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GaryC9's avatar

When Trump meets with Xi he should take the spy balloon that FJB let overfly the U.S., a list of the dead caused by Covid and a load of laundry.

Playswithneedles's avatar

He should also take a list of the dead caused by Fentanyl because that shit is made in China and smuggled into the US via Mexico.

Amy's avatar

load of laundry - good one - ha!

steph_gray's avatar

That one took me an extra second - so funny.

Joe LaGreca's avatar

Do they still have Chinese laundries in the USA - I haven't seen any in ages - think the last time was when my family moved from Manhattan - I used to drop off & pick up my Dad's white shirts.

steph_gray's avatar

They have at least one Chinese Laundry in California.

Ask Gavin Newscum about it. It's probably where they launder illegal Chinese donations into our elections.

Greg's avatar

Beat me to it

Amy's avatar

He should present that Satan in a skin suit with 10,000 Bibles.

Greg Martin's avatar

Ancient Chinese secret.

CactusMatt32's avatar

Number one son!

Chuck Goldman's avatar

Remember where those balloons came from. As a Canadian my embarassment can't be expressed. But thats gonna look like Amature Night in Dixie compared to the next one.

Our gov't is planning to bring in 300,000 non Canadian soldiers and give them citizenship if they join the Army.

A little back ground if you'll allow. In 2019, our communist in Chief...ya know Castro's kid, invited the Chinese Army to come with 200,000 commie soldiers and train alongside Canadian Troops in a Joint Winter Weather effort. It was shitcanned over the optics (no kidding) but nobody knows wether they were already here, if they left, how many left, if they didn't leave where were they.

Enter the Port of Vancouver. It unloaded 3.8 M containers last year (chances that they came from anywhere other than ASIA (if you catch my drift) are practically nil) but only managed to opened 1.5% of them. Hmmm!

Everyone knows the CPP runs the port, and the Chinese Triads run the unions there so if you put on your thinking caps...? And now we're going to hire and give citizenship to 300K of them??? WTF!!!This is the biggest 'and we all come out like its Halloween" ever!

So now ask, Can you afford to have a weaponized Chinese Branch Plant sitting between Alaska and Greenland right above you? If you meakly (we're Canadians...believe me we know what meak looks and sounds like ) answered "No", you realize why I picked the Maple Syrup Option

Jeanne Dukes's avatar

If you don't read Welcome To Absurdistan by Elizabeth Nickson, you should start. She is also Canadian and you should hear her! For that matter, ask her about this. She may have written about it.

Chuck Goldman's avatar

Can’t find it on Amazon.ca Where did you find it

Jeanne Dukes's avatar

I'm sorry Chuck. She's on Substack.

Chuck Goldman's avatar

Thanks Kiddo, off to Substack I go

Gail W's avatar

GOOD ONE!!! 😃

⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️

Albert P. Sweeney's avatar

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

MLR's avatar

According to a democrat no human is illegal except a Trump voter. They and their sock puppets in the press cannot be hated enough for hiding the truth of what and who is really destroying this country, and it’s not MAGA!

Alice Ball's avatar

A satellite photo of Xi in his bed! If Trump walks away from this with control of both Iran’s and Venezuela’s oil shipments, we will actually have every Miss America’s goal: world peace.

Amy's avatar

Love it, Alice! 😊🇺🇸

Sheila Barkofske's avatar

Since chicken little called & is suing over, over- appropriation of its brand, your point here is interesting, what would a Trump Was Right world look like?

Jack's avatar

He should take a food taster.

steph_gray's avatar

Yes!

I am uneasy for our wonderful President to take this trip.

TeaPartyGal's avatar

Yes, that is my feeling too; I am very uneasy. I wonder if it is really necessary. Let Xi come to the US instead.

steph_gray's avatar

What we called leftist virtue signaling in 2016 has a new name:

Suicidal empathy.

