Connecticut: The Land Of Steady Failures

 What should be the caption title of the State of Connecticut? In the past, we have seen “The Constitution State,” “The Land of Steady Habits,” and “The Nutmeg State” used to describe a relatively small state bordered by three other ones. However, I submit unto you that a much more apt and descriptive name for the state of Connecticut would be “The Perpetual Debtor State” as politicians of all stripes have done little but spend and bond the way to Connecticut’s economic oblivion for the past thirty-five years.

Does more state governmental spending of taxpayers’ dollars solve social problems? A simple look around will tell you that Connecticut does not solve anything, nor offer any resolutions to the state's social problems with the vast sums of cash being spent by its state government. Kindly note that Connecticut spends $28.1 billion dollars yearly, with the adoption of its new budget and spends over $11 billion dollars on social welfare programs. So why do conditions perpetually worsen?

As we examine more closely, we see that Connecticut being a state of roughly 3.3 million people, spends 40% of its budget on social welfare programs. If one reads even slanted state-run media reports regarding all the social welfare problems the state has in 2026, one could logically assume that the state is throwing away this money with no positive results in solving all these issues. As just one example from a recent article by the left-leaning, oft-quoted, and Democrat friendly nonprofit “Connecticut Voices For Children,” it is stated that, “Connecticut ranked 29th in the nation for the percentage of children living in high-poverty areas. At 7 percent, Connecticut reports a higher share of children living in concentrated poverty than most New England states." (https://ctvoices.org/press_releases/connecticut-ranks-7th-in-the-nation-for-child-well-being-but-economic-inequities-continue-to-hold-too-many-families-back/). Many wonder if the state is spending over 40% of its budget on social welfare programs, how could poverty increase? yet it does.

As much as it wants to spend, Connecticut never rids itself of the social problems of illegal drug use, deaths due to these same illegal drugs, rampant crime, slum-like living conditions in its cities, homelessness, hunger not satisfied by numerous food banks throughout the state and increases in child poverty. If one multiplies the ever-increasing state spending on social welfare since the 1991 implementation of the Utopian State Income tax, billions of dollars, (many matched by Federal funding), have been spent in the last 37 years with little or any positive result. It becomes more evident daily that Connecticut has refined a state perpetually financed with taxpayer-paid spending on welfare, poverty, crime, illegal drug use, hopelessness, hopelessness, and penury. And again, one must realize that Connecticut still is a top five highest taxed state in the country having a poor economic and business climate with $100-150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities, and massive industry and corporate losses. Where has all the money gone to produce such poor results? Or is this the intended consequences of attempting to strip a productive economy of its past vibrancy. and replace it with failed socialism and control of its youth?

Much to the chagrin and to the resistance of just about every Connecticut state office holder and candidate being afflicted with the debilitating disease of Trump Derangement Syndrome, there have been several plans and provisions under the Trump Administration to change this way of welfare life. My colleague Tony De Angelo has talked numerous times about the economic benefits for young people of the 530A Trump accounts, and is now in the process of challenging (if not, embarrassing) these same politicians asking why they wish for children in their districts to remain in perpetual poverty (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXoj4oZgvW8&t=2132s) However, and in fairness, this program is doubly despised by Democrats in liberal states such as Connecticut. The same “Connecticut Voices For Children” (funded by angry, older,wealthy Liberals) also condemns them; "Proponents frame these as “freedom-based” fiscal tools. While all of this sounds good—for clarity, there can be value in these types of accounts—this policy may exacerbate racial inequality. Unlike Baby Bonds, a policy we’ve been championing, Trump accounts are not equity-based by design. What’s more, Trump accounts are private, market based investment vehicles intended as a diverted payroll tax
alternative to traditional Social Security." (https://ctvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Candidate-Briefing-Book-2026-6.23.pdf). How could the revered lunatics in this Liberal “Think Tank” ever arrive at such nonsensical conclusions? How is this investment intended to a baby or a child who is 5 years old or less be tabbed as a “Social Security” alternative? Are these children working a job paying contributions under FICA? Do the “Voices” (along with the equally mentally bereft Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell) feel that “Trump Accounts” are for “white kids only?”  Why is it wrong with teaching young people the value of savings (tax free), and creating the desire to build wealth and economic freedom? With all that Connecticut spends on child welfare, why are so many kids in poverty? I will note that the Executive Director of Connecticut Voices For Children, Emily Byrne received $160,776 in Compensation in 2024 along with "Other" Compensation of $17,486. (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/61435280). That is an awful lot of money to pay to someone who has no concept whatsoever of how economics really work.

Maybe before one more Connecticut Taxpayer dollar is spent, a complete punitive audit/review of all these $11 billion dollars in social welfare spending is in order. because it is obvious to many that the funds are not correcting these various social atrocities found in Connecticut. Maybe candidates running for state office this year could actually offer real solutions rather than just spending even more money to get even poorer results, year in and year out. If there were any political courage whatsoever, illegal drugs, rampant crime, slum like livings conditions in its cities, homelessness, hunger not satisfied by enormous food banks throughout the state and increase in child poverty can be alleviated through major changes in the state-run bureaucracy that embraces it. Maybe candidates can take Tony’s hint and while they are out door knocking, take a moment to explain how a Republican-designed Trump Account can provide more than enough money for their children’s education at Age 18 rather than their precious child becoming a welfare recipient or a lifelong debtor at that juncture, irrespective of the color of their skin. Or, conversely, will the brainless perceptions and prejudices of ignorant adults operate again to snatch failure from the jaws of success in what we now understand to be "The Connecticut Way?" Connecticut Taxpayers quickly need to see solutions from their failed government. They are tired of supporting this litany of failure. 

Will 2026 finally be the year of boldness and change that taxpayers have waited to see? It must be so, for there will be no other opportunity.

Today is the first day of our 250th year of American Freedom and Exceptionalism

 

May it be to the world, what I believe it will be … the signal of arousing men to burst the chains … and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form, which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. …For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.” –

Thomas Jefferson, June 24, 1826, Monticello

 

Freedom is not free, nor ever has it been free. I guess that difficult to understand for some in our country today. Socialism has been a failure in the world in the countries that force its citizens to obey its failed principles. Communism also has been a miserable failure in the world in the countries that force its citizens to obey its failed principles. Why are some in our country embracing the losses of personal and economic freedoms along with reverting back to tyrannical type of government? Do they not understand the consequences of the dictatorial actions of murderous leaders such as  Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Chairman Mao and Saddam Hussein to name a few?  It would be educational for those paid protestors and Democrat Socialists of America members,  who have a hatred for our country to read over what these socialist/communist dictators did to their countries that they ruled with no regard for the sanctity for human life let alone personal and economic freedoms. Is this what the younger generation wants for their future because of all of the "free" things that are being promised to them that in reality they never will receive?

