Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
| GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
59 responses to “Night shift. I will be working entering time and reporting on Hearings and Decisions. Have fun.”
Frist!
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Everyone believes in the primary system…….until the voters have their say, it seems……
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hhhholy cow. What did I miss today lmao.
I’m not often at a loss for words, but I am stumped. Not even sure how to referee this one.
still makes me sad seeing people that probably agree on 85%+ of the issues, if not more, denigrate each other like that.
i thought I was a fighter…and liked to argue, but I’m in tee ball compared….
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It absolutely astounds me as to how long some people on here will argue about and belittle one another over rather insignificant things.
Got better things to do with my time.
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Lol, who,will stop him? Senator Schiffty?
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NEW: The Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Democrats, has said that Trump “can’t be allowed” to fire FBI Director Chris Wray once he assumes office. What’s this supposed to mean?
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Hunter Biden tax liability reading…
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“The parties also revealed in the plea agreement that an unidentified “third party” paid $2.6 million in October 2021 in an attempt to settle Biden’s tax debts, including penalties and interest, for 2016-2019. Biden told the judge the money was a loan, but he is “not currently” making payments.”
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FOUR YEARS of either NOT filling F.I.T. AT ALL, or of filing his tax form but not sending a check for the tens of thousands of balance he owed.
Wonder who the “third party” was who paid $2.6 MM to try to settle the back taxes, penalties and interest that Hunter Biden owed?
AND, Hunter Biden said in court that the paying by the “third party” was a “loan”. BUT Hunter also replied to the judges question in court that he has not paid any monthly or any other payments to the “third party” for this “loan”.
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Read more here:
https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-hunter-biden-tax-crimes-irs-court-trial/
Fscinating.
Andin the court proceedings, Hunter Biden said he was “guilty of all charges”.
Blows up Joe Biden’s claim that his son was the victim of a politically targeted witch hunt.
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Rear and be re=enlightened.
Or, just argue amongst yourself over semantics, interpretations, etc. of what you thought that someone else posted on HHR back a few years ago and what they meant by that…
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After a few million years, Walt gets tired of most people quickly.
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amen Walt. Amen
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still makes me sad seeing people that probably agree on 85%+ of the issues, if not more, denigrate each other like that.”
Puhhhlleeeze…perish the thought.
If I agreed with NYC or Chicon 85% of the time I would have to kill myself.
If I agreed with Tina or Janzam 25% of the time I would have to kill myself.
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VictrC,
Do I bring up arguments with jason and/or Bitterlaw from over a decade ago? No, I do not. They have already been gone over, too many times, and the same lame accusations and/or assertions are made every single time by those 2 posters.
I made a statement about a current event – a Republican Senator voicing the opinion that the current FBI director, Chris Wray, is “a good man”. This is pretty important topic to voice an opinion about, as it is pretty well established that A LOT of Republicans do not think the FBI has carried out their mission very well, in fact, they have used their power in a corrupt manner, targeting political opponents and religious-minded citizens (but not Muslims who commit “work-place violence”). Senator Rounds made this statement after Trump had publicly picked the person who would replace “Wrong” Wray, Kash Patel.
This issue, of filling the next cabinet with people who are competent, who are not corrupt, who are not just willing to get along to go along is of vital importance to this country.
I think it is worth arguing over.
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I see jason has responded as he does to most everything.
VictrC,
You have a pretty vivid picture right there.
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still makes me sad seeing people that probably agree on 85%+ of the issues, if not more, denigrate each other like that.”
Why?
I have a low tolerance for pathological liars and little interest in “getting along” with them.
Each to his own.
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Walt,
Joe Biden’s pardon was a disgusting act of covering up for his own actions, as well as those of his son and most likely his brothers, wife, and daughter.
Biden is and always was a creep, a cheap whorish politician to the core.
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I think it is worth arguing over.”
Arguing is one thing.
Lying is another.
Even after I showed you my post in bold where I questioned Round’s statement several times you ignored and continued to lie.
It is important to show how you have been a liar and a fraud for over 10 years here so it can’t be attributed to some momentary lapse.
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And again.
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“U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika rejected the plea deal because of a dispute over its breadth. Prosecutors said they could have still investigated Biden for not reporting foreign business deals under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, which Biden’s lawyers opposed.”
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“But Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden was unusual because the president pardoned a relative. No president’s child had ever been charged criminally or convicted of crimes before Hunter Biden, but others have received clemency.
Former President Bill Clinton on his last day in office pardoned his half-brother, Roger Clinton, for a cocaine-related conviction in 1985. Roger Clinton had served more than a year in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine.
Trump pardoned his son-in-law’s father, Charles Kushner, who was convicted of preparing false tax returns, retaliating against a cooperating witness, and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission in 2005. Kushner served more than 16 months of a two-year sentence in a federal prison and halfway program. (Trump said over the weekend he’ll make Charles Kushner the next U.S. ambassador to France.)”
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But Hunter Biden was never incarcerated.
