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Jeff Keener's avatar

One year ago, could anyone have thought that Kash Patel would be FBI Director and Dan Bongino would be his Deputy Director?

Liber8or's avatar

Also heard that Kash Patel is taking over the ATF as well as FBI.

Sophie's avatar

Interim Director Kash Patel should obliterate the ATF as his first act.

Don Reed's avatar

02/24/25: Perfect. Fold what's left of it into the FBI.

Cape Tribulation's avatar

Like someone said, ATF should be a convenience store, not a government agency. Hopefully it was given to him to absorb then dissolve it, much like Department of Education is (hopefully) going to be dismantled.

Owain Glyndŵr's avatar

Nope. Gonna miss his show though.

Rosemary B's avatar

I think/hope they have a good replacement for him in the interim.

Please no one that will just dissolve the show into a mess. There are only a few people I believe that can replace him.... that I would respect, otherwise I will be very angry.

Owain Glyndŵr's avatar

No, I don't think so. He's known about this for a while I think. He has a new 6pm (EST?) show coming up, and he said 'soon', like this week and has hinted at other offerings. He'll keep the franchise going, until he returns from public service.

Don Reed's avatar

"Joy" Reid: If I don't get this job, you can cook your own Thanksgiving dinner!"

elysianfield's avatar

My question regards the future of Matt Gaetz. He should show up somewhere in a position of authority.

carily myers's avatar

Kash tapped Matt Gaetz to be a Special Prosecutor regarding the Hunter Biden/Ukraine case. Read about it today.

Don Reed's avatar

02/24/25: Agreed. I'm reasonably certain that Trump is just bidding his time before he brings Gaetz back. Make him the Ambassador to Great Britain (screw "UK") in charging of mocking Starmer and Lammy Monday through Friday.

Don Reed's avatar

02/24/25: Probably too incendiary. Better elsewhere is my guess. By the way, he's about the 999th candidatye that the Democrats have unsuccessfully tried to character-assassinate. One would think that their failure rate would be even obvious to THEM at this point.

Ben's avatar

No because it has worked once so why won't it work 1,000,000 times again.

I would like to casually point out that the Republicans swift boated John Kerry so it's not just Democrats that character assassinate people.

Jeff Keener's avatar

Capitol Campus womens volleyball coach?

Em Seven's avatar

Reply to Jeff keener re:role for Matt gaerz.

Head of capitol police to prosecute those who set up the capitol crimes leading to the j6 frame-ups.

Em Seven's avatar

Problem is police investigate, and the attorneys general, state and federal, prosecute. So need a prosecutor and assistants who are above any corruption. Do we have any. BTW how many people are in jail for crimes against the people of this country? I'm counting.

Lugh's avatar

He likes girls before 20. That's when they're the most beautiful! So yes, such a smart man should stride the corridors of power.

Remember Buck chiding me for not liking oldsters like Meryl Streep? Now, that's conditioning. She is of course, a very fine actress. A beautiful woman in her time as well, a time that has passed.....

Ben's avatar

He won't he has been banned at least a dozen times and crawls out of the slime with a new name over and over.

Lugh's avatar

Another First Amendment hero. Shame on you, Bin.

Ben's avatar

I 100% support your right to get your own platform, pay for it, develop it, and write whatever you want.

I also support Jims right to decide what he wants said on his platform.

The fact you have been banned so many times, and you keep coming back over and over only to get banned what does that say about you?

Shame on you for being so obtuse.

Susan Ness's avatar

So? They're fair game,, and so is he. There are worse things for a young woman than a bit of training from an older man who knows what he's doing, and has the bucks to show her a good time while he's doing it. What an eye opener. No harm, no foul, and chances are, she'll get a nice consolation gift. out of it to remember him by.

patrick.net/memes's avatar

Right, where did Matt go?

Don Reed's avatar

I had Trump winning back in 2021, but anything beyond that would have required being Nostradamus!

Kunstler: "Those investigations will require a whole dedicated division of new FBI agents while Kash Patel attends to the latest grifts uncovered ... the threats against public order and safety posed by countless military-aged illegal aliens ushered into the country by 'Joe Biden' and Alejandro Mayorkas..."

To wit (just in today): https://breannamorello.substack.com/p/exclusive-tsa-under-biden-focused?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=996221&post_id=157812393&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=10j5hz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

patrick.net/memes's avatar

After the extremely obvious election fraud of 2020, when we all went to bed seeing Trump the clear winner and waking up to "fortified" election results, I couldn't figure out what would come next...

Until Trump backed off on fighting the obvious election fraud. Then it occurred to me that his plan was to accumulate evidence and use it after soundly winning the next election in spite of the Demo-fraudsters, because the Democrats would cause so much shit in everyone's lives. Which they did, under "Joe Biden" (actually Klain and Zients). And here we are. Very much like "Return of the Jedi".

Don Reed's avatar

02/24/25: Well stated. Thank you.

Rick Olivier's avatar

TX, LA, southern border states heavily represented but no one in the media makes a peep

Annette kimball's avatar

One year ago felt like it would be 20 yrs. until DJTs re-election! Finally!!!

Ron Anselmo's avatar

Yes, Annette, now every day feels like Christmas! We go to bed with dreams of sugar plums dancing in our heads, then wake up and wonder, what will Donald Claus bring us today?! ;-) <3

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Jeff Keener's avatar

I'm enjoying that thought.

Mark's avatar

The pace at which Trump is dismantling the blob is even too fast for reaction. The only obstacle that is helping to slow the pace of defeat is the entrenched judiciary. Kash and Dan will shock and awe the blob with indictments of some notable judges and congressmen soon. Stay Tuned and grab the popcorn.

JohnAZ's avatar

They need to conduct their own shock and awe, and fast. Half of any action is the incoming message. Trump’s Troops need to be quick and politically deadly.

Bongino is genius.

Phil Denter's avatar

Yes. Patel & Bongino were a couple of fringe alt-media types as they told truth as a couple of lone voices in the wilderness. Look at them now!

We all (not just alt but EVERYONE) knew that there was something shady as Congressman after Congresswoman after Senator arrived in DC with a net worth of bupkis and then turned a $200k/year income into tens of millions net worth ten and twenty years later. "That's just the way it is" ... until it isn't!

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

Does any JHK reader happen to know the net worth of the Senator for Boeing (D) from Washington State. Patty Murray. The little lady in tennis shoes, a preschool teacher who was elected to the Senate in 1992.

Never met a defense spending bill she disapproved of.

Now 32-years later, with Patrick Leahy's retirement, Murray became the Senate President pro tempore in the 118th Congress, becoming the first female to hold the position in history.

Reported missing in her home State of Washington.

Strange Bedfellow's avatar

Patty Murray has gone missing?

Dennis L. Merwood's avatar

She goes to WA State twice a year to raise campaign money. Otherwise, she is oblivious to the common folk she is supposed to represent!

Strange Bedfellow's avatar

Might be nice if she actually went missing then, yes? Car careened off the slippy road and into the Nooksack river?

JohnAZ's avatar

She has been Deep Stated, like 534 of her peers in Congress. That is the main problem, the legislative branch is not doing its job. They are too concerned about the next election.

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cbeard's avatar

In a perfect world, there would be no Indians living in America. Certainly none in politics or positions of any power.

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Lugh's avatar

Try to become a citizen of India, slick. You'll be laughed out of the office. You're a joke.

Lugh's avatar

Patel: Israel should be our first priority. He's MIGA. Make India great again by making Israel great again. You can't advance without at least preteding to care about the latter.

patrick.net/memes's avatar

It's true that unquestioning support for both Israel and Pfizer is still required to advance in US politics, even under Trump.

This is corruption.

E. Grogan's avatar

Trump has given signals he does NOT support Israel/Netanyahu but he does need to act like he does to stay alive for one. If you saw the shocked look on Netanyahu's face when Trump announced he was not going to let Israel have Palestine, that was a huge tell. Trump is playing 5D chess. I've watched him for 45 yrs, he's very good at it.

Evil Harry's avatar

I don't think that RFK shows unquestioning support for Pfizer.

I have to wonder if supporting Israel is absolutely necessary to avoid being unalived.

IAN2364's avatar

It's all connected.

https://www.kunstler.com/p/warfare-on-lawfare/comment/93379659

Have you considered that Miriam Adelson INVESTED in Trump's MAGA vision for the world?

rd3's avatar

When was India great the first time?

Phil Denter's avatar

Right ... but more recently they were both alt media voices telling truth to relatively small audiences. In fact, most people had never heard of them until they were alt voices during the "Joe Biden" Administration.

Don Reed's avatar

02/24/25: True, and yet, somehow, they were treated as "fringe alt-media types." The payback is truly going to be a b*tch.

Abbybwood's avatar

The Democrats are already planning their next political “slash and burn” project for the midterms next November so in their pea brains they can “take over the House and Senate” and put the brakes on Trump’s clean-up.

If Trump has secured a peace in foreign affairs and made a huge dent in the Democrats’ folly, I predict next November will be the final stake in the Democrat Party.

Don Reed's avatar

"Next November" (2025), or November 2026?

james c policastro's avatar

I couldn't agree with you more....the fish rots from the head (No Joke eh Joe Biden) a couple of dozen fish heads on the deck in the next month will have blobsters and their attorneys lined up like Tysons Corner traffic looking for plea deals.

Hoffmeister's avatar

Impose Insurrection Act with Military Tribunals to bypass corrupt judiciary defense atty

Anon E. Mousse's avatar

I do not mind the judiciary gently applying the brakes. That's the purpose of the least dangerous branch.

Causing everything to screech to a halt?

Not so much.

J. Gan.'s avatar

Right, but many of these judges were planted in their spots, specifically to resist the tear down efforts that are going on now. For example, take the federal judge in RI. His wife runs a non-profit that took USAID money. She pays herself a 6 fig salary, drives luxury cars and the judge benefits from this arrangement too, we would have to think. Only 3% of her USAID money goes to her "cause".

JohnAZ's avatar

Yeah, many charities are a con job. You can get information on all of them on the internet, google charities.

Hoffmeister's avatar

Be interesting to see if they invoke Insurrection Act and use Military Tribunals. Out Judiciary is just as corrupt as the politicians.

J. Gan.'s avatar

Keep that popcorn handy, the period March through the Fall should feature some huge fireworks that we have not seen before brother! Both on the financial side and the criminal/political side.

Cankerpuss's avatar

I hate everything that refers to itself as a "judge." Why are they better than anyone else? Why are they judges? Because they hold a fancy law degree from an Ivy League propaganda school? Run all of them out of office.

Outsider's avatar

I'm not so sure about that, Anon. Since federal judges are largely political appointees with lifetime tenure, and the Supreme Court able to nix legislation on purely political 5-4 votes, the Judiciary has the potential to be the most dangerous, unaccountable branch of government.

JohnAZ's avatar

The role of the judiciary today has been “assumed” by them over the decades. Their function is not in the Constitution, their existence is given as a Congressional mandate, if needed.

Anon E. Mousse's avatar

Read a little history. That might help. Just as "everything I don't like is racist," similarly "every ruling I don't like is biased."

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JohnAZ's avatar

Judicial Review by the SCOTUS, But even that is not in the Constitution.

Carolyn's avatar

No. Judges don't rule from the bench.

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E. Grogan's avatar

Excellent response, Mr. Slick, kudos to you! I was gobsmacked at the comment you responded to - how could anyone think judges don't rule from the bench?

