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Founder/CEO, Martin Capital. "Philosopher Capitalist". Christian, Anti-Communist. Part of the team that started PayPal. SUBSCRIBE here & https://t.co/wMQ2cCDkW9
May 9 9 tweets 4 min read
Pro-independence activists needed 177,732 signatures. They just delivered nearly 302,000.

Alberta’s Brexit moment is here. Ottawa can no longer dismiss Western alienation as fringe noise.

A reckoning is coming.

THREAD 🧵Image 2/ Alberta isn’t just another province with political gripes. It is the productive, energy-rich, conservative West — treated by Ottawa like a colony.

Equalization payments siphon billions east (mostly to Quebec). Pipelines are blocked. The energy sector is sabotaged. Values are mocked. Ottawa extracts wealth and demands gratitude.

This isn’t Confederation. It’s subjugation.Image
May 8 11 tweets 4 min read
While the media obsesses over tariffs, Trump is quietly executing a masterclass in dollar dominance — and yanking real power away from the IMF and various globalist institutions.

This isn’t crisis aid. It’s strategic financial statecraft.

Thread 🧵🔥 Image 2/ You may have never heard of currency swap lines. They aren’t new. But Trump & Bessent’s use of them is revolutionary.

They’re extending direct dollar facilities to Gulf states & Asian partners — creating a U.S.-controlled dollar network for nations China wants to peel away. Image
May 7 7 tweets 3 min read
🧵The Iranian regime’s “oil storage clock” is ticking down to zero — and the U.S. Navy just turned up the dial.

Tankers are bottled up. No exports means no cash. With no revenue, even the mullahs can only last so long.

But it's even worse than that. ⏰🇺🇸 Image 2/ Since Trump’s blockade began, 1.5+ million barrels per day have nowhere to go. Storage is nearly full.

Analysts say forced shut-ins hit mid-May to mid-June. $13 billion a month in regime revenue — gone.

And shut-in fields are damaged fields. Some may not recover. Image
May 4 9 tweets 4 min read
🚨 NATO is unraveling.

But is that actually BAD?

Should America care?

And how do we turn our rich, freeloading “allies” into real partners instead of welfare dependents?

Thread. 🧵 Image 2/ NATO was born in 1949 to stop the Soviet Empire. Stalin had a massive army pointed at Frankfurt, Paris, London. We didn’t want Soviet armies on the Atlantic coast aimed at New York and Virginia.

Better to fight them there than here, and save Europe in the process. Image
Oct 10, 2025 6 tweets 3 min read
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump has canceled his upcoming meeting with Xi Jinping and announced 100% tariffs on Chinese goods starting Nov. 1.

His reason? Beijing just imposed global export controls on rare earths — the materials that power the modern world. 🧵👇 Image 2/ China controls 92% of rare earth refining — metals essential for EVs, semiconductors, fighter jets, & submarines.

Beijing is weaponizing that — sending letters to nations warning it’ll restrict exports on “virtually anything.”

Trump called it “sinister and hostile.” ⚠️ Image
Oct 10, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 America’s energy comeback is official.

Congress just voted to repeal Biden’s mining and drilling bans in Alaska, Montana, and North Dakota.

The bills now go to President Trump’s desk — where they’ll be signed into law within days. 🇺🇸💪

It's long overdue. 🧵👇 Image 2/ The Senate passed three resolutions:

✅ H.J. Res. 104 – Montana
✅ H.J. Res. 105 – North Dakota
✅ H.J. Res. 106 – Alaska

Each overturns Biden-era “land management” rules that shut down coal, oil, and mineral development across millions of acres for no good reason.

Trump will restore them all. 🔥Image
Oct 9, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🇮🇱🇺🇸 BREAKING: Celebrations erupt across Israel and Gaza.

Trump’s 20-point peace plan has reached its first major breakthrough: agreement for Hamas to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — with a ceasefire to follow.

History is happening. 🧵👇 Image 2/ After talks in Egypt, both sides agreed to the first phase.

📦 All 48 remaining Israeli hostages will be freed within days.
💥 Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be released.
🕊️ A formal ceasefire follows Israel’s ratification tomorrow.

Families are calling Trump a peacemaker.Image
Oct 9, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 Live by the sword, die by the sword.