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Also, NYC’s contention that the Senate Rs are obligated to roll over and accept Trump’s picks without challenge is a crock of crap.
The Senate is an independent branch of government and has no obligation whatsoever to rubber stamp Trump’s picks. None. Zero.
So far there are only 2 or 3 picks that may be in trouble. It’s not the end of the world if they don’t get confirmed.
If the goal is to fill the cabinet with people who are competent and not corrupt, then there are other names than can do that not named Kash Patel.
At Polymarket he is at 57% odds of confirmation, pretty good odds and much higher than Hegeseth at 35%.
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Odds another Trump will be withdrawn: 67%.
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Did I say the Senators are “obligated” to roll over and agree with Trump’s picks?
Where did I write that? Please copy-and-paste my statement.
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Trump pick will be withdrawn: 67%
Odds 3 picks will not be confirmed: 43%
Rubio replacement: Lara Trump 38%
Vance replacement: Jane Timken 30% Frank LaRose 27%
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Did I say the Senators are “obligated” to roll over and agree with Trump’s picks?”
Yes, in so many words, about a dozen times.
Stop lying.
You are debasing yourself even more than usual.
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Also, NYC’s contention that the Senate Rs are obligated to roll over and accept Trump’s picks without challenge is a crock of crap.”
I didn’t quote you. So putting “obligated” in quotes shows you are a lying POS.
I said that is your contention.
“an assertion, especially one maintained in argument”
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I have said that any Republican Senator should actually wait to say anything until after a public hearing of their questions and issues for each candidate. That would give a little more sunshine to the process, and allow both Republican voters, as well as those voters who didn’t vote Republican, to make a better judgment about the seriousness with which our representatives take their lofty responsibilities.
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“Yes, in so many words, about a dozen times.”
-Heh.
There it is.
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Pro tip: copy and paste what I actually say, we will probably have fewer issues……if you are interested in accuracy.
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Pro tip: copy and paste what I actually say,”
What you say is mostly lies, I get it the first time.
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Each Senator is only obligated to vote Yay or Nay. They don’t have to be public about their opposition or their agreement.
BUT, I believe they should be, to show some respect for their voters and for the citizens.
I have NEVER said they are obligated, with quote or without, to roll over for Trumps picks.
And I will judge those, like a Murk, or a Collins, or the guy from Utah, or Mitch, who publicly say they won’t vote for a nominee without giving their exact reasons for why they believe that individual is not qualified.
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“What you say is mostly lies, I get it the first time.”
VictrC,
Don’t paint with a broad brush.
Guy says I said something, I ask him to show where, he comes back with “in so many words”.
Typical.
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I have said that any Republican Senator should actually wait to say anything until after a public hearing of their questions and issues for each candidate.”
Of course, even this is completely asinine.
Senators are not obligated to “wait to say anything”, that is a figment of NYC’s imagination. People like Gaetz, Patel and Hegeseth are public figures and their views are well known. If a Senator finds them unacceptable, they can say so.
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Each Senator is only obligated to vote Yay or Nay.”
Correct.
So I am glad you don’t think they are obligated to not render opinions in advance of their vote.
It is actually helpful. Would it have been productive to have hearings on Gaetz if it was already known he would not be confirmed?
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“People like Gaetz, Patel and Hegeseth are public figures and their views are well known.”
-Well known? By whom?
They are well known by those who devour politics daily at HHR, at Daily Kos, and maybe 10-20% of the country. Maybe that high.
The media is setting narratives about them.
The last thing any Republican should allow is for the mainstream media to set the narrative……..unless of course they have something to protect which those nominees may interfere with……
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“Senators are not obligated to “wait to say anything”, that is a figment of NYC’s imagination.”
-Repeat – never say they are obligated to wait.
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Just keeps repeating things that are untrue……
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I ask him to show where, he comes back with “in so many words”.
Liar.
You put “obligated” in quotes so you could pretend that was not your assertion.
You thought that was some clever gotcha moment.
What I said was absolutely true. You think Senators should roll over and rubber stamp Trump’s picks.
“BUT, I believe they should be, to show some respect for their voters and for the citizens”
How exactly is expressing their views a “lack of respect for their voters”?
What a crock of crap.
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-Well known? By whom?”
By the Senators, you idiot.
You don’t think everyone in the Senate knows Matt Gaetz? Or Kash Patel?
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“It is actually helpful. Would it have been productive to have hearings on Gaetz if it was already known he would not be confirmed?”
-Depends.
If Gaetz gets a chance to show publicly he is capable, like he was doing several years ago before the first accusations about underage girls, drugs and other such things, then YES, it would have been productive. It would have shown the media was full of sheot AGAIN, and it would have shown that Republican Senators who said they were a NAY were only voting against him because they had a personal animus.
Sunshine is the best disinfectant.
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Senators work for the citizens of their state.
The citizens deserve to see the reasoning behind their elected representatives decisions.
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“How exactly is expressing their views a “lack of respect for their voters”?”
