Amicus Valerius Hadrianus

now that we’ve won, we should imprison laura loomer

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

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Canada is going to Eurovision 2027. It’s up to you to decide who takes the stage. Cast your vote by November 5. cbc.ca/eurovision

This highlights the cultural issue UK Police have with firearms. They don’t understand guns and shooting. Any organisation that excepts any departure from the 4 fundamental safety rules of firearms handling (Jeff Coopers Rules) isn’t competent to run into/training sessions.

Grey’s Anatomy just turned a hospital into a battƖefɩeld. When immɩgratiön authorities come knocking, these doctors face a brʋtal choice: obey the law or protect a life. Rules are about to be brokɛn, careers put on the line, and nobody is backing down.

The unbearable whiteness of local elections results #VancouverVotes #vanpoli

Baptist pastor calls out visitor for wearing a yarmulke to church

Sorry, if you look at a newborn infant and don’t instantly recognize it as a “person,” I’m not interested in what your opinions of consciousness and “personhood” are. Your judgement and analysis are fundamentally (and likely irreversibly) broken.

Beneath our State is a lake of prosperity. Texas O&G must be protected.

There is a cultural crisis happening in Japan. In just 5 months, 9 major Japanese temples and shrines have been burned to the ground. Many of these temples have stood for hundreds of years. Why is this happening now? You know why. There has been a 500% increase in the Muslim population of Japan in the past 20 years. Muslim vandals have now been caught on camera destroying these sacred sites. This didn't happen when the Islamic population was virtually zero. They don’t see a 573 year old temple, they just see another building. These invaders don’t care about your culture, in fact they hate it. These are the consequences of importing an ideology that only destroys. It’s suicidal.

Oh this one too

Died a coward. Could have died a hero.

BREAKING: Lindsay Clancy’s lone holdout juror reportedly had an active restraining order against him, & more than $12,000 in unpaid rent while serving on the murder trial.

Was it something I said?

The Conservative opposition, from one of the most conservative ridings in the country: