No, the GOP Doesn’t Need 60 Votes to Open the Government https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/no-the-gop-doesnt-need-60-votes-to?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Supreme Court Showdown Could Wipe Out 19 Democrat Seats https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/supreme-court-showdown-could-wipe?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

How Trump Trumped the Democrats on the Shutdown https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/how-trump-trumped-the-democrats-on?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The Democrats released emails that were already public and unredacted, cherry-picking a few to highlight a previously mentioned victim who had repeatedly stated under oath that Trump was not involved with Epstein in any way. The name was redacted to make it appear as a new bombshell revelation. This is a lie and a cover-up to distract from the Democrats' embarrassing defeat from them shutting down the government for 1.5 trillion in funds for illegals and Obamacare subsidies that they themselves (not the GOP) created and set to expire. The emails, if anything, exonerate Trump.

Epstein Emails Reveal Explosive Links to Obama’s Inner Circle, Not Trump https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/epstein-emails-reveal-explosive-links?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Sorry, commies. Trump support remains STRONG.

CNN: Trump's support with GOP voters remains strong

Trump Approval Among Republicans:
Today: 🟢 Approve: 87%
6 months ago: 🟢 Approve: 87%

Own Party Approval at this point in 2nd term
Trump: 🟢 Approve: 87%
Obama: 🟢 Approve: 78%
Bush: 🟢 Approval: 78%

Also.. we were right on our Mandomi take...

Every December the internet lights up with claims that Christmas is pagan but the truth is most of these arguments fall apart under real historical and biblical scrutiny here’s why that myth doesn’t hold up.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/christmas-isnt-pagan?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The media says 2026 is lost for the GOP but the data tells a different story. From redistricting wins to voter surges, Republicans are building real momentum heading into the midterms.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/2026-midterms-momentum-why-republicans?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Far from tasteless, it's a raw counterpunch to years of unchecked vitriol from Hollywood elites who normalized violent rhetoric against him. This isn't about decorum...it's about exposing the double standard that fueled real-world attacks on Trump and his allies.

https://substack.com/@theconservativetake/note/c-188421237?r=4o769t&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web

This is not Bush 3.0 or a reboot of forever wars; it’s the reversal of them. Unlike past doctrines that drained U.S. power in distant nation-building projects, this is focused, fast, and firmly rooted in defending our hemisphere (America’s natural sphere of influence). No sprawling occupations; no trillion-dollar sandtraps; just clear lines, decisive action, and a return to strategic realism.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/this-is-not-bush-30-its-the-monroe?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

New DOJ docs reveal Trump privately urged police to go after Epstein & called Maxwell “evil.” The left is panicking...because the smoking gun proves Trump wasn’t complicit. He helped expose it all.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/smoking-gun-evidence-exonerates-trump?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The recent SCOTUS ruling on certain Trump tariffs is far more limited than many headlines suggest. The Court addressed a specific statutory question, not the broader authority to impose tariffs. Most trade tools remain in place, and several clear legal options are still available.

https://substack.com/profile/282510209-the-conservative-take/note/c-217294237?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=4o769t

Trump’s SOTU wasn’t just a speech. It was a strategic trap. Democrats walked into it on live TV, and within hours the polls surged. With midterms looming, the political landscape may have shifted overnight.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/the-state-of-the-union-trap-trump?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The headlines suggest uncertainty, but the reality is more defined. This is moving toward one of two outcomes, and both lead in the same direction. The underlying reality has been clear from the start. America is winning, here’s why.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/america-is-winning-the-media-just?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Iran is unraveling right before our very eyes, and the regime knows it. The panic merchants were dead wrong again: there is no forever war, no quagmire, and zero mass U.S. casualties. Three American carrier strike groups have now fully encircled the Islamic Republic: the USS Gerald R. Ford slicing through the Suez into the Red Sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln sealing the eastern flank from the Arabian Sea, and the USS George H.W. Bush closing the trap from the south after its 6,000-mile voyage around Africa. This is the first time in over two decades the U.S. has deployed three carriers against a single target, creating a lethal naval cage with zero escape. Trump’s deliberate slow-rolling tactics have proven far smarter than any rush to extended bombing; the blockade is already in full effect, strangling Iran’s economy to the tune of half a billion dollars every single day. They’re boxed in with nowhere to go, and Trump is resetting the map on America’s terms.

Kharg Island (Iran’s primary oil export terminal and literal ATM) is now maxing out on crude storage, exactly as Scott Bessent warned, triggering permanent, potentially irreversible damage to the wells themselves and at least $170 million in daily losses. Tehran’s inflation has doubled, its currency is in freefall, and the country’s own president just went on national television begging citizens to cut energy use to just two lights per household (despite sitting on the world’s second-largest natural gas reserves). The U.S.-led embargo has already turned back dozens of tankers, including shadow-fleet vessels across the Indian Ocean, and China can’t do a thing to break the vice grip. The doomsayers who screamed “escalation” and “forever war” have been exposed as the frauds they are; Trump’s precision strategy is delivering decisive results without a single American boot on the ground or body bag coming home.

Meanwhile, the IRGC is lashing out in desperation, more focused on internal power plays against rival factions than on any real military threat. The most shocking sign yet? A new mural unveiled in Mashhad depicting the “Martyrs of the Epic War” now includes the face of the regime’s new Supreme Leader (who hasn’t been seen or heard from in over two months) right alongside other assassinated figures. Iran’s entire command structure is collapsing in real time, its clerical system sidelined, and its decision-making mechanisms fractured. The Islamic Republic isn’t just losing this war. It is dissolving. Trump’s strategy is working brilliantly, proving once again that the panic crowd got it completely wrong while a strong America resets the global map.

The Supreme Court’s latest ruling on Louisiana’s congressional map (widely seen as significantly easing the grip of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act) has just handed Republican strategists a powerful new tool for 2026 and beyond. Though the immediate legal effect is focused on Louisiana, the broader political signal is unmistakable: red states now have a clearer path to redraw maps in ways that maximize GOP strength. This is the kind of structural advantage Republicans have been waiting for.

https://open.substack.com/pub/theconservativetake/p/supreme-court-vra-ruling?r=4o769t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true