Rats Exiled from the Sinking Ship

 

Friends, I'm sure you've noticed the rash of lefties celebrating the demise of Charlie Kirk, and the fact that many of them are finding themselves disciplined or fired by their employers.  Pity, that!  The latest casualty is a columnist for the ultra-left Washington Post, and she joins a long list of left-leaning "journalists" who've had to find new work opportunities since DJT became president.  Has the MSM redeemed itself, by purging these miscreants?  Not by a long shot!  However, we are seeing what may be a substantial and lasting shift in the culture of the news media that could, in the end, presage a golden age for conservatism and the death of the Left, at least as we know it.  I'm encouraged!!!

 

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/09/15/nolte-longtime-wapo-columnist-karen-attiah-fired-justifying-charlie-kirk-assassination/ 

 

Meanwhile, since I'm currently sojourning in the British Isles, I thought you might find this tidbit interesting.  The Conservative Party, i.e. the Tories, is really struggling these days, but an upstart party of genuine conservatives, led by Nigel Farage, called the Reform Party, is going strong, at least if the polls are to be believed.  Today, a prominent Conservative MP jumped ship and joined Reform.  Could the sand be shifting beneath the feet of British politicos?  Stay tuned!

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce802dmgnyro 

Cut Down in His Prime

 

Friends, we here at WaddyIsRight share our condolences with the family of Charlie Kirk, prominent conservative activist who was shot dead in Utah yesterday.  It will be fascinating to see who did it and why, although the question of "why" does rather answer itself...  The ramifications may be considerable!  I personally didn't know much about Kirk, but I gather he was a big fish in right-wing circles.  What are your thoughts?

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/10/report-charlie-kirk-shot-during-speaking-event-utah-valley-university/ 

Poland on the Warpath

 

Friends, the Poles are claiming that Russia has launched more than a dozen drones against their sovereign territory, and this is, of course, a major provocation that ought to gird all of NATO to strike back!  Well, duh.  The Poles are itching for a fight with Russia, to which I reply: then have one!  Send your brave Polish soldiers over the border and intervene in the Russia-Ukraine War.  You have plenty of good reasons to do it.  We, the people of the United States, do not.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/09/10/attention-nato-air-defences-shoot-down-russian-drones-for-first-time/ 

 

Could pharmaceutical ads be removed from our airwaves, or severely restricted in some way?  If DJT and RFK get their way, the answer is yes!  This would be a huge win for public health, insofar as Americans have been popping pills indiscriminately and irresponsibly for years, and it would be a huge win for conservatism and common sense, insofar as Big Pharma's ad dollars are the main reason why CNN and MSNOW are still in business.  Banning such ads would devastate what we euphemistically call the mainstream media, and I'm all for that!!!

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/09/09/hhs_sec_robert_f_kennedy_jr_1997_law_on_pharma_tv_ads_has_had_a_disastrous_impact_on_american_health.html 

No Mercy

 

Friends, elections have consequences, as we all know.  In Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro's very narrow loss to a raving socialist means that he's been charged with various imaginative "crimes" and will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.  In other words, in Brazil, they do lawfare a with a heck of a lot more verve and competence than the Democrats do it here.  What we must hope is that this epic overreach gives conservatives the moral high ground, and thus they claim victory in Brazil's next election -- if indeed Brazil's Supreme Court would allow such a dreadful thing to happen.  That might be more "democracy" than they had in mind.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceq2lv20rp4o 

 

In other news, the revisions to official jobs numbers are getting bigger and bigger.  Either the numbers themselves are being politicized, or the quality of the data is awfully poor.  In any case, we may be seeing the beginnings of an AI-based jobs crisis in America and throughout the world.  I mean, why hire an obnoxious human when a computer can do the job better and cheaper?

 

https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/us-job-growth-revision-a9777d98?st=L7Y8v8 

 

Finally, all indications are that Zohran Mamdani is on course to become NYC's next mayor.  Couldn't happen to a nicer city, if you ask me!  Let them stew in their own socialist juices.  No bailouts for the Big Apple!!!

 

https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/mayor/general/2025/new-york/mamdani-vs-cuomo-vs-adams-vs-sliwa-vs-walden 

Epstein, Epstein, Epstein!