Today's Communist/Socialist Democrat Party shows itself to embrace the dismantling of personal and economic freedoms at all costs.  It sickens many Americans to have watched the wretched turmoil of non-stop rioting and destruction of personal property go unchecked. It sickens many Americans to have watched the blatant lies of an obedient state run  media echo all the failed talking points of failed socialistic and communistic government mandated programs in lock step. It sickens many Americans to have watched a mass of illegal immigrants just walk into our country and do whatever they wanted to for four years. It sickens many Americans to have watched the constant condemnation, personal attacks, assassination attempts and impeachment attempts of President Trump since 2016. It sickens many Americans to have watched Police and Law Enforcement officials be told not to enforce the laws of our country, or if they did there would be consequences for their actions. It sickens many Americans to have watched a small minority of our country attempt to force fed us their incoherent socialistic gibberish while hiding under masks. It sickens many Americans to have activists Judges create laws out of rhetoric to fit their political agenda. Americans are tired of the  Democrat Party encouraging these failed ideologies and their disgust for our country to go unchecked.

Today's Democrat Party represents the hypocrisy and double-dealing to enrich themselves and those politically connected to them. If they are so worried about people in "need" then why is avowed Socialist  Bernie Sanders net worth over $4 million dollars? Yet he bellows about how bad capitalism is? But it is fine for him to be worth that much. I wonder how many "homeless" people does he living in his two homes that he owns?  Look at how much "wealth" many local, state, and federal Democrat elected officials have and then wonder why they hate economic freedom so much?

President John Adams stated, "Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."  I grew up watching the Vietnam War protestors with their burning of the American flag, illegal drug use and hatred of our country. And I now watch history repeating itself 60 years later now with paid protestors who protest about anything and everything with no clue as to their consequences of their actions. I despised the disparaging of America back then; I despise it now and I know many of you reading this do also. We as a country need to strive for excellence and self-sufficiency once again. Today, let us all start working on this first day of our 250th year of American freedom and exceptionalism to make sure Liberty and Freedom live on for the next 250 years and eliminate for the last time the fetid tentacles of socialism and communism entrapping America in 2026.   

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.  It has to be fought for and defended by each generation." President Ronald Reagan July 6, 1987 

God Bless America and let Freedom ring today, tomorrow, and forever for the United States of America.

250 Years of Freedom July 4,1776 - July 4, 2026

 IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated  Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

— John Hancock

New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts:
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut:
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware:
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland:
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia:
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia:
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

86-47. The Battle Plan In Democrat-Driven Politics.

 In the political hellscape that is America, 2026, finding real leadership anywhere is a challenge at best. Sadly, this leadership crisis is most acute in the present Democrat party, where a casual observation reveals an organization bereft of principles and morals doing anything that it can to win, even if it means embracing a toxic abusive Nazi like Graham Platner in Maine or a blithering hyperbolic idiot like Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut. Cities and states exist in danger and destruction under the reigns of people like Kathy Hochul in New York and Ned Lamont in Connecticut. Gone are the days of fine Democrats like President John F. Kennedy and Harry Truman. These gentlemen could not exist in the morass of chaos, cheating, destruction, and hate that is the Democrat brand today.

 Hence, what specifically describes the Democrat brand today? 86-47. (Expletive) Trump. That summarizes the Democrat Party in Connecticut and America today. The Democrat Party represents something that would have been unimaginable 20 years ago. Lost is debate and vision and creative participation in solving problems and strengthening the country. Because if it involves anything at all that has been positively brought about by the 47^th President of the United States, it needs to be cursed and stomped to pieces. 86-47. That is all that matters. And may the devil strike the person dead who thinks otherwise.

The Democrat Party in 2026 represents the following:

The endorsement and embracing of Socialist and Communist political/social positions rather than freedom and democracy.

A murderous hatred of all things President Trump, the Republican Party and any dissenting opinion to their failed Socialist and Communist political/social positions.

Unchecked illegal immigration with immediate Taxpayer funded support exceeding Social Security payments for many legal citizens that have worked their entire life and paid taxes.

Acceptable violent clashes by left wing paid political protestors against law enforcement officials and ICE (Immigration Control and Enforcement) and detention centers are a new form of entertainment by the Democrat Party. 

Meaningless and fraudulent elections with the counting of ballots made by dead people and other illegal voters that only end when the chosen Socialist Democrat candidate has won.

Fraudulent voter rolls that may not be inspected by any governing agency.

A legal system that protects the criminal, and disregards the victims of crime.

Laws that no longer apply to the Democrat Party.

The encouragement of keeping mentally deranged individuals on the streets to attack, murder and or commit crimes against innocent law-abiding citizens.

The promotion of homeless drug dens in full view of all on prominent Democrat Party run city streets. 

Open injections, public defecation, and the use of innocent dogs as drug experiments is perfectly acceptable, and must be viewed as normal.

Rampant fraud and crime in Taxpayer funded programs and "nonprofits" that will help benefit those politically connected to the shameless Democrat Party. The amount fraud taking place in our country is a large reason why we have a National Debt of over $39 Trillion dollars.

 A bought and paid-for state run media that will blindly follow whatever the Democrats want them to say (or not say).

You may wonder how the above-described horrors exist in America 2026? It is simple. 86-47. (Expletive) Trump. That is all that matters. So, does it matter at all that many poor babies will be born and will not have parents setting up free “Trump Accounts” with a $1,000 free deposit to work as a first step to provide significant capital to them on their 18^th Birthday? Does it matter if an inept state like Connecticut is one week away from the Federal “Opportunity Zone” deadline and will not declare regions in state that could take the first step to free themselves from perpetual urban decay? Does it matter that spineless and useless Republicans in states like Connecticut do not take a first step in campaigning on these incredible benefits that can be life changing to the people of the state? Suffice it to say it does not matter. What does matter is 86-47. Trump must die so all can live. The Democrat Party is truly the Cancer of America in 2026. Their reign of terror is unstoppable.

The Connecticut Democrat Party is in the same frenzy. United States Senator Chris Murphy is running around the country promoting his new failed book and handing out money to leftist organizations. Attorney General William Tong is making a career of suing the Trump Administration over everything and everything as several prominent local Republicans pander to him and seek his “bipartisan” friendship while they are photographed at events. Socialist-Leftist Liberal Governor Candidate Josh Elliott apparently does not wish to pay a "Living Wage" in the two stores he owns but decries why the minimum wage is not higher. Governor Ned Lamont, if he truthfully has nothing to hide as he drones on, refuses to disclose financial statements and anything relating to his family's hedge fund and their past profiting from Connecticut Taxpayer funded no bid contracts and forgiven loans.  Weekly, many ask for answers to the Lamont's involvement in "Thermo Fisher Scientific", "Sema 4", " Core Infomatics", “Centrellis”. "Ocrulus", "Urjanet", "1life Healthcare", "Galileo Health", "Castlight Health", "Paladina Health", and "VillageMD",  the Lamont-related Cayman Island partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation,  and the numerous deals hidden through “quasi-public” organizations such as “Connecticut Innovations”.  Numerous Democrat State legislators have been caught in various illegal activities from DUI, harassment, lawmaking while drunk, stealing from Target and the infamous nonprofit scandals of the “Blue Hills Civic Association,” along with other myriad “nonprofit” organizations in the state.

