The Senator Who Almost Lost His Soul For Political Expedience

Lame duck North Carolina Republican Senator Thom Tillis on Sunday said he would ​allow Senate confirmation of Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh to go forward after the Department of Justice on Friday ‌dropped an investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell that Tillis viewed as a threat to the central bank’s political independence.

That investigation was brought forth because Powell was believed to have recklessly overspent the budget on the refurbishment of the Washington DC Federal Reserve Headquarters building.

After months of stalling, Tillis said on Sunday's "Meet the Press" on Sunday morning, "I am prepared to move on with the confirmation of Mr. Warsh. I think he’s going to be a great Fed chair.”

Well, la-de-dah. All because the DOJ was prepared to drop the charge.  

This past Friday, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on X that she was ending it and would ask ​the Fed’s own inspector general, already months into its own review of the renovations, to take over. This was an excellent move  by Judge Jeanine.

Senator Tillis, who is not a Trump supporter, used President Trump's criticism of Chair Powell's resistance to  reduce interest rates. And Tillis latched onto this as reason to stall Trump's nominee, even as he claims he actually supports Warsh, who he claims has "impeccable" credentials.

Warsh, a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011, has promised to overhaul the Fed’s approach to ‌monetary policy ⁠and to cooperate more closely on non-monetary policy matters with the Treasury and other parts of government.

As for Tillis, he believes he is now the "white knight" who "saved" Warsh's nomination, after almost sandbagging it. He expects now to be considered the savior who went beyond his conscience.

But his legacy will be the man who almost betrayed his own soul.

The Night Which Will Be Remembered

​It was a night, but not one which was expected. It was, however, one which could have had tragic consequences. You know, like Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy.

Thankfully, it wasn’t.

It was surreal to watch in real time. One can only imagine what those ìn attendance were experiencing. It could have been a nightmare had the worst possible outcome occurred.

There are several takeaways which we as a nation must address and recognize, whether we like President Trump or not. As Americans, we have a right to disagree with the President, respectfully, but no one has the right to take aim at him and attempt to end his life.

We have seen this played out too many times in our history, where attempts to kill, but failed, were made on Teddy Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush 41 and 43, and now, Donald Trump, three times since 2024. Fortunately, these attempts were mitigated.

There is too much hostility focused on President Trump, mostly caused by the anti-Trump, leftist media, Democrat opponents and others who suffer from TDS. Members of the “tolerant” left are blinded by their hatred and intolerance for this one man. 

Saturday night’s events, at a function which has traditionally been a time which political differences are put aside, brought people together to make certain no one, whether they were friends or not, was hurt. And knowing that the would-be assassin could have done greater harm to many more people than one injured secret service officer had to be a sobering wake up call.

Perhaps, the lesson of last evening should be to stop the political divide over issues which are tearing the country apart because one Party is so opposed to ANYTHING President Trump is for, without giving a consideration that it may be good for the country. You know, like funding DHS, for seventy-one days, of which the Secret Service is a part, because another agency in the department is so disliked. 

The rhetoric of his opposition sounds more strident and shrill, filled with anger and hate, which riles up the violence even more in someone who is looking to exact a certain negative outcome. And ultimately, could have ended differently than it did last night.

It is time for Senator Schumer and Leader Jeffries to recognize that their words of disagreement with President Trump are received quite differently than they may have intended. It is time for them to focus on dialing back their extreme verbiage and venom which has ginned up the excessive violent responses of some who are not able to distinguish political rhetoric from actual calls to arm oneself with weapons.

If nothing else, the White House Correspondents Dinner was ended last night without a national tragedy. It will be celebrated again, within the coming weeks, with a focus on congeniality by both the Administration and the Press, with less confrontation and more respect, especially as both recognize that the goal is the preservation of free speech.

We figuratively and literally escaped a bullet last night as a nation. Let us unite and make certain this never actually happens.

We are given a chance to learn an invaluable lesson: as a nation we are given a chance to heal; take it and make sure a national tragedy never actually occurs.

It is a priceless lesson, for sure.

The Continued Appeasement of the Regime and the IRGC

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When WILL the world wake up and realize that the Islamic Republic, the IRGC and other bad actors in Occupied Iran are not interested in any peace deal or other “end of war” scenario with the US or Israel? Their whole purpose, as proven by its forty-seven year existence, is to delay, delay, delay until its opponent wearies from that stalling exercise.

Today, Pakistan officials advised the US that Iran’s “negotiators” had already left Islamabad. 

Therefore, US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will no longer be heading to Pakistan for talks with Iran.

“I've told my people a little while ago they were getting ready to leave, and I said, 'Nope, you're not making an 18 hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing’," President Trump said when asked for his response to Iran’s reversal.

