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08/31/2026

Fake news blues.

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08/22/2026

07/08/2026

Don’t like it? I’m completely out of Fs.

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07/05/2026

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06/28/2026

If you haven’t been paying attention, do it now.

At Armed Forces Press, sometimes we like to wait and respond to a military event after watching all the talking heads rally to the machine talking points, then we drop our real analysis.

06/05/2026

RNN Commentary- Bernie “The Millionaire” Sanders

Scrooge, better known as Bernie Sanders, built a political brand railing against “millionaires and billionaires,” the evils of capitalism, and how the system is rigged for the rich—while quietly stacking multiple homes, including that Vermont lakefront property (and others). It’s not that owning property or having money is inherently bad, plenty of people do, including actual capitalists who create value.

“Bah, Capitalism”

The fraud is the preaching. Sanders’ net worth climbed into the millions post-2016/2020 runs, with book deals, speaking fees, and pensions layered on top of his Senate salary. Three properties (Vermont house, DC place, and that lakefront one) for the guy who wanted to nationalize health care, energy, and more while decrying “greed.”

His wife Jane’s involvement in Burlington College’s financial mess (debt ballooned under her leadership, institution folded) adds another layer of irony. This is classic do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do from the political class. Leftist rhetoric often weaponizes envy and “equity” while the advocates insulate themselves.

Sanders isn’t unique. Looks at the broader pattern with politicians on both sides who live insulated lives while pushing policies that hobble everyone else (rent controls, wealth taxes, regulatory thickets that favor incumbents). But the socialist variant hits peak cognitive dissonance because their entire pitch is moral condemnation of wealth accumulation.

Capitalism’s “evils” built the productivity, innovation, and surplus that lets anyone, including a career politician, end up with lakefront real estate.

The real critique isn’t Sanders owning stuff; it’s that his solutions have a track record of turning places into economic wastelands (see Venezuela, Cuba’s plantation model he once soft-pedaled, or any command-economy experiment).

Pattern recognition over decades shows wealth isn’t zero-sum theft—it’s mostly generated through voluntary exchange, risk, and production. Preaching against it from the vault just exposes his grift.

05/22/2026

Socialist, until it’s their money. 😂

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