Category: Politics

A pox on Jonnie Does, Chief, and Jake the Snake’s houses!  I had told them Epstein didn’t kill himself and the government was covering it all up!  They better be smearing Chick-fil-A sauce over their doors each night!  They have been warned!  They all tried to get the editorial board to block this blog.  I get the last hurrah!

I can appreciate a good conspiracy, NBA draft lottery being rigged, games being fixed, the Clinton Crime Family, People “falling out of 2^nd story windows in Russia, and planes “disappearing over Malaysia.”  But these four things I know are true; we have never been to the moon, the earth is flat, covid was a hoax, and Jeffrey Epstein didn’t kill himself.”  Trust me, the first 3 have already been proven true, I will now show you positive proof of the last one.

We were all told Epstein killed himself in his jail cell, he had no help.  Jeffrey Epstein, if you are not aware, is the guy accused of “allegedly” sex trafficking girls as young as 14 for wealthy clients/friends/celebrities/politicians/etc. to have sex with.  Also arrested and jailed was his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.  Maxwell “allegedly” recruited these girls, again, as young as age 14, for this operation.

For years we were left to wonder who was listed on the “client” list, rumors of; Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz, Bill Richardson to name a few.  He was also running in the same circles with this list; Epstein was a longtime acquaintance of Prince Andrew and Tom Barrack, and attended parties with many prominent people, including Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos, Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Katie Couric, Woody Allen, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Naomi Campbell, Stephen Hawking, and Harvey Weinstein. Contacts listed in his printed phone directory included Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, Andrew Cuomo, John Kerry, Richard Branson, Alec Baldwin, David Koch and Michael Jackson. The “black book” also included Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak, British prime minister Tony Blair, and Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammed bin Salman.  This is quite a diverse list of clients and friends.  Several as you can see were either accused of or rumored to engage in this type of behavior.  Bloggers note: Due to me naming Clinton as a client, expect me to “commit suicide by 4 shots to the back of my head by a gun I do not own.”

So where is the conspiracy?  Well look at that list of clients. Maybe look a couple more times. Those are wealthy and powerful folks who do not want their reputation clobbered and destroyed.  Hell, look at Weinstein on that list, he is done.  Well, while in jail Epstein died.  Yep, in a cell with a live video feed strictly to watch for suicide, he died.  It was ruled suicide.  He was with a cell mate, kind of odd when you are “that” kind of prisoner.  His cell mate was a former New York corrections officer… again kind of weird, huh.  Of all the folks to share a cell with, it’s the one occupation that could do the deed and maybe not get noticed or know how to stage it. 

Here is a full accounting of his “stay” at jail. Also notice the lack of protocol followed.

When Epstein was placed in the special housing unit, the jail informed the Justice Department that he would have a cellmate, and that a guard would look into the cell every thirty minutes. These procedures were not followed on the night of his death. On August 9, 2019, Epstein’s cellmate was transferred out, but no one took his place. Later in the evening, contrary to the jail’s normal procedure, Epstein was not checked every thirty minutes. The two guards who were assigned to check his jail unit that night fell asleep and did not check on him for about three hours; the guards falsified related records. Two cameras in front of Epstein’s cell also malfunctioned that night.

Epstein was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City at 6:30 a.m. EDT on August 10, 2019. The Bureau of Prisons said lifesaving measures were initiated immediately upon the discovery of Epstein’s body. Emergency responders were called and he was taken to a hospital. On August 10, 2019, the Bureau of Prisons and U.S. Attorney General William Barr called the death an apparent suicide, although no final determination had been made. The United States Department of Justice‘s Inspector General’s investigation report released on June 27, 2023, criticized jail officials for repeated “negligence, misconduct, and outright job performance failures” in connection with Epstein’s incarceration and death. It also denied the suggestion that what happened was anything other than a suicide. In May 2025, the FBI announced plans to release surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein’s death, aiming to address ongoing conspiracy theories. Deputy Director Dan Bongino stated that the video clearly shows Epstein alone in his cell, with no evidence of outside involvement, reaffirming the official ruling of suicide.

Here is the autopsy, again notice the wild inconsistences.

