In Politics: Nationally: The Election is over and the wrong side won. I have nothing to contribute to the barrels of ink being used by Pundits to explain away the Democrat’s lose this cycle. For those interested, I refer you to the New York Times Opinion page where you can find any number of explanations, some of it even insightful.
My only thought is that, Trump, whatever he does, has always exceeded my worst expectations, exponentially. I am prepared for the worst, but expect it will be worse.
In Politics: South Dakota: The South Dakota Democratic Party (SDDP) lost two or three Legislative seats (there is a recount for the second House seat in District 15). South Dakota has 105 Legislative seats and the Democrats will now hold eight or nine of them, down from the eleven they held in the last Legislature. The Democratic candidates for the US House and the PUC also lost by substantial margins.
The Dems lost two seats on the Reservation that they used to hold. I really didn’t think I would see that. I always envisioned the possibility that “someday” the Democratic caucus in Pierre would only consist of legislators from the reservations, but I guess not.
Democrats lost a House seat in 28A, which they used to barely carry with the help of the Indian vote, and now they have lost a seat in 26 (Rosebud). The two are apparently examples of their redistricting deal with moderate Republicans not going as planned for the long run. But they did win in Pennington for the first time in years. It will be interesting to see if they can keep that seat. With the growth of the native population in RC, however, it’s plausible that part of RC could be involved in a split legislative district due to federal Civil Rights Act requirements in the future, which could then further favor Democrats down the line in Pennington, but that wouldn’t happen until at least ’32, and this also assumes that the Civil Rights Act will survive the Age of Trump.
But when you look at those legislative districts where Democrats have a fighting chance like 15 and 10, and now 34(Pennington), and also the reservations, what prevents the SD GOP from placing mailbox voting centers (RV Voters) in all of those districts to sway the outcome for future Republican legislative candidates in those districts, so that there would be no Dems in Pierre?
Gosh if there are no more Dems in Pierre who will the rednecks blame?
The dems lose and continue to lose in SD and anywhere outside of the coasts because they no longer identify with the average voter. Personally, I don’t care to talked down to with condescending remarks from someone trying to get my vote. Sorry dems, I’ll continue to split my votes.
Carol, I hear your argument all the time. I guess I have NEVER been talked down to by Dems, in SD, it’s just fortunate to meet one once in awhile. I have also never been discriminated against as a white male, EVER! The GOP has created a ton of dog whistles, I can’t even keep track anymore. But if Trump makes you feel better about sticking it to the Libs let’s hope all that warm and fuzzy will help you pay for foreign made goods and $20 a pound tomatoes.
Trump will make a mess of this country. Only Trump could ruin a casino and now Trump will ruin America. This second term of Trumps will involve a greater hold on our people and our government than that last Trump term, which will result in disaster for us all. We all saw how he handled COVID, but with a second term, it will be not ten months of ineptness but rather four years with lingering repercussions….. OH, and one only has to look at his current nominations to key government positions under his incoming administration to know just how wild, stupid, and inept the next Trump term will be….
Donald Trump is the only President in modern history to actually keep his promises. His fist term was more about announcing to the world that America was changing from within. The Sleeping Giant is Awakened. Trump went on to deliver on his promises, secured the border, restricted migration into the country defending the states, he cut the federal income taxes, and he deregulated business regulations, and most importantly, he established the 1776 Advisory Committee helping to advise, consult, and educate the public on our organic documents – 1776 Declaration, the 1777 Articles, the 1788 Ordinance, 1789 Constitution, and Our Founding Principles.
His second term, now will be made up of all “His People” we the people, the “Patriots”, the Republic being restored. This is a Revolution like the period of 1763-1783, this one began in 2009, and will most likely be completed by 2030 (or 2040). You will see in these four years a complete Re-Organization, Restructure, and Rebuild of the National Government, back in line with our Organic Documents and Founding Principles. The Deep Administrative State will crumble, be terminated, and a new “government” will rise from the ashes. We the People Under the House of God, who manage their States, will be in charge and control over our National Government.
