Open Thread

Nevada’s Attorney General – a Democrat – decided he wanted Nevada to be a sanctuary State. Nevada’s Governor – a sane person – said not so fast:

Aaron Ford – the aforementioned AG, Democrat and lunatic – is already running for Lombardo’s job in 2026. So you can understand why Ford would want to pick some fights with Lombardo…but, this fight? Seriously? Nobody outside the Leftist loony bins likes sanctuary policies. Even those who favor loose immigration policies don’t like the idea of State and local governments not cooperating with federal law enforcement on removing illegal aliens…and the more stories we see of illegals getting caught, released and then committing absolutely hideous crimes, the less people like the idea of sanctuary.

Nevada is a closely divided State (though registrations are trending GOP of late) but with 2026 being the mid-term year after a GOP win, you’d have to rate Ford’s chances out the gate as “has a solid shot at it”. Lombardo has been an effective and generally popular governor – and Democrats seem to have a really hard time winning the governorship – so it was never going to be an easy fight for Ford…things like this are going to make it impossible for him absent a complete GOP meltdown. But that is the Democrats right now, isn’t it? They are all-in on transing kids, protecting illegals and defending wasteful spending. Trump has picked a series of 70/30 issues, got himself on the side of 70 and has the Democrats digging in behind 30. Just amazing.

Jeff Bezos has decreed that the Washington Post will take a Libertarian line on personal and economic freedom. This did get his the opinion editor to step down – we’ll see if any further resignations occur. Best post on X about it:

We’ll see how this comes out – but if WaPo merely becomes a place where non-Left opinion can exist, that will be an improvement. A vast improvement – not least in getting a lot of the Ruling Class out of their bubble. The reason Democrats are tripling down on trans, illegals and waste is because all signals they receive indicate these as the popular positions. They never hear dissenting views. You will seriously find liberals out there who never even heard of Hunter’s laptop or that Trump-Russia was totally debunked…the MSM never told them.

And that is what Jake Tapper is counting on – he’s got a book coming out in May called Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, its Cover Up and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. I’m not kidding. Look it up. He really wrote a book called that. As if he wasn’t one of the people desperately covering it up! He’s naturally being scorched on X over it but it must be kept in mind that most people who actually pay attention to Tapper never heard about Biden being gaga until the debate. It was just a stutter!

When we ask ourselves how Kamala Harris got 75,017,613 votes, that’s why: these people never heard about her. The MSM hid her inability to string a coherent sentence together. They carefully edited the clips. They told the viewers that what she said was brilliant. Just at they told their viewers that the Orange Man is Bad while Harris is nothing but Joy. And even after Trump put full effort into showing this to be nonsense, more than 75 million people still hadn’t been reached on it. They still bought the MSM lies…and will buy Tapper’s book.

Greenpeace is going on trial in civil court – with the plaintiff asking $300 million. An amount that would effectively bankrupt Greenpeace. At issue was a series of protests orchestrated by Greenpeace against an oil pipeline (now completed). The plaintiff argues that Greenpeace encouraged illegal acts during the protests and then raised funds off the press coverage of the protests. This would be a criminal enterprise designed to enrich the perpetrators. It all came to a head in 2019 so I can see why federal prosecutors didn’t do anything…but I believe they should now on any charges still within the statute of limitations. It is a rather new thing to consider but as I think about it, I kick myself for not thinking it up years ago. I mean, think about the BLM/Antifa people who raked in huge donations…off of riots! That they encouraged and perhaps even directly participated in. RICO – its not just for Mobsters any more!

7 thoughts on “Open Thread

  1. Jeremiah's avatar Jeremiah February 26, 2025 / 6:38 pm

    I would think, considering how infamous George Soros is in this country that somebody would have already done something about him. The man has devoted his life to destroying America, and it just came out that he bought over 200 some radio stations 🚉 some of which are located in Louisiana and other Deep South states. No doubt after being taken over by him they will be filled with anti-American propaganda.

    Isn’t there anything that can be done to stop his regime of destruction? Mark, you have any ideas?

    • Amazona's avatar Amazona February 26, 2025 / 8:49 pm

      We could probably revoke his US citizenship. That would, at least, mean he could not fund political contributions. But the best thing we can do is mobilize to fight his lies with the truth. That is, to get some of our billionaire “conservatives” to do what he does, to buy a network station or at least a major cable station like MSNBC (which I hear is on the block, or will be soon) and start educating people.

