I’ve written commentary for 25 years, long enough to realize I can’t change many minds over any emotional issue.
But let’s be clear in analyzing the situation.
The only reason ice agents and border patrol agents’ presence in our cities is heightened at this time is because liberal Democrat politicians have opened our borders to millions of illegal, unvetted individuals – period.
These illegals take refuge, largely, in sanctuary cities where their needs are provided at the expense of the taxpayer.
Some of these individuals entered the United States because they are criminals and have, sadly, continued their criminal activity in the cities.
Notably, many of these individuals did not come into this country to commit crimes, but committed a crime by coming into our country illegally.
When sanctuary city leadership does not comply with federal law-enforcement, it is very difficult to identify the hardened criminals from the ones who simply did not follow our immigration laws.
This situation forces ice agents to have to scour communities looking for and vetting criminals, which can be unsettling.
Our law-enforcement agents are not here to foment violence, quite the opposite. They are here to protect our citizens and enforce our laws.
Sadly, sanctuary city leaders are emboldening, and often paying protesters to insight violence and obstruct this process.
Even sadder, is the fact that some of these individuals want to incite a shooting so it can be captured on a cell phone and used to build an illegitimate argument against law-enforcement.
We are a nation of laws made by our elected officials. These officers cannot pick and choose which laws to enforce. They are here to serve and protect.
And they deserve protection in the process.
Let’s bring the heat and the rhetoric down. Let’s dispense with the conspiracy theories and allow our law enforcement agents to do their jobs.
These very law-enforcement people whom some would denigrate, are the first people they would call in case of an emergency.
Finally, this is not a move by the federal government to create a police state and move toward a monarchy.
This is simply an effort to remove people who are here illegally, with the primary focus on the criminal component.
Working with law enforcement will bring down the emotion and enable the process to be looked at through a much clearer lense.
Working against law enforcement who are simply enforcing the law, set in place by the people we elected, will only prolong the current state.
Mark Caserta is a candidate for West Virginia House of Delegates 28th District- Wayne County
Fact: 76 million people, 312 Electoral college votes, 7 swing states and 90 percent of all counties voted, in part, for Donald Trump to end open borders and protect our nation’s sovereignty.
We were dying as a nation. Illegal immigration was slowly overtaking our country with an estimated 20 million unvetted illegals pouring into our country during the Biden administration.
Every single state, every single race and ethnicity moved toward the right and voted for common sense in stopping this insanity. They were tired of woke, failing policies that were causing America to fail on many levels to include healthcare, education, jobs and the rule of law.
Also understand, we are a nation of immigrants – LEGAL immigrants. If anyone comes to our country illegally, they have committed a crime – period. The argument that conservatives are against immigration is inaccurate and often leveraged with intellectual dishonesty.
One must understand congress makes the laws that protect our nation. These laws include immigration laws. Law enforcement agents do not get to pick and choose which laws to uphold. Their job is simply to enforce them.
If you truly love America, stop fighting and work together to make a positive difference rather than create more division. If we plan to have a viable future for our children, we must be united.
Leaders who compare law enforcement agents to Nazis or challenge their authority are emboldening protesters to risk their lives.
Where was this anger and dissension when innocent victims like Laken Riley, Rachael Morin and Jocelyn Nungaray were brutally raped and murdered by illegal immigrants? Have you researched the brutality of these murders?
Why do we make the choice to fight more for the criminals than we do for the victims? Is that really who we are? Is that the rule of law we want for our children?
There are evil forces at work here attempting to divide our people. We MUST choose NOT to allow that to happen.
Good choices are never made out of emotion. Good choices are made with wisdom, temperence and prayer.
Let’s do the exact opposite of what the enemy would have us do.
It’s a great time to remember the civil discourse Charlie Kirk modeled for us.
Mark Caserta is a political columnist and editor for Free State Patriot
Look around you.
Look at the liberal, leftist agenda and what it means to your children and your children’s children.
Are you comfortable voting for someone with these beliefs on their resume?
Naked men in women’s locker rooms, fully exposed and glaring at your daughter? Some of these men even with facial hair?
Supporting Illegals who rape, murder and commit other crimes in the U.S. with your tax dollars?
Your tax dollars spent on ludicrous liberal agenda programs such as male circumcision in Mozambique?