Seeing this debacle in Connecticut, many see opportunities and a chance to right the world and bring positive change. But unfortunately, not the Connecticut Republican Party. As of the time of this writing, The Connecticut Republican Party still cannot find candidates for 31 Districts in the present election cycle, but was somehow able in three days to marshal a primary challenge in District 50 to Jadon E. MacCormack with seconds to spare for his remarks made several weeks ago on alternative lifestyles.  The Democrat Party was in full force condemning MacCormack's statements in shows of "bipartisanship". But there  is irony as the Connecticut Democrat Party supports Connecticut Taxpayer funded gender transition treatments for minors, inappropriate drag queen story hours for minors, and other assorted books that border on pornographic to be allowed in public and school libraries, while the Connecticut Republican Party reacts to each of these issues with a deafening silence as they attempt to shame those that disagree with them.  Aren’t decent conservative God-fearing people enjoined from disagreement with items that politicians endorse? And if so not allowed, then why are we prohibited if we live in a country that has free speech protected? Or is it free speech reserved for only those who agree with the Democrat Party and its assorted silent participants crying and thinking (Expletive)Trump?

But why bother? All that matters is the same 86-47. 86-47 has even gone so far as to be a coded threat to the President of the United States of America made by the former Director of the FBI, James Comey. Why is this acceptable and must not be criticized? After all it isn't is open game when it comes to the failed games of election year politics. 

Let's be real, the new Democrat Party and those enabling are playing this game by rules they have made up with no prisoners being held. You either agree or you are history to put it bluntly. Nothing else matters as far as they are concerned. But right now, it matters more than ever. 

Please do not ever let a Democrat or a politician dictate your morals or ethics to you. Because friends, we are at a point in history where our lives, and the future of the country, depend on it.

The One Big Political Obfuscation Of 2026

 The American economy is a unique machine. For the most part, it can turn a deaf ear to the constant stream of negativity we are forced to listen to daily on our state run media, the 24/7 talking heads babbling incoherent gibberish, and a badly damaged, corrupted, partisan, failing two party political bureaucracy that continues to be completely out of touch with the people it supposedly represents. Contrary to the cynics, we are fortunate that President Donald J. Trump is our President and we are doubly blessed for his historic attempt to dismantle a bloated, out of date, fiscally bankrupt, corrupted, and incomprehensible government.

Except for paid professional protestors, genuine Americans feel that there are many more important issues that should be on the minds for all elected officials rather than the nonstop rants about anti-Israel and pro Palestine rhetoric, criminals having more rights than victims, illegal immigrants causing crime after being set free, and other Liberal fantasies. Americans would really like answers to how our economy can move forward again, how to create jobs for legal citizens, eliminating government fraud as seen in Democrat hell hole Minnesota, how to make our country energy independent, how to pay down or eliminate our national debt of thirty nine trillion dollars, and how to eliminate identity and cyber theft. In my clear estimation, all the ingredients and polices are now in place for America to ascend to new heights hitherto unattained. But the biggest enemy to this progress are elected officials and paid-for media that continue to either ignore or trash all positive progress in the name of hatred and inferior superiority.

Perhaps the greatest vehicle to this new age of financial independence and prosperity is the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) of 2025. President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is truly an economic work of art and will promote massive economic growth for our economy. However, few in our economy and fewer in our elected ranks really know or understand how this bill will impact them. Republicans (especially state Republicans like those in Connecticut) never propound the economic value of the bill leading me to believe if they have any understanding or appreciation of it at all. Since Democrats do not want any capital growth whatsoever and many Republicans seem to have no sense of aggressiveness nor appreciation towards development of the economy, I will show some of the benefits for you and your family from OBBBA, as none of these politicians seem either willing or able to do the same.

 As stated on the White House site, “The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers the largest middle- and working-class tax cut in United States history. The President’s legislation will put more than ten thousand dollars a year back in the pockets of typical hardworking families. This is the most pro growth, pro worker, pro family legislation ever crafted.”

“This bill drives a blue-collar boom with tax relief for workers, support for small businesses, and investments in American manufacturing. OBBBA delivers the largest middle- and working-class tax cut in United States history.”

“In the last ten years, CMS admitted that improper payments for Medicaid have exceeded half a trillion dollars. In just the past year, taxpayers spent fifty-six billion dollars on benefits for able bodied adults abusing the system, and over a million illegal aliens are receiving free health care on the backs of taxpayers. OBBBA removes illegal aliens, enacts work requirements for able bodied adults, and protects Medicaid for the truly vulnerable.”

“OBBBA delivers on President Trump’s Peace Through Strength agenda by funding the Golden Dome missile defense system and modernizing our military to prioritize lethality and readiness. It fully equips our war fighters with the resources they need while modernizing and revolutionizing our equipment and technology."

“This is not a partisan bill. Democrats shut themselves out by supporting higher taxes, open borders, and giveaways to illegal immigrants. OBBBA delivers on Republican promises to lower taxes, secure the border, cut spending, and put Americans first.”

(https://www.whitehouse.gov/OBBBA/)

Tax cuts, economic stimulation, and putting Americans first instead of last. What is not to like about this bill? Yet little is known about it, and while it is understood that most Democrats wish to destroy all manner of independent wealth-building and capitalism, it is becoming increasingly clear that many Republicans fail to talk about this bill daily and dilute their chances to an overwhelming reelection in the midterms this November. But as we know, there are still a great deal of weak-willed RINOs who love to show their pomposity within the Republican Party. They create discord and aloofness for the country to see while offering little in the way of solutions to the problems they have compounded during their tenures. These people are sadly of no help to anyone in driving anything positive.

But it is much worse for Democrats. The saddest thing is that there is no such thing as a sane Democrat anymore, if you happen to be one. The Democrats have been taken over by the ultra-liberal, socialist, and communist wing of their party. They offer nothing at all for the people they supposedly represent and are oblivious to the long-term damage they are creating in our country through violence and their disregard for the rule of law. (Or, this is the new Democrat objective?)

Another part of the bill that receives almost no mention is the Trump Children’s Savings Account. This account will include all American children under eighteen with a valid Social Security Number making them eligible to establish a Trump Account. Parents or legal guardians can open and manage these accounts on behalf of their children. One thousand dollars in seed money will be provided for these accounts for new births, and President Trump encourages philanthropists and businesses to participate through his Fifty State Challenge to help fund them. And a number of these people have come online, including Ray and Barbara Dalio of Connecticut and Michael Dell. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/17/ray-dalio-trump-child-savings-accounts.html .

