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 
121 responses to “‘Twas the night before Wednesday…”
Frist….b*%ches
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“Angola — a vibrant city! And, uh, look, not the city. The city, I know, is not Angola, but in Angola, in a vibrant city!”
Biden in country of Angola, capital Luanda.
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Daniel Penny case went to the jury. Let’s hope he is acquitted.
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Dems…
You know, over the last 50 years, the Dems seem to thrive on finding “oppressed” groups and rally to support them and their “issues”. All kinds of minorities…Blacks. women, Puerto Ricans, Latinos, immigrants in general–legal or illegal, Arab minorities, gay, and lesbians, transgenders, poor people, homeless, those who claim to have fluid sexual identity, those triggered by the national anthem or the display of the U.S flag, people who need support animals with them on airplanes, etc. etc.
The Ds always want to create a special class of people with special protections and laws and policies that bend over backwards to make these groups happy. The problem with this is that is that it creates a special enabled class of folk who seem to have it better that the regular John or Jane Doe who is in none of these special groups. They special classes of folks get lots of government assistance, etc. (illegal immigrants are the best example today) to “right the wrongs of pas bad treatment or discrimination or whatever. But the Ds always seem to want to go further and farther in the “protection” of these groups. Until the “protection” becomes an irritant to the John and Jane Does who see these protected classes getting way more federal assistance than all the Johns and Janes do, and J and J feels the over protection has gotten to the point that it imperils the views, thoughts and beliefs of J and J Doe. (Canada is fining town officials for not declaring LBGTQ month or not flying the LBGTQ flag–how soon will that come to the U.S.?) The NBA is issuing $100,000 fines to player who use gay slurs. I am also talking about preferred hiring, quotas in hiring and in school admissions, preferential treatment on the job as the protected classes get a pass on certain actions, work performance or behavior than do J and J.
Just my random thoughts…
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Walt preferred when life was simple. You were either royalty, a priest, a nun or a serf.
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Speaking of illegal aliens…
‘There was a car crash on I-81 this week at 3 something in the morning. Single vehicle involved, left the highway, rolled over, ejection, two deceased. The driver survived and he and both of the deceased (all 3) had both U.S. IDs and Mexican IDs with the same 3 names on both Mex. and US IDs. Driver is being charged with vehicular homicide.
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“NEW YORK (AP) — Chad Chronister, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being nominated for a position requiring Senate confirmation.”
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BREAKING: A three judge panel from the notoriously progressive Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled the federal government has full authority to deport illegal immigrants, even if local officials including mayors and governors object.
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”Go be cops”. Said another way, don’t kneel like the agents did in may of 2020.
https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/kash-patels-brutal-plans-to-reform-fbi-on-day-one-are-revealed-mace/
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Good.
See that, Chicon? I agreed with Tina.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14154949/trump-cabinet-chad-chronister-withraw-maga-outrage.html
Who is vetting these nominees? NYC?
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It appears more and more that Pete Hegseth is being given the Kavanaugh treatment, with people coming out of the woodwork citing abusive, sexual behavior towards women, along with an alcohol problem.. Dan Bongino and Sean Parnell have both said these charges are false. However, the media is gleefully leading with them on newscasts.
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And fake Rs will believe those charges
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Not sure why Tina, who is not a Republican, gets to decide who is a fake Republican.
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Just thought the reigning Prediction Thread Champion should check in.
This Sunday the GRIT channel is showing “Duke The Halls”.
An all day John Wayne marathon. It just doesn’t get any better than that.
By the way, John Wayne was a Republican……. and he would have kicked Putin’s azz.
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damn well right he would have. and wouldn’t have stood for all the soy boy crap.
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Bitter said….Good.
See that, Chicon? I agreed with Tina.
Good job, Bitter. Of course you acted a bit like a Richard while doing so…..
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Jason sez…Hey Bitter, did you notice all 3 statewide R candidates ran ahead of Trump in PA?
