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“Vegas Rocks!” Awards in January
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“Vegas Rocks!” Awards in January

Billy Gibbons (pictured – ZZ Top) and Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) will receive “Lifetime Achievement In Music” honors at the Vegas Rocks! Magazine awards January 21st at Sam’s Town Event Center in Las Vegas. Kip Winger (Winger)‚ Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult will also receive “Lifetime Achievement In Music” awards. The event‚ which celebrates Vegas Rocks! Magazine‘s 20th anniversary will be available on YouTube and other social media platforms. The post “Vegas Rocks!” Awards in January appeared first on RockinTown.
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Shock Video: Massive Migrant ‘Christmas Eve’ Caravan Heads To Open U.S. Border
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Shock Video: Massive Migrant ‘Christmas Eve’ Caravan Heads To Open U.S. Border

Caravan of 8‚000 mostly military-age men just crossed Mexico's southern border on way to America. Shocking video shows a caravan of 8‚000 migrants making their way to the U.S. southern border after crossing into Mexico. Footage of the massive “Christmas Eve” caravan‚ the largest in over a year‚ shows thousands of mostly military-age men heading to the U.S. after resting in Tapachula on Sunday. The below report is critical to watch and share. The UN has set up massive invader camps on the borders of western nations. The so called refugees centers pay and organize the groups from all over the planet to come to the camps. Then for 3 to 6 months they are brainwashed with… https://t.co/gYYiRLzadG— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) December 25‚ 2023 BREAKING: Another massive caravan is on its way to storming the U.S. border.This was just taken in Tapachula‚ Mexico: pic.twitter.com/X2ySAo1vU1— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 24‚ 2023 The majority of this caravan are comprised of migrants from Cuba‚ Haiti‚ and Venezuela.Alex Jones' latest bestselling book 'The Great Awakening' is NOW AVAILABLE! Secure your limited edition autographed today! Local authorities estimated the size of a caravan of migrants‚ heading to the US border‚ to average about 8‚000 people per day. A @Reuters witness traveling with the group said most migrants were from Central and South America but also the Caribbean https://t.co/Ov1gyAQnPo pic.twitter.com/szeR6CitDN— Reuters (@Reuters) December 25‚ 2023 America‚ here is your Christmas gift from the Biden regime: Another caravan of invaders. pic.twitter.com/XQ8IZVcu8D— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 24‚ 2023 The Associated Press reported that the huge “Christmas Eve” caravan is a “clear indication” that the Biden administration’s recent efforts “to deter migration are falling short.” “Sunday’s caravan was the largest since June 2022‚ when a similarly sized group departed as Biden hosted leaders in Los Angeles for the Summit of the Americas. Another march departed Mexico in October‚ coinciding with a summit organized by López Obrador to discuss the migration crisis with regional leaders. A month later‚ 3‚000 migrants blocked for more than 30 hours the main border crossing with Guatemala‚” the AP reported. The caravan is led by activist Luis García Villagran‚ who called on authorities of Mexico to give out humanitarian visas to allow these migrants to have permits of transit. “Today‚ the ones that walk are the poor of the poor. The ones that cannot afford a visa. The ones that cannot afford a trafficker. The ones that cannot afford a coyote. We move ourselves in the name of God‚” he said. This comes after Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador agreed to stem the flow of migrants from Mexico after Joe Biden begged him to do so in the face of terrible polling. “We will boost as much as we can to maintain an orderly flow‚” Obrador said. Joe Biden 🇺🇸 called ☎️ Obrador 🇲🇽 for HELP before he left for Christmas vacation. 🤦‍♀️Biden is begging Mexico for help to fix the problem instead of just using the [legal] tools he has to fix the problem right now. pic.twitter.com/qFALkQtone— Joni Job (@jj_talking) December 24‚ 2023 Biden regime officials‚ including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas are set to visit Mexico in the coming days to meet with Mexican officials to “push them for greater action‚” the Washington Examiner reported. I spoke with President López Obrador of Mexico regarding efforts to manage migration in the Western Hemisphere.More enforcement actions are urgently needed to reopen key ports of entry across our shared border.Our teams will convene in the coming days to further actions. pic.twitter.com/dElI6EQAqb— President Biden (@POTUS) December 22‚ 2023 Alex Jones in a 2010 broadcast breaks down the UN’s Replacement Migration plan: The ADL claims REPLACEMENT MIGRATION dose not exist. That’s because they are one of the central groups pushing it. RM is a public United Nations plan dating back to the 1960s and we have been living under its implementation for 40 years. It started as a creeping death. Now RM is… https://t.co/4KJLE33htw— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) December 25‚ 2023 Follow Jamie White on X | Truth | Gab | Gettr | Minds
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CBS News Reporter Warns of ‘Black Swan Event’ in 2024: ‘A National Security Crisis with Unpredictable High Impact’
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CBS News Reporter Warns of ‘Black Swan Event’ in 2024: ‘A National Security Crisis with Unpredictable High Impact’

