District of Columbia Retrocession & Virgerrymandering

 How about a history lesson? 

Up until the 1840s, the District of Columbia was a perfect square. The Washington, D.C. that we know about today lies within the state of Maryland, however, the city/county of Alexandria, Virginia was the other part of the square. In 1846, was the retrocession of the Alexandria area - the Virginia portion of D.C. back to the State of Virginia.

Here's a map I found on Reddit about what D.C. would've looked like if the Retrocession had never happened.

Via Reddit

You may want to know why is this being brought up?

Well, I saw a video from a Dr. Steve Turley talking about this being a possible Pres. Trump move. What if the President figured out how to blunt the influence of the population of Northern Virginia by taking back what used to be the southern portion of D.C. 

He could do this by executive order. However, I could see there being some very ugly legal challenges to that executive order. The main question that might need to be answered here is whether or not the 1846 retrocession was actually legal or even constitutional.

Was the Federal Gov't able to return the Virginia portion of D.C. back to that state? Is Alexandria really in fact under the jurisdiction of D.C. and this still a federal territory?

I've seen mainly opinion pieces on this in addition to this video so no real indication that the President is even considering this as a solution.

However another reason this is being brought up is the recent redistricting referendum in Virginia that was rejected by a state court. Here's what this article form Charlottesville Tomorrow says about the recent ruling

Judge Hurley agreed on all counts with the plaintiffs who brought the case — the National Republican Committee, and a few other GOP groups.

The most sweeping finding is that the General Assembly was not authorized to introduce the amendment during the 2024 Special Session. The joint resolutions calling the special session limited the General Assembly to business concerning budget and revenue, and a few other odds and ends — not constitutional amendments. That means, the judge said, the amendment was void from the start, which in legal terms means it doesn’t exist.

There are other findings, mostly involving timing and procedural issues that the judge ruled the General Assembly violated along the path to get the referendum in front of voters.

A separate, key finding is that the wording of the ballot question itself was “a flagrantly misleading question to the voters” that “does not accurately describe the proposed amendment as it was passed by the General Assembly.” Judge Hurley did not elaborate on what was misleading in his ruling.

That question, those of you who voted might recall, was:

Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?

Once Attorney General Jones appeals the decision, a panel of judges on the court of appeals will review Hurley’s ruling.

We'll see if the recent Virgerrymandering effort gains any traction. However, this is a recent edition to a story going back a year in a number of states. Both Republican and Democrat states were adopting measures to do a mid-decade redistricting to ensure partisan advantage in their respective states. That's really what gerrymandering is.

In this case what's at stake in 2026 could just as easily be who controls the House of Representatives and in the many states who are trying to draw their maps accordingly, they want to ensure a majority of Republicans or Democrats. This is what politics has become these days.

Now to go back to Virginia. The new Gov. Abigail Spanberger has proven herself to be a progressive (or very left wing). One of her first acts as Governor was to severely discourage any cooperation with Federal Immigration Authorities. I understand she tried to paint herself as a moderate and only served to go left.

I had until recently always viewed Virginia as a red state and see that's not entirely true. The Old Dominion has voted Democrat in Presidential elections since 2008. And in the past decade the Governor's office have gone back and forth between Republicans and Democrats. In the last decade the Governorship had actually seen successive Democrats take office from Terry McAuliffe (McAwful thanks Rush Limbaugh) to Ralph Northam. Also remember Virginia Governors only serve one term, they can't succeed themselves so if they want another term they have to wait four years and run again. McAuliffe tried it and lost to the most recent Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Now that's not to say I'm really that upset with that. No party should run away with an election anywhere - red or blue state. Every election ought to be competitive, however, I know that's not the reality in a number of states around the country.

With that said, perhaps Virginia is a far more purple state than I realize. Also I got to look up the percentages of this referendum it was really close about 51.5% YES to 48.5% NO according to NPR. And looking at the map of Virginia most of the state appeared to have voted against it and many of the state's cities and population centers voted for it. 

From NPR

That's the dynamics of many states it's like the places where a state's population is located often vote Democrat while the rest of the state especially if it's more rural vote Republican. That's the dynamic here in Illinois for sure.

I wonder what the turnout was for this result to be as close as it had been.

Either way could the reverse "retrocession" happen. Who knows? But the analysis I've heard about is Northern Virginia or the Virginia suburbs around D.C. are largely populated by federal gov't employees (perhaps they might be the so-called "Deep State". How many of these Federal Employees aren't happy with the current P.O.T.U.S.?

Enough to vote in favor of blatant redistricting to elect more Congressional opposition to Donald Trump? As stated already this is what our politics has become currently.

Michael Franzese interviews Tommy Robinson

 

[VIDEO] Tommy Robinson is an activist making his rounds in conservative (right-wing) circles that has a lot to say about immigration and his thoughts on Islamic immigration. What he says seems infuriating, however, when you consider the whole idea of illegal immigration or unlimited immigration you might want to rethink what that entails.

