CITIZEN OPEN THREAD.

Under fire by all sides in Manila. Marcos Jr is willing to try this.
“According to Castro, the chief executive wants to stop the abuse of power and strengthen Filipinos’ rights to choose their leaders, which is why he has ordered the immediate passage of the anti-dynasty bill.”
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2154508/palace-on-anti-dynasty-bill-study-it-dont-make-it-rushed-half-baked?utm_source=(direct)&utm_medium=gallery

“Khamenei’s December 11 Speech: A Case Study in Political Denial and Narrative Engineering”
https://irannewsupdate.com/news/infightings/khameneis-december-11-speech-a-case-study-in-political-denial-and-narrative-engineering/

Ursula and defining what is, is.
““It is not on us, when it comes to elections, to decide who the leader of the country will be, but on the people of this country,” said the president when interviewed during the POLITICO 28 gala event. “That’s the sovereignty of the voters, and this must be protected. Nobody else is supposed to interfere, without any question.”
https://www.eunews.it/en/2025/12/12/von-der-leyen-europeans-must-look-at-ourselves-and-be-proud/

More storytelling
The One-Man Army Who Captured 132 Germans – Alvin York
The Fat Electrician

Good morning all and happy friday!

Who Speaks for MAGA? The battle over Charlie Kirk’s legacy

NYT interview with TPUSA spokesman and show host Andrew Kolvet. The interviewer is NYT’s Christian columnist Ross Douthat. A friendly interviewer.

Kolvet discusses what it’s like to be the target of conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

“I’ve never been a hugely conspiratorial person in general, but I’m very sympathetic to why people are. … The institutional capture by the left in America is pretty dramatic. And so I understand that that’s actually fueling a lot of this.”

But “having been on this side of a conspiracy theory [=being a target of Candace Owens], and you just realize there’s a pattern to this, where they will allege connections that might have a grain of truth, an ounce of truth, and then they will leap to a conclusion that is so wild and you’re like: How did you put one and one together and then allege this from these two things?”

“as a conservative movement, we do have to make sure we’re fact-based. … But … I think there’s some conspiracy theories that we need to dive into.”

https://archive.is/w8r7f

Good morning ☕️

You don’t hate the communist enough.
Is it ok to hate people that want you dead? They are too timid to do it themselves, they want islamist to do it for them.

Predictably,
@ALdotcom
is calling me a “racist” for not wanting an Islamist Indoctrination Center built in Alabama.

Islamists want every single American DEAD.

How many more Americans have to be slaughtered by Islamist terrorists before the MSM will WAKE UP???
https://x.com/SenTuberville/status/1998419194959053137

Good morning from Missouri!

Carol of the Bells – The Piano Guys

It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – Amy Grant
We need some music everyday!

“Although the White House has said it has no official record of such an invitation, the U.S. government’s spokesperson said today that they will consider it.”
https://colombiaone.com/2025/12/11/colombia-petro-invites-trump-white-house-consider-visit/

Trump pardons Tina Peters for a state crime (IIRC she was examining the voting machines in her town). Not sure how that will play out. “The question of whether a president can pardon for state offenses has never been raised in any court.”

https://x.com/TPostMillennial/status/1999278883280159132

Story Time

Most Gangster General Of WW2 – “Terrible” Terry Allen
The Fat Electrician

3 Months Ago We Lost Charlie Kirk

Nice Shout Out To CFP Today From Andrew And Blake

Kyle Rittenhouse ties the knot

https://x.com/rittenhouse2a/status/1998789064405725612

Here is a song they played at the wedding reception (just kidding)

Corn-State Ethanol Lobby Demands Could Raise Gas Prices

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia (Maryland Man) to be released from immigration detention immediately

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/politics/2025/12/11/judge-orders-kilmar-abrego-garcia-release

Zelenskyy to hold urgent talks with allies as Trump pushes for a deal by Christmas

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/international/2025/12/11/russia-ukraine-war-negotiations

Person of the year “Architects of AI’ named by Time magazine

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/business/2025/12/11/time-magazine-person-of-the-year-ai-architects

Senate rejects extension of health care subsidies

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/politics/2025/12/11/senate-rejects-extension-health-care-subsidies

I’m thinking the folks in Western WA could sure use a heavenly rainbow today
and so many prayers!!
Thank you!!

Sen Liz Brown gets it.

Michigan Taps Marco Rubio As Interim Head Coach

/sarc

Ongoing border battle with Cambodia.
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3336125/thai-pm-sets-stage-election-saying-he-will-return-power-people

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/politics/40059633

https://x.com/Hoosier_Review/status/1998896882916130975?s=20

https://x.com/khnh80044/status/1998788918301569284?s=20

If anyone is in SC or in contact with anyone who’s been to SC, and you have a legitimate fear of catching measles, read…

https://open.substack.com/pub/syedhaider/p/the-measles-cure-weve-ignored

-‘Vietnam bans raw rare earth exports to boost supply chain goals’-
“The amended law states that deep processing of rare earths must be linked to the development of the industrial ecosystem to enhance the nation’s local value chain and ensure self-reliance in the rare earth sector.”
https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/785621

Australian woman ordered to pay $95k to two tranny male soccer players for “misgendering” them

https://reduxx.info/australian-woman-ordered-to-pay-95000-to-two-trans-identified-males-playing-in-womens-football-for-misgendering/

The lady who was fined is a women’s rights advocate, spokeswoman for “Binary Australia,” a campaign group dedicated to advocating for single-sex sports in Australia.

She had good reason for warning people about these “ringers.”
They have injured real female players on the field.

“In 2022, the Flying Bats FC was presented with a Fair Play award, the same year that a female player had her leg broken in two places by an unidentified male player for their team.”

“During the 2024 season of the North West Sydney Football Women’s Premier Competition, The Flying Bats [trans team] won all 17 games and scored 76 goals while only a total of 8 points were scored against them. The heightened scrutiny has led officials to increase security and implement prohibitions against filming at matches.”