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{{/_source.additionalInfo}}I believe what I say and believe I am right. Thus, the title of my column, Undeniably Right. Take it as you will, that I'm a conservative or I have a huge ego and believe I am always correct. Sometimes those things overlap, sometimes not.
Mike Rowse
I'm sure that Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic was certain that he had his Pulitzer Prize winning moment when he wrote the article about being added to a classified text message chain in which high level Trump administration, including Pete Hegseth discussed war plans. I can only imagine his smug countenance as he accepted the praises of his fellow journalists for proving that Donald Trump's administration was incompetent. He refused to release the text messages because of the highly sensitive and classified nature of the information. As it turns out, 90% of what he said was a lie.
Several judges have issued injunctions against Donald Trump and his efforts to cut the size and scope of government. Other judges have issued injunctions to stop the deportation of illegal immigrants including members of terrorist groups. The left celebrates these activist judges, Chuck Schumer even admitting in a public interview that they were using activist judges to thwart Donald Trump's efforts. Clearly the Democrats, with some of their Republican friends, like to remind us that we are a nation ruled by laws but only the laws they like.
As I have said before, every media report is biased in some way. Sometimes that bias is legitimate and at other times it is the worst kind of "reporting" that is designed to accomplish a goal rather than report the facts. The propaganda media sees that their favorite politicians are losing control and power. They have kicked their misinformation and lying campaigns into high gear to try and combat the will of the people.
I think it's not just the NFL that has short attention spans.
[Editor's Note: As this is a repost due to the website crashing Saturday night, I did not proof this one, so there may be errors. If I can figure them out, you can.]
This is one of those columns where I will ask you to do your best to not form a final opinion until you have read the entire column. We should always avoid jumping to conclusions but sometimes it's a little bit harder to do because the topic might be somewhat emotional or offensive.
The state legislature in Illinois will be considering a bill entitled the Sex Workers Protection Act. In short, the bill will legalize prostitution. The proponents of the bill correctly state that prostitution being conducted illegally promotes abuse of women, transgender and yes men who can be prostitutes. It promotes sex trafficking and the abuse of the prostitutes. Often the prostitutes are coerced into becoming sex workers and remain so under threats of violence or by getting them addicted to drugs.
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