Thursday, March 26, 2026

One Time…Just ONE Time

How many times have we said that to ourselves?  Can we score that prime lotto number just one time?  Can I hit multiple intersection lights on green just once?  Just one time, could you tell me “good job” instead of “really?  Just ONE Time is an elusive, distant, and so hard to grasp desire.  But it is one that every one of us deals with in our everyday lives. 

 

Now do you suppose that notion has occurred to Donald Trump over the last fifteen months?  Taking his first term off the table…a period of time where historical corruption, sabotage, deceit, and conniving worked against a President of these United States like never before, let us just consider his second term. 

 

Can you recall a single…SINGLE…instance when Chuck Schumer has agreed with anything Trump said or did?  What about Hakeem Jeffries…has he ever, in fifteen months, found anything favorable associated with our President?  CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, NYT, and the WP…how many times do they rip and tear at all things Trump and how much time do they spend giving him credit for something good?  Even his own Republican Party…in the form of Rand Paul, Thom Tillis, Thomas Massie, and Lisa Murkowski…find little reason to back the man who is the clear leader of their own Party.  Goodness sakes…even a broken clock is right twice a day.

 

You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own reality.  How long can all of these people continue to cry and wail about Trumpian policies when those policies are buttressed by common sense, practicality, and solid reasoning?  Why should males be in females’ sports and dressing rooms?  Why should illegal immigrants be given a pass on their illegal status?  Why should voters not have to provide identification and be a US citizen in order to enjoy their voting privilege?  What is it that intrinsically prevents so many people in America from understanding that the Muslim radicals that control the nation of Iran live and breathe for the sole purpose of destroying Israel, America, and any other nation that refuses to adopt their religious beliefs…and that this will never change as their power and destructive capabilities continue to increase?  What is it that prevents these folks from just one time agreeing with, acknowledging, supporting, or simply casually noting that something…anything…Donald John Trump does makes sense and has some merit? 

 

Here is a perfect example of what I’m talking about.  The legislative process is simple.  Regular order is for the House to pass a bill, the Senate then considers that bill and agrees to the same language, and the bill then goes to the President and is signed into law.  This is what has happened to 11 of the 12 departmental appropriations bills necessary to fund our government this fiscal year.  This is regular order; doing the job they were elected to do.  The twelfth bill…the DHS appropriation…was agreed to and then passed by the House.  But the Democrats in the Senate reneged on their agreement and have refused to supply sufficient votes to pass the House version.  They are demanding an ever-increasing list of changes to the House bill…constantly moving the goalposts.  They have effectively shut down the Department of Homeland Security.

 

Now if the House bill that they now have in hand is altered by the Senate, then it must once again be considered in the House, passed, and then go to the President for his consideration.  In essence, the process must begin all over again.  Understand this…not only do the Senate Republicans have to agree to Democrat demands, but the House Republicans must also agree.  We are going from a one-step process that is a guaranteed success to a three-step process fraught with political peril.  This is de facto governing malfeasance on behalf of the Senate Democrats.

 

We have elections.  Those elections placed the Republicans as the majority party in the House and the Senate.  The Democrats were quite comfortable with this arrangement when they held the majority under the Biden Administration.  In the House, a simple majority is sufficient to conduct business.  In the Senate, for much of the legislation considered, 60 votes are required as opposed to a simple majority of 51.  The Senate Democrats…being placed in minority status by the voters…have decided that the DHS funding bill will be written THEIR way or it WILL NOT PASS.   

 

As the DHS shutdown continues and people are increasingly inconvenienced by its impact, we should all remember that the shutdown lies at the feet of the Senate Democrats…plain and simple. If they wish to control the Senate process, they should pursue a majority status via elections instead of throwing rocks into the gears of our government’s operation.  Instead, they are acting like spoiled children and causing danger and inconvenience to the citizens of our nation.  They have deliberately chosen to shut down DHS…the department of our government that protects us from domestic terrorism (Department of HOMELAND SECURITY) and the department that helps to assure safe and efficient air travel.  They do not mind paying this price to quench their political thirst because they HATE Donald Trump.

