Sasha, this essay hit hard because I’ve seen the same pattern up close. I used to tune into Tucker religiously and found Candace’s early work compelling—until the shifts: Tucker’s relentless anti-Israel turn pushed me to walk away, and Candace’s descent into what feels like pure grift (now turning on Erika Kirk with baseless attacks after the assassination) confirmed it.
Your point about the “podcast lane” morphing into its own propaganda ecosystem is spot-on. Legacy media lost credibility by pushing the anti-Trump resistance; now parts of the Right are walking the same road—amplifying unhinged theories that blame Israel, TPUSA insiders, or even Erika herself for Charlie’s murder, despite clear evidence of a lone, ideologically driven shooter.
The real harm isn’t just reputational—it endangers a grieving family, deepens divisions when unity is needed most, and hands critics fresh ammunition to smear the entire movement as conspiracy-obsessed. Drawing the line at exploiting tragedy for clicks and subscribers isn’t censorship; it’s basic humanity.
You’ve lost followers before by standing on principle, but you gain respect from those who still believe in truth over tribalism. Thank you for the heavy-hearted clarity. We need more of that right now. Thank you!
This Candace Owen vendetta conspiracy against the Kirks is pathetic, even psychopathic. But Owens had jumped the shark well before Kirk's assassination. She went beserk around the 2020 election. I had been a fan of hers in the 2016 election when she bucked the prevailing "Trump is a racist" narrative and supported Trump, along with other attention-seeking black people like Amarosa and Kanye (but they did legitimize black support for Trump today). Tucker Carlson lost me about the same time, 2020. I don't know what happened to him and Candace. Maybe it is long-Covid. But they are both cuckoo at this point
I think they both realized there is a lot of clicks, engagements, ad impressions,and ultimately money peddling things the way they do now. And the numbers back that up significantly. I doubt they believe half of the trash they peddle, they just know it makes them a ton of money.
I contend that we have been successfully terrorized by the bullying tactics of the left/islam. Admitting a bias is the first step towards countering it. Denial allows the comfort (and safety) of not confronting the problem.
My evidence: in a supposedly free country, there are places we'd fear to go and things we'd fear to say publicly. There are exceptions, but the treatment they got actually makes the point for me.
We've all experienced how nasty it is to disagree with those fanatics. And most of us are powerless and lack the audience to impede them at all. Courageous people like Ms. Stone, Andy Ngo, Charlie Kirk, President Trump deserve great respect - and have paid a price, undergone great risk - AND WE KNOW IT, but are still in denial, hoping that President Trump will fix things.
Stockholm syndrome likely accounts for a major part of our nation's default leftism. People in blue areas who grew up under the thumb of leftists know the risks of resisting. Most of those risks don't manifest openly, more a matter of people ganging up and you losing friends and career opportunities without even knowing it happened. But actual violence is an ever-present possibility for those who REALLY anger the nutcases.
I'm pretty sure the resurgence of anti-semitic propaganda is a well funded troll operation, seeking to drive a wedge issue against the right. Tucker and Owens likely saw a lot of carrots and sticks brandished, and anyone with family has to take the nutcases seriously.
Whatever the truth to the anti-semitism, they are bad enemies to have, and us normals have plenty enough enemies as it is.
Maybe she should podcast more about Lincoln's real killer instead of all this inauthentic nonsense about John Wilkes Booth.
I trace all this TDS back to the turning point when Epstein was first ousted from Club Mar Lago by Trump. Epstein was so embedded in elite circles he was dangerous person to cross like that but Trump stood by his principles against trafficking.
Trump just didn't want anything to do with Epstein. He knew that guy was trouble.
The TDS would have happened anyway. In 2016 Trump threatened the greatest power of all - the power of the Media and the other Establishment organs to make and enforce a narrative. He still does.
Wow I swear I could have written that! Thanks for the time you took to type that reply.
I used to love Tucker and defended Sasha’s posting of him. I never wanted her to stop because of the wishes of readers. It should only ever be started or stopped because of the heart of the writer. I’ve arrived at the same conclusions as Sasha has at the same time she did.
When you claim Christian Zionists are worse than Islamic Terrorists, you have reached a level of extremism and insanity that is highly dangerous. I have no problem with people asking questions about how much of our money gets dished out to other countries before helping our own first, or about how much influence in our government another country should have. These discussions don’t bother me. What bothers me is painting an entire nation that have always been our closest allies as the most evil entity on earth. And then claiming that a particular subset of supporters are worse than Islamic terrorists??? That’s insane. Period. They are seeking to completely sever our relationship with Israel and using extravagant and extremist reasoning to do it. They are trying to change our party (and MAGA) into something that is NOT Trump’s ideology and vision, (Trump IS MAGA,) and steal the name AND the voters - because they can’t get their own voters given they can’t win any of the arguments in debate. So they divided Tucker’s followers and converted half to their side. They are going after Megyn Kelly too. I haven’t seen her do what Tucker is doing yet, but somebody desperately wants us to see her in the same light. I’m actually praying for her right now because she’s getting it from all sides. And I hope she sees what I’ve come to see and doesn’t follow Tucker off the deep end.
I’m sure enemies of our party and administration both foreign AND domestic are feeding all the social networks too, adding their own inflammatory lies and events and accusations, because they see the divide and want more of it.
And they ALWAYS wanted to destroy TPUSA because our nation and our constitution was founded on Protestant principles. They seek to destroy our foundations of faith and religious freedoms, (most faiths don’t believe in religious freedom so that’s why they hate our foundations,) as well as sever our relationship with Israel. If they succeed destroying those two things everything else falls apart and someone can easily come in and rebuild it in the image of their own ideology.
Erika Kirk won’t let TPUSA die. They thought it would die with Charlie. Since it didn’t, they are going after her. She’s literally in their way.
Megyn Kelly is looking like another Candace. She has been caught lying in regard to her former friend and supporter, Ben Shapiro. She has made her choice. I wonder if these podcasters, when they reach a certain amount of fame, are offered the same carrots and sticks as famous actors. That would explain the sudden change. But regardless of that, their behavior shows that they have bad character. They are guided by self-interest, not good principles. That being said, I acknowledge that would be very hard if their families were threatened. It’s all so bizarre.
Apparently he apologized for saying this. I’m in the middle of the video right now where he does so I haven’t gotten to it yet. I’m curious how he apologizes for it. If he does, that makes a difference to me.
His explanation and apology starts around the 21 minute mark if you want to go right to it.
I have issues still, but I will say this is the Tucker I have always loved. But he did not make it clear enough that the majority of Christian Zionists are NOT okay with killing innocent people in the pursuit of their ambitions/beliefs. Are there a small select few like that? Probably. Are they in our government. Most definitely. Are they controlling Trump today? Absolutely not.
I like Dave Smith … sometimes. But he’s a bit too intense for me, almost doing the very things he accuses others of in argument techniques. Maybe because he’s a radical libertarian and I’m not…idk what it is. One minute I like him a lot and then the very next sentence I’m like “this is why people can easily slam you!” These days I’m tired of those who are long winded and not giving fair consideration to alternate views, which smacks of arrogance. At least with Tucker you can tell he is considering even after he states he’s against a view. He contemplates and I like his delivery better. Maybe that’s the difference between the two?
