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 
165 responses to “Discuss Trump’s Speech or Oak Island.”
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1897224421376713050?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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76% support trumps speech. That is a very high number. Could be his very best speech before Congress as well as a reflection as to how poorly the drats responded.
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Line of the night for me. As I’ve said, the only way to potentially eradicate the use of DOJ/FBI for politics is for the actual target to deliver this line from that place.
”And we have ended weaponized government, where, as an example, a sitting president is allowed to viciously prosecute his political opponent like me,” Trump said. “How did that work out? Not too good. Not too good.”
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Here’s another poll not as high but very good –
President Donald Trump‘s 99-minute victory lap in front of Congress on Tuesday night was a hit with the watching American public, according to an exclusive snap poll for DailyMail.com.
Trump may have included taunts and boasts but some 57 percent of respondents gave the speech a thumbs up.
Only 32 percent said they disapproved, according to an online survey of 774 viewers conducted by J.L. Partners.
And some 58 percent said they thought it struck a generally optimistic tone, after Trump announced that the ‘American Dream is surging bigger and better than ever before.’
‘This was a knockout speech for Trump,’ said pollster James Johnson. ‘Viewers felt he was confident, optimistic, and strong – and they left feeling more positive about the future of America than when they left.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14462121/donald-trump-address-congress-poll.html
Fla2025
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Michael Goodwin, a recovering Democrat, at the NY Post expresses my sentiments exactly –
”In normal times, the run-up to a presidential address to Congress would be filled with reports and guesses about what the president would say.
There was plenty of that this week, but an inordinate amount of the focus in Washington was on how Democrats would react to Donald Trump. How many would boycott? How would the members dress? Would they hoot and holler, or maybe march out in an organized pro-test?
In the end, it didn’t matter. They were a sad, shrunken presence, especially after one of their main stooges, Rep. Al Green of Texas, got himself ejected early on by repeatedly interrupting.
He was the lucky one. Those Dems who stayed were like fish out of water, waving their silly little paddles and representing nothing except resistance to whatever Trump said or did. . .
. . . Calling them a clown show is an insult to clowns. They earned their trip to the political wilderness and Tuesday proved they are not yet ready to emerge as a constructive opposition party.
Meanwhile, the president they love to hate put on a show for the ages. No commander in chief in modern times has seized the reins of power with such gusto and delivered such immediate results. True to form, Trump wasn’t shy about saying so. .
. . . We are witnessing a president at the top of his game. Clear-eyed and confident about himself and his agenda, he put on a master class in presidential leadership in what was a speech for the ages.
Most times, a political address of 90 minutes would feel like an eternity. In the hands of Trump, it felt like a well-paced adventure through the dreams, hopes and tragedies of the people inhabiting the most important nation on Earth.
The Trump on that stage is not just the dominant figure in American life. In six short weeks, he has put our nation at the center of the world and made America important again. . .
. . . But while having a period of being in the opposition is pretty much par for political life, rarely do we see an entire party desperately searching for relevance.
That’s where the Dems are. They are irrelevant because they stand for nothing except they are against everything Trump is for.
There’s no future in that and their sad performance Tuesday night proved they have learned nothing.”
https://nypost.com/2025/03/05/opinion/michael-goodwin-trumps-rousing-address-puts-dems-bunch-of-clowns-to-shame/
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Fla2025 above
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I agree, confidant, optimistic, and strong
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Here is Clintonite Mark Penn’s take –
It was unquestionably a powerful speech featuring the stories of real and sympathetic Americans who have faced adversity or lost loved ones. There were parts people will disagree with but most people will agree with most of the policies outlined including closing the border, balancing the budget, death penalty for cop killers, cutting fraud and waste, bringing peace to Ukraine and better exploiting the country’s natural resources. The democrats made themselves look small with failing to agree even on 90/10 issues or to vigorously salute people of courage and valor. The president included all of his policies even the most controversial ones like the new tariffs or the Panama Canal, pulling no punches and explaining his thinking and purpose. He did what he had to do and then some — and Democrats need to do more than just oppose everything and pick what they do agree with and where they draw their lines on what they oppose and explain why if they are to regain any respect.
https://x.com/Mark_Penn/status/1897140019757764641
Fla2025
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https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1897264501860474920?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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The strategery of the Democrats yesterday was almost as stupid as that of Zelenskyy Friday.
