An inflection point is coming. In preparation for what we are about to witness, it is critical to understand that both the DNC and RNC are private corporations with no affiliation to government.
It is a difficult shift in thinking to appropriately understand, but the party system in U.S. politics revolves around two clubs that feed from the same corporate trough and position for influence and affluence within a political dynamic they control.
The priority for both clubs, Republican and Democrat, is NOT primarily ideological. In the modern era, the corporate priority first begins with a battle over who controls each corporation.
As long as there is no challenge, the clubs operate without issue. However, when there is a battle for control of the corporation, a battle that will ultimately determine the financial outcome, the internal battle becomes the priority.
2024 is going to be the election season when we see this corporate battle explode inside in the Republican group. Decades of entrenched power are at stake, and there has been four years of counter positioning and backroom discussion leading up to this moment.
As a consequence, and I know this might sound odd to many people – but winning and/or losing elections becomes a secondary issue. The RNC is not focused on winning elections. The RNC corporation is focused on retaining control.
The RNC want to give the illusion of support for MAGA conservatism because they need the base voter, and they need to maintain the illusion of choice. However, every move they make on an operational level is exactly in line with their previous outlook toward cocktail class republicanism. The MAGA base of support cannot trust this corporate group and we must not be blind or unguarded about the Machiavellian schemes they construct.
When you hear the influence group saying the two priorities for control of the Republican Club involve, (1) eliminating populism in the ranks; and (2) realigning with multinational corporate objectives (vis a vis Wall Street), what they are publicly expressing is their RNC corporate need to get rid of the America First economic agenda; to get rid of the MAGA influence.
How has this historically surfaced?
Well, at a national level there is a unique policy priority that almost every politician, on both sides, will avoid discussing. At a national level a single policy priority determines all other national policy outlooks. That policy is the national economic policy.
The national economic policy of a presidential candidate determines all other national policies that flow from the presidential candidate. The national economic policy impacts the obvious policies like energy and trade, and also determines the lesser obvious policies like regulation and even foreign policy.
It is specifically because a candidate’s national economic outlook impacts all other issues, that most national politicians never talk about it.
It would be impossible to support Main Street USA, a popular talking point, and still support the Paris Climate Treaty, the Transpacific Trade Partnership (TPP) or the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
To avoid the contradictions, most Democrat and Republican politicians avoid discussing their national economic policy. It is an unspoken rule within the billionaire club and donor game, an economic code of omerta amid most political candidates.
President Trump broke the rule and even went so far as to campaign on an America First economic policy agenda. That core outlook forms the Make America Great Again foundation. MAGA is based on a national economic policy outlook that determines every other national policy as carried by President Trump.
While most Americans may not be able to articulate how the national economic policy impacts them, almost every American feels the consequences through gasoline prices, energy prices, employment, wage rates and the expenses within their everyday lives. To try and hide this reality, often media and economic analysts will say the U.S. President has no control over gasoline prices; however, this is unequivocally false.
Yes, it is true that oil prices are determined by the global market for the product, the supply and the demand. However, the energy policy of the president determines the domestic investment in natural resource development and extraction by oil companies. The energy policy determines domestic supply. The regulatory policy determines the expansion, or lack therein, of oil and gasoline refinery capacity. So yes, it is ultimately the U.S President who determines gasoline prices indirectly through energy and regulatory policy.
If this were not the case, then gasoline would cost nearly the same in almost every nation. It doesn’t. Right now, gasoline in Mexico is almost $1 less than gasoline in the United States, specifically because Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez-Obrador is not trying to reduce oil resource investment, development and/or gasoline refinery capacity.
President Trump was the first presidential candidate who campaigned on a domestic national economic policy. He even went one step further and stated the T-word, tariffs. Yes, the commerce department holds tools to support a national economic policy.
The tariff tool is another aspect to national economics that most politicians avoid discussing because the toolbox is counter to the interests of Wall Street, multinational corporations and hedge fund managers.
For a reference point you might remember the apoplectic fits from financial and economic punditry to President Trump’s 2017 and 2018 steel and aluminum tariffs.
Economic security is determined by national economic policy. National security is also an outcome of national economic policy. Again, President Trump was also the first modern president to put that outlook to work when he said, “economic security is national security,” and then began constructing a foreign policy agenda using the cornerstone of national economic policy. The result was quite remarkable and led to what eventually became the Trump Doctrine.
