American Greatness, Author at The Virginia Star

Commentary: Give Me Fertility, or Give Me Death

November 21, 2024 American Greatness

For an estimated two-thirds of America’s unmarried, childless women, the November 5 election was about rejecting a candidate who exuded “toxic masculinity,” along with rebellion against a Supreme Court that overruled their right to “reproductive health care.” And while these childless women and their candidate lost the election, they’re winning a bigger war. They are leading us to extinction.

We now have tens of millions of American women who think unrestricted access to abortions is more important than prosperity, security, freedom, and world peace. And in alarming percentages, these women are not having babies. What this portends transcends politics and strikes to the very future of civilization.

Commentary: Barack Obama Is Perhaps Not the Political Genius He Tells Us He Is

November 15, 2024 American Greatness

Every few months, a sanitized report appears on the post-presidency activities of Barack Obama’s public advocacy. It’s a narrative that conveniently ignores the inherent problems in having a person with no constitutional role or congressional oversight take an active role in executive decision-making.

FEMA Supervisor Who Allegedly Directed Staff to Avoid Homes with Trump Signs Claims It Was a Widespread Practice Due to ‘Political Hostility’

November 14, 2024 American Greatness

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supervisor accused of directing workers to skip hurricane-ravaged homes in Florida with Trump signs, claimed in an interview Monday that the policy was widespread and that she was being scapegoated.

Marn’i Washington was fired on Saturday after whistleblowers told the Daily Wire that at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags were passed over at the end of October into November due to the guidance, depriving them of the opportunity to qualify for FEMA assistance. She had worked for the agency since 2019.

Laken Riley Murder Suspect Waives Right to Trial by Jury

November 13, 2024 American Greatness

On Tuesday, the illegal alien who has been accused of murdering nursing student Laken Riley elected not to face a trial by jury, and instead have his guilt determined by the judge overseeing the case.

Report: Fauci Received $15 Million Taxpayer-Funded Security Services After Retiring from Government

November 13, 2024 American Greatness

Dr. Anthony Fauci has received $15,000,000 in taxpayer-funded security services since leaving his post as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Government Watchdog, Open the Books, has found.

Commentary: The Uniparty Establishment War on MAHA Heats Up

November 13, 2024November 12, 2024 American Greatness

by Brian Robertson “Trump really could empower RFK Jr. to wreck public health” proclaims the headline in Vox. “RFK Jr. Wants to Reshape US Health Policy. Good Luck With That” mocks a banner in Wired. Likewise, the Wall Street Journal joined the frenzy, noting that “industry, doctors, and their supporters in Congress probably will…

Commentary: Trump Expanded His Base Because He Kept it Real

November 13, 2024 American Greatness

There are a lot of post-mortems on the election at the moment. Many who predicted a Kamala Harris victory are now trying to explain how Donald Trump was elected. Their ability to analyze the data ex ante was clearly flawed, but humility and objectivity have not been journalistic virtues for a long time.

Commentary: The Fault, Dear Democrats, Is in Yourselves

November 12, 2024 American Greatness

“Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

“They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.” – Often attributed to Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand

The Democratic election postmortem immediately descended into public blame-gaming—as expected. When Joe Biden was forced off the ticket in late July, the conspirators issued a party line that he was to be praised as a veritable George Washington—in the spirit of Washington’s farewell address of 1796 about why it was a good thing for the first president not to run for a third term.

ACLU Pledges to Block Trump Administration Actions on LGBT, Abortion, and Immigration

November 9, 2024November 8, 2024 American Greatness

The far-left American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a statement vowing to block the incoming Trump Administration on as many policies as possible, including abortion, the LGBT agenda, and immigration.

As Fox News reports, ACLU’s executive director Anthony Romero published an open letter on the organization’s website, admitting that “we know that a second Trump administration will be even more aggressive and effective than it was before.”

Commentary: Making America Safe Again Will Be Donald Trump’s Highest Priority as President

November 9, 2024 American Greatness

In my opinion, the most important of all of Donald Trump’s promises during the 2024 presidential campaign was to “make America safe again” by restoring American leadership and peace through strength.

This is because Joe Biden will leave Trump with grave national security challenges around the world. U.S. weakness under Biden, Biden’s frivolous foreign policy that designated climate change as the top U.S. national security threat, and major foreign policy failures have caused U.S. and global security to seriously deteriorate since 2021.

Commentary: Indoctri-Nation

November 9, 2024 American Greatness

An essential mission for many educators throughout the country is the indoctrination of their students. The newest arrival on the propaganda front is Israel. In August, one of the topics of a United Teachers of Los Angeles meeting was “How to be a teacher & an organizer. . . and NOT get fired.”

