Bravo Mrs Miller and thank you for the compilation. Idk who Im voting for, but they will not be a Democrat. I'm done. Sickened by what they've pushed onto our confused mentally disturbed young people. There is no going back. America has fallen since Biden became "president".
My hope is Trump and his team see the opportunity of all the lost Dems votes. They situate themselves to appeal to us in a moderate centrist fashion. He drops the child like behavior, gets serious about the obvious and leads our country out of this terrible lunacy we are living.
My daughter desisted. Thank the Universe. I pray for your Miss Miller to do the same. I know the pain and sorrow. Stick to your convictions, show her we are all being lied to, teach her to criticality think on other topics besides trans and be her parent, not her friend. Sending YOU so much strength💪 ♡
Thank you and so happy for you! I am the only one in my family on the right now--the odd woman out. My dearest wish is that my husband would join me but the TDS has too strong a hold over him. I wonder if we were more united would we be able to show her the lies more effectively. Of course as my adolescent daughter it's in her biological contract to counter me at every turn. I have hope though!
Bookmark! I don't know yet whether I will vote for Trump or just abstain, but I appreciate you putting this together.
I get so confused when Liberals say Trump is a 'threat to democracy'--the Democratic Party doesn't even have democratic elections! I watched in real time as they stole two primaries away from Bernie Sanders (with assistance from the media). They LITERALLY argued in court that they can go in a backroom and choose whoever they want, so basically the Democratic primary is pointless theater.
I am a single issue voter too. One thing I wonder: Do you think Trump would stick to his guns on his transgender policy? He has been known to flip positions.
Yes. This is a key thing for us to realize. With many things you can just expose them and embarrass/pressure them into backing off whatever bugshit woke thing they are up to. Like with the recent campus antisemitism scandal for example.
But that doesn't work with this trans insanity. They are absolutely dedicated, I mean wild-eyed cult-memberish about it. When we expose them, they just flip us the bird and keep going. It's almost like they have channeled all their TDS energy into this one issue.
He is very likely to go through with mass firings of the federal bureaucracy via Schedule F. This is absolutely necessary to fight the trans movement, because as it is now the entire federal bureaucracy is backing trans.
My question is how far down the line the firings need to go to accomplish that. Trump certainly did not turn the agencies around in his 4 years in office. For example, to get a research grant from the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health, you still had to explain how the research would advance DEI. Who has to be fired at those agencies to change that?
I think you're right on re the agency culture. I work in organic certification, which Dems love and Repubs hate. The Feds oversee it through the USDA, and the culture changes dramatically when the agency changes party hands.
I want to say the agency heads Trump appoints act as a buffer to his nuttiness, but some of them are even worse since they're just as crazy and actually have an agenda they're hellbent on.
As a long time Republican, I held my nose and voted for Trump twice. The war isn’t between the Dems and Republicans, it is between the Elite, Ivy League, Corporate media, Big government class and the American people. The arrogance of those coming out of the elite schools and going to work in Washington where they sit in a bubble with like minded people creating policy for people they know nothing about. Trump pointed this out when he made fun of those at CNN and MSNBC. The hilarity that these networks are “speaking truth to power” when they fawn over the entrenched Pelosi, McConnells and Schumers while making fun of the “rubes that voted for Trump”. Trump laid out what he had planned to do: build a wall, stop funding Iran, move the physical Israeli Capital to Jerusalem and bring manufacturing back to the US to help the flyover states. The government class hates him because he actually got some of it done while making fun of the Washington Cocktail class.
It's a ballot initiative to (1) require schools to inform parents of psychological issues with their kid, including gender; (2) protect single-sex girls sports; and (3) ban sex-trait-modification drugs and surgery for minors.
If we can get this on the ballot, polling shows that it is likely to pass. And that would be an earthquake in Democratic politics nationwide.
So if you are in California, please help if you can! And if you're not, please let any family and friends know about our efforts to protect our kids.
I too was shocked and depressed with Trumps win in 2016. in the 7 years that followed, my own Democratic Party has chased me away from ever wanting to vote D again for the next 100 years.
I can't believe I'm even saying this, but I can see myself voting for Trump also.
What? It’s conservative’s (Yes, I reside in the basket of deplorables) fault that the left went after Trump with a vengeance? Where was the peaceful transfer of power in 2016? There was talk of impeachment BEFORE HE WAS EVEN SWORN IN! Do you not remember the frothing pink pussy hat zealots? Russia gate? James Comey? Mueller? FBI agents and US attorneys actively working to CREATE false evidence that Trump colluded with Russia.
Now these new indictments are 100% political. Whoever can’t see it has their head up their ass.
The left is hell bent at destroying our country. Gender ideology is their nuclear bomb. They are creating an entire generation that will never be able to have children and will be mired in such poor mental states they won’t be able to function as human beings. THAT is pure evil. God help these kids.
Every single policy of the Biden administration has harmed America. Look at these loons he puts in important positions. Men in dresses! These are mentally ill people, yet the left applauds as if they are morally superior. Don’t get me started on the pronoun bullshit!
We have millions streaming over an open border. Those are our replacements. America is being invaded. Fentanyl, sex slaves, dirty bombs and terrorists flow freely into our country. All while Biden is giving billions to Iran to assist in the annihilation of Israel and the US. But hey, it’s conservative’s fault because of...TDS? Yup, that’s one solid argument.
Perhaps, just maybe, Trump has elicited advise from some less ultra Conservative, more moderate advisors. He has had 3 years to grow into the idea that the Democratic party lost its damn mind and a good chunk of Dem voters are in need of a new political home. But... he has to change his rhetoric and get more serious, as the issues at hand have never been more detrimental. 🤞
OR....another sunny spin..., maybe we all go 3rd party. Whether you like Kennedy or not, the younger people (18-30yos) are looking at him with big eyes. Honestly, so am I. I've listened to all his podcasts and to me, he is so much more capable than Trump or Biden. Before you poo poo it, take a listen to him. And what a major middle finger to all these elected ding dongs if for the first time ever we become independent. Maybe it's time to spice things up you beautiful bunch of moderate thinkers and lovers of freedom♡ xo 🤗
Thanks for your thoughts, yours is an important voice that represents lots of swing voters. I hope Democrats pay attention.
