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John retweeted
Iran Lobby
What is it with the Iran appeasement group centered in the DSA and spreading through the Democratic Party and even some Republicans?
This regime has waged a terror war against Israel, the United States and in Europe since 1979, killed a thousand or more of our troops in Iraq, funded terrorism throughout the world including building up the proxy networks of Hamas and Hezbollah, is seeking nuclear weapons, rules its own people against their will and kills them at the slightest protest. They even tried to assassinate the President.
It’s like the 1930s all over again in which Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain first let Germany rearm, then gave them Austria and then part of Czechoslovakia. Little by little they believed they bought peace in our time until Germany could not be stopped and took Poland. And the British public loved it, nearly turning Churchill out of office before the war.
And Americans hate Iran — by 8/65 or so it is the most despised country by far. And yet it seems this movement is happy to endanger Israel as appeasement as though Iran has any plan at stopping at regional and even global domination of an autocratic theocracy. Iran tells you their policy of going after big Satan and while we have new Congressmen now who won’t even condemn them, they are sending teams to disrupt our society and bomb our bases and ignite antisemitism.
So we all want lower gas prices but it’s clear that this group internally is following the appeasement playbook to the letter, calling for abandoning virtually any and all efforts at stopping Iran — from letting them rearm without real limits to summarily ending even the threat of military force and now putting our own military leadership on trial. In their wildest dreams the Iranian despots could not have imagined a better outcome for them.
History can and will repeat itself. Last time about 85 million died before they were stopped compared to what could have happened if Germany had never been allowed to rearm. And if you don’t believe it can happen, the failure to deter Russia when they first invaded Ukraine under Obama has now cost about 600,000 lives.
John retweeted
Nah man. I’m not gonna let this go unchecked. As a GWOT veteran I can’t.
I listened to Massie drone through his articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth and I recognized the sickness immediately.
We fought under this ridiculous worldview during GWOT, and it cost us dearly.
Massie is merely an acolyte of the bloodless bureaucratic religion that puts the lawyer in the center of the kill chain, treats every American use of force like a moral emergency, and somehow always finds more sympathy for the enemy being hunted than for the American sent to hunt him.
His whole speech I began wondering who he actually was speaking for, and that’s not good.
GWOT vets know EXACTLY where that road leads. Another approval. Another review. Another JAG opinion. Another commander afraid to make a decision because one bad headline will destroy his career faster than losing the fight ever could.
We were lectured for years about “courageous restraint.” We were told that killing one enemy might create ten more. We were taught to fear our own lethality while the enemy studied our hesitation.
And then we spent twenty years bleeding into the fucking sand.
So spare me the sermon about how dangerous it is to remove lawyers who think their job is to become a veto point over command. Spare me the sudden reverence for process from people who watched Afghanistan collapse, watched thirteen Americans die at Abbey Gate, watched the Taliban retake Kabul, and somehow found no constitutional apocalypse worthy of impeachment then.
Now the outrage is that the machine is actually being used. That commanders are expected to command. And that enemies are being treated like…. actual enemies for once.
That civilian leadership is telling the bureaucracy to get the hell out of the way of lawful military action.
From where I sit, the betrayal isn’t that Washington finally found some aggression for a chang. The realest betrayal is that men like Massie still think the lesson of the GWOT was that we needed more hesitation.
No. WE NEEDED MORE VICTORY.
And I’m done pretending those are the same thing. We’re all done with it. Massie is dead wrong here, he knows it, you know it, and I know it.
Sincerely,
-A seriously disgruntled GWOT vet who knows Hegseth is the cure to what ails our military here.
Breaking News: Congressman Thomas Massie is reading Articles of Impeachment against @SecWar Pete Hegseth on the House floor now.
Watch here: youtube.com/live/3EmwC0QQ8f8…
John retweeted
Stop the War?
Time to end the draft and bring our soldiers home from Iran where they are dying by the hundreds in trench warfare and house-to-house combat.
Oh wait. We are not doing any of that. The “war” is a naval blockade to get the Iranians to give up nuclear and terrorist ambitions. At its peak we also had an air campaign directed at military and leadership targets but we stopped it in exchange for fake promises.
Mostly we have been engaged in endless negotiations and memorandums of understandings while the Iranians regained their footing and kept their resolve to kill big and little Satan. The Iranians are so confident now in their success they are not negotiating at all. They killed tens of thousands of their own people to keep their iron grip. They are laughing at America that can’t take a temporary $1 increase in gasoline prices to get rid of the world’s top sponsor of terrorism and instability.
The President should set out his non negotiable demands of no nukes, no strait, no terrorist funding, no long range ballistics, and then resume bombing if they don’t agree until they do.
And democrats want to lower the cost of gasoline? Who could possibly believe that after they spent 20 years choking off the supply of domestic energy over climate change. Check the price of gas in California.