Hoffmeister's avatar

Use Insurrection Act with Military Tribunals to bypass the corrupt judiciary and defense attorneys

IAN2364's avatar

"The pace at which Trump is dismantling the blob is even too fast for reaction." ~ Mark

... and it is not just on the national front:

Alastair Crooke : Political Implosion in Israel and Political Earthquake in Germany.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_kMjyxdsBc

... so, the question is: Who is Trump's Deep State?

The Heritage Foundation?

Project 2025?

The John Birch Society?

How far up the pyramid does it go?

Xi has a vision of being the ruler of the world. Does Trump have this vision as well, or does he just plan on sharing the stage with other world leaders?

J. Gan.'s avatar

Where is the John Birch Society presently having meetings or membership drives?? Trump wishes to return the country from the state that the Joebombo criminal cabal left it in. It is in all our interests to end foreign wars and end gov spending that feeds corruption or corruption that feeds at the .gov trough. Clearer now?

IAN2364's avatar

One could argue that Trump is engaging in a form of censorship, but as you imply, every obstacle removed potentially allows greater efficiency.

I saw where The John Birch Society was listed as a sponsor on The Heritage Foundation or the Project 2025 website. It appears that it has since been removed.

Too Hot For the Heritage Foundation!

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/15/too-hot-for-heritage-00116094

The efficiency is impressive, and it is hard to imagine that it is solely being generated within the Trump administration. I suspect that Trump reviews and cherry picks ideas from The Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 (just like "Joe Biden" utilized the CFR); but as Ritter claims, MAGA is DJT's agenda.

J. Gan.'s avatar

Politico is state funded media, like NPR & PBS, pretty much worthless trash bent so far to the left they are communist. But it is funny that mention of John Birch Society on the Heritage Foundation website was rubbed out.

Lugh's avatar

Bibi was a spiritual son of the Habad Rebbe. Trump went to a memorial a few years ago and wore a kippah. Has he become a son as well? Thus the younger brother of Bibi?

IAN2364's avatar

My read is that Trump may capitalize on Bibi's carnage, but he has other plans, and will not hesitate to ditch Bibi if he doesn't accommodate Trump's agenda.

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Ian

You are right on as few on the blog are.

Trump is re-designing the world, the entire geo-political situation. He wants the USA to run North America, to control the Northwest passage. To have the dream of NAFTA, USMCA, ie a North American economic union. That is to counter the Russo-European union that is coming ( just watch Germany after their right wing election) and the Eastern Asia union coming under Chinese leadership. The world is moving toward a tri-lateral division and IMHO, Trump agrees with it. Where is the ME going to end up? Or Africa and S. America? China is already investing big time everywhere, and Trump will counter this everywhere he can, starting with Panama and Gaza.

IAN2364's avatar

I think it is simpler than that John.

The simple logic is that all DJT needs to do is focus on MAGA, and everything he touches will contribute to MAGA.

You comment about a North American economic union. How does a partnership with India, Israel, or Ukraine, fit into a North American economic union? The common denominator is that they will all contribute to MAGA.

https://www.kunstler.com/p/warfare-on-lawfare/comment/93379659

As Ritter contends in yesterdays discussion with Judge Nap, Trump is interested in forming a partnership with other nations that will embrace his MAGA agenda. Many are taking a stand, and Trump will view them as either an enemy, or the competition.

Lugh's avatar

The Jews want to be the leading nation on Earth - the only real one. The UN type Globalists don't like that. Nor do the Muslims. Nor do the Russians. Nor do the Chinese who think every bit as highly of themselves as the Jews do of themselves. The Chinese bid fair to be able to stop them even if they can't come out on top themselves. They are now allied with the Russians.

Extraordinary how much our world now looks like Orwell's 1984 and his Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia.

JohnAZ's avatar

North America, Russo-Europe and East Asia. All the others are going to align with the one offering the best deal. Resources and manufacturing will determine the winner. Hence MAGA and Trump, who foresees it.

And BTW, people are going to go where the best deal is for them, so today’s world structure is soon to be changed significantly.

Sino-Russia or Russo-China will not last long. It exists now as a force to tear down the USA’s predominance, AKA BRICS+. Trump is, IMHO, driving us in the direction of the Tri-partite world.

NothingButNet's avatar

CBS (Complete Bull 💩) continues to be a leader in the suicide of the left. Long after all rational beings have realized that the left is dishonest, intolerant and incompetent, CBS continues the facade of believing they have relevance in the world of media. It’s becoming so silly that most of these self anointed elites are increasingly viewed as comic book characters.

More importantly, as JK points out, the sledge hammer of disclosure, prosecution and incarceration looms over the heads of many left wing miscreants. Get your popcorn 🍿 now and be ready for the premiers of the Kash Patel Show, the Dan Bongino Show and the Pam Bondi Show. Don’t forget about the upcoming episodes of the hit Elon Musk Show. Who let the DOGEs out? This will be glorious.

Owain Glyndŵr's avatar

I saw it somewhere else, in a comment I think:

See-BS

Cankerpuss's avatar

And still, there are millions who tune in to watch this worthless tripe. At least I can say I am not one of them. I have never wasted a single second of my life watching 60 Minutes. I am proud of that achievement.

I predict not a single one of these fuckers will be incarcerated. I also predict that every one of those Congress critters who entered Congress as pre-school teachers and baristas but now are worth millions will keep every ill-earned cent and will still keep their retirement benefits. Sorry. I've been black pilled for too long.

I've listened to snippets of Mr. Bongino. I always liked what I heard from him. Will he deliver now that he has power? That is yet to be seen.

Ohio Deb's avatar

I’m with you on the NON - prosecution…. Some type of “blow up” distraction will happen (9-11 style that made all USA citizens forget Rumsfelds announcement of “lost trillions” in the Pentagon) ……something! Just not sure what!!!

