This seems like a most auspicious occasion for Trump’s second term for several reasons. 

First and foremost, the American people have clearly spoken as manifested in his decisive landslide reelection with the electoral vote (312-226), the popular vote and the swing state vote, in spite of his two impeachments, a conviction, VP Kamala Harris’s outspending of Trump, and her command of the mainstream media and Hollywood celebrity elite.  Perhaps, this is due to Trump’s favorable public service and accomplishments, most of which I have listed in my commentary entitled “For Rational Voters Who Want to Give America a Huge Jump, Here Are 32 Reasons to Support Donald Trump.”

Second, Trump will have three branches of government at his disposal due to the GOP winning the majority in the Senate (53 seats) and in the House (220 seats) and a majority of 5 conservative Supreme Court justices (excluding Chief Justice John Roberts for his unconstitutional ruling of the alleged constitutionality of Obamacare).

Third, Trump has established a Republican base, even broader and more diverse than in his first term (e.g., blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, women, union workers, youth, Democrats, independents).

Fourth, Trump’s public service experience from his first term can serve as a guide in navigating and managing the political machinery of the federal government, and his new loyal appointees will only accommodate him.

Fifth, since this will be Trump’s last term, he should be able to implement most, if not all, of the conservative agenda, post-COVID, unimpeded by a political witch hunt, without fearing backlash that could hinder his run for another term.  

Finally, committed leftists have vowed to leave America, while their remaining female fanatics have pledged to be celibate as a protest against Trump.  (Although I fail to comprehend the logic of such drastic measures, I fully support them, since America is better without them.  As for the celibate females, if they all fulfill their vows of abstinence for life, then abortion would no longer be a concern, and they would eventually follow the footsteps of the dinosaurs into extinction---a win-win situation, but I digress.

Having presented all such favorable conditions, here is what Trump must do to keep conservatives in power in perpetuity, provided he has the political will to do so.

1. End birthright citizenship.  Congress should legislate a bill clarifying the meaning and application of the 14^th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in unambiguous language.  Since the law states, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside,” it has been a commonly entrenched misnomer that all such “persons” (born on American soil) automatically become citizens without any qualifications or conditions.  

However, the author of its citizenship clause, Senator Jacob Howard, explicitly excluded “persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, [or] who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States.”  Clearly, the offspring of illegal immigrants are no exception.  In fact, the law was enacted for freed slaves and their children, who were “born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” political jurisdiction, that is.  Civil rights and immigration expert Hans Spakovsky points out that the amendment’s language was derived from the 1866 Civil Rights Act, wherein “[a]ll persons born in the United States, and not subject to any foreign power,” would be considered citizens.  Hence, a law passed by Congress, clarifying the original intent of the 14^th Amendment, would supersede all judicial rulings favoring birthright citizenship.

Such a law by itself would eliminate the incentive for much illegal immigration, preempting “anchor babies” from eventually providing a legal path for their deliverers.  However, this law should be enacted in conjunction with the reinstatement of Trump’s immigration policies of “Remain in Mexico,” constructing the border wall, defunding sanctuary cities, and establishing more courts to swiftly adjudicate illegal aliens who currently await trial.

2. Repeal the federal income tax and abolish the IRS.  The federal income tax should be replaced by a national sales or consumption tax known as the “Fair Tax,” and should operate independently of Trump’s tariffs.  That was the proposal of newly-appointed ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee (when he ran against Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary).  There is currently a proposal sponsored by Rep. Earl Carter in the House.

The Fair Tax would replace all personal and corporate income taxes, the death tax, gift taxes, and payroll taxes with a simple consumption tax of roughly 25%.  Since everyone must purchase food and water, and perhaps, other goods and services, it must follow that nobody can easily evade such taxes, including tourists, illegal aliens, and drug smugglers.  Hence, the Fair Tax is all-inclusive, simple, provides more individual control, and would increase tax revenue even more so than just reducing the corporate income tax rate or making the 2017 Trump tax cuts permanent.

3. Promote the service or knowledge sector of the economy.  Although I was critical of Trump’s tariff policy, as pointed out in my previous commentary entitled “Historic GOP Wins for 2016, Flipping the Blacks, and a Little on Trump's Carrier Deal,” hindsight has persuaded me that it can be used as leverage against other countries which oppose American interests, at least temporarily.  However, I still maintain that the purpose of using tariffs to recover outsourced manufacturing jobs may be a pyrrhic victory.

After all, manufacturing is the second major sector and phase of a growing American economy---the first being the agrarian sector, the third being the service sector, and the fourth and current one being the knowledge or technical sector.  The service and knowledge sectors are currently the predominant ones, and most of the blue collar (including manufacturing) jobs have been lost to productive efficiency (automation), not outsourcing.

For that reason, Trump should encourage displaced blue collar workers to either learn new skills or acquire knowledge calibrated to the predominant service and knowledge sectors of the economy.  For example, electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, and mechanics are all blue collar service workers in perpetual demand.  High-demand jobs in the knowledge/tech sector include bookkeeping, business analysis, drop shipping, financial coaching, programming, project management, SEO, IT training, insurance brokering, social media marketing, UX design, virtual assistance, web analysis, web design, AI, data science, etc.  

Trump should emphasize how these highly-skilled, highly-knowledgeable jobs will “make America great again.”  He could pitch them as highly paid jobs that provide excellent fringe benefits for employees and their family, which will raise their standard of living.  Such jobs will impact the fields of medicine, cybersecurity, accounting, finance, and research and would contribute to further technological advancement to keep the U.S. competitive on the world stage.  Many of them do not require a four-year college degree, but just several months of online training.  Perhaps best of all, the aforementioned tech jobs are all remote which accommodates the employees, who wish to spend more time with their family at home or virtually anywhere.

Surely, this pitch for perpetual knowledge/tech sector jobs sounds much more persuasive than obsolete manufacturing sector jobs, does it not?  After all, the Oxford Economics analysis firm predicts robots will replace up to 20 million manufacturing jobs globally by 2030.  So much for protectionism.

4. Promote financial literacy.  That includes education on credit building, picking a credit card, renting or purchasing a home, choosing a college or trade school or online educational program, asset protection, wealth building, tax savings, entrepreneurship, the use of limited liability companies and corporations as business entities, retirement planning, investing in stocks, bonds, gold, silver, real estate, cryptocurrency, etc.  Entrepreneur and financial advisor Robert Kiyosaki’s classic book entitled Rich Dad, Poor Dad is an excellent introduction to financial literacy.  In fact, there is an entire Rich Dad Advisors book series covering the aforementioned topics in detail.

Such education is precisely what made Trump a successful businessman, which is why he would be the ideal spokesman to encourage service or knowledge sector workers to start a business in their own respective areas of expertise.  Many of them already have.  

For example, food line servers have opened up their own catering business or restaurant.  Plumbers have become contractors or started their own plumbing business.  SEO specialists employed by digital marketing companies have established their own agencies.

Shows like Shark Tank, Blue Collar Millionaire, and Millennial Money present such real life cases, wherein employees have become successful business owners, many of whom were raised in poverty, were homeless, or migrated from the Third World.  Moreover, financial literacy should be taught during or before high school in order to prepare young adults.

5. Repeal and replace Obamacare.  This was a long overdue promise Republicans made since the enactment of this unconstitutional, doctor-depriving, economically disruptive monstrosity in 2010.  Although Trump nullified the individual mandate portion of the law, he and conservatives must repeal the rest of it.  Such a law would supersede the Supreme Court ruling on the alleged constitutionality of Obamacare.

Here are a few market-based alternatives that should operate simultaneously in order to optimize cost reduction and stellar quality private healthcare over a government-managed system with price controls and rationing:

• Wellness Education:  If everyone would practice basic self-care (e.g., nutritious diet, adequate exercise, sufficient sleep, effective stress management) daily, it is highly likely that the hospitals would have less than half of the current patients, and much fewer people would be consuming medication (with potential side effects that could cause other health problems).  However, such education would more appropriately be implemented by parents, civic organizations, or communities as a whole.  Perhaps, the federal government could temporarily appropriate funds for the states for that sole purpose.

