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Trump:  Government May Sell Fannie/Freddie Shares, Raise $30B, Cut $8T in Liabilities, Avert Financial Crisis
August 9, 2025

□ [“Battle Lines Being Drawn:  Several States Now Plan to Redraw District Lines in Response to Texas"]

This is just coming off like another trap.  I don't know how much gerrymandering Texas has done in the past.  I assume they've done a lot because, well, they're a state.  But it's a big state with a lot of room to change things.  They've also been getting rid of the illegal immigrants so there's population reduction to consider.  Democrat states don't have as much to work with and every indication suggests that they've already been gerrymandered as much as possible.

I think they're going to run in some problems very quickly.  The point is clearly to get rid of the few Republicans they have in Congress but they'll be overwhelmed by what's needed to do that.  'This block is now part of a precinct fifty miles away!' is not going to work very well.  Otherwise they'll have to cut out some of the Democrats being elected too.

I suspect they'll stop making noise about this very soon.  Almost half the country votes Republican in every area, no matter how blue.  And vice-versa, which is probably why Republicans haven't done as much of this as they could.  The left has just latched onto this in a similar way to how they completely ignored Jeffrey Epstein for all these years until a few weeks ago.  Yet another trap they're rushing towards.

Trump Vows That DC Will Soon Be One of America’s ‘Safest Cities’
August 9, 2025

□ [“Media Downplays Trump’s Six Peace Deals Despite Warring Nations’ Confirmation"]

I assume he's not doing it for a Nobel prize, I just think it's hilarious that he's doing so much for peace and the left is doing everything they can to ignore it.  All they are saying is Trump cannot be allowed to get any credit for peace, no matter what.  And I say this as someone who really doesn't support Trump doing this when there are more important domestic issues to take care of.

But thinking about it, what if he really was doing this just to get a Nobel?  It seems very weird but not completely out-of-character for Trump to come up with that as a goal so the next step is figuring out how to get one.  'We need more peace!  Ok, look for the warzones and convince them to knock it off, the next Nobel will be MINE!'  That would be even funnier than the left's reaction.

This really is the left setting itself up for more failure.  It was just a couple months ago that they unanimously insisted that Trump's failure meant he was going after a war to cover up for it.  I get that they aren't consciously aware of what they're doing but others are and it just makes them look so foolish.  They'll do anything to get more wars back all around the world?  Really?  Is that the, uh, the hill you're willing to die on?

Germany Halts All Arms Exports to Israel Over Netanyahu’s Plan for Gaza
August 9, 2025

□ [“Europe’s 'Great Power' Dream is in Tatters"]

The really sad part is that this might be permanent, that whatever was good about Europe is now entirely past-tense.  You could argue that they reached the highest level of existence on Earth and since then have just declined.  I always cite WWI as the turning point although one could cite other years, but regardless that's what happened.

After a couple thousand years of developing civilization, they grew old and lazy.  Their own history wasn't worth remembering and they invited their own replacements to take over.  The new residents have no connection to the land or what was built here, they didn't even come from societies that would work to maintain it.  Europe has spent the last few generations relying on the US to do anything important so they're not even capable of restarting a functional society.  The more I think about it, the more depressing it gets.

Haven't heard anything about the protests for a couple days, so either they've gotten worse or they've just gone away entirely.  I think the EU itself was what killed Europe.  Each country was so old and so developed on its own that there was no way it could do more than pretend to unify politically.  That pretense was enough to shut down any real progress and is why they're in this mess now.

It's why the USA deserves so much credit for being founded that way from the start.  Each state could exist on its own while the union was already there.  But that only works if we're basically all the same people.  Europe didn't have that and now the strength it did have is gone.  I would like to be proven wrong but the EU is just a husk that depends on Russia, China, the US and immigrants for everything.

Zohran 'Defund The Police’ Mamdani Has Already Spent $33,000 on Private Security in Two Months
August 9, 2025

□ [“Texas Pervert Yells ‘Goo Goo Ga Ga, I Need a Diaper Change’ at Young Girls While Wearing Only a Diaper and Pacifier"]

Oh fer...  There's a legitimate argument to putting these people in an insane asylum but there's no point for that now.  Just shoot him, or hang him if you want to save bullets.  This is what leftism does to people and they're always aimed at kids.  I think sane people have gotten tired of this fake "decency," putting up with insanity like this.

I go back and forth on whether or not these people can be identified as "leftists."  That seems a little too obvious to go for, but it usually lines up.  For that matter, you could also say they're 'victims of leftism' regardless of whatever their actual beliefs are.  I don't think that's a question that could really be answered, although for all I know they've already got A.I. checking every single record, online or otherwise, ever made by every single one of these people.  Whatever the results are, we won't be told until long-after our elites have gotten ready for it.

There will also probably be a move towards tribalism, at least among the commoners.  It's pretty obvious, work out who's on your side and support each other against everyone else.  In this case, there should be armed guards around watching over kids like this.  There comes a point where we'll have to see what groups of humanity know what they have to fight for and then the left's goal of "population reduction" will look a lot different.

Former AOC Campaign Organizer Arrested Over Terror Threats Against Jewish High School
August 9, 2025