STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

NOVEMBER 5, 2026

VOLUME 167

CENTER-RIGHT PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT NEWS EVENTS

I don’t write knee-jerk reaction style blogs. I like to take my time to analyze recent events and respond in a thoughtful manner. Looking back over the days leading up to the election, I thought it was pretty obvious that the Republicans were in trouble. I have made it no secret that I am not a registered Republican; I consider myself and independent. I do however vote Republican 100% of the time, but that doesn’t mean I’m in love with the party. You could put me more in the MAGA column. I am now and forever an America first guy. The Constitution and Old Glory take precedence, period.

I broke from the Republican party years ago when the Establishment Republicans were so lame they made me furious. You really couldn’t tell the difference between them and a Democrat. I had left the party years before this event happened, but it was the absolute epitome of their sanctimonious attitude. When Donald Trump took office in this first term, he had control of the House and Senate. Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnel did everything in their power to make sure Trump was not successful. It so obvious, you couldn’t miss it. They slow walked everything so that nothing happened. Consequently, you got the old witch Pelosi back in power in his second term, and she masterminded the Russian hoax and the January 6th circus.

This time around you got Thune instead of McConnel, different people, same attitude. I’m really surprised Trump accomplished as much as he did. So, this is what I think ultimately brought the Republicans down. As much as it pains me to say this, I think Trump himself has to shoulder a lot of blame.

Donald Trump is a “larger than life” character that unquestionably likes to exert his authority. People will accept that, if he is making their lives measurably better. But when their lives are not getting better, and the cost of living is still painful, his “bull in the China shop” attitude starts getting hard to bear. I absolutely don’t fault Trump for challenging Iran. The four presidents before him kicked the can down the road and it ended up landing at Trump’s feet. He absolutely did the right thing. Is the cost of gasoline making my life hard, you bet. I filled up the tank on my Suburban today, about 24 gallons and the cost was an even $100.00. Our trip to the grocery a few days ago, food for two people as $225.00. We just sent the first payment in for our property taxes last week for $1,700.00, the first of four payments. I know Mr. Trump likes to espouse how much better off we are now that he is in charge, but I’m finding that hard to measure.

Donald Trump and Scott Bessent have been telling us that the amount of crude moving through the Strait of Hormuz is at an all-time high. The US pretty much seized the oil in Venezuela, and the US is producing oil at an all-time high. So, I get the feeling that we are being gaslighted. If all of this good stuff is happening, why isn’t the price of gas $2.50 per gallon? Why is food so danged high? These are the questions regular folks want answered, while they watch their savings dwindle and their credit cards fill up. This is what loses elections folks.

Now, I would like to establish the fact that I’m not an idiot. Close maybe. But Biden did a number on the economy that was unprecedented. You don’t clean that mess up quickly. But Trump claimed he was going to, and people ran out of patience. Understand two things; Americans have very poor memories, and they want instant gratification. You can’t have instant gratification when the prior administration took this country very close to a depression.

Another factor that may not be as important as others was Trump’s application of Tariffs to level the playing field with countries that have been ripping us off for years. The average American didn’t feel the pain of our country getting ripped off, but they damn sure felt the pain, when goods started costing a lot more, that used to be cheap.

THE INCREASING NUMBER OF THIRD WORLDERS IN OUR MIDST AINT’ HELPING

Back when people cared about our wonderful home known as the good ol’ USofA, the flow if legal immigrants was metered to around two million a year. That is a good number, because about 3.07 million Americans die each year from natural causes and non communicable diseases. About 3.6 million babies are born each year. Also, for the most part those two million legal immigrants are people that are educated, and are coming to this country to work, start businesses and make our country better. A far cry from the unmitigated immigration of illegals we saw during the Obama and Biden years.

The Democrats have openly admitted that the unbridled flow of illegal immigrants was done to shore up their voting base. They made sure the illegals could vote through some very shady moves like “motor voter”, registering voters when they received drivers’ licenses, and other underhanded methods. If Donald Trump didn’t do anything else, he shined a light on how corrupt the Democrat party is. (and how lame the Republicans are)

ALL IS NOT LOST, THERE IS HOPE

The Democrats are corrupt as hell, and they will cheat their own mothers in order to gain power. But they can’t seem to manage the power once they get it. They will be so filled with the need for revenge that they will immediately attack anyone with an R behind their name, and especially their most favorite target, Donald Trump. They will waste their capitol with investigations, endless hearings, and accusations, they will accomplish nothing for the people that elected them. By the end of the next two years people will be so sick of them they will vote them out. I’ve seen it happen again and again. So, set back, watch the show, absolutely nothing will get done in D.C. for the next two years unless it’s an executive order. That’s not a bad thing.

