“Ping!”

The text shows up from someone who’s not among your contacts. The message is direct.

“It’s Mike Johnson. I’m in a tough spot right now. I’m $100,000 short of my November goal and you’re my only hope. Help me hit my goal here.”

“Here” is the internet link that takes you to a colorful photo of Johnson with the accompanying descriptor — “FROM THE DESK OF SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON.” In a nutshell, that communication alone is enough to elicit from you a tired but fervent “Bullshit.” Nothing like a lie to confirm your hostile view of GOP fundraising, because there’s no way the message came from the new speaker’s desk. It came either from the NRCC or from NRC boiler room hacks who don’t subscribe to original thinking. For example, scroll down and read exactly what you have come to expect from mediocrity.

“We need to turn this ship around . . . House Democrats out-raised us by millions last quarter . . . we rely on regular folks like you to keep the lights on . . .”

Where’s the barf bag?

Welcome to world class whining, courtesy of the GOP — the undisputed whine experts. The good news is you feel all warm and fuzzy knowing you’re “regular folks.” But even more important is what Johnson allegedly says in “his” text. He says, “You’re my only hope.” Damn. Double damn. The Speaker himself wrote that? To you. Hot damn, Matilda, that’s a lot of pressure to lay on a somebody, much less a nobody. Imagine — you — the only hope.

You gotta talk to Mike. Seriously. Do it quick. Now that he feels comfortable texting you, it should be OK to call him Mike. Get to know him. Maybe call him Mikey. Sit with him. Level with him. Let him know that he shouldn’t let all his hopes ride on you. That he needs to understand — at least two dozen other members of the House are also banking on you, not to mention sitting senators, GOP presidential candidates and gubernatorial candidates. But, what the hell, you have the time; you’re definitely open to his visit for a private session. After all, he does work for you. Like all employees, he wants something from you and the truth is you want something from him. So, before he shows up at your doorstep, you better have a specific list of actions you want from him.

You want him:
To address the full House, recommending the Convention of States Resolution. No big deal. He already endorsed COS in several interviews.  But America hasn’t heard him.

To contact every state legislature to approve the COS Resolution.

To publish a list of GOP house members who are closet RINOs. The American people who elected them deserve to know who they are.

To publish a list of GOP members who want to see Trump driven from the 2024 election. Mike knows who they are.

To propose a balanced budget that, at the very least, eliminates funding for Planned Parenthood, the Department of Education and foreign aid to America’s avowed enemies.

To hold congressional hearings to impeach DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, charging him with treason for flooding America with illegal aliens and drugs.

To hold congressional hearings to impeach J. Biden, charging him with treason for violating his oath of office.

To personally censure the US Supreme Court for assaulting the US Constitution.

Mike won’t see this list unless he knocks on your door. The chances of that happening? Yep, when Hell freezes over. To be reasonably civil, you respect him and other warriors in Washington who put their country ahead of their political (and financial) ambitions. Some are in the limelight; some labor in the dark, unappreciated. As far as you can tell, two lawmakers from your state — senators Thom and Ted — manage to avoid combat. Another — Rep. R. Hudson — just happens to be chair of the NRCC. Hudson (Richard) and NRC chair Ronna McDaniel need to pool their resources and figure out how to stop losing elections. When Trump won in 2016, the GOP establishment smiled in public but wept in private. They in fact lost when Trump won. So they did and do the next best thing — secretly stab him in the back at every opportunity. Incidentally, Mitt Romney’s niece Ronna makes over 400,000 clams a year. Not bad for a loser.

You have to remember — this rant is about politics. Money and power. That’s it. You won’t hear from Speaker Mike. But, definitely, you’re bound to hear from his desk — repeatedly.

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A stalwart Republican citizen/activist wrote a good piece suggesting that the GOP is made up of people from all walks of life who share one thing: love for the U.S. Constitution. But you must put political parties aside. You believe the majority of all loyal Americans would claim they “love” The Constitution. Love’s a nice word. Unfortunately, it’s more than a touch ambiguous — the feel-good thing you would expect people to say to demonstrate their goodness. Unfortunately, the claim is only that. Because most Americans don’t genuinely know The Constitution. Don’t really know what it says. What it requires. What commandments it lays down. And most don’t truly believe it is a hallowed covenant. Nope. Love The Constitution? It’s all talk. It began with renowned chief justice John Marshall who did a lot of talking in 1801. Marshall was a superstar patriot but didn’t want the constitutional balance of powers, as it was written. The man was a Federalist, who in his self-appointed wisdom, decided that the Founders lacked proper vision to invest greater power in the Federal Government. Two hundred twenty two years later, the American people think their beloved country operates according to the four(4) pages of The Constitution displayed at the National Archives Museum, located at 701 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Nay, nay, pilgrim. That Constitution has been replaced by something called the Constitution Annotated — a 3000-page, 9.37-pound beast of a book — which is a legal analysis and interpretation of the original Constitution, based on a comprehensive review of the U. S. Supreme Court. In simple terms, Marshall and every  SCOTUS since has greatly expanded legislative and executive powers in direct violation of The Constitution, as it was originally ordained. The irony screams. You don’t need to recount the history. Who cares? The GOP? The DEMS? The RNC? Wake up, Matilda. That crowd — federal, state, county, city  — couldn’t care less about “limited government.” Recall this single fact — the 13 original States had one overarching fear above all others. They feared creating a Federal Government that would usurp the very power of the creation — power that could only lead to tyranny. Thousands died to rid themselves of King George’s rule only to hand it over to enemies within. That’s pretty incendiary language, dude. You’re talking about good people in Washington, in State Houses, in City Halls — even your friends and neighbors — all fighting the good fight — who deserve better treatment. Exactly. You have the arrogance and audacity to pass judgment on good people. Yes — elected officials and ordinary folks like yourself, who never admit they’re OK with the Fed running the whole show.  OK with governing doctors, OK with telling teachers what to teach, OK with regulating business, OK with controlling media, OK with hijacking America’s energy production. What else? How about everything else? Such as — OK with shutting down small business, OK with forcing vaccination, OK with banning life-saving drugs, OK with $30 trillion indebtedness, OK with sending billions to America’s enemies, OK with suppressing free speech — OK with flat killing people. You’re not alone in this judgment. Everywhere you turn — the brightest minds blow the bugles of discontent over Federal tyranny and those individuals who have committed crimes. But the evidence be damned — not one official walks the plank — not one — especially not the Big Guy. Meanwhile, the GOP holds hearings to embarrass feckless bureaucrats who arrogantly go on their merry bureaucratic ways — totally untouchable. Case in point — one Alejandro Mayorkas who rules over the DHS as the administrator of America’s fentanyl and illegal immigration traffic. You get the point all right — nothing gets done as long as the system is run by gangsters, including members of the GOP who  recite the oath of office and avow how much they love The Constitution.