On August 11, 2019, an autopsy was performed. It appeared likely that Epstein had thrown himself violently off the cell’s top bunk, which would explain the damage he suffered, other than strangulation. The preliminary result of the autopsy found that Epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones. Among the bones broken in Epstein’s neck was the hyoid bone. Such breaks of the hyoid bone can occur from those who hang themselves from some substantial height, e.g. jumping from a chair into the rope, but they are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation. A 2010 study found broken hyoids in twenty-five percent of cases of hangings. A larger study conducted from 2010 to 2016 found hyoid damage in just 16 of 264, or six percent, of cases of hangings. Hyoid bone breaks become more common with age, as the bones become more brittle. Forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht noted that hanging by leaning forward would not result in broken cervical bones.

On August 16, 2019, Barbara Sampson, the New York City medical examiner, ruled Epstein’s death a suicide by hanging. The medical examiner, according to Epstein’s defense counsel, only saw nine minutes of footage from one security camera to help her arrive at her conclusion. Epstein’s defense lawyers were not satisfied with the conclusion of the medical examiner and were conducting their own independent investigation into the cause of Epstein’s death, including taking legal action, if necessary, to view the pivotal camera footage near his cell during the night of his death. Epstein’s lawyers said that the evidence concerning Epstein’s death was “far more consistent” with murder than suicide. Michael Baden, an independent pathologist hired by the Epstein estate, observed the autopsy. In October 2019, Baden said that Epstein had experienced a number of injuries—among them a broken bone in his neck—that “are extremely unusual in suicidal hangings and could occur much more commonly in homicidal strangulation”. Baden stated that he thinks that the evidence points to homicide rather than suicide.

So, you see all that info right?  Seems suspicious, maybe conspiratorial right?  You know what the easiest way to debunk a conspiracy or myth is?  The truth. It isn’t that hard.  Pam Bondi claimed she had the documents and was going to release them.  Including the client list.  Also, there was video to be released, I believe circa 8 whole hours.  Bondi and Kash Patel seem competent, so I believed it was the case. Epstein didn’t kill himself; they said it as well.  They released the documents and footage.  BIG PROBLEM.  There is a minute of video unaccounted for. Oh by the way, it was between 11:59pm and 12:00 am.  Yeah, no conspiracy there right?  Wild time for the video footage to be spliced together, but yeah, no way he was murdered. Oh, and the client list?  There is/was no list.

So, answer me this. If there is/was never a client list, where was the crime?  Why is Maxwell still in prison?  Why was Epstein in prison?

Sorry, but I’m now a believer that this story was covered up in a bi-partisan way.  Too many rich and powerful on that list, things were leaking out and action was needed.  Epstein was offed in prison, Maxwell continues rotting there today, and all files gone, including one minute of camera footage from an 8-hour recording.  You had 1 job, you said it never happened. I thought this conspiracy would die out, but nope, you re-opened it and made more believers that he didn’t kill himself.

Final serious thought.  It’s a troll blog so it’s satirical in nature, but I do believe the alleged crimes were committed, I also believe the powerful came together to squash this issue.  Donald Trump seems to love shining light in every corner to watch the cockroaches scramble futilely, but in this case he failed.  Patel and Bondi, as mentioned above, seem pretty sharp, and this was the equivalent of a wet fart they dropped on us.  Next thing you know, they will say they have proof 2020 election was rigged, then say well actually it wasn’t.  I will say this; the world is a better place without Epstein, it will be a better place without Maxwell, sorry but it’s true. These crimes are the lowest of the low.  Trump, you better figure some things out, because you are starting to look like the deep state you claim to be fighting.  I guess if you live long enough you see yourself go from hero to villain. 

It was a match that was never going to work out.  Didn’t it seem odd at the time, here is Elon Musk liberal darling who all of a sudden took a right turn.  He became the darling of the right wing, kind of like a born-again Christian.  They love to espouse how much they love the faith, but it’s obvious they have never actually read/listened or practiced it.

Why though?

What many in the far left and right are not able to comprehend is that many a wealthy folk/heads of corporations want to be friends with the group in power.  Harris lost, it was time to circle back to Trump.  Now in the case of Musk, he is actually more of a libertarian in a sense of wanting freedom of speech (he bought X) and legalizing all drugs.  Zuckerberg and others donated/flocked to Trump’s inauguration, many writing big checks.  Not because they agree with Trump, it’s essentially a bribe to make it so his DOJ won’t break up their monopoly in tech.

But they got along so well?