It was inherently the US national economic policy that underpinned President Trump challenging NATO to meet their financial obligations. It was national economic policy that drove trade policy and created the north American USMCA trade agreement. It was national economic policy that led to countervailing duties on Chinese and European imports. Which had the remarkable effect of actually lowering prices inside the United States.
We began importing deflation through lower priced goods as the value of the dollar increased and China/EU central banks devalued their currency to avoid the impact of tariffs. Asia and the EU also subsidized their export manufacturing with incentives in order to lower costs as an offset to the tariffs, while simultaneously Asian and European companies began investing in production facilities inside the U.S. as a long-term approach to retaining access to the U.S. market. To put it succinctly, this was MAGAnomics at work.
U.S. wages increased, U.S. job growth increased, U.S. energy prices dropped with increased energy development and a massive cut in regulations, and that in turn lowered the cost of domestic goods. Suddenly we were importing goods at lower prices and generating goods internally at lower prices. More MAGAnomic outcomes, which, not coincidentally, was the exact opposite of all Wall Street claims and predictions.
Making America Great Again, was an outcome of national economic policy. At its core, MAGA is a national economic dynamic within a political movement that is represented by President Donald J Trump.
It is critical to understand, the MAGA economic policy is essentially a national policy completely, and uniquely, under the control of the office of the President. The impact to the lives of Americans is a direct outcome from national economic policy. If a president wants to lead an independently wealthy country, he/she applies a very specific economic outlook to all other policy areas including energy, regulation and foreign policy.
It is also true that opposition to President Donald Trump is uniquely connected to the America-First economic agenda.
Multimillion-dollar lobbyist firms like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, along with dozens of economically established SuperPAC’s funded by Wall Street and multinational corporations, are vehemently opposed to the America-First economic agenda.
All of the national politicians and political candidates taking money from these aforementioned groups necessarily bind themselves to a position that stands against the America-First economic agenda.
In essence, if you take money from the multinationals you cannot deliver on MAGA economic outcomes for banking, trade, finance etc. And that’s exactly where we run into the problem.
Because MAGA national economic priorities conflict with the multinational corporations, hedge funds and the Wall Street donor class, all of the politicians who accept the influence checks from these self-interested groups cannot run on, or deliver, a MAGA national economic agenda.
At a local, county and state level you have direct impact on the political policy agenda in your community. Who you elect to the city council, school board, state house and senate as well as governor’s office has an impact on those local and state priorities. However, national economic policy, national energy and trade policy and national foreign policy are not under your control.
As a result, the same skillset, or policy outlook, that makes a governor a successful state politician doesn’t carry into a federal office, [see the example of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker]. Yes, there are some executive and administration skills that carry over; however, on the bigger issue of steering the national policy agenda, almost every candidate for office comes with the baggage of having accepted donor contributions from a class of people who are paying for economic policy influence.
MAGA cannot be purchased. It is a political outlook that seeks only to enhance the best interests of the American people, regardless of consequence for the multinationals or foreign beneficiaries of globalist U.S. economic policy. Unfortunately, as a result, all of the beneficiaries are aligned to make sure the MAGA economic policy outlook is extinguished. There are literally trillions at stake. This reality underpins the opposition to Donald Trump.
When you understand why the national economic outlook of the President is so important, you can also understand why every political candidate is told not to discuss it by the handlers and campaign managers who are essentially selling their candidate to a millionaire and billionaire donor class who do not want an America-First economic policy agenda.
There is no easy solution for this problem, and ironically this core economic issue is where you find supporters of both Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in alignment.
Where the Sanders and Trump camps split is on the solution. Team Sanders wants the government to play the role of economic referee (regulation), while Team Trump wants the government to change the rules of the economic game (countervailing duties, tariffs etc).
Before Donald Trump entered politics there was no home for people voting on the issue of a national economic agenda. Both Democrat and Republican candidates had essentially the same worldview on national economic policy because they are all getting money from the same multinational corporate trough. However, President Trump changed that dynamic by presenting an alternative national economic policy called America-First.
For decades middle America was begging the McConnell’s, Ryans, Boehners, Romney’s, McCain’s, Bushes, et al, to make America First economic policies their priority. All of our shouts for help fell upon deaf political ears plugged by corporate donations and influence. Our communities were literally collapsing around us (see rust belt), and yet no national politician would do anything of consequence.
By the time Donald Trump arrived decades of frustration exploded in an eruption of massive applause because he was articulating the central economic issue that was being ignored by the professional political class. The America First agenda is the restoration agenda. From Trump’s national economic policy, the middle-class erosion stopped. Economic security, specifically U.S. employment stability and wage rates, goes hand in glove with border security and immigration controls.