 

Karma can be a bitch.  The truth hurts sometimes.  What comes around goes around.  These people are so damn predictable.  When will reality be sufficient for these folks to abandon their infantile and insane obstinacy?  For all of his many obvious personal flaws, President Trump has been on the right side of ninety percent of his policy decisions.  And if he is wrong on some or if you disagree with him, the bottom line is that he was elected president by the entire nation and is, in fact, the Chief Executive of our government.  There are constitutional processes in place for Congress to handle disagreements with the Executive Branch.  Government paralysis should not be one of them.

 

Donald Trump has a bit over 33 more months to serve in office.  Will there ever be a time over that period when some of the aforementioned Trump Derangement Syndrome devotees will stand up and simply admit that the man occasionally does something right?  Yes, Trump is oftentimes hard to take; but sometimes, the medicine we need to heal our illness can be most bitter at the taking…yet so rewarding in the long run.

 

 

Addressing the power of the majority status in Congress…what will the upcoming mid-term elections tell us about America?

 

https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/25/can-republicans-defy-history-in-2026/

 

https://reason.com/2026/03/24/mail-in-ballots-the-2026-election-and-the-supreme-court/

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/d-c-media-blob-beclowned-by-save-act-debate/

 

And while we are making that collective decision about which national party will have majority status in Congress…we should be ever aware of how they have performed in the past while they had that power and authority.

 

https://nypost.com/2026/03/23/opinion/were-still-learning-the-full-rot-of-the-russiagate-scandal/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2026/03/23/truth-will-out-a-grand-jury-investigates-the-real-russian-collusion-conspiracy/

 

https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/24/watch-margot-cleveland-breaks-down-5-ways-jack-smiths-witch-hunt-ripped-up-the-constitution/

 

The Supreme Court of the United States continues…in an agonizingly slow fashion…to return our justice system to a course of common sense and reason.  But even in the SCOTUS, partisan rancor rears its ugly head.

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/will-birthright-citizenship-case-be-decided-on-statutory-grounds/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/a-textualist-lesson-for-an-activist-ninth-circuit-in-noem-v-al-otro-lado/

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/dominant-questioners/

 

The legal, orderly, rational, and common sense processing of illegal immigrant criminals is essential to the safety of Americans.  The irrational opposition to All Things ICE that is being demonstrated by the Democrats…i.e. DHS shutdown…is clearly and indisputably posing a risk to the very health and well-being of our citizenry.  This is sheer madness.

 

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/02/28/illegal-alien-more-30-prior-arrests-fatally-stabs-woman-virginia-bus-stop-ice

 

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2026/03/23/illegal-alien-released-twice-sanctuary-chicago-arrested

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/03/facts-1-liberal-wisdom-nil-in-extra-time.php

 

In recent years, there has been much discussion on the constitutional status of an independent Federal Reserve.  It deserves discussion…

 

https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-case-against-federal-reserve-independence/

 

The challenge that lies before our governments…federal, state, and local…to responsibly and effectively regulate AI, internet, and other technological advancements is daunting.  It is evolving at breakneck speed and has enormous impact on our children and the future of our country.

 

https://reason.com/2026/03/25/politicians-want-to-ban-gambling-ads-to-stop-youth-addiction-what-do-the-data-say-about-teens-and-betting/

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2026/03/26/dont-be-evil-googles-motto-becomes-a-jury-verdict-in-calfornia/

 

https://reason.com/2026/03/20/trump-just-released-a-framework-to-govern-ai-here-are-7-key-takeaways/

 

Is Cuba on the brink of freeing its people from the scourge of socialism?

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/03/our-socialists-in-havana/

 

Another pathetic illustration of the aforementioned TDS that has taken hold of our mainstream media…

 

https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/23/the-war-over-the-war/

 

This is how it should work in America.  When one state figures out a way to do something right, the other forty-nine ought to pay attention…

 

https://reason.com/2026/03/23/heres-why-virginia-has-the-best-highways-in-the-country/

 

The cesspool that is Hollywood and the privileged, bubble-environment that envelopes it is so, so clueless…

 

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/03/time-to-get-the-hook.php#google_vignette

 

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