Impressive showing among R’s in PA. I hope they act together to restore election integrity to an obviously corrupt process there.
Not sure what is meant by “ran ahead”. The candidates you cited did win by a higher percentage than Trump in PA. Trump got more total votes than any of them, according to this site.
https://www.electionreturns.pa.gov/?os=v&ref=app
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Not sure what is meant by “ran ahead”.”
I meant got a higher percentage of the vote and won by a larger margin than Trump did.
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Some people don’t vote the down ballot races so usually the top of the ticket gets more votes.
But not always the case.
I checked MN to see how Harris did vs. Klobuchar.
Klobuchar got 1,792,000 votes
Harris only got 1,656,000 votes
And third party candidates did not impact that spread, the third party vote was approximately the same in both races.
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Those statewide PA results are a good sign for the future, imo.
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In the PA senate race, McCormick got 45k votes fewer than Trump, and Casey got about 40k votes more than Kamala, not enough to make a difference.
In this case Chicon’s theory that there would be few ticket splitters between Trump and the R Senate candidates was correct. It didn’t work to the extent Hovde and Rogers lost narrowly in WI and Mi.
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Jason, I must confess that there was more ticket splitting in MT than I expected (and just from memory, Ohio, too)
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There was (again just going by memory) more ticket splitting in MT and OH than in WI, MI, & PA. I wonder if the fact that the latter group were battlegrounds impacted ticket-splitting?
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Those statewide PA results are a good sign for the future, imo.”
I think the margins are encouraging. Both the Auditor and Treasurer races were incumbent Rs with good name recognition and were expected to win but not by that much. Stacy Garrity is a retired Army colonel and decorated combat veteran with three deployments in Iraq and 2 bronze stars and Legion of Merit.
Dave Sunday for AG ran against Eugene DePascuale, a flaming liberal and former statewide race winner for Auditor General. DePascuale has some ethical baggage and lost a recent race for Congress, I was hopeful he would lose but not sure.
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I just saw Pete H’s mom on Fox. I applaud her for doing so and supporting her son. By confirming Pete was a different person seven years ago, I think she made it tougher on him.
RDS has been floated as a possible replacement.
Thoughts?
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n MT and OH than in WI, MI, & PA. I wonder if the fact that the latter group were battlegrounds impacted ticket-splitting?”
I think it was because they were both 3-term incumbents. You accumulate a lot of IOUs during 18 years in the Senate.
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I think Defense Secretary is kind of a deadend job for someone who is Governor of a large state.
I doubt RDS would be interested, but who knows.
I am sure he would do a great job.
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Jason sez..You accumulate a lot of IOUs during 18 years in the Senate.
No doubt, though I’d have thought that would apply to the Casey family, too. Also, Baldwin has been in for two terms.
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DeSantis would be a good pick for Secretary of Defense but I agree he probably would not want it. Finishing out as Governor is probably more fun anyway.
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Moreno won by 257k votes. Trump won by an astounding 647k votes. Obviously hundreds of thousands of ticket splitters.
But Moreno had a tough primary and had to fight these kinds of ads.
“Brown’s ad, titled “Say Anything,” intersperses clips of Bernie Moreno, appearing in commercials promoting his former network of Cleveland-area car dealerships, with news headlines that describe Moreno stretching the truth. “You couldn’t trust him as a car dealer, so why would you trust him as a senator?” says the narrator against a cheesy, promotional audio backdrop.”
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No doubt, though I’d have thought that would apply to the Casey family, too.”
There was a perception that Casey had “turned” on his family legacy. His father was a pro-life moderate Democrat and that is how Casey used to sell himself.
But while Casey hasn’t voted that way in years, he was able to maintain the “moderate” image.
This cycle he ran full bore liberal, even running pro-abortion ads, strange from someone who his first two terms ran as “pro-life”. He did not differentiate himself on ONE issue from Kamala’s far left agenda until the very end when he began to run ads about “working well with Trump”. Too little, too late.