IAN2364's avatar

The collateral damage from the Trump Train back to morality will deal with them.

JohnAZ's avatar

Shock and awe, just to knock them down a peg or two. Trump’s Troops need a media outlet that is neutrally biased or even biased Right. Then they must weed out the Left biased judiciary at the federal and state level. They can start in Arizona.

JamesDuff's avatar

Great name btw NothingButNet, my buddy Hoopy Cat would approve!

JohnAZ's avatar

CBS has been liberal ever since Cronkite and Rather. Disgusting!

Say It Aint So's avatar

JHK, the proof will be in the pudding...The past attempts at rendering justice against the Washington DC crew has always resulted in a big fat goose egg...When the DOGE activities result in legitimate prosecutions people may start to believe...but for now everything is Hot Air...The bitterness that so many Americans feel toward Congress and those who have become multimillionaires is at a high level...but in the famous words of Larry Holmes (who invested his winnings) the best way to hurt someone who is Rich is to make them poor again...It's not just about the large amounts of money but it will be about making these people (if guilty) Poor again...

Cankerpuss's avatar

How about "poor and homeless."

To imprison them makes them wards of the taxpayers. I have done nothing to be charged taxes for the sustenance of these evildoers. Nothing. Prison punishes those who must pay to maintain the prisons. Take everything from them, push them out on the streets and let them figure it out like the rest of us have to.

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Cankerpuss

They are already wards of the taxpayers, homeless and immigrants. Thanks Gavin and Joe.

Letsrock's avatar

They still have freedom when homeless. Imprisoned after all assets seized. Or just hang them.

Cankerpuss's avatar

I'm against imprisonment because it punishes the taxpayers. If imprisonment is a penalty then they need to bring back the chain gangs and make these people pave roads, dig ditches, break rocks, sort garbage and other such tasks that are unpleasant but need to be done. Prisons punish innocent people by taking their money to support and sustain those who do not deserve to be supported or sustained.

I also support hangings for those who have committed treason.

I do think though that taking all of their money, their wealth, their possessions and making them live on the streets would be a satisfying punishment.

JohnAZ's avatar

In one of the Carolinas, a man is going to be executed by firing squad.

Cankerpuss's avatar

Utah still has the firing squad. It was used to do the long awaited execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner. Of his choosing.

Jim Hogue's avatar

Their attorney's bills will make them poor. Remember, "Nobody knows you when you're down and out."

Double Mc's avatar

The last people who should profit from the downfall of the wicked are the lawyers. I have a better idea; let's offer the guilty a deal. Forfeit your assets to pay down the national debt you voted for, and we won't put you in prison. They can be doled out the average income of Americans each year and see how they survive on that. Or better yet, the poverty level.

JohnAZ's avatar

I remember Matthew, the very hated tax collector who was doing the same stuff for Rome, stealing from the Israelis and skimming off the top.

Jesus forgave him and collected him into the fold. He gave up everything to follow Jesus.

Cankerpuss's avatar

"When the DOGE activities result in legitimate prosecutions people may start to believe"

You described me perfectly. When I see these dogs finally being stripped of their wealth and the wealth returned to the taxpayers in the form of refund checks, when I see them being perp walked into detention centers, when I read about them suffering beatings in prison, then, maybe then, will I start to believe.

I appreciate JHK's writings but read them with a slight apprehension that nothing is going to be done, that this is all fluff. Or like you say, "hot air."

I have nothing but disdain, loathing and contempt for people who run for Congress or any other political office. The very fact that they "want" to be there tells me all I need to know about that individual.

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"However, as an objective observer of reality, I can see that's it's just a matter of time before the Zionist Project of Greater Israel (and the crimes thereof, always conveniently painted out of the news landscape), a smoldering fire of America's making, becomes a raging fire that consumes the Trump Administration, and devours and destroys the USA (or, if you prefer, to be more precise, RAPIDLY accelerates the USA's relative decline as a world power into an epic unraveling, which in conjunction with our hollowed-out, debt-ridden economy, upends our country)." ~ SocratesDetroit

That is the obvious conclusion, but given that which has transpired over the last 30 days, I wouldn't bet on it. Open your mind to other perspectives.

Lugh's avatar

We're ruled by an alien people. Trump is just more of the same. The great golden Golem of Gotham.

patrick.net/memes's avatar

Semitism creates antisemitism.

Antisemitism is then used to justify semitism.

It's always been this way and always will be.

Aside from his unconditional business as usual with respect to Israel, Trump is doing a lot of GREAT things. So I'm optimistic.

Lugh's avatar

Greek clarity until your last sentence. The Golem is being given a bath and some good meals after generations of abuse. Once strong (young White guys are already streaming back into the military), what use will our strength be put to? Something to our own benefit? Golems by definition have no interests or rights.

patrick.net/memes's avatar

I'm in favor a Constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of US military abroad. We should live within our own borders, and defend only our own borders. America occupies enough of the earth that this is practical.

JohnAZ's avatar

Lugh, the more I study the Bible and try to imagine God, the more I am convinced He is a Mega-intelligence from somewhere else in the universe or another universe. Humans know so little about just about anything. God is a messenger of the Light, the definition of GOOD, the standard against which we are measured. The creator of this Universe. The presence of God is Good, the absence of God is evil. The presence of God gives Plenty and peace, the absence of God gives want, war, disease and all the manifestations of evil.

Man is continuously under surveillance by God, individually and as groups. Those found wanting do not last long.

Lugh's avatar

Yes, God owes an apology to Sodom and Gomorrah unless He moves against the modern West and its ruler, Israel.

