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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: APRIL TWENTY-THIRD

Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog serves up another current events roundup from a world where the brand of Yellow “Journalism” being used against President Donald Trump would make William Randolph Hearst green with envy.

DNI TULSI GABBARD EXPOSES EVEN MORE BIDEN-HARRIS REGIME USE OF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZENS VIA ILLEGAL SURVEILLANCE AND MORE. These revelations go beyond even the 1970s Congressional hearings about the rampant abuses by the CIA, FBI, NSA, etc. which is presumably why Anti-Trump media outlets are so desperate to distract from them with shrill propaganda pieces. 

        More effort needs put forth to make these revelations heard through the droning of “illegal immigrants uber alles” from Democrats and their media outlets. The 1970s Colby revelations were amateur hour compared to what the Biden-Harris Regime was guilty of. Even people who called in to suicide hotlines were put on government lists for increased surveillance.

        We’re back to my old observation that the Democrats use the media much, much more effectively than their opposing political party. If these intel scandals implicated Trump they would be as widely discussed as the mania surrounding the Democrats’ pet issues of the moment.

MARLOW CUTS TO THE HEART OF DEMOCRAT WORSHIP OF WIFE-BEATING, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, MS-13 MEMBER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

MORE FOOTAGE OF DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLET INSISTING JOE BIDEN WAS PERFECTLY FIT FOR OFFICE. Speaking of scandals that would be dominating the news cycle if the opposing party had kept up with Democrats in the Media Arms Race. 

THE LATEST DEMOCRAT LIE ABOUT KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA IS THAT HE IS A “TEEN”. Unreal.

THERE ARE STILL IMBECILES WHO THINK TRUMP TOLD PEOPLE TO INJECT THEMSELVES WITH BLEACH

TRUMP’S POLICIES CONTINUE TO ATTRACT INVESTMENTS IN THE U.S. – ROCHE TO INVEST FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS AND ADD OVER TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND NEW JOBS IN THE U.S.

INDIA JOINS THE LIST OF NATIONS FOLLOWING TRUMP’S LEAD ON PLACING STEEL TARIFFS ON CHINA. Continue reading

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AIHEC: COOL TEAM NAMES AND COOL LOGOS

For years now, Balladeer’s Blog has included the American Indian Higher Education Consortium college basketball teams in my sports coverage. New readers expressed interest, having never been exposed to them before. Here’s a look at some of their coolest team names and/or coolest logos.

Institution: FORT PECK COLLEGE

Team Name: BUFFALO CHASERS

Location: Poplar, MT

Year Established: 1969

Institution: TURTLE MOUNTAIN COLLEGE

Team Name: MIGHTY MIKINOCKS

Location: Belcourt, ND

Year Established: 1972 Continue reading

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APRIL TWENTY-FIRST ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog.

DEMOCRAT JUDGE RESIGNS AFTER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT – AND TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBER – ARRESTED BY ICE IN THE JUDGE’S HOME. Yes, a Democrat judge’s home. Corruption among judges becomes worse all the time.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ARRESTED IN TENNESSEE ADMITS TO RAPING AND IMPREGNATING AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL. Democrats like Senator Chris Van Hollen have a new hero. Tell Chris his next photo op is ready.

EMMER REMINDS THE PUBLIC THAT ELECTED DEMOCRATS DO FAR MORE FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THAN FOR THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS. Chris Van Hollen, the Senator from MS-13, comes to mind.

PRESIDENT TRUMP REINFORCES HIS LEGACY OF LOWERING HEALTHCARE COSTS (LIKE HE DID IN HIS FIRST TERM, TOO) WITH HEALTHCARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY RULE. Trump is the greatest president for the working class and the poor during my lifetime. 

APPEALS COURT RULES AGAINST ANTI-TRUMP “JUDGE” BOASBERG OVER HIS CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT.

STANLEY PARRISH OF “NO FILTER” AND HIS EXCELLENT WALKAWAY VIDEO AS HE JOINS SO MANY OF US IN WALKING AWAY FROM THE INTOLERANT AND HATEMONGERING DEMOCRAT PARTY.

