So, how do we eat this bird?

Navigating the new American terrain

Good morning, good people, and Happy Thanksgiving! This is quite possibly my favorite day of the year. Every time I have this debate, I end up being convinced that Christmas is the superior holiday. And perhaps it is; but for a single day, and for my style of chill, I just don’t think Turkey Day can be knocked off the top podium. Instead of the day being centered around delivering on the holiday vibes, it is all based around enjoying the moment. No gifts to wrap and huge amount of decorations to put up. The music doesn’t have to be perfect; heck, I’m not even sure this beloved day has any music. My kids just introduced me to “Gobble, Gobble” to try and fill this void and… no. Today we elevate family and butts on the couch, wonderful food and downright gluttony, and for whatever reason the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions, all to the highest station. There isn’t much sense of hangover and “Did we do it”, because the mere act of gathering and, well, just doing whatever the heck you wanted for the afternoon is the “it”. We are out of town this Thanksgiving, back in my old stomping grounds of South Florida. I’m heading out shortly to go pick up the Thanksgiving feast to bring in this year. It’s an odd feeling to not have a flurry of activity in the house. I don’t really like it, to be honest, because that madness is all so charming. But I’m 100ft in the air looking at the Atlantic Ocean, watching the Macy’s parade with the crew, and working on a Substack. Hard to complain when it’s 80 out and the beach awaits. While I never pre-script stuff, usually when I open Substack to write I have a framework in mind. This morning I don’t. I just had some thoughts I wanted to share and didn’t feel like doing that within the confines of X…

What my mind was drifting off to a bit ago was really a cornucopia of things. But I realized they all make one big feast. The theme of it could best be described as a new America. We are truly entering a new chapter in this country. In terms of my life’s lens (I’m 45), it very much feels like an America 2.0. And what I mean by that is the Tech Illuminati attempted to re-engineer our nation top-down institutionally and socially to comport with their narrowminded worldview and rabid ideology. This Techtopia version of America was, to be frank here, gross. It crashed down to something very against our pillars and foundations (of course, it was all part of the “decolonizing” movement”), very anti-American. Shit, by the end it was straight-up attacking our Constitution. It needs to erode the 1A because our people don’t support it and will shut it down once they understand what it truly is (discourse). It needs to erode our 2A because our people don’t support it and will shut it down with force if it attempts to go monarchal (which it did). And now, it has all popped!

While it is downright thrilling to have crested the mountain of Truman Show pushback, we now have some perilous paths to cross. Together; we’ll need to do it together. And who is “we”? Well, that’s one of the primary challenges. And it’s the first layer I want to flesh out here. What erupted under the public surface in 2020 was a sense of unity which formed amongst the organic pushback. I don’t want to drop names here because I’d regret the ones I left off, but there is a whole host of faces (or avatars) flashing across my mind on this wavelength. What’s so pinch-me is that many of them have become contacts of mine, some have become friends. There are a handful I now believe will be part of my life (the real one) for the rest of my days. I hope to swell that number. This is what I mean by “digital family”. And within this greater “Brain Trust” is a web of extraordinary people! The scope of it is jaw-dropping (in a good way). It’s just another of those important American stories that doesn’t get reported on by our reporters. That’s because they all now represent a very different energy. The one where the federal government and NatSec reign supreme in America and everyone and anything that stands in the way of its D-Equity-I design is to be labeled as some form of “hate” and then destroyed with Hatecraft. I hate to put it that bluntly, but this is where we are. And COVID revealed it conclusively. But I don’t want to digress there this morning. Instead, watch once again (or perhaps for the first time) two of my favorite clips. One is this unity I’m describing, the roar of this fiery energy of righteous pushback and American liberty! The other was my anthem in 2021. Not only is the song amazing, the spirit so pure and needed, but what struck me is how and why that guy and me are now so strongly on the same team. These videos show the same thing, my friends. They are a counter to “The Same Thing”… a line that’ll only make sense to those who have been part of our discourse for a long time.

That’s the story right there in two panes. THE story of this new America. I used to describe what we were going through as a huge swath of America (largely our “center-left”) staggering away from the DNC like plane crash survivors. Most of these folks had not only been on Team Blue(Anon) their entire lives, they had fully bought into this false notion of “Progress” where everything the academics and “experts” want is righteous and true and science, and anything and everything that stands in the way is not just wrong but bigotry and hate. It’s a horrifying mandate of zealotry that has no limiting principle whatsoever. This is a statement of fact and not a personal theory, as proven by crazed men chasing down women who dare say they cannot become one. Riley Gaines was locked inside a library room like a hostage on a campus in San Francisco and our ‘news’ reported the story as Riley representing some kind of “hate” there. The “decolonizing” Equity zombies screaming bloody murder at Riley and trying to break down the door somehow were not “hate”. Staggering. This is textbook “Repressive Tolerance” being run across the west at an institutional level.