• Tort Reform:  Another name is medical malpractice or liability reform.  Since physicians and other medical practitioners have been the financial target of trial lawyers for alleged malpractice damages, the former have resorted to preemptive measures (e.g., purchasing medical malpractice insurance, assigning numerous and extraneous examinations to patients), which have hiked medical care costs.  Hence, a fair system in which prudent physicians are protected from frivolous lawsuits, while negligent ones are penalized, is in order.  However, such policy must be enacted by the states, since federal tort reform would be unconstitutional, as it would violate Americans’ right to a trial by jury (6^th Amendment) and state sovereignty (10^th Amendment).

• Health Savings Accounts:  These are tax-advantaged savings accounts, which are generally for healthy people, who have little risk for developing chronic conditions.  Those recipients range from children to young adults (30 and below), hence negating the need for frequent office visits or numerous examinations.  Similar to a 401(k) investment plan, the recipient and employer both contribute to the fund.  Neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson proposed a version (known as a health empowerment account or HEA) for all Americans, effective at birth.  That would accommodate healthy patients in general and patients poised to develop pre-existing conditions in particular (since they would already be covered at the time such conditions are made manifest).

6. Abolish the Social Security system.  With more Americans receiving, rather than contributing to the fund (hence making it vulnerable to insolvency) it should be privatized.  Initially, Americans would be given the choice whether to privatize their share or remain with the government (until the deadline for complete privatization is reached).  Those who opt for privatization will also have the choice as to how their social security funds will be invested and in which assets (bonds, stocks, exchange traded funds, mutual funds) to invest.

7. Balance the federal budget in 4 years.  With the national debt currently at $36 trillion, balancing the budget is of paramount significance.  This can be accomplished in conjunction with more federal tax revenue from tax cuts and a robust economy and massive spending cuts from the abolition of the IRS, the Social Security Administration, and other agencies or departments, as well as outstanding leadership and an iron political will.

Similar reforms were implemented in the 1990s under then Speaker Newt Gingrich, who presided over four consecutive years of a balanced federal budget; this started within 3 years of implementing the deficit reduction plan of House members, though they aimed for 7 years.  Hence, balancing the budget should take effect on July 4, 2026 in order to steer the 2018 midterm elections in the GOP’s favor; this date also coincides with the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency’s deadline (headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy) for dismantling some of the government’s agencies or departments, which will free federal revenue from wasteful spending, and perhaps, finally end “the era of big government” once and for all).

8. Update the 1951 U.S.-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty to include the South China Sea.  Since China remains a threat, one of the ways the U.S. can project its military power and put this Asian juggernaut in check is by strengthening ties with the Philippines (its oldest treaty ally), which has been victim to China’s aggression for simply asserting its sovereign rights as awarded by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.  Currently the MDT stipulates that an “armed attack” on the “armed forces, public vessels or aircraft” of the Philippines or U.S. in the Pacific, obliges both countries to respond in mutual retaliation.

This treaty should be upgraded to include China’s “grey zone” tactics (e.g., blocking Philippine vessels, using military-grade lasers to temporarily blind Philippine coast guard crew, firing water cannons on Philippine vessels).  In fact, Sen. Marco Rubio (Trump’s incoming state secretary) introduced the U.S.-Philippine Partnership Act of 2024 to do just that, along with providing other defense measures, and negotiating critical minerals and energy products for supply chains.  Such an American projection of power in the South China Sea may even deter China from invading another Asian ally, namely Taiwan.

9. Replace Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.  Perhaps Trump should not do this immediately upon returning to the White House, but he should at least have a shortlist prepared.  At 70 years of age and burdened with type 1 diabetes, it seems wise to preempt discontinuity in the functioning of the Supreme Court in the potential absence of Sotomayor.  Of course, a conservative replacement would tally 6 conservatives (again, excluding the judicial traitor, Roberts) and 3 liberals on the high court.

10. Promote 2-parent households.  Perhaps the only thing for which I credit Pres. Barack Obama is his citing of statistics that indicate “children who grow up without a father are 5 times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime, 9 times more likely to drop out of school and 20 times more likely to end up in prison.”  Consider that out-of-wedlock births for whites have gone from 5% in 1965 to over 25% in 2015.  For blacks, out-of-wedlock births have gone from 25% to 73% in those same years, hence accounting for the high rate of poverty, crime, gang-related shootings of other blacks, incarcerations, and unemployment.

Contrary to popular leftist belief, the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws (state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation, denied blacks the right to vote, hold jobs, or acquire an education) are not the primary factors for the stagnation of the black community, since such conditions no longer exist today due to their systemic ban within the past century.  However, absent fathers among the black family have skyrocketed since 1964 with President Lyndon Johnson’s “War on Poverty” or more accurately, “War on the Black Family.”  

Where have all the fathers gone?  Rather than marrying them to help raise their children, stresses the black conservative commentator Larry Elder (who leftists characterize as “the black face of white supremacy”), the welfare system has enabled single mothers to “marry the government, and this makes it all too easy for men to abandon their traditional moral and financial responsibilities.”  What’s worse was the political motive Johnson revealed when he told his colleagues that the bait of the welfare system would “have them niggers voting Democratic for the next two hundred years.”

Hence, a call to dismantle the federal welfare state and devolve this function to the states is in order.  Parents and church or community leaders must inculcate to the youth the moral importance of the institution of the 2-parent family and establish a zero-tolerance policy for fathers who abandon their children.  They must also shun race hustlers like Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson, who profit from pitching the myth that the black community’s stagnation is due to systemic racism rather than absent fathers.

11. Purchase CNN, NBC, and TikTok.  This suggestion is directed to Elon Musk (who purchased Twitter and renamed it X), Kevin O’Leary (who offered $20 billion for TikTok), or anyone else, who is financially capable and aligned with conservatives.  The purpose is to purge those platforms of leftist and woke agendas, and restructure them into real news outlets, so that their viewers will have professional reportage of current events.  Analysts and commentators from the Left, Right, center, and independents will keep the networks fair and balanced as some of the current programs on the Fox News Channel or Pierce Morgan Uncensored.  Only then, will Americans be able to truly make informed decisions and even view presidential debates hosted fairly and professionally by objective moderators.

12. Promote civic education, and expand youth outreach.  Trump must reinstate the 1776 Commission, which was already created prior to Election Day in 2020; since he lost to Biden, it has remained dormant.  The commission’s purpose is to clarify for the official record, the genuine history of America, its founders, their concept of unalienable or natural rights as enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, religious liberty, and the founders’ perspective on the role and function of a limited government with separated powers, a jury system, and the concept of American exceptionalism.  As I have pointed out in my commentary entitled “The Time-Tested Model”:

Consider America’s progress in the abolition of slavery, suffrage for women, and civil rights for blacks, all of which happened within 229 years of the establishment of the U.S. government.  In spite of such turbulent occasions, the world’s oldest written supreme law of the land, the U.S. Constitution, remains largely intact.

Unfortunately, such a unique mix of concepts and historical facts are the antithesis of the revisionist history of the Left, which views the founders solely as wealthy, chauvinistic, white slaveholders, who established the American government in order to advance their racist agenda, while enriching themselves and exploiting others via the evil instrument of the capitalist system.  Such misguided people idolize criminals like George Floyd (a violent drug-addicted thief who died in police custody) or Luigi Mangione (an assassin who shot and killed Brian Thompson, the CEO of a healthcare company).  The Left has been so obsessed with the latter, the females of their ilk admit to intimate fantasies with him.  Based on that fallacious perspective and misguided deification, the Left advocates for critical race theory indoctrination, affirmative action policies, wealth redistribution programs, laws and policies permitting men in women’s sports and women’s bathrooms.

Hence, Trump’s reinstatement of the 1776 Commission is the solution to counter such leftist misinformation and progressivism.  Other options include free online courses from Hillsdale College, particularly on the topics of the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, foreign policy, progressivism, socialism, etc.  Turning Point, USA is a conservative organization that performs extensive outreach on college campuses, and has played an important role in mobilizing students to vote for Trump over Kamala Harris.

The National Constitution Center features numerous online lectures, speeches from Supreme Court justices, interviews with renowned legal and political experts and commentators, and interactive content on the Constitution.  Prager U provides informative 5-minute videos on various topics as the presidents, Black Lives Matter, voter integrity, education, economists, etc.  Perhaps Dinesh D’ Souza’s movie entitled America, which debunks the Left’s major myths and presents American exceptionalism at its finest, should be promoted in educational institutions on all grade levels. 

