Opinion:Trump is right Chicago, call in the guard

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

The South Side of Chicago is a war zone. In 2023, the city recorded 617 homicides and more than 2,000 shootings, with neighborhoods like Englewood and Woodlawn hit the hardest. Just a few weeks ago, I stood over the body of a man who had been shot dead. Hundreds of young souls will be killed by year's end. So I was not surprised when President Donald Trump said, "Chicago's a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent. And we'll straighten that one out probably next." After all, the government's first responsibility is to protect its citizens. When endless violence continues to plague the lives of people around me, action is needed.

Posted by boaz at 04:27 PM | 90 COMMENTS | permalink

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Let the Governor call out the Guard if it's needed.

It's not.

Every real reason Trump wants troops in Chicago is dangerous.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-02 04:59 PM

Crime is higher in most of the south. Until Boaz is ready to admit and talk about that, he should STFU.

#2 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-09-02 05:09 PM

Anybody paying any attention knows beyond any reasonable doubt that all Trump is doing by sending in the National Guard into Blue States is playing to his hate filled MAGA base. It has nothing to do with crime prevention. Everything to do with attempting to agitate liberals, and get his rightwing NAZI base psyched up.

Have we ever had a more hateful, divisive, anti-democracy leader in our history? (Hint: If you have to hesitate before answering, you are almost certainly a big part of the problem.)

#3 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-09-02 05:13 PM

Best way to start a trolling thread?

Start with "Trump is right" about something that will just end up wasting millions of tax payer dollars and not get any results.

Bravo Boaz.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-02 05:16 PM

While the author of the opinion piece supports the sending of troops into Chicago, he admits this......

"At the same time, I must say that I see the National Guard as only a temporary fix. I see it as the equivalent of getting a heroin addict into rehab. The soldiers can patrol the streets and arrest criminals. But they cannot rebuild broken families. They cannot mentor a fatherless teenager who is about to be recruited into a gang. They cannot create jobs, teach life skills or restore hope. When the soldiers leave, the same old conditions remain, and the cycle of violence resumes."

#5 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-02 05:20 PM

" It has nothing to do with crime prevention"

The results in DC beg to differ.

#6 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 05:32 PM

The results in DC beg to differ.

We don't know what the results are yet.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-02 05:33 PM

The results in DC beg to differ.

$1 million tax dollars a day for less trash on the streets.

Could have created a janitorial system in DC and paid a quarter of that expense, yearly.

Trump is a moron. His supporters are desperate for a win.

Meanwhile the rest of the world is figuring out America has nothing they want, perhaps mineral rights.

Time to start selling off ours national parks to China.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-02 06:41 PM

Hey boaz, this is none of your business.

STFU fascist leech.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 09:17 PM

The results in DC beg to differ.

#6 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Of course, Gutes Deutsch believes the numbers unquestioningly.

Was there ever a chance of any other outcome?

Nope.

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 09:24 PM

How many consecutive days without a homicide?

Follow the data.

It was effective. It's a short term solution. That's it. You can't even acknowledge it.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 09:28 PM

How many consecutive days without a homicide?

Seven.

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-02 09:39 PM

It reached 13 initially. It's truly incredible to watch lefties be angry about a temporary reduction in homicides.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 09:59 PM

It reached 13 initially.

It was 16 earlier in the year. So what?

a temporary reduction in homicides.

Temporary being the operative word.

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-02 10:02 PM

"Temporary being the operative word."

Exactly! WHY is it temporary? And why is a reversion back to the status quo not just acceptable, but apparently desired?

#15 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 10:07 PM

WHY is it temporary?

Maybe it isn't. Maybe the troops will just stay there forever. And in LA, Chicago, and Baltimore as well. And whatever other place is on the list.

#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-02 10:17 PM

Wow. Well gee, Jeff. You just proved nothing, spectacularly.

Actually I take that back.
You managed to prove there's no benefit from this stripping of freedom and fascist incursion.

There are legal ways to do this with Chicago, but Trump's MO is to not think, just do, and let the courts settle it. Of course if he moves on Chicago and Baltimore as it currently stands, he'll be in direct violation of law and of the court ruling in Los Angeles.

