Comments on: Spanberger gives the SOTU rebuttal

By: Marlene

Marlene — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 08:11:03 +0000

Dave Grey:
“With illegal immigration solved, those who voted R against illegals have less reason to vote R. Nov is not far away.”
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I disagree that the problem is solved.
New illegals are always going to look for ways to get in … obviously including visa overstays. But worse: there’s still a lot living here that need to go!
Still burdens on the citizens, and many still committing more crimes.

By: R2L

R2L — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:50:38 +0000

@ Tom Grey: “Also, the opponents were never Left, nor Liberals, always Democrats.”
A good observation.
Which leads to: how do we wrest the 25% of our folks who are left of center Democrats from the Communist/Leftist D party leadership and indoctrinated media? That great body of still current or former friends and relations who have TDS or have been led to believe the R’s are evil, not merely mistaken.
Living on a legislative knife edge of +/-3% reps means not a whole lot is guaranteed to be changed (in time), or remain changed if/when the regime party changes.

By: Richard Cook

Richard Cook — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:06:06 +0000

Art Deco

All part of the psychological warfare operation the the Dems/Progs run for the low information voter. Which is the vast majority of voters it seems.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:35:08 +0000

Please note the role of the mass media. David Muir of ABC News was yammering about ‘the affordability crisis’ the other evening. The ‘crisis’ is entirely imaginary.

By: Art Deco

Art Deco — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:33:43 +0000

If the federal (previously feral) government allows unchecked immigration that might influence the availability of rental housing and impact housing costs?
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Good point. And the phenomenon is grossly manifest in Canada.

By: Avi

Avi — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:08:21 +0000

Heydrichs twin sister/ trans clone is just as evil as him

By: Tom Grey

Tom Grey — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:17:28 +0000

Trump’s speech, about 20 min. & a final 5 minutes, with almost 90 minutes of presenting normal Americans as heroes was fantastic. Long, but never boring.
Very authentic—Trump wants a Medal of Honor but can’t give one to himself.
Lots of campaign rhetoric & prep. Mostly true.
Also, the opponents were never Left, nor Liberals, always Democrats.

Affordability is a still a huge problem in mostly 3 important, highly regulated areas: home prices, healthcare, & education.
Trump’s deportations are stopping the big increases in home prices, and his efforts to stop investment funds from buying houses will help, a bit. But what really needs to happen is more house building, which depends on local conditions. Wherever there are new good jobs, the nice areas already there don’t want new building.
Trump also doesn’t want so much new building that current high prices come down, he explicitly noted he wanted homeowners who are rich, first time in their lives, not to lose. Keeping values high is incompatible with lowering prices, but having some building along with raising median & 40% incomes will be about as good as can be done.
Won’t be enough to stop a huge amount of complaining & Dem media focus on Affordability.

Too many voters want govt paid magic solutions that are not possible, but Dem media focus as if it is possible is to create expectations that will not be achieved, leading to disappointment.

Similar to healthcare, tho Trumpzilla rightly noted Unaffordable Care. (Autocorrect made it Trumpzilla). He can improve it but can’t achieve almost free, low wait, high quality care for all, everywhere, always.

Wasn’t much on education.

None in comments noted his conservative/ Rep appointments to the SC got Roe overturned, but most pro-life folk are mildly or strongly against IVF, because of the killing of unwanted fertilized eggs/ zygotes.

His prior success, which should create more support, might cause some to want a new highest priority, that he’s not promising. Exactly like a bureaucracy created to solve a problem, finds itself less useful if it succeeds in solving that problem.

With illegal immigration solved, those who voted R against illegals have less reason to vote R. Nov is not far away.

Fantastic year.

By: Sgt. Joe Friday

Sgt. Joe Friday — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 05:34:51 +0000

Another way if stating it: the price has not gone up. However the value of your dollar has gone down. Something like 95-96% in the last 100 years.

By: Paul Nachman

Paul Nachman — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:37:44 +0000

Art Deco: “Other than interest rates and some health and safety regulations in re asbestos and lead paint, federal policy has little to do with cost inflation in housing markets.”

One would expect that the federal-policy-driven expulsion and voluntary departure of illegal aliens in large numbers would lead to declining rents and other real-estate prices. And I’ve certainly read that this is happening.

By: om

om — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:32:20 +0000

If the federal (previously feral) government allows unchecked immigration that might influence the availability of rental housing and impact housing costs?