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The Fall of the Kingmaker

Bob vander Plaats has been making bad endorsements for the past decade. The latest in this long line of losses was the endorsement for Adam Steen for Iowa Governor in this week’s primary election. And the first was picking Senator Cruz over the people’s choice of Donald Trump in 2016.

Donald Trump was a guest of The Family Leader a year or two before he decided to run for President. And Bob himself made a couple of trips out to NYC and Trump Tower. He spent time with the future President. But throw it all away.

He could have been a great voice for Christ and supported Trump’s bid for President in 2016. But he didn’t. The question has always been “why didn’t Bob vander Plaats do this?”

There have been several possibilities floating around for years. They had a falling out was one. The companionship formed with Steve Deace is thought to be another. And on the surface these are all valid reasons. But they too are just more symptoms of the Kingmaker’s fall.

No the real reason is due to the loss of the one person that kept Bob vander Plaats from being his own worst enemy. That one person, in Bob’s own words, “knew where they bodies were buried,” at The Family Leader.

The same person who was wrote the very letter that was given to then governor candidate for the 3rd time, Bob vander Plaats, on the night he lost that primary race. The letter that offered him the presidency and CEO position at the Iowa Family Policy Center that would later be renamed as The Family Leader.

That person was Kristen Rheinherren, nee Major. The Director of Development at the Iowa Family Policy Center. She is 100% responsible for text of that offer that Bob took. She wrote that recruitment letter.

And in June 2015, Kristen resigned from The Family Leader to pursue other opportunities. The date is strikingly haunting considering it’s when Bob started down that path of bad endorsements just after that departure.

Since 2015 Kristen hasn’t been around to give her voice to the staff meetings and private meetings with the leadership of The Family Leader. Kristen you see was a prayer warrior the likes of which are rarely seen. And without her, The Family Leader has suffered.

Bad choices in endorsing candidates and causes, one after the other. None of which Kristen would have supported and could have possibly talked Bob out of endorsing them publicly.

Kristen passed from this world and into Christ’s loving arms in 2020. So there is no way for her to ever return to The Family Leader to offer her thoughts and speaker her mind. And they will likely to continue to be more and more irrelevant in Iowa and national politics in the future.

Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week

This week’s Lexicon takes us to the Golden State, California. Having solved all of its problems (you know, except for people fleeing the state, rampant homelessness, uncontrolled drug abuse, a lack of leadership from the Governor on down, and more freaks than backstage at a Rick James show), they’re focusing its attention on a serious issue, a scourge on all of decent society that must be kept in check or the world as we know it will end.

That blight on humanity? The Lord Voldemort of 2026?

Nick Shirley.

Yes, that Nick Shirley.

This week, California’s Assembly passed the Stop Nick Shirley Act, a proposed law to protect potential victims of investigative journalists by expanding their existing Safe At Home Program designed to protect victims of domestic abuse. Because being interviewed about alleged fraud is totes equal to domestic abuse.

For you Leftists out there reading this, that was sarcasm.

What isn’t sarcasm is the Stop Nick Shirley Act is the kind of Lexicon topic I can sink my teeth into and enjoy!

the Stop Nick Shirley Act

What the Left thinks it means – a bill that will stop people like Shirley from harassing people in the search for clicks

What it really means – a bill that makes the Left moist in their panties, but betrays their real feelings about a free press

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again (mainly because this piece would be a lot shorter if I didn’t): I have a healthy respect for the First Amendment, both for personal reasons and as a general principle. A part of that involves freedom of the press, which is essential to a healthy society and government.

Given the current state of journalism, though, we’re as healthy as Rosie O’Donnell and Michael Moore at an all you can eat buffet at Uncle Stinky’s Food Poisoning Emporium and Sewage Treatment Center. (Their slogan: It’s technically food.)

As the mainstream media have turned into DNC Lapdog Central, people started looking for alternatives. I mean, if you heard different TV stations saying the same thing almost to the syllable, you might want to see if someone else has something different to say. Good thing every mainstream media outlet is independent and has a commitment to the truth, amirite?

For any Leftists reading this, that was also sarcasm.

What started out as a little-known and hardly talked-about website called The Drudge Report spawned new interest in the journalism game, and more than a few people jumped at the chance to dig into stories for themselves. Most of them didn’t uncover too much scandal outside of how Mrs. Wickersham is a teetotaler in public, but smokes more pot than Willie Nelson, Cheech and Chong, and Seth Rogan on 4/20 when nobody’s looking.

Then, there is Nick Shirley. Instead of finding a ganj-smoking grandma, he found fraud. A lot of fraud. Although we don’t have a firm and verified total of how much fraud yet, let’s just say it’s more than enough to go to a learning center to learn how to spell “Learning Center.”

Now, most people think uncovering fraud is a good thing. Ah, but Leftists don’t think that way, mainly because they’re guilty of it themselves, enabling it, or a little from Column A and a little from Column B. Regardless, since Shirley made Minnesota Governor and former VP candidate Tim Walz look like, well, Tim Walz, the Left has had a metaphorical hard-on to get Shirley by any means necessary.

After Minnesota, Shirley turned his sights to California, where there’s more hands out than if you cloned Shiva multiple times. Given the Governor is a guy who could have played any dickheaded jock antagonist from any 80s movie (right down to the hairstyle), finding fraud wouldn’t be that hard because, well, the Governor is one. The only problem? The Governor is as big of a dick as the aforementioned 80s movie character.

