House Democrats released three cherry-picked Jeffrey Epstein emails yesterday claiming Trump "spent hours" with victim Virginia Giuffre. The White House immediately exposed the truth: Giuffre never accused Trump of wrongdoing and called him "friendly" in her posthumous memoir. Democrats carefully redacted her name hoping you wouldn't discover she cleared Trump. Meanwhile, the REAL story they're hiding? John Brennan just got hit with grand jury subpoenas for lying to Congress about the Russia hoax. This is the Democrat playbook—manufacture Trump scandals when their own scandals explode. We break down the emails, the White House response, Brennan's meltdown, and why the timing of this drop reveals everything.

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Since 1934, the president's party has lost House seats in 21 out of 23 midterm elections. That's a 91% failure rate. The average loss? Twenty-eight House seats.

Republicans currently hold the House by just three seats. If history repeats itself, we're about to get crushed in the 2026 midterm elections.

But John O'Connor isn't accepting defeat. In this episode of O'Connor's Right Stand, he breaks down the brutal mathematics of midterm elections, explains exactly why the "midterm curse" is so consistent, and reveals the only two times in modern history it didn't happen—and what we can learn from those exceptions.

More importantly, he lays out a comprehensive 6-point battle plan for how conservatives can minimize losses and keep the House majority.

You'll discover:
- The five reasons why presidents always lose midterms (thermostatic effect, coalition problem, enthusiasm gap, accountability factor, and death by disappointments)
- Why Trump's 2024 coalition won't show up in 2026—and what to do about it
- The only two exceptions: 1998 (Clinton gained 5 seats) and 2002 (Bush gained 8 seats)
- Six concrete strategies to minimize damage and hold the line
- Why losing just 10 seats instead of 28 would be a massive victory
- How to turn a referendum on Trump into a choice between conservatism and socialism

The next twelve months will determine whether Trump's agenda survives or dies. This isn't about hope—it's about strategy, execution, and understanding political gravity.

Deep-dive conservative political analysis from software programmer and truth-teller John O'Connor. No spin. No corporate polish. Just facts, strategy, and unapologetically American commentary.

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The filibuster is dominating headlines as President Trump calls on Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" and eliminate the 60-vote threshold to end the government shutdown. On day 35 of the shutdown—now tied as the longest in U.S. history—the debate over Senate rules has never been more urgent. But what exactly is the filibuster? Where did it come from? And should Republicans actually kill it?

In this episode of O'Connor's Right Stand, we break down the complete history of the filibuster—from its accidental creation in 1806 by Aaron Burr to the 1917 Rule XXII that created the cloture process. We explain how the "silent filibuster" replaced the "talking filibuster" in the 1970s, and why this arcane Senate rule now controls whether 42 million Americans get their SNAP benefits.

We expose the stunning hypocrisy of Democrats who wanted to eliminate the filibuster under Biden but suddenly love it under Trump. We cover Trump's Truth Social posts demanding the nuclear option, Senate Majority Leader John Thune's firm rejection, and why even some House Republicans like Byron Donalds and Marjorie Taylor Greene are backing Trump's call.

Most importantly, we lay out what Republicans should actually do: Why killing the filibuster would be a disaster when Democrats inevitably regain power. How returning to the "talking filibuster" would force accountability. And why making Chuck Schumer stand on the Senate floor for 72 hours explaining why he's blocking food assistance might be the smartest strategy of all. The government shutdown. The nuclear option. Senate rules. Democratic hypocrisy. Republican strategy. It's all here.

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