Biological men allowed to compete in women’s sports simply because they identify as a woman? Science is irrelevant.
Eliminating all words that historically apply to a male amd female, and requiring employees to take diversity training so you know which pronoun to use when addressing others?
Running political campaigns on socialist ideology and contrary to the our Founding Fathers?
Encouraging violence against anyone who disagrees with the leftist viewpoint – even to the point of celebrating death if it helps their cause? Pure evil here.
Sacrificing American safety and prosperity simply because Democrats hate our president more than they love our country?
Supporting the murder of millions of innocent babies in the womb simply based on an inconvenience and the denouncement of life upon conception.? These same lunatics would claim life on other planets if a telescope found a microbe? Huh?
Shutting down all fossil fuel production and raising prices on Americans based on the myth of man-made climate change?
Removing any semblance of God and His Holy Word from all public areas of our lives?
Do you really want someone who supports these idiotic ideas representing you?
Well, every single liberal Democrat politician is in this camp!
Frankly, if these lunatics have their way, we won’t recognize our country. In fact, I’ll go as far to say that’s the very goal – fundamentally change America!
“We are from the government and we’re here to help”
NOT!!!
Historically, politicians have attempted to hide their desires to raise your taxes.
Historically, politicians have attempted to hide their socialist tendencies.
Historically, politicians have at least “attempted” to “appear” they are representing their constituents.
Historically, politicians at least attempted to “discuss” what’s best for the country.
But the political theater has changed. Fiscal responsibility isn’t important. It’s given way to financing liberal agendas.
Capitalism is being attacked as the problem, not the roadmap to the American dream.
Politicians act as if they don’t even know how a Republic works, much less give it credence.
“What’s best for the country” has succumb to what’s best for party.
Frankly, I’m beginning to feel better when the government is shut down and only essential services are covered.
So much seems to be hidden from the American people, it’s difficult to determine the best approach to governance!
But when liberal Democrats want to use my money for transgender studies and DEI training in other countries, for example, it isn’t difficult to understand that they DO NOT have my best interest at heart.
It’s time for a common sense approach. President Trump is, by far, the most common sense driven leader we’ve had in Washington in my lifetime.
If the choice is between shutting the government down or continuing to frivolously spend my hard-earned tax dollars for outlandish, ridiculous pursuits???
I say, shut it down and learn how to live as most Americans do –
Within our means!
Remember, when you vote, you are essentially planning for your financial future. It requires education and planning.
Failing to plan is, well, you know, planning to fail.
“…he was in a bind, way behind, willing to make a deal.”
Understand, this is not the Democrat party of John F. Kennedy, or even Bill Clinton.
Cognitively or otherwise, this group of modern day leftists have sold their very soul in return for power.
And sadly, they are abandoning their constituents in the sinister transaction.
It’s extremely telling that Democrats spend all of their time protesting on behalf of evil pursuits versus representing you.
Frankly, it’s pathetic.
Where were they following the deaths of Laken Riley, Rachael Morin, Jocelyn Nungaray, Iryna Zarutska or even Charlie Kirk?
Why do you suppose they ignore the victims and fight for the criminals?
Understand, it’s all about creating a voter base and districting that will keep them in power.
During the Biden administration, not only were illegals allowed to enter our country illegally, they were incentivized to do so, all at the expense and demise of our Republic.
Now that President Trump has stopped the bleeding at the border, all Democrats can do is attempt to keep as many as possible, in hopes of keeping as many voting districts as “blue” as possible.
Crime? Death? Destruction?
It doesn’t even factor into the equation. Chaos is embraced by Democrats right now. They predictably blame it on the current administration. They never allow a crisis to go to waste!
Truth? Honor? Values?
Democrats have abandoned the very concepts. And the liberal media are complicit. Honestly, the media are just riding the coat tails of the left for the midnight ride. They didn’t have a soul with which to barter.
Constitutional rights? Freedoms? Liberties?
Sure, as long as Christian values aren’t used in the interpretation and dispensation!
Progressive Democrats met the devil on his terms, with absolutely everything on the table, including their souls.
The stakes? The soul of every liberal democrat and the freedom, liberty and safety of all Americans.
What does winning look like for Democrats? …Just raw, unmitigated, self-serving power.
