Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who publicly proclaimed after President Biden’s disastrous debate, “I’m with Joe,” has now revealed to The New York Times that he pointedly urged Biden to drop out of the race during a private meeting July 13.
“If you run and you lose to Trump, and we lose the Senate, and we don’t get back the House, that 50 years of amazing, beautiful work goes out the window,” Schumer told Biden bluntly, according to the Times, which reported the “tense” encounter from the New York lawmaker’s point of view.
“But worse — you go down in American history as one of the darkest figures,” Schumer admonished Biden.
“If I were you,” Schumer said, “I wouldn’t run, and I’m urging you not to run.”
If you run and you lose to Trump, and we lose the Senate, and we don’t get back the House, that 50 years of amazing, beautiful work goes out the window,”
What if Trump had no picked Sessions for AG and/or Sessions had not recused himself and if Trump had fired Comey on day 1 as it was his prerogative.
There would have been no Mueller investigation and the Russia Hoax would have been limited to the Dems and the MSM whining about it.
Trump would not have been saddled with years of uncertainty about the probe and having to be on the defensive.
He probably would have won re-election despite Covid, hard to see how the Mueller investigation and the Russia hoax didn’t cost him 20k votes in WI, 12k in GA and 10k in AZ. Or 80k in PA and 30k in NV for that matter.
Trump would have had a much more successful economy than BIden, and probably less international conflict.
As such, since the Dems had no bench to run in 2024, Ron DeSantis would now be President.
Peter Doocy says after Biden called him a “stupid SOB” on an open mike, Biden actually called him and apologized and invited him to lunch “once Covid was over”.
I was going to propose Whaf if Lincoln had not been assassinated but I don’t think much would have changed. The South would still have hated Lincoln and troops still had to be stationed there. The South got off remarkably easy following the war and Lincoln would not have made it harder on them. The racist scum would still have imposed their Black Codes and it would likely still have been a century more until blacks began to have civil rights throughout the country.
His grave, and other monuments would have been much smaller. One historian remarked that if Lincoln’s goal was establishing his legacy, the timing of the shooting couldn’t have been better, as if Lincoln himself hired the assassin.
Time magazine has suggestions for people who can’t deal with Trump’s inauguration.
One suggestion is “forest bathing”.
I definitely support this idea for liberals in my area, considering a high of 20 degrees and low of 5 forecast and a big snowstorm coming.
“Bhaumik just spent a week in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, where she enjoyed counting the trees and observing their long, bare branches. She knows they’ll look different a few months from now, when green buds reappear, and again when their leaves turn yellow, red, and then brown.
On Inauguration Day, do your own forest bathing, Bhaumik suggests: Spend time in nature using your senses to connect with the environment. Even better, silence your phone while you’re doing it. “You’ll feel humbled,” she says. “This mountain is going to be there forever and ever, and you’re one human being standing here. Everything comes and goes, but nature is still there.” It’s an important reminder that trying times will eventually pass, she adds.”
GHWB in the 1980 GOP primary called Reagan’s economic plan voodoo economics. He was the GOP moderate candidate that year, and Reagan was pressured to take him on to balance the ticket in order to have a chance at defeating Carter.
Turns out Reagan could have defeated Carter with most anyone on the ticket.
@amuse
DEBT: On her final day in office, Secretary Yellen dropped a bombshell: the U.S. government would run out of money on President Trump’s first full day in office. Since 2020, the federal debt has ballooned by an astonishing $13 trillion. The so-called resolution of the debt crisis with the last debt ceiling increase was nothing more than a temporary reprieve, a can-kick down an ever-shortening road. This fiscal recklessness is unsustainable, a ticking time bomb that Washington continues to ignore.
DACA: 5th Circuit Court ruled Joe Biden’s ‘Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals’ rule is unlawful as well as the 2012 Obama administration memo that originally created the DACA policy
DW, GHWB and Ford were in the Establishment wing of the GOP., and that wing hated Reagan. Reagan was the outsider who thankfully kicked them to the curb. The Republican candidates drifted from Reagan and the party paid the price.
Bitter and Jason were just kids at the time, so Reagan did much to form them politically. Had Bitter been 40 in 1976 or 1980 he would have been an HW guy. Reagan changed how a generation saw the world.
I still have Reagan as the best President. One can argue about his 2nd term and the amnesty bill. The economy was quite strong aand we were respected in the world. He was no war monger or endless war deadender, like the gop-e today, or mute 43.
I do rate mute 43 and 41 as near bottom presidents in the last 50 years.
For example…..”at the second annual Conservative Political Action Conference in February. Speaking there, Reagan dismissed calls to seek the presidency on a third-party ticket: “Is it a third party that we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which could make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all the issues troubling the people?”
Great quote, but also one of a change agent. Many wanted the party to change and wanted a 3rd party, to which Reagan said “no, how about we change this party?”. He did, but the Establishment was pissed. Note also how he focused on being clear about where they stand on issues troubling the people. Sounds like a populist, and I ate it up.