Commentary: The Election Too Big to Rig

November 7, 2024 American Greatness

America has chosen a new president. But we may not know the results for days or even weeks.

While there is a chance we will see a quick and decisive Trump victory, the media has prepared us for a protracted aftermath to election day. This raises an obvious question: Was there election rigging in 2024? Did the uniparty establishment and the institutions they control, desperate to prevent a Trump victory, break the rules? Did they cheat?

Kamala Harris Still Mum but Expected to Concede Election to Donald Trump Later Today

November 6, 2024 American Greatness

After canceling her post-election speech at Howard University last night, Kamala Harris is expected to officially concede the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump in a speech to the country at her alma mater in Washington D.C., at 6:00 pm this evening.

Commentary: Trump’s Highlighter Is the Color of American Greatness

November 6, 2024 American Greatness

The thing that Democrats, Republican NeverTrumpers, and their media cohorts hate most about Trump has nothing to do with his rhetoric, policies, morals, or personality. Rather, they despise Trump’s highlighter. They respected Obama’s pen and phone, but when Trump first wielded his brazenly bright, blondish-orange highlighter on the 2016 primary trail — shining a politically incorrect light on issues like immigration and international trade policies — it terrified them.

House Judiciary Committee: UN Workers Resettled 77,000 Illegal Aliens on U.S. Taxpayer’s Dime

November 5, 2024November 6, 2024 American Greatness

The Biden-Harris administration’s open borders policies are facing increased scrutiny after a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement report revealed an alliance with United Nations bureaucrats.

The committee reported that U.S. taxpayer funding was directed to the salaries of UN bureaucrats who staffed migration centers set up throughout South and Central America.

Commentary: The ‘Deplorables’ Have Lost Confidence in America’s Elites

November 5, 2024 American Greatness

Who actually are the “garbage” people?

Are they one and the same with Joe Biden’s “semi-fascists,” “chumps,” and “dregs of society?”

Or Barack Obama’s “clingers?”

Survey: One in Three Young Adults in America Do Not Want to Have Children

November 4, 2024November 4, 2024 American Greatness

A shocking new study shows that one-third of young adults in America today do not have children, and do not plan on having children.

As reported by Breitbart, the poll was conducted by the Independent Center and Newsweek. The results of the survey found that 30% of Generation Z, known as “Zoomers,” and Millennials currently do not have children, and have no plans to have children of their own. Zoomers are generally considered to be the generation that was born between 1997 and 2012, while Millennials are viewed as being between 1981 and 1996.

Commentary: America’s Adversaries Are Rooting for Kamala Harris

November 2, 2024 American Greatness

Although America’s ferociously anti-Trump media refuses to admit it, there is a powerful group of people who cannot vote in the U.S. presidential election but are rooting for Kamala Harris to win: the leaders of China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, terrorist groups, and other U.S. adversaries.

America’s adversaries took full advantage over the past three years of a sharp decline in American global influence and deterrence. This resulted in new wars and massive terrorist attacks, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a surge in provocations and threats by China against Taiwan and in the South China Sea, the October 7, 2023, Hamas massacre against Israel, a new 7-front war against Israel, a dangerous increase in Iran’s sponsorship of terrorism and major gains in its nuclear weapons program, a huge increase in North Korean missile tests, 11 million illegal migrants crossing our southern border, and other threats.

White House Press Office Doctored Transcript of Joe Biden Calling Trump Supporters ‘Garbage’ over Stenographer’s Objections

November 1, 2024November 1, 2024 American Greatness

The White House press office altered the official transcript of Joe Biden insulting Trump supporters over the objections of the White House stenographer, according to two government officials, and an email obtained by the Associated Press. House Republicans have launched an investigation into the matter, saying the White House may have violated the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

Biden caused an uproar on Tuesday when he described Trump supporters as “garbage” during in a campaign Zoom call with Latino voters.

Commentary: Once Joyful Harris Now Goes the Full McCarthy (Never Go ‘Full McCarthy’)

November 1, 2024 American Greatness

In the last two weeks, Kamala Harris has been trying to revive her stagnant campaign by smearing Trump as being Hitlerian and a fascist. She claims Trump is planning to put his enemies in encampments.

Commentary: The Cool Kids Are Voting for Trump

October 30, 2024 American Greatness

It is hard for highly ideological people, including me, to understand undecided voters. But some of it seems to come down to the “cool” factor. Cool candidates win and uncool candidates do not.