Well in a sense yes.  Musk saw Trump as a conduit, not a friend.  It’s the opinion of this blogger that Musk wanted to parlay DOGE into being head of NASA or some other department that can help his companies out financially.  Musk read and played Trump like a fiddle, Trump has loyalty to no one in DC and hates the culture.  Look no further than Trump’s cabinet picks this go round. It’s a who-who of Fox News hosts/contributors, and politicians from certain states/areas who are loyalists to him.  Qualifications be damned.  Musk knew he likely could not get confirmed by the Senate since he angered the left helping Trump, and a lot on the right, like me, view him skeptically.  So, DOGE was created.

Then what?

Well DOGE was somewhat successful in the eyes of some but likely in the eyes of Trump it failed.  Trump wanted to find several trillion in savings… Musk could not deliver.  Sure, DOGE did some good things, but it’s hard to find waste to cut.  Waste to you is someone else’s pet project/grift.  Also, Musk hurt himself by coming up with conspiracies that were flat out debunked; army of zombie 150-year-olds getting Social Security benefits anyone?  I think Elon at that point realized the easy cuts were done, and he was looking for an off ramp to be rewarded for his work at DOGE.  (As a side bar, the DOGE cuts never went through Congress as far as we know, so they will likely be revived under a different presidency.)

What was next?

To repeat, I think Musk was eyeing being NASA director, or somewhere there because he didn’t seem to want to be re-appointed to DOGE.  Then came the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) and its circa, 4 trillion dollars in new debt, price tag.  Musk called Trump on the carpet about the debt and the debt ceiling parts of the bill.  Trump hated it.  Trump didn’t realize Musk is actually just like him politically, they are populists. I know the MAGA wing won’t like that description but it’s true.  Tell me where Trump or Musk stand on something?  It’s a shifting scale that slides depending on how it affects them and/or their poling numbers.

The marriage gets annulled

The fallout was wild to watch, kind of like an Enron executive’s fall from grace. The war of words on social media between the two was literally out of some reality tv type show.  Allegations of Elon being on drugs on the campaign trail and not able to pass a drug screen to Trump being on the Epstein client list.  It was bizarre. (Oh, wait there is no client list? WTF)

What really went down?

In one corner you have the richest man in the world, he blew a couple hundred million on Trump’s election and that is vapor to him.  Musk has done very well for himself.  In the other corner you have the most powerful man in the world in Donald Trump. Neither of these men like hearing “no.”  They are also both extremely petty… kind of like someone I used to associate with.  You go against them just once and they set out to ruin your life/isolate you.  Musk is now starting a third party; Trump wants to deport him.  Musk is threatening primaries against folks who supported the BBB, Trump will primary those who did not support his BBB. 

Trump now wants to cut all of Musk’s green energy benefits….?

Bingo, we have a winner.  Folks Elon Musk has made his fortune on the backs of taxpayers.  Green energy credits, interest free government loans, cap and trade credits, government grants and subsidies, all for his green energy empire.  Folks, Musk was a died in the wool liberal as far as California goes.  Tesla was going to be forced on everyone, and in some parts of the Bay Area, it seems like it was.  Solar was also a field Musk was in on.  His SpaceX company is another that does a lot of business with the government among his other affairs.  Cut those out, and Musk’s empire goes pop.  Hence the reason he is raging out right now.  Liberals have stopped buying his vehicles and conservatives have never wanted them.  Dirty little secret … Musk’s subsidies likely never survive even if DOGE found trillions in cuts.  I would not be stunned to see the subsidies darn near eliminated on a federal basis.

The next chapter will be fun to watch.

The Chief

It was going so well.  The deportations, DOGE, law and order returning, no involvement in foreign wars, inflation cooling down, and the Democrat Party reeling like a swimmer drowning in a lake (or a passenger in the car with Teddy Kennedy). 

Then Trump nuked it all.  To be very honest I am not sure why.  There are many things he has done, I will list them all.

Tariffs.  This was and is felony stupid.  He essentially became a “trade war Hitler” and declared war on the world and unilaterally raised tariffs on everyone.  He had no plan…. actually, that is going to be a recurring theme of this blog.  China raised tariffs on us, and so did many other countries.  China stood up to us and showed the rest of the world how they could as well.  Sure, he saved face with a couple trade deals, which we know nothing of the details other than “we won!”  Color me a skeptic, until proven otherwise.  Raising prices on goods, services, and clothing and telling people to have more kids is an oxymoron but I do not expect most of his followers to understand that.  However, it has made for fun theatre watching; Sean Hannity and a host of other so-called conservatives defend him.  Look it up people. It’s a far-left protectionist policy, but do not let facts get in the way; it may confuse the MAGA boot lickers.