Wokism is going to die a fast death in the military, God willing.
President-elect Trump announced Friday that Matthew Lohmeier will serve as the under secretary of the Air Force.
“Matt is a former fighter pilot, and Space Force Squadron Commander, who has devoted his life to serving our Great Nation,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “He is a proud graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy.”
In 2021, Lohmeier was fired from the Space Force, where he served as a lieutenant colonel, after criticizing the U.S. military on a conservative podcast. Lohmeier joined “The Steve Gruber Show” to discuss his book “Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military,” which claims that Marxist beliefs have become increasingly common in the military. In the same appearance, he also called The New York Times’s 1619 Project “anti-American.”
Btw, I don’t approve of lower ranking members of the military attacking their leadership or the Commander in Chief.
But it seems Lohmeier was making general comments about leftism in the military rather than attacking his superior officers directly, which I agree is cause for dismissal.
Indeed Reagan was considered an “outsider” by both sides of the establishment wings of the R and D parties. His appeal was directed at the working/middle classes driven more by a populism energy than staying within the status quo framework. He also did not spend pointless amounts of time lip-syncing how “conservative” he was. Instead, his time in office was spent embracing and enacting conservative policies, much like a trump has done. In fact Reagan would scoff at the minutiae thrown at Trump in efforts to diminish his conservative credentials.
He also did not spend pointless amounts of time lip-syncing how “conservative” he was”
Wrong and wrong.
It wasn’t pointless and Reagan did not shy away from conservatism, in fact he wore it on his sleeve.
Long before he was President, Reagan was an influential conservative voice and writer.
Reagan believed in conservatism as a set of principles, not as a label to rent out as convenient and to trash when inconvenient.
Trump’s “conservatism”, if you can call it that, is not because he believes in conservative principles, but as a vehicle to power. Very opposite from Reagan, who was a conservative whether it was popular or not, or whether he could achieve power through it or not.
Don’t get me wrong, I will take what I can get. Trump might not be a conservative, but he locked in a conservative SCOTUS majority for a generation, in my view his greatest legacy (so far).
But Trump is no Ronald Reagan. And actually, to be a successful President given the current ideology of the R party, he doesn’t have to be.
There were hundreds of DOJ employees lining the halls and wishing Garland well as he walked out of the Justice Dept for the last time. This crew of hard core Garland acolytes, who carried out his biased lawfare policies, is what awaits Trump this coming Monday. IMO, they should all be fired.
”Many people are discussing the video of Main Justice celebrating and honoring Attorney General Merrick Garland as he departs the justice building for the last time. However, it is well worth watching this to gain perspective on the scale of the problem that President Trump will face.
Almost all of these entrenched bureaucrats, lawfare operatives, foot soldiers for the Obama/Biden regime who will now become system operators for the full resistance agenda, will still be in place when President Trump takes office on Monday. WATCH and see the scale of the problem that begins being confronted in 72 hours.”
The tariff part by Reagan is ignored by the free passers. It was in multiple industries which were quite large then vs now (electronics and autos). It also included quotas and other barriers.
I see. So anyone who is not a Trump supporter in the DOJ should be fired, and only Trump supporters should be hired.
When democrats defeat Republicans one of their first acts is to replace the old government employees with their own. They do a wholesale firing of attorneys and others who have influential positions. It’s pragmatic if you want a smooth transition rather than one of constant leaks and obstruction, like what happened in Trump’s first term.
Running against a sitting Republican office holder.
2. Impose tariffs.
3. Raise taxes”
Zzzzz…. what a crock of BS.
My problem is not running against R office holders. It is nominating deadenders in their place that are sure to lose. SEND A MESSAGE.
It is intellectual dishonesty to compare Trump to Reagan on tariffs. Reagan never said tariff is the most beautiful word in the English language. He never envisioned a trade policy based on tariffs and stupid trade wars with virtually all our trading partners. He was not an isolationist or a protectionist. He imposed limited and temporary tariffs on Japan, nothing of the size and scope of Trump’s blanket tariffs. Reagan didn’t spend 50 years preaching for the AFL-CIO agenda. And for the record, I think Reagan’s tariffs were wrong too.
Taxes. Reagan cut taxes a lot more than he raised them. The cuts were huge. The Kemp-Roth bill provided a 25% across the board cut in personal marginal tax rates. Much larger than Trump’s.
“Ronald Reagan made tax cuts the centerpiece of his 1980 campaign for the presidency. And after winning the election, he made good on his promise.
The Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA), enacted on August 13, 1981, was the biggest tax cut in American history. It was also remarkably durable, reshaping the federal tax system — and American politics — for decades to come.
First some numbers: Reagan’s tax cut slashed revenues by 2.9% of GDP, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. That makes it the biggest tax cut since the introduction of the modern income tax in 1913, surpassing even the mammoth cuts passed after World War II (2.7% of GDP in 1945 and 1.9% in 1948).