McCormick ran incessant ads tying him to Biden and Kamala’s agenda and how Washington had “changed Casey”.
I think the “Casey changed” ads were very effective in removing some of the “moderate” veneer Casey had.
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I’d be surprised RDS would want that gig, too, but apparently he met in person with Trump yesterday.
Despite being a known Trump Toadie, I don’t get why RDS wouldn’t have been an original AG pick (or, secondarily, DoD) if he was willing to join the Administration.
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The meeting could have have been about the senate pick.
Lara Trump is still leading at Polymarket at 44%.
Meanwhile, I think Hegeseth is toast, down to 15% chance of confirmation.
On the other hand, Patel is up to 65%!
For DOD, RDS 41%, Ernst 19%.
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Penny chance of conviction?
50% at Polymarket.
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I guess no one knows who DeWine will pick…
Timken 31%
LaRose 27%
Dolan 14%
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Timken has been kissing Trump’s ass on X, so that could help her.
IMO, DeWine has to pick the person most likely to win the Senate race in 2026, remembering that Brown could run again.
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Judge in Hunter’s tax case skewers Biden…
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/12/04/judge-in-hunter-biden-tax-case-torches-pardon-n2648595?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=slider
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Jesse Kelly
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Step 1: Announce Kash Patel has been hacked by Iran.
Step 2: The FBI, who did the actually hacking, leaks the damaging stuff to the media.
Step 3: The media runs with the smears and Republicans in the Senate use that as an excuse to reject Kash.
Just a coincidence, probably.
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Damm, sound like really good Deep State stuff.
Chicon really does have good Deep State sources.
When Patel ends the Deep State, I hope Chicon can get hold of some Deep State shot glasses for my collection. Maybe some of the gold cuff links too.
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I hear the Deep State is up for the prestigious
“Least Secret Secret Cabal in the History of Mankind Award”.
Well deserved, if I might say so.
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Finally the exit polls we were all waiting for. Who did cat ladies, dog dudes and in betweens vote for.
Drum roll
No pet owning ladies. Harris 58 Trump 41
Cat only owning ladies Harris 59 Trump 40
Only dog owning ladies Trump 52 Harris 47
Dog AND Cat owning ladies Trump 52 Harris 47
Men?
No pet Trump 51-46
Cats only 52-46
Dogs only 59-40
Dogs AND Cats 56-43
There you have it
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Hear me out. There are 2 for 1 Big Macs with large fries, Erica.
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Hear me out. If you’re that worried about Kash Patel having access to all this power, maybe reduce the agency’s power instead of hoping it never falls into the hands of those you don’t like.
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LOL. so if not for cat ladies, Harris would have lost by even more!!
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That was some brevity, Tina!
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CBS says at least 4 R senators will not confirm Hegeseth.
It IS CBS, so might not be true.
But if true, time to pull the plug.
Maybe Oliver North is available?
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Another excellent pick. Navarro caught on to Fraudci from the beginning.
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#BREAKING: Trump selects Peter Navarro as Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing. Trump says Navarro was “treated horribly by the Deep State” and that Navarro will advance Trump’s “manufacturing, tariff and trade agenda.”
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I am a fan of rds as fl Governor, not as defense secretary
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Zzzz… Navarro is a protectionist moron.
Excellent pick my ass.
He was of course treated horribly by the Jan 6 circus committee and the courts, nothing to do with Deep State.
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Tough competition from the Illuminati.
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Nothing to see here
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1864322690326106287
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Cry more gop-e
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I’m one cat dude that voted for Trump…have four furry feline friends I adopted from a .org that came from abused, neglected and abandoned circumstances. Not to blown my own horn but these beautiful animals, if given the chance, returns the love tenfold that they get.
But still love dogs as well.
