Conservative blogger covering local politics, urban planning, and, frequently, western swing. Anglospherophile. Israelophile. ืฆึดื™ึผึ–ื•ึนืŸ ื‘ึฐึผืžึดืฉึฐืืคึธึผึฃื˜ ืชึดึผืคึธึผื“ึถึ‘ื”

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This is the operating principle of mainstream media now: Report only the news that motivates the correct public response. Suppress news that might raise doubts or undermine obedience.
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And itโ€™s official: Lahmeyer withdraws from the race:
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Following my story Trump unendorses Lahmeyer and endorses Mark Tedford
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News: Trump endorsed candidate Jackson Lahmeyer has told people he plans to drop out of the OK-1 race just one day after advancing to the GOP runoff, per two sources. The sources cautioned he could still change his mind but that they expect him to drop out. This follows a story in the Daily Mail that alleged he flirted with a woman who wasnโ€™t his wife. An announcement is expected today. Story TK.
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"He should pull out.... We risk losing our seat in Congress...."
One week ago, I was interviewing @JacksonLahmeyer about faith and family. Today, Iโ€™m addressing allegations that call both into question. My loyalty isnโ€™t to politicians or personalities, itโ€™s to the truth. Full response in the video.
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This man's daughter had been kidnapped and was being abused by a Pakistani rape gang He tried to rescue her from the property she was being held at British Police arrived and arrested HIM for trying to save his daughter
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OKLAHOMA Ohhh fun! Time for @JacksonLahmeyer to bring in the wife, announce to the "Church" that everything is fine and completely forgiven. Kendra forgives Jackson forking Miss Oklahoma emotionally, well, and with his tongue. ๐Ÿ‘… Gonna "give" the church to others to run (cue: Introduce the new "Pastor") while "Kendra and I work full-time to earn the trust of Oklahomans".
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Here it is: my 2026 manifesto for the #Makerfield By-Election. Makerfield Great Again! #VoteBinface #MakeYourVoteCount
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I just wanted to give some context to the rape gangs because not enough people fully understand the scale of what has happened. Rupert Loweโ€™s Rape Gang Inquiry report estimates at least 250,000 young White British girls have been subjected to repeated rapes, trafficking & torture by Muslim (largely Pakistani) men. โ€œThe true number is probably higher.โ€ Historically, for crimes on this scale, words like โ€˜genocidal rapeโ€™, โ€˜war crimesโ€™ or โ€˜crimes against humanityโ€™ have been usedโ€ฆ Even for far fewer numbers. Here are some examples: โ€ข Indian Partition 1947: 75,000โ€“100,000 women raped by both Indians and Pakistanis โ€ข Bangladesh Liberation War 1971: 200,000โ€“400,000 women raped byโ€ฆ itโ€™s them again, Pakistanis >>> Pakistanis used rape as a weapon of war in both 1947 & 1971. Their grandfathers did it to Hindu girls in 1947, their fathers did it to Bengali girls in 1971 and now theyโ€™re doing it to British girls. Three generations of genocidal rapists. Other examples include: โ€ข Bosnian War 1992โ€“95 Serb forces vs Bosniak women: 20,000โ€“50,000 women raped โ€ข Rwandan Genocide 1994 Hutu vs Tutsi: 100,000โ€“500,000 women raped โ€ข Rape of Nanking (Nanjing Massacre) 1937โ€“38 Japanese Imperial Army vs Chinese civilians: 20kโ€“80k women raped These are the kinds of atrocities that compare in scale to the rape gangs. So just calling them โ€˜rape gangsโ€™ is probably not strong enough. We are talking about one of the worst rape atrocities of all time. The worst part is. The rapists are still roaming our streets, our daughters are still not safe and the politicians who all looked the other way, the traitors who actually ALLOWED this to happenโ€ฆ They are still in government.