So the current fashion is to end the war with nothing, cut off Israel, and lower the cost of gasoline. That’s a strategy? Enable nuclear and other terrorism that will ultimately swallow the region, travel to Europe and then here? Or stop it now that you can when they are weak and have alienated all the gulf states and go for real stability. That’s an actual strategy that will pay us back for decades to come.
And as to affordability — suspend the gas tax, drop interest rates, suspend tariffs, provide temporary tax breaks for energy use, reform the student loan program and push for big affordable housing programs beyond the recent bill.
As to “war,” finish the job while we can. And explain why to the American people.
John retweeted
Yeah we all remember that and I also remember not being stupid enough to think the government could fix it all for me. I remember having four roommates while I was a young Navy SEAL and saving money on my first deployment to Iraq to buy my first home. I remember when people didn’t believe that someone else should pay for some make-believe lifestyle we thought we deserved…because we believed we had to figure it out ourselves. I also remember when Republicans were honest enough to tell people the truth and fight for policy that would have long term benefits even if unpopular in the short term. If anyone thinks the lesson about “affordability” in this election is just becoming more populist and more liberal, then go join the Democrat party. They’ll be happy to have you, bribing voters with promises of free crap.
Or…do a better job making the economic case for what you know is right.
I’m still team Trump. Why? Because his policies are grounded in the long term, not the convenient short term. GOOD. Double down on the agenda.
Who cares if we lost the midterms? Nothing changes. We already had a deadlocked Congress anyway.
And how about you supposed “conservative commentators” tell the truth about issues like affordability? Republicans made sure the average family of 4 didn’t see a $10,000 increase in taxes last year. *Money that Democrats voted to take from you.* Republicans push for permitting reform and deregulation. Supply side policies that decrease inflation long term. Tariffs suck in the short term but in the long term will bring manufacturing here. Biden and his Democrats caused 9% inflation. The high prices you see now? Guess what, 76% of that higher price is from the Biden years. The rest is gas prices which admittedly is caused by the actions in Iran. GOOD. All I have to pay is 30% higher gas and I get to make sure Iran can’t point a nuke at me?? GOOD.
By the way, lots of other consumer goods are cheaper. Prescription drugs are 4.5% LOWER. The biggest cost increases are housing and healthcare. Why? Because Obamacare wrecked the healthcare market and blue states make it impossible to permit new home building. But who cares about the facts, right? Good job, Texas! Say goodbye to your low cost of living and pro-business reputation. And thank the braindead right wing populists that threw their votes away in protest (also thank Paxton for running the worst campaign ever….).
Republicans need to stop running away from good policy and principles just because it MIGHT win an election. Thats the Democrat way. Fuck that. Stick to principle. And LEARN HOW TO ACTUALLY EXPLAIN GOOD POLICY TO VOTERS. The moronic consultant class told the GOP to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on transgender ads instead of the economy.
Incredibly stupid.
Let’s learn some lessons, but for God’s sake learn the RIGHT lessons.
I remember making 40k with a wife and two babies and having nothing left at the end of the month after rent and groceries, and I think about it still every day. If you’re struggling to make ends meet and keep your family fed with a roof over their heads, that struggle is simply the most pressing and urgent matter in your life and nothing else really comes close. This is something that many Republican politicians and conservative “thought leaders” still do not understand and maybe never will.
John retweeted
Just two supportive parents still supporting their benchwarming son! Attn @AbdulElSayed
Happy Halloween 🎃
John retweeted
Little man syndrome; Abdul has no idea what he's talking about. Proud to say, as Pete's dad, he was an absolute star on the court in HS. Captain, all-conference, all-state player...earned! We parents cheered him on, yes. That's what families do-support each other. #Envy makes him bitter.
John retweeted
So, basically, 500 million Europeans expect 300 million Americans to protect them from 120 million Russians who can’t even defeat 40 million Ukrainians while those 500 million Europeans don’t even realize they are being conquered by 2 billion Muslims who claim they are being persecuted by 8 million Israelis. Is that about right?
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John retweeted
Ryan, a 21-year-old college senior who wanted to protect others for his career, should still be alive today. Under Gov. Lamont’s criminal sactuary policies Ryan’s killer could be convicted for manslaughter and still let out on the streets following his sentence instead of being transferred to federal authorities for removal from the state. Gov. Lamont continues to put politics and criminals ahead of common sense and safety. That policy attracts more of it. Ryan, just like Henryk Gudelski, Liam Rivera, Officer Whiteside, and other innocent citizens deserved better. Yet Lamont and other CT Dems will never call a press conference, lock arms and march, or run commercials in their memories. It’s wrong and it must change.
John retweeted
I voted red down the ticket! I didn’t regret voting for my freedom in the 2024 election, and I don’t regret this time either.