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The more I read about the Pete Hegseth’s attacks the more it seems like it’s just another orchestrated ploy by the Dems to deny him confirmation. Most of the claims made about him have either proven to be nonsense or were supplied by anonymous people. The people, however, refuting the charges have gone on the record, vociferously supporting his qualifications for the sec of defense job. I hope he doesn’t step down, bowing out due to the character assassination gambit.
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https://thespectator.com/politics/three-reasons-donald-trump-won-2024-election/
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Just noticed that Trump’s lead in Wisconsin recently grew from a win of 0.8 to 0.9.
Rare that the Republican gains at this point. But we need to Florida-ize the races in other states. Just count the votes and report them. Its not hard. It used to be done when all they had was mechanical machines.
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Dems have ZERO credibility on any attack. They are the party that literally advocates for tricking trick little boys into getting their penises and testicles cut off, and then they want to raise spurious attacks against Republicans.
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Sean Parnell, in an interview done today, say the boots on the ground military support Hegseth. It’s the usual industrial military complex, however, who do not want anyone challenging their power or any changes in general. The Pentagon has failed all recent audits, indicating a complete mismanagement of the funds being allotted to it. New and younger eyes on how the Pentagon is run is needed, as well as leadership at the top – someone who the rank and file military can relate to.
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https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-nominates-monica-crowley-for-assistant-secretary-of-state
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speaker says no new funding for Ukraine
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1864378570270744741?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Zzzz. ..he can say what he wants but there is more than enough votes in the House and Senate to continue Ukraine funding.
Bring it to a vote.
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Oh, he means wait until the new administration.
I am ok with that.
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Biden was right to pardon his son. Trump would have made Hunter a target. | OpinionWith the pardon of his son Hunter, President Joe Biden reminded the nation of the balance between accountability and compassion.
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You can’t make this sh-t up.
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I feel bad about Hegeseth. He is being “Borked” and “Kavanaughed”. Doesn’t deserve it. He is not my first choice because I see him lacking experience and there are more qualified people, but I think he is a serious guy who can do the job nonetheless.
But if the votes aren’t there a protracted fight that will be a losing effort in the end it is not in the interest of the new administration.
This is bigger than Hegeseth, and there are too many things to accomplish to get into a huge distraction fighting for someone who won’t be confirmed.
The Dems and the MSM are throwing around a lot of words about Hegeseth. Maybe he can sue some people if he has to withdraw.
If its any consolation, it doesn’t seem like there are more than 3 R senators at the moment against him. His odds at Polymarket have risen to 65%.
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That was not the Maria Bautista quote I wanted to post, although that one was ridiculous too
Check this out.
Critics have argued that the pardon sets a bad precedent, but the opposite is true. President Biden’s pardon of Hunter was not an act of favoritism; it was a demonstration of leadership in the face of difficult circumstances.
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Penny jury still not back.
Maybe a hung jury?
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For DW, in case he hasn’t seen it….
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/12/04/supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-on-gender-affirming-care-and-they-are-absolutely-wild-n2182809
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That is unfortunate. Unless you want more Ukrainians to die, of course.
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Jason sez…I feel bad about Hegeseth. He is being “Borked” and “Kavanaughed”
Excellent post. Politics ain’t beanbag, and people get hurt. I think he should fight for him if it’s only three “no’s”, but should cut bait if he can’t get to 50 soon.
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“But if true, time to pull the plug.”
-Why? If they want to take a stand against a Trump nominee, get them on record for what their issue is.
ALL of the issues are media-driven, and we all know how “truthful” the media is.
Trump is foolish if he backs off without putting up a fight.
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This is purely a wild guess, but I suspect Trump wants a deal with Putin on Ukraine bigly. He doesn’t like to lose negotiations; so I suspect he’ll tell Vlad he’s gonna squeeze the crap out of Russia economically, tell him funding and weapons shipments will increase, and that Ukraine will have no restrictions on how to use the weapons. He’s probably already told him something like this. We’ll see.
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-Why? If they want to take a stand against a Trump nominee, get them on record for what their issue is.”