The soldiers can patrol the streets and arrest criminals.
Uh, no. They can't. Soldiers can't arrest anyone. Posse Comitatus Act.
Who is the moron that wrote this article? Oh. Corey Brooks. Fox "News" heralded roof-top pastor (cough, cough). Closing prayer on the second day of the RNC convention.

That explains it. Can't ask him to actually know anything about the law, now can we?

#17 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 10:18 PM

WHY is it temporary

You'd do yourself a favor if you bothered to look at how the lives of those serving in the National Guard are totally upended, income reduced, health benefits impacted, and how their deployment can destroy their civil careers and employment. Trump's a complete assht for treating them this way. Utterly shameful, disrespectful. Not to mention the National Guard may have to shutter its plans for fall training as all these deployments are destroying their operatioinal budget.

#18 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 10:26 PM

Yav,

I was referring to DC where the Executive actually has some jurisdiction. The results are there.

As it pertains to Chicago - nope. Can't deploy troops for crime prevention outside of providing protection of federal land under assault. Unless it's requested.

#19 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 10:28 PM

I was referring to DC where the Executive actually has some jurisdiction. The results are there.

What results?
Redial already told you the 'record' you cited was exceeded before the all this nonsense.

#20 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 10:30 PM

It's truly incredible to watch lefties be angry about a temporary reduction in homicides.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger

It's truly incredible to watch you stupid, dishonest f*&^s act like you have a clue.

#21 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 10:31 PM

What was that Ben Franklin quote you toolbags couldn't stop blathering about the majority of my adult life?

#22 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 10:32 PM

And why is a reversion back to the status quo not just acceptable, but apparently desired?

#15 | Posted by BellRinger

Because some of us actually mean it when we say we respect and follow the Constitution?

Just STFU idiot. You have neither the intellectual chops nor the character and convictions to be effective in this argument.

#23 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 10:33 PM

Maybe it isn't. Maybe the troops will just stay there forever. And in LA, Chicago, and Baltimore as well. And whatever other place is on the list.
#16 | POSTED BY REDIAL

This is nothing but speculation, and NONE of your speculation has come true.

Can't ask him to actually know anything about the law, now can we?
#17 | POSTED BY YAV

Perhaps, but what about this part you cut out ?? ,

But they cannot rebuild broken families. They cannot mentor a fatherless teenager who is about to be recruited into a gang. They cannot create jobs, teach life skills or restore hope. When the soldiers leave, the same old conditions remain, and the cycle of violence resumes.

What do you say to the broken families? The 8 killed, 50 shot just this weekend? Is that your answer ? ------ let them continue suffering?

Posse Comitatus Act.

What are the exceptions? When can the Military can be used?

#24 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-02 10:40 PM

"Just STFU idiot. You have neither the intellectual chops nor the character and convictions to be effective in this argument.

#23 | Posted by jpw at 2025"

Read ALL of my comments before spewing your --------, -------.

#25 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 10:41 PM

JPW ... .24 hour rage. Why?

#26 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-02 10:43 PM

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

A bit of irony in the right-wing interpretation of that quote has always amused me. It is actually a tax for defense quotation. Purchasing a "little" safety at the expensive of establishing long-term security through taxation. "To purchase" is quite literal.

#27 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 10:44 PM

What results?
~ Yav

In an X post Monday, the union said in the last 14 days total crime is down 11% citywide, with sharp reductions across the board including robberies (-42%), assaults with a deadly weapon (-13%), carjacking (-85%), car theft (-24%), violent crime (-25%) and property crime (-10%).

Those results?

Why would you believe DialAgain about anything?

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-02 10:44 PM

#27 | POSTED BY YAV

What liberty has been given up?

What can't you do now, that you could before?

#29 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-02 10:45 PM

#24 - I'm not here to educate you.
Nor am I hear to instill the basic tenets of Civics in you.
Any high-school student used to be able to answer and explain all this. At least before "no child left behind" which destroyed education in America.

#30 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 10:49 PM

This is from AI, so caveats and other issues abound....

"Specifically looking at the time period following the deployment of National Guard Troops"referred to by the MPD in its data as "Federal Surge data""the police note a roughly 50 percent drop in various types of violent crime, amounting to an overall 40 percent drop in violent crime compared to the same time period in ..."