Why does it seem like they want to fill up western nations with people who have little in common with the society? Could it be an invasion?

President Trump's address regarding the current Iranian campaign

 

[VIDEO] An address he delivered last night at the White House heralding his accomplishments with the month long military action against the Islamic Republic of Iran and his main goal which is to prevent that regime from gaining nuclear weapons. I'm sure he wants this to come to a swift end, however, the regime change hasn't happened yet.

I have to see where things are with that regime, Trump had claimed they were seeking a ceasefire and that the Islamic Republic is coming to the table. This inspite of the fact that they claimed they will never negotiate.

I do wonder who's actually in charge over there.

O'Reilly on the recent 'No Kings' marches

 I got a hint of these "No King's" rallies going through downtown Chicago over the weekend. Don't know how I view them, perhaps just another progressive march - and being heavily pushed by outlets such as CNN or MSNB....MS NOW, etc. And perhaps this is just another protest against President Donald Trump.

I see this Talking Points Memo from Bill O'Reilly he talks about this as you will see below. These rallies aren't organic, they're heavily funded by a variety of billionaires and you have to question if there is really a critical mass of people who are upset with President Trump. [VIDEO]

Bill O'Reilly is right. No solutions, no problem solving, just get Trump out. We don't want his solutions.

I could go back to 20 years ago, when this energy was directed toward George W. Bush, and rightfully Americans were asking questions about the military actions in Afghanistan and especially Iraq. However, the same kind of thing there, march for peace and then what else. Was the message peace or anti-war back then or was it just we "hate Bush".

How can anyone take these rallies very seriously?

The airstrikes on Iran

 After watching Elimination Chamber this evening and following the news primarily online in addition to TV news regarding the strikes on Iran. These strikes are substantial and see that amongst other gov't officials killed in Tehran, the strikes claimed the life of Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei.

All I can say to that is wow. I was watching the emergency PBD podcast this morning and the Iranian regime seemed to announce that the Ayatollah has planned to speak, however, later on Saturday the regime confirmed that the Supreme Leader was killed. I was looking for some official confirmation as President Trump said he was killed in these strikes, and the Israeli gov't said he was dead.

Now I see that there were some retaliatory strikes by Iran on American military targets in the Middle East and Israeli targets.

At this point the only thing I can ask is what now? Will the Islamic Republic of Iran survive these airstrikes? Will the people of Iran rise up against the regime as they had been since about December last year?

Does this mean that the Pahlavi dynasty will return? 

Oh yeah a little history the Pahlavi family ran iran until 1979 when Iran was known as the Imperial State of Iran - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the King before he was overthrown in a revolution. In Pahlavi's place was the previous Supreme Leader of Iran the Ayatollah Khomeini. And we had well over 46 years of a very theocratic gov't that was considered a state sponsor of terrorism.

These airstrikes were as a result of stalled talks on Iran's nuclear program. The concern is that the theocratic regime would acquire nuclear weapons and use them. Last year in airstrikes US & Israeli had struck a severe blow to the Iranian nuclear program.

Either way most of the day on Saturday sees the emerging military operations over the skies of Iran and how long with this continue since the sitting executives of the gov't there had essentially been decapitated.

Here are President Trump's remarks on the airstrikes on Iran [VIDEO]

Ben Shapiro: Reaction to Finance Bros

 

[VIDEO] While he reacts to a couple of clips of "finance bro" Dave Ramsey, the first clip he reacts to shows a young man thinking a $1K emergency fund is a stupid idea. I disagree with that although Shapiro isn't wrong to talk about how long $1K can go in an emergency, and for sure it won't last long.

Dave Ramsey advocates for that in his baby steps. If nothing else having $1K on standby is a start and you won't be staying there for sure, eventually you can grow to save enough for at least several months of living expenses.

Personal finance isn't a strong interest for me, however, you do want to know where your money is going.

Casey Neistat: NYC scum

 Let me start off with while I though this was yet another Casey video and following what's been going on in NYC as of late, now I realize there's a pattern.

I primarily follow more right wing sources for news. Bill O'Reilly has talked about the situation in NYC and Matt Walsh of Daily Wire also had talked about. Any discussion about the administration of Mayor Zohran Mamdami - he just entered office last month - seems to show severe incompetence.

One thing being discusssed among O'Reilly and Walsh is that a number of dead homeless people have been found as a result of the weather. There was a policy in NYC that Mayor Mamdami failed to follow where homeless encampments are cleared and the homeless have to take shelter in a warming center.

Allow me to add as of Feb 4, 2026, 17 homeless people were found dead as a result of the weather in NYC.

Walsh especially noted that NYC sanitation workers cleaned up the area around the Mayor's home and yet we see piles of snow around the city. As Casey himself documents the piles of snow are also very filthy with trash and waste (human and animal).

