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Midweek Memes

February 18, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Welcome to another Wednesday, where we wander idly with the best of intentions through a field of memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Read more

CARDELLO: Little Marco is All Grown Up

February 18, 2026 Ray Cardello

I have been a fan and supporter of Marco Rubio since he entered the 2016 presidential race. I remember walking with Sharon through the streets of Concord, New Hampshire, on a very cold February night to hear the young candidate address his supporters after a disappointing showing in the NH primary. He was strong, took … Read more

Morning Update: Liberal Groupthink

February 18, 2026 The Morning Update

Today, on the Morning Update, bullying people into aping liberal groupthink is standard practice for petty progressive despots and their handmaiden media, but it can appear worse for some than others. Ep. 109 Links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok on X – Rumble … Read more

IMANI: Stopping Islamic Rage

February 17, 2026 Amil Imani

While our officials repeat the same mantra that ‘Islam is a religion’ of peace, and the great majority of Muslims are not a party to any plans and actions of radicals, the incantation of these “authorities” is the lullaby that puts most people to sleep in complacency. It is crucial for the American people to … Read more

MACDONALD: Is DOGE Still At Work, Saving Your Money?

February 17, 2026 Steve MacDonald

It isn’t making news, probably because the left and its army of militant wine-moms, the toxic empathy army, is distracted by the paid-protester pay day in Minnesota. But that’s starting to wind down. And while there are plenty of opportunities for paid protesters to make “a living wage” by pretending to be angry about something … Read more

PAYNE: MAGA Buyers, Beware

February 17, 2026 Russ Payne

President Trump is the best president of my lifetime, but that doesn’t say much for the rest. My suspicions that all the good headlines hide a lot of potential problems have been growing over the past several months. The predictor of the calamitous 2008-2009 financial crisis, Peter Schiff, was featured on Fox and Friends in … Read more

Morning Update: “I Don’t Care”

February 17, 2026 The Morning Update

Today, on the morning update, voting Democrat is bad for everyone, including Democrats, but they don’t care because they don’t care. They can’t see it, and they won’t hear it … until it’s too late. Ep. 108 Links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok … Read more

NITZAKHON: More Links from My Jarhead Friend

February 16, 2026 Guest Contributor

Top of the fold (mostly about what’s happening in Minnesota): Former Special Forces officers are sounding the alarm that what is happening in Minneapolis is NOT a “ground roots” protest, but an actual organized insurgency: Military intelligence officers warn: Minneapolis is an organized insurgency | STARRS The “protesters” attacked James O’Keefe and his news crew, … Read more

MACDONALD: Remember When Being a Lesbian Trapped in a Man’s Body Was a Bad Joke?

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 Steve MacDonald

Not that long ago, right before someone decided there was political and cultural upside, the destructive variety, joking that you were really a lesbian trapped in a man’s body, was bad form. Now it’s defended by members of Congress at a Conference on women’s rights. McBride was the first “woman” to speak at Hillary Clinton’s … Read more

OPINION: Recess

February 16, 2026 Michael Petruzziello

Our national leaders are heading to recess. Like little school children, when the bell rings, they leave their work behind and head to the playground. Of course, their playground is fundraising and shoring up their base, while ignoring constituents who are unhappy with the job they’re doing. Admit it, there is no accountability for those … Read more

Monday Memes

February 16, 2026 Steve MacDonald

So you mostly survived the Valentine’s Day weekend. Or maybe you didn’t. Or you came out different from when you went in. Same treatment, same celebrations, same cure. Memes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … Read more

KLAR: Can MAHA Fix The Organic Food Conundrum?

February 16, 2026 John Klar

The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement continues to gain both policy and political momentum as the 2026 midterms loom. The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement continues to gain both policy and political momentum as the 2026 midterms loom. By delivering on 2024 campaign promises to improve nutrition and support rural farms, the Republican … Read more

Morning Update: The Balz on Walz

February 16, 2026 The Morning Update

Today, on the morning update, Minni-soda Gov. Tim Walz must have borrowed someone’s Balz because he is actually demanding reparations from the Feds. Get a load of this. Ep. 107 Links: Check Out More Morning Update Here! – Also available on Rumble, Instagram/Reels, and Steve’s Substack. Follow ‘Grok on X – Rumble – Facebook – … Read more

CARDELLO: Lie as They May, The Democrats “Own” Illegal Immigration and Inflation

February 15, 2026 Ray Cardello

If you watch the likes of Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) or Maggie Hassan (D-NH) deliver their staff-written orations in committee rooms or on the Senate floor, you would realize that they have zero grasp of history, nor any sense of self-blame and accountability. As far as these two go, and you can lump the other Democratic … Read more

SHURTLEFF: Honoring the Memory of George Washington

February 15, 2026 Hal Shurtleff

February 22, 2026, marks the 294th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, who, in this writer’s opinion, was the greatest man born in America. He is rightfully known as the “Father of His Country.” At his funeral, Major General Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee said that Washington was “first in war, first in peace and first in … Read more

KLAR: “Melania” Is the Documentary the Left Loves to Hate.

