May 29, 2026
Automysophobic Conservatives And Death by Civility
Timothy Birdnow
This guy gets it!
It took six hundred years for Christendom to finally resist the rising tide of Islam because Christianity was too civil to take up arms against a vicious rival, a rival willing to break every rule, every covenant. But eventually Pope Urban said "enough!" when 1,400 Christian pilgrims were slaughtered on their way to Jerusalem to pray
The aggressor sets the rules of engagement. That is a military maxim and it is true. You either have to fight by the rules set by your opponent or face extinction. Yet for reasons that are just baffling there is a large group of Conservatives who believe we have to be civil, show good form, act as if we are dealing with rational and genteel opponents rather than fight them on a level playing field.
Well, we tried it their way for decades and were in the political wilderness. It wasn't until Ronald Reagan came along and actually fought back. Most people remember Reagan now as a gentleman but they forget the vicious attacks on him - and his very harsh responses on occasion. Reagan took the fight to the enemy. He was the first Republican to do that since Goldwater, who was the first Republican to do that since - Teddy Roosevelt.
We won big under Reagan and the Left got far nastier since. So now we have a guy who is willing to fight like they do and a bunch of knock-kneed Republicans want to go back to being lackeys and letting the Left run the table on us. But we will lose with good form, don't you know!
As Douglas McArthur said, there is no substitute for victory.
I am not suggesting we become monsters, or liars; that is the Democrat's purview. But I am saying we need to be combative and fight.
And waht is "incivility" anyway? The Left would argue it is speaking truth to power, which is what we do and what they cannot tolerate. In an age of deception telling the truth is a radical act, and the Left in media, academia, and the Democrats have done nothing but foster one lie after another. Just by telling the truth we threaten them in an existential way. Then brave souls like Mike Pence condemn those on our side who speak out as "divisive" or "uncivil".
In short, Pence and his ilk are weenies, accomplices to the stealing of America and her ultimate destruction. But we let America die with civility and good form!
By the by, the Founding Fathers, contrary to popular opinion now, fought some extraordinarily vicious battles with each-other. Thomas Jefferson was accused of taking liberties with his black slaves, for instance, which was a HUGE deal back then; it was considered one of the lowest things you could do to a slave, who is completely in your power. (Not that it didn't happen and in fact Jefferson may have taken Sally Hemming as a lover - or not - but decorum said you never made such allegations without proof, of which there was none at the time.) There were all manner of other such slimey accusations and much anger in many of the deliberations in the early republic. If America had Mike Pence at her founding we would still be British - or be run by complete radicals as the sober, sane men would have stood down.
The author states:
I argued during President Trump’s first term in "The Trump Administration’s Disruptive Reform of Political Communication,” that traditional political discourse had become a genteel game that preserved a corrupt status quo. The old rules, polite euphemisms, carefully calibrated rhetoric, and refusal to name enemies plainly, rewarded stasis. They allowed entrenched interests in Washington, the media, academia, and the permanent bureaucracy to maintain power while ordinary Americans watched their borders dissolve, their jobs shipped overseas, their culture eroded, and their children’s futures mortgaged.
Trump’s breakthrough was not just bluster; it was a necessary disruption that reframed communication as a tool for reform rather than ritualistic preservation of elite norms. Conforming once again to those old conventions today would signal surrender, not strength.Verbal civility and measured debate are luxuries afforded by functional systems operating in good faith. When the stakes involve systemic betrayal on a massive scale, they are meaningless instruments of defeat.
Amen to that! Civil times makes for civil politics. We are in a very uncivil time and civility is a weapon used by the Left to shut us up.
And it's bad politics. How can you tell the American People that the Democrats are destroying the country (which they are) and that they are abusing the public while maintaining this studied decorum and mildness of speech? If you don't show anger at this stuff the populace will assume your words are hollow, just a big show to win votes. You seem to lack real conviction. The Democrats never make that mistake.
Your opposition then appears to be simply self-serving.
