Not unlike the famed tree of Shel Silverstein’s divisive children’s book, teachers don’t have much left to give. Operating in a infamously demanding and poorly paid sector, many educators have reached a breaking point over the last couple of years as they navigate an increasingly broadening workload. Continue reading
Abortion may still be front and center in the power struggle between the Left and the Right over who has the right to decide – the government or the individual – when it comes to bodily autonomy, the right to privacy, sexual freedom, the rights of the unborn, and property interests in one’s body, but there’s so much more at play.
In the 50-plus years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, the government has come to believe that it not only has the power to determine who is deserving of constitutional rights in the eyes of the law but it also has the authority to deny those rights to an American citizen. Continue reading
Last year, around this time, I began writing a book I call the ‘American Apocalypse.’ The concept occurred to me while reading The Revelation to John. I realized there was much more in the texts than the end of civilization. It parallels our current times, as do many biblical texts and prophetic writings.
Could it possibly be, nothing really changes through the millennia, and that the problems facing our ancestors are the same, with different names…
They’re warnings.
My book nor this commentary are about biblical interpretations or insights, although I do use biblical references, it’s about my realization, my awakening to America’s situation and direction over the past 48 years.
My book, and this article, are my observations, and opinion based on what I see, test, and comprehend. Continue reading
Number of Chinese nationals who crossed the border illegally in FY 2024 already surpassed the total number apprehended in the entire prior year
Border Patrol detained 24,296 Chinese nationals at the borders since October
DHS Sec. Mayorkas told Congress one flight of Chinese migrants was sent back to Beijing so far – and more are to come… (Continue to full article)
The data shows one in six people, or 15.5 percent of the U.S. population, arrived via the federal government’s myriad official and unofficial migration paths.
Since Biden took office in January 2021, the foreign-born population has grown by 6.4 million — larger than the individual populations of 33 states.
If current trends continue, the foreign-born population will reach nearly 60 million and 17.5 percent [one in six] of the U.S. population by the end of a second Biden term — both figures would be without any precedent in American history.
The U.S. population consists of 280 million native-born Americans and 51 million immigrants… (Continue to full article)
Wetback ‘Voters’
The New York City Council asked the state’s highest court to strike down a pair of rulings in a move that would pave the way for non-citizen immigrants to vote in city elections.
The controversial election change, passed by the City Council in late 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio, would have allowed 800,000 noncitizens with green cards to vote but was struck down as unconstitutional last month by an appellate court.
Today’s filing to appeal the Second Department’s recent decision seeks a determination from the state’s highest court that the law is consistent with the State Constitution, Election Law, and the Municipal Home Rule Law…. (Continue to full article)
(Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)
After federal agents spent four hours Thursday detaining and moving migrants following an attempted southern border breach in El Paso, Texas, the undocumented persons are going through processing for possible entry into the U.S.
Texas continues to be an epicenter of the national immigration debate. It has engaged in litigation while state officials vow to continue enforcing Texas policies and tactics to deter a record-setting 2.4 million migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal 2023—up from approximately 1.7 million in 2021.
There are consequences to crossing the border illegally, and CBP continues to enforce United States immigration laws. Individuals and families without a legal basis to remain in the U.S. are subject to removal and are subject to a minimum five-year bar on reapplying for admission and potential criminal prosecution if they subsequently reenter without authorization… (Continue to full article)
A Texas Parks and Wildlife Warden stands next to a 30 caliber rifle as he patrols the Rio Grand on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool)
In an exclusive interview with CBS News, U.S. Border Patrol chief Jason Owens called the situation at the southern border a “national security threat,” expressing concern about tens of thousands of migrants who have evaded apprehension and entered the country surreptitiously over the past five months.
Owens said Border Patrol is “closing in” on recording one million apprehensions of migrants in between ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2024 fiscal year, which started in October. For the third consecutive year, his agency is on track to record two million apprehensions by the time the fiscal year ends at the end of September, Owens added.
That number is a large number, but what’s keeping me up at night is the 140,000 known got-aways… (Continue to full article)
This historical parallel from the Roman Empire is the perfect analogy to the situation today – the US appears far weaker than it was even just a few years ago. And that has some pretty substantial implications for the future.]