February 14, 2026 John Klar

Doesn’t the left-leaning media know that the more you attack a film, the more you cause it to be pulled from a theatre, the more people will want to see it? This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Critics tried to kill the Melania documentary … Read more

NE Take: Bad Bunny and Bad Immigration Policy

February 14, 2026 The New England Take

“Mean” People on the Right Set the Record Straight A. J. and Dexter break down the political motivations behind Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl and how Maine Public is playing politics with an illegal that doesn’t care about breaking the law. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions are their own and may not represent those … Read more

MACDONALD: When Are Lib Chicks Gonna Get Tired of Trannies Giving them a Bad Name

February 14, 2026 Steve MacDonald

For years, I have marveled as so-called feminists made excuses, even defending the practice of men in garish clown make-up, reading books to kids at local libraries. The same feminists ignore men wearing stereotypical garb from an era during which they claim women were oppressed, or who do drag shows, which are over-sexualized performances wearing … Read more

Middle of the road The middle, compromising stance of those called “centrists” or “moderates” is very often mistaken for a balanced and reasonable position. Little else is worse than an entire world tricked into what rationally amounts to crime, thinking it is balanced, realistic, and optimal. The centrist has become convinced that their middle position is the only fair and just stance, and that anything else is imbalanced extremism. The opportunity to rationally examine these assertions has never been as important as it is now. Let us start by realizing that most people do not actually call themselves centrists yet are convinced that their views are a proper mixture of ideas, a negotiation to meet somewhere in the middle, which is what centrism entails. Whether this is a mixture of safety and freedom, socialism and capitalism, or collectivism and individualism, few have admitted that their unique mixture ratio is behind their confidence in their own political views. Most are convinced that they have the right mixture, while they believe those with different views have their mixture somewhat off. How many traditional conservatives are against socialism without realizing that many of their views are based in socialism? They do not put the label of “socialism” on their beloved military, police, and public schools, but these are textbook examples of socialism. How many progressives for wealth distribution via government will truly admit that they want the profit motive to remain as the deep well from which they can perpetually draw? Nearly everyone has a mix, if only so they can satisfy themselves that they are not radical extremists. To further the confusion, there are parallels in our world that suggest to us that a mixture is best, like the alloys of metals being more useful than pure metals alone, or the right temperature being a mixture of not too hot and not too cold. It is intuitive to infer a moderate compromise in social, economic, and political matters. Now let us see the mixture from a different perspective. Engineers do not strive for a healthy balance of both planes that continue to fly and planes that fall from the sky. They are very imbalanced in their view that all planes should continue flying without issue, to every possible extent. We would find it unacceptable if the legal system outwardly promoted a healthy mix of bringing criminals to justice and letting them do whatever they want. The point to see here is that we must not mix poison into our food and call that a healthy balance. No percentage of violent crimes have a fitting place in civilization, same with fraud, corruption, and a long list of wrongful acts. The practice of forceful plunder through the apparatus called “government” is the rational equivalent of criminality, asserting that the ability to do so equates to the right to do so, and dismissing other peaceful means for funding as if they are inferior. No degree of what is rationally criminal is somehow a quality ingredient to mix into one’s political stance, even if the current laws legitimize it. That it comes from the basis of “might makes right” and violates inalienable rights means that justifying any degree of it makes a person complicit with this criminality, which is objectively criminal and evil because objective reality is altered thereby, to the subtraction from objective and measurable well-being. Well-intentioned people of all kinds mix in ideas that are objectively criminal, not seeing with rational eyes because they used the going laws as their only measure for what is just. Even those reaching for higher moral ideology believe in things like city-states and small or local governments as the solution, as if to not have fully admitted that nobody is fit or entitled to rule, whether they are a person or a group. It is the rational that gives us the tools to collaboratively orchestrate law and order, and the same that stands as the constant standard for what is good and evil, what preserves rational rights and what depletes them. If rationalism can reveal what toxic and evil justifications we might have mixed into our views, it can be the tool for helping us clean up our views, even if someone thinks that doing so will amount to extremism. Author: Ben Jarick Ben Jarick is a writer, inventor, entrepreneur and lifelong student.

MACDONALD: Is it Just Me?

February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 Steve MacDonald

If you were jaded about politics and power before the response to the China Virus (say it like Trump; CHI-NUH), odds are good that it metastasized into full-blown cases of “you just can’t trust those f**kers about anything. And you can’t. You never could. Well into my second decade of mouthing off about almost everything, … Read more

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PAYNE: Stealing the Mind of a Nation

February 14, 2026 Russ Payne

The prophetic words of German playwright, poet, and philosopher Friedrich Schiller 1759-1805 pinpointed what has gradually happened in American public schools over the past hundred years: “ It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal the mind of a nation), The blame diminishes as the … Read more