Author: Marissa

bookmark_border“No one elected Elon Musk”

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“No one elected Elon Musk,” Democrats have been pompously stating (see an example here). 

This statement is angering for several reasons:

First of all, it is hypocritical. As various commentators on the post linked above have pointed out, no one elected Kamala Harris, or Bill Gates for the matter, yet Democrats aren’t complaining about them. 

Second, a good argument can be made that people did, indeed, elect Elon Musk. As DC Draino explains in the post linked above, Trump campaigned with Musk and made it clear that Musk would play a role in his government. Trump also campaigned on the idea of cutting wasteful government spending, which is exactly what Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency are doing. A majority of people voted for Trump, knowing that Musk would be part of his administration; therefore people did, arguably, elect Musk.

Third, even if no one elected Elon Musk, so what? Because taxation is morally bad, and government spending requires taxation, government spending is morally bad. Spending should be kept to an absolute minimum in order to keep taxation to an absolute minimum. Therefore, the steps that Musk and DOGE have taken to cut government spending are morally good. And this is true regardless of whether anyone elected Musk, and regardless of whether anyone voted in favor of the things that Musk and DOGE are doing. Moral right and wrong are completely independent of what anyone voted for.

As Robert Kroese points out in a tweet that is quoted in the post linked above, “I didn’t vote for the FBI, ATF, CIA, PBS, NPR, FDA, WHO, UN, IRS, Federal Reserve, EPA or CDC.”

And I didn’t vote for the historical figures that I love to be brutally murdered, or for all people who work at a company with over 100 employees to be forced to undergo a medical procedure.

Yet Democrats did these things anyway.

For them to pompously condemn and shame Musk and Trump for actually doing something good with the government, is reprehensible.

bookmark_borderFederal agencies abolishing discriminatory celebrations

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Some great news from the Department of Defense and Department of Transportation:

 
 
 
 
 
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I’m not sure whether other departments are doing the same thing under the Trump administration (it would be great if they are), but I came across these two posts and find this truly awesome. Black History Month, Women’s History Month, AAPI Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, and American Indian Heritage Month all have one thing in common: they are discriminatory. As the post from Secretary Duffy points out, these are celebrations based on immutable traits. These months, and other similar celebrations, honor some people while ignoring and excluding others. It’s not OK to celebrate women but not men, or to celebrate black, Asian, Hispanic, and indigenous people but not white people. Celebrating some people but not others is unfair, unjust, hurtful, and morally wrong. Kudos to the Trump administration for taking a stand against this.

bookmark_borderCNN’s despicable coverage of the Washington D.C. plane crash

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve progressed far enough in my recovery from PTSD to be able to occasionally watch news again. Recently, I watched coverage of President Trump’s inauguration, and also of the tragic plane crash in Washington D.C., on Fox News. As heartbreaking as the latter topic has been, it is a positive development for me personally that I am once again (to some extent, at least) able to keep up to date with the happenings in the world. 

Unfortunately, while in a public place, I had the misfortune of passing by a TV that was tuned to CNN. And it was immediately apparent that I haven’t progressed far enough in my recovery to be able to watch CNN. Perhaps I never will. I was only able to watch for a few moments before becoming so disgusted that I had to walk away, but what I saw and heard was absolutely infuriating.

“Trump baselessly blames Democrats, DEI for plane crash,” read the headline at the bottom of the screen. It’s disgraceful that CNN would choose to include the word “baselessly” in this headline. Whether or not the blame is baseless, is a value judgment. It is a matter of opinion. Some people think Trump was correct to blame Democrats and DEI for the crash, while some people think he was incorrect. By claiming that Trump was “baselessly” blaming Democrats and DEI, CNN is clearly expressing the latter opinion. But news outlets are not supposed to state opinions. They are supposed to state only facts. For CNN to express a negative opinion of Trump in its headline is despicable. The headline should read, “Trump blames Democrats, DEI for plane crash.” There’s no reason whatsoever to put the word “baselessly” in this headline.

Next, a commentator contrasted Trump’s response to the plane crash with the ways that previous presidents handled various tragedies. As images of the wreckage of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building were shown on the screen, the commentator characterized Timothy McVeigh as a “right-wing terrorist.” Seemingly unaware of the irony of his words, the commentator proceeded to lecture viewers about how Bill Clinton “brought the country together” in the wake of the bombing, rather than reacting with blame and division as Trump (allegedly) did with the plane crash.

This is ironic because mentioning McVeigh’s ideology is the antithesis of bringing the country together. Like the use of the word “baselessly” in their headline, there is absolutely no reason for CNN to mention McVeigh’s ideology. Yet this commentator went out of his way to do so. This serves no purpose other than to insult and criticize right-wing people in their entirety by implying that they, as a group, are somehow associated with terrorism and/or more likely to commit terrorist acts than people of other ideologies. The commentator should have simply characterized McVeigh as a terrorist. Like with the use of the word “baselessly,” CNN’s decision to mention McVeigh’s ideology is despicable. It is also partisan and divisive, which is hypocritical given that those are the exact qualities that the commentator criticizes Trump for displaying.