That brings us to today (please check local listings for the day in your area) and the Stop Nick Shirley Act. See, Leftists like Newsom believe independent journalists looking into taxpayer-funded fraud is a bad thing. After all, it’s his money, right?

Yeah, not quite, but try telling him that.

Since Matt Drudge became a household name in spite of the mainstream media, the Left has been trying to discredit the work being done by people more invested in finding the truth than they are. They’ve suggested requiring licenses to practice journalism. They’ve dismissed independent journalists as bloggers sitting around in their underwear pretending to be real journalists. They’ve fact-checked (or what passes for fact-checking on the Left) more salacious pieces to find “errors” and used that to discredit the entire piece.

First off, I wear clothes most of the time I pretend to be a real journalist. Do with that what you will.

Second, all of these actions and plenty more show the Left can’t stand it when someone else has a say in the flow of information because it gets harder for them to lie their asses off without anyone throwing the brown bullshit flag. Just ask anyone who had their Twitter account struck or removed because of Leftist moderators.

And with that, it reveals the Left’s commitment to freedom of the press and freedom of speech. They are fully behind both…as long as they get to control both. Which kinda defeats the purpose of free speech and freedom of the press if you really think about it (and I do because I have to do something when the Internet is down). Oh, make no mistake the Left will jump out front to defend freedom of speech and freedom of the press (or at least their fucked up versions of both), but it’s always going to be bullshit because they love power more than those pesky ole rights we have.

The Stop Nick Shirley Act is the latest example of this. While Leftists will gush over one of their own for being one of their “First Amendment protectors,” they will do everything in their power to ensure someone who is far closer to one than they’ll ever be won’t be allowed to expose fraud and bring about change. Put another way, the Left love fraud more than freedom.

Not exactly a good look there, Leftists.

And for any Leftists reading this, that was not sarcasm.

The N Word

The Left has a problem with the N word, but it’s not the one you think. It’s
“Nazi.”

Granted, Leftists call anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders a Nazi, so it’s not unusual. What is unusual is how the Venn Diagram between Leftists and actual Nazis/white supremacists is getting a lot closer to a single circle.

Let’s start with one of the most famous white supremacists today, Richard Spencer. Yes, the same Richard Spencer who got sucker punched during an interview while wearing a Make America Great Again hat. Well, since then, he’s started moving to the left, supporting Joe Biden in 2020 and Kamala Harris in 2024. Sure, the Biden campaign denounced Spencer’s endorsement, but using Leftist logic (a paradox, I know) even being remotely connected to a white supremacist means you are one.

Don’t look at me. I don’t make the rules.

Then, there’s the curious case of Nick Fuentes, another white supremacist who has said he will vote for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. Of course, that might have something to do with Donald Trump not being enough like Hitler for his liking. So, Leftists, he’s all yours!

And nobody on the Right is chagrined by this.

The most recent example of the Left’s N-word problem comes in the form of Graham Platner, US Senate candidate from Maine. The dude with a literal Nazi tattoo. And the same Leftists who lost their shit over Pete Hegseth’s tattoos and tried to make the connection to white supremacy can’t seem to find the time to call out Platner’s literal Nazi tattoo. If anything, he’s getting the blessing of Leftist politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Yes, Bernie Sanders, a Jewish politician, is supporting a man with a literal Nazi tattoo.

I know I’m saying “literal Nazi tattoo” a lot here, but I really want to drive home the point Platner has a literal Nazi tattoo.

To anyone who has the attention span of a mayfly on meth, this is a shift of position. To anyone outside of the Leftist hivemind, though, this is par for the course. In fact, it’s not just par, it’s a fucking albatross for the course. (For those of you non-golfers out there, that’s a very good score.)

What isn’t so good is the Left doesn’t even recognize how close it’s gotten to being the very Nazis they claim the Right are. Let’s take a look at the oft-quoted 14 characteristics of fascism.

Powerful and Continuing Nationalism – Leftists have been trying to portray themselves and their allies as patriots. Some have even gone so far as to claim they’re more patriotic than the MAGA crowd.

Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights – The number of Leftists mocking Charlie Kirk’s death and wishing for the assassination of Donald Trump, among others? Yup.

Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause – The Left calls MAGA a terrorist organization comparing them to ISIS.

Supremacy of the Military – Hearing Joe Biden and Leftist politicians talk about our military, they’re pretty much in Republican Lite territory.

Rampant Sexism – Two words: Harry Sisson.

Controlled Mass Media – Fucking DUH!

Obsession with National Security – The Left has called white supremacy the greatest threat to Americans.

Religion and Government are Intertwined – Cult of Climate Change, anyone?

Corporate Power is Protected – The Left sided with Disney over Ron Desantis. Nuff said.

Labor Power is Suppressed – No need to suppress labor unions when they’re practically in the Left’s back pocket.

Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts – Ask a Leftist what he/she (still 2 genders, kids) thinks about J.K. Rowling.

Obsession with Crime and Punishment – Anyone want the J6ers thrown in jail under Biden to weigh in on this?

Rampant Cronyism and Corruption – I’ll take “Shit the Biden Administration Did” for $1000. Oh, and throw in Hunter Biden’s “artwork.”

Fraudulent Elections – 2020 ring a bell?

Would you look at that! A perfect 12 out of 12! Maybe the Nazi calls are coming from inside the house, and by house I mean DNC headquarters.