When the barbarian king Rugila died in the year 434 AD, Roman Emperor Theodosius II likely rejoiced that his mortal enemy was no more.
Rugila (and his father Uldin) had been invading and terrorizing Roman territory for decades; but the Empire was so weak at that point that Theodosius was powerless to stop them. Continue reading
It will beg, steal or borrow if necessary, but it wants your money any way it can get it.
This is what comes of those $1.2 trillion spending bills: someone’s got to foot the bill for the government’s fiscal insanity, and that “someone” is the U.S. taxpayer.
The government’s schemes to swindle, cheat, scam, and generally defraud taxpayers of their hard-earned dollars have run the gamut from wasteful pork barrel legislation, cronyism and graft to asset forfeiture, costly stimulus packages, and a national security complex that continues to undermine our freedoms while failing to making us any safer. Continue reading
A scene of the movie “Civil War.” (A24/Screenshot)
There is apparently a new movie about a new American civil war. The trailer looks impressive but painful. One wonders how successful it will be. I have no idea of the political bias or motivation for making it but the trailer itself does speak to a terrible reality of our times.
The pains we suffer in real life from overweening government power, censorship, medical impositions, betrayal by so many once-respected institutions, and ongoing attacks on regular people simply trying to live peaceful and normal lives have become too much. In other words, we might not need to see the movie when we are already living the reality. Continue reading
Saw an item on Fox News this morning about someone on the terror watchlist having been caught. You might be tempted to think that this is an example of the government doing its job and protecting American citizens. If you thought that you’d be dead wrong. Turns out, this particular individual on the terror watchlist had already been caught twice before.
So what happened those first two times? It would seem that this sterling character must have been released into the general population, either that or he had been caught and turned back at the border and decided to make one more try. Continue reading
Back on the 2020 campaign trail, one of the big promises Joe Biden made was that he would keep the United States out of wasteful wars that only serve to prop up the military industrial complex and cause mayhem all across the globe. Continue reading
~ Introduction ~
Quite often Americans hear that the U.S. has a “melting-pot” environment that encourages the assimilation of Muslims. However, more often the facts show an entirely different situation. New immigrants and second generation Muslims are becoming more isolated, largely due to the multi-culturalist policies and agendas put in place by the Marxist-Maoists of the Obama administration that continued through Trump’s term and into the Biden regime. An increasing number of young Muslims are attending Islamic schools and lectures sponsored by mosques with a “radical” fundamental Islamic agenda, or U.S. universities with radical professors who actually encourage Islamic anti-American activities and terrorism against America.
There exists an entire group of people in all echelons of our government, from the local and state to the federal, some citizens and some not, who have been educated and lived much of their lives abroad. From the “president” on down, many of these people have little connection and even less love for the traditional American culture and principles upon which the U.S. was founded. These collaborators and traitors continue to tolerate the abuses and acts of terrorism those sons of Mohammed commit. And due to their own cowardice or complicity, they still to this day cannot seem to name the enemy. The enemy is Islam and the Sharia doctrine that accompanies it. Continue reading
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” ~ Matthew 5:48
The human mind is a fascinating organ. Aside from being the control center for the body that houses it, it is because of our ability to think that we have cars, airplanes, computers, and all the other gadgets and gizmos that make our day-to-day lives easier. That is why I find it so bewildering that people are not able to look at the issues that face us with the same critical thinking skills that have given us all these technological advancements. The thing is, I shouldn’t find it bewildering; I too was just like that; until I freed my mind of the shackles of its ignorance and taught it how to think critically. Continue reading
NOTE: Last week, on April the sixth, we published an article entitled, America ABANDONS The First Amendment. What you are about to read picks up where the original column left off and posts its own discussion – POINT BLANK. It would appear that the current bunch of scum in the U.S. Congress (collectively) are doing their utmost to attack the entirety of the Bill of Rights. ~ Editor
Government censorship has shifted to the forefront of American conversation with the recent passing of H.R. 752, which would essentially ban TikTok; this development, which has passed the House and is on its way to the Senate, is igniting debating on how much involvement the government should have in social media.