The author states:
A whole party deploys the power dynamics of an elementary school playground, with similar results. A political system riddled with corruption that impairs basic governance demands more than gentle words. Polite petitions have repeatedly failed. Blunt exposure of failure is required.
Indeed so. I am mindful of an episode of the Simpsons where Homer is at the Quickee Mart and drinking slurpees straight from the tap. The store's owner demands he stop "I've already asked you nicely Mr. Simpson, but now you leave me no choice but to ask you nicely again". THAT is exactly what fools like Mike Pence do. That is what this "civility" entails. If Pence found men raping his wife would he ask them nicely to stop? Maybe if he said "pretty please"? And if he did would they stop?
I know from whence Pence is coming; he mistakenly thinks this is teh Christian response because Jesus told us to let a guy slap our other cheek after slapping the first one. But Pence misunderstands the difference between interpersonal relaitons and political/military engagement. Turning the other cheek doesn't really work in interpersonal relations either by and large but Christians are to do it to show the mercy of God to those hostile to Him. Politics and war are about some things very different; we have to win the war because otherwise untold numbers of people will suffer, and in a terrible way. Souls will be lost. And THAT is something Mr. Pence will have to justify on Judgment Day. He and others were charged with the protection and care of the People, not about the salvation of Leftist political institutions.
Mr. Pence has forgotten the words of George Orwell "the purpose of power is power". The Left believes that, and also believes the words of Mao Tse Tung "political power flows from the barrel of a gun". They are true Macchiavellians in the nastiest form possible (much of Macchiavelli was actually benign and made a lot of sense but he advocated an amoral approach - the Left embodies the worst of that amoral approach.)
When the Israelites left Egypt they came to the Promised Land within weeks but turned around because they were afraid to enter, afraid of the fight they faced. For this (and the Golden Calf) God made them wander round in circles for forty years, long enough for the generation raised up in Egypt with the weak slave mentality to die off and those hardened by their experience in the wilderness would be ready to fight for the land God promised them. God does not like weenies. He wants people to be strong and bold and stand for what is right. If we won't fight for what is right now how do can we fight when the REAL crisis is upon us? When they are putting us in camps and disappearing our leaders? The fight is here and the fight is now and it is still winnable, but we have to have people willing to actually take up arms. Mr. Pence certainly is too proud of himself to sully his hands with the soil of liberty.
BTW Automycophobia is fear of being dirty. Fits these prissy conservatives pretty well.
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Massie to Run in '28
Timothy Birdnow
I knew he wouldn't just go away quietly.
He's filed to run for his old seat in the '28 term, setting up another fight and huge waste of money just so he can thumb his nose at the outgoing Trump Administration - unless he decides to run for President.
This guy got bitten by the celebrity bug; he got too cool for his station - like that cat in the catfood commercial who rolls up the limo window when it's owner sees it in the car.
There is something about Washington that rots brains. Once people get a taste of the power and attention they will do almost anything to hold on to it. Massie got a lot of attention by doing the same thing John McCain did =- straddling the fence and screwing over the people that brung him to the dance to get good press and attaboys from the Democrats. McCain, like Massie, started as a rock-ribbed Conservative. By the time he died he was indistinguishable from Harry Reid. Only in D.C. do people go from right to left; in all other walks of life it is the reverse.
So Massie will grow bored quickly living the farm life. I suspect we'll have him as a thorn in our side for a long time to come.
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Left is Back to "Trump Will Quit"
Timothy Birdnow
So it's this again.
They've been saying Trump was going to quit, just walk away, since he first ran for President. Do these morons really think this guy would quit, a man who stayed in there despite multiple bogus prosecutions and assassination attempts?
FTA:
Sudden exit forecast: Michael Wolff says Trump could abruptly end his presidency, with no warning or preparation, driven by a quest for historical impact.
Approval ratings plunge: Trump faces historically low approval, with inflation concerns and the Iran war eroding support, including among his own 2024 voters.