Furthermore, I would like to express my appreciation to everyone who contributed to this turning point in the reelection of Donald Trump.  That includes all pragmatic Nikki Haley conservatives, independents, Democrats, and former political rivals.  I wish I could extend my gratitude and praise to the #NeverTrump conservatives with whom I endeavored to persuade in my previous commentary.  Indeed, I have learned that conservatives do not have a monopoly on reason.  If they did, then #NeverTrump conservatives would at least be open to being #SometimesTrump conservatives.

In closing, my American friends and conservatives, it is time to celebrate a momentous occasion in American history.  Indeed, it’s morning again in America---not because of Trump’s short-lived wave of nationalist, protectionist, populism---but because of the aforementioned constitutionally limited government policies and civic/family-oriented initiatives, which the Trump administration will hopefully revitalize within the party of Ronald Reagan and throughout the country from which Americans will derive prosperity and a new sense of liberty.  That would definitely make America great again . . . . permanently!

Long live President Donald Trump!

Long live the U.S.A.!

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1. Cruz is a trustworthy, anti-Establishment, public servant.

Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, there can never be a question of where Cruz stands, and if he will ever compromise his principles out of political expedience.  Indeed, he has opposed both the Democrat and Republican Establishment equally whenever their agendas ran contrary to his mandate to Texans and the American people, even to the detriment of his own political career.  Cruz’s renowned 21-hour speech on the Senate floor (in direct opposition to the Senate majority leader of his own party) is an ostensible display of his passion, as well as his strong legs, large bladder, and enormous proverbial testicles.  In spite of such fierce opposition from his own political peers, Cruz never deviated from his promises and mandate to the American people. Thus, he has been consistently principled, whereas others have been principled only until Election Day. 

2. Cruz has more vast experience in legal and constitutional matters than Allred.

At roughly the same time when Allred was still attending high school in the 1990s, Cruz graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, served as a law clerk for a U.S. appeals court juror and then for a U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.  Between the time Allred finished his tenure at Baylor University and kicking a football around professionally for the NFL (2001-2010), Cruz already started serving the country in various capacities.

First, he taught U.S. Supreme Court Litigation as an adjunct professor of Law at the University of Texas School of Law.  Then, Cruz served as Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, as associate deputy attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department, and finally as Texas solicitor general.  During that time, he authored over 80 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and argued 43 oral arguments, achieving an unprecedented series of landmark national victories, some of which I listed in a previous article.  Cruz is currently serving his second term as U.S. senator.  

Such an extensive legal background gives him the competitive advantage to effectively author or vote for or against legislation on a wide range of issues with legal and constitutional implications—concerns of privacy, free speech, property rights, criminal justice, immigration, foreign policy, etc. Allred would have to rely excessively on legal advisors or attorneys for their expertise or simply draw from his own limited knowledge and experience from being a short-term attorney and lawmaker.

3. As a U.S. senator, Cruz has crafted and supported several significant bills for Americans and the nation.

• He supported a bill which lowered taxes and increased income for the labor force (including wages and benefits), helped create thousands of jobs (some at record levels), accelerated economic growth, and contributed to America’s global competitive advantage.

• He introduced a bill to make the aforementioned tax cuts permanent.  Even Sen. Bernie Sanders agrees they were a “very good thing,” which is why they “should’ve made the tax breaks for the middle class permanent.”

• He supported a pipeline project which would create jobs and lower the price of goods and services due to the reduced cost of energy.

• He co-authored a law permitting the states to impose mandatory drug testing for federal unemployment benefit recipients.

• He introduced legislation that, if passed, would ensure all pertinent agencies report convictions to the National Background Check Database, which would have prosecuted anyone who attempted to illegally purchase a firearm, such as the Texas church shooter. It also would have provided more school security, e.g., metal detectors and police officers.

• In the midst of the fierce debate about separating undocumented parents from their children, he introduced emergency legislation that would permit them to remain together during detention.

• He co-authored a bill allocating a few billion dollars in tax relief to Hurricane Harvey victims, including tax credits for small businesses that kept paying their employees (even if such employees were unable to arrive at their workplace, or the business was shut down due to the storms).

• Amid attempts by numerous Chinese nationals and other illegal aliens to acquire unauthorized access to Department of Defense installations, Cruz introduced the GATE CRASHERS Act, which would strengthen criminal penalties for such trespassing.

• He added a provision to the Military Construction and Veterans’ Affairs Appropriations bill, which would address the long waiting period in which veterans must currently wait to receive healthcare at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System.

• He sponsored the Student Empowerment Act, which would expand the reach of 529 savings accounts for K-12 and college education to include public, private, religious, and home schooling expenses (e.g., tutoring, standardized testing fees, educational therapies for disabled students).

• He introduced the Expatriate Terrorist Act, which revokes the citizenship of any American who collaborates with Islamic terrorists and bans those who leave the country to join them.

4. As a U.S. senator, Cruz has worked in bipartisanship with his peers.

• Cruz worked with Rep. Henry Cuellar (Laredo) in expediting the permitting process in the expansion of 4 key bridges used to cross the Texas-Mexico border and bringing the inflow of over $800 billion in trade and commerce into Texas and America.

• Cruz collaborated with Javier Palomarez (president and CEO of the U.S. Hispanic Business Council) to reform H1B high tech visas.

• Cruz worked with Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.) and Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) on the Pay Our Coast Guard Act, which would secure the salaries of Coast Guardsmen in the event of a government shutdown (like other military personnel)

• Cruz collaborated with Sen. Raphael Warnock (Georgia) in extending Interstate 14 from the Permian Basin to Georgia’s Atlantic Coast.

5. Cruz supports energy independence and the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in order to curb inflation (thereby lowering food and gas prices), while Allred opposes them.

• Cruz sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to appeal the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s decision to vacate permits for the Rio Grande LNG project and Texas LNG project.

• While Allred voted for a current law, which has increased taxes and fees on natural gas and energy production, Cruz introduced legislation to repeal them and help curb inflation.

• Allred voted against a bill, which would lift Biden’s pause on LNG exports.

• Allred voted against the Restoring American Energy Dominance Act.

• Allred voted against the Lower Energy Costs Act.

6. Cruz favors strong border security, while Allred opposes it.

• Cruz introduced the El Chapo Act, which would appropriate the seized assets of drug lords for the construction of the border wall that Allred has characterized as “racist.”

• Cruz included border security amendments to the 2022 Coast Guard Authorization Act, which enhances the surveillance capabilities for the southern maritime border.

• Cruz introduced the Secure the Border Act, which is a comprehensive plan that will provide physical and technological border improvements, manpower assistance to Border Patrol and ICE Enforcement Removal Operations, protection to families seeking entry at the border and unaccompanied alien children, and will reform immigration parole, asylum, and legal immigration workforce issues.

• Cruz sponsored the No FAMS at the Border Act of 2024, which allows for the deployment of federal air marshals to the southern and northern U.S. borders.

• Cruz co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act, which mandates that the Homeland Security secretary incarcerate aliens who have been charged with crimes committed in the U.S.

• Allred voted against the Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act (11/30/2023).

• Allred voted against the Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024 (09/29/2023).

• Allred voted against the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (05/11/2023).

• Allred voted for an amendment to an appropriations bill, which would bar federal funds from being used toward the Texas border and immigration enforcement program.

• Allred voted against the resolution condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States (06/22/2023)

7. Cruz is a staunch supporter of law enforcement and public safety, while Allred has disregarded both.

• Before the Senate floor, Cruz criticized all government officials who led the charge to defund the police, while Allred supported the anti-police, anti-ICE organization, known as NetGen America.

• Cruz introduced a bill that would appropriate over $38 billion to enforce school security and double the number of school resource officers in order to reduce gun violence.

• Cruz introduced the Back the Blue Act, which would increase penalties for anyone who targets law enforcement officers and would provide news protective equipment.

• Cruz introduced the Texas Rangers Bicentennial Resolution in the Senate, which commemorates the 200^th anniversary of the founding of the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety.

• Allred voted against the Police Act of 2023.

8. Cruz favors the separation of biological males from biological females in sports, whereas Allred favors integration.

• Cruz introduced the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would protect athletic opportunities for female athletes.