Using guests to tell stories is common now; the Dems knew it was coming. A better choice, imo, for them would be to try to out-cheer Republicans and to chant U-S-A.
Instead they reinforced the idea that they hate Trump so much that they can’t cheer a kid with cancer, and that they’re embarrassed by America.
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Exactly, Chicon. When you’ve lost CNN
https://x.com/ThomasMHern/status/1897153832360305009
Fla2025
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/approval-president-trumps-joint-session-address-is-through/
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Supreme Court affirms the lower court; USAID payments must resume. 5-4, Roberts and ACB join the kooks.
File another appeal! Oh, wait….
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I only watched Oak Island.
I am encouraged they found a book in Israel that has a map of Oak Island.
They found some wood beams that could mean something.
I think next week they will find something else.
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Supreme Court affirms the lower court; USAID payments must resume. 5-4, Roberts and ACB join the kooks.
File another appeal! Oh, wait…”
Wow, so the judicial system worked the way it should work?
Who knew?
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To the extent the ruling only covers work already completed by and owed to contractors, I can’t feel to bad about this. Let’s see what happens to the pending disbursements that were terminated for “work” not yet initiated.
Fla2025
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Italy wants no part of their military in Ukraine as peace keepers. EU Brussels interfere in Romania and now Hungary elections. US Tariffs coming to the EU. Free speech violations growing in UK, Germany, Scotland in alarming ways and called out by Vance and others in Cabinet. NATO is on life support.
Trump & Vance are going to further weaken the EU.
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You mean Beotchy and Souter 2.0 joined forces?
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Talks ongoing regarding Canada tariffs.
Here was the script.
Trump makes horrible policy decision to impose stupid and unjustified tariffs on Canada.
Canada doesn’t back down, slaps tariffs on US goods, says if you want a trade war you can have it.
Trump is told this will raise consumer prices in the US and hurt US exporters to Canada at the worst time, when 80% of Americans are telling Trump the priority should be the economy.
Trump backs down and starts “talks”.
Cultists: Trump is a “negotiating” genius!
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More evidence that Beotchy was a bad pick. I said it in 2020.
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Here is CNN flash polling confirming the other 2 polls posted above-
CNN Poll: 69% of people had a “very positive” or “somewhat positive” reaction to President Trump’s address.
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1897157726733738331
Fla2025
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Trump & Vance are going to further weaken the EU.”
In the alternate universe, this is supposed to be good.
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More evidence that Beotchy was a bad pick. I said it in 2020.”
Wow.
Trump made a mistake?
Is he a RINO now?
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Do not nominate law purfessors to the sc.
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The consensus seems to be that Trump did well yesterday in his speech and that is borne out by polls.
That is good news.
I just hope next year he won’t schedule the SOTU to conflict with Oak Island.
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https://amgreatness.com/2025/03/04/trump-doj-files-statement-of-interest-in-colorado-county-clerk-tina-peters-case/
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Zzzzzzz….
Tina wants EVERY SCOTUS judge to vote the way she wants on EVERY vote.
Welcome to the non-cult world where each SCOTUS justice is independent and votes according to their interpretation of the Constitution.
I happen to think it was the wrong decision in this. But the fact is i will agree with 90% with the decisions of both ACB and Roberts.
Such is life.
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More of this,
BREAKING: Trump halts sharing U.S. intelligence with Ukraine – WSJ
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Supreme Court affirms the lower court; USAID payments must resume. 5-4, Roberts and ACB join the kooks.
File another appeal! Oh, wait….
Chicon”
Maybe Chicon will propose to impeach the SCOTUS justices whose decisions he doesn’t like.
You know he wants to.
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More of this,
BREAKING: Trump halts sharing U.S. intelligence with Ukraine – WSJ”
So Tina, why are you opposed to sharing intelligence if it will help Ukraine fight the Russians.
This should be good.
