The Dept of Education spent $268 Billion last year.
Only 25% ($68B) of it went to public school students. $79B went to discretionary spending for office parties, team lunches, etc.
Imagine if 100% of it went straight to schools without the bloated bureaucracy. That’s why Trump destroyed it.
And what is one of the things that the federal department of education has been pushing? They’ve been working hard at eliminating School choice.
Well the full text of the conversation on signal has been released. There was no classified material. Have a look for yourself… it’s available here.
So along comes Tampon Tim Walz, at what the Democrats were calling a congressional Town Hall the other day. This is the guy that was trying to pass himself off as a man’s man. But guess who he had in tow? Peter Buttigieg.
Yeah if I want to protect myself as being a man’s man, having him along for the ride would probably not be at the top of my list.
And in the midst of all of this he comes up with this:
“We got ourselves into this mess because we did NOT embrace immigrants, wokeness, and DEI”
If there is a more tone deaf and reality disconnected line associated with any of this, I would be hard-pressed to find it.
Walz also suggested that Democrat party policies benefit the working people… And that the biggest problem they faced was getting that message across. This business is so tragic, it’s laughable.
I suggest that the Democrats biggest problem right now is definitely not messaging, it’s policy. The American people, the American voters, were able to figure out for themselves that none of what the Democrats offer help the American middle class. None of it.
And you know, there’s a lot of Democrat rank and file that went over the line and voted Republican, specifically because they’d had enough of weakness, wokeness DEI, and the government “helping”us. That’s how bad it’s gotten.
But seriously, who else have they got to run? Hillary
Clinton? You do know she’s trying to make a comeback, still. Gruesome Gavin newsom? New York Governor Kathy Hokel? Or maybe this guy?
These are probably the only ones that could make it through a primary process for the Democrats assuming that they actually have one. (You may recall they skipped that process the last time.)
Now, of course, they may very well be able to fabricate somebody in the next 3 years but I have my doubts.
Whoever they come up with is going to have to count out to the the ever-increasingly far left of the party. A look at the treatment that Chuckles the Clown Schumer has been dealing with for the last couple of weeks from his own party suggests that anybody who isn’t bowing down to the woke left isn’t going to make it anywhere in the Democrat party for the foreseeable future.
On the other hand, anybody that survives the guideposts that the extreme left puts up, isn’t going to make it past the general election for the foreseeable future, either. The American people are far too smart for that.
Day before yesterday, I posted a comment about how long the Francis Scott key bridge has been sitting with no progress being made due to government red tape. In response a reader sent this to me, I’ll pass it along to you…
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Jon Stewart screams ‘OMFG’ and is rendered speechless after hearing all 14 steps to apply for ‘Build Back Better’ funding:
Ezra Klein: “We have to issue the notice funding opportunity within 180 days that’s step one.
Step Two: States who want to participate must submit a letter of intent. After they do that, they can submit a request for up to $5 million in planning grants.
Then the NTIA Step Four has to review and approve an award again. States who want to participate must submit that letter of intent.
Step three: “They can request up to $5 million in planning grants. Just planning, just planning.
Step four : “The requests are reviewed, approved and awarded by the NTIA.” States must submit a five year action plan. All 56 had passed through at least step 5, it took more than 3 years.
[Step 6] Then the FCC, must publish the broadband data maps before NTIA allocates funds. So having done the no vote. So the letters of intent, the the the request for planning grants, then the review approval and awarding of the planning grants, then the five year action plans in between that the federal government has to put forward a map saying where it thinks we need rural broadband subsidies. And then, of course, the states need an opportunity to challenge the map for accuracy.
step seven So then the NTIAhas to use the FCC maps to make allocation decisions. It’s hard even to talk about this, man.
Step eight is states must submit an initial proposal to the NTIA.”
Jon Stewart: “But then what was the five year plan and what the f–k did they apply for?”
Ezra Klein: “Step nine NTIA must review and approve each state’s again initial proposal. By my read, we have had at least two initial proposals here, but that’s a different issue.
Step ten. States must publish their own map and allow internal challenges to their own map.