These are evil, disturbed people who are using the lives of the very people who elected them to barter with the devil for power.
It’s important to understand they have successfully blinded the eyes of millions of unsuspecting people and they will be relentless in providing fuel to the fire of deception.
We must be more relentless in using our faith and values to defeat the enemy. As Christians, we have been given the power and authority in Jesus’ Name!
But we have to exercise it!
When I think of the Bible’s depiction of the devil as a “roaring lion seeking whom he may devour”, I see the Democrat Party. They roar loudly and seek the pursuit of evil and chaos, rather than liberty and justice.
Election precincts are the only fields of battle where this particular evil may be defeated. God loves us, but He is not going to empower Angels to vote on our behalf!
(Only Democrats do that with illegals)
Get informed. Get engaged. Get to the polls.
It’s the only way to strike at the heart of this evil party..
Barack Hussein Obama was a U.S. president from January 20, 2009 to January 20, 2017
There are many direct correlations to be made from the Obama presidency to the state of our union pre-President Trump.
Barack Obama had an opportunity to unify our country as the first African American president. He chose, rather to be the divider-in-chief and fuel racial discrimination in the US.
He also chose to leverage the office of the president to wield our justice system as a tool to remain in power and disenfranchise American voters.
Remember his world “apology tour” immediately upon assuming the presidency? He used the tour to diminished the premise of American exceptionalism!
I submit the Obama presidency could have been one of the greatest presidencies in our history – if he had only loved our country.
LOS ANGELES — Leftwing nonprofit groups are openly helping to fuel anti-ICE riots here by handing out “F–k ICE” packs with protective equipment — as protesters continue to take over downtown every night and engage in rolling battles with cops, federal agents and National Guard troops.
Chilling footage revealed one unidentified group handing out a truckload of face shields and other riot gear to protesters in downtown Los Angeles. The “F–k ICE” packages — which include goggles, facemasks, gloves and a phone number for “jail support” — are being assembled and distributed by a nonprofit called Operation Healthy Grassroots.
It’s just one of several organizations that started as grassroots community aid agencies, but have been wading into politics and throwing their weight behind left-wing street protests.At least one group received federal funding before the Trump administration turned off the spigot.
The Democrat party has abdicated common sense along with their responsibility to represent and protect their constituents and the American people.
I would describe it as intellectual dishonesty, but that would require a semblance of intelligence displayed by the left.
The recent insertion of 4-letter expletives by Democrat leaders in their protests against our president confirms their vocabulary is diminishing commensurate to their brain activity.
I would liken their political methodology and willingness to die on the liberal hill of ultra-left issues to “kamikaze” tactics. Representation and loyalty to the founding principles of our Republic aren’t even a consideration!
Frankly, it’s as though they’ve given up promise of ever winning another election! They seem content to flail about wildly like an inflatable wacky, waving tube man firing insults at Donald Trump while drawing as much attention to themselves as possible.
It’s sad Democrats can’t even feel humiliation anymore. If a leader doesn’t emerge soon to provide a course correction, they’ll never win another election.
No doubt, Trump/Musk Derangement Syndrome and the “stupefaction” that Donald Trump not only survived their relentless, shameless attacks, but was re-elected to the presidency has stripped them of the capacity to conjure up a rational thought.
They seem committed to taking the wrong side of every single argument on even the most obvious issues where the benefit of Americans is concerned.
On the issue of allowing men to participate in women’s sports, every single Democrat US senator recently voted against a bill protecting the dignity, integrity and safety of female athletes by banning men from competing in women’s sports.
The fact this is even up for debate is a prime example of the progressive movement agenda in America. They’ve had entirely too much success due to our apathy and unwillingness to engage to protect Biblical values.
Democrats are clearly supportive of women forced to being exposed to male genitalia in locker rooms.
Democrats are aligned with males, unable to successfully compete as men in men’s sports, redefining themselves as females so they can win a trophy and block a deserving young lady from fulfilling her dream.
Democrats obviously are fine with permitting a stronger male athlete to compete physically with a female, potentially risking physical or emotional harm to the female athlete.
