YergensenRyan

After the Biden years, the top priorities for moderates and independents were the economy, personal freedoms, border security, transparency, and cleaning up political ethics (term limits, insider trading, logrolling, and similar issues). More than two years later: • The economy is not meaningfully better. • Personal freedoms have not been secured or expanded. • The border has been secured, but the approach went too far and doubled down on unpopular and unnecessary policies. • Transparency has decreased (Epstein files not released, full COVID reports not released, limited information on Israel, DOGE report not released). • There has been essentially no progress on political ethics reforms. What has happened: • Border security improved. • Executive order ICE operations created a toxic environment. • Renaming of a bunch of shit that few people care about. • A steady stream of disrespectful memes. • Involvement in and funding of a long-running conflict, despite explicit pledges to stay out of such wars after Biden and Russia-Ukraine. • Support for candidates chosen primarily for loyalty rather than competence and trustworthiness. #2026Midterms