I think that Tucker has articulated, and has been articulating for a while now, things that the most extreme pro-Israel proponents today absolutely do NOT want anyone discussing (due to their fears) and they use bullying, reputation canceling, and speech regulation to prevent it. They are shooting themselves in the foot.
However, I think the military operation in Iran is necessary and I wholly support Trump in that endeavor. I do NOT believe he deserves the mistrust and doubt being thrown at him. Even by Tucker. It’s unfair because this is not Iraq and Trump is not the past presidents. This is being handled differently, smartly. Just because Israel benefits doesn’t mean Trump is being controlled by BB and this is solely for Israel. Sometimes people like Tucker are going to the extreme to fight the extreme. (This topic is not covered in this particular video … I’m just chewing on all of it…)
I’m tired of both extremes 😆
But he DOES apologize. I don’t think it was enough, but he definitely acknowledged he regrets upsetting so many people and explains where he was coming from.
People have lost faith in many institutions. Medical advice is tainted by Covid and decades of bad nutrition guidelines. Politics in the US and much of the world has become toxic. Once people like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens were trusted even though they lived on edge of false conspiracy theories. Trusted government agencies e.g. have fallen in disrepute. This has been bubbling for decades e.g. the JFK,RFK, and MLK assassinations.
Not everything seems dark even though false prophets and sons/daughters of darkness abound.
Anecdotal evidence shows Some interesting things are happening in Roman Catholic (RC) and Orthodox churches:
Studies show Orthodox parishes recovered attendance after COVID faster than many other denominations.
Some reports claim conversions to Orthodoxy rose sharply (about 78% increase in 2022 compared with pre-pandemic levels). My local Orthodox Church in Virginia is swamped with new converts. Reports of many returning or converting to RC with an unusual number being young men in the 20s and 30s.
Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson are podcast stars explaining the importance of religion and spirituality. Christianity has historically provided several layers of meaning and structure for individuals and societies.
People want institutions they can trust and Christianity can provide that.
I’ve been a paying Sasha Stone subscriber for many years. But lately I’ve read a few line (or the headline) and hit delete. It began w/ Sasha following the way of The Free Press - going to the well of rage-bait by pile-on vilifying Candace or Tucker. I’m getting sick and tired of it. I don’t listen to Candace at all and I don’t listen to Tucker either, except when there’s a general freak out on someone he’s interviewed. Then I do tune in and most of the time find some sliver of truth.
Too many of us (IMO, Sasha too) have succumbed to source bias. Where the speaker has been so vilified that one can no longer evaluate with impartiality what is being said. This is especially the case when it involves the US-Israel relationship. Anything critical of Israel has been framed as ‘antisemitic’. This I’m afraid is based on fear. Fear of existential threat (it seems) if US support of Israel should waver in any way.
On the Left, anything Trump says, it’s generally opposed. Before Trump, those on the Right couldn’t find much value in anything Biden said. Because to do so, lends power to your ‘opposition’.
There was a sociology experiment held long ago (in 1960’s) where a large (300 person class) were all given the same quote. Except 1/2 the class given the quote saw it attributed to MLK Jr. and the other half to Spiro Agnew. For those of you old enough to know, Spiro was involved in a political scandal at the time, not well like by the youth. The class was then asked to give impressions of the quote. Those that had quote w/ MLK Jr. name attributed gave it glowing, positive reviews. Those w/ Agnew, the opposite. Leave this here as an observation to consider for everyone who truly seeks the truth, as well as those who don’t.
i am the opposite. i became a paying subscriber to sasha in just the last few months. She strikes me as a lone voice of reason crying out in the wilderness! Carlson is just an odd duck at this point!
There's a rumor that tribal people are conmen. They try to gain your trust by pretending to be normal but all they really care about is the Zionist project.
Perhaps I should have added, those voicing concerns about the US-Israel relationship are also often cast (derided) as ‘anti-Zionist’. It’s a way to shut down or discredit their speech. I happen to believe Israel has a right to their country because they have the proven ability to defend and hold it. I also recognize that Israel is a high-trust society, with decent birth rate. I commend them for all of these positive attributes.
It’s sad that when someone has a relentless position as if they feel like they’re a dog with a bone that people will discredit them because it’s not what they wanna believe. Did it ever occurred to anybody these people might be right? Yeah, it might upset you yeah it might change your mind. Yeah it might make your family and your friends. Hate you but just because you disagree with it does not make them wrong. I have done a lot of research and I can tell you they’re not wrong but then again you can just call me a conspiracy theorist, which would make by point that you might just be an apologist for the CIA.
I’ve been hesitant to become a paid subscriber because you really lost me at the guy Tucker interviewed who blamed Churchill instead of Hitler and you still kept pushing him.
But this article of yours today is winning me back!
THIS is free thinking through the fourth turning!!
He didn't say he didn't care what "people" say or know, he said he didn't care what "Candace" says. If you are going to debate someone, at least start by being honest.
Candace and Tucker have something in common that I really believe plays a role in their behavior. Candace was mostly raised by her grandparents and Tucker's mother left the family when he and his brother were young and moved to Europe. These abandonment issues are flexing in using a big microphone to garner as much attention as possible. They need help.
There isn’t a pill that can make an insane person sane. Anyway that isn’t how reaction equal to an action works. A moment can smash a car into bits. There isn’t a moment that can take a smashed car, run into it, and thereby fix it.
And they are all very smart, critical thinkers ... Measuring legitimacy and credibility by numbers of followers or clicks is exactly what click whores do and why they are called that very name. It means nothing and X is not the real world. If you feel you're learning something from the likes of Candace or Tucker, you don't understand the difference between asking honest, probing questions and positing bullshit and/or outright lies for reactions. Social media is a cancer of reactions, not legitimate discourse. It's nothing but reactions to this or that. Check out your local library. You can borrow books for free. Walk there so you stay in shape. Touch grass. Go in peace.
Dogs are in heaven along with our deceased babies/children. Even if you never laid eyes on your child due to miscarriages or abortion you’ll know them. I’m sure many will find this ridiculous 🤷🏻♀️
I used to like Candace Owens. I said some time ago, I do not know what happened to her. She has gone off the rails. Ditto, Tucker. I was furious when FOX let him go and even subscribed to his videos. Again, I do not know what happened to him. I'm not well versed in Bret. As rabbit holes go, I started to wonder if they were being threatened to go the direction they have which seems to be a 180 from where they started. I think anything and everything at this point is on the table as to an explanation for their whiplash.
Biggest surprise of the Iranian conflict was when Qatar supported the USA, Israel and the bombing and then Iran fired on Qatar, which has been the only Arab country to stand by Iran (with Qatar's 1.5% Iranian population). I guess those Mullahs and IRGC are hated more than we knew. Tucker got caught as flat-footed as the Ayatollah on that one. My theory is that Israel won Qatar's respect when Israel took out the leaders of its clients Hamas and Hezbollah. The saying is that the Arab's respect strength over everything. This switcheroo proves that point.
I have never really followed Candace Owen. I didn’t dislike her just never followed her much. Lately though some of the things she has stated seem very unhinged. As for Tucker Carlson, I loved him when he was info . I was sorry when he was terminated but very happy when he started his own podcast. I listened for quite awhile but then things changed. I rarely listen to him anymore. Just can’t agree with the commentary much anymore.