I am a former lefty, still in the Any-Republican-but-Trump camp. I agree with everything you said about the left. But so many of the credible right-wing people who worked closely with him during his last term say he's a threat to democracy; that and his actions after losing the 2020 election are what tips the scales for me.
Biden and the Dems were screwing with main and social media though FBI, resulting in withholding information about Hunter Biden laptop content. Tons of ppl admitted that if this would be in the open they would never vote for Joe!
I'm perfectly willing to believe that Joe Biden was/is taking kickbacks and is suppressing evidence of it. Now let's be honest and admit that Trump is a king of corruption himself. It doesn't really affect how the scales tip for me.
As far as social media. You're talking about a time when Trump's people were running the FBI and the Justice Department. Please don't insult our intelligence by trying to pretend that they were any less corrupt than Democrats.
Trump sanctioned Putin’s pipeline in Baltics, Biden opened it up on the first day in office, helping Putin finance his war.
Trump opens Keystone pipeline Biden closed on first day. Prices of oil shut up, Putin wins. Americans loose.
Trump stoped flow of BILLIONS to Iran, Biden sent them back to Ayatollahs. Resulting in Middle East crisis bc Iran fully funds Hamas.
Trump brokered Abraham accords! Nobel worthy work!
Democrats were instrumental to Arafat getting Nobel, but no peace in the Middle East. Horrific legacy!Arafat was a notorious terrorist! But narcissistic Clinton thought it was ok bc he got his Nobel alongside.
Trump fought illegal emigration.
With Biden we have a horrific disaster. Estimated 3 million illegals by the end of his term. Anyone vetting this ppl for terror connections?
My MSNBC mom is always saying this and I'm open to being convinced, but I have yet to see the proof. And it doesn't even have to be as conclusive as the Hunter and dad family business selling influence.
Lol face it, if you're not already convinced by the numbers of convictions, guilty pleas, indictments, civil convictions, lost lawsuits, active lawsuits and bankruptcies among Trump and his people, you never will be. Just don't bother.
Our governments and big businesses are profoundly corrupt with some wonderful shining exceptions. There is plenty of corruption in all of the political parties.
Trump is absolutely a "threat to democracy", but so are the Democrats!
EVERY Democrat in Congress, without exception, backs the Equality Act, which would make instantaneous gender self-ID a matter of federal law. The Biden Dept of Education is on the verge of banning single-sex sports in schools via a misinterpretation of Title IX (which would nevertheless have the force of law). The Democrats unanimously back unconstitutional racist policies at every level.
All of this is massively unpopular. The Democrats do not care. They have, in short, abandoned anything like true democracy, where they would be sensititve to the majority will of the people
So Trump is a threat to something that does not exist in this country anymore. We can only choose between two power-hungry groups that will implement their own agenda, regardless of the will of the people. But for now we still get to pick which of those two agendas we will suffer under. For me that choice is clear: Trump.
Curious who those “credible” people are? Trump made some huge blunders and can’t seem to get out of his own way. BUT, his biggest achievement is exposing the deep state. Russia Gate and all the insanity that spun off of it brought out the uniparty for who they really are. They despise Americans. Trump is pissed and wants revenge. I saw good! He’s the bull in the China cupboard that America needs right now. (BTW, the 2020 election was stolen. Evidence is there, I’m guessing you have never truly exposed yourself to it. It’s been happening since 2000)
Same preferred lineup (Nikki Haley has a very good reputation, here in her home state, where ugly gossip is social currency), but if it’s Trump, then he gets my vote.
When I look at this miasma we’re in, I really believe much suffering and death could have been avoided with a Trump second term. (How I cried with relief when hair sniffer was elected! I cringe.) Old me would probably have avoided this version of me, like the plague. Old me, yellow dog Democrat me, is dead. She was cute, but hopelessly naive and trusting, and dreamy. My TDS has abated.
To add to the list, I fundamentally don’t believe that the puppeteers in Iran would have risked pulling Hamas strings under Trump.
Nikki wants everyone verifiably identified on social media and calls anonymity, particularly in the context of free speech, a security threat. That’s about as totalitarian as it gets.
I hate to be the drag esp on this always uplifting post which I look forward to, but which candidate is NOT part of the ruling class magia/globalist agenda? No one even gets a seat at the table without permission. The fact that we have multiple “candidates” is just to give the illusion we have choice and still live in a “democracy.”
Meh, social media could do with some transparency. Jewish accounts, ‘TERFS’ and other hunted minorities on Instagram get death threats out of all proportion - definitely security threats for them. I’m guessing the definition of totalitarianism has changed, just like all the other weaponized terms, or I’m very dense. I don’t see how shutting down propaganda from actual enemy agents like Iran, Hamas, China, N. Korea and Russia (the troll farm bot superproducers) qualifies as totalitarianism. Also, accountability and consequences would make for a nice change.
Nikki Haley’s dad taught at a tiny, historically black college in a fly speck town in the low country of South Carolina, down the road from my grandfather in law’s house. Her mom ran a cute, fast fashion boutique about 10 miles from me, but sure, ok, globalist agenda ruling class.
I grew up in and lived in countries that weren’t “democracies” and America isn’t close to them, except by the most remote, tenuous definition.
I’m pretty burned out on all the things that I’m supposed to be outraged about.
"I don’t see how shutting down propaganda from actual enemy agents like Iran, Hamas, China, N. Korea and Russia (the troll farm bot superproducers) qualifies as totalitarianism."
Let me explain it to you then. First, it has nothing to do with Russia, China or N. Korea. That's just the old-school fear-speak. It has everything to do with you and me, finding us, doxxing us, getting us fired and even jailed. It is a way to make sure they have tight reins over censorship.
