Stephen Michael Feinstein

Why is the Great Wall of China not mentioned in the writings of Marco Polo? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence people. Just because you think someone *should* say something does not obligate that they have to.

The Divine Nature isn’t biologically male, but it *is* masculine. It initiates & creates. Creation is feminine as it receives & responds. All extended metaphors for God in the Bible are masculine. He is Father, Son, Lord, King, Man of War. We absolutely may not move past this.

Abdul's response tells you everything you need to know.

One thing that Talarico, El Sayed, Mamdani and others have mastered is the mild mannered grin hiding violent radicalism. Optics matter. And while I can appreciate some policies of belligerent basedness, it turns ordinary Americans off. And as we’re having these discussions about policy, we also need to talk about image and perception. Sorry, but presentation matters and our candidates have got to learn to have better emotional control.

One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.

It’s retards like Matt who helped Democrats sweep tonight and he’s too fucking narcissistic and ignorant to realize it. All you had to do was not fall for the fucking psy op. That’s ALL you had to fucking do. 🙄

The Iran War is the greatest political blunder in the last two decades at least. A catastrophically stupid decision. An unforgivable betrayal of America First principles.

I've always liked you, Matt, but as a Korean, in a country where China's influence runs deep, I find this point very disturbing. “Pointless war"? Follow the oil. China buys more than 80% of Iran's shipped oil. That's 1.38 million barrels a day in 2025, per Kpler. Nearly every barrel Tehran sells under sanctions goes to Beijing. Add Venezuela. More than half of its oil exports went to China too. Together, Iran and Venezuela supplied about 15-17% of China's crude imports. Much of it was cheap, sanctioned oil, relabeled "Malaysian" to hide where it came from. Now Greenland. China controls about 60% of the world's rare earth mining and over 90% of the processing. Those minerals go into missiles, fighter jets, EVs and chips. Greenland sits on the Arctic shipping routes Beijing calls the "Polar Silk Road." So what connects Iran, Venezuela and Greenland? They're three pillars of China's cheap energy and supply chain. Cut them and you raise the cost of Beijing's military buildup without firing a shot at China. That is America First. China is the only rival big enough to replace the U.S. Letting it fuel up on discount oil from America's enemies is not "restraint." It's surrender on the installment plan. Gas prices hurt. I get it. But if Beijing runs the world's energy and minerals, groceries won't be the worst thing you can't afford. Think one move ahead.