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 
51 responses to “Waiting for Sunday.”
First.
I took first because it’s almost 3 am and I am wide awake. wtf.
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Do you ever sleep? I hate getting up for work but then can’t sleep later during the weekend.
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it sucks. I think I drank a caffeinated beverage too late last night.
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I drink so much soda during the day that caffeine does affect me. I can drink a soda and fall asleep.
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Da Bears
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/chicago-bears-virginia-mccaskey-death/
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This is not a response to Jan’s post – it is an outright lie about her position. Jan obviously does not want 100% destruction of Ukraine. That is made up bs.”
LOL
1000 posts say differently.
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By supporting Russia’s annexation of Ukraine you support the 100% destruction of Ukraine, it would cease to exist as a country.
And of course, by supporting Putin and his war crimes and the destruction the he has wrought on Ukrainian cities and its population, it is hard to argue she is against the “destruction of Ukraine”.
This is a good example of why we should not have free lunch policy here.
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Whoops! CNN talks about “Obama Bin Laden” spelled exactly like that on their screen
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Hilarious.
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Headline: Doctor Says Democrats Suffering “Real Crisis” After Trump’s Win: Depression, Insomnia, Grief, Genuine Fear, Panic
They have a simple solution. They could move to Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, or North Korea and enjoy the society NOW that have been struggling to create here in the USA.
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“-Walt,
Could this be one of the reasons why Trump brought up DEI hiring practices the night speaking about the plane/helicopter crash?
I understand how you thought it was the wrong time to do so, but knowing this might make a person decide it needs to be shown the light of day NOW!”
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NYC,
I find that Trump, right out of the gate–first statement on the crash–bothered to throw politics into the airplane crash tragedy. That was inappropriate, IMO. Not the time and place.
I DO know that there have been harmful changes in hiring of federal workers that result in the best qualified persons not getting the jobs.
I DID read the article you posted about how hiring changes were instituted by FAA and how stupid it was, and it is a real eye opener.
The Obama administration, through agency “rules”, “policy changes” AND legislation, IMO sure has done more to damage the U.S. than any other administration in history.
And I am sure there are HUNDREDS of other examples that could point this out–similar to the article you posted in the previous post.
I know a number of current or past federal employees. They tell me stories of how at their job new people were hired. They were not qualified, did very little work, absent a lot, did substandard work that the friends of mine had to redo in addition to doing their own job. One of my friends quit her federal job due to the bringing on of the incompetent new people who fit the new ethno-demographic. One retired rather than stay in her mind level, high paying job.
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Every time there is a plane crash, I think of George.
George was the lead carpenter on a small work crew I was a carpenter on, one summer back in the mid 1970s. We were building a house on the furthest east mountain ridge — the one that forms the boundary between WV and VA. Loudoun county VA and Leesburg, and Dulles Airport are off to the east just beyond this mountain. The Appalachian Trail runs on top of this mountain ridge, after in passes through Harpers Ferry.
George was a good carpenter, great work skills, an affable, outgoing, upbeat guy. George was in about 30 years old (+/-), and was sorta hippy looking with his long hair. I found out later, from the guy who owned the construction company that George was a former air traffic controller at Dulles Airport. He lost a fully loaded jet passenger plane as it crashed into the very same mountain ridge not 15 miles away as it was on final approach to Dulles. Everyone died. He left his job as an air traffic controller.
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Another connection I make with Virginia and plane crashes is Audie Murphy. The most decorated veteran from WWII. He survived three landings, numerous battles, malaria, injuries from enemy fire, but survived the war, having been credited with killing 241 enemy soldiers.
But then in 1971 he died in an airplane crash in Virginia.
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The only crash that fits Walt’s description is one that occurred at Lookout Rock, WV in 1947, which killed all 50 aboard. Blame was placed on both the pilot and air traffic control.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Central_Airlines_Flight_410
Here is the official accident report of the crash https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33306/dot_33306_DS1.pdf
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sane,
Was not that one.
I think it was the one that crashed into the mt. at Mount Weather (underground federal facility that is is still in operation).
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CNN says curtailing USAID “invites terror attacks”
You can’t make this sh-t up.
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CNN is 24/7 about the people who are going to die.
I am sure all the MSM is the same.
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Hopefully, it is ok for US citizens to reject the use of their tax $ being used to build underground bunkers in Gaza for Hamas.
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/07/usaid-helped-fund-hamas-tunnel-system-n3799587
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Walt, Thanks, that does fit the timeline better. My first mistake was trusting the Wikipedia pages/categories of aviation accidents in Virginia and West Virginia, which did not list that TWA flight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_514
Amazingly, the wiki says that two 727’s crashed that same day. The second was a charter on the way to pick up the Baltimore Colts in Buffalo. Only three crew on board, who unfortunately perished.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_6231
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Sen. Kennedy (R-LA):
“I’ll tell you what Mr. Musk discovered. I find it fascinating.
He discovered that the American taxpayers are giving money to Afghanistan.
He found that we are giving money to Yemen.
