Ibra A Taher

@DecampDave Looks like an exciting debate.

I am totally burnt out on debates but I'm gonna have to watch this one haha

@scotthortonshow @INTHEL00P @ggreenwald @Ordinarymerica7 Shiite oppose acts of terrorism on religious bases. But that doesnt there aren't lunatics out there.

@INTHEL00P @ggreenwald @Ordinarymerica7 I never meant he worked for them. Just dude said or Shiite.

Americans, over the last 25 years. have been repeatedly attacked inside their own country by "terrorism." How many of those have come from Iranian or Shiite terrorists (as opposed to Sunni, Saudi, etc.)? Zero.

@CBHeresy $7k.

Trump was right about Massie.

@ThomasEWoods @CBHeresy 🤣 nailed it Tom.

@CBHeresy $7K

@jackvlloyd @scotthortonshow Yeah the Wahabists/ISIS/AlQeada killed more minorities (Shiaa, Druz, Alawait, Yazidis) in ME than any other group which suggests Ideological reason. Also, outside the ME we see only western countries attacked Not China, Japan, Russia...etc. which suggests political motives.

@Ibra_Taher @scotthortonshow No. You just think that mass murder happens out of nowhere because of foreign affairs and don't assign the root cause: Islam.

I agree. And here's a story contextualizing why. I was at Tom Woods’ house for a meetup and Scott Horton was giving a short talk. During the talk, Horton claimed that the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orland where 49 people were murdered by Omar Mateen was a consequence of "blowback." As I heard him say this, my face turned to a scowl. I knew this story. I knew that "blowback" made absolutely no sense. You see, Omar Mateen mentioned in his 911 call that this was made about the attacks in Syria and he was pledging his life to ISIS. Here's the thing: Omar Mateen wasn't Syrian. In fact, Omar Mateen's family moved from Afghanistan in the 1980s and Omar was birthed in a JEWISH HOSPITAL in NEW YORK! So how is it that an American man, who's family is not from Syria, who was born in New York in a Jewish hospital, is a product of "blowback?" The CIA did not run him any weapons. He was not personally affected by the attacks where maybe a family member could have died. His attack was on random gay people at a gay night club. It was at this moment that I realized Scott Horton had no sense of cause-and-effect relationships. Instead of being accurate that Omar Mateen was radicalized by teachings from joining a Mosque, he tried to turn Omar's mass murder of random gay people into an "underdog" cry of resistance. There was nothing about "resistance" with this act. It was depraved mass murder against people completely unrelated to anything going on in Syria. I started to deep-dive Scott Horton's history and I saw this pattern I just witnessed up-close. Gross generalizations about people and events where the actors and actions did not align with the cause and effects. He would use the anecdotal fallacy to draw deep demonization of anyone or anything he stood against, which was especially anything to do with Israel, Zionism, or Western state hegemony. It was a turning point for me as I finally came to understand who Scott Horton really is. He never really drifted from his core history of being a leftist punk skateboarder who simply took his leftist class theories and applied them lop-sided through the veneer of "libertarianism." There was never any nuance about the actors and actions when it came to what he critiqued. And how could he possible have it? The man has spent a career podcasting and writing on global affairs yet has never himself been to these places and done the hard work of actually observing up-close the conflicts and interviewing people on both sides to get an understanding. As his ideas are donated because they're not coming from primary sourcing, you can see the pattern of how he gets his ideas. He cites to Al Jazeera, The Gaza Health Ministry, Russia Today, The Grayzone, and a host of leftist media whose socialist and communist media heads share his "antiwar" mentality - just from an even stronger leftist bent. I want you to actually fact check me on this. Go look at his sourcing on all his 30+ years of articles with Antiwar dot com. It's out there in the open to see. So Scott Horton does not help libertarians become better thinkers for liberty by giving them a more robust and nuanced approach to foreign conflicts that properly weighs the totality of real foreign threats and terror groups. In his worldview, the world is largely just captured by Israeli Zionists and nobody has any material blame, agency, or threat to pose as compared to the Zionist class. Just like communists blame capitalists and the bourgeois, so does Horton blame "Zionists/Zionism" as his boogeyman for every ill in the world. He will downplay mass murder in Iran and Chinese state takeovers of industry so long as it maintains a focus on Israel and "Western Zionism" as the ultimate threats. And this is why I completely distanced and dissociated from Horton and his lot of comrades whose worldview is actually just the leftist/third-worldist view that hates America and Israel under the premises that they are "Zionist colonialist occupiers." This type of warped thinking is what gets you the results like in South Africa where the "anti-colonialists" take over in the name of "social justice" for "blowback," and it's just a ruse to institute state central planning for socialist ends. This messaging does not help libertarianism. It doesn't ground people in truth and reality. It just causes them to become allied with communists, socialists, and other third-world leftists in the name of being "Anti-US hegemony" and "anti-Zionism," while, in reality, aiding and promoting those who want to both end Western capitalism and bring about a radical Marxist order. I want nothing to do with these people and I want nothing to do with those who are trying to upend the Western enlightenment because they think they are being, "anti-war." NONE of it is "anti-war," because they pooh-pooh the violence of third worldist governments when they mass murder and kidnap people over free speech and free market issues. They downplay anything they believe will give the CIA and neocons a boner. That's not dealing in reality. That's dismissing REAL state violence just because it doesn't go along with the narrative you want to pose. That's dishonest and shameful. If you want to have true liberty, you need to reject this all-or-nothing third-worldist mentality that has you rationalizing the violent takeover by socialists, communists, and Islamic-aligned anti-capitalist third worldists who wear the skinsuit of "America first" to get you to support vile socialists like Mamdani under the pretense that they're at least "anti-Zionism" and "for going after the Epstein class." This rhetoric is being weaponized against you to TRICK YOU into support those who want to actually enslave you and end capitalism. And I will, for one, will not stand for it. I can only hope you also agree and do the same. "¡Viva la libertad, carajo!

