On Stephen Macaulay’s October 13 Right-Column, ‘Debt Up, Services Down – Is This Any Way to Run a Government? –War is good business. If you could wage war on the homefront it would be a real efficient way to shovel money into the eager maws of allies and donors. –Ben Wojdyla (via Facebook)

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On No Kings … MAGA allies including House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) have attacked Saturday’s No Kings rally, described and supported in contributing pundit Jerry Lanson’s column below (scroll down this column to read it), as being run by “antifa,” terrorists and Marxists. The uniformity of their message is proof that White House advisor/attack dog Stephen Miller is behind the messaging, according to The New Republic, which reports it is backfiring as Democrats are turning the criticism around to galvanize attendance. 

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