MAGAnomics is the core of the great MAGA republican coalition, a working-class coalition that cuts through all other distinctions and divisions. It is not republican because of political affiliation, it is “MAGA republican” only because the republican party was the political vehicle selected by Donald Trump to install the policy.
This reality creates a problem for the DC professional political class and the corporate media. Because MAGAnomics is the fundamentally binding principle there is no way to fracture the Trump supporter coalition.
I am a “MAGA Republican” by default of my wanting a national economic agenda that looks out for the economic interests of American’s first.
Donald Trump is the irreplaceable Great MAGA King because Donald Trump is the only one who holds that same outlook. Unfortunately, the Republican corporation does not carry that priority. Thus, the Big Ugly battle for control of the Republican Party is being previewed right now, and will grow in scale and consequence very soon.
Let me emphasize the key point. The Republican Party is not positioning to win the 2024 election.
The people in control of Republican Club do not care who is in the White House, that is a secondary objective. What they care about right now is controlling the Republican corporation and stopping the hostile takeover.
Every single Republican presidential candidate for 2024, sans Trump, will be inserted into the race to help the Republican corporation in this battle. When you see them enter, instead of asking, ‘how can they win‘, ask yourself what is their mission on behalf of the Club priority?
The rate limiting step of getting America back to the people is fixing election fraud. Without this nothing changes. The uniparty owns our elections. The big problem is the blue parts of our country is where the fountain of election fraud emanates. They control the governors and the secretaries of state in the swing states who help throw elections the uniparty’s way. The democrats owns the FBI who provides the blackmail to help keep their control whether the governors or SOS are republican or democrat. Like Kemp and Raffensperger in Georgia both “republican” but help the uniparty keep control of the election in Georgia which gives them power nationally.
Here in Las Vegas I see a lot of Mexican people driving really nice vehicles and building large, beautiful custom homes. They are doing really well for themselves. A lot of locals who lived here decades ago say that the town was nice and safe when the Italian organized crime families ran this town. They say that street crime was quickly dealt with.
I consider politicians organized criminals. I consider gigantic corporations organized crime. I see how they ruin lives. We all joke about all of the people who have Died While Knowing Clintons. If you threaten them with exposure or steal their money then there is punishment. Some organized criminals just look nicer.
Las Vegas has a lot of money. Money attracts those who have products to sell and those who want to exploit it. So, I am sure that we have high level Mexican cartel members living here. They are not bothering those of us who do not partake in Fentanyl. If not for the demand for the product then there would be no supply.
I’ve reached the point in my life that I know that we cannot rid ourselves of all of the sins that humans commit while in the flesh. If you hurt children, exploit hostage women/men, hurt animals, or harm old people then I want you destroyed. Everyone else should just behave themselves and act like civil human beings while going about their business.
Is not reversing NYT v Sullivan equally important?
Also making social media First Amendment friendly?
As long as the yellowstream arm of the leftists party can libel and slander with impunity or block what they don’t want heard a large percentage of America will never know what this article explains.
Two of my pussy hat wearing SIL’s truly believe orange man Satan because of a steady diet of ca ca.
They will vote for insanity because that is all they see/hear.
KEEP PRAYING ABOUT THEM – I pray they come to their senses and become good guys or – the other.
The press should note be allowed to:
-print unattributed stories-no a high ranking official said
-no reporting on trials once someone is indicted until the verdict is reached
-false or misleading information should be subjected to massive fines. Think all the racial hoax stories ala Jessie Smollett.
-Every three months news media should be required to put on their first page or at prime time all the stories they got wrong or distorted.
-Subject tv, print, and radio media to owning no more than five total firms across the nation, no two within a hundred miles of the other.
-Prohibit telephone, computer, media firms from owning computer/internet media sites.
-Prohibit the use of polls in the two months prior to elections. We have all seen how inaccurate and corrupt they are.
Your suggestions would go a long way towards keeping the US honest and free, but to do those things we first have to get the US back to being honest and free. And that’s not going to happen at the ballot box I’m afraid. We’re far beyond that now.
When Trump was in office Biden told him the plan to steal the election through voter fraud. I assume it’s a known fact among Democrats? What did he do to alleviate the fraud? Nothing, he was president of the United States at the time. What do people expect now?
when people like pelosi decide it’s time to leave it means we are on the right track, there is no indication of that at all.
Given the Trump was twice Impeached and constantly under threat of an “obstruction of justice” indictment, there wasn’t much he could do.