Strategists weigh in: Political figures argue that public resentment and potential midterm losses could increase pressure on Trump to step down early.
Uh, Trump's approval rating is no worse than most other Presidents at this time in their Presidency, and in fact in their FIRST terms, not mid second. So right off the bat this clown is making things up.
Second, Trump cannot afford to risk resigning right now even if he were a quitter, which he has most assuredly proven he is not. The Democrats are waiting in the tall grass with new indictments, new investigations. They aren't going to let Trump just walk away.
Trump knows it. He is rather like Hernando Cortez burning his ships so his men had to either fight or die. They didn't have a choice and neither does Trump. Trump purposely set it up that way so he would have to win or die trying (quite possibly literally).
This is just wishful thinking on Michael Wolf's part.
BTW Michael Wolff is a Columbia University trained journalist who has written extensively on Donald Trump without authorization and in fact he's written no fewer than four books trashing Mr. Trump and his staff. In other words, he's a journalistic hit man.
But since he has been highly awarded by the Left for his fairy tales he carries a lot of weight with them.
The purpose of this is to encourage the demoralized Democrats and to keep them in the fight. This suggests to them they will eventually win if they just keep pushing, that the giant stone will eventually start rolling. Right now the Demo-Left feels defeated as Mr. Trump keeps winning. This is to suggest to them that he is actually beaten but it only APPEARS he is winning and that one last big push will shove him over the edge.
Wishful thinking.
This guy is rather like the Dark Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail who, after losing the last of his four limbs, says "O.K. we'll call it a draw" then threatens to bite King Arthur to death.
Yeah; it 's like that. But I assure you this is big news in the Left's masturbatory circles and they are drawing courage from this because they always believe "experts" and they always are willing to believe whatever comforting lie that will keep their twisted beliefs in place. The Left does not believe in a concrete reality but thinks reality is malleable, something that changes based on your viewpoint (that's how you know George Lucas is a big Liberal; he had Obi Wan Kenobi say that in The Empire Strikes Back). They also believe that if you disagree with them you are not just wrong but evil, taking your stance from pure selfish motivations. So they can talk themselves into believing any ridiculous thing. Sadly they are quite good at implementing their plans, no matter how crazy those plans may be.
At any rate this shows we've got the Left on the run. Godspeed Mr. Trump!
P.S. Wolff's Wikipedia page illustrates that the man will lie to get attention:
"In the fall of 1998, Wolff published a book, Burn Rate, which recounted the details of the financing, positioning, personalities, and ultimate breakdown of Wolff's start-up Internet company, Wolff New Media. The book became a bestseller. In its review of Wolff's book Burn Rate, Brill's Content criticized Wolff for "apparent factual errors" and said that 13 people, including subjects he mentioned, complained that Wolff had "invented or changed quotes".[14]
Oh, did I mention he went into business with Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein? That alone would disqualify any opinons he had were he a Republican but apparently when you Trump bash it builds your credibility.
Also from Wikipedia:
In 2004 cover story for The New Republic, Michelle Cottle wrote that Wolff was "uninterested in the working press," preferring to focus on "the power players—the moguls" and was "fixated on culture, style, buzz, and money, money, money." She also noted that "the scenes in his columns aren’t recreated so much as created—springing from Wolff’s imagination rather than from actual knowledge of events," calling his writing "a whirlwind of flourishes and tangents and asides that often stray so far from the central point that you begin to wonder whether there is a central point."[25]
That pretty much describes his "work" on Donald Trump. More a work of fiction.
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May 27, 2026
Fed Court Flips SCOTUS the Bird Over Alabama Redistricting
Timothy Birdnow
Once again a lower court has simply defied the Supreme Court. This time in Alabama where a three judge panel ruled the Republicans cannot redistrict to eliminate the majority Minority district imposed on that state by the courts.
SCOTUS rules that unconstitutional.
It's as if the Supreme Court ruling never happened.