Mike,
How many fictional works do you read a week, because you are really good at fiction.
Did he build the wall? NO!
Did he get Mexico to pay for it? NO!
Did he repeal ObamaCare? NO!
Did he reveal his health care plan? NO!
Did he have a health care plan? NO! (Now it’s just a concept)
Did he bring back manufacturing jobs to the US of A? NO!
Did he balance the federal budget? NO!
Did he reduce unemployment? NO!
Did he keep inflation down? NO!
Did he get the Keystone Pipeline built? NO!
Did he end the North Korean missle program? NO!
Did we ever get bored with Trump’s “successes”? NO!
Did COVID, the Floyd incident, Trump’s appeasement of Putin, and Trump’s legitimizing of Kim Jong-un all
make us great again? NO!
(Did I miss anything? There are so many failures.)
And as far as your assessment of the next four years, well, if it’s anything like the rollout of his cabinet picks, then the only thing that is going to be accomplished in the next four years is chaos, destruction, and appeasement to Putin….. So maybe the one part where you talk about “ashes” might be partially right… 🙂
#HouseofGod? #WhatIsThisIran?
( and Woodstock adds: “‘House of God’?”….. “Is that anything like the ‘House of Cards’?”….. ( ….. “I wonder if you can get that on Netflix?”…. 🙁 ))
Mike Z after reading what you posted we need to expand this Drinking Liberally outside of Sioux Falls to the rest of us in the state. Cannot remember the last time I had a drink but oh my! The ultra wealthy & corporate interests are going to be the big winners in all of this we the rest of us are going to pay for it big time!
“….this one began in 2009….”
Yup, and who became president that year and what was his skin color? Need I say more? Trump and his co-horts are racists!
V S G
The American People had already begun organizing between 2006-2009 the period between the two most corrupted laws being adopted. The first under Bush with the passage of the 2003 Patriot Act and the second under Obama with the passage of the A.C.A. If you actually do your research, states were already electing delegates to meet in a continental congress, creating the Tea Party Movement. The Climax was the 2009 Continental Congress where 48 of the 50 States were well represented. From that congress, came the 14 Articles of Freedom (read them), a great work of art of the people.
https://www.nationallibertyalliance.org/files/docs/DocumentsEssays/ArticlesOfFreedom.SummaryChart.3-28-2010.pdf
Beginning in 2010, the movement expanded to seek out and find new people to become candidates for Congress, State Legislatures, County Commissions by using the Precinct Strategy, first nominating precinct committeeman and women into the Republican Party, thus organizing the Counties to whom meet in public meetings, discusing candidates for At Large State Officials, U.S Senators, U.S House Reps, Electors for President. Out of this movement, came the Presidency of Donald Trump, who was convinced to run as a Republican, under the new brand – America First. The plan all along is to completely grab hold of the National Government, replacing all career public officers, managers, agents, employees, and installing America First Patriots into these public offices, with the goal to shrink the size of the national government, getting rid of every Department not necessary, and all 17 Agencies.
The plan is to reorganize, restructure, and rebuild the national government to only include the Departments of State, Treasury, War, Interior, and the Agency of the Post Office.
We then plan on creating a 5th Department of Border Security to help manage Immigration, Secure Our Borders, National Commerce, and Restrict Illegal Migration.
Khaki Mike,
The ACA was corrupt? But how? It gave 21 million Americans health insurance. It got rid of the pre-existing condition clause. It got rid of the Medicare donut hole. It required insurance companies to use 80% of their premiums to actually cover health care costs. It established a marketplace for insurance, which allows citizens to gain access to insurance at a reasonable rate for those who maintain a self-employed status or a temporary and volunitary removal from the workforce, as well as for those employed whose employer did not offer health care benefits.
Was the Patroit Act corrupt? Maybe. It was a voluminous act that was ready to go and shorty after 9/11… Talk about a conspiracy theory, huh?
But with your four and maybe five departments, then who will run Medicare, Medicaid, the ACA, Social Security, federal farm aid, and student loans?….. Just to name a few off of the top of my head.
