Shot in the Dark

Battlespace Preparation III

Joe Doakes, formerly of Como Park, emails:

Why is Trump in such a frantic rush to issue executive orders, fire employees, deport people, surrender Ukraine to Russia?  Is he out of his mind?

No, he’s out of time.  Congress’ most recent continuing budget resolution runs out March 14th. Trump has three more weeks to set the stage for the budget showdown. He knows every Democrat will vote against spending cuts to balance income against outgo. He knows at least some Republicans will join them.  He needs to act fast to get public support on his side so he can stand up to Congress and say,  “No more.”

Elon Musk and his team of auditors continue to find examples of fraud and waste that piss off normal people. Why are we paying for stupid stuff like that?  The judges who refuse to let the auditors do their job and who halt layoffs, piss off normal people. Why are you leaving the thieves in charge of the checkbook?  The politicians screaming about deporting illegal alien criminals piss off normal people.  Why are you putting scum ahead of citizens?  Why not put Americans first?

And it’s working.  Trump has extraordinary approval numbers. He is going to need that public support when he tells Congress, “No more,” and when he tells Ukraine, “No more,” and when he tells rogue federal employees (including some judges), “No more.”  

It’s all coming to a head in a few weeks. The media will scream. Democrats will scream.  Europeans politicians, Catholic bishops, liberal judges, and Hollywood celebrities will scream. Let them. Elections have consequences. It’s our turn now. 

Get ready.  

Joe Doakes

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6 responses to “Battlespace Preparation III”

  1. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    Interesting factoid; Yesterday, Zelinsky agreed to give 50% of the profits from their mineral sales to the US to pay back the war loans. Further, Putin has indicated that he would like to sell aluminum to the U.S. which we import the majority of. Now, once the war ends, because Ukraine’s mineral industry will be a U.S. interest, Putin will most likely think twice before they invade Ukraine again. Of course, if we are buying aluminum from them, how willing would Putin be to jeopardize that? I’m sure there are pro and con arguments, but, once again, Trump is winning the game of 3D chess that he’s playing against the DemoCommies.

  2. jdm Avatar
    jdm

    ^ Yes, boss! Exactly what I’ve been thinking of late.

  3. jdm Avatar
    jdm

    Mr Doakes, very interesting. I just wonder what “coming to a head” means after the last few weeks.

  4. SmithStCrx Avatar
    SmithStCrx

    The “One Big Beautiful Budget Bill” passed the House last night with no votes to spare. I don’t blame Thomas Massie for voting against it because I don’t think it does enough in this current fiscal year to fix the problems, but it’s probably as good as Speaker Johnson could get through the rest of his Caucus. Even a Spending Bill that was flat from 2024 to 2025 would have had too many Republicans running for the hills screaming about their Reelection chances. This is why we can’t have nice things, and the GOP will probably lose the House in the 2026 Elections anyways. They aren’t striking enough while the iron is hot, IMHO. We’ll see if they do anything more with the 2026 Budget due by October 1.

    So now that “One Big Beautiful Budget Bill” goes to the Senate via Reconciliation to bypass the Filibuster. I’m currently expecting a 50/50 vote with Vance breaking the tie to get it passed because that’s the bare minimum needed. Leader Thune has been doing a good job keeping his Caucus together on the Confirmation votes, and I don’t expect this to be different. Nearly half the GOP Caucus is up for Reelection in 2026, but the vast majority are in safe seats, so the electoral fears are reduced. While I think the GOP will hold the Senate in the 2026 Elections, which is good for appointments in 2027 and 2028, I think it’s a toss up if their numbers increase or decrease.

    While I fully understand the strategy of “One Big Beautiful Budget Bill” because Reconciliation is a limited use option and I don’t think the GOP should nuke the Filibuster, I do think they are missing out on opportunities to drive wedges into the Democrat minorities. Ruben Gallego is a newly elected Senator from Arizona (stop running Kari Lake for anything Arizona GOP!!), so he’s not up for reelection until the 2030 mid-term. One of the first things he did was call for tighter border security along with several other Democrats. I wish the GOP had publicly pursued a bipartisan border bill with GOP proposals to fix the issue while trying to get 7-10 Democrats on board. They could have offered a few concessions if needed while keeping a single big sweeping GOP only Bill as backup. I don’t know if it would’ve worked, but I wish they’d tried. Instead, the GOP has just reinforced the Democrat Caucuses’ unity against the GOP for a Bill that doesn’t actually fix the fiscal problems Republicans complain about.

  5. bosshoss429 Avatar
    bosshoss429

    Smith,
    Although I agree with your assessment, there are some factors that may keep the GOP in power. I think that giving every taxpayer a $5k rebate check is dumb, but if Trump can turn that into a significant tax cut for the lower income classes, stop the fraud and actually prosecute the fraudsters, improve the transparency on the actual expenditures and cash in on the new investment commitments from companies and countries to provide jobs, I believe that is the pathway.

  6. SmithStCrx Avatar
    SmithStCrx

    Boss,
    I think you’re correct that the GOP could retain power after the midterms, and it’s by rooting out the untouchable bureaucracy like they’ve been doing. Everyone wants the other guys ox to be gored and they hate it when you touch their own benefits. DOGE Rebates are a politically savvy idea to personalize the benefit for the average American. I know I could definitely use a $5K-$10K infusion.
    The problem is that while there are only about 30-50 swing Districts in the House, thats a lot more at risk congressmen than the margin between the two parties. The problem is largely, as I see it, those at risk congressmen are risk adverse, but that paralysis by analysis is partly why those districts swap back to the Democrats from GOP control. Democrats lose power because they overreach, but Republicans lose power because they don’t follow through with their promises to repeal Democrat accomplishments. And then the general public becomes scared that they WILL repeal those things. That’s how we went from ObamaCare passage to Tea Party takeover and finally to the ACA II passed by Republicans. The general public is now terrified of an actual ObamaCare repeal despite the fact that it’s the primary driver of their complaint that healthcare is too damned expensive. If the GOP had just cowboyed up and repealed it, we’d be past that debate and the Republicans would still be back in power after having been kicked out of power.

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