The Left has acted like Nazis when they’ve had any amount of power in the past 10 years, if not longer, but they’ll call you Nazis for merely disagreeing with them. Trust me. I’ve experienced this first hand on that online wasteland called Facebook. The last time I got called a Nazi that much, AOL chatrooms were still a thing.

And just like I did back then, I laughed it off. Seriously, you’re calling someone a Nazi based solely on a contrary position? Is that your go-to? If so, you need to step up your game. I’m Gen X and we were calling each other worse things in preschool. This “you’re a Nazi” shit is weak sauce.

While you’re doing that, work on actually understanding what a Nazi is and does and take an honest assessment of what your side is doing. Then, stop doing the shit that makes you look like Nazis.

Oh, and stop supporting candidates who have a literal fucking Nazi tattoo.




Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week

To say the Left isn’t taking their legal ass-whuppin coming out of Virginia well would be an understatement. Aside from whining, bitching, and moaning about how unfair it is they can’t use race as a means to gerrymander Congressional districts, they haven’t done much.

At least until recently.

The NAACP launched an initiative to get black student athletes and fans to boycott athletic programs in states where Republican redistricting efforts are in full swing. In the NAACP’s crosshairs are 8 southern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Because as we all know the best way to make a political statement is to…affect college athletics.

Don’t look at me. It doesn’t make any fucking sense to me either.

Having said that, it gives us a chance to dive deeper into the NAACP and the good work they do…okay, even I couldn’t complete that sentence without busting into laughter.

NAACP

What the Left thinks it means – an important civil rights organization focusing on helping blacks

What it really means – a dinosaur of an organization whose current mission does nothing to help blacks

The NAACP began in 1909 in response to anti-black rioting in Springfield, Illinois, that occurred in 1908. Within a matter of years, they expanded into several states and helped usher in an era of legal victories that undid discriminatory laws. Eventually, they got a bedrock victory in a little known case the kids like to call Brown v. Board of Education, ending the “separate, but equal” bullshit that came out of Plessy v. Ferguson.

Not content to win in courts, the NAACP proved to be a powerful force during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Then, something happened.

The NAACP became, well, irrelevant. Sure, they were still visible and able to nudge politicians in their direction, but in the 1990s their star power started to fade. And it was for the same reason the SPLC started to lose some of its power recently: people started getting along. After kids growing up in the 70s and 80s learned how to treat blacks as equals, it was only a matter of time before they…started treating blacks (and other races, for that matter) as equals. That should have made the NAACP happy, right?

Nope.

Without the specter of rampant racism to draw upon for money…I mean the power to fight, the NAACP became little more than a reliable Leftist PAC. And when an organization founded on the concept of advancing blacks gets political, the mission suffers.

Take a look at the donations the NAACP made in the 2024 election cycle. There’s a pattern, but I can’t put my finger on it. Oh, well, I guess I “blue” it!

Then there’s the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Seems they were also pretty generous to a certain party’s candidates.

In fact, looking at the past few election cycles, the last time the NAACP donated anything to Republicans since 2010, and even then it was only $205, which today would buy you half a tank of gas and a Slushie, but only a small Slushie. You might need the remaining $0.03 for something after all!

Now, you may think I’m crazy (and, believe me, I’m right there with you), but I’m thinking the NAACP might not want to advance all blacks, just the ones that they agree with politically. So in other words, black Leftists.

But that’s not all they do anymore! No, sir or ma’am (still 2 genders, kids)! They also lobby for important pieces of legislation, like…raising taxes on certain tobacco products.

Wow. Way to stick it to The Man.

This leads to an important question no one seems to be asking anymore: Thomas, where are your pants? Oh, and what has the NAACP done to advance blacks lately? Since I’ve been advised by my attorney not to talk about the former, I’ll stick with the latter.

And the answer? Not a whole fucking lot! They aren’t dealing with the day-to-day issues blacks face today, and they’re not doing much on a larger scale. They’re just…there, not really advancing anything but their personal agenda and their personal bank accounts.

They fell into the same trap the SPLC did: racism was their bread and butter, or champagne and caviar as the case may be. As long as they can rile people up and get them to believe racism was more rampant than anything related to The Mandalorian (which, if we want to not be sexist, should be The Persondalorian). But what happens when most people get along and aren’t racist?

If you’re in academia, you invent new forms of racism.

If you’re the NAACP, you’re shit outta luck.

Now, as a white man who makes Edgar Winter look like George Hamilton, it’s easy to dismiss my point of view as indicative of my internalized racism. My response is look at the vacuum in the black community needing to be filled by people with a genuine desire to elevate it. The NAACP was that for a number of decades, but it’s no longer there. What’s replaced it? Black Lives Matter, rap music culture, and a general lack of community not just within the neighborhoods, but in society as a whole.

But, hey, they’re out there fighting for higher tobacco taxes!

This latest effort to keep the NAACP relevant reeks of desperation. Trying to convince black college athletes to boycott because of the elimination of racial gerrymandering doesn’t advance anyone, let alone blacks. What they’re saying without articulating it is no blacks can ever win in white-dominated areas, so instead of trying to work with whites, you’re better off not trying. Just take your ball (or whatever other sports equipment you have) and go home.

And all based on a series of Leftist lies designed to get people upset.