One can imagine investing in this account from birth throughout a child’s lifetime to create a strong financial foundation and economic future. A future that represents economic growth and prosperity for young people in our country. Some have even said it will be a huge force against Communism. It will also teach parents and children financial literacy and financial education, which is sorely lacking in 2026. It is a win for children and families and a win for our economy as covered by my friend and colleague Tony De Angelo on the January 29 THIRTY WITH TONY POLITICIANS AND THE NEUTRON BOMB THIRTY WITH TONY 1 29 2026 .

There is a great deal to love about our economy and President Trump’s economic programs. Sadly, the Democrat Party, in its infinite hatred of America and all things President Trump, wishes to destroy any economic order, any rule of law, and any truth that goes against their vindictive and disgusting socialistic narrative. To exacerbate this sad situation, many weak-willed or ignorant Republicans do little to nothing to promote the exact medicine that the American economy needs and fail to provide this badly needed contrast for American citizens.

We do live in the greatest country in the world, a country that millions gave their lives to keep free since 1776. As we approach our two hundred fiftieth birthday, I am one of many Americans who are thankful for President Trump and his economic policies, plans, and future vision for our country. A country that has survived for two hundred fifty years will do so repeatedly if sound economic and personal freedom principles are adhered to. Americans have woken up, and their voices are finally being heard, contrary to what the Democrat Party, waffling Republicans, and biased state-controlled media want us to believe.

The American Dream will not die. It has woken up yet again under President Trump, and that is an absolute fact. And this will be a fact that no one will be able to run from.

The Law Is a Jackass (And So Are You, If You Follow It)

 Do laws really exist in our society today? Or do we have a choice as to which laws we follow and which laws we do not? Minnesota is an excellent example of this question. Minnesota does not appear to be an isolated case, as other Democrat Party strongholds are also showing signs of fraud, paid professional protestors, a complete and total failure of governance, incompetent and excuse-ridden elected officials, and a growing disrespect for the rule of law in our country. It is well-settled that Minnesota has a serious, ongoing corruption debacle within its Somalian community. Fraud is rampant across several different social services programs in the state. Estimates of the fraud now exceed $9 billion, which is a sickening waste of taxpayer money. 

The magnitude of this waste, fraud and abuse caused a Congressional Hearing to take place on January 7. Here is an overview of what had transpired:

In his opening remarks, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) stated the following:

“Federal prosecutors estimate these criminals have stolen at least $9 billion. The breadth and depth of this fraud is breathtaking. And I fear it is just the tip of the iceberg. Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Minnesota’s Democratic leadership have either been asleep at the wheel or complicit in these crimes. They failed Minnesotans and all Americans, handing millions of taxpayer dollars to fraudsters. They failed children and others in Minnesota. They failed their own state employees, some of whom have come forward as whistleblowers. How could they allow this massive fraud to go on for YEARS? This is why we are here. We must expose this theft of taxpayer dollars and hold everybody accountable who let it happen. The American people demand jail time for those who stole their hard-earned money and accountability for officials who sat by as resources were drained.”
(https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-minnesota-governor-walz-and-attorney-general-ellison-ignored-rampant-taxpayer-fraud-and-silenced-state-whistleblowers/)

Minnesota State Representative Marion Rarick stated:
“I am a member serving on the Minnesota House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee. I message with whistleblowers almost daily. Their message has been consistent. They are grateful for our attention to this fraud. They have explained that they live in constant fear of retaliation. 

A former compliance specialist stated that the Minnesota Department of Human Services (“DHS”) functions in the opposite manner of what you would expect. Minnesota employees who suggest improvements, (or report fraud, heaven forbid), face significant retaliation. The messenger is shot. In 2019, employees alerted Minnesota DHS officials to sloppy contracting practices that were not legally compliant. They were later escorted out of the building, faced lengthy investigations, and received involuntary transfers.”

Unlike past Presidential administrations, The Trump Administration is not taking this gross malfeasance lightly. To date, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has charged ninety-eight defendants in Minnesota fraud-related cases—85 of whom are of Somali descent. Sixty-four have already been convicted. The DOJ has also issued over 1,750 subpoenas, executed more than 130 search warrants, and conducted over 1,000 witness interviews.
(https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-minnesota-governor-walz-and-attorney-general-ellison-ignored-rampant-taxpayer-fraud-and-silenced-state-whistleblowers/)

The following testimony came from the same hearing cited above.

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) stated:
“According to the FBI, the $250 million in federal taxpayer money stolen was funneled into luxury cars, homes, and lifestyles. The Committee is back today because this fraud is just the tip of the iceberg. Do you all believe the Walz administration seriously pursued whistleblower reports of fraud?”

State Rep. Rarick responded:

“I think the Walz administration seriously retaliated against whistleblowers. Threats of firing them.”

Rep. Foxx concluded:
“Innocent American taxpayers are collateral damage in their reckless disregard for taxpayer funds. Hardworking American communities are left to pay the price.”

To me, this says it all—a complete disregard for both the rule of law and taxpayer money. However one underlying fact is crystal clear: While one side of the citizenry believes in the premises of laws, consequences for lawbreakers and the benefits of America and its freedoms, the side most clearly tied to Blue-State Democratic leadership is fighting a war against decency, freedom, common sense and truth, amount other things. They really do not care about whatever lie they propound and perpetuate, as long as it meets the objective and gets the job done. You see, laws and right and wrong are not applicable to them.

As we know, the federal government has also acted by sending ICE agents into Minneapolis, Minnesota, to locate illegal immigrants in the city, some of whom may be involved in the widespread social services fraud scandal and other heinous crimes. Naturally, when ICE enters an area, there seem to be never-ending protests against their presence. As usual, cries from the Democrat Party help fuel anti-ICE fringes, culminating in yet another unnecessary death of an irrational woman this past Wednesday. If a law enforcement official requests that you stop, why is this wrong? Aren’t they in charge of law and order in our country? By simply complying and answering ICE law enforcement officials’ questions, this person who died would still be alive today. That is the simple yet harsh truth of what happened, contrary to the usual Socialist/Democrat response. Their anger, cries, and incoherent gibberish mask the plain fact that the rule of law exists and that some of us in society still follow it. Paid protestors shouting everything from “Free Palestine” and “Free Maduro” to “Down with ICE” created an incoherent rhetoric of hatred against all things American. This is the reality of the Democrat Party in 2026: a party that lacks ideas, lacks solutions, and—most importantly—lacks respect for the rule of law.

