Former CEO, Capitol Hill staffer, Reagan White House advisor, and MAGA-tard. Now America First! Offering free, helpful sage advice.
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Stephen Miller is Jewish. That’s fine. But he’s also a big advocate for the Iran war and unlimited aid to Israel. He’s done nothing on mass deportations. We have 600,000 Chinese “students” and endless H1b visa holders here. Obviously, the Trump regime has learned nothing from the midterms.
Jim Jacobson retweeted
"You're referring to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's May 29, 2019, ceremonial signing of HB 741 in Jerusalem, Israel.
Your description has a factual basis, but there's an important distinction between what the law actually prohibited and what critics argued it could restrict.
What DeSantis signed
The legislation, HB 741, was titled the Anti-Semitism bill.
It did two significant things:
Added religion as a protected class in Florida's public K-20 education system, requiring schools and universities to treat anti-Semitic discrimination like racial discrimination.
Adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that included certain forms of speech critical of Israel.
Among the examples included in the definition were:
Comparing contemporary Israeli policies to Nazi policies.
Applying a double standard to Israel compared with other democratic nations.
Focusing peace or human-rights investigations exclusively on Israel.
Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel than to their own country.
Did it prohibit criticism of Israel?
Here's the important qualification: the legislation also stated that criticism of Israel comparable to criticism directed at other countries was not anti-Semitism.
However, critics raised legitimate First Amendment concerns about how broadly some of the language could be interpreted, particularly in public universities.
Was it actually signed in Israel?
Yes. DeSantis held a ceremonial signing in Jerusalem on May 29, 2019, during a Florida Cabinet meeting in Israel.
He subsequently formally signed the legislation in Tallahassee on May 31."- ChatGPT
Jim Jacobson retweeted
“Iran is a…threat to the Western way of life…” I have absolutely no theory of mind for a person who could say a thing so absurd. You’d think Xerxes was marching on Athens. Can someone, anyone, please steel man the thesis that Iran will destroy the Western world unless Pete Hegseth stops them? People would immediately recognize it as the raving of a paranoid lunatic if it wasn’t being repeated on television by men in suits. So ridiculous.
People should be able to take the L.
I supported the war. I trusted the plan and thought (still do) that Iran is an unacceptable threat to the Western way of life. I still trust President Trump's clear belief that it was necessary at the time to do something like it to prevent a nuclear Iran, which seems to have been accomplished, at least for now.
But it's also clear that it's been a political disaster, that it's the main cause of the Midterms defeat, and that it should be wound down so that we can save America from Islamo-communism.
Jim Jacobson retweeted
He’s exactly the type to do something like that out of spite, simply to punish people for rebuking him.
Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson will go down in history as the worst Speaker of the House ever.
Marco Rubio would make an excellent president… of Israel. He’s been a champion of Zionism and the Greater Israel Project his entire career.
Jim Jacobson retweeted
FORBIDDEN STUDIOS PRESENTS: THE FIFTH DIMENSION
MAGATARD discusses the MIDTERMS.
Two microphones. Five dimensions. Not a single second thought.
Jim Jacobson retweeted
Harmeet Dhillon has resigned from DOJ.
Thank God.
Actually- thank whistleblower @Jon_Gross, @EmeraldRobinson, and me for the work we’ve done this year exposing how she sat on her hands doing nothing when she could have been truly helping victims of DOJ weaponization.
Let’s not forget publicly mocking scared Trump supporters on X when they dared to ask her about the expiring statute of limitations on J6, calling everybody “paid hoes” for bothering her with their concerns.
She will now have time to pursue her real interest of becoming a social media knitting influencer. Though rumors have circulated around DC that Dhillon does not actually do her own knitting.
Painful.
Charlie’s vision for Turning Point Action was always bigger than one election. He wanted a permanent, year-round operation with the people, relationships, and resources to compete in every cycle. He knew there would be victories and setbacks because he had experienced both and that’s why he built for both.