Call it my wacky Gen X way of looking at the world, but I want to see everyone succeed to their fullest potential. That puts me at odds with the NAACP, and you know…I’m good with that. If you are a black collegiate athlete reading this, understand the NAACP isn’t on your side here. They’re clinging to the hope you still regard them in high enough esteem to follow them to a result that will deny you your fullest potential. I only ask you to think for yourselves and make the decision that you feel is best. Even if you don’t agree with me, I can respect your decision and the reasoning behind it.

The NAACP? They won’t do any of that. They need you more than you need them.

So, play or don’t play, boycott or boycott the boycott. The choice is up to you. Just let me know ahead of time so I can put money down on the Big 10 winning the National Championship this fall.




In the Meme Time

Here we go again we have another Leftist meme that is wrong.

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There are 5 statements and most of them are either incorrect, taken out of context, or an out-right lie. So let’s break it down:

The Founders did indeed write the Constitution and it’s true that the Apostles did not. But what the Apostles did write under the guidance of the Holy Spirit led to what the Founders wrote in the Constitution. Without the work of the Apostles the Constitution would never been written.

The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution, it is the first 10 amendments. And part of the Worldview of the Founders that was shaped by the Gospels and intertwined with the common knowledge of the time. Our Founders knew that rights came from God and that the role of proper government was to preserve and defend those rights.

Their intent is plainly written. CONGRESS shall pass no laws on the establishment of religion. This prevents the government from creating a “Church of America” that it controls. The Founders fled England and the Church of England, headed by the English Monarch, aka the government, due to religious persecution. They wished to worship the Most High as they pleased but couldn’t do it in England or even most of Europe.

The Church of England is a state-sponsored religion. Enforcement is still practiced in part even today in the UK. Thus the Founders wanted the freedom of religion. Not the freedom FROM religion which the Left tries to enforce. And that is why there is no Church of America.

This wasn’t a mandate to keep religion out of government. It was the opposite. To keep government out religion. The people of Faith are the very reason we have our government and nation today. Government doesn’t control religion. But religion should control government.

The Founders never created a Democracy. They were adamantly against the creation of a Democracy and a democratic state. The Founders were well aware of the dangers associated with a democracy and decided against that form of government when they created this nation. The instead created a Constitutional Republic. The two forms of government are not interchangeable and have nothing to do with one another.

No one, except Leftists, have ever stated that Christianity is a political party. Of course some Leftists have created political parties with the word “Christian” in them but they are far from being Christian or any other part of their name.

But Christianity cannot be separated from politics. All Believers are called to participate and we are a Royal Priesthood. Called to be Kings and Priests forever. It is the duty of every Christian to see that the world becomes more Christlike. After starting with yourself, then your family, then your community and government.

Government is one of the 3 powers created by God. As a Child of God it is a sacred duty to ensure government is ran by Godly men.

Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week

Remember after Barack Obama was elected President how we had entered a “post racial” period? Yeah, neither do I, but the concept was floated as proof we had gotten past the racial barriers we erected over the centuries.

Then, Obama started doing shit, and the “post racial” period was over.

Granted, I would argue we never started it, mainly because of fuckheads making everything about race. This week we got another stark reminder of this when Representative Jen Kiggans appeared on a conservative talk radio show where the host told House Minority Leader Hakeem “Not-So-Great-Value Obama” Jeffries to “get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.“

Now, the Left responded to this statement with the same kind of restraint and intellectual honesty we’ve come to know from them by…blaming Kiggans for making the statement (which she didn’t) and not disagreeing with the host on the spot. The reason for this is they’re fucking assholes, but the reason they gave was the term “cotton-picking” was racially coded, referring to slavery.

Hoo boy. There ain’t enough booze in the world to make that make sense, but at least we can drill down on the racially coded bit.

racially coded

What the Left thinks it means – language used to invoke historical racism

What it really means – a bullshit term to create racism where it doesn’t exist

As we’ve seen with the recent SPLC drama, the Left have a victimization fetish. And also as we’ve seen with the recent SPLC drama, they aren’t above inventing victims to advance their political and ideological needs. After all, you can’t really sell people on the idea of a racist system if nobody’s being racists, right?

That’s where racial coding comes into play. If you can convince enough people the phrases we use are somehow related to racism, you change the language and the culture. One day you could be talking about a xylophone and you suddenly become a Klansman because someone pulled the racial coding card on you.

By the way, Leftists, that isn’t a suggestion.

The point is with enough mental gymnastics to rival Nadia Comaneci you can make any turn of a phrase racially coded. That, and a lot of bullshit.

The first example I can think of (mainly because I have fewer hobbies than an Amish ham radio operator) is a gentleman who used the word “niggardly” while working as an aide to then-Washington DC Mayor Anthony Williams. Enough people got outraged over the use of this obscure word because it sounded a lot like another word that will get your ass kicked in some DC neighborhoods, and this man resigned.

And here’s the kicker: he wasn’t being racist. He could have chosen a different word to convey the same idea, but in context, it was used correctly. But because of the aforementioned word that will get your ass kicked in some DC neighborhoods, context didn’t matter. All that mattered was he was painted as a racist and that people got outraged over it for no reason.

That brings us to the cotton-picking “cotton-picking” controversy. Yes, blacks did pick cotton in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and it wasn’t easy. Nor was it humane because slavery. You know who else picked cotton?

Poor whites.

Wait a minute…wouldn’t that fact destroy the entire “cotton-picking is racist” narrative? Why, yes. Yes it would. Or at least it should, but the Leftists won’t let it go for the same reason they latched onto “niggardly” as racist: context doesn’t help them whip up a hate mob.

