@JonathanTurley I disagree with you, and I say that as a legal immigrant.
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CocoMum
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I strongly disagree with the push for a constitutional amendment to bar foreign-born legislators. foxnews.com/politics/mace-… While I have suggested the possible tinyurl.com/f86u4tce, I cannot think of anything more antithetical to our founding than barring foreign-born citizens from Congress. As a nation of immigrants, it is a reaffirmation of our heritage to have these citizens serve in government...
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Here’s what the Lord gave me last night.
“So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.”
Zechariah 4:6 (NIV).
It means a lot because I testify before the House Judiciary Committee this morning.
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@spencerpratt @LisaMarieBoothe I was already voting for him. You don’t have to keep trying to convince me. Also, Trump is correct that the voting is rigged here. I saw two guys dumping ballots into a box in 2020 at my library of all places.
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@robbystarbuck The president’s agenda was already DOA, so there’s no difference now. These guys want to lose the midterms so they can keep complaining about democrats and keep raking in the dough.
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Isn’t this an admission that Cornyn/Cassidy both need to be replaced because they put their own self important BS in front of what voters sent them to D.C. to do? I’d rather gridlock so we can replace these establishment creatures longterm than get scraps thrown to us by them. And it’s not just me who feels this way. Voters I talk to often feel the same way. We’re tired of electing majorities that don’t act aggressively enough.
Erick Erickson@EWErickson
Between Cassidy and Cornyn, the President's agenda is going to be DOA in the Senate now. Add in Tillis, McConnell, etc. and why would they bother a heavy lift for Trump?
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@BobWoodson It’s so hard to do, but forgiveness is not saying what the person did to you is okay, but rather you being free from what unforgivness does to you. I think you need to just be willing, and ask Jesus to do the rest.
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I recently received a critical message from a reader in response to my repost of Clemmie Greenlee forgiving her son's murderer. Perhaps others who have read my thoughts on this subject of forgiveness have wrestled with similar questions.
What are your thoughts, concerns, or even resistance when it comes to choosing forgiveness over harboring grievance?
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@LeaderJohnThune Please stop posting this twadle. The only thing you had to do was pass the Save Act. We are in the majority and you still won’t pass it.
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500 days ago, Republicans had a long to-do list.
We’ve checked a lot of things off, but we still have more to do.
And we’re not about to take our foot off the gas.
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@robbystarbuck @seanmdav Who is this and what have they done with the real Donald Trump?! I can’t believe this is him.
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Actually, no, those 500,000 students are by law required to act as spies for China. This is the law in China. If removing them sinks some schools, then they deserve to sink. The only Chinese students we should invite are the top 0.001% who we should invite to defect to America. And farmland? Lol. We shouldn’t even let a Chinese company visit American farmland let alone own it. No exceptions. I give the Chinese credit, they would NEVER let Americans own their farmland. America First.
Disclose.tv@disclosetv
NOW - Trump says it's good to have 500,000 foreign Chinese students in the U.S. and for China to purchase U.S. farmland; otherwise, colleges and farm prices would collapse: "I frankly think that it's good that people come from other countries and they learn our culture."
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The revolutionary right is the present and the future. MAGA and America First are only the first iterations of it. In time we can become unbeatable.
We stand for the dominance of western civilization, national pride, merit, excellence, advancement, treating criminals the way Bukele treats them in El Salvador, an end to illegal immigration, making a decent life possible for every family, 2A, lower taxes, no property tax at all, slashing the size of government, no foreign aid unless it materially benefits the American people, free speech, expansion, exploration, beauty, dominating outer space before our enemies, putting Americans first before anything else, embracing crypto, bringing back a moral framework + class in society and providing a fulfilling future for every young person.
We believe capitalism will always be a better system than communism.
We believe families, safety and faith are the ingredients to a better life.
We believe the human spirt is meant to build and see beautiful things.
We believe we’re supposed to explore the universe.
We believe the greatest threat to humanity is leftism.
We believe the left is an extinctionist movement.