-Expressing their views before a candidate gets a hearing = lack of respect for their voters
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Just keeps repeating things that are untrue……”
Nah. That is you for 15 years.
But you are just too much of an intellectual fraud and coward when you are challenged on your lies to defend them.
You immediately go to the “I really didn’t say that” routine.
No free lunch.
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What were the reasons given by Republican Senators for not voting for Gaetz?
Maybe I missed the list they put out.
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“You immediately go to the “I really didn’t say that” routine.”
-No, that’s incorrect.
I immediately ask you to copy and paste what I said, instead of what your “translation” is.
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-Expressing their views before a candidate gets a hearing = lack of respect for their voters”
LOL
You live in an alternate universe if you really believe this idiocy.
If there are enough senators expressing their views BEFORE any hearings, that should be most helpful.
It makes the hearings a waste of time.
In Gaetz’s case, Trump understood that.
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“You live in an alternate universe if you really believe this idiocy.”
-I live in this universe where our government has done things your way instead of mine for the last 60 years or so, with the advent of television.
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I immediately ask you to copy and paste what I said,”
Liar.
You put “obligated” in quotes as if that would absolve you from the my accurate assertion that you think Senators should roll over and rubber stamp any Trump pick.
Maybe you try putting “rubber stamp” in quotes and ask me to produce that.
You know you want to.
I can read liars and frauds like an open book.
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If you want to make changes, try doing things differently.
Senate Republican leaders, Mitch Thune Cornyn……….so far, they think like you.
Same old same old.
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So let’s make it clear.
Senators are under no obligation to wait for hearings to render opinions on picks that are well known to them.
Rendering their opinions is in no way disrespectful to anybody.
The senate is an independent branch and not subservient to the executive branch.
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Senate Republican leaders, Mitch Thune Cornyn……….so far, they think like you.”
Cool.
Smart people.
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“Smart people.”
-Yup.
Just look at our budget, our deficit, our military readiness, our open southern border, our FBI going after pro-lifers and grammar school parents…..but Matt Gaetz, Hegseth and Patel are the problems……
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“Senators are under no obligation to wait for hearings to render opinions on picks that are well known to them.”
-Never said they were.
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Good.
Sorry we agree.
I will survive.
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“Rendering their opinions is in no way disrespectful to anybody.”
-No context. Are they “rendering their opinions” BEFORE the hearings, or AFTER the hearings?
If before, it is disrespectful. But they can do it if they want to.
If after, it is not disrespectful.
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“The senate is an independent branch and not subservient to the executive branch.”
-Partially correct. The Senate is part of the Legislative branch. The Legislative Branch is supreme in some aspects, and follow the lead in other aspects, but there are always checks and balances between the 3 branches.
I have been saying this every time the House and Senate send a budget to Trump.
Finally, you are starting to understand the concepts.
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“but there are always checks and balances between the 3 branches.”
-As well as between the 2 chambers of the Legislative Branch, the Senate and the House.
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Cheers, and Goodnight.
Glad to see jason finally begin to acknowledge that the Legislature has certain functions which trump those of the Executive Branch.
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Okay, one more:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/democrats-and-the-media-are-trying-to-brett-kavanaugh-trump-dod-pick-pete-hegseth/
“You know what I do care about? The Pentagon just failed its seventh audit in a row. The U.S. Military has been struggling to recruit new members for four years. The Biden administration screwed up and allowed U.S. service members to be killed during their botched withdrawal of Afghanistan. That’s what I care about.
A loud message must be sent to the Senate GOP. Allow this man to be ‘Kavanaughed’ at your own peril.”
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https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/12/trump-there-will-be-all-hell-to-pay-if-hamas-doesnt-release-hostages-by-january-20/
My opinion, backed up by evidence from Jan2017-Jan2021, and with what has happened in world since Trump won election this year: If Trump had been re-elected in 2020, Afghanistan withdrawal would have looked much different, and we would still have Bagram Air Force Base, Putin would NOT have invaded Ukraine, Hamas would NOT have invaded Israel.
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https://instapundit.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-party-pal-contd?r=9bg2k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
“And it’s a good that the working class is taking power back. Leaving aside the undemocratic nature of technocracy, technocracy has failed the ultimate in technocratic tests: It doesn’t work. Putting “smart” – which turns out to mean “credentialed” – people in charge of everything, and letting them run things with no real constraints except the blinkered and self-serving opinions of other members of their social class, has turned out not to work very well. Whether in agriculture or in governance, monocultures are unstable, and our ruling class monoculture has been a narrow and increasingly incestuous one. Its performance has failed to justify its existence.
Goodbye and good riddance.”
-I think the same should apply for Republican Senators.
Hold the hearings for each nominee, allow the voters to see the person you will vote Yay or Nay on in their own words, instead of how the media portrays them.
No, I am not saying they are obligated to do so. They are not.
I am saying if they do not, it is because they fear the person that they don’t give a hearing to.
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Cheers, and Goodnight.
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NT
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