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I'm referring to not just the curriculum or majors offered, but also the administration and staff roster. My guess: 75-80% can be eliminated without material impact to the American economy (in spite of the insistence by liberal arts professors that this won't be the case).

It is not just the Trump Tariffs The concept of "involution" in China—where intense competition leads to diminishing returns without meaningful progress—ties closely to a deflationary spiral. It’s a vicious cycle: overcapacity, weak domestic demand, and cutthroat price wars drive prices down, eroding profits, discouraging investment, and further dampening consumption. This isn’t just a recent phenomenon; China’s economic challenges have been brewing for nearly a decade, predating the tariff wars often scapegoated for the downturn. Involution and Deflationary Spiral Involution, or nei juan, reflects a structural issue where resources are poured into hyper-competitive sectors—like solar panels, electric vehicles, or real...

Russian military-affiliated sources have acknowledged the loss of a combat jet following a Ukrainian sea drone attack near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. The pro-Russian Telegram channel Rybar reported the incident late Friday, writing, “Unfortunately, the enemy attack did not go unanswered. Yesterday evening, a Su-30 naval aviation fighter was hit 50 kilometers west of Novorossiysk by a drone boat carrying an R-73 surface-to-air missile.” While official channels in Moscow have not released a formal statement, additional details were provided by Russian propagandist Ilya Tumanov, who runs the well-known Fighterbomber aviation blog. According to Tumanov, the aircraft crew ejected...

CNN anchor Dana Bash cut away from President Donald Trump’s Oval Office remarks on Monday to protest his claim that CNN “hates our country.” Trump made the comment during an Oval Office meeting with Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele, jabbing at the network over coverage of illegal immigration, particularly at the southern border, and saying that CNN “didn’t like putting out good numbers” that reflected well on his presidency. “We’re a great country, but we had stupid people running this country. And I can say what they’ve done to us at the border should never and can never be forgotten. It’s...

So since all the Democrats have been doing is having federal judges keep trying to stall and delay Trump, I have q question here: We know at least some Federal judges are on Trump's side, so why not use the tactic of every time an anti-Trump judge says blah blah blah, any one of the pro-Trump judges can simply say "Well, the ruling of that judge is wrong and Trump is actually allowed to do this and that" and then all the White House has to do is just simply side with the Judge on their team. Simply put, you...

A large anti-Trump protest took place in D.C., followed by a smaller Gaza protest and then a hamburger. Saturdays. Show not Tell PenguinSix is an apolitical guy in a political town who likes to walk a lot. He has hiked over 17,000 miles (27,000kms) in the past six years and is still walking today. He is an American expat who spent the last decade in Hong Kong with his family and is now back in Washington DC, continuing his daily ritual of taking very long hikes around the city catching the sights and sounds of the city while live streaming...

John Roberts Works for the Democrats and his handler is Norm Eisen. John Robert’s Is Completely Compromised and MUST Resign Now! (5 mins 38 seconds video in link below)https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1908111950170485093

History’s lessons are brutal: movements cloaked in moral fervor, crushing dissent with righteous fists, collapse into chaos. Mussolini’s Brownshirts stormed Jewish shops and beat “traitors” to enforce Fascist unity; Mao’s Red Guards humiliated professors and torched books to purify China’s soul. Today, in March 2025, we see a chilling parallel—Tesla dealerships firebombed, Cybertrucks vandalized, owners hounded. This isn’t mere protest; it’s a “whistle dog army,” as I call it, unleashed against Elon Musk’s wealth and Trump ties, echoing the thuggish zeal of Brownshirts and the cultural purge of Red Guards. Rooted in decades of Democratic centralization, this smiley-faced fascism—Jonah Goldberg’s...

Vietnam to cut tariffs on US products including cars and gas to avoid President Trump's reciprocal tariffs.https://x.com/watcherguru/status/1904985807426908288

Looks like the Vice President is firing a .50 cal at 500 yards in the prone position.Love it! https://x.com/ericldaugh/status/1904975288988991723

Excuse me if this is not something that should be posted but by chance since I am curious. Does anyone know of how to apply for positions in the Trump administration. Kind of curious on how one could contribute if so inclined.