Check it out, it was released three days ago. [VIDEO] 

It's safe to say not a great start to an administration that wants to show the "warm embrace of collectivism".

One year of 47

 One year ago, Donald J. Trump once again became our President. He was elected the 47th POTUS in such a dramatic fashion facing an opponent who was effectively a lightweight. I had quickly declared to my folks that he was going to clean Kamala Harris' clock.

I could see it happen because what did she have to offer? We could start with she's the anti-Trump. OK, and what else? Why should she be our President? In fact, why should she have been the Democrat nominee for President other than she's a woman of color?

She couldn't make the case. She couldn't even come up with a way to distinguish herself from the man she'd be replacing Joe Biden. 

Those who were down for the Harris/Walz ticket (oh yes that Walz who's political career appears to be over), I never really understood. I didn't trust either of them in the White House and they had very little to offer and Walz especially was quoted as saying he was shocked that they didn't win.

I heard this commentary recently how Americans wanted normalcy and they chose Trump/Vance. And they had to qualify it, many Americans chose Trump as normal. To be sure Trump is anything but, just look at some footage of him flipping the bird to a worker at a plant. He's a very unorthodox president to be sure, he definitely isn't behaving presidential right now.

So let's look at the four years of the Biden presidency. The economy wasn't great, the pandemic was really fading by the time he came around and they wanted more draconian measures such as masks and vaccine mandates. Crime in American cities was becoming a major issue, and let's not forget the mess that Trump is trying to solve which is the border and immigration. 

The second Trump administration began the way I likely expected it though with a far more solid basis than the first administration. Both terms are chaotic, however, I'll take that for safer cities. I'll also take that for a good economy.

What I have to figure out is the push for Greenland and how he's going to end that war in Ukraine. With  Trump is back in office I believe the world is in a better place.

The White House FB

The next question is what will year two bring. As Trump used to say a lot in his first term, I hope more winning. 2026 started off with some very volatile situations especially in Minnesota, here's hoping that  doesn't cause a change in Congressional control this year.

Also, I wanted to add this press conference with Donald Trump talk about the past year in office. He talks about the economy, his immigration background, even showed pics of these illegal aliens who are dangerous criminals that he wants out of this nation. [VIDEO]

I had intended for this to be mostly writing, however, it was important to share his remarks on his one-year mark as the 47th President. Also, this article shows how well he's been doing in the polls. Not great right now, independents are beginning to pull away from him. Though not this independent.

Council of Trent: What's Making Young Women So Liberal?

 

[VIDEO] This video is well over a year old and it somewhat explains the craziness going on in Minneapolis, MN in 2026.

Just think about Renee Good and other insane videos involving left/liberal women who want to interfere with ICE operations there. I think what happened to Ms. Good was tragic to be sure, however, if she wasn't actively blocking streets to interfere in a federal law enforcement operation or even just cooperated with federal agents - perhaps just get out of the car for example - she'd probably still be with us. And if she wanted to actively protest ICE that's fine, it's her right. Just don't put yourself in a position where the actions could prove fatal.

However, let's be clear this video was published after the election win of Donald Trump as the 47 President of the United States. What's going to happen thoughout the start of his second term and the reaction to it wasn't yet a thought.

He attacks both the manosphere and then of course notes that women considered abotion a major issue - let's not forget my body my choice. Let's not forget the overreactions with regards to me, too. Even the fever dream of the Handmaid's Tale media franchise.

Of course as Trent himself, comments he doesn't let me off the hook either. The aforementioned manosphere has put out some very toxic ideas for men. Perhaps men doesn't realize what it takes to be ready for real relationships with women.

I may also conclude as I had for many years that women like to be taken care of. If it's not by their husbands, it's by Uncle Same, or it could be by the job (with good benefits or pay a good salary). Here gov't assisted is emphasized and also noted that single men support big gov't more than married men.

Finally, Trent concludes by re-asserting how important the family is in society. To put in my own words, leftism or liberalism or feminist or certainly slothful man-children are undermining the importantance of a mother and father in a family.

At a later time I do want to share some videos about the activities of female leftists in Minnesota with regards to these ICE operations.

National Review: How Minnesota Lost Its Mind

[VIDEO] Rich Lowry talks about Minnesota being a very liberal state and has become a hotbed of radical progressive and far-left activity. Also discussing the current politicians such as Gov. Tim Walz - whom as a result of the emerging Somali financial fraud scandal was forced to abandon his bid for a third term as MN Governor.

Also the very feckless Mayor of Minneapolis - Jacob Frey. Lowry notes incredulously that he's actually a moderate who's at odds with a very progressive and far-left city council. He seems to like to virtue signal - and he was heavy on it in 2020 after what happened to George Floyd in his city - it seems evident that even these radicals still can't stand him.

Lowry seems to think things could be even crazier. I'd rather hope not and there's a segment of the electorate that's sick of this non-sense and vote for someone who will put an end to it.