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Rewatched the old Robinhood today with the kids > Casts the Crusades in a positive light > Demonizes excessive gov taxation and overreach > Strong, brave male protagonist > Glamorizes marriage and having kids Unbelievably based

It turns out the over 100 women from Turkey who flew over to America to have their babies then signed up for Medicaid So not only did their kids get birthright citizenship but then the American taxpayer had to pay for the procedure and follow up care End Birthright Citizenship

after many years of painstaking research, science has finally concluded that castrating a teenaged boy makes him suicidal

One line from Thomas Sowell completely rewired how Konstantin Kisin sees the world: “There are no solutions, only trade-offs.” Kisin says we’ve lost the ability to think like this. We treat every big issue — climate change, the NHS, COVID lockdowns, free speech — as if it has a perfect fix. But every policy, every choice, comes with real costs. Locking down might save some lives but costs others. More free speech means some people will get offended. Trying to “solve” complex problems usually just moves the pain around. The brutal truth? Most of our loud political shouting matches are childish because they pretend one side can magically eliminate problems that are eternal. Once you internalize “no solutions, only trade-offs,” a lot of the noise starts sounding ridiculous. What’s a trade-off you’ve had to accept recently — in politics, health, career, or relationships — that made you realise there really are no pure wins?

This is 25-year-old Sarinasadat Hosseiny, the grandniece of slain Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, who just had her green card revoked. She lived a lavish life in America and freedom to dress how she wanted, while openly supporting the regime that rapes, tortures and kills women in Iran for wearing a ‘bad hijab.’ This is what evil looks like.

What Jaden Ivey is doing right now is more important than any shot he’ll ever take on a basketball court.

🅱️ BREAKING! The Iranian regime has lost its first city to its own citizens In Iran, protesters have taken control of the city of Abdanan, with local police laying down their arms and siding with the people. Protesters are destroying streets and setting cars on fire, while intense clashes continue in other cities between demonstrators and security forces.

The least racist group of people to ever exist are routinely described as the most racist people ever. That is not ok.

TRUMP DIDN'T START THE IRAN WAR TO DESTROY IRAN. HE STARTED IT TO SAVE THE U.S. DOLLAR. Before the first bomb dropped, the petrodollar was visibly falling apart, Fast. Saudi Arabia publicly said for the first time since 1974 that it was open to settling oil in other currencies. Then the actions followed. China and Saudi Arabia signed a 50 billion yuan currency swap. Saudi Arabia joined mBridge, the system built explicitly to bypass SWIFT and the dollar. The original 1974 petrodollar agreement was allowed to expire without renewal. India was buying Russian oil settled in rupees and yuan. One fifth of all global oil trade was already settling outside the dollar by 2023. The dollar's share of global reserves had fallen to a 30 year low. The petrodollar was dying already. To understand why this matters you need to understand what the petrodollar actually is. It is a protection deal. In 1974, Kissinger flew to Riyadh and made a secret agreement with King Faisal. Saudi Arabia prices oil in dollars and recycles profits into US Treasuries. In return, America guarantees Saudi security. Weapons, troops, and the promise that US military keeps the shipping lanes open. Every OPEC member followed within a year. The arrangement gave Washington something extraordinary. A permanent buyer for its debt. The ability to borrow cheaply and run deficits indefinitely while maintaining the world's reserve currency. For fifty years Gulf states believed this was a partnership. It was not. It was leverage. And when Gulf states started building their own exits, that leverage had to be demonstrated again. On February 28, 2026, the demonstration began. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. Kuwait has no bypass pipeline. Qatar sends 93% of its LNG through it. Saudi Arabia exports 5.5 million barrels per day through it. Multiple Gulf energy companies declared force majeure simultaneously for the first time in history. Oil hit $120. R Refineries were shut. The IEA called it the largest energy supply disruption in history. And the same Gulf states that had been quietly building yuan settlement systems and joining Chinese financial infrastructure found themselves with their entire economic survival at stake and only one country capable of doing anything about it. They went back to Washington and asked for help. Saudi Arabia reversed its refusal to grant the US military base access. The UAE declared willingness to join a US coalition. The GCC went to the UN and called for US-backed force to reopen the strait. Countries that had been distancing themselves from American dependence for two years were suddenly asking America to come back and protect them. That is not a coincidence, That is the leverage being applied. Now look at what happened to the dollar while all of this was happening. DXY surged to a 10 month high. Gold collapsed 13 to 20%, its worst month since 2013. Investors sold alternative stores of value and bought dollars. Every barrel of emergency oil released by the IEA was priced and settled in dollars. SWIFT data showed the dollar's share of global transactions at its highest level in years. And Gulf states who had been accumulating yuan and building alternative payment systems ended up spending their crisis buying American weapons instead. A $16.5 billion emergency arms package was approved during the war. The petrodollar recycling mechanism, dollars earned from oil flowing back into American defense industry, ran perfectly. Now look at what Trump had been saying for years before the war. He threatened BRICS nations with 100% tariffs if they backed any alternative to the dollar. He said directly that losing the world's reserve currency would be "like losing a war." His National Security Strategy, published one month before the bombs fell, explicitly named preventing any power from controlling Middle Eastern oil chokepoints as a core US interest. After the war started he posted publicly: "With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, and MAKE A FORTUNE." This is the part that should make every Gulf state rethink everything. The system was sold to them as a partnership. America protects you. You price oil in dollars. Mutual benefit. But when Gulf states started building exits, a war appeared that destroyed their ability to use those exits and forced them back into dependence. Gulf states spent two years building non dollar infrastructure. Then a crisis arrived that made all of it irrelevant overnight and left them with no option except to ask Washington for protection. The dollar surged. American weapons factories got new orders. And the countries trying to escape the system found themselves locked back inside it. That is a reset. And the people who paid for it are the same ones who always pay, The Gulf. The petrodollar was never a partnership. It was always a system designed to make American power self financing. The Iran war did not threaten that system. It renewed it.

