"Should I keep back my opinions...through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."

RT @NewReaganCaucus: There's a word for "fiscally conservative" pundits who don't support entitlement reform. Grifters.

RT @svngelephants: “Complex systems; they are often legible at very large scales and at the very small scale of individual behavior, but th…

RT @whignewtons: You’re right. The presidency is way too powerful. But where have you been the last 15 years? Extra-constitutional power is…

RT @CaseyMattox_: My major problem with Yuval Levin is that he not only says everything I think so much better than I can say it, but also…

RT @Mike_Pence: Ronald Reagan was born on this day in 1911. His unwavering commitment to a Strong Defense, Limited Government and Tradition…

@jimmysghost1789 If I understand you correctly, it seems you've simply joined the post-liberal consensus.

@UrbanusIII What goes up must come down. I still believe a new great awakening and American enlightenment will occur in our lifetimes.

@NarnianMWiggle Yup. Instant regret. He called for a mass exodus from the GOP the very next day after Trump won the 2016 election. Stupid.

@tangyoj No, saying them ignorant would be harping about how "we're a republic but not a democracy" but then calling Senators traitors for not supporting a President's nominees because "he won the election and deserves to have who he wants."

Would you not agree, sir, that it is the checks and balances and the separation of power within our system that makes us a republic and not a democracy? To what purpose do think we even have a nomination process if the President should simply get whoever he wants because "it is his policies she will implement, not hers?"

This is what I mean when I say that populism is non-ideological. It doesn't matter what you believe, it doesn't matter what you stand for, it doesn't matter what policies, principles, or values you've stood for in the past...all that matters is that you pay obsequious court to "the people" and their designated champion.

The President takes an oath to faithfully execute the laws of the United States. The USMCA was passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law by Donald Trump himself in his first term. The tariff shenanigans were a violation of that trade agreement, meaning that, yes, Donald J. Trump violated his oath of office. The fact that this is not the headline, even among left-leaning publications, is an indictment of our entire political culture and shows just how numb we have grown to the arbitrary exercise of power from the presidency. In far too many ways, Donald Trump has revealed, rather than created, the post-constitutional presidency.

So, looks like Fox News is making itself into everything conservatives have long accused NBC and CNN of being.

RT @SouthernKeeks: I applauded one of Trump’s EOs the other day in an article and was called out off Twitter as if I never criticize the ma…

RT @Mike_Pence: RFK’s hearings remove all doubt: He’s not fit to lead a key federal health agency - Editorial Board |

America voted for the first two years of Trump's first administration. They're getting the last two weeks of it. Retaliation will be swift. 2026 is going to be ugly if this continues.

The MAGA faction of the Republican Party has fully and wholeheartedly embraced the imperial presidency. Not only have they given up trying to slay leviathan, they have taken leviathan off the leash.