Garren Clark

Good grief. Come on Alex. Literally the first 22 levels of grand Ayatollahs along with their next 24 assistant deputies to the Ayatollahs cousins are dead. Their Navy is on the bottom of the strait, their Airforce is reduced to their pet falcons and Trump has a finger on the button to wipe their bridges and generators out. The only ones who control the strait is the US Navy. I might not have been for this war, but to flip the script and say the Iranians are winning is a joke. You’re a better journalist than this.

This is an absolute strategic disaster. We have effectively given Iran control of what is arguably the most important waterway in the world and we have no way to get it back. Escalation would be very risky. But even if it COULD work, Trump lacks the political capital to put significant numbers of American sailors or troops at risk because he started the war without even informing Congress, much less asking for authorization. It is too late to ask, the Republicans won't vote for it and the Democrats surely won't. Iran fully grasps this dynamic. Trump's escalation threats made matters worse, not better, because they started a clock that Iran ran out. Under the circumstances, we would have been better off just continuing our limited attacks, trying to find an insurgency worth funding, and hoping the Israelis could kill enough mid-level Iranian commanders. But as oil continued to rise, Trump panicked. Now we have a ceasefire that isn't really a ceasefire. Iran gave up nothing.

@bungarsargon @CitizenFreePres Let’s take advice from a 79 year old who just fathered a baby. Of all people to listen to, someone this beyond stupid isn’t one of them.

This is such a perfect example of how Trump broke the brains of so many on the Left. In the name of opposing "totalitarianism" and "defending democracy," DeNiro thinks there should be a body of elites who bar people from running for office, including someone who went on to win the popular vote. What's sad is that DeNiro is obviously experiencing immense, totalizing pain, genuine psychic distress at the outcome of an election. So much of their hatred of Trump is just an attempt to evade recognizing that democracy—their neighbors getting what they want when they vote in greater numbers—causes them searing psychic pain.

There used to be a time when elites made their kids go to war like Joseph Kennedy did. He lost his namesake in WW2 and almost lost a second son and future President with the PT-109 sinking. Senator Prescott Bush sent his son President George Bush Sr to war who was shot down and nearly killed. Today there is no way they would lower themselves (in their minds) to having them go in the military.

I meant the elites and politicians that are leading us into these wars might make different choices if it was their children. It was hard for me to be angry and talk at the same time. I am thankful for to our troops who serve and are far braver than me. And also wtf do i know.

@corbett3000 @Dilbertunzipped @UziCryptoo It’s a Ponzi scheme that makes Bernie Maddoff look like a toddler in a nursery.

@Dilbertunzipped @UziCryptoo Yes. It's literally always been that. It was setup as an 'insurance' system to ensure seniors fared...well...in their old age and an no longer died in poverty as they were dying before. We should reform it. And all welfare programs for sure.

By the time I am 65, over $600,000 will be paid into Social Security on my behalf. That money would have been worth $1.9 million if I had gotten a 5% return. My annual interest would be $95k. The government promises me $3,075/month at age 67, which is $37k/year. HOW IS THIS NOT THEFT??

Many of us are not trying to make the case against Trump. We want Trump to return to the platform we voted for him 3 times to be on. Namely focusing on America first and not the policies of the Neo-cons we have rejected over and over and over again! We didn’t vote fo Lyndsey Graham and Mark Levin. We voted for Trump!!

I would really like for my feed not to be polluted with people who are trying to make the case against Trump. They know what is waiting on the other side. They can't be that stupid, right?

Oh good grief what a joke of a take. The only reason Beth has a shred of power is because her husband kicks the crap and shoots anyone who thinks about laying a hand on her. It is Rips power the entire series fears (who her dad holds the leash on). In 1883 it is the men who do the taming. Billy Bob Thorton’s character is the one who extracts revenge when the women are roughed up at the river. James Dutton, Shea and Thomas violently keep the peace through the whole wagon train. Elsa shoots two people. The one who was being held by two people who killed her lover and the Indian who shot her with the arrow. All other killing is done by the men. In 1923. Nobody is worried about Helen Mirren. It is the return of Spencer they all worry about. It is Spencer who wipes everyone out. Once again you left out Tulsa King for a reason and Mayor of Kingstown as they don’t fit your narrative. Landman it is 100% the power of Billy Bob and Andy Garcia who control the whole show. Sure in all of these there are women behind the scenes just like in all our lives. Every strong man has a strong woman behind them. I do. But when it hits the fan it’s me who runs into the danger. In Madison the entire show is about the loss of their patriarch who kept the family together and how can these women and one young man figure out how to replace him. Kurt Russell in the flashbacks of each episode shows how wrong you are. Grow up pal. You’re showing your low masculinity by being scared of beautiful women who help center their men.