Burning you out is agenda number one. You don't know if its up or down, backwards or forwards. Truth is carefully woven into deception, and billions go into what to say, who to say it to, when to amp it up, when to draw back etc. etc. I think the people who still think any of these candidates are just normal people who've come up in the ranks are the ones who simply do not realize how big this operation is, how well funded, and how long it has been going. Despite the way they describe themselves as bumbling boobs who've made "mistakes" they are a very well organized and their mechanisms are in place.
And while we may be the "most" democratic nation (yet), our democracy has slowly devolved, year by year, decade by decade. All done in the shadows, via executive orders, behind closed doors when everyone is looking at the twin towers. Sorry, yes, it's stressful, but they've bred us to be weak.
Allow me to add another one: Trump is a proud family man and in that respect a role model. A good old fashioned patriarch. The Left discourages the creation of families, celebrates abortion and increasing atomization. My generation and under (tail end of Baby Boom) is unintentionally childless (or intentionally) at great peril not just to ourselves but it’s a looming social crisis. Like the idea of increasing numbers of people dying alone and unclaimed? Vote Democrat.
Wonderfully written. The gaslighting of the left, essentially accusing everyone who doesn’t go along with their destruction of being the problem, is the most unnerving and exasperating aspect of their strategy. It’s utterly dishonest.
Common sense is now labeled “white supremacy, MAGA, racist, right wing.”
My concern is that Trump is one of them. Posing as not one of them. A wolf in orange hair. I’d vote for him too because who else? But every day I’m more convinced that he’s part of the ruling class mafia, spouting out rhetoric to keep the other 50% in control.
Oh god I pray he's not that wolf but I see your point. Originally my paragraph about his gender insanity speech included my mild heartbreak over the fact that he used the term "gender assigned at birth." it showed that he's kind of a slob on the issue. But since his position was on the sane side of things, I decided not to muddy the issue. Fingers crossed though.
Very interesting! I did not hear the speech, but it’s these little things among many other tidbits that make me question him. Mostly it’s his continued stance on vaccines that they’re “great” and the “biggest miracle” and “saved millions of lives” when he knows damn well what they are and what they’ve done.
If he’s acting, it’s clear the issue of vaccines is not negotiable. They need to keep that lie alive on both sides of the aisle.
People excuse him all the time (sloppy, boorish, egocentric) but I don’t think he is. I don’t buy the “incompetence defense” which is always overused when criminal acts are committed (CDC, FDA, lockdowns, 9/11, East Palestine, etc). None were “mistakes.”
I don’t know. He says a lot of great things but those are just words. Politicians know what to say to rile up their bases.
I feel the same way and had all the same reactions after Trump’s election: crying disbelief, etc. I wish we will have a different Republican on the ticket like DeSantis or Nikki, but if it’s Trump, I’m also voting for him.
I’ve just seen this. Good essay. Just remember. For the 1st time for as long as I can remember. No new wars were started under Trump AND he was trying to pull troops out. No new wars sealed it for me. The Gender crap was the cherry on top.
Anyone who intends to vote for the Democrats in 2024 because they think Democrats are protectors of American Democracy against the threat of Trump, should read it.
You do not have to like Trump personally to think that he is the better option.
Even as a Republican, I too went through a similar epiphany. I can't forget that first debate in 2015, I thought I was observing a middle school playground fight! I did not vote for him in the primary, but eventually I wrote a similar piece on fb explaining my reasons. My daughter warned me that I couldn't put that out there publicly. And it did put a target on my back, but one thing I realized was that the fight was what every candidate since Reagan was missing. If you really believe in limited government, why are you such milktoast?
As always, she does a beautiful job. I think we are well past the days of stately leaders which I would long for instead of the harvest we have on both sides. Maybe it is a reflection of the trouble brewing beneath our economy and society. I often get a feel that something just isn't right and that much of what is on Mrs Miller's list is a precursor to what is coming.
My concern with regard to limited government is that when they do not limit themselves, they make the problem much worse than it needed to be and then hide it till it explodes. Peter Schiff wrote a book, The Real Crash, that I believe shows economically where we have come from and where we are going. While he begins the description back in 1921, more recently he describes the causes of the Dot-Com Bubble that led to the Housing Bubble and ends with what we need to short next, the Government Bubble. The thumbnail sketch, we've basically painted ourselves into a corner.
That's a great list of glaring truth. It's amazing more people don't see it.
Despite being a mostly lifelong Republican, and then Independent, and having held my nose (and choked and gagged) and voted for Trump—twice, because I could see the threat to our civil liberties posed by the elitist Dem candidates—I was about to become a Democrat in 2024 just for the thrill of keeping a promise I made to myself years ago: that if RFK Jr. ever ran for president I would vote for him. I figured Bobby wouldn't make it past the Dem primary, given their machinations to bar candidates that challenge Establishment power, so I figured the primary would be my one and only chance to cast a ballot for him. Then the Dems went full bore anti-democracy, breaking their own rules (such as they are) to invalidate any votes cast for Bobby (or anyone not Biden) in their primaries and he (thank the Lord) declared himself an Independent. Now I get to vote for him in the general election!
I really get why people are willing to go with Trump, having done it myself "under duress." I was going to skip voting for president in 2020 cuz I couldn't stand him as a leader. But then during the summer of Floyd he took action against CRT/DEI initiatives being imposed through federal agencies on their employees, so I held my nose and did my duty yet again. It's not even that I disliked a lot of his policies. I simply can't stand how he speaks, how he operates. His energy is chaotic and dark. And I don't trust him for two basic reasons:
1) He has no true principles. His narcissism makes him so profoundly led by his ego that he can be manipulated by crafty politicians and politicos who know how to push his buttons. Two examples: failing to follow through on pardons for Assange and Snowden, and failing to investigate Pharma re: vaccine safety, which he began and then reneged on at the beginning of his term.
