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🤬 Julie Bolejack, MBA

The $2 Billion Bribe Nobody Wants to Talk About

America, gather ‘round. Let’s talk about what might just be the greatest scandal in modern American history—and no, it’s not a reality show plot, though it sure reads like one. According to mounting reports and insider whispers, the Trump family allegedly bagged a staggering $2 billion from

Rebuilding the Guardrails: The Next President’s To-Do List

When America elects its next president, they won’t inherit a simple handoff of policies and programs. They’ll inherit the smoldering remains of democratic guardrails that once defined the presidency itself. Donald Trump’s years in office—and his return—have left the Oval Office looking less like a

How to Lose a War We Were Winning: The Trump Administration’s Assault on Cancer Research

For three decades, America has been quietly winning one of humanity’s grimmest battles. Since 1991, the US cancer death rate has fallen by roughly a third—translating into more than 4–4.5 million lives not cut short, thanks to better prevention, earlier detection, and treatments born in publicly

🌱 Finding Joy in the Dark Hours

When the road is long and shadows creep, When the world feels heavy, and you can’t find sleep, Remember this truth that whispers low: Even in hardship, joy can grow. Joy is not thunder, loud or proud, Not fireworks dazzling in the crowd. It is quieter, softer, tucked away,

The Great Whitewash of Charlie Kirk

Tomorrow’s headline is one we all saw coming: the Trump administration, never one to waste a good tragedy, is polishing up Charlie Kirk’s memory and wielding his death like a club. Not against the forces of violence or division, but against—you guessed it—Democrats, the “radical left,

Sunday Dispatch: A Most Useless Pursuit

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who rise on Sunday determined to conquer the day, and those who rise determined only to conquer the pillow. Both groups believe they are virtuous, which proves once and for all that virtue is a flexible thing, like elastic suspenders

Today, the Radical Leftist Puts Down the Megaphone and Picks Up a Shrimp

Yes, it’s true. For one whole Saturday, I am taking a break from shouting about democracy’s downfall, doomscrolling news about Trump, and wondering how the Supreme Court manages to sleep at night. Instead, I’m joining something downright un-American (depending who you ask): a shrimp boil with my

Obituary: The Life and Times of Charlie Kirk

America today mourns — or perhaps breathes a sigh of relief — at the passing of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and tireless crusader for the right of white men to never, ever stop complaining. Kirk, who once declared that “white privilege is a myth” and assured us that the

When the Door Slams Twice

This story happens every day: “ I’m a Black man, head down, working hard at a job I thought was steady. Bills paid, kids fed, dreams still intact. Then one day, my boss—let’s call him “Trump Lite”—decides he doesn’t need a reason to fire me. No

When Better Isn’t Enough

Let’s talk about that gut-punch moment we’ve all had: you’re the most qualified, the most prepared, the most deserving—and yet, someone else gets the opportunity because the decision-maker’s bias tilted the scales. You did the work. You had the numbers. You even brought the cupcakes

Boosted Into Oblivion

Well folks, after weeks of gnawing my fingernails down to nubs, hitting “refresh” like a lab rat on the Walgreens appointment page, and calling every pharmacy tech in a 30-mile radius like a deranged stalker, I did it. I scored my fall Covid booster. 🎉 Monday, I strutted into that CVS