God bless all of you, God bless the USA. Our great country is strong, resilient, and the people are great. We will survive this, and we will likely be better for it. Keep the faith.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

AUGUST 8, 2026

VOLUME 158

CENTER – RIGHT PERSPECTIVE ON TODAY’S NEWS EVENTS AND POLITICAL HAPPENINGS.

The past eight days have been extremely intense. My office asked me to do a cost estimate for the steel in an eight-story assisted living center. Turns out that it is the largest estimate of my over 50 year career as a steel construction estimator. It was the perfect time for me to do this as the weather has been scorching hot and the air was filled with smoke from several forest fires. So, hunkering down in my air-conditioned office was a welcome assignment.

After spending all day on my computer and searching through construction plans the last thing I wanted to do was write. However, during this past ten days, some interesting news happened. So, I’m going to comment on some of them anyway even though they are a bit moldy.

HOW IN THE WORLD DID WE GET HERE???

I have embedded an episode from an old TV series from the 1950’s called “I led three lives”. It’s a story about an FBI agent that infiltrated the communist party in the US and became one of the top dogs. They were 30 minute episodes, and as a kid that hated “commies” I think I watched every single one of them. The series ran from 1953 to 1956. I was twelve years old when it first aired. I didn’t really think about it until today in 2026 how anti-communist I was at such an early age. As you can imagine, 73 years later my feelings are even stronger. I wouldn’t expect you to watch all of the old grainy kinescope recording, but I inserted it to heighten your awareness of how anti-communist the attitude was in that era. You may want to do your own research into this true story of espionage.

Obviously, the presence socialist / communists in our nation has existed for a very long time. There are stories about socialist communities springing up and then disappearing for decades. One of the most interesting ones happened in the Mojave desert in California.

“Sidetrack Adventures” just happens to be one of my favorite “adventure/travel” shows on YouTube. Steve is an excellent host and teacher of history. Take a look at his productions, I think you will enjoy them.

This particular experiment ultimately failed as all of them do. These communities are based on the idea that everyone works and produces and shares the fruits of their labors equally. Anyone that has been exposed to human beings for more than a few months know that they have an inherently nasty trait called greed. Even worse when that greed is coupled with laziness things start going south really fast. Even human beings tied together through blood lines don’t get along that well and famously kill each other quite often.

There is also another factor that doesn’t bode well. It’s called self-elected leaders. One of these characters always seems to rise to the top, and claim to be the “leader of the pack”. He is usually the lazy greedy one that wants the wealth without doing the hard labor. As these experiment age, widespread contempt grows, and the whole project is doomed.

Human beings have always gathered and formed communities. It is a natural thing to do for the mutual benefit of all. Protection from enemies, assistance from your neighbors if needed, and comfort knowing someone has your back. But and this is key, people also need to feel like individuals, have personal privacy, and earn their wages on their own, and build their own personal wealth. Property ownership is a major factor in human happiness. Communism isn’t going to provide all of those needs. In fact, communism kills incentives to grow and prosper. Why work harder, when the state takes the fruits of your labor and gives them away to others not willing to do the hard work.

The frustrating fact is that the Democrats have always leaned toward communism. Just the seemingly innocent act of handing out “participation trophies” and having a “no winners” policy in children’s athletics is really an intentional act of sowing the seeds of communism. There is nothing more constructive than the feeling that you dominated you opponent because you trained harder and worked harder. Likewise, there is nothing more constructive in being the loser, and wanting to win, and knowing it’s only going to happen if you work and train harder. Both circumstances produce better people.

We have unfortunately gotten to the point where we actually have avowed Marxists, Socialists, and Communists running for and holding political offices because of weak politicians and lawmakers, that don’t have the stomach for protecting our national values. We had strong leaders and patriots in the 1950’s that would have never allowed Zohran Mamdani to hold the mayoral office in NYC. They would have ridden Tim Walz out of town on a rail. do you think in your wildest imagination a Muslim would have remotely considered running for President? Guess what, one sneaked in right in front of your eyes. You may have even been so enamored that you voted for him. Barack Hussien Obama isn’t a name with commonly associated with Anglo heritage.

People, I think anyone can see, how this is getting out of hand and needs to be dealt with decisively if this Republic is going to survive. Islam and the West will never be compatible, Islam wants to bring down the US and will work to that end with great effort. The Patriots need to work with superior effort to rid the US of Islam and the threat of Sheria law getting even the smallest foothold on this precious soil. Britain, France and Germany have already lost that battle, don’t let the USA be next.

STAND STRONG, HONOR OUR FOREFATHERS AND OUR HERITAGE BY RIDDING OUR COUNTRY OF THE INVADERS.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

JULY 29, 2026

VOLUME 157

CURRENT NEWS EVENTS AS VIEWED BY A CENTER RIGHT CONSERVATIVE PATRIOT

Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I am working on a very large project that is due next Tuesday, so I couldn’t stop and watch the little rat appear before congress today. He literally reminds me of a rodent every time I see his sorry ass. Of course I am talking about the Democrats favorite man of science, Antony Fauci. He makes the term “dirt bag” sound a bit more endearing. In my opinion, you can’t get much lower than Antony Fauci.

