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@jjverdi No way Hank Johnson didn't make it to the final four.

WE HAVE A WINNER!! Ladies and Gentlemen, you have spoken. The Dumbest Member of Congress for 2026 is...MAZIE HIRONO! Congratulations Crazy Mazie.

@adamhousley The only fair tax is a flat tax: if you earn 10 times more than another person, you pay 10 times more tax. That's fair. 20 or 30 times more is unfair.

Now more than ever....we need the classic 17% FLAT TAX. It would require modest spending restraint by government...imagine that! There would be some family-allowances and non profit allowances. It would boost saving, investment, and work incentives by removing penalties. It would rein in spending and fraud because our government's Federal, State, and Local would actually have to root out fraud and avoid losing money, instead of just taxing us more.

@willchamberlain A good summary of the effects of the blockade: x.com/miadmaleki/sta…

A bunch of analysts decided to be too clever by half and think that Iran shutting the Strait meant it was winning. War is ultimately about imposing your will on your adversary by destroying their capacity to wage war themselves. Because if your capabilities are intact and your adversary's aren't, you are *capable* of doing things and they aren't. The Iranians' blockade relies on two damaged and degraded capabilities: their remaining, finite stockpile of short-range missiles and drones. They don't have a navy because it's at the bottom of the sea. They don't have an Air Force or a defense industrial base because those were bombed to smithereens. Meanwhile, our capabilities are intact and expanding. We could invade Kharg Island, but we don't have to. We could find more stockpiles of missiles/drones and bomb them, if needed. Or we could just do what we're doing now and impose a complete naval blockade. And the difference is: our blockade is robust, whereas the Iranian blockade is fragile. Their only threats against traversing ships are missiles and drones, which can be shot down. We have the United States Navy, and all our other military assets in the region. We have intelligence dominance; we know what the Iranians are doing, they don't know what we are doing. And finally, Iran needs the Strait more than we do. Their economy was a one-note basket case before the war. Without their oil, the IRGC loses something between one half and two thirds of its revenue. Meanwhile - we're paying more for gas, but we're also the world's largest oil producer, so net-net our economy isn't worse off (which is why the US market is UP from pre-war). We have all the cards, Iran has almost nothing, and Trump understands this perfectly. And things will just get worse and worse for Iran the longer the blockade continues. Eventually government employees will tire of getting paid in worthless rials and the people will get tired of being blocked from the internet, and the regime will be forced into punitive terms if it wants to have a chance of surviving.

@redsteeze @CarlPaulus

@CarlPaulus The two things they will never get over is the 2016 election and the fact the Right was correct about Biden.

They really are driven as a party by their insanely online staff.

@TrumPuns @mitchellvii

@mitchellvii Every Democrat elected official is either a traitor, criminal, or both. The Party is a criminal cartel, and they don't let anyone go up in the ranks unless they are blackmailable. Plus why would a normal person want to be a Democrat?

SWALWELL RESIGNING CONGRESS! Come on folks, everyone KNEW this guy was dirty and Democrats looked the other way because he was so vocally anti-Trump. Now he is resigning Congress too for "poor judgment." Poor judgment is paying full sticker for a car. What Swalwell engaged in was intentional moral terpitude.

Remember somebody organized and carefully timed the release of years old accusations against Swalwell. And it wasn’t Republicans. Kinda makes you wonder.

@C_3C_3 Democrats oppose the SAVE act because they know if they are unable to cheat in future elections as they have in the past, they might never win an election again except in deep blue states.

The SAVE AMERICA ACT is the most important piece of legislation in a generation. It’s not even really close. The Republic will not survive if we don’t secure our elections. The real votes of the American people cannot be denied or all is lost. It’s everything. It’s simple.

@PeterSchiff All it takes for Democrats to throw their support to the terrorists is for President Trump to be against the terrorists.

Trump using the U.S. Navy to blockade the Strait of Hormuz could easily be considered an act of war by other nations impacted by the action. What right does the U.S. have to use military force to prevent China from buying oil? However, China’s right to retaliate would seem clear.

@kylenabecker Democrats don't even do their bribing with their own money; instead, they bribe with taxpayer funds.

"A key Georgia lawmaker said he is eager to investigate a no-bid grant awarded to Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ office by the Biden DOJ given to her while she probed President Donald Trump for alleged violations of Georgia state laws." Pay-to-prosecute scheme? Beyond disturbing.