He found that we are giving money to Syria. [….]
He found that the USAID has 10,000 people, 10,000 people/employees and every year they give away $40 billion. [….]
He found that the USAID gave money to support electric vehicles in Vietnam. Our money, taxpayer money.
He found that the USAID gave money to a transgender clinic in India. I didn’t know that. I bet you the American people didn’t know that.
He found that USAID gave $1.5 million to a Serbian LGBTQ group…they got $1.5 million to “advance diversity, equity, inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business community.” [….]
Well, he reviewed a study and then went and checked it. The study was done by the Middle East Forum. They found that USAID spent $164 million to support radical organizations around the world. We’re not talking about Cub Scout troops here. We’re talking about radical organizations around the world. They gave $122 million of that to groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations Our taxpayer money.
According to this report…the USAID has given millions of dollars to “organizations in Gaza controlled by Hamas.” Why, why aren’t my colleagues talking about that? Recipients of the money they found have, “called for their lands to be cleansed from the impurity of Jews.” That’s who we’re giving foreign aid to? [….]
He found that we gave $2 million, USAID did, for sex changes in Guatemala.
He found that we gave $20 million to produce a new Sesame Street show in Iraq.
He found that we gave $4.5 million of taxpayer money to combat misinformation in Kazakhstan.
He found that we gave $10 million, USAID did, of meals to an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group called the Nusra Front.
Mr. Musk found that we gave $7.9 million of taxpayer money to a project that would teach Sri Lankan journalists to avoid binary gendered language. The USAID took 8 million bucks and gave it to a bunch of journalists in Sri Lanka to teach them how to avoid binary gendered language…Do you think most taxpayers would support that?
USAID gave $1.5 million to promote LGBT advocacy in Jamaica.
They gave $1.5 million to rebuild the Cuban media ecosystem.
They gave $1.5 million for “art for inclusion of people with disabilities in Belarus.”
Another $3.9 million for LGBT causes in Macedonia.
$8.3 million for equity and inclusion education in Nepal.
I could go all night and many of my colleagues are upset.
They’re really mad at Mr. Musk. Hell, I think we ought to give him a medal.”
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Trump will need to appeal the stay on the job cuts at USAID.
Also, the judges ruling about the executive branch not being able to access its own system is asinine. Needs do be appealed quickly.
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“CBO estimates that $516 billion was appropriated for 2024 for activities with expired authorizations”
Some of the spending authority expired 40 years ago.
It is amazing what audits can do… Wait until they get to the Pentagon.
https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/02/08/the-us-treasury-spent-how-much-illegally-now-you-know-why-the-left-wants-to-stop-doge-n2185365
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DW, Senator Kennedy is a gem. He’s great at using humor to illustrate a point.
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That’s an amazing list supplied by Senator Kennedy – mind-boggling, in fact. Rest assured, though, there will be lots of accusations, railing against invasion of privacy allegations etc. thrown at the DOGE team to stop any more embarrassing revelations.
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Update on wind power towers…
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-shenandoah-pa-sentinel-1702173/3795143251623-what-s-happening-with-the-two-burned-wind-turbines-we-asked?fbclid=IwY2xjawIUsZFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWupHltDBmVPkli89-kAeyKzC-JudwFZmQRw7ZISgHlSIbcZf_SxkSxwUg_aem_-ZmbyYC3EIZQj9s7jIV-YA
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Musk’s team…just found another $70B grant for reproductive health and education in the Congo.”
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10,000
The number of Oregon state employees who make more money than Gov. Tina Kotek. The governor earns $98,600 a year, which is less than all the governors save those in Maine, Colorado and Arizona. Her relatively modest salary means that one in every five state employees in Oregon make more money than the governor. (The Oregonian)
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52 percentSupport for Vivek Ramaswamy as governor among Ohio Republican primary voters. A poll commissioned by his backers showed Ramaswamy — a businessman who ran for president and was briefly co-chair of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency — not only winning a majority of support but running 34 points ahead of state Attorney General Dave Yost. Yost made his candidacy official last week. Ramaswamy is expected to launch his campaign in February.
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46-24The vote in the Idaho House in favor of a resolution calling on the Supreme Court to overturn its 2015 decision in Obergefell, the case that created a federal right to same-sex marriages. The nonbinding resolution, known as a memorial in Idaho, calls on the court to “restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.” GOP state Rep. Heather Scott, who sponsored the measure, said the issue should be decided by states.
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210,000
The estimated number of undocumented Chinese migrants in the U.S. in 2022. Until last year, China had not accepted repatriation flights for several years. Last year, it allowed four such flights. Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, said Monday that China will receive any confirmed Chinese nationals from the mainland who lack documentation to be in the U.S. “The Chinese government firmly opposes any form of illegal migration,” she said.
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$1.8 billionThe size of an accounting error in South Carolina’s annual financial report in 2022. An outside forensic audit that looked into the state’s books reported this week that at least $1.6 billion of the wrongfully counted money was essentially made up and not real cash. One state senator is calling on Treasurer Curtis Loftis to resign.
