The View from Afar: Thursday, December 11, 2025

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Tweets#

Political Science 101.#

Government and logic perverted by politics. — The Entitlement Machine https://t.co/Jtjr7l66S2 [Link]#
Socialism depends on undermining the positive circumstances that allow it to grow. — NEW CRITERION: Other people’s money. As we await Mamdani’s socialist dégringolade https://t.co/WetqM79tj7 [Link]#

Journalism 101.#

Sometimes news reports miss the substance of the news. — Trump makes a move on H-1B visas https://t.co/PGghvmMMTi [Link]#

Leftists exposed.#

@cvpayne Charles, you turned the Fox Jingle Bells segment from a pertinent historical revelation into an essential damnation of malicious, self-serving leftism. Say it again and often. Such postmodern rhetorical claptrap undermines society. [Link]#

Postmodern claptrap.#

No, it was Thompson’s election that was an unfortunate accident. — Democrat Congressman Calls Assassination of National Guardsman an ‘Unfortunate Accident’ https://t.co/xcIKHYpJpS [Link]#

Disrespect.#

And people still register Democrat why? — "Democrats Know Their Constituents Can‘t Read Charts. That‘s Why..." https://t.co/epM7TVtTje [Link]#

Energy.#

Focus on what works. — For Gen Z, Why Nuclear Energy Future Is a Unifying Force in a Divided World https://t.co/MF6DrUc0jm via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#

Warneer deservedthe answer.#

Teeing up an easy answer. — Dem Sen. Mark Warner Asks Why Trump and Hegseth Blow Up Narco Boats But Seize Venezuelan Oil Tankers https://t.co/pWFCt60h4f [Link]#

Retweets#

No friends made here.#

RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 JUST IN: JD Vance is now targeting Indiana Senate Leader Rod Bray for LYING to his face.... ... "Bray consistently told us he w… [Link]#

Deserved.#

RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Karoline Leavitt just DROPPED THE MIC on CNN‘s Kaitlan Collins 🫳🎤... ... "My predecessor stood up at this podium, an… [Link]#

Honesty in politics.#

RT @RockChartrand: Any politician promising to lower your costs through central planning isn’t just lying, they know they’re lying. Logic r… [Link]#
RT @RockChartrand: They want to eat the rich for the same reason children want to smash a vending machine. It’s easier than paying, and the… [Link]#
RT @RockChartrand: If anything, Amish life exposes socialism’s flaw. A small, culturally unified, voluntary group can sustain mutual aid be… [Link]#
RT @ThomasSowell: “The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Foundin… [Link]#

Uncertainty in Europe.#

RT @MarioNawfal: 🚨🇧🇬 BREAKING: BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES UNDER MASS PROTESTS: PM STEPS DOWN!... ... The Bulgarian government has resigned am… [Link]#
RT @SlavicNetworks: 🚨‼️🇧🇬 BREAKING NEWS... ... BULGARIA RISES: MASS PROTESTS ERUPT IN SOFIA AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY... ... TENS OF THOUSANDS ON T… [Link]#
RT @PM_ViktorOrban: The new American national security strategy: the most important and most interesting document of recent years. It speak… [Link]#

Calling something a “right” means nothing. Reality rules.#

RT @drdanchoi: As a practicing spine surgeon who pours my heart into healing patients every day, let’s be real: Declaring healthcare a “rig… [Link]#

Deep State.#

RT @julie_kelly2: The more I learn (and hear) about Jocelyn Ballantine--the head of the Proud Boys prosecution team now handling the Brian… [Link]#

A country failing its citizens.#

RT @PeterSweden7: Two men were just sentenced to 6 and 4 months prison and community service in the Netherlands.... ... Their "crime"?... ... They proj… [Link]#

Democrats in action.#

RT @RedWave_Press: Joe Borelli: “You can look at the chart of inflation over the last 50 years, right? And you‘ll see two big bumps, two bi… [Link]#

About culture.#

RT @TAmTrib: Europeans once knew how to properly respond to the "it is their culture" argument. ... ... As Sir Charles Napier told the Raj‘s subj… [Link]#

Stonewalling by convention, not Constitution.#

RT @RapidResponse47: https://t.co/e2TJx50jGD [Link]#

Glad she is no longer in Venezuela.#

RT @MarioNawfal: 🇻🇪🇺🇸 PEACE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER MACHADO: VENEZUELA HAS ALREADY BEEN INVADED – BY RUSSIA, IRAN, HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS... ... Venezuel… [Link]#

Conspiracy in government speech.#

RT @RealJessica: Newsweek asked RFK Jr. "why don’t you stop promoting conspiracy theories?"... ... RFK Jr’s reply:... ... "My father told me when I was… [Link]#

The courts should police themselves.#

RT @shipwreckedcrew: That‘s the key -- the offending district judges have shown themselves to be obstructionists. ... ... The cases need to be t… [Link]#
RT @ProfMJCleveland: This will only end when Chief Justice Roberts leads the court to expeditiously & summarily overturn lower court decisi… [Link]#

You asked.#

RT @GOP: Jasmine Crockett: “I challenge somebody to go and find a clip of a Democrat invoking violence.”... ... Here you go @JasmineForUS https:… [Link]#

So much for journalism.#

RT @JonathanTurley: USC‘s Annenberg School of Journalism just, seriously, gave the Walter Cronkite Political Journalism Award to Jon Stewar… [Link]#