Trump v Elon.  Again, really stupid.  I understand the point of DOGE and Elon was to find multiple trillion dollars to cut/save in the budget.  This was always going to be an uphill climb. To Musk’s credit, he did find several things to cut.  Then Trump went full nuclear when Elon said the “big beautiful bill” would raise the debt by circa 4-5 trillion.  I do not know the relationship these two have now, but it was a nasty public spat that was so unnecessary.  One thing is Elon called Trump on the carpet for something real, conservatives have known all along, Trump has no problem spending our money, he did it big time last term.  Again, what was the point of this spat?

Trump v Jerome Powell.  Did you know Trump appointed Powell?  Yeah, I know “that was so 7 years ago… muh, MAGA!”  Did you also know he is a lifelong Republican?  Again, those pesky things called facts.  Folks, Powell and the Fed’s job is not to cut rates to juice the stock market, nor is it their job to cut rates to zero so you can get low interest loans.  It’s a hard job, they need to curb inflation.  Saying you are going to fire him, unless he capitulates to your desires is wrong.  Saying you are going to name yourself Fed Chair, even if in jest, is straight out of the far left “no king’s” protest.  Powell is not perfect, but could we maybe not treat the US as a 4-year series of “The Apprentice?”

The Iran/Israel conflict.  I blame Trump here for refusing to stand up at all to Netanyahu.  I would have publicly stated “Bibi, this is your war and conflict, we are sitting it out.”  Instead, he did the opposite, and his recent words tell me, we are already involved and likely going to drop the bunker buster.  So much for being antiwar, huh?  Interestingly enough India and Pakistan had to stand down, but this is ok?  MAGA had a large isolationist contingent, we shall see what comes out of this. 

His Big, Beautiful Bill. It is taking on water. The far-right hates adding to the deficit part, and center right wants SALT changes.  He refuses to move even slightly.  As a result, the tax cuts are stalled.  He better get ready to work with a Democrat Congress because the tax hike will happen on his watch if they are not extended. 

Greenland/Canada 51^st state BS.  I have had many a MAGA wannabe tell me its trolling or funny, too bad no one else finds it so.  Oh, by the way, check out Canada’s election results. You add them as another state(s) to the Union and we will never have a Republican president again, ever.  Greenland? He spoke about this during his first term… why and how come?  They are sparsely populated, 45k at most.  We do not need it.  They do not want to be under US rule.  It’s honestly this type of stupidity that makes people long for Joe Biden and no drama due to him being in poor health shape.  This type of trolling when we have wars going on, inflation, homeless issues, and rioting is dumb.

Not calling Governor Tim Walz after the assassination of 1 representative, and attempted assassination of another.  MAGA: muh, Tim Walz bad, he’s dumb democrat from blue state.  Sure, but guys, the optics mean a lot here. It doesn’t matter if the shooter was; left/right/white/black/Cuban/Mexican/Asian, what matters is a phone call.  Touch base, say how sorry you are, and reassure the governor that the suspect is charged federally. Seek the death penalty, and make sure the death part is carried out as soon as possible.  I understand they were rivals and not so nice things were said, so I guess we carry a grudge into infinity?  Be the bigger man. Trump made a big deal out of the person who was killed when he was almost assassinated, yet he wants to ignore this?  Again, make a call, optics.  Also make it clear it’s not open season on lawmakers who you do not like.

Everything was going so well and then he started all these unnecessary battles, with his own people by the way.  As much as I liked Trump and voted for him 3 times, he is starting to more and more look like a deranged, angry, white male.  This is playing directly into the democrat’s hands.  I know one group of people famous for yelling “Allu Akbar”, when they want to end their life, why did Trump?

The Chief

I guess I’m anti-Trump now right?  You know the right-wing folks who worship the ground he walks on. The same folks who endorsed Lyin’ Ted the first go round. Now, Trump can do no wrong in their minds.  I’m not anti-Trump, I just want to point out some things about this new Air Force 1 jet “donation.” 

