Ben Sanchez

When one's young, it seems very easy to distinguish between right and wrong. But, as one gets older, it becomes more difficult. The villains and the heroes get all mixed up.

You can travel to Italy, but you’ll never be an Italian. You can travel to France but you’ll never be a Frenchman. You can live in Germany but you’ll never be a German. You can pack your bags and live the rest of your life in China or Japan, but you’ll never be Chinese or Japanese. Yet you can come from any one of those countries to the United States of America, and you can still be an American – so long as you work hard, you play by the rules, you make your contributions, wait your turn, pledge allegiance to the flag, and obtain your citizenship.

The SAVE America Act is officially dead in the Senate. The Republican GOP no longer has any interest in passing Voter ID Leader John Thune says they have more important issues to focus on If we don’t have representation, then why are any of us paying taxes?? We need a new Party

California families are getting crushed by taxes. As Governor, my first move: make the first $100,000 of income completely tax-free. For everyone earning above that, a simple flat 7.5% rate. No more punishing hard work—your paycheck stays in your pocket. Let’s make California affordable again! ☀️👊#Califordable #GoldenAgain

@SteveHiltonx Thank you Steve!!! Can’t wait to come back to Cali, strictly for the weather sun 🌞 🏖️

🚨As I told you last night, Swalwell is dropping out. The California Democrat machine is collapsing into chaos, sleaze and scandal. As the leading candidate for governor, I promise you now that we will kick this corrupt cabal out in November and lead our state into a beautiful, golden future. ☀️

Public execution.

Life is when you realize that being at peace is better than being right.

I'm not sure if most people realize how important this is to the lettermen, that Matt Campbell is prioritizing them. A lot of guys who haven't been around in a while have been showing up these past few weeks

BREAKING 🚨 At 1:21AM Donald Trump just ended Governor Gavin Newscum’s career. HE’S RIGHT Gavin Newsom completely ruined California

Must be pretty reassuring for a US military person knowing they’ll do anything to come save you

Roob absolutely cooked here

How corrupt is Congress? You can get 70 Senators to approve sending American taxpayer money to Ukraine to be stolen but you can’t get 51 Senators to approve passing election integrity laws for America. It’s sickening.

Every Senator that fled DC to get on a plane for home must immediately return back to the Senate to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security & TSA agents. You signed up for this job when you ran for the US Senate. This isn’t a game — get back to work.

Yes

.@GovPritzker, I saw your post honoring lives lost in Minnesota—standing publicly, naming Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and laying flowers in their memory. But where was that same compassion on January 19, 2025? That is the day my 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed here in Illinois. She was innocent. She did not knowingly put herself in the middle of an ongoing law enforcement situation. She was not making a dangerous choice. She was simply living her life—and it was taken from her. You have never said her name. You have never come to where she died. You have never acknowledged her publicly. And beyond that—you have never even responded to me. I sent you a simple, non-political letter. Not for attention. Not for headlines. Just a father asking for clarity, for answers, and for understanding of the state’s position. You never replied. And now, in the wake of another tragedy here in Chicago, your public display of compassion elsewhere—while remaining silent about victims in your own state—feels deeply disconnected from the reality families like mine are living every day. Instead, you continue to defend sanctuary policies that create the conditions where preventable tragedies like hers can happen. This is not about politics. It’s about leadership and accountability. When you choose to publicly mourn some victims while remaining silent about others—especially those lost under policies you support—it sends a message. Whether intentional or not, it tells families like mine that our loss does not matter the same way. So I am asking you directly: Where is your compassion for my daughter? Where is your acknowledgment of victims here in Illinois? And when will you take responsibility for the consequences of the policies you defend? Say her name: Katie Abraham. Stand where she died. Show the people of Illinois that every life matters.

Praising literal terrorists and using the n-word gets boiled down to “controversial posts” when you’re a communist.

Let me explain exactly why every new subdivision in America looks like the top photo, because the math is wild. A mature tree increases a home's value by 7 to 19 percent. On a $400,000 house, that's $28,000 to $76,000. A single shade tree produces the cooling equivalent of ten room-size air conditioners running 20 hours a day. One tree on the west side of a house cuts energy bills by 12 percent within 15 years. The bottom photo is worth more, costs less to live in, and sells faster. This has been documented by the University of Washington, Clemson, Michigan State, and the USDA. The data is not in dispute. Removing those trees saves the builder roughly $5,000 per lot. Concrete trucks need twice the dripline radius of every standing tree. Utility trenches need flat ground. A bulldozer flattens 200 lots in an afternoon. Preserving trees adds weeks and thousands per home. So the developer pockets $5,000 in savings and the buyer eats $50,000 in lost value for the next two decades. The person making the decision and the person paying for it have never been in the same room. The Woodlands, Texas is the proof of what happens when they are. George Mitchell bought 28,000 acres of Houston timberland in 1974 and preserved 28% as permanent green space. He forced McDonald's to build behind the tree canopy. That McDonald's became one of the highest-volume locations in Texas. The first office building, designed to reflect the surrounding forest so you couldn't see it from the street, leased completely. The Woodlands median home price today: $615,000. Katy, a comparable Houston suburb that clear-cut: $375,000. Named #1 community to live in America two years running. Fifty years of data. The trees are worth more than removing them saves. Developers clear-cut anyway because they sell the house once and leave. You live in it for 30 years.

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Gold Star wife here. When ISIS killed your wife, you supported going after the people responsible. You understood exactly why we were fighting and never called it “Israel’s war.” My husband, Alan, was killed by Iranian proxies in Iraq. And now, after decades, the fight is finally leading back to the number one state sponsor of terrorism in the world. You understood it when it was your loss. Now you’re minimizing it when it’s mine. You don’t get to redefine this war just because it’s not your grief anymore.

Stephen Miller on fraud by illegal aliens: “If all of it were stopped, it would be enough to balance the budget. The extraction of wealth from American taxpayers by those who don't belong here is the primary cause of the national debt.”