Regarding your tax dollars, Democrats are protecting the obvious waste, fraud and abuse of your hard-earned money that is being exposed daily by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
I find it insulting, that year after year, Democrats predictably want to raise our taxes simply to bank roll their greed and malfeasance of duty, all the time aware of the fact that the money you need to feed your family or pay your bills is being wasted or stolen.
One can’t help but wonder what and who will be exposed for being a complicit participant in much of this waste and fraud.
Democrats are proving to the American people that a “vote” to keep them in power is worth far more than your health, safety and welfare by fighting against President Trump’s pledge to shut down illegal border crossings.
They would much rather millions of illegal migrants, some of whom are criminals of the highest order, be allowed to cross our border, unfettered. The only desired return on their investment is to have those illegals vote for the hands that feed them, house them, school them and provide them healthcare, at the expense of the American people.
The bottom line is the Democrat party hates President Donald J. Trump far more than they love our country or our citizens. They’re exposed by their offenses, and we should all take note.
Throughout it all, the re-election of Donald Trump has allowed the American people to learn one thing in which liberal Democrats amazingly excel.
And liberal Democrats are losing their ever-loving minds
February, 2025
The “purge” has begun.
Early in Donald J. Trump’s campaign he made it clear that Washington, D.C. was indeed a decaying “swamp” filled with nefarious creatures slithering about seeking whom they may devour.
President Trump’s first term in 2016 surprised, angered and even frightened liberal Democrats. And frankly they’ve never recovered and still suffer from aggravated Trump Derangement Syndrome.
While his initial tenure in the White House was inundated with learning curves, his impact as a leader was enough to convince the left, he had to be stopped – at all costs – even if it meant destroying America.
The end-result, following a scarred 2020 presidential re-election bid for President Trump, asked us to believe sleepy Joe Biden garnered 81 million votes from his basement, while never venturing into the public view or answering even softball questions from his loving liberal media.
In fact, “weekend at Bernie’s” Joe received more votes than any president in history, to include his former boss, Barack Hussein Obama.
President Trump, on the other hand, all the while earning over 74 million votes, 12 million more than in 2016, lost in the extremely controversial (some say rigged) election.
The subsequent four years of Biden/Harris will go down in history as the single, largest failing liberal experiment in our nation’s history. The trail of devastation as a result of inept policies, prompted voters in every single state to move to the right and vote for a true leader capable of saving our nation and its inhabitants from demise – before it was too late.
Liberal Democrats, true to form and perhaps looking into their progressive crystal ball, kept the attacks alive on Donald Trump. They attacked him personally and professionally. They conjured up delusional spells of denigration and libel and rallied liberal legal loons to perpetuate lawsuits and illegalities against the president and even his family. Democrats and a complicit Biden/Harris administration did everything in their villainous playbook to prevent Trump from ever setting foot on the political stage again.
Donald J. Trump returning to the White House would be their worst nightmare!
They leveraged and weaponized every form of government to take down Donald J. Trump, hoping to break him and return him to his very comfortable lifestyle, out of politics and out of their hair.
But the perseverance of Trump and his family was nothing short of amazing. He stood his ground and when exhausted, leaned on principle.
But ultimately, when the ground is trembling and the lava is pouring down the side of the volcano, it’s impossible to tell the people to stay calm, “there’s nothing to see here.” But that’s all they could do!
Everything, I mean everything was failing – miserably. There deepest attacks seemed to result in more support for Trump!
It’s true, typically people don’t react until it impacts them directly. But thanks to “Bidenomics” and lamentable leadership, every U.S. citizen was feeling the impact of liberal, woke policies lacking common sense and serving everyone but Americans.
Then, Democrat’s worst nightmare became a reality!
In the largest, single political comeback in our nation’s history, Donald Trump was returned to the White House in resounding fashion! Eager to hit the ground running on the behalf of all Americans, he had his cabinet primed and picked to move rapidly and efficiently. Patriots agree it’s beginning as one of the most lucrative, successful presidencies of all time, with no holds barred in keeping with Trump’s mantra of “America first”.
It was time for a major change. And Americans voted for just that! They sent a clear mandate to Washington that they’d had enough. Donald J. Trump had overwhelmingly won 76 million popular votes, 312 Electoral College votes, all 7 swing states and an increased number of Democrat votes in every single state in the union.