Who gave the green light to take out Eric Swalwell the same way they took out Biden? It had to be one of these two, and I still believe that Barrack Hussain Obama is running the Democratic party.

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Democrats don’t actually care about Swalwell probably sexually abusing women the same way they didn’t actually care that Biden was a senile vegetable. It’s simply a mtter of how useful they are to the party. The second they aren’t needed anymore they are disposed of.

Can we just take a second here and admit something that the regime media and the foreign policy geniuses in Washington will never say out loud? President Trump just dropped the hammer on Iran—and it’s not just tough, it’s brilliant. Absolute chess move. After Tehran laughed in our face and refused to play ball on the terms we laid out—no more nuclear games, no more shaking down the world for passage through the Strait of Hormuz—Trump didn’t blink. He announced a full naval blockade of the Persian Gulf. No ships in, no ships out. And here’s the part that should have every oil trader and every globalist suit sweating through their overpriced suits: he’s redirecting those tankers straight to the Gulf of America. Buy American oil. Pay in U.S. dollars. End of story. Why is this genius? Let me break it down like the simple truth it is. First, it ends the extortion racket without sending a single American boot into another Middle Eastern quagmire. Iran thought they could turn the world’s most important oil choke point into their personal toll booth. Wrong. Trump just flipped the script: you don’t control the flow anymore. We do. The same Navy that’s been babysitting the planet for decades is now finally working for us. No more free security for countries that hate us while they get rich off our protection. Second, it supercharges American energy dominance. We’re sitting on more oil and gas than anyone else on Earth. Block the Gulf, prices spike everywhere else, and suddenly every country that needs crude—Europe, Asia, whoever—has one logical place to go: right here. Gulf of America terminals firing on all cylinders. American workers. American profits. American dollars. The petrodollar doesn’t just survive; it gets a shot of adrenaline straight to the heart. While the rest of the world scrambles, we’re printing money and telling our enemies to pound sand. Third, it exposes the whole rotten global order for what it is. For years, we’ve been told we have to play nice, subsidize everyone else’s defense, and let hostile regimes dictate energy prices. Trump just said: no thanks. This isn’t “escalation.” It’s accountability. Iran wanted to play pirate in international waters? Fine. Now they get to watch their economy choke while American energy booms. China and India want cheap oil? Better start buying it from the country that actually produces it instead of funding the mullahs who hate us. The usual suspects are already screaming about “warmongering” and “oil prices” and how this is all so very complicated. Spare me. The complicated part was pretending America wasn’t the strongest kid on the block. Trump just reminded everyone—especially our adversaries—that we don’t have to beg or bribe or negotiate from weakness. We set the terms now. This is what America First actually looks like when it’s executed by someone who means it. No forever wars. No blank checks. Just raw, unapologetic leverage that puts American workers, American energy, and American strength first. And the best part? The Iranians are the ones who forced his hand. They chose this. Trump just made them regret it. God bless the guy. In a town full of people who couldn’t negotiate their way out of a wet paper bag, he just reminded the world who runs the table.

Alan Dershowitz: Trump could move to expunge 2019 impeachment after release of bombshell evidence justthenews.com/politics-polic… via @JustTheNews

Illegal Immigrant Bludgeons Victim—Blame Trump city-journal.org/article/florid…

There’s one HUGE problem with ‘Atkinson’ files that just skewered impeachment plot… revolver.news/2026/04/one-hu…

Check out "chroniclesmagazine.org/web/florida-sh…"

Swalwell’s Sudden Collapse Isn’t About ‘Sexual Misconduct’ – Issues & Insights issuesinsights.com/2026/04/14/swa…

@ProudElephant There once was a woman named LaMonica, who learned how to play the harmonica. She plays it in jail, To her cellmate's travail, Her cellmate's name is Veronica. Tick tock Lamonica. Your day in court is coming.

Why hasn’t Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver resigned in disgrace for assaulting federal immigration officials? I thought no one was above the law? Does that rule not apply to Democrats?

@WesternLensman I think that Nancy Pelosi's fingerprints are all over this...

A flustered Nancy Pelosi denies that Democrats knew what Swalwell was doing and turned a blind eye: Pelosi: “Absolutely not true." Interviewer: "You had no idea?" Pelosi: “None whatsoever." Sure thing, Nance.

@PamelaHensley22 Was Ruben Gallego taking the video?

Did Eric Swalwell and Ruben Gallego split the bill for the hooker? Or did Swalwell pick up the tab? How does that work?