DEMOCRAT GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA VETOES BILL TO HAVE POLICE COOPERATE WITH ICE. Even now the Democrat motto is “Illegal immigrants uber alles.” More HERE.

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: APRIL EIGHTEENTH

 Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog presents another current events roundup.

NOTE: Anti-Donald Trump fascists are so dishonest and propagandistic they’ve been lying about illegal immigrant and MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Democrats and their media outlets have been pretending he was just a “Maryland father” who was scooped up by ICE for no reason. Taking their lies to the next level, anti-Trump loons have even been hysterically pretending that Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s situation meant Trump might “disappear” people at will. More HERE.

These grotesque lies have been proven to be as wrong as the previous claims that Trump put a bounty on the heads of U.S. soldiers in the field or was preparing a nuclear program at Mar-a-Lago or plotted to kidnap Michigan’s Governor Whitmer or any of the other deranged bits of propaganda that anti-Trump people here and abroad are foolish enough to fall for EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.   2025 Democrats are garbage who are trying their hardest to provoke violence and more just because of their hatred for one man.   

EVERYTHING THAT DEMOCRAT FASCISTS DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT THE CRIMINAL KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA. Democrats and other anti-Trumpers are such lying filth. More HERE. And HERE. Is there ANY point at which anti-Trump imbeciles will learn to question the bizarre propaganda that gets spread against him?   

MORE LIES EXPOSED ABOUT DEMOCRATS’ FAVORITE GANG MEMBER. More HERE. And HERE.  

MOTHERS OF SLAIN VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BLAST DEMOCRAT CHRIS VAN HOLLEN FOR HIS CRUSADE FOR KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA. But they’re wasting their time if they think any Democrat will give a damn about dead victims of illegal immigrants – who are STILL the only people Democrats work for. Illegals are Democrats’ sole reason for being at this point. Insane.

By the way, I know Democrats are talking about impeaching Trump over this illegal immigrant situation for “ignoring a court’s orders.” Yet Joe Biden repeatedly ignored multiple SUPREME COURT rulings that presidents do not have the authority to make the taxpayers pay off other people’s student loans. The Republicans weren’t capable of the insane behavior that Democrats are, so they didn’t raise that to the level of impeachment proceedings.

DEMOCRAT MEDIA OUTLETS IGNORE MOTHER SPEAKING ABOUT HER CHILD’S HORRIFIC DEATH AT THE HANDS OF AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT.  (Or “Democrat in training” I guess we should call them.) She begged them to start covering illegal immigrant crimes

DNI TULSI GABBARD DECLASSIFIES AND EXPOSES JOE BIDEN’S UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROGRAM FOR AUTHORITARIAN TREATMENT OF AMERICAN CITIZENS. Hey anti-Trump lunatics in other countries, how about covering this with the same breathless anxiety you bring to every disproven rumor about Trump’s conduct?  Continue reading

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WINK MARTINDALE: RIP – HE DID MORE THAN JUST GAME SHOWS

Wink Martindale passed away yesterday at the age of 91. Most tributes are acknowledging his career as a game show icon so Balladeer’s Blog will look at his roles outside of that sphere.

MARS PATROL (1953-1955) – At age 19 – and already smiling like somebody just broke his jaw – the go-getting Winston Conrad “Wink” Martindale was the star of 514 episodes of Memphis’ weekday show Mars Patrol. (Ignore the incorrect IMDb entry which lists him as the star of just 1 episode. Memphis newspapers and Martindale himself recount how he starred in the entire series.) 

Wink starred as Mars Patrol Captain Martindale and with six Mars Guard children aged 6 to 10 he would blast off in his cheap-looking spaceship. After he and the kids did their live ad for Bosco, that is.