New York AG Letitia James — who spent years failing to destroy Donald Trump for mortgage fraud — has now been indicted by a federal grand jury for...mortgage fraud.

The same woman who weaponized the law now faces justice herself. 🧵👇 Image 2/ The indictment stems from an investigation into fraudulent mortgage filings.

James falsely claimed her Norfolk, Virginia home was her primary residence — to score a lower interest rate on a government-backed loan.

She allegedly lied on bank documents and property records. Image
Oct 7, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 Antifa claims it's “anti-fascist.”

In reality, it traces directly to a Communist front that helped Hitler rise to power.

Yes — the original Antifa worked with the Nazis to destroy capitalism and crush moderate opposition.

Nothing's changed. Not even the symbols.🧵 Image
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2/ When they tell you who they are, you should listen.

🇩🇪 Antifa began in 1932 as Antifaschistische Aktion, the Communist Party (KPD)'s terror wing.

Their target? Not the Nazis. The pro-democracy parties.

They called them “social fascists,” sabotaged them & helped Hitler win. Image
Oct 7, 2025 8 tweets 3 min read
THREAD: Israel was once a socialist welfare case—ration cards, price controls, total state control.

Today it’s a free-market superpower, richer per capita than Britain, France, or Japan.

What changed?

One man—and one moral choice. 🧵 Image 2/ For its first several decades, Israel was a Socialist backwater.

It's people were brilliant and hardworking, but poor, because of the poor choices of their government.

Jerusalem subsisted on foreign aid. Poverty ruled. Inflation hit 400%

Then everything changed. Image
Sep 21, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 Trump just dropped a bombshell on Big Tech’s cheap-labor pipeline.

From now on, companies must pay a $100,000 one-time fee for every new H-1B visa.

No more firing Americans while importing foreign replacements on the cheap. 🇺🇸🔥

DETAILS 🧵👇 2/ For decades, Silicon Valley gamed the H-1B system:

• Americans laid off.
• Foreign workers imported at cut-rate wages.
• Profits up, middle class down.

We want the world's best and brightest. But not at the cost of Americans losing any opportunity.

So Trump just flipped the script: you can have foreign talent, but it’s going to cost you.Image
Sep 20, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 Trump just said what millions believe but few dare:
George Soros belongs in prison.

For decades, Soros has bankrolled crime, chaos, and open borders — reshaping nations without ever winning an election.

He is the Godfather of Global Disorder.

THREAD 🧵Image 2/ Soros isn’t just a donor. He’s an architect.

He funds District Attorneys who won’t prosecute, builds NGOs & media outlets, and normalizes crime while citizens suffer.

San Francisco, Chicago, Philly, Charlotte—we’re all living—or dying—in his experiment. ⚖️ Image
Sep 20, 2025 6 tweets 3 min read
🚨 Two murders. Two victims. Two symbols.

Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte. Charlie Kirk in Utah.

Both bled out from the neck. Both killed by leftist ideology.

This feels different. Something has changed. 🩸

🧵 Thread: The Culmination of Leftist Ideology 👇 Image 2/ Iryna Zarutska, 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, had her throat slit on Charlotte’s Lynx Blue Line by DeCarlos Brown — a career criminal released 14+ times by DEI judges.

Her crime? Being white, blonde, and vulnerable in a system that protects criminals over citizens. ⚖️

Oh, and why did I say "white"? Because her killer was caught in camera telling a bystander "I got that white girl."

Wouldn't the left normally call this a hate crime? But not here.Image
Sep 20, 2025 4 tweets 2 min read
🚨 Canada has become the epicenter of a postmodern death cult.

Nearly 5% of all Canadian deaths now come from state-sanctioned euthanasia (MAiD). In Quebec, it’s over 7%—the highest rate in the world.

This isn’t compassion. It’s coercion, cost-cutting, and moral collapse. 🧵👇Image 2/ Canada calls it “Medical Assistance in Dying.”

But the truth? Patients are being pushed into death as a cheaper alternative to health care.

Grandma’s too expensive? Push her toward “assisted death.” Mentally ill? Same fate. Children are next.

This is death as "healthcare". Image
Sep 18, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 HISTORIC: Trump just signed the largest tech investment deal in British history—$350 BILLION.

