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By Steven Maikoski, Author: “The Real Constitution and its Real Enemies”
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August 17 2025

The juveniles in the photo below were locked in a store as the employees caught them shoplifting bags of merchandise, but their rude behavior is the worst element in this story.  Despite being caught, they continued to keep the merchandise, then threatened the employees and claimed they would break down the doors.  They did not believe they were doing anything wrong. Why are they behaving this way?

For years, the constant victim-of-racism dialogue has guided many people down the path of anger and lawlessness.  The BLM riots and the George Floyd consecration, complete with a gold coffin and blessings by Nancy Pelosi and other prominent democrats, have had a detrimental effect on society—and, as we see here, on children. 

President Trump decided to address the problem. 

In a White House press release on whitehouse dot gov, “President Trump is Right About the Smithsonian,” (8-21-2025) is this:

The National Museum of African American History and Culture debuted a series to educate people on “a society that privileges white people and whiteness” — defining so-called “white dominant culture“ as “ways white people and their traditions, attitudes, and ways of life have been normalized over time” and portraying “the nuclear family,” “work ethic,” and “intellect” as white qualities rooted in racism.

The findings go on for several paragraphs, showing that the Smithsonian is focused on promoting discord and anger while ignoring the positive events and freedoms that this nation brought to the globe.  

Their editorialization needs to be addressed. Next week might bring a shakeup at the Smithsonian. 

Accountability in Congress: Videos are popping up about changing congressional districts, some quite revealing.  When one politician asked her committee who had made the new map, she could not get an answer.  That lack of accountability disturbs many.

I doubt if most (any?) speeches and legislation in Congress are written by the congress critter who introduces a bill.  I suspect that a mixture of lobbyists and special interest attorneys is the author, and I believe they should be identified.  I call it “truth in authorship.”  The public must know who is involved and why.

As they redraw congressional districts, the new ones should adequately reflect the party mix of republicans and democrats, something that politicians have not done. Connecticut, New Mexico, and Massachusetts have 40% of their people voting republican, yet there is not one republican representative out of their 17 Congressmen. The states of New Jersey and New York have republican congressmen, but only half of what they should; an advantage of 18 congressmen for the democrats in those two states.

The democrats are not the victims of improper gerrymandering; they are the masters of committing representation fraud.

Ukraine:  When John McCain was campaigning for President against Barack Obama, his running mate, Sarah Palin, warned of Russia’s interest in invading Crimea. She was laughed at.

CBS News reported in 2014: 

"Yes, I could see this one from Alaska," quipped Palin, who was her party's 2008 vice presidential nominee, in a reference to her assertion then that Alaska's proximity to Russia afforded her unique insight into U.S.-Russian relations.

“In October 2008, after Russia's invasion of neighboring Georgia emerged as a foreign policy flashpoint in the homestretch of a heated campaign, Palin told an audience in Nevada, "After the Russian army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama's reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence, the kind of response that would only encourage Russia's Putin to invade Ukraine next."

“Her prediction was derided by Foreign Policy magazine as "strange" and "extremely far-fetched," but Palin, frequent media antagonist that she is, couldn't resist crowing about how events have played out.”

The democrat faction realized that Sarah Palin is a formidable political foe, so they attacked her life and family at every opportunity. One of their reporters moved next door to her so he could spy on her. The abusive power of the press drove her out of politics.

 

I have always liked Sarah Palin.  Back when McCain had yet to name his Veep, I visited the offices of Tom Tancredo, a Colorado congressman.  I told his staff that if McCain wanted to juice up his campaign, he should name Palin as his running mate.  Not one of the staffers knew who she was.  Two days later, I got a call from one of the staff, telling me that she had been picked, and added that I should buy lottery tickets.  

Many of you may know Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, an organization that caters to students.  Charlie is smart and quick in debates.  Recently, he engaged in a debate at Oxford University in England, where one of the students claimed that President Trump has deported American citizens to camps without a fair trial.  

Charlie responded quickly, offering £1,000 to anyone who could name the US Citizen who Trump deported.  Not one person had a proper answer, then Charlie clarified that the man who was deported was not a US Citizen.  Then he looked at the student who made the statement and stated “That was a lie, you should know better than that!  You go to Oxford.”