Martindale and the diminutive Mars Guard members wielded ray-guns in their adventures and also hosted episodes of old Flash Gordon and other space serials of the past, making Wink a kind of movie host variant as well. The young fans of Mars Patrol could write in and join the show’s Star Dodgers Club, complete with Captain Martindale photos and other merchandise. Continue reading

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APRIL SIXTEENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

It’s another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT RELEASED BY COURT IN DEMOCRAT “SANCTUARY CITY” NOW ARRESTED FOR TWENTY CHILD SEX CRIMES. Democrats and their media outlets will never do stories about the victims but will do countless stories ennobling illegal immigrants (think convicted criminal Kilmar Abrego-Garcia) and demanding they stay. It’s still the Democrat Party against the rest of us.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SETTING FIRE TO PA GOV SHAPIRO’S RESIDENCE ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER IS A HAMAS SUPPORTER. Is anyone surprised?

TRUMP EFFECT: NVIDIA JOINS THE GROWING LIST OF COMPANIES THAT WILL BEGIN MANUFACTURING IN THE UNITED STATES AND WILL INVEST FIVE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS. More HERE. Even more jobs created with this, but anti-Trump fascists are still busy pretending they understand what tariffs are and how they work.

MORE TRUMP EFFECT: AMD TO NOW MANUFACTURE PROCESSING CHIPS IN THE U.S. FOR FIRST TIME EVER. Trump is the best president for the working class and the poor since Franklin Roosevelt. And as with Roosevelt, ugly forces attack his visionary moves.

POLL FROM APRIL TENTH TO FOURTEENTH: PRESIDENT TRUMP SOARS TO HIS HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING SINCE INAUGURATION. Looks like the “Tariff Madness” hysteria should join Reefer Madness in the bin of ineffective propaganda.

DEMOCRAT LETITIA “NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW” JAMES GETS REFERRED FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR MORTGAGE FRAUD. Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns.

PRESIDENT TRUMP STILL FIGHTING TO SAVE AMERICAN RETAIL.

BOSTON’S DEMOCRAT MAYOR IN NEW SCANDAL OVER BEING FUNDED BY A CHINA INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVE. No surprise for a Democrat “sanctuary city.”

DEMOCRAT-RUN SCHOOL VIOLATED PARENTS’ OPT-OUT REQUEST IN SEX AND GENDER IDENTITY ACTIVITY. Democrats, can you please leave children alone?

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FOUND GUILTY OF RAPING AND MURDERING MARYLAND MOTHER OF FIVE. Will he be the latest Democrat hero? Continue reading

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TAXIARCHOI (427-414 B.C.) ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY

TaxiarchoiBalladeer’s Blog presents another examination of an ancient Greek political satire.

TAXIARCHOI (Tax Collectors) – By Eupolis, who was one of the Big Three of Attic Old Comedy along with Aristophanes and Cratinus. Tax Day is the most appropriate day to examine this comedy because its premise serves as a pointed reminder of the inherent ugliness in all taxation – that the power to impose and collect taxes is, ultimately, backed up by the use of force. (If you doubt me go without paying your personal property taxes. Then we’ll discuss how much you truly “own” your home or your car.)  

In Taxiarchoi the god Dionysus is depicted joining the title military unit. Those Taxiarchoi units would periodically collect the “taxes” or – in its most honest form – “tribute” from the various regions, not only of Athens proper but of the Athenian subject states. Military units were necessary for such tasks for the reasons you would expect – attempted resistance on the part of those being taxed and/or attempted robbery by bands of thieves after the taxes had been collected.     Continue reading

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NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: APRIL FOURTEENTH

 Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog does another current events roundup from an America where supporters of political corruption continue to hate President Donald Trump.

LATEST DEMOCRAT HERO: FBI SAYS ARRESTED WISCONSINER KILLED HIS PARENTS IN PURSUIT OF THE “FINANCIAL MEANS AND AUTONOMY” TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP. Like Democrats’ beloved Luigi Mangione he’s charged with murder and more. 