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Alexandria wants to use $135 MILLION in public financing to help a handful of institutional developers turn an old waterplant into another megaproject They could use public capital to build shared infrastructure and then subdivide the 19-acre site into MANY SMALL PARCELS and allow MANY different developers to build a fine-grained neighborhood (like right) Fund the remediation, streets, utilities, flood protection, parks, and waterfront public spaces publicly. Then create fine-grained blocks that can be built parcel by parcel by multiple developers, architects, and owners. With a great code, you can even facilitate the development of courtyard blocks that will allow middle-income families to live in the neighborhood as well as smaller households. Small parcels lower the barrier to entry for local and midsized developers. They allow buildings to evolve independently, create more architectural variety, support smaller commercial spaces, and distribute development risk across many actors. They also look better
BREAKING: THE NEXT WHARF IS OFFICIALLY A GO! The BIGGEST waterfront project in the entire DC region just cleared its final hurdle with a thumbs up from the @AlexandriaVAGov City council! Old Town North / Potomac River Generating Station redevelopment is now full steam ahead: Up to 2.5 MILLION sq ft mixed-use โ€ข Hundreds of new apartments condos โ€ข 85K sq ft retail โ€ข Massive new Potomac waterfront parks 10 acres open space โ€ข $135M public infrastructure package Alexandriaโ€™s sleeping giant on the river is waking up! #Alexandria #OldTown #VA #Virginia #NoVa #DMV
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Some of my friends won't like this, but she's right. Backlash in other states has not only reversed progress in eliminating abortion but also enshrined abortion rights in state constitutions. You can lead public sentiment, but not as fast as absolutist abolitionists would like.
Not Shocked: Legislators in OK and SD who claim to be anti-abortion yet chose to work against pro-life bills because they wanted to argue for prison sentences for post-abortive mothers have been losing their GOP primaries. Turns out killing pro-life bills that would save babies today while grandstanding and becoming a reliable obstruction or vote for Democrats isnโ€™t an effective way to win re-election.
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Barry Christian received 481 votes in state senate district 38 As you may remember, he tragically passed away near Erick back in April after being missing for a few days. I wonder if we will ever know what really happened
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It blows my mind how MLB leadership is basically run by a pack of 42-year-old women from Connecticut They cancelled the Atlanta all-star game because the Dems bitched about Georgia's pending voter laws. This fucked hundreds of black-owned businesses because the MLB thinks (as most middle-aged Yankee women do) that all business in the South is run by racist white men These idiots hate the sport they are running. They hate the fans, they hate the players. The MLB is run by a pile of idiots.
Three Giants pitchers wore Bible verses on their Pride Night caps during Fridayโ€™s game. MLB has since issued a warning to them.
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TU law prof @TamaraPiety cited Krasner as a good example of a successful DA with no prior prosecutorial experience. This is what certain Republican "Karens" would have inflicted on Tulsa.
Replying to @DaveSunday_
This is pretty crazy: The 5-2 Democrat Court finds Larry Krasner is so quick to falsely concede error in murder cases (to try to free convicted murderers) that it has tasked the Pennsylvania Attorney General with checking to make sure he's not lying. I've *never* seen this
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Steve Kunzweiler received a lot of support from social media people like you and @BatesLine, that helped expose who McCarty really was. McCarty would have been a disaster for Tulsa County.
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The people who have been screaming about the Epstein files non-stop ever since Donald Trump took office are somehow completely silent on the confirmed rape of 250,000 little White girls in the UK. Kind of makes you think they don't actually give a shit about the children.
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My story: - groomed from age 11-16 - raped in a graveyard on my 12th birthday. - made to dig my own grave because I wasnโ€™t useful anymore - drugged, beaten, tortured, impregnated, forced abortion - raped by multiple men Muslim majority and some White British - Ignored by police
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Cenk Uygur? Silent. Mehdi Hasan? Silent. Ana Kasparian? Silent.
Hamas is again threatening to kill, chase, arrest, and torture anyone who dares to participate in the June 26 mass protests against their rule. Take note: many so-called pro-Palestine activists will rush to defend Hamas the moment they start killing our people. Many so-called human rights organizations will dutifully spread Hamas propaganda without uttering a single word about their crimes. But on June 26, the people of Gaza will speak for themselves. And no one, not Hamas, not their apologists, not their propaganda machine, can silence them. In this photo from last year's mass anti-Hamas protest in Gaza, a banner reads: "Hamas does not represent us."
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Another example of the (potentially) fatal flaw of our justice system. It is built on a presumption of good faith actors. We are seeing more and more examples where there is actual bad faith operating within the system. Unless we can somehow "fix" this, it is doomed to fail.
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