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smartideas's avatar

I’m staying hopeful with the mounting evidence of fraud out of Minnesota that we will NOT lose the house and senate. That’s all I’ve got. Happy New Year ❤️

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Texyz's avatar

Right, as the country stands so divided today and Dems get more and more criminal, I do not think the mid-term voting history applies, where the party in power is typically thrown out.

HOWEVER, we PATRIOTS and the GOP must have a SCORCHED EARTH campaign in 2026 to keep House and Senate. Everybody give of your time and money til it hurts. Losing is not an option -- we must NEVER AGAIN be enslaved by corrupt Dem ba$turds. Hang together, or make no mistake, Dems will hang us separately!

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smartideas's avatar

100% agree with you! There’s talk that DJT will hit the campaign trail for the midterms. That’s what’s needed. Too many turncoat RINOs not helping!

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Carl L. McWilliams's avatar

Wake up and smell the coffee: Our Constitutional Republic is fallen and any other conclusion is hopeium and chasing after the wind.

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PapayaSF's avatar

Correct.

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Brian M's avatar

Based on national polling of approval of Democrats running around 18-20%, I was already not very worried. Getting Elon Musk back into the game to help fund campaigns was also reassuring (he brings with him all his billionaire tech bros like Thiel, Londsale and Karp). But the debacle for the Democrats going on in Minnesota (and likely to spread to other states as the investigation goes deeper) will surely sink their ship. I can't believe the Dems (Ken Martin) haven't already thrown Walz and Ellison under the bus. They are ruining the prospects for the Dems in November and pissing everyone off, even moderate Democrats

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Amy J.'s avatar

Hope so, as long as the story is big enough to break through the blue wall that is MSM.

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smartideas's avatar

Agree. I do know FOX is airing it now. I don’t watch any MSM but I did see a snippet on FB showing a clip from FOX interviewing Nick Shirley who has documented the entire mess. At the very least he’s getting some airtime and people can go to YouTube to watch for themselves.

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Amy J.'s avatar

Time will tell. Right now the left is on X sharing stories about Trump tossing a newborn off a yacht into Lake Michigan and the "outrage" of him adding his name to the Kennedy Center. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

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smartideas's avatar

That’s absurd.

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Unwoke in Idaho's avatar

The only thing that backfired re mass deportations, is that they haven’t been mass enough.

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PapayaSF's avatar

I wouldn’t say they “backfired,” just that they’re what the media has used to attack Trump and it’s gotten some traction.

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Brian Katz's avatar

1.6 million self deported and got paid, plus can return latter and reapply.

400,000 got deported and can never return.

The process is improving and resources are getting deployed.

That 2 million fewer illegals causes wages to rise, rents to fall and saves billions on government programs that fund these folks.

An awesome trend that will improve at an increasing rate in 2026.

Even though the media will fight this.

All of the legal battles have been fought and won in 2025.

So all Trump has to do in 2026 is turn the knob to high.

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Lynette's avatar

Thank Democrats and the activist judges for that.

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Lynette's avatar

Is the MAGA fracture happening in America or only on X?

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Steve's avatar

From what I can tell ad I Could be wrong) mainly on social media.

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Unwoke in Idaho's avatar

So is it real? Or memorex.

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Pacificus's avatar

The MAGA split is real, but exaggerated. Mostly an on-line phenomenon.

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PapayaSF's avatar

Dating yourself with that reference, LOL.

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Unwoke in Idaho's avatar

Weeds out the infantile

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Brian M's avatar

There is no "fracture". There are a handful of outsiders who want to push for extremism (always are) and the rest of the conservative movement wants none of it. The middle of the GOP today is about where JFK was in 1960. The GOP is hardly "far right" but more centrist than anything, with Democrats like Sasha moving over from the Left that left them behind

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Mark Storer's avatar

I sincerely hope you're wrong on the predictions. And as I've said to many on the right who are mad that Trump hasn't done their bidding, "so, you'd rather put Dems back in control?" Let's hope not.

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GiraffeDiety's avatar

Yes, I prefer being rules by enemies rather than traitors. I wish there was another option, but this year has shown how well the Republicans can control Trump. They got all their wars funded, nobody is talking about prosecutions of federal officials, and they got a paid month off. What the point of electing an outsider?

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Mark Storer's avatar

For clarify--you prefer being ruled by enemies--but who are the traitors again? What wars were funded? How many conflicts has the President ended this year? Comey was brought up for prosecution, but the left-leaning judge threw out the case. So, you want more left-leaning judges? As for the shutdown, was that the President's or the GOP's fault? Or was that the Democrats?

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GiraffeDiety's avatar

The traitors are the Republicans leadership who intentionally sabotaging the administration, plain as day.

Ukraine and Israel conflicts are prolonged by our funds, with more death and destruction as our only recompense.

I dunno how many he ended, all that seemed like puff up bravado to distract from the failure to stop the Ukraine war (i mean, who cared about Azerbaijan or whatever until 3 months ago?)

Yeah, they threw out one case. Is that the only guilty guy in the government?