• Allred voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.

• Allred voted against the Parental Bill of Rights, which mandated parental consent to change a child’s sex-based accommodations at school (e.g. athletic programs, restrooms, changing rooms).

• Allred opposed a proposal in the Texas legislature, which would have mandated schools to adopt a bathroom policy based on biological sex, not gender identity.

• Allred cosponsored the Transgender Bill of Rights resolution that permitted participation in sports based on gender identity and the elimination of restrictions on gender modification procedures.

9. As an ethnic minority, Cruz’s achievements make him an ideal role model for other minorities in forging their own American success story.

• He is the first Hispanic from Texas to serve in the U.S. Senate.
• He was the first Hispanic to serve the longest term of solicitor general in Texas history.

• He was the first Hispanic to clerk for a U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.

• At Harvard Law School, wherein Professor Alan Dershowitz referred to Cruz as being “off-the-charts brilliant,” he was a founding editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review.

• Cruz’s own role model, his father, was imprisoned and tortured for being an enemy of the Batista regime in Cuba, prior to Fidel Castro overthrowing it.  After fleeing Cuba and coming to Texas with $100 sewn into his underwear, he learned English, while washing dishes for fifty cents per hour.  After earning a mathematics degree from the University of Texas in Austin, he started a small business in the oil and gas industry.  Hence, Cruz’s father---raised in poverty (under an authoritarian government), migrating to the U.S. and assimilating, becoming an entrepreneur, and starting a family---has proven that the American Dream is achievable by virtually anyone, regardless of economic status, ethnicity, or nationality.

In conclusion, my Texan and American friends, I urge you all to support Ted Cruz for the U.S. Senate for the simple reason that he is a trustworthy, astute, accomplished public servant. That is precisely what Texas and America need.  Also, ask yourself the following questions:  Do you support policies, which will keep food and gas prices high and possibly raise them higher?  Do you support weak border security, which have enabled murderers, rapists, and drug and human trafficking into America from Mexico?  Do you support defunding the police?  Do you want men playing in women’s sports, and should boys be allowed in the restrooms of girls in public schools?  If not, then we agree that Allred is not all right.  Therefore, choose Cruz.  Veto Allred.

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My American friends and countrymen, although I correctly predicted the resignation of President Joe Biden from the 2024 presidential rematch with former President Donald Trump upon his disastrous debate performance on June 27, I did not predict his political ouster or coup.  Indeed, Vice President Kamala Harris did not win a single vote or delegate because she never entered any primary in any state.  Instead, Biden’s delegates (as represented by 14 million primary voters) were magically transferred to Harris (hence, unearned, especially considering she has scarcely participated in interviews).  Also, noteworthy is that Harris did not acquire a single delegate in her one and only presidential primary run against Biden in 2020.  Nonetheless, Harris has formally accepted the nomination (or coronation, depending on your perspective) at the Democrat National Convention in August.

Be that as it may, GovTrack.US has rated her as the most extreme politician, even left of the self-avowed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, due to her extreme voting record as a U.S. senator and tie-breaker as VP.  Hence, she supported all of Biden’s leftist policies, in spite of some of them appearing as moderate.  For this reason, I often contrast the policy results of Trump and Biden, the primary difference being that Harris would have moved farther to the left than Biden with regard to federal spending, regulations, tax increases, etc.  Therefore, the results would be equally disastrous, if not more so, since she herself claims to be “radical” and advocates for the country to become radical.

Now that Biden has served in the same role as Trump in the same capacity, with the same vested powers of the president, and with the same limited term of 4 years, the stark contrast herein, will be presented plainly.  Some of the points underscore what Trump has initiated or accomplished in order to mitigate the devastating results of President Barack Obama’s policies.  Some of those Trump policies were simply continued by Biden, and their impact have been made tangible under Biden, hence opening him up for mistaken attribution.  Although it may be a moot point to say whether or not job creation and the unemployment rate were better under Trump or Biden, the following points are indisputable:

1. Under Trump, the unemployment rate reached its lowest level (3.7%) since 1969.  Ethnic minorities achieved their lowest rate ever recorded--- blacks at 5.5%, Hispanics at 3.9%, and Asians at 2.2%.  Women’s unemployment reached the lowest rate since 1953 at 3.1%.  Youth unemployment hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century.  Finally, the lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma occurred under Trump.

2. When Trump left office in 2021, inflation was at 1.4%.  After 18 months of Biden’s administration, it peaked to 9.1%.  Even the left-leaning news network Al Jazeera reports that between January 2021 and May 2024, the average price of a gallon of gasoline rose from $2.33 to $3.76, a loaf of bread from $1.55 to $1.97, and a dozen eggs from $1.47 to $2.70.  Hence, real wages drastically declined under Biden.
   
3. On federal deficits, Trump averaged $750 billion (if the two COVID years of 2020 and 2021 are omitted).  Biden averaged $1.5 trillion (even adjusting for inflation).
   
4. Under Trump, there was a 19% decline in food stamp recipients (from 44.2 million in 2016 to 35.7 million in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic), which lowered the cost to taxpayers to $60 billion (the lowest since 2009).  Under Biden, food stamp recipients rose by 3%, and the program’s expansion increased the cost to taxpayers to $120 billion per year (doubling the cost under Trump).
   
5. Under Trump, Median household income hit its highest level ever recorded.
   
6. Much of the prosperous economy under Trump was attributable to the tax cuts bill he signed into law, which Harris voted against as a senator.  The law cut taxes for more than 90% of the workforce and reduced taxes for businesses, which stimulated growth and job creation.  The tax cuts are set to expire in 2025, and Harris is poised to oppose them upon a legislative vote for extension, thereby raising taxes.
   
7. Harris proposes an additional tax increase on corporations from a 21% rate to 28% in order to “soak the rich.”  However, in reality, such a tax increase will simply be passed on to the consumers in the form of higher prices.  It should be noted that Trump already lowered the corporate rate of 35% (then the highest in the world) to 21%.

8. On illegal immigration, Trump has instituted several policies to curb it, notwithstanding the issue of the 11 million illegal aliens currently residing in the U.S.  Over 400 miles of border wall was built.  The “Remain in Mexico” policy slowed down the rate of border crossings by detaining alleged asylum seekers (approximately 70,000 during Trump’s full term), pending the time of their hearings in the U.S.  Trump ended Obama’s policy of “Catch and Release” and replaced it with “Catch and Detain,” pending the removal of illegal aliens, and ultimately deporting them back to their home countries.  In contrast, Biden discontinued border wall construction, ended the Remain in Mexico policy, and reinstated the Catch and Release policy, in which 75% or 191,141illegal aliens were released into the American population in 2023.  The 11 million illegal aliens originated from more than 150 different countries, from which murderers, rapists, and Islamic terrorists stem.  Ironically, Harris stated, “We have a secure border.”
   
9. On the drug trade along the southern border, Trump threatened Mexico’s president, Andres Obrador, with designating the drug cartels as “foreign terrorist organizations,” which would enable the U.S. to deploy drones or even special forces to Mexico.  Such a specter prompted Obrador to station thousands of Mexican soldiers and national guardsmen at the southern border in order to keep the cartels at bay, as well as curtail much of the illegal migration.  As soon as Biden assumed the presidency, Obrador recalled those soldiers and guardsmen from the Mexican border, and the pre-Trump chaos resumed.
   
10. Harris supports defunding ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) and the abolition of ICE detainers (the means by which state or local law enforcement detains illegal aliens before being transferred to federal custody.

11. Harris supports providing Social Security and Medicare benefits to illegal immigrants.  Trump wants those benefits to be limited to American citizens, who have paid taxes.
    
12. Trump supported legislation to open ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) and approve Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines in order to keep energy prices low while creating more jobs.  The United States became a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957, hence making the country energy-dominant.  In contrast, Biden-Harris opposed Keystone, approved the Nord Stream Pipeline (which emboldened Russian president Vladimir Putin), and supported legislation to restrict oil drilling, hence accounting for high inflation and dependence on foreign oil once again.
    
13. In spite of Trump keeping America out of war, he has managed to annihilate some notorious terrorists, such as Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani (the second most powerful person in Iran, who concocted plans to attack American diplomats in Iraq) and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.  With the latter’s demise, the caliphate was quashed.  Harris opposed Soleimani’s assassination.
    