Step 11 the NTIA must review and improve the challenge results and the final map. So the NCAA has put forward a map.
Step 12 states must run a competitive sub granting process.”
Jon Stewart: “Oh, my God. At step 12. After all this has been done!?”
Ezra Klein: “Step 13 States must submit a final proposal. This all all the proposals weren’t enough to NTIA. Now that goes to three of 56.
Step 14 the NTIA must review and approve the state’s final proposal. And that is three of the 56 jurisdictions. And states are there.”
Jon Stewart: “I’m speechless.”
Jon just learned why “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help'”
And here you go
Getting some good comments on some of these so here’s some more…
* Only Donald Trump could make the environment job left hate electric vehicles.* Have you noticed that the ones that are coming out against “drill, baby, drill” are the ones that are burning Teslas?
* Ever notice that the ones fire bombing Teslas are also the ones with “coexist” stickers on their cars?
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* Since the only people that were buying electric vehicles were liberal Democrats, who is it that these criminals figure that they’re hurting? Obviously they didn’t think this one through.
It was a year ago today that the Francis Scott Key bridge was struck by a cargo ship and essentially destroyed.
We can certainly argue about the cause of the accident, (was it in fact an accident?) responsibility for set accident, etc etc. But that’s not my point.
They haven’t started on the new bridge, in fact they haven’t even bothered tearing down what’s left of the old one. It’s been bottled up and red tape, as I predicted a year ago.
Instead of rebuilding the bridge, we’re worried about environmental impact statements, making sure that the racial makeup of the workers rebuilding the bridge are within government guidelines, that they’re all unionised, and so on…
As far as I’m concerned this is emblematic of just about anything the government tries to do. The old saying about the camel being a horse constructed by committee, applies very well indeed.
This is one of the major reasons why our country’s founders concentrated their efforts on limiting government.
Right up front, let’s use a little logic.
The Atlantic’s Goldberg is somebody who’s been writing anti-Trump hit pieces for quite some time, now. His political leanings are well known. His reaction to being fed the contents of that conversation, therefore, was completely predicable.
But, now, think…. why on Earth would anybody in this administration even have his contact information in their comms?
Consider; The Atlantic has been trying to discredit this administration in general and Trump in particular, for years. Does anybody suppose that Trump administration officials are keeping Goldberg in their contact list in the hope that someday they’ll be able to get him to print a positive story about this administration? Dream on.
Sorry, no. There is absolutely no reason for Goldberg to be in their contact list, which is precisely why I suggest that leak was in fact intentional…. And most likely to discredit the Atlantic. There’s no way that this was an accident.
I came to that conclusion almost immediately, and as Information continues to pour out about all this, I’ve yet to see anything to convince me that my initial assessment was incorrect.
Look, Trump has been making a lot of noise for some time now, about not starting a war, and in the case of Russia versus Ukraine, ending a war. Does it make sense that he would be trying to start a war with the Houthis?
We’re probably not going to be hearing anything more from the Houthis for a while because the idea of the administration doing precisely what they said they were going to do in that leaked conversation will be foremost in their minds.
(Yes I know that seems contradictory to the last paragraph, but mostly because of their primitive understanding of this president, they are going to see this plan as a definite threat. More on that in a moment.)
Then we come to the Atlantic itself… This story is bringing their credibility into serious question, a well deserved position for them to be in. One can easily understand why they would want Goldberg and the Atlantic to be discredited.
So, the content of that conversation gets called into serious question on the face of it, and any of it being sent to the Atlantic, even by mistake, brings it into question even further.
It makes no sense at all, any of it, until you consider the possibility that Goldberg was fed that information knowing that he was going to leak it, and knowing how the Houthis and their Iranian overlords were going to react to it.
And just why would that leak be useful? Why would the Houthis consider this conversation to be indicative of a threat?
Let me give you a historical reference. Does anyone remember this little gem? Watch:
The Russians understanding of Ronald Reagan was lacking in much the same way The Houthis’ understanding of Donald Trump is today…. And the Russians, if you’ll recall went to Red alert as a result of this. I’d say the strategist that came up with this one was counting on that scenario.
