In the grand ballroom of a downtown hotel, on November 5, 2022, I attended the Wake County, North Carolina, GOP watch party.
The ballroom was packed with conservatives eagerly awaiting news of the night. In the weeks leading up to this day, they had been peppered with articles and by talking heads proclaiming a forthcoming Red wave in both the U.S. Senate and the House.
Riding What Wave?
As we all know, the Red wave turned out to be a Red wake. The losses were staggering. Once dampened in this major way, such blind optimism at the least should be enough to convince people not to put their faith in prognostication, particularly when it comes to political elections.
Flash forward to November 4, 2025. With few seats up for grabs, the GOP again managed to get crushed. Of all things, Jay Jones, who wishes harm against his political opponents and even their children, was shockingly elected as Virginia attorney general. Surely, civil people on the Left and the Right eschew someone who freely and publicly advocates violence and is not the least bit ashamed of it.
Dashed hopes ensued in Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City. In California, Proposition 50 passed easily, enabling Gavin Newsom to continue to thwart GOP representation: while Republicans account for nearly a quarter of the state, they have nine of 52 elected House representatives.
This is how Democrats work. They're not interested in free and fair elections or in suitably drawn district maps. They care not for civil debate or, for that matter, any debate. Their only focus is on power and control.
The Truth Be Damned
In less than one year, midterm elections in every state and every county across the country will be held. If the GOP leadership, as well as rank-and-file members, in these respective jurisdictions offer minimum efforts to get out the vote, history could repeat itself and in 2026, it won't be a mere slap on the wrist.
Despite all of the 2nd Trump Administration’s spectacular victories, and the ways he is strengthening our nation, safeguarding peace throughout the world, and re-instating the rule of law, especially for immigration, elections, and treasonous behavior, a massive throng of brainwashed Democrat voters will continue to regard the Administration as fascists.
It doesn't matter that Arctic Frost has been exposed for what it is – among the largest criminal cover-ups in American history, making Watergate look like child's play. The major TV networks give this event no airtime. The New York Times, The Washington Post and all newspapers on down ignore or bury the news.
The U.S. fakestream media has no intention of ever reporting the truth about what occurs in our country today or yesterday, 10 years ago, or 100 years ago. Even as journalists are deemed lower than rattlesnakes based on most surveys, the bi-coastal and corporate elites and billionaire backers will keep the fakestream media alive for as long as possible. Be it two years or ten years from now, those who are duped by Leftist propaganda will continue to be duped for the foreseeable future.
The Reality of Our Times
It’s disheartening to be surrounded by relatives, friends, neighbors, and coworkers who are so naive about domestic and international events that an effective dialogue cannot even be initiated with them. While many of us have already lost friends, become estranged from family members, and need to tread lightly in certain quarters, this is how things might be for the rest of our lives.
We need to accept that the struggle will exceed our lifetimes. Each and every one of us is a foot soldier in turning the tide, with no time-outs.
Saving the country and, by extension, saving the world is not a challenge for the timid. It requires every fiber of our being. We cannot sit back in our armchairs or behind electronic screens. The difference must occur in the streets, boardrooms, town halls, church groups, and meetings of every kind.
One Presidency Away
General Mike Flynn recently reflected on the words of Ronald Reagan. Flynn warned that “if we don’t hold people who committed treason accountable,” (and I’ll add, if we don’t each become effective influencers,) “we are no longer one generation away from losing our freedoms, we are one presidency away.”
To meet our challenges, nothing less than our vigorous best, around the clock, will suffice.