14. Biden-Harris initiated the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, which led to the deaths of 13 American servicemen and over 100 Afghani civilians from an ISIS suicide bombing.  It also led to the Taliban takeover of $7 billion in U.S. military assets provided to the Afghan National Army.  Perhaps, such a tragedy could have been averted had Biden fulfilled the request of then Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley of keeping a residual force of 2,500 troops, instead of a meager 650 that Biden deployed.

15. Under President George W. Bush, Putin invaded and seized Georgia.  Under President Barack Obama, Putin invaded Ukraine and seized Crimea.  Under President Joe Biden, Putin invaded Ukraine again, which has been an ongoing war.  Under President Trump, Putin has refrained from invading any country.
    
16. Under Biden, the terrorist organization, Hamas, attacked Israel, giving rise to the current Palestinian-Israeli war.  Under Trump, Hamas refrained from such an attack.
    
17. Trump signed legislation imposing tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and chronically abusive trade practices.  As a result, $16 billion was collected by the government (after a single year of implementation), while the tariff burden fell on Chinese exporters.  Due to its efficacy, the Biden administration has continued the tariffs.
18. Trump negotiated NATO allies into spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016, rather than allowing the U.S. to continue carrying most of the financial burden.
    
19. On hostage releases, Trump imposed sanctions on two specific government officials in order to persuade Turkish President Recep Erdogan to release an American pastor (Andrew Brunson) from custody.  The sanctions froze the officials’ assets in the U.S., banned them from traveling to the U.S., and barred them from any financial transactions with Americans.  No money or hostages were exchanged in the pastor’s successful release.  In contrast, Biden negotiated a deal (entailing 7 countries), wherein Russia would release Americans from custody in exchange for Russians (imprisoned for terrorism, spying, cyber hacking, and conspiring to obtain military-grade technologies from U.S. companies for Russia’s interests).  Such exchanges could only encourage kidnappings and more incarcerations of Americans.
    
20. Under Obama, the Iran nuclear deal took effect with then VP Biden’s support.  It enabled the U.S., the European Union, and the United Nations to lift banking, nuclear, and oil export sanctions on Iran in exchange for its compliance  with UN inspectors to refrain from building nuclear weaponry for 10 to 15 years.  When Trump assumed the presidency, he withdrew the U.S. from the deal, reverting back to the energy sanctions which kept Iran in recession, currency depreciation, and inflation.  He was also concerned that the deal would stimulate Iran’s economy (not for the average household, but for the government), whereby it could raise funds for terrorist proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah.  Harris has stated that if she becomes president, she would bring the U.S. back into the deal.
    
21. Trump has established a new branch of the military called the Space Force, which is engineered to enhance America’s defense, especially with regard to China and Russia’s aggression and imperialist tendencies.  In contrast, Biden has enabled “woke” policies within the military, thereby weakening it.
    
22. On the woke military front, Trump scaled back the transgender-accommodating policies of Obama.  Upon Defense Sec. James Mattis’s report indicating that transgender individuals (suffering from gender dysphoria) are 9 times more susceptible to suicide and severe anxiety than the general population, the Trump administration imposed restrictions on them.  However, not only did Biden (on his inauguration day) abolish those restrictions via executive order, he also enabled active military members to take time off for sex-change surgeries at taxpayer expense.
    
23. Harris supports taxpayer funding of transgender surgeries for federal prisoners and detained illegal aliens.

24. Under Trump, Operation Warp Speed was launched, by which the government collaborated with pharmaceutical companies to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines within 11 months---an unprecedented feat that would normally take over 4 years.  During the first 5 months of their availability, the vaccines prevented more than 139,000 deaths, which was estimated to save between $625 billion to $1.4 trillion.  Such an expedited process has not only been a boon to Americans, but for the entire world.
    
25. Trump signed Right-To-Try legislation, which permits terminally ill patients to consume newly developed drugs, hence bypassing the lengthy process of FDA approval, saving and prolonging the life of thousands.
    
26. On veteran medical care, Trump signed the MISSION Act, which expanded veteran access to include non-VA facilities, effectively streamlining the time and distance in which to receive care.  Trump also launched the “Anywhere to Anywhere” initiative, which allows VA doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers to administer care via telehealth and similar technology across state lines, including, but not limited to the veteran’s home.  In contrast to enhancing veteran medical care, Harris co-sponsored a bill that would eliminate the military healthcare system called TRICARE.
    
27. Trump signed the First Step Act, which reforms the criminal/prison system shortening the sentences of qualified, non-violent drug offenders.   In contrast, Biden supported the crime law which resulted in such a defective system to begin with, while Harris oversaw more than 1,900 convictions for “marijuana possession, cultivation, or sale” as California attorney general.
    
28. Trump staunchly supported the police in maintaining law and order, even supporting funding to provide them better body armor.  During the May 2020 riots, Harris encouraged defunding the police and allowing thugs to loot, damage, and burn over 1,000 businesses and a police station in Minneapolis to support their “right to protest.”  She even supported a fund to bail out the ones in police custody.  Also noteworthy, is that then Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (Harris’s VP pick) delayed sending the national guard to quell the riots in Minneapolis, in spite of Mayor Jacob Frey’s desperate request.  When he finally complied, Walz deployed only 100 guardsmen, as opposed to the 600 requested by Frey, hence endangering them for 4 days.

29. Trump supports school choice, which allows children (especially those from an impoverished situation) to attend public or private schools.  Harris only supports public schooling in order to empower the teachers’ unions rather than parents and their children.
    
30. Trump has nominated three justices to the Supreme Court, who will interpret laws in conformity to the U.S. Constitution and not legislate from the bench.  In contrast, Biden willfully nominated a black female to the Court, who could not even define what a “woman” is when asked in a Senate confirmation hearing.
    
31. In spite of the high risk of presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. being a target of assassination and his numerous requests for secret service protection (an amenity granted to any major presidential contender), Biden refused it.  Only upon Trump’s insistence and own assassination attempt, did Biden capitulate.  By the way, Kennedy (a life-long Democrat) denounced the Democrat Party for opposing free speech, and has recently formed an alliance with and endorsed Trump as a “unity party.”

32. Trump is a popular, dedicated public servant.  In spite of two impeachments, a conviction, two assassination attempts, a rigged first debate with Harris (by which the moderators collaborated with Harris against Trump), and not receiving a federal salary, Trump remains in the presidential race.  In contrast, Biden dropped out of the race after the one and only debate with Trump.  Unlike Trump, who defeated 16 candidates in the 2016 Republican presidential primary in more than 35 contests, winning over 1,500 delegates, Harris did not win over a single delegate this year because she never entered a single primary in any state, as I stated from the beginning.  Neither did she acquire a single delegate in her one and only presidential primary run against Biden in 2020, hence displaying her unpopularity among the American people.

In conclusion, my American friends, simply ask yourselves under whose policies have food and gas prices remained relatively low.  Trump or Biden?  Under whose policies have the southern border and illegal immigration been most effective?  Trump or Biden?  Under whose policies do you think public servants (e.g., police, judges, military servicemen) should be hired based on competence over race or sex?  Trump or Biden?  To any sane, rational, or logical-minded voter---whether Democrat, Republican, or Independent---the choice for president should not be very challenging.  Therefore, my American friends, choose wisely for the welfare of family and country.

Long live the Republic!

Long live the USA!

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If America needs “more of the same” of anything, it would be more of the same Trump policies, which have made America more prosperous, safe, and free (positive results).  For purposes of simplicity, let’s call these positive results “Point C.”  Before America can reach Point C, it must pass Point B, which is the election of Donald Trump to a second term.  Before America can reach Point B, it must reach and surpass Point A, which is the nomination of Trump by the Republican National Committee during the primary election.

Currently, America is poised to reach Point A.  However, Point B is highly questionable.  In order to reach Point B, Trump must either obtain an enormous amount of votes from a narrow base, exceeding Biden’s votes, or he must obtain them from multiple groups, comprising a broad base.  In the former scenario as it currently stands, Trump’s base narrowly consists of the white working class, conservative Republicans, and populist Republicans.  However, in the latter scenario, Trump lacks a broad, diverse base of suburban women, moderate Republicans, some conservative Republicans, Democrats, and independents, some of which are committed “Never Trump” voters.