So if you have enough Senators saying they will not confirm him, you want a protracted losing fight on ONE nominee just to find out what the “issues are”?
I can tell you right now what the issues are:
Agree or not with that, that is what will be alleged. It won’t change anything, he won’t be confirmed, but will the distraction and waste of time and the MSM circus be worth it?
Sometimes you have to cut your losses. Trump was very smart to cut his losses with Gaetz, probably should do the same with Hegeseth.
You are not going to win every fight, choose which ones are worth it and dying on the hill for.
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jason – agree on most of the points, but I would want to look at how those voting NAY had voted on earlier picks for that same position in other administrations, to see if they are consistent. Competence should trump “lacks experience”, and the accusations should be confirmed if they want to rely on that to disqualify.
It seems like it is always the same people who publicize their position against. Pure power games. I think sometimes it is worthwhile to make them show they are confident of their position, and not just bluffing.
Gaetz was a battle to back off of.
Hegseth – I am not there yet.
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This is purely a wild guess, but I suspect Trump wants a deal with Putin on Ukraine bigly. He doesn’t like to lose negotiations; so I suspect he’ll tell Vlad he’s gonna squeeze the crap out of Russia economically, tell him funding and weapons shipments will increase, and that Ukraine will have no restrictions on how to use the weapons. He’s probably already told him something like this. We’ll see.”
I hate to agree with Chicon on anything, but I have said as much. That is why I disagree with Bitter and have maintained I doubt very much Trump is going to surrender Ukraine on his watch.
The carrot stick approach is what I have long suspected he will use. He will try to buy Putin off with promises of reducing sanctions and other incentives while threatening him with further (and better) weapon shipments to Ukraine. With Zelensky, he will threaten the opposite, if he doesn’t want a deal then Trump will cut him off.
I oppose this strategy because it rewards Putin for his invasion and war crimes, and doesn’t hold him accountable. If I was Trump, I would tell Putin to retreat to the pre-invasion border or face a massive increase in aid to Ukraine (yes, I realize this is not a popular idea for the Trump base, but I am not the Trump base).
If the deal is to freeze the battle lines where they are, Trump better have a really good plan in place to keep the Russian from further incursions. In my view, NATO protection is the only sure way to guarantee it, but there could be other bilateral deals with European nations and of course arming Ukraine to the teeth will be necessary.
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“Gender-affirming care” has been a lucrative source of revenue for some American companies.
Need a reminder: Are all profits good?
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How about no NATO membership for Ukraine now but….Oh look. The U.S. just set up a U.S. Air Force base next to Kiyv.
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jason – agree on most of the points, but I would want to look at how those voting NAY had voted on earlier picks for that same position in other administrations, to see if they are consistent.”
Not relevant. Apples and oranges, really. Subjectively you could allege some of Biden’s picks were more qualified than Trump’s. That certainly is the case of Garland vs. Gaetz if you want to compare their resumes.
Same with Lloyd Austin. Like him or not, he was the Commanding General of the 10th Mtn Division in Afghanistan. Commanding Officer of US Forces in Iraq and Commanding General of the Multinational Force in Iraq. Army Vice Chief of Staff. Head of US Central Command (CENTCOMM).
I think he has been a horrible, woke Sec of Defense. But realistically, barring any scandals, he was a difficult nominee to vote against.
So if a Senator who voted for him now opposed Hegeseth on different grounds, I don’t really see the hypocrisy.
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Are all profits good?”
Zzzz… your attack on profits show how willing you are to sell out any “conservative” principles.
Yes, all profits are “good” because it is the reason for opening and operating a business. Despite you idiotic opposition to them, companies can only expand and invest new technologies and products through profits. Profits is what investors look for and profits determine shareholder value and dividends.
You might disagree on the purpose of some products. You might not be interested in some products being made, or you might have an opinion that they are harmful or unnecessary. Whatever.
I oppose gender affirming care for minors, but I think adults can make their own choices.
And companies that offer those choices should have the right to profits like any other company.