Needless to say, ERTA also eclipses the 2017 tax cut; despite former President Trump’s repeated claim that his cut was the biggest, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act clocked in at just 0.6% of GDP.”
“Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany highlighted remarkable similarities between President Donald Trump and President Ronald Reagan, drawing attention to pivotal moments in their presidencies that echo one another.
Speaking on a recent panel discussion, McEnany referenced historical parallels, ranging from hostage releases to assassination attempts, while emphasizing Trump’s “Reagan-esque” leadership style.
McEnany began her commentary by noting that indoor inaugurations are exceedingly rare in American history, occurring only twice before: in 1909 with President William Howard Taft and in 1985 with President Ronald Reagan.
“What’s interesting to me is the Ronald Reagan comparison, because not only is the inauguration in doors, you have the hostage release, really, right before Trump comes in. You had the assassination attempt, Ronald Reagan as well. Trump is a Reagan-esque president in more ways than one,” she said.”
Pretty standard faire. Political appointees (political ses) are gone from admin to admin. Acting administrators may be chosen by the administration, or an employee acting.
There will be a lot of firings Monday afternoon, or Tuesday am.
There will be a lot of firings Monday afternoon, or Tuesday am.”
Most career employees won’t be fired, mostly because they can’t be, at least not with a significant change in regulations which would take months.
In 2020, Trump got a regulation passed that whose position has been determined to be of a “confidential, policy-determining, policy-making or policy-advocating character,” could be fired, but Biden rescinded it immediately. Trump will have to re-enact it, and even then it will be challenged in court.
What if new presidents were not sworn in until March, like they used to do until 1937. How much more damage could Biden do in another 6 weeks?
Today, apparently, he unilaterally declared the equal rights amendment for women to now be ratified and part of the constitution. Despite his own justice department saying that is not true.
The list I created, Bitter, was nothing more than data points of similarities between the two men. If you want to compare other presidents then have at it. If you want to list dissimilarities then do that too.
My plan for Newsom-proofing California: End the Sanctuary State. Stop Medi-Cal for Illegal Immigrants. Kill High-Speed Rail. Reverse EV Mandates. Rein in the Coastal Commission. Build Water Storage. Manage Forests. Clear Homeless Encampments. Enforce Prop. 36.
16 points were listed demonstrating policy or biography similarities, and all you’ve got is “Spin that Trump said Clinton was better than Reagan!” You’re pathetic!
“In a move celebrating President-elect Donald Trump’s second presidency, one that blends business with the digital age, he has minted a staggering $31 billion by launching his official $TRUMP crypto meme coin. Capitalizing on cryptocurrency’s explosive growth and meme coins’ popularity, Trump’s latest venture has already attracted a massive following, making nearly $30 billion in just 24 hours. The $TRUMP coin not only marks Trump’s entry into the world of blockchain and crypto assets but also leverages his brand’s influence, tapping into both his loyal fanbase and the growing interest in alternative digital investments.
A report from Axios pointed out that, while Trump hosted a “Crypto Ball” with his incoming artificial intelligence (AI) David Sacks for the industry in Washington, DC, on Friday, the president-elect launched “the only official Trump meme.” The meme coin’s website, gettrumpmemes.com, states that 200 million $TRUMP coins are available as of Saturday, with plans to have one billion over the next three years. By 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, CoinGecko price data revealed that $TRUMP surged over 600 percent overnight, reaching just above $32.”
Funding Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Senatorial Committee, Planned Parenthood
Saying he was “very pro-choice”.
Saying he supported universal health care paid by the government
Saying that deficits don’t matter, just print more money
And you certainly would never hear Reagan say this about Hillary Clinton, if he had met her.
“Hillary Clinton said she’d consider naming Barack Obama as her vice president when she gets the nomination, but she’s nowhere near a shoo-in,” Trump said in 2008. “For his part, Obama said he’s just focused on winning the nomination although at least one member on his team said Clinton would make a good vice president. Well, I know her and she’d make a good president or good vice president.”
The 5 points made above are part of Trump’s political history, but do not mirror his current day donations, policies or actions. As for his thinking on deficits, Reagan shared a similar view. When Reagan first entered office the deficit was 2 1/2% of the national economy. When he left office it doubled to 5% of the national economy. His Chief of Staff, James Baker sent him the following memo during his 1984 campaign against Mondale:
“Taxes are a big picture issue. If we want to win — and win big — the exigencies of the election force us to solemnly swear that Mondale is the tax increase candidate and Ronald Reagan is the no-tax-increase candidate.” Then he ended the note by saying after the election, Reagan could do whatever he wanted to do about abstractions like the deficit.”
Furthermore, if Reagan were alive now some of his comments and ideas would not be considered as “conservatively” memorialized as they seem to be by those here today. Different times produce different verbiage and economic strategies.
