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@jasmius.bsky.social
Evangelical Christian. Husband. Father. Impatiently awaiting unconceived grandchildren. Reagan conservative. Proud constitutionalist dissident. Geezer. Curmudgeon. Cat daddy. Charter 12. I "bash" everybody.
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Freedom Conservatism: A Statement of Principles
To ensure that America's best days are ahead, we must apply the timeless principles of liberty to the challenges of the 21st century.
www.freedomconservatism.org
"To ensure that America's best days are ahead, we must apply the timeless principle of liberty to the challenges of the 21st century." www.freedomconservatism.org/p/freedom-co...
Living Twinkies.
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Living Twinkies.
"Iranian-backed Iraqi actors reportedly pressured the Iraqi federal government to reverse its decision to designate the Houthis and Lebanese Hezbollah as terrorist organizations." understandingwar.org/research/mid...
Iran Update, December 4, 2025
Former Iraqi Prime Minister and State of Law Coalition head Nouri al Maliki told the US that he would disarm Iranian-backed Iraqi militias.
understandingwar.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Iranian-backed Iraqi actors reportedly pressured the Iraqi federal government to reverse its decision to designate the Houthis and Lebanese Hezbollah as terrorist organizations." understandingwar.org/research/mid...
"I’m sorry, but like with Nicks, the whole thing just reeked of unprocessed grief. Generally speaking, you’re not allowed to grieve abortion, because you’re not supposed to. You’re supposed to pretend there is nothing to grieve." www.nationalreview.com/the-lifeline...
The Celebrity–Abortion Advocacy Complex | National Review
The Center for Reproductive Rights keeps posting celebrity clips in support of abortion, prodding pro-life groups to respond.
www.nationalreview.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"I’m sorry, but like with Nicks, the whole thing just reeked of unprocessed grief. Generally speaking, you’re not allowed to grieve abortion, because you’re not supposed to. You’re supposed to pretend there is nothing to grieve." www.nationalreview.com/the-lifeline...
"At a time when many are coming around to the notion that legalized sports-betting was a mistake, it would be bizarre to commit the country to a course in which everything can fuel the vice of gambling." www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-m...
The Most Terrible Sentence Ever Uttered | National Review
What will become of us if given a financial incentive to avoid reconciling political disputes?
www.nationalreview.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"At a time when many are coming around to the notion that legalized sports-betting was a mistake, it would be bizarre to commit the country to a course in which everything can fuel the vice of gambling." www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-m...
"Bondi should try to persuade her headstrong boss that enough is enough."
Of course, if "Pam" did that, she would wind up in the docket in Tish's place. And if she were at all likely to do that, she wouldn't be in the post she is now. www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/gran...
Of course, if "Pam" did that, she would wind up in the docket in Tish's place. And if she were at all likely to do that, she wouldn't be in the post she is now. www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/gran...
Grand Jury Refuses to Reindict Letitia James | National Review
Bondi should try to persuade her headstrong boss that enough is enough.
www.nationalreview.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Bondi should try to persuade her headstrong boss that enough is enough."
Of course, if "Pam" did that, she would wind up in the docket in Tish's place. And if she were at all likely to do that, she wouldn't be in the post she is now. www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/gran...
Of course, if "Pam" did that, she would wind up in the docket in Tish's place. And if she were at all likely to do that, she wouldn't be in the post she is now. www.nationalreview.com/2025/12/gran...
Bite-sized karma. www.newsweek.com/jose-ceballo...
Republican mayor faces deportation over voter fraud charges
The Kansas attorney general has accused Jose Ceballos of voting in elections despite not being a U.S. citizen.
www.newsweek.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Bite-sized karma. www.newsweek.com/jose-ceballo...
"The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan’s TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United States."
Given the impossibility of the U.S. defending Taiwan from ChiComm attack, this is....alarming. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
Given the impossibility of the U.S. defending Taiwan from ChiComm attack, this is....alarming. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in America
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan’s TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United States."
Given the impossibility of the U.S. defending Taiwan from ChiComm attack, this is....alarming. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
Given the impossibility of the U.S. defending Taiwan from ChiComm attack, this is....alarming. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
"Treasury Data shows that the federal government paid $104 billion in interest payments for the first nine weeks of fiscal year 2026, an average of more than $11 billion per week."