My little brother died of Covid, leaving this world way too soon. They took him to the Columbia University Hospital, shoved a breathing tube down his throat and he was dead in less than three days. I don’t know for sure if they were even giving him any therapeutic medication, I think they just simply put him on a respirator and called it good.

Of course, when I see the little rat, I’m looking at my brother’s murderer. He and his slimeball associates are wholly responsible for unleashing the deadly virus on the world. As I saw some clips of his testimony today, if you can call it that, he still has that sanctimonious smirk on his face, knowing he is responsible for millions of human beings dying around the world, and he will likely never spend a single day of punishment for what he did. What kind of evil is that, how can a man carry that knowledge and not be consumed by his own conscience. The man must be totally soulless. In my opinion you can’t get much closer to Satan himself.

But, there is another facet to this story I want all of you to remember as you are given the opportunity to choose future leaders. He wasn’t in this alone. This is a very big story about the largest election fraud scheme the world has probably ever seen. The Democrat party was in this up to their necks with Fauci. He was their vessel to make it all happen, and he was more than willing to participate. I have written about this extensively, the magnitude of this conspiracy may never be known. It went from the city and state levels all the way to the top government offices. Bottom line here folks; when you have a political party that is willing to kill millions of people to win an election, that is evil on an unprecedented level. If you don’t think that’s possible, you haven’t looked at it close enough.

THE IRAN SITUATION GETS MORE UNCERTAIN AS WEEKS TURN INTO MONTHS

Sir Winston Churchill is one of my favorite historical figures. He was truly a visionary and saw the world through the Lense of reality. He was unafraid when it came to calling a spade and spade. A few examples below;

How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.

A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.

Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.

Sir Winston Churchill – from his writings titled “The River War”.

Islam creates cultures that are inherently violent with no respect for human rights whatsoever, especially women. Because they don’t allow any form of dissent or detractors (automatic execution) it forms a monolithic mental state which becomes extremely difficult to overcome. To overcome such a society, virtually everyone needs to be eradicated. It’s how you rid your home of insects. If a few are left behind, they reproduce and quickly become a threat once again. This is the secret to their power and longevity. I don’t believe it is possible to capture a Muslim nation and occupy it like we did in Japan and Germany after WW2. The percentage of true Muslims that could possibly be converted to Western ideology has to be extremely small.

This is precisely why we continue to destroy Iranian cities and military bases and they stand in defiance. They will never surrender until the last IRGC member is laid to rest. I praise President Trump for showing unmitigated strength in his quest to rid the world of a very dangerous nuclear threat. Why would anyone allow a band of maniacal religious zealots to be in possession of a weapon of mass destruction. Yet, every American president for the last 40 odd years has chosen to ignore the threat. I think you can safely say none of them had the foresight of Winston Churchill.

The United States should have assisted the Iranian people during the first uprising, the Mullahs were nowhere near as powerful at that point in time and all of this could have been avoided. Why do we keep electing week kneed people that make foreign policy.

We can only hope and pray for victory in this quest to keep nuclear weapons from the hands of maniacs. God Bless America and our President.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

JUNE 16, 2026

VOLUME 151

NEWS COMMENTARY FROM A CENTER-RIGHT PERSPECTIVE, WITH SOME FLAG WAVING FOR GOOD MEASURE.

Trump loves to throw parties, and he threw a hell of big one this past weekend. I’m not much of a fight fan, I watch one now and again but it’s not one of my favorite sports. I like the fights that break out after an automobile race when some guy thinks he was cheated in some way. Those are always fun to watch. Don’t last long and typically, race car drivers are lousy fighters. But holy cow, what a production. The best part though, is that it thoroughly pissed off the lefties. I think Donald Trump’s main objective is to make sure whatever he does causes the left to go into an uncontrollable tailspin.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN IRAN? DO WE HAVE A PEACE DEAL?

I held my nose for about 10 minutes and watched Sean Hannity interview J.D. Vance this evening. I literally cannot stand to watch Hannity. Yeah, I know, he’s a staunch Trump supporter, loyal Republican, yada, yada, yada. But the guy drives me crazy with his self promotion, grandstanding, and repeating the same thing over and over and over.