Last night, we saw races Republicans once won handily by double digits come down to the thinnest of margins, and in some cases, flip entirely. Democratic socialist candidates made the cost of gas, groceries, and housing the center of their campaigns. And voters responded at the ballot box. A rising stock market doesn’t mean much when nearly half of Americans don’t have a 401K and just want to put gas in their trucks, put food on the table, and provide a good life for their families.
But every time socialism has tried it has failed, because socialism concentrates economic power in the hands of the government instead of trusting individuals to build prosperity for themselves and their families. That’s fundamentally at odds with the free enterprise, individual liberty, and opportunity at the heart of the American experiment. We can disagree with the solutions voters were offered while still recognizing why they were looking elsewhere for answers. Exit polls clearly showed that the American people are concerned about the state of the economy and the war in Iran. This isn’t a surprise to us because we’ve heard the same concerns from our students around the country for months and we’ve been concerned about it too.
The biggest mistake conservatives can make right now would be to allow this moment to become another exercise in finger-pointing, in-fighting, or trying to secure their own political preservation. That does not solve the problems the American people are demanding be solved.
Turning Point was born out of a moment just like this following the Obama era, which was itself a reaction to the political frustration of the early 2000’s. Our history reminds us that moments of disappointment can actually be moments of renewal and infinite opportunity.
Americans are not looking for labels and don’t subscribe to unquestioned party loyalty anymore either. They will support the candidates who can both speak to their concerns and deliver on what THEY need and dream about for their families. And those needs are the same as they have always been: an affordable home, safe communities, and the hope that the next generation will inherit a country with more opportunity than the last generation did. That is what the American dream has promised to all of us.
I miss Charlie so much every single day, but especially on a day like today. He always said that when things are going well, we need to stay humble. And when things aren’t going the way we want, we need to stay positive, keep our faith, and get back to work.
That’s exactly what we’re doing over at Turning Point today. We are going to listen, study the results, and spend the next two years making the case for how conservative, free market solutions, and a renewed focus on our country’s founding principles can address the problems the American people face. And we’re going to keep building the permanent infrastructure Charlie envisioned, strengthening our relationships in communities across the country, and preparing for 2028 and beyond.
If you woke up feeling discouraged today, there’s more important work to do than ever. Our principles haven’t changed and neither has our mission.
To every staff member, student, volunteer, and ballot chaser who gave their time and energy to this mission this cycle, thank you. I know Charlie would be unbelievably proud of each and every one of you, and I am, too.
Onward. 🇺🇸
Jim Jacobson retweeted
The neocons’ top two priorities were war for Israel and destroying the populist right, so anyone who thinks they’ve been humbled by the midterms are not paying attention.
Vance correctly recognized the REASONS why republicans lost. However, his analysis did not say if these policies were wrong. In fact, he seems to suggest “we know these things are unpopular, but we did what was best for America and Israel.” It seems like slimy doublespeak.
Jim Jacobson retweeted
One thing that’s clear in the wake of recent events is that ending the special relationship w/Israel is a prerequisite to real unity on the Right. That doesn’t mean treating them like an enemy, but you simply cannot ask people to unite if it means supporting televised mass murder by a country that uses diaspora billionaires to make a mockery of American sovereignty. Anyone who objects to the US merely treating Israel like a normal, friendly country, instead of privileging Israeli interests in ways we’d would never do for even Canada, Australia, or the UK, is not an American, but effectively a foreign agent, and their very presence, let alone their dominance in positions of influence and leadership, in a populist, nationalist movement, makes unity impossible. America. First. Period.
George H.W. Bush repeatedly said, “Read my lips, no new taxes!” He lied, he raised taxes and voters fired him.
Trump repeatedly said, “No more wars!” He lied, he went to war for Israel and the people fired him (his party).
Don’t lie to voters.
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“The reason we lost is the war.”
That’s true, but not the whole story. You guys all but put your hand on the Bible and swore you wouldn’t do it, and everyone knows the promise was broken solely to serve the interests of a foreign country. An appalling, brazen betrayal.
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.