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I’d have to read the entire decision, but its tough for me to get worked up over this –
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This decision only affects completed work, not future freezes.
The ruling compels the Government to release funds for work that had already been completed before February 13, 2025. However, it does not block the administration from continuing to pause or cut future foreign assistance. Trump’s broader agenda of cutting USAID funding may continue for projects that were not yet underway.
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Think about it, if Catholic charities or some other aid group paid out millions for supplies, logistics, etc. in anticipation of Biden’s misguided but agreed upon dole outs, its not their fault. Now, if fraud was involved and no work was done, Bondi and Kash can still pursue them for criminal and/or civil liability. In that regard, i would think those 300 year old social security payment cases would be slam dunks. What is taking them so long to bail a few scalps tot he wall?
Fla2025
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Drudge headlines.
Druge has now become a far left propaganda outlet:
But I checked it this morning just to see if there was a poll on the speech (no poll, they probably didn’t like the results) Here is what they think is the “winning message” for Dems.
LUTNICK SIGNALS WHITE FLAG COMING ON TARIFFS…
STOCKS NOW NEGATIVE SINCE ELECTION…
NASDAQ TEASES CORRECTION…
Trade War Risks Sinking World Into New Great Depression…
DOLLAR COULD LOSE SAFE HAVEN STATUS…
Ontario leader threatens to shut off power to USA…
PRICES OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TO ‘INCREASE WITHIN DAYS’…
Agriculture Boss tells Americans to Raise Own Chickens…
More are smuggling eggs in from Mexico…
BURNS: Pride cometh before a fall…
Private employers added just 77,000 jobs in Feb…
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“This decision only affects completed work, not future freezes.
Really?
I am not sure I am against this.
If the work was completed, it should get paid.
If their was something wrong in the awarding process, then that can be addressed separately.
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If their?
I blame the one room schoolhouse on the Altiplano.
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https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1897299680947789955
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Zzzzzzzzzzz
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Tina just wants Justices who rubber stamp the position of one political party. No different than the Dems.
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The issue with the 5 d-rinos is that there was a remedy that the sc did not need to take up.
A claim for payment is filed before the federal court of claims.
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It’s Trump rambling off all of the random waste DOGE is finding. “…to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants, nobody knows what that is… $8 million for L-G-B-T-Q-I-PLUS in the African nation of Lesotho, which nobody has ever heard of…$60 million for Indigenous peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment in Central America… $8 million for making mice transgender.”
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Ignore Drudge and go to LibertyDaily. It’s the new drudge after drudge went batshit leftist crazy –
https://thelibertydaily.com/
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fla2025 above again
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“Does a single district-court judge who likely lacks jurisdiction have the unchecked power to compel the Government of the United States to pay out (and probably lose forever) 2 billion taxpayer dollars? The answer to that question should be an emphatic ‘No,’ but a majority of this Court apparently thinks otherwise,” Alito wrote. “I am stunned.”
I’m with Alito. Jason isn’t.
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Is Graham on or off Tina’s RINO list?
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I’m with Alito. Jason isn’t.”
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Initially I was against the ruling because I thought it mandated USAID payments to continue.
But it only involves $2 billion of work already done, this is peanuts compared to the $73 billion USAID spent in 2023.
I happen to believe if people performed work based on contracts with the US government they should be paid/
If anything illegal happened in awarding these contracts, then they should be investigated.
But I don’t believe in stiffing the contractors for work done.
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Is Graham on or off Tina’s RINO list?”
Remember, its a dynamic process.
Anyone is at risk of becoming a RINO based on one comment or vote.
The only exception is the Mother of all RINOS.
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Is Graham on Bitter’s good list, or bad list. He has been firmly in support of Ukraine funding. Yet Graham also thought Zelenskyy crapped the bed Friday and called for regime change.
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$8 million for making mice transgender.”
Are transgender mice easier to get rid of?
If so, I might be in favor.
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I won’t answer for Bitter.
I think Graham is a moron for calling for regime change, Zelensky is the legitimate President of Ukraine.
I think he still supports Ukraine, however.
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The standing by the district court judge is a valid issue raised by the 4.
