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Do we have the time, or is this the beginning of the end of life in America as we have known it? This is where you will find a range of Editorial postings and comments by a select group of writers, many of who have had long term relations with Kettle Moraine Publications – and EACH of whom provide us with THEIR Perspectives as this Nation ignores the warnings as we live in the end of days – for most Americans’ are Too Blind to See – and we once again convert back to one of our OLD and DEFINITIVE categories – POINT BLANK!

Roberts: America Needs a Political Party That Represents Americans

In the 20th century, the difference between Republicans and Democrats was between a party that wants citizens rewarded on merit and a party that wants citizens rewarded based on needs. It was Democrats who gave the needy property rights, sometimes called entitlements, via taxation, rent control, and other redistributive methods in the incomes of taxpayers.

The needy and their needs expanded rapidly, necessitating further violations of Constitutionally protected property rights. Today an American making $300,000 annually pays one-third of his income in federal income taxes on top of which are added state income taxes, sales and excise taxes, taxes on services such as electricity and telephone, and property taxes to pay for the education of other peoples’ children. Continue reading

Madden: The Constitution

According to Thomas Jefferson, our Constitution was designed to “chain down the government” in order to protect the people from tyranny. For those wanting world domination, the people cannot be free but totally under the control of the government. Through the process of Gradualism, many parts of our Constitution have already been rendered ineffective. Continue reading

Beware the Idolatry of ‘We The People

When political movements define good and evil by loyalty to the group, they exchange God-given morality for moral tribalism. That’s why the leaked Young Republican chat – filled with demeaning language and cruel mockery – was not just a lapse of decorum. It reflected a philosophy that confuses winning with righteousness.

The recent leak of thousands of messages from the Young Republican National Federation’s private group chat was an obvious distraction from the Democrats’ much more serious text problem with their Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones.

But while Vice President J.D. Vance chalked up the YR’s texts to, basically, “boys will be boys,” the thread revealed more than crude jokes and offensive language. It exposed a deeper problem within America’s political right. The rising generation calling itself “the New Right” is drifting away from the moral and biblical roots of conservatism and toward something older – and darker: nationalism without God. Continue reading

A Tale Of Two Political Parties

While Trump and Republicans are generating results, Democrats offer nothing but negativity. It is caused by the epidemic that is contagious among Democrats, Trump Derangement Syndrome;

In America today, our two major political parties are moving in opposite directions. For Republicans, it might be the “best of times.” Under the leadership of President Donald Trump, the GOP is feeling confident.

Republicans have a strong chance to retain control of the Congress in 2026 midterm elections despite the party out of power traditionally gaining many new seats.

This political environment is different. President Trump has had an incredibly successful first nine months of his second term and this will help

After four years of no border security under the previous administration, it has been secured, and zero illegal aliens have been released into the country in the past fourmonths. Additionally, almost 500,000 illegal aliens have been deported, while another 1.6 million noncitizens have self-deported. Continue reading

Pope Leo Urges Bishops to Rise Up Against Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Pope Leo has taken a more direct stance against the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies, urging U.S. bishops to publicly advocate for migrants and refugees. In a meeting with U.S. bishops and social workers from the U.S.-Mexico border, the Pope expressed deep concern over the impact of the administration’s deportation efforts. His comments reflect an escalating feud with the Trump administration, as the Pope questions whether such policies align with Catholic values. Continue reading

Senate Again Rejects Bills to Reopen Government as Parties Aim to Shift Blame

Each party appears to believe public opinion favors its side, as the federal shutdown enters its ninth day.

                  ‘Modern Politigencia’

The Senate on Oct. 9 defeated for a seventh time two continuing resolutions to temporarily extend federal funding, as Republicans and Democrats present differing versions of the cause of the federal government shutdown.

The shutdown began on Oct. 1 after spending authority for the federal government expired, causing the suspension of all but essential services.

Republicans presented a continuing resolution that would extend current funding through Nov. 21. That resolution passed the House on Sept. 19. Continue reading

Whitehead ~ Trump’s Everywhere War: An Insurrection Against the Constitution

“When they came in the middle of the night, they terrorized the families that were living there. There were children who were without clothing, they were zip tied, taken outside at 3 o’clock in the morning. A senior resident, an American citizen with no warrants, was taken outside and handcuffed for three hours. Doors were blown off their hinges, walls were broken through, immigration agents coming from Black Hawk helicopters … This is America.” ~ Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

When the government can label anyone or anything an enemy in order to wage war, we are all in danger.

That danger is no longer theoretical. Continue reading

McCullough: Where’s the Downside?

The political class in Washington wants you to believe the sky is falling. Every time the government nears a shutdown, Democrats screech that America is about to collapse. Yet the last few weeks have proven the exact opposite. Public opinion is not with them, and they know it.