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Mark Storer's avatar

Well, we fundamentally disagree on these issues. You have a right to be wrong. "Puffed up bravado" is a curious way to describe ending conflicts in which people are being killed. As for Russia/Ukraine, the president and the admin. have been transparent on the work to try to end it. It hasn't been easy. They're still working on it. On Israel, we disagree. They were attacked. They responded. Period. I don't see the traitor-ism, and I'll leave it with you at that.

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Jim I's avatar

It has been revealed Ilhan Omar's net worth grew from negative $45k in 2019 to $30 million this year 2025 — despite her salary being just $174k/year.

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Kurt's avatar

Sasha, great wrap up. Always a pleasure to hear your takes. I agree with your analysis of recent history, if not all the predictions for the new year. Enjoy your time with your daughter.

Happy New Year. 🎉🇺🇸

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PostWoke's avatar

The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is in 2026. The Democrats will use the occasion to try to shred what's left of our liberties. We may be in our most dangerous time since 1776.

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SueB's avatar

The Democrats will do this. I posted a generic 250 Americans celebration post on Nextdoor.com and people got it taken done. “Trump is evil etc etc”

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Nancy Benedict's avatar

Wow. That's scary.

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SueB's avatar

“Friendly” Nextdoor.com is run by 8 people in Silicon Valley.

6 of those 8 were born in other countries. You can imagine how much the United States means to them.

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Nancy Benedict's avatar

Thanks. I had no idea. We need a new neighborhood app.

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SueB's avatar

Yes an actual FRIENDLY one 👍

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Kathleen's avatar

Happy New Year Sasha!

Wishing you all the best in 2026

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Kathy Barkulis's avatar

Tyler Robinson, Luigi Mangione, and Nick Reiner will all be found guilty. Only Tyler Robinson will get the death penalty. The other two will get life without parole. The Nick Reiner trial will expose his parents as clueless enablers, and will possibly be accused of abusive behavior in order to get Nick a lighter sentence.

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Kathleen's avatar

I worry about all the lefties on juries- Tyler, Luigi and Nick could all get off

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Lee Huey's avatar

The Republicans need to continually ask the democrats how they propose to make food and housing affordable. Press the issue and it will show they have no ideas other than price controls and government backing or subsidizing home loan interest rates.

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Richard's avatar

That doesn't make anything affordable. It just shifts and increases the cost.

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JMAC's avatar

My hope for 2026, starting right away, is for conservatives to consolidate messaging that calls out the corruption on the left. If republicans lose too many seats, the administration will be stymied in efforts to address it. Let's brand democrats with Minnesota, the jaw-dropping fraud is likely happening in blue states everywhere. Happy New Year, Sasha! I wish you all the best!

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Seva's avatar

Excellent interview with the scientist who discovered a way to make graphene multi-layer and 99.8% pure and solves the problem of making it at scale. The host has studied this and also does a good job of explaining it. By adding it to other materials they become stronger, lighter and much more efficient. It does seem to be a game changer for humanity in all kinds of ways. Quite amazing. This is going to undermine the price of silver, copper and the rare earth metals. Vastly easier to produce and works much better. This will take off in 2026.

“Energetic Inc. Ep 10: Dr Chris Sorensen-Hydrograph’s Inventor & VP of R&D.” (1:02:02)

Energetic Media. July 25, 2025

https://youtu.be/zU7Y5klagbg?si=k2FhELRa24d7ZmUN

“HydroGraph Solves Graphene Adoption Barrier: Consistent Quality At Commercial Scale.”

“What Makes HydroGraph the Leader in Commercializing High-Purity Graphene.” (10 min)

CEO.CA. Dec 12, 2025

https://youtu.be/1K_EtKNeL6c?si=8oJypqqKVSeiRFi6

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Steve Bicker's avatar

I’m reminded of the scene in “Terminator II” where Edward Furlong, (John Connor) asks the Terminator rhetorically: We're not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean…

The Terminator: “It's in your nature to destroy yourselves.”

I think the predictions about Hollywood will not happen but for different reasons:

1. Large, high-quality video screens are getting cheaper by the day, so many people have the theater in their own homes. Why go to the theater and pay for absurdly overpriced popcorn and snacks, rude people and out-of-touch teen theater employees who hate their jobs?

2. AI. AI will transform movie-making. People will create their own movies. They can re-create their own “Princess Bride” with different plots twists and different characters just for fun and AI will EASILY create it…

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Steve's avatar

My Predictions for 2026 One Damn Thing After Another!

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Brian DeLeon's avatar

Independent YouTube journalists like Nick Shirley give me hope that more Americans see the truth and stop trusting the corporate media once and for all. The corporate news should be relegated to sports updates, weather forecasts, and car chases. They have no credibility to report on politics, world events, or government.

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JJoshua's avatar

#3 is absolutely coming. The GOP has had how long to come up with an alternative to Obamacare?

IMO if they had put out a solid plan they would have saved themselves in the midterms.

After decades of voting I am CONVINCED the GOP wants to do nothing and give the reigns back to the Democrats just so they can have talking points to continue their money-making schemes. Everyone in Washington is there to make(steal) money from taxpayers.

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