"The Awesome Power of Just Doing Things" - Kurt Schlichter

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The feminized, Ken-doll-abdomened West is getting a hard lesson in the amazing properties of Just Doing Things.

Somehow, we went from iron-hearted, iron-encased knights crushing pagan skulls with maces and became a civilization that prizes posing and proclaiming our virtue instead of pummeling our opponents into submission.

Being passive pushovers was presented not as what it is – a womanly style of dealing adopted by men who were too scared of conflict to engage in it – but as a moral imperative.

We let criminals and mutants at home dominate our society based on the bizarre notion that their very real perfidy was a result of our fake perfidy.

Third World barbarians push us around overseas and invade our lands, bringing the pathologies that made their homelands hellholes into our lands and thereby commencing the transformation of our nations into hellholes. Keep on this path and the West dies. This does not have to be.

And the rest

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Trump Activates National Guard, Federalizes Police in Washington

The National Guard troops would not have the authority to arrest people, though they can detain people until law enforcement arrives.

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 11 that he will activate hundreds of National Guard troops to be in the nation’s capital to deal with the issue of crime.

“This is Liberation Day in D.C. and we’re going to take our Capitol back,” Trump said at a press conference. “We’re taking it back under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States.”

Trump invoked Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973, which puts control of the Metropolitan Police Department under the president for 48 hours.

The National Guard troops would not have the authority to arrest people, though they can detain people until law enforcement arrives.

“The Mayor of D.C., Muriel Bowser, is a good person who has tried, but she has been given many chances, and the Crime Numbers get worse, and the City only gets dirtier and less attractive,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Aug. 10 ahead of the announcement.

Appearing on MSNBC on Aug. 10, Bowser said, “We are not experiencing a crime spike.”

Trump announced on Aug. 10 that he would remove homeless people in Washington from the city.
“The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY. We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” he posted on Truth Social.

On Aug. 7, Trump ordered an increase in federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

“President Trump has directed an increased presence of federal law enforcement to protect innocent citizens,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Epoch Times.

The operation, led by U.S. Park Police, involves officers from the U.S. Capitol Police; Homeland Security Investigations; the Federal Protective Service; the Drug Enforcement Administration; Enforcement and Removal Operations; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Marshals Service; and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

The number of officers had not been disclosed.

Last week, a former staffer with the Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted while trying to stop a carjacking.

“Crime in Washington, D.C., is totally out of control,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Aug. 5 in the aftermath of the incident.
“If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City, and run this City how it should be run, and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore.”

"The National Guard troops would not have the authority to arrest people, though they can detain people until law enforcement arrives."

Authorize use of lethal force......and use it!

"You spit, We hit" I like that!
Some Hickory Shampoo!

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I’m guessing that many of the “homeless” will self deport to surrounding suburbs. Aggressive panhandling in a detention camp isn’t very profitable.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I’m guessing that many of the “homeless” will self deport to surrounding suburbs.

Their best bet is Annapolis, Baltimore, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Glen Echo, Kensington, Potomac, and Rockville.

https://x.com/Bannons_WarRoom/.../1954926299648078237

Amen, Judge Jeanine! She kicks ass!

Former Capitol Police chief blasts Pelosi for comparing Trump's activation of National Guard to J6

https://justthenews.com/govern..._campaign=newsletter

Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund on Monday blasted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for criticizing President Donald Trump's activation of the Washington, D.C. National Guard over crime in the district, claiming he delayed deploying the guard in the January 6 riot.

Pelosi, who is still a lawmaker in the House but no longer speaker due to a Republican majority, claimed Trump "delayed" activating the guard when the Capitol complex was overrun by his supporters in 2021.

"Donald Trump delayed deploying the National Guard on January 6th when our Capitol was under violent attack and lives were at stake," Pelosi posted to X. "Now, he’s activating the DC Guard to distract from his incompetent mishandling of tariffs, health care, education and immigration — just to name a few blunders."

The post comes after HBO released videos last year of Pelosi admitting her office needed to take "some responsibility" for the National Guard not being deployed ahead of the riot. The videos were part of a documentary about January 6 and the footage was filmed by Pelosi's daughter, Alexandra.

“We're calling the National Guard now? They should have been here to start out,” Pelosi said in the footage. “How many times did members ask, are we prepared? Are we prepared? We're not prepared for the worst ... We will have totally failed. And we've got to take some responsibility."