Rep. Massie blasts AI campaign vid of him with AOC and Omar 'It was very effective on the BOOMERS' BUT 'boomers gonna leave country to Gen X and Gen Z and Millennials' 'They won race by FOOLING my voters'

@NBCNews Always amazing

Rep. Thomas Massie said splitting with Trump was “absolutely worth it” and warned Republicans will be vulnerable in the midterms. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-…

@jackvlloyd @Pointer_Chaser Do you have another term for when a government go killing people , and then others get angry and commit violence against the people of that country?

@Pointer_Chaser And "blowback" had a specific meaning: when the government ARMED another group and then that group used those arms against them/unintended targets. Someone miffed 6,000 miles away and sperging on a murder spree against randos isn't "blowback."

Interesting take on the Massie election from James Corbett: "If voting changed anything, they wouldn't let you do it" "If you go against the Epstein Class, they will come down on you like a sack of hammers" "People are realizing the ballot box is a slave suggestion box" "[It] is meant to placate you. And once people realize that, I think we will start to see real revolutionary energy" "If you want something to change, I'm going to say it's probably not going to happen by voting even harder in 2028"

Oregonians are wise. We should listen.

The announcement by President Trump about the potential peace deal is very good news. To make the deal effective we have to be realistic about Israel. We must recognize that a peace deal of any kind with the Iranian regime will be viewed by Israelis as an existential threat to their objectives, therefore they will seek to thwart the deal. To stop the Israelis from thwarting a potential peace deal, we will have to take away the military support that we provide that allows them to go on the offensive against Iran, and make it clear more will be taken from them if they attack Lebanon.

@JpCortez27 No. Unfortunately. I would've loved to meet you.

@Ibra_Taher Are you here? I’m speaking tomorrow, if you’ll be around

I like this guy. @justinamash . I hope he does something for us. I know it is a selfish ask. But we dont have that many people that we can ask.

@JpCortez27 Where?

@JustTheTweets17 @DA_Stockman Not tulsi

This ticket would get me motivated.

@Better4Pat Nah

We are sending the wrong message, Republicans. I have said it repeatedly. We cannot win on our base alone. If we want to win statewide again, we need to find ways to reach people who are to the left of us, moderates, and non-affiliated voters without abandoning our principles. That does not mean agreeing on everything. It means understanding what issues matter most to people and communicating in a way that is practical, credible, and solution-oriented. Here are some ideas. You do not have to agree with all of them. Ideas: • Focus on shared pocketbook issues: Emphasize housing affordability, high cost of living, taxes, energy prices, and homelessness. Frame solutions as pragmatic and non-ideological (e.g., "results over rhetoric" on fixing Portland's streets and rural services). • Target NAVs heavily: Non-affiliated voters are the largest group (~46%). Use door-knocking, texts, and mailers highlighting independence from both parties, government accountability, and anti-corruption. Many lean moderate or split-ticket. • Local, personal outreach in swing/rural/suburban areas: Engage in Eastern Oregon, Central Oregon, and Willamette Valley suburbs through town halls, farmers' markets, community events, and service clubs. Avoid heavy national branding. • Highlight competence on public safety and services: Talk about reducing crime, improving response times, wildfire management, and efficient government—issues that cut across lines in a state with visible urban failures. • Use vote-by-mail and digital tools: Oregon's all-mail system favors consistent, positive messaging via targeted mailers, emails, and social ads. Keep language solution-oriented and less partisan. NOTE: I know how contentious this is, but we need to be realistic about expectations. ✅️ 👉 I WANT IT GONE, TOO! 👈 • Cross-appeal on specific policies: Support practical environmental stewardship (e.g., forests, water), school choice/parental involvement, and economic growth without extreme social wedge issues. • Build relationships via independents/third parties: Engage with Independent Party of Oregon (IPO) voters or moderate groups; some cross-nominate or seek alternatives to major parties. • Avoid national culture war overload: Lead with state-specific problems (homelessness, addiction, affordability) and local Republican candidates' records on fixing them.

We should send Patrick to Iran to fight for his own people.

@patrickbetdavid We should send Patrick to Iran to fight for his own people.

You target his daughter. He’s forced to skip his son’s wedding. You continue to drag out the negotiation? This could be a very busy weekend.

On the federal level I would not vote for principally weak Republicans. But locally, I truly believe , they can improve the policies. Let's get Tina out.