OPINION: Taylor Sheridan is the worst thing to happen to maleness, masculinity and westerns since "Brokeback Mountain." Sheridan’s praised rebooting of the western genre is in reality PEAK SUBVERSION. "Yellowstone": Beth Dutton is a foul-mouthed violent girlboss who dominates every man around her, emasculates her own brother, screams at her father, and is celebrated as the strongest character while the men look weak or evil. "1883": Elsa Dutton is the free-spirited independent narrator who outshines the men on the trail, Margaret Dutton is portrayed as the tough sacrificing matriarch who holds the family together, while the men mostly suffer and die. "1923": Cara Dutton played by Helen Mirren is the ultimate strong matriarch who runs the ranch, threatens to kill men, and beats people with a bible. "Lawmen: Bass Reeves": Made the entire show about a black marshal, pushed black excellence and historical revisionism, and portrayed strong morally superior black female characters like his wife Jennie, in a classic white cowboy setting. "Landman": Stuffs in shrill girl-boss lawyers, vain bikini ex-wives, vapid woke daughters, and oversexualized “strong” women who constantly take down the men. "Marshals": More modern "diverse" marshals with strong female leads and progressive messaging. "The Madison": Michelle Pfeiffer plays the powerful New York matriarch who takes center stage after her husband's death. And in the upcoming "Dutton Ranch," Beth will return as the ultra-toxic feminist who destroys everyone in her path while being praised as iconic. The Western is unequivocally NOT a female brand. Prove me wrong.

So another 100% supporter of Trump is the person who is wrong? Do you ever sit back and say to yourself that all these people who for years defended Trump and suffered are now fleeing him and maybe think he’s doing something wrong? Tucker, Megyn, Alex, Rogan all stood by him, campaigned for him while Shapiro, Levin and company opposed his running again. At some point maybe you and Trump will realize his actual supporters are correct. This war is destroying his coalition. He can’t win the midterms or do anything without them. The Neo-cons like yourself have zero ability to get the base excited. Nobody is watching Hannity or Levin who is going to help rally the troops for the mid terms. He had an awesome thing going a few months ago and has destroyed it with this stupid war. He needs to end it yesterday and start building his base back up before everything he did is wiped out. He is running out of time. I pray he can turn it around as another two years of a repeat of his last presidency is a nightmare none of us want to live again.

The only thing preventing a complete totalitarian takeover by the Left is the guy on the Right. The small sad delusional world of Alex Jones and others who see Israel as their biggest threat is about to learn a hard lesson in where real power comes from.

@bennyjohnson We should have stopped helping Ukraine years ago. Also why is our oil prices high? We have plenty of oil for ourselves. Let’s stop selling it to Europe until after we pay $2,00 a gallon. Then sell it to Europe at $10 a gallon or they can protect the Persian Gulf.

🚨BREAKING: Secretary Rubio says since NATO isn’t allowing the U.S. to use their bases then we have to ask, “Why are we in NATO?” Rubio says the U.S. is “going to have to reexamine the value of NATO and that alliance for our country.”

@WillRicci @MattWalshBlog I call BS on this polling business. I don’t know a friend of mine who supported Trump 100% up to this war who is in favor of it. CPAC being empty should tell you something while a bunch of loonies march all over the country for no Kings. At what point do you all wake up?

@MattWalshBlog The polling doesn’t match your anecdote. 84% of Republicans support the strikes (Marist). 77% (CNN). 75% (Reuters/Ipsos). The social media vs. real world divide is real, it’s just the other way around. The divide is Rs vs. Ds. Anecdotes aren’t data.

I’ve never seen such a disconnect between the commentary on this site and what I hear in the real world. I’ve talked to dozens of normal conservatives in real life about the Iran War and I haven’t met a single one who’s actually enthusiastically in favor of it. At best they’re warily optimistic. In most cases they’re opposed. In some cases they’re not only opposed but deeply furious. And yet here if you utter a word of criticism about the war you’ll be shouted down by throngs of alleged American conservatives who allegedly have wanted nothing more than for America to go to war with Iran. It just doesn’t reflect what I see on the ground. That’s not just cope because my position is unpopular with “my side.” I’ve held plenty of unpopular positions. I really don’t care. But in this case the social media vs real world divide is stark and unlike anything I’ve seen before.