This debate is not new, considering the government has been intervening in social media for years. For example, this is not the first time the federal government has tried to ban TikTok. In 2020, then-President Trump famously attempted to ban the uprising app but was challenged and ultimately blocked by the courts. Continue reading
Newly declassified documents reveal in macabre minute-by-minute detail what the end of the world would like. And why those vaporized instantly by an atomic bomb will be the lucky ones…
This story, of what the moments after a nuclear missile launch could look like, is based on facts sourced from exclusive interviews with presidential advisers, cabinet members, nuclear weapons engineers, scientists, soldiers, airmen, special operators, Secret Service, emergency management experts, intelligence analysts, civil servants and others who have worked on these macabre scenarios over decades.
As the plans for General Nuclear War are among the most classified secrets held by the US government, the scenario postulated here takes the reader up to the razor’s edge of what can legally be known. Declassified documents, obfuscated for decades, fill in the details with terrifying clarity. Continue reading
A week after the Biden administration’s March 20 edict on auto emissions – a proclamation heralded by some as the death knell for the internal combustion engine in the next decade – a disquiet has insinuated itself into the corridors of commentary. Even Washington Post columnists are worrying that the Biden administration may have gone too far.
In a March 25 opinion piece, the Post’s Megan McArdle – whose political leanings cannot by the even most imaginative stretch be construed as sympathetic to Donald Trump – observed that the administration “risks a political backlash” as it seeks to force out gasoline-powered cars and force in electric vehicles (EVs). In McArdle’s words of warning, “consumers revolt against a technology that’s not ready for prime time.” Continue reading
Texas’ state flag. In hypothetical referendums, 25 states would vote for full independence from the U.S., according to a leading Texas nationalist. ~ AARON M. SPRECHER/GETTY
A leading Texas independence campaigner has said the United States is “breaking apart,” with over 50 percent of the population in 25 states ready to secede based on his interpretation of two recent surveys by the polling company YouGov. Continue reading
Haitian migrant, Kenol Baptiste
An illegal immigrant from Haiti has been charged with killing two of his acquaintances, a crime he is alleged to have committed prior to deportation hearings.
The incident took place on April 1 afternoon in the area of 33 Ruth Court in Middletown, New York. “The initial report indicated that a male subject had been stabbed,” the City of Middletown Police Department said in an April 2 press release. When officers arrived at the scene, “they located two male subjects that had sustained multiple stab wounds.” One of the subjects was located inside 33 Ruth Court and was determined to have died. The other person, found on the sidewalk outside of 33 Ruth Court, was determined to have suffered serious injuries and transported to a hospital, where he succumbed during surgery.
The immigrant has been placed in Orange County jail on deportation hold… (Continue to full article)
Fermin Garcia-Gutierrez
Illegal Migrant, 46, Who Has Been Arrested ELEVEN Times and Deported EIGHT Is Charged With Murder After Man’s Body Is Discovered in Ohio
Fermin Garcia-Gutierrez, 46, has been arrested for shooting and killing another man in Hamilton on Monday.
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said Garcia-Gutierrez has arrests dating back to 2001 and has allegedly used at least seven different names and three different birthdates.
Before he was charged with the murder, police had arrested Garcia-Gutierrez for carrying a concealed weapon, having a weapon while intoxicated and obstruction, reported WCPO. ‘It just so happens we ran into him and had an encounter with him. Unbeknownst to us he had committed this murder,’ said Hamilton Police Chief Craig Bucheit said.
Now he is facing an aggravated murder charge that could see him sentence to 30-years in prison or get the death penalty. Garcia-Guiterrez is being held without bail at the Butler County jail on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement holder.
Since Biden took office, the total number of southwest land border encounters hit a staggering 7,740,747… (Continue to full article)
Yoessy Pino Castillo
If you need any more evidence of how badly Open Borders Joe has broken US immigration enforcement, consider the posse of illegal-migrant squatters busted in The Bronx on gun and drug charges: Several turned out to be fugitives from ICE.
Border Patrol grabbed up Yoessy Pino Castillo, Yojairo Martinez, Javier Alborno, and Yerbin Lozado-Munoz in Texas between 2022 and 2023; all got cut loose to report later for processing — but instead went on the run and reached New York.
Castillo and Alborno both have lengthy rap sheets for crimes in New York, including shoplifting and weapons possession.
