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1-22-25

Monologue:

Dawn of the Golden Age

Triple Dipper:

1. It Begins!
2. Military Minded
3. Pardon Power

Guests

3:30pm: Congresssman Gary Palmer

4pm: Grand Council w/Jeff Poor & Dale Jackson

Resources

1. It Begins!

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-dozens-executive-orders-fulfilling-many-campaign-promises

https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/20/trump-orders-federal-government-to-recognize-men-and-women-are-different/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-state-department-bans-lgbt-pride-blm-flags-at-embassies-consulates

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/21/all-federal-employees-in-dei-roles-to-out-on-paid-leave-by-close-of-business-tomorrow-n2650937

https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-fbi-overhaul-begins-acting-director-brian-driscoll-puts-untouchable-feds-notice-former-agent

https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/us-news/coast-guard-commandant-linda-lee-fagan-fired-over-erosion-of-trust-emphasis-on-dei/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/coast-guard-surging-assets-gulf-america-other-waterways-support-trumps-executive-orders

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeremyfrankel/2025/01/21/fema-director-deanne-criswell-leaves-n2650874

https://thepopulisttimes.com/handcuffs-off-ice-homan-confirms-post-inauguration-mass-deportation-raids-will-proceed-despite-details-leaking/

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/01/trump-fires-ret-gen-mark-milley-in-purge-of-1000-biden-appointees/

https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-state-department-tells-embassies-and-outposts-only-fly-the-stars-and-stripes/

https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/21/heritage-experts-analyze-trump-executive-orders/

2. Military Minded

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/trump-reinstate-military-covid-00199369

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/21/mark-milleys-portrait-disappears-pentagon-trumps-inauguration-day.html

https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/01/21/trump-taps-officer-who-castigated-lack-of-afghan-accountability-for-defense-department-post-n2184618

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/01/21/trump-taps-officer-who-blasted-wokeness-for-air-force-undersecretary/

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/01/21/trump-revokes-order-allowing-transgender-troops-to-serve-in-military/


3. Pardon Power

https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/21/jonathan-turley-biden-dojs-harsh-treatment-of-j6-rioters-case-trump-pardoning/

https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/21/cnn-panel-trumps-j6-pardons-scott-jennings/

https://www.thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5096041-biden-pardons-family-corruption/amp/

https://wokespy.com/democrat-sen-leader-chuck-schumer-once-described-preemptive-pardons-as-a-gross-abuse-of-power/

https://thepopulisttimes.com/stain-on-his-legacy-liberal-journalists-rip-biden-after-last-minute-family-pardons/

https://www.foxnews.com/us/biden-frees-radical-left-wing-killer-convicted-fbi-agents-murders-during-last-hours-president

Rightside Way Monologue

The lovely Charlene and I returned late last night from DC…..it was an adventure

and to say that I have some impressions is an understatement…..first of all, I will

point out that she and I have had some unique opportunities over the years to

attend spectacular events, to even be present for history making moments……we

were there when Republicans took back Alabama’s government after 136 straight

years of Democrat control…..we attended the Balls and the speeches….I was there

when US troops destroyed Al Qaeda on the battlefields of Afghanistan and rode

horses across its northern regions…..I personally handed a copy of the new Iraqi

Constitution to leaders of the newly elected government in Baghdad…..every once

in a while I’ve been able to stand next to heroes, leaders, preachers and

politicians who were truly impacting culture and changing their times…..but at the

same time I am not prone to seek those moments out….they typically just

involved being in the right place at the right time for the right reasons with the

right people…..but these past few days were something that I wanted to seek

out….I wanted to be there…..I wanted, like so many thousands of others, to just

be in the nations capital and watch history unfold…..so we went…..and it did not

disappoint……

To say that we are tired right now would be an understatement……hotel living

ain’t grand…..every Uber ride was apparently upcharged by double because they

could….but every street was also closed which meant that more than once we just

had to tell our driver to let us out and we would walk the last mile….which we

did…..plans also changed on a minute by minute basis…..we went to DC with

tickets to two Balls, the inauguration itself, the Governors prayer breakfast, the

Trump Rally on Sunday, and the victory parade…..we arrived to find that

everything had changed…..the inauguration was inside, the rally and the parade

were now first-come-first-serve and the weather…..wow….the weather made it all

the more exciting…..was it cold? You better believe it…..did it snow? Some, but it

also sleeted and rained while we were out walking…..and then the road

closures….there was no rhyme or reason….we once walked a mile and a half in

freezing weather and sleet only to find the last quarter mile blocked by barricades

that had the crowds hemmed into the sidewalks…..there was no way to get to our

Hotel….I finally walked up to the ten foot high steel mesh fencing and called a

police officer over and asked him how we were supposed to get to our

destination…..he looked around and said, “you didn’t hear this from me. But go

back the way you came for a block. They’re about to barricade that intersection.