Why? Because ordinary Americans aren’t stupid. They see what Democrats are fighting for, and it isn’t safer streets, secure borders, or more freedom. It’s more “free stuff.” The Democrats have gone to the wall to preserve and expand subsidies for the Affordable Care Act – a program that feels “free” only because taxpayers are forced to underwrite it. When politicians scream that a shutdown will “harm” Americans, what they mean is it will interrupt the handouts that keep their coalition addicted to government dependence. Continue reading

Trump Isn’t Embarrassing Himself…

He’s Embarrassing America!

He drags America onto the world stage, shouts like a carnival barker, and dares anyone to call him out. Too often, no one does.

                                                                                      Illustration by Abdelafatah Mukhtar

Every time I see a headline or a YouTube video that says, “Trump embarrasses himself by…” it irks me a little. Not because Trump doesn’t make a fool of himself — he always does — but because is it even possible for him to get embarrassed? Embarrassment requires self-awareness. It requires an understanding of social standards, the recognition that you’ve fallen short of them, and the capacity to cringe at yourself.

Trump doesn’t express any of these traits. He barrels through life like a man who believes the world is his open mic, and the crowd is obligated to applaud no matter how stale the jokes are. Embarrassment implies an internal governor that makes you stop and think, “Oh, maybe I shouldn’t have said that.” Trump is missing that chip. He is an indictment on the United States of America, and not just as a president but as a mirror of the worst parts of us — anti-intellectualism, cruelty as entertainment, and the delusion that bluster equals brilliance. Continue reading

DeWeese: The Charlie Kirk Affect – A New Chance to Rebuild the Republic

Change the debate and rebuild the Republic of our Founders so every generation will have the hope and joy of true liberty, just as Charlie envisioned;

Phill Magakoe/AFP

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is one of the greatest outrages most Americans have ever faced. Especially our younger generations! It has also been one of the greatest outpourings of emotion, outrage, and determination the nation, and perhaps the world, have ever experienced.

We are not dealing with confused Democrats who simply have bad ideas

The Charlie Kirk murder exposed one very specific fact. We are not dealing with confused Democrats who simply have bad ideas. Finally, people are beginning to see the evil forces that you and I have been warning about. They have an agenda that is designed to destroy our society of freedom, and they will go to any extreme to win. Continue reading

Growing Number of Republicans Pessimistic About Direction of the Country

Republicans’ outlook on the direction of the country has soured dramatically, according to a new AP-NORC poll that was conducted shortly after last week’s assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The share of Republicans who see the country headed in the right direction has fallen sharply in recent months, according to the September survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Today, only about half in the GOP see the nation on the right course, down from 70% in June. The shift is even more glaring among Republican women and the party’s under-45 crowd. Continue reading

Shurk: Can This Nation Be Saved?

How does America survive when its citizens belong to two divided camps that believe fundamentally incompatible things?

Over the last century, there has been a trend to establish “truth and reconciliation commissions” in countries emerging from periods of political terrorism, totalitarianism, or civil war. The idea is to acknowledge the crimes and atrocities that past governments officially sanctioned and to recognize the harms inflicted upon their victims. As is often the case when governments “disappear” citizens or throw them in gulags for their politically incorrect thoughts, it is the not knowing that haunts society. Survivors bereft of answers are left with inconsolable anguish. The commissions are often used as a first step toward healing grave national trauma.

It is no surprise that these commissions generally reflect the worldviews of the prevailing government that forms them. Communist governments are quick to label past “right-wing” officials as “murderers” while memorializing their own murderers as “patriots,” “civil rights heroes,” or “noble revolutionaries.” Continue reading

Garrison: The Schumer Shutdown Is Hours Away!

Democrats are ready to force a government shutdown to appease their far-left base. Sure, the Republicans control both the House and Senate, but 60 votes are required in the Senate to keep the government going, and there are only 53 Republican Senators – and Mitch ’Turtle’ McConnell cannot be trusted to deliver a vote that helps Trump.  Continue reading

Hickman: A Brief History of America’s Extreme Ideological Divide

In the election of 1800, journalist James Callender once described presidential candidate (and then Vice President) John Adams as “a hideous hermaphroditical character, which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.”

Adams’ opponent, Thomas Jefferson, was likewise smeared as “the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father,” and accused of being a Jacobin who would confiscate Bibles and burn churches.

The ideological divide – even from America’s earliest era – was so bad that each side thought the other would bring an end to the Republic. Continue reading

Garrison: UN Escalator to Irrelevance

The UN was established after the failed “League of Nations,” but both were predicated on nations getting together to prevent disastrous wars.

Wars continued despite the UN being established just after WWII. Nowadays, the countries that are represented at the UN are mostly anti-American and pro-globalism – and they expect America to pay for everything. Continue reading