Eerie prediction comes amid "enduring threat level" of open borders‚ regional wars‚ economic strife and hyper-polarized political divisions. America may face an unprecedented “Black Swan event” in 2024 — a national security crisis with unpredictable high impact‚ CBS News’ investigative reporter Catherine Herridge predicted on Sunday. During a “Face the Nation” roundtable discussion‚ host Margaret Brennan asked the participants their predictions about 2024. “Well‚ mine’s a little dark‚” Herridge began. “I just feel a lot of concern that 2024 may be the year of a black swan event. This is a national security event with high impact that’s very hard to predict.” .@CBS_Herridge predicts in 2024‚ the U.S. may have "a national security event with high impact that's very hard to predict‚" pointing to ongoing wars and U.S. division as factors creating "fertile ground for our adversaries like North Korea‚ China and Iran" to take advantage of. pic.twitter.com/Vx8MTnn1W8— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) December 24‚ 2023 A “black swan event“‚ a term popularized by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2007 book The Black Swan‚ refers to an unpredictable or unforeseen event with extreme consequences.Alex Jones' latest bestselling book 'The Great Awakening' is NOW AVAILABLE! Secure your limited edition autographed today! Herridge explained that regional conflicts in Ukraine and Israel and the hyper-polarized political environment have created “fertile ground” for America’s adversaries to strike. “There are a number of concerns- concerns‚ I have that factor into that‚” she went on. “Not only this sort of enduring‚ heightened threat level that we’re facing‚ the wars in Israel‚ also Ukraine.” “And we’re so divided in this country in ways that we haven’t seen before. And I think that just creates fertile ground for our adversaries like North Korea‚ China and Iran. And that’s what concerns me most‚” Herridge added. Brennan agreed with her assessment‚ saying‚ “A lot of people are up at night with that concern‚ Catherine. At least in this town.” When factoring in Joe Biden’s collapsed U.S. southern border that’s allowing millions of unidentified people from around the world to stream into the country unchecked‚ the likelihood of a “black swan event” seems all the more likely. Hundreds of migrants who’ve illegally crossed into the U.S. are on the terrorist watchlist. Upcoming films such as “Civil War” and “Leave the World Behind” –produced by former President Barack Obama — also eerily predict major civil unrest due to political and racial divisions and cyberattacks. Follow Jamie White on X | Truth | Gab | Gettr | Minds
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Top 5 Revelations from Biden Family Probe in 2023
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Top 5 Revelations from Biden Family Probe in 2023

by Wendell Husebo‚ Breitbart: House investigators worked overtime in 2023 to investigate the massive web of wire transfers‚ 20 shell companies‚ and associates who helped the Biden family business raked in at least $24 million from foreign nationals over the course of approximately five years. TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/ Below are the top five 2023 revelations from the […]
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Peter Sweden-EU: THROWS AWAY 215 Million Covid Vaccines
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Peter Sweden-EU: THROWS AWAY 215 Million Covid Vaccines

by Peter Imanuelsen‚ The Gateway Pundit: This article was written by Swedish independent journalist Peter Imanuelsen‚ also known as PeterSweden. You can follow him at PeterSweden.com. Some huge news. At least 215 million expired doses of the mRNA shots have been destroyed by the EU – This comes at a cost to the tax payer of around €4 […]
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MacIntyre: Cultural neutrality is a dangerous lie — and it never existed
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MacIntyre: Cultural neutrality is a dangerous lie — and it never existed

One of the more encouraging phenomena over the last few years has been the growing awareness around the radical progressive indoctrination of children and young people in the United States. In some ways it was impossible to avoid‚ as woke propaganda became the default message of every movie‚ television show‚ book‚ and video game. When every corporation and sports team is wrapping its logo in a rainbow flag‚ the message is not exactly subtle. Individuals like Chris Rufo or Chaya Raichik‚ owner of the Libs of Tik Tok Twitter account‚ have also done the Lord’s work in exposing the obscene‚ vile‚ and hateful nature of the material that the left is exposing children to. The call to end progressive indoctrination is both understandable and justifiable‚ but many of those who oppose wokeness have made the error of suggesting a return to the era of cultural neutrality and an unbiased public square. This mythical era never existed‚ and the delusion of cultural neutrality is a dangerous one that leaves a society defenseless against ideologies that seek to destroy it from within. It has become common practice for LGBTQ advocates to point at church services or videos of children learning to responsibly handle firearms and allege that these activities are more akin to indoctrination than any drag queen performance. I wish that were true. We would be in much better shape if church services did a better job of instilling the doctrines of their faith in children‚ but there is some truth to the point. Things that seem obviously wholesome and healthy to conservatives are scary and threatening