• 15,000 new U.K. jobs
• 2,500 new U.S. jobs
• 12 advanced nuclear reactors

This is the special relationship re-forged for the 21st century.

THREAD 🧵👇 2/ The Tech Prosperity Deal:

• $350B in new investment
• 2,500 new U.S. jobs
• 15,000 new UK jobs
• 12 nuclear reactors powering 1.5M homes

Backing from Nvidia, OpenAI, Google, Salesforce, and more

Trump called it “pretty amazing.” That’s an understatement. Image
Sep 18, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 BREAKING: Trump has already removed 2 million illegals from the U.S. since returning to office.

That’s 10% of the job DONE in just half a year, despite constant legal obstruction by Democrats.

The border is closed tight. And the illegals are going home, fast.

DETAILS 🧵👇Image
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2/ DHS confirms:

• 400,000 deportations carried out directly.
• 1.6 million SELF-deportations after Trump’s crackdown.

When the law is enforced, illegals leave on their own.

We'll now even buy them a plane ticket and give them $1,000 cash! Image
Sep 18, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 BOMBSHELL: Biden’s DOJ targeted Charlie Kirk & Turning Point USA.

Trump: “They tried to force Charlie, & many other people & movements, out of business.”

This is a man who fostered discussion & common ground.

The weaponization of government was worse than we thought. 🧵👇Image 2/ Trump today:

“Why was the wonderful Turning Point under INVESTIGATION by ‘Deranged’ Jack Smith & the Corrupt & Incompetent Biden Administration?”

The same DOJ that turned a blind eye to Antifa and BLM rioting went after Kirk’s youth movement.

Speech "bad", violence "good". Image
Sep 18, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 BREAKING: Trump just did what Democrats feared most.

He has officially designated ANTIFA as a MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.

After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, years of rioting and looting, and countless other murders, the gloves are off.

THREAD 🧵👇 Image 2/ Trump on Truth Social:

“ANTIFA is a SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER. I am designating it a MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.”

He also called for an investigation of who funds them.

The money trail is very interesting. None of what Antifa does comes cheap.

RICO anyone? Image
Sep 18, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 BREAKING: SpaceX Wins Again: Judge Tosses Environmental Challenge To Its Launches

A federal judge killed a suit trying to shut down SpaceX's Texas launches.

It's not just about rockets. It’s about whether America leads the future—or gets strangled by activists.

THREAD 🧵👇 Image 2/ Radical groups claimed the FAA “rubber-stamped” SpaceX’s launch approvals, whining about noise, light, and “disturbed ocelots.”

The judge disagreed—calling the FAA’s review “well-reasoned and supported by the record.”

Translation: the law is on SpaceX’s side, not the obstructionists.

But even more than that: SpaceX has done EVERYTHING the law requires to ensure there's no unreasonable harm to the environment, or the birdies & beasties.

At some point, the Greens are just trying to stop all economic activity, not actually trying to protect anything.

Gee: who might want to stop Elon Musk?Image
Sep 18, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 BREAKING: Iran is begging China for J-10C fighter jets.

But here’s the kicker—Chinese military experts admit those planes would be “sitting ducks” against Israel’s Air Force.

This story isn’t as much about firepower as weakness, humiliation, and geopolitics.

Read on:

🧵👇 Image 2/ Iran has been desperate for new jets for years.

Most of its fighters were state-of-the-art...in 1965. And then Israel destroyed them.

But it hasn't had any luck:

– Planned 150-plane deal in 2015, collapsed over money.
– Defaulted on Su-35 down payments to Russia.
– Now begging China to sell them J-10Cs on “installments.”

This isn’t strength. It’s desperation.Image
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Sep 17, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
🚨 Donald Trump just deployed the National Guard to MEMPHIS

Violent crime is 6x the national average.
Property crime? 3x higher.

Now the National Guard & federal agents are restoring order in one of America’s most historic cities.

Here’s what you need to know:

🧵👇 Image 2/ Trump’s Sept. 15 memorandum — Restoring Law and Order in Memphis — creates a multi-agency task force:

– National Guard
– FBI
– DHS
– DOJ & ATF
– Pentagon support

The mission: “hypervigilant policing, aggressive prosecution, complex investigations, and saturation of high-crime neighborhoods.”Image