Iran’s foreign ministry said any future talks would no longer be direct, face-to-face negotiations, but rather, be indirect with intermediaries. If you recall, this was the process Iran insisted on prior to the attack of February 28. Delay, delay, delay.

Iran is betting on US and world public opinion to turn against President Trump like it did against seven other US Presidents when they  all acquiesced (appeased) to continue to allow the Regime to pry on its neighbors and its own citizens unfettered.

And the Regime is counting on the leftist American media, its Socialist supporters in the Democrat Party, other Trump haters, and other sufferers of TDS to fight for the Regime instead of for the oppressed and persecuted Iranian citizens.

It's overall tactics are to delay, obfuscate and and deceive the world from its goal to continue its brutality without encumbrance or hindrance. Just like Stalin and Hitler, Pol Pot and Mao achieved.

But Trump seems to have other ideas. These ideas have been unchanged since Ayatollah Khomeini and his henchmen, with the tacit support of the UK, France and Jimmy Carter, successfully overthrew the Shah and created the Islamic Republic. 

He has unequivocally called for the return of Iran as it was when it enjoyed the freedoms and liberties of a westernized society before the Islamists began their reign of terror.

It is the "Grand Plan" of this evil, despotic dictatorship. It is counting on the world for support  in the belief many nations will be concerned for cheap oil and gas, rather than, its cruelty to 90MM people whose lives are of no consequence in the scheme of life outside Iran.

Can Iran continue to delay, delay, delay without opposition? The Regime and its satanic actors are counting on it.

Seig Heil!

The Hypocrisy of Screaming NIMBY

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The funniest outcome with the election of Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York City was the outrage by progressives and leftists who overwhelmingly voted for him. 

They revealed their hypocrisy this week when ten residents joined the Village Organization for the Integrity of Community Engagement (VOICE) in their suit against the City after Mamdani announced plans earlier this year to turn a building at 8 East 3rd Street into a citywide intake shelter to house homeless adult men.

"No one is more ‘not in my backyard’ than white progressives. This community voted for Mamdani in a landslide but don’t want to live with the consequences" Michael Henry, a former New York attorney general candidate, wrote on social media outlets. He was joined by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rick Scott (R-FL) with posts of their own.

Election District 45, the area that includes the East Village, voted for Mamdani in a 70.1% victory over independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, who garnered just 26.0% of the vote.

Mamdani announced the temporary housing project at 8 East 3rd Street as a way to accommodate the closure of Bellevue Shelter, a separate homeless intake site that the mayor’s office said had deteriorated too far for use.

"The Department of Social Services (DSS) and Department of Homeless Services (DHS) will immediately implement an operational plan to vacate 30th Street and relocate the critical functions to other sites. There are approximately 250 individuals in the shelter and the DSS is working to relocate these individuals by mid-March," Mamdani’s office said in an early March press release.

To implement this temporary action,  Mamdani relied on an emergency declaration from 2022, a power originally issued to handle an influx of asylum-seekers.

The mayor’s office also detailed that a second accommodation site would be opened at 333 Bowery Street, beginning on May 1, to house families without minor children.

Once again, the people who foisted this Socialist (read Communist) on the City, are now the loudest to protest his actions. But this, folks, is what they voted for, and now they may be looking for a “do-over” because it is impacting THEM. 

Oh yes. Elections DO have consequences, and it is painful when it is not what they expected. And ‘Not In My Backyard’  makes them look so hypocritical.

Enjoy your consequences, you leftist hypocrites; you just got what you wanted for everyone else.

An Unconstitutional Outcome in Virginia

Gerrymandering - the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections - Merriam Webster  

Not even twenty-four hours had elapsed since the polls closed in the Virginia Congressional Redistricting scheme when Tazewell County Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley sided with Republican plaintiffs and declared the amendment and enabling legislation "void ab initio," citing multiple violations of the Virginia Constitution.

The ruling also permanently enjoins state officials from certifying the results of Tuesday's special election or taking any steps to implement the proposed congressional map.

The entire process was flawed right from the start, as the present Virginia breakdown had six Democrats and five Republicans representing the State in the House of Representatives, while the redrawn map revealed a Democrat-controlled legislature gerrymandered breakdown, leaving a proposed ten Democrat districts and one Republican district. The vote was 51% in favor of the Democrat initiative, leaving Republicans potentially only one seat in the House. 

In making his decision to invalidate the referendum, Judge Harley ruled that the process:

- Violates the Virginia constitution which requires two legislative sessions occur before a change may be considered

- Lawmakers failed to follow statutory procedures, including requirements for public notice and timing

- Legislation improperly combined multiple subjects, violated restrictions on local election laws, and required early voting before the constitutionally mandated 90-day window had elapsed

- The ballot question itself was "flagrantly misleading" and did not accurately describe the amendment approved by lawmakers

Based on those findings, the court declared all votes cast in the referendum "ineffective."