First, the existing Air Force One has to be over 30 years old or close to it.  The president and other dignitaries fly on this jet. Frankly it may no longer be safe and is likely at/close to the end of its useful life.  Simply put, I do not want anyone of importance on that jet any longer.  We need a new one.

Why don’t we have a new one?

Well, Boeing got the contract. It was very likely “no bid” due to Boeing being the “American manufacturer” of airplanes.  Boeing, as per usual, cannot complete a project on time and on budget, so it’s delayed delivery of the new Air Force One for a very long time.  (I think it was supposed to be delivered during Trump’s last term.) Who knows? With that company’s track record, it may not be ready until 2050.  Even if it is ready, will it be safe?  Again, look at the track record recently.

Why am I calling it a mistake taking a “free” Air Force One?

Optics.  William will tell you I am a big optics guy.  Don’t tell me it’s free or you got a great deal or the best deal lay out the actual cost.  There is something else going on here in my opinion and I do not see how I can be wrong.  I hope I am …

Why?

I simply do not trust anything out of that part of the world.  Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Yemen, Oman … doesn’t matter to me.  They have so many petrol dollars they can play all over the world as far as influence and investments go.  A rumor circulating the interwebs was Qatar was paying now AG Pam Bondi $119,000 a month as a lobbyist years ago.  A month! Some of these countries even blockaded Qatar for a while due to their alleged ties to terror organizations.  While the blockade has ended, I do believe most of these Arab nations have been funding proxy attacks on the US forces and Israel.  Sure, Iran is behind them as well, but I think these countries want instability in the area. 

Why instability?

The US has a very large air force base in Qatar.  Al Udeid airbase is where we stage most of our Middle East operations.  If we were to attack Iran or another terror group in the Middle East, it would be launched from there.  Qatar is an oil rich nation that really doesn’t have a military, they rely on us to defend them.  As a result, we get to use this airbase.  We also use it to attack many groups funded by these nations such as the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah to name a few that are active in Yemen, Gaza (or Palestine I guess) and Lebanon.  I fully believe these nations fund the terrorists, so we stick around to provide defense here.

A $400 million plane for a defense agreement?  Really?

No, not in the slightest.  There is a lot more to this than meets the eye.  I think it is interesting that now President Trump wants the sanctions removed on Syria. Granted NATO ally Turkey led a coalition to overthrow the government of Syria, but that was very recent, only a couple months ago.  Now we are going to lift all sanctions?  Turkey is a Muslim nation like the others I named above, in my opinion they look out for themselves far before they look out for others.  Case in point; Turkey has supplied Ukraine with drones for use in the war but has also not abided by sanctions against Russia.  They are very much like these gulf countries in that they play on both sides.

Let’s be honest here, how much do we know about Syria’s new government?  We know nothing, it’s to soon.  Like any government that is overthrown, we always assume it’s for the better.  That is rarely the case.

I also think this has implications for Israel.  This could be bad or good depending on your thought process/ideology.  It is very odd timing that the last “American hostage” was released by Hamas later that day after this “deal” went down.  I say odd timing because I think Qatar spoke for all Arab countries with that jet …. I think Bibi Netanyahu is about to fire his last missile/attack into Gaza.  Those countries are getting tired of him and Israel, but specifically his warmongering policy.  I think there will be a resolution here soon.

Yes, I think the plane was a bribe …. maybe not in the traditional sense but they bought a lot of influence.

In closing, ask yourself this fellow republicans/conservatives, if Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., Barack Obama, or Hillary Clinton accepting this plane, what you would say what?  Don’t answer. You and I already know the answer. You would be outraged.  I am willing to let this play out, but I think Qatar just bought one hell of a lot of influence with President Trump.  And if there is one thing the Trumps love, its money/expensive things.

The Chief

You will have to put the Kool-Aid down for a few minutes for this blog.  For the most part I agree with everything President Trump has done, foreign policy issues notwithstanding.  While I agree tariffs are necessary to even the playing field globally, I think Trump is going about it wrong.

A little history here first.  Every president has punted on the idea of tariffs on foreign nation’s goods except maybe Eisenhower, I as a student of history, think he was going to attempt to try it.  Point being it’s a very hard thing to accomplish.  Politically if it doesn’t work, you will be a one term President (no bother to Trump here) and your party will lose massive seats in the next election.

