Thank you for commenting on this I've been waiting to download my opinion on it from you as the paid subscriber neural ink hivemind gets stronger everyday
100% agree, we need to stop pretending like Camp of the Saints is a forgone conclusion because there's still recourse left to us. We will win
Good take on a situation that has gotten completely out of control. I like that you bring to front the problem with the NGO's and the US gov't financing of them. Fingers crossed we have at least a semi-normal election without the bullshit that happened in 2020. If so, we should start to move back toward a country that is more representational of a true America.
"I really want to stop writing about contemporary politics"
Why? You're pretty good at it, and your takes are better informed and more interesting than whatever sludge The Daily Wire or whoever is putting out...
If the feds started mobilizing troops, I think abbot should shut down for routine maintenance those pipelines carrying oil and gas to the north east. If you want to see Washington squirm.
> Make the obstacles really difficult to remove. Provide them with no accommodations. Make them the ones who have to react at every step of the way. The public should have no illusions about the fact that Democrats support open borders. Passive resistance won’t offer the Feds the chance to move the focus away from immigration.
From what I see, the Feds are big on public showboating, but really weak on force of will when the rubber hits the road. Even the Trump indictments are just sort of floundering, and the fun they originally had has seemed to evaporate when they are forced to decide if they are going to do anything consequential. Both right and left have turned into dramatic flair with no substance.
Libs are equating Texas' replacing the removed razor wire with defying SCOTUS when SCOTUS only said they can't block the feds from removing wire if it's installed, nor block them from the parks etc that the Texas National Guard occupied. This to me implies that the administration wants to win off "sedition" charges and prematurely declare Texas in defiance of the law, which as yet they clearly are not. It strikes me as a desperate move. I think Texas has a lot of options here to keep securing the border within the confines of the law, and while the feds could undo them all easily, they are (as you say) pretty slow to do so and probably cognizant of the optics.
Let us not forget that this was a 5-4 SCOTUS decision. Just a one vote margin by a politically appointed bunch of (mostly) second-rate justices is more important than elected officials and the will of the people??? There's something very wrong with this picture. It's absurd. These guys are NOT infallible. They have far too much power for their own good. The left always rules as a block while some on the wishy-washy right are afraid that BLM or Antifa will come knocking at their door one night. A special thanks-for-nothing goes out to the "conservative" Justice ACB. A far wiser Justice Jackson, in 1949, said the following that these Justices need to always bear in mind: "The Constitution is NOT a suicide pact!"
I do not see the Left allowing Trump to win. In general, I do not see them peacably bowing out and handing over the nation they intend to drive off the cliff without violence, or at least the THREAT of violence. Abbott is doing the right thing by calmly but forcefully letting the Regime know that it will take bullets to stop him.
I think the question of demographics is done. It was done thirty years ago. It's clear the Democrats want a low iq permanent population ready to vote blue no matter who, totally subservient to government hand outs and to drive down wages for those already toward the bottom.
This is all very depressing and cynical but we mustn't forget that all Leftists schemes backfire spectacularly, it's just a case of seeing how much damage is caused in the short and medium term
I disagree. It helps the MAGA agenda because migrants in Dem areas wakes up the 97% who don’t vote in local elections. The Dem urban voters are the ones being replaced, and they see it now. That’ll turn Dem leaning areas to MAGA, and already is.
Still, it’s great that Texas is resisting DHS and taking matters into their own hands now. This too will add to the MAGA connection in zombie Dem urban voter eyes. Only 3% vote for the “winners” in municipal elections. That’s why Chicago’s mayor is so upset, he’s incompetent by design. The other 97% see it now 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
> If the proper election integrity and voter turnout infrastructure is built by Republicans in time for the election, Trump can probably overcome the margin of fraud.
The lesson of 2020 should have been that there is no "margin of fraud".
It brings me no pleasure to say this, as I am pro life and a long time richard hanania appreciator, but there are credible reports circulating that whitehats in D.O.D. have drafted an indictment for treason for hanania. Pending a fair court-martial proceeding, it is likely that he will be hanged.
Abbot has declared an invasion invoking Texas’ constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. Good for him. Make Biden make the first antagonistic move. Call his bluff. Let’s see how his puppeteers react.