Maybe he could have called on us to take to the streets by the tens of millions in protest, rather than ask us not to? Tell us that if we want something other than the dictatorship the UNIPARTY has planned for us, we’re going to have to do the heavy lifting and fight for it … just like our Founders did? Let’s face it folks, Trump has no power without us, and obviously our voting power will not do the job since the other side has the means and will to cheat. So what is left but the 2nd Amendment for the purpose it was intended … to keep us free?
Just the True Facts. That’s all that is. that is just how it is. Even if you are only a VOTER and not a candidate.
Lol. I bought a used Toyota Corolla for a thousand dollars in 2006, it had a little over a hundred thousand miles. I drove it for nine years. When I gave it to my sister in 2015 it had close to three hundred thousand miles. She drove it until 2020. Best thousand dollars I ever spent.
Tell me about the black caucus skippy. A more corrupt hive of racism and corruption cannot be found on earth. I’d trust hispanics 100% more than blacks. Show me one area blacks rule that hasn’t reverted to African standards and rules.
What I have despised for years about the Republican Party is they stand for nothing. They sabotage each other and don’t even bother to hide their UniParty affiliation.
I guess Mitch will not even muster energy to fake the old “Trey Gowdy – Lindsay Graham” handwringing approach any longer.
“Gosh, it is so awful! We’re in control again(or when we are in control again) — we’ll really get those bastards now!”
What’s going to happen with their “smoke and mirrors” now that the world is watching— and is obviously totally aware—of all the bullshit fraud and maneuvers?
We live in a world where the middle class is contained within an economic prison to guarantee the elites lifestyle. History shows this never ends well for them.
Going forward I will assume every politician is compromised, every judge on the take, foreign aid a ponzi scheme, with monies being skimmed and funnelled back to each party apparatus, friends and family.
We can begin by not confirming Kev and Ronna and forcing Mitch and his usual backdrop jesters to resign through any means necessary.
Excellent article that in a unbiased way gives the current ‘lay of the land’ What saddens me so much, is that the American multinationals only see the selling out of America as their path to untold riches. There used to be a thing called ‘the virtuous circle’, like what Henry Ford did – pay workers more and they can consume more and everyone is more happy. With big government, and most importantly a removal of the gold standard for a fiat currency, all of a sudden massive debt took over the American economy, and a zero sum game replaced the virtuous circle. What’s going on in the politics of America is a result of fiat currency and massive debt. The hedge funders and multinationals, i.e. money people, know this and have positioned themselves accordingly, with the American worker no more than cannon fodder.
Henry Ford was no saint and protector of the working class. Read a good history of the depression era and you’ll see how he operated. He raised workers wages so they could afford to buy his automobiles and pad his wallet. He was not an altruistic human being. He was ruthless and greedy.
What is wrong with paying people enough so that they can afford to purchase his vehicles? Did he force them to buy the cars? Was it mandatory to buy a car from him as a condition of employment? I guess that he could have paid them next-to-nothing so that they could afford almost nothing, including one of his cars. Maybe they got paid a lot and enjoyed the freedom and lifestyle that a car gave them. It sure looks like most Americans enjoy owning a vehicle.
I believe it is called a virtuous spiral.
It’s going to be a real doozy, if we find out that the FTX exchange was redirecting US Ukrainian foreign aid AND the cartels and China profits to Biden and the beltway. Why do we have an open border when it so objectively killing America? Because of the money?
The Biden regime appears to be the best friend the Cartels ever had. Yes, follow the $B’s and the answer will be an ugly one.
Bernie is a socialist/communist
Amjean: He’s an old, burned-out Bolshevik.
This is why we must take control of the RNC by working locally within our Republican clubs, networking across the counties and install MAGA leaders at the state level.
The work must begin now if we hope to win.
In Sarasota County there are four Republican clubs and the work has begun.
And….the MAGA movement is also the way to win the battle for “who gets to decide and how we decide.”
There are powerful believers in one world government without the consent of the governed, the abolition of nation states’ borders, and the state ownership of children. Hasn’t it been so for a century?
They are the scary allies of those who lust after the trillions at stake.
RINO are done for! BREAKING: Senate Republicans Ready To Sell Out On Immigration Only Two Weeks After Midterms
According to the conversation on WarRoom/Bannon this morning (10-12 Noon), the R’s have decided NOT to go forward with this due to the OUTRAGE from MAGA Republicans and even the NORMIES.
So, keep your powder dry. Listen, watch and wait.
Fundamentally, I think, MAGA is destined to become a brand new political party which will be capable of winning elections.