 

Friends, Democrats and leftists have become increasingly obsessed with the "Epstein files", and increasingly bold in their claims that Donald Trump is a pedophile who is covering up his (deep) involvement in the Epstein scandal.  Well, I believe that's 100% hogwash.  I've never been remotely interested in the Epstein business, and I've never believed there were "lists" or "tapes" that would conclusively prove anyone's culpability, and especially not Trump's!  As usual, this is pure wish fulfilment on leftists' part, and it is getting increasingly pathetic and deranged, if you ask me.  On the other hand, we have to accept and deal with the fact that the truthfulness of an allegation does not necessarily determine its impact and its influence.  How Trump and the Trump Administration have "played" the Epstein issue has not always been optimal, and it may have had the unfortunate effect of giving Democrats and loony leftists ammunition to use against DJT.  The second article here argues that Trump should address Epstein's accusers with more sensitivity.  Maybe that's true, but the other approach is to ignore this ridiculous sideshow and/or to redirect the attention of the public to other, more plausible, victimizers.  All I know is that every minute we spend talking about Epstein is one minute we're NOT spending addressing issues of substance...but perhaps that's why the Dems are gravitating in this direction in the first place.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgqnn4ngvdo 

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/09/08/melania_please_talk_to_donald_about_epstein_153251.html 

 

In other news, the Supreme Court is backing up President Trump on the issue of ICE raids, and I, for one, thank SCOTUS for keeping its eye on the ball.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c784697j2v8o 

 

Finally, the Trump Administration is taking action to ensure that no conservative is ever again "debanked" simply because he or she refuses to bend the knee to the left-leaning establishment.  This is very welcome, indeed!  We conservatives must have access to the "public square", especially in the form of social media, and we must have, well, jobs and money, or else we starve on the streets.  Thanks, DJT!!!

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/09/08/trump-admin-updates-policies-to-end-unlawful-weaponized-debanking/ 

Prelude to Dictatorship?

 

Friends, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is suggesting that President Trump's imminent (?) deployment of the National Guard to Chicago, ostensibly to tackle crime, is actually a sign that he intends to militarize and manipulate U.S. elections.  This may seem like tortured reasoning to you and me, but it's an article of faith on the Left: Trump is an aspiring dictator who will end American democracy as we know it.  Never mind the fact that the opposition to Trump is just as active and outspoken as ever.  Now, exactly how the National Guard could be used to steal an election is an interesting question.  At any rate, Democratic Governors regularly deploy the National Guard in domestic situations, and they never usurp power that isn't rightfully theirs...  I personally see little downside to Trump sending in the National Guard.  If the Dems want to go down fighting for the rights of criminals and illegal aliens, so be it.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/05/jb-pritzker-trump-will-attempt-to-take-control-of-the-ballot-boxes/ 

 

In other news, the MSM is in a tizzy about the fact that a Hyundai plant was raided in Georgia, and hundreds of South Korean nationals were arrested.  Well, that's too bad, but South Koreans are bound to uphold our immigration laws just as much as Mexicans or Guatemalans are.  We welcome foreign investment in this country, but we give quarter to no one, and no country, and no multinational corporation, when it comes to respecting our sovereignty and the rule of law, period!

 

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-arrests-hundreds-in-raid-at-hyundai-plant-construction-site-in-georgia-4e150feb?st=FmBa5j 

 

Finally, you won't want to miss this week's Newsmakers interview, featuring, among others, MOI!  Brian and I discuss the apparent alliance between China, Russia, and North Korea, RFK's battle royal with Democratic Senators on Capitol Hill, whether or not our food is safe, the resilience of the Trump economy, the persistence of judicial opposition to Trump policies, the likelihood of a positive, rightward shift in academic culture, wokeness in our public and private schools, the appropriateness of renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War, the revival of Alligator Alcatraz, and more!!!  Listen in.  It could CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!

 

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-arrests-hundreds-in-raid-at-hyundai-plant-construction-site-in-georgia-4e150feb?st=FmBa5j 

On a War Footing

 

Friends, the Department of Defense is for weenies!  That's why DJT is giving the Pentagon a makeover.  He's renaming it the "Department of War", which is what it was called before 1947, when for some reason we decided that "war" was icky and we don't do war anymore.  This change makes sense, if you ask me, because Trump wants the military to focus exclusively on war-fighting...although its current foray into America's cities does somewhat obscure that goal.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr9r4qr0ppo 

 

In other news, RFK, who doesn't lack for courage, took on the Senate today, and of course the Dems had it in for him from the start.  He didn't back down, though, and it appears that the reign of Big Pharma may be coming to an end.