CNN is supposed to be a news station. But instead, it has become a platform for stuck-up, condescending, and self-righteous people to insult those who are different from themselves. The behavior that I witnessed in the few seconds that I watched CNN – before my disgust forced me to walk away from the TV – was nasty, cruel, pompous, judgmental, mean-spirited, and unprofessional. CNN has no right to be regarded as a legitimate news outlet until this disgraceful behavior permanently comes to an end.

bookmark_borderYou know what’s “pure hell,” Tim Walz?

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According to Fox News, Minnesota governor and vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz described he and Kamala Harris’s loss as “pure hell” and said that Democrats are “fatigued.”

You know what’s pure hell? Watching the man that you love be lynched. Seeing the noose tightening around his neck, and the mob of angry bigots pulling on the rope. Hearing the sickening thud as his massive bronze body falls to the ground. Watching his murderers celebrate their “accomplishment.” Watching them stand on the pedestal where the man you love stood just seconds ago, their hands raised in sickening triumph. Watching them pose for pictures with their knees on his neck as he lies, pitifully, face down on the pavement.

Seeing police officers lined up, off to the side, watching this horrifying scene unfold, doing nothing to intervene because they were instructed not to. Hearing this atrocity – a demonstration of pure hatred for you because you are different from the majority – characterized as “understandable” and an act of “civil disobedience.” Hearing that the main perpetrator was released with no punishment, and that the other perpetrators weren’t arrested or charged to begin with.

Having to somehow continue existing, year after year, in a society that considers the above scenario to be completely acceptable. A society that doesn’t care about your pain, that doesn’t care about your feelings, that doesn’t care about your viewpoint, that doesn’t care about your perspective.

This is pure hell, Tim Walz. This is what I’ve experienced. And you caused it.

bookmark_border“There are only two genders. LOL no.”

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I recently saw a social media post that stated the above, presumably referring to President Trump’s executive order stating that the federal government will only recognize two genders.

To me, this post demonstrates the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of trans / LGBTQ activists. To use the words “LOL no” when discussing a political, ideological, or moral issue is to treat the entire issue as a big joke. After all, “LOL” literally means “laughing out loud” or “lots of laughs.” Anyone who would make a post like this is not suffering, not upset, not hurt, not angered or sad or outraged. They’re laughing. They’re having a perfectly good time. They’re joking around. A person who was actually being harmed by a policy – a person who was actually being oppressed and whose rights were actually being violated – wouldn’t be treating it this way.

Additionally, the use of the words “LOL no” demonstrates a sense of contempt for those who think differently. The person who made this post is literally laughing at Trump’s executive order. They are treating an executive order that they disagree with as something to ridicule, something to laugh at, something to make fun of. This person’s response to an (allegedly) objectionable policy is not hurt, anger, or sadness. It’s contempt and ridicule. And that speaks volumes. Responding to others’ ideas with the words “LOL no” means that you consider yourself superior to other people. It is a way of expressing that those who think differently from you are beneath you. 

Trans / LGBTQ activists claim to be oppressed, when the fact that they make posts like this demonstrates that they are not. A person who was actually being harmed by Trump’s executive order would not be treating the order as something to ridicule, something to laugh at, something to make fun of. They would be expressing anger and pain, not laughter. Trans / LGBTQ activists claim to be motivated by the ideals of inclusion and equal treatment, when in reality they are motivated by a sense of superiority and looking down on others. A person advocating for equality would not make posts expressing contempt for those who are different from themselves. Devotees of progressive ideology frequently call Trump a bully, and claim themselves to be standing up for those who are excluded and marginalized, but posts like this demonstrate that they are the true bullies.

bookmark_borderThe people who championed lockdowns…

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“The people who championed lockdowns are now very sincerely concerned about ‘concentrated power,'” points out Dave Smith in this Instagram post.

He makes an astute point. And I also feel the need to point out that, even worse than lockdowns, these very same people also championed requiring people to undergo vaccines and medical testing. Their hypocrisy would be humorous if it weren’t so infuriating.

bookmark_borderFantastic news re: 250th anniversary, statue garden, and protecting statues!

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On Wednesday, President Trump signed a truly awesome executive order.

The order establishes a task force to plan an “extraordinary celebration” in honor of America’s 250th anniversary, on July 4, 2026. If Trump’s campaign speeches are any indication, the festivities will begin on Memorial Day 2025 and will include a “Great American State Fair” in Iowa, and a “Patriot Games” for high school athletes from across the country.

Additionally, the executive order re-establishes the plan to create a National Garden of American Heroes, a statue garden filled with statues of 250 historical figures. The order goes so far as to commission artists for the first 100 statues, indicating that the statue garden isn’t just an abstract hope, but is actually on the path towards becoming reality. “The National Garden will honor American heroism after dozens of monuments to Americans, including Presidents and Founding Fathers, have toppled or destroyed and never restored,” said a press release.

