Polls: Society & Politics

No one will ever convince me that income tax is not theft

Everyone was scarred horrifically by the Xiden regime. Our values, norms, traditions, and faith-based ideals were under attack. Hoards of illegal aliens, drugs, and trafficked people were pouring across our borders. Foreign nationals from broken and torn lands were facilitated entry into the US. Prices surged and everyday Americans were being squeezed thin. Democrats were hiding and obscuring Xiden's cognitive decline, then installed Kamalatoe as the Dem candidate to challenge Trump, only when it was then convenient to them after the party primary elections had already taken place. Woke identity politics and radical sociopolitical engineering was being shoved down our throats, in the workplace, in media, in schools, and throughout everyday life.

Trump had his win essentially handed to him on a golden platter after the left's egregious behavior. While the Trump administration has had some amazing success in some critical facets, there is one issue front and center that is most important to the everyday American: Affordability. Gen Z and many millennials are being skewered. Not only have they come to find their degrees are useless, but they are struggling immensely in a disrupted, dismal job market with homeownership out of reach.

As some have mentioned, the left was largely thriving for a long time due to their willingness and ability to relate and listen to younger generations. No one wants to be stuck in a forever rent scenario. As even Charlie Kirk said himself, if people lack the ability to own anything, they will become radicalized.

We are already seeing signs of a Blue wave, which is chilling and frightening. I stand wholeheartedly with Marjorie Taylor Greene in that if we don't address this crisis now, the conservatives will lose their leverage. We are tired of seeing a flip-flop of the left and right. We seek stability and to have the pathways to advance, not to be living paycheck to paycheck never getting ahead.

There have been numerous factors that has motivated to beef up my home security lately.

• We recently evicted a hostile tenant who rented the downstairs (our home is setup like a duplex)
• We have had "apartment cities"/mass apartment development in the area
• We are seeing a mass influx of out-of-staters/outsiders pooring in to our community
• I have been seeing sus-looking blacks and foreigners in nearby areas now, which used to be rare
• People are crazy now and there is a chance for civil unrest and societal collapse due to mass layoffs, economic insecurity, and scary AI developments
• There are many people who absolutely hate and despise me with some thinking I am a pedophile, even though I am happily married, have matured since, and remain a house hermit who stays inside most of the time.

I have had security cameras for a while now, but I have added extended strike plates for my deadbolts and strong flip locks to my doors. I purchased some security window film, and I am replacing hinges with security hinges for certain outswinging doors, even some interiorly.

App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U. S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It

The developer of ICEBlock, which notifies users of ICE agent sightings, said Attorney General Pam Bondi censored his free speech.

For six months, Apple distributed an app called ICEBlock that allowed users to alert people when they saw Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. But after the Trump administration complained that the app endangered officers, Apple removed it.

On Monday, the app’s developer, Joshua Aaron, sued top Trump administration officials, accusing them of pressuring Apple to stifle his free speech and his right to create, distribute and promote ICEBlock.

The suit, which was filed in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claimed that Attorney General Pam Bondi abused the government’s power when the Justice Department contacted Apple and demanded it remove the app, which she said she had done in a statement to Fox News in October. She said that Apple removed the app after her request.

The legal action could reveal more about Apple’s decision making and compliance with edicts from the Trump administration. According to Apple’s own public reports, it has removed apps at the request of authoritarian governments like China and Russia, but not from the U. S. government.