But one by one, those bound by our greatest principles snapped away from this. Not just snapped away, but drew out blades and attacked! And as we stood there day after day chopping at a tree that seemed unfallable, an intense sense of camaraderie and level of mutual respect grew amongst those of us on the frontlines. I say “us” because I damn near gave my life to this shit, but I was a small player in a greater pond. There is a Mt. Rushmore of figures and faces (and cats and statue heads) that inspired me and were my heroes and guiding light. And that brings me back to this morning. I woke up today to a slew of posts celebrating the best news we’ve gotten in this country in a long time.

This is a groundbreaking moment. Think of the 180-degree irony here. Well, not irony, but a truly just outcome. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a downright hero to the vast majority who stood at those trees chopping. He’s a beacon to millions more because those axe-swingers each had legions behind them working in their own way to halt this madness and restore American liberty. Dr. B is so beloved because he presents the rare mix right now of someone who has talked the talk with his actions, but managed to do so the right way and display to our nation that he’s a downright good person. Yes, he is both likeable and a lion of a leader! This is a rare and desperately needed breed right now. The irony part is that Dr. B was victimized horribly by the Hatecraft machine. This is the man who was called a “fringe epidemiologist” by the man those who worship the new (wicked) religion of Scientism called Saint Fauci. That word, that labeling, that suppressive Hatecraft, was used to dismiss Dr. Bhattacharya across every public-surface channel we have. You were to believe Dr. B was the bad guy (The Monster) and everything else flows from that conclusion. You see the intellectual relics of this mind-rot even today, as journalists branded around being “centrists” can’t help but cast more shade at Dr. B and try and smear his legacy even deep into 2024… because they know his presence spells the end of theirs. Tony Fauci just had his job taken by that same “fringe epidemiologist”. America rejoice!

I was so moved by the outpour of this sentiment for Jay this morning on X. It’s a waterfall! And it’s all so pure, so sincere. He is not only a dream pick for this cabinet position, his presence in DC spells the end of leftist capture of Pennsylvania Avenue and public-health. At the risk of being hyperbolic, it feels like his presence spells the end of everything in that vein and the birth of our 2.0. And it’s that underlying unity that is propelling it! The figures I see broadcasting this energy today are my personal heroes. These are my beacons, my guiding light. And they’re all celebrating the same thing. The tree choppers, both large and small. It’s as if we’ve all set down our blades to share in one ginormous toast! But again, who is this new band? I chewed on this in writing a couple years ago…

I chew on it all the time and I still don’t know the answer. I think of someone like Colin Wright. While I’m not really familiar with his past (I’m not too familiar with anyone’s pre-2020 past and don’t place much value on those records and tales), I would think he and I weren’t much in the same camps just a half decade or so ago. I don’t mean we’d be foes, but I doubt you’d have selected us out of a lineup as natural allies either. And yet, he was one of the most important figures in this pushback of the people, and is one of my favorite minds in this new domestic energy that is surging. Colin and I don’t know each other well, but I’d think he feels a similar camaraderie. I bet we’d have a fantastic time over a drink. I’m hoping to do that one day. What brought Colin and I to the same place? That answer doesn’t seem all that difficult. But what does that make he and I? Set us aside as I’m not important, but cast this same dynamic out much wider. What does it make us all?

I could have used dozens of different figures I feel this same way for. These are new bridges that have formed. I feel a true sense of loyalty to these folks who won me over so righteously when it mattered. Reminds me of how I felt for my boys who I went through so much shit with back in my youth. I’d be there for this new troop here tomorrow if they needed me. And this “they” is a ginormous net of people now. Perhaps more excitedly, they are a splattering of damn near every section or demographic we have. It’s an extraordinary Brain Trust! For example, I think often about this large group of what were fairly described as lifelong feminists who have become either acquaintances of mine I have a shit ton of respect for and we’ve even done some work together, or now close friends and part of this digital family. Holy shit are we from different paths! A decade ago I would have described feminists and myself as oil and vinegar. But once again, we found ourselves out on the same front lines day after day. Suddenly the ideologies and labels didn’t matter anymore. These were some of the fiercest warriors we had against gender madness. I’m honored to have built these bridges and would follow these ladies proudly. These are lions; leaders we desperately need. How we navigate this all together is going to be one hell of a ride, however. With numbers comes power and with power will always come greed and alliance. These are not alliances with long-standing roots and they bring a wild array of personal agendas and political objectives. The glue has been pushback. When that ends, then what? It’s a whole new canvas. No one can really predict.