The mission and directive were clear. The people of our republic were demanding change and empowering a new leader, a true leader to take charge and make America great again.
So, just 2 weeks into the swearing in of President Trump as the 47th President of the United States, the purge of the Washington swamp has begun, with a vengeance. And despite the whining and complaining from the left, there are no surprises here. Trump is doing exactly, EVERYTHING, he said he would do.
This time around, there is no time needed for a learning curve. Impact is immediate and decisive!
And he’s doing it so fast, by the time Democrats rally to have a news conference to denounce his actions, President Trump has completed three more deals for the American people.
Liberals are losing their minds over Trump winning for America. How truly sad and telling is that?
Get ready, America! This is just the beginning. This administration is not going to slow down. Internationally, our allies will trust us. Our enemies will fear us. American’s will once again be proud of their country and our leadership. Politicians will be forced into representing their constituents and living up to their promises.
It’s a new day and a new age. If liberals choose to remain oblivious to the wishes of the people, they are going to be sad for a very, very long time.
Not to mention how he is handing Donald Trump a nation better off than when he took office
Recently, President Joe Biden took to the podium in an attempt to “recap” his foreign policy achievements for the nation.
I want to caution everyone of a tactic departing politicians often leverage in which they fill out their own “political scorecard” for the liberal media to banty about and use as historical fact moving forward. Most of the time the actual truth lies somewhere between the bookends of the “true/false” spectrum.
But Joe Biden is absolutely delusional in his characterization of his accomplishments as the 46th president of the United States.
Biden sought to frame his presidency as a transformational one, claiming he was handing off a nation better positioned to compete in a new era to President-elect Trump, than the one he inherited from Trump four years ago.
“New challenges will certainly emerge in the months and years ahead, but even so, it’s clear my administration is leaving the next administration with a very strong hand to play, and we’re leaving them and America more friends, stronger alliances. These adversaries are weaker and under pressure. An America that once again is leading, uniting countries, setting the agenda, bringing others together behind our plans and missions,” Biden said in remarks at the State Department.
“The United States is winning the worldwide competition compared to four years ago. America is stronger. Our alliances are stronger, our adversaries and competitors are weaker.”
Mr. President, frankly, I’ve never heard such intellectually, dishonest rhetoric in all of my years following politics.
I pen this particular column primarily to benchmark the status of our country in several areas. Anyone paying attention and willing to be objectively analytical must agree Joe Biden is “absolutely NOT” leaving the United States in better condition than when he took office.
Joe Biden spent the first half of his presidency enacting plans to steer at least $1.6 trillion to transform the economy and spur a clean-energy revolution which is failing miserably and costing taxpayers money during a time is isn’t easily accessible.
Utility bills have never been higher. Electricity costs have risen 25% under the Biden administration per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics which tracks the average cost of electricity across U.S. cities every month.
Gasoline prices during the Biden administration have risen well over 50% at the pumps. When Biden took office in January 2021, gas prices were an average of $2.4 per gallon across the country. Even though they’ve come down a bit, the average price per the graph below from Forbes.com is around $3.47 per gallon.
The New York Times, a publication which is certainly no friend to Donald Trump, reports that compared with four years ago, grocery prices are up about 20%, which is devastating families everywhere.
A recent Department of Homeland Security stats factsheet reporting on border encounters since 2021 shows an historic nationwide border collapse allowing 11 million illegal migrants to enter our country with hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied alien children unaccounted for and at risk.
Finally, but far from comprehensively, the United States has never received less respect from our enemies or our allies, militarily.
Recently, two top U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation from Afghanistan testified before lawmakers that the Biden administration was chaotic in it’s approach and planning for the evacuation. Thirteen U.S. service members were killed by a suicide bomber at the Kabul airport in the final days of the war by the Taliban due to a lack of support.
For Joe Biden not to acknowledge many errors during this poorly planned evacuation and to continue to applaud his decision-making is a slap in the face to Gold Star families and our troops everywhere.
That’s not leadership. In fact, it highlights the dark cloud of ignorance and apathy that has enveloped the Biden administration since 2021.
So, don’t forget where we are and where we truly were prior to the Biden administration. And don’t allow the liberal media to change history when reflecting on the failed presidency that is preparing to exit the White House.
Free State Patriot 