Moreover, for a tro to be valid, all remedies must be exhausted. Here, with a payment issue, there is a dedicated court to handle such claims- the Court of Federal Claims.
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Remember, the free passers will ditch the grifter soon.
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Roberts also voted to let the $2 billion payments be made. I have a lot of respect for his strategizing. Freeing up payment for work authorized, contracted, and completed is not constitutional – it’s contract law.
By forcing the issue back to the District Court judge, he could be setting up a later, and more definitive SC decision, like: 1) ending District Court judges’ authority to issue nationwide injunctions or restraining orders; 2) re-establishing the sequestration power of the President, so that the Executive Branch doesn’t have to spend every penny appropriated by Congress.
Either of those outcomes would take a few months, but would be fantastic.
Roberts did the same thing with Dobbs, by the way. He didn’t take marginal cases that would have been narrow in scope – instead he waited for the Mississippi case and then lowered the hammer. You will recall that both Roberts and Barrett voted to get rid of Roe.
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Barbara Lagoa is looking better and better all the time.
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Robert= Souter 2.0
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The standing by the district court judge is a valid issue raised by the 4.”
5 justices disagreed.
That is the way it works.
On the merits, I think work contracted in good faith with the government should be paid.
This ruling does not keep Doge from cancelling grants going forward. That is much more important than the $2 billion.
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@mrddmia
With the Supreme Court’s refusal today to rein in DC activist judges sabotaging the President’s Article II executive powers, Congress must step up.
@Article3Project
is drafting proposed legislation to bring much-needed reforms to the DC District Court. Gloves are coming off.
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Roberts also voted to let the $2 billion payments be made. I have a lot of respect for his strategizing. Freeing up payment for work authorized, contracted, and completed is not constitutional – it’s contract law”
Agreed.
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Remember, the free passers will ditch the grifter soon.”
Remember, the Putin lapdogs will continue to shill for him.
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Muh contracting law. Yes and no. The sc should not have intervened in the fashion it did. There are forums for addressing breaches of contracts. This was a tro and the activist judge and the 5 Marxist’s failed.
United States Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction over a wide range of claims against the government including, but not limited to, contract disputes, bid protests, takings claims, tax refund suits, patent and copyright matters, Indian claims, civilian and military pay cases, and vaccine cases. When more than $10,000 is claimed, the Court of Federal Claims possesses exclusive jurisdiction in these cases pursuant to the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491.
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The judicial system worked as design.
The ruling was appealed, SCOTUS decided it.
Tina didn’t like it, so like any good Democrat would do, she wants to weaponize the government against judges she doesn’t approve of.
There is no difference between Tina and the democrats that don’t respect the rule of law. She is just on the other side of the spectrum.
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Thus, Beotchy and Souter should have said, while you may have a valid claim, you must go before another court.
Again, with respect to a tro, all avenues must have been exhausted.
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he sc should not have intervened in the fashion it did.”
LOL
Wins the Chutzpah Award of the Year?
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Thus, Beotchy and Souter should have said,”
LOL
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Thank you to Tina and BillW for their explanations of why they think SC was either right or wrong in this judgment.
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while you may have a valid claim,”
It had nothing to do with claims.
The issue here as BillW correctly summarized:
“Freeing up payment for work authorized, contracted, and completed is not constitutional – it’s contract law”
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The sc should have just invalidated the tro and told the contractors to go before the appropriate court.
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Thank you to Tina and BillW for their explanations”
What explanation exactly did Tina provide besides saying SC is “wrong”.
This is not about a “claim” entered by a individual contractor against the government.
It pertains to $2 billion in contracted and completed work and whether the government can unilaterally declare NONE of the contracts will be honored.
As BillW pointed out, this falls under contract law.
Now, Tina brought up the standing issue, which is legitimate. However the majority ruled there WAS standing.
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and told the contractors to go before the appropriate court.”
No.
This was not an individual “claims” issue.
It pertained to a blanket decision not to honor contracts for work already completed. The SC ruled (correctly IMO) that you can’t do that.
