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For years, Reiner poured out venom, hoping for Trump’s demise and stoking the left’s relentless campaign against him. Trump simply states the obvious (Reiner was gripped by severe Trump Derangement Syndrome) and now the hypocrites are feigning shock? Not buying it. By publicly calling out Rob Reiner’s severe Trump Derangement Syndrome in his post about Reiner’s death, Trump is reframing the narrative and setting it straight that Reiner was far from a saint, but a vocal antagonist whose own rhetoric (such as accusing Trump of mass murder and calling for his “arrest” as a “killer”) mirrored the kind of demonizing language that fueled deranged individuals to attempt assassinating Trump multiple times. This forces people to confront how such inflammatory words from Reiner and others directly contributed to the environment that got Trump shot.
Here are several well-documented examples of inflammatory or violent rhetoric from left-leaning celebrities and figures directed at Donald Trump, similar to Kathy Griffin’s 2017 photoshoot where she posed with a bloodied, severed head resembling Trump. These instances span years and highlight a pattern of escalating hostility that often went unchecked or was even celebrated in certain circles. Kathy Griffin: In May 2017, the comedian posed for photos holding a fake, bloodied head of Trump, which she later said was meant as a statement against him. The image sparked widespread backlash but also support from some on the left.
Madonna: At the 2017 Women’s March, the singer stated she had “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House” in response to Trump’s election, framing it as a metaphor but drawing Secret Service scrutiny.
Johnny Depp: In June 2017, at a UK festival, Depp asked, “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?” in reference to Trump, later apologizing but not before it amplified calls for violence.
Snoop Dogg: In a 2017 music video for “Lavender,” the rapper depicted shooting a clown version of Trump (called “Ronald Klump”) in the head with a toy gun, defending it as artistic protest.
Pearl Jam: For a 2018 concert poster, the band illustrated Trump’s rotting corpse on the White House lawn being pecked by an eagle, as a fundraiser for a Democratic senator.
Anthony Bourdain: In 2017, when asked what he’d serve Trump at a summit, the late chef quipped “hemlock,” a deadly poison, in a TMZ interview.
Larry Wilmore: On his 2016 Comedy Central show, Wilmore joked about denying Trump “oxygen,” clarifying he meant it literally as suffocation.
Marilyn Manson: In a 2016 video teaser for “Say10,” the musician showed a beheaded figure resembling Trump.
Big Sean: In a 2017 freestyle rap, the artist referenced “murdering Trump” before his inauguration.
Moby: In 2017, the musician posted about imagining blowing up Trump Tower.
Robert De Niro: Multiple times, including in 2018, the actor said he’d like to “punch [Trump] in the face,” repeating violent fantasies in interviews.
Rob Reiner: The director repeatedly demonized Trump, including a 2020 post accusing him of “shooting and killing hundreds of thousands of Americans” and vowing to “arrest the killer,” alongside calls for treason charges implying the death penalty.
Other left-leaning figures on social media: Recent examples include a Portland activist making videos explicitly wishing for Trump’s death, and broader celebrations of violence like praising Charlie Kirk’s assassination or implying harm to Trump supporters.
Many of the voices now positioning themselves as arbiters of tone and righteousness are the same ones who, in recent years, dismissed or minimized real violence when it cut the “wrong” way. We were told prayer was performative after a Catholic church filled with children was attacked. We watched victims’ names fade quickly from the conversation when their stories did not serve a preferred narrative. We saw cruelty excused as commentary, and grief treated as something to mock rather than mourn.
That selective outrage matters. Moral credibility is not built on volume; it is built on consistency.
Imagine, honestly, how differently the cultural reaction would look if the political roles were reversed. You know it. Many of you feel it even if you will not say it aloud. Silence would replace sermons. Context would replace condemnation. And the same standards now being demanded would quietly disappear.
What frustrates people on the right is not a call for decency; it is the asymmetry. For decades, conservatives tried to meet hostility with restraint, believing politeness would be returned in kind. Instead, restraint was interpreted as weakness and decorum as surrender. While one side treated politics like a blood sport, the other kept insisting on etiquette.
That era is ending (not because conservatives suddenly hate civility, but because they have learned it cannot be one sided).
To Christians who worry about tone, the issue is not abandoning moral conviction; it is refusing to confuse gentleness with passivity. Scripture calls for truth spoken in love, not truth silenced out of fear of offending those who never intended fairness in the first place.
This is not about hatred. It is about clarity. It is about recognizing that what is at stake (families, faith, free speech, and the future of the nation) is too important to keep pretending that norms exist where they no longer do.
You do not have to agree with conservatives to see this. But if you care about justice, consistency, and honesty, it is time to stop pretending the rules are applied evenly; and to understand why many are done playing by standards that only ever bind one side.
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So far, President Trump, in the short time of his second stint, has delivered on every single promise of the America First coalition (most of which was codified in the OBBB), all but one. That remaining pillar represents perhaps the largest wing of the MAGA populist movement; the millions who want justice and accountability for the Deep State.

