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The Ruling Class Panic

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 2/9/2026 5:31:42 AM

If you take a close look at some of the major news stories that have captured our collective attention over the last few weeks, you may notice a peculiar pattern. We’ll start in Minneapolis, with the story that has dominated the headlines for weeks. Although Tom Homan, President Trump’s “border czar,” has deftly negotiated a de-escalation of tensions in the nation’s most aggressive, bizarre, and aggressively bizarre sanctuary city, protests there continue. More to the point, state and local politicians continue to behave as if federal laws are irrelevant and as if they have no responsibility whatsoever to abide by rules that they have decided are unpleasant.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Strike3 2/9/2026 7:07:21 AM (No. 2066591)
Mamdani is going to attempt the same antics in NYC and he's going to get his butt handed to him.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 2/9/2026 8:03:17 AM (No. 2066604)
The real Epstein story is that Trump is completely innocent and many more of the Leftists pointing fingers at him are guilty. This has been an oft repeated theme, that Leftists are guilty of the things they accuse others of doing. Noonan: “The capital of the most powerful nation on earth appears to be without a vital, fully functioning newspaper to cover it. That isn’t the occasion of jokes, it’s a disaster.” And whose fault is that Peggy? Their decline is FULLY of their own making and this result is the rational outcome of a media that has lost the sense of its role in American society. "the American Medical Association decided, after much soul-searching" No, they are searching their pocket books which will become empty when insurance won't cover liability for deliberate medical damage as decided in a court of law. This has to make you wonder why doctors, who are supposed to "do no harm", VERY SPECIFICALLY decided and INSISTED that they should to do such harm and had to be told, by the cold blooded legal system, that their moral compass is badly broken. "the Spanish (and most other) government sees the “unregulated” speech found on social media to be a threat to its ability to govern" To govern = To lie, cheat, distort, commit crimes, steal, abuse people, ... In short, to be people who you would want no association with, let alone to :govern" you. "the United States and Western compatriots have been moving toward some sort of revolutionary denouement" Praying this is so but there are a lot of sheeple in the world. "constitutional “republic” is long dead and gone" Hopefully not, however, the Constitution that protects us from frivolous change also resists needed change. It's hard to rearrange things, as now seems required to stand against the evils of the modern world and the dishonest people who populate it. One thing, we have the ability to change the legislators and President regularly but when we have judges that ignore the law as written, we can't seem to get rid of them. How about a three strikes and you're out for judges? Get overruled for misinterpreting Constitutional issues 3 times within 10 years and you are removed.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Venturer 2/9/2026 8:37:22 AM (No. 2066615)
It is unpleasant having to deport the illegals. What they do not remember is it was the Demorats who allowed them in and decided American taxpayers should bear the burden of supporting their attempt to get more Demorat voters.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: mc squared 2/9/2026 10:59:07 AM (No. 2066683)
The author puts together the pieces of what many of us inherently knew for decades. Still waiting for a Demrat to go to fed prison.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 2/9/2026 12:12:51 PM (No. 2066727)
Good analysis. The question remains, "What will come to replace these sleazballs?" If we can get back to the Constitution, as written, we may have a chance. But we need to unwind a number of the later Constitutional Amendments which wrecked things, and probably eliminate the power grab that was Marbury vs Madison. Should the SCOTUS rule on constitutional matters? Yes, but they have all too often decided things that were legislative, and should never have been before the courts. I've three quarters of a century into my run, so won't have to worry about this for decades and decades, given the fraction of people who make 100 years. But the younger folks have a very, very difficult path before them. I pray that they choose wisely.
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