That said, he and J.D. talked at length about the illusive peace deal with the craziest people on earth. J.D. insists that a deal has been struck, and the strait of Hormuz is now once again open. But he also said that it is only good as long as Iran keeps up their end of the bargain. So, I turned off Sean and tuned into Tousi TV to see what Mahyar has to say about it. Tousi TV seems to have the only realistic view on this craziness. Mahyar says that he is highly skeptical that any kind of solid deal has been reached. The IRGC hardliners are accusing the Iranian government leaders of treason if they make any type of concessions with the Americans. Every day, more IRGC leaders bite the dust in mysterious explosions and accidents. The infighting in Tehran is fierce at the moment, so I find it hard to believe there can any kind of meaningful agreements made. We will just have to wait and see. Obviously, someone believes it, gas prices are dropping in my neck of the woods fairly rapidly, and Wall Street is rebounding.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH AMERICA’S BLACK POPULATION? NOT LOOKING GOOD AT THE MOMENT.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, let me help you understand. All of this white privilege bullshit the left has been spewing is a smokescreen to hide the real problem….BLACK PRIVILEGE! What I am saying was put on full display last week when Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder in the death of Austin Metcalf at a school track meet. Karmelo stabbed Austin Metcalf in the heart with a folding knife. Metcalf was unarmed. As we have heard thousands of times now from the legacy media “unarmed” is a major game changer. The seriousness of a killing is magnified times 100 if the victim was “unarmed”.

However, even though Metcalf was unarmed, they tried to paint Karmelo as being a victim in some unknown sense, going so far as to say his conviction was raciest. I don’t know about you, but if you take someone else’s life in a scenario such as this, you deserve the death penalty. At least life without the possibility of parole.

So here is the bottom line as I see it. Karmelo took Austin’s life. Took him from his family. Prevented Austin from having a family. Literally killed a branch of the family tree. For this heinous act, he got 35 years with the possibility of parole after 17 years. Karmelo’s act was race based; you can’t convince me otherwise. So, why wasn’t this viewed as hate crime. I thought hate crimes were serious shit.

My opinion is that Karmelo got off easy because the court was afraid of the fallout if he was dealt the sentence he really deserved. Have you ever heard of this being the case in the conviction of a white person? So, the next time someone mentions white privilege to me, my reaction will be strong, and swift. It will not be measured.

Because blacks are being handled with kid gloves in recent years, young blacks are taking to the streets and committing crimes of all sorts, knowing they are not likely to suffer any real and lasting consequences. This is a dangerous precedence for everyone involved. Innocent citizens get caught up in this, police officers get injured and killed, property losses are huge. The perpetrators themselves sometimes end up dead or seriously injured. The government and law enforcement have a difficult task ahead in bringing this lawlessness under control.

I have much more to say about this and I will likely continue the topic in my next blog. I need to close for now. Thank you so much for taking the time to read my articles. I appreciate each and every one of you. Stay safe, stay vigilant, stay free.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

UNBIASED JUSTICE FOR ALL, NO EXCEPTIONS!!

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

MAY 11, 2026

VOLUME 147

RIGHT MINDED COMMENTARY

I finally found my way back to my keyboard. I have spent the past several weeks working on my landscaping after 21 years of mediocre maintenance. I told my wife brace yourself, this is gonna cost some serious money to resuscitate the front and rear gardens. We still aren’t finished, we now have to visit Lowes and spend some more hard earned cash on flowers and shrubs to replace the ones we ripped out. But we are getting lots of compliments for our efforts. However, none of those folks are offering to chip in and help with the expense. Enough with the whining, let’s get on with the article.

TAXES, TAXES, TAXES

This topic has so many facets, I’m not sure I can cover everything I am feeling about this topic. Which is mostly anger, mixed with utter disappointment, and curiosity as to why Donald Trump and his band of merrymen are the only ones seriously talking about tax reform. Every state on the west coast where I have spent the bulk of my life on this planet, are literally tax addicts. The state governments of the three west coast states are taxing folks into the poor house. People are squealing like trapped pigs and they don’t care.

The State of Orgon puts a tax measure on the ballot and the crazy ass Oregon Democrats vote for it. I have lived here 21 years and have never seen a tax measure fail to pass. I literally want to pull my hair out every single time. On the other hand, we have mail in ballots, so one can’t be too sure that it’s on the up and up.

So, why does the federal government and state and city governments need so much of our money? My house is about 2,300 sq. ft on a small city lot, and Marion county thinks I need to pay $6,000.00 per year for the privilege of owning my house. So, basically the county is charging me rent to live in my own house. The city where I live has a population of about 200,000 souls. Roughly about 52,000 single family homes. Just for property taxes alone that’s somewhere around 26 million dollars per year. That’s just for residential dwellings, not counting commercial businesses. The school district operates on a yearly budget of over one billion dollars a year, and can barely produce a literate graduate. The schools never stop begging for money and can’t show any improvement in the education of the students.

Our state roads and highways are better than a number of states I have driven across, but they could be one hell of a lot better. The state is always coming up with more creative ways to pick our pockets for the highway systems. I have heard a lot of chatter in recent years about toll roads. Give me a break, toll roads? Cut out some of the freebies and welfare to able bodied adults and fix the dang roads. We have a fleet of school busses that is massive. Why the hell can’t kids walk to school anymore? Half the kids at the bus stops are fat little rascals, it would be good for ’em. The cost of operating our school bus fleet must be close the defense budget for the feds.

