Victor Davis Hanson…

“…Many of Trump first-round picks share some common themes.

One, many, who were in the past victimized by government bullies and cowardly bureaucratic grandees, or proved sharp critics of the administrative state, are now, in karma-style, in charge of the very agencies that hounded him.

So, Elon Musk, perennial target of government regulatory functionaries, was once policed, but now he polices the bureaucratic police.

Robert Kennedy, Jr., proposed overseer of government health programs, was often blasted as a crank by the subsidized scientists and the administrators within HHS whom he will now direct.

Pete Hegseth fought the military DEI machinery while a solider in the ranks and wrote a book about the corruption of the Pentagon. He will now, if confirmed, run the Pentagon.

Tulsi Gabbard was improperly put on a national security travel watch list as a supposed security threat—and now will be a guardian of our security as Director of National Intelligence.

Tom Homan was derided by the Biden administration and its Homeland Security minions as a fanatic border hawk; now he will run ICE and deal with the detritus of Biden fanaticism on the border.

Two, none of these appointments are traditional swamp creatures. Few rotate from the think tanks. This time around there are no retired “Wise Men” or retired four-stars. Few are Uniparty magnificoes revolving back into high government from their DC university or New York corporate and investment waystations. None are DEI, cover-our-identity-politics-base candidates.

By design, their past government service resumes are thin—few past undersecretaries of these or special assistant to those. And there are not a lot of suffixed alphabetic letters or prefixed long-winded titles that adorn their names.

In other words, they are vaxed from the sort of acculturated administrative state mindset that has alienated and terrified the citizenry.

Three, they all share a reputation from the mainstream media, bicoastal elite, or administrative state guardians as a little “out there” or even “crazy” and “nuts”, whether RFK, Tulsi Gabbard, or Pete Hegseth. So, their opponents rightly fear they are immune from mainstream media disparagements, the usually leftwing generated hoaxes, and beltway tsk-tsk scorn.

Fourth and finally, they are not radicals or nihilists. Rather, they are reformers who are trying to trim or eliminate bloated government machinery, or return institutions and agencies to their normal functions and original missions. In contrast, the last few years of Biden governance chaos and near insurrection were abnormal—and dangerous.

Destroying the border and breaking the law to allow 12 million to enter illegally were nihilist.

Stealthily routing government cash, to circumvent the law, to a communist Chinese-run viral gain-of-function engineering lab is beyond the belief.

Creating a commissar system in the military that demanded ideological orthodoxy over meritocracy, or the Chairman of the JCS secretly communicating with his People’s Liberation Army counterpart to warn about his own commander-in-chief’s stability was insurrectionist.

Weaponizing the DOJ by performance-art swat home raids on opponents, and collusion lawfare waged by local, state, and federal indictments against a former president and presidential candidate were un-American.

Asymmetrical prosecutions and FBI fusion with social media to censor the news were sheer government anarchy.

There are legitimate questions about the confirmability of Matt Gaetz, or his prosecutorial experience, or some of his alleged past excesses, but his very accusers were mostly quiet about the weirdos, creeps, and revolutionaries in the Biden administration—accused of stealing women’s luggage at airports, or lying that a subordinate “racist” border patrol whipped in slave-master fashion innocent would-be immigrants, or trying to fix a felonious presidential son’s sentencing to avoid the accustomed legal consequences of his criminal behavior.

In sum, the currently loud censors have zero credibility given the unprofessional, weaponized, and nihilist examples they have bequeathed…”

VDH

Satire? Hard to tell?

Michael Moore: “Americans are not a good people”

After confidently predicting Trump was ‘toast,’ Michael Moore lashes out at Americans: ‘Not a good people’

Bhattacharya to NIH? A good choice, in my opinion…

Jay Bhattacharya, an NIH critic, emerges as a top candidate to lead the agency

Notice how the libs at WP portray him:

“The Stanford physician was excoriated by NIH’s director in 2020 for his “fringe” ideas on covid. Four years later, he’s poised for power in Trump’s Washington.”

Bhattacharya was never fringe. Libs use that name calling so they don’t have to explain why their ideas are better than his. Turns out his ideas were better.

“Done forever”

Stephen A. Smith…

Some Democrats are pulling away from the crazy.

“The losers are leaving the field”

These asshats have been wrong on every major issue in the last 10 years. I don’t know how they manage to stay on cable…

And a representative of Paleo-Republicans:

Maze

Mollie Hemingway explains the Gaetz nomination…

Election tipping point…

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CNN personalities in tears over Gaetz nomination…

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Complications of being a Democrat…

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Property taxes in perspective…

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Fetterman emerges as a middle-of-road, common sense Democrat willing to say the truth…

Fetterman Slams Nancy Pelosi for ‘Blaming Biden’ over Kamala Harris Election Loss: ‘You Got What You Wanted’

Gaetz is effective and has made enemies on both sides of the aisle. I suppose the two things go together.

Hemingway vs. Gowdy on Gaetz: One Of The Most Effective People At Fighting Russia Hoax, Exposing DOJ

And why we need Gaetz or another effective person to dismantle the biased, politicized DOJ. DOJ is the worst it’s been during my life:

Weaponization to the very end? Jim Jordan probing last-minute Biden DOJ blitzkreig

I do not believe the Democrats and Republicans who say DOJ is staffed by nonpartisan folks just doing their job.

Bullshit. Clean it out. Complete turnover.

And the bias and politicization is not limited to the DOJ:

‘Rotten To The Core’: FEMA’s Woke Bias Revealed

“…The Federal Emergency Management Agency is under fire after a supervisor directed staff to avoid helping Florida residents with signs supporting Donald Trump, but that incident illustrates a larger culture of woke priorities undermining FEMA’s central mission, according to one current employee and one former employee who spoke with The Daily Signal on condition of anonymity.

The FEMA veterans said that, under the Biden-Harris administration, the agency prioritizes racial minorities, LGBTQ+ individuals, and climate initiatives, undermining its mission of helping Americans face disasters and leading Americans to distrust the federal government. FEMA pushes diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, at the risk of saving fewer lives, they said.

“FEMA’s rotten to a core,” said an employee who worked there for about five years and left earlier this year. “It’s overstaffed, it’s bureaucratic, [and] they don’t really help anybody.”…”

Unfortunately, I believe this description of FEMA is representative of the federal bureaucracy as a whole. It is staffed by Democrats. It is protective of Democrats. It promotes Democrat policies and politicians. It targets Republicans and conservative organizations. In short, it is a biased, politicized disgrace to our great country. Cut it down. Turn over the staff. Bring in responsible leadership. Run it like a business.

 

As quickly and comprehensively as possible…

Let the Deportations Begin

The DoD needs a thorough overhaul…

Defense Department fails seventh consecutive audit but says on path to pass by 2028

DNC finance member Lindy Li is close to red-pilled…

Bottom headline of the day…

What happened to celebrities who promised to leave the country

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