2) He has TERRIBLE judgment when it comes to picking the people for his team. He can't even choose lawyers who will stand by him. I think it's karma—because he is so unprincipled he doesn't know how to attract principled, honest people. In any case, I don't trust him to make lasting headway against any of our nation's problems because he doesn't know how to bring people together. If he wins he'll be stuck relying on executive orders again, which will be undone—again—by the next administration.
Bobby has my vote because he has proven through his 40 year career as an environmental and health freedom lawyer that he will fearlessly fight corruption and will sacrifice his own best interests—his reputation and personal political capital—in the cause of pursuing truth and justice. He has my vote because he has spent four decades daily working the 12-step program in recovery from a 14 year heroin addiction that began after his father was assassinated. Anyone that dedicated to practicing personal responsibility and self-honesty understands human nature and the power of truth in a way too many people don't. He is spiritually awake. I see in his record someone willing to fight for sanity and common sense, and for restoring accountability, the loss of which is undermining our foundations of law and order. I see someone with deep compassion for suffering and the groundedness to hold office with integrity.
Anyone who can't stand Biden or Trump but thinks "who else is there?" should take a deep and thoughtful look at RFK Jr.. He would ACTUALLY be the grown up in the room; has lived his adult life being the person willing to do the *right* thing instead of the easy thing. Here are some links to interviews he has done with Jordan Peterson, Tucker Carlson, and Lex Fridman, all of which show him to be a leader genuinely worthy of our highest office.
Thank you Leah for that meaty comment and links, which I will check out. I've been curious about RFK so I appreciate you summing up his position and character here. Do you think that vote for him is an inadvertent vote for Biden though? That's my fear. Going to go watch an interview now!
Well...consider that I have voted mostly Republican and here I am joining Bobby's grassroots campaign. And Biden would never have had my vote. The truth is, both sides regard RFK Jr. as a spoiler who will help the other side, while Kennedy's own internal polling shows that he draws votes equally from both sides, and my personal experience of people I know voting for him is split pretty equally between Dems and Republicans. He's gaining a lot of popularity with Independents, younger voters, and people who haven't donated to presidential campaigns in previous elections. So he is sparking something in those who are desperate for genuine change.
Kennedy is awake to what is going on, to the nature of the threat that globalist technocrats pose to our national sovereignty and interests, to our civil liberties, and he is a proven fighter for the little guy, the average joe. Consider also, Trump promised to "drain the swamp" but had zero clue or plan to make that happen, and despite his bluster couldn't for the life of him figure out who he could trust to help him. RFK Jr. has spent FORTY years suing (and often winning against) corporations and the federal agencies who protect (rather than regulate) them, and so he understands the depth and scale of the corruption, how the system works, and who the players are. He understands the rule book, the roster, and the playing field in a way that Trump never could. For that reason I trust him to be able to use his position as head of the Executive branch to reign in and reform (or dismantle) the executive agencies that have run amok. He actually has the skillz and the guts to do it.
I don't agree with all of Bobby's positions, but I have no prayer of finding that perfect candidate much less him/her being elected. He is a deeply principled person though, whose vision is to strengthen America and reunify Americans under the basic values of liberty and justice for all, which most of us do still share. I especially like that he is not a partisan and he is committed to civil discourse. He believes in treating all voters with respect and wants to bring both sides to the table to work out differences. Like I said, he is the adult in the room. The best part about him is that when he speaks you know he telling you what he actually thinks rather than what he thinks you want to hear. His whole career has been fighting for justice, for transparency and accountability, and saying what he believes is true. I have never been involved in a campaign, but I'm so thankful he is running and (in case you can't tell) I am hugely excited to be able to vote for him. Hence the novel—sorry. I'll shut up now, lol.
I gotta say I'm halfway through the lex Friedman interview and I'm liking what I'm hearing, esp since lex pushed back on anti-vax claims and RFK brought the goods. He does seem like a better choice than trump for all the reasons you lay out here. Excited to dive into the rest of the interviews and thanks again Leah!
It's funny, because I was about to contact you because I'm part of a group organizing in our county to help get RFK Jr. on the PA ballot, and figured if you were a Bobby fan I could invite you to join the effort. Then this morning I read your post and thought: Huh, guess not.
But now...maybe?
IMHO, anyone with old-school liberal Left sensibilities (which hasn't been me but has been you, lol) is a ready-made Kennedy supporter because that is exactly who he is and what he stands for. His vision is the America of the classical liberal Democrat, like his dad and uncle. At this point I see him as the true, sane centrist candidate. And he's not even a jerk or a creep—imagine that?!
I’m a fan of your marriage and had the thought that your hubby might see something in Bobby that he can’t find in Trump (cuz it ain’t there). I will shoot that email. In the meantime, here’s the lay of the land, in a general sense:
POTUS votes only matter in states where it's likely to be close. In those states, a vote for anyone other than Trump or Biden is effectively half a vote for Trump and half a vote for Biden.
Pennsylvania is likely to be close (but that may change by election day).
Bravo Mrs Miller and thank you for the compilation. Idk who Im voting for, but they will not be a Democrat. I'm done. Sickened by what they've pushed onto our confused mentally disturbed young people. There is no going back. America has fallen since Biden became "president".
My hope is Trump and his team see the opportunity of all the lost Dems votes. They situate themselves to appeal to us in a moderate centrist fashion. He drops the child like behavior, gets serious about the obvious and leads our country out of this terrible lunacy we are living.
My daughter desisted. Thank the Universe. I pray for your Miss Miller to do the same. I know the pain and sorrow. Stick to your convictions, show her we are all being lied to, teach her to criticality think on other topics besides trans and be her parent, not her friend. Sending YOU so much strength💪 ♡
Thank you and so happy for you! I am the only one in my family on the right now--the odd woman out. My dearest wish is that my husband would join me but the TDS has too strong a hold over him. I wonder if we were more united would we be able to show her the lies more effectively. Of course as my adolescent daughter it's in her biological contract to counter me at every turn. I have hope though!
Bookmark! I don't know yet whether I will vote for Trump or just abstain, but I appreciate you putting this together.