Steve (recovering lawyer)'s avatar

Emphatically and undeniably true, so let's let's all acknowledge a debt of gratitude to Dr. Gad Saad who recently wrote an entire book of that title explaining what it is and how it works to society's detrimment.

Gail W's avatar

You read my mind Steve!!

I love Don Surber's fellow commentariat peeps!

steph_gray's avatar

I probably heard it here first!

But, it bears much repeating...

Greg's avatar

Predicted this in 2022.

when I worked at HUD, I had my staff study the long term results of COVID on urban areas. I theorized that people would leave large cities if they could. This would place a greater burden on the system to provide services to the poor in cities losing their wealthiest tax base.

In the data, we saw the exodus from large cities and concluded it was indeed due to the COIVD shutdown. The shutdown allowed many to move to rural areas to get away from high crime, bad schools and gain freedoms. Once they realized that life was better in low cost of living areas, we also saw that women preferred to stay home and care for their children. So they dropped out of the work force.

My exec didn't like the results (liberal loser) and wouldn't publish the report.

Sophie's avatar
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Yeah. That’s DC for ya. It must have been disappointing to have your hard work dismissed by a “liberal loser.” But the Republicans are maybe only marginally better—maybe.

Our son worked for the Senate Judiciary Committee during Joementia’s administration as a law clerk. He was constantly criticized for “burying the lede” and for not being partisan enough when the information they wanted to hype was in, maybe, the third sentence.

As he was their resident muslim expert, he was tasked with researching the muslims nominated to serve as federal judges. He tried to persuade his supervisor for permission to research the mosques the nominees attended and what their iman was saying. The reply? “Nope! Don’t go there. Don’t search for and report the truth! We don’t want to dig that deep.” He did manage to help submarine one particularly egregious muslim nominee, though, I cannot recall his name.

The only conclusion is that NO ONE in DC is remotely interested in the Truth. It’s truly a heartbreaking realization. Our son remarked that he didn’t know that he could tolerate/survive a career in DC when doing one’s best still isn’t good enough.

Greg's avatar

That is correct. The career Execs and entire legislative branch could not care less about you or the country unless it directly benefits them. It's disgusting. I had to leave. it was terrible.

Sophie's avatar

Yeah, don’t blame you. Our son won’t return either. And it’s a shame when good people cannot serve our country in DC because those in charge are rotten to the core.

CactusMatt32's avatar

We had a good friend’s son go to work for the agency….he bailed after 6 months….can only imagine…

Sophie's avatar

DC either destroys good people or, for the fortunate, drives them away. The city is still a putrid swamp.

steph_gray's avatar

Not surprised about your exec.

Somewhere he (or she) is probably grinding teeth, as the results in your report expand and become more obviously factual every day now.

Greg's avatar

LOL. Don't count on it. These liberals have no true empathy for anyone. They do their social BS out of complete selfishness. It makes them feel better about themselves. He was a life long federal employee having never worked anywhere. Smart guy. Just completely in the bag for liberal causes.

I wrote another report about how effective HUD money is for rural communities after a disaster. Truth was: it wasn't effective and 8-10 years too late. Many small rural communities don't even apply for grants because they didn't meet the "social quotas and goals"(race, DEI, gender, etc) in the population or the contractor workforce. AND LOTS OF GRAFT and CORRUPTION!!!

Spoiler alert: He didn't like that one either and it didn't get published either.

Wim de Vriend's avatar

I assume much or all of that movement was due to the new, permissive work-at-home policies?

Greg's avatar

That is correct. I remember the conversation... er, Zoom call about day 45 when I told the staff we just validated the efficacy of telework. That was when i knew something was up. In August, I hired a new researcher: his first project was movement away from cities. He came back in three days and said, "you are right on it". And it just grew from there.

BH's avatar

Oh my gosh…wouldn’t publish it. Who requisitioned the report in the first place?

