That didn’t take long.

Can you imagine being the President of the United States?

I can’t.

Furthermore, I cannot imagine what it must feel like those first few critical weeks, or what it would be like to have to pick a team of people whom you must trust to make major decisions that will impact the lives of millions of people.

How many people do you know that you could trust like that?

There are approximately 25 cabinet positions that each president needs to fill, with each pick having to withstand public scrutiny, congressional hearings, and senate confirmations, per Article II, Section 2, Clause 1, of the Constitution.

I dare say that is not an easy job to do—the picking of people.

In the DC swamp, the number of parasites swirling around whispering poison into politicians’ ears is unimaginable. Like a bad game of telephone, the subtle suggestion that so-and-so is a qualified and trustworthy candidate quickly makes the rounds. Lifetime swampers and ambitious staffers are all vying for their spot, trying to elbow their way up to the table of power. Deceit and treachery abound.

Who do you trust in that situation?

Sure, vet and verify, but if you really think about it, even the most careful selection process could still churn up a bad apple or two, right? Of course.

I’m just trying to lay some groundwork here, to emphasize the fact that nobody is perfect and that in such a complex and fast moving environment, mistakes get made.

And so it was, I saw this headline:

Trump's Labor Secretary Pick Is a Commie Fox in the MAGA Henhouse

Says Stephen Kruiser of PJ Media:

“Trump’s nominee to be the next Secretary of Labor is Lori Chavez-DeRemer, one of the worst Republican nominees for a Cabinet position in recent memory. Seriously, this was a phenomenally bone-headed choice by Trump; it's a serious buzzkill for those of us who have been enjoying the MAGA high since January 20.”

After calling out Lori ‘Hugo’ Chavez-DeRemer for her Big Labor bias, commie proclivities, ties to Planned Parenthood, and other MAGA transgressions, Kruiser tells apologists what he really thinks:

“If you’re still in the "let Trump cook" camp, you should grab a bib and a plate and get ready for the steaming piles of commie horse manure that you’re going to be served if Lori Hugo Chavez-DeRemer makes it into President Trump’s Cabinet.”

(Emphasis mine… kudos for the creative writing.)

Personally, I’m not that invested in this pick, and as much as it pains me to say it, I do still “trust the process”—at least a little bit. I trust that Trump’s a smart guy, that he’s surrounded himself with smart people, for the most part, and that he’ll make a smart decision here, whether I agree with it or not.

It’s not that I don’t think he’s capable of making a mistake, or that his every decision is above reproach, or that I think he’s playing 4D chess, or any other form of starry-eyed, star-struck delusions—it’s just that I believe he’s willing to listen, learn, and adjust accordingly, as any good leader does.

He’s also willing to stand his ground, which is another critical leadership quality.

Ultimately, it’s not my decision to make. I’m not too sure what to think about the decision that has been made, but honestly I don’t give a damn. I’m not looking for a gripe, and I’m not going to waste another breath on it.

This petty stuff will work itself out.

Now, about that “steaming pile of commie horse manure.”

That steaming pile of commie horse manure has long been sown into the Swamp. This fertile manure has already grown many crops, yielding a mighty bounty for the CCP for decades. This is not speculation, this is fact.

I’ve been calling out the commies for years, and anyone who knows anything, knows that a great number of our politicians, on both sides of the aisle, have already long been compromised. Those who have been with me may recall how obvious the infiltration is, as epitomized by this picture from a recent trip to DC:

That’s a communist flag in front of the White House. Looking at that picture today, it still feels just as wrong as it did the day I walked up and snapped the shot.

In my mind, this picture represents everything that’s wrong with America.

We’ve lost our ideological mooring. Too many people, millions of liberal Americans, have been conditioned to accept and support socialism—which, for the average citizen, is indistinguishable from Communism and Marxism.

But, as all red-blooded Americans know, these systems all seek to consolidate power and control in the hands of the state. Their core tenets are that of centralized planning and top-down control. It’s the idea that the State knows what’s best, and the peasants have a duty to fall in line. Of course, it’s always for the greater good.

It’s for equality. It’s to level the playing field. It’s to rein in the reckless free market and punish all those greedy capitalist pigs who are destroying the planet.

It doesn’t matter how detached from reality these ideas are, millions of minions are pining for these utopian fantasies. As always, they believe the ends justify the means. These are the useful idiots who are being leveraged against liberty loving Americans, so that the commies can “win the battle of democracy” and radically transform our nation by destroying “every aspect of existing society.”

That comes straight out of the Manifesto, as I’m sure many of you know. I’ve covered this many times before, so I’m not going to take the time to do so now.

Instead, I’d like to point out a theme I picked up on in today’s headlines. Along with the commie fox in the MAGA hen house story, there was this story out at Fox:

Schumer spotted posing for photo with CCP official as warnings swirl about China influence

And then there was this headline over at Drudge (the link goes here):

Everywhere I looked, it seemed like I was seeing commie red. It kind of reminds me of when I was writing about the “Real Red Wave,” exposing the many tactics being deployed by the CCP to capture American institutions, as well as the public narrative. This could all just be coincidence, I suppose, but it struck me just the same.

It would be foolish to underestimate the degree of communist infiltration.

It would also be foolish to overlook their main strategy, which is to divide and conquer. This is done through the manipulation of language and emotion. By changing language and stirring emotion, the enemies of freedom — global commies, state bureaucrats, etc. — turn people against each other.

That said, communist infiltration might best be understood as an infestation of erroneous and self-destructive thinking. It’s like the woke mind virus, which in this analogy, is little more than a subvariant of the broader Socialist Strain. In every case, no matter the name, the outcome is the same. Once infected, such thoughts subvert critical thinking and assimilate individuals into the Collective Hive Mind.

Another effect of such memetic infections, is the psychological damage caused by what amounts to quite literally tearing minds apart. People get confused and uncertain, which heightens suggestibility. They get stressed out and anxious, which further shuts down the ability to critically analyze available data.

The result is the mind collapsing out of exhaustion into a pre-determined, siloed perspective. At this point, embedded ideas proceed to exacerbate groupthink and elevate the sense of hostility toward those who think differently.

What’s important to realize, is that this isn’t just happening between the Left and the Right. The most pernicious applications of this scientific manipulation, lies in turning allies against each other by peeling away low propensity thinkers into increasingly bizarre worldviews that are rife with indefensible illusions.

In essence, those who deploy these tactics — commies and bureaucrats alike — are incessantly chipping away at would-be opposition, dividing liberty loving Americans into smaller and smaller and increasingly isolated groups. This, in turn, shatters unified fronts that carry the potential for enforcing actual reform.

Using Trump’s pick of Lori Chavez-DeRemer as an example, think about how quickly the big name pundits in the patriot movement have picked up on this. All of a sudden, millions of people are being hit with the reality that Trump may have made a big mistake. Maybe he was naive, maybe he was duped, or maybe it was intentional.

Either way, the outcome elevates suspicion and riles dissention in the ranks.

This tiny fissure, which may seem ...