempt to get at @VP and encumber his future presidential run in 2028. Nor can VP Vance be inaccurately smeared as racist either, as his wife @SLOTUS is an Indian American. To be clear: My political enemies are the Communists, the Democrat Socialists, the economic Marxists, and cultural Marxists, and the so-called "Progressives." While my mere political rivals are the ordinary Democrats who do not overlap with the prior 5 categories, though that group of Democrats is increasingly a beleaguered minority in that party. Losing this focus (and that careful framing) during the run up to these critical Midterm elections is to miss the mark significantly as to what the challenges of this hour in America. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

James Lindsay is literally a leftist, posing as a right-winger. He's trying to get ahead of the JD Vance nomination and the inevitable turn to "the Democrats are the lesser of two evils" shtick. We KNOW he doesn't have the guts or the following to oppose Trump. Think Nick Fuentes, but a different flavor.

Democrats be like, "Trump unpopular...bloo wave! We're getting 93 seats this time!"

Pseudo-MAGAs screeching "We're DOOMED I'm not going to vote!" are the moral equivalent of the guy who cracks on a WWII submarine while the depth charges are dropping, as he runs around the boat yelling "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!" You know what they do with that guy? They gag him, tie him up and shove him into the head, locking the door from the outside. That way the actual patriots can get about their business in saving the boat.

I remember when Donald Trump was dismissed as a non-serious candidate for the Republican ticket in 2015 and 2016. The thing was, Trump had a history of being both business-minded and politically-minded, dating back decades. In hindsight, we should have seen his current run coming. The current group of potential Dem candidates? A group of straggler DEI losers who have no business running America and who have no appeal outside of heavy blue areas, AOC probably being the worst of the bunch. And the most competent name of the bunch (Shapiro, who is going to win the PA governor election by 20 points or more) is Jewish, in the party of Palestine. Simply put, whether it's Vance, Rubio or DeSantis, the 2028 GOP nominee wins the presidency and probably 40 states.

We ripped @JohnCornyn 's soul from his body. He is like an empty vessel. The eyes are open, but there's no nobody home.

Being controlled opposition is a very profitable business. I wonder how motivated Thune will be when he's in danger of being primaried in two years. He's probably thrilled that Republicans can't get to 60 Senate seats this cycle.

Traitors are everywhere, this one is near Trump and seen in the Oval Office.

Now do OFFSHORING You do realize who has infiltratrated and allowed to stripmine American companies right??

Something I need to add to this: Republicans got cleaned out in California House Seats in 2018. I thought we'd lose a few, but basically every competitive one in southern California ended up going Dem. I believe it was a similar effect in New York (Lee Zeldin REALLY helped NY Republicans in 2022) and New Jersey (which was 1-11, before Jeff Van Drew switched parties) and Virginia (VA 2, 5 and 10 all flipped). The California flips are essentially baked into the current number now. The Dem map is fairly maxed out as is. They basically need to take red seats away. And Republicans have a cushion, thanks to redistricting. I can see some VA seats, PA seats (thanks to the non-competitive Gubernatorial race) and CO08 (which I consider a fluke Republican win in a California-fied state anyway) going to Dems, but nothing that's going to sweep across Texas or Florida. I'm fairly comfortable with 220-215, Dems taking the House. That's about their ceiling, unless I'm really missing something. A Republican House hold is a major bonus. It just swings back anyway, after the VRA2 seats get removed and (hopefully) Indiana redistricts.

Pervert alert. @RepWeiner is back on twitter. All girls under the age of 18, block him immediately.

