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We’re just two weeks into 2026, and already the monster child and his minions…

  1. Have sent military forces to kidnap the leader of a foreign country.
  2. Made clear he intends to seize a sovereign country, by force if necessary.
  3. Issued a “National Security Strategy” that threatens the sovereignty and independence of every country in the Western Hemisphere.
  4. Decided that cost-benefit analysis of environmental regulations should only weigh the costs to businesses, but not the value of lives saved.
  5. Murdered a peaceful protester in Minneapolis, and then declined to undertake a federal investigation of the killer, opting instead to investigate the victim’s widow, leading to multiple federal prosecutors resigning, rather than participate in this political persecution.
  6. Threatened to send the U.S. military to a U.S. state to intimidate (shoot?) protesters.

That’s just in two weeks. God knows what horrors are coming.

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