I get so confused when Liberals say Trump is a 'threat to democracy'--the Democratic Party doesn't even have democratic elections! I watched in real time as they stole two primaries away from Bernie Sanders (with assistance from the media). They LITERALLY argued in court that they can go in a backroom and choose whoever they want, so basically the Democratic primary is pointless theater.
I am a single issue voter too. One thing I wonder: Do you think Trump would stick to his guns on his transgender policy? He has been known to flip positions.
I have no idea! 🤷🏻♀️ but thank you! What I do know is the democrats won't come back to reality (whoop there goes gravity)
Yes. This is a key thing for us to realize. With many things you can just expose them and embarrass/pressure them into backing off whatever bugshit woke thing they are up to. Like with the recent campus antisemitism scandal for example.
But that doesn't work with this trans insanity. They are absolutely dedicated, I mean wild-eyed cult-memberish about it. When we expose them, they just flip us the bird and keep going. It's almost like they have channeled all their TDS energy into this one issue.
He is very likely to go through with mass firings of the federal bureaucracy via Schedule F. This is absolutely necessary to fight the trans movement, because as it is now the entire federal bureaucracy is backing trans.
My question is how far down the line the firings need to go to accomplish that. Trump certainly did not turn the agencies around in his 4 years in office. For example, to get a research grant from the National Science Foundation or the National Institutes of Health, you still had to explain how the research would advance DEI. Who has to be fired at those agencies to change that?
Not sure I agree with that. Too many employees had TDS before he even took office and very probably sabotaged many if not all if his efforts.
I think you're right on re the agency culture. I work in organic certification, which Dems love and Repubs hate. The Feds oversee it through the USDA, and the culture changes dramatically when the agency changes party hands.
I want to say the agency heads Trump appoints act as a buffer to his nuttiness, but some of them are even worse since they're just as crazy and actually have an agenda they're hellbent on.
As a long time Republican, I held my nose and voted for Trump twice. The war isn’t between the Dems and Republicans, it is between the Elite, Ivy League, Corporate media, Big government class and the American people. The arrogance of those coming out of the elite schools and going to work in Washington where they sit in a bubble with like minded people creating policy for people they know nothing about. Trump pointed this out when he made fun of those at CNN and MSNBC. The hilarity that these networks are “speaking truth to power” when they fawn over the entrenched Pelosi, McConnells and Schumers while making fun of the “rubes that voted for Trump”. Trump laid out what he had planned to do: build a wall, stop funding Iran, move the physical Israeli Capital to Jerusalem and bring manufacturing back to the US to help the flyover states. The government class hates him because he actually got some of it done while making fun of the Washington Cocktail class.
I am a 68-yr-old lifelong Democrat. Entirely because of the trans issue, I voted straight Republican in 2022, and will do so again in 2024.
That won't do a lot of good here in California, but this will:
https://protectkidsca.com
It's a ballot initiative to (1) require schools to inform parents of psychological issues with their kid, including gender; (2) protect single-sex girls sports; and (3) ban sex-trait-modification drugs and surgery for minors.
If we can get this on the ballot, polling shows that it is likely to pass. And that would be an earthquake in Democratic politics nationwide.
So if you are in California, please help if you can! And if you're not, please let any family and friends know about our efforts to protect our kids.
I'm not in California but will definitely share this!
great article.
I too was shocked and depressed with Trumps win in 2016. in the 7 years that followed, my own Democratic Party has chased me away from ever wanting to vote D again for the next 100 years.
I can't believe I'm even saying this, but I can see myself voting for Trump also.
what the Hell..?
If you'd told me in 2016! 🤯
What? It’s conservative’s (Yes, I reside in the basket of deplorables) fault that the left went after Trump with a vengeance? Where was the peaceful transfer of power in 2016? There was talk of impeachment BEFORE HE WAS EVEN SWORN IN! Do you not remember the frothing pink pussy hat zealots? Russia gate? James Comey? Mueller? FBI agents and US attorneys actively working to CREATE false evidence that Trump colluded with Russia.
Now these new indictments are 100% political. Whoever can’t see it has their head up their ass.
The left is hell bent at destroying our country. Gender ideology is their nuclear bomb. They are creating an entire generation that will never be able to have children and will be mired in such poor mental states they won’t be able to function as human beings. THAT is pure evil. God help these kids.
Every single policy of the Biden administration has harmed America. Look at these loons he puts in important positions. Men in dresses! These are mentally ill people, yet the left applauds as if they are morally superior. Don’t get me started on the pronoun bullshit!
We have millions streaming over an open border. Those are our replacements. America is being invaded. Fentanyl, sex slaves, dirty bombs and terrorists flow freely into our country. All while Biden is giving billions to Iran to assist in the annihilation of Israel and the US. But hey, it’s conservative’s fault because of...TDS? Yup, that’s one solid argument.
Hear hear! I woke up this morning thinking, I forgot to show my own pussy ass self at the women's march in '17 😂
I'm a glass half full kinda lady.
Here goes:
Perhaps, just maybe, Trump has elicited advise from some less ultra Conservative, more moderate advisors. He has had 3 years to grow into the idea that the Democratic party lost its damn mind and a good chunk of Dem voters are in need of a new political home. But... he has to change his rhetoric and get more serious, as the issues at hand have never been more detrimental. 🤞
OR....another sunny spin..., maybe we all go 3rd party. Whether you like Kennedy or not, the younger people (18-30yos) are looking at him with big eyes. Honestly, so am I. I've listened to all his podcasts and to me, he is so much more capable than Trump or Biden. Before you poo poo it, take a listen to him. And what a major middle finger to all these elected ding dongs if for the first time ever we become independent. Maybe it's time to spice things up you beautiful bunch of moderate thinkers and lovers of freedom♡ xo 🤗
Love this. Listening to my first long form interview of RFK and I don't not like it! Also adore a big middle finger!!
Oh, it's totally wishful thinking.
Thanks for your thoughts, yours is an important voice that represents lots of swing voters. I hope Democrats pay attention.
