When Donald Trump proposed a simple border wall and tighter immigration enforcement, a gobsmacked “conservative” electorate were stunned to see the entire political universe of people, who most thought would align with such basic tenets, flip 180° and begin stating: “walls don’t work”, “we need open borders”, and “deportations are unfair”….

In July 2015 it was weird to see the “conservative” pundits and professional class expose their true intents so quickly.

Many couldn’t fathom what they were witnessing.  We called this the “Trump Effect”.

In essence Trump exposes the hypocritical nature of the deceivers simply by affirming an intent to give them what they’ve advocated for.  In doing so Trump puts sunlight on their hidden ideology, and forces them out of the shadows.

Remarkably, Trump is doing it again with comments about NATO, Turkey, the EU and a reconsideration of the U.S. role in Europe.

It’s simply an incredible thing to witness.

If we follow the current Democrat arguments to their logical conclusion, we now see liberals shifted to demanding a war against Russia, because Turkey via Erdogan has gone full Islamist and is also a NATO “ally”.

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Day three of the convention provided some exceptional speeches:

Eric Trump

Laura Ingraham:

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The significant roadblock to this effort would be UniParty leader and Obama facilitator/funder, House Speaker Paul Ryan.  The legislation required to make the changes needed would be almost impossible to achieve with Ryan acting as a roadblock to protect the Obama agenda.  Thus the clear recognition why it is so critical to remove Paul Ryan on August 9th.

(Via Reuters) If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers, Trump ally, Chris Christie, said on Tuesday.

Christie, who is governor of New Jersey and leads Trump’s White House transition team, said the campaign was drawing up a list of federal government employees to fire if Trump defeats Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election.

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Did anyone notice how quiet the convention auditorium was when Speaker Paul Ryan was delivering his Tuesday night speech outlining his perspectives on the future of the GOP?

The media don’t want to discuss the lackluster audience response, and the right side of the UniParty punditry definitely don’t want to draw attention to it – but the meek applause was deafening.  The Ryan party is in the minority, the Trump party is in control – this is now the people’s convention.

And right there the stage is set for Senator Ted Cruz tonight.  Donald Trump masterfully invited Ted Cruz to speak at the convention without requesting any endorsement.  Hundreds of column inches have previously outlined this seemingly unprecedented approach, however the maneuver is typical Trump – brilliant.

In the broadest of terms, Donald Trump won the GOP nomination because he has a pulse on the electorate.  Simply put, Trump gets the “Cold Anger”; Donald Trump understand the motivations behind the “Monster Voter”. (more…)

Gabriel Sherman at the New York Magazine is claiming Fox News TV host Megyn Kelly was one of Roger Ailes sexual harassment victims.

(New Yorker) As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual-harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson’s lawsuit, the network’s biggest star, Megyn Kelly, has been conspicuously silent. Kelly’s refusal to join in Ailes’s orchestrated defense has led to speculation about why.

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Political Islam is fraught with coded messaging used to convey intention to Islamic audiences while simultaneously presenting a false face to the West.  When you know what signals to look for you are able to fully understand the ideology behind the message.
When Mohammed Morsi rose to power in Egypt his rise was on the back of the Muslim Brotherhood.  The “Islamist Spring” brought forth a more radical version of Islamic sentiment – The Muslim Brotherhood, or just “Brotherhood”, is the political branch of various hardline Islamic ideologies.

The foundational ideological block under ISIS, al-Qaeda and Al Nusra, is the Muslim Brotherhood.   The Brotherhood has its own signature; and when you know what to look for you can identify its appearance.
Islamist activists, and demonstrators hold four fingers in the air to display a hand sign referring to the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, the site of a violent confrontation between Morsi’s followers and the Egyptian army.
Reported deaths from the clash range from hundreds to thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters. In Arabic, “Rabba” means “four” or “the fourth;” hence the Rabaa symbol.
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The Never Trump movement was never going anywhere.  The effort was simply silly in large measure because for the past two months no-one else was campaigning; no-one else was vetting a vice-president; no-one else was fundraising for the party… and no-one else was anywhere near the 1,500+ delegates with 14 million votes.
So it didn’t come as a big surprise when the last gasp of the Nevertrumpers, butthurt Cruzbots, ended with a parliamentary dull thud:

CLEVELAND – A long-shot, last-ditch attempt by a few Republican delegates to prevent Donald Trump from securing the GOP nomination failed by an overwhelming margin late Thursday night. (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump went to Washington DC today to meet with House and Senate republicans.  The meeting with GOP politicians from the House of Representatives is generally being characterized as very positive:

[…]  members who have been critical of Trump, like New York Rep. Peter King, had positive reviews of the meeting.
“I would honestly say there was not one negative moment, there was no awkward moment, it was all positive, it was very united,” King told reporters. “And we’ll see where it goes. But today, if today is the way it’s gonna be, it’s gonna be an extremely effective campaign.”  (link)

However the meeting with the Senate chamber was predictably a mixed bag of never Trumpers, U.S. CoC crony consiglieres’ and decepticons.  (more…)

Another “self removal“.

This is almost too much winning for one day.  Almost…

Senator Marco Rubio has decided to skip the GOP convention in Cleveland this month after originally saying he would attend, citing the rigors of his newly launched Senate campaign. (read more)

Watch the first three minutes and thirty seconds of this month old video:

…Then read THIS LINK