As much as I support Massie standing on principle (as he should) I would like to see spending actually cut. But the way government works is to kick the can and have a new excuse to kick it again. If history repeats, we'll hear something like this: "Well, President Trump had a plan to cut, but then XYZ happened... You can't expect government spending to be cut after XYZ." And this is how the spending goes...on and on, with no end. Massie never has to worry about doing the right thing...simply because it's right, no matter what happens.

Will Democrats (when they're back in power) kick people with green cards and visas out for political views too? Will getting a green card or visa going forward mean that you must have certain opinions? If Republicans are in power, don't criticize foreign nation (A). If Democrats are in power, don't criticize foreign nation (B).

Trump says that the EU was formed to "screw" the U.S. and that may be true, I don't know. But one thing I do know, is that the EU is modeled after the U.S. (at least the post-1865 U.S.). After the Civil War, the U.S. did not go back to being a decentralized union (without the slavery). That's what should have happened...ban slavery across the board, and go back to being decentralized and unique states. Instead, the U.S. became a consolidated and centralized power located in DC. Everything would flow from DC. The states would be homogenized, and local cultures whisked away. When you travel the U.S., it often feels like you never left home. With the exception of restaurants and the wonders of nature, the states have become a carbon copy of one another. There's Home Depot, Lowe's, McDonalds, Best Buy, Kohl's...etc...etc. Don't get me wrong, I don't dislike any of these places, but all of them are tentacles of the Grand Octopus in DC. If DC says check for :vaccine passports," they'll all comply. If DC says "go woke," they will all go woke. The European Union is modeled after this. All of the European nations would be homogenized, and take their orders from their own DC (i.e., Brussels). Local cultures would homogenized. Is it a coincidence that both the United States and European opened their borders? When is such insanity acceptable, unless there's an ulterior motive? Both the United States (post-1865) and the European Union look to me to be the models of Globalism. Do this to the whole world! Any country that seeks to retain its own nationality and its own culture is labeled the enemy. Every nation must be homogenized...to take orders from some centralized entity. God forbid.

Good image. But we certainly don't want to save the Empire...that's not worth saving. However, the original pre-"Reconstructed" and decentralized Republic?* That is worth living in. *(minus the slavery, of course)

With the first Gulf War, George H.W. Bush was very happy that the resistance to war had passed in American minds. Enough time had gone by since Vietnam, and new generations of Americans were ready to be crushed by endless war. H.W. Bush said: “It’s a proud day for America. By God, we’ve kicked the Vietnam Syndrome once and for all!” Take a look at what has been done to the Middle East ever since. Today, Christians are being slaughtered on the lands that Christ walked through in Syria; something that did not occur when Assad was in power. But Assad had to go, we were told. The "influencers" are starting to slow walk the narrative of Iran being next. ...to save "Western Civilization." "Vietnam Syndrome" -- where art thou?

When the Soviet menace collapsed, an opportunity for America to be a normal country was becoming quite obvious. Jeane Kirkpatrick was in the Reagan Administration. She wrote in 1990 that it was time for the U.S. to get rid of: “the dubious benefits of superpower status and become again a usually successful, open American republic…a normal country in normal time…an independent nation in a world of independent nations.” Did America choose to be a normal nation? NO! Instead, America would venture off into the Middle East and Ukraine. None of it was for the benefit of America, and the costs are beyond mathematical justification anymore. With the election of Trump, there (once again) is a desire to be a normal nation. But that desire is countered by the pull of the Middle East and Ukraine. Areas that have nothing to do with us. Why can't America just be normal? It's as if America has no independence of its own.

It's great to see the HUGE support for Thomas Massie. If, as some speculate, President Trump was nudged by "the powers behind the throne," to go after Massie, it's clear that it was not a good thing for Trump to do.

By far. And Trump compares him to Liz Cheney? Big blunder.

The Empire of Lies knows how to segue. Seamlessly moving from Covid tyranny to: "Putin will take over the world." Now seamlessly trying to move from Putin to Islamist groups (fostered by the U.S. and Israel): "Taking down Western Civilization".

Trump is a unique person. In politics, there's no one like him. But when it comes to policy, he has always been a mixed bag. He does some great stuff, and some awful stuff. One group of people refuse to see the great. The other refuse to see the awful.

We went through this with the Covid trillions that Trump pushed. Massie was right about that too. Trump called Massie a “third rate politician” and he was primaried. Massie won. Massie is the man.

People care more about marketing and slogans, rather than results. Here's Gary Allen writing in 1987 about Reagan: "The Establishment let the public have Ronald Reagan and then surround him with advisors who let Ronnie keep everyone enthused with magnificent speeches while little was actually accomplished. Federal spending continued to mushroom, deficits exploded…But all the while, the rhetoric led the public to believe that just the opposite was happening.” Trump's 1st administration fits the above description. It would be a real shame if his 2nd administration ends up fitting it too. I really hope it doesn't.

It's true. The burglar always has an excuse: "You don't understand, I have to steal because [XYZ]." "Let me steal just one more time, and then I'll change my ways." "You'll see, just one more time."

If you're going to cut, it has to be like DOGE. Do it now. Otherwise, it won't happen. Politicians will always have a shiny new object to keep pushing it forward: "We can't cut now ... can't you see we're in the middle of of blah...blah..blah?"

This is what real toughness looks like. Doing the right thing when everyone wants to do wrong.

As long as there have been libertarians, the cry has always been the same — shrink the state. The longer you wait, the harder it will be for the people to accept. The hatred against Elon proves this point. The people are addicted to the state that enslaves them.

The foreign flag? That’s a bigger problem than changing clocks.

The great Thomas Massie revealed that everyone in the House has an AIPAC-guy…except himself of course. War “influencers” want everyone to think that it’s a Qatari-guy instead. I highly doubt Massie was hiding this from us.

Israel & America had a role in Al Qaeda ruling Syria. That can't be ignored. The left does the same. NATO had a big role in Russia invading Ukraine. They ignore it.

This is not a bad idea, but corruption doesn't reside in politicians alone. Citizens WANT politicians to act like criminals: - Steal my neighbor's money for me. - Take away my neighbor's rights. - Send my neighbor to die for a foreign nation. - Mandate my neighbor to wear masks and take jabs that don't work. - (the list of crimes is endless) So you can't want your politician to be a criminal FOR YOU and not be corrupt FOR HIMSELF.