JohnAZ's avatar

Revelation sure sounds like a future Sodom and Gomorrah, doesn't it. God sent us a gift 2000 years ago, Himself in the form of a Man, a mentor who tried to explain what He wants of Mankind. The definition of Good. He does not want what we think good is, He has told us what good is. I have bad news for the folks who think that Yahweh of the Old Testament has changed with the advent of Jesus Christ. Revelation says otherwise, Jesus will return, judging the people of Earth for their goodness. He will destroy "The Whore Babylon", Satan and His followers, and all others that counter His demands on the humans of Earth. Sodom and Gomorrah is a brushfire in comparison to what is coming. BTW, a symbolic 440000 of the Jews will be saved from the Fires, according to John's prophesy. God will remember His people.

IAN2364's avatar

KISS. Ritter claims otherwise.

Scott Ritter : Do the Russians Want Peace?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TUwe3a0Hng

Letsrock's avatar

The obvious conclusion is that you're conflating Zionism w anti-Semitism. You're the one that needs to open your mind and see the horrors created by Hamas. Do some real research.

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View the various issues from the perspective that Trump is managing the hands he has been dealt, with a sincere focus on MAGA, and if he is successful he will have satisfied all his wants and needs, and potentially the wants and needs of the majority of world leaders and their citizens; and in the events where he is not, he will at least have promoted an environment where a moral group of people have the opportunity to treat each other with dignity and respect.

What would satisfy the wants and needs of the Palestinians? Would peace and economic prosperity be the primary needs? Could a moral environment serve as compensation for the animosity?

Ritter poses the question: Why would Trump talk to Putin about Gaza? ... and he goes on to explain that Russia started a process that brings 14 Palestinian factions together, including Hamas, to talk about what a post Palestinian government in Gaza would look like that wasn't called Hamas, but that had Hamas representation; and then China was informed, and requested to be included. And then Ritter goes on to explain that in Trump's mind, Bibi had the opportunity to deal with Hamas and he failed, so in Trump mind, he views the situation as his to deal with it as he sees fit (Trump is starting with a clean slate. There is no solution for the crimes of past generations.).

Trump is proposing solutions that satisfy the STATED needs of the various parties, and if unacceptable, then they can counter with their proposal. And for anyone who wants to be unreasonable, Ritter essentially points out that they will self identify as being an enemy of humanity, and provides examples of how they will be dealt with (for those that have an open mind and are able to glean information, I would suggest that this is an important discussion to view).

In regard to another assassination attempt, I would agree that he has some significant enemies, but as you imply, and we have seen, "Mr. Trump is a smart man and can connect the dots.", and in his MAGA endeavor, I would suggest that he (potentially) has the moral high ground. The trick will be to get his MAGA endeavor to take root so that it will succeed no matter his standing, and in this regard, it appears that he is surrounding himself with people who will defend and fight for his cause. Trump also appears to be having success in bringing primary world leaders to embrace his MAGA agenda.

Did you hear where ...

Modi says he aims to 'Make India Great Again'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL6w41E1zqk

... and at that same press conference with Modi, Trump said: "The countries will also team up to create "one of the

greatest trade routes in all of history," explaining that it would run from "India to Israel to Italy and onward to

the United States" and include ports, railways and undersea cables.".

There is only one explanation for this that I can think of:

https://www.kunstler.com/p/warfare-on-lawfare/comment/93379659

... and it would explain his comments and actions regarding Gaza. Could a deal be crafted where Palestinians would embrace MGG (Make Gaza Great)?

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IAN2364's avatar

We can hope that it doesn't just amount to scrambling a rotten egg.

JohnAZ's avatar

“War is a loser for the US”

War by military means is obsolete as Ukraine and Gaza is showing. It has been that way since Viet Nam.

Rockets, guns, planes, tanks are all being compromised by remote war, drones especially.

The PTB in the world hate it. They can no longer dictate policy to the under developed. They cannot even fight amongst themselves. Oh my, what to do?

Trade is the “war” of the future. Economic strength will be the measure of power. The MIC is going to evolve into a high tech posture as the world divides into three power groups.

IAN2364's avatar

John, would there be a need for the MIC if everyone had their own personal nuclear arsenal?

Just consider the annual savings.

This is along the lines of that which Ritter discusses. Ritter is talking Trump's book. Has he established a direct communications channel to DJT?

JohnAZ's avatar

Back up a moment. Why war? Why do countries or even tribes legalize murder with each other? When the American Indians inhabited the North American continent, long before Columbus discovered them, they went to war continuously. The history of the Hebrew people is continuous warfare. American history is replete with war, every twenty years, every generation.

Why? Why do people WANT to kill each other? IMHO, it is inherent to the species. Look at what is going on now. The Left sits back telling us how they are for the Little Guy, to be benevolent to the masses, looking out for Joe Average. Ha! They are bloodthirsty asshats like everyone else. Look at the violence of boxing, of football where we live, in our own minds, the violence in our hearts.

Folks, how many presidents have made the elimination of war as a major point of his legacy? One!

You mention MAD as a way to eliminate war. War will not be eliminated until it is removed from the hearts and minds of the human race. Just the fact that our study of history is based on the exploits and victories of wars shows where our hearts are today.

And hypocritical Leftists are NOT the answer. Again, they are part of the problem, not the solution.

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Well put. I'm almost dancing in the street with the Bongino appointment, but waiting for the arrest of the murderers of Corey Comperatore, Gary Webb, Michael Hastings et al. The deeper deep state (not the bureaucrats) seems to be lurking, untouched.

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At least I can die happy.

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Stop conflating Zionism w anti-Semitism bc we know your intention is the same. Instead try and focus on the horrific barbarism of Hamas. Apparently you've read no reports coming back from sources not Israeli, of their atrocities. Israel is one tiny country surrounded by over 50 Arabic and NONE OF THEM WANT THE HAMAS TERRORISTS OR IMMIGRANTS IN THEIR COUNTRIES. THEY USE ISLAM AS A FRONT. GET REAL.