Although many Democrats have become dissatisfied with Biden’s incompetence, their animosity towards Trump trumps (pardon the pun) Biden’s ill performance.  Hence, they are inclined to either vote for “the lesser of two evils” (which they somehow believe is Biden).  Even the evangelical Christians may be split, as the renowned religious leader, Bob Vander Plaats, formally endorsed Ron DeSantis in November, in spite of Trump’s advancement of the pro-life cause (the overturning of Roe vs. Wade), the transfer of America’s embassy and Israel’s capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, etc.

Aside from the aforementioned variety of votes, the independents can be the most consequential.  That is due to their historical role in deciding tightly contested races in swing states, such as Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia.  In fact, Biden won the independent vote in 2020 by a 9-point margin (52% to 43%) according to Pew Research Center.  Just 4 years prior (in the 2016 election), Trump won that bloc by 1 point over Clinton (43% to 42%).  Ceteris Paribus, other things equal, Trump is poised to lose independents in a rematch with Biden, either because they will stay home on Election Day, or they will vote for Robert Kennedy, Jr., who is currently running as an independent.

Many have chosen to electorally forgo Trump simply due to his willful absence in the primary debates (four as of this writing), which is the traditional and appropriate public forum for maximum public exposure in order to maximize votes.  His absences are viewed as shunning American voters, since many first-timers (often the impressionable youth) will be oblivious to Trump’s positions or policies and are only familiar with him in so far as his negative publicity is concerned.  I’m referring to his narcissistic demeanor, inutile behavior, ad hominem attacks, and scandals (some of which entail bribing a porn star and his mismanagement of the Capitol Hill riot on January 6, 2021), not to mention his 2 impeachments and 91 criminal charges (whether innocent or guilty).  In fact, a Harvard University poll shows voters aged 18 to 29 favor Biden over Trump 41% to 30%, and that 69% of those Biden voters are voting more in “opposition to Donald Trump becoming president again” than “support for President Biden and his policies.”

As a politician, Trump should be keenly cognizant of those electoral factors.  Given that he is, it would appear that instead of Trump aspiring to be president of the whole United States, he aspires to be president of only the parts comprising his base.  Had he appeared in the debates, at least Trump could defend himself.  Even if the media or moderators spin or distort his responses, the optics would show that he made the effort.  Anyway, he could always clarify any willful distortions on Twitter or his own platform, Truth Social.  The same holds true of his policies and scandals, which some may find questionable or objectionable.  Again, Trump refuses to avail himself of the public forums to explain or defend himself, which could cost him potential votes.

Having discussed Trump’s shortcomings, it would appear that the path to Point C (positive results) will no longer be feasible, at least not with Trump as the nominee.  However, there is another route leading to Point C through another presidential candidate, whose qualifications remain unmatched by any other.  More importantly, the electability of this accomplished public servant is made evident in a Wall Street Journal poll, which ranks this contender 17 percentage points ahead of Biden (51% to 34%) in a hypothetical head-to-head match, whereas Trump ties or beats Biden by only 1 to 4 percentage points according to various polls.

Ideally, if Trump sincerely wants to “make America great again” again, then dropping out of the race and enabling a new generational leader to resume and improve his policies, is the most patriotic thing he can do, before retiring honorably.  However, in reality, we all know there is little chance that Trump is capable of humbling himself, in spite of the potential, negative repercussions on the country.  Therefore, my American and conservative friends, I request, nay, implore you all to dump Trump, and pick a winnable conservative leader!  Please click here to find out more reasons, aside from electability, why this candidate is the most qualified of all.

Long live a free, safe, and prosperous USA!

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1. Haley has the most diverse executive experience of all presidential candidates, which makes her ideal to preside as America’s chief executive. That is to say, she has directed, managed, and supervised, corporate management, workers, teams, committees, processes, and organizations, all of which are executive functions in one way or another within the public, private, and civic sectors.

As governor of South Carolina, Haley served as the chief executive of that state.  In the state’s house (as a law maker), she chaired some committees, namely, the Freshman Caucus and Women’s Caucus (Vice-Chair) and the Labor, Commerce, and Industry Committee.  In the private sector, Haley was a supervisor for a recycling company, sat on Boeing’s board of directors, and served as the chief financial officer of Exotica International (a women’s clothing business started by her mother).  In the civic sector, Haley sat on the board of directors for both the Orangeburg County and Lexington Chamber of Commerce.  She served as president of the South Carolina chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and chaired the Lexington Gala in order to raise funds for a local hospital.

2. Haley is an accountant by trade, not a lawyer, as many politicians are. While attorneys are mandated to serve the law, many of them exploit their legal expertise for financial gain or advancing their political ambitions. That has put Haley in a unique position to look at the federal budget through a non-partisan lens, hence prompting her to be critical of both political parties on excessive federal spending.  It was such a fiscally conservative perspective, which appealed to the Tea Party and catapulted her into South Carolina’s gubernatorial office in 2010.
3. Haley is an accomplished public servant.
   • As South Carolina’s first female and Indian governor, she enacted tax-cutting and regulatory-descaling policies that turned the state’s 11% unemployment rate to 4%. More than 20,000 manufacturing jobs were created from reputable companies like BMW, Boeing, and Michelin. The economy was so robust that it was coined as “the Beast of the Southeast.”

• • She signed an election integrity bill into law, which requires voters to present a photo ID.
• • Being the daughter of legal immigrants and a defender of the rule of law, she enacted strict immigration laws that empowered law enforcement to check the legal status of immigrants, and enforce South Carolina’s E-Verify program.
• • She signed a charter school bill that broadened school choice and eliminated the federal government’s Common Core standards in South Carolina.
• • She signed a bill that repealed some of South Carolina’s anti-gun laws and a bill that expanded concealed carry rights to bars and restaurants. She herself is a concealed carry permit holder.
• • Assuming the role of a crisis manager while governor with the onset of Hurricane Matthew, she successfully evacuated South Carolinians, and kept them updated twice a day on further developments. Haley’s performance was so stellar that even one of her critics, state Rep. Mike Pitts, commended her for her “leadership during a very stressful time” and described it in South Carolinian lingo as “Top Shelf.”
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  • As UN ambassador, she demanded countries receiving foreign aid align with U.S. policy on the threat of being defunded.
  
  
  • She urged Trump to transfer America’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
• • She condemned Iran for its development of ballistic missiles, aiding and abetting terrorists throughout the Middle East, and refusing to cooperate with international inspectors, hence persuading President Trump to repeal the Iran nuclear deal that President Obama put in place.

4. Haley has the most foreign policy experience and is a military spouse and sibling. As UN ambassador, she has dealt with America’s allies and enemies on a daily basis.  Haley’s expertise in this area is most suitable for the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Israelis and Palestinians, and the specter of China with regard to trade, fentanyl smuggling, technology theft, and expansion in the South China Sea.

She has even demonstrated her grasp of geopolitics in her admonition of presidential rival Ron DeSantis’s characterization of the Russian-Ukrainian war as “a mere territorial dispute,” in which the U.S. should not prioritize.  “If Russia wins,” stated Haley, “there is no reason to believe it will stop at Ukraine.  And if Russia wins, then its closest allies---China and Iran---will become more aggressive.”

The active military service of Haley’s husband and brother would give her a personal stake in her decisions as commander-in-chief.  Not only would she be able to empathize with other men in uniform and directly know and apprehend their needs, she would think twice before deploying troops overseas or engaging in hostilities with other countries.

5. Haley is the most electable candidate. A Wall Street Journal national poll shows her leading by 17 percentage points (51% to 34%) in a hypothetical one-on-one match with Biden.  The same poll shows DeSantis at a tie (45% to 45%), and Trump leading by only 4 percentage points (47% to 43%).

As I have pointed out in my commentary entitled “Why Conservatives Must Dump Trump to Defeat Biden in 2024,” Trump’s excessive baggage of scandals and controversy (whether innocent or guilty) could cost conservatives the election in a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024.  Haley, on the other hand, has no such baggage and could garner the support of independents, as well as Never Trump conservatives, moderate Republicans, suburban mothers, and perhaps, conservative Democrats.  The independents, in particular, are significant, since they frequently decide tight races in swing states, and would be more inclined to pick Haley over her other Republican contenders.  This is due to the public perception of her as being a unifying public servant, although she is simply being a practical conservative.

