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Politics, elections and who’s running the roost

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Politics

Enforcing Federal Law Is Not Voter Intimidation

Enforcing federal election law only intimidates those not allowed to vote.  Legitimate voters have nothing to fear.  Vote red down the ballot.

Oct 26, 2026
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Politics

Election Confidence in California Requires Verification, Not Slogans

Federal oversight isn't voter intimidation.  California needs DOJ visibility and voter rolls checked against Social Security data to restore trust.

Oct 24, 2026
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Politics

President John F. Kennedy Was MAGA

Where JFK would land on today's political map, by his own words.

Oct 14, 2026
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Politics

Grab Your Pals and Get to the Polls

A get-out-the-vote message from 2024 that still fits these midterms.

Sep 5, 2026
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Politics

#FireThune: Screaming Into the Wind Until Somebody Listens

Calling for #FireThune since January felt like shouting into the wind.  Here's why Senate leadership still matters to the conservative agenda.

Apr 26, 2026
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Politics

Smell What the Trump Was Cookin’!

Two Januaries ago the winning started.  Here is the crawl, and everything cooked up since.

Apr 17, 2026
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Politics

Anger at Thune Isn’t Doom.  It’s Leverage

Why the anger at Senate leadership is tactical, not defeatist.

Apr 5, 2026
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Politics

Why #FireThune Is Still the First Step

How the Senate got stuck and why changing the Majority Leader changes everything.

Mar 30, 2026
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Politics

Senator, Millions of Kids Were Already Left Behind

A reply to Sen. Mazie Hirono on the Department of Education.

Nov 24, 2025
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Politics

How To Pick This Year’s President

Many folks on social media are inundating me with political propaganda this month; I’ve been guilty of sharing a few tidbits myself and I get it: You want your candidate…

Oct 16, 2016
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General

Obama Sits Upon His Throne To Watch The World Burn

This President has abandoned this nation as no other before him has ever done.  Carter?  Obama outpaced Carter’s idiocy years ago.

Feb 16, 2015
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General

2014 Conservative Policy Summit: An Agenda to Unite America

  2014 is a crucial year for our country.  This fall the American people will go to the polls and choose between two vastly different visions for the future.  The…

Feb 5, 2014

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