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Hey, Bitter – thanks for hanging in there over the past week. Hope you are continuing to heal. Gotta love that P.T.!
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So, a person of little knowledge on the subject, me, gets to read both Tina’s and BillW’s rationale for why they think the SC made the correct decision.
then, you have Jason’s ramblings.
Appreciate this site even more, as it helps a person learn how to weed out the good stuff from the crap.
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in short contracting law.
improper ruling by the court (tro)
Party (contractors) had remedies. Go to the court of federal claims/tucker act.
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This also assumes that the justices properly address the district court standing issue.
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This was not a conservative ruling. It was a ruling by 5 activist justices.
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Alitos dissent is outstanding.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/03/just-supreme-court-orders-trump-administration-immediately-unfreeze/
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I could be wrong; I often am – but I have a good feeling about the Supreme Court this year.
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So, a person of little knowledge on the subject, me,”
You lack of knowledge on just about every subject is well known here, no need to remind us.
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I could be wrong; I often am – but I have a good feeling about the Supreme Court this year.”
The Cultists won’t agree, because they won’t approve of EVERY decision.
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So, a person of little knowledge on the subject, me, gets to read both Tina’s and BillW’s rationale for why they think the SC made the correct decision.
then, you have Jason’s ramblings.”
Hilarious, since I fully agreed with BillW’s analysis.
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Thanks, Bill W. I see the surgeon tomorrow for 2 week post-op visit.
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This was not a conservative ruling. It was a ruling by 5 activist justices.”
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Any judge that doesn’t agree with Tina is an “activist” judge.
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The left has its own “Tinas”.
Rep. Maxine Waters: “Elon Musk with his high-tech ass may have hacked our last election”
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https://natlawreview.com/article/what-do-if-government-doesnt-pay-you-federal-contractor#:~:text=File%20a%20Claim%20Under%20the%20Contract%20Disputes%20Act&text=As%20the%20U.S.%20Court%20of,government%5D%20does%20not%20pay.”
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Thanks, Bill W. I see the surgeon tomorrow for 2 week post-op visit.”
Ok, enough goldbricking, time to get back to work.
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Tina is confused.
This not about the “claim” of one contractor arguing about a specific issue against the government.
This is about whether the government can issue a blanket order that no USAID contractor will be paid for work CONTRACTED and COMPLETED.
I am surprised the vote was not 9-0.
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Shut down he ngos harvesting illegals.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has just added new visa restrictions for ANY foreign official responsible for “facilitating the transit of illegal aliens into the United States.” RUBIO: “America will not back down when it comes to defending its national security interest.”
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Funny
https://x.com/SenMullin/status/1897123550408200424/photo/1
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I’ll be interested to read the calm reaction here if the Court takes the birthright citizenship case and rules that the 14th Amendment doesn’t cover the kids of illegal aliens.
After Jason starts spitting like a llama with Covid; I’ll just remind him that 5+ Justices disagree with him, and ask what he’s so worked up about.
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Actually, defunding NGOs will be a lot more beneficial in the long run than cutting back on humanitarian projects in Kenya.
A lot of these NGOs are in fact just fronts for leftwing agendas and their real activities are much different from whatever intended purpose they pretend to advance in order to get funding.
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/03/05/cia-director-john-ratcliffe-confirms-president-trump-paused-intelligence-sharing-ie-the-drone-targeting-system-with-ukraine/
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After Jason starts spitting like a llama with Covid; I’ll just remind him that 5+ Justices disagree with him, and ask what he’s so worked up about.”
Zzzzz….
I will disagree with that ruling, but I won’t be calling anybody who voted a “bitch” or a “Rino” or “Souter 2.0”.
Contrary to morons like you, I don’t expect SCOTUS to vote the way I want it on every decision.
But let’s see what your reaction will be if they uphold the 14th Amendment.
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The intelligence the US is “pausing” with Ukraine will still be shared with the UK.’
They will pass it on to Ukraine, bet on it, but it looks like Trump is throwing a bone to Putin.
Win-win I guess.
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https://x.com/shipwreckedcrew/status/1897329816053146054?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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and rules that the 14th Amendment doesn’t cover the kids of illegal aliens.”