Greg's avatar

It was internally generated. My team did innovation and improvement. I asked my staff for the research to help the execs understand what could happen in future budget requirement and demands from the major urban areas. We even had a coordinated effort with some big data companies and online realtor sites (you know who i am talking about). They saw it. But my execs didn't care.

TeaPartyGal's avatar

You have dealt with an enormous amount of frustration.

BH's avatar

Reprehensible.

Do these reports still exist, or are they gone with the wind?

Greg's avatar

The findings were presented online at a forum in 2021 i think. And there was a web app developed which explored the data and had a series of graphs and charts that explained migration patterns. I lost track of it.

Steve Boggs's avatar

Nashville cats, been playing since they’s babies,

Donald Trump, been solving problems since he’s two.

Lovin’ Spoonful got it right

Douglas Baringer's avatar

They also made a song about ya gotta make up your mind, which is also more true now than ever befire. COMMIECRATS GOTTA GO!

Gail W's avatar

I agree Douglas, but HOW?!

The GOPe RINOs (Thune) refuse to pass Save America Act so we are unlikely to be able to vote them out. 😡

Harry Reid refused to let the Senate leave DC until they passed Obamacare yet Thune refuses to do that.

Steve Boggs's avatar

Relax Gail, Trump’s a bit preoccupied at the moment, but he’ll carrot/stick Thune (and others) in good time.

Gail W's avatar

Ooof I sure hope you're right Steve!

(I need a 'wringing hands' emoji) 😂

Steve Boggs's avatar

It’s safe to assume that the lack of news about all the great work going on by Team Trump will continue up to the midterms.

He will settle Iran then begin to campaign like he always has to get him and his picks across the finish line.

Bank on it.

Gail W's avatar

Oh Steve I love your optimism and certainty!!! ❤️

I Trust Trump but the whole thing makes me a nervous wreck!

Retirednottired's avatar

Not much time left, Steve. If it doesn’t pass soon, there will not be enough time to implement before the Mid-terms in November.

CactusMatt32's avatar

And TX John Cornyn was always RIGHT NEXT to Cocaine Mitch McTurtle-KY….Paxton to win…enough always trying to reach across the Aisle on 2A, Illegals w a path to citizenship, just a little bit of federal/state/county fraud, and of course Trump is is Ruskin asset…look at what he’s doing!!!

Gail W's avatar

I agree that Cornyn and McConnell are GOPe RINOs too and will be glad if BOTH are purged!!

Paxton! 🙏🙏🙏

EODMom's avatar

I wouldn’t look for CA insurance rates to drop -licensed drivers will still need to pay for the unlicensed since CA will not comply. It loves its slave economy.

Reddog's avatar

According to stats, Hispanics now outnumber non-Hispanics by sizable margin in CA. So change away from deporting illegals will be slowed. B

William Coulter's avatar

I seriously look forward to reading this everyday except Sundays. Between this, CTH and Bill O’Reilly’s podcast we get the truth and some perspective about what is going on and why. Many of the comments open my eyes as well.

Gail W's avatar
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You should start checking out Coffee and Covid too!! Don and Jeff Childers (C&C's author) are my two morning go-to's!

CTH I think might be a bit less factual and more conspiratorial than Don or Jeff.

Don is Old School, so he colors inside the lines, albeit wonderfully colorfully.

Childers is a litigator (won a watershed case in FL against mandatory masks during the plan-demic) so he also sticks to factual information but he CONNECTS DOTS in a breathtakingly FUN way.

steph_gray's avatar

I think you're 100% right about the commentary at CTH; it's very swampy these days with doomsellers, RolCons, Eeyores, the whole bit. Many of the original and best commenters are long gone (I've been reading there 11 years.)

But as for sundance himself, he provides acres of citations and facts in his articles. I try lately to read them and not the comments. He's not perfect at prophecy - who is? - but his track record is pretty good. And his "conspiracies" become fact eventually, at an alarming rate...

I just added coffee & covid on your recommendation, it's good!

