Managing Decline

You're not angry enough.

I grew up in Bruce Springsteen's hometown. His song "My Hometown" is LITERALLY about my hometown. Springsteen’s music was the anthem of my teenage years. The town is called Freehold, New Jersey. A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc. was a giant carpet mill in Freehold that was once the town’s single biggest employer. It shut down and moved away in 1964. That act of taking away a town’s jobs to move them to where labor was vastly cheaper DEVASTATED that community. Freehold became impoverished and almost a ghost town, taking decades to recover. All of the themes in Bruce’s early work about the indignities heaped upon the working man stem directly from the pain he, his family and his neighbors experienced when that carpet mill moved away to chase cheaper labor costs elsewhere. The theme of the betrayed working man streams across all of his early albums with a heartfelt sincerity that was borne of painful experience. The albums “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “The River,” and “Nebraska” in particular resonate with the mournful howls of the betrayed laborer whose calloused hands meant nothing to the bosses who had thanklessly reaped the rewards of his pain and sweat. Early on, Bruce really and truly did speak for the working man. But somewhere in Hollywood he lost his way. Now, it’s 2026 and the singular domestic agenda of President Donald J. Trump is to bring back American manufacturing jobs from offshore and to restore the dignity, pride and wealth of the working everyman. And Bruce SPITS ON THAT to appeal to his Hollywood cronies. When you understand this background about Bruce, his behavior comes into sharp focus as perhaps the very most disgusting behavior of any pop star alive in America today. He has betrayed the everyman he once championed. SHAME ON YOU BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. The young man who once wrote these lyrics would find you disgusting: "Early in the morning, factory whistle blows Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light It's the working, the working, just the working life Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain I see my daddy walking through them factory gates in the rain Factory takes his hearing, factory gives him life The working, the working, just the working life End of the day, factory whistle cries Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes And you just better believe, boy, somebody's gonna get hurt tonight It's the working, the working, just the working life 'Cause it's the working, the working, just the working life"

Lawlessness is a choice. Decline is a choice. We need to get *radically* tougher on crime.

UAE Condemns Iran’s Unprovoked Terrorist Attacks Targeting Kurdistan Region of Iraq mofa.gov.ae/en/mediahub/ne…

You read that right: the single biggest individual donor to Spanberger Democrats' Virginia gerrymander is some rando New Yorker named George Soros.

IRGC is split. They are not functioning properly.

PRESS SEC: As I’ve said repeatedly, I think the President obviously believes the United States wants to have someone in a leadership position in the Iranian regime that will be willing to work with the United States and will no longer chant, “Death to America.”

Loyola University newspaper has issued an apology in the wake of the murder of freshman Sheridan Gorman...ostensibly to her accused murderer. The Phoenix was sorry for calling Jose Medina-Medina an "illegal immigrant" instead of a "Rogers Park Resident"...thecollegefix.com/loyola-newspap…

Foreigners can come to our country illegally, scam taxpayers without consequence, and then sue us if we ever actually deport them. Which US non profit tax exempt entity is behind this lawsuit?

Unconfirmed reports from Iran say the regime is sending SMS messages to citizens seeking donations to fund a bounty for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump. @mohamadahwaze

U.S. forces are striking targets to degrade the Iranian regime's military infrastructure and capabilities that have threatened American troops and regional partners for decades.

BREAKING: A senior member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, Sayed Yahya Hamidi, responsible for “Israel Affairs” and accused of leading terrorist activities targeting Jews worldwide, has been killed in an Israeli strike in Tehran.

🚨 Doctors and nurses in Tehran say they don’t want to treat Basij forces who massacred Iranians. A healthcare worker inside a hospital describes the reality: medical staff are being forced to care for wounded Basij members, not out of willingness, but out of duty and pressure. ⚪️ Treating forces she says were involved in suppressing and killing civilians ⚪️ Providing care under compulsion, not consent ⚪️ Working under intense moral and emotional conflict ⚪️ Trying to save lives while facing the people that took other people's lives She says they have no heart to treat them, but still do what they can because they are doctors. This is the reality inside Iran’s hospitals, where even saving lives comes with fear, pressure, and unbearable moral weight.

MORE INFO: Iran rejects the U.S. 15-point plan and says the war ends only on its terms, not President Trump’s timeline, a senior official told state-run Press TV. Tehran says it will keep striking until its demands are met. Conditions for ending the war: 1. Full stop to attacks and targeted killings 2. Guarantees the war will not resume 3. Compensation for war damage 4. End of fighting across all fronts, including Hezbollah 5. International recognition of Iran’s authority over the Strait of Hormuz Iran says it has informed intermediaries that no ceasefire or talks will happen unless all conditions are accepted. @ariel_oseran

People who say violence is an artificial construct have never been punched in the face.

Iran responded negatively to an American proposal aimed at ending the ongoing imposed war, insisting that any cessation of hostilities will only occur on Tehran's own terms and timeline, a senior political-security official told Press TV. Follow: t.me/PressTV

While you’ve been watching all those gulf states…

Democrats can’t afford a voter ID law because that would end the Democrat Party. Republicans can’t afford a voter ID law because that would end the Democrat Party.

Mossad X account in Farsi: "The most important decision for a better future must be made right now. When you realize you've made the right choice, peace will come, for yourself, your family, and your children’s future. Contact us through the secure channel."

Spanish girl gets brutally gang-raped by migrants, ends up paralyzed and developing severe PTSD. The Spanish government offers her assisted suicide as a solution to all of those problems. IDK if that counts as a metaphor because they're doing it literally.

BREAKING 🔴🔴 Iran State TV: Iran has rejected the U.S. 15-point plan.