Today, there is only one political party in this country: a “UniParty™” which runs on total corruption. If you “secretly” (sic …) pay them enough money, they will do anything and everything you ask. The American People be damned. They are merely puppets, and dollar bills are the strings.
One of the most interesting WikiPedia pages concerns Defunct American Political Parties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Defunct_political_parties_in_the_United_States … It is a very long list. And, I think, it’s destined to get two more entries added to it very soon. (Or is it only one?) 🤡
PDJT can’t get to where he needs to go by clinging to “The Republican Party®.” He has to strike out on his own this time.
We should also remind ourselves that this “Populist” political movement – which actually is not new – was not caused by PDJT, nor does he embody it. He simply volunteered(!!!) to represent it and lead it, using his lifetime of experience in business and leadership. It is not a “personal cult.” It is here to stay. Both inside and outside of this nation, “the world is changing course.” For the better. And the old fossils who now occupy Washington, DC cannot do anything to stop it. They just don’t accept that, yet.
MIke Robinson: I count myself among American conservatives, traditionalists, constitutionalists, etc. I treasure what the America of my earlier years was like, but, there’s no going back. The “Again” in MAGA is a problem. Rather than re-create the past, me must create the future.
We can start with a new baseline; one with completely new party leadership and trustworthy elections. We need these two things before anything else.
Billra, the way I always have interpreted MAGA per President Trump’s speeches and explanations, the “Again” part of MAGA does not set a specific set of conditions that mirror those that made America great in 1946 or in 1885 or 1776.
HOW we make America great again is a new challenge that must adapt to current global geopolitical conditions as well as address current American economic needs and deal with correcting our cultural/societal shortcomings.
President Trump may be old, but he does not lack vision or intellectual agility. He knows exactly what will work and made everything he could control and implement, despite the Uniparty Obstructionists, work to our advantage in his first term. He is much smarter now that he knows all the ways in which the Corrupt Swamp works against him.
A Commonsense-ican.
In person, ID required, one day, precinct voting and counting is the only way AZ is ever going to stop most of the cheat. MAGA is majority of AZ people but the McCain-ites stink up the party with lots of lies and money. Kari was hit with $30M in the primaries from the swamp side of our party. We’re fighting here working on draining our own swamp. Thanks to Kari, Blake, Abe, & Mark we have people who would put on their hazard waste uniforms and bleach the whole bunch. It’s not over yet.
I am totally ready for the ‘purple thumb’
You are overemphasizing the economic aspect of MAGA and underestimating the immigration aspect of it. For years Republican voters and a lot of independents had been demanding that the border be secured such that few if any illegals were crossing and to lower legal immigration. Nobody listened until Trump decided to take the matter up and even though he was better than almost everyone who came before him he partly surrendered to the open borders lobby and did not go far enough.
MAGA economic policies and mass immigration are mutually exclusive because this causes a massive labor oversupply which leads to a steep decline in wages and benefits. Mass immigration, mostly from third world nations, is also making it more difficult for Republicans to win national elections since the immigrants typically vote 80/20 for Democrats.
Bridger: The changing demographic make up of America will ensure that our future is unrecognizable to most CTH readers.
You really think immigrants fleeing socialism will vote for it here? How do you explain Latinos moving towards MAGA Republicans?
There is a big difference between legal immigrants and illegal immigrants.
“2024 is going to be the election season when we see this corporate battle explode inside in the Republican group.”
Unless the long known insecurities of voting machines are fixed, and even more importantly, the GOPe can suddenly increase by magic the number of informed voters in the 8 Dim controlled states and counting that have now made permanent the practice of mailing unsolicited ballots to every lazy idiot and thereby producing the entirely predictable results the GOP has seen in 2020 and 2022, the winner of that battle will not win at the polls.
And since neither of those issues will be fixed, the winner of their internal battle just doesn’t matter.
Agreed. Enough arm chair strategy already.
Those of us in the Tea Party may not have been able to piece it together as Sundance has—BUT we realized the GOP had no interest in balancing budgets or stopping their spending. We knew the party did not represent or support us, we weren’t on the same side. Clearly, Mitch does not care about being minority or majority leader. When they have the majority, they do nothing. The refusal to stop Obamacare should have been full in every Republican’s face-this party does not represent you and they will lie and lead on to simply get your vote. Inform others. ALL GOP senators could get rid of Mitch as leader-yet they don’t. They are more interested in donor money and not you.