As I say, advantage Trump. I doubt we’re going to be seeing the Iran backed Houthis attacking anyone for a while.
A more peaceful Middle East and the Atlantic gets discredited. I call that a win-win situation.
Addendum: Edited for formatting issues with a new editor I was trying.
Wondering what would possess a federal judge to order planes in the air filled with illegals who are gang criminals to turn around?
How about his daughter, Katherine, whose employer is Partners for Justice, an organization that provides legal support to criminal illegal aliens and gang members. PFJ receives 76% of its funding from government grants.
The organization actively opposes deportations, mass incarceration and laws targeting violent gangs like Tren de Aragua. PFJ takes credit for eliminating 5,000 years of prison time for illegals since 2018.
Shortly after Laura Loomer connected these dots, Katherine Boasberg deleted her Linkedin and Instagram accounts in an attempt to scrub her connections from public view.
This connection raises a major ethical red flag. The Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges states that judges must disqualify themselves from cases where their impartiality could be questioned. Specifically, it states that a judge should step aside when a close family member has an interest that could be substantially affected by the outcome of the proceeding.
Loomer’s reporting makes it clear that this is not just a minor ethical issue—it’s a serious conflict that could impact national security. The judge overseeing these deportation cases should not have any personal connections to groups that stand to gain from his rulings. And yet, here we are, with a sitting U.S. judge making decisions that align perfectly with his daughter’s professional interests. -Marjie Lewis
Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it?
Did you know his trial is over?
Did you know he was sentenced?
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Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court.
Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his ‘allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah,’ defiantly
stating, ‘I think I will not apologize for my actions,’ and told the court ‘I am at war with your country.’
Judge Young then delivered the statement quoted below:
Judge Young: “Mr. Richard C. Reid, hearken now to the sentence the Court imposes upon you.
On counts 1, 5 and 6 the Court sentences you to life in prison in the custody of the United States Attorney General. On counts 2, 3, 4 and 7, the Court sentences you to 20 years in prison on each count, the sentence on each count to run consecutively. (That’s 80 years.)
On count 8 the Court sentences you to the mandatory 30 years, again to be served consecutively to the 80 years just imposed. The Court imposes upon you for each of the eight counts a fine of $250,000, that’s an aggregate fine of $2 million. The Court accepts the government’s recommendation with respect to restitution and orders restitution in the amount of $298.17 to Andre Bousquet and $5,784 to American Airlines.
The Court imposes upon you an $800 special assessment. The Court imposes upon you, five years supervised release simply because the law requires it. But the life sentences are real life sentences so I need go no further.
This is the sentence that is provided for by our statutes. It is a fair and just sentence. It is a righteous sentence.
Now, let me explain this to you. We are not afraid of you or any of your terrorist co-conspirators, Mr. Reid. We are Americans. We have been through the fire before. There is too much war talk here and I say that to everyone with the utmost respect. Here in this court, we deal with individuals as individuals and care for individuals as individuals. As human beings, we reach out for justice.
You are not an enemy combatant. You are a terrorist. You are not a soldier in any war. You are a terrorist. To give you that reference, to call you a soldier, gives you far too much stature. Whether the officers of government do it, or your attorney does it, or if you think you are a soldier, you are not—–, you are a terrorist. And we do not negotiate with terrorists. We do not meet with terrorists. We do not sign documents with terrorists. We hunt them down one by one and bring them to justice.
So war talk is way out of line in this court. You are a big fellow. But you are not that big. You’re no warrior. I’ve known warriors. You are a terrorist. A species of criminal that is guilty of multiple attempted murders. In a very real sense, State Trooper Santiago had it right when you first were taken off that plane and into custody and you wondered where the press and the TV crews were, and he said:
‘You’re no big deal. ‘
You are no big deal.
What your able counsel and what the equally able United States attorneys have grappled with and what I have, as honestly as I know how, tried to grapple with, is why you did something so horrific. What was it that led you here to this courtroom today?