Btw, I am taking bets on this.
ASPCA dogs are always hungry.
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I just saw that Sylvester Turner (D – TX18) passed away last night. RIP
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After watching last night’s speech I came away with the following:
The divide between the current dem leadership/elite and the rest of the people is too big to bridge;
The dem hatred has gone way beyond normalcy, being described as “demonic” by some;
Trump’s speech was very “Americana” hitting all the points and goals he wants out of his presidency;
Despite the many attempts to disrupt and discredit his speech Trump kept his cool and the Dems came out of it looking like petulant children.
The only agenda the Dems have is to hate Trump. The lies being pushed are many fold coming from the Dems versus the republicans.
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A couple of truth bombs about today’s decision by SCOTUS on the TRO issued by Judge Ali: The DOJ never appealed the original TRO entered by him. Rather than do that, they opted to “maneuver” around thru a hole he left in his order that allowed them to rely on statutes/regs/ contract terms to delay making the payments.
Right or wrong – they didn’t appeal his decision outright, which is one of the things the Plaintiff’s pointed out to the Supreme Court. The only appeal was of his Feb. 25 Order that the payments be made by Feb. 26 at 11:59 pm. Second, Roberts stepped in when there were 2 hours left and there was much uncertainty about whether the payments could be made as directed by Judge Ali on a logistical basis. That issue is dealt with by today Order.
Judge Ali is directed by the Order to be specific about what claims his order covers and he needs to consider the logistical problems of making the payments in fashioning a new order. “Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”
The Govt will surely appeal any subsequent order that directs it to pay parties who are not before the Court. So, don’t read more into the Order than is there. Yes, it would have been nice for the Court to simply vacate the TRO. But that would not have solved the problem. As the Order notes, the Preliminary Injunction proceedings are ongoing.
The briefing on that is complete and a hearing was supposed to take place yesterday. I expect Judge Ali will now hold that hearing since his TRO expires on 3/10 — 5 days. The jurisdictional issues are raised in the briefing so Judge Ali is going have to confront them as part of any decision he makes. None of that was before the SCOTUS in a properly briefed form. Roberts always prefers regular order. He stepped in because the order to pay by 11:59 that night was the problem. The other issues can all be dealt with in regular order — let Judge Ali enter his TRO, the Govt appeals the TRO to the Circuit Court, and then the case gets to SCOTUS on the merits.
(shipwreck tweet).
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This appears to be a remand of sorts as the issue was how to make payment over a 2 day period:
Judge Ali is directed by the Order to be specific about what claims his order covers and he needs to consider the logistical problems of making the payments in fashioning a new order. “Given that the deadline in the challenged order has now passed, and in light of the ongoing preliminary injunction proceedings, the District Court should clarify what obligations the Government must fulfill to ensure compliance with the temporary restraining order, with due regard for the feasibility of any compliance timelines.”
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“But let’s see what your reaction will be if they uphold the 14th Amendment.”
Two things. First, they will be interpreting the meaning of the 14th Amendment. They don’t have the power to “uphold” or ” overturn an Amendment.
Second, I predicted previously that the Court (if they take the case) would rule against Trump. I’d say 6-3, but maybe today’s 5-4 lineup.
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They are triggered over at DKos…
“You go Democrats! The brazenly corrupt pathologically lying authoritarian is burning down our nation in front of us while gloating about it. Quietly holding little paper signs is TOTALLY gonna save us! The only Dem who showed a sense of urgency was Rep Green from Texas. The urgency of the moment demanded that the rest of the Dems form a band around him and MAKE the Republicans force them all out. But no, we continue to bring rule books and etiquette books to the knife fight we are in. There is a scene in the old movie “Mars Attacks” where President Jack Nicholson finally musters the courage to shoot a nuclear missile at the Martians. The Martial leader catches the missile, sets it off and inhales it like a hit off a bong then laughs. THAT is what Trump and the oligarchs are doing with Dem resistance at this point”
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Two things. First, they will be interpreting the meaning of the 14th Amendment. They don’t have the power to “uphold” or ” overturn an Amendment.