to progressive activists. The difference between moral visions is so radical that what seems only natural to one is completely abhorrent to another. Conservatives are becoming more comfortable with pushing back against an ideology that is hostile to their values and to their children’s well-being‚ but they still fail to grasp how that ideology was allowed to take hold in the first place. When conservatives argue against woke cultural indoctrination‚ they generally appeal to the idea of value-neutral institutions that do their job without advancing any worldview‚ but this concept is itself a liberal fiction. When I say liberal‚ I do not mean progressive or woke; I mean classically liberal‚ a tradition of thought that many conservatives will actively identify with today. Too many on the right have bought into the notion that many social institutions‚ like government and corporations‚ exist in a secular space where decisions are made independent of any moral or ideological framework. Small-government conservatives just want to be left alone‚ and they were convinced to abandon the representation of their own values in the public square by an argument of mutual disarmament. This notion is also very appealing to disaffected centrists — former progressives who find the current revolution too radical for their own tastes. The centrists still consider conservative values backward and dangerous‚ but they do seek a return to the liberalism of the 1990s‚ the sort that still made arguments about free speech. They would balk at reintroduction of Christianity into public life‚ but they are willing to make common cause with conservatives if they stick to the notion of institutional neutrality. The centrists do not want their kids learning gender theory in third grade‚ but they would be just as outraged if it were the Ten Commandments. The ideological disarmament promised to conservatives never came‚ and they quickly found themselves the target of cultural persecution with no defense other than an appeal to the neutrality by which the left never intended to abide. Former NFL coach Tony Dungy and NHL player Ivan Provorov both became targets of the woke mob due to their Christian faith last week. Dungy attended the March For Life‚ and Provorov refused to wear the pride jersey mandated by the Philadelphia Flyers. Sports commentators attacked both men as intolerant bigots‚ and some went so far as to suggest that Provorov should be deported back to his native Russia for heresy against the new state religion. Many Christians quickly responded by asking for tolerance of their beliefs‚ the same tolerance that they had been commanded to extend to others‚ but the left is not as foolish. A political movement that is willing to mutilate children in the name of gender ideology does not care about appeals to cultural neutrality. Progressives understand that their religion is incompatible with Christianity and always has been. Calls for mandatory toleration were always just points of entry into American institutions‚ never a shared principle to be extended to Christians or any other belief system that would compete with progressivism. The evidence of this is very clear‚ as the left has now made it all but impossible for those who hold to orthodox Christian doctrine to interact with public institutions. Holding basic beliefs about the definition of marriage will get you fired from most corporate employment‚ chased out of a sports league‚ and disqualified from holding most government positions. For progressives‚ tolerance means their views reign supreme without question‚ and they feel no shame in destroying the lives of anyone willing to challenge their dominance. Liberalism offered Americans a vision of neutral institutions that would allow for a society free of competing moral visions. All the conflict around essential questions about religion or ultimate meaning could be put aside as everyone operated on a minimum acceptable morality that would allow for different groups to work together in the marketplace. Neutral institutions would eschew ideology in favor of objective and expert management that would improve the lives of society as a whole. This was always a lie. There is no such thing as a neutral institution. Governments‚ corporations‚ and media are constantly making decisions of value‚ and those decisions will be made based on a moral framework. The moral framework on which social institutions make decisions will be transmitted through everything they do. There is no way of avoiding this truth.A religion that believes drag shows are good for children but church services are bad for them will not share institutions with Christians; it will expel them or it will be expelled. Liberalism cannot mediate this conflict of moral visions; someone wins and someone loses. There is no third option.This does not mean that America must become some cartoonish liberal notion of a theocracy like "The Handmaid’s Tale‚" but it does mean that conservatives need to assert a competing vision. Even if the right could strip wokeness out of every American institution‚ attempting to return to a value-neutral space simply invites the next predatory ideology to take hold. James Burnham called liberalism the ideology of Western suicide‚ because it made a society incapable of defending its own values and culture. The question is not: Should your society transmit values through its institutions? The question is: What values will your society transmit through its institutions? A positive vision is the only thing that will protect American institutions from hostile ideology‚ and conservatives must provide one if they intend to retake their country.