I have listened respectfully to what you have to say. And I ask you to search your heart and ask yourself what sort of unfathomable hate led you to do what you are guilty, and admit you are guilty, of doing? And, I have an answer for you. It may not satisfy you, but as I search this entire record, it comes as close to understanding as I know.
It seems to me, you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom’s sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.
We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms. Look around this courtroom. Mark it well. The world is not going to long remember what you or I say here. The day after tomorrow, it will be forgotten, but this, however, will long endure.
Here in this courtroom and courtrooms all across America , the American people will gather to see that justice, individual justice, justice, not war, individual justice, is in fact being done. The very President of the United States through his officers, will have to come into courtrooms and lay out evidence on which specific matters can be judged and juries of citizens will gather to sit and judge that evidence democratically, to mold and shape and refine our sense of justice.
See that flag, Mr. Reid? That’s the flag of the United States of America . That flag will fly there long after this is all forgotten. That flag stands for freedom. And it always will.
Mr. Custody Officer. Stand him down.”
So, how much of this Judge’s comments did we hear on our TV sets? We need more judges like Judge Young. Pass this around. Everyone should, and needs to, hear what this fine judge had to say. Powerful words that strike home. Powerful words that every American should heed.
Now, all that said, ask yourself: Why in the world did this judges remarks never see the light of day in the mainstream media?
You know why.
Forwarded to me by a reader:
A lawyer, Tom Renz, who actually read Trump’s DOGE Executive Order and, expecting some illegal power grab, found it to be airtight. Turns out Trump and Musk didn’t create anything. Obama did.
Obama created United States Digital Service (USDS) in 2014. It was meant as a bureaucratic patch job to fix the Obamacare website meltdown.
Fast forward to 2025. Trump rebrands it DOGE (United States DOGE Service). Keeps the acronym, keeps the funding, but gives it a whole new mission: Find the Receipts
Legally untouchable because it was already fully funded and operational. Trump invokes 5 USC 3161, which allows him to create temporary hiring authorities. DOGE teams get embedded inside every single federal agency. Each team consists of a lawyer, HR rep, a zoomer nerd, and an investigator. They report to DOGE, not the agency they’re embedded in.
But wait, there’s more! Trump invokes 44 USC Chapter 35, which governs federal IT and cybersecurity oversight. Since USDS was originally an IT oversight body, DOGE now has full access to all federal data systems. Yes, that’s right. All of them.
His executive order is written to block legal challenges. Includes language that overrides conflicting executive orders. Orders every agency to comply. Refusal means they violate presidential authority.
Congress can’t defund it because it’s not a new program, just a repurposed one. DOJ can’t sue for overreach because Trump used existing laws exactly as written. Democrats trying to file legal challenges run into standing issues because DOGE operates within existing frameworks.
Obama literally built the perfect Administrative (read: Deep State) IT backdoor.
Trump and Musk just hacked the system and took the admin controls. Musk now has legal oversight of every major agency’s internal systems. The Administrative State can’t stop it without rewriting multiple federal laws.
They legally outplayed the system and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
Obama created DOGE.
A couple of days ago I made a comment about Chuckles Schumer. It is with immense satisfaction and vindication, that I watch him get canceled by his own people.
There are certainly many examples, both historical and fairly recent, of the left eating its own… But frankly I can’t think of a more potent teaching moment than this.
We know by way of long experimentation that rats, when cut off from food sources, will begin consuming their fellow rats. So it is here. The Democrats have been cut off from power, from the funding sources, and so turn on each other.
Chuckles, until now has exhibited a rather cockroach like ability to survive political disasters. Thing is, with the intensity of the feeding frenzy going on amongst the Democrats right now, his future survivability has become an open question.
How bad is that feeding frenzy? Ponder the idea that 5 years ago Abraham Lincoln was not a controversial figure, even amongst the left. But now, they’re busy canceling him, removing his name from schools, post offices, and of course tearing down statues of him. Such is the state of self- defeating frenzy amongst Democrats, which is why whether or not Schumer survives this latest round of cannibalism, is an open question.
How bad is it when Charles Schumer appears to be the lone thread between the Democrat party, and sanity?