‘janzam’s silly and gratuitous attacks on Reagan that she thinks somehow will elevate Trump to Reagan’s stature or make him into a conservative are ludicrous, false, and despicable.
What is hilarious is that janzam now thinks deficits don’t matter, just like the Dems do, because Trump said it.
A real “conservative”.
Still waiting for the spin:
We are still waiting for Jan to explain why Trump thought fellow Democrat Clinton was a better President than Reagan.
Furthermore, if Reagan were alive now some of his comments and ideas would not be considered as “conservatively” memorialized as they seem to be by those here today”
This is correct. I doubt he would identify with the deadenders and Cultists.
We know why you hate Reagan, you don’t have to try to explain it.
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I wish the Trump Administration the wisdom to do what is best for this country, and the strength to keep a steady hand on governance, through surely what will be a lot of ups, downs, and resistance from the left and his detractors.
113 responses to “What are your What Ifs for discussion?”
DW had a great topic yesterday. Please post a What If? you would like to discuss. For example, What if Walt did not work 22 hours per day?
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Don’t exaggerate. Walt only does chores 16 hours a day. The other 8 he helps friends and neighbors.
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Finally Chuckie comes clean.
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If you run and you lose to Trump, and we lose the Senate, and we don’t get back the House, that 50 years of amazing, beautiful work goes out the window,”
I guess that happened….sad.
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Bitter, how’s the insulin pump working out today?
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What if?
What if Trump had no picked Sessions for AG and/or Sessions had not recused himself and if Trump had fired Comey on day 1 as it was his prerogative.
There would have been no Mueller investigation and the Russia Hoax would have been limited to the Dems and the MSM whining about it.
Trump would not have been saddled with years of uncertainty about the probe and having to be on the defensive.
He probably would have won re-election despite Covid, hard to see how the Mueller investigation and the Russia hoax didn’t cost him 20k votes in WI, 12k in GA and 10k in AZ. Or 80k in PA and 30k in NV for that matter.
Trump would have had a much more successful economy than BIden, and probably less international conflict.
As such, since the Dems had no bench to run in 2024, Ron DeSantis would now be President.
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I guess Schumer admits he is a liar since he actually also said this:
SCHUMER A FEW MONTHS AGO: “Biden’s “mental acuity is great. It’s fine.. All this right-wing propaganda that his mental acuity has declined is wrong
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Interesting.
Peter Doocy says after Biden called him a “stupid SOB” on an open mike, Biden actually called him and apologized and invited him to lunch “once Covid was over”.
The lunch never happened.
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Still alive. Blood sugar was constant throughout the night.
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I was going to propose Whaf if Lincoln had not been assassinated but I don’t think much would have changed. The South would still have hated Lincoln and troops still had to be stationed there. The South got off remarkably easy following the war and Lincoln would not have made it harder on them. The racist scum would still have imposed their Black Codes and it would likely still have been a century more until blacks began to have civil rights throughout the country.
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Another What if …. What if HHR had gone dark when Wissing shut it down?
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I would have killed myself.
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“Whaf if Lincoln had not been assassinated”
His grave, and other monuments would have been much smaller. One historian remarked that if Lincoln’s goal was establishing his legacy, the timing of the shooting couldn’t have been better, as if Lincoln himself hired the assassin.
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Time magazine has suggestions for people who can’t deal with Trump’s inauguration.
One suggestion is “forest bathing”.
I definitely support this idea for liberals in my area, considering a high of 20 degrees and low of 5 forecast and a big snowstorm coming.
“Bhaumik just spent a week in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, where she enjoyed counting the trees and observing their long, bare branches. She knows they’ll look different a few months from now, when green buds reappear, and again when their leaves turn yellow, red, and then brown.
On Inauguration Day, do your own forest bathing, Bhaumik suggests: Spend time in nature using your senses to connect with the environment. Even better, silence your phone while you’re doing it. “You’ll feel humbled,” she says. “This mountain is going to be there forever and ever, and you’re one human being standing here. Everything comes and goes, but nature is still there.” It’s an important reminder that trying times will eventually pass, she adds.”
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One of my favorite What ifs is, What if Reagan had picked Jack Kemp or some other conservative for veep in 1980 instead of GHW Bush?
No Bush 41 or Bush 43.
Bush 41 led to the rise of the Clintons.
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GHWB wasn’t a conservative?
Who knew?
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Tina lives in an alternate world where Reagan and GHWB weren’t conservatives but Trump is a conservative.
There is no shrink in the world that can cure that kind of delusion.
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GHWB in the 1980 GOP primary called Reagan’s economic plan voodoo economics. He was the GOP moderate candidate that year, and Reagan was pressured to take him on to balance the ticket in order to have a chance at defeating Carter.
Turns out Reagan could have defeated Carter with most anyone on the ticket.
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41 sold out Reagan with kinder and gentler nation bs and a 1000 points of liberalism. He led to Clinton
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Something troubles me about the news coverage of Jimmy Carter after he died.