Second, I predicted previously that the Court (if they take the case) would rule against Trump. I’d say 6-3, but maybe today’s 5-4 lineup.
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Yep, they will be interpreting the 14th amendment. In my view, if they interpret it as any child born in the US is a citizen, it means they are upholding the wording amendment.
I predict 9-0. Maybe Alito and Thomas won’t go along, so at worst 7-2.
In any case, I am taking bets they won’t change the current interpretation.
Any takers?
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All in all, I give the speech high marks.
Dems looked foolish.
I HOPE my tax dollars did were not involved in the Dem round paper pie plates with messages printed on them. I HOP these were not created by some Congressional printing office paid by tax dollars.
The repulsive resistance by Dems is telling in that they could’ve not clap for a black boy with cancer, policeman widow, bringing terrorist from Ghannystan back to U.S. to face justice for the bombing on Biden’s ill fated Afganystan stampede, mothers of the girls murdered by illegal aliens, bringing investment back to the U.S. etc., etc.
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The Dems are stuck on stupid and still support the things that only 20% of Americans think is right.
Oppose any and every thing Trump does.
–oppose science and agree there are just two genders
–oppose protecting women in women’s sports
–oppose protecting women and girls in women’s locker room
–oppose parents having rights over their children and being told if the kid is confused about gender
–oppose securing the border
–oppose deporting criminal illegal aliens
–oppose peace in Ukraine
–oppose efforts to reduce crime
–oppose creating jobs in America
‘–oppose rooting out the waste and corruption DOGE is finding
–oppose efforts to erase DEI
–oppose shrinking the size and scope of federal government
etc.
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UAW praises Trump’s protectionist and isolationists.
What a surprise.
Finally found someone to implement the AFL-CIO agenda of the last 70 years, union fat cats are ecstatic.
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All in all, I give the speech high marks.”
Damm, Walt hasn’t been this enthusiastic since he lauded Cleopatra’s speech to the Council in 38 BC.
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@Peoples_Pundit
Trump’s speech is scoring better than I thought it would.
Personally, I thought he needed to go a LOT further, i.e. how the ruling class is raping and pillaging a collapsing superpower.
But Democrats were so CRAZY, they saved him.
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Yes, that graph is JAW DROPPING.
It shows that during Trump’s first term, there was little difference between him and Obama.
Maybe he will do better this time around.
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Congress needs to also defund these agencies (USAID)
@mrddmia
Dear Congress: The Supreme Court just allowed an activist DC Biden judge to sabotage the presidency and spend $2 billion in foreign-aid money over the President’s objection. The Court refused to allow the chief executive officer to exercise his core Article II power to take care taxpayer money isn’t misspent on waste, fraud, and abuse. The Court refused to allow the commander-in-chief to exercise his core Article II power to ensure the money isn’t misspent against our national-security interest, like funding terrorism in Gaza. So it’s time to offset that wasted $2 billion from the federal judiciary’s $9.5 billion FY2025 discretionary budget. https://uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/fy_2025_congressional_budget_summary.pdf
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Oh well….
ABC News to lay off dozens, merge ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘GMA3,’ ax ‘FiveThirtyEight’ data site”
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@ScottAdamsSays
Defund NPR. They are not news.
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Tonight NPR repeated the Charlottesville hoax as fact. The federal government is still funding radio programming – repeatedly debunked – that Trump praised neo-Nazis.
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The Court refused to allow the chief executive officer to exercise his core Article II power to take care taxpayer money isn’t misspent on waste, fraud, and abuse.”
Not quite.
It refused to allow the government to stiff contractors for work already done.
If the government wants to prove any of this $2 billion was fraudulent let them go after those responsible.
Meanwhile, contractors need to be paid for work done.
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Defund NPR. They are not news.”
Now we are talking.
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@JackPosobiec
Amy Coney Barrett
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I am worried now…
“Tim Walz mulling run for Presidency in 2028”
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Even the abandoned astronauts know Biden was a lying asshole —
Musk has also said that former president Joe Biden rejected his offer to bring the astronauts home early because it would’ve made Donald Trump and his supporters ‘look good.’