The big takeaway - 50% drop.

Deploying the national guard is not sustainable. It's a temporary measure. 50% drop? What it shows is what common sense shows - increased policing reduces crime.

Can an increase in policing go overboard? Yes. We need to try and thread the needle with it. Don't try and suggest any of this to JPW. He's even smarter than Vizzini. Just ask him.

#31 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 10:51 PM

"Any high-school student used to be able to answer and explain all this. At least before "no child left behind" which destroyed education in America.

#30 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 10:49 PM | Reply | Flag:
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A-effing-men!!! What an absolute bipartisan disaster that was.

#32 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 10:53 PM

Funny how you posted only what you thought applied to your argument and disregarded the entire context. Actually, no. It's not funny. It's dishonest.

#33 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 10:53 PM

A-effing-men!!! What an absolute bipartisan disaster that was.

Is. And hell yes.
Pertinent to this discussion was the destruction of Civics education.

#34 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 10:54 PM

Read ALL of my comments before spewing your --------, -------.

#25 | Posted by BellRinger

Oh I'm sorry, did I miss the one where you offered a useless, empty platitude of supposedly there being something you'd be critical about Trump about, completely missing the fact that we all know you're full of s(*&?

You have my sincerest apologies.

#35 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 10:55 PM

"Pertinent to this discussion was the destruction of Civics education.

#34 | Posted by YAV"

Again A-effing-men!!!

It should be core to our K-12 education.

#36 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 10:56 PM

"#35 | Posted by jpw at"

---- off, -------.

#37 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 10:57 PM

and NONE of your speculation has come true.

LOL the predictions of what Trump would turn out to be were far more accurate than the assurances from his supporters.

You idiots were had. Again.

Is that your answer ? ------ let them continue suffering?

More disingenuous s*&^ from our resident walking sphincter.

What are the exceptions? When can the Military can be used?

#24 | Posted by oneironaut

Is this where you act like the "emergencies" Trump has declared are real just to avoid admitting he's acting illegally?

#38 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:00 PM

#33 - that was harsh.
The AI "analysis" I got:

Crime trends prior to federal takeover (2024)

Violent crime decline: By late 2024, DC was already on pace to finish the year with the lowest crime rate in three decades, according to police data.
Homicide decrease: Homicides declined by about one-third in 2024 compared to 2023.

Context for the decline:
The drop in 2024 followed a significant spike in 2023, which saw the highest homicide count in over two decades.

Crime trends after federal takeover (August 2025)
Reported initial drops: In the first two weeks of the federal takeover in August 2025, MPD data showed a significant drop in robberies and auto break-ins.
Limited data: The federal takeover is a recent event. While initial figures seem positive, it is too early to determine if these crime reductions will be sustained or if the federal intervention is the primary cause.

Differing perspectives on the cause
Trump administration view: The former Trump administration has taken credit for the recent drops, with President Trump claiming the city was a "CRIME FREE ZONE" in late August 2025.
Local and expert skepticism: Some local officials and analysts dispute the administration's claims, noting that the downward trend was already underway. Some legal figures have also criticized the federal intervention, citing issues with evidence and overcharging in early cases.

Long-term outlook
It is important to remember that Washington D.C.'s crime rate is unique due to its status as a federal district. The long-term impact of the recent federal intervention on crime in DC will not be known until more data is available.

#39 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 11:01 PM

"Is this where you act like the "emergencies" Trump has declared are real just to avoid admitting he's acting illegally?

#38 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:00 PM | Reply | Flag:
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He's not acting illegally in DC. Chicago? If he employs the guard without a specific mandate of protecting federal property under assault (currently not the case) then absolutely yes, illegal without request from the locals.

So, eff off with your holier than thou --------.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:05 PM

Is that your answer ? ------ let them continue suffering?

"More disingenuous s*&^ from our resident walking sphincter."

Yep - chinese shttheap doesn't care one bit about them, he's already disparaged them. He'd be perfectly fine with selling out every principle, every American ideal, all for living under tyranny of an arrogant senile orange DICKtator. Then again, he's probably still in China living under the rule of authoritarians anyway.

#41 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 11:05 PM

What it shows is what common sense shows - increased policing reduces crime.

