This system was designed to screw Republicans, because the top two vote getters were frequently both Democrats. Frequently, the "jungle primary" system led to Republicans getting excluded from the general election ballot.

In the California governor race, every Democrat and their dog is running, splitting the commie vote. There are only two Republicans seriously running, and they're first and second, but with only 15%-20% of the vote each.

It's very similar to the situation where Schwarzenegger won, where the Republicans backed Schwarzenegger close to 100% but the Democrats had multiple candidates splitting the vote, in the recall election.

They desperately need multiple Democrats to drop out, so that at least one Democrat can make the top 2 in the primary. Otherwise, it could be two Republicans facing off in the general election for California governor.

That's the reason Swalwell was suddenly unpersoned. If he drops out, then there are fewer Democrats splitting the vote, and it'll be easier for a Democrat to crack the top two.

I bet they'll find a way to change the rules and screw the Republicans, if the Republicans do wind up with both ballot spots in the general election.

Trump still has been able to wield tremendous change and influence.

I disagree mildly with the 1% statement. Mainly because I think it's more tremendously variable.

I think it's more like - a president has tremendous executive power (EG, decision makers comporting with what he wants) WHEN HE IS POPULAR.

When the president is not popular or is being actively sabotaged it's more like almost 0%.

Perhaps it averages out to 1%.

Example: Trump wanted to crack down on illegal immigrants. Rioters started obstructing ICE violently, well organized violence. Courts and Congress sided with the rioters over ICE. Thus, Trump was forced to scale back his illegal immigrant crackdown.

The President isn't an absolute ruler, like the CEO of a corporation. He has maybe 1% influence on the direction of the government. In one of Trump's businesses, if a subordinate didn't do what Trump wanted, he could just fire them. In government, the disobedient subordinates can just ignore Trump, and then sue and win if Trump tries to hold them accountable. There are more disobedient subordinates than Trump can personally fire.

The election doesn't give the President 100% control of government. It just gives him 1% control, maybe, on a good day.

The why - for me any possible enjoyment from it has completely run its course. If I keep it around my attitude at this point is going to poison the forum, so it's time to quit it.

JoFrance purchased the domain renewal for this current period up through early next year.

Therefore I will offer to transfer the domain to her for hosting some place else. I'll even transfer a security-sanitized copy of the database to whomever wants to host it.

If Jo doesn't want this I will give the domain to any forumer that asks.

The method of transferring anything will be - post your request here, and if there is no challenge from anyone else after a day or two I will contact you privately by your registered email address from my well known email address.

I'm not going to help set up a new site or coordinate anything between two parties. I'll hand over what I have.

After his two assassination attempts, Trump's focus broadened to include root causes of problems that prevent peace and prosperity in the world. He thinks he is destined to solve these problems. After Iran, there is freeing Cuba of their dictators, like he did in Venezuela. I think everything he's doing is long overdue. Yes, it helps the US bigly in the long run, but what about now?

We're taking an economic hit because of Iran and the strait of Hormuz. Trump knows that he has to fix the situation fast. He's taking a lot of heat for the strait of Hormuz mess. We'll see what happens, but I hope we can go back to America First soon.

The war has only been going on for 42 days. Trump said there would be short term pain and there is. We are winning because we destroyed almost all of their military capabilities. The regime leaders are gone. Iran is at the negotiating table now and we'll see what comes of it. If they can't make a deal, the US will continue the military route.

I think many commentators are being premature in their judgments of how the war is going. You have to give it more time to see how things play out. Trump doesn't want a forever war, he wants the enriched uranium so they can never use it. My understanding is it will be very difficult to remove though.

I trust Trump will do the right thing. He wants to see peace in the Middle East and that could never happen if the Iranian regime and their military capabilities were left intact. It will be up to the people of Iran to choose and fight for new leadership in Iran. I ran across this article about an anti-regime resistance that is rising up against the IRGC. Its a good sign.

https://www.independentsentinel.com/an-anti-regime-resistance-formed-in-central-iran/

There was a leaked elimination list. As expected, the people on the elimination list were trading at 95%-98%. The leaked elimination list was followed for the first few episodes.

For Wednesday's episode, the leaked elimination list was wrong! Gullible people were betting on the leaked elimination list, and someone who knew the truth made a fortune! Look at the chart for Christian (who was the leaked answer) and Dee (who was actually eliminated)!

https://kalshi.com/markets/kxsurvivorelimination/who-will-be-eliminated-from-survivor/kxsurvivorelimination-26apr11

The "no new wars" doctrine being discarded with no acknowledgement.