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With too many Demoncraps and other lowlife types calling for violence against Musk and basically any other person threatening their grifting and even treason, I hope security has been tightened up around President Trump and all that are serving him. These creepy-crawlies in general do not have the balls to attack, but they do have their storm troopers, antifa and blm, to do their dirty work. If that fails, the same people who set up the two attempted assassinations of President Trump can be called on again to do their dirty work. These are desperate outlaws posing as good citizens and must be outed as the corrupt people they are. In the meantime, stay locked and loaded for any surprises the Demoncraps may be planning.

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This is very easy to fix.

Order them be taken into custody for promoting violence it is after all illegal.

With warrant in hand kick down their door at 3 am and arrest them publicly with media in hand.

Warrant to include seizing all electronic devices capable of communication right up to some of these new refrigerators and anything capable of storing data.

Then put them on trial and when found guilty they should be sentenced to six months in jail and when out community service for at least one thousand hours picking up trash on the side of the road.

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"sentenced to six months in jail"

Not punishment enough, Ben. We need to bring back hard labor camps where these people bust open rocks for 10-12 hours a day for 6 months. That'll get them thinking after the first offense.

Jail isn't a deterrent anymore.

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But public humiliation is most of these people would rather slit their wrists than have the media show up as they are arrested and then after jail time be forced to pick up trash on the side of the road for 1,000 man hours.

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Find out who fired the shot that killed Corey Comperatore and it will all unravel. The bullet, the weapon and the shooter will lead right to the top. The destruction of the evidence will lead right to the top. No Way Out.

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When I learned of Dan Bongino becoming FBI Deputy Director, the only thing I could think of to say was, "MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Same with Joy Reid getting pink-slipped. It appears that the Facebook wine-aunts will have material to keep them shrieking for months if not years.

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A new awakening is happening in America right before our eyes . Some will gasp in horror as they learn of the betrayals of our political leaders + department heads ( FBI-CIA-DHS-NIH -DoE-IRS) along with a lot of other people who willingly participated in deceiving the American people ! RETRIBUTION WILL BE THE CRY OF THE DAY !

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At the current moment half of America is slowly recovering from a bout of cognitive dissonance.

It will soon go long term and some if not many may never fully recover. Especially in the hardest hit areas of Academia and publicly funded research.

There could be a new niche market for first responders and of course big pharma for de-programming aids. Maybe home therapy robots or genetically engineered service animals.

Just spit-ballin' here...

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Some of them must be deprogrammed like cult members but many are so far gone they should just be Psych evaled 5150 and committed.

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Bless his heart, John, he doesn't know the meaning of the word capitulate either.

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Yes, John. Most all of his female Cabinet appointees and his female attorneys are smoke shows. I used to think he was just trolling the left, what with their frumpy cat-lady, box-wine drinking women, or rabid lesbian females, but I think he's just following his biological imperative.

He's obviously a high-testosterone male. There are a few of us left. I for one, will not miss one Tulsi Gabbard press conference, and honestly, would rather see her surfing than see Trump playing golf, but that's just me.

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Ron, remember one thing about Tulsi and RFKJ, they both want revenge against the Ult-Left Wokesters for stealing their party. Attitude will be huge in the next year. RFKJ is talking about looking at the big picture with childhood vaccinations, what are they actually doing to kids across the board. Easily said, how many kids are being “sacrificed” with side effects “for the public good”.

I am hoping that his modus operandi is to uncover the lies that Medicine and the government have dropped on us.

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Just in time to save my three-year-old granddaughter.

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Let me watch Kristi Noem go on ICE raids in those tight blue jeans any day, any time. Damn that woman is fine. Tulsi ain't bad either. Pam Bondi she's on that list too. Conservative women always look better than the angry "man hating" leftist bitch. Who was that conservative floozy from Colorado that got caught on tape letting her date fondle her breasts after getting kicked out of a theater?

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Check out two of DJT's lawyers, Alina Habba and Ashleigh Merchant, both Florida Girls like Pam Bondi (one of his former lawyers). All else being equal, who wants to sit in court all day with a 5, why not a 10? Makes sense to me.

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….. lol! she seems to have “re-invented” herself with a makeover! I hardly recognized her after holiday break when Congress reconvened.

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Lauren Burbidge? Boebert? Easy on the eyes. Morally bankrupt.

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AOC isn't bad looking and she has a terrific figure. Then she smiles and shows off those horse teeth. As long as she keeps the smile under control she's easy on the eyes. Can't think of any others, though. Patty Murray? Good God! Liz Warren? Maybe 30 years ago. Liz Cheney? She'd make a good Miss Piggy for a real life muppets movie (there's an idea for you Disney!).

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And what of the $36 trillion debt burden? America, re-greatened? Maybe. But until we figure out the finances, how to cut spending, and work on bringing this hard to understand debt burden down, I don't know how America can be great again.

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Yeah, real smart JM. Tax the heck out of the entrepenuerism elements of society so we can have slower growth in the economy. Tax the rich, you sound so Leftist. Tax the rich and re-distribute to the poor, the key to destroying any nation. Your socialistic bent will destroy America, as socialism has destroyed every nation it has been incorporated into. The Leftist slant, you advocate is Anti-American as the nation’s people are starting to notice. Trump won by a large margin, get used to it. As the country climbs out of the Leftist cesspool, MAGA will dominate the future.

Think on that.

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Your posts are not based on reason, that is your no. 1 problem. Thank you for the compliment, I would not like being in your favor.

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Leftists like you just do not get it. The country is broke! Spend, spend, spend that is all you understand. Tax the rich so that the government can spend some more, buy more votes, increase the debt and deficit. You just do not care, you do not understand what $36 trillion dollars of governmental debt means. You are Anti-American, like the rest of the Left is. Continuing the ways of the Left, of Biden, Clinton, Jeffries, in their anti-austerity drive is a guarantee of the end of this country.