@DoctorLemma @nedryun Needed a good story today! Thanks Ned!

In 1995, a nurse broke hospital rules to place a newborn into her twin sister’s incubator. The baby was not expected to survive. Kyrie and Brielle Jackson were born 12 weeks early at a hospital in the United States. Each weighed roughly two pounds. They were placed in separate incubators, standard practice to prevent infection. Kyrie gained strength. Brielle did not. Three weeks after birth, Brielle went into critical condition. Her oxygen dropped. Her heart rate spiked. Her skin turned bluish-grey. Nurse Gayle Kasparian tried everything. She held her. She had her father hold her. She wrapped her in a blanket. Nothing worked. Kasparian remembered hearing about a practice used in parts of Europe but never tried in American hospitals. She placed Brielle into Kyrie’s incubator. Their father described what happened next: “She snuggled up to Kyrie and she was just fine. It was immediate. It was absolutely immediate.” Within minutes, Brielle’s oxygen levels were the best they had been since she was born. As she slept, Kyrie stretched her left arm across her sister’s body and held her. Photographer Chris Christo captured the moment. The image spread around the world and became known as “The Rescuing Hug.” Hospitals across multiple countries began placing premature twins together, a practice that had been resisted for decades. Both girls went home healthy. They are now 30.

We literally don’t care. We didn’t vote for more war. We voted for lower gas prices, closed borders, mass demigration, quick safe airport lines, affordable housing, a fix to our health insurance, literally the opposite of what happened this week. Instead we have a drug out Middle East war, long lines at airports, Thune just defunded the border and ICE, I paid $5.89 for gas a few days ago. How can anyone who supported Trump the last few years say this is what we voted for? He needs to end this stupid thing and get back to his original platform before we have ten years of Democrats.

@seanmdav Dude Trump took out Khomeini the world's largest nuclear threat. He proved to NATO Iran has ICNMs that can take out Europe, so they better wake-up. I recommend you watch the videos @PrometheanActn puts out, because its obvious you don't understand Trumps foreign policy.

Just spent over $110 to fill up my gas tank. Took two separate sessions because Sam’s Club pumps stop at $100 and then you have to start all over again. But hey, at least we’re also mired in another Middle East war. Nothing better than Joe Biden’s inflation combined with George W. Bush’s foreign policy.

I think it’s an easier decision for couples when they are younger. As they age they usually begin to regret it. When they are alone in their 70s and 80s they better pray they were nice to their nephews and nieces or have a lot of money to pay someone. Nobody regrets having them, especially once your kids give you grandkids.

@GarrenClark7 @MausKeke @BreitbartNews You’re missing the point. It’s typically not a hard decision for couples to choose to be childless, unless of course that child already exists. Then the decision becomes ending the life their offspring to remain “childless”, which I can imagine is quite “difficult.”

In her new memoir, actress Christina Applegate shares devastating diary entries from the time she got pregnant but sacrificed her child in 1991. The "Married with Children" star clearly knows exactly what's happening as she chooses her career over the life of the baby, who she says "to this day, I know" was a daughter. "I love this being… I always felt that if I ever got pregnant when I knew it was the wrong time, I wouldn’t have any problem having an ab**tion. ‘Oh, whatever. It isn’t even a baby yet.’ That’s bullsh*t. This creature’s incredible- makes me feel whole, safe." *** “I’m f*cking pregnant, and I’m k*lling my child on Thursday. I’m thinking, ‘Where the f*ck can I go to recuperate from m*rder?’" Applegate went on to write a poem to the unborn baby, asking for forgiveness. "Hello, little thing. I feel you every moment of my day. Such a tiny existence. Such an immense effect you have. You are a miracle. A tiny handed miracle. I love you, but you know your fate. It’s not your time. I know you didn’t make that decision, but it can’t be your time. You will live on, though. You will live through another. I hope you will forgive me, but I want you to know how you’ve changed me. You’ve opened my eyes. You’re letting me know something is more important than myself. But mommy can’t be with you right now. But know she loves you- more than any other miracle. And know that when it’s your time it will be your time."