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Do I think doctors who provide gender affirming care to minors are scumbags? Yes. Same as what I think of a lot of trial lawyers bringing frivolous lawsuits and costing society billions in higher insurance premiums.
But do I oppose their right to do so if it is legal? No.
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If you oppose leftists trying to shut down oil companies for destroying the world, you shouldn’t be advocating for shutting down companies offering gender affirming care, and neither should you attack either one for wanting to make a profit.
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How about no NATO membership for Ukraine now but….Oh look. The U.S. just set up a U.S. Air Force base next to Kiyv.”
What?
Didn’t you know Russians have nukes? And hypersonic missiles?
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Chicon will now say I favor sending US troops to Ukraine in 3, 2, 1…
No, I don’t.
However, in a post war scenario where the US is offering security guarantees to Ukraine, if Ukraine was under the NATO umbrella for example, then I would not oppose US troops there as part of a multinational force anymore than I oppose them in Germany, Italy, and other countries where they are stationed.
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Hegseth is making the rounds and his case against the dem/media character assassination being used against him so he is forced off the nomination. Today he appeared on Megyn Kelly’s popular podcast and was convincing. I hope Trump sticks with him like he did with Kavanaugh. And, if Hegseth shows enough resolve to fight for the nomination I think Trump will not throw him overboard, as Trump admires fighters.
Putin is in a better position now than he was in before going to war with Ukraine. The sanctions have not hurt him. He has forged new alliances with our enemies, making him more formidable. His troops have been battle-hardened and tested, unlike America’s military. His military isn’t infiltrated or diluted by trans or gender issues either, as Putin disallows DEI, CRT influences in his military. Russia also continues to manufacture their own armaments, has an unstoppable missile on line, and doesn’t appear to be in financial arrears like we are. Consequently, I think any negotiations Trump does will have the weaker country giving up the most, and that would be Ukraine.
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“But do I oppose their right to do so if it is legal? No.”
-Jason, it has been repeated several times, so please stop ignoring what I wrote, and other posters pointed out the same distinction as well:
The issue I raised about Big Pharma were profits made through special legislation/government mandates which were shown to be exclusionary to specific entities, not against profits in general.
And in this area, with “gender-affirming care”, it has been well established that several hospital chains (Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins, one in Texas) lied and/or covered up about the numbers of surgeries they were doing, and there were legal cases against some of them.
So, the legality of these profits is still in question.
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I guess Democrats in Michigan didn’t pay attention to who won the election. Headline:
Michigan Democrats Want to Require All Homes to Have Costly Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
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So, the legality of these profits is still in question.
Zzzz…. puhhhleeeze, don’t insult our intelligence.
All profits have to be legal, obviously.
But that is no reason to oppose profits.
If you want to retract your opposition to profits, which you clearly stated, go ahead.
But don’t give us the “well, I am against “illegal” profits” as if anyone here favors illegal profits.
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6 REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO ARE WAVERING ON PETE HEGSETH. Susan Collins Lisa Murkowski John Curtis Lindsey Graham Mitch McConnell Joni Ernst
The last name on that list is Joni Ernst, and she is wavering because she wants the sec of defense job. Politics is a cut-throat business.
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Society MUST protect the innocence of children. NO young BOY has ever ejaculated and therefore has NO IDEA WHAT IT FEELS LIKE to function sexually as a man. Therefore, he has no capacity to decide whether or not he wants this function he will only experience after reaching puberty.
It is evil for a society to take this away from a boy. It is mutilation. It is sterilization. It is a lie that the surgeon can make him a functioning girl.
Even so, Sotomayor said doing this surgery has the SAME risk as popping an aspirin.
God help us. We have a SCOTUS member who literally has no functioning brain.
Biden’s appointee did no better saying that outlawing the freedom of evil adults to pressure a boy into having his private parts lopped off is the same as outlawing interracial marriage.
This issue truly is the EVIL of our age. I cannot believe we are even having this discussion.
