I find boycotts and protests rather silly. They rarely move the needle.As I say when someone says “I can’t shop at Home Depot the owner donates to Trump!” or “how can you still listen to Ted Nugent?!?!” If we knew the people and history of all we buy and excluded the objectionable resourced items we’d all be naked and hungry.
It may be time for change. The kind Trump claimed to be about but then did the opposite. We need more checks and balances with less room for grift, cronyism and dark influence. The “free world” is owned by the uber-wealthy and the rest is owned by oligarchs . . .I find boycotts and protests rather silly. They rarely move the needle.
Like you say personal responsibility, get involved or donate to a group that makes a difference. Write your representative, sometimes you get lucky and they will represent your interests.
and you took a knee and bowed to the CCP. You are owned dude, 100%. 13 families controlled the world with control. Not no moreThe “free world” is owned by the uber-wealthy and the rest is owned by oligarchs . . .
Poor Du Du and espola. You two marxist traitors have TDS
I'm amazed every day how clever the Left is.From my fb feed --
A grandmother in a 7-foot inflatable penis costume just beat a city in Alabama in court. The judge threw it out. She's suing the city next. And the backstory is even better than the headline.
Renea Gamble, 62, was arrested at a No Kings protest in Fairhope, Alabama in October 2025 while wearing the costume and holding a sign that read "No Dick Tator." A 15-year police veteran grabbed her from behind, yanked her to the ground, and stuffed her into a squad car so forcefully that the handcuffs dug into her wrists.
She screamed in pain. She has rheumatoid arthritis. The city piled on additional charges, including a bogus "false name" count for identifying herself as "Aunt Tifa."
Last week, the whole thing fell apart on live testimony.
The city argued with a straight face that a 62-year-old grandmother in a giant inflatable penis costume posed a "public safety risk." The arresting officer, Corporal Andrew Babb, said she was "a brushfire" the police were "trying to stop from spreading." His own body cam footage showed him scolding her for the costume and saying: "I'm trying to preserve a town that has values."
The city attorney pulled a stunt. He called Gamble's 63-year-old husband Larry as a surprise witness, trying to prove Gamble had planned to get arrested because she had bail money on her.
"I always make sure I have bail money!" Larry responded, as if this were obvious.
Did he have bail money on him right now?
"Yeah! With this many cops around? Come on."
The courtroom erupted.
The best part: Gamble wasn't even supposed to be in the penis costume. She had ordered a sea turtle costume to wear with a sign reading "I love the Gulf of Mexico." The turtle didn't arrive in time. So she grabbed what she could find.
That's right. A sea turtle rally sign turned into "No Dick Tator" because Amazon was late. And a municipal police force decided a retiree in that costume was worth tackling to the ground.
The judge acquitted her. The room applauded. And Gamble served the city with notice of a lawsuit the next day.
Her daughter put it best: "What would have happened if she was a young Black man? What would have happened if she was a middle-aged Latina woman?"
That's the whole point. In a country where ICE agents kill mothers and veterans get zip-tied in the Capitol, Fairhope police decided a grandmother in a costume was the enemy. And she won.
Redistricting should reflect the make up of the party affiliation of the particular states citizenry and done in response to the latest census. The trend to redistrict according to the wishes of the current ruling party (or demanded by the POTUS) and the decades long history of gerrymandering needs to stop. Here’s the Texas breakdown:
Now lets do CA. The redistricting has not yet been done...as in the new changes are not yet in place.Redistricting should reflect the make up of the party affiliation of the particular states citizenry and done in response to the latest census. The trend to redistrict according to the wishes of the current ruling party (or demanded by the POTUS) and the decades long history of gerrymandering needs to stop. Here’s the Texas breakdown:
Then there’s the representation:
- Total Registered Voters: 17,578,640
- Democrats: 8,182,838 (46.55%)
- Republicans: 6,617,030 (37.64%)
- Other/Independent: 2,778,772 (15.81%)
As of April 2026, Texas has 38 representatives in the U.S. House (24 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 1 vacancy) and two Republican U.S. Senators.
Then of course the Dakotas, Wyoming, Idaho and Alaska having less population than NYC, but far more pull in Congress . . . but that’s another discussion.
CA is a 1 party state. And is worse year after year as they further consolidate control.Attended a presentation from a California political interest business group. They said there is basically no way that a Republican can win Governor. Not a direct quote, but they effectively said that if Steyer or Porter win we are fucked. Steyer will hold a special election in 2027 to repeal Prop 13. Depending on what the next round of polling looks like, they believe that the Teacher's Union, who supports Steyer, will run a shadow campaign to promote Hilton so that Steyer won't have run against Porter, or any other Dem, in the general. They still believe the Dem race is wide open. They like Mahan. He has a successful record as mayor of San Jose and is more business friendly.
They claim that California's 200+ billionaires pay 60% of the State's income tax and that the Billionaire Tax proposition if passed will significantly reduce actual income taxes collected. Apparently, 60 billionaires have recently left California due to the high tax burden of the State. However, they think the proposition has a good chance of not passing.
Now let’s look at poorest states in the republic . . . mostly deep red.CA is a 1 party state. And is worse year after year as they further consolidate control.
And quite frankly with no breaks on D ambitions the policies have consistently gotten worse. One of the most biz unfriendly states in the nation...and big companies are leaving because of it.
Not friendly to weallthy tax payers...and their latest ideas are getting these people to leave which hurts the tax base.
Policies that are not middle class friendly...which means over the last decade or so, there has been a large outflow of these people to other states.
Etc etc.