@mblair @realsashastone It’s because most of us after 30+ years of endless Middle East wars voted for him precisely because he said he wouldn’t drag us into another one. It’s hard to convince those who 100% supported you when you do the opposite of what you said you would do. So let’s end this thing!

@realsashastone In a democracy, persuading the public to support a military venture is traditionally a responsibility of leadership. I primarily fault Trump here for failing to perform it. It surprised me, as he is excellent at communicating vision. Where is the Oval Office speech?

Of course your concerns were reasonable but you can't deny that having large platforms defying and protesting Trump at a time when he needed to intimidate Iran to finish it quickly wasn't also a problem.

Hardly ever met one that didn’t regret it or in many cases wish they could have had kids when they didn’t. Nothing sucks worse than getting old with nobody to look after you. Can’t imagine life without kids. I do know I’ve yet to meet anyone who regretted having them, especially when they get old and need help, even more when they have grandkids. Nothing in the world compares to grandkids!!

@MausKeke @GarrenClark7 @BreitbartNews Why is it difficult to choose to “not raise a child.” There are millions of childless people who chose to not raise kids a don’t view at as a difficult decision at all. This makes no sense. Why is it an easy decision for them, but not a person who is pregnant?

@MausKeke @tharealjuanye @BreitbartNews In fact I know about 100 women who have had abortions. I know one who says she doesn’t regret it and she’s the most miserable person I know. You know the happiest people I know? Grandparents!!

@GarrenClark7 @tharealjuanye @BreitbartNews No. It’s way more complicated involved than that.

That’s the point. Right over your head. It’s a lifelong complicated decision that most girls and young women are not equipped to make yet people like you thrust this stupid “choice” on them like it’s removing a wart. Again almost no mother no matter the circumstances of their pregnancy regrets their children even if they are in prison later in life. Almost every woman regrets killing their offspring within a few years of doing it and will take that regret with them to their graves.

We pray you are right! Meanwhile we are paying $5 gas and standing for hours in airport lines. Mid terms are closing fast. This Iran war is not supported by the fickle middle who we need to vote for us. It’s a HUGE gamble and it has split his messengers and supporters needlessly.

@catturd2 @MattWalshBlog 1. Texas Oil guys pump Iran's oil. China fucked. 2. Iran gets rebuilt on Hormuz tariff that oil importers like China, India, and EU pay. 3. Iranian chicks can wear skirts. Hardliners have softened. If Trump gets us out with those done, then the panicans were wrong.

Some of us expressed great concern about the Iran War when it was first launched. We were shouted down and condemned as “panicans” and “blackpillers” and even Islamist sympathizers. But it’s pretty clear from how things have gone that our concerns were absolutely reasonable and legitimate. Maybe Trump will get us out of this thing soon and it still won’t spiral into a long and drawn out war. But even if that happens — and I’m not convinced it will — no thoughtful person can deny at this point that the spiral and long war scenario is very much a possibility. No reasonable person, at this stage, can say that our concerns were irrational. What looks irrational now — and always did — is the demand for blind allegiance and unthinking “trust” in our elected leaders, as though we are called to have faith in politicians like we have faith in God.

@catturd2 @MattWalshBlog Actually Walsh said what most of us are thinking. We PRAY Trump is right. Still to deny this was a dangerous gamble NONE of us voted for is delusional!

@MattWalshBlog No thoughtful person and no reasonable person would believe this tweet. Is this how it’s done?

They don’t. They are usually young and scared and people like you tell them it’s simply removing a wart. They don’t understand the lifelong pain they will endure and the lifelong joy they will forego usually until a few years later when they have a kid and realize the mistake they made listening to people like you.

@tharealjuanye @GarrenClark7 @BreitbartNews You are choosing not to raise a child. I would imagine that one would think about that for a long time. The “what ifs”

@TrueAmericanOH @DataRepublican @shipwreckedcrew So why doesn’t Thune just sneak back in with the other two Republicans and vote everything we want in?

@DataRepublican @shipwreckedcrew For those wondering why the quorum requirement was not invoked, apparently Senator rules only invoke the quorum requirement IF a senator calls for it. Since no senator called for a quorum, the voice vote proceeded with just the 5 senators in attendance.

I believe there is a huge over-reaction caused by a mis-understanding about what the Senate bill did and did not do last night.