Tim Cooper

Repeal the 17th to save the nation. It obliterated states' rights by making Senators beholden to individual voter majorities (pure democracy, which was reserved to US Representatives) rather than through the true republic form of election by their state legislatures, which made state legislatures far less interesting to voters in state elections, leading to few state residents knowing who represents them in their state houses. The 17th was the beginning of the end.

@LarrySchweikart @CletaMitchell We now have two House of Representatives one with longer terms

@CletaMitchell I have a friend, well-versed in political history, who did a deep dive on this. His conclusion was, "Not much change." State legislatures are often worse than voters at selecting those who want no change; states often fought so much they couldn't even NAME a senator.

Just thinking…wonder what the U.S. Senate would be like today if state legislatures still picked the Senators as the Founding Fathers envisioned. What if the 17th Amendment had not changed the method of “chusing” (original spelling in the Constitution) Senators. The western states started the process of direct election of Senators ostensibly so the Senate would be more responsive to the people. After more than a century of direct election….wondering if the country has been well-served by messing with the Founders’ design. A dysfunctional Senate cannot have been what was envisioned by the Founders. @BasedMikeLee @chiproytx @SenRickScott @SenRonJohnson

@CletaMitchell The senate isn’t supposed to represent “the people” but represent the state government in the federal system. Senators were supposed to be free from electoral pressure and be a backstop to the impetuous nature of the house.

@alphafox You won’t like this after the 4th or 5th time of cranking it up. Definitely want to use ethanol free gas.

People are saying they wish lawn mowers were still like this, but did you ever stop to think why they stopped making them like this? The ratcheting spring system is prone to failure and a pull string is more reliable.

@GuntherEagleman The driver obviously did it. I can understand the frustration felt. I thought bikes were supposed to be single file. They at least could have single filed up and let the guy go around.

Jerry Ross, 72, was arrested after he allegedly hit two cyclists with his car. Ross reportedly honked and heckled a group of 10 cyclists for “taking over the road,” then sped around them while lying on the horn and clipping 2 of them. Who is at fault?

@PinoAmericano It would take money away from the learing centers

I didn't realize Washington D.C., including our beautiful monuments and facilities, were in such disrepair until Trump started fixing them and posting the images. Even the maintenance people were derelict in their duties.

"I just found out I'm being oppressed. I saw it on CNN, a white lady said it... Nobody knows blacks struggle like white women. And I thought I was having a good life until I got basic cable."

Yup

She’ll never be held accountable, because you need both parties to do so. And Democrats celebrate their criminals.

Here goes nothing.... I kept my prom dress all these years. Three years ago, I couldn't have fit my left thigh into this old dress. Today, I am taking photos in it. 90lbs down in my 30s. Feeling better than I ever did in my 20s. You can do it too!

I don’t think most Americans have any real sense of just how sophisticated and massive this whole operation against the Islamic regime has been. Even a lot of Trump supporters, probably picture it as some straightforward military thing. But for those of us who have lived under this system, it’s on another level entirely. However, we are understandably exhausted and hyper-focused, worrying about basic safety that it’s hard for us to step back and appreciate the bigger picture. We don’t talk much, but it doesn’t mean we don’t see it. We Iranians know war. My mother’s generation lived for 8 horrific years in the shadow of Saddam, a madman even crazier and more brutal than this regime in many ways. They endured constant bombings, cities turned to rubble, chemical attacks, families ripped apart, and massive displacement. For my generation, those years left childhood nightmares that never fully went away. We know amputated fathers, martyred neighbors, streets full of mourning, endless death, and helplessness. We know what real war is. This operation was nothing like that. Unlike the Iran-Iraq war, where civilians were deliberately targeted to create maximum death, suffering, and destruction, this was meticulously designed to separate the regime and its military machine from the Iranian people. It was remarkably successful in that regard. The vast majority of the hardship ordinary Iranians faced didn’t come from the strikes themselves. It came from the regime’s own incompetence, sabotage, and desperation. They cut the internet for days to control the narrative abroad, wrecked businesses and the economy with their chaotic responses, and kept their own people in the dark. That part was all them. There is another thing, we Iranians know this regime like the back of our hand. It’s not some abstract evil. It’s like stage-four cancer: incompetent at actually running a country, ugly and corrupt to its core, yet incredibly strong in spreading fear, hatred, and pulling out the worst in human nature. Removing something this entrenched, in a country as vast and regionally complicated as Iran, required an intelligence and planning effort that is honestly mind-blowing. What blows my mind is the Israeli intelligence work. We’re not talking just names and addresses. They’ve mapped behaviors, personalities, decision-making patterns, the whole human side of that rotten system. It’s like they know it inside out. The planning was deeply coordinated with US, with Israel leading on the technical, intelligence, and precision execution level, while the U.S. directed the overall strategy and brought the power and coordination to make it happen. The precision was unreal: cutting-edge, top-notch technology, the best specialists in the world, and targeting that actually feels more like a surgical rescue mission than old-school war. From where I sit, Trump directed the overall strategy and brought the raw power: choking off the regime’s money, isolating it internationally, cutting the lifelines from Europe and some Arab states. That created the conditions for this to actually land. On the psychological side and negotiations, it feels like Trump played the big-picture game, timing the pressure, the deterrence, and the right mix of fear and openings to get maximum results with as little unnecessary cost as possible. I really hope Americans come to recognize the courage, professionalism, and skill of their military and the patriots in the administration in this. Right now, it feels like we’re nowhere close to giving them the credit this level of work has earned. For us Iranians who have suffered so long, this wasn’t about destruction. It was about finally creating a chance for something better. We will be forever grateful. #ThankYouTrump‌ #miga