Money, I have no doubt, plays a huge part. Maybe the whole part. In any case, I agree with you. I have never paid any attention to Candace, until I started reading about her on Substack's like this one. This biases my opinions of course, but the clips I have seen make me feel like it's designed as entertainment. Tucker, I did start to watch in his Fox days, because I was slowing coming out of the left wing coma I had been in for many years. I didn't really follow him after he was ousted from Fox, but something definitely happened to him. Money, is my guess.
Aren't you exhausted yet? Waking up that early from spending sleep time sweating up the sheets and tossing like a salad... all hated up on the Greatest President since Reagan. Just think, Boogs, Venezuela, Iran & Cuba all straightened out in one year. And a glorious economy. Didja get your refund yet! Mine is YUGE!
Fox hires controversial people because controversy sells. Not everyone on the network is unstable, but many are or have been. Don't forget Bill O'Reilly. Hannity is not crazy, but he is controversial. So is Laura Ingraham. I watch Fox Business where people are more calm and not so hyperbolic.
Candace & Tucker sell on this substack, as well as TFP. The more Sasha & Bari hate on them, the more those that read these posts do the same. Hate is not what God designed us for.
i think it's money. as someone who doesn't have much but somehow manages to live a great life, i always wonder why people who already have tons can be so easily swayed
Well I did see an episode where Tucker claimed to have been visited by a demon, so there is that. Not sure if Candace had a visit, but seems more than likely.
I listened to Candace when she first came on the scene several years ago. Watched and enjoyed Tucker occasionally, read one of his books which I found spot on. I’ve been following Bret Weinstein for several years and have thought for some time that he is politically naive and lets his willingness to entertain any POV sometimes gets in the way of his common sense. I also believe that he is still very much swimming in the left-wing pond as he will sometimes demonstrate he has no idea what’s going on in other areas. I am still following Bret, for the time being.
And, fwiw, I think it good to call folks out and then IGNORE them. Don’t clip their nonsense nor visit their sites. If their motive is $$ as is likely that will be most effective in muting hateful rhetoric.
Sasha — I’m very sorry about your dog. Anyone who has been through that moment knows how heavy it can feel.
One of the quiet gifts dogs give us is perspective. They seem to know us better than we know ourselves — they read our moods, anticipate our habits, and somehow give us exactly what we need before we even realize we need it. In that sense, they understand us more clearly than most people ever will.
And maybe that’s the last lesson they leave us with: to live a little more the way they do. In the moment. Paying attention to what’s right in front of us. Not to the noise, not to the endless arguments, not to the petty people shouting online.
You’ve written often about those long cross-country drives — the vast landscapes, the quiet beauty of America unfolding mile after mile. Dogs naturally understand that kind of presence. They don’t need a filter, an algorithm, or a podcast to tell them what matters. They just look, feel, and know.
Maybe, in a uniquely canine sort of way, your dog is reminding you of that again.
I hope as your companion transits over the rainbow bridge, you carry forward the things s/he surely gave you every day — clarity, loyalty, and the ability to see what really matters. May you be untroubled by yesterday, grateful for today, and confident that there is still brightness ahead.
Thank you. This is the article that made me (finally) become a paid subscriber. Those of us in the sane lane need to stand up to this insanity. Thank you Sasha.
"And yes, of course, it will cost MAGA much, if not everything, in the coming years."
I am beginning to believe this the goal of Tucker, Megyn and Candace, each of whom is drunk with power. Burn the Party. Rebirth the Party as isolationist.
Who, pray tell, who will be their candidate for President?
I’m not so sure it will cost as much as the poseurs think. The majority of MAGA is there for Trump and his policies. The others were merely fellow travelers.
The outcome in Iran may affect support, of course. But reading widely I don’t see that many in the Israel conspiracy lane except the nut job podcasters.
I voted for him three times. I no longer support what he is up to. Complete 180 from his campaign promises. Right now he is worse than the democrats. His foreign policy is no different than the last four presidents.
I’d urge you to consider the policies that the Democrats are proposing before you vote for them. Not to help the USA grow, and Dems want to continue or expand pernicious cultural policies (transgender, men in women’s bathrooms, support for Islamists, huge taxes…just a start and sure to be worse).
What a coward. Have you stopped to consider the number of brave young men (and old) who fought and died in wars just so YOU could have the privilege of voting in this country?
There is always going to be a lot of things that you’re not gonna care for
It’s not a straight line from a to B
But there’s no way there’s absolutely no way that the plan that the Democrats have would be anything remotely with any conservative with half a brain would vote for
All you have to do is come to California and see your future. It is unbelievable.
Sometimes I think we have blinders, but those of us who are living within the insanity that is a state government that has been a one party owned for 20+ years, have taken us from a jewel of a state to a Third World country
Even the tech Giants are leaving
There’s nothing that would make you be proud to be a Californian where they wanna trans. Your kids in school. You have a pedophiles running for office.
I can’t buy a fluorescent bulb anymore— so what do you get to do? You have to put in new lighting
All the water that rains on our state isn’t saved —It just is let flowing out into the ocean. They won’t build water storage so we get no water. The farms dairies, and Orchards that used to be plentiful are being turned into solar farms
It’s my opinion that the republicans are no different than the democrats. They want to censor and attack those that disagree with them. Just like Sasha is doing now, and many of those commenting. Y’all really do present yourself as cult members.
I suppose the left completely demoralized the right for this reason.
Both parties lie to get elected and then all of a sudden… War!
Communist fascist totalitarianism is hardly better than Trump. His foreign policy is brilliant. Nobody has had the courage until Trump. If Harris and fraudster tampon Walz - or any communist Democrat - were in change, we’d be playing the hunger games and hiding in our bunkers.
He promised to stop WWIII, and to be anti-war and I believe he has been trying to keep that promise. He’s a businessman not some nut job Dictator. But here’s the thing, ignoring Iran could eventually lead to a world war, too. They have been behind Hamas, the Houthis, and many other terrorist groups going back decades. They are trying to make a nuke so that they can use it- and they have said so! And if they, a belligerent nation, were allowed to make a nuclear bomb, their neighbors would certainly want them as well, and would justly be threatened by it. Don’t forget, to them Israel is “Little Satan” and we are “Big Satan”. I can see why Trump’s decision is necessary to preserve peace.
Correction: Megyn hasn’t jumped off the cliff yet. They are fighting for her hard. See, they can’t get their own supporters, they have to steal from others. Somehow they got Tucker and took half of his. Now they are going after Megyn’s followers. She is being attacked by people on both sides, and I suspect those from our side are really plants impersonating our side to push her towards the anti-Israel side. And of course some of us are getting confused and believing what we are reading. But when I listen to her she still loves Israel but is shocked by the accusations of anti-semitism. I’ll listen to her myself before judging. And I’m praying she holds it together and sees the psyop, so to avoid going being pushed over that cliff. Because unlike Tucker, I don’t believe she would willingly.
Yes - Megyn is holding her own - Matt Walsh also - but they are not gunning for him because he is under the DW umbrella. I bet there have been some awkward convo's though between him and Ben after Ben's little tantrum at AMFAC where he stated that all who wouldn't call out Tucker/Candace were cowards (including Megyn) and then lo and behold - Matt went on Tucker the very next week and stated that he would never allow another person bully him into calling out someone who he calls a friend. Never.