Step out into the road itself and walk with the cars”…..so we did just that. Acted

like we owned the place and walked in the traffic lines and made it back to the

room in time to watch the rally on TV…..and by then we were fine with that…..We

had one Uber driver that began asking me for directions as she was so frustrated

with trying to get through gridlock and barricades…..I had to remind her that she

was the one who was from there, not us…..security was unreal…..thousands of

National Guard, Police, Border Patrol, Secret Service and an unknown number of

city workers…..all bundled against the cold and manning every street corner and

lamppost spot you can imagine…..

But aside from all of that there was still a magical feeling in the whole

area…..everywhere you went there were throngs of people wearing Trump hats,

and sweatshirts and MAGA jackets……there were outbreaks of spontaneous

applause and people slapping backs and talking about how great everything

felt…..the air in DC was different…..the mood was electric….and I wouldn’t have

missed it for the world……and in the midst of it all there were some key memories

that would not have been there had we not gone there……we dressed in all our

finery and went to mingle with crowds at formal Balls and enjoy being among

folks who were, like us, just glad to be present……we met with friends and

colleagues and like-minded folks from Alabama for Governor Ivey’s prayer

breakfast and praise and worship broke out……I hung out in the waiting area of a

store and made a new friend from Alaska as both of our wives were shopping for

clothes we didn’t know they needed and compared notes on how our respective

states were responding to the incoming new administration……Alaska and

Alabama are worlds apart but there are Rightside Ruffians everywhere and we

saw things the same…….we connected with friends we haven’t seen in a while and

had a great time laughing over an Italian dinner at Filomena’s in Georgetown and

while we were there half the restaurant broke out in chants of “USA! USA!”……we

were invited to go to the office of Congressman Robert Aderholt to a watch party

for the inauguration itself and it wound up being one of the best moments of the

trip as folks all stood, sat and sprawled out on his floor to watch the swearing in

of the new administration…..I was in a military chow hall headed to Iraq when the

TV news broke in that we had captured Saddam Hussein and that was the only

time that beat the mood and spontaneous joy that I saw in that room…..it was

almost an emotional event as we all hung on every word of Trumps oath of office

until the Chief Justice finally said, “Congratulations Mr. President!” and the room

broke out in cheers and laughter and high fives and hand shakes…..we hung

around afterward and talked with folks and then realized that right outside the

window of the Congressmans Office where I was standing was the Marine One

helicopter that was spooling up to take Biden away…..to take Biden away….let

that sink in…..I filmed from my perfect vantage point as Marine One….which

technically was just on loan from the new President…..lifted off and flew past the

American flag and around the dome of the Capitol while I caught the moment on

camera…..it was like the bad dream came to a fitting in…..like scripture says, “you

will look them and you will not find them”……yes indeed……

But the most significant thing for me….out of all it…..was standing there and

listening to Trump deliver his acceptance speech…..he nailed it…..he delivered a

speech for the ages and as I stood among other like-minded folks in the

Congressman’s office I had to take notes…..the points that flowed out in that one

speech were everything we’ve been looking for…..he promised God, country,

family and common sense were coming back…..he vowed that “the golden age of

America starts now”……in that speech Trump Pulled no punches….. Said

everything he wanted to say…… Did not care who was sitting to his left hand while

he said it. They tried to kill him. They tried to destroy his character. They tried to

ruin his business. They tried to disrupt his family. And they certainly tried to

rebrand America in their own image……Why would he not say the things he

said!....He appeared relaxed, but resolute….. Some of his key points were

delivered with emphasis and then a stare at the audience that said I'm not

kidding……Called out the southern border….. Called out the weaponization of

government….. Called out lawfare….. Called out economic ruin….. Said that the

turnaround time begins right now…..Called for Unity and said that we will not

forget our God!.....he labeled it all as the the revolution of Common Sense….and

what made it all the more enjoyable is that Biden and Harris looked miserable the

entire time he spoke……

He said It is time to once again act with a vigor of being the greatest nation….. We

will not be deterred. ….we will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars and will

pursue planting the American flag on the planet of mars!.....He remarked on the

history of what it took to build this country. Everything from westward expansion

to the splitting of the atom, and launching mankind into the heavens…..If we work

together, he said, there is nothing we cannot do and no dream we cannot

achieve. …..In America The Impossible is what we do best!


But his closing quotes were perhaps the most electric……he said, “After all we

have been through together, we stand on the verge of the four greatest years in

American history. We will reveal the nation we love. We are one people one

family and one glorious nation under God. So, to every parent who dreams for

their child, and every child who dreams for the future, I am with you. And I will

win for you. We are going to win like never before”…..and then he added, and I

quote, “America will be respected again and admired again, including by people

of religion, faith and goodwill. We will be prosperous. We will be proud. We will

be strong, and we will win like never before. We will not be conquered. We will

not be intimidated. We will not be broken, and we will not fail. From this day on,

the United States of America will be a free, sovereign and independent nation.

We will stand bravely. We will live proudly. We will dream boldly, and nothing will

stand in our way because we are Americans. The future is ours and our golden

age has just begun.”


Am I tired today? Darn right…..I need a vacation…..but am I glad I went? Darn

right….and I would do it again. This was history my friends! This was real history!

And we are in the middle of it……so bring on the golden age of America! Let’s do

this.


And that’s a wrap for the Rightside Way

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