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The 5 alleged Rinos don’t want to be put on record. It’s about covering up their grift.
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Putin is in a better position now than he was in before going to war with Ukraine.”
Written by a true Putin supporter, who can never see any wrong in her hero.
Disgusting and despicable.
Putin is not in a “better position”. Hundreds of thousands have of Russians have been killed, many more maimed and wounded. Russia has lost probably hundreds of billions in equipment. Almost a million, many highly educated, productive young workers fled the country to avoid conscription. The sanction have absolutely hurt the the average Russian, of course they haven’t hurt him. Prices of food has soared, the ruble has collapsed, the banking sector is in big trouble. The 2025 outlook for the Russian economy is very weak.
https://theconversation.com/russian-rouble-collapse-exposes-deep-problems-in-the-countrys-economy-244869
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you must have been listening to the Supreme Court hearings today, DW. What did other justices say, like Barrett or Gorsche, if you were listening to them?
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Sotohatewhiteymor and Kenjadumb are literally two of dumbest justices on the court. I disagree with Souter 2.0 and Beotchy, but I cannot say they are dumb.
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More on the Russian economy:
Those expectations from Andrei Kostin, CEO of Russia’s second-largest lender, VTB.
” Russia is grappling with high inflation and the central bank has already hiked its key rate to 21%.
It’s at its highest level in over 20 years.
And it’s drawn criticism from businesses struggling with high borrowing costs.
In an interview with Reuters, Kostin cautiously criticised the central bank’s hawkish monetary stance.
He added that Western sanctions, high spending on the military, and elevated high inflationary expectations made the benchmark interest rate less effective.”
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I missed this?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/good-riddance-rino-mitt-romney-gives-farewell-address/
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6 REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO ARE WAVERING ON PETE HEGSETH. Susan Collins Lisa Murkowski John Curtis Lindsey Graham Mitch McConnell Joni Ernst”
Are they “wavering” or have they said he is not acceptable to them.
I don’t see any of them being particularly vulnerable to pressure, so if they are firm no votes then it is time to move on.
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I read where Gateway Pundit profits $3 million a year from their conspiracy theories and other garbage. People like Janzam and Tina who click on it stimulate more conspiracy theories and trash stories.
I am sure NYC opposes it making a profit, however, so there is that.
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Why are they wavering? Trash from unidentified “sources” that always have Rs best interest? /s
Grow a pair.
Curtain may be even worse than Quittens.
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No don’t goober and Biden’s Beotch need the urkrainian and Ccp grift.
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“If you want to retract your opposition to profits, which you clearly stated, go ahead.”
-You really are a piece of work.
I am not against profits. Please stop repeating that falsehood.
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Russia has banks?
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During the first two years of the war Russia’s weapon manufacturing kept wages high and unemployment low. Russia was also able to circumvent sanctions by finding alternate sources for their oil. Even now Russia’s GDP is higher than the US’s, and the ruble has decreased relatively little in the midst of a strong dollar. Inflation seems to be something concerning for the Russian economy in the future. But, overall, I would say our economy is more stretched beyond its limits than what Russia’s appears to be.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/russia-raises-main-economic-forecasts-sees-higher-year-end-inflation-2024-09-06/
“Moscow now expects gross domestic product (GDP) to climb 3.9% in 2024, up from 2.8% in the forecast it issued in April, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said last week.
The baseline forecasts from the economy ministry are used by the finance ministry for its budget calculations.
The government’s expectations now exceed those of analysts polled by Reuters, who see GDP growth of 3.6% in 2024.
Russia now expects to record two years of strong economic growth, improving on a 3.6% expansion in 2023 and following a 1.2% contraction in 2022 as Moscow grappled with a barrage of Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.”
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But NYC had no issue with Trump buying leftist politicians so he could do business in Manhattan.
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“I am sure NYC opposes it making a profit, however, so there is that.”