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3793826/top-moments-rfk-jr-testimony-vaccines-public-health/ 

 

Alligator Alcatraz is back in business, thanks to a federal appeals court!  Hooray!  More importantly, the federal deportation machine is just beginning to shift into high gear, so expect a lot fewer illegals in the months and years ahead.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alligator-alcatraz-appeals-court-florida-trump-administration/ 

 

Finally, the great state of Missouri is doing its part to keep the House of Representatives in GOP hands.  Will more states redraw their House districts before the midterms?  It's sure looking that way.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/politics/missouri-redistricting-republicans 

Xi Whiz!!!

 

Friends, we here at WaddyIsRight extend our hearty congrats to President Xi and the Red Chinese as they celebrate "Victory Day" with a show of military might.  I echo DJT's sentiments: "Please give my warmest regards to Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un as you conspire against the United States of America."  China might want to recall that, for all the billions they've spent on their shiny new weapons, there's virtually no one in their military who has ever fired so much as a pop gun in anger, so they might want to get their feet wet attacking, oh, Mongolia before they pick on the big boys...  I do, however, share Rand Paul's concern that our Big, Beautiful sanctions on India will force that country into China's and Russia's arms, and that would be a damn shame.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8z83np4xjo 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr70rvrd41ko 

 

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/09/03/rand-paul-putting-huge-tariffs-on-india-will-push-them-to-china-russia/ 

Capitalist Realism

 

Friends, a very happy Labor Day to you, one and all!  This Labor Day, it's worth reflecting on the considerable wage gains that workers have made since DJT took office (for the second time).  Plus, there are now several million more native-born Americans working for a living in the private sector than there were in January, while the number of government workers and immigrant workers has fallen.  How's that for a pleasant change?  You asked for AMERICA FIRST, and you got it!

 

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2025/09/01/white-house-celebrates-gains-for-american-workers-on-labor-day/ 

 

In other news, President Trump has challenged Big Pharma to prove the effectiveness of their COVID vaccines.  Skepticism about the vaccines, especially of the mRNA variety, has been building on the right for years, and it appears that the RFK point of view is rising all the way to the top.  As a doctor of philosophy, I frankly don't know what to think about any vaccine, but I do want such public health decisions to be made on the basis of genuine science, not corrupt backroom deals.

 

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115128985245605660 

 

Should nutjobs be confined to the nuthouse?  Maybe so, says President Trump, although most insane asylums were closed long ago, basically as a cost savings measure.  You know what's really cheap?  A lobotomy!  Don't knock it 'til you've tried it...

 

https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/09/01/trump-open-to-bringing-back-insane-asylums-cant-have-these-people-walking-around/ 

 

Finally, former Brazilian President Bolsonaro, a staunch conservative, is about to go on trial for plotting a coup to remain in power.  Gee, I wonder how the leftist Supreme Court will rule?  

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzgq9n8xjo 

Not Dead Yet!

 

Friends, the credulity of lefties sometimes defies belief.  They will swallow ANYTHING that fits with their agenda, or which fulfills their stated desires or subliminal wishes.  Case in point: in the last few days numerous "intellectually superior" (by their accounts) progressives have speculated that, because Donald Trump hasn't made any public appearances in days, he must be dead.  No doubt some of them speculated further on what had killed him.  A Russian spy satellite fell out of the sky and squashed him?  An oversized bronze eagle fell off his mantle and impaled him with its beak?  He spontaneously combusted due to insufficient consumption of mRNA vaccines?  All plausible scenarios!  But no: El Presidente is alive and well.  The lefties will have to move on to the next fever dream...

 

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/31/trump-trolls-leftists-questioning-whereabouts-spreading-rumors-death-never-felt-better/ 

 

In other news, Vice-President J.D. Vance has called out a specific Politico reporter for her scurrilous lies.  Well done, I say!  Tackling the press person-to-person and in detail is a somewhat unusual tack for a Vice-President, but in this case the excoriation was richly deserved.  Politico should fire this hack pronto.

 

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1961416107924787497 

 

Finally, here's an interesting analysis of the rise of Red China's navy.  It has already bested us in total number of ships, but of course that is a very crude measure of naval strength.  My guess, in fact, is that ships won't matter much in the next big naval war, in the sense that missiles will make quick work of many of them.  The country that has the better missiles and the more sophsticated and robust targeting systems will rule the waves, if you ask me.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gmnpg31xlo