One other thing that still confuses me about this... why is Texas still the epicenter of all of this? Why don't all the caravans route to California, where they surely will be met with a far less hostile state and local government, as well as a less hostile populace?
My best guess is the whole "the humiliation is the point" thing, perhaps combined with Gavin Newsom somehow influencing through back channels to make the red states deal with this. But from the POV of the immigrants themselves, wouldn't you rather be entering via a blue state with San Diego within walking distance, rather than rural Texas where everyone hates you and the nearest large metro is hours away by car?
First of all, they’re still flooding in to California as well, we just don’t have a good grasp on how many, since no one’s even keeping up a pretext of trying to stop them over there, unlike Texas.
Second, it must be understood that the organizations (NGO’s, foundations and the like) that are bringing them in are very open about the fact that they want unlimited immigration specifically into the most demographically white and Republican-voting parts of the country, with Texas being the main target.
It’s a mistake to think about the people coming in as having too much agency in the matter; they’re mostly being shepherded in by cartels on the Mexico side of the border, and welcomed by Liberal organizations (including the federal government, apparently) on the US side. It’s a full-on immigration machine at this point, not just a few individuals wandering across the border in search of jobs or something.
No matter how seemingly convenient and friendly the California border might be, particularly near San Diego, it can only accommodate so many people at once. It's already basically maxed out, if I understand things correctly. Takes hours, even days of waiting just to get to the front of the line.
But if you're going to cross the border somewhere other than a checkpoint, and you don't want to do that in the mountainous desert, Texas, which has almost 2/3 of the extent of the border anyway, is basically your option.
The humiliation is the point as you said. Plus California could absorb a lot of these immigrants into the abyss of its ghettos, whereas in Texas they must be moved elsewhere. The CA housing crisis doesn't matter to them, they will live illegally 5 to a room. And what use are they politically in that situation? CA is already under enemy occupation
Also the immigrants have basically no agency during the process, they do what they are told to do until they arrive at their destination
Thank you for commenting on this I've been waiting to download my opinion on it from you as the paid subscriber neural ink hivemind gets stronger everyday
100% agree, we need to stop pretending like Camp of the Saints is a forgone conclusion because there's still recourse left to us. We will win
As a paid subscriber, I just want to say that I wish the worst for free subscribers. Sorry I just had to get it off my chest
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We're not big fans of you either homie
Many people are saying this!
Good take on a situation that has gotten completely out of control. I like that you bring to front the problem with the NGO's and the US gov't financing of them. Fingers crossed we have at least a semi-normal election without the bullshit that happened in 2020. If so, we should start to move back toward a country that is more representational of a true America.
"I really want to stop writing about contemporary politics"
Why? You're pretty good at it, and your takes are better informed and more interesting than whatever sludge The Daily Wire or whoever is putting out...
If the feds started mobilizing troops, I think abbot should shut down for routine maintenance those pipelines carrying oil and gas to the north east. If you want to see Washington squirm.
I appreciate the sober analysis here.
Great assessment CC. Glad I found your site.
> Make the obstacles really difficult to remove. Provide them with no accommodations. Make them the ones who have to react at every step of the way. The public should have no illusions about the fact that Democrats support open borders. Passive resistance won’t offer the Feds the chance to move the focus away from immigration.
From what I see, the Feds are big on public showboating, but really weak on force of will when the rubber hits the road. Even the Trump indictments are just sort of floundering, and the fun they originally had has seemed to evaporate when they are forced to decide if they are going to do anything consequential. Both right and left have turned into dramatic flair with no substance.
Libs are equating Texas' replacing the removed razor wire with defying SCOTUS when SCOTUS only said they can't block the feds from removing wire if it's installed, nor block them from the parks etc that the Texas National Guard occupied. This to me implies that the administration wants to win off "sedition" charges and prematurely declare Texas in defiance of the law, which as yet they clearly are not. It strikes me as a desperate move. I think Texas has a lot of options here to keep securing the border within the confines of the law, and while the feds could undo them all easily, they are (as you say) pretty slow to do so and probably cognizant of the optics.