Has this been debated or denied?

Can an increase in policing go overboard? Yes. We need to try and thread the needle with it.

Not violating federal law by having a POTUS illegally deploy the NG and active duty marines into American cities isn't exactly threading the needle, is it?

Don't try and suggest any of this to JPW. He's even smarter than Vizzini. Just ask him.

#31 | Posted by BellRinger

Your tell that your panties are wadded so tight you're close to transitioning.

If you don't want your nose rubbed in the piles you leave around, don't leave piles all around to have your nose rubbed in.

---- off, -------.

#37 | Posted by BellRinger

I ------ love this place.

#42 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:05 PM

What it shows is what common sense shows - increased policing reduces crime.

Obviously. The mayor of DC has said she'd like another 500 officers on the streets. Trouble is, she has a thing called a budget.

Lewzer doesn't. He can put federal troops on the ground all over the country in every city he doesn't like, and it doesn't cost anything. The deficit just goes up, but no big, right?

#43 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-02 11:06 PM

Pertinent to this discussion was the destruction of Civics education.

#34 | Posted by YAV

Not really when you consider the average age of the MAGA base.

It's comforting to think they're simply stupid (many of them are...), but that lets you ignore the more important fact that many of them are just bitter, angry and miserable people who've decided burning it all down so they can laugh is worth it.

#44 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:07 PM

#43 - and of course the Republicans have cut off over a billion in funding to DC. You know, because it was so "unsafe." That funding was supposed to go to many things, including public safety (which everyone should understand what that means by now).

#45 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 11:10 PM

DC still waits for Congress to restore $1 billion in funding during crime crackdown

Enjoy the massive hypocrisy.

#46 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-02 11:12 PM

JPW,

You are an absolute know-it-all. I defer to you when it comes to the science of pathogens because you've demonstrated knowledge on the subject in an authoritative manner. When you claim the same mantle on issues like, say, economics, I'm embarrassed for you. The God complex makes you look like a fool.

Pick up a Thesaurus. Look up the word: Humility. The sole antonym: JPW.

#47 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:16 PM

He's not acting illegally in DC.

No, he's just concocted a fake "emergency" to be the first POTUS to utilize the Home Rule Act.

An action that would have had you a&^holes s(*&ting bricks and tearing your hair out if it had been a Dem POTUS.

Remember Operation Jade Helm? I do. That's when stupid f(*&ers like you swore up and down that Obama was using military exercises as cover to "invade" the Southwestern United States.

o, eff off with your holier than thou --------.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger

LOL I'm just being consistent.

You're the dips(*& ignoring every moral, value and principle you ever claimed to hold for Donald ---- Trump.

The problem is you, sport.

#48 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:17 PM

#43 | Posted by REDIAL

They stopped caring about the budget on January 20, 2025.

Trump will add another 25% or more to the debt and they'll just bobble head along, swallowing heaping buckets of bulls*&^ to rationalize or justify it.

#49 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:19 PM

"#46 | Posted by YAV"

It's a nice headline. The actual reporting was all over the place and confusing as heck.

#50 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:20 PM

Idiots

#51 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-02 11:20 PM

When you claim the same mantle on issues like, say, economics, I'm embarrassed for you. The God complex makes you look like a fool.

Dude, all I'm doing is accurately presenting reality to you.

I claim no special knowledge or ability.

That accurate reflections of reality are so upsetting to you is, again, your problem, sport.

#52 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:21 PM

"No, he's just concocted a fake "emergency" to be the first POTUS to utilize the Home Rule Act.
An action that would have had you a&^holes s(*&ting bricks and tearing your hair out if it had been a Dem POTUS."

From January through May of 2021 the National Guard was present in DC and I didn't complain. Eff off with your hypocritical projection.

#53 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:22 PM

"Remember Operation Jade Helm? I do."

Never heard of it. It obviously was not on my radar. Process that, if you can,

#54 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:23 PM

Look, ballwasher.

When you stupid s(*&s fall for stuff like Birthergate, Operation Jade Helm, so called assassination attempts, J6 being "just a riot," 2020 being "rigged"...ect ect ect

You lost any and all right to be indignant about anyone questioning your intelligence or critical thinking skills. Ever.