The admin no longer states "for the will of the American people". The will of the American people was in part to not have voluntary wars. Stephen Miller was real big on stating that deportations were the will of the American people (they were.) Where is Stephen Miller these days?

Melania Trump's press conference disclaiming association with Epstein, and also calling for full transparency. She is DIRECTLY contradicting Donnie who labeled Epstein a Democratic hoax. She is asserting that it's a real problem. This has direct vibes of Melinda Gates leaving Bill Gates over Epstein.

The Butler, PA assassination attempt was not investigated, was totally covered up, the body was burned and the crime scene was sanitized immediately (hosing down blood stains, etc) Also while Trump will roll in the mud on any other issue, he has not rebutted one thing publicly about the shooting. I have seen some analysts guessing that the Butler attempt was part of controlling Trump for the moment in time we went to war in Iran. Not proven but fishy as fuck that the Butler narrative is as buttoned down as the JFK assassination. Trump has cooperated with that coverup.

The Truth Social post he made sounds like someone on speed: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116376634773749603

I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon — Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs. They’re stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too! Look at their past, look at their record. They don’t have what it takes, and they never did! They’ve all been thrown off Television, lost their Shows, and aren’t even invited on TV because nobody cares about them, they’re NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, and will say anything necessary for some “free” and cheap publicity.

Uhm... yeah. Some channel like Timcast regularly gets many more visitors than the big three networks get in viewers. TV is a Boomer thing and you're a behind the times boomer if you believe that TV success is the measure of success.

And one little thing: Trump didn't place his hand on the Bible at the inauguration. Even Obama did so. The bible was right there, he kept his hand away. This to me seems like a tell that he was inwardly not sincere and was avoiding the "oath to God". He has also said in interviews that he is probably not going to Heaven. His actions and words appear to show him in conflict with righteousness.

Maybe Trump will bounce back (to reality). I believe he has fundamentally changed in this term. I personally believe he is being controlled.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116363336033995961

Tucker Carlson thinks we're going to nuke Iran based on what Trump said.

https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2041522919411433539

So does MTG. She wants to 25th Amendment Trump because of the war in Iran.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/07/mtg-demands-25th-amendment-as-election-to-replace-her-begins-after-she-quit-on-constituents/

I thought what Trump said in his truth was bluster to get the Iranians to make a deal. Tucker and MTG, who claim to know Trump, overreacted to what he said. They should know Trump would never nuke Iran and kill the people. I don't get their attitudes.

I don't think they'll run a woman this time, but no matter who they run if they are pushing the same old open border policies, transgender BS, green energy and DEI, they'll never win in a general election (without cheating).

The Republicans have many good leaders to choose from. They'll be hard to beat in 2029.

Kamala has zero chance of winning the nomination. If she ran for real, should wouldn't win a single primary.

Hopefully, our do-nothing Congress will codify a lot of Trump's EOs so they can't be easily reversed. Democrats gave us four years of living under their policies with Biden and made one hell of a mess. People rejected that so we have Trump, their worst nightmare. If they ever want to win the presidency again they'll have to move to the middle. Far-left policies won't win in a general election if they can't cheat.

People are looking to God now for meaning in their lives. Especially the young people, thanks to Charlie Kirk.

their last chance to hold on to power

The nature of the 2 party system means there will be a Democrat President again someday. That could be as soon as 2029, but almost definitely no later than 2033 or 2037. The next Democrat President opens the borders again on day 1, and also reverses all of Trump's executive orders, and pardons anyone Trump prosecuted.

A new President usually also wins in Congress, which means the new Democrat President will likely have a majority in the House and Senate, like Biden did for his first two years. They can eliminate the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court or pass whatever law they want.

The filibuster is not part of the Constitution, its a Senate procedural rule to delay a vote through endless debate. I'd rather them not nuke it, but the problem is that we have no chance to have election integrity without passage of the Save Act.

If reconciliation doesn't work, they should nuke the filibuster and get it done. Democrats can't win elections without their mail-in ballot schemes and no voter-Id. They're the party of bad ideas. The people they care about are the illegals, their last chance to hold on to power. They'll do anything to make sure they can keep voting.