The Natives Are Getting Restless
The DOJ must move on prosecutions before Midterms
Trump’s historic win last November was a blissful headwind in the tattered sails of a battered American electorate. Having delivered a resounding mandate to President Trump and his cabinet of outsiders, Americans spent the following months in one of two modes - celebration or indignation.
On the right, the celebrations were loud and proud, just like the White House’s crack meme team that immediately set about redefining Presidential communications. The wins piled up at a dizzying pace, even inspiring Democrats to bemoan their inability to keep up with Trump’s agenda.
Some expressed disappointment that Trump did not immediately begin public indictments of top Biden officials for their role in the scandal of the century(ies?). Most (like myself) seemed to understand it might take bit to get the wheels of justice turning. The enemy is embedded in the system, and the it would be a mighty task to root them all out.
Now, 10 months into the new American Era, there is an unease beginning to bubble up on the right. A battle against antisemitism is being waged in the right wing influencer sphere and the conservative media decks seems to be shuffling a bit. Democrats have had no success in advancing any coherent agenda, but they’ve had great success in slowing down Trump’s progress through the courts and their Soros-funded goon squads. Comey and Bolton were a good start, but they feel like drips to a public thirsty for a full glass of justice.
People are beginning to rumble. Tariffs, 50-year mortgages, HB-1 visas…it isn’t the nature of the rumblings that should be alarming to President Trump. It is that they are happening at all. The MAGA base is extremely loyal and equally loud. They are often able to drown out criticisms of the President, even from within their own ranks. These latest rumblings only seem to be growing, an indication that even the base is losing their patience.
The natives are getting restless.
I am not one to criticize Trump too heavily at this juncture. I’ve been very pleased with the pace of the Trump agenda, and it is obvious he has spent the last four years gaming out his plan of attack should he win another shot at the White House. He is prepared and it shows.
That being said, even I find myself antsy for a bit more drama, and that is meaningful. If I’m feeling it, the people who are only moderately warm to Trump must be twice as anxious.
The Blue Flash of this month’s election cycle on the east coast put a little fear into conservatives used to being burned in the world of high stakes politics. With less than a year until midterms, some may be wondering if we just got lucky last year. Lucy could yank that football at any time. We’ve been here before.
Republicans cannot afford to lose the Midterm elections next year. They are not just up against history, they are up against a vengeful, rage-fueled Democratic Party that has shown they will stop at nothing to disrupt the Trump agenda and conquer Western democracy. Nothing. If they win, they will impeach Trump and stall the America First agenda until they can cheat their way to another electoral victory.
All the odds are stacked against Republicans, including their general unlikability when Trump isn’t on the ticket. They will need every ounce of energy possible from the voters to maintain a Congressional majority. They will need the base.
And the base wants heads on pikes.
It is time. Many felt Trump was wrong to push Pam Bondi into a Comey indictment when it seemed she was unsure about the veracity of her case. It may well be that Trump sensed then what we are just now beginning to admit on a more public scale - Americans want justice and they are tired of waiting for it.
They haven’t just been waiting for the year this administration has so far been governing. They’ve been waiting for five years, through terrifying J6 prosecutions and the weaponization of the IRS and FBI against conservative groups and politicians; through medical freedom battles and censorship; we have been under duress. Trump was ushered in as a rescuer of sorts.
If he doesn’t punish the offenders, we will have been rescued from nothing. His inevitable departure will simply signal their return.
Whether or not the evidence available can secure convictions is a different issue. At this point, win or lose, the public needs some scalps. If the justice system decides there isn’t enough evidence to deliver those scalps, public shame will do the rest. At least these people will have to move through the rest of their lives with the stain of what they did to us on full display.
There can be no healing without justice and the MAGA base is beginning to worry they may be seeing a repeat of Trump 45, when he talked a big game about draining the swamp but was stymied by a system he didn’t quite understand.
This month’s elections have shown us Republicans struggle when Trump isn’t on the ballot. If they want a shot at an historical midterms, they’ll need to figure out how to get Trump on the ballot in spirit. Prosecutions of some big political figures will do just that. Some moral victories will do just that.
Republicans need it.
Trump must insist on the acceleration of these investigations and charges.
The natives are restless and he has 12 months to calm their fears and lead them to another victory.
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I personally disagree. Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the cases against them, saying the prosecutor who secured the indictments was illegally installed in the role. The case is shaky even if it does go to trial. Trump does not want to look like a President out for retribution. Focus on the economy stupid. After a victory in midterms he can go batshit crazy. Of course the more he goes BSC the more he hurts J. D. Vance. Voters need to be constantly reminded about low gas prices at the pump,no biological males playing in female sports, and a closed borders. Crime rates are lower in cities Trump has been allowed to assist with the problem. Focus on middle class lifestyle improvements, and where things are not moving in the correct direction, acknowledge and advise voters of the game plan adjustments he is making (Ukraine). Safer cities, better jobs, more common sense solutions. That is what Americans want.
I love the article, and it got me thinking, with kids and work and house maintenance and middle age, body maintenance, I have a difficult time remembering what happened five days ago yet alone five years ago. Could you site an article or do you or could you write one that comprehensively summarizes the Biden officials/Marxist Blob scandals of the century(ies)?
I was thinking about what I’m thankful for. And it dovetails with that list. A few short years ago I remember nurses speaking at a local council meeting about being fired for refusing the Covid vaccine. I remember the local Public school systems refusing to open for in-person teaching a while private schools were open with no problems. I remember - and we’re still seeing - judges and lawmakers, allowing documented sociopathic violent people back into the public to commit additional violent crimes under the guise of restorative justice. I remember - and we’re still seeing - legalized hiring, messaging, funding, medical care, etc based on race or gender, as long as you speak with the tongue of the cult otherwise you’re not a woman or that preferred race. (In Maryland a white man couldn’t legally own more than 30% of the company applying for a marijuana dispensary license during the license expansion from approximately 100 to 170. Check it. It’s not a secret. It’s in the application. In Maryland, the State has numerous plans for diversity in hiring and promotion that, one way or another, will reduce white employment. I’m looking at the MD Natural Resource Police’s plan now. In 2022, they had 283 white officers/employees. In 2027, they plan to have 193. Not just not hiring white people. But firing them. (Unless they’re planning on killing them or having a Whites Only retirement/separation incentive plan.) And no one says anything!
I don’t want a future governed by deranged race and gender mania. The best way to do that is win the battle of truth in the minds of citizenry. And a great way to do that is be able to cite all the illogical, evil, and/or dumb policies and scandals The Blob was, still is, and will try to guilty of. If you can provide that, it would be universally helpful, in list and long form.