We believe in MAHA health policies.
We don’t care what woke scolds say. We don’t care what names we get called. We don’t care what the global left threatens us with. We’ll take the arrows. We’ll be relentless. We’ll grow and we’ll dominate over time.
We believe we control our destiny. We believe we aren’t at the mercy of others. We believe that we have the numbers and power to change the world.
We believe in the revolutionary spirit of our founders. We want to embody it in all that we do. We believe we can do great and hard things. We believe we can advance humanity to the greatest heights in human history.
If we have large platforms, we believe in using them to get things done, not using them to maximize clicks and cash. We have contempt for those who want to waste large platforms on clicks instead of changing the world.
We know roadblocks await us. We know that the institutionally corrupt, the vapid, the woke, the evil, the hedonists, the drone like zombies, the RINO’s, the braindead bigots, the commies and more will throw everything at us. Over time we will win.
The right will rise globally. Continually. Inertia is on our side. Truth is on our side. Comedy is on our side. History is on our side.
Don’t lose hope. Don’t blackpill. We grow every single day. We infiltrate every single day. We win little by little each and every day. Young people are waking up. They crave the revolutionary spirit our founders had. Especially young men.
The revolutionary right is inevitable. Have hope.
Be revolutionary. Embody the spirit. Start local. Plan. Make change happen. Be relentless.
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@MrsErikaKirk @MZHemingway The Lord bless and keep you and your sweet family. I still can’t believe what happened.
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May 14, 2024 7:47AM daddy was the first to hold you.
Together, we spoke over you all the prayers and blessings for your future.
I can’t help but rewatch these videos, endlessly, and I know as you grow up, you’ll be the same way. There’s moments I wish I could step back into…especially the moments of your “firsts” that daddy was alive to witness.
You’re forever our little love. Our little peacemaker. It’ll be the honor of my life to witness you becoming a trailblazer for the truth, for goodness, for patience, for joy, and for faithfulness, with the presence of the Holy Spirt and all the angels in Heaven, including Daddy, cheering you on.
Happy 2nd Birthday sweet boy. You heal my broken heart in ways I’ll never be able to articulate.
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@delbigtree How much more obvious does it have to get? The obviously know there is a problem with vaccines. Why would any organization that is supposed to care about the health of children do this?
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Robert Kennedy Jr. wants to do the most basic thing science can do - compare the health outcomes of vaccinated children to unvaccinated children using the largest medical database in America.
That's it. That's the study. That's the scientific method.
And the American Academy of Pediatrics is suing him to stop it.
Think about what that means. Not content with blocking changes to the vaccine schedule, they are now going to court to prevent an investigation into whether the schedule is actually producing healthy children. The one question the entire program should have been answering for fifty years, and the people who run that program are fighting in federal court to make sure it never gets asked.
This is an industry protecting itself from its own data.
I am not accusing anyone in medicine of malice. I am saying that the long-term health investigation has never been done with the seriousness it deserves, and now that someone is finally trying to do it, there is a worldwide effort to shut it down before it starts.
We have to do this study. We have databases right now, like the Henry Ford Health database, that could give us real answers. Every database in this country should be opened to this investigation. The scientific method demands it. The health of our children demands it.
The only people who have something to fear from the truth are the ones fighting this hard to hide from it.
AnInconvenientStudy.com
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@julie_kelly2 I just hope something can be done to ensure the voting is legal. The only way he would lose is if they rig the voting.
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Democrats are panicking and Republicans are salivating at Pratt's ascendant candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles.
His powerful ads go viral immediately and his messaging pulls no punches.
Are voters in a deep blue city ready to turn the page on failed progressive leadership?
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@KeenanPeachy @Cernovich We live in a nice neighborhood and our neighbors moved out and converted their house to a sober living house - with families and kids on the street. I’m told they are protected by law. It truly is insanity.
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Spencer Pratt's campaign has crystallized a political trend that started in the Trump years.
The key battle, especially in local and state elections, is not actually political. It is not ideological, at all.
