Take a minute to [un]wind with our Sunday morning newsletter. Grab a cup of coffee (make it iced, because it's hot as Hades) and catch up on what you may have missed from [un]Divided this week – plus, all the anti-fringe news that’s fit to print.
Don’t miss our monthly live Q&A: Tonight!
https://brandikruse.locals.com/post/2457553/monthly-subscriber-q-a-sunday-july-24-8pm-pt
Make sure to catch our July subscriber Q&A, tonight at 8pm PT on Locals. Bring your best questions! If you can’t make it, feel free to leave your questions in the comments and I’ll try my best to get to all of them.
Defund the police is now idea non grata:
Apparently, it took an election year for Democrats to start caring about public safety. It also took reaching a record high homicide rate and the lowest number of police officers per capita in the United States. As I detailed on the show this week (1:10 mark), Washington Governor Jay Inslee finally came out against the defunding movement – two years too late. He also announced a new effort to recruit more police officers across the state (after firing almost 80 Washington State Patrol Troopers over the vaccine mandate). While I am happy Democrats are suddenly on the side of common sense, their motives are questionable at best and duplicitous at worst. I’d be more apt to believe their sincerity if the sudden about face came with an apology.
Trump says he’d rehire soldiers fired over the vaccine:
Former President Donald Trump, who seems like he’s racing toward a 2024 announcement, is redoubling his call for service members fired over the federal vaccine mandate to be reinstated.
“We have to abolish all COVID mandates and lockdowns,” Trump said during an appearance at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit (1:10:50 mark). “Rehire every patriot who was shamefully fired from the military, with an apology — we have to give them an apology — and all of their back pay.”
Around 98% of servicemembers got the COVID-19 vaccine, but hundreds refused and were separated from the military – including around 350 elite Marines.
While I want Trump to run in 2024 about as much as I want a steaming hot poker shoved in my eye, this proposal has my enthusiastic support.
Speaking of Trump ... the J6 hearings continued this week:
The eighth J6 hearing was held Thursday in prime time. It detailed what former President Donald Trump did (and did not do) in the 187 minutes after he gave a speech to his supporters – many of whom then marched up to the Capitol.
As a riot unfolded, Trump was glued to TV news and mostly ignored pleas from his staff, politicians in the Capitol, and prominent conservative media figures who begged him to tell the crowd to back down.
Perhaps the hearing was effective, because it prompted two newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch to issue scathing op-eds against the former president. The Wall Street Journal called him “The President who stood still.”
"He didn't call the military to send help. He didn't call Mr. Pence to check on the safety of his loyal VP. Instead, he fed the mob's anger and let the riot play out."
The New York Post said Trump’s inaction should preclude him from ever holding the nation’s highest office again.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/22/trumps-jan-6-silence-renders-him-unworthy-for-2024-reelection/
"It's up to the Justice Department to decide if this is a crime. But as a matter of principle, as a matter of character, Trump has proven himself unworthy to be this country's chief executive again."
“Swing Seat Showdown”
In case you missed it, be sure to watch our [un]Divided Special Report: Swing Seat Showdown. I sat down at length with three candidates vying for one of the most critical swing seats in the entire country: Washington’s 8th Congressional District. Even if you don’t live in the 8th, the same dynamics are playing out in Suburban seats across the country: Abortion, inflation, crime, and Biden’s low approval ratings. If GOP candidates have a strong showing in the August 2 primary, it could spell disaster for Dems in their struggle to hold onto the House.
https://brandikruse.locals.com/post/2455297/un-divided-swing-seat-showdown
Subscriber note: There will be no show on Monday, August 1. Instead, we will have a live stream after the first ballots drop on Tuesday night (Primary Election night). Ballots are expected to drop around 8pm PT. Stay tuned for special coverage.
Washington state Democrats deny there is evidence of capital flight when rich people are targeted for taxation. Apparently, they've never heard of Jeff Bezos. Plus: Trump vs. The Fed. And: Can tariffs replace the federal income tax? Unlikely.
Subscribe to Zach’s Daily Market Recap at KnowYourRiskPodcast.com.
Seattle’s socialist mayor wastes no time in halting sweeps. President Trump considers Insurrection Act in Minnesota, while administration renews threats against sanctuary jurisdictions. New bills attack the initiative process. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis takes a swipe at Washington in his final State of the State.
Prefer to listen? https://audioboom.com/posts/8835054-socialist-stops-the-sweeps-1-15-26
Governor Bob Ferguson says ICE should stop enforcing federal immigration laws, Democrats applaud wildly. Even Governor Gavin Newsom opposes targeting the rich for taxation ... or so he says. Proposed bill would eliminate three strikes for offenses committed by juveniles. High school athlete Frances Staudt joins us from DC.
Prefer to listen? https://audioboom.com/posts/8834513-virtue-signaling-above-all-else-1-14-26
These remarks were delivered to the Snohomish County Lincoln Day Dinner on May 17, 2024.
The following remarks were delivered to the Whatcom County Lincoln Day Dinner on March 23, 2024, in Ferndale, Washington.
I struggled with what to talk to you about tonight.
Well, that’s not true. I didn't struggle with what to talk to you about – I struggled with whether I was brave enough to say what I wanted to say.
When I'm invited to speak to groups, I don't want to offend anyone or be too controversial. So, I reached out to a few of your fellow party members to ask whether any topics were off limits or wouldn't go over well with the crowd.
I got some good advice.
Then I decided to ignore that good advice entirely.
Too much is at stake to be polite.
As we sit here tonight, we are in the final battle of a war.
A war that has pit sanity against insanity.
Pragmatism against idealism.
A war that has sacrificed the public good, in favor of a twisted idea of progress.
It's a war that began long before I moved here 15 years ago. It started silently and it was mostly waged in the shadows.
Most of us didn't even realize that a war was being fought. We were too caught up in our own lives and our own problems. ...
There will be no live show today, 1.19.26. Our regular live show will return tomorrow.
FBI AGENT MIKE TEMPLETON(OR HOWEVER HIS NAME IS SPELLED NEEDS TO BE FIRED AND PUT IN JAIL FOR VIOLATIONS OF HIS DUTIES TO THE PEOPLE OF THE USA, FALSIFYING EVIDENCE, THREATENS RAPE UPON POLYEXAMS. THREATENING AND HARMING USA CITIZENS AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE !
THESE FBI AGENTS WHO ARE DOING THIS CRAP NEED TO GO AND PUT IN JAIL NOW !
Scott Ritter "They STOLE My Money!"