I will remind everyone that after Charlie was MURDERED - Tucker's company (can't remember what it's called) raised $500 mil for Erika and kids in the 10 days following. Might have the numbers wrong and timeline but it was more than any other person/podcaster and in a lesser amount of time
Thank you Sasha, for once again standing up for sanity. I have no idea what turned people like Tucker and Candace Owens, whom I once admired, into crazed anti-Semites who see Jews as the root of all evil.
I'm with you 100% and gladly pay to subscribe. And the Drunk Republican on X is great. I never listen to any of the nutcases you mention in any case. Let them stew in their own juice. There is definitely a case for retaining some sanity, and in my opinion that means not listening to any of these lunatics but also not voting for Democrats. Democrats will usher in socialism by whatever means necessary, and that is the greatest evil we are faced with at this political moment. Anything else is just background noise.
I try to explain the constant threat of socialism to friends and relatives, but it seems they can’t accept that it is even remotely possible. It’s going to sneak up on us and take over if we are not able to keep these lunatic Democrats out of power. God help us.
Yeah, from reading your comments, lol. Projection is throwing onto others what you think and feel, yet I don't think or feel any of those things. Try again. Or just don't.
In as much as the Iranian, Israeli, and US conflict is the elephant in the room behind all these podcast meltdowns, then I suggest before anyone runs down some tangent rabbit hole, they truthfully answer these four questions.
1. Would Iran deliberately use a nuclear weapon against Israel in a first strike attack if they had one?
2. Or would the theocratic Islamic republic, who has waged 47 years of proxy wars against a country they declared illegitimate and have an official government policy to destroy use their attainment of nuclear weapons in a style of mutually assured destruction (MAD) similar to the US and USSR in the cold war and the same MAD doctrine established between Pakistan and India who fought 3 wars over Kashmir before they both had nukes and none since?
3. Should Israel trust a regime that poses an existential threat to their existence?
4. Should the US allow a situation to develop that could turn an area with 30% of the world's oil into a smoking nuclear wasteland?
You can answer those questions anyway you want but spare me the, TDS, Uni-party, Marxist or NeoCon diatribes until you've honestly answered the questions. Your answers will determine if you're a serious person.
I think just the fear of using a nuclear weapon would have given Iran horrific power and control over the ME. It doesn’t matter whether or not they seriously would have used one, just having one is enough for their murderous regime to do terrible things not just to Israel and us, but to the world. They could use that perceived power to coerce other countries to do things to us too.
...very good questions ... I've asked myself a few along the way ... the trick in nuclear use is not in *making* a weapon ... the trick is getting the weapon delivered reliably ... why would Iran have an operational missile (Simorgh or Ghaem) with a 5000 km radius? ... I doubt it's aimed at Beijing or Moscow but it would pose a threat to Paris, London, Berlin ... then there is the Martyr Soleimani Constellation project ... while Iran maintained this was purely for "civilian" use ... the test for the Hatef - 3/Simorgh was designated for the end of Ramadan, March 2026 ... should the WORLD *trust* Iran after 47 years of proxy war?...
My only question is should the US have gotten overtly involved?
Israel has always had the ability to take down the mullahs in Iran, and all their proxies in other states. We could have helped them with munitions and intel, and maintained plausible deniability. Now the Democrats have a club to beat Republicans over the head in the mid-terms.
1) Yes, if they feared Israel was about to do the same to them. Otherwise, no;
2) If I've understood the question correctly (that sentence is rather long and tangled), yes, they would probably end up adopting a similar policy to other nuclear powers;
3) No, they should try to preserve a "watchful peace" with a carefully calibrated strategy of clear red lines, technological surveillance, open lines of communication, alliance-building, and détente if possible - much as the superpowers did in the Cold War when faced with the existential threat of one another;
4) Certainly not. In an area with 30% of the world's oil, the US should tread very carefully. At minimum, this would mean not starting large-scale wars resulting in huge quantities of munitions being lobbed at oil infrastructure around the region, threatening to turn parts of it into a smoking, non-nuclear wasteland.
Given Iran's long-standing fatwa against developing nuclear weapons, the lack of evidence that it has ever sought to weaponise its civil nuclear programme, and President Trump's confident declaration only last year that Iran's potential to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons had been completely ended by the daring US air raid on its nuclear research facilities, the first three questions are happily academic at the moment. The fourth, not so much!
Sasha, this essay hit hard because I’ve seen the same pattern up close. I used to tune into Tucker religiously and found Candace’s early work compelling—until the shifts: Tucker’s relentless anti-Israel turn pushed me to walk away, and Candace’s descent into what feels like pure grift (now turning on Erika Kirk with baseless attacks after the assassination) confirmed it.
Your point about the “podcast lane” morphing into its own propaganda ecosystem is spot-on. Legacy media lost credibility by pushing the anti-Trump resistance; now parts of the Right are walking the same road—amplifying unhinged theories that blame Israel, TPUSA insiders, or even Erika herself for Charlie’s murder, despite clear evidence of a lone, ideologically driven shooter.
The real harm isn’t just reputational—it endangers a grieving family, deepens divisions when unity is needed most, and hands critics fresh ammunition to smear the entire movement as conspiracy-obsessed. Drawing the line at exploiting tragedy for clicks and subscribers isn’t censorship; it’s basic humanity.
You’ve lost followers before by standing on principle, but you gain respect from those who still believe in truth over tribalism. Thank you for the heavy-hearted clarity. We need more of that right now. Thank you!
This Candace Owen vendetta conspiracy against the Kirks is pathetic, even psychopathic. But Owens had jumped the shark well before Kirk's assassination. She went beserk around the 2020 election. I had been a fan of hers in the 2016 election when she bucked the prevailing "Trump is a racist" narrative and supported Trump, along with other attention-seeking black people like Amarosa and Kanye (but they did legitimize black support for Trump today). Tucker Carlson lost me about the same time, 2020. I don't know what happened to him and Candace. Maybe it is long-Covid. But they are both cuckoo at this point
I think they both realized there is a lot of clicks, engagements, ad impressions,and ultimately money peddling things the way they do now. And the numbers back that up significantly. I doubt they believe half of the trash they peddle, they just know it makes them a ton of money.
I contend that we have been successfully terrorized by the bullying tactics of the left/islam. Admitting a bias is the first step towards countering it. Denial allows the comfort (and safety) of not confronting the problem.
My evidence: in a supposedly free country, there are places we'd fear to go and things we'd fear to say publicly. There are exceptions, but the treatment they got actually makes the point for me.
We've all experienced how nasty it is to disagree with those fanatics. And most of us are powerless and lack the audience to impede them at all. Courageous people like Ms. Stone, Andy Ngo, Charlie Kirk, President Trump deserve great respect - and have paid a price, undergone great risk - AND WE KNOW IT, but are still in denial, hoping that President Trump will fix things.
Stockholm syndrome likely accounts for a major part of our nation's default leftism. People in blue areas who grew up under the thumb of leftists know the risks of resisting. Most of those risks don't manifest openly, more a matter of people ganging up and you losing friends and career opportunities without even knowing it happened. But actual violence is an ever-present possibility for those who REALLY anger the nutcases.