So suck it, dips(*&. You've earned it.

#55 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:24 PM

"If you don't want your nose rubbed in the piles you leave around, don't leave piles all around to have your nose rubbed in."

Inconceivable!

#56 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:25 PM

From January through May of 2021 the National Guard was present in DC and I didn't complain.

You also deny their reason for being there as being a significant event.

So f(*& off. Your whines about hypocrisy are pathetic and hilarious.

#57 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:25 PM

Never heard of it. It obviously was not on my radar. Process that, if you can,

#54 | Posted by BellRinger

How convenient.

Also likely bulls(*&.

You've been here longer than me. It was a significant event at the time and anyone as into politics as the degenerates on this site would have been aware of it.

#58 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:26 PM

"Dude, all I'm doing is accurately presenting reality to you."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!

When it comes to econ you are so incredibly ignorant. You understand mucus and pathogens at a commendable level. Economics? You are a moron. Stay in your lane.

#59 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:27 PM

When it comes to econ you are so incredibly ignorant. You understand mucus and pathogens at a commendable level. Economics? You are a moron. Stay in your lane.

#59 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:27 PM | Reply

Is this is a strawman? Asking for a friend.

#60 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-09-02 11:29 PM

You also deny their reason for being there as being a significant event.
So f(*& off. Your whines about hypocrisy are pathetic and hilarious.

#57 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:25 PM | Reply | Flag:
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It was a one-off wet-dream for Democrats and the left, and Pelosi even admitted on a hot mic of being partially responsible for not having adequate deterrence. No credible threat, at all, of a repeat. And yet, I did not complain about the presence, knowing full well that it was performative.

#61 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:32 PM

They stopped caring about the budget

Lewzer does like to throw blank cheques around for his pet projects.

#62 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-02 11:42 PM

"When you stupid s(*&s fall for stuff like Birthergate, Operation Jade Helm, so called assassination attempts, J6 being "just a riot," 2020 being "rigged"...ect ect ect"

Wow.

I'll address these one at a time.

"Bithergate" - Stupid Best evidence shows Obama was born in Hawaii. I never bought into it as a conspiracy. - Strawman #1 for you.

"Jade Helm" - I never heard of it before today, therefore certainly never subscribed to it. I have no interest in looking it up - Strawman #2 for you.

"So-called assassination attempts" - They happened. Here you are, "Mr. Scientist" donning a tinfoil hat and embracing a stupid conspiracy theory that most lefties discard because it's fricking stupid. Yet, here you are.

"J6 being "just a riot," -= It's exactly what it was. I condemn it for what it was. What it was not was an event that was worse than a mass extinction event, as you and your ilk try to claim.

"2020 being "rigged"

2020 wasn't a fair election for a number of reasons I can list. But the vote count, the most salient aspect, wasn't rigged. - Strawman #3

That's quite the record you have going. Wanna have an adult discussion about politics or are you happy acting like a juvenile Tik Tok-er?

#63 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:43 PM

"They stopped caring about the budget on January 20, 2025.
Trump will add another 25% or more to the debt and they'll just bobble head along, swallowing heaping buckets of bulls*&^ to rationalize or justify it.

#49 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-02 11:19 PM"

The budget is screwed and we are on a trajectory for a major meltdown and neither party is doing a damn thing to fix it.

#64 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:49 PM

neither party is doing a damn thing to fix it.

Well there's DOGE.

LOL.

#65 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-02 11:51 PM

"Well there's DOGE.
LOL.

#65 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-02 11:51 PM | Reply | Flag:
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Great concept.

Horribly executed

At best, mixed results.

Worthy of scorn.

#66 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-02 11:57 PM

At best, mixed results.

At worst, cost more than it saved. And it's still working on it. Just without Elon and Big Balls.

#67 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-03 12:00 AM

Okay.

#68 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-03 12:15 AM

"67 | Posted by REDIAL"

What have Democrats been doing to deal with deficits and chronic debt acceleration? The GOP is clearly negligent. Where are the Dems?

#69 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-09-03 12:39 AM

Where are the Dems?

In the minority in all 3 branches of the government.

#70 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-03 12:41 AM

BullBringer is in full Troll/Trump cheerleading mode.