This lawless court is claiming it is trying to "prevent chaos" by imposing chaos. WHEN the State of Alabama wins on appeal they will have less time to get things situated. But this is all about just winning one more seat, just this one, in the hopes it will flip the House. These judges are seeking that and only that.
This article quotes The Hill:
A three-judge panel on Tuesday blocked Alabama Republicans’ congressional map that would’ve given the party a potential pickup opportunity in the midterms.
The judges ruled the Supreme Court’s recent blockbuster decision narrowing the Voting Rights Act does not impact their finding that the map intentionally discriminates against Black voters in violation of the Constitution.
It means Alabama cannot use its design this year unless Republican leaders appeal directly to the Supreme Court and succeed.
No mention of "chaos" here but rather "discrimination" which is exactly what the Supreme Court ruled was not grounds for preventing redistricting.
It's a giant FU to the highest court in the land.
In fact, here is exactly what the three stooge panel said:
After that exacting review, we conclude that a preliminary injunction must issue. Ultimately, we cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination. And under the unusual circumstances of this case, we conclude that a limited order requiring the Secretary to continue using this Court’s race-blind map will not disrupt Alabama’s elections (all candidates ran under the race-blind map until fifteen days ago, and all voters remain districted under the race-blind map in electoral computer systems.
I guess in their minds it all depends on what the meaning of is is.
Since this is a Federal court Alabama can't impeach these lawless judges.
The state should simply refuse to obey the order and appeal to SCOTUS. Only if THEY allow it should the state obey. OH, and they should light a bag of dog poop on fire on the doorsteps of these judges. (I know; it's illegal, but a fellow can fantasize, can't he?)
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil double down:
We do not lightly intrude in state affairs, but our previous review of the undisputed evidence left us in no doubt that Alabama’s legislatively enacted plan (the "2023 Plan”) intentionally discriminated based on race in violation of the Constitution. Our re-examination in light of Callais yields the same conclusion.
We again cannot understand the 2023 Plan as anything other than intentionally discriminatory. When the Legislature enacted the 2023 Plan, it made a calculated, purposeful decision to refuse to provide the remedy for discriminatory vote dilution that our order (affirmed by the Supreme Court) required. The Legislature well knew that a plan without an additional Black-opportunity district would dilute Black Alabamians’ opportunity to participate in the political process, and it intentionally enacted that very plan.
They aren't supposed to "understand" the plan; that's not their concern. States have the right to redistrict as they see fit. And race cannot enter into this discussion, so stick that where the sun don't shine. And I don't mean just under their robes.
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Public Solidly Back Trump Agenda
Timothy Birdnow
Despite media polling to the contrary there is broad support for Trump's agenda on the leadup to the midterms.
I was going to bullet point the findings but kept having formatting issues so I urge you to go to the article and read them for yourself.
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Mad Max in Seattle
Timothy Birdnow
This is the kind of thing you see in the Third World where law and order does not exist. Now it's happening in Seattle because the authorities there simply refuse to enforce the law.
Increasingly Blue cities are resembling New York City in Escape from New York or something out of he Mad Max saga. Civilization is breaking down because the Left continues to care more about DEI and protecting the "rights" of criminals and revolutionaries over the rights of the citizenry.
(BTW Escape from New York was filmed partly in St. Louis and I've visited the places where they shot the scenes. One was the Fabulous Fox Theatre, which has since been renovated. The other was the Chain of Rocks bridge, an abandoned bridge over the Mississippi river into Illinois. That was the site of a famous double homicide when two girls (the Kerry sisters) whom my mother taught when they were kids took their cousin to see a poem on the bridge (about racial tolerance, ironically) after dark and were raped and thrown to their deaths off into the dark waters below. Their male cousin was thrown too but survived (they don't call it the Chain of Rocks for nothing - it's amazing he wasn't splattered all over those rocks). At any rate the bridge is secured now and was renovated for use as a kind of park. I walked over it back in the old days - it was full of graffiti. That bridge would fit in nicely in Seattle these days.
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Michelle O Says Not All Trump Voters are Bad
Timothy Birdnow
Do wonders never cease?
