There is a great deal of frustration, righteous frustration about the seriously destabilizing constructs happening around us, combined with almost no corrective action from people in power or influence that can do anything, something, about it.
This leads to the #1 question people ask, “What can I do about it?” The answer is not complex, and consists of two obvious elements:
First, stop pretending.
Second, confront those who rely on our pretending.
OK, great, but what does that look like? I’ll give you some examples.

♦EXAMPLE – Millions of illegal aliens are pouring through the southern border. They don’t impeach Joe Biden over his failure to do his job and “preserve, protect and defend the United States.” Why not? It’s too difficult they say. Well, ok, but here’s an easy approach.
The debt ceiling needs to be raised. Tell the White House the debt ceiling isn’t going to be raised until the border is closed, secured, done! Shut up, and/or just keep repeating that line. When the border is secure, we will raise the debt limit. DONE!
OMG! Horrible Republicans the media cry. Who cares? Don’t move. Response: when the border is secure, we will raise the debt limit!
Then make Biden own the debt default in order to keep the border open.
Well over 70% of the country wants the border secured. Everyone sees the massive influx of illegal aliens. Not even Democrat constituencies want more illegal aliens flooding into their neighborhoods (see Chicago). So, make the debt ceiling conditional on the border closing. PERIOD. Just stop pretending.
Keep it simple. When Customs and Border Patrol tells you the border is secure, then raise the debt ceiling. How frigging hard is this?
It’s not hard. So, stop pretending it is.
See how this works?
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