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Tweets#

Political Science 101.#

Government and logic perverted by politics. — The Entitlement Machine https://t.co/Jtjr7l66S2 [Link]#
Socialism depends on undermining the positive circumstances that allow it to grow. — NEW CRITERION: Other people’s money. As we await Mamdani’s socialist dégringolade https://t.co/WetqM79tj7 [Link]#

Journalism 101.#

Sometimes news reports miss the substance of the news. — Trump makes a move on H-1B visas https://t.co/PGghvmMMTi [Link]#

Leftists exposed.#

@cvpayne Charles, you turned the Fox Jingle Bells segment from a pertinent historical revelation into an essential damnation of malicious, self-serving leftism. Say it again and often. Such postmodern rhetorical claptrap undermines society. [Link]#

Postmodern claptrap.#

No, it was Thompson’s election that was an unfortunate accident. — Democrat Congressman Calls Assassination of National Guardsman an ‘Unfortunate Accident’ https://t.co/xcIKHYpJpS [Link]#

Disrespect.#

And people still register Democrat why? — "Democrats Know Their Constituents Can‘t Read Charts. That‘s Why..." https://t.co/epM7TVtTje [Link]#

Energy.#

Focus on what works. — For Gen Z, Why Nuclear Energy Future Is a Unifying Force in a Divided World https://t.co/MF6DrUc0jm via @wattsupwiththat [Link]#

Warneer deservedthe answer.#

Teeing up an easy answer. — Dem Sen. Mark Warner Asks Why Trump and Hegseth Blow Up Narco Boats But Seize Venezuelan Oil Tankers https://t.co/pWFCt60h4f [Link]#

Retweets#

No friends made here.#

RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 JUST IN: JD Vance is now targeting Indiana Senate Leader Rod Bray for LYING to his face.... ... "Bray consistently told us he w… [Link]#

Deserved.#

RT @EricLDaugh: 🚨 HOLY CRAP! Karoline Leavitt just DROPPED THE MIC on CNN‘s Kaitlan Collins 🫳🎤... ... "My predecessor stood up at this podium, an… [Link]#

Honesty in politics.#

RT @RockChartrand: Any politician promising to lower your costs through central planning isn’t just lying, they know they’re lying. Logic r… [Link]#
RT @RockChartrand: They want to eat the rich for the same reason children want to smash a vending machine. It’s easier than paying, and the… [Link]#
RT @RockChartrand: If anything, Amish life exposes socialism’s flaw. A small, culturally unified, voluntary group can sustain mutual aid be… [Link]#
RT @ThomasSowell: “The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Foundin… [Link]#

Uncertainty in Europe.#

RT @MarioNawfal: 🚨🇧🇬 BREAKING: BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT COLLAPSES UNDER MASS PROTESTS: PM STEPS DOWN!... ... The Bulgarian government has resigned am… [Link]#
RT @SlavicNetworks: 🚨‼️🇧🇬 BREAKING NEWS... ... BULGARIA RISES: MASS PROTESTS ERUPT IN SOFIA AND CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY... ... TENS OF THOUSANDS ON T… [Link]#
RT @PM_ViktorOrban: The new American national security strategy: the most important and most interesting document of recent years. It speak… [Link]#

Calling something a “right” means nothing. Reality rules.#

RT @drdanchoi: As a practicing spine surgeon who pours my heart into healing patients every day, let’s be real: Declaring healthcare a “rig… [Link]#

Deep State.#

RT @julie_kelly2: The more I learn (and hear) about Jocelyn Ballantine--the head of the Proud Boys prosecution team now handling the Brian… [Link]#

A country failing its citizens.#

RT @PeterSweden7: Two men were just sentenced to 6 and 4 months prison and community service in the Netherlands.... ... Their "crime"?... ... They proj… [Link]#

Democrats in action.#

RT @RedWave_Press: Joe Borelli: “You can look at the chart of inflation over the last 50 years, right? And you‘ll see two big bumps, two bi… [Link]#

About culture.#

RT @TAmTrib: Europeans once knew how to properly respond to the "it is their culture" argument. ... ... As Sir Charles Napier told the Raj‘s subj… [Link]#

Stonewalling by convention, not Constitution.#

RT @RapidResponse47: https://t.co/e2TJx50jGD [Link]#

Glad she is no longer in Venezuela.#

RT @MarioNawfal: 🇻🇪🇺🇸 PEACE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER MACHADO: VENEZUELA HAS ALREADY BEEN INVADED – BY RUSSIA, IRAN, HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS... ... Venezuel… [Link]#

Conspiracy in government speech.#

RT @RealJessica: Newsweek asked RFK Jr. "why don’t you stop promoting conspiracy theories?"... ... RFK Jr’s reply:... ... "My father told me when I was… [Link]#

The courts should police themselves.#

RT @shipwreckedcrew: That‘s the key -- the offending district judges have shown themselves to be obstructionists. ... ... The cases need to be t… [Link]#
RT @ProfMJCleveland: This will only end when Chief Justice Roberts leads the court to expeditiously & summarily overturn lower court decisi… [Link]#

You asked.#

RT @GOP: Jasmine Crockett: “I challenge somebody to go and find a clip of a Democrat invoking violence.”... ... Here you go @JasmineForUS https:… [Link]#

So much for journalism.#

RT @JonathanTurley: USC‘s Annenberg School of Journalism just, seriously, gave the Walter Cronkite Political Journalism Award to Jon Stewar… [Link]#

Last update: Thursday December 11, 2025; 9:17 PM EST.