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Many millions of lives have been transformed by the Internet. Nobody knows this fact better than NC Lieutenant Governor Mark Keith Robinson. Following the posting of his magnetic, spontaneous speech before the Greensboro(NC)City Council, the Internet blew up. And Robinson made headlines from coast to coast and from continent to continent. In America’s 247 year history, no Lt. Gov. candidate erupted onto the political scene with more recognition and prominence. Millions know his story. A child of poverty. Black American. Devout Christian. Imprisoned father. Self-reliant scrubwoman mother. High school debate winner, two colleges, history junkie. Numerous jobs. Veteran. Married, two children. Financial struggles. Personal struggles. Political target. For all the adulation sent his way, some conservative cries of discontent announce that Robinson has fallen short of high expectations. He refuses to check all the key conservative boxes. He doesn’t say abortion should be outlawed — period. He didn’t and doesn’t campaign against Medicaid expansion. He hasn’t called out Phil Berger’s (Senate President Pro Tempore) campaign to build gambling casinos, one of which would be in Berger’s own county (Rockingham). Allegedly, he fails to show up at pertinent meetings and events. In his personal life, he has been accused of stiffing a landlord, of being evicted more than once and of paying delinquent property taxes. Finally, there are accusations that he and his wife are beneficiaries of shady practices in the family business. You haven’t seen the word “crook” applied to Robinson yet but this onslaught resembles nothing less than a character assassination. Unfortunately, you can’t find a response from the Robinson camp. Until you do, you don’t know facts. Intuition does tell you that an all-out blitz of this kind reeks of a paid, organized hit job. But under the circumstances, Robinson should issue a clear  statement that deflects and disarms questions that would appear on the debate stage. You assume, of course, that he will not avoid that stage, and send the wrong signal. Voters rightly expect to hear more from Robinson as a gubernatorial candidate. Voters want candidates to reveal their priorities as Governor — specific priorities. Currently, while Robinson must fend-off the attack dogs, Democrat Governor Roy Cooper, as one of Joe Biden’s most loyal acolytes, revels under his leadership. While Mark Robinson must explain the personal accusations levied upon him, Cooper has no plan to ever explain his dictatorial and pernicious Covid policies — why he shut down small businesses, ruining thousands of lives — why he shut down schools, causing children irreparable harm for years to come — why he shut down churches — why he maliciously prohibited the use of proven early treatment drugs, depriving Covid patients of the right to save their lives — why he fostered the teaching of critical race theory in NC schools — why he vetoed voter ID legislation — or why he vetoed a bill banning abortion after the first trimester. Like his beloved boss Biden, attorney Cooper gets a free pass for doing far more damage to innocent people than the combined crimes of the state’s prison population. But he does — get a free pass, that is. Why, or how, does he escape public incrimination? Ask N.C.’s bootlicking Media.

Obviously, Robinson and Cooper have only one thing in common. Each is an elected official. Cooper has been a career politician for 35 years, ostensibly sacrificing himself to the cause of “public service,” as attorney general, state representative, state senator and Governor. Robinson’s political career spans all of three (3) turbulent years. Like Donald, he’s the proverbial outlier, meaning he better expect the Donald treatment. Meaning what? Meaning, N. C.’s establishment GOP will be chummy in public and play Judas in private. But, by now Mark knows the deal. Party politics is a dirty business, modeled after crime syndicates. As Lt. Gov., he has no real power, but does have 14 statutory duties and thus has the opportunity to at least exert his influence from the bully pulpit.

In the public interest, here are Robinson’s official duties:

1. Serve as president of the Senate.
2. Maintain an office in Raleigh.
3. Serve as gubernatorial successor.
4. Declare emergency if Governor unavailable.
5. Member, State Board of Community Colleges.
6. Vice-Chair, N.C. Capital Planning Commission.
7. Member, State Board of Education.
8. Member, N.C. Charter Schools Advisory Board.
9. Member, Domestic Violence Commission.
10.Member, Military Affairs Commission.
11.Chair, Energy Policy Council.
12.During an energy crisis, chair Legislative Committee on Energy  Crisis Management.
13.Appoint members to the Boxing Advisory Commission.
14.Appoint members of Community Corrections Advisory Board.

The primary season is here. As expected, quite a few candidates are ready to marginalize Robinson as being unqualified. You must ask — unqualified as administrator? As manager? As commander? As leader? You know this about him, captured in dozens of recordings. Mark is nothing less than having an exceptional mind and talent. His rise is unparalleled in politics because, in the minds and hearts of the people, he has articulated his unshakable belief in America’s founding principles and Her ideals. And because in a secular world, he believes in God. Everywhere you look, that simple resume is MIA.

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