Dan Hamilton

The median US home sold for $417,500 in 2026, up 53% from $272,100 in 2019, per the National Association of Realtors.

Great to have Ambassador Guilfoyle with us at our gala. She bought this beautiful painting of Mercy which she also generously gave to her. We love her and Magaangelo the artist!

Peter Navarro said something quite revealing on CNBC today about BMW's factory in South Carolina: "That doesn't work for America. It's bad for our economics, it's bad for our national security." This piqued my interest. I grew up very close to that BMW facility -- the company's largest in the world -- and I watched it transform my state and region with more than $13 billion invested in since 1992, 11,000 jobs onsite at an 8 million square foot campus, $10+ billion in exports in 2023 alone, etc. One study put the annual economic impact of the plant at $27 billion. In a small state, these are absolutely game-changing numbers. For all these reasons, BMW's investment has been hailed as a turning point in the state's economic history. Earlier this year, for example, Gov. Henry McMaster said this: "BMW's arrival in South Carolina over 30 years ago transformed our economy and global reputation." He's right. The investment was instrumental in helping the state transition from a textile-dependent economy for most of the 20th century to one with a vibrant advanced manufacturing industry today. In light of all this, how in the world does Navarro conclude that BMW's investment "doesn't work for America"? I mean, even trade restrictionists have long praised this kind of inbound foreign direct investment in U.S. auto manufacturing. Not Navarro. He's setting a new bar: whatever benefits BMW has delivered are more than canceled out by the fact that it sources parts from a global supply chain. And this is the vision behind the new tariff agenda.

Alright, buckle up, long post. I live in a DEEP red rural area in SC. When I went to vote yesterday the line was out the door. Good sign? No. These are older people on fixed incomes. Farmers. Blue-collar, southern, not a minority in sight. The same people I’ve watched check their bank accounts before getting gas. The same people I’ve watched get five things at the grocery store instead of visiting the local diner on Sunday. I voted straight R ticket. It took 60 seconds. Not my neighbors. Everyone was solemn. No one smiling. People who have spent decades voting straight ticket were standing in the booths for the entire allowed 5 minutes letting out their rage and desperation in the only way they feel their voice will be heard. This result is not on them. It’s on the people who pissed down our backs and told us it was raining.

Larry Kudlow is correct. We were too successful the first year of the Trump administration.

If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.

The day before Election Day, Trump does a show and tell with pictures of the inside of pipes

Q: I'm the President of TCU College Republicans. I voted for you. But haven't kept your promises, particularly 'No new Forever Wars.' Why should we trust Republicans with two more years? Vance: Well, Trump won't let Iran become a Forever War. And if you take the whole suite of promises, I think we're doing a good job.