Ever since I got here, however, Don's column is my new fave of them all.

Marlan Hoerer's avatar

Best prophetic publication is Seth Dillon and the Babylon Bee.

TeaPartyGal's avatar

Yes! I can't count the number of times I've been reading Babylon Bee and then switch back to the regular news, and it's just as absurd as the Bee's satire.

steph_gray's avatar

Good call there. Not to mention hilarious and so sharable...

Alice Ball's avatar

I read Don first everyday and then Coffee & Covid, Gail is right, he really connects the dots. He's a funny optimist so always a good read. Also Promethean Action which is a historical look at post-WW2 world order and how Trump is shredding it.

Gail W's avatar

Thanks Steph!

I read CTH quite a while back and I honestly don't remember why I went away from it but I suspect it was what struck me as a bit too loosey-goosey claims. I love 'seeing around the corner' but not when it gets too far afield. For now, I rely on Coffee and Covid, Don Surber and Dan Bongino's podcast at least a couple of times a week now that he's back on air.

steph_gray's avatar

Lately CTH has been my primary source for some of the slow progress - and there IS a little - on the continuing battle to get action on the swamp/deep state criminals.

Every one of his articles on that topic republishes all his original investigations in every possible detail. And his detail is voluminous.

This one is the latest:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/03/25/big-news-house-intel-committee-releases-hidden-transcript-of-inspector-general-michael-atkinson/#more-281904

Gail W's avatar

I subscribed yesterday and now I see why I unsub before - the ADS! I even use a VPN which normally filters that stuff out. Are you a paid sub on CTH so you don’t get bombarded? Bummer.

steph_gray's avatar

I don’t have a subscription to CTH - it’s not a substack, just a website. I only have a bookmark in my Brave browser. I get one ad when I open it each day - I close that and it’s good.

It can be cumbersome, I guess. It was rebuilt from the ground up when it got off amazon web services years ago.

CactusMatt32's avatar

Don covers the Waterfront from Poca - up that Dark and Bloody River aka the Ohio Watershed.

Childers coverage of America in Miniature heartthrob Dayton Webber was outstanding. It doesn’t appear to be legal advice here, but there is a Proverb…. “People: Always use discernment when you get into a car with a strange cornhole player who has no arms and legs and is driving and playing with a gun at the same time. And never argue with him (or her). However unlikely, accidents can happen.”

Annette kimball's avatar

I’m surprised more do not read Clusterfuck Nation, James Howard Kunstler’s blog on Mon. & Fri every week! He’s brilliant & sometimes quite numerous! One of my favorites!

steph_gray's avatar

If I recall correctly there are also sometimes pictures of his lovely garden.

dancingtime's avatar

I also like KlusterFuck Nation....

Gail W's avatar

Never heard of that one!

CactusMatt32's avatar

Kunstler’s blog on Substack

steph_gray's avatar

Another great one!

Douglas Baringer's avatar

What is CTH? Calling the hogs?

steph_gray's avatar

Conservative Tree House.

CactusMatt32's avatar

Sundance carries receipts going back at least 10 years…as BossHog would say…”.are you gonna believe me, or your lying eyes…”

Wim de Vriend's avatar

Thanks from me too. I'd never heard of it.

Retirednottired's avatar

And on Sundays, to lighten the mood, there is “This Week in Pictures,” on Power Line Blog.

imkitty's avatar

Heads UP! President Trump to Appear Live on ‘The Five’ TODAY!

Will Jessica Tarlov be on the show today?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/03/president-trump-appear-live-five-fox-news-thursday/

Reddog's avatar

Answer: not if the producers want to keep the interviews upbeat and on point.

Wim de Vriend's avatar

... and avoid panel members who sound like Donald Duck.

WTPuck's avatar

Already have it set up to record, since I don't get home in time to watch the whole show. Luckily I heard that he was going to be on before I left the house.