Consider the removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s capitol.  This was the result of the 2015 mass shooting in which the lives of nine blacks in a Charleston church were taken by a white supremacist.  Due to the deep divide between South Carolinians of opposing sides with equally strong convictions (blacks who perceive the flag as a symbol of racism and slavery and whites who perceive the flag as a symbol of southern culture and heritage), the task of removing the Confederate flag from the state capitol necessitated the collaboration of community leaders and a bipartisan group of state legislators---a seemingly impossible task, considering the failed attempts by previous governors.  However, Haley succeeded, as former GOP executive director Alex Stromon pointed out via “her diplomacy in navigating tough issues and getting things done by having people come on board who were initially completely opposed to bringing the Confederate flag down.”

On the heated issue of abortion, Haley claims, “I am unapologetically pro-life, not because the Republican Party tells me, but because my husband was adopted, and I live with that blessing every day.”  That is her personal perspective due to her personal situation and religious faith.  However, Haley is keenly aware of influential contrarians who are pro-abortion, but could be persuaded on a national, bi-partisan “consensus.”  For example, banning late-term abortions, encouraging adoptions, not forcing doctors who don’t believe in the procedure to perform it, and making contraception accessible.  “It’s about saving babies and supporting moms,” stated Haley.  “I am fighting for all of them.”  Who could argue with that?

Another area in which Haley could get bi-partisan support is on her policy of mandatory mental competency examinations for public office holders or aspirants, who are over the age of 75.  She noted the dysfunctional demeanor of Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Mitch McConnell, and President Joe Biden when they appeared or spoke publicly, or, in Feinstein’s case, was excessively absent from the Senate due to some health complications.  According to NBC’s poll, “68 percent of voters said they're concerned Biden doesn't have the necessary mental and physical health to be president.”  Even the liberal NBC host Chuck Todd admitted, “The concern among Democrats [about Biden's overall health] has doubled since 2020.”

Those are just a few issues in which independents and other voters could “reasonably” align, not to mention that should Haley defeat Biden in the general election, she would be the first female American, born to legal immigrants from India, to be president of the United States.  All of those factor her into posing a serious threat to Democrats, so much so that even renowned Democrat strategist Chris Hahn admitted, "I worry about Nikki Haley. . . . She would have cross-partisan appeal. . . . Joe Biden would lose to Nikki Haley, as it stands right now, without a doubt in my mind."

Consequently, Haley’s electability could bring Republican House and Senate majorities and gubernatorial wins, which many commentators and pollsters erroneously predicted Trump would do in the 2022 midterm elections.  Their expectations were so high, they referred to the anticipated victories as a “red wave” or “red tsunami.”  Perhaps they should have been more accurately coined a “red drop” in the political bucket.

In conclusion, my American and conservative friends, vote for Nikki Haley in order to defeat Joe Biden in 2024.  Despite acknowledging her stellar presidential qualifications, many conservative voters are simply guided, or, rather, misguided, by the current polls, wherein Donald Trump appears to be far ahead in the race for the Republican nomination.  Hence, they believe they are erring on the side of political caution by putting their support behind him.  However, the journalist Jeremy Markovich observed that in South Carolina, everyone warns, “Do not underestimate Nikki Haley. . . . Do not underestimate her ability to move the needle, even in a race that Trump is forecasted to win. And do not underestimate her ability to fight back. Especially if Trump starts going on the offensive against her.”

My friends, that sounds like a president America needs. Indeed, Haley was Trump’s first challenger to join the primary.  We can make her the last candidate standing as champion before stepping into the White House.

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11/4/2020

Note:  The economic accomplishments are pre-COVID-19, and would be potentially more laudable otherwise.  However, given only four years of public service compared to Joe Biden’s nearly fifty years of public service, Donald Trump has proven to be more effective.  Consider the following:

• Almost 4 million jobs were created since Trump’s election.
• More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in history.
• New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low.  Black, Hispanic, and Asian unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.  Women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years.  Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century.  Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma.
• Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election.
• Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
• United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
• Trump supported legislation to open ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) and approve Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines in order to keep energy prices low while creating more jobs.
• Trump signed Right-To-Try legislation, which permits terminally ill patients to consume newly developed drugs, hence bypassing the lengthy process of FDA approval.
• Trump signed the VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, which expanded tele-health services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care for veterans.
• Trump signed the First Step Act, which reforms the criminal/prison system shortening the sentences of qualified, non-violent drug offenders.
• Trump signed legislation imposing tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and chronically abusive trade practices.
• Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani (the second most powerful person in Iran) and ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were assassinated and the caliphate defeated under the Trump administration.
• Trump has established a new branch of the military called the Space Force, which is engineered to weaponize space and to preclude China and Russia’s acquisition.
• NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016.
• Trump has nominated three justices to the Supreme Court, who will interpret laws in conformity to the U.S. Constitution and not legislate from the bench.

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My friends and countrymen, in the midst of the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history (35 days), many Americans insist the Republican and Democrat parties come to a compromise.  Others hold President Donald Trump responsible for the shutdown, and hence holding federal employees hostage in exchange for border wall funding.  While there have been various issues made into spectacles, such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s cancellation of Trump’s State of the Union address (traditionally delivered in the House of Representatives) and Trump’s allegedly retaliatory cancellation of Pelosi’s Air Force One flight to Belgium, many focus on the approximately 800,000 furloughed federal employees.  Their sympathizers claim that they are financially suffering as a result of the gridlock from partisan politics.

Are they, indeed, or could this be yet another display of the very same partisan politics which they decry?  First and foremost, federal government shutdowns are not only not a new phenomena, they are anticipated whenever each chamber of Congress is dominated by opposing parties.  In such cases, federal employees are furloughed until both parties compromise.  Each party gets and concedes something, a new budget is legislated, the government reopens, and federal employees resume their regular work schedule with back pay.

One would think that federal employees, aware of such a prospect as a government shutdown, would be financially prepared.  Even if they are oblivious to history, it is conventional financial wisdom to have a minimum of 6 months of expenses saved for emergencies, such as being unable to work.  This applies equally to the private sector, wherein corporate downsizing or layoffs occur.  It is basically a self-prepared and self-regulated insurance policy, and since their average salary is $80,000 (some even earning as much as $100,000), saving seems hardly difficult.

Surely, they could utilize their credit cards or state unemployment benefits.  They could even withdraw money from their 401k plan without accruing any financial penalties.  Otherwise, they could do the old-fashioned thing and simply implement austere measures on their household budgets.

The aforementioned remedies are perfectly viable and temporary, but sufficiently compensatory for the average time employees are furloughed due to a government shutdown.  Business Insider policy reporter Bob Bryan makes this ostensible in his estimation:

On average, the 20 previous shutdowns lasted eight days, though they have been longer in recent decades. The six shutdowns since 1990 have lasted nine days on average. And removing the short, nine-hour funding lapse caused by Sen. Rand Paul in February, recent shutdowns have averaged 11 days. Most of these shutdowns weren't severe, with 11 of the 20 lasting five days or fewer, and seven lasting three days or fewer.

Furthermore, the current economy is such that those furloughed employees can be assimilated into the private sector.  Indeed, the unemployment rate is at 3.7%, which is the lowest since 1969 (nearly five decades ago) while the labor participation rate has steadily risen in the past five years.  In fact, the number of job openings currently exceeds the number of available workers by more than a million according to the Wall Street Journal.  Such a labor shortage accounts for the 3.2% increase in wages over the past year.

Aside from the matter of so-called financial hardship for furloughed employees, is the matter of constitutionality.  According to the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”  Hence, the current size and scope of the federal government has far exceeded its original design, which is precisely why America’s founders would scarcely notice the ongoing or even the past government shutdowns.

In conclusion, my friends and countrymen, let us pivot back to the original question along with some follow-up questions: Should the government shutdown end in sympathy for furloughed federal employees?  Should Americans contribute to a cancer fund in sympathy for the elderly who acquired lung cancer via smoking their whole life?  Should serial killers and rapists be paroled in sympathy for their austere life in prison?  I would hope that sensible, responsible Americans would respond with a resounding “Absolutely . . . Not!”