John retweeted
I just voted for Darren Bailey, Don Tracy, and every Republican on the ticket to protect ICE and save America from socialist, far-left Democrats.
Get ready with me to cast my ballot!
To learn more about how to cast yours, visit iwillvote.com/il.
John retweeted
We are constantly told that universal mail-in balloting is totally secure…
I’ve always said that is inherently absurd, especially in nursing homes.
But we just ran into a new issue here in Southern California…
3 ballots were placed in my in-laws locked mailbox by a post office mistake!
This kind of thing must happen fairly regularly. There is effectively/virtually nothing to stop us from casting these ballots.
How can anyone take this system of voting remotely seriously?!
🤔😱🤦♂️🤷♂️
John retweeted
Currently in Georgia to celebrate my grandparents’ 70th wedding anniversary.
Surrounded by family and love. It’s been a great day.
Got a bunch of content coming next week, but for today, it’s all about celebrating my grandparents.
Life is grand.
John retweeted
Ned Lamont won’t tell you his record on education, so he just lies about mine.
Here are the facts after eight years of Lamont:
- Connecticut’s black-white achievement gap grew to one of the worst in America
- Math scores fell dramatically
- Education funding declined (after adjusting for inflation) for seven years
- High-demand public charter schools in Bridgeport, Danbury, Middletown and other cities were blocked
- Tens of millions in federal scholarship dollars for low-income families were turned away
To Ned Lamont, it’s acceptable when Westport succeeds and Bridgeport struggles. Not to me.
Zip code should never decide a child’s future. Every kid in Connecticut deserves a world-class education. When I am governor, that’s what we’ll deliver.
John retweeted
Two babies were trapped inside a burning home as thick smoke filled the rooms.
The people who rushed to help were just 10 and 11 years old.
Isiah Francis and Jeremiah Grimes were nearby when they realized young children were still inside. They called 911, but with the fire spreading, they knew they couldn’t just stand there and wait.
Isiah went inside through the smoke while Jeremiah helped from outside. Even though he could barely see and was afraid of getting burned, Isiah kept searching until he found a 1-year-old boy and an 8-month-old baby and got them both out safely.
Firefighters arrived shortly after and rescued two other children from the home.
Isiah and Jeremiah were just kids themselves, but when two babies needed help, they acted.
Their names are Isiah Francis and Jeremiah Grimes, and they both deserve recognition for what they did that day.
John retweeted
Two former senior FBI officials, Nikki Cole Floris and Bradley Benavides, were taken into custody today on charges of allegedly lying to Congress about their involvement in the FBI’s investigations into Hunter Biden.
The charges stem from an ongoing investigation into the since-dissolved FBI Foreign Influence Task Force.
Floris led the FITF as a Deputy Assistant Director from mid-2019 through mid-2022. Benavides was the FITF Section Chief from mid-2019 through the 2020 election. Both testified that the FITF was not involved in the Hunter Biden investigations. Documentary evidence, contemporaneous communications, and witness accounts contradict their testimony.
Floris is also on record privately claiming to be “running a shadow government” during the 2020 election in her role on the FITF.
Lying to Congress by senior FBI officials strikes at the heart of our system. No one is above the law.
The FBI has already dismantled the corrupt CR-15 squad that engaged in political weaponization targeting their opponents, including President Trump.
Thanks to @TheJusticeDept @FBIKansasCity and @USAttyPirro.
-DKP🇺🇸
John retweeted
I’VE SEEN ENOUGH, RYAN FAZIO IS A FUTURE STAR IN THE GOP AND HAS UNLIMITED POTENTIAL WRITTEN ALL OVER HIM. CONNECTICUT DO THE RIGHT THING IN NOVEMBER AND VOTE RYAN FAZIO FOR GOVERNOR.
John retweeted
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said if we did not pay the "Public Benefits" charge in our electric bills i.e. through Eversource "Then the taxpayers have to pay for it" in through the general fund.
WHO THE F DOES HE THINK IS PAYING FOR IT NOW?
#CTGovernorDebate
🇺🇸📺 Ryan Fazio had a strong opening statement in tonight's Connecticut governor debate.
Ned Lamont complained about the terrible economy and debt Democrat Governor Dan Malloy left him and the federal government.
Watch the livestream here on @WFSBnews
wfsb.com/livestream/?fbclid=…
John retweeted
Gov. Lamont is denying tens of millions of free educational dollars for low and moderate income school kids to get educational support, completely free of cost to Connecticut taxpayers.
It’s only less surprising when you consider test scores have fallen under Lamont, the black-white achievement gap grew to among the highest in the nation, and he’s allowed school districts to graduate high school students that never were taught how to read.
We need an accountable leader as governor for the next generation. Every kid, regardless of zip code, can succeed. I’ll be their governor.