But I submit unto you that this disdain for all manner of lawfulness is fought with a zeal and violence far beyond the conceptual understanding of mainstream Republicans and Conservatives that believe it is still 1995. They search for reason and discussion with Democrats and leftists that are only interested in the destruction of all things American, and sane thinking be damned. At one point in 2025, Tim Walz supercharged his constituents by comparing ICE to the Gestapo. (https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/19/dhs-hits-back-tim-walzs-dangerous-rhetoric-comparing-ice-gestapo). California Governor Gavin Newsom, presiding over the serial destruction of his own state, continually defends Tim Walz and demonizes President Trump as the root of all evils (https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsom-blasts-ices-state-sponsored-terrorism-after-minneapolis-killing/). More attacks against law enforcement by illegal aliens happen in other cities (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/federal-agents-shooting-portland.html) . And given the absolutely propitious and perfect timing of the January 7 Minneapolis ICE shooting, one can only wonder if this event was perfectly calibrated to take the world’s eyes off of the Somalian multi-billion dollar fraud scandal and paint miscreants such as Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey as innocent victims, something that would have been impossible one day prior. My friend and colleague Tony De Angelo did an excellent job of exploring this possibility-becoming-probability on the January 8, 2026 THIRTY WITH TONY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0tN24XnARo) . The fact remains that these leftists and Democrats see every day as a war against all things good and decent, and they have no commitment to decency, transparency, nor reason to bring their wicked concepts to pass. They will simply kill you (and if necessary, themselves) to accomplish their objective.

So, what caused this massive Democrat swing to a lack of reason and domination at all costs including one’s life? Is it because the laws do not correspond with the political ideologies of those who wish to disregard them? Is it because the Biden Administration and other Democrat-run states and cities simply do not care about laws if their disjointed and slurred policies take priority? Do you really want to live in a state of constant chaos and anarchy? Some, do. It is clear that many in the Democrat Party want to nurture this chaos and anarchy for political benefit and that is all that matters to them.

Law and order, rooted in the Holy Bible, are the foundation of our society. Following the rule of law makes life better for everyone and truly does save lives. The Democrat Party’s disrespect for the rule of law and ethics in government needs to stop immediately, and in the interim must be aggressively fought by anyone carrying a label that says “Republican”. Leftist and Democrat arguments and temper tantrums show how severed they have become from what is actually happening in this country. 

May God finally free America from the wretched cancer now known, as the Democrat Party.

January 1, 2026. America And Connecticut Are Once Again Fighting A Revolution

 Its 2026, and we begin yet another new year. It is America’s 250th birthday. The slate is clean and ready for new actions, achievements, directions, goals, and fulfillment. We are hopeful that our lives will change for the better, and we hope for peace in the many areas of the world torn with conflict. It is an exciting time to be an American. Those who are Christians in our society look to God for the energy and power to keep pushing forward and not yield to the evils that burden our society. Christians are not fearful, contrary to what educated non-believers want society to believe. They can withstand anything and everything thrown at them as they have for over 2,000 years. But then as is now, we have doubters, malcontents, and non-believers. While non-believers worship around their false idols, they also worship all things government. Their false idols in some cases, are the leaders of different governments that buy and cheat their way into power with a superior, self-glorifying nature of being somehow great leaders, when in true reality they are the reason and cause as to why we have so many problems in our society. Once again, America is in the throes of revolution, and the battle is renewed on America’s 250th birthday year.

All of my life, I have written about societal corruption and problems. Today, there is a great divide in our society over having a different belief than the other side. One side does not believe in illegal immigration, the murders of innocent people, the use of all types of illegal drugs, free taxpayer cash given to fraudulent organizations with no worries about repayment, horrific and unnatural physical sex changes at a young age, the hunting down of political enemies, and the dictates of non-elected activist judges who arrogantly claim unfounded legalities as law. The other side embraces this rhetoric and lies while screaming how their pompous views are always correct.

Conservatives and God-fearing people are told that they must obey this tortured and painful cancer of what liberalism has become over the years. For what reason? Has liberalism, socialism, and/or communism resolved any problems such as illegal immigration, human trafficking, the illegal drug trade, murders of innocent people, starvation, homelessness, massive national debt, and corruption in government? Has it really solved these problems? No, it has made them much worse, and its daily mantra of hatred toward all things natural and normal has grown stale. Yet brainwashing continues, as we see with the different liberal, socialist, and communist figures who have gained office over the past few years. And one must point out especially to our liberal friends that over half the country does not accept their ideologies, creed, or failed doctrines. These ideas do not work, they never have worked, nor will they work in the future. Many better-educated and higher-quality liberal people of past years tried these ideologies and policies and failed miserably. These people were simply better, more thoughtful, and more intelligent than this current crowd. So now, how can these current people be any type of solution?

But conservatives are not dealing with rational premises when it comes to liberals, socialists, and communists. They are dealing in many cases with unchecked anger, hatred, rage, and violence. It is their thought that counts only, they are always right, and we are always wrong. They are allowed to be violent, ruin both public and private property, and then are allowed to walk away unchecked from their lawless vengeance. Laws need to be followed by others, not by them. It is sickening to watch liberal destruction and be forced to accept it, thanks to the destruction of accountability and lack of government competence and coherence in many locales cursed by the very same liberalism and socialism.

If one doubts the failure of liberalism and one-party rule, all they have to do is open their door and step out of it if they live in Connecticut. For in Connecticut, every single horrific and destructive policy finds a home. Also as discussed in past articles, corruption from the office of the Governor through various state agencies remains either winked at or unchallenged by any politician or candidate. But there is a solution. Money. A lot more of it. Like the disaster of the capitol city of Hartford. It is recommended that a mere $450,000,000 be injected into this floundering sinkhole, and by using the good counsel of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (“DECD”)  Hartford can finally be saved,  A much better solution would be to abolish the DECD and turn the City of Hartford into a tax-free economic opportunity zone, but liberals never think of private incentives as such thought is sinful in their religion of government.  https://www.courant.com/2025/08/03/a-450m-fix-for-troubling-ct-office-vacancies-eye-popping-price-looked-at-for-converting-to-new-use/

Elections are coming in November. “Experts,” who in my opinion have little grasp of what is really going on in both our economy and society, will be blaming President Trump for the failures of others. Millions upon millions of dollars will be invested in buying offices at all levels of government. Can you imagine if every dollar spent in the upcoming election were actually spent on real improvements for the country? But that will never happen, as the name-calling, insults, hatred, and lies will be ongoing 24 hours a day in our “non-fraudulent and safe” election process. The games have once again begun. Solutions to anything are in short supply, as we are told that wasting more taxpayer money on the politically connected will somehow “solve” the ills of society. Since it has never worked before, there is a legitimate question as to why 2026 will be the year when all things magically fall into place.

We pray that America will win this current struggle and survive another 250 years more as we battle the deceptions of failed government and social programs. We are still trying to understand what our forefathers created back in 1776. And we know fully how horrific a country under the grips of the fiasco known today as liberalism can be and needs to be addressed for the last time. We need a true give-and-take of ideas that can actually create real solutions for our country. The incoherent gibberish we are continually force-fed is an insult to the fabric of our country’s founding. We need actions and resolutions in 2026. The operative question is, is there any elected official willing to provide that quality in this most critical year?