MAGA all the way…have been saying this for some time….there is no D or R any longer…they work together as the uniparty against us…Americans…the people they are supposed to be working for. Instead, have been lying and giving us the illusion that they work for us. This is the big ugly! They don’t, and maybe never did! But DJT? He is the only one that really does stand for us, America, and our Constitution. And look at what this man has gone through and is still going through because they hate him, his movement and what it means for them. And remember…this hate and disdain that they have for this man…is really meant for you and I. Trump just stands in the way right now. I feel sorry for the normies and sleepers that can’t get their heads out of that dark place they are stuck in. But, it’s a little hard to figure out what happened in the movie if you wait till the end to pay attention! By then it’s over and you find yourself walking around, scratching your head asking and wondering what happened.
For God’s sake people..
WAKE UP!
Absolutely MAGA here… Bitch McConnell’s wife’s family owns a Chinese Communist Party shipping/shipbuilding bidness. That is the priority, not you.
Trump will be gone soon due to Lawfare and if DeSantis is in fact purchased by Ken Griffin(Citadel) I am gone, nationally. We flipped our school board and city council and that is where my focus will be.
I strongly Believe that president Trump can only fixing mass of our country and may around The world,
Trump did for 4’years —-yes absolutely 4’more years again .
MAGA 2024,
What is wrong with an American company having subsidiaries all over the world but still their main business is in the USA? Let me answer my question: just like with our corrupt political overlords, there is never enough money to satisfy themselves. One billion? Not enough. Keep going.
Plus, I think that a MAJOR component of PDJT is that he actually LIKES We the Little People and sees us as human being with lives worthy of blessings. The rest of them see us as insects. They dislike us, they think we are beneath them, and that we are expendable.
Once a person dehumanizes someone else then it is easy to ruin their lives, their jobs, their economies, and their families. These Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, and Nancy Pelosi types sleep peacefully at night because we are nothing to them.
The very first person we need to get rid of is Ronna Romney McDaniel. She is the epitome of what’s wrong with our stupid party.
To break the hold of the Uniparty, we need to break away from the Uniparty. That means succession or disunuion (I prefer the latter term. We simply declare the current arrangement is broken, and several states walk away and set up new government.).
And If the Uniparty won’t let us walk away, then it’s time for a Second American Revolution. Words are important. The term “civil war” carries a lot of baggage. A “second revolution” implies a freedom-loving people fighting (again) for individual liberty, against a tyrannical, centralized government. That gives our side the moral advantage.
As Sundance points out, the Uniparty will not relinquish power peacefully. The only way I see to impose a nation-wide (and culture-wide) epiphany on the level of Saul on the road to Damascus, is through some sort of crucible event. The soap box and ballot box are no longer available to us.
Watched Dr Schivago this weekend – very thought prevoking the first half. The signs are there for a repeat of some kind when it comes to revolution.
Older MAGA patriots, and I’ve talked to several,not dozens but more than a few, are skeptical about President Trumps electability. These are older Americans who still tune into Fox News. I remain steadfastly MAGA and try to steer them towards more reliable outlets like The Treehouse. It’s concerning, particularly when in the recent elections, it appears on the surface like the Nation voted for inflation, crime and illegal aliens. Gotta tune out mainstream media which is hard for some older folks.
Voter fraud.
The Demrats stole this.
Trump won. So did most of the Mid Term Repubs….Are you sleeping? what just happened in AZ? Nevada? Penn? I could go on and on.
Your and my vote, and anyone who voted for Repubs, had it stolen.
No one with a brain voted for what these criminals are doing. Enough with the ” appears to have voted for…”. The Communists stole it, from us all. I get a little riled by this thought, we didnt vote hard enough, or that people wanted all of those things.
Seriously….with all due respect, that is not what happened, at all.
AMEN – i feel like I am pounding my head into a wall with these people. I tell them just give it 1 week with RAV – or I also think they dont red CTH as it requires thought and people today want bites of info in a quick little snippet – SAD…..
I’m an “older American” that watched Fox news and listened to Rush, my spidy senses picked up on shenanigans when Trump announced his running in 2016 and as such have remained Suspicious like suspicious cat. Now I no longer listen to Fox anything. Don’t lump older Americans and docile, dull and dumb. I’ll back Trump and Maga because God Almighty backs him, it is so obvious. When I need things boiled down to the basics I read Sundance. Never Give UP!!!
Well, I am an 81 year old Maga and I will not give up President Trump but giving up Fox was easy and some days I have a problem with Newsmax and find I am watching less of them. Especially when they put in Santorum never Trumpers.
The party of Eisenhower and the party of Taft.