Tell us something, JM, what motivates you to be a part of the destruction? Do you honestly believe we are better off allowing drugs, illegals, spending, increased taxation, DEI, Woke, “protests”, MIC control, foreign wars, and all forms of government domination to continue as they were during the last 40 years? Do you actually believe that moving the manufacturing economy to Asia was a great idea, as Obama did?

Please defend your attitudes about everything mentioned, do you actually believe the shit being handed out by the Anti-Trumpers? It is very obvious that you just do not understand the Big Picture of the on-coming collapse of the world order and the USA itself. I would hate to see the country follow your lead, right into the shitter.

BTW, how about a primer of what you do believe in, without your obvious TDS? How would you handle the problems that Trump et al faces today? Are you a gimme, that thinks that the government is an infinite source of capital to supply the gimme psyche of the Left? If so, like the government, you are the problem, not the solution.

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"(Nobody axed me, but I approve!)" ~ JHK

Tsk, tsk, Jim, this is raycis.

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Careful, you're flirting with the no-puns rule!

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He won't mind as it supports his writing and if he does it will be a knuckle rap at best.

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Maybe I should have added /s but I don't do that. It should be obvious.

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No sarcasm does not come across well in written form and he does REALLY have heartburn with puns.

I have had my knuckles wrapped at least once over them in the last fifteen years.

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I was listening to .38 Special this weekend. Great band. Are you a fan? I assume you are, given your taste in music.

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Love them, Hold on Loosely a favorite. Jeff Carlisi an original guitar player with Donnie's band, lives about a mile away from me. He keeps a pretty low profile. He gave my brother an old polaroid picture of the boys in a place in Jax he called the "Hell Hole" - I think where they used to practice. Classic, has most members of Skynyrd - Ronnie with a pistol tucked in his waistband, for "killing snakes". DM me with a number if you want and I'll text you a copy.

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Sarcasm. No. Nothing wrong, and everything right with separate cultures. They've enriched us enough already. /s

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They need to add a "Loved" button to your stuff.

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You kidding me? I don't even use my turn signal on an 8-lane divided highway, I just do what I call the "nigga sweep" - drift across all 4 lanes to hit an exit. My boys said, "What did he just say?!" - they never heard the expression before.

The tag was just for Janos - he didn't pick up on it above.

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No, that is my perspective. I really believe what I write and deeply care about these issues. Is that bad? As if humor trumps and being "cool" trumps caring and national survival?

Obviously I'm not always serious and I do love humor, both laughing and making people laugh.

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yeah, except "Nobel" is tarnished as hell. Like "Pulitzer". they all went way too far

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that’s pretty funny (seriously)

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Trump 2.0 doesn't appear to be as politically naive as Trump 1.0.

Finger's crossed.

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Trump 2.0 acknowledges the world for what it is. The Left is stuck in the 20th century.

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Bird - always enjoy your input. BTW, I did read your comment weeks back but dropped the ball on responding. Sorry.

Ebonics you mean, one of Jim's most salient points - said many times over the years - nothing has held blacks back more than failure to teach and learn command of the Queen's English. True dat. (appropriated)

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Dude, c'mon. You're missing the black and white, the common denominator. Dan is a hardcore Zionist, Doug isn't. Scott is a vehement anti-Zionist. Poor Kash said, Israel is our first priority. Two fold MIGA. Israeli nationalism to benefit his own Indian people?

I'll say this: You seldom miss the mark so greatly.

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Exactly, Miriamnae, no one delivers better - one of his many talents.

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I fear the Blob will not die without a violent response. It has never been this close to that breaking point and it has been violent in past.

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For a fleeting second, I thought that read, 'I share your popcorn.'.

Anyway, the violence that Truk Leppur mentions may eventually manifest as a civil war or secession.

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Ironically there's never been anything remotely joyful about Joy Reid. Funny that.

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There is starting to be a backlash in the form of defamation suits against the Leftist asshats in the media. Then they must View is going away and Big Mouth, nasty individuals are getting sued. Defamation is hopefully going to enter politics, clobbering those that think they can lie and get away with it.

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Defamation, to prevail in court, hinges upon provable monetary damages.

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Okay, how about all the BS Law-fare aimed at Trump over the last four years. Has it caused him financial harm? How about the miraculous 20 minute affair in the woman’s dressing room? How about DAs inventing laws to accost him with. How about the made-up BS Jack Smith had to make up to try to tear him down?

I am very pleased that finally a majority of the American public did not buy the bullshit of the Leftist asshats.

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John, I agree with you 100%. I have zero sympathy for any of them. If lined up and shot, I wouldn't lose a minute's sleep. Sounds heartless, but it's my truth. For my personal beliefs and voicing them, I've had the local machine come after me personally - a not even thinly veiled attempt at character assassination - including the local newspaper.

In my instance - no provable monetary damages, so I had no legal grounds for defamation. As you say, Trump does, and they can be proven sufficiently, I'm sure. People don't realize the extent of the cancer at the local level, with State and Federal above them, for backing. I don't give a fuck, I will never be silent and never capitulate. Ever.

https://www.staugustine.com/story/opinion/letters/2020/09/03/letter-rioting-violence-could-give-democrats-something-cry/5704987002/

^Here's^ the published letter. Had to fight the Editor to get it published. They outflanked me though. Whoever does the paper's social media, led their - then Twitter, now X - feed the very next day with my letter - trying to get pushback against me personally. This was a top-down concerted effort at the paper.

The first Tweet, also part of the set up says, "Has Ron Anselmo been arrested yet for inciting violence?" How do you think that looks to an employer, or a lender? Or anyone else who scrapes my electronic dossier? Fuck them.

It didn't say, "Has the writer...", they purposely used my name for that very reason - now a part of my record. A flat-out character assassination. I repeat. Fuck them. Over.

