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The Broadside | Your GOP “Representatives” Just Tried to Stab You in the Back

Speaker Johnson was all set to put forward a three-month Continuing Resolution that is crammed full of things Americans didn’t vote for, including the Global Engagement Center (GEC), which has been illegally censoring conservatives for years. He was literally ready to give them more money and another year of life so they’d be in place when Trump took office.

You know what else was in there? A pay raise for members of Congress. But not a cost-of-living adjustment, or some “merit” increase (LOL). No, they were going to give themselves a FORTY-PERCENT RAISE.

These criminal do-nothings work a part-time job and were ready to make themselves millionaires over their time of service by jumping their pay from the current $174,000/yr. to $243,000/yr.

For what!?!

All these cretins do is hold ineffective hearings (basically show trials without any convictions), make speeches that no one listens to, and write strongly worded letters.

Can anyone tell me what positive legislation they’ve crafted recently to give me more freedom and let me keep more of my money?

Anyone?

Bueller?

In a statement shared with the Washington Examiner, House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) office defended the GEC provision.

“Speaker Johnson has killed multiple efforts to pass a 5-year reauthorization of the GEC during the past year, including as recently as the National Defense Authorization Act last week,” a spokesperson for Johnson said. “This bill ensures the incoming Trump Administration has the maximum ability and authority to determine how to handle the office, its authorities, and funding.”

According to a congressional source familiar with the matter, the GEC provision was a demand from Senate Democrats in exchange for Republicans getting a provision aiming to protect small businesses from certain fines approved by the Biden administration under a bill called the Corporate Transparency Act.

Fortunately, president-elect Trump, vice-president-elect Vance, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy all called them out and it looks like the bill is dead. That’s a good thing, because our elected representatives—and “we the people”—are beginning to realize that it won’t be business as usual anymore.

We’re tired of getting ripped off and told to shut up by swamp creatures.

This guy gets it:

Throw Speaker Johnson out—he’s a weak leader. We need a bulldog with a spine like Trump in that chair.

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The Broadside | “Jesus is Lord” is Embraced by MAGA But Also Remember “Jesus is Lord” Means Christians Are Independent of Party

Yesterday I wrote about my caution with receiving Tulsi Gabbard into the Republican Party. On the one hand I welcome her. She’s intelligent, authentic, and seems like a genuinely nice person who’s guided by common sense. On the other hand, she’s been a Democrat for 20 years and an Independent for two, and she has a terrible record on abortion, gun rights, and fiscal policy. Time will tell exactly what she brings to the party (see what I did there?).

Today I have a similar caution with respect to the recent kerfluffle over pro-Jesus comments being shouted in a Harris and in a Trump event and how the two handled it.

First, Harris: “Oh you guys are at the wrong rally.”

Here’s the same moment filmed from a different angle, where you can see the person who yells about Jesus being Lord and Christ being King being kicked out of the rally.

Note that Kamala mocks the students—a “sick burn” if you will—and the crowd immediately laughs and applauds her one-liners. Setting aside the fact that shouting while someone is speaking is rude and disruptive, Dr. Ben Carson made the point that Kamala didn’t have time to prepare an answer … she just said what was on her heart.

A day or so later, JD Vance was speaking at a Trump/Vance rally, and again, someone shouted “Jesus is King!” Here’s how Vance handled it:

A stark contrast to Kamala’s response, no? And then, Donald Trump weighed in on the exchanges: “In our movement, we love Christians, we welcome believers, and we embrace followers of Jesus.”

It’s heartening to hear that the MAGA movement embraces believers; as Christians, we should always count it a blessing when those in authority—and in the culture at large—have favorable attitudes towards us. But here’s where I think we should be cautious about being embraced by either political party.

We owe our allegiance to only one Man, Jesus Christ, and it is too easy to get caught up in putting our trust in a political leader or a political party to do the work of reforming a culture’s moral makeup. It cannot and will not be done through laws or other political means.

We certainly can vote for politicians who support policies that align with Christian principles and obedience. But as we’ve seen, politics follows culture and as the culture decays, Christians are at risk of being demonized (ironically) as what’s holding the culture back.

But once we surrender any of our dependence on God to a political party, we can be played by that party. Be thankful for the support we have from a major political party but maintain your independence as a Christian so that you don’t allow yourself to be lulled into a false sense of security just because a political party embraces your faith.

Keep God first. Then family and country.

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The Broadside | Self-Confessed “Old Guy,” “Knucklehead” and “Friend of School Shooters” Invokes “Politics of Joy” While Losing VP Debate to 2028 Presidential Candidate JD Vance

I watched the vice-presidential debate last night and live-blogged for this morning. It was mostly civil, and they both tried to be kind and courteous. It did get contentious at times, especially with the discussion of January 6, which Democrats keep coming back to because it’s all they have.