I'm pretty sure the resurgence of anti-semitic propaganda is a well funded troll operation, seeking to drive a wedge issue against the right. Tucker and Owens likely saw a lot of carrots and sticks brandished, and anyone with family has to take the nutcases seriously.
Whatever the truth to the anti-semitism, they are bad enemies to have, and us normals have plenty enough enemies as it is.
Half?
I’d put it at 5%
Well said, Brian!
Maybe she should podcast more about Lincoln's real killer instead of all this inauthentic nonsense about John Wilkes Booth.
I trace all this TDS back to the turning point when Epstein was first ousted from Club Mar Lago by Trump. Epstein was so embedded in elite circles he was dangerous person to cross like that but Trump stood by his principles against trafficking.
Trump just didn't want anything to do with Epstein. He knew that guy was trouble.
The TDS would have happened anyway. In 2016 Trump threatened the greatest power of all - the power of the Media and the other Establishment organs to make and enforce a narrative. He still does.
LOL! They were great friends for 15 years until 2004. They often partied to gether.
Well said.
Wow I swear I could have written that! Thanks for the time you took to type that reply.
I used to love Tucker and defended Sasha’s posting of him. I never wanted her to stop because of the wishes of readers. It should only ever be started or stopped because of the heart of the writer. I’ve arrived at the same conclusions as Sasha has at the same time she did.
When you claim Christian Zionists are worse than Islamic Terrorists, you have reached a level of extremism and insanity that is highly dangerous. I have no problem with people asking questions about how much of our money gets dished out to other countries before helping our own first, or about how much influence in our government another country should have. These discussions don’t bother me. What bothers me is painting an entire nation that have always been our closest allies as the most evil entity on earth. And then claiming that a particular subset of supporters are worse than Islamic terrorists??? That’s insane. Period. They are seeking to completely sever our relationship with Israel and using extravagant and extremist reasoning to do it. They are trying to change our party (and MAGA) into something that is NOT Trump’s ideology and vision, (Trump IS MAGA,) and steal the name AND the voters - because they can’t get their own voters given they can’t win any of the arguments in debate. So they divided Tucker’s followers and converted half to their side. They are going after Megyn Kelly too. I haven’t seen her do what Tucker is doing yet, but somebody desperately wants us to see her in the same light. I’m actually praying for her right now because she’s getting it from all sides. And I hope she sees what I’ve come to see and doesn’t follow Tucker off the deep end.
I’m sure enemies of our party and administration both foreign AND domestic are feeding all the social networks too, adding their own inflammatory lies and events and accusations, because they see the divide and want more of it.
And they ALWAYS wanted to destroy TPUSA because our nation and our constitution was founded on Protestant principles. They seek to destroy our foundations of faith and religious freedoms, (most faiths don’t believe in religious freedom so that’s why they hate our foundations,) as well as sever our relationship with Israel. If they succeed destroying those two things everything else falls apart and someone can easily come in and rebuild it in the image of their own ideology.
Erika Kirk won’t let TPUSA die. They thought it would die with Charlie. Since it didn’t, they are going after her. She’s literally in their way.
Totally agree Juju.
Megyn Kelly is looking like another Candace. She has been caught lying in regard to her former friend and supporter, Ben Shapiro. She has made her choice. I wonder if these podcasters, when they reach a certain amount of fame, are offered the same carrots and sticks as famous actors. That would explain the sudden change. But regardless of that, their behavior shows that they have bad character. They are guided by self-interest, not good principles. That being said, I acknowledge that would be very hard if their families were threatened. It’s all so bizarre.
Apparently he apologized for saying this. I’m in the middle of the video right now where he does so I haven’t gotten to it yet. I’m curious how he apologizes for it. If he does, that makes a difference to me.
Please post again about his apology.
Ok it’s an interview on Dave Smith’s podcast.
Here’s the link:
https://youtu.be/yaFAZiqV4AQ
His explanation and apology starts around the 21 minute mark if you want to go right to it.
I have issues still, but I will say this is the Tucker I have always loved. But he did not make it clear enough that the majority of Christian Zionists are NOT okay with killing innocent people in the pursuit of their ambitions/beliefs. Are there a small select few like that? Probably. Are they in our government. Most definitely. Are they controlling Trump today? Absolutely not.
I like Dave Smith … sometimes. But he’s a bit too intense for me, almost doing the very things he accuses others of in argument techniques. Maybe because he’s a radical libertarian and I’m not…idk what it is. One minute I like him a lot and then the very next sentence I’m like “this is why people can easily slam you!” These days I’m tired of those who are long winded and not giving fair consideration to alternate views, which smacks of arrogance. At least with Tucker you can tell he is considering even after he states he’s against a view. He contemplates and I like his delivery better. Maybe that’s the difference between the two?
I think that Tucker has articulated, and has been articulating for a while now, things that the most extreme pro-Israel proponents today absolutely do NOT want anyone discussing (due to their fears) and they use bullying, reputation canceling, and speech regulation to prevent it. They are shooting themselves in the foot.
However, I think the military operation in Iran is necessary and I wholly support Trump in that endeavor. I do NOT believe he deserves the mistrust and doubt being thrown at him. Even by Tucker. It’s unfair because this is not Iraq and Trump is not the past presidents. This is being handled differently, smartly. Just because Israel benefits doesn’t mean Trump is being controlled by BB and this is solely for Israel. Sometimes people like Tucker are going to the extreme to fight the extreme. (This topic is not covered in this particular video … I’m just chewing on all of it…)
I’m tired of both extremes 😆
But he DOES apologize. I don’t think it was enough, but he definitely acknowledged he regrets upsetting so many people and explains where he was coming from.
People have lost faith in many institutions. Medical advice is tainted by Covid and decades of bad nutrition guidelines. Politics in the US and much of the world has become toxic. Once people like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens were trusted even though they lived on edge of false conspiracy theories. Trusted government agencies e.g. have fallen in disrepute. This has been bubbling for decades e.g. the JFK,RFK, and MLK assassinations.
Not everything seems dark even though false prophets and sons/daughters of darkness abound.
Anecdotal evidence shows Some interesting things are happening in Roman Catholic (RC) and Orthodox churches:
Studies show Orthodox parishes recovered attendance after COVID faster than many other denominations.
Some reports claim conversions to Orthodoxy rose sharply (about 78% increase in 2022 compared with pre-pandemic levels). My local Orthodox Church in Virginia is swamped with new converts. Reports of many returning or converting to RC with an unusual number being young men in the 20s and 30s.
Bishop Barron and Jordan Peterson are podcast stars explaining the importance of religion and spirituality. Christianity has historically provided several layers of meaning and structure for individuals and societies.
People want institutions they can trust and Christianity can provide that.
Hi Tom.
Notice that you've received only THREE likes on your comment?
If you'd had left Christianity out of your comment then you would have had closer to THIRTY.
You lost these people at "Christianity". (What's that tell you?)
It's a tough crowd.
I’ve been a paying Sasha Stone subscriber for many years. But lately I’ve read a few line (or the headline) and hit delete. It began w/ Sasha following the way of The Free Press - going to the well of rage-bait by pile-on vilifying Candace or Tucker. I’m getting sick and tired of it. I don’t listen to Candace at all and I don’t listen to Tucker either, except when there’s a general freak out on someone he’s interviewed. Then I do tune in and most of the time find some sliver of truth.