Almost ALL of the news reporters (few of whom were even alive when Carter was president) say he was married to “ROSE-a-lyn Carter.”
My memory is that Jimmy himself called his wife “RAHZ-a-lyn” and all the news reports and TV people back in the day called her “RAHZ-a-lyn.”
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What if Walt had not changed his vacation plans and had gone to Pompeii and been there when Vesuvius erupted?
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@amuse
DEBT: On her final day in office, Secretary Yellen dropped a bombshell: the U.S. government would run out of money on President Trump’s first full day in office. Since 2020, the federal debt has ballooned by an astonishing $13 trillion. The so-called resolution of the debt crisis with the last debt ceiling increase was nothing more than a temporary reprieve, a can-kick down an ever-shortening road. This fiscal recklessness is unsustainable, a ticking time bomb that Washington continues to ignore.
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Can this great week ever end?
DACA: 5th Circuit Court ruled Joe Biden’s ‘Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals’ rule is unlawful as well as the 2012 Obama administration memo that originally created the DACA policy
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CSpan-2 is replaying Inauguration speeches of Presidents.
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Tik Tok disbandment halted for 90 days
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DW, GHWB and Ford were in the Establishment wing of the GOP., and that wing hated Reagan. Reagan was the outsider who thankfully kicked them to the curb. The Republican candidates drifted from Reagan and the party paid the price.
Bitter and Jason were just kids at the time, so Reagan did much to form them politically. Had Bitter been 40 in 1976 or 1980 he would have been an HW guy. Reagan changed how a generation saw the world.
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I still have Reagan as the best President. One can argue about his 2nd term and the amnesty bill. The economy was quite strong aand we were respected in the world. He was no war monger or endless war deadender, like the gop-e today, or mute 43.
I do rate mute 43 and 41 as near bottom presidents in the last 50 years.
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For example…..”at the second annual Conservative Political Action Conference in February. Speaking there, Reagan dismissed calls to seek the presidency on a third-party ticket: “Is it a third party that we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which could make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all the issues troubling the people?”
Great quote, but also one of a change agent. Many wanted the party to change and wanted a 3rd party, to which Reagan said “no, how about we change this party?”. He did, but the Establishment was pissed. Note also how he focused on being clear about where they stand on issues troubling the people. Sounds like a populist, and I ate it up.
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DW, GHWB and Ford were in the Establishment wing of the GOP., and that wing hated Reagan”
Zzzzz…..says the Reagan hater. .
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Reagan was the outsider who thankfully kicked them to the curb.”
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So much kicked them to the curb that lthe Bushes served 3 terms after him.
Give Chicon a boost for the Clown race.
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The Republican candidates drifted from Reagan”
You mean Trump the Anti-Reagan?
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What if Walt had not changed his vacation plans and had gone to Pompeii and been there when Vesuvius erupted?”
Walt has dodged some bullets. Rumor has he had a third class ticket on the Titanic but got lost on the way to the port.
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I will be happy to compare GHWB’s conservative credentials against Trump’s any day of the week.
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Wokism is going to die a fast death in the military, God willing.
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Btw, I don’t approve of lower ranking members of the military attacking their leadership or the Commander in Chief.
But it seems Lohmeier was making general comments about leftism in the military rather than attacking his superior officers directly, which I agree is cause for dismissal.
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Indeed Reagan was considered an “outsider” by both sides of the establishment wings of the R and D parties. His appeal was directed at the working/middle classes driven more by a populism energy than staying within the status quo framework. He also did not spend pointless amounts of time lip-syncing how “conservative” he was. Instead, his time in office was spent embracing and enacting conservative policies, much like a trump has done. In fact Reagan would scoff at the minutiae thrown at Trump in efforts to diminish his conservative credentials.
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He also did not spend pointless amounts of time lip-syncing how “conservative” he was”
Wrong and wrong.
It wasn’t pointless and Reagan did not shy away from conservatism, in fact he wore it on his sleeve.
Long before he was President, Reagan was an influential conservative voice and writer.
Reagan believed in conservatism as a set of principles, not as a label to rent out as convenient and to trash when inconvenient.
Trump’s “conservatism”, if you can call it that, is not because he believes in conservative principles, but as a vehicle to power. Very opposite from Reagan, who was a conservative whether it was popular or not, or whether he could achieve power through it or not.
Don’t get me wrong, I will take what I can get. Trump might not be a conservative, but he locked in a conservative SCOTUS majority for a generation, in my view his greatest legacy (so far).
But Trump is no Ronald Reagan. And actually, to be a successful President given the current ideology of the R party, he doesn’t have to be.
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Jason said…Wokism is going to die a fast death in the military, God willing.
Amen. The military (other than the Four Star level) should be equipped to do so; it is generally based on meritocracy.
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minutiae thrown at Trump”
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Looks like the Reagan Is Allah nerve was touched again. Cultish….