And then there are the divisions; both natural and perhaps some not. I came across a fascinating interaction this morning. It involved someone I really like, someone I’m not sure if I do, and then one of my legends. When I say “like” here, I don’t mean cool-guy, charisma, or autographs. I’m talking about how I personally value them, largely revolving around intellectual honesty and contribution. What it is they bring to the table and/or what they hope to achieve. Anyhow, those three are very reflective of a division on the right that is going to soon tear open! I still can’t fully figure out what those dynamics mean; who means what and why; what each person or force or agenda really wants here. The point in sharing this vague story that doesn’t do you any good without the other details is we have rivalries and clashes already set on the horizon. This tails a lot with the notion above of a composite of varying agendas, but I’m also pointing to something else. This is something darker. We aren’t navigating this shit easily, that’s for sure. And I’m certain there are forces at play designed to tear us apart. The only way Team Equity (Truman Show) ever gets its wildly unpopular agenda back in place is if they shatter the populist majority. Sadly, that may not be difficult to do. With so many on the center-left (well, who claim to be anyhow) not having laid their own faulty blades down and begun the approach of intellectual honesty, it will take only the slightest of shifts and the easiest of offers for many to pour back to the side that is Ending Hate and saving Our Democracy. Our victory for American liberty here is far from over. In many ways, it just now begins.

The last wrinkle to this is about information. Colin had a fantastic post this morning about his thread a few days before on the vanishing DEI study. The numbers his thread pulled and the way that story broke were fascinating! It not only foretold the future of our media landscape (the one I’ve been ranting and dreaming about for years now, the end of The Truman Show), it showed that we are there right now. These channels will be how more and more Americans gets their information as the MSM and traditional media outlets become like printed newspapers and go dodo. I don’t think there is any way for them to reverse that trend. This is a product that sells only when wrapped around trust (whether fairly earned or not) and vibes like authenticity and integrity. The Old Guard can scream in the face about “disinformation” and “saving democracy” all they want, but only a dwindling amount of people still buy that nonsense. Instead, doubling-down on the same has caused them to light their own audiences on fire. The numbers of mainstream news reports are now well under X threads at times. The future is here. I look forward to those who actually deserve it being rewarded in this space instead of a bunch of pre-determined sanctimonious types whose role became to help deceive us FOR the state. And I have no doubt this will happen as its the flip-side of the same coin. Consider Benjamin Ryan. I hold that guy in the highest of regards for a journalist now. Not because he put on some dog and pony show, but because he didn’t! He’s one of the most honest journalists we have. He could open his own news network and he’d have an audience on day one. I hope he does. This is the New Guard. But again, what is this quilt? It’s really mind-blowing to think about. I’m not entirely sure it can hold together. Hopefully principles are the ultimate binder.

One last thing to mention before I end this Thanksgiving ramble…

Along the lines of information, the Old Guard is FA-REAKING OUT at the reality of this same loss of control. Not only do we have a whole industry of careers and big paychecks and even bigger egos on the line (about to go Hindenburg), whether these folks realize it or not, they are carrying water for NatSec (what we call The Deep State). This is proven concretely now. Lab-leak, Hunter’s laptop, BLM, Marxist capture of schools, the illegal invasion, COVID and vax lies, Russiagate, Aspen exercise, Hitler Hatecraft, and on and on. There is no entity on Earth melting down more about the populist rise than whoever it is pulling those strings. They know the ruse is up and their days are numbered. The ONLY way they patch this back and that descending capture survives is if they can shatter this right energy. Well, that or a straight-up civil war, but let’s stay on track. We’ve seen a bunch of different efforts from this quiver and all have failed. What I suspect is going to happen next is our new information channels are going to be bombarded with bullshit. I mean like a PsyOp here; honeypot information designed to discredit us as worthy news sources. This is what it is. We can’t control their actions, we can only control our own and our response to theirs. What I’m getting is be extra cautious what you boost. A lot will look so delicious, too good to be true. That’s because it is. And when you’ve done a big dance about that and it later gets shown as trash, your voice now lost a lot of its importance. I sharpened these blades bigtime back during COVID because there was a lot of that going on then too. If you boosted shit about the vax melting your veins with liquid metal, then people probably weren’t later interested in your analysis on natural immunity. It took a lot of care to keep these filters running at a high level and maintain this personal standard. It’s a form of intellectual honesty we’re talking about, really. Be very careful over these next few months. I suspect it’s going to be even worse than back then. What do cornered dogs do? They lash! And this panicked troop doesn’t have a lot of tools left to lash with.

I didn’t mean for this all to be so dreary. Lol These are good times, my friends. I have a very strong sense today of “We did it!”. I feel like that big tree isn’t just wobbling but now fully crashed down. What was fueling these thoughts though is that we have an entirely new terrain to go master now in front of it. I couldn’t be more excited for the challenge! Happy Thanksgiving, to all of you. To those who put your own heart and soul into this saving of America, thank you. You are what I am so very thankful for today. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for us. Cheers!