Skinnydip's avatar

Thanks for the heads-up!

Gail W's avatar

I heard them mention that yestereday but does that mean 'live' via phone or in person, I wonder??? 🤔

imkitty's avatar

Now that you ask, I'd think it would be live via phone.

Gail W's avatar

Thanks. That's what I'm thinking too. But that would still be fun. 🤩

Albert P. Sweeney's avatar

President Trump’s meeting with Xi should consist of 4 words…

“You’re next Mother F**ker”.

May GOD Almighty continue to bless and protect President Donald J. Trump and the United Stated of America!

Greg Martin's avatar

To quote Mr. Surber from today “Amen”.

Gail W's avatar

Maybe, maybe not.

I'd be VERY careful about what you wish for in the PRC.

IDK, but I suspect that there could be something a LOT WORSE than Xi waiting in the wings, but I'm no expert.

Wim de Vriend's avatar

But how will we be able to tell? They all look alike!

Suzie's avatar

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed the Biden administration instructed agencies not to investigate fraud, specifically at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). He stated that officials were ordered by the Biden White House not to conduct "program integrity" enforcement, meaning they were told not to pursue fraud cases, and instead focus solely on enrolling more people into health programs.

I’d bet if Congress-critters and the people in charge of all government programs, were to be held personally liable for the fraudulence which occurs in said programs they oversee and which they blindly increase refunding for every single year, it would come to a dead halt.

Is it any wonder we are trillions in debt?

WTPuck's avatar

I've always thought that every government job should be a fiduciary position. Personal liability would stop a lot of this crap.

Tmitsss's avatar

I’ll keep posting this

Director Bob Clark, who brought us A Christmas Story, and his son Ariel, were killed by an illegal alien drunk driver on April 4 2007.

Police determined that the SUV's driver, Héctor Manuel Velázquez-Nava, had a blood alcohol level of three times the legal limit and was driving without a license.[15] Velazquez-Nava was described by federal authorities as being in the U.S. illegally.[16] The driver initially pleaded not guilty to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter,[17] but changed his plea … and was sentenced to six years. He served 3 before being released and deported. Velazquez-Nava was later caught re-entering the US.

steph_gray's avatar

Did not know that.

I certainly hope the criminalien was sent back at the end of the story...

steph_gray's avatar

I long for the days when the Pooh books would have been appropriate.

But the Wisdom of Surber Crowds made the right poll choice again.

Richard Luthmann's avatar

Call it what it is: results. While the pundits mocked, Donald Trump enforced the law—and crime dropped. ICE does its job, violent offenders get removed, and communities get safer. That’s not theory. That’s reality. The same voices who screamed “racism” a decade ago are now confronted with falling murder rates, fewer overdoses, and restored order. Turns out, enforcing immigration law isn’t cruelty—it’s governance. You don’t fix chaos with slogans. You fix it with action. Trump understood that from day one. Secure borders, enforce the law, and protect citizens first. That’s leadership—and it’s why he won.

steph_gray's avatar

Iran: I thought we had already passed air superiority and now have air supremacy.

Suzie's avatar

We actually have “air dominance” which is beyond supremacy.

CactusMatt32's avatar

Air Corps(+wo)Men are wearing leather now….

Reddog's avatar

Air Supremacy, that’s just the term the Air Force uses to tell us that they are at the “bombing is becoming ineffective stage because they have run out of targets and ground troops are now needed to finish the job so the AF can brag that they bombed the enemy into submission”. Sarcastic? No, it’s just that I have seen this too many times before.

steph_gray's avatar

You're probably right about the brag factor there. Military is prone to it.

But I just want it to be dominance, as Suzie said, so that there's the tiniest possible chance that any of our people in planes will be hit before the end.

And I don't think the elements who actually want it to drag out will get their way. Not with PDJT.

Reddog's avatar

Its always the grunts who finish the wars. I dont have any reason to believe this one will be different. Hope Im wrong here.