The party of Rockefeller and the party of Goldwater.
The party of Bush and the party of Reagan.
Nothing has changed.
Agree, it’s unfixable. A new path forward is needed.
Its Good vs Evil , no party , , they all slop at the same trough , They rig elections , they promote evil , they think they have GOD on the run . Sick people that think there is more than male and female . When you put your foot down and pay no more taxes spent on this baloney , We must stop financing Evil , They have gotten away with so much JFK , 911 , Covid , 17 years of war/ money laundering in Afghanistan , there was no war they tried to win .
Ok so America First is not liked as an ideology by the ruling elite.
How about going back to “No taxation without representation!” then.
(And before they get smart: phoney indefifinte ballot printing to get the result they want, is not representation)
The Republicans in the Senate had the opportunity to replace Mitch as Leader last week. Nevertheless, Mitch was elected by about ⅔. Tells you where most of their priorities lie.
Ross Perot faced the same demons.
And was pre-Tea Party/ MAGA
TRUMP MAGA! BORN FOR THIS HOUR by DELIBERATE DESIGN of our One True God and Creator, Jehovah/Jesus/Holy Spirit.
Check the 49th Chapter of Jonathan Cahn’s “The Oracle” – “The Trumpet Man”.
When Thousands of synagogues around the world are reciting the very scriptures where Moses instructs them on the making of Trumpets and when to use them, to Gather the People, in the year of jubilee, and also to Move the Nation Forward – and President Trump is born on THAT DAY At the time these scriptures are recited, and THEN in the Year of the Jubilee, he announces the Return of Jerusalem to Israel — WHO COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN?
NO HUMAN BEING ON EARTH could do that. No panel of humans could do that.
GOD did that and PROVED that His Anointing is on Trump as it was on Moses and on David, before him.
That means JESUS already paid the Price for this Move of God at this time, This Time in which God picked Trump to be the “Moses” of this Generation, of Matthew 24:34.
This is an excellent summary of how things stand in the Republican Club. I hope someone points Governor DeSantis to it. He is a smart fellow, and may already be aware that being wooed by the likes of Paul Ryan and corporate money men is the kiss of death to any semblance of independence. Is he smart enough to know that America-First is the way to the resurgence of American Greatness?
He sold his soul. Money grubbing cannot be undone. No road back from that. And wifey is a big part of it.
Casey is ambitious, there is no doubt.
Very good summary of current affairs. A lot is well known and previously discussed ad nauseum. As aways, what is missing – working solutions.
Local involvements, praying, quitting social media, letters to officials, … haven’t helped so far. Something like fixing machines is not possible.
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Good article. Gives a lot of straight forward clarity, and will be useful to reflect on while we all go forward in this mess which is nice.
Thanks SD!
Yep, and pay close attention to that secret handshake or word. I agree.
So true Sundance. So true. I remember well the WSJ – Trump is against ‘free trade’ – endless rants, and Olde Yeller getting right in line. What does it matter if you are a ‘Constitutional Conservative’ if your trade policy is the old cold war justification – letting our trade “partners” subsidize and protect THIER domestic interest – while dumping on the US and exporting our middle class jobs and industry. I loved it when Wilber Ross declared to Maria, the cold war has been over for 30 years and the cold war justification for this (crap) is long over. We have one – Maria – one Aluminum plant left that can make military grade aluminum. Holds up can, just a fraction of a penny on this can, but it makes all the difference. The Trump trade team was the Gem of the Administration, but Munchin, not so much. BTW, Peter Navarro’s book is very good. Team Trump also coined ‘fair trade’ is free trade – ‘reciprocity’ in trade rules is our touchstone- Brilliant counter weight. See, the EU VAT tax for imbedded subsidy and protection for the EU (its’ a 20% import tariff and a 20% domestic subsidy at the same time!)
Tariffs.
Many American’s are brainwashed with the propaganda that the Smoot-Hawley tariff act – caused the great depression. Amity Shales book, The Forgotten Man, demonstrates this utter falsehood – and yet it is drummed into the heads of every child in America at every level. Demonstrating this falsehood, is President Grant*, needing economic growth to rebuild the South post civil war, raised import tariffs (super high by today’s standards) and the US economy BOOMED. See also, Hot Property by Pat Choate as to the RCA/Sarnoff plan that demolished/offshored the US electronics manufacturing base. It wasn’t wages or unions (that WSJ favorite) that killed off Zenith – it was trade policy. Eisenhower. Cold war justification.