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$84,781
The average salary for 301 new positions in Boston city government since Mayor Michelle Wu took office three years ago. Ninety-seven of the jobs pay more than $100,000. Wu defends the new positions as an investment in city priorities but at least one member of the City Council complains they contribute to bureaucratic bloat.
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$46 million
The amount of revenue that New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority estimates it lost in 2022 due to people forging, altering or obscuring their license plates to avoid toll readers and traffic cameras. Motorists have been sharing ideas on social media for avoiding the city’s new congestion fees for driving in the busiest part of Manhattan. City agencies have stepped up their fight to remove so-called ghost cars from the city, seizing more than 20,000 of them over the past three years.
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2,866
The number of Black public school teachers in Philadelphia in 2022. That represents a decline of 29 percent since 2000, when there were 4,059 Black teachers in the city. Teachers have been leaving the profession in droves since the pandemic, but between 2022 and 2023, the attrition rate for Black teachers throughout Pennsylvania was more than double that of white teachers.
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$10 billion
The projected size of Washington state’s budget shortfall over the next four years. Outgoing Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee has imposed freezes on hiring, travel and nonessential contracts. He will present a final budget plan next week. Democratic legislators are talking about imposing a wealth tax but incoming Democratic Gov. Bob Ferguson so far remains non-committal on new revenues.
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Walt said….the attrition rate for Black teachers throughout Pennsylvania was more than double that of white teachers.
Has the media told us yet how that is Trump’s fault?
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57 percent
The share of non-voters in November’s election who say they have no regrets about not voting. Among these, 35 percent said they didn’t think their votes would make a difference; 31 percent said they don’t like politics; 17 percent said they did not care about the income; and 15 percent said voting is inconvenient. A smaller share of non-voters, 42 percent, said they wished they had voted after all.
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Of course its very likely true that little of the Musk found wasted money actually went to the targets recorded in the paperwork. Most of it probably went to other causes, and the money was simply laundered.
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Now recall his fat arse to active duty,
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President Donald Trump is taking away the security clearances from the following individuals. – NY A.G. Letitia James – Manhattan D.A. Alvin Bragg – Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken Per the NYP, they also won’t be allowed to enter secure federal facilities.
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Another commie who was living off the public trough is unemployed. Good.
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8 Democrat lawfare agents: 1.Alvin Bragg 2. Letitia James 3. Anthony Blinken 4. Jake Sullivan 5. Lisa Monaco 6. Andrew Weissmann 7. Mark Zaid 8. Norm Eisen
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Those are the 8 with security clearances pulled
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Lovin’ the retribution!
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Tim O’Brien is a pretty well-know musician in WV. He is frequently on the weekly TV show “Mountain Stage”. Here is a song called “The Anchor” from his newest album.
It is about Uncle Walter Cronkite and his time as a TV anchor and how it used to be.
You should google it and listen.
Here are the words.
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The Anchor ©2022 Tim O’Brien / No Bad Ham Music / Admin by Bluewater Music / ASCAP
They call me Uncle Walter but I don’t think that’s quite right
I’m more like some old worn-out slipper you wear after work at night
I won’t deny they called me America’s most trusted man
When you’re the voice of a hard-working team you do the best job you can
It was hard to be the anchor
To ride the shifting tide
The keep the big ship from sinking
Lord knows each night I tried
I covered every last bit of news that twenty-five minutes could handle
From Apollo Eleven to the Watergate, every triumph, every scandal
It lifted our hearts to see a man on the moon and to hear the Beatles sing
But it hurt to see the killings of JFK and Martin Luther King
It was hard to be the anchor
To ride the shifting tide
The keep the big ship from sinking
Lord knows each night I tried
Three networks played the national news at the same time every night
Frank Reynolds, David Brinkley and I had to balance the left and right
Back in the day we had a fairness rule, came down from the FCC
You had to cover both sides of the story so everyone could see
Now my time has come and gone, I watch from the heavens high
There’s only a few that will tell it true, most don’t even try
There’s an audience for every kind of news, shaped every kind of way
Salesmen play on our hopes and fears, and make us poor people pay
It was hard to be the anchor
To ride the shifting tide
The keep the big ship from sinking
Lord knows each night I tried (repeat chorus)
And that’s the way it is, Thursday September 8th, 2022
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Lordy be, there sure are a lot of nitwits that apparently have federal security clearances.
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Why would fat Albert and Latasha even have security clearances?
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Good God Almighty….Alvin Bragg….Letitia James? What the hell is going on? In God’s Name what is Alvin Bragg and Letitia James doing on the National Security List?
And here I thought that maybe, just maybe, that Trump was overreacting to his dissident and retribution self. But this is beyond the pale. There needs to be a Congressional injury why is Bragg and James part of the National Security?
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Remember this: The people who are screaming about Pres. Trump’s and Musk’s audits of federal govt spending are the same people who wanted to hire 80,000 new IRS auditors to audit YOU.
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