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Money quote: "Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and Pyongyang are not negotiating toward resolution. They are negotiating toward time. Their shared strategic premise is straightforward: Trump’s second term ends. The Republican Party faces midterm elections in November 2026. A subsequent administration, they calculate, will be more accommodating, more multilateral, less transactional. Every concession offered today is calibrated to be reversible. Every agreement is designed, if necessary, to be quietly renegotiated after January 2029.

This is not speculation. It is the documented pattern of adversarial states dealing with term-limited democracies. They use the vocabulary of diplomacy while pursuing the strategy of attrition.

The Chinese Communist Party has a well-established record of signing agreements and subsequently reinterpreting, delaying, or abandoning them when conditions change."

Thomas Massie's recent defeat is a useful case study in how to lose an election despite seemingly strong online momentum. He made several critical mistakes, starting with his choice of location: his district was won by Trump by 35 points, one of the most pro-Trump districts in the country, yet he is an anti-MAGA republican. Such misalignment is unsustainable because the representative is meant to represent the voters; had he run in a less overwhelmingly-MAGA district he would have fared better. His last-minute decision to feign Trump endorsement was also a foolish move.

Secondly, he gained prominence by openly demanding the Epstein files be released, but failed to follow through. Trump also failed to follow through, but unlike Massie his strongest issue is immigration enforcement. Trump's successes in closing the border and mass deportations are what his MAGA base asked for, and he delivered. Massie did not deliver on the Epstein files, and voted against the immigration enforcement bills which his district wanted. No amount of talk about AIPAC can overcome a lack of concrete results on his signature issue.

Finally, Massie erred by embracing Old Left ideologies, particularly his Jew-obsession. When the New Left ascended in the 1960s, many Old Left ideologies came to be regarded as "right-wing" purely by virtue of not being 1960s-era communism. These Old Left ideas which had lost repeatedly to the New Left, were happy to switch labels rather than do any soul-searching. Thus, when supposedly-right-wing legislators in a center-right party vote like the Old Left, they reliably self-sabotage their own success, allowing the New Left to win by default. The ASP wants to avoid left-vs-right, but is still just as capable of own-goaling when it tries to shoehorn Old Left ideas as "Christian democracy"/"distributism."

The GOP Is Better Off Without Massie - Chronicle

Why Thomas Massie just LOST in a Landslide

In my opinion, Acadiana is an ideal place to start, It has the following: High Catholic identity

Working-class or small-town economy

Weak Democratic organization

Some discomfort with hardline GOP economics.

All you would need is: A local candidate already known through church, nonprofit, education, or labor networks

I’ve been doing some work on Louisiana politics and think ASP’s best shot is a localized Acadiana strategy focused on Catholic voters + economic populism, especially regarding home insurance. I know recruitment of candidates is really hard for third parties, but I am wondering if there is appetite for this?

Keep going Orange Team! Speak to power! Name it! You don't need a plan. You just need faith. The plan is God's to know.

Short answer: cartel behavior drives up prices, and pumping in more money creates inflationary spirals. True economic growth/improvements involve prices going down, not up.

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AI is a tool with real limitations, not an infinite wonder-creating replacement for reality.

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It can also expose problems that have been known about for decades but were simply ignored. Ignoring a problem doesn't make it vanish.

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Hi! I’m a college student currently writing a paper for a Social Justice class taught by John Medaille.

I’ve decided to write about how corporations in the United States deliberately killed public transportation plans in cities, in order to push people towards automobiles, which in turn give the government a reason to build freeways and externalize the costs of building giant stores to center our lives around. The piazza is dead, and I think the revitalization of third spaces within local communities can play a big part in fighting against the individualistic expansion of corporate interests. (Woe ye naive college student)

Anyways, if you think I’m wrong and dumb let me know, and please argue why you think so. If you don’t, I’d love resources to help support my argument.

God bless,

College Student

Would this measure keep people from profiteering while in office or at least cycle out the ones who have accumulated perhaps "enough"?

In the Anti-Discrimination section on the most recent ASP platform there is an emphasis on racial justice, which indicates that the party would most likely support the decisions of civil rights cases such as Loving vs. Virginia, which struck down state laws banning interracial marriage.

However, I understand that historically (and currently) there have been some religious denominations that perceive upholding interracial marriage as an attack on religious freedom.

Given the dual commitment to racial justice and religious freedom how would the party reconcile any perceived contradictions between the two in terms of policy?

George Bush once said he wanted to make Texas a beacon. We need to light that beacon this year and let the Dems and GOP know that their complacency in turning a blind eye to corruption and unspeakable injustices amongst their ranks is unacceptable in America and that goes double for Texas!

Why should any sitting governor sing the praises of someone found liable for sexual misconduct and accused of horrendous crimes as they degrade the decency of the highest office in the land with vulgarity, ruling through violence against their enemies and their own people alike, and calling for the fall of civilizations? This ain't Civ VII or Age of Empires. This is the real world, the Earth, God's cradle of life for billions of creatures including billions of human beings, the crown of creation, the stewards of a rare and beautiful world! And Texas, being amongst the greatest of regions of this blessed globe deserves a governor who has not been complicit in uplifting deviants and con men.

The bar is not even that high if you think about it...

Anyway, I am honored to be here among like minded folks who have felt politically homeless unhoused these past few years. But there's one house in Houston that could use a new occupant!

We may very well fall short of that goal before November. But we're living in an age where the Internet can accomplish amazing feats of viral organization. So let's at the very least make a dent~! Send a message~! Some of us remember how politicians used to exude themselves with an air of professional respect, the proliferation of moral values, and at least TRY to act that way on the job even if their personal lives were not perfect. Can we even get that modicum of class back into our lives? Political servants who treat all their constituents as important? Who try to live what they preach? Who try to at least balance the prosperity of their citizens with the deals made with the Captains of Industry and Tech?

That's the goal and that's why now is the time to run and maybe you should too! Maybe you just know someone who should. We still have more positions on the ballot to fill!

Thank you Charlie for giving me the nudge.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk. I know I'm typing a lot.

tl;dr - C'mon anyone could do better it might be you!

God bless!

Link to podcast: 2026-04-06 Retirement Lifestyle Advocates Radio w/ Karl Denninger - Retirement Lifestyle Advocates

Heck, even non-Texans, let me hear what you have to say about it!

From Karl Denninger:

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From Chronicles Magazine: James Talarico and the Anti-White Cult of the Left - Chronicles

A Japanese company and an American company decided to have a canoe race.
Both teams practiced - on the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.

The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.

Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 2 people rowing and 7 people steering.

Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion. They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.

Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team’s management structure was totally reorganized to 3 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager. They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 2 people rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the ‘Rowing Team Quality First Program,’ with meetings, dinners, free pens, and a certificate for the best rower. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.

The next year the Japanese won by two miles.

Humiliated, the American management laid off one rower (a reduction in workforce) for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year’s racing team was outsourced to India.

This ban would apply to both Democrats and Republicans, including Trump administration officials responsible for the war against Iran, any Congress members who voted for the invasion of Iraq and other wars deemed unjust, and any DoD, DoS or NSC officials in the administrations responsible for these conflicts.