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By Marcial Bonifacio

My Texan and American friends, this is a non-partisan article by which rational voters can decide which is the most qualified and capable choice for the U.S. Senate, the upper chamber of Congress.  What follows are reasons for choosing Sen. Ted Cruz over Rep. Robert “Beto” O’Rourke as the most suitable candidate based on facts relevant to the position.

1. Cruz is a trustworthy, anti-Establishment, public servant.

Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, there can never be a question of where Cruz stands, and if he will ever compromise his principles out of political expedience.  Indeed, he has opposed both the Democrat and Republican Establishment equally whenever their agendas ran contrary to his mandate to Texans and the American people, even to the detriment of his own political career.  Cruz’s renowned 21-hour speech on the Senate floor is an ostensible display of his passion, as well as his strong legs, large bladder, and enormous proverbial testicles.  In spite of such fierce opposition from his own political peers, Cruz never deviated from his promises and mandate to the American people. Thus, he has been consistently principled, whereas others have been principled only until Election Day.

On the other hand, while O’Rourke professes to represent the oppressed and downtrodden, he (as city councilman) collaborated with his fellow cronies to exploit the eminent domain power to displace Segundo Barrio residents, while enriching his own family.  As a result of losing their homes, constituents expressed their outrage at a city meeting.  “We feel betrayed,” exclaimed one resident, “and we feel sad.” (Translated from Spanish)  Another disenfranchised resident voiced to him that O’Rourke’s disregard of his constituents is “why the community doesn’t want anything to do with you anymore.”

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2. Cruz has more vast experience in legal and constitutional matters.

Cruz was an attorney, law clerk for a U.S. appeals court juror and a Supreme Court chief justice, Texas solicitor general, associate deputy attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department, and is currently a U.S. senator.  At roughly the same time when O’Rourke spent his time playing in a punk rock band in the 1990s, Cruz graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Law School, served as Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, and served as domestic policy advisor.

Such an extensive legal background gives him the competitive advantage to effectively author or vote for or against legislation on a wide range of issues with legal and constitutional implications—concerns of privacy, free speech, property rights, criminal justice, immigration, foreign policy, etc. O’Rourke would have to rely excessively on legal advisors or attorneys for their expertise or simply draw from his own limited knowledge and experience from being a lawmaker.

3. As a U.S. senator, Cruz has crafted and supported several significant bills.

• He supported a bill which lowered taxes and increased income for the labor force (including wages and benefits), helped create thousands of jobs (some at record levels), accelerated economic growth, and contributed to America’s global competitive advantage; O’Rourke opposed it.

• He supported a pipeline project which would create jobs and lower the price of goods and services due to the reduced cost of energy; O’Rourke opposed it.

• He co-authored a law permitting the states to impose mandatory drug testing for federal unemployment benefit recipients.

• He introduced legislation that, if passed, would ensure all pertinent agencies report convictions to the National Background Check Database, which would have prosecuted anyone who attempted to illegally purchase a firearm, such as the Texas church shooter. It also would have provided more school security, e.g., metal detectors and police officers.

• In the midst of the fierce debate about separating undocumented parents from their children, he introduced emergency legislation that would permit them to remain together during detention.

• He co-authored a bill allocating a few billion dollars in tax relief to Hurricane Harvey victims; O’Rourke opposed it.

• He introduced the Expatriate Terrorist Act, which revokes the citizenship of any American who collaborates with Islamic terrorists and bans those who leave the country to join them.

4. As congressman, O’Rourke supported anti-poor legislation.

• He supported an increase in the gas tax, which would be detrimental to the working poor, who do not have the luxury of driving an electric or hybrid car.

• He supported legislation to impose a carbon tax which, according to the Institute for Energy Research, “has a greater negative impact on lower income people than on higher income people” because in other countries it has led to “job losses” due to business closures as a result of increased energy costs.

5. As an ethnic minority, Cruz’s achievements make him an ideal role model for other minorities in forging their own American success story.

• He is the first Hispanic from Texas to serve in the U.S. Senate.
• He was the first Hispanic to serve the longest term of solicitor general in Texas history.
• He was the first Hispanic to clerk for a U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.
• At Harvard Law School, wherein Professor Alan Dershowitz referred to Cruz as being “off-the-charts brilliant,” he was a founding editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review.

In conclusion, my Texan and American friends, I urge you all to support Ted Cruz for the U.S. Senate for the simple reason that he is a trustworthy, astute, accomplished public servant. That is precisely what Texas and America need.  Therefore, choose Cruz, veto Beto.

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My friends and countrymen in the U.S., the re-election of Barack Obama on November 6, 2012 and his upcoming inauguration are, indeed, occasions to lament.  However, there are a few things for which we should rejoice and ponder, which I hope will ease the psychological (and perhaps later, economic) depression from which we all may suffer.

First, aside from the GOP retaining the House, Congress has gained more conservative representatives in 2012.  Two most distinguished senators include the champion of the Constitution, Ted Cruz from Texas and Tim Scott (the first black senator in South Carolina since 1881).   In the House, eight fiscal conservatives are noteworthy.  They include Justin Amash (from Michigan), Thomas Massie (from Kentucky), Kerry Bentivolio (from Michigan), Steve Stockman (from Texas), Randy Weber (from Texas), Ted Yoho (from Florida), David Schweikert (from Arizona), and Walter Jones (from North Carolina).

Bear in mind that the congressional midterm elections are approaching---after just one short year.  Once the GOP recaptures the Senate, even a second term of Obama would not guarantee the advancement of his liberal agenda.  All the Republicans need to do is block his and the Democrats’ proposals.

Second, the number of Republican governors has soared from twenty-two (when Obama assumed the presidency in 2009) to thirty in 2012 (when Pat Mc Crory became the first Republican governor in twenty-four years in North Carolina).  Just as the 2014 congressional midterm elections are another opportunity to increase our numbers in Congress, the 2014 gubernatorial elections allow us the same opportunity on a state level.

Third, Michigan has become a “right to work” state last year in the midst of a prevalent labor union climate.  This echoes the victory of Wisconsin, wherein even in Governor Scott Walker’s recall election (precipitated by staunch union supporters), he won with a greater number of voters.

Fourth, in an effort to exercise state sovereignty as protected by the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution, three states have nullified Obamacare. Indeed, Montana, Alabama, and Wyoming have amended their state constitutions, rendering the unconstitutional law obsolete.

Indeed, such actions by state officials were precisely what our founding fathers envisioned they utilize as a check against a tyrannical government.  To learn more about the origin and application of state nullification of federal law, I recommend you all read Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century by Thomas Woods.  It is precisely on the state level that our war against the tyranny of the federal government may be won.  Perhaps this is as it should be in order to establish a deeply rooted foundation for a more perfect Union.   “All of us need to be reminded,” declared Ronald Reagan, “that the federal government did not create the states.  The states created the federal government.”

In conclusion, my friends and countrymen in the U.S., do not be disheartened and surrender the perpetual fight for liberty, for that would not do justice to the military and political victories of our founding fathers, not to mention the colossal national debt and tyrannical federal government  our children and grandchildren would inherit.  Therefore, I strongly encourage all of you patriots to vote for conservatives in the 2014 midterm elections, read Nullification, contact your elected representatives, and demand they nullify or promote the nullification of any and all unconstitutional federal laws.  Should they be doubtful, you need only present the historical cases of the founding fathers, themselves (from the book) or the current cases, which I, myself, have presented to all of you in this blog.  Indeed, we must choose to nullify federal tyranny before such tyranny completely nullifies our individual liberty.  Let this be a lesson in federalism not just for Americans, but of federalists all over the world.

Long live liberty!  Long live federalism!  Long live the U.S.A.!

References

• http://www.examiner.com/article/update-more-sheriffs-vow-not-to-enforce-new-federal-gun-control-laws
• http://godfatherpolitics.com/9010/oregon-sheriff-tells-biden-he-will-not-enforce-unconstitutional-federal-gun-laws/
• http://godfatherpolitics.com/8005/nullify-obamacare-like-three-other-states-already-have/
• http://www.lvrj.com/news/governors-hold-gop-s-power-179920701.html
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/07/us-usa-campaign-governors-idUSBRE8A629R20121107
• http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/congress/item/13685-what-to-expect-from-the-new-congress
• http://www.tomwoods.com/books/nullification/

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