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In Memoriam: Charlie Kirk (1993–2025)
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Rest in peace, Charlie. Your voice may be silent now—but it echoes still.
We are saddened by the inexplicable loss of Charlie Kirk .. an indomitable force, a culture warrior, and fundamentally, a fine human being whose presence was powerful and whose voice was un-apologetically steadfast.
Charlie was a rare creature in today’s cultural landscape: someone who challenged prevailing norms and called others to do the same—not with quiet neutrality, but with bold conviction. In an era when voices are often diminished, he insisted on being heard .. even if what he said made many uncomfortable. His convictions were rooted in tradition, shaped by faith and family, and radiated through his work with Turning Point USA and beyond.
He encouraged robust debate; he invited scrutiny. His “Prove Me Wrong” table wasn’t just a clever setup ..it was a testament to his belief that strength lies in standing behind what you believe, especially when challenged.
His passing leaves a void in modern cultural discourse. We will miss his fiery intellect, his unapologetic authenticity, and yes, even arguments with him—because they made us think harder, dig deeper, and stand firmer in our own beliefs.
Our hearts ache for his beloved wife, Erika, and their two young children. No public figure, however impactful, can ever replace the role he played in their lives. To them—may you find comfort in the memories you made and the legacy he leaves behind.
May God carry him and bless his family at this time.
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Standing
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The quickest win is to make you irrelevant before you argue.
I see a similarity here.
“Standing.” That magical word judges love to toss around when they want to clear their dockets. If you don’t have skin in the game, you don’t get to play.
Now, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson wants to codify that same escape hatch into election challenges. According to one of her her shiny new proposals:
“The requirement that the challenger have personal knowledge that the challenged voter is ineligible is not satisfied when the challenger’s basis for their claim is third-hand information such as an online database, United States Postal Service information, or other information from a third-party such as another resident contacted during a house-to-house canvass.”
Translation? If you actually do the work—research the rolls, cross-check the addresses, talk to the neighbors—sorry, still not good enough.
As Patrice Johnson, founder of the Michigan Fair Elections Institute, put it:
“These rules handcuff the clerks and create a bureaucratic quagmire — all while extending the SOS’s overreach. While framed as ‘standardization,’ these rules create significant barriers to legitimate citizen oversight of voter rolls and petitions.”
In other words, the people who should have standing—citizens—are being told to sit down.
Read the rest here: The Midwesterner
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Happy Independence Day
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So much winning–for almost 249 years
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Harvard vs. the Feds
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When Elites Sue to Cut the Cord, We All Win
You all should know by now, my disdain for government funded adult education, right?
Stop the presses: Harvard .. the crown jewel of smug, ivy-covered federal favoritism—is suing the government because it doesn’t like the strings attached to its free money.
Let that sink in.
The same Harvard that churns out regulatory drones faster than a PCR test lab at peak COVID… now wants federal dollars without federal oversight. And the Biden administration, doing its part to weaponize DEI bureaucracy like a rusty scythe, is suddenly being challenged by one of its own ideological darlings.
Delicious.
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Dodging the Bullet
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The Best of Intentions, the Worst of Results
There’s a saying that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. In Lansing, they’re not just paving the road—they’re zoning it for mixed use, demanding affordability quotas, and handing out pamphlets on how to organize a tenant union.
Let’s talk about the so-called “Tenant Empowerment Package” and the other housing policy boondoggles our Democrat-led legislature has been salivating over. If they had succeeded in passing the full suite of 2023–2024 proposals, the rental housing market in Michigan would be a scorched field of “For Sale” signs and padlocked doors.
Fortunately, some of these landmines didn’t make it to detonation. We dodged a few bullets—but the gun is still loaded.
The Bill That Almost Was
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The Federal Reserve
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Power Without a Mandate
You will hear people say “End the Fed!” or “Audit the Fed!”
It’s probably time.
A Creature of Convenience
The Federal Reserve—affectionately known as “the Fed” by economists and loathed by anyone who’s watched their savings devalue—was born in 1913 under the guise of stability. Market crashes and banking panics were frequent, and Congress, with the help of elite bankers, cooked up a hybrid beast. It would be part-government, part-private, entirely powerful, and almost totally unaccountable.
Why the Fed Exists (The Rationale)
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Teach A Man To Fish
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Why Tariffs Matter More Than You Think
Big picture, long term.
Imagine you’re running a small fishing business. You’ve got nets, boats, a crew, and years of know-how passed down through generations. Then one day, imported fish starts showing up in your market — dirt cheap. Tastes okay. Looks the same. Your customers love the price. You can’t compete, so you cut costs. Maybe lay off a few folks. Eventually, you hang it up.
Now what?
Let’s zoom out. This isn’t just about fish — it’s about everything we make. Microchips, textiles, tools, technology, even baby formula. When goods from overseas flood the market at prices lower than domestic producers can match, it feels like a win for the consumer… at first.
But over time, we risk forgetting how to fish.
Wait — Isn’t That What Antitrust Law is For?
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Trump Tariffs – More Than Money
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Economics is more than Money - Michigan is still relevant.
I have always been a free market guy. But.. Sometimes it’s more than that.
In the 1940s, Michigan stood tall as the arsenal of democracy. Factories from Detroit to Lansing didn’t just build cars—they became the beating heart of the world’s greatest war machine. General Motors alone cranked out 206,000 aircraft engines, over 13,000 Navy planes, 38,000 tanks, and more than 850,000 military trucks. This was more than manufacturing—it was an industrial miracle powered by resources we had right here at home, by skilled workers, and yes—by the original Rosie the Riveters who stepped up when America needed them most.
Michigan was ready. Our factories could pivot. Our people were trained. Even years later, one of my brothers, combing through a closed Oldsmobile plant in Lansing during the 1980s, stumbled upon engineering drawings—blueprints—for fighter aircraft tucked away on the factory floor. That legacy wasn’t just steel and grease—it was readiness. Cool stuff.
Fast-forward to today, and the picture is starkly different.
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Granholm Strikes Again – Lies, LNG, and Lousy Leadership
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Hiding more than facial deformities.
It’s always the “smartest people in the room” who think you won’t notice when they hide the truth in the bottom drawer.
Turns out Canada’s favorite export, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm during her stint at the DoE, buried a Department of Energy report that completely torpedoed the justification for Biden’s 2024 LNG export pause. The same pause that crippled U.S. energy leverage during a time of global instability and emboldened our enemies.
Why? Because facts weren’t politically useful. Can’t have reality contradicting the climate cult narrative, now can we?
According to HotAir:
“The Energy Department has learned that former Secretary [Jennifer] Granholm and the Biden White House intentionally buried a lot of data and released a skewed study to discredit the benefits of American LNG… the administration intentionally deceived the American public to advance an agenda that harmed American energy security, the environment and American lives.”
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