TAX FRAUD

Stop and ask yourself why tax fraud is so rampant. It’s really quite simple. Anytime the government makes a huge amount of money available for any project, the fraudsters come out of every crack and crevice like cock roaches. They know from experience that the government just can’t wait to give that money away, because it makes them the flavor of the month, and it ain’t their money. The realization that the fraud is in the tens of billions of dollars should cause everyone to immediately surmise that we are being seriously overtaxed. You wanna know how I know this? Because the fraud was discovered because it was becoming so blatantly apparent, not because the government was running out of money. Medicare and Medicaid are not going broke due to normal everyday healthcare; they are being gutted by fraudsters. Are you worried your sick family member won’t be able to get hospice care in their final days? You should be, the money is going to build Nigerian mansions, inhabited by rich Somalians.

Local state politicians make it easy for the fraudsters (often illegal aliens) or green card holders to bilk the system, and in turn the fraudsters kick back a portion of that money to the Democrat politician, and it ends up in the coffers of the DNC. This system does not remain static, it grows like a malignant cancer. It’s just another iteration of the NGO’s. The federal government officials are actively involved in robbing the taxpayers. That makes me sick to my stomach that the feds can take everything I own for tax evasion, while they literally wasted the money I gave them in good faith. So, tell me again just how free we are. The freedom thing may be a little overstated.

Gotta run, getting a bit late for the old man. Stay strong my fellow Americans. Stay alert and fight to keep America a Christian Nation. One nation under GOD. Islam does not belong in our country now or ever.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

JANUARY 5, 2026

VOLUME 134

2025 ENDED AND 2026 BEGAN WITH SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS DISPLAYS BUT NOT THE NORMAL ONES YOU EXPECT.

THE ISLAMIST REPUBLIC OF IRAN

The people of Iran, or Persians as they prefer being called are flooding the streets in protest, and the Islamist Republic came out with and offer today of 5 pounds per month to stop protesting. They had to make the offer in pounds because the Iranian currency is virtually worthless. One Iranian Rial, equals .000024 USD. There is also a critical shortage of water in Iran as their main water supply, Lake Urmia, has shrunk dramatically due to drought and mismanagement.

Of course, the water shortage is just one piece of the puzzle. The larger pieces of the puzzle are how the government suppresses personal freedoms and the crushing inflation. It is simply more than the people can tolerate. The protestors have destroyed several IRG headquarters and stolen their weapons. Today for the first time we saw protestors with rifles and other weapons. The tide is beginning to turn in favor of the protestors. The local police forces have joined the protestors.

Ali Khamenei is beginning to feel the pressure and reportedly making plans to seek exile in Russia. As you know, Trump and Netanyahu have pledged support to the Iranian people if the Islamic government starts firing on its own citizens. With the Islamic Republican Guard already in a state of disarray that will be another operation that will take a matter of hours. Knowing that Israel and America have their backs, the Iranian protestors have been emboldened and are moving quickly to push out the current government. After following this closely over the past 72 hours, I’m sure the Islamist Regime are in their last few days of existence. If this is interesting to you as it is to me, look for Toushi TV on YouTube. You can watch what is happening on the streets of Iran being live streamed.

VENEZUELA AND MADURO

If you didn’t see this coming, you haven’t been paying attention. The Trump administration has been laying the groundwork for this for a few months. The never-ending parade of drug boats gave the US the perfect motive to begin operations in the Caribbean. Then, when they started blowing them out of the water instead of arresting the operators you knew they were serious. However, it became very clear something else was going on when an aircraft carrier became involved. Then the armada kept growing. When Trump told Maduro to just pack up and leave or face the consequences, you should know Trump well enough by now to know what was coming next. Maduro bet on past actions of the US presidents and expected an official letter to arrive, instead the United States Army Delta Force showed up in his bedroom. This shit is what I voted for and hoped would happen.

Holy cow people, can you believe how flawlessly our great military pulled that off? Approximately 200 Special Operations forces for ground operations, supported by over 150 various types of aircraft (fighters, bombers and drones) Dispatched from various bases. It was literally like something from a Hollywood movie. Not one single casualty and not one piece of equipment lost. One chopper hit with small arms fire and completed its mission safely. HURRAH !!!!!

Another tin horn despot taken down, the citizens have their freedom restored, and no more cruel unjust actions taken against them. The Venezuelans are celebrating in the streets waving American flags and signs thanking our president. At home a different scene is taking place. The left is freaking out claiming Trump violated international law and they immediately started talking impeachment. Of course, the mainstream media jumps on board with the Dems calling it unjust and unfair. Hakeem Jefferies was of course compelled to make a statement which largely made no sense. Then good ol’ Chuckie boy chimed in. Chuck Schumer is about as relevant as a gas tank in a Tesla. I sort of feel sorry for the guy as he has become like a pair of old discarded work boots that are destined for the dust bin. His days are over and I’m not sure he’s realized it yet.