Report: Most Counties Have Little or No Local News Sources

October 26, 2024 American Greatness

A new study reveals that a majority of American counties have either one local news outlet or none at all, following a rise in closures of local newspapers.

As reported by Axios, the data compiled by the Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism reveals that over half of the United States’ 3,143 counties have either one local media outlet, or zero; this amounts to approximately 55 million people with limited or no access to local news.

Report: College Enrollments on the Decline as Americans Reject Higher Education

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024 American Greatness

The rate of freshman enrollment at colleges across the country, from private to public, has dropped to the lowest levels since before the Chinese Coronavirus pandemic.

According to the Daily Caller, freshman enrollment at public universities decreased by 8.5% in 2024 compared to 2023, while private enrollment dropped by 6.5% in the same span of time. This comes despite the fact that freshman enrollment rose slightly in 2023 compared to 2022, with a mere 0.8% increase.

Victor Davis Hanson Commentary: The Absurdity of Kamala Harris

October 25, 2024 American Greatness

As Vice President Kamala Harris slips in the polls, the Democratic National Committee/Harris Campaign/mainstream media fusion talking points become even more absurd and inane.

Claiming that J.D. Vance and Donald Trump were “weird” did not work — especially given the genuinely odd behavior of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and would-be First Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

Commentary: Extending Tax-Credit Scholarships

October 24, 2024 American Greatness

According to a just-released Education Opportunity in America report by 50CAN, only 39% of public school parents are satisfied with their child’s education.

Other polling results are also discouraging. Released in August, EdChoice’s annual Schooling in America Survey revealed that 64% of parents think K–12 education in America is on the wrong track. Not only is this an eight-point increase from last year, but it is also the highest level of pessimism among parents since the question was first asked in 2014.

Commentary: Without Massive Reform, a Trump Victory Will Be in Vain

October 23, 2024 American Greatness

by Christopher Roach It looks like Donald Trump is going to win. I always thought he would in a fair fight. But winning the election could prove to be a Pyrrhic victory if Trump does not take very specific steps to wrest control of the federal government from hostile…

Commentary: A Media Beyond Caricature

October 22, 2024 American Greatness

CBS’s iconic 60 Minutes has had plenty of scandals and embarrassments in its long 57-year history, most notably the fake-but-accurate Dan Rather mess. Yet never has it found itself in greater disrepute than in 2024.

Donald Trump, for good reason, recently declined to join 60 Minutes for its traditional election-year in-depth interviews of the two presidential candidates. Why?

Texas AG Ken Paxton Calls on FCC to ‘Immediately’ Tighten Campaign Finance Rules Following ActBlue Investigation

October 22, 2024 American Greatness

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) announced Monday that he has petitioned the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) to take immediate action to “close fundraising loopholes that jeopardize American election integrity” following his investigation into the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue.

In a press release, Paxton said that suspicious actors appear to be using ActBlue “to make a large number of straw political donations.”

Voters in Pennsylvania Receive Threatening Letters Warning ‘There Will Be Consequences’ for Supporting Trump

October 19, 2024 American Greatness

Pennsylvania residents with Trump signs in their yard are reportedly receiving disturbing letters warning them that “there will be consequences” for supporting former President Donald Trump.

“We know where you live, you are in the data base,” the anonymous author states in the letter, first obtained by The Post Millennial. “In the dead of a cold winters night, this year, or next and beyond, there is no knowing what will happen. Your property, your family may be impacted, your cat may get shot. And more.”

New Illegal Alien Caravan Heading for U.S. Ahead of Election

October 16, 2024 American Greatness

Yet another caravan of illegal aliens is currently making its way towards the southern border of the United States, hoping to cross the border before a possible victory by former President Donald Trump in the November election.

As Breitbart reports, the caravan consists of about 1,000 illegals, and started at Mexico’s southern border; it is currently en route to Mexico City, at which point it will disband and scatter as it makes its way to the border. It is the second major illegal caravan to start in Mexico since October 1st, following the inauguration of the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum.

House Committee to Investigate FEMA Mishandling of Funds amid Hurricane Relief

October 16, 2024October 15, 2024 American Greatness

Republicans on a top congressional committee have launched an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over its “priorities” after reports emerged claiming that the agency spent most of its money aiding illegal aliens, to the point that it had little money left to deal with the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

According to Fox News, a letter was issued by members of the majority on the the House Homeland Security Committee, declaring that the committee “is investigating [DHS’] prioritization of its ability to adequately respond to natural disasters.”