Sund, who was the chief during January 6, reminded Pelosi that he was denied National Guard approval despite requesting it days before the riot and was later forced to decline assistance from the National Guard because he was not authorized to accept it.

"Ma’am, it is long past time to be honest with the American people," he wrote in a lengthy post on X. "On January 3, I requested National Guard assistance, but your Sergeant at Arms denied it. Under federal law (2 U.S.C. §1970), I was prohibited from calling them in without specific approval. That same day, Carol Corbin at the Pentagon offered National Guard support, but I was forced to decline because I lacked the legal authority.

"On January 6, while the Capitol was under attack and despite my repeated calls, your Sergeant at Arms again denied my urgent requests for over 70 agonizing minutes, 'running it up the chain' for your approval," he continued. "When I needed assistance, it was denied. Yet when it suited you, you ordered fencing topped with concertina wire and surrounded the Capitol with thousands of armed National Guard troops."

Pelosi has not responded to Sund's criticism.

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JEANINE PIRRO: No more "arts and crafts" for violent offenders

Our juvenile justice system was designed for crimes like stealing milk or a loaf of bread because his siblings were hungry, stealing hubcaps off cars (back when they had them), minor vandalism, etc., not violent predators. There is still a place for that, but for predators, forget the family or juvenile courts and go straight to adult ones.

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Except for one area, these all appear to be counties bordering the Rio Grande. They all used to be overwhelmingly Dem. Now-IIRC--the local children of Mexican immigrants vote overwhelmingly Republican. Thank you, President Trump!

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Appeals Court Removes Block on DOGE Data Access

In a 2-1 decision, the Fourth Circuit panel said the plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed in multiple ways.

An appeals court has removed a block imposed on the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) accessing data within various federal departments.

In a 2-1 decision on Aug. 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said the judge who issued the block erred in weighing how likely it was that the plaintiffs would succeed in their ongoing lawsuit against the Trump administration.

The decision marked a win for the administration, which has encountered a wave of lawsuits related to DOGE’s activities within the federal government. The agency was set up in February under the temporary direction of tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, whom Trump designated as a special government employee, to identify wasteful spending and inefficiencies within the federal government.

Fourth Circuit Judge Julius Richardson said that in this particular lawsuit, the plaintiffs were unlikely to succeed in proving they had standing or that DOGE’s activities violated federal law. He compared DOGE to a consultant tasked with improving the efficiency of a local library.

“Barring the consultant at the library doors and requiring her to specify the precise records she needs to improve the library before she knows what improvements are needed would seem to get the order of operations precisely backward,” he said.

DOGE, also known as the U.S. DOGE Service, was set up by President Donald Trump to modernize “federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.” It includes an overarching agency along with DOGE-affiliated employees working within departments like the Treasury Department.

In February, a group of individuals and unions sued the administration, alleging that DOGE was “steamrolling into sensitive government record systems” and compromising the safety and security of Americans’ personal information.
U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman eventually issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Department of Education, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Treasury Department from disclosing the plaintiffs’ information to any DOGE affiliates, whom she described as individuals tasked with implementing Trump’s executive order.
According to Richardson’s opinion, Boardman’s order effectively paused DOGE activities within the three federal entities, although the appeals court had quickly intervened with a temporary block on that order.

Months later, the Supreme Court weighed in on a similar case and lifted a lower court order blocking DOGE from accessing confidential data at the Social Security Administration. Richardson said that case and the one before him were “exceedingly similar.”
Plaintiffs in both cases alleged violations of the Privacy Act, a federal law that restricts how government agencies can share personal information. One of the exceptions in the law allows disclosure to agency employees who have a need for the particular record in the performance of their duties.

Boardman had said that the administration likely violated this law, stating that the record before her hadn’t shown why their access was necessary.

“Here, the need-to-know exception has been invoked to defend the disclosure of millions of records,” she said, describing DOGE’s access to the Education Department as “seemingly unfettered.”

Richardson disagreed on Aug. 12.

“To insist that the DOGE affiliates explain in advance the exact information they need and why is to demand something just short of clairvoyance,” he said.

“So it does not stretch the imagination to think that an employee tasked with modernizing an agency’s software and IT systems would require administrator-level access to those systems, including any internal databases, especially when conducting the initial survey of the agency’s technological ailments.”