In reality, Donald Trump and his “Knights of the Long Table”, have left the Democrats in the dust and they are beside themselves, and have no idea what to do. They have no new ideas to put forth for the betterment of America, they just keep rehashing the same old tired ideas, and the same disgusting hatred for everything and anything that Trump does. Trump really does live rent free in their heads 24-7-365. The only thing Democrats know how to do, and they are really good at it, is steal money from taxpayers. If you want to create a bullet proof money laundering operation, contact a Democrat lawyer.

Thought of the day: Do you remember when Iran was considered a dangerous player in the nuclear arena, and Clinton, Bush, Obama and Biden played paddi-cake with the Mullahs doing whatever they could to appease the assholes? Think about that, then think about how Trump dealt with it. Not pallets of cash, big ass bombers with big ass bombs. No American lives lost. Done and over with in one day. My kind of Prez.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

DECEMBER 30, 2025

VOLUME 132

WHAT A YEAR THIS HAS BEEN. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

Let’s start with the good stuff. Our fearless leader Mr. Donald J. Trump regained power and immediately started kicking some serious behind. There is no way there is enough time to enumerate everything he has accomplished, but most of my readers already know. He steps into his office every day and just goes like “gang busters” while everyone around him tries to keep up. He also has a cabinet that reflects his energy. Trump sort of reminds me of the old FBI warrior Elliot Ness portrayed by Robert Stack in the TV series the “Untouchables”.

Now for the bad stuff…..the whole damn Democrat party. They don’t even try to hide the fact that they have morphed into a huge, organized crime syndicate. Check out Kerri Lane’s recent news show below.

It’s pretty obvious to anyone paying attention that this whole thing about rampant illegal immigration propagated by the Democrats was all about stacking the deck with illegal voters to prop up their sagging pole numbers. It was all about a power grab, and the side effects of rampant crime against American citizens was of no concern as long as it yielded the results they were looking for.

Although I can’t prove what I am about to say, I think you will agree that it smells like rotten corruption. It is becoming clearer every day that all across our nation, red states and blue states alike, city and state governments seem unable to account for millions of taxpayer dollars. The money just disappears into thin air. In my opinion, the Democrat party is funneling those taxpayer dollars into the coffers of the Democrat party. I think the corruption is so massive, it will never be completely unraveled. That is a sad day for America. The Feds literally hold a gun to your head to make sure you pay your taxes, and they repay you by squandering it like drunks.

Are you ready for the “Ugly”? The Democrats are using the Samolis and other illegals to rig elections and extract tax money for their benefit. When you scream bloody murder about their actions, they immediately label you as a raciest and a xenophobe. The Democrats can’t run on programs they create to make your lives better, nope, they are constantly bombarding you with psyop bullshit, accusing conservatives of the crimes they themselves are committing. Making up lies and false stories as slander. These people are truly ugly in every way.

At least for the time being, we have folks in Capitol Hill working in our behalf. But the midterms are coming and historically it doesn’t look good for Republicans. So, call or write your congressman and tell them to get off their “dead asses” and do something, anything, to make our side look like we actually care. Are these people actually awake? They desperately need to codify Trump’s executive orders into law before we lose control of congress.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

DECEMBER 3, 2025

VOLUME 128

THEY LIE, THEY CHEAT, THEY STEAL OUR HARD-EARNED MONEY !

They, are the Democrats. Trumps second term is flushing them out like rats. Like rats in a corner, they are trying desperately to defend themselves. But their graft and corruption is being exposed almost weekly. Corruption in government is present no matter where you are on the planet, but the Democrats have taken it to a new level in the United States.

My taxes are over the top. I have a nice home, not a mansion by any means, and a yearly income that could be categorized as slightly above the median level. Let just say, when I die, I won’t be leaving a fortune for my survivors to fight over. Over the years the feds have stripped away virtually all of the smaller taxpayer deductions such as interest on credit cards and personal debt. Since I no longer have any dependents other than my wife, and no home mortgage, tax time is a killer. It doesn’t help I live in Oregon which is one of the heaviest taxed states.

Think about this for a moment or two. There appears to be an abundance of money laying around for the fraudsters to glom onto, and the local governments don’t seem to be having difficulty funding day to day business. This leads me to believe we are being taxed far too much. The governments, federal down to the cities, should be the ones scraping for money not the taxpayers. There wouldn’t be any corruption and fraud if the government was constantly on the verge of bankruptcy. They would be paying one hell of a lot more attention to the dollars.

THE HOMELESS DEBACLE, MY PET PEEVE.