It seems Trump set a brilliant trap with his apparent ambivalence toward the Epstein files. Anyone paying attention, and not listening to the lamestream media, knows the exact opposite has been true for more than a decade. He has been orchestrating this moment. And now, people are already retiring, lawyering up, and running for cover as the latest email drops implicate not only the Clinton administration, but also Biden and even Obama.

The Democrats and their slimy media cronies just can’t help themselves. In trying to hurt Trump, they’ve unleashed the Kraken on their own allies; the very people who have lived in the shadows, protected from scrutiny for years.

Trump’s long-disenfranchised faction (the people waiting for the hammer of justice to finally come down on the powerful and the formerly untouchable elite) is closer than ever. And when it happens, it will reignite and re-energize the MAGA base, because voters will finally see exactly what they elected him to do.

And by God's grace, this will happen just in time for the midterms.

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For years, Americans have said they wish we had a leader like Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"... someone who’d stand up to corruption and go straight to the people. Or like "Bullworth"... a politician who tells the raw truth, no matter how uncomfortable. Or Patton... tough, unfiltered, and focused on victory. Or even "The Outlaw Josey Wales"... a lone fighter who won’t back down, no matter the odds.

Then along comes Donald J. Trump… and suddenly, a bunch of people who spent years dreaming about a leader with backbone are shouting, “Wait!!! Not him!” Like they didn’t just ask for someone who’d speak hard truths, stand alone if necessary, and take on the whole corrupt system. Turns out, when that kind of leader actually shows up (rough edges and all) a lot of folks get nervous. But many of us saw it from day one. This was absolutely necessary for the moment we’re in.

God often uses unexpected men to do His work. Trump, I submit, is straight-up that dude. He has broken through to the forgotten American people. Consider the fact that in less than ten years, he grafted the working-class, blue‑collar Obama coalition into a GOP that was historically against that kind of base. He fought the leftists, the neocons, and the establishment on both sides. God providentially spared him from a direct headshot. Trump is exposing the rot; he is re-centering the fight for the people (not for the status‑quo elites). He has 3 years and 3 months left, so he’s not finished. To the aforementioned, I say stop whining and let the man cook.

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Trump outmaneuvered the democrats by rolling out four major domestic policy proposals: going after Big Ag monopolies (on meat in particular), introducing 50-year mortgages (which lower monthly payments and can still be paid off early), $2k tariff rebate checks, and the biggest one....the HSA option to compete directly with the Obamacare subsidy system, which has basically functioned as a slush fund for insurance companies.
All of this wiped out Chuck’s leverage. They also allowed Trump to pivot back to domestic, kitchen-table issues, signaling to the disinterested blue-collar, low-propensity voters that he is still America First.
And remember....those are the voters who backed Trump wholeheartedly in 2024 yet stayed home last Tuesday.
Trump is clearly positioning to win the midterms.
And the Democrats handed him this opening on a silver platter.

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Ignore the trolling and the noise. Constitutionally redraw the lines and push the Democrats into political irrelevance. Trump capitalized on their relentless shift to the left on every issue ('cUz oRAngE mAN bAD), and in doing so, he claimed the political center while they kept drifting further into extremism.

Apportionment is possible because the Democrats have obliterated their own moderate, patriotic, working-class base. They are a dying party. As long as America First policies remain front and center, there is no path back for them, not now nor in the foreseeable future.

Trump is a winner. When presented with a political advantage, he doesn’t just seize it. He relentlessly maximizes it. The Democrats have boxed themselves into a corner, championing fringe issues that only 20% of Americans actually support. All the while, they’ve ignited a massive civil war within their own ranks between the old-school liberals and the Marxist, woke anti-American communists.

The heavy lifting is already done. Ignore the noise. Ignore the hate. They've already lost. All we have to do now is hold the line and stay the course Trump set with America First. Everything else will take of itself.

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The opposition party of the early Federalists called themselves 'Republicans.' The Federalists referred to them as 'Democrats' because they viewed them as an anti-republic, mob-rule party. Today, we often see them denoted as 'Democratic-Republicans.' This party later split: one faction, led by Martin Van Buren, evolved into the Democratic Party we know today, while the other became the Whigs (as the Federalist Party had dissolved). Van Buren helped create the Democratic Party, and the patronage system (or 'swamp') he implemented contributed, in various ways, to the maintenance of slavery and political power. Over time, Democrats and Whigs alike avoided confronting slavery, creating a kind of bipartisan 'slave swamp' which ultimately led to the founding of the Republican Party (1854), whose purpose was to crush it.