 

An Ode To 2025

Depending on which side you are on politically, socially, and even morally, 2025 was either the best of times or the worst of times.

To me, it is beyond clear that the first year of President Trump's second administration has been a vibrant and energizing time for much of our country. His actions, reactions, and forceful leadership are making major inroads to many of our Nation's ills. President Trump has attacked illegal immigration by closing our borders, arresting criminal aliens, and deporting them. We are looking at energy independence once again, while energy prices in many areas have gone down dramatically. Economically, we are seeing lower taxes for both individuals and businesses, while the President wants our country to become self-sufficient and produce more goods domestically. This new production helps to create new jobs and economic stimulation for our economy. Crime is falling, especially in Washington, D.C. The President is attacking the illegal drug problem head-on with positive results. Law and the rule of order have become priorities, not some fantasy. Internationally, President Trump helped to negotiate a Gaza ceasefire while getting higher defense spending from NATO nations. America is respected once again and there is hope for a new Golden Age.

But sadly, there are a number of Trump-deranged brain addled people that see these positive developments through an entirely different lens. To them, the first year of President Trump’s second administration has been deeply divisive and destabilizing for much of the country. They will say that his impulsive actions, erratic reactions, and confrontational style have exacerbated many of our Nation’s long-standing problems rather than solving them. They will say that his immigration policies have focused on harsh enforcement, family separation, and mass deportations that critics argue undermine human rights and America’s historical role as a nation of immigrants. They will claim that the Trump energy independence policy favoring fossil fuel interests will threaten long-term climate stability and be the death of us all, even as energy costs remain volatile for many households. They will claim that the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” of 2025 only favors corporations and the wealthy regardless of the extremely favorable law changes for modest citizens. They will claim the cities were safe and the Mexican border was secure under Alejandro Mayorkas and Joe Biden, and all should have been left alone. They will claim assaults on narco-terrorists are an unjustified attack on the innocent and the vulnerable. On the international stage, while the administration points to a Gaza ceasefire and increased NATO defense spending as victories, these poor souls will argue that America’s global standing has suffered due to damaged alliances, transactional diplomacy, and diminished moral leadership. They also view the horrific surgical mutilation of children as a human right that should be taxpayer-supported. What is astounding is that these naïve and often deranged individuals cannot grasp the economic, social, and physical destruction that would happen to them and the country if any of their irrational policy concepts were put into effect for any period of time. If this happened, the country would simply accelerate into chaos and upheaval.

Given this additional obstacle of the deranged and the deluded in the United States of America, President Trump and his administration have much more work to do over the next three years in addition to continuing to daily fight the incoherent Democrat Party, non-elected activist judges, and a media who despises all things Trump. It is truly beyond comical to watch some days. Can one imagine how far we could grow as a country, economy and world if President Trump was actually allowed to govern without both hands tied behind his back? What would happen if all of the Democrat outbursts, tantrums, lawsuits, and incoherent gibberish spewed finally stopped, and they actually offered something other than their same failed liberal, socialistic destructive programs and policies that have done little, if anything, to solve the problems in our country? Do we all live in the same country? Because in 2025, it does not seem that way.

And then, 2025 brought about the phenomenon of the recalcitrant Blue state, which zags every time the Presidential administration zigs. One of the biggest examples of this pathetic social and economic regression is Connecticut, as it continued its accelerated decline in 2025. An arrogant and omnipotent ruling Connecticut Democrat Party controlling all state and national offices daily accelerate the economic and social ruin of the state. Elected officials such as U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro, and Attorney General William Tong cannot hate President Trump and things Republican enough for their daily shows of anger. These individuals and others from Connecticut's Democrat Party communicate daily in front of an obedient, state-run and paid media with their disjointed, garbled, muddled, and unclear statements and non-solutions to the disasters of the state. The state is a bottom feeder economically, with high taxes on a local and state level, a poor economic climate hosting a mere $100 to $150 billion dollars in short- and long-term debt along with unfunded liabilities. Yet "gender affirming care" and horrific child mutilation is the priority of these fools who feel that they are superior to those people they supposedly represent.

Perhaps there is hope on the horizon with an election for Governor upcoming in 2026 that will feature Governor Ned Lamont against, someone. But will that special "someone" finally attack and root out the sickening Lamont and other state corruption that has become a state hallmark? Given the progress to date on this front for years by the State GOP, one cannot be hopeful. Many including myself have written about the lies, fallacies, and theft of the Lamont administration with little result other than a global awareness that many things are horribly amiss. Connecticut taxpayers still do not have any answers with the 2020 COVID-19 debacle, the suspect business in the secret REOPEN-CT Committee meeting in the super-secret ADVANCE CT, Ned Lamont's family hedge fund (Oak HC/FT Partners), investments in Rapyd, a global fintech-as-a-service provider, and Unqork, both having documented common-investment ties to "Infosys." Nor are any answers forthcoming from associated companies relating to the COVID-19 crisis that include "Thermo Fisher Scientific," "Sema4," "Core Informatics," “Centrellis,” "Ocrulus," "Urjanet," "1Life Healthcare," "Galileo Health," "Castlight Health," "Paladina Health," and "VillageMD," to name several. Nor are there ever any answers to the questions concerning the Lamont-related Cayman Islands partnerships, large Cayman Islands deals such as the "Horesebarn Hill Investment Fund" hiding in the UCONN Foundation, and other incoherent economic deals working through “quasi-public” organizations such as the now-clearly Lamont-connected (and covert) “Connecticut Innovations.” It is all a compounded lack of transparency by Ned and company. Perhaps I am in error. Will this be the year that these subjects be throttled upon in the upcoming Governor's race? I can truthfully say that if they are not, the status quo will continue without any resolution whatsoever. This result is totally unacceptable to any law-abiding, right-thinking, decent and taxpaying citizen in the state.

As 2025 draws to a final close, I am optimistic on the direction of our country, but not so for Connecticut. Many are very thankful that we have President Trump, not a President Biden or Harris. Many want a new "real" Governor for Connecticut, not more of the scams, schemes, and “beardings” of the Ned Lamont gang. We still live in the greatest country in the world, contrary to what some misguided individuals want us to believe. We can and will overcome the internal and external forces that wish to destroy our states and country with a failed socialist and communist agenda. We can become self-sufficient in our economy and provide upward economic mobility for all, not just the elite political ruling class that continues to stifle all viewpoints that they do not agree with.

God Bless America today and every day. Happy New Year to all. And let us work and pray that things finally (finally) change, in Connecticut in 2026.