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I checked out St. Augustine and I'm envious, it's very nice, and it would be among my choices to settle if I lived in the USA. Do I have the right town?

South-east and Northwest probably, so the coasts of North Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, maybe Virginia and the coasts of North California, Oregon, and South Washington.

Cute letter.

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Zazzy, as far as a landing spot in the US, SE or NW. The West Coast, bordered oddly enough, by the *Pacific* Ocean, particularly the areas you mention, Northern CA, OR & Southern WA, all have coastal cliffs well above sea-level, with rugged shorelines and crashing waves.

Now, on the East Coast, areas you mention, bordered by the Atlantic, all have broad, wide beaches, with adjacent topography much nearer to sea-level. Both beautiful, but different - just depends upon your coastal preference.

Not sure, but I imagine coastal Nova Scotia is much closer, meaning similar, to the Pacific NW in the US, as a function of relatively closer latitudes. What is the tidal difference (range, high to low) in Nova Scotia?

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Hey Zazzy, sorry we haven't caught up in a while. That's on me, I've just been busy with other stuff.

Yes, the right town. You'd love STA, and I'd love to see you here. As a matter of fact, a fair number of Canadians winter here. I met a guy two weeks ago - here for three months - from Nova Scotia, outside Halifax he said. I told him I knew you, but not certain of your locale, just Nova Scotia.

STA - a great place for a little cafe, it is magical here, oldest continually occupied city in North America, since 1565. Rich in history as a result. Supposedly one of the most haunted cities in the US, due to it's violent past.

Occupied by the Spanish, French, and English at different times, with violent periods in between. Not sure you could convince Dreamy to relocate to be a partner in the cafe here, but Stranger Bedfellows have happened. 8-)

A friend has a summer home in Le Bic, built in the late 1800's on land in her family since the mid-1600's, I believe. Beautiful, reminds me of the setting I imagined while reading Walden, by Thoreau. I could live in that kind of solitude.

How have you been? Last I went looking for you, Dreamy said something about carpentry and applying for a position at your shop?

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MSM is for the dead and those who fear the dead.

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The "Walking Dead" has become a reality TV show.

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Since I haven’t watch Lamestream news in a long time, last night while channel surfing during a break from the NBA game I clicked on 60 minutes just as Scott P was getting into his latest report. And it was a doozy. But while it was shocking to see how much he’s aged since my last viewing, the thing that hit me the hardest was the fact that many people would watch this insanity and become joyful that the “good guys” on the left side are totally in control. After all they are Democracy’s last hope against the tyranny that we all must stand up against.

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What will trigger reality? Or do we have to deal with a civil war?

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Joyless Reid. What a character. I watched Ben Berquam of Real Americas Voice TV encounter her on the street and wanting to stir some s..t asked her if her at that time bleached blond hair was cultural appropriation as she had been on a bender of everything being cultural appropriation. The next day she appeared on her show with a shaved head. Way to go Ben!

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I guess she showed him

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I have never watched this person. Don't even know who she is.

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I have made that point several times would love to have seen her reaction.

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She's only a footstep away from that. Her parents are African immigrants and she is a first generation. Hard to believe she finds so much wrong with her country compared to where she comes from.

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It truly is hard to see how the DNC Crime Syndicate will survive the year. They have become our October 1945 NAZI Party--banned.

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Please don't become too Irrationally Exuberant, Robert. If the D-party dies, which I find highly doubtful, (the R-team has only slim majorities in both Houses), it will be replaced by something similar, maybe even more radical. The country is still 50-50. Too many people are riding in the wheelbarrow and not enough are pulling it.

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There is no R team, only the MAGA team. 1/3 of the former GOP are against MAGA and like the Dems are on their heels. We still have Kentucky, Alaska and Maine in the Senate though. They need to be primaried, and soon.

The formation of the next generation of political parties should be interesting. IMHO, many moderate Dems are going to join RFKJ and Tulsi in the MAGA party. Many nutty RINO types are going to join the Ult-Left. Already underway.

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I hope you are wrong!😮‍💨

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And easily 1/3 will just go with the winner, be it MAGA or Blob.

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Yeah, known as independents. People who do not understand enough about current events to have a credo. They want to vote for the best candidate, without realizing that party affiliation dominates what candidates stand for.

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Yeah, that is a concept that many on these threads don't seem to grasp. The Republican majorities are super thin. Trumps wins in the swing states were super thin. Half the Country are still Democrats and still supporting Democrat causes. My in-laws, gun carrying, abortion hating Democrats, agree.

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Trump has only one full year to get his agenda passed. Next year the entire House and 1/3rd of the Senate will be spending their time running for reelection. If he doesn't retain his majorities, it will be like Nancy Pelosi redux, with a sham impeachment thrown in. The Framers surely never realized that Congress would get so dysfunctional. One way to make it better, and stop this endless campaigning, would be to change House terms to 4 years to coincide with the Presidential election.

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Trump’s charter? How to convince 48% of the American people that their futures depend on themselves and not the government. To the gimme class, it is an anathema. The Leftist Black leadership is having a giant conniption fit right now because Blacks are learning this lesson and their “leaders” are losing control. FINALLY!!!!!

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Erdogan said Democracy is a bus. You get off at your stop. We now have the Elector of Hanover in office. No need for more elections until he passes - unless he passes it on to Don Jr. Then we're set!

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The 9 Horsemen of the Blob Apocalypse - Trump, JD, Kash, RFKJ, Tulsi, Pam, Pete, Elon, and now Dan. Damn, this is going to be good - even if there are some ups and downs. May truth and justice prevail to save this Republic.

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it was quite touching how deranged "Democrats" have been championing these agencies ever since...2016. Nothing could possibly be wrong with them; they seem to be deranged enough to double down, until at some point they'll have to eat "humble pie", as we say in the UK. But their heads will be spinning if there's any remaining grey matter.