I am a former lefty, still in the Any-Republican-but-Trump camp. I agree with everything you said about the left. But so many of the credible right-wing people who worked closely with him during his last term say he's a threat to democracy; that and his actions after losing the 2020 election are what tips the scales for me.
Biden and the Dems were screwing with main and social media though FBI, resulting in withholding information about Hunter Biden laptop content. Tons of ppl admitted that if this would be in the open they would never vote for Joe!
I'm perfectly willing to believe that Joe Biden was/is taking kickbacks and is suppressing evidence of it. Now let's be honest and admit that Trump is a king of corruption himself. It doesn't really affect how the scales tip for me.
As far as social media. You're talking about a time when Trump's people were running the FBI and the Justice Department. Please don't insult our intelligence by trying to pretend that they were any less corrupt than Democrats.
Let’s look at outcome though:
Trump sanctioned Putin’s pipeline in Baltics, Biden opened it up on the first day in office, helping Putin finance his war.
Trump opens Keystone pipeline Biden closed on first day. Prices of oil shut up, Putin wins. Americans loose.
Trump stoped flow of BILLIONS to Iran, Biden sent them back to Ayatollahs. Resulting in Middle East crisis bc Iran fully funds Hamas.
Trump brokered Abraham accords! Nobel worthy work!
Democrats were instrumental to Arafat getting Nobel, but no peace in the Middle East. Horrific legacy!Arafat was a notorious terrorist! But narcissistic Clinton thought it was ok bc he got his Nobel alongside.
Trump fought illegal emigration.
With Biden we have a horrific disaster. Estimated 3 million illegals by the end of his term. Anyone vetting this ppl for terror connections?
We could trade policy lists forever, I'm not interested.
Because all of it pales next to the fact that Trump thinks he is more important than the Constitution.
My MSNBC mom is always saying this and I'm open to being convinced, but I have yet to see the proof. And it doesn't even have to be as conclusive as the Hunter and dad family business selling influence.
Lol face it, if you're not already convinced by the numbers of convictions, guilty pleas, indictments, civil convictions, lost lawsuits, active lawsuits and bankruptcies among Trump and his people, you never will be. Just don't bother.
Our governments and big businesses are profoundly corrupt with some wonderful shining exceptions. There is plenty of corruption in all of the political parties.
Yeah, sigh, I hear that. Thank you for reading and commenting!
Trump is absolutely a "threat to democracy", but so are the Democrats!
EVERY Democrat in Congress, without exception, backs the Equality Act, which would make instantaneous gender self-ID a matter of federal law. The Biden Dept of Education is on the verge of banning single-sex sports in schools via a misinterpretation of Title IX (which would nevertheless have the force of law). The Democrats unanimously back unconstitutional racist policies at every level.
All of this is massively unpopular. The Democrats do not care. They have, in short, abandoned anything like true democracy, where they would be sensititve to the majority will of the people
So Trump is a threat to something that does not exist in this country anymore. We can only choose between two power-hungry groups that will implement their own agenda, regardless of the will of the people. But for now we still get to pick which of those two agendas we will suffer under. For me that choice is clear: Trump.
Curious who those “credible” people are? Trump made some huge blunders and can’t seem to get out of his own way. BUT, his biggest achievement is exposing the deep state. Russia Gate and all the insanity that spun off of it brought out the uniparty for who they really are. They despise Americans. Trump is pissed and wants revenge. I saw good! He’s the bull in the China cupboard that America needs right now. (BTW, the 2020 election was stolen. Evidence is there, I’m guessing you have never truly exposed yourself to it. It’s been happening since 2000)
Lol no, you are not curious, you want to argue. I get it, I've been there.
Could I like you anymore 🤩?!?
Preach, Sister!!
Same preferred lineup (Nikki Haley has a very good reputation, here in her home state, where ugly gossip is social currency), but if it’s Trump, then he gets my vote.
When I look at this miasma we’re in, I really believe much suffering and death could have been avoided with a Trump second term. (How I cried with relief when hair sniffer was elected! I cringe.) Old me would probably have avoided this version of me, like the plague. Old me, yellow dog Democrat me, is dead. She was cute, but hopelessly naive and trusting, and dreamy. My TDS has abated.
To add to the list, I fundamentally don’t believe that the puppeteers in Iran would have risked pulling Hamas strings under Trump.
Yes! When are we having coffee
Any day and any time! 😍
Nikki wants everyone verifiably identified on social media and calls anonymity, particularly in the context of free speech, a security threat. That’s about as totalitarian as it gets.
I hate to be the drag esp on this always uplifting post which I look forward to, but which candidate is NOT part of the ruling class magia/globalist agenda? No one even gets a seat at the table without permission. The fact that we have multiple “candidates” is just to give the illusion we have choice and still live in a “democracy.”
Meh, social media could do with some transparency. Jewish accounts, ‘TERFS’ and other hunted minorities on Instagram get death threats out of all proportion - definitely security threats for them. I’m guessing the definition of totalitarianism has changed, just like all the other weaponized terms, or I’m very dense. I don’t see how shutting down propaganda from actual enemy agents like Iran, Hamas, China, N. Korea and Russia (the troll farm bot superproducers) qualifies as totalitarianism. Also, accountability and consequences would make for a nice change.
Nikki Haley’s dad taught at a tiny, historically black college in a fly speck town in the low country of South Carolina, down the road from my grandfather in law’s house. Her mom ran a cute, fast fashion boutique about 10 miles from me, but sure, ok, globalist agenda ruling class.
I grew up in and lived in countries that weren’t “democracies” and America isn’t close to them, except by the most remote, tenuous definition.
I’m pretty burned out on all the things that I’m supposed to be outraged about.
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"I don’t see how shutting down propaganda from actual enemy agents like Iran, Hamas, China, N. Korea and Russia (the troll farm bot superproducers) qualifies as totalitarianism."
