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 
62 responses to “It’s my birthday. Get off my lawn.”
Perhaps the “no forever wars” faction can explain why the U.S. should send troops to take over Gaza.
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Happy birthday!
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Thank you.
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I’m sure there’s a rational reason for Vindman to be at the USAID building.
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How about that he’s a Deep State henchman? Now we’re getting warm….
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Happy Birthday. Enjoy your day.
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https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1887122827477721593?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Thank you.
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And the streak continues.
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Happy Birthday!
I will be starting a new thread later this afternoon
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Happy Birthday BL…have a great day.
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Bitter,
Wishing you a wonderful day. Have a great birthday, my friend!
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IMO…Trumps Gaza takeover idea is a negotiation tactic for the most part. I don’t see our military involvement happening. We already have a military presence in Qatar and UAE.
It’s an out of box idea…But he is right… Qatar, UAE and the Saudi Arabia have the money to make it happen. As wells as pay to build cities for the Palestinians refugees in Egypt and Jordan.
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It is an honor to receive birthday wishes from the original man on Earth.
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Walt probably stopped counting birthdays about the time he was chief of staff in the Alexander the Great administration.
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I am not quite to the point of calling for the death penalty for identity thieves, but how about life in prison, working hard labor to earn funds that go to their victims.
Headline: California Wildfire Victims Have Their Identities Stolen, Thieves Apply for FEMA Assistance in Their Name
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I had an SBA loan for 2 million taken out in my name that I caught through a notification on the Experian app on my phone when they did the credit check.
Luckily I got a live person when I called the SBA office in TX the same day. It was a scary experience. It’s all including SS# on the dark web for most of us already.
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Happy Bday and GFY.
No free lunch.
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Could be interesting.
Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that a federal court ordered the Department of Justice to provide information on communications between Special Counsel Jack Smith and District Attorney Fani Willis regarding the prosecution of then-former President Donald Trump. The Justice Department had continued to object to providing any information even after its prosecutions against Trump were shut down.
Judge Dabney L. Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that because the cases against Trump were closed, the Justice Department’s arguments against disclosure were no longer applicable”
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My office bought me cupcakes. Obviously trying to take me out as a diabetic.
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Walt asked AI how old he was and I hear the load was too much and the system crashed.
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had an SBA loan for 2 million taken out in my name that I caught through a notification on the Experian app on my phone when they did the credit check”
Damm, I wish I could pass a credit check for a $2 million loan….
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Scary
Brown University Medical School now gives “diversity, equity, and inclusion” more weight than “excellent clinical skills” in its promotion criteria for faculty.” The criteria say DEI is a “major criterion.” Clinical skills, by contrast, are only a “minor criterion”
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The government loans money away for people who can’t really afford it.
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Trump talking about Greenland and Panama Canal looks like an overall strategy to prepare for any potential hot war with China or Russia. It’s pretty genius…in-fact the head of NATO agreed with Trump.
Even securing the border and removing Fentanyl is related to our soft war with China killing off our youth.
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Very scary jason, so you are being operated on, and the surgeon who graduated from Brown University is supposed to take out your appendix, but takes out a kidney instead.
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The Woke Commie Dems are impotent.
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The GOP will have some serious money in 2026 midterms. Billionaires like Nicole Shanahan has taken any RFK no vote by a DEM personally. She will spend her free time and money working to defeat Warnock in GA. Glorious.
I am fine with this GOP just leave abortion to the states and out of federal spending.
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It’s comforting to know the pilot of your plane and the neurosurgeon operating on your brain are DEI hires.
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Looks like JeffP has gone from terminal TDS to flaming MAGA.
Maybe there is hope for Bill Kristol.
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All are welcome on the MAGA Train!!
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Happy B’day 🎉 Bitter. It seems, though, like last year you said your birthday was in a different month.
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Bitter is a born again Catholic.
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Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) announced his intention to file articles of impeachment against President Trump”
According to him, it is for “dastardly deeds”.
So much for high crimes and misdemeanors.
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like last year you said your birthday was in a different month.”
Is HHR ready for BdayGate?
Stay tuned.
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I hope the Bitter Bday Scandal doesn’t overshadow the Politico being funded by USAID scandal.
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Dastardly Deeds? How about Biden weaponizing government agencies to persecute political enemies?
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Rahm Emanuel: “You don’t fight every fight. You don’t swing at every pitch. And my view is — while I care about the USAID as a former ambassador — that’s not the hill I’m going to die on,” he said.
Speak for yourself, let them die.
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Maybe in the old Russian Calendar. I have always celebrated today. Thank you.
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Dastardly deeds? At least it is not “Nastiness and disagreeable countenance.”
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There is no excuse for Bitter being confused about his bday. I give Walt a pass because he has had bdays under 2845 different calendars.
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Feb 4 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Talked to a friend who has connections within the Democratic Party and he said the level of panic over Trump and Elon shutting down USAID is unlike anything he’s ever seen.
By following the money DOGE has struck a killing blow to the heart of the Democrat deep state machine.