$1 million taxpayer dollars a day to pick up trash, and keep homicide rates roughly the same as it was prior to their presence.

You should have kept trying to spin the reduced car jacking rates as a win. What is it now? $25 million taxpayer dollars to prevent 27 car jackings?

Let's all celebrate.

#71 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-03 01:16 AM

Economics? You are a moron. Stay in your lane.

#59 | Posted by BellRinger

LOL a Trumper acting like they know economics.

Meanwhile, you support the s(*&show that is our current gratuitous trade war economic "policy."

You support, deflect and defend the economic and spiritual destruction of our nation. STFU about understanding a damn thing.

#72 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-03 01:30 AM

No credible threat, at all, of a repeat. And yet, I did not complain about the presence, knowing full well that it was performative.

#61 | Posted by BellRinger

LOL f*&^ off.

You downplay J6 and act like afterwards wasn't a question of continued violence.

There was 100% questions of whether something else was next. You being a gullible fool who discounted those along with the threats around J6 is irrelevant to that fact.

#73 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-03 01:42 AM

"Bithergate" - Stupid Best evidence shows Obama was born in Hawaii. I never bought into it as a conspiracy. - Strawman #1 for you.

Yet it drove the formation of the nascent MAGA movement known then as the Tea Party Movement. You personally are as irrelevant as usual.

"Jade Helm" - I never heard of it before today, therefore certainly never subscribed to it. I have no interest in looking it up - Strawman #2 for you.

You're either lying or are inadvertently revealing your ignorance.

The first doesn't add up and the lack of key evidence is a massive red flag. The second was a rando in the bushes no where near Trump with a notoriously s*&^ty mil surplus rifle with a scope literally taped on.

"J6 being "just a riot," -= It's exactly what it was. I condemn it for what it was. What it was not was an event that was worse than a mass extinction event, as you and your ilk try to claim.

You're a ---- terard.

The flippant end to your sentence tells me you, deep down, know you have to deflect or downplay. Because it was "only a riot" if you ignore the rest of the well documented machinations that were in play.

"2020 being "rigged"

2020 wasn't a fair election for a number of reasons I can list. But the vote count, the most salient aspect, wasn't rigged. - Strawman #3

2020 was perfectly fair you idiot.You can't let go but you want to sound rational.

That's quite the record you have going. Wanna have an adult discussion about politics or are you happy acting like a juvenile Tik Tok-er?

#63 | Posted by BellRinger

This from the tool trying to taunt "twoofy" about not having his "junk" touched by a woman. You're a big enough tool you probably said female, but I don't want to waste the time looking.

#74 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-03 01:59 AM

The budget is screwed and we are on a trajectory for a major meltdown and neither party is doing a damn thing to fix it.

#64 | Posted by BellRinger

You try too hard.

The Dems spend too much.

The Repubs claim to be against it but spend more.

The majority of our debt can be traced to GOP policy and yet morons like you a. vote for it b. go duhhhh BohF PaRtIeZ!!

You are the problem, sport. In just about every way we've discussed.

Re Doge: Great concept.

Awful concept. An unelected individual usurping a Congressional power.

You're totally, utterly clueless of even the ideals you supposedly hold.

Meanwhile, you do nothing but b(*&^ about legal Congressional statutory delegation of power as "duhhh UnCoNstItUsHuNaLz OvErReAcH!!

You're an idiot who doesn't understand the topics he pontificates on regularly and, more or less, just says what you need to say in the moment to justify your opinion.

This is the reason you fail to learn anything ever and adapt or change your opinions when corrected. Because they're shallow bulls(*& designed to justify a preconceived conclusion, not reach a genuinely well supported and well thought out outcome.

Now that's the last time I'm going to smack you with a rolled up newspaper and rub your nose in your own turds. I got some Buckin Billy Ray Smith videos to catch up on and you're starting to bore me with your overblown confidence in your juvenile opinions.

#75 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-03 02:08 AM

What is it now? $25 million taxpayer dollars to prevent 27 car jackings?

27? Is that what the 87% reduction was?

LOL.

#76 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-03 02:12 AM

"Only four carjacking instances have been recorded during the federal surge, down from 31 during the same period last year."

nypost.com

I chose NYPost so the morons could read something they understood.