Commentary: The Strange, Mythological Campaign of Kamala Harris

October 15, 2024 American Greatness

It is now well known that Kamala Harris was rated as the most left-wing of all current senators, including Bernie Sanders — according to GovTrack, a non-partisan compiler of evaluators in Congress. The Voteview project found her voting record the most liberal of all senators of the 21st century, except for radical Elizabeth Warren.

Commentary: After Just Four Years of Biden-Harris, America’s National Security Is in Tatters

October 14, 2024 American Greatness

China President Xi Jinping and President Joe Biden

Ronald Reagan’s query to the American people in his October 28, 1980, debate with incumbent President Jimmy Carter was so simple and so devastating that it is still employed today: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” While most Americans are far worse off today than they were four years ago, with rising prices, inflation, a hollow economy, and unchecked immigration, so too are the U.S., its allies, and its partner’s national security interests, which are far worse off than they were four years ago.

Lawmakers Oppose Trump Pledge to Restore Confederate Names to Military Bases

October 14, 2024 American Greatness

Following former President Donald Trump’s pledge to restore the names of military bases that were named after Confederate figures, members of both parties in Congress vowed to oppose any such efforts.

As Politico reports, President Trump made another campaign promise on the culture war front on Friday, during a town hall event in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

New York Times Poll: GOP Poised to Win Back the Senate

October 12, 2024 American Greatness

The latest polling suggests that the Republican Party is likely to retake control of the United States Senate in November, presenting further complications for the ruling Democratic Party regardless of the outcome of the presidential election.

As reported by Newsmax, the poll by the New York Times and Siena College focuses on three Senate races this year: Montana, Florida, and Texas. Despite Democratic efforts to take the former swing state of Florida or break through the traditionally red stronghold of Texas, both incumbents there are polling ahead of their challengers.

Commentary: Trump’s Toughest Foe Could Be Harris Lawyer Marc Elias

October 11, 2024 American Greatness

If Donald Trump gets past Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, he’ll likely face a fiercer opponent in court – her campaign attorney, Marc Elias, who has vowed to fight the election outcome in every close state she loses.

The longtime Democratic Party lawyer has already filed more than 60 preelection lawsuits to stop Trump from becoming president again by combatting what he calls Republican “voter suppression” efforts such as requiring voters to provide identification at the polls. Echoing a standard Democratic talking point, Elias maintains that such requirements are “racist” strategies designed to make it harder for minorities to vote.

Commentary: Modern Society Needs Its Renaissance Men (and Women) More Than Ever

October 8, 2024 American Greatness

The songwriter, actor, country/western singer, musician, U.S. Army veteran, helicopter pilot, accomplished rugby player and boxer, Rhodes scholar, Pomona College and University of Oxford degreed, and summa cum laude literature graduate, Kris Kristofferson, recently died at 88.

FEMA’s Strategic Plan Features ‘Disaster Equity’

October 7, 2024 American Greatness

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is supposed to be the government’s premier emergency relief organization in times of disaster, like the situation now faced by victims of Hurricane Helene’s aftermath in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Commentary: The Propaganda Press Is Hard at Work Protecting Harris’ Husband’s and FEMA’s Failures

October 7, 2024 American Greatness

If you have been awake these last several days, you will know all about how the aspiring First Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, publicly slapped a former girlfriend so hard she spun around. I believe, but am not sure of the chronology, that that was after Emhoff inseminated the nanny he and his former wife had engaged to, well, possibly to help him in his task of “redefining masculinity.”

Commentary: Hurricane Helene Savaged Seven States, Hurricane Biden-Harris Decimated 50

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024 American Greatness

The 800-mile path of destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene to the southeastern United States has been massive. The scope and scale of the devastation are only now beginning to be understood. There are at least 200 dead, millions of lives disrupted, and many billions of dollars of damage. The tardy, callous, and insouciant response of the Biden-Harris administration recalled the famous New York Daily News headline from 1975: “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” “Drop Dead” was certainly the animating spirit for the lack of action by the Biden-Harris administration in the face of the tremendous suffering of Americans in those states.

Commentary: The Way to Stop School Shootings

October 4, 2024 American Greatness

The epidemic of school shootings in America could be drastically curtailed by a few simple policy changes.

First, school shooters should automatically receive the death penalty with only limited opportunities to appeal. The problem of frivolous appeals and court cases dragging on for decades afflicts our entire judicial system, but it is especially egregious in the case of school shootings.

