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Ooooooohhhhh. The baby cries. Hold on let me post this in 3 threads.

Ceffer says

Pretty sure that's fake.

If the passionate and plain-spoken young lady in the next clip is any sign, the Democrats are badly misreading the room by targeting Elon Musk as the villain (instead of the politically untouchable President Trump). Warning: She uses lots of adult language liberally (but appropriately).

https://nitter.poast.org/elonmusk/status/1887037017361420749




“You democrats are literally trying to shoot the f— messenger!” This kind of clip is why they want to shut down TikTok.

The debate over DOGE is dividing people into two camps. The majority of the country includes we sane people, people of common sense, such as the salty young lady in the clip. And then there is a much smaller but usually much louder group of people who have permanent rooms on board the gravy train. Since DOGE threatens to evict all the freeloaders, they are freaking out. A serious showdown is coming, and we all must prepare for the fight.

What I loved about this TikTok video is what it represents. It signals a kind of turning point where the victim-grouping and race-baiting and identity politics are all failing. Americans are rallying together against the left. Leftism no longer occupies the high ground of coolness and fashion. Leftism increasingly represents a frustrating annoyance for everyone, like a drunk second cousin at a child’s birthday party.

For once in our lifetimes, and maybe since the Founding, the good guys finally have a fighting chance. Trump’s order of operations is extremely promising, as in first dismantling USAID and disorganizing the FBI before tackling the CIA. It is a masterpiece of military maneuver, a carefully sequenced strategy to weaken the enemy before bringing a direct fight.

the Democrats are badly misreading the room by targeting Elon Musk as the villain (instead of the politically untouchable President Trump).

We still don't see millions of Californians burning their Teslas yet. But who knows?

We still don't see millions of Californians burning their Teslas yet. But who knows?

SCOTT JENNINGS: This is -- he's describing what is currently the dumbest strategy in politics, which is Democrats taking the 20 percent side of every 80-20 issue in America. USAID, people want this pared down. They want to streamline. They want to know where the money is going, Democrats have a meltdown.

Today, Donald Trump signs an executive order on keeping boys out of girls' sports, and Democrats take the 20 side of that issue as well.

All these issues, this is like Trump's superpower, finding a bunch of 80-20 issues, getting on the 80, and everybody who's sort of reflexively against him gets on the 20. And now the Democratic Party has like a 31 percent approval rating. This is why.

LAWFARE: In an egregious and unconstitutional assault on executive authority, Judge Paul Engelmayer has unilaterally forbidden all of Trump's political appointees—including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—from accessing Treasury Department data. This ruling, concocted without legal precedent or constitutional justification, is nothing short of judicial sabotage. Worse, it was issued ex parte—meaning Trump administration lawyers weren’t given notice, weren’t allowed to argue, and weren’t even in the room. Only Democrat attorneys general were heard, ensuring a predetermined outcome.

Engelmayer’s order is legally indefensible. He cites no statutory basis because none exists. He offers no constitutional rationale because the Constitution directly contradicts him. Instead, he fabricates a fiction: that the duly appointed Treasury Secretary is nothing more than a ceremonial figurehead, akin to a powerless monarch, while unelected bureaucrats—who answer to no voters—control the nation’s finances. This is judicial tyranny masquerading as jurisprudence.

The implications are staggering. By stripping the executive branch of access to its own financial data, this ruling effectively transfers control of the federal purse to the permanent bureaucracy—the so-called “deep state.” That is a direct assault on the Constitution’s separation of powers, which vests executive authority in the elected President and his appointees, not in career government employees.

This is lawfare at its most brazen: a raw, partisan power grab dressed up in legalese. If allowed to stand, this decision sets the precedent that any left-wing judge can unilaterally strip the President of his authority and hand it to the administrative state. That is not democracy. It is not law. It is judicial dictatorship.

While the order is currently set to last only a week, no serious person believes this won’t be extended if the courts think they can get away with it. The Trump Administration should treat this for what it is—an unconstitutional usurpation—and consider defying it outright. No judge has the authority to cripple the executive branch and hand power to unelected bureaucrats.

Beyond that, the Supreme Court must intervene and overturn this blatant violation of constitutional governance. Judge Engelmayer should be barred from hearing any future cases related to executive authority, and every Democrat lawyer who enabled this attack on the Constitution should be sanctioned.

This is not a legal dispute—it is a coup by the judiciary against the elected government. And it cannot be allowed to stand.

and consider defying it outrigh