And that’s what we’re seeing now. Not only are the media mischaracterizing the situation to make Kiggans look like she agreed with the racist undertones and not the idea that Jeffries should not get involved in redistricting efforts, but they’ve amplified the stupidity of the aforementioned Jeffries by letting him play the victim.

So, any day ending in, well, “day” really.

The late Rush Limbaugh loved to remind people “words mean things.” You may not have liked his politics, but only a fool would disagree at this point (which may be why Leftists are acting the way they are, but that’s not important right now). To turn an antiquated phrase like “cotton-picking” into a racist statement and grounds for resignation is the height of bullshit, yet completely expected in today’s political environment.

But before Leftists can take a victory lap over this, let me remind them your side supports a man with a literal Nazi tattoo on his chest, and you’re completely willing to let that shit slide, but a Representative who didn’t utter a phrase you’ve turned into a racist dog whistle? That’s just too damn far.

Take a seat. Preferably far away from the rest of thinking society.

The way to address this isn’t to cower in fear of being called a racist for defending Kiggans, but to point out the facts and context. Besides, at this point, the Left is going to call you racist merely for not voting like they do, so it’s not like they’re coming up with anything salacious. Drop a truth nuke on their heads and walk away. If people are so fucking stupid as to deny the truth, you don’t need to be around them or their name-calling.

The concept of anything being racially coded is so asinine it reflects more poorly on the ones who call it out than it does to the ones using the language these dumbasses call racially coded. These people need to be ignored, not only because you’ll never convince them you’re not racist, but because it annoys the shit out of them. Just remember these are the same people who hear racist dog whistles everywhere.

And since dogs are the only ones who can hear dog whistles…well, I think you know where this is going.

Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week

You can tell we’re in the midst of Midterm Madness by all the news stories coming out about the Midterms. This week’s news came out of Virginia, where Democrats were bragging about winning a referendum vote over redistricting where they would take a 10-1 Congressional district lead over the Republicans. That is until the commonwealth’s Supreme Court rejected it on procedural grounds. See, in their hurry to try to emulate Texas, they kinda broke the rules, so the Congressional districts are staying put for now.

Now there are a couple of angles we can take to mock…I mean analyze…no, wait, I do mean mock the Left on this. I’ve already covered states rights in one form or another previously (Short Version: States have rights, too.), so I’m going to look at the other side of the equation, the will of the people.

will of the people

What the Left thinks it means – a bedrock principle of our government that is unassailable

What it really means – a principle of our government that may or may not always be the best course of action

As much as the Left likes to claim otherwise, America is not a democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic and have been since our establishment. And, no, the two aren’t synonymous. One allows people to vote for representatives in government, and the other doesn’t work in large groups like America. Guess which one I’m talking about in the latter description.

For you Leftists out there, I’m talking about democracy. And, yes, this is what democracy looks like, not a bunch of out-of-work theater kids trying to cosplay as revolutionaries while not straying too far from a WiFi signal.

Anyway, the point is we as voters have a lot of power, but it’s not absolute power. It’s like Lord Acton said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Either that or “Care for a spot of tea?” But I’m thinking the first one fits better.

The thing about the will of the people is it can be wrong by virtue of the fact people are people. So why should it be you and I should get along so awfully? Wait, sorry. I was listening to Depeche Mode just then. What I’m getting at is the will of the people should be considered, but weighed against the possibility listening to them might turn out to be a shitty idea.

To that end, I introduce proof of this in action. As “American Idol” was in its heyday, there was a singer named Sanjaya. He was okay vocally, but not on the level of some of the other contestants. Yet, he made it all the way to 7th place by votes alone. He was popular with some show demographics and that kept him alive in the competition.

A fucking singing competition, I have to emphasize.

Personally, I have nothing against Sanjaya. He seems like a genuinely lovely person. But the fact he got as far as he did in the competition purely because fans voted for him week after week and not because he was a solid performer indicts not just “American Idol,” but the concept of the will of the people.

What happened in Virginia was the Sanjayanation of the commonwealth. They presented an idea that appealed to a lot of people, but was utter bullshit. You know, like the redistricting blue states have done to disenfranchise Republicans? But remember, this all started because of Donald Trump and Texas because fuck you that’s why.

This reveals another flaw in the idea of the will of the people always being right. What if the people were mislead into voting a certain way? I know! Who would expect politicians (many of whom have law degrees) would trick people? I was as shocked as you are when I found out.

Seriously, though, it’s not unthinkable that political types would deceive people in an attempt to sway public opinion or elections. Take the Inflation Reduction Act, for example. Although it was named for and promoted as inflation reduction (hence the name, duh), it didn’t do anything of the sort. But it did fund a lot of green energy initiatives, raise prices, and made inflation, well, inflate.

And the thing is Leftists even admit there’s a problem with misinformed voters of color. Aside from being more than a little racist, it also exposes the flaw of the will of the people when it comes to incomplete or inaccurate information.

Which brings us to the media. One of the cornerstones of a functioning government is an informed electorate. Our media used to be focused on that, but have gone into business of being PR for Leftists because, well, the media are Leftists by and large. And their coverage of events and what they allow to be said without pushback on their opinion shows reflect that. So, put simply, the media are complicit in the problems the Left know exist, but ignore when it’s their cause that needs to be forwarded.