Speaking of statues that have been topped or destroyed and never restored, the executive order reinstates Trump’s order from 2020 that was aimed at protecting existing statues from destruction at the hands of bigots and bullies. This policy directs the Attorney General to prosecute people and groups responsible for vandalizing and/or destroying statues to the fullest extent of the law. It also withholds federal funding from state and local law enforcement agencies that fail to do the same. The AP describes this order as “reviving efforts to harshly punish those who vandalize or destroy existing statues and monuments.” This is true, and there is absolutely nothing bad about it, because harsh punishment is exactly what such people deserve.

As alluded to above, you might recall that both the plans for the statue garden and the policy strengthening punishments for anti-statue bullies existed previously thanks to an executive order that Trump signed during a dark time that feels simultaneously like yesterday and like a million years ago. (I blogged about it here.) Unfortunately, within his first few days of taking office, Biden mean-spiritedly and cruelly signed an executive order rescinding both of these policies, thereby cancelling plans for the statue garden and deliberately declining to punish the people in our country who are the most deserving of punishment. Although this new executive order doesn’t undo the unspeakable atrocities that were done, I am heartened that Trump has once again chosen to stand up for the statues.

I will never stop fighting for statues, I will never stop advocating on their behalf, I will never forget or forgive what happened to them, and I will never stop writing about them. This is what is truly important. This is what matters. And I’m truly glad that President Trump, to a significant extent, feels the same.

Sources: Newsmax, MSN/AP

bookmark_borderMt. McKinley and Gulf of America name changes take effect!

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President Trump made good on his promises to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of America, and to restore the name of Denali back to Mt. McKinley. (I blogged about the latter back in December, which you can read about here.)

As the Instagram account Italiani4Trump points out, the new name Gulf of America honors Italian explorer and navigator Amerigo Vespucci. 

 
 
 
 
 
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And of course, the name Mt. McKinley honors President William McKinley, who unjustly had his name removed from the tallest mountain in America by President Obama back in 2015. 

According to Fox News, Google Maps is updating its maps to reflect the new names.

 
 
 
 
 
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This is fantastic news, and I am truly hoping that these name changes honoring deserving historical figures are only the beginning…

bookmark_borderStatues are what Selena Gomez should be crying about

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I recently saw this Instagram post from Benny Johnson about the video of Selena Gomez crying about the Trump administration’s deportations of illegal immigrants. Johnson, and various other right-leaning people whom he quotes in his post, argue that Gomez should instead be crying about all of the people killed by fentanyl overdoses, the people murdered and/or raped by illegal immigrants, and the 300,000 migrant children who have gone missing.

While I don’t agree with the sexist stereotypes in the post regarding which ages and genders of people tend to be the victims of which types of crimes (people of either gender and any age can be raped, and people of either gender can overdose on fentanyl), nor do I agree with the characterization of Gomez’s video as a “meltdown” (that’s insulting to autistic people because a meltdown is a term used to describe an autistic person’s involuntary reaction to a sensorily or otherwise overwhelming situation), I do think that the post makes some valid points. 

Riley Gaines, one of the people quoted in Johnson’s post, points out: “Laken Riley was one of many. Selena Gomez did not cry for her.”

This is true. And it reminded me of another thing that Selena Gomez did not cry about: the statues that were brutally and viciously destroyed at the hands of the BLM movement and “woke” ideology. Selena Gomez did not cry for the soldier statues whose heads were smashed to pieces with sledgehammers in Portsmouth, Virginia as people cheered and a brass band played. She did not cry for the statues hung with nooses from traffic lights in a North Carolina town. She did not cry for Christopher Columbus, lynched on the steps of the Minnesota state capitol as his murderers raised their hands in triumph and posed for photos with his pitiful, face-down body. She did not cry for Robert E. Lee when his head was sawed from his body and his face sliced off before he was placed into a white-hot furnace and reduced to molten bronze.

I’m going to stop giving examples, because thinking about these atrocities and typing the words to describe them makes me feel sick to my stomach. And these are only a few examples among hundreds. To say that I’ve cried for what happened to these statues is an understatement. Over the past four and a half years, I’ve sobbed uncontrollably on more occasions than I can count, wailed, screamed until my voice was hoarse, punched walls, thrown furniture, and shed enough tears to fill an ocean. I’ve experienced pain so intense, so agonizing, and so excruciating that it is impossible to fully describe. No words can do it justice. What happened to these statues is the most angering, saddening, heartbreaking thing that has ever taken place in the world.

For Selena Gomez to cry for what is happening with illegal immigrants, while ignoring the far worse situation that has happened and that continues to happen with statues, demonstrates a complete lack of both logic and empathy. What happened to these statues – not what is happening with illegal immigrants – is what is actually upsetting. What happened to these statues is what Selena Gomez should be crying for. In fact, what happened to these statues is what everyone should be crying for. The entire population should be unanimously shouting from the rooftops, screaming at the top of their lungs, protesting in the streets, demanding justice, for what happened to these statues. 

But Selena Gomez doesn’t care about the statues, and neither do most people. To cry about immigrants being deported, but not about the statues, demonstrates a lack of empathy on the part of both Selena Gomez and society as a whole.