It is a battle between normal people vs the insane, the fanatical, the willfully blind.
It is a battle between the people who pay and pay and pay for everything, can't afford a vacation, and yet watch all their money pissed away on billion-dollar frauds, grift, and corrupt local officials and their NGOs and fake nonprofits.
It is about people who want to improve life vs people who don't even care about their own lives.
It is American citizens vs new arrivals who hate and resent them and are constantly trying to scam them and replace them.
It is between the victims of criminals and junkies everywhere vs the criminals and the junkies and their protectors and patrons in government.
It is about families who want to feel safe again.
It is not red vs blue. It's about SURVIVAL, literally.
The Free Press@TheFP
Spencer Pratt is surging in the LA mayor’s race by saying the things voters feel but politicians won’t. “It is not symptomatic of a red wave. It is about tens or even hundreds of thousands of voters waking up from their stupor and demanding to know what the hell happened to their city. It is about the massive homeless encampments, the pockmarked freeways and crumbling sidewalks, the broken schools, the unbelievably expensive houses and, of course, the fires. It is about the breakdown in civilization and Angelenos’ desire to return to some semblance of normalcy,” writes @PeterSavodnik.
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@JustineBateman I think he ma need glasses when he drives through LA because he definitely is not seeing what we are seeing.
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I understand Magic Johnson lives in Beverly Hills. I don’t believe Beverly Hills residents vote for LA Mayor, as BH is a different city with its own Mayor.
Oli London@OliLondonTV
Magic Johnson endorses Karen Bass for re-election as LA Mayor; claims she has decreased homelessness and crime. “She’s doing a tremendous job.”
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@spencerpratt @bookprotectors Spencer, can anything be done about sober living houses? Our neighbor just turned their house into a sober living house. Random men are going in and out of the house everyday. I have kids. Families living in our nice neighborhood have kids. How can this be allowed?
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I’m not worried. I have literally the best operators on earth looking out for me as we campaign. My goal is to make all Angelenos as safe as I feel with @bookprotectors. Nobody should have to worry about walking the streets of LA. Night or day.
Kira@Kiradavis
I hope @spencerpratt has a security team. He is proposing to end the grift of some very influential people and the other side is violent.
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@spencerpratt Can we make sure there isn't any ballot cheating happening, because that's the only reason why you would lose. We are all behind you.
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Both Democrat and Republican moms are voting to feel safe, to end corruption, and put our tax dollars to work for US. That’s the Pratt Promise. I’m not running for either party, that’s why voters from both sides are voting for our campaign! VOTE TODAY! The real headline is only 0.8% total turnout??? Those are rookie numbers! Turn in your ballots, LA! Get involved!
@amuse@amuse
LA MAYOR RACE: Pratt Summer?
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@johnkonrad The blob is blocking Trump and his picks in every area of government.
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Y’all don’t know the half of it.
I met with the recently fired Secretary of the Navy before his confirmation, and I had repeated contact with his staff. The reforms they planned were revolutionary.
The day before he was fired, he held a press conference. I was deliberately excluded.
The owner of the most-read maritime and Navy website in the world, and his most vocal supporter, frozen out. And not just from his remarks. His staff pushed me out of everything.
People who left naval journalism years ago were invited to host panels at the conference. I’m honestly surprised my press pass wasn’t canceled.
My Pentagon press pass has been rendered nearly worthless. The NYT lawsuit forced SECWAR to kick every reporter out of the press corridor.
When the pass was issued, we were told the whole point was to get reporters out of the building and onto the bases, talking to actual sailors and troops.
How many ship visits have I been able to arrange since? One. And only because I was traveling with the SECWAR himself.
I’m working on another project I can’t discuss publicly. A simple advisory gig.
I was asked in early February. It is now May, and I am still in administrative hold.
In the last few weeks I’ve spoken with Tata, Elbridge Colby, Hegseth, and the SecNav team about it. Nobody can budge “the process.”
The other people I’m supposed to be working with have been sworn to secrecy, so we can’t even compare notes.