 

 

The Election Of Failure Over Success

 The Democrat Party means business — do not forget it. Opposition to their regime will not be tolerated any time. The Democrat Party is always right, even when they are wrong, and the Republican Party is always wrong, even when they are right. If a Democrat screws up, threatens death, avows Communism, commits fraud, or threatens the murder of children, we are supposed to ignore that. If a Republican makes an error, there is no Statute of Limitations. Thus, yet another election filled with massive amounts of money, time, and effort has produced the results seen in the off-year election of 2025.

Understanding the mindset of the American voter is difficult and complex. Understanding the results of the November 4, 2025, elections is even more complex. Yet the motivations of the Democrat Party since the election of President Trump in 2016 have been relatively straightforward. According to the modern Democrat Party, President Trump is evil — a king, a dictator — or, according to California Democrat Representative Nancy Pelosi, “just a vile creature, the worst thing on the face of the Earth.”
(RealClearPolitics link)

I am still wondering: why is President Trump considered so bad, and what secret information does he possess that causes Democrats to despise him so completely? He has not threatened to put bullets in children. He has not avowed Communism. He has killed no one using Fentanyl or illegal immigrants. He has not even dyed his hair purple. Here is a President who, in the opinion of many has done more in ten months while enduring daily negative onslaughts than the incoherent and incontinent Democrat Joe Biden and his functionally incompetent staff did in four whole years. So why hate this man who has no bad intentions towards you?

One may wonder whether these mischaracterizations of President Trump had a profound influence on voters on election day. Could the daily chaos, negative news stories, and constant belittlement of all things Trump have persuaded some to vote Democrat rather than Republican? Could the constant nattering of empty-headed Democrat politicians and their handmaiden state-run media finally have penetrated the reason of well-meaning Americans?

Consider the case of newly elected Virginia Democrat Attorney General Jay Jones: (As reported):

“Jones did not deny reports that he sent messages fantasizing about shooting Todd Gilbert, the Republican former speaker of the House of Delegates. He said he would rather shoot Gilbert twice than kill Adolf Hitler or Pol Pot. He later said he wished Gilbert’s young children would die in their mother’s arms, after warning that Gilbert and his wife were ‘breeding little fascists.’ He sent these messages to a Republican and, when she asked him to stop, he sought to justify these violent thoughts with one sentence: ‘Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.’”
(Daily Signal link)

Apparently, these statements had negligible impact on voters. Jones, despite this history, will now claim to represent all Virginians — except, it seems, anyone who is Republican or who disagrees with him. (And if you believe in God, please say special prayers for Virginia Conservatives with small children).

Tied once again to President Trump and the Virginia gubernatorial race was the vile, racially engendered hatred directed at Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears during her campaign against Democrat Abigail Spanberger, now the state’s new governor. Earle-Sears faced overt racism, including one sign that read:

“Hey Winsome, if trans can’t share your bathroom, then blacks can’t share my water fountain.”  The sign received millions of views on social media. Over the weekend, a Vice Chair of the Virginia Democratic Party blamed the incident on “the climate Winsome Sears is creating.”
(Winsome for Governor link)

This is Virginia in 2025 — a bastion of progressivism that has become a hotbed of hatred toward a Black woman running for governor. (Shame on her, truly)

Meanwhile, New York City, with its daily pro-Palestine, anti-Israel paid protests and constant condemnations of President Trump, has elected its first Muslim/Communist/Socialist/Democrat/Impending Incompetent mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani is an avowed socialist with no management, business, or economic experience. He has previously called to defund the police, declared his anti-Israel/pro-Palestine stance, and vowed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should he visit New York City. His proposals include free public transit, city-run grocery stores, expanded rent controls, and other economically unrealistic, if not fantastic, programs.

How Mamdani will govern New York City is anyone’s guess. What will happen if police and firefighters resign en masse? Can anyone name a country where Communism or Socialism has worked? Cuba? Russia? North Korea? Hamas-controlled Palestine? Where is this so-called “promised land” Mamdani and his supporters envision? Will we watch the venerable statue of Christopher Columbus be torn from its moorings at Columbus Circle to be replaced by a statue of Eugene Debs? Will we see Muslim prayer interfering with rush hour traffic? Will Curtis Sliwa be arrested on the subways for bogus and attributed crimes? Will an “exit tax” be levied on New Yorkers fleeing the city to preserve their hard work? And will Jews face daily pogroms and beatings? (As the great Frank Sinatra sang, Its up to you, New York, New York)

But let us add a dash of Nutmeg to this toxic stew. Connecticut is no exception to the daily hatred of all things Trump, led by socialist Democrat Senator Chris Murphy. Murphy’s constant, incoherent anti-Trump  nonsensical babbling has helped solidify the Democrat Party’s stranglehold over the state. In the 128 towns and cities holding elections, 27 flipped from Republican to Democrat leadership, while only two flipped the other way. The Connecticut Democrat Party now holds every statewide office, enjoys a supermajority in both legislative chambers, and controls all congressional seats. One-party rule is alive and well in Connecticut along with its attendant lack of sound policy and sense, and the daily Trump-bashing continues full steam ahead.

And once again, we must turn to the author of Democrat confusion, Governor Ned Lamont. As of right now, the only thing keeping him from another term as Governor is if his own far-left wing of his party decides to do away with him. Having no serious, policy driven opposition we can look forward to more of the myriad questionable and shady deal history  of Sema-4, Digital Currency Group and its affiliates, ADVANCECT, 4-CT, Boston Consulting Group, UNITE US, Mt. Sinai Genomics, “The Horsebarn Hill Investment Fund”, Tidal River Fund, McKinsey, and the Lamont-based Cayman Islands shell companies. Also, we can be certain that no Republican challenger to his office will ever challenge him on any one of the above questionable deals, because of no explicable reason.

But to another major question, after this election, one must ask: what exactly are the Democrat Party’s policies? Can they define them? Are they built solely around the condemnation of Donald Trump? Do they have a plan to pay down the national debt? Will America continue down the road toward more socialist, government-funded programs and fewer personal economic freedoms? Will the Democrat Party maintain its hostility toward Israel and other free nations? Will it continue to allow the flow of illegal drugs that fuel addiction and death across the country? How much worse could Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland Oregon, and Hartford get? Who ever imagined what we are seeing now? And do Democrats have any real solution for the skyrocketing cost of healthcare caused by their so-called Affordable Care Act?

As of this hour, the federal government is shut down because Democrat Senators refuse to vote for a continuing resolution to maintain spending levels established by the Biden administration. Yet Americans continue paying federal taxes — automatically withheld from every paycheck — while the government they fund remains closed. Once again, the Democrat Party places itself above the people it supposedly represents. In my opinion, this shutdown influenced the election — and the Democrats played it perfectly, particularly in Virginia.

Yes, the election of failure over success continues into 2026. Everything Republican, Conservative, or Judeo-Christian will be mocked, tarred, and feathered, while Democrat falsehoods are embraced and celebrated. Maybe, just maybe, it’s time for a complete overhaul of our political system — with term limits, performance-based pay, dilution of the Administrative State and the elimination of all campaign fundraising.

