Every day we watch liberals versus conservatives, Democrats versus Republicans. They pull up their statistics and wave them around as if that somehow makes them wiser, more intelligent, and superior. But where did they get those statistics? A simple search on the internet, cherry-picked just enough to make an argument. Not a good argument. Because the truth is, whatever statistics anyone comes up with are never enough.
Life has too many variables for numbers to stand on their own. You can provide any statistic you want, and it can be refuted — either for or against. Playing devil’s advocate.
The battle we face is 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀. It’s about 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀. It’s about 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀. It’s about what matters most to the American people.
The truth is that statistics and facts can be twisted to tell any story. We’ve seen it. It is now a 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 that Obama and Hillary Clinton conspired with the Russia hoax to try and destroy a sitting president.
At the end of the day, this isn’t about charts, spin, or talking points. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁. And the choice before us is crystal clear:
Are we a nation rooted in 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
Or are we going to slide into 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘅𝗶𝘀𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺?
There is 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱. Good versus evil never has a middle. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝟭𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 — 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹.
This is a 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀, 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹. And it will not end until one side wins and the other loses.
That decision won’t be made by statistics, or by the media, or by elites in Washington. 𝗜𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀.
Do we return to the 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻? Or do we follow the rest of the world off the cliff of Marxism?
The choice is ours — and the time to choose is now.
This message by Michael McCune is among the best explanations of Donald Trump’s brilliance in taking on the Deep State and New World Order.
Most People are Looking at the News.
Few are Looking at the Board.
by Michael McCune
What feels like chaos is often perspective without context. While attention is pulled toward outrage,
the real decisions are being made quietly,
several moves ahead.
The loudest voices aren’t the ones in control.
The most emotional reactions aren’t the ones that matter.
This moment isn’t random.
It isn’t impulsive.
And it isn’t accidental.
Once you see the pattern, the noise fades
and the moves begin to make sense.
This isn’t chaos. It’s intention.
In this post, I’m putting words to what many of you already feel, the frustration, the demand for accountability, and why that accountability cannot happen just yet.
Democrats crossed the line long ago.
What you’re watching now is not opposition.
It is coordinated provocation, engineered to exploit the law, manipulate perception, and bait reaction while avoiding accountability.
This isn’t chaos. It’s chess.
I’ve read your comments, and I want to say this clearly:
I stand with you in your frustration.
What we are witnessing today is not principled dissent. It is rhetoric and behavior that repeatedly brush up against real insurrection, not the fabricated January 6 narrative endlessly projected onto Donald Trump, but conduct designed to encourage defiance of federal law, obstruct enforcement, and erode constitutional order, all while carefully staying just shy of direct legal consequence.
So when people ask, “Why doesn’t Trump act?”
That question makes sense.
But the answer isn’t emotion. It’s strategy.
To understand it, you have to zoom out and look at the entire board.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧
There was a time when American politics still operated within a shared framework.
Democrats believed government should play a larger role in public welfare. Republicans believed government should protect citizens while limiting intrusion.
Those views were different, but they were not irreconcilable.
That balance began to change under Barack Obama.
Obama was disciplined.
Measured. Careful with language.
He did not wield power recklessly.
He normalized the idea that power itself must be protected.
Under his leadership, politics shifted away from persuasion and toward institutional alignment, narrative control, and permanent power preservation.
The administrative state expanded.
Media coordination tightened.
Loyalty to the system began to outweigh accountability to the people.
That shift reached its breaking point in 2016.
With Hillary Clinton, politics crossed a line.
The campaign was no longer about persuasion.
It was no longer about policy debate.
It became about power at all costs.
When she lost, something fundamental broke.
The assumption that power belonged to a specific political class collapsed. And instead of recalibrating, the system escalated.
What followed was unprecedented:
▪️Weaponized investigations
▪️Coordinated media narratives
▪️Lawfare as a political weapon
Not because guilt was proven,
but because the system itself felt threatened.
From that point forward, opposition stopped being political and became institutional self-preservation.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞
Here is a fact most people overlook:
Nearly 50% of Democrats in Congress have law degrees. Among Republicans, it’s closer to 25%.
That matters.
This isn’t just ideology. It’s training.
Attorneys are trained to push right up to the line without crossing it, to signal intent without leaving proof, and to provoke reactions while maintaining plausible deniability.
Democrats don’t just create propaganda.
They engineer legal gray zones.
Republicans are left playing defense, not because they’re wrong, but because proving intent is harder than exposing language.
That’s why Democratic rhetoric sounds the way it does.
It’s calibrated.
𝐀𝐎𝐂 — 𝐀 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞
Take Alexandria Ocasio‑Cortez.
She publicly released videos instructing illegal aliens on how to avoid being detained by ICE.
She is a duly elected member of Congress.
She swore an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.
Those videos were an indirect violation of her oath of office.
And yet: no arrest, no censure, no accountability.
Instead, she openly discusses running for President of the United States.
That is how bold this has become.
That is how arrogant.
Because this has nothing to do with ignorance of the law. It has everything to do with optics.
Democrats understand that most Americans are not attorneys. They know the public won’t recognize an oath violation when it’s wrapped in legal language.
So they exploit that gap.
𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐊𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 — 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤
The same strategy applies to Mark Kelly.
His rhetoric and political messaging consistently signal defiance and obstruction while remaining wrapped in just enough legal insulation to avoid immediate consequence.
This is not accidental.
It is language designed to imply resistance without proving intent, to encourage opposition without triggering enforcement.
It walks right up to the edge of what insurrection actually looks like, while stopping just short of the line that would force action. That insulation is intentional.
Because the moment Trump acts too early,
the narrative flips:
“Authoritarian.”
“Fascist.”
“Dictator.”
And once that frame locks in, facts stop mattering.
There are two courts in America.
The court of law. And the court of public opinion.
The second one decides elections.
That is why accountability feels absent.
And that is why restraint matters.
Accountability applied at the wrong time becomes a weapon, not against bad actors, but against the country itself.
Act too early, and Democrats don’t lose in court.
They win in perception. Restraint is not surrender.
It’s discipline.
Trump sees this board from a vantage point most people never will. He understands that one righteous move made too early could hand power back to the very machine trying to provoke him.
After the midterms, assuming we win, the calculus changes.
Then accountability lands.
Then comes the reckoning.
That’s when Donald Trump becomes a wrecking ball.
This isn’t chaos. It’s pattern. It’s chess.
And restraint, right now, isn’t weakness.
It’s strategy.
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