A few months ago, I helped an active duty senior officer work through an assignment. The bureaucratic sludge got so bad he gave up. Last week, that same officer was asked to serve as assistant secretary under a different cabinet member. That was handled in days.
He has the straight up approval from the White House but, of course, his chain of command won’t approve a TDY, so he needs personal signatures from both SECWAR & SECNAV.
I am nobody. But this officer is absolutely vital to our shipbuilding effort: active duty, in good standing, top eval reports.
Times were dark for me under Biden. NCIS opened a full investigation on me. I was literally pushed off the stage at the big Navy conference.
They watched me closely. But I could still get things done. I could still help Democratic friends land appointments & push bipartisan agendas across the line.
Every corner I turn now is blocked.
I have traveled with @PeteHegseth. I have friends in very senior positions throughout the Navy & the Pentagon. Everyone takes my calls. Everyone wants to help.
There’s no shortage of admirals willing to help either, which genuinely surprised me.
But there is always “a process.” And everything I have worked on has stalled inside it.
Just entering the building or scheduling a meeting has become its own ordeal.
Meanwhile, the literal worst reporter at CNN just filed from an active exercise.
And the worst part? I can’t even complain, because the transformation is real. Hegseth, Tata, Colby, Michaels, Doge & Hung Cao are doing excellent work.
They are working their asses off to get the warfighters what they need.
The operational & procurement reforms are real. But the more I praise them for it, the more “partisan” I get labeled & the bigger the pushback from the blob.
I have been reporting on the Navy for almost twenty years. I have never seen anything like it.
It is simultaneously the most ambitious operational reform I have ever witnessed & the worst bureaucratic obstruction I have ever encountered on structural change.
And Hegseth’s team should prioritize the people on the front line. My concerns are secondary.
All I’m saying is Dort is right. The blob has been suppressing everything.
That’s their trick. They don’t say no. They don’t block you. They just take days to respond to simple requests. Someone loses your paperwork. The process eats you.
I’m dying to share more details but anything negative I say will be used against Hegseth and Cao even though they are fighting tooth & nail to solve these problems.
InfantryDort@infantrydort
This will be a long one. But I’m actually gonna cut in here a bit. @USW_PR_HONTata ‘s team has done a metric ton here. I do remember SECWAR saying at the all hands COVID meeting that “The only way we lose is if we stop fighting”. I must say, with experience now, that the ability of the Pentagon bureaucracy to morph, adjust, and fight back… is something I’ve never seen before. It is the ultimate example of Machiavellian obstruction. Imagine someone with the attitude of a DMV worker but with 140 IQ. That’s your average senior bureaucrat. I’m not trying to make excuses here, but sometimes new fronts need to be opened up. Maybe that’s what this is about. But to say it should have been Tata’s job doesn’t sit well with me. Because they’ve done A LOT. Let’s be honest here and see this problem clearly: the moral injury sustained by the COVID cohort is among the worst, if not THE worst in American military history. The finest America had to offer were ousted, ostracized, insulted, and left for dead. Tens of thousands of them. The anger to fix things quickly is justified. The anger for justice, is justified. Everyone asks “How come they could kick us out in the street in two weeks but can’t reinstate us inside of 2 years?” And it’s a fair question. Because it is always easier to destroy than to create. It is always so much faster to blow something up. Couple that with the fact that, in my opinion, many bureaucrats are ardently ideological (not in a good way), and we have a situation where we are relying on the arsonist to help put out the fire. TLDR; Tata et al have done far more than people realize. Short of assembling mass gallows in the pentagon courtyard and hanging everyone involved, the battle to make everyone whole is a slog. I hate it. I hate the bureaucracy. I am its sworn enemy. I have personally sparred with it at scale. And I’m here to tell you that SECWAR’s words were correct. “The only way we lose is if we stop fighting.” So the fight continues. But I’m not going to assign blame to a battering ram that can’t breach a castle gate. No. I’m going to give it more oomph. Because blaming it is like a rocking chair. It gives us something to do, but it doesn’t get us anywhere. And I thank USW-PR for executing the siege as effectively as they have. And they aren’t even done.