*I was taught in public schools that Grant was a drunk and his Presidency was fully of corruption and scandals. Upon further reading and reflection, you see Grant coming up again and again as a brave historical figure and a very consequential President. Of Course, the first elected Republican after Lincoln, so obviously must be hated and defamed by the left.
How would you classify the Carlyle Group, Multinational corporation?
Merchants of death.
They own the Governor of Virginia for starters.
To add to what Sundance points out. In Red State Idaho we have four congress critters. The two Senators are completely in the GOPe club as is one of the House Reps. One of the House Reps is sane as far as I can tell. The three GOPe club members are all in for funding the Ukraine War. They don’t care to hear that the schools here slowly being taken over by the CRT proponents and the radical LBGT agenda. They have since early 2021 and still continue to advise everyone to get the vax and all of the boosters. The three voted for Brandon’s “infrastructure bill”. They even echo Brandon’s talking points about Putin causing the gas prices to rise. The GOPe Governor of Idaho is actually worse than our three GOPe members of of congress. He is a spectacular crook.
These people will continue to be elected as long as they run apparently. They win with huge margins. All efforts to nominate and elect honest people fail. The system we have that allows unlimited PACs funds, results in none of these people giving a damn about their constituents.
There is no voting our way out of this.
Current Situation: Rep + Dem = Uniparty
Third party Situation: Uniparty (Rep+Dem) vs Maga= Uniparty
Sundance Ideas: Dem + Hostile takeover of Rep corporation (MAGA) = Maga
I wonder if it wouldn’t be better for Trump to dump the GOP and start a new party. Yes, all the old arguments are out there about 3d parties ensuring Democrats always get elected etc…but: 1. We’re not looking to be a third party, we’re looking to relegate the GOP to Whig status— gone, defunct; 2. Elections at the federal level are largely a charade, so why not form a party committed to telling the truth with party rules that promote patriots and exclude Globalistas?
“cringe at some stuff he says”, Who cares about the wrapper on the box of diamond ring gift!
In addition, I’ll state what should be obvious to all of us.
Unions are of the same corporate entities. They don’t care which wing of the vulture is in office. Only that they will continue to feed at the trough at the expense of their own membership.
What should we call a Multinational corporation that gets its money directly from the treasury of a country?
The picture accompanying this post is art imitating life. Shumer looks as though he is going for McConnel’s throat with his hands while McConnell appears to be reaching for his wallet to give Shumer what he wants to avoid strangulation. High stakes negotiation tactics.
I may be wrong, but I believe most of our problems will become self correcting.
When the major (corporate, WEF and foreign) special interest groups currently influencing western governments, finally realize their policies are just shooting their own interests in the foot. World (and individual) economic wellbeing is not a zero sum game.
Yes, MAGAnomics is the issue. Our government gave away our manufacturing sector decades ago to the far east. We want it back! Populism IS our CONSTITION! We the PEOPLE! MAGA!
MAGA is the brainchild of God Almighty and DJT is the deliverer, those two points are now perfectly clear, thank you Sundance. My prayers for our nation can now be laser directed. May Gods perfect will be done for the 2 great Nations he created, Israel and U.S.A.
Yep, and they held their first meeting in Las Vagus this past weekend. The meeting was all about defeating Trump.
Not surprised…
You spelled “Beard” wrong
The core battle is between those who are pretending there was no election fraud in 2020/2022 and those who refuse to pretend. The former were either in on it, or view the fraud as beneficial to the GOPe’s position as submissive handmaidens to the Democrat Crime Syndicate. The latter are being driven to the borderlines of sanity by the overwhelming betrayal and gobsmacking depth of the corruption.
What made Pelosi an unchangeable force with regards to leadership of the Dems in the House?
$$$$ from whom?
She is stepping down from House leadership. What strings to what money has been transferred to the new Dem leadership?
What makes McCarthy an unchangeable force with regards to leadership of the Pubs in the House?
$$$$ from whom?
What makes Ronna McRomney an unchangeable force with regards to leadership of the RNC?
$$$$ from whom?
I’m on board with the plan to take over the GOP for as long as Sundance recommends it as the most viable option.
What I would like to know is what is the rough estimated timeline for us to get America First people into these positions?
2 election cycles, 4 election cycles, 10 election cycles?
I am fully aware that I am asking questions and not providing any solutions.
I just think answering some of these questions may assist us in determining viable solutions.
This is perhaps your best post.
Thank you.
To sum up, Trump is all about common sense policies that help regular American citizens and the GOP/DNC/MSM is all about selling us out to the highest bidders.