I know many would object to my even using the terms “rational” and “Democrats” in the same sentence. Honestly, for the most part, I’m with them. Two Supreme Court cases had a major, negative impact on our culture: The first was in 1962, when the Court ruled in Engel v. Vitale that public school teachers or administrators, as employees of the federal government, could not recite prayers, effectively removing prayer in public schools, or at least severely hampering its practice. The second is Roe v. Wade in 1973, which essentially legalized abortion in the U.S. (the right to kill an...

So it's not an entirely new idea being proposed here by New York State representative and New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. The Democratic Socialist put out a video explaining his plan to reduce price gouging — government-owned and run grocery stores in the city.

Were Judges Impeached During the Civil War? No federal judges were impeached during the Civil War itself (1861–1865), though the period saw significant judicial tension due to the war’s legal and political upheavals. Here’s the context: Judicial Challenges During the War: Federal judges, particularly in border states or areas with divided loyalties, faced intense pressure. Some rulings conflicted with Lincoln’s policies, such as Chief Justice Roger Taney’s opinion in Ex parte Merryman (1861), where he declared Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus unconstitutional. Lincoln ignored the ruling, highlighting wartime friction between branches. The Supreme Court and lower federal courts remained operational,...

It is interesting to think that some of the holidays we celebrate in the Western World, with so much frivolity and lightheartedness, have gritty, deep, meaningful life stories behind them, to the degree that if the spirit behind them was examined with a level of inquisitiveness, seriousness, care, and regard, the examples radiating from them would in turn change people’s hearts, minds, and lives for the better, particularly in ways where overcoming hardships, adversity, and a myriad of difficulties are paramount and only possible due to God stepping in, calibrating their hearts and minds to His will, and overcoming what...

Gavin Newsom and Steve Bannon found common ground over the idea that California is responsible for Elon Musk's rise to power. The pair traded blows in a 56-minute chat for Newsom's new podcast, one that has drawn outrage from the governor's party for platforming the controversial Donald Trump ally. However, at times, the polar opposites were largely collegial and even laughed at one another's jokes. Newsom at one point tried to hit home Bannon's apparent distaste for 'First Buddy' Musk, who has donated hundreds of millions to Trump and since become head of the budget-slashing Department of Government Efficiency. When...

As Twitchy reported, Elon Musk emailed all federal workers asking them to list in five bullet points what they had worked on the previous week. It's brilliant actually, as it shows who actually reads their emails or if that person exists at all. Federal workers didn't have the five minutes it would take to write the email but they found time to appear on cable news to describe how terrifying the request was. That was a week ago, but federal workers are still suffering from PTSD. They held a protest outside the Capitol on Monday to express just how frightening...

Ok so I paid a Vanity tax to ask this stupid question. Don't come at me with "Oh you shouldn't ask strangers on the internet for advice". Is there a better and more trustworthy brain trust than FReepers? I don't think so. This is just an intro, I know I'll have more questions. I called one of Dave Ramsey's money guys, and we've had 2 meetings so far. Kinda weird. I'm not a huge Ramsey fan but figured it was a place to start. I get the feeling they are on a script and don't deviate. Plug in $$ and...

Democrat Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she's waiting for Republicans to call and invite her to attend town halls in their districts. She claims she wants to go into deep red areas to engage in ‘honest conversations’ with GOP voters.

On July 13th of last year, Thomas Crooks somehow got up on a roof near where Donald Trump was delivering a speech at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Initially the only people who spotted him were attendees at the rally. The would-be assassin then pulled the trigger and struck Trump in the ear. There are still so many unanswered questions. However, according to President Trump today, it's possible the public will soon know more. Trump said he'll be given a report next week and wants to release it: . .“He had 6 cellphones. And a couple of them had some...