You know, like a redistricting plan put before voters without going through the proper process?

But you won’t hear that from the media, thus making the Left’s job of claiming victory and getting stupid people to believe it easier. It also helps in the area of creating outrage. Watching Leftist meltdowns over the Virginia Supreme Court ruling has been quite enjoyable, mainly because the people melting down have no fucking clue of what the ruling actually did. And when you consider the number of media types melting down for the same reason, it’s no wonder the public isn’t as informed as it should be.

I know I’ve shit on a lot of people with this Lexicon entry, but it’s done to establish a point about the will of the people not being the bottom line of everything put up to a vote. It’s like the old saying “the customer is always right.” (Yes, I know the actual quote is up for debate, but work with me here, people!) In theory, it makes a lot of sense, but in practice (especially in the Karenverse we find ourselves in these days) it’s not always the case. There are times when the customer misinterprets the law or store policy to try to get something they’re not owed and then expect you to live up to their misinterpretation.

“Target Tori” can speak to that better than I can.

This isn’t to say I’ve lost all faith in the will of the people. Most of it, yes, but not all of it. There are still pockets of intelligent, informed, and engaged people out there who are trying to keep the country afloat. Even if we don’t agree on the political shit, I respect anyone who can make the effort to be the kind of people the Founding Fathers wanted us to be.

I love all 12 of you motherfuckers!


Leftist Lexicon Word of the Week

Another week, another series of Ls for the Left, this time on the electoral side of things. The US Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana attempt to redistrict on the basis of race by a 6-3 margin. One of the key parts of this decision revolved around the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which in part prohibits racial discrimination in voting. What the case in question (Louisiana v. Callais for those of you playing along at home) did was bring to light the use of the Voting Rights Act to carve out racially-specific districts.

The Left, being the mature and thoughtful people they be, took to the airwaves to lay out a cogent and well-reasoned response.

Nah, I’m bullshitting you. They lost their ever-loving minds.

So, what’s all the hubbub, bub, over the ruling? I’m glad you asked, otherwise I would have had to pull something out of my ass to write about this week. You know, like I do every week.

Voting Rights Act

What the Left thinks it means – an important law that’s been gutted by the Trump Supreme Court

What it really means – a law that had noble beginnings, but got warped by the Left

To put it mildly, America has been pretty shitty towards blacks over the years. And by years, I mean centuries. Even during the more progressive 1960s, we still had to overcome societal biases and realize blacks were equal to whites and should be treated as such.

Enter Lyndon B. Johnson and the Voting Rights Act. With the President’s signature, many voting rules/laws that were around since the end of the Civil War, such as literacy tests and poll taxes, designed to prevent blacks from voting. And, unlike most laws getting passed today, it actually worked. Blacks started voting in droves, becoming an important voting bloc to this day.

Where this shitshow goes off the rails is in the application of the law, namely Section 2. You know how some states have gerrymandered districts that look like a meth head drew them on an Etch-A-Sketch? Thank the Left for that. In the 1990s, Democrats had the brilliant idea that only blacks should represent blacks in Congress. And by brilliant, I mean fucking stupid and racist. Then again, these are Democrats we’re talking about here, so being stupid and racist is kinda their brand. Just ask the SPLC.

Too soon?

Although the racial gerrymandering was permitted for decades, mainly because the Left made it so anything even resembling treating everyone equally racist (yeah, I don’t get it either), there was a tiny problem with it. Namely, the 14th Amendment.

I quote Section 1:

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

There’s a lot to take in, but the Reader’s Digest condensed version is everyone is subject to equal protection under the law, and you’d better have a damn good reason to limit those protections. Although Leftists will disagree, being white isn’t a good enough reason. Neither is any attempt to get more minority representation in the halls of Congress at the expense of equality under the law.

“But what about the institutional racism of the past, you bigot?” Leftists will probably say. And my response is simple: you don’t seem to think very highly of minorities, do you? I mean, it’s not like prominent Democrats have recently tried to make themselves relatable to blacks by suggesting they’re not smart…oh, fuck, they have. To hear assholes like Chuck Schumer, Gavin Newsom, and too many others to count talk, blacks are incapable of doing anything in their own best interests, so white Leftists just have to do things in their best interests.

When it comes to Ilhan Omar and Jasmine Crockett, they might have a point.

Overall, however, blacks aren’t as helpless as the Left believes. I firmly believe America isn’t as racist as the Left wants us to think and Republicans (the most evilest raciest racists that ever racisted evilly) have shown they will vote for candidates who don’t look like them. Just look at the 2025 Virginia Gubernatorial race. Winsome Earle-Sears ran as a Republican and managed to get over 42% of the vote in a losing effort. One doesn’t do that well without at least some whites voting for you.

And who did Democrats vote for? A white woman who makes Edgar Winter look like George Hamilton.

And if you want to go back a little bit further, didn’t we have a black President a couple of times a few years ago? And it’s not like he didn’t get white votes.

So, why do Leftists insist America is too racist to elect blacks without their help? I mean, aside from the fact they’re racist dumbasses. It boils down to the same philosophy the SPLC used: they need there to be racism to justify their efforts. As long as rich white Leftists can convince people the country is one big melting pot of white supremacy, they can keep the votes and money rolling in.

That’s why they freaked out at the Supreme Court decision. They had to confront the fact their racist anti-racism attempts were actually racist racist attempts. And instead of saying, “Maybe we should rethink this whole racism thing,” they let their masks slip and showed they don’t think very much of blacks after all.