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There were hundreds of DOJ employees lining the halls and wishing Garland well as he walked out of the Justice Dept for the last time. This crew of hard core Garland acolytes, who carried out his biased lawfare policies, is what awaits Trump this coming Monday. IMO, they should all be fired.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/01/18/a-revealing-main-justice-parade-provides-us-with-a-visual-scale-of-the-problem-president-trump-faces/
”Many people are discussing the video of Main Justice celebrating and honoring Attorney General Merrick Garland as he departs the justice building for the last time. However, it is well worth watching this to gain perspective on the scale of the problem that President Trump will face.
Almost all of these entrenched bureaucrats, lawfare operatives, foot soldiers for the Obama/Biden regime who will now become system operators for the full resistance agenda, will still be in place when President Trump takes office on Monday. WATCH and see the scale of the problem that begins being confronted in 72 hours.”
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Frankly, I would rather be a Reagan cultist than a Trump cultist, if you put a gun to my head.
Reagan was no God, but if you ask me who best represented conservative thought and vision in my lifetime, I would say Reagan.
Sue me.
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IMO, they should all be fired.”
I see. So anyone who is not a Trump supporter in the DOJ should be fired, and only Trump supporters should be hired.
If you actually believe that, then you are no better than the lawfare Dems.
You are exactly the same corrupt partisan hack, just on the other side of the spectrum.
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Three things The Pure Conservatives hate…
1. Running against a sitting Republican office holder.
2. Impose tariffs.
3. Raise taxes
Reagan did them all; yet he is a deity who cannot be assailed, like Allah to Islamic true believers. He was human.
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So the deadenders don’t want to de-politicize the government agencies, they just want to politicize them with Cultists.
Got it.
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And? Trump led to Biden.
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Reagan also pulled out of Beirut. It was the correct decision. But the free passers would not be happy with that decision today.
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The tariff part by Reagan is ignored by the free passers. It was in multiple industries which were quite large then vs now (electronics and autos). It also included quotas and other barriers.
All actions ignored by the free passers.
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So stupid but that is what Chi does. In a Reagan v. Trump election, Chi would probably choose Trump.
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I see. So anyone who is not a Trump supporter in the DOJ should be fired, and only Trump supporters should be hired.
When democrats defeat Republicans one of their first acts is to replace the old government employees with their own. They do a wholesale firing of attorneys and others who have influential positions. It’s pragmatic if you want a smooth transition rather than one of constant leaks and obstruction, like what happened in Trump’s first term.
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Demented and bush are close to each other with the lowest popularity leaving office.
Horrible economy (bush the worse of the 2, war, and inflation (Biden only).
Biden would be more corrupt of the 2.
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2. Impose tariffs.
3. Raise taxes”
Zzzzz…. what a crock of BS.
My problem is not running against R office holders. It is nominating deadenders in their place that are sure to lose. SEND A MESSAGE.
It is intellectual dishonesty to compare Trump to Reagan on tariffs. Reagan never said tariff is the most beautiful word in the English language. He never envisioned a trade policy based on tariffs and stupid trade wars with virtually all our trading partners. He was not an isolationist or a protectionist. He imposed limited and temporary tariffs on Japan, nothing of the size and scope of Trump’s blanket tariffs. Reagan didn’t spend 50 years preaching for the AFL-CIO agenda. And for the record, I think Reagan’s tariffs were wrong too.
Taxes. Reagan cut taxes a lot more than he raised them. The cuts were huge. The Kemp-Roth bill provided a 25% across the board cut in personal marginal tax rates. Much larger than Trump’s.
“Ronald Reagan made tax cuts the centerpiece of his 1980 campaign for the presidency. And after winning the election, he made good on his promise.
The Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA), enacted on August 13, 1981, was the biggest tax cut in American history. It was also remarkably durable, reshaping the federal tax system — and American politics — for decades to come.
First some numbers: Reagan’s tax cut slashed revenues by 2.9% of GDP, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. That makes it the biggest tax cut since the introduction of the modern income tax in 1913, surpassing even the mammoth cuts passed after World War II (2.7% of GDP in 1945 and 1.9% in 1948).
Needless to say, ERTA also eclipses the 2017 tax cut; despite former President Trump’s repeated claim that his cut was the biggest, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act clocked in at just 0.6% of GDP.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxnotes/2021/09/03/reagans-tax-cut-just-turned-40—and-its-still-the-most-important-tax-reform-since-world-war-ii/
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“Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany highlighted remarkable similarities between President Donald Trump and President Ronald Reagan, drawing attention to pivotal moments in their presidencies that echo one another.
Speaking on a recent panel discussion, McEnany referenced historical parallels, ranging from hostage releases to assassination attempts, while emphasizing Trump’s “Reagan-esque” leadership style.
McEnany began her commentary by noting that indoor inaugurations are exceedingly rare in American history, occurring only twice before: in 1909 with President William Howard Taft and in 1985 with President Ronald Reagan.