"American talent shortage" btw You don't hate these liars enough

On "Who do I find to be an honest broker?"? No one, really. I read a wide range of opinions to get the full scope, but everyone has an underlying opinion they're trying to shape (including Charlie Kirk, who I watched semi-regularly). I used to do it with leftist Youtube, then I realized none of them were acting in good faith and collectively, they wanted America to fail. If I HAD to pick something, it would probably be @michaeljknowles. But both him and @MattWalshBlog come across as too smug sometimes (I always say Matt gets the low-hanging fruit right, but struggles hard with any type of nuance...In some ways, a mirror-image of James). @JohnDoyle clips have been good of late, because he is giving kind of the history of the neocons. The guys who have taken over Kirk's show are GENERALLY okay, but usually just for a clip or two (depends on the guest). Hit or miss. @RazorFist is a strong voice that is good at calling out nonsense, but he posts irregularly. Probably the "most honest" broker I can think of. I enjoyed some of the Jordan Peterson stuff, but I understand he's having health issues. Megyn Kelly was a guilty pleasure from old-school Fox, until she started defending Candace. But that just demonstrates how easy is to be a bad faith actor in this space. The best thing to do? Read the comment sections and see what people are saying. I knew woke capitalism wasn't going to last because they always had to suppress comment sections. The comment sections have a lot more votes than the content creator. On Tucker: Tucker is already an irrelevant figure and a lot of his support was completely manufactured (astroturfed). The neocon sphere continues to QT and comment on every crazy thing he says and every goofy guest he has on, but a lot of us have essentially moved past him, so it's kind of like picking the lowest fruit hanging from the tree. The same thing goes for Granny Groyper, Candace, Alex Jones and the rest of the low-quality slop space these people occupy. At this point, commenting on them just gives them the oxygen they need. If Tucker had influence, you would see a massive blackpill effect in the Republican party and that isn't happening. He was soundly rejected at the last TP USA speaking event (the last two, he has tried pitching Islam to Republicans and that isn't happening) and they are mostly all in on Vance. Frankly, I'm waiting for someone to knock on Tucker's door and put him in handcuffs, exposing his paid operation for what it is. I suspect that time is coming. On your appeal-to-authority hangup: You're saying you don't see James Lindsay as an authority figure, yet you're saying he doesn't owe anyone a discussion or explanation. That's...interesting and conflicting. The mark of an intellectual is stirring up thought, then having your ideas challenged and then having them hold up or admitting where there are flaws. That disqualifies James, especially when he is readily accessible on this platform. And ESPECIALLY when he fails to bring up very obvious events that are shaping the current discourse (which I consider to be either "lying by omission" or not knowing they exist...neither is good if your existence is based around shaping opinions or selling your intellectualism). James' behavior on Twitter is something that completely negates any sense of good faith he might have. And honestly, I have seen a number of people say they respect his work, but hate his behavior on here (one of whom is one of my favorite accounts on this site and may very well be responsible ). He is intentionally trying to put himself on the losing end of the discussion (much like Tucker or your typical 3rd rate podcaster), then crying wolf to draw attention to it. It happened during the past debate on affordability and it's not getting much better, with him trying to conflate people who are legitimately and rightfully angry with true conspiracy theorists and grifters. You can see his attempt to invoke Hitler last night as an example (a very leftist tactic, if I do say so). Sorry you're getting fooled THAT badly, but he is free to dispute that at any time. And there's no "bee-in-the bonnet" with him specifically. His opinions move almost in lockstep with the Babylon Bee guys and Jeremy Boreing. In Jeremy's case, he is trying to do the long-winded podcast/interview route and I expect that to continue as Vance gets closer to being president in 2028. The one thing I give James is he's probably smarter than those clowns. Watch their reactions the next Vance speech or the next time Trump does something they don't like. It's almost coordinated. And in Joel Berry's case, there isn't a shred of intelligence there, so he's literally just trying to imitate the others. Have a look at his comment section the next bad hot take he tries. It would be a LOT worse if he hadn't blocked so many people. On the Federal Reserve and the Immigration Act of 1990: It's not my job to propose a solution, but it IS my job to identify the downstream effects these issues have and how they contribute to the discourse. It should be yours as well. Neocons fail to see either as problem and conveniently ignore them. They literally put their fingers in their ears and scream "I'M A PRINCIPLED CONSERVATIVE, LALALALALALA". I actually hate the "Heritage America" discussion, but we definitely need to talk about the government (by design) opening the flood of legal immigration in 1990 and the support that neocons generally have for it. Charlie Kirk was one of the voices that screamed loudly about winding down legal immigration. The Fed? Completely politicized, actively picks winners and losers in the market (mostly Democrats), has no real oversight (while arguably being more powerful than the president), is responsible for destroying buying power for people on the low end of the K-shaped economy, but usually given a pass in regular discourse. Neocons like to argue for "free market Capitalism", but you have a central bank ensuring a desired outcome by manipulating fiat currency. Sure doesn't sound like "free market Capitalism", does it?

When you consider H-1bs back to the 90’s, chain migration of family members, student visas, and the amount of illegal Indians that crossed the Southern Border… almost every Indian in America came here in my lifetime or was born to an Indian that isn’t supposed to be here permanently. This is an entirely foreign diaspora with zero historical or cultural ties to our country. Their loyalty is to their people. They are here to make money for the Indian economy and engage in American politics to ensure pro Indian policy. Not all National Security threats involve bombs.

In the back of my mind, I kind of expected a backlash in Virginia when Trump made ending all of those Federal jobs part of his agenda. It really didn't affect the big blues in Maryland (Montgomery and PG County), but there was a lot of red and swing area to lose in VA. Saw that in 2025. I think VA is gone for Republicans for a long time to come. Smart thing to do if you're in rural VA is make a play to join up with WV at this point. The good thing? VA has been stuck on 13 EV's, so the damage it can do is limited.