And so the nation faces a humanitarian catastrophe at the southern border, with tiny towns utterly overwhelmed by inflows. Mobs of migrants breaking through fences and bum-rushing border agents — then getting let go by lefty judges…. (Continue to full article)
About 200,000 deportation cases have been thrown out by immigration judges, according to a new report published by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.
TRAC researchers evaluated data from January 2021 to February 2024 and found that 200,000 asylum or other immigration cases were dismissed because the Department of Homeland Security didn’t file paperwork with the courts in time for scheduled hearings.
One of the policies implemented by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for which he was impeached relates to changing the detention and removal process. This included mass releasing illegal foreign nationals into the country who were given a Notice to Appear before an immigration court at a future date and location.
In response to its findings, two U.S. House committees launched an investigation… (Continue to full article)
This is what everyone was worried would happen. War just seems inevitable.
And now Americans can’t believe that this Biden admin war announcement is actually happening.
For more than two years now, the war between Russia and Ukraine has been raging on with seemingly no end in sight. The Democrats have been promising Americans for two years that all that has to happen is give Ukraine more money and more military support in their defensive effort against Russia. The war will surely be over soon, they say.
Surveys suggest that the majority of Americans are tired of their taxpayer dollars being counted on as an infinite resource to be sent over to Ukraine when there’s plenty of Americans who need help in the homeland. Continue reading
The Empty Halls of Congress
The Brownstone Institute just published a “A Close Look at the Amici Briefs in Murthy v. Missouri [Missouri v. Biden]” and they are perfectly appalling.
Judging by their content, the leaders of many of America’s top institutions have already abandoned the First Amendment. Continue reading
OH – how RARE – NOT!
Has anyone noticed lately how often someone in a government position has been shown to be lying to us? With the Biden/Obama regime the amount of political BS has proliferated astronomically. Just about anyone from this regime that gets a ten second spot on the news, from Biden’s press secretary to the man “who does more work in an hour than most people do all day” himself has been caught in egregious falsehoods, to the point where they don’t even try to convince you they are telling the truth anymore. They just spin their horrendous political windys and almost dare anyone to contradict them. Continue reading
Oregon high school students won’t have to prove basic mastery of reading, writing or math to graduate from high school until at least 2029, the state Board of Education decided unanimously on Thursday, extending the pause on the controversial graduation requirement that began in 2020.
The vote went against the desires of dozens of Oregonians who submitted public comments insisting the standards should be reinstated, including former Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan. Backlash against the lowered standard had already delayed the vote, originally slated to take place in September (of 2023). Continue reading
Monkey’s – It is what they have become!
This is hilarious. Rather than tackle the actual problems plaguing the country, Congress wants to ensure we’re all still using a century-old technology. James is right, it’s hard to think that these people are capable of turning things around. But there are solutions that each of us can rely on to reduce the consequences of their debt, inflation, and more.]
Did you hear about the newest vehicle safety feature that Congress wants to mandate?
It’s not some AI sensor system, or even a newfangled airbag…. Nope! Continue reading
The website https://www.heritage.org noted, back in March of 2023, that: “In President Biden’s first two years, the administration requested and received significant funding to further its open borders agenda. The Biden administration (used) hundreds of billions of federal dollars to shift federal agencies and personnel further away from enforcing the nation’s immigration laws and toward processing and accommodating millions more illegal aliens. This policy agenda defies federal law and abuses American taxpayer dollars and Congress should act to halt it.”
The Amalgamated Heavy
April 4, 2024 ~ I’m genuinely amazed by the source of my inspiration. Sometimes, it is a book or story, and often, it is a simple word that triggers my creative thoughts, so it is with this commentary.
My wife and I began watching the TV series Yellowstone again. We enjoyed it the first time, but I wanted to watch it again from a different perspective. It had been a couple of years since our previous encounter with the series, and I have a deeper understanding of the use of color and music in films, especially in advertising. But art and color are more overt in advertising – they’re more in your face because they only have a short time to hook, coerce, and program you.
Film is a different medium because they have more time to develop the story and the supporting programming elements. They can take you on an expedition of indoctrination using color, location, and music to enhance the message. Continue reading
…das ist Auschwitz!
The government never cedes power willingly.
Neither should we.
If the Covid-19 debacle taught us one thing it is that, as Justice Neil Gorsuch acknowledged, “Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just as hollow.”