“What’s interesting to me is the Ronald Reagan comparison, because not only is the inauguration in doors, you have the hostage release, really, right before Trump comes in. You had the assassination attempt, Ronald Reagan as well. Trump is a Reagan-esque president in more ways than one,” she said.”
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Pretty standard faire. Political appointees (political ses) are gone from admin to admin. Acting administrators may be chosen by the administration, or an employee acting.
There will be a lot of firings Monday afternoon, or Tuesday am.
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I know a lot of free passers like to compare Reagan and trump for some reason.
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At least we get our hostages back. Notice the msm and the free passers never mentioned them.
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Reagan also pulled out of Beirut. It was the correct decision. But the free passers would not be happy with that decision today”
LOL.
Reagan was the one who WENT IN to Beirut.
The Cult free passers would not be happy with that decision today.
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Zzzzz….
We know the Cultist like to compare Trump to Reagan.
“They both had inaugurations indoors”
Wow, heck of a comparison there, Cultists.
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Yes, he went in and did not stay in like mute 43 with Afghanistan and Iraq.
dumb arse
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“You had the assassination attempt”
Wow, Cultists, that REALLY makes Trump the same as Reagan!
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You really have to be stupid to compare the little Beirut peace keeping mission with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Speaking of dumb arse…
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Will the national archives be looking at what is being taken out of the whitehouse. I see boxes.
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1880690178177777910?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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The Cultists are really hitting on all cylinders.
Trump = Reagan
Why?
They both held inaugurations indoors and they both got shot.
I tell you, great intellectual comparison there.
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Pussy hat brigade is back. It’s 2017 again.
https://x.com/amuse/status/1880682317292941384?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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There will be a lot of firings Monday afternoon, or Tuesday am.”
Most career employees won’t be fired, mostly because they can’t be, at least not with a significant change in regulations which would take months.
In 2020, Trump got a regulation passed that whose position has been determined to be of a “confidential, policy-determining, policy-making or policy-advocating character,” could be fired, but Biden rescinded it immediately. Trump will have to re-enact it, and even then it will be challenged in court.
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Why not just say Reagan was Reagan and Trump is Trump?
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What if new presidents were not sworn in until March, like they used to do until 1937. How much more damage could Biden do in another 6 weeks?
Today, apparently, he unilaterally declared the equal rights amendment for women to now be ratified and part of the constitution. Despite his own justice department saying that is not true.
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The irs commissioner has quit. Had 3 years left.
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Similarities between Reagan & Trump:
Beloved by their supporters – “cultists?”
Survived assassination attempt
Both were former democrats
Neither were career politicians
Neither were embraced by the establishment. Reagan was called a cowboy. Trump was called a clown, a joke.
Both used “make America great again” slogan
Both inherited inflation, high interest rates, and public malaise
Both had hostage issues before their election
Both had tax cuts and cut regulations
Both had to rebuild the military along with it’s morale
Both held the philosophy of “peace through strength”
Both opposed neocon warmongering
Neither started wars
Media coverage of both extremely negative. Reagan 13-1 negative and Trump 93% negative
Both used Lee Greenwood’s song “God Bless the U.S.A.
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Zzzzzzzzz Trump also said Bill Clinton was the best President in his lifetime. Clinton. Not Reagan. Spin that, Jan.
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Should we also compare Trump to Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy? They were assassinated.
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The list I created, Bitter, was nothing more than data points of similarities between the two men. If you want to compare other presidents then have at it. If you want to list dissimilarities then do that too.
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Some ideas to Newson proof California.
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Spin that Trump said Clinton was better than Reagan.
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Trump also said Bill Clinton was the best President in his lifetime. Clinton. Not Reagan. Spin that, Jan.”
Waiting….
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Why not just say Reagan was Reagan and Trump is Trump?”
That is not acceptable to the Cultists. They hate Reagan and everything he stood for but at the same time they are jealous of his status.
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16 points were listed demonstrating policy or biography similarities, and all you’ve got is “Spin that Trump said Clinton was better than Reagan!” You’re pathetic!
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16 points were listed demonstrating policy or biography similarities”
Zzzzzz…
“Neither were career politicians”
Reagan was a two term Governor of California and a former presidential candidate. He was certainly a politician.
“Both opposed neocon warmongering”
BS. Reagan was no isolationist. And he sent troops to Lebanon and Grenada.
We are still waiting for Jan to explain why Trump thought fellow Democrat Clinton was a better President than Reagan.
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Jan’s pathetic attempt to compare Trump to Reagan was an epic failure.
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Can’t answer?
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Her answer was to attack the messenger.
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“In a move celebrating President-elect Donald Trump’s second presidency, one that blends business with the digital age, he has minted a staggering $31 billion by launching his official $TRUMP crypto meme coin. Capitalizing on cryptocurrency’s explosive growth and meme coins’ popularity, Trump’s latest venture has already attracted a massive following, making nearly $30 billion in just 24 hours. The $TRUMP coin not only marks Trump’s entry into the world of blockchain and crypto assets but also leverages his brand’s influence, tapping into both his loyal fanbase and the growing interest in alternative digital investments.
