When Donald Trump proposed a simple border wall and tighter immigration enforcement, a gobsmacked “conservative” electorate were stunned to see the entire political universe of people, who most thought would align with such basic tenets, flip 180° and begin stating: “walls don’t work”, “we need open borders”, and “deportations are unfair”….

In July 2015 it was weird to see the “conservative” pundits and professional class expose their true intents so quickly.

Many couldn’t fathom what they were witnessing.  We called this the “Trump Effect”.

In essence Trump exposes the hypocritical nature of the deceivers simply by affirming an intent to give them what they’ve advocated for.  In doing so Trump puts sunlight on their hidden ideology, and forces them out of the shadows.

Remarkably, Trump is doing it again with comments about NATO, Turkey, the EU and a reconsideration of the U.S. role in Europe.

It’s simply an incredible thing to witness.

If we follow the current Democrat arguments to their logical conclusion, we now see liberals shifted to demanding a war against Russia, because Turkey via Erdogan has gone full Islamist and is also a NATO “ally”.

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Say what you will about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, but he carries a political sense that is highly accurate and in tune with the sense of the electorate.

Immediately following Ted Cruz’s epic convention speech implosion, Christie was questioned by CNN’s Dana Bash.  Christie succinctly summarizes the event, the audience reaction, and more importantly the reasoning therein.  He is 100% spot on.  Watch:

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Before Ted Cruz walked onto the convention stage in Cleveland, Donald Trump had a very good idea what was about to happen.  Without pre-planning, or staged set-ups, Trump knew what to expect because Donald Trump has an exceptional political sense; he knows how to read his adversaries.

Throughout his life, Ted Cruz has exhibited a character of division; entirely tone-deaf to the people he encounters and leaves in his wake.  Those who knew Cruz in grade school and college have talked about how Cruz’s abrasive personality made him a lonely person despite his intellect.

Toxic abrasiveness is the same reason why President George W Bush would not elevate Ted Cruz in the White House 2001-2005.  Attorney Cruz was 30-years-old and arrogantly thought he should have been a candidate for Attorney General; unfortunately, no-one else did.

Years later it was toxic abrasiveness that drove candidate Ted Cruz to run for Senate in 2011 – to show those same political voices he carried a stronger political tool box than he was ever given credit for. (more…)

Day three of the convention provided some exceptional speeches:

Eric Trump

Laura Ingraham:

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It’s called self immolation.  July 20th 2016 will go down in Cruz family history as that moment when Ted Cruz detonated his career suicide belt and created the #NeverCruz movement.

Forget the non endorsement, that’s not the issue.  Senator Cruz had a remarkable opportunity, he blew it.  Cruz accepted an invitation to speak to the GOP convention then insulted the audience.  Cruz couldn’t rise above his own brutal ego and petty selfishness.  The arrogance simply went too far, he humiliated himself in front of millions.

Watch and see for yourself:

It happened just like we predicted it would.  Donald Trump gave Senator Ted Cruz the rope, and Ted hung himself -diminished himself- on national TV.

Don’t be too angry…  The backlash Cruz is going to get from his prideful and arrogant display will be written in the annals of political history and shared with political science classes for generations.

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Nigel Farage question and answer session at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  Mr. Farage answers questions about Donald Trump, 2016 nationalistic politics, the current European Union and Brexit.  Well worth watching.

Beyond the annoyingly GOPe progressive interviewer, this is a great interview:

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The significant roadblock to this effort would be UniParty leader and Obama facilitator/funder, House Speaker Paul Ryan.  The legislation required to make the changes needed would be almost impossible to achieve with Ryan acting as a roadblock to protect the Obama agenda.  Thus the clear recognition why it is so critical to remove Paul Ryan on August 9th.

(Via Reuters) If he wins the presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would seek to purge the federal government of officials appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and could ask Congress to pass legislation making it easier to fire public workers, Trump ally, Chris Christie, said on Tuesday.

Christie, who is governor of New Jersey and leads Trump’s White House transition team, said the campaign was drawing up a list of federal government employees to fire if Trump defeats Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election.

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Day #3 of the republican national convention in Cleveland Ohio begins tonight at 7:00pm EDT.   There are two Live Stream Options Below:

Live Stream Link – Alternate RNC Live Stream Link

• Laura Ingraham, Radio Host
• Phil Ruffin, Businessman
• Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida
• Eileen Collins, Astronaut (retired)
• Michelle Van Etten, Small Business Owner
• Kentucky State Senator Ralph Alvarado, Jr.
• Darrell Scott, Pastor
• Harold Hamm, Continental Resources
• Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
• Lynne Patton, The Eric Trump Foundation
• U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida)
• U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
• Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization
• Newt & Callista Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House and his wife
• Indiana Governor Mike Pence, Presumptive candidate for Vice President

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During a February Republican debate the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Stassel challenged Donald Trump on the projected revenue from his proposed tax plan.

In essence Stassel claimed some economists doubted the growth factor Mr. Trump projects in his tax proposal.

In a sixty second response time, it was factually impossible for Donald Trump to explain something more complex than a sound bite allows.  However, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

Specifically, one of the larger hurdles Trump faces is a need to re-educate an entire generation on a fundamentally new vision of the U.S. economy.  A return to a Pro-Main Street, goods-based, manufacturing, technology, innovation and industry driven economic model.

Interestingly, many people have referenced a 1991 (25 years old) video of Donald Trump testifying before congress – as evidence of him being tuned in to political consequences of economic activity. The entire video is well worth watching because it gives you insight into a very specific moment in time as they discuss the ‘Reagan era’ 1986 tax reform act.

For the sake of this discussion post I would like to draw your attention to a very specific exchange between Donald Trump and Representative Helen Delich Bently (R-MD). (more…)