Direct quote: “This is worse than 9/11 for Democrats. USAID is the primary vessel they use to achieve their political agenda. USAID is and always has been the primary source of funding for their influence peddling schemes and for their indirect sources of income”
Another text “Based on the reactions from within the party it seems to me that dismantling USAID is Trump’s biggest political victory to date, it was his enemy’s golden goose”
Same source who told me during the campaign (well before it was made public) that Kamala’s internal polling had her behind Trump so his information is good.
Another important addition. He said initial plans by the Democrats is to have their people at USAID hide the partisan funding under “unimpeachable initiatives”. “They will push back really hard on certain line items that on their face look like reasonable USAID expenditures and hide their political spending under these programs”
@elonmusk Looks like the whole thing needs to be thrown out to avoid this from happening.
More: “Another likely solution for Democrats which they already use to reward VIPs is to use NGOs as an intermediary to direct funds where they want them to go”
So basically USAID allocates funds for a certain initiative that looks reasonable. Democrat friendly NGO is contracted to carry out initiative. NGO #1 subcontracts “VIP” which is another NGO owned/operated by a political ally or Democrat politician. Eventually the funds reach the secret intended target and the original problem is not solved. This means they can continue to rinse and repeat this grift.
“If Trump/Elon want this to stick they need to completely shut down USAID or fire the entire staff, the party has instructed their allies to not make waves and blend in. USAID is 99% Democrats they will not be able to save it without risking internal sabotage.”
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Fox confirms. McConnell falls down Senate stairs after voting to confirm Scott Turner as HUD Secretary.”
I guess God wanted him to vote no.
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So how does it work in Kentucky, should McConnell die or retire and leave the seat empty? The Drat governor appoints a commie for the next two years until the 2026 when there is a special election?
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No. He has to pick from 3 names Republicans submit.
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The R legislature made sure a Dem governor could not pick a Dem.
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Hopefully McConnell is not going anywhere and will complete the term he was elected for.
He is a valuable and experienced member of the R caucus and it would irritate the Cultists.
Win-win.
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Sorry, but I’m okay with Mitch staying. Not sure his vote will matter much anyway.
Hopefully he’s okay.
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My least favorite senator by far is Rand Paul.
Sometimes he can say something that makes sense.
Both can be true.
Rand Paul Slams Trump’s Gaza Plan After Opposing Tariffs: ‘I Thought We Voted America First’
“Tariffs as an economic policy are a disaster for the consumer. I mean, higher prices, even if the tariffs are only on China, the average price that the consumer will pay is about $1,000 more,” he told Fox News.”
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Sorry, but I’m okay with Mitch staying.”
Damm, Ma, that Cultist bait is awesome.
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jason:
and it would irritate the Cultists”
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“Sorry, but I’m okay with Mitch staying.”
I love the smell of Cultists self owning after lunch.
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Politico revealed to have taken millions of dollars from USAID.
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Many media outlets are going to experience a mysterious drop in revenue
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Lefty MSM outlets being secretly funded by lefty government agencies and then unethically reporting on and supporting said agencies.
“Democracy Dies in Darkness” (TM) indeed!
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Will Tina be throwing a party to welcome traitorous RINOs Ron Johnson and Rand Paul for opposing tariffs?
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Javier Milei of Argentina is getting out of the WHO, following Trump’s lead. Argentina’s membership fee is much smaller than the US’s billion dollar one, which is putting the WHO supposedly in a “cash crunch,” having a $6.9 billion budget.
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Mazel Tov and many happy returns BL!
RE: KY Senate – Beshear has said in the past that he believes that the legislative action to control US Senate appointments is unconstitutional. He has not specificed, so far as I know, which Constitution makes that so i.e. Federal or State. A cursory review of Section 4 of Article I of the US Constitution as well as the 17th Amendment makes it clear that the State legislature still has overall authority with regards to the state’s US Senators, even if they don’t get to “chuse” them anymore. Section 4 provides for the legislature to set the election of US Senators (though Congress may pass laws to alter such regulations), while the 17th Amendment, while altering the method of selection to popular elections (a mistake, in my view), says the following;
“When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.”
That’s a pretty clear instruction that governors can issue writs of election, but the legislature is still in overall control as to whether a governor can make such appointments. Note that in Massachussetts, the legislature amended the governor’s power for this specific action when it was assumed that John Kerry would be vacating his seat for the Presidency, but Mitt Romney could have appointed a Republican to replace Kerry; they instead provided for a short term appointment and a prompt special election so that a Republican might theoretically hold the seat only for a few months at best.
Section 76 of the KY Constitution also weighs in broadly;
“He shall have the power, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, to fill
vacancies by granting commissions, which shall expire when such vacancies shall have
been filled according to the provisions of this Constitution.”
To me, if the legislature has already amended the state constitution, then there is a privision, no? The question is whether it was an amendment or a separate law. Ultimately, though, Section 5 of Article I of the US Constitution would decide the matter;
“Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members…”
If the Senate refuses to seat a Beshear appointment, that is that. Nothing the Dems can do until the state resolves the issue, or the US Congress acts IAW the Article I and 17th Amendment provisions.
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Breaking | Pam Bondi orders DOJ to end all funding for sanctuary cities.
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rfk was confirmed.
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new thread
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