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@GBNT1952 What space force can do is mind boggling. That pilot….space force never lost track of him.

This chump is, yet again, showing off his grade school understanding of strategic geopolitics… The petrodollar is not the foundation of American power, that is idiotic, backwards thinking. It’s how someone who gets their information about geopolitics from either leftists or our enemies thinks. The foundation of American power has always been hard power: 11 Carrier Strike Groups worth of find the hell out. Especially since one CSG is more dominating than the combined firepower of most nation’s entire military systems. Real strategists know this. Wasn’t this dude in the Navy? It’s wild that I am having to explain this to him. We can actually shut down any chokepoint on Earth and still sustain high tempo ops anywhere for decades. The dollar’s reserve status as the petrodollar is a result of that power. He is also conveniently leaving out the reality of our own oil and LNG supply lines. We don’t need Middle East crude like we did in the 70s. China and half of Asia does, though. So, right off the bat, his “foundation” narrative falls apart like the silly propaganda that it actually is. Then he stated that Iran dismantled our work and closed the strait, which is again, not only a lie, but an admission that he absolutely does not understand the realities of what is happening over there in any strategic way. They have closed nothing. They have simply claimed they will shoot missiles at civilian vessels, which is par for the course for a terrorist regime, and then they count on propagandist assholes like Shawn to propagate lies to cover for them. Insurance companies are the ones halting most vessel because they don’t want to pay for a ship to be hit by terrorist fanatics. He also conveniently left out that Hormuz is a two way choke. They export through it as well, and now they no longer can. Their economy is already on life support. Their options are increasingly limited and now we are boarding and seizing all of their vessels (maritime operations that any normal, non-captured SEAL would be proud of). How long does he think they can last? I’ll give him a hint, likely less time than his show remains profitable, but it may be close… And then he brings up the yuan nonsense, which actually proves even more how important it is that Trump is hitting Iran, an obvious and proven partner of the CCP, as they have charged some yuan tolls in their desperation, but saying it is forcing the global system is laughably stupid. Like letting Ms. Rachel teach your kids troon and Islamist ideology on YouTube stupid… It’s a wartime hustle they have barely been able to affect upon a handful of shipments, but somehow it’s a global reset? Pure idiocy and lies… Shawn legit sounds like a Democrat and an enemy of the US these days.

If you think the SPLC was bad wait until you find out about CAIR.

@RickJacksonGA Don’t make Georgia too attractive, we have enough yankee carpetbaggers already

We will make Georgia the most affordable state in America. We will make Georgia the worst place in America to be a criminal. We will WIN BIG for Georgia. I’m Rick Jackson, and I’m asking for your vote starting Monday. THANK YOU, Dahlonega!

The idea of "minorities" is so funny to me because while they are a "minority" in the West, they are a global majority There are 1.5 billion Indians, 1.4 billion Chinese, 1.4 billion blacks, and libs still complain about how oppressed they are living in the West

Niqab-clad former longtime Democrat LaKeshia M. Alston poses in her official candidate filing photo for North Carolina State Senate District 22, standing between U.S. and North Carolina flags. Alston, who switched parties shortly before filing and won the unopposed Republican nomination (cancelling the GOP primary), has drawn widespread backlash and fears of advancing Sharia-influenced values in American politics. This is a glaring symbol of the cultural and religious takeover that millions of Americans have been warning about. Party-switching opportunists in full Islamic face-covering? This is exactly how you undermine a republic from within. This isn’t “diversity.” This is political madness. And every sane American should be paying attention!!

@AmericanMama @1109Patricia I don’t care what letter is after the last name I am not voting for that

@ramzpaul Nixon was deep stated.

For the good of the country, Trump should resign. Nixon resigned when he realized that remaining President would harm America. However, Nixon had more character than Trump. Trump only cares about Trump.

@eigenrobot The other thing that just hit me is that if your claim is that I am going to hell anyway so why bother…maybe this is the unpardonable sin against the spirit. You have given up hope which is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

@TimCoop59086596 nope you dont get a choice in whether to respond! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresisti…

it's odd that calvinism got any converts whats even the point yk. not like anything you do is going to matter one way or another. just wait to be dead and you can finally scratch off your lottery ticket really takes the personal narrative drama out of religion