The news cycle has been relatively quiet regarding Democrats for the last two weeks (in early December).  

The two stories are U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and the double-tap... and Captain-Senator Mark Kelly’s sedition or mutiny.  

It seems the Epstein story has backfired on the Democrats and their Hollywood and Wall Street donors.  

Things also are not going well for them in the U.S. Supreme Court, with the court ruling that you can gerrymander along political lines, but not along racial lines.  

Given that the Democrats gerrymandered along racial lines decades ago, this ruling makes California’s Proposition 50 moot, with Republicans picking up — maybe — as many as 30 new House members in the off-year 2026 congressional elections across the country.  

As for the issue of birthright citizenship, it is not looking like the outcome will be good for Democrats.  

On top of all this, you have the U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar ($2 billion?) fraud investigation.  

How did she immigrate to Minnesota from Somalia and attain a reported net worth of $30 million?  

What is the story about her marriage to her brother to remain in the country? Like we don’t have enough crooks — we must illegally import them?

Then there is the vice (“vice” with no pun intended) presidential candidate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s “blind eye” connection to the fraud of the $2 billion.  

It is looking like the majority of Americans are seeing the Democrat Party for what it is — cheaters, liars, thieves, embezzling kickback criminals, and (not to forget) the seditionists...all in much need of a presidential pardon.  

One more point, I kindly didn’t take the time to bring up the many other Democrat embezzlement/kickback scandals (I remind myself — I ain’t writing a book).  

It is no wonder they have to sign them (pardons) with an autopen. There are just too many crooks and so little time.  

Is it possible that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Stacey Plaskett (the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. Virgin Islands’ at-large congressional district) have “stirred the pot” so much — and the stink has gotten so bad, attaching to them, that they have had “to leave the room... abandon the ‘stage?’”

I think the stink has affected friends who were Democrats now reminding me they are Independents.  

It’s good that people are running from them (the Democrats).  

As karma comes home, reaping what you sow, what goes around comes around — well it’s just nice to see the sun “don’t shine in the same dog’s (expletive deleted) everyday.”  

Enjoy. Karma can be a “witch” — I hope so for the Democrats in 2026. I am sure they will find some kind of “cheep, cheesy-like” controversy to stir up. Man, they stink!

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Roger Buckner, a political conservative and an Asheville native, lives in South Asheville. In his retirement, he is a hiking, biking, ballroom dance and motorcycle enthusiast. Earlier, as a member of the United States Marine Corps, Buckner served in the Vietnam War. Later, he worked for the Asheville Police Department and the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office.