Let me explain it to you then. First, it has nothing to do with Russia, China or N. Korea. That's just the old-school fear-speak. It has everything to do with you and me, finding us, doxxing us, getting us fired and even jailed. It is a way to make sure they have tight reins over censorship.
Burning you out is agenda number one. You don't know if its up or down, backwards or forwards. Truth is carefully woven into deception, and billions go into what to say, who to say it to, when to amp it up, when to draw back etc. etc. I think the people who still think any of these candidates are just normal people who've come up in the ranks are the ones who simply do not realize how big this operation is, how well funded, and how long it has been going. Despite the way they describe themselves as bumbling boobs who've made "mistakes" they are a very well organized and their mechanisms are in place.
And while we may be the "most" democratic nation (yet), our democracy has slowly devolved, year by year, decade by decade. All done in the shadows, via executive orders, behind closed doors when everyone is looking at the twin towers. Sorry, yes, it's stressful, but they've bred us to be weak.
Allow me to add another one: Trump is a proud family man and in that respect a role model. A good old fashioned patriarch. The Left discourages the creation of families, celebrates abortion and increasing atomization. My generation and under (tail end of Baby Boom) is unintentionally childless (or intentionally) at great peril not just to ourselves but it’s a looming social crisis. Like the idea of increasing numbers of people dying alone and unclaimed? Vote Democrat.
Eleven! Thank you!
Indeed! I LOLed at "proud family man".
Trump is a thoroughly corrupt sociopathic narcissist grifter. And he has my vote!
Wonderfully written. The gaslighting of the left, essentially accusing everyone who doesn’t go along with their destruction of being the problem, is the most unnerving and exasperating aspect of their strategy. It’s utterly dishonest.
Common sense is now labeled “white supremacy, MAGA, racist, right wing.”
My concern is that Trump is one of them. Posing as not one of them. A wolf in orange hair. I’d vote for him too because who else? But every day I’m more convinced that he’s part of the ruling class mafia, spouting out rhetoric to keep the other 50% in control.
Oh god I pray he's not that wolf but I see your point. Originally my paragraph about his gender insanity speech included my mild heartbreak over the fact that he used the term "gender assigned at birth." it showed that he's kind of a slob on the issue. But since his position was on the sane side of things, I decided not to muddy the issue. Fingers crossed though.
Very interesting! I did not hear the speech, but it’s these little things among many other tidbits that make me question him. Mostly it’s his continued stance on vaccines that they’re “great” and the “biggest miracle” and “saved millions of lives” when he knows damn well what they are and what they’ve done.
If he’s acting, it’s clear the issue of vaccines is not negotiable. They need to keep that lie alive on both sides of the aisle.
People excuse him all the time (sloppy, boorish, egocentric) but I don’t think he is. I don’t buy the “incompetence defense” which is always overused when criminal acts are committed (CDC, FDA, lockdowns, 9/11, East Palestine, etc). None were “mistakes.”
I don’t know. He says a lot of great things but those are just words. Politicians know what to say to rile up their bases.
I feel the same way and had all the same reactions after Trump’s election: crying disbelief, etc. I wish we will have a different Republican on the ticket like DeSantis or Nikki, but if it’s Trump, I’m also voting for him.
Sooo glad to hear that! 🩷
I’ve just seen this. Good essay. Just remember. For the 1st time for as long as I can remember. No new wars were started under Trump AND he was trying to pull troops out. No new wars sealed it for me. The Gender crap was the cherry on top.
This is a brilliant essay.
Anyone who intends to vote for the Democrats in 2024 because they think Democrats are protectors of American Democracy against the threat of Trump, should read it.
You do not have to like Trump personally to think that he is the better option.
Thank you so much Michael! And thanks for the sub!
Well said!!
Even as a Republican, I too went through a similar epiphany. I can't forget that first debate in 2015, I thought I was observing a middle school playground fight! I did not vote for him in the primary, but eventually I wrote a similar piece on fb explaining my reasons. My daughter warned me that I couldn't put that out there publicly. And it did put a target on my back, but one thing I realized was that the fight was what every candidate since Reagan was missing. If you really believe in limited government, why are you such milktoast?
Thank you for the paid sub, Penny! 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
As always, she does a beautiful job. I think we are well past the days of stately leaders which I would long for instead of the harvest we have on both sides. Maybe it is a reflection of the trouble brewing beneath our economy and society. I often get a feel that something just isn't right and that much of what is on Mrs Miller's list is a precursor to what is coming.
My concern with regard to limited government is that when they do not limit themselves, they make the problem much worse than it needed to be and then hide it till it explodes. Peter Schiff wrote a book, The Real Crash, that I believe shows economically where we have come from and where we are going. While he begins the description back in 1921, more recently he describes the causes of the Dot-Com Bubble that led to the Housing Bubble and ends with what we need to short next, the Government Bubble. The thumbnail sketch, we've basically painted ourselves into a corner.
Fantastic post. I just upgraded to "paid" to thank you for it.
Thank you so much!
That's a great list of glaring truth. It's amazing more people don't see it.
Despite being a mostly lifelong Republican, and then Independent, and having held my nose (and choked and gagged) and voted for Trump—twice, because I could see the threat to our civil liberties posed by the elitist Dem candidates—I was about to become a Democrat in 2024 just for the thrill of keeping a promise I made to myself years ago: that if RFK Jr. ever ran for president I would vote for him. I figured Bobby wouldn't make it past the Dem primary, given their machinations to bar candidates that challenge Establishment power, so I figured the primary would be my one and only chance to cast a ballot for him. Then the Dems went full bore anti-democracy, breaking their own rules (such as they are) to invalidate any votes cast for Bobby (or anyone not Biden) in their primaries and he (thank the Lord) declared himself an Independent. Now I get to vote for him in the general election!