A report from Axios pointed out that, while Trump hosted a “Crypto Ball” with his incoming artificial intelligence (AI) David Sacks for the industry in Washington, DC, on Friday, the president-elect launched “the only official Trump meme.” The meme coin’s website, gettrumpmemes.com, states that 200 million $TRUMP coins are available as of Saturday, with plans to have one billion over the next three years. By 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, CoinGecko price data revealed that $TRUMP surged over 600 percent overnight, reaching just above $32.”
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Things Ronald Reagan never said or did.
And you certainly would never hear Reagan say this about Hillary Clinton, if he had met her.
“Hillary Clinton said she’d consider naming Barack Obama as her vice president when she gets the nomination, but she’s nowhere near a shoo-in,” Trump said in 2008. “For his part, Obama said he’s just focused on winning the nomination although at least one member on his team said Clinton would make a good vice president. Well, I know her and she’d make a good president or good vice president.”
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The 5 points made above are part of Trump’s political history, but do not mirror his current day donations, policies or actions. As for his thinking on deficits, Reagan shared a similar view. When Reagan first entered office the deficit was 2 1/2% of the national economy. When he left office it doubled to 5% of the national economy. His Chief of Staff, James Baker sent him the following memo during his 1984 campaign against Mondale:
“Taxes are a big picture issue. If we want to win — and win big — the exigencies of the election force us to solemnly swear that Mondale is the tax increase candidate and Ronald Reagan is the no-tax-increase candidate.” Then he ended the note by saying after the election, Reagan could do whatever he wanted to do about abstractions like the deficit.”
Furthermore, if Reagan were alive now some of his comments and ideas would not be considered as “conservatively” memorialized as they seem to be by those here today. Different times produce different verbiage and economic strategies.
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I wish I had bought some $TRUMP coins.
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Zzzzz…
‘janzam’s silly and gratuitous attacks on Reagan that she thinks somehow will elevate Trump to Reagan’s stature or make him into a conservative are ludicrous, false, and despicable.
What is hilarious is that janzam now thinks deficits don’t matter, just like the Dems do, because Trump said it.
A real “conservative”.
Still waiting for the spin:
We are still waiting for Jan to explain why Trump thought fellow Democrat Clinton was a better President than Reagan.
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The 5 points made above are part of Trump’s political history,”
LOL
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The cultists are pathetic.
They could be celebrating Trump’s success and the prospect of a successful Presidency.
Instead they are more interested in silly comparisons with Reagan.
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“I’m not going. I’m not going to that rat-infested place out in San Francisco…San Francisco is not a beautiful city.” – Charles Barkley
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I wonder how he feels about Bad Philadelphia…..
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Good article on the PA results…
https://www.realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/2025/01/16/pennsylvanias_gop_sweep_was_no_fluke_1085303.html
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en Reagan first entered office the deficit was 2 1/2% of the national economy. When he left office it doubled to 5% of the national economy.
The huge military buildup, especially the Navy, that convinced the Soviets that they could not win the Cold War was not free.
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Furthermore, if Reagan were alive now some of his comments and ideas would not be considered as “conservatively” memorialized as they seem to be by those here today”
This is correct. I doubt he would identify with the deadenders and Cultists.
We know why you hate Reagan, you don’t have to try to explain it.
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I suggest waiting for Trump to complete his term and then compare his accomplishments with Reagan. It is only fair since Reagan had 8 years.
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Only weapons given to the grifter are free.
-free passer
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Weapons given to UKRAINE to fight Tina’s hero Putin should be free.
Next question?
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I wonder why Putina doesn’t call Churchill and Franklin grifters. They required foreign military aid to keep their nations alive.
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Stop speaking for me Jason. If you hate Reagan say it. But, don’t be so dishonest & write words that don’t apply to me.
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Jan – Why do you compare Trump to Reagan when Trump believed Clinton was the better President?
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Stop speaking for me Jason.”
I can read people like you like a book.
GFY.
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janzam trashes Reagan incessantly and lies about his policies and persona but then pretends to be offended when called a Reagan hater.
No free lunch, sorry.
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That was a great Scott Jennings clip, Tina!
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I wish the Trump Administration the wisdom to do what is best for this country, and the strength to keep a steady hand on governance, through surely what will be a lot of ups, downs, and resistance from the left and his detractors.
Lucianne
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Zzzzzzzzzzz
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So Jesus is now part of the Trump Administration? Zzzzzzzz
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I hope so. It certainly can’t hurt.
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Since you saw that picture Bitter, but it didn’t show up here, it must have not made it thru the censor filter.
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If I believed that Jesus cared about being involved in politics but let my niece die, I would never go to Church again.
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NT
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