This problem has been going on for 40 or 50 years and it’s not getting any better. So, how can politicians continue to tell you with straight face, they are able to solve difficult problems. Politicians are the only people in the world that fail at their job in a spectacular fashion and get rehired for another term. Drive down the backstreets on any major city and you will find tents, lean-tos, old clapped out RV’s, piles of trash and garbage, syringes scattered about, and filth.

This seems like a very serious problem to me. My boss calls it “socio discrimination”. The governments allow the homeless to pollute on a horrific level, while fining people with money for seemingly minor infractions in comparison.

Why do cities allow this to go on in perpetuity? Because it’s a cash cow. Not being well versed in all of the available money programs, I asked Google;

Yes, cities receive federal dollars to address homelessness through various programs, primarily from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Funds are distributed through programs like the Continuum of Care (CoC), which supports local planning and homelessness services, and through block grants like the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grants. Other agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) also provide disaster-related relief funding for homeless populations.

Key federal programs for homelessness

Continuum of Care (CoC): This is a major source of funding, distributed to local CoCs to coordinate and fund a wide range of homelessness services, including permanent and transitional housing, case management, and homelessness prevention.
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): This program provides funds to local governments for community development projects, including those that address housing and homelessness.
Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG): This program provides grants to help communities respond to homelessness, including funding for emergency shelters and street outreach.
Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8): This program provides rental assistance to low-income families and individuals, helping them secure and maintain housing.
HUD-VASH: This is a collaboration between HUD and the Department of Veterans Affairs that provides rental assistance to homeless veterans.
FEMA funding: During emergencies or disasters, FEMA provides funding to state and local governments to help the homeless population, such as through emergency shelter and other related services.

There is your answer as to why the homeless problem is likely not going away. An audit in California in 2019 could not account for 2.3 billion dollars. They had no idea what the money was spent on or track its effectiveness. I have a good idea where it went, how about you?

I asked Google about California’s infamous “Bullet Train”. This was the answer;

As of late 2024, California’s high-speed rail project has spent approximately $13.8 billion to $15 billion, out of a total projected cost that now ranges from $100 billion to $140 billion. The project has faced significant cost overruns, funding uncertainties, and has had federal funding revoked, though California is contesting this and has other funding commitments in place.

Current spending and cost

Total spent: Between $13.8 billion and $15 billion has been spent, according to various reports from 2024 and 2025.
Total projected cost: The projected cost for the full Phase 1 (Los Angeles to San Francisco) is now estimated to be between $100 billion and $140 billion, significantly higher than the initial $33 billion bond measure approved in 2008.
Initial segment cost: The cost for the 171-mile initial segment in the Central Valley is now estimated at up to $35 billion, exceeding the original estimate for the entire system.

Funding status and challenges

Federal funding: The federal government terminated approximately $4 billion in grant funding in mid-2025, citing concerns about the project’s management and timeline.
State funding: The project has received billions in state funding, and legislators have approved additional funding in the past.
Funding gap: A significant “unfunded gap” exists for the full system, estimated to be between $92.6 billion and $103.1 billion as of early 2024.
Current funding agreements: California is challenging the federal funding withdrawal and has new state funding agreements in place, though the long-term financial stability of the project is still a concern.

Gavin Newsome earns $242,295.00 per year as California’s governor. He just purchased a house in a very nice neighborhood on Sausalito for a reported nine million dollars. Chew on that for a while and see if it makes sense to you. I’m just saying, when there are billions of tax dollars floating around nobody can account for, I start getting suspicious when politicians buy multi-million-dollar homes.

I think it’s the proper time to quote Harry S. Truman (aka”give ’em hell Harry”) “Show me a man that got rich by being a politician, and I’ll show you a crook”.

In my next article, I’ll lay out my plan on how to solve the homeless blight on our beautiful cities.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

A PAIR OF DEMOCRATS

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

NOVEMBER 22, 2025

VOLUME 125

THIS WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER

Chicagoans are not happy with the huge influx of illegal aliens and it’s not looking good for Mayor Johnson and the Democrat party. People are fed up with the politicians that don’t respect the citizens that put them in office. The legacy media would have you believe that Mayor Johnson and Pritzker are representative of mainstream Chicago, turns out it’s not true.

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH SOMEONE LIKE THIS????

THIS MAN IS A WALKING, LIVING, BULLSHIT DISPENSER

The blacks in Chicago are finally waking up to the fact that the Democrats have been using them for decades and in reality, don’t give a damn about them. The only thing Democrats are interested in is absolute complete power. They opened the borders to flood our nation with illegal immigrants for one reason, to expand their voting base and more congressional representation, turning their backs on black Americans. In the next video, a Republican from Texas, in a house of representatives judicial hearing tells you exactly what the Dems did. Pay close attention to the numbers they are shocking. I have to apologize for the long lead time in the beginning of the video, I have no way of editing it. You can click on the video and manually move the slide at the bottom of the screen.

