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bookmark_borderA reminder…
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bookmark_borderTrump with Daniel Penny (and more) at Army-Navy game
So cool to see:
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bookmark_borderGood news and bad news
First for the bad news: due to sexism and sexist double standards, Matt Gaetz did not have the necessary votes needed for confirmation and therefore withdrew his nomination for Attorney General.
Trump has nominated Pam Bondi for Attorney General instead, who also seems like a good pick.
Now for the good news: Ron Paul has officially been named an advisor to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) 🙂
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bookmark_borderTrump at SpaceX
And another thing in the news that has made me smile: Trump’s visit to SpaceX with Elon Musk!
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bookmark_borderCelebrating Trump at Madison Square Garden
Another thing in the news that has brought a smile to my face is President Trump’s visit, along with some members of his new administration, to Madison Square Garden for a UFC match. No further commentary from me is needed, because the wonderful pictures speak for themselves:
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bookmark_borderCelebrating Trump and his awesome cabinet picks
For four and a half years, I have abstained from consuming news. I don’t read the newspaper, I don’t watch news on TV, and I don’t visit news websites. For four and a half years, I really have not followed, or been involved with, electoral politics. Starting with the progressive left’s decision in late spring 2020 to obliterate from the earth everything that makes life worth living, and culminating with the election of November 2020, essentially everything in the world of news and politics has been100% negative. The content of the news has been so painful, so demoralizing, so depressing, so almost entirely bad, that I have not been able to engage with it, to be involved with it, or to even consume content about it. Doing so was simply too painful.
But now this has changed.
For the last two weeks, something very strange has been happening. Things are happening in the news that are cool! Things are happening in the news that are positive, that are good, that are awesome! The content of the news makes me happy, and brings a smile to my face!
This is a revolutionary concept indeed. It is something that for four and a half years, I did not experience. At all. Ever. It’s been such a long time that I’ve forgotten what it was like.
For four and a half years, this blog has been dedicated almost solely to expressing my rage and grief about, and attempting to process, the unspeakable atrocities inflicted by the devotees of “woke” ideology. But I remember now that I used to blog about things going on in the world of news and politics, both positive and negative. It used to be a regular occurrence that I would share, on my blog, things in the news that made me smile.
Once more, as I did in the distant past, I have been feeling the urge to blog about the cool things in the news that I’ve been coming across. I am feeling, just a little bit, like the blogger that I used to be, before society decided to completely destroy everything that makes my life worth living. I had forgotten what it was like to be that blogger. I thought it would never happen again.
Throughout these hellish four and a half years, I did keep one source of news open. I continued to follow right-wing politicians, activists, and organizations on social media (specifically Instagram, because I decided to cease using Twitter as well, finding it too triggering and overstimulating). Finding out about major news developments through an ideological lens that for the most part I agree with, was the only way that I could find out about such developments without it being overwhelmingly painful. For now, those right-wing social media accounts continue to be my only source of news. It is through them that I have found out about the incoming Trump administration and the amazing cabinet picks.
So without further ado, here are some of the social media posts that have brought a smile to my face regarding Trump, his incoming administration, and his awesome cabinet picks:
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bookmark_borderElon Musk is why *not* to abolish billionaires
I recently came across this tweet, which represents one of the stupidest takes I’ve seen on Elon Musk’s potential bid to buy Twitter:
(via Turning Point USA)
This tweet exemplifies the warped way in which people on the left-hand side of the political spectrum view the world.
For the past two years, the ideology that is often described as leftist, liberal, or progressive (but which is, in reality, brutal authoritarianism) has completely dominated all aspects of our society. People who dare express disagreement with any of this ideology’s tenets have been silenced, shunned, de-platformed, fired from their jobs, attacked, insulted, ridiculed, harassed, condemned, boycotted, or elsewise harshly punished, all for voicing dissenting views. Twitter is one of the most egregious examples of this trend, with supporters of authoritarian ideology free to spew their reprehensible bile without restraint, while those with the courage to fight back have had their tweets deleted and accounts suspended.
The prospect of Musk taking over Twitter brings with it the possibility of fairness and equal treatment, for a change.
But, bizarrely, political commentator Anand Giridharadas sees the potential Musk takeover as an example of someone being “allowed” to acquire “concentrated influence.” He sees it as Musk “manspreading.” He sees it as Musk appropriating a disproportionate amount of power for himself. *
Nothing could be further from the truth. It is those who share Giridharadas’s ideology who have been allowed to acquire concentrated influence. It is they who have held nearly limitless power this entire time.
Apparently, Giridharadas believes that he is entitled to a world in which the only people who are allowed to exist are those who think the way that he does. For now that there is a possibility of others actually being allowed to express their views, Giridharadas is aghast and indignant, acting as if he is somehow being disadvantaged and wronged. It is messed up and twisted that someone would imply that the possibility of fair and equal treatment for those with dissenting views somehow constitutes excessive power. It is reprehensible that someone would use words like “concentrated influence” and “manspreading” to characterize the possibility of others having the same freedoms that he does. Essentially, Giridharadas considers the solution to a wrong and unjust situation to be the problem, as opposed to the wrong and unjust situation itself.
In my opinion, Elon Musk demonstrates exactly why not to abolish billionaires. I am glad that Musk, a person who actually believes in freedom of speech and tolerance for diverse viewpoints, has enough money, power, and influence to make a positive difference in the world. I am glad that Elon Musk has the willingness and the ability to push back against bullies like Anand Giridharadas.
* Not to mention the fact that characterizing high taxes for rich people as “asking them to chip in their fair share” presumes that that high taxes for rich people are fair, which is not necessarily true. As well as the fact that the term “manspreading” is blatantly sexist
bookmark_borderElon Musk fights back against authoritarian lockdown
Salute to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who defied the stay-at-home order in Alameda County, California and re-opened his company’s factory.
Musk tweeted: “Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.”
On Saturday, Tesla sued the county government for the right to open its factory in Fremont, CA. The lawsuit argues that the government-mandated shutdown violates the 14th Amendment.
Last month, on a call with reporters, Musk called the government measures “fascist” and criticized the government for “forcibly imprisoning” people and violating their constitutional rights.
Wall Street Journal columnist Holman Jenkins went so far as to call Musk “the new ACLU.”
I completely agree with Musk’s views. Thank you for standing up for freedom.