Too many of us (IMO, Sasha too) have succumbed to source bias. Where the speaker has been so vilified that one can no longer evaluate with impartiality what is being said. This is especially the case when it involves the US-Israel relationship. Anything critical of Israel has been framed as ‘antisemitic’. This I’m afraid is based on fear. Fear of existential threat (it seems) if US support of Israel should waver in any way.
On the Left, anything Trump says, it’s generally opposed. Before Trump, those on the Right couldn’t find much value in anything Biden said. Because to do so, lends power to your ‘opposition’.
There was a sociology experiment held long ago (in 1960’s) where a large (300 person class) were all given the same quote. Except 1/2 the class given the quote saw it attributed to MLK Jr. and the other half to Spiro Agnew. For those of you old enough to know, Spiro was involved in a political scandal at the time, not well like by the youth. The class was then asked to give impressions of the quote. Those that had quote w/ MLK Jr. name attributed gave it glowing, positive reviews. Those w/ Agnew, the opposite. Leave this here as an observation to consider for everyone who truly seeks the truth, as well as those who don’t.
i am the opposite. i became a paying subscriber to sasha in just the last few months. She strikes me as a lone voice of reason crying out in the wilderness! Carlson is just an odd duck at this point!
Zionist, anyone?
"Odd duck" is putting it mildly...
Didn't think so.
This has turned into to Little Isreal in here.
There's a rumor that tribal people are conmen. They try to gain your trust by pretending to be normal but all they really care about is the Zionist project.
Perhaps I should have added, those voicing concerns about the US-Israel relationship are also often cast (derided) as ‘anti-Zionist’. It’s a way to shut down or discredit their speech. I happen to believe Israel has a right to their country because they have the proven ability to defend and hold it. I also recognize that Israel is a high-trust society, with decent birth rate. I commend them for all of these positive attributes.
Idiot
"truth over tribalism" well said!
So well said.
Well said, Joe! I'm a subscriber, too, and I admire Sasha's integrity.
💯
Amen and Amen to this.
Praise God for clear heads, and hearts that stand firm in the face of evil.
It’s sad that when someone has a relentless position as if they feel like they’re a dog with a bone that people will discredit them because it’s not what they wanna believe. Did it ever occurred to anybody these people might be right? Yeah, it might upset you yeah it might change your mind. Yeah it might make your family and your friends. Hate you but just because you disagree with it does not make them wrong. I have done a lot of research and I can tell you they’re not wrong but then again you can just call me a conspiracy theorist, which would make by point that you might just be an apologist for the CIA.
My sentiments exactly 👍🏽
👏👍
Hey I've got a good idea. Why doesn't Candace publish and essay.
You may lose subscribers but you may gain some!
Including me!
I’ve been hesitant to become a paid subscriber because you really lost me at the guy Tucker interviewed who blamed Churchill instead of Hitler and you still kept pushing him.
But this article of yours today is winning me back!
THIS is free thinking through the fourth turning!!
I don't think anyone gives a rat's ass what Candace Owens says. (At least I don't nor does anyone I know). Carry on!
Her numbers say a lot of people do. She found a niche and is sucking ever click and ad impression she can from it.
Why don't you care what people say or know anyone? How are you ever going to learn?
He didn't say he didn't care what "people" say or know, he said he didn't care what "Candace" says. If you are going to debate someone, at least start by being honest.
Buy you don’t, right?
Here endeth the lesson …
Learn what? 🤦♀️
The only thing you could learn from Candace is how to impersonate an insane person. But she’s not impersonating.
If there's a pill to make crazy people normal then according to Newton's law of Relativity there's an equal and opposite pill to make normies crazy.
Candace Owen was ever a "normie"?! She pretended for a while. There is nothing in her background that she ever was, or Tucker Carlson for that matter.
Candace and Tucker have something in common that I really believe plays a role in their behavior. Candace was mostly raised by her grandparents and Tucker's mother left the family when he and his brother were young and moved to Europe. These abandonment issues are flexing in using a big microphone to garner as much attention as possible. They need help.
Consider that pretending to be normal is sanity. Insanity is no more pretending.
There isn’t a pill that can make an insane person sane. Anyway that isn’t how reaction equal to an action works. A moment can smash a car into bits. There isn’t a moment that can take a smashed car, run into it, and thereby fix it.
LOL! But it is a funny equality, even if the cause and effect is not logical
Okay then if your so smart if neutron and electron why not protron?
I wouldn’t bet against it 🤷♂️
Like Mrs Macron is a man dontcha know! That’s owners’ big thing.
She’s nuts
And follow the money on Tucker. Qatar is his sugar daddy
100%. She is cray cray. Tucker is being paid $10M a year by Q.
Proving Tucker Carlson has no soul
there is something creepy about him
The CCP keeps me in gin.
From Star Trek?
Learn anything.
Not from the likes of Candace
Influencers have millions of fans. They don't need you.
Candace is not influential. The fact they are called ‘influencers’ doesn’t mean they influence anyone.
Oh, I’m crushed. 😂😂
And they are all very smart, critical thinkers ... Measuring legitimacy and credibility by numbers of followers or clicks is exactly what click whores do and why they are called that very name. It means nothing and X is not the real world. If you feel you're learning something from the likes of Candace or Tucker, you don't understand the difference between asking honest, probing questions and positing bullshit and/or outright lies for reactions. Social media is a cancer of reactions, not legitimate discourse. It's nothing but reactions to this or that. Check out your local library. You can borrow books for free. Walk there so you stay in shape. Touch grass. Go in peace.
Didn't I tell you to fucking bugger off!!!
“Influencer”, lol. She’s influencing everyone into crazy town. The gal is nuts.
Your comment is not what PK said.
I did a little editing with an eye on brevity.
HAHA! Not really.
So sorry about your dog. Heart breaking. Please please keep up the great work
Don't worry. Dogs are reincarnated.
Dogs are in heaven along with our deceased babies/children. Even if you never laid eyes on your child due to miscarriages or abortion you’ll know them. I’m sure many will find this ridiculous 🤷🏻♀️
No, that is beautiful. I believe it to be absolutely true.🙏🏽
Lol. Was that a question or a statement or just humor? You know someone is bound to take that seriously😂
I used to like Candace Owens. I said some time ago, I do not know what happened to her. She has gone off the rails. Ditto, Tucker. I was furious when FOX let him go and even subscribed to his videos. Again, I do not know what happened to him. I'm not well versed in Bret. As rabbit holes go, I started to wonder if they were being threatened to go the direction they have which seems to be a 180 from where they started. I think anything and everything at this point is on the table as to an explanation for their whiplash.
Same! It’s like they had mind transplants.
They had bank account transplants…
Maybe now that those two have changed their tune, they're getting bigger paychecks from (fill in the blank).
In the case of Tucker it is supposed to be Qatar but Qatar is supporting the US in the Iranian war. Does not compute.
Biggest surprise of the Iranian conflict was when Qatar supported the USA, Israel and the bombing and then Iran fired on Qatar, which has been the only Arab country to stand by Iran (with Qatar's 1.5% Iranian population). I guess those Mullahs and IRGC are hated more than we knew. Tucker got caught as flat-footed as the Ayatollah on that one. My theory is that Israel won Qatar's respect when Israel took out the leaders of its clients Hamas and Hezbollah. The saying is that the Arab's respect strength over everything. This switcheroo proves that point.
