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The late 2026 GOP messaging has become “we’ve done a great job so give us more time” while simultaneously blaming voters for worrying about their pocketbooks. Be it Seb Gorka or Kansas Senator Robert Marshall, you just need to suck it because the war we already won 40 times will be over soon. The Republicans welcome our vote but only if we keep quiet and take their word that things are going swimmingly. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

I had to discuss two topics here because one needed to be a mental palette cleanser for the other since we’re reached the end times. The sane topic is Thomas Massie introducing Article of Impeachment against Pete Hegseth and the topic is, well, not that. The other topic is Kash Patel’s FBI, which means Donald Trump’s FBI, lowering the standard to join to include, well, there’s no good way to say this - people who have fornicated with beasts. It never occurred to me that “they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the cats” was only a problem because they were on a plate and not a date. I hadn’t considered that the officers who shot HeeHaw were overqualified to be FBI now since Donkey Shows are apparently on the table. Okay, I need to stop now before I gag and ruin this keyboard. Sadly I’m sure this won’t be the last time we discuss this horribleness because chaos is a ladder and this administration is intent on climbing to the top. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

Let’s discuss Trump’s latest naked bribe to voters and the implication/reality of this bit of pandering. I also talk about Trump screaming at the “Treasonists” who are somehow the people against data centers and not the people who put America second (or last). Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

I just finished listening to “Blowback: The Untold Story of the FBI and the Oklahoma City Bombing” by Margaret Roberts and I want to talk about it. Actually I tweeted at the author that the ending annoyed me and in writing out my response I realized I should probably just record it at length so here we find ourselves. Overall I enjoyed the book as much as you can enjoy a book about government corruption, betrayal, and well, EVIL. Thanks for reading The Hourly Struggle! This post is public so feel free to share it. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

After a week of digging it turns out that the story of how Flock Safety came to Fullerton is more convoluted, and more dishonest than I believed when I made my public comments in front of City Council last week. In this episode I detail what I got wrong, why and how I got it wrong, as well as how it’s so much worse than even I thought. I also talk about the surveillance state in general and our place in it. Drop a comment to let me know your thoughts. Cheers. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

The 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA) had it’s day in court after Congress lowered the tax stamp for certain items from $200 to $0 and that decision is like an onion, which we all know means it’s has layers. Can you just buy a Short Barreled Rifle (SBR) or a Suppressor now? Yes, but actually no. In this episode I try to go over some of the history, the complications, and the future of this asinine anti-2A law and the ruling that has the potential to strike down much of it. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

Because I couldn’t escape it I opted to watch “The Great Debate” between Andrew Wilson and Candace Owens about the Charlie Kirk murder case and it was half a day I’ll never regain. It was basically what I expected and answered no questions, put to bed no lies or misstatements, and did nothing but transfer $300k from Wilson to Owens. I cannot, for the life of, understand why Wilson would do this when he looked so unprepared and easily flustered. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

Abdul El-Sayed beat Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan and Trump’s response was that El-Sayed is a “communist loser who hates Jews and Israel” as well at that “Now, the Dumocrats crazy policies will only get worse!”. Let’s get into that rhetoric. I totally misread that quote in the video, I’m just now realizing his Beyond Boomer Ass said “Dumocrats” so that’s at least one correction I’m noticing for the next episode. I also said Ron Paul when I meant Rand at one point AND I might have said Haley Stevens wrong so correct me in the comments if that was the case. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

I know I should care so deeply about a particular spin regarding what happened during Fauci’s Senate testimony but it’s just so difficult to take the bread and circuses seriously lately. Also, I neglected to put in a word of the show. I had a word I wanted to explain but it didn’t really make sense in context and I didn’t want to force it so we’ll do it again in the next episode. The Hourly Struggle is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

I guess we should talk about the viral video on Enshittification. This is the Reels/FB post in question: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1731011801435668 Voice of OC wrote about my comments here: https://voiceofoc.org/2026/07/recall-efforts-a-failed-sales-tax-proposal-an-ongoing-deficit-fullertons-wild-ride/ Here are some show notes: The guy who came up with Enshittification can be found here: https://doctorow.medium.com/my-mcluhan-lecture-on-enshittification-ea343342b9bc The articles from Fullerton City News are here: Thanks for listening. Cheers. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

Listen, I’m sympathetic to all arguments about government malfeasance, political corruption, and any sort of shenan-ah-nan-ah-nan-igans in the processes of power but if this: The District Attorney in Riverside County, California revealed that a bad actor used the state’s voter registration website to change the party affiliation of a large number of registered voters. The individual made the changes by leveraging access to voters’ personal information (name, date of birth, driver’s license, or Social Security number) to make the change without the voters’ knowledge or consent.3 (July 2016) is the best evidence the Trump admin can come up with when discussing election issues in California — migrant mecca, they would have been better off keeping it to themselves and sticking to the Boomer vagueposting. This is just sad. Here are the links: https://www.whitehouse.gov/election-integrity/ https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/22/all-actions https://www.dictionary.com/browse/cloture https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/filibusters-cloture/overview.htm https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-civil-war-erupts-over-trumps-latest-agenda-push-key-republicans-threaten-sink-megabill https://www.foxnews.com/politics/shadow-government-trump-claims-intel-community-bragged-hiding-chinese-meddling The Hourly Struggle is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

I’m still working out how I’m thinking about this whole podcast process again so the ride will be bumpy for a while. In uploading I realized the colors are off but we’ll work on that for the next show. Here are the stores discussed in this episode: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-lindsey-graham-dies-after-brief-sudden-illness-office-says https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-warns-us-would-decimate-destroy-iran-assassination-attempt https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-early-graham-platner-critic-unloads-unapologetic-senate-candidate-scathing-rebuke https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/politics/hegseth-beard-policy-sailors-action?iid=cnn_buildContentRecirc_end_recirc&recs_exp=personalized-inline&tenant_id=popular.article.en https://reason.com/2026/07/09/scrap-it-and-start-all-over-ex-bush-and-obama-officials-say-the-war-on-terrors-powers-have-gone-too-far/ Got a story we should talk about? An issue we should explore? A trust fund you’re not using? Drop a comment or a message. The Hourly Struggle is a reader/viewer-supported enterprise. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to The Hourly Struggle at hourlystruggle.substack.com/subscribe

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