Aside from the gross misapplication of the Voting Rights Act, I still think it serves as an important reminder of why we had to pass it in the first place and to never let up in pursuit of racial equality. The USSC ruling doesn’t gut the Voting Rights Act so much as it removes a way for Leftists to skirt the issue while telling people they’re totally fighting for equal rights.

And if we can’t trust the words of people who think Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is a brilliant legal mind, who can you trust?





Extremist Makeover – Feminism Edition

With the recent sex scandals involving Democrats and Republicans, it seems everyone is speaking out and condemning the actions. But there’s one group that hasn’t said anything so far, and that group is feminists.

In fact, we haven’t heard much from feminists in recent years, mainly because not too many people care about feminists these days. And that’s including their alleged allies on the Left. In order to strike while the iron is hot, I want to help feminists regain their former glory, provided you want to hear from a man. Well, if that’s the case…I’m still gonna talk about it.

First we need to talk about the elephant in the room, and I’m not talking about Rosie O’Donnell. You guys…I mean gals…I mean women…I mean womyn have more issues than the New York Times Magazine, and it’s these issues that are preventing you from being considered anything other than the proto-Karens you became. And before you start in with the “that’s offensive” crap, this is part of the problem: nobody likes you!

And because nobody likes you, you have a hard time working and playing with other kids. Before you say it, it’s not the patriarchy; it’s you. You come off as rather abrasive to people who aren’t like you, maybe because…well, you are. Unless they kiss your butts (consensually of course) in the name of free abortions, you treat them like utter scum.

Which brings me to another issue you have: you don’t have a consistent message, and the women who were heading up the movement before you disappeared like Nick Fuentes in Harlem were the ones driving it. On the one hand, you claimed all you wanted was to be on equal footing with men, which I honestly don’t have a problem with. But some in your group didn’t get the memo and really want women to be more powerful than men.

Guess who have been the loudest voices in the feminist movement? That’s right, the proto-Karens! You know, the people we don’t like?

That has to change to change the perception of feminism today. Much like with the gay rights movement, the general public gets freaked out when the loudest people representing a movement are the absolute freaks and there are no voices to counter them. This may cause a less acrimonious split than Ike and Tina Turner, but to regain mainstream credibility you have to be willing to tell the loud freaks to shut up and let the adults talk.

Along with this, you also need to come to terms with a biological truth: men can’t be women. Although this isn’t controversial to anyone with even a slight knowledge of reality, this has become the norm with the Left. There are a few feminists out there who are brave enough to acknowledge men and women are different, the silence feminists have allowed to continue on this subject tells me (and a lot of other people) you agree. That has to stop, too, for the same reason as above.

The reason for these moves is the same: to normalize feminism to the point is becomes acceptable to the masses. Civil rights didn’t move forward until people learned to get over their biases and accept blacks as equals. Feminism is on the cusp of that, but the way to break on through to the other side is to reject the rantings of your more radical brethren…err sisteren and clearly state what feminism is.

And given how quiet some of you ladies have been, that’s going to take some doing.

The good thing is you have the opportunity to do that doing right now. Both major parties have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar (and by that I mean unwilling victims’ pants). Not to mention, actual women are being pushed aside in favor of men dressing up like women. Seriously, do you want to be replaced by Dylan Mulvaney, someone who is a living mockery to the class of Audrey Hepburn?

This is a giant neon sign with an arrow pointing at a door that reads “This is your chance to come back.” This is going to be a big ask, but if you want to be relevant again, you have to at least consider it.

You’re gonna have to align yourself with women you used to hate.

Over the past few years, women like Riley Gaines has done more to advance women’s rights than your ideological allies on the Left. Ditto with J. K. Rowling, Tammy Bruce, and Christina Hoff Sommers, to name a few. And I know the Left has a problem with TERFs (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists for those of you playing along at home), but right now they’re the ones doing the heavy lifting and taking the slings and arrows of outrageous Leftist hate.

Maybe it’s time you reevaluate who is really on your side. Spoiler Alert: it ain’t the Left anymore. They may have been on your side a couple of decades ago, but now they’re less reliable than Lindsey Lohan as your rehab accountability buddy. They have used you for votes and donations, and all you have to show for it is those weird looking pink hats you wore during the first Trump Presidency.

In other words, the Left has become your ex.

And you definitely need to cut ties and find someone new who will treat you better. I’m not saying that’s the Republican Party necessarily, but given your recent past, you can do a lot worse because you have.

This is only the beginning, but it’s going to have to do for now. Take these steps and you will be on your way to becoming relevant again. Now, go out and make history!

And don’t worry. I can make my own sammiches!








Leftist Lexicon Word 0f the Week

To put it mildly, it must really suck to be a Leftist these days. Sure, they have some bright spots like the Virginia fuck-up…I mean gerrymandering vote, pending the results of a legal challenge, but for every W it seems they have more Ls than Chicago’s public transit system. Prominent Leftist firebrands like Eric Swalwell and Jasmine Crockett are on their ways out of a job (at least in Congress). Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is issuing rulings that even her fellow Leftists on the Supreme Court are disregarding as woefully unimpressive.

And now, one of the Left’s favorite organizations, the Southern Poverty Law Center, finds itself under FBI scrutiny and public ridicule for, and I wish I were making this up, alleged money laundering and paying off white supremacists to, well, be white supremacists. And all while raising funds to try to fight them.