Taquiya
You divided by zero.
Now these influences have to compete with AI bots for clicks. Like the bunny in Alice, they have to pump furiously just to stay where they are.
Poor things.
I have never really followed Candace Owen. I didn’t dislike her just never followed her much. Lately though some of the things she has stated seem very unhinged. As for Tucker Carlson, I loved him when he was info . I was sorry when he was terminated but very happy when he started his own podcast. I listened for quite awhile but then things changed. I rarely listen to him anymore. Just can’t agree with the commentary much anymore.
Money, I have no doubt, plays a huge part. Maybe the whole part. In any case, I agree with you. I have never paid any attention to Candace, until I started reading about her on Substack's like this one. This biases my opinions of course, but the clips I have seen make me feel like it's designed as entertainment. Tucker, I did start to watch in his Fox days, because I was slowing coming out of the left wing coma I had been in for many years. I didn't really follow him after he was ousted from Fox, but something definitely happened to him. Money, is my guess.
Mike it's money and a twisted need to be at the center. Borderline narcissism.
Would please stop talking about Trump.
Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump TRUMP
L I A R ! C O W A R D!
Geez Boog,
Aren't you exhausted yet? Waking up that early from spending sleep time sweating up the sheets and tossing like a salad... all hated up on the Greatest President since Reagan. Just think, Boogs, Venezuela, Iran & Cuba all straightened out in one year. And a glorious economy. Didja get your refund yet! Mine is YUGE!
Can't wait to get all them illegals outta here.
Cheers, Boogs!
Greed (money) is a big influence. Disruption and fear sell. It’s pitiful how low they’ve gone.
Fox hires controversial people because controversy sells. Not everyone on the network is unstable, but many are or have been. Don't forget Bill O'Reilly. Hannity is not crazy, but he is controversial. So is Laura Ingraham. I watch Fox Business where people are more calm and not so hyperbolic.
Candace & Tucker sell on this substack, as well as TFP. The more Sasha & Bari hate on them, the more those that read these posts do the same. Hate is not what God designed us for.
God gave us discernment.
Yes, as well as free will. Despite both the propaganda is thick. TDS and otherwise resulting.
True enough.
i think it's money. as someone who doesn't have much but somehow manages to live a great life, i always wonder why people who already have tons can be so easily swayed
Well I did see an episode where Tucker claimed to have been visited by a demon, so there is that. Not sure if Candace had a visit, but seems more than likely.
These influencers just aren't that into you. They don't care. They've got millions of fans.
I listened to Candace when she first came on the scene several years ago. Watched and enjoyed Tucker occasionally, read one of his books which I found spot on. I’ve been following Bret Weinstein for several years and have thought for some time that he is politically naive and lets his willingness to entertain any POV sometimes gets in the way of his common sense. I also believe that he is still very much swimming in the left-wing pond as he will sometimes demonstrate he has no idea what’s going on in other areas. I am still following Bret, for the time being.
You might just gain subscribers, too, Sasha. Keep up the good work. ❤️
And, fwiw, I think it good to call folks out and then IGNORE them. Don’t clip their nonsense nor visit their sites. If their motive is $$ as is likely that will be most effective in muting hateful rhetoric.
So sorry to hear about your dog! Never easy losing a beloved pet, part of the family.
But we are still listening and tuning in to your voice of reason and perspective!
Keep doing what you do, we are grateful! ❤️
Sasha — I’m very sorry about your dog. Anyone who has been through that moment knows how heavy it can feel.
One of the quiet gifts dogs give us is perspective. They seem to know us better than we know ourselves — they read our moods, anticipate our habits, and somehow give us exactly what we need before we even realize we need it. In that sense, they understand us more clearly than most people ever will.
And maybe that’s the last lesson they leave us with: to live a little more the way they do. In the moment. Paying attention to what’s right in front of us. Not to the noise, not to the endless arguments, not to the petty people shouting online.
You’ve written often about those long cross-country drives — the vast landscapes, the quiet beauty of America unfolding mile after mile. Dogs naturally understand that kind of presence. They don’t need a filter, an algorithm, or a podcast to tell them what matters. They just look, feel, and know.
Maybe, in a uniquely canine sort of way, your dog is reminding you of that again.
I hope as your companion transits over the rainbow bridge, you carry forward the things s/he surely gave you every day — clarity, loyalty, and the ability to see what really matters. May you be untroubled by yesterday, grateful for today, and confident that there is still brightness ahead.
Yes, dogs are so incredibly intuitive of our feelings- such unconditional love is very painful to lose.
What a beautiful reply. Thank you so much!
Follow the money. It leads straight back to the Kleenex company.
Thank you. This is the article that made me (finally) become a paid subscriber. Those of us in the sane lane need to stand up to this insanity. Thank you Sasha.
“Dumbfuckinstan” absolutely perfect.
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"And yes, of course, it will cost MAGA much, if not everything, in the coming years."
I am beginning to believe this the goal of Tucker, Megyn and Candace, each of whom is drunk with power. Burn the Party. Rebirth the Party as isolationist.
Who, pray tell, who will be their candidate for President?
Tucker and Candice should run so we can see how many nutjobs are actually following them. I'm guessing it's not many.
President Candace and VP Tucker? Yikes, that's a scary thought!
Run from the law.
I’m not so sure it will cost as much as the poseurs think. The majority of MAGA is there for Trump and his policies. The others were merely fellow travelers.
The outcome in Iran may affect support, of course. But reading widely I don’t see that many in the Israel conspiracy lane except the nut job podcasters.
Agree.
I voted for him three times. I no longer support what he is up to. Complete 180 from his campaign promises. Right now he is worse than the democrats. His foreign policy is no different than the last four presidents.
Sorry to hear that.
I’d urge you to consider the policies that the Democrats are proposing before you vote for them. Not to help the USA grow, and Dems want to continue or expand pernicious cultural policies (transgender, men in women’s bathrooms, support for Islamists, huge taxes…just a start and sure to be worse).
Not voting. Also, I’ve never voted for a democrat in my life. I’ll not start now. What’s the point?
The lessor evil no longer is working..
What a coward. Have you stopped to consider the number of brave young men (and old) who fought and died in wars just so YOU could have the privilege of voting in this country?
There is always going to be a lot of things that you’re not gonna care for
It’s not a straight line from a to B
But there’s no way there’s absolutely no way that the plan that the Democrats have would be anything remotely with any conservative with half a brain would vote for
All you have to do is come to California and see your future. It is unbelievable.
Sometimes I think we have blinders, but those of us who are living within the insanity that is a state government that has been a one party owned for 20+ years, have taken us from a jewel of a state to a Third World country
Even the tech Giants are leaving
There’s nothing that would make you be proud to be a Californian where they wanna trans. Your kids in school. You have a pedophiles running for office.
I can’t buy a fluorescent bulb anymore— so what do you get to do? You have to put in new lighting
All the water that rains on our state isn’t saved —It just is let flowing out into the ocean. They won’t build water storage so we get no water. The farms dairies, and Orchards that used to be plentiful are being turned into solar farms
Oh, and I just paid five dollars a gallon for gas tonight from Costco
How can a middle-class family survive? We have been just pushed down down down.
That’s part of why we fled our native state. It’s very upsetting, but we’re now much better off.