I’m thinking the J6 schtick is getting old. As JDV said, Trump told the crowds to “protest peacefully” on Jan 6, and he left office peacefully on Jan 20. So give it up already. We all know that Brandon “””won””” because the Democrats cheated, but we’ve managed to keep our anger in check and work with the hand we were dealt. Hopefully that will all be resolved on November 5.

They both had practiced answers along with favorite buzz words: JDV’s was “common sense.” Tim Walz’s was “adjudicated.”

Nora O’Donnell and Margarat Brennan of CBS “””News””” were biased moderators (both are left-wing activists). The framing of questions was hostile toward Vance (obviously) and friendly toward Walz.

As you can tell from my title, I think Vance won the debate. But BLOT: nobody is going to be convinced to change candidates. I think it raised JD Vance’s political capital in the eyes of Republicans and Independents (maybe even some Democrats). He handled himself very well and came across as cool, calm and collected. I was persuaded that he’s presidential material.

Tim Walz, not so much.

BMOT (Bottom Meme on Top):

They sparred on multiple topics that are of importance to Americans, but they started with the conflict in the Middle East. The question was “would you support a pre-emptive strike on Iran?” Vance said it was up to Israel and we should support our allies. Walz didn’t commit and pivoted to blaming Trump—Trump, who negotiated the Abraham Accords—for the problems with Iran.

Closer to home, they talked about “climate change” in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Vance said he’s for clean air and clean water. To support that bring everything back to America instead of relying on China or other polluters. I thought that was a good answer. Walz brought up that Trump said climate change is a hoax. Well, Tim, it is. But he’s a true believer. Walz said that America is “producing more natural gas and oil than we ever have.” I don’t think that’s true, especially oil production. Harris-Biden has drained our strategic reserves and gas prices are at least double what they were under Trump.

When they turned to the illegal alien invasion through our southern border—oh, sorry, they said “migrants”—the “””moderators””” asked Vance if under the mass deportation plan Trump is said to have would he separate parents who are here illegally from their children born in the states? Vance deftly pointed out that the DOJ already have 320,000 children they’ve effectively lost because of Harris’s border policies, including the 94 executive orders that were signed on Brandon’s first day as Resident.

In a discussion about “reproductive rights” the “””moderators””” asked Walz if abortion in the ninth month is okay because he signed into law a policy that says it is. Walz pivots to raise the boogeyman of “Project 2025” that Trump has disavowed many times to put Vance on the defensive. Vance says that the GOP has to “win back the trust” of Americans on this issue. I didn’t like his dodge on this because it sounds like it leaves wiggle room. What are you going to do to “win” trust? Either you’re going to protect life or you’re not and I’d prefer someone who just puts it out there. Both Trump and Vance seem to have gone soft on opposition to abortion. Heck, Walz said that it’s a “woman’s right to choose. Mind your own business.” Let’s be that direct back.

The one thing that I resented about the debate was the unspoken assumption that government is the source of solutions for Americans. This was true in the discussions about healthcare (the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and medications), homebuilding (the government should not be involved in building homes on federal land), and childcare (which the “””moderators””” described as a “crisis”—everything is a “crisis” for these people).

GET THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF MY PRIVATE HEALTH DECISIONS as the abortionists are so fond of saying. Ever since Obamacare was passed healthcare has spiked and become nearly unaffordable. It’s outrageous. And why should employers be forced to provide paid leave for new mothers and fathers? It’s a nice benefit, but the problem is that families can’t afford to live without two incomes. Walz mouths some commie platitudes like “an economy that works for all” which means equal outcomes for everybody.

Yep, pretty soon the government controls everything (we’re not that far away, guys).

Walz shot himself in the foot multiple times. Trying to be self-effacing, he says, “I’m a knucklehead at times” in response to a question about leadership qualities. Not exactly a confidence builder for anyone listening who’s trying to decide if you should be a heartbeat away from the top spot. Then, in a segment about guns, he says, “I’ve become friends with school shooters.” Nothing like cozying up to some of the most mentally unstable and violent criminals in our current culture.

Walz lionized John McCain for “saving” Obamacare (conservatives loathe McCain for doing that), praised Mike Pence for his performance on J6 (another RINO), and included Dick Cheney (fake conservative) in his hilarious “coalition” that Harris has pulled together: Cheney, Bernie Sanders and Taylor Swift.

He actually named Taylor Swift! LOL

JD Vance wrapped up nicely with a closing statement that included this: Harris has said what she will do “Day One.” Well, “Day One” was 1400 days ago. She’s had three and a half years to do these things. We have the greatest country in the world, but you can’t achieve your dreams with the broken leadership in Washington, D.C.

As far as I know, that’s the last debate before the election. Get out there and vote. If you’re a believer, vote and pray. This is a critical election.