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@johnkonrad College is a product. I look at the ROI on it and it’s not there unless it is a requirement for what they want to do. Also I’m not going to risk losing my kids to brainwashing after all I sacrificed for their well being. Check out “Degree Free”
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The communist want to take your children. Full stop. This is what we are fighting to prevent.
And guess what? They already have.
My daughter left at 7:30 for school, had a track meet until 6 then play practice until 8 yesterday all so I can pay $50k /year for her to move across the country for college.
This is not normal human behavior.
And even being fully cognizant of how evil all this is I don’t feel like I can deny her the experience.
All I can say is thank god we homeschooled her in grade school.
You’re never getting back the countless hours the Marxist teach unions and college-industrial-complex stole from you.
M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman
𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋: 𝐀 𝐒𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐓-𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐍 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐃-𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐒𝐘𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊, 𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐈 𝐊𝐈𝐁𝐁𝐔𝐓𝐙 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃-𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘. 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆. 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. The argument is built on the actual receipts of the Israeli kibbutz movement — the most ambitious 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 — and why even that failed. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐳 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩, 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭: “𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘸, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.” 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐳 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡: — 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 — children lived apart from parents in dormitories, raised communally — 𝐏𝐚𝐲 — everyone got the same regardless of work or output — 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐲 — explicitly designed to free women from ‘the patriarchy of the father’ — 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 — individual possessions were minimized; everything was communal — 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 — the high performer and the low performer received the same 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 for evolutionary reasons going back hundreds of thousands of years. Children form attachment bonds with primary caregivers. Mothers form bonding circuits with infants. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 ‘𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧.’ 𝐈𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝: 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. The high-effort, high-skill kibbutznik received the same as the low-effort. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐯 𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝. The kibbutz birth rate collapsed. The economic output stagnated. Most kibbutzim are now functionally privatized cooperatives, indistinguishable from any small Israeli business. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐭: 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ~𝟐𝟕𝟎 𝐤𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐳𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎𝐬, 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟑𝟎 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦. The rest privatized, paid market wages, and reintroduced the family as the core unit. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞: every other communist project in history was 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝. If the kibbutz failed under best-case conditions, every Soviet, Maoist, Cuban, Cambodian, North Korean, and Venezuelan iteration was 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐭-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫: communism 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 — three pillars of human social biology that 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞. The Soviet Union killed 60 million people trying. The PRC killed 65 million. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐳, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟖-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 ‘𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧.’ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐳 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟. 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐘𝐂 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲. 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐬. 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘥
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@JustineBateman @MayorOfLA @nithyavraman @spencerpratt @NathanHochmanDA @LAPDHQ I remember what @RudyGiuliani did with NYC. He transformed it when he upheld the law. The same thing can happen here if someone with a brain leads the city. @spencerpratt I’m looking at you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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After CBS embarrassed Karen Bass by fact-checking her debate lies about the Palisades Fire, they clearly got the call. CBS filmed with me on my burned out lot for over an hour, and they turned it over to Karen Bass’ PR team to edit it into a comical 5 minute hit piece with clips from the Hills. They can’t beat my ideas, they can’t beat me in the debates, so they gotta try to turn my campaign into a sideshow. People are done with these skeezy political tricks, and I’m done with CBS. They’ll never get a word from me for my next 8 years as mayor. Adios! What outlet should I have in their absence?
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Today, words fail us. It’s been a long, hard battle the last few years. In times like this, the sacrifices and the struggles don’t even matter. A few hours ago we received the most earth-shattering news that our 20 year old son, Evan Roberts Locke, could not be revived after his heart stopped due to an overdose. His struggle was very public. It was used as a warning to many, a punchline to the haters but an overall reminder that even in our deepest pain, the grace of Jesus will sustain us. I’ll address the church family with arrangement details this Sunday. Please respect our privacy. He has 5 heartbroken siblings and a world of people that helped him along his journey.
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