As America approaches its 250th year, perhaps it is time for a new Declaration of Independence — one freeing us from the filth, muck, and corruption that our government and political system have become.

We, the American people, have had enough.

 

"SNAP" Goes The Government

For many years, I have written about the tax, spend, borrow, and waste death spiral of government, particularly evident in poorly run states such as Connecticut. For many years regardless of sound admonition, government has proceeded in taxing more, spending more, and creating more useless and redundant programs and non-jobs for the politically connected. Meanwhile, legitimate tax-paying businesses asking for no aid but wishing only for low taxes, friendly government and safe and clean communities are driven out of states like Connecticut by experiencing exactly the opposite of that.  When the rate of legitimate business departures increases as the governmental and administrative state monster metastasizes, jobs become scarce, and welfare and dependency need increase. When joblessness continues for a protracted period, people become skillfully obsolete and unemployable. Rather than seeing the problems and righting the ship, visionless politicians with no sense or clue of what is necessary to fix a bad state and a bad economy cry and scream and pound the table concerning man’s inhumanity to man due to some intelligent men and women questioning this constant giant sucking mess that has effectively become the government. But the real man’s inhumanity to man factually rests with these same politicians complaining. Even a high-school graduate in his first apartment knows that he or she must generate enough inflow to exceed outflow. But this lesson is lost on about every politician, especially in places like Connecticut. So, what is the inevitable result? The dire situation becomes worse and continues to mushroom and then, something snaps.

And this is where we are on November 1, 2025. Our stupid and inept government, has finally, “snapped.”Apropos of this great “snap” it is time to bring up a discussion of the national nutritional assistance program. 

The “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” better known as “SNAP,” has apparently snapped as of this writing of this column for this week. To show the sick and decrepit state of the American economy, over 42 million people in America use this program, or roughly 12% of the population of our country. This program provides additional benefits to those individuals and families in the form of EBT payments for certain "healthy" food items in stores. "SNAP households are expected to spend about 30 percent of their own resources on food, and your allotment is calculated by multiplying your household’s net monthly income by 0.3, and subtracting the result from the maximum monthly allotment for your household size." Therefore, a family of four can receive up to $994 a month maximum. (https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/recipient/eligibility). For Fiscal Year 2024 Taxpayers spent over $100 billion dollars on SNAP benefits. This accounts for over 1.5% of US Federal spending. It is expected to go up over the next few years. (https://usafacts.org). 

To add to the pitiful nature of the Connecticut economy having  over 25% of its population on Medicaid, over 360,000 Connecticut residents receive SNAP benefits (or roughly 11% of the state’s population). But if you read and believe the state-run propaganda that passes for reporting you are led to believe that President Donald J. Trump is cruel and inhumane for insisting that government finally clean itself out of waste, fraud, inefficiency and fiscal abuse, and that Connecticut is a state with a heart for the poor and downtrodden that its own political system has created. As one example, Governor Ned Lamont recently gave “Connecticut Foodshare” $3 million dollars to help offset the loss of SNAP benefits as cries of Trumpian cruelty reverberated across social media in the background. “This $3 million investment will make a real difference for families across Connecticut who are facing an impossible choice between paying rent and putting food on the table,” Connecticut Foodshare CEO Jason Jakubowski said. “While we recognize this funding cannot replace the full scale of federal SNAP benefits, it will help us to buy more food for agency partners and mobile pantries across the state over the next two weeks. We are grateful for the state’s leadership and commitment to protecting Connecticut’s most vulnerable residents.”  (https://portal.ct.gov/governor/news/press-releases/2025/10-2025/governor-lamont-announces-emergency-funding-for-connecticut-foodshare?language=en_US).

Such a gesture on its face seems selfless and noble until one digs more at the ugly backside of the tax and spend economy, being multiple highly compensated and redundant nonprofit managers sitting in well-paid state-supported non-jobs consuming the resources intended for the poor. So, let’s examine Mr. Jason Jakubowski, a politically-connected former Barack Obama delegate and a man with no particular experience in either the private sector nor in the food industry. For Fiscal Year 2024, Jason Jakubowski received Compensation of $292,739 and Other Compensation of $53,514 for a total of $346,253 a year. (https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/61063025). This is inexplicably double his first-year salary as covered by my friend Tony De Angelo on his October 30 THIRTY WITH TONY show. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERBrM_zue1A)   Due to the circulation of truthful information, many have asked if Jacob Jakubowski would refuse his pay so that money would go to feeding these hungry people during this crisis? But charity need not end at home! How about Ned and Annie Lamont picking up the tab for these benefits as a charitable donation? Forbes magazine has recently estimated their net family worth as $650 million dollars. Or in going National, Senator Richard Blumenthal and his family's net worth of a mere $85 million cam certainly kick in a few shekels. (https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/democrats/richard-blumenthal-net-worth/) . Actually, many liberal Democrat politicians could start to compassion for their treasured poor folk by giving their money to help fund this cause until their party would vote for either a budget and or a continuing resolution to reopen Washington. They could also refuse their salaries since many people in government are working without pay and what better way to show your solidarity with the unwashed masses?

But even so, more questions come to mind regarding SNAP benefits. Why are so many individuals in need of these benefits costing our country over $100 billion dollars- plus a year? Is there fraud and non-legal citizens receiving these benefits? In a country as wealthy as the United States why are so many individuals this much in need?

But once again, the poor slob taxpayer in places like Connecticut has no luxuries such as a shutdown. Please note that we are still paying Federal Taxes to our unopened government during this crisis but are not getting all the services we are paying for. That is fine with the minority Democrat Party in Congress and pitiful and ineffective bodies such as the Democrat-controlled Connecticut State Legislature. We are still hearing the daily bashing of all things President Trump by the state-run media. And we still see waste and fraud going unchecked at all levels of government as it arrogantly continues as a God-given right. Maybe those truly in need should continue to receive these benefits via a tougher litmus test while those using them fraudulently should flush out. Maybe nonprofit organizations feeding hungry people should not have paid employees nor politically connected executives. Maybe charities falling above the 25% of operating expenses-to-income ratio benchmark of “Charity Navigator” should not be able to bid for funding until they get their fiscal houses in order. Maybe charities that perform well should be expanded while others failing to meet the mark be disbanded. But the biggest “maybe” in enacting reforms would be to find politicians with enough courage to suggest even one such improvement and reform. Hope is not great in that regard, regardless of party label.

However, it is now November 1, 2025. The Government has snapped. And SNAP has snapped. It is yet another excellent example as to why a complete overhaul of our Federal Government from top to bottom is necessary as DOGE attempted to accomplish and must now complete in DOGE 2.0.  But then if this mission were successful, it would reduce the unskilled Democrat-controlled political class to turn into the supplicants that they now pretend to care so much about. Because, people need skills and trades to work in a genuine and true society and economy.