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Deace: The Mid Vermont Christian School girls’ basketball team shows how much loving your neighbor really requires
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Deace: The Mid Vermont Christian School girls’ basketball team shows how much loving your neighbor really requires

Benjamin Franklin once reportedly urged his fellow patriots to hold the line and boldly stand together by warning them‚ “We must all hang together‚ or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”The scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments echo this sentiment. Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes: “And if one enemy prevail against him‚ two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” Numerous times‚ Christ exhorts His disciples‚ and the church they will form‚ to stand together in unity. Paul expands on this theme in several epistles and describes believers of various gifts and social positions collectively as “the body of Christ.”I’m reminded of this in the wake of the recent news out of Vermont that a Christian school whose girls’ basketball team refused to play a competitor with a gender-confused boy on it has now been permanently suspended from all further state-sanctioned athletic competition.Unless you are informed by a select few in the conservative media sphere‚ I’d say the odds are high you haven’t even heard of this story. And I’m nearly certain you haven’t heard of any rigorous protest Christians levied against such an affront to basic standards of freedom and dignity. You probably go to a church that didn’t even mention it this past Sunday‚ but did make sure to give the “we’re not racists” virtue signal during the “mostly peaceful” riots of 2020.The Western Church continues to express kindness and solidarity with everything and everyone other than its own brethren‚ who dare stand in the gap against the Spirit of the Age. They think they’re going to Nineveh‚ when in reality they are stepping over the carcasses of their own martyrs to curry favor with a world that hates them. Before we are to love our neighbors as ourselves‚ we are to love God with all of our heart‚ soul‚ mind‚ and strength. It is loving God preeminently that clarifies what it means to love our neighbor. Does it mean never warn or rebuke my neighbor? Does it mean be perpetually nice? Or does it mean loving someone enough to share God’s truth‚ even if it may offend my neighbor? Or‚ let’s be even more honest of what we’re truly afraid of: Doing so may cost us something we hold more dear than God – which is idolatry.Isn’t it convenient that “loving your neighbor as you love yourself” has become our convenient excuse in the Church for never taking a stand against anything?And yet soon we will gather and pretend (oh‚ yes‚ sadly‚ that’s what many of us will do) to worship at the nail-scarred feet of a suffering Savior – who was tortured to the point of disfigurement and mortal injury before he was hung out to dry on a wooden beam for the vultures. We will sing our songs in our anesthetized and hermetically sealed environments‚ listen to a message that will affirm yet not challenge us in the least‚ and then go home confident that we have checked the Jesus box.Meanwhile‚ a girls’ basketball team in Vermont convicts us otherwise.The team truly loved God enough to suffer for His name and thus loved their neighbor enough not to take part in this demonically inspired insanity‚ belief in which puts their neighbor’s soul in eternal peril. By the way‚ isn’t it interesting that demons often refer to themselves by they/them or we/us pronouns? But I digress.These girls have more masculinity and testosterone than the vast majority of sweater-vested posers occupying our pulpits. If only they had motivated a generation of men who dare called themselves dads to stand for the truth in their own way. There are 24 other Catholic and Protestant Christian schools in the state of Vermont. How many of them have said they will stand with their brethren and refuse to humor this lie from the pit of hell any longer? How many self-proclaimed Christian teachers‚ coaches‚ or administrators in the Vermont public schools walked out in solidarity with their sisters in the faith?And that’s also why you haven’t heard more about this story. The answer is zero.In the end‚ you know a tree by its fruit. We are what we worship. The Spirit of the Age and its minions are comfortable mocking‚ trolling‚ and cancelling us as Goliath was in the Valley of Elah‚ because we want nothing more than to be comfortable ourselves. We lack Davids‚ who will boldly but humbly descend into that valley to challenge the enemy’s dominion “so that the world may know” whose dominion this world truly is. And most of our churches would chastise such Davids for being too confrontational even if one did manage to emerge.From where I’m sitting‚ there are a lot of believers who will soon be going to Holy Week services in the state of Vermont who probably shouldn’t‚ if we’re being honest – and if they are being honest with themselves. They left their sisters alone on the side of the road‚ and they’re hardly alone in doing so. The Western Church‚ like Israel before her‚ proverbially stones the prophets and shuns those whom God has sent. However‚ I want the heroic young ladies (and their coaches‚ parents‚ teachers‚ and administrators) of Mid Vermont Christian School to please know this: You are not alone. You play for an audience of One‚ and His is the only opinion that truly matters in the end.