I don’t think anyone with an ounce of common sense would disagree with me, saying that the Democrats literally became unhinged during the Obama years, and got worse in the succeeding years, reaching its peak in the Joe Biden years. The Democrats actually, openly broke the law, the worst example is throwing open the border for unmitigated illegal immigration. When you listened to the testimony of the Republican representative from Texas, he laid out how the Democrats structured the law, so that it would literally take years for these illegals to ever be brought before a judge, if ever.

We have truly lived through an important historical event with the American people pushing back against the Democrat tyranny, you know the ones that scream about “no kings”. Yep, those bald face lying hypocrites. Whatever you do, don’t hesitate to push back when you hear their lies and false accusations.

God bless each and everyone of you. Stay strong, stay vigilant, stay safe.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

STEEL PENCIL NEWS REVIEW

NOVEMBER 13, 2025

VOLUME 122

IF YOU ATTEMPT TO TAKE SOMEBODY DOWN, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MORE MONEY AND POWER THAN THEY DO.

A lot of people are realizing their actions were not well thought out when they tried taking down “The Donald”. We’ll see what happens, but Ms. Latitia James is feeling the heat from the feds right now, and it’s only going to get hotter. When she vowed to take down Donald Trump during her campaign that was a huge mistake in more ways than one. As a practicing attorney, she should have known better, but her ego and big mouth told her brain to sit down and be quiet. She followed through on her promises and selected a majorly partisan judge that she could count on the carry out her wishes. It became clear very soon that her real motives were to completely ruin Donald Trump, inflicting as much financial damage as humanly possible. Her and the judge, Arthur Engoron, made it very clear that this was a “hit job”. The charges were outrageous, and the fines and penalties were equally outrageous. This of course made it possible for a successful appeal, which made the whole exercise a waste of time. It did one thing however, it took Trump off the campaign trail, but that also backfired majorly, causing his popularity to skyrocket. It makes me think of the line spoken by Indiana Jones; “don’t bring a knife to a gunfight”. If James and Engoron had given more serious thought about their plans, they would have realized they were seriously outgunned.

Fanni Willis, another black female District Attorney with only 50% of a functioning brain, and an overactive sex drive. Hired a special prosecutor based on the size of his manhood and not his experience, immediately starts mixing business with pleasure, engaging in all sorts of nefarious activities at the same time. She built a house of cards that fell down around her ears and took out her boyfriend as well. She made poor old Nathan Wade look like a fool. This is a good lesson for people that climb to the top and crush others along the way. Those people you crushed are always waiting for you to fail and are ready to “share the dirt” the first chance they get.

Lying Adam Schiff and scumbag Eric Swalwell are now facing heat from the feds for mortgage fraud. The DOJ is going to make their lives a living hell and cost them boat loads of money for legal council. This is the way Democrats operate. They bring charges against you they know probably won’t result in a conviction, or a major fine, but they break you, paying for attorneys to defend yourself. This exactly what they did to General Michael Flynn. They brought erroneous charges against him and ruined him financially. Why? Because the Democrats hated him.

Oh, I forgot Jack Smith and James Comey. We’ll see where this goes in the next few months, but the DOJ is making a move on these guys right now. If I were Alvin Bragg, I would be making myself as invisible as possible right now. Keeping my big mouth shut.

DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST PARTY ?

Never underestimate the power and cunningness of Democrats. If you are paying attention to what is going on among younger folks, and listening to their complaints, you will understand why Democrats are moving farther left. People think the Democrats suffered a major loss by shutting down the government. I don’t think so. I think the Democrats wanted to see how the welfare recipients were going to react when their benefits were cut off.

It’s very important to remember, Democrats are not interested in the preservation of America as it was conceived, they are interested in power, because power and control equals wealth among the government officials and the DNC. If you can’t see that, you’re not paying attention.

Under the current system, youngsters are not able to achieve what their parents and grandparents achieved as property owners. From their viewpoint they will forever by renters. It is getting harder and harder to get a good paying job in spite of having college degrees. They have been brainwashed by college professors about the advantages of socialism (which are a myth). So young people that have grown up in a privileged lifestyle are finding it impossible to create that for themselves. Rather than using their brains and talents, they are looking for someone to give it to them, to get it the easy way.

The Democrats have keyed in on this and are moving to take advantage of the changing thought patterns of young, poor, college grads. They have been highly successful with blacks, locking them into an impoverished voting bloc, not able to wean themselves off of government welfare.

Pundits and talking heads are rambling on about the end of the Democrat party. It’s not the end of the party, it’s the beginning of brand-new strategy to reclaim power. The younger rebel rousers in the Democrat party have eyes on the House and Senate, making an attempt to oust the older lawmakers. So, hold on to your hats everyone, things are going to start getting very interesting.

VERITAS VINCIT ~ LIVE FREE OR DIE

THE DEMOCRATS SELLING THEIR NEW DEAL TO YOUNG VOTERS