And as far as your 2010 forward comments, well, where would you guys be today without the Koch brothers, huh?
I also don’t think you and your friends convinced Trump to run as a Republican for President. First, he started talking about running for prez publicly going back to ’88 (Oprah) and his real decision to run in 2016 was due to Obama’s comments at the 2014 Correspondents’ Dinner.
But it is good that you are thinking about that 5th department, that way Noem will have a job, right? Maybe Cory L. can help her, huh?
( and Woodstock adds: “‘…Agency of the Post Office’?”….. “Why do all of Mike’s comments have such a 18th and or 19th century feel to them?”….. )
V S G
Both the Patriot Act and ACA are unconstitutional acts that are not delegated to the National Govt.
Both the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds can be best managed under the Treasury, and the Medicaid Program can be shutdown, and best left to the “States” to manage themselves.
As for President Trumps new Department…
According to a report on MSNBC, the very network station that Elon Musk is saying he wishes to purchase (trolling democrats)…they are attacking Donald Trump for creating a “Invented” Department of Government Efficiency.
Democrats claim Donald Trump cannot create an actual department, they are correct, only Congress can. However, what they fail to realize, President Trump is creating this “Department” in Mar-a-Lago in the Office of Donald Trump. A Private Office.
Think about this, and the role that Mar-a-Lago will play in the next for years, it will be the “White House” outside of the Territory of D.C.
The Office of Donald Trump is an actual, real office, creating by the President in January 2021 in order to maintain, and manage his “administration”.
In this Capacity, the Department of Government Efficiency is created in Mar-a-Lago as an Advisory Committee Office.
By creating this “outside public office” – Trump will be able to provide to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy with copies of:
1) Federal Annual Budget Report,
2) Federal Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,
3) Federal Annual Capital Project Plan,
4) Monthly Federal Finance Statements (quarterly)
Needless to say, these same ‘reports’ are all accessible to the Public, and anyone, yourself, myself, are fully capable to obtain them.
This Advisory Office will provide back to President Donald Trump a report, to which provides the president advice on cutting line items, projects, programs from the Annual Budget from year to year.
From here, contrary to what the Media is saying, Donald Trump will provide to Congress his Proposed Operating Budget for the years 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 the four years that Trump is responsible for.
Both Elon and Vivek have claimed they can cut, or trim nearly $2.5 Trillion from the National Budget each of those years.
For the first time, someone other than Congress will be providing the president monthly, annual budget reports fully capable of studying, conveying, and advising the President outside of the “Government” itself.
This is a Good Thing – A True Independent Audit Report.
Dearh Khaki Mike,
How are the Patriot Act and the ACA unconstitutional? In fact, the ACA has already been reviewed by the SCOTUS, with most of it found constitutional except for the part involving federal Medicaid mandates to the states.
“…..Medicaid Program can be shutdown, and best left to the “States” to manage themselves….”
Hahahahaha, good luck with that one. But why is Medicare to go forward, but not Medicaid?
As far as Musk and Ramaswamy, well, anyone can advise a president as long as that president cares to listen to them or involve them in policy matters. But do you, Musk, and Ramaswamy understand the devastation to our economy if you cut 2 trillion from the annual federal budget? It is not as easy as it sounds and will have major depressionary repercussions for years to come….. Not to mention that if Trump succeeds with his deportation plans as well on top of the budget cuts, that this deportation plan will instantaneously remove 5 to 8% of the active players in our national economy causing further negative impact upon our economy…. Especially, in terms of labor shortages, taxable incomes, and the inflation which will result from these labor shortages, and not to mention that inflation will also result from Trump’s tariffs due to the increase cost of goods and supplychain issues which will result from both the new tariffs and the deportation plan, which then further exacerbate Musk and Ramaswamy’s ability to adequately access taxable income, forcast it, and then collect it to make their budget or budgets work. What Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy are potentially cooking up, if they succeed with budget cuts, tariffs, and deportation will be a depression in this country to a level that has never been seen before, and then after all of that you want states like South Dakota to fund and run a Medicaid program on their own, well, good luck with that one, too.