Here are the issues facing Trump in this uphill climb on tariffs.

His own party:

Let’s face it, the GOP is good at one thing, claiming a principled stance then reversing course a year later.  Check out each government shutdown they created… what did they ever extract?  Yeah, my point exactly.  These coconuts are more concerned with getting re-elected, not the health of the nation.  Their pocketbook, not yours is the goal here.,

NAFTA/CAFTA and other free trade agreements:

These agreements made it, so the manufacturing phase was sent outside the US solely to save money on cheap foreign labor.  The premise here was to keep the input costs down and as a result the trinkets we love to buy are dirt-cheap.  If labor costs rise in say China, close the factory and move to Bangladesh, Vietnam etc. etc.  These trade agreements, unlike most legislative moves today, came through Congress so they likely will need to be reformed/circumvented/repealed.

Cheap foreign labor:

See above, but the point stands, the American worker will cost substantially more, then throw in mandatory benefits (these manufacturing centers will have far more than the minimum to avoid benefits/union forming) suddenly the foreign workers seem better.  The cost of your favorite t-shirt to wear won’t be $20, trust me.

CEO/C-Suite/90-day calendar folks:

These folks do not care about the price of the goods you pay for, they could care less about your livelihood or employment status, they are bean counters.  The reason the above 2 reasons exist is due to these people. They care only about earnings per share/costs and stock price.  That’s all that matters. They get a bonus (except 90 day guys) due to performance.  They moved the jobs out of the US to save labor/benefit costs, then they moved them again due to the ability to save $.01 a share.  It’s the bottom-line only to these losers.  Bringing the jobs back, or the effects of a tariff scare these folks.  Again, a falling stock price leads to “how can we fix this?”

American Consumers:

Let’s face it, we love buying cheap crap.  We do not care where it is made. Let’s again be honest here, we only care when we hear about product recalls and lead contamination etc.  We love buying cheap stuff!  It’s a hard sell to say you are going to pay more but it’s better in the long run. Older generations grew up with Blue Light Specials (RIP K-Mart), dollar stores, and everyday low prices.  It’s a tough sell.

Foreign Customers:

They are a tough sell; it’s a foreign brand to them when we try to sell our products overseas.  They know the names: GM, Ford, Kellogg’s etc. So, we try to buy foreign brands and hide the fact it’s an American company, but I digress.  Most foreign countries are fiercely loyal to their domestic products, and they do not trust foreign ones.  When people argue when they go to Japan its nothing but Toyota, or BMW/Volkswagen in Germany it’s a national pride thing as opposed to a cheapest price thing.  They tariff us to not let us undercut them as well.  Canada and parts of the European Union right now are labeling/removing American goods and putting “buy _______ support local” signs on their goods.

Product Quality:

As stated above we outsource everything to the point quality doesn’t matter.  The Craftsman brand comes to mind, rather than stand for a quality product, its cheaply made crap that will break on you during the first job use.  This is what happens when the idea that costs must always come down.  Foreign and even domestic companies know our products are inferior to theirs.

Globalists:

These folks were the loudest during the Bush years, now they are changing their tune.  The issue for people like me is that it’s hard to take someone like Rick Santelli of CNBC seriously when he is outright flip-flopping on this issue.  Suddenly he cares about the Chinese/foreign cheap labor?  Santelli and his ilk remind me of the older generation, they sent the jobs overseas and were thrilled with cheap costs but now want to do a re-mix because it’s cool.  They saw the jobs leave and now are concerned about the future? Yeah, sure!  It will be hard to sell this to the folks.  Santelli’s final word in an article I read was “Americans will be fine with higher prices on goods” that’s a tough sell to folks when Trump said he would lower the cost of eggs.

Trump is going to have a very hard time closing this deal.  While I am rooting for him, I think he went about it all wrong.  I would have microtargeted a couple countries and gone from there, take a few victories, and move onward and upward. His problem is that he is going to try for the jugular.  While a few countries have potentially given in, most are announcing reciprocal tariffs on our goods.  In other parts of the world China is likely moving in, willing to dump their products and fill the consumption gap.  This could cause a long-term headache, as we do not want China being a massive superpower.