God only knows what the REAL number was. fortune.com/2025/12/04/n...
God only knows what the REAL number was. fortune.com/2025/12/04/n...
Two months into the new fiscal year, and the government is already spending $10 billion a week on servicing national debt | Fortune
Tariffs will bring in $300 billion to $400 billion a year, which would help to pay a fraction of the interest payments of more than $1 trillion in 2025.
fortune.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Treasury Data shows that the federal government paid $104 billion in interest payments for the first nine weeks of fiscal year 2026, an average of more than $11 billion per week."
God only knows what the REAL number was. fortune.com/2025/12/04/n...
God only knows what the REAL number was. fortune.com/2025/12/04/n...
"[Red] China is deploying a massive, large-scale naval force in East Asia waters, one of the country’s largest to date." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: China massing military ships across region in show of maritime force, sources say
China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in the largest maritime show of force to date, according to four sources and in...
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"[Red] China is deploying a massive, large-scale naval force in East Asia waters, one of the country’s largest to date." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
I think we know who signed it. www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
Supreme Court allows Texas to use redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory
Updated on Dec. 5 at 8:58 a.m. The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the green light to Texas’ efforts to be able to use a new congressional map favorable to […]
www.scotusblog.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I think we know who signed it. www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supr...
"After a vaccine injury lawyer, Aaron Siri, presented at the meeting, GOP Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a gastroenterologist [who voted to confirm RFK, Jr.], posted on [Twitter] that the advisory board is 'totally discredited' and 'not protecting children'.” www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
RFK Jr. ally, anti-vaccine lawyer to brief CDC vaccine meeting
Senate Health Committee Chair Bill Cassidy criticized the decision to invite Aaron Siri, who worked with Kennedy on vaccine-related lawsuits, to present at the CDC meeting.
www.politico.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"After a vaccine injury lawyer, Aaron Siri, presented at the meeting, GOP Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a gastroenterologist [who voted to confirm RFK, Jr.], posted on [Twitter] that the advisory board is 'totally discredited' and 'not protecting children'.” www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Admiral Frank M. Bradley is MAGA.
He knows where his career bread is buttered.
And he's very likely far from the only one in the U.S. military to have "converted". apnews.com/article/pete...
He knows where his career bread is buttered.
And he's very likely far from the only one in the U.S. military to have "converted". apnews.com/article/pete...
Admiral says there was no 'kill them all' order in boat attack, but video alarms lawmakers
A Navy admiral has told lawmakers that there was no “kill them all” order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the boat attack in the Caribbean, but the video of survivors being killed has alarmed l...
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Admiral Frank M. Bradley is MAGA.
He knows where his career bread is buttered.
And he's very likely far from the only one in the U.S. military to have "converted". apnews.com/article/pete...
He knows where his career bread is buttered.
And he's very likely far from the only one in the U.S. military to have "converted". apnews.com/article/pete...
"[Red] China, not the U.S., is to blame for the weakness of international 'climate' initiatives."
Because the ChiComms have been exploiting the West's economically suicidal "climate" fundamentalism for years. Why in the world should they stop now? thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...
Because the ChiComms have been exploiting the West's economically suicidal "climate" fundamentalism for years. Why in the world should they stop now? thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...
The Global Climate Movement’s Real Elephant in the Room
China, not the U.S., is to blame for the weakness of international climate initiatives.
thedispatch.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"[Red] China, not the U.S., is to blame for the weakness of international 'climate' initiatives."
Because the ChiComms have been exploiting the West's economically suicidal "climate" fundamentalism for years. Why in the world should they stop now? thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...
Because the ChiComms have been exploiting the West's economically suicidal "climate" fundamentalism for years. Why in the world should they stop now? thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...
"Criminals are, no surprise, harder to catch than law-abiding people." thedispatch.com/article/immi...
‘The Worst of the Worst’
Criminals are, no surprise, harder to catch than law-abiding people.
thedispatch.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Criminals are, no surprise, harder to catch than law-abiding people." thedispatch.com/article/immi...