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Horowitz: Minnesota as a left-wing Mecca‚ Disney subversion‚ and why red states aren’t red
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Horowitz: Minnesota as a left-wing Mecca‚ Disney subversion‚ and why red states aren’t red

There’s a reason the media is suddenly focusing on the success of Minnesota Democrats in creating a transhumanist‚ left-wing hell on earth. It’s because in every other blue state‚ they immediately floored the gas pedal on policy years ago upon winning trifecta control of state government. Minnesota‚ with the flipping of the state Senate‚ provided the Democrats with a new trifecta‚ and they have essentially turned it into California in just one legislative session. Why don’t the 25 or so GOP supermajority states behave like a mirror image of Minnesota?Democrats are unified‚ strategic‚ unrelenting‚ and radical in every state In an article titled‚ “How Minnesota is becoming a laboratory in pushing progressive policy‚” NBC’s Adam Edelman celebrates how the North Star state has become a north star for the radical left immediately after Democrats won control of all three branches. Given the historic GOP control of the Senate‚ one would think Democrats would tip-toe into left-wing policy so as not to risk losing control of the chamber next session. But Democrats are true believers. In just one session‚ they are passing abortion at all stages‚ transgenderism‚ driver’s licenses for illegals‚ automatic voter registration‚ felons voting‚ and a ban on normal cars by 2040. To top it off‚ they just passed a bill that will allow child protective services to remove parental rights if a parent interferes with a child’s demand for castration. They didn’t lose a single Democrat vote. The beauty of the Democrat success is that this is not a state like Massachusetts‚ where they have enjoyed trifecta supermajorities for decades and will continue to do so indefinitely. They only hold a three-seat majority in the House and just flipped the historically GOP-controlled Senate by a single vote. Yet no matter how radical the proposed ideas from the governor are‚ there never seems to be any risk of losing a single Democrat vote.This raises the obvious question: Why don’t we see the same dynamic unfold in all the states where the GOP holds much greater majorities in the legislature? Although Florida is probably the best example of the GOP flooring the gas pedal on legislation‚ DeSantis is still forced to water down some ideas thanks to the plethora of RINOs in GOP leadership. Most other GOP states have Republican majorities that continue to support pro-criminal policies‚ illegal aliens‚ the sexual alphabet soup agenda‚ endless welfare spending‚ and vaccine mandates – to varying degrees. Wyoming is a perfect example. We’re not even expecting a right-wing mirror image of Minnesota. We can’t even find red states fully committed to ridding themselves of progressive policies. The few victories we achieve are on issues that Barack Obama would have agreed with in 2008 — or even campaigned on. Minnesota Democrat Governor Tim Walz enjoys a razor-thin 34-33 majority in the Senate and a 70-64 majority in the House. Now take a look at the size of the GOP majority in the following states: Alabama: Senate 27-8; House 77-28 Arkansas: Senate 29-6; House 82-18 Florida: Senate 28-12; House 85-35 Georgia: Senate 33-23; House 101-78 Idaho: Senate 28-7; House 59-11 Indiana: Senate 40-10; House 70-30 Iowa: Senate 34-16; House 64-36 Kansas: Senate 29-11; House 85-40 Kentucky: Senate 31-7 House 80-20 Louisiana: Senate 27-12; House 70-33-2 Mississippi: Senate 36-15; House 77-41-3 Missouri: Senate 24-10; House 111-51 Montana: Senate 34-16; House 68-32 Nebraska: Senate (unicameral) 32-17 North Carolina: Senate 30-20 ; House 72-48 North Dakota: Senate 43-4; House 82-12 Ohio: Senate 26-7; House 67-32 Oklahoma: Senate 40-8; House 81-20 South Carolina: Senate 30-15; House 88-36 South Dakota: Senate 31-4; House 63-7 Tennessee: Senate 27-6; House 74-24 Texas: Senate 19-12; House 86-64 Utah: Senate 23-6; House 61-14 West Virginia: Senate 31-3; House 88-12 Wyoming: Senate; 29-2; House 57-5 As you can see‚ not only can the GOP afford to lose a number of votes and still pass amazing legislation‚ in some states there aren’t even enough Democrats to populate all the committees! Yet as Tim Walz passes everything he wants with a single-seat majority‚ where do you see the GOP flooring the gas pedal on uprooting left-wing policies from the state‚ much less pursuing hard-core conservative ones that make the state government a force for cultural conservatism? Aside from guns and abortion‚ there is not a single state that is anywhere near as red as even swing states are blue the minute Democrats win control. Why is there no GOP Minnesota or Colorado? Colorado and Virginia (before it swung back) were perfect examples of how Democrats have the same success in swing or light blue states as they do in Hawaii and Vermont. Contrast that to Ohio‚ which used to be a swing state and then became very Republican. With supermajorities‚ we couldn’t even elect a conservative speaker because a group of Republicans cut a deal with Democrats to elect a speaker who would jettison the most commonsense ideas on medical freedom and gender sanity. The answer lies in the fact that it’s not just a handful of ideological left-wing Republicans who sabotage GOP supermajorities. It is most of the GOP governors‚ speakers‚ majority leaders‚ Senate presidents‚ and committee chairs. The core of the party is not oriented toward the values of the majority of the red-state voters like the Democrat leadership is toward the values of the socialist base. And there is a reason for that. It has a lot to do with the Disney equivalent of every red state. Sure‚ many of these GOP legislators might personally go to Bible study‚ believe in our values‚ and genuinely run for office motivated by some of the same issues that animate the base voters (although some don’t). However‚ once they get to the state capital‚ they rapidly realize that those who control the state are not Republicans but the largest employers in the state. In most states it is the health care cartel. But in states like Arkansas‚ it is Walmart‚ Tyson‚ and J.B. Hunt. Either way‚ they overpower the values of the state with the same gutter ideology pushed by the special interests in blue states. If you want to know why most red states quietly want illegal immigration‚ look to the ag lobby and the Chamber of Commerce. If you want to know why most states have failed to fully fight the transgender jihad and medical mandates‚ it is corporations like Sanford Health that control the Dakotas. Why do you think Kristi Noem betrayed her base on the female sports issue‚ which is a layup and a no-brainer with the public? Do you think she is a closet leftist with a rainbow flag in her house? I doubt it. It’s because her staff‚ donors‚ lobbyists‚ and associates are all beholden to the big corporations like Sanford Health.This is why the DeSantis fight against Disney is so important. In fact‚ it is more important than he or anyone else running for president. If every other governor would not only decline to capitulate to woke corporations but actively fight them‚ red states would actually be as red as blue states are blue. This dynamic would largely make the presidential race irrelevant to our lives because we could live in accordance with our values in half the country. However‚ sadly‚ that is not the case. This is why former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson piled on DeSantis. He was completely owned by Walmart and Tyson when he was governor‚ which is why he defied the supermajority of his voters and supported castration for minors and COVID fascism. DeSantis is the first red-state governor in modern times to signal that no policy will be dictated by these corporations and that he is willing – in fact relishes the opportunity – to lose their support in return for making the state red. This is why it is so appalling that Trump‚ McCarthy‚ Rubio‚ and nearly every Republican piled on DeSantis. The Disney fight is the linchpin to ensuring that red states are actually meaningfully red‚ aside from policies pertaining to one or two legacy issues. When Trump was attacked by Alvin Bragg‚ every conservative commentator spent two weeks on the issue‚ noting that this was an “all hands on deck” moment for unity and clarity. They were right. But so is this fight against Disney and large woke employers that essentially make red states pro-gun and lower-tax versions of blue states on the issues that matter at the time they actually matter.It is pathetic that conservative media has failed to hold Trump accountable for siding with Disney. This is about so much more than who will be the GOP presidential nominee or about the presidency at all‚ for that matter. This is about why we can’t have nice things even in 70-30 or 80-20 Trump majority areas in the country.Jeff Blodgett‚ a Democratic strategist based in St. Paul‚ noted that “states really are these places where policy can happen‚ can be copied by other states and then ... go national. And right now‚ Minnesota is the model for that.” At the same time‚ Politico recently observed that “Republicans already dominate state legislatures but the scope of their power has reached a new level.” But unlike in the smaller number of Democrat supermajorities (or even simple majorities)‚ there is too much “infighting‚” for instance‚ when Gov. Doug Burgum vetoed simple legislation requiring the use of normal pronouns in schools. Perhaps dumping on the one man who is actually trying to deliver nice things for us as Democrats do in their states is the reason there will be more incentives going forward for Republicans governors to act more like Doug Burgum than Ron DeSantis. Or perhaps only one side is actually interested in outcomes while‚ the other side is content with levity and entertainment.
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