Additionally, American’s do not have much resolve anything.  Turn the clock back a couple generations and buy American was a thing. In the modern day, “Made in USA” means the stickers were put on it here, but not much production is done stateside. Production here is even more outsourced.  Right now, during high inflation/low wage growth/raising prices times, American’s do not have the stomach for higher prices.  At what point do we as a people say, “put it back to how it was!”

Lastly and my biggest point, when your 401k becomes a 104k in the span of about a week, you tend to not like the guy/party in the White House.  It’s one thing to have high prices, it’s another to see your retirement account go away.  Again, I hope this works. It’s nice to have a president who doesn’t do politically correct things, but this is going to be a tough sell.  How long do we watch chaos unfold in the market before we cave?

Major credit to Trump for trying though!

The Chief

Editor’s Notes:

• It doesn’t help that the financial markets, run mostly buy Democrats, don’t understand what Trump is trying to do.
• In addition, none in the workforce are old enough to remember when tariffs were used to protect American jobs.
• NAFTA was the death null of domestic manufacturing and the triumph of globalism.
• Lastly, when you abort 1/3 of all children in your nation for over 50 years, outsourcing is your only viable option to maintain your lifestyle.

I have to give Trump a lot of credit, he somehow, someway, he brought all the conspiracy theorists on the right out of hiding.  When you scream “fake news” “false” or “wrong” these are the people you tend to attract. 

Full disclosure: I do agree with the theories he is putting out there; however, I do not feel they are at the level  of fraud that his supporter’s project.

Social Security Fraud: Yes, I firmly believe it is occurring, but not the type that the conspiracy theorists think.  If you think (like they do) a 350-year-old is drawing a check each month, you are crazy.  That is easily caught, and BOTH parties will demand a full review from top to bottom.  The fraud is also not being done in the 80–100-year-old group… again this is too obvious.  To perpetuate large scale fraud, you need a large group spanning several ages.  It cannot be too obvious, or you will get caught.  Get caught and the operation will unravel quickly, the long arm of the IRS and DOJ would love the chance to catch you.  Also, what is never discussed is someone (s) on the inside is/are very obviously involved as well, likely even a couple managers/supervisor types.  Again, this type of large-scale fraud needs to be done with precision, making up/taking over the payments going to 100 something year olds is a good way to get caught.  Oh, by the way, the government really doesn’t like it when you steal their money.  Additionally, no judge or jury will like you stealing from someone’s dead relative.  Use your brain, it might be there, but it is likely not happening at the levels you think it is.

Medicare Fraud:  Musk and his crew should get carte blanche on this, there is a TON.  As laid out earlier, between fraudulent billing schemes and LLC’s, PO Boxes, etc. there is plenty to be found here.  I actually think this should be where they focus.  Pam Bondi (a Troll favorite now btw) is likely all in to go after these characters as well.  This could be a gold mine as the characters committing this fraud tend to be the real bad guys.

Voter Fraud:  The biggest hair on fire conspiracy theory going right now is this.  Had a gentlemen come into my work and claim “California voted for Trump. This person claimed that it was voter fraud that gave California to Harris.”  Yes, read that sentence again.  Yikes!  Then a person who works here claimed “Gavin got recalled, but the voter fraud saved him.”  These two are far too old to know better. They reside in the over 65 group, who in my opinion should be put out to pasture.  I agree we have voter fraud here, but not millions, not even hundreds of thousands, it’s likely low 4 figures by my estimation.  Think about it, in California we may be the largest state by population, but it is so concentrated. Sure, you could drop ballots in; Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, maybe San Francisco and Alameda, but outside of that where?  Same thing in other states, it’s happening but again at what numbers?  Not nearly what they think. 

If you want to go after voter fraud, do not go state by state, it needs to be county by county.  Example: if Sacramento County has 1.2 million people but has 1.5 million registered to vote, that is a problem.  Then drill deeper, after you get access to voter rolls on a “view only” basis, look for an obvious anomaly.  For example, an apartment with 8 registered voters with different last names all with high voter propensity… this would indicate a problem.  Ditto with the house with the same issue.  The key here is to find a crack in the fraud and use a pry bar to open the crack to expose the fraud.  No judge will let you have carte blanche over the voter rolls, this is the only way to try to expose fraud unless we get a Secretary of State that cares about the issue.  It’s been put to me in some counties nationwide there are more registered voters than actual people.  Go to town here, there is your opening.  Once you find a little, it will lead to more.