ANOTHER DEMOCRAT HERO: THIRTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD PENNSYLVANIA MAN ARRESTED FOR THREATS TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CALLS TO KILL ALL HIS APPOINTEES. More HERE. Democrats always tell us that “silence is consent” so unless they condemn all this it means they consent to it by their own standards.

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DEMOCRAT JASMINE CROCKETT UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING VIOLATIONS. Maybe she feels suddenly becoming loudly anti-Trump will see her through this scandal.

BOSTON DEMOCRAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AGREES TO PLEAD GUILTY ON CORRUPTION CHARGES. More HERE. Have I mentioned lately that America’s politicians tend to be white-collar criminals?

ALSO IN MASSACHUSETTS, DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF WIRE FRAUD AND FALSIFICATION OF RECORDS. See above item.

HHS SECRETARY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. CALLS OUT THE DEEP STATE AND CALLS THE FDA A “SOCK PUPPET” FOR THE PHARMA COMPANIES IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE REGULATING. More about Kennedy and the forces opposed to him HERE.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION STRIPS FUNDS THAT JOE BIDEN GRANTED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ON THE TERROR WATCH LIST. More HERE. “Illegal immigrants uber alles” becomes “illegal immigrants on the terror watch list uber alles” as the Democrat motto.  Continue reading

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FROM THE ALVAREZ GALLOSO BLOG – “LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS; ANONYMOUS”

A terrific item cited by lifelong freedom fighter Roberto Alvarez Galloso.

“To whomever wrote this- Well said!!
When millions of illegals were ushered in through the southern border, you said nothing!
When they abandoned millions of dollars worth of military equipment in Afghanistan, you said nothing!
When they flaunted a two tier justice system, one for them and one for everyone else, you said nothing!
When they covered up the Hunter Biden laptop, you said nothing!

READ THE REST HERE.

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APRIL ELEVENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS

Time for another current events roundup from Independent Voter Site Balladeer’s Blog. The monumental clash between anti-corruption President Donald Trump and the cesspool which masquerades as America’s political establishment continues.

DANIELLE CARTER-WALTERS BRAVELY BASHES DEMOCRATS FOR “LIVING IN GATED COMMUNITIES” SAFELY PROTECTED FROM THEIR OWN DISASTROUS POLICIES UNDER WHICH THEIR CONSTITUENTS SUFFER. Exactly! 2025 Democrats make the callous French aristocracy before their Revolution look in touch with the citizens by comparison.

TRUMP POLICIES RESULT IN INFLATION DROPPING FOR SECOND MONTH IN A ROW. And he’s only been back in office for less than three months! 

NEW SWISS INVESTMENT OF TWENTY-THREE BILLION DOLLARS IN THE U.S. ANNOUNCED. Again, reasonable people have known that Trump’s tariff maneuvers were meant to bring people to the negotiating table and they have.

SENATOR KENNEDY PRAISES PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THE WAY HE HAS ATTRACTED SO MANY NATIONS TO MAKE DEALS.

ECONOMIST/ YOUGOV POLL: ONLY THIRTY-ONE PERCENT HAVE A FAVORABLE VIEW OF THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS.

TRUMP HAS DHS SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM REOPEN OFFICE FOR CITIZEN VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CRIME. Families whose loved ones have suffered were on hand for the move. Joe Biden had shut down that office.

PRESIDENT TRUMP TAKES FOUR ACTIONS TO BOLSTER AMERICA’S COAL INDUSTRY. Mine workers cheer the measures taken by hero of the working class Trump.

TRUMP SECURES RELEASE OF BALLERINA WRONGFULLY JAILED BY UNHINGED WAR CRIMINAL VLAD PUTIN.

STOCKS SOAR FOLLOWING BOND ACTION AND TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS. Trump hailed for outmaneuvering despotic China and the plutocratic Wall Street vultures. Democrats ignore Chinese slavery, concentration camps and sweatshops HERE

DOGE EXPOSES MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS MILKING MEDICAID. MANY MORE ON VOTING ROLLS AND ILLEGALLY VOTING. Have I mentioned lately how corrupt America’s political establishment is? Continue reading

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