Although there are some on the Right who come close, this is one of the dumbest fucking things the Left has done. Which, of course, means, I get to make fun of it in this week’s Lexicon!

Southern Poverty Law Center

What the Left thinks it means – a vital tool in the fight against white supremacy and race-based hatred

What it really means – an organization in search of a problem

The SPLC started in 1971 as an outgrowth of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. When not fighting for blacks to get equal footing in the world, they tracked white supremacist groups and helped raise awareness of their activities. Not a bad gig, really.

But somewhere along the way, the arguably noble origins of the SPLC gave way to Leftist hackery. Racial equality expanded to LGBTQIA+14X-25YX42 rights, migrant (i.e. illegal immigrant) rights, and propagan…I mean education. And with that expansion came the expansion of what constituted a hate group. And, surprise surprise, all of them seem to be right wing in nature!

Now, if you were a Leftist, you would say “that’s because the Right is so hateful.” And if you weren’t a fucking dumbass, you would dig a bit deeper to see just what constitutes a hate group to the SPLC.

And, contrary to popular belief, I am not a fucking dumbass.

After Moms for Liberty got added to the SPLC’s list of hate groups for being “anti-government,” I decided to look into it. Let’s just say you would have to suspend disbelief like the guy from the Crazy Glue commercials from the 1970s to believe the SPLC’s bullshit.

And I’ll be damned if the Left didn’t start looking for steel girders and a hard hat.

When you designate anything outside of your ideological bubble as hate, it’s a crap shoot. There will be some pretty hateful asshats out there, but they tend not to be the majority, just the loudest and most boorish. When I’ve had disagreements with Republicans, MAGA or otherwise, I’ve been treated with respect for the most part and we wind up having a decent conversation. Ditto with most conversations I’ve had with Democrats.

But the Far Left and the Far Right? If I can get past the foam that forms around the sides of their mouths and can foot the bill for the series of rabies shots afterwards, there’s a non-zero chance I can have a decent conversation. Pretty damn close to zero, but still non-zero.

This is the problem the SPLC faces right now. Well, that and the allegations of money laundering and payments made to the people they were allegedly trying to fight, I mean. But more to the point, they’ve let their ideological bent taint their perspective. Here’s a prime example: Turning Point USA is considered a hard right group connected to possible violence, but you know who isn’t?

Antifa.

You know, the ones who are okay with literal violence?

But I’m sure they’ll get right on it. I mean, it’s not like it took them until 2009 to label the Nation of Islam a hate group…oh, fuck, it did. And even then, the SPLC had to make sure they were connected to the “Far Right” because who knows what would happen if they actually did their job correctly, amirite?

By playing picky-choosy with what constitutes a hate group, the SPLC undermines its own credibility as a definitive and objective source. Not that it stops the Left from using their laughable reports as cudgels to “prove” hate is on the rise and only the SPLC can stop it.

Yeah, about that…

What the SPLC and the Left (but, I repeat myself) fail to understand is people do tend to get along pretty well without them. Yes, there are still hate groups out there targeting vulnerable individuals, but by and large we live in harmony. Maybe it’s the Gen Xer in me, but I don’t care what you identify as or what you look like or what you think. Just don’t be an asshole. Simple rule, and it’s kept me in good stead for decades.

But even that one simple rule is too hard for Leftists to follow, let alone comprehend. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again (mainly because I need to fill space): Leftists can never be happy. They’re always pissed off about something or depressed because they aren’t getting their way. I say this this is exactly how I was before I became a recovering Leftist.

This plays into the SPLC situation perfectly because at some point you will run out of things to get pissed off about, but instead of realizing being pissed off all the time isn’t a lucrative as you were lead to believe it was, they figured out a way to keep their doors open by quietly encouraging the activity they were publicly against. Hmmm…that reminds me of someone, an aspiring President who had a public opinion and a private opinion…I can’t put my finger on who that was, but I’m sure Bill Clinton did at one time.

Anyway, this starts a circuit. The group paid off people to “investigate” hate groups and report back. Then, the SPLC “exposes” the hate groups, thus keeping up appearances they’re still doing what they claim to be doing. This, in turn, makes gullible Leftists fork over donations to keep up the good work, which gets filtered back to the organization and used to pay off more people to “investigate” hate groups, and so on.

You know what stops that circuit? People getting along.

The thing about hate groups is they’re loud, but tiny compared to the rest of the population. There’s a reason the Westboro Baptist Church has fewer members than Lorena Bobbitt’s exes; it’s because nobody wants to associate with those assholes! That keeps them small, manageable, and easy to track. And the best part? You don’t have to steal donations to do it! Just let them play badass on their own property and crack ’em in the skulls if they get out of hand. Knowing a whole group of people is going to whup your ass if you decide to get froggy is a pretty good deterrent. At worst, you might have to spring for a few cases of beer afterwards, so it’s more cost-effective than the SPLC.

That’s not to say the SPLC is doomed. That’s for the courts to decide. But even some of the most vigorous and faithful servants have to be asking themselves “Are we the bad guys?” And the answer is yes, yes you are. Whatever good you’ve done in the past is going to be overshadowed by the bullshit you’ve perpetuated in the name of keeping the SPLC relevant and funded. Well, you might be neither after the legal process does its thing and exposes you as frauds.

But look on the bright side. You could be Eric Swalwell.