-2 things:
1) is there a special rule which allows them to profit while disallowing other sites to profit from those “conspiracy theories”?
2) please link to “their conspiracy theories and other garbage” that you post about. Prove that they are posting such stories. I asked this of you once before, and you never posted anything to prove your point. Reminder: I do not go to that site except when prompted by others. Not out of animus towards it, just not one of my regular sites.
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Putin disallows DEI, CRT influences in his military.
Zzzzzzz Russia’s non-woke soldiers seemed to die in huge numbers.
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“But NYC had no issue with Trump buying leftist politicians so he could do business in Manhattan.”
-Why do you keep repeating this? Stupidity or you just want to lie?
I did have an issue with Trump doing this. That is one of the reasons he did not get my cote in the 2016 NY primary.
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NT at 6:00.
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Bitterlaw,
Should I take that false statement as you “turning on me”?
LOL!
Come on, man. Please don’t lie about what I have said. It doesn’t suit you.
Jason, I expect it from him. Fits him.
You – I thought you were better than that.
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I recall you saying Trump bankrolled Dems because he was doing business in Manhattan. Did you say that or am I wrong?
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“cote” = vote
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“Did you say that or am I wrong?”
-I did say that, as he did give donations to Democrats. It is well established.
BUT, I did have an issue with it, which is one of the reasons why I did not vote for him in the 2016 NY primary.
So please stop writing “NYC had no issue with Trump buying leftist politicians so he could do business in Manhattan.”.
Thanks in advance.
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I only read the report in the redstate article and saw the statements in there for those two morons on the SCOTUS
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Jason sez…However, in a post war scenario where the US is offering security guarantees to Ukraine, if Ukraine was under the NATO umbrella for example, then I would not oppose US troops there as part of a multinational force.
No disagreement here. I wouldn’t add more European/NATO troops overall, but I’d have no problem shifting/rotating units to Ukraine if the post-woke warfighters think it important.
Chicon
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“6 REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO ARE WAVERING ON PETE HEGSETH. Susan Collins Lisa Murkowski John Curtis Lindsey Graham Mitch McConnell Joni Ernst””
“Republican senators Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and Lisa Murkowski joined all 50 Democrats in voting to confirm Jackson”
-So, 3 of the 6 who are wavering on Hegseth confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson, a person who can’t define the word “woman”, for the Supreme Court.
Those 3, plus Curtis, Graham and Ernst should be made to vote NAY. I say let’s get to hearings and let them make their statements publicly for all to see.
If Trump removes another pick, the media will simply move on to another one.
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Headline: Landlord Says Hunter Biden Owes Him $300K in Rent, Used Secret Service to Keep Him Out
Tomorrow’s Headline: President Biden has forgiven Hunter’s $300,000 overdue rent, saying that Republican attacks are to blame for the stress his son was under in failing to pay his rent.
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Fauci needs to be jailed.
loon needs to be jailed for witness tampering.
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
#BREAKING: Biden White House considers preemptive pardons for those who may be ‘targeted’ by Trump – POLITICO Names mentioned include Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and Adam Schiff. Biden aides are “deeply concerned” about current/former officials who may face investigations and indictments from Trump’s DOJ – especially after Kash Patel was selected for FBI director.
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“Biden White House considers preemptive pardons for those who may be ‘targeted’ by Trump”
-Biden doesn’t need to worry, neither do those mentioned.
I predict at least 3 Senators will come out and say this is “retribution”……….which is wrong, of course, so they will not allow it.
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If Peter Hegseth slept with a Ccp or grifted from Ukraine, he would be confirmed.
-5 gop-e senators.
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wow, I pulled a Scooter, who predicted that Trump would appear in a garbage truck after Biden called us garbage.
The day of Hunter’s pardon, I said Biden will come out and pardon all Democrats for anything they might ever do.
But how can this pass legal muster? You cannot pardon someone for a crime one has not yet been charged with or convicted of.
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Dw, see Fords pardon of Richard Nixon.
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NT
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