Commentary: Classical v. Unclassical Curricula

October 3, 2024 American Greatness

Chad Aldeman, a Virginia-based researcher who focuses on education-related issues, recently detailed the educational experience of his daughter, who completed sixth grade in June. He writes that her teachers didn’t use textbooks, assign homework, or expect kids to study at home for tests, didn’t teach kids to sound out words, and didn’t drill times tables. He also mentions that there were no spelling tests, students didn’t practice handwriting of any kind, cursive or otherwise, and didn’t learn the 50 states and their capitals, let alone world geography.

Aldeman is very concerned by this shift, arguing that her educational experience has “reduced instructional time devoted to science and social studies and emphasized isolated skills such as critical thinking or reading comprehension over teaching students a coherent body of knowledge and facts.”

Coalition of 19 GOP AGs Launch Investigation into ActBlue over Money Laundering Allegations

October 3, 2024 American Greatness

A coalition of 19 Republican state attorneys general have launched a criminal investigation into the Democrat fundraising platform ActBlue over allegations of money laundering.

As American Greatness reported in April, multiple independent investigative journalists, including O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) and Election Watch have uncovered what appears to be illegal activity involving millions of dollars in campaign donations to Act Blue that have been laundered through unwitting small donors.

Commentary: The Corrupt Economics of Immigration

September 30, 2024 American Greatness

The common refrain among supporters of the Democratic Party’s open borders policy is that immigration helps the economy. A very recent example of this was published in MSNBC Daily last month, where the author, David Bier of the Cato Institute, claims that “The Congressional Budget Office finds that the surge will boost the economy by $7 trillion and reduce the federal debt by nearly $1 trillion by 2034.” That’s actually an unimpressive statistic since the cumulative GDP of the United States over the next decade will easily exceed $300 trillion, but Bier is probably not wrong in his assertion that immigration increases GDP.

Commentary: Contaminating Children’s Minds and Ruining Their Future

September 28, 2024 American Greatness

In parts one and two of this series, we’ve examined how Democrats and their poisoned ideology have declared war on America’s children. If anyone has any doubt as to the intention of the Progressive left to poison the minds of children and ruin their future, look no further than America’s teachers’ unions, especially Randi Weingarten’s American Federation of Teachers.

Historically working in tandem with the Democrat Party, teachers’ unions are intense advocates for curriculum that does not include basic knowledge to get ahead in life. Rather than actual education, its agenda includes social justice propaganda, racial division, climate change dogma, and promotion of sexual deviancy.

Report: Nine Surface to Air Missiles Have Entered the U.S. Through New Mexico Border; Target Is Trump’s Plane

September 27, 2024 American Greatness

Nine surface to air missiles have entered the U.S. through the New Mexico border that are intended for three Iranian assassination teams to target former President Trump’s private plane, according to intelligence gathered by Dr. Pete Chambers, a former Special Operations Flight Surgeon, Green Beret officer and a Task Force Surgeon for Operation Lone Star.

“Doc Chambers” revealed during a podcast Thursday that two independent sources on the southern border in New Mexico have provided corroborating intelligence about the surface-to-air missiles to his humanitarian response mission, the Remnant A-Team.

Commentary: October September Surprises

September 27, 2024 American Greatness

An October surprise is usually defined as the well-known (and more often left-wing) tactic of manufacturing or unloading a news story right before voting to surprise a rival without allowing them time sufficiently to respond or recover.

Think of the last-minute bombshell disclosure, five days before the 2000 election, that candidate George W. Bush had been cited for drunk driving over a quarter-century earlier. That surprise may have cost Bush the popular vote that year.

U.S. Army Abandons Diversity Requirement for High-Level, Non-Commissioned Officers

September 27, 2024 American Greatness

The United States Army has formally eliminated the diversity requirement from the process of selecting candidates for the roles of top noncommissioned officers.

Commentary: The Coming Election’s Effect on Education

September 26, 2024 American Greatness

At the recent Donald Trump-Kamala Harris debate, the subject of education was nonexistent. Despite its hot button nature, the moderators did not broach the subject, and some parents are angry.

Michele Exner, a senior advisor at Parents Defending Education, commented that despite student literacy having “hit a crisis point,” those who were already struggling before the COVID-19 pandemic are being failed now. Yet, the moderators did not ask one single question about education. “They completely ignored one of the top issues parents are worried about.”

Report: Migration Crisis Causing Rise in Homeless Population

September 25, 2024September 24, 2024 American Greatness

As a result of the ongoing mass migration crisis at the southern border, the American homeless population is set to hit another record by the end of the year.

As Breitbart reports, the study conducted by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday showcased the number of people who live in homeless encampments, in homeless shelters, and on the streets, which has gone up since 2023.