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Their podcast is a microcosm of the attitudes held by the white, college-educated women who dominate the Democrat party. The Democrat party has a branding problem that no amount of spin or slick marketing can fix. It is not just about policy failure, though inflation, a porous border, and international weakness all weigh heavily on voters’ minds. The deeper crisis is cultural: the Democrats have transformed themselves into a party that sneers at ordinary people, particularly working-class whites and the very nonwhite voters they once claimed to champion. Nothing illustrates this better than the antics of Jennifer Welch and Angie...

When President Donald Trump ordered precision strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a familiar chorus of so-called “conservative” and “populist” influencers rushed to declare doom. The strikes, they insisted, would shatter Trump’s coalition.Tucker Carlson raged about “forever wars.” Steve Bannon warned of national unraveling. Candace Owens fretted about betrayal. They weren’t the only ones; not by a long shot. The message was clear: Trump had gone too far, and his base would revolt.They couldn’t have been more wrong.Despite the media theatrics and influencer outrage, actual Republican voters—especially those in Trump’s core MAGA camp—stood firmly behind him. According to a CBS News...

@JosephFordCotto Some conservatives claim that a convention of states will "restore the Constitution to its former glory" and "defeat leftist tyranny." In reality, if there were any such convention, leftists would commandeer it, obliterating free speech and whatever remains of free assembly.

@JosephFordCotto So, Uncle Sam wants to send more than $30 billion to the Ukraine for its (doomed, impossible, Utopian) 'liberation' from Russia ... yet our dear uncle scoffs at spending $10 billion for a border wall? SlAvA UkRaNI!1!1! non-lefties need to realize they are getting scammed. Badly.