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When Jefferson took office as president in 1800, he was reluctant to get rid of Adams' Federalists in the federal government. He didn't realize at first how they would work to thwart his agenda, but eventually he would replace about half of those. He thought half was fair. The...
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This week, I started getting to the seminar events scheduled on the calendar. At both events, attendance was from the very passionate, and the response was so enthusiastic. The people are ready to mobilize and reassert their power with the government. They're realizing that...
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I told Nicole this morning that I'm pretty pumped to conduct my first The Goal is to Win workshop. I've presented a ton of times before. This one is different. It's a next level presentation. It occurred to me this morning that I have a different mindset about the grassroots. I...
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Some people crave the limelight. They just do. I'm sure there are a lot of reasons why someone might... but the urge to be next to someone because they're famous is a dangerous thing. Rush Limbaugh used to say that politics is celebrity / showbiz for the ugly. He's right, but...
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No one goes to court and wishes that they get a no-name public defender to represent their case. Nobody expects that they will get a fantastic pro-bono attorney either to represent them. In court, they practice law, and when your very life is threatened by lawsuit or potential...
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You've probably heard of the Laken Riley murder by a man here in the US illegally. The murder occurred in Georgia, and a Georgia Representative put forward a bill in the US House to "require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in...
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I have a simple definition for freedom: it's when the government is so small that I can go 30 days without worrying what the government is doing. As it is, I can't go 30 minutes. Terrorist threats, the inauguration, Biden awarding the most malicious players with medals of...
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A good friend called me yesterday and, after talking a bit, he asked if I would let others post on Opinion Paper. I told him, yes, the plan is to allow multiple authors to post on a different website, Opinion Papers. I own the domain, but haven't created the website yet. You see...
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You might not remember who Denny Hastert is, but we need his wisdom in Texas. Hastert was once the Speaker of the House, sandwiched between Newt Gingrich and John Boehner. He had a rule, and it came to be called The Hastert Rule. "The Speaker will only bring a bill to the floor...
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What is it to be a Republican? When I grew up, people would say that Democrats love bigger government, and Republicans loved smaller government. I was born in 1964. If you read from the party platform in 1964, it had language like this: "Every person has the right to govern...
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I spoke to a grassroots leader yesterday. He told me that he's on the lookout for someone to run against a bad incumbent who's in the House of Bad Cards. "We need to find the right person!" Yes indeed. That's always the case. Find the right person, you can replace anyone in...
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Organizations struggle all of the time with how to best attract and keep their audience. Why do people need you and why should they stick around once they do find you? What do you offer them to keep them interested? There's an axiom in retail, which is that the longer you're in...
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When it comes to government and what it can do or should do for people, the first consideration is solvency. Solvency is the ability of an organization to "meet its long-term debts and financial obligations. Solvency can be an important measure of financial health, since it's...
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Prior to this past election, America was an increasingly divided landscape of polar interests. One side craved order and the other disorder. One side craved closed, secure borders and the other open borders. One side craved endless government spending and the other craved...
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Yesterday, I gave a 90-minute talk that pivoted off my book, "The Goal is to Win," to nine people during an extended lunch. A potential candidate attended, but it was mostly strong conservatives and grassroots leaders. I currently have five events scheduled where I give these...
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