What a joke! It ain’t 1776 anymore my friend, get with it!
To V S G
You speak from a point of view of a person that has lived off the Federal tit for way to long. Stop consenting to their rule man. Americans are waking up, they are stopping paying income taxes, and government is listening. IT is forcing the FEDS to find other sources of revenue from other Excises, Duties, Impositions and that is where we win. In the future, the only people paying any taxes will be those Americans who choose to do business in foreign countries, for that, they will be highly taxed by the tariff. This leaves Americans doing business inside the country paying 0% income taxes, just the way it should be. As for mass deportations, yes, we have a major issue with major Illegal people coming to South Dakota and we will kick them out forcing them to come back legally. Americans are tired of all these Hispanics living here who choose to NOT have a State License or I.D, All these illegal Hispanics have is an identification card from a foreign country, they cant even do business here, buy a car here, let alone buy a home here. I cant even sell them a car, cause they do not have the proper documents to do so. I will not do business with them if they do not have a S.D License/I.D, or at minimum a Social Security #. I will not bow down to an Undocumented prick. IF these illegals do not wish to get a State Driver License, then why should State Citizens need one as well? So you are ok with it the law favoring undocumented people? Come on.
There are tons of these undocumented people in this state alone, we will hunt them down, arrest them, place them in FEMA camps, and ship them home by way of train, plaine, or bus. Any American, Business Owner, or State that harbors them, we will penalize them as well. This is why TRUMP got major votes from Legal Documented Hispanics and Immigrants, they are also pissed off at these Illegal, Undocumented pricks.
Trump will be the first President to define “Natural Born Citizen” aka the Natural Birth Citizenship status. Going forward, it will take two American Citizens of a State for a newborn baby to be considered for legal citizenship status. No more anchor baby drama. If you are not born of two citizen parents, then you must be naturalized, and you cannot ever be President (Obama, Harris, etc).
We won, you lost, We shall Make America Great Again, We will create more American jobs again, We will make Americans prosperous again, We will win the Energy war by selling only OUR American oil, gas, and electricity again. We win by Making American Again. We win by Defining our Borders Again.
I am a Proud American, I am a proud S.D Citizen, I am a proud person who removed the REAL I.D from my State issued Driver licenses, I do not wish to be a federal citizen, I define myself as a State Citizen.
Khaki Mike,
There’s a simple answer to your tax concerns. We just need to beef up the number of IRS agents we have, but the Republicans keep preventing this from happening. (Gee, I wonder why?)
Your rant and raving about “illegals” is very Khaki. You forgot to mention how all of these “illegals” contribute to the Social Security trust fund, but will never be able to collect from it, especially if they are living the lives you suggest in the US.
Plus, without these “illegals”, how do you plan to address the worker shortage that you will create with your deportation plans, and thus, the inflation that will come with this worker shortage?
I’m confused about your citizenship plans, because what if one or both parents become naturalized citizens before they have a child in the US, would that child be considered a true or just naturalized citizen as well? Because your citizenship plans do raise some concerns about whether Trump could or should be president as well, because Trump’s mother was born in Scotland, naturalized in 1942, but proclaimed US citizenship prior to that based on US Census records, but Donald wasn’t born until 1946.
The economy is going to tank under Trump, thanks to his tariffs, deportation plans, budget cuts, and tax ideas…. Why do you think that people like Buffet are stockpiling cash right now?
Oh, and what are your thoughts on Trump’s plan for a national sales tax, which is actually a value-added tax, or a VAT? Isn’t that another form of instantaneous and direct inflation? #ThanksAlotTrump
( and Woodstock adds: “Say, what about Thune, too?”…… “Because his mother was born in Alberta, Canada”… 🙂 )
Mike is pre-1812, because before the War of 1812 (Which actually lasted until 1815), people in the then united States of America referred to themselves as Virginians or Carolinians, and not Americans. Mike is nostalgic. Mike wants to be a South Dakotan, without the ability to create one’s own currency, however, and live in a state with no federal farm aid…. Gook luck Mike!