Most importantly, understand that screaming voter fraud will do nothing. Just look at what happened to Rudy Guiliani, John Eastman, and “The kraken.”  They are done.   National laughing stocks.  You look foolish claiming CA is ground zero for fraud. The democrats always win big here.  If you think Gavin won the recall due to fraud, there may be no hope for you.  If you think a 340-year-old is getting a social security check and so are many others who are 140 years old or older, then you might want to check into a clinic.  It’s happening, but declaring it’s happening on the levels you claim is silly and makes you look like a whacko.

The Chief

You may have seen the far and center left in shambles lately.  They have no leader. It’s a rudderless, captain-less ship.  He is driving them absolutely bonkers. He attacks from every angle so well it would make Sun Tzu (Art of War author) jealous.  They have no way to defend. The second they go on; MSDNC, CNN, or any other network, he and Musk have moved on more than once.  Schumer just caved on the government shutdown that he wanted.  9 other democrat senators followed.  AOC and others are losing their minds. Trump is living rent free in their heads.

It didn’t have to be this way.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy he was elected. Anyone but Biden or Harris, but if you’re a realist, Trump likely loses to a mentally stable Joe Biden.  Calm usually beats chaos, and Trump is literally a walking daily drama series that evolves minute by minute.

Here are the real reasons Trump won.

1.  The continued arrests and perp walks.  Sure, the far left and the folks who think Palestine exists and the folks who don’t know which bathroom to used loved this.  You know who didn’t find it funny?  Non-white folks.  They already have an inherit distrust of the police…. and to some extent our government, this didn’t help.  They likely saw the goings on and said, “if they can do that to a rich white man imagine what they will do to us.”  Folks who normally cannot afford a good lawyer.  Check out how Donald did with black voters.
2. Baseless threats about deporting all non-white folks.  Again, baseless fear mongering.  I do not want illegal immigrants who are picking produce, doing lawn care, etc. being rounded up and sent packing, I want the criminals rounded up.  News flash, most minorities want this too.  Trump isn’t a Nazi… neither is Musk. Sure, they do/say/associate with odd characters but look up what the real Nazi’s believed.
3. The love/defense of transgender people.  This one baffles me even to this day.  Transgender people make up a fraction of 1% of the world’s population, let alone the USA’s, yet the media and democrats bend over for them.  Tampons in the boy’s room?  “Leah” Thomas competing against women swimmers and winning by a landslide?  Pronouns in an email signature?  Reasonable people do not think highly of transgendered people… minorities even less.  The only groups who support transgendered folks are old white men and women.  Think about it… the group that is likely to vote GOP.
4. Allowing blatant antisemitism.  Between the college “protests” I use air quotes since we here believe the protestors were mostly paid actors. And the media/Ilhan Omar peddling their BS about Israel, they painted themselves into a corner.  Trust me, Israel is not blameless but allowing college Campi to be turned into ground zero for these whackos did no favors to their cause.
5. The economy and inflation.  When you cannot afford food and staples, yet the democrats say, “suck it up,” the other party looks more palpable.  Trust me, Trump is no saint, and his lack of transparency with his “plans” is somewhat disturbing. He comes off as someone who will get the job done.  Kamala just cackled and gave word salad answers that would stump even someone with no intelligence.
6. Attacking white men.  This was a likely reason she lost the popular vote.  It was said in this space, and repeated, I thought Trump would not win the popular vote… I am happy to be wrong.  I think this had more of an effect than people want to believe.  Suicide among young white men and women is the highest it has ever been.  Trump went on Joe Rogan, a very popular podcast with young people, and connected with them.  They feel left behind and hopeless.  Saying you shouldn’t hire white men makes people feel left behind.  Young white men, and likely their not white friends, supported Trump.  Check it out. Gen Z may have saved the country!
7. Throwing a coup on Joe.  First, they wouldn’t let anyone run against him in the primary (check it out, there wasn’t one) then when it became clear he had to go, they went into the smoke-filled room and chose Kamala.  Believe me, these are the things you see in a third world country with a dictator (an actual one) not in the USA.

In conclusion you may not agree with each point above, but it’s obvious. If they stuck to traditional talking points, spoke about the economy, and wars in Gaza/Ukraine, and made it about them…. Trump likely does not get nominated.  Instead they rigged the GOP Primary and got their guy… only to lose in the end.