Oof, check out those numbers. Finland is somewhat unique in their ability to follow ALL the gender patients, not just the ones who come back to the gender clinic with a fruit basket.

This was a stupid and self-harming move.

🇯🇵🇺🇸 A common lie repeated by third worlders is that "Japan only recovered because the US helped". This is a lie. Japan got just 0.31 billion USD per year for 7 years. African countries, on the other hand, received massive amounts of aid and yet created nothing.

The world keeps saying coal is dying. The data says otherwise. 8.77 billion tonnes🥇A new record. Coal is still the world's single largest source of electricity. 87% of global energy still comes from hydrocarbons. That massive blue block at the bottom? China alone consumes more coal than the entire rest of the world combined. China imports 5.2 mb/d of oil through Hormuz. China imports 20% of its LNG through the same strait. Both now disrupted and expensive. So what keeps China's factories running while Hormuz is closed? Coal. India is doing the same. The "energy transition" narrative looks very different when your oil supply just got cut off. For half the world, coal it's the backup plan. And the backup plan just got activated. Read my latest article to understand what this means for the market👇 open.substack.com/pub/themerchan…

Women, thanks to feminism, destroyed their leverage in male–female relationships and in society at large. Women once thrived on men’s presumption that they were truthful, harmless, and sacred. This automatic credibility made deception, histrionics, and all traits that constitute women’s insufferable nature easy and unpunished. But modern women shattered that illusion through rebellion, confrontation, and ideological warfare. By shedding innocence, they shed power. Men woke up from centuries of emotional indulgence. They now approach relationships logically, not sympathetically. And when men become rational, women lose their advantage. The system stepped in with support structures - laws, quotas, shelters for women. But systems offer safety, not soul. They do not provide the emotional anchorage men once gave. So, despite progress on the social level, women face unprecedented loneliness. Their relationships collapse because modern accountability feels hostile to feminine psychology. They want men who are “kind,” not men who are clear-eyed. Kind, in their language, means “a man who still believes I am sacred.” But modern men no longer operate on illusion. They demand logic, consistency, and reciprocity. And many women cannot meet those demands. Women destroyed their leverage - the men's illusion - the only thing they had.

𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐃’𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 — 𝐒𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐒 Robert Putnam is not a conservative. He’s not a Republican operative. He’s not a Fox News commentator. He’s a 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫, a past president of the 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, a recipient of the 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥 — awarded to him personally by 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑 — and the author of 𝘉𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, one of the most cited books in modern political science. He is, by any measure, a pillar of the liberal academic establishment. And in 2001, he completed the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 — nearly 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 across 𝟒𝟏 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 nationwide — and the results destroyed the central premise of the diversity industry. What did he find? In the most diverse communities, 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 as they do in homogeneous settings. The greater the diversity, the 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞. The less they 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫. The less they 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 and work on community projects. 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 — trust, cooperation, friendship, community engagement — were 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 in more diverse settings (Putnam, 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 2007). And here’s the part nobody mentions: the distrust wasn’t just between different racial groups. Trust declined 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. Diversity didn’t just erode inter-group cohesion — it eroded 𝐚𝐥𝐥 cohesion. People in diverse communities didn’t just distrust their neighbors of other races. They distrusted 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞. Putnam called it “𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯” — withdrawing from collective life entirely. So what did Putnam do with these findings? He 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. He told the 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 in 2006 that he delayed publication until he could “𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺” — in other words, he wouldn’t release the data until he could attach a politically acceptable spin. He later admitted he feared his work would be “twisted” and used in the immigration debate. He worried about facing the same attacks that destroyed Daniel Patrick Moynihan after his 1965 report on the breakdown of the black family — another set of inconvenient data that was suppressed for decades because it didn’t fit the narrative. The 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 covered it once. In 2007. The headline: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺.” Then it vanished. No follow-up investigations. No Congressional hearings. No policy reconsiderations. The largest empirical study on civic engagement in American history — and the political class treated it like it never happened. Ask yourself why. A 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 with 𝐎𝐛𝐚𝐦𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐟 produced peer-reviewed data from 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 showing that forced diversity corrodes the social fabric — and the institutions that worship diversity as a religion decided the data was too dangerous to discuss. They didn’t refute it. They didn’t replicate it and find different results. They just 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭. Because the findings don’t threaten a policy. They threaten an 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐥. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.

🔥🚨BREAKING: This woman told immigrants to “go back to where they came from” if they don’t have the correct paperwork and said it’s not White supremacy to want them out. “This isn’t white supremacy. This is America supremacy.”

Feminists - “We don’t need men.” Military – 95% men Firefighters – 97% men Coal miners – 95% men Ship captains – 96% men Welders – 94% men Truck drivers – 90% men Construction workers – 92% men Oil rig workers – 96% men Fishermen – 97% men Surgeons – 82% men Engineers – 89% men Loggers – 95% men Roofers – 97% men Brick masons – 96% men Heavy equipment operators – 91% men We are not in a competition! God created both genders with strengths and weaknesses. We need each other.

🔥🚨DEVELOPING: This Black woman is going viral after claiming “The White man doesn’t have to do anything to surpass Black people sweetheart, Black people are doing it all by themselves” as she goes on to list the the reasons she believes Blacks are behind. Hunnii365: “Y'all love to try to blame the white man for everything. Let me just tell you, the white man ain't forcing you to go to the liquor store every weekend. The white man not forcing you to go to the club every weekend. The white man not forcing you to drink lean. He not forcing you to pop Percocets. He's not forcing you to have all these illegitimate, bastard-ass kids. The white man is not forcing you to do none of it. You are willingly participating in this mess of a life.”

“Ms. Tully was on an income-based repayment plan, which allows many borrowers to have their remaining debt forgiven after 20 years … She was paying $60 per month when she defaulted. This amount, to many, may seem manageable. But for her, it remained psychologically burdensome”

DRIVE-BY MEDIA: Obama purged nearly 200 white military officers including dozens of flag officers. The media called it leadership. Trump removes 6 officers & they call it a coup. The drive-by media does not have standards. It has a team.