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#repost

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🚨 BREAKING: The U.S. Debt Clock Now Tracks DOGE & Savings Per Taxpayer! 🚨

💰 DOGE Savings So Far: $175 BILLION
💵 Savings Per Taxpayer: $1,558

But here’s the kicker—this isn’t new spending. This is a dividend—💸 money that was already earmarked for wasteful spending but is now being returned to taxpayers where it belongs! 🏦

And this is just the beginning… 🚀

If DOGE hits its $2 TRILLION annual savings goal, here’s what happens next:

✅ Total savings per taxpayer: 💰 $17,806
✅ Elon’s proposed 20% dividend: 💵 $3,561 in your pocket
✅ Debt reduction: 💳 $1.6 TRILLION knocked off the national debt

And hey, if you’re against all this, no worries! 😆 We’ll just redistribute your cut among the people who actually like saving America money. Sounds fair, right? 😉

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Let’s talk about who the real aggressors were in this war. Jeffrey Sachs laid it out perfectly: this was never about Russian expansion; it was about NATO pushing closer and closer to Russia’s borders. After the Soviet Union fell, NATO promised it wouldn’t expand east. But what happened? The U.S. ignored that and added Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic in 1999… then the Baltics, Romania, and more in 2004. Russia warned over and over that this was a red line. In 2008, the U.S. pushed for Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO right on Russia’s doorstep. Imagine if Russia built military bases in Canada or Mexico...the U.S. would never allow it.
Then in 2014, the U.S. backed a coup that overthrew Ukraine’s democratically elected president, Viktor Yanukovych, because he wanted Ukraine to stay neutral. That’s when Ukraine started attacking Russian-speaking regions in Donbass, killing thousands. This war could have ended in one week...Zelensky was ready to negotiate. But the U.S. told him to walk away. Why? Because they wanted a proxy war. And now, nearly a million Ukrainians are dead or wounded, all while defense contractors rake in billions.
So let’s stop pretending this war is some noble fight for democracy. The U.S. government created this mess, and now they want taxpayers to foot the bill while Ukraine gets turned into rubble. Trump’s plan? End the war, cut off the money flow to war profiteers, and actually shift power away from China. That’s not “pro-Russia.” That’s just common sense. #MAGA

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Trump’s Ukraine Deal is GENIUS. Here's Why it Works for Everyone.

The war in Ukraine has dragged on for years, costing lives, draining resources, and creating global instability. While politicians and war profiteers have benefited, everyday people in Ukraine, Russia, and beyond have suffered. Now, former President Donald Trump has proposed a solution that could end the war, strengthen the U.S. economy, and reduce global tensions—all without putting American troops on the ground.

Understanding the Reality: Russia Lost

Despite the mainstream narrative, Russia did not achieve its goals in Ukraine. The initial plan was for Russia to take control of Ukraine in just a few weeks. That didn’t happen. Ukraine—backed by billions in Western aid—held its ground. If Russia couldn’t defeat Ukraine alone, the idea that it could take on NATO is absurd. Putin knows this.

So what’s next? Trump’s plan offers Putin a way to save face while also ending the war.

The Deal: Rare Earth Minerals for Peace

Trump’s proposal revolves around one key factor—rare earth minerals. These minerals are crucial for advanced technology, artificial intelligence, and military defense. Right now, China dominates this market, controlling up to 90% of the global supply. If the U.S. wants to remain a superpower, it needs access to these resources—fast.

Here’s how Trump’s plan works:

Russia stops fighting and claims victory – Putin gets to say he won because he gains access to money from rare mineral sales.


Ukraine claims victory – Zelensky can say Ukraine survived and is now economically secure.

The U.S. buys rare earth minerals from both nations – Instead of China controlling the market, the U.S. secures its own supply chain.

The Russia-China alliance weakens – If Russia profits from trade with the U.S., it won’t need to rely as heavily on China.

Europe stabilizes – With the war over, Europe’s economy rebounds, and NATO can claim it “held the line” against Russia.

Why This Works for Everyone

This isn’t just about stopping the war—it’s about shifting global power. The U.S. wins because it reduces dependence on China, strengthens its economy, and avoids a costly war. Russia wins because it gets money without further destruction. Ukraine wins because its economy is rebuilt. Europe wins because it remains relevant.

Most importantly, the endless flow of American taxpayer dollars into Ukraine—funneling money to war profiteers, corrupt politicians, and defense contractors—finally stops. The waste, the fraud, and the endless spending come to an end.

The Genius of Trump’s Strategy

Unlike past presidents who relied on military intervention and foreign entanglements, Trump is using strategy over force. No American boots on the ground. No unnecessary spending. No coercion. Just a deal that benefits everyone involved.

This plan checks every box:

✔ Ends the war
✔ Reduces spending
✔ Puts America first
✔ Secures vital resources
✔ Weakens China’s control
✔ Strengthens Europe’s economy

For years, global elites have profited from never-ending wars while everyday people have suffered. This deal flips the script. America leads without military intervention. Ukraine and Russia both get what they need. And China’s grip on global resources weakens.

The establishment may call Trump reckless, but this plan is pure strategy. It’s the first real “America First” approach that doesn’t come at the expense of other nations. Instead, it creates a future where everyone wins.

So why hasn’t this been done before? Simple—too many people in power profit from war. This plan threatens their status quo. But for everyday Americans, Ukrainians, and even Russians, it’s the only real path to peace.

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