When I started out on this path in 2017, I never could’ve imagined where it would take me. Honestly, I didn’t even realize I was embarking on one.
I certainly didn’t expect thousands of people would want to hear what I had to say.
But here I am and here you are. Still navigating the wild waters of the Great Awakening.
I hope it’s as surreal to you as it is to me. Sometimes I expect to wake from a dream until I remember I already have.
In April 2018, not long after that wake-up call, I decided to open my first Twitter account. I had 3 simple motivations:
1. To awaken others
2. To support Donald Trump
3. To counter the Mainstream
And to be a raging sh*tlord during all of it…so maybe 4 motivations.
140 characters turned out to be my sweet spot. Back then I was a single man in my twenties with a surplus of energy and pissed-off determination. The world was built on a system of lies and I was hellbent on correcting it. I was rapid firing rage tweets like my life and everyone else’s depended on it.
Today I’m a married man in my thirties who’s woefully lacking the biological energy of his twenties. Luckily my determination’s stronger, but in a different way. I’d call it sober determination. The kind that comes with prolonged exposure to…well…bullsh*t.
The last 7 years had a sobering effect on all of us. When we started out, everything was on the brink of happening. Hillary was going to prison tomorrow, blackmail videos were about to drop, Trump was on the verge of ripping his shirt to reveal a giant Q tattoo on his chest.
It was an intoxicating time full of imminent possibilities.
Then came the lockdowns, the impeachments, the Twitter bans, the stolen elections, the fake insurrections, the indictments, Ukraine, etc. The reality of the Awakening’s scope was setting in. This wasn’t going to happen overnight. Far from it.
After that fateful day on January 6th my morale did a nosedive. As some of you may recall, I took a few months off from the digital battleground to reassess basically everything.
This turned out to be the most valuable tranche of my journey.
It forced me to see a bigger part of the picture I was blind to before: meaningful, lasting change cannot and will not come in short form. It can only come from the long road riddled with challenges that reshape the mind, body, and spirit into something strong enough to reshape the world.
I also recognized some things are simply out of my hands and solely in God’s. Marcus Aurelius said “you have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength.”
Strong Mind and strong Faith. The winning mixture. If you’re willing to face the challenges that come with it.
Recently I’ve faced some of those more acutely in my personal life. Last month I was laid off from my job in Corporate America. Company-wide cuts. Never happened to me before. My morale took another dive.
But I was surprised to find the pain didn’t linger nearly as long as I thought it would.
Truth be told I had no love for that job. Corporate America tends to be a soul-sucking enterprise regardless of role, especially if you’re awake to to the world.
But I was too scared to take the leap into something that actually mattered to me. I was sacrificing meaning for job security.
Then God came along and gave me the nudge I needed. So here I am on Substack, at this new fork in the road.
This page will be part of my long-form determination to counter the corporate media complex. If you follow me on X or TruthSocial, you know I tend to jump all over the map when it comes to subject matter. You can expect much of the same on this page.
Starting next Thursday (Feb 15), I’ll also be joining the Badlands Media team to cohost a weekly show called “Cultural Heretics” with the intrepid
.Every Thursday at 2pm ET we’ll be taking a blow torch to the absurdity of the Culture War while sprinkling in some of the madlad sh*tlordery you’ve come to know and love. Please be sure to tune in if you can.
All that said, I’d like to thank you for your constant support and encouragement along the way. I wouldn’t be where I am without you. And I wouldn’t be taking this leap either.
So let’s take another journey together in 2024. And make a little history while we’re at it.
MAGA
You were an integral part of red pilling me and furthering my understanding of many of the important anon themes.
It's been one crazy wild ride but grateful that you're still in the battle with all of us.
Cheers, brother.
This journey has been such a roller coaster ride and you expressed my sentiments to the tee. Happy to see you back. As soon as I saw you on Story Hour, I knew you found your calling and would be on Badlands Media. Well done, sir. You deserve.