“Maybe Mike wants to create Dakota Dollars”…. ( ….. “Which is kind of like Hobo Dough that you can get at SDSU, which is Noem’s online alma mater”…. 🙂 )
V S G
First off there will be expansion of the I.R.S under the America First Concept, In fact, Ilke not paying a Federal Income Tax, it keeps my money in my pocket. In fact, the I.R.S will be one of the Agencies to be defunded, then Democrats will never again be able to use it against their opponents.
ILLEGALS do not contribute to Social Security and Medicare, they work for cash under the Table. Kind of hard for them to actually pay taxes from earnings as they are Un-Documented Pricks. The Employer (or Farmer) or Landscaper would be caught committing a felony by employing them.
As for the Natural Born Citizenship topic – the LEGAL way to come to the United States is to through a port of entry, requesting prior to entry, U.S PASSPORT and VISA for the right to Reside, Work, Travel the 50 States. It takes, by law, 5 years to become Naturalized into the County, so if the “immigrants” have a baby within the first 5 years or prior to being Naturalized (if takes longer), the baby is NOT considered naturally born in the U.S.A – their BIRTH actually, legally falls under the Jurisdiction of the Country of Origin to which holds “Jurisdiction” of that Citizenship Status. The baby also would have to be naturalized along with its parents aka NO MORE ANCHOR BABY.
The whole issue with OBAMA and Kamala Harris, is the fact their parents were NOT yet Naturalized at the time of their births, and with Obama, his father held a Nobility from Great Britain, which should have disqualified him as well.
Repeal the 14 Amendment and revert back to the 1789 version of the Constitution, where STATES actually handed out American Citizenship status to those AMERICANS born on U.S Soil to two American Citizens.
Citizenship equates to DOMICILE, it is a “Status” given to by the State of Record upon you submitting your birth documents to the State of which you choose to lay your Domicile. Fact.
And the TERRITORY OF D.C should NOT have Residents, and the residents should not be voting in D.C, they should be voting in the State of Record, not as D.C People. 70% of D.C Residents are Federal Employees, Lobbyists, Senators, Representatives, the President, Vice President, Executive Officers, Supreme Court Justices, let alone Foreign Diplomats, Ambassadors, Monarchs, etc. THEY Have NO VOTE in America, And no Voice.
But Obama’s mother was an American citizen from Kansas, just like Dorothy. In fact, her parents were Kansan Republicans who helped raise Barack.
So you plan to expand the IRS, but yet defund it?
Then you wrote:
“…so if the “immigrants” have a baby within the first 5 years or prior to being Naturalized (if takes longer), the baby is NOT considered naturally born in the U.S.A…. ”
So, since Donald’s mother was naturalized in 1942, but Donald was born in 1946, then he’s not a citizen either, and thus cannot be president, either? Is that right?…. AND, while we are on this, my paternal grandparents were born in Germany, could I still run for prez?
AND, as far as repealing the 14th Amendment, well, you can create any form of government you want in theory, but what you are suggesting by repealing the 14th is not preserving our government, but rather creating a new one and anyone in theory can do that. In fact, I could propose a new government, or constitution, where it says that every Tuesday every American has to consume at least one donut.
AND, you plan to depopulate DC, is that right? So, all of the workers in DC, who currently live in DC, would have to move to say VA or MD, is that correct, but why? Plus, DC is very Democratic, but if you move them all to VA or MD, then that will further guarantee that those states will go blue, and it would increase the chances for another Democratic congressman to be elected, who would have voting rights in Congress, but unlike the current Delegate to the US House from DC….. (Actually, I kind of like that last thought…. 🙂 )
Keep talking, Mike…. This is fun!
Oh, and Mike, you mentioned something about Obama’s dad having some kind of Nobility from Great Britain, which then disqualifies Obama from being president, or should have disqualified him. But what about Reagan and how Queen Elizabeth the II knighted Reagan after he left office, does that mean we now need to nullify the Reagan presidency, too?
#YupReaganItNeverHappened #IWish