Let us not forget that this was a 5-4 SCOTUS decision. Just a one vote margin by a politically appointed bunch of (mostly) second-rate justices is more important than elected officials and the will of the people??? There's something very wrong with this picture. It's absurd. These guys are NOT infallible. They have far too much power for their own good. The left always rules as a block while some on the wishy-washy right are afraid that BLM or Antifa will come knocking at their door one night. A special thanks-for-nothing goes out to the "conservative" Justice ACB. A far wiser Justice Jackson, in 1949, said the following that these Justices need to always bear in mind: "The Constitution is NOT a suicide pact!"
I do not see the Left allowing Trump to win. In general, I do not see them peacably bowing out and handing over the nation they intend to drive off the cliff without violence, or at least the THREAT of violence. Abbott is doing the right thing by calmly but forcefully letting the Regime know that it will take bullets to stop him.
I think the question of demographics is done. It was done thirty years ago. It's clear the Democrats want a low iq permanent population ready to vote blue no matter who, totally subservient to government hand outs and to drive down wages for those already toward the bottom.
This is all very depressing and cynical but we mustn't forget that all Leftists schemes backfire spectacularly, it's just a case of seeing how much damage is caused in the short and medium term
" ....If the proper election integrity and voter turnout infrastructure is built by Republicans in time for the election..."
And if not? If the election is stolen again, then what?
I disagree. It helps the MAGA agenda because migrants in Dem areas wakes up the 97% who don’t vote in local elections. The Dem urban voters are the ones being replaced, and they see it now. That’ll turn Dem leaning areas to MAGA, and already is.
Still, it’s great that Texas is resisting DHS and taking matters into their own hands now. This too will add to the MAGA connection in zombie Dem urban voter eyes. Only 3% vote for the “winners” in municipal elections. That’s why Chicago’s mayor is so upset, he’s incompetent by design. The other 97% see it now 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
> If the proper election integrity and voter turnout infrastructure is built by Republicans in time for the election, Trump can probably overcome the margin of fraud.
The lesson of 2020 should have been that there is no "margin of fraud".
It brings me no pleasure to say this, as I am pro life and a long time richard hanania appreciator, but there are credible reports circulating that whitehats in D.O.D. have drafted an indictment for treason for hanania. Pending a fair court-martial proceeding, it is likely that he will be hanged.
Abbot has declared an invasion invoking Texas’ constitutional authority to defend and protect itself. Good for him. Make Biden make the first antagonistic move. Call his bluff. Let’s see how his puppeteers react.
One other thing that still confuses me about this... why is Texas still the epicenter of all of this? Why don't all the caravans route to California, where they surely will be met with a far less hostile state and local government, as well as a less hostile populace?
My best guess is the whole "the humiliation is the point" thing, perhaps combined with Gavin Newsom somehow influencing through back channels to make the red states deal with this. But from the POV of the immigrants themselves, wouldn't you rather be entering via a blue state with San Diego within walking distance, rather than rural Texas where everyone hates you and the nearest large metro is hours away by car?
First of all, they’re still flooding in to California as well, we just don’t have a good grasp on how many, since no one’s even keeping up a pretext of trying to stop them over there, unlike Texas.
Second, it must be understood that the organizations (NGO’s, foundations and the like) that are bringing them in are very open about the fact that they want unlimited immigration specifically into the most demographically white and Republican-voting parts of the country, with Texas being the main target.
It’s a mistake to think about the people coming in as having too much agency in the matter; they’re mostly being shepherded in by cartels on the Mexico side of the border, and welcomed by Liberal organizations (including the federal government, apparently) on the US side. It’s a full-on immigration machine at this point, not just a few individuals wandering across the border in search of jobs or something.
No matter how seemingly convenient and friendly the California border might be, particularly near San Diego, it can only accommodate so many people at once. It's already basically maxed out, if I understand things correctly. Takes hours, even days of waiting just to get to the front of the line.
But if you're going to cross the border somewhere other than a checkpoint, and you don't want to do that in the mountainous desert, Texas, which has almost 2/3 of the extent of the border anyway, is basically your option.
The humiliation is the point as you said. Plus California could absorb a lot of these immigrants into the abyss of its ghettos, whereas in Texas they must be moved elsewhere. The CA housing crisis doesn't matter to them, they will live illegally 5 to a room. And what use are they politically in that situation? CA is already under enemy occupation
Also the immigrants have basically no agency during the process, they do what they are told to do until they arrive at their destination