He saw several other flaws with the plaintiffs’ case, including that they likely didn’t have standing to sue the administration.

Judge Robert King dissented from the appeals court’s decision and defended Boardman’s order, stating that she “did exactly what [she] was obliged to do.”

The Supreme Court was relatively brief in its decision on June 6 that lifted a block on DOGE’s access to the Social Security Administration. However, three liberal justices said they would have denied the administration’s request for relief in that case. A dissent from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson echoed Boardman’s claim about DOGE’s reach.

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Except for one area, these all appear to be counties bordering the Rio Grande. They all used to be overwhelmingly Dem. Now-IIRC--the local children of Mexican immigrants vote overwhelmingly Republican. Thank you, President Trump!

Except District 23 is held by RINO Tony Gonzales who votes blue while claiming he's red. He was almost knocked out of his seat in a primary against YouTuber Brandon Herrera. They had to spend $10 million in a runoff while getting Governor Abbott and Speaker Johnson out to campaign for him, and Gonzales still only won by 400 votes.

Speaking of which, Brandon Herrera is running again for that seat. The info is below and if anyone can contribute, we'll get rid of another RINO and give Trump a reliable vote in the House and get a staunch 2A Defender.

https://brandonherreraforcongress.com/

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Amen, Judge Jeanine! She kicks ass!

She’s on Americas Newsroom this morning. She says everything I want to hear except one. She followed almost every statement about crime with “with a firearm”. It came across as the usual blame the gun. Maybe I’m just too sensitive.

^^ Considering these seem to be mostly teenagers, they should do Federal time regardless since they aren't old enough to own firearms.

Mexico to Extradite 26 Top Cartel Leaders to US in Deal with Trump Admin

https://newsaddicts.com/mexico...campaign=subject-349

Mexico has extradited 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest show of cooperation with the Trump administration’s crackdown on cross-border drug trafficking.

The group includes Abigael González Valencia, a top leader of “Los Cuinis” — a financial arm of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) — and Roberto Salazar, wanted for the 2008 killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. Others have ties to the Sinaloa Cartel and additional violent drug organizations.

DOJ: “Severe Consequences” Coming
“These 26 men have all played a role in bringing violence and drugs to American shores — under this Department of Justice, they will face severe consequences for their crimes against this country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said. She praised Mexico’s National Security team for its collaboration.

The transfers mark the second major extradition in recent months. In February, Mexico sent 29 cartel operatives — including infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, responsible for the 1985 murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena — after the U.S. agreed not to seek the death penalty.

High-Level Targets
Also among Tuesday’s group is Servando “La Tuta” Gómez Martinez, a former teacher who led the Knights Templar Cartel and once controlled Michoacan through a mix of political manipulation, commerce control, and brutal violence. He was serving a 55-year Mexican prison sentence before being expelled.

Abigael González Valencia is the brother-in-law of CJNG boss Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, one of the U.S. government’s most-wanted fugitives, with a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture. Along with his brothers, Abigael helped finance CJNG’s rise into one of the world’s most dangerous cartels, responsible for trafficking massive quantities of cocaine, meth, and fentanyl into the U.S.

One brother, José González Valencia, was captured under Trump’s first term while hiding in Brazil and sentenced in June to 30 years in U.S. federal prison for international cocaine trafficking.

Political Context
The February extraditions came as Mexico sought to avoid a Trump administration threat to impose 30% tariffs on Mexican imports. Last month, President Trump and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to delay those tariffs for 90 days to allow security negotiations to continue.

Sheinbaum has shown more willingness than her predecessor to aggressively pursue cartel leadership, though she continues to reject calls for U.S. military intervention inside Mexico.

A United Front Against the Cartels
“This transfer is yet another example of what is possible when two governments stand united against violence and impunity,” U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson said. “These fugitives will now face justice in U.S. courts, and the citizens of both of our nations will be safer from these common enemies.”

^^^ Should have just sent the military/CIA to take them out. Now, what do we get? A bunch of murderous scumbags on our soil that we'll be wasting millions prosecuting, then jailing/nourishing them for the rest of their lives. And, what do Mexico get? Just more scumbags moving up to fill the vacant cartel boss posts. Sheinbaum is part of the corruption problem there and she’s no dummy.

"100 million dollars to whoever gets me out of here! ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS!!!"