Not a relevant question, since not only will Vance NOT be running (since Trump WILL be), but there's no chance that Vance will even be on Trump's 2028 ticket.
My prediction? Trump/Miller[-Putin] 2028.
Why not, since elections will be rigged anyway? thedispatch.com/article/vanc...
My prediction? Trump/Miller[-Putin] 2028.
Why not, since elections will be rigged anyway? thedispatch.com/article/vanc...
Will Vice President J.D. Vance Have a 2028 Primary Challenger?
There’s a lot more riding on the 2026 midterm elections than the GOP’s congressional majorities.
thedispatch.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Not a relevant question, since not only will Vance NOT be running (since Trump WILL be), but there's no chance that Vance will even be on Trump's 2028 ticket.
My prediction? Trump/Miller[-Putin] 2028.
Why not, since elections will be rigged anyway? thedispatch.com/article/vanc...
My prediction? Trump/Miller[-Putin] 2028.
Why not, since elections will be rigged anyway? thedispatch.com/article/vanc...
"Top law-enforcement appointees are alienating employees by prioritizing presentation — and social media posting — over professionalism."
Because, of course, the "top law-enforcement appointees" perform for an audience of one the color of a traffic cone. thedispatch.com/article/pate...
Because, of course, the "top law-enforcement appointees" perform for an audience of one the color of a traffic cone. thedispatch.com/article/pate...
Into the Field We Go, LARPing All the Way
Top law-enforcement appointees are alienating employees by prioritizing presentation—and social media posting—over professionalism.
thedispatch.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Top law-enforcement appointees are alienating employees by prioritizing presentation — and social media posting — over professionalism."
Because, of course, the "top law-enforcement appointees" perform for an audience of one the color of a traffic cone. thedispatch.com/article/pate...
Because, of course, the "top law-enforcement appointees" perform for an audience of one the color of a traffic cone. thedispatch.com/article/pate...
"[W]hy two American power brokers advising Russia’s [dictator] is raising alarms across the national security, intelligence, and foreign policy communities, and why experts are calling the covert conversation a potential act of treason." www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZR...
Treason with Benefits: Kushner & Witkoff Play With Putin
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"[W]hy two American power brokers advising Russia’s [dictator] is raising alarms across the national security, intelligence, and foreign policy communities, and why experts are calling the covert conversation a potential act of treason." www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZR...
"Is the legislation being pushed by Donald Trump and the [Trump]lican-controlled Congress a precursor to a government takeover of America’s wireless network? It sure looks that way." www.stridentconservative.com/are-trump-re...
Are Trump, Republicans preparing govt takeover of wireless network? - The Strident Conservative ™
Legislation pushed by Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress could be a precursor to a government takeover of America's wireless network
www.stridentconservative.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Is the legislation being pushed by Donald Trump and the [Trump]lican-controlled Congress a precursor to a government takeover of America’s wireless network? It sure looks that way." www.stridentconservative.com/are-trump-re...
"Last week, a 6-year-old boy vanished inside a federal building in New York City. Not wandered off. Not lost. He disappeared after being taken by ICE." www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-child-...
The Child Who Disappeared Inside Federal Plaza | Michael Fanone & Maya May LIVE
Under Trump, family separation has become an intentional tool of state power, not an accident of bureaucracy.
www.lincolnsquare.media
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Last week, a 6-year-old boy vanished inside a federal building in New York City. Not wandered off. Not lost. He disappeared after being taken by ICE." www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-child-...
"For Trump, 'The Apprentice' never ended; it just moved into the Office of Personnel Management." www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-friday...
The Friday Brief, December 5, 2025
Firing Season
www.againstallenemies.net
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"For Trump, 'The Apprentice' never ended; it just moved into the Office of Personnel Management." www.againstallenemies.net/p/the-friday...
Only if the Democrat Party has heavily armed itself. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/a-blue-rev...
A Blue Revolution Is Brewing
King Trump's indifference to affordability will cost MAGA everything.
www.lincolnsquare.media
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Only if the Democrat Party has heavily armed itself. www.lincolnsquare.media/p/a-blue-rev...