    • Mark Noonan's avatar Mark Noonan February 27, 2025 / 1:02 pm

      Not much we can do to stop a guy from buying a radio station – but we can review anti-trust laws and see if that applies. Personally, I don’t think any single corporate entity should own more than, say, 10 radio or television stations. Been saying it for years that Big Corporation is bad, as such. If GM had been Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac and Buick, we probably wouldn’t have had to bail it out and, also, one or more of these entities, as separate corporations, might have come up with the real innovations to keep American auto manufacturing at the top of its game.

      Think of it in terms of what has been good on TV and movies of late – most of it is woke corporate garbage…but every now and again more independent entities produce something pretty good. Like the Travelers series 2016 or Time Trap in 2017. Break it all up – from Amazon on down – and let the free and independent players come up with good things…rather than propaganda.

  2. jdge's avatar jdge February 28, 2025 / 1:23 pm

    JD Vance continues to impress. His speech at the Munich conference last week was a stern message to all of Europe that was unfortunately and yet expectedly, not received well. Vance warned about the dangers within Europe itself, the loss of free speech, the free expression of thoughts and ideas, that will by default lead to corrupt totalitarian governments. For example, Scotland recently passed a law that potentially makes praying in your own home a crime if that home resides within a designated zone. If those affected don’t stand up now, what I see is exactly what happened when Germany infiltrated Austria at the start of WWII. Many believe Austria was invaded by force but in reality, Austria was facing impoverishment and welcomed Germany, a somewhat flourishing country. What the people of Austria didn’t realize is, the promises made were nothing but a means eliminate any resistance without firing a single shot, then destroy and control. The ruling class in European leaders are attempting the same. Unless its populous understands Vance’s words and acts accordingly, they will fall miserably into economic and moral despair.

    I don’t know if the leaders in Europe fear Trump or are oblivious to the ramifications of the US walking away from NATO, the UN, modifications to the trade imbalance and the imposition of new tariffs intended to offset the unfair advantages Europe now enjoys. We’ve already seen other countries try to act defiant to Trump’s mandates only to back down when the reality of those ramifications started to sink in and time winding down. It could be they understood how detrimental it would be for their own country or perhaps they only cared about what it would mean to them politically, where they reversed course on their initial inflated ego blustering. By the grace of God, Trump is move at high speeds in the right direction and has a solid administration ready to do the necessary work to dismantle the control & power of the left. For those who are suffering under the lies, we anxiously await new changes each day brings, excited to see the left being dismantled, exposing the extent of the criminal activity, and their eventual prosecution.

    There’s a reason there is a significant increase in people in the DC area searching for criminal defense lawyers. As much as the democrat politicians attempt to show a united front standing against the “evil Trump”, it is beyond apparent they are in disarray, struggling to regain relevance. The complicit media is losing its stranglehold, the left no longer enjoys control of the Presidency, the House, the Senate or the Supreme Court, it has left them in a state of hysteria with no real footing and no direction to regain it. The US has the ability to steer Europe but only if we are willing to push against the status quo. Trump 2.0 is nothing like we’ve ever experienced. The bullet that pierced Trump’s ear was a clear sign that God is in control. While we wait to see what Trump will do next, I’m more anxious to see what God has planned.

    • Retired Spook's avatar Retired Spook February 28, 2025 / 1:41 pm

      For example, Scotland recently passed a law that potentially makes praying in your own home a crime if that home resides within a designated zone.

      How ironic that Orwell’s 1984 took place in the UK. Now they’re using it as a playbook.

      • Amazona's avatar Amazona February 28, 2025 / 7:39 pm

        That’s why I love the meme Make Orwell Fiction Again

  3. jdge's avatar jdge February 28, 2025 / 4:25 pm

    Seems Zelensky just found out Trump is not Bidum. His country is in a dire situation and ending the war with Russia would seem to be paramount. Without the continued military and financial aid from the US their options are severely limited. Even though Europe is helping Ukraine, their contributions are notably less than that of the US. Trying to argue with Trump in the Oval office in front of the media is not the way to acquire any new help. With billions of dollars missing from the money already sent to Ukraine, it would be easy to imagine Zelensky is pocketing and/or laundering it for the DNC. No matter what Zelensky wants, he should understand the US has already given massively to their needs with little in return and apparently without any guarantees (another Bidum screw-up). He better get use to eating a little crow and make amends or face things worse than he might imagine.

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