It’s my opinion that the republicans are no different than the democrats. They want to censor and attack those that disagree with them. Just like Sasha is doing now, and many of those commenting. Y’all really do present yourself as cult members.
I suppose the left completely demoralized the right for this reason.
Both parties lie to get elected and then all of a sudden… War!
Republicans just postpone our inevitable demise.
Everyone is a “cult member” who doesn’t agree with you? That’s ironic.
Communist fascist totalitarianism is hardly better than Trump. His foreign policy is brilliant. Nobody has had the courage until Trump. If Harris and fraudster tampon Walz - or any communist Democrat - were in change, we’d be playing the hunger games and hiding in our bunkers.
He promised to stop WWIII, and to be anti-war and I believe he has been trying to keep that promise. He’s a businessman not some nut job Dictator. But here’s the thing, ignoring Iran could eventually lead to a world war, too. They have been behind Hamas, the Houthis, and many other terrorist groups going back decades. They are trying to make a nuke so that they can use it- and they have said so! And if they, a belligerent nation, were allowed to make a nuclear bomb, their neighbors would certainly want them as well, and would justly be threatened by it. Don’t forget, to them Israel is “Little Satan” and we are “Big Satan”. I can see why Trump’s decision is necessary to preserve peace.
Correction: Megyn hasn’t jumped off the cliff yet. They are fighting for her hard. See, they can’t get their own supporters, they have to steal from others. Somehow they got Tucker and took half of his. Now they are going after Megyn’s followers. She is being attacked by people on both sides, and I suspect those from our side are really plants impersonating our side to push her towards the anti-Israel side. And of course some of us are getting confused and believing what we are reading. But when I listen to her she still loves Israel but is shocked by the accusations of anti-semitism. I’ll listen to her myself before judging. And I’m praying she holds it together and sees the psyop, so to avoid going being pushed over that cliff. Because unlike Tucker, I don’t believe she would willingly.
Yes - Megyn is holding her own - Matt Walsh also - but they are not gunning for him because he is under the DW umbrella. I bet there have been some awkward convo's though between him and Ben after Ben's little tantrum at AMFAC where he stated that all who wouldn't call out Tucker/Candace were cowards (including Megyn) and then lo and behold - Matt went on Tucker the very next week and stated that he would never allow another person bully him into calling out someone who he calls a friend. Never.
I will remind everyone that after Charlie was MURDERED - Tucker's company (can't remember what it's called) raised $500 mil for Erika and kids in the 10 days following. Might have the numbers wrong and timeline but it was more than any other person/podcaster and in a lesser amount of time
Thank you Sasha, for once again standing up for sanity. I have no idea what turned people like Tucker and Candace Owens, whom I once admired, into crazed anti-Semites who see Jews as the root of all evil.
I'm with you 100% and gladly pay to subscribe. And the Drunk Republican on X is great. I never listen to any of the nutcases you mention in any case. Let them stew in their own juice. There is definitely a case for retaining some sanity, and in my opinion that means not listening to any of these lunatics but also not voting for Democrats. Democrats will usher in socialism by whatever means necessary, and that is the greatest evil we are faced with at this political moment. Anything else is just background noise.
I try to explain the constant threat of socialism to friends and relatives, but it seems they can’t accept that it is even remotely possible. It’s going to sneak up on us and take over if we are not able to keep these lunatic Democrats out of power. God help us.
Looking at Minnesota and NYC should be very eye opening for any thinking person.
I can’t stand Candice or Tucker.
So, you hate Trump, hate Israel and love the unhinged conspiracy theorists. Got it.
Nice try. You sound like a democrat. Same tactics of a democrats.
Projection.
Yeah, from reading your comments, lol. Projection is throwing onto others what you think and feel, yet I don't think or feel any of those things. Try again. Or just don't.
In as much as the Iranian, Israeli, and US conflict is the elephant in the room behind all these podcast meltdowns, then I suggest before anyone runs down some tangent rabbit hole, they truthfully answer these four questions.
1. Would Iran deliberately use a nuclear weapon against Israel in a first strike attack if they had one?
2. Or would the theocratic Islamic republic, who has waged 47 years of proxy wars against a country they declared illegitimate and have an official government policy to destroy use their attainment of nuclear weapons in a style of mutually assured destruction (MAD) similar to the US and USSR in the cold war and the same MAD doctrine established between Pakistan and India who fought 3 wars over Kashmir before they both had nukes and none since?
3. Should Israel trust a regime that poses an existential threat to their existence?
4. Should the US allow a situation to develop that could turn an area with 30% of the world's oil into a smoking nuclear wasteland?
You can answer those questions anyway you want but spare me the, TDS, Uni-party, Marxist or NeoCon diatribes until you've honestly answered the questions. Your answers will determine if you're a serious person.
Dick Minnis
removingthecataract.substack.com
I think just the fear of using a nuclear weapon would have given Iran horrific power and control over the ME. It doesn’t matter whether or not they seriously would have used one, just having one is enough for their murderous regime to do terrible things not just to Israel and us, but to the world. They could use that perceived power to coerce other countries to do things to us too.
Agreed
...very good questions ... I've asked myself a few along the way ... the trick in nuclear use is not in *making* a weapon ... the trick is getting the weapon delivered reliably ... why would Iran have an operational missile (Simorgh or Ghaem) with a 5000 km radius? ... I doubt it's aimed at Beijing or Moscow but it would pose a threat to Paris, London, Berlin ... then there is the Martyr Soleimani Constellation project ... while Iran maintained this was purely for "civilian" use ... the test for the Hatef - 3/Simorgh was designated for the end of Ramadan, March 2026 ... should the WORLD *trust* Iran after 47 years of proxy war?...
...LOL ... I'm sure you would ...
My only question is should the US have gotten overtly involved?
Israel has always had the ability to take down the mullahs in Iran, and all their proxies in other states. We could have helped them with munitions and intel, and maintained plausible deniability. Now the Democrats have a club to beat Republicans over the head in the mid-terms.
I think the answers are as follows:
1) Yes, if they feared Israel was about to do the same to them. Otherwise, no;
2) If I've understood the question correctly (that sentence is rather long and tangled), yes, they would probably end up adopting a similar policy to other nuclear powers;
3) No, they should try to preserve a "watchful peace" with a carefully calibrated strategy of clear red lines, technological surveillance, open lines of communication, alliance-building, and détente if possible - much as the superpowers did in the Cold War when faced with the existential threat of one another;
4) Certainly not. In an area with 30% of the world's oil, the US should tread very carefully. At minimum, this would mean not starting large-scale wars resulting in huge quantities of munitions being lobbed at oil infrastructure around the region, threatening to turn parts of it into a smoking, non-nuclear wasteland.
Given Iran's long-standing fatwa against developing nuclear weapons, the lack of evidence that it has ever sought to weaponise its civil nuclear programme, and President Trump's confident declaration only last year that Iran's potential to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons had been completely ended by the daring US air raid on its nuclear research facilities, the first three questions are happily academic at the moment. The fourth, not so much!
How come there's no nukes in America but it's okay if Iran wants nukes? And it's the same libtards either way. The crickets are deafening.
Amen to every single thing you said ❤️
Thanks for always bringing sanity to insane crevices. I'm so thankful for your perspective.