The referendum, narrowly approved by voters, would have temporarily shifted redistricting authority from Virginia's bipartisan commission to the Democrat-controlled legislature through 2030.

With certification now blocked and the amendment struck down, the case was immediately appealed by Democrats and is expected to move quickly on appeal. However, it leaves uncertainty over whether any redistricting changes will take effect before the 2026 midterm elections.

“This is another example of Democrats being angry at Republicans for things they themselves are guilty of actually doing," former Trump campaign national press secretary and current Newsmax contributor Hogan Gidley told viewers on Tuesday. "Seven of the 10 most gerrymandered states in this country are Democrat-controlled, and in 16 of the 20 least gerrymandered states in this country are Republican-dominated states.“

It stands to reason that Democrats  know their message is non-existent, and therefore, they must rely on this type of maneuvering to possibly flip control in the Congress. Because voters are no longer voting for Democrats

Perhaps it is time for the Democrat Party to do some real soul-searching and step away from the Socialist brink they are approaching. Or they will go the way of the Whigs, the Federalists and the Know Nothing Party of the early to mid eighteenth century.

Once More, the Regime Plays Its Evil Game

​For those people who believe the United States and President Donald Trump is intransigent with his attitude toward the illegal occupiers of Iran, keep in mind that he agreed to a ceasefire in order to begin talks for two weeks, which expires today, and now extended it indefinitely, provided the Islamic Regime decides to negotiate in good faith.

It was revealed by unknown sources inside Islamabad, who touted positive mediation efforts with Tehran, by renewing the possibility of more peace talks within the next “36 to 72 hours.” Asked about this possible breakthrough, Trump, in a text message, said: “It’s possible! President DJT.”

The incremental update comes a day after the US president announced he would extend the current cease-fire with Iran until its divided leadership can come up with “a unified proposal.”

The effect on the American stock market has been positive thus far today. The Dow is up around 300 points, while NASDAQ is up about the same. Presently, oil futures are less certain, as prices are hovering around $92 a barrel, until more clarity can be determined.

Apparently, the effect President Trump’s Truth Social post had a significant effect, when he posted,”I have directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other.” 

It is obvious that the Islamic Regime is blaming the US for the failure for the delay in the continued negotiations. But instead, it seems it is the regime which is trying to play its usual, tired and predictable game to attempt to persuade the world it is the “victim” in the process. All while it continues to murder that country’s patriots who oppose the inhuman treatment of the regime’s prisoners.

In addition, there are known to be at least eight women who are presently scheduled to be executed in the coming days. One is fourteen, while several others are under twenty. Yet the silence coming from the regime sympathizers, like many in the Democrat Party AND the Pope is deafening.

To anyone with a conscience, it is very revealing who actually is intransigent  in their attitudes over American involvement in this “excursion”. And it is not President Trump.

It is time for everyone to cease with their hypocritical BS, and their false indignation, to stop supporting the Islamic Republic and its conduct, as Senator Chris Murphy seems to have done with his post this week on X. 

It borders on treason and certainly shows his distaste for the American military, and its attempts to help Iranian citizens overthrown the occupiers of their country who have chanted “Death to America” for forty-seven years.

How about looking at this murderous regime as the evil it really is and get over your Trump Derangement Syndrome? It actually is nauseating.

Good-bye Noel

​Last night, we watched sadly as our Noel crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. It was sudden, as if she were herself all day, until suddenly, at about 4:00 she began to take a decline until she crashed.

She was not in any noticeable pain, but could not stand up anymore. She just lay there, refusing to drink water or take her favorite cookies.

By nine pm, it was inevitable she would be gone soon. 

Noel was a rescue which my daughter got in December, 2011 for her then-fiancé, now husband the Saturday before Christmas. She was about a year or so, and was rescued from a kill shelter.

She was a tan-colored coon hound and made her mark in our lives almost immediately. When she walked into the house that first time, she spotted a roast resting on the stove top. She must have thought it was a “Welcome” meal, and proceeded to pull it down and began to enjoy it lavishly.

It was then we all realized she was a girl who had very definite ideas who was going to dominate whom. She began to take charge, as any alpha dog would, even letting our white shepherd, Angel, know who was now going to be the boss.

She was a mush, a loving dog, bringing joy to all of us. And when my daughter’s children were born, she showed she was protective. But of course, she let them know they were only guests in her home.

My daughter, and her husband, still have three rescues: Lucy, a lab-shepherd mix (we think), Daisy, a bichon, and Lulu, a border terrier. All loving dogs.

So, as we say good-bye to Noel, we are at least comforted knowing that she was not alone when she passed, and believing Angel, Jameson, Shea, Candy, Skippy and Tara will be there to welcome her when she arrives.

You were a good girl, Noel. Rest in Peace.