I really get why people are willing to go with Trump, having done it myself "under duress." I was going to skip voting for president in 2020 cuz I couldn't stand him as a leader. But then during the summer of Floyd he took action against CRT/DEI initiatives being imposed through federal agencies on their employees, so I held my nose and did my duty yet again. It's not even that I disliked a lot of his policies. I simply can't stand how he speaks, how he operates. His energy is chaotic and dark. And I don't trust him for two basic reasons:
1) He has no true principles. His narcissism makes him so profoundly led by his ego that he can be manipulated by crafty politicians and politicos who know how to push his buttons. Two examples: failing to follow through on pardons for Assange and Snowden, and failing to investigate Pharma re: vaccine safety, which he began and then reneged on at the beginning of his term.
2) He has TERRIBLE judgment when it comes to picking the people for his team. He can't even choose lawyers who will stand by him. I think it's karma—because he is so unprincipled he doesn't know how to attract principled, honest people. In any case, I don't trust him to make lasting headway against any of our nation's problems because he doesn't know how to bring people together. If he wins he'll be stuck relying on executive orders again, which will be undone—again—by the next administration.
Bobby has my vote because he has proven through his 40 year career as an environmental and health freedom lawyer that he will fearlessly fight corruption and will sacrifice his own best interests—his reputation and personal political capital—in the cause of pursuing truth and justice. He has my vote because he has spent four decades daily working the 12-step program in recovery from a 14 year heroin addiction that began after his father was assassinated. Anyone that dedicated to practicing personal responsibility and self-honesty understands human nature and the power of truth in a way too many people don't. He is spiritually awake. I see in his record someone willing to fight for sanity and common sense, and for restoring accountability, the loss of which is undermining our foundations of law and order. I see someone with deep compassion for suffering and the groundedness to hold office with integrity.
Anyone who can't stand Biden or Trump but thinks "who else is there?" should take a deep and thoughtful look at RFK Jr.. He would ACTUALLY be the grown up in the room; has lived his adult life being the person willing to do the *right* thing instead of the easy thing. Here are some links to interviews he has done with Jordan Peterson, Tucker Carlson, and Lex Fridman, all of which show him to be a leader genuinely worthy of our highest office.
https://rumble.com/v2tseiu-rekindling-the-spirit-of-the-classic-democrat-robert-f.-kennedy-jr.-june-5-.html
https://rumble.com/v37q06w-tucker-carlson-ep.-15-robert-f-kennedy-jr.html?playlist_id=watch-history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPtBkw5uD-0&t=919s
Thank you Leah for that meaty comment and links, which I will check out. I've been curious about RFK so I appreciate you summing up his position and character here. Do you think that vote for him is an inadvertent vote for Biden though? That's my fear. Going to go watch an interview now!
Well...consider that I have voted mostly Republican and here I am joining Bobby's grassroots campaign. And Biden would never have had my vote. The truth is, both sides regard RFK Jr. as a spoiler who will help the other side, while Kennedy's own internal polling shows that he draws votes equally from both sides, and my personal experience of people I know voting for him is split pretty equally between Dems and Republicans. He's gaining a lot of popularity with Independents, younger voters, and people who haven't donated to presidential campaigns in previous elections. So he is sparking something in those who are desperate for genuine change.
Kennedy is awake to what is going on, to the nature of the threat that globalist technocrats pose to our national sovereignty and interests, to our civil liberties, and he is a proven fighter for the little guy, the average joe. Consider also, Trump promised to "drain the swamp" but had zero clue or plan to make that happen, and despite his bluster couldn't for the life of him figure out who he could trust to help him. RFK Jr. has spent FORTY years suing (and often winning against) corporations and the federal agencies who protect (rather than regulate) them, and so he understands the depth and scale of the corruption, how the system works, and who the players are. He understands the rule book, the roster, and the playing field in a way that Trump never could. For that reason I trust him to be able to use his position as head of the Executive branch to reign in and reform (or dismantle) the executive agencies that have run amok. He actually has the skillz and the guts to do it.
I don't agree with all of Bobby's positions, but I have no prayer of finding that perfect candidate much less him/her being elected. He is a deeply principled person though, whose vision is to strengthen America and reunify Americans under the basic values of liberty and justice for all, which most of us do still share. I especially like that he is not a partisan and he is committed to civil discourse. He believes in treating all voters with respect and wants to bring both sides to the table to work out differences. Like I said, he is the adult in the room. The best part about him is that when he speaks you know he telling you what he actually thinks rather than what he thinks you want to hear. His whole career has been fighting for justice, for transparency and accountability, and saying what he believes is true. I have never been involved in a campaign, but I'm so thankful he is running and (in case you can't tell) I am hugely excited to be able to vote for him. Hence the novel—sorry. I'll shut up now, lol.
I gotta say I'm halfway through the lex Friedman interview and I'm liking what I'm hearing, esp since lex pushed back on anti-vax claims and RFK brought the goods. He does seem like a better choice than trump for all the reasons you lay out here. Excited to dive into the rest of the interviews and thanks again Leah!
Yay! That's so great to hear!
It's funny, because I was about to contact you because I'm part of a group organizing in our county to help get RFK Jr. on the PA ballot, and figured if you were a Bobby fan I could invite you to join the effort. Then this morning I read your post and thought: Huh, guess not.
But now...maybe?
IMHO, anyone with old-school liberal Left sensibilities (which hasn't been me but has been you, lol) is a ready-made Kennedy supporter because that is exactly who he is and what he stands for. His vision is the America of the classical liberal Democrat, like his dad and uncle. At this point I see him as the true, sane centrist candidate. And he's not even a jerk or a creep—imagine that?!
It would save my marriage if I didn't vote for trump lol. Shoot me an email. 😊
I’m a fan of your marriage and had the thought that your hubby might see something in Bobby that he can’t find in Trump (cuz it ain’t there). I will shoot that email. In the meantime, here’s the lay of the land, in a general sense:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thekennedybeacon/p/the-censorship-industrial-complex?r=2jy1d&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
POTUS votes only matter in states where it's likely to be close. In those states, a vote for anyone other than Trump or Biden is effectively half a vote for Trump and half a vote for Biden.
Pennsylvania is likely to be close (but that may change by election day).
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Bravo!