Shelly says these people are "drowning" from "this bad economy" but who caused THAT? Her husband and his geriatric successor Joe Biden.
She's just triangulating, I suspect.
This reminds me of the Mel Brooks classic History of the World Part II in which King Louis XIV sent a man to the Bastille because he said "eh, the poor ain't so bad".
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Trump's Perfect Endorsement Record
Timothy Birdnow
Trump went 118 for 118 in endorsements - a perfect record!
That is unheard of especially at this stage of a Presidency (remember, Trump is midway through his SECOND term.)
I thought Ronald Reagan was a titan of politics in his day. He couldn't hold a candle to Trump, who is a force of nature.
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Chip Roy Learns You Don't Mess with the Trumpster!
Timothy Birdnow
In yet more proof you don't mess with Donald J. Trump the very MAGA Congressman Chip Roy lost his bid to become Texas Attorney General to a very wealthy MAGA man - Texas state senator Mayes Middleton - in the Republican primary. Despite Roy's name recognition and his experience as a lawyer the vastly wealthier Middleton hit Roy on disloyalty to Trump and that turned the tide.
Middleton crushed Roy by pointing out that Chip called for Trump's impeachment after J6 and had resisted the President on any number of occasions, often more vociferously than he did Democrats. Middleton painted Roy as disloyal and it stuck.
Now he'll have to face off against a Democrat opponent. He's got the money but not the name recognition and has no experience doing anything like this. It's going to be a tough sell.
And I largely like Chip Roy, despite some of his mistakes. He is clearly on the right side of things. We need him in important government positions.
But this shows Donald Trump is a force of nature and you buck him at your peril.
Middleton spent a whopping $17 million dollars of his own money - money he made as head of an oil and gas company he founded - to win this race.
President Trump did not endorse any candidate in this race. But he is still the big winner, as if he had. Middleton won because he defended the President and used Chip Roy's own words against Trump to take him down.
Don't mess with Donald J. Trump!
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Bondi was Ill
Timothy Birdnow
Well, this explains a LOT!
The article says she got the diagnosis shortly after Trump sacked her - but did she really? It may be both she and the President were trying to protect her privacy.
And if that is true it may explain why she was lackluster in her performance; she just didn't feel good. I completely understand that.
After I suffered my heart failure I was lackluster too and had poor job performance. I eventually resigned - my bosses were too kind to actually fire me although I was clearly not performing up to par. If Bondi was sick I can imagine she wasn't performing up to par either.
Trump didn't fire her from service, just moved her to a less stressful and less important job.
Let's all say a prayer or two for her.
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Mean Al Green has Split the Scene
Timothy Birdnow
Al Green, the guy who disrupted Trump's State of the Union Speech and stood there screaming at Trump and pointing his cane as if to use it as a weapon has lost his primary and will now be out of Congress after decades.
The poorly named Christian Menefee (You can't be a Christian and a Democrat anymore) had been serving in the 18th district after winning a special election after his predecessor retired. Green's district was eliminated via redistricting and so he thought to help himself to Menefee's, who didn't take it lying down
Menefee is expected to win this seat handily as it is still a predominantly Democratic district.
Piece by piece we are beginning the very difficult process of restoring some sense of sanity and order to American politics The Left began running hog wild and any sort of behavior became acceptable. Green was censured for his antics at the SOTU, then thrown out of the next SOTU when he tried to do it again. Now h'es been thrown out of Congress by Republicans and Democrats alike. Hopefully this will serve as a warning to others.
We need to continue this process until the lesson is learned. It will take time but in the end it will probably succeed IF we don't stop short and let the Ruling Class reverse it.
Anyone remember the public service campaign to teach kids not to swallow or even handle poisons? It was a green yuck face named Mr. Yuck. There was a song:
Mr. Yuck is mean, and Mr. Yuck is Green (Listen to the song here
I paraphrase it:
Al has split the scene, the Yucky Mr. Green!
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