During a Tuesday press conference, Williams and Wilmore were asked if the Biden administration did in fact decline Musk’s offer to bring them home early, to which Wilmore replied that Musk’s claim ‘is absolutely factual.’
‘I can only say that Mr Musk, what he says, is absolutely factual,’ Wilmore said, noting he and Williams were not briefed on what happened behind closed doors. So I believe him. I don’t know all those details, and I don’t think any of us really can give you the answer that maybe that you would be hoping for,’ he added.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14464311/Stranded-NASA-astronauts-shocking-admission-abandoned-blame.html
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Gateway Pundit should issue all Supreme Court Opinions
– Cult Member
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lol
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1897349057208549593?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Tina, good stuff by Shipwreck. Thanks for posting it.
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Breaking News – I made it with help from my wife and daughter from the couch to the car to practice getting to surgeon tomorrow. Then made it back inside, dismissed daughter, and tried toilet. Not productive. Back to couch. Quite an adventure.
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Chi he cleared up what happened. The gubment never refused to pay. I see one or more freepassers falsely claiming this. Rather, it was about the judges vague ruling about who is a party, and 2 day payment request (which could not be met).
Also the gubment can delay payment for any reason including fraud waste and abuse. This can last about 30 days. The judge appeared to suggest that the president had no role in this
if the gubment still refuses to pay then the correct recourse is the federal claims court.
The Marxist jusge just entered minutes now contradicting what the sc told him to do.
This is just the beginning of the litigation.
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Keep slugging away, Bitter, you’ll get there!
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It was not the “win” the free passers and drats wanted. The sc said that the judges ruling was vague and a 2 day repayment was not possible.
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Republicans have been talking about defunding PBS/NPR since I was a kid; I’ll believe it when it happens.
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Great point by Alito. Mexico is trying to sue gun makers for damage done by the cartels, pretty absurd.
But Alito turned the tables on the Mexico lawyer.
“Justice Samuel Alito asked how Mexico would feel about a U.S. state bringing a lawsuit accusing Mexico of aiding and abetting illegal conduct inside the U.S., in an effort to recoup tax dollars spent on law enforcement and public welfare. “Would your client be willing to litigate that case in the United States?” he asked Stetson.
“I can’t, and certainly, you know, don’t feel comfortable giving away things like sovereign immunity on behalf of the government of Mexico,” she responded.
“So the argument basically is, it’s a one-way street.” Alito said.”
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It was not the “win” the free passers and drats wanted”
Good.
In that case you can stop whining about it.
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Let’s see….what has Congress accomplished so far? They passed two different authorization bills for a year that is half over, they rescinded a couple of bills from last session, and the Senate has confirmed almost all cabinet appointees.
They have not passed appropriations bills for FY25 (which started October 1 of last year), raised or eliminated the debt ceiling, proposed appropriations for FY26 (which starts in 6 months).
Every Senate bill considered under regular order has failed to get the 60 votes to overcome Democrat objections.
What we really need is a Senate and House that can actually get things done.
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https://jonathanturley.org/2025/03/05/down-but-not-out-supreme-court-rules-5-4-against-the-administration-over-hold-on-2-billion-in-usaid-funds/
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Funny
https://x.com/Fallon68814273/status/1897118935088291870/photo/1
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BillW – which party is not joining in to pass legislation? Like you said 60 votes are needed in the Senate. So far the democrats are withholding their votes, much like they did last night in refusing to clap or stand for any person given a tribute in the gallery.
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Breaking News – Democrats use the filibuster when it hurts Republicans. Republicans use the filibuster when it hurts Democrats.
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Looks like ship wrote that the judge wanted payment in 1 day. His order did not specify who it even applied to. The gubment indicated it had no way of complying. Look carefully at what the gubment appealed vs what it did not appeal.
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I understand the issue with filibusters and cloture. I would like to see evidence that Thune is attempting to get 60 votes on some issue. There is a lot that could be done with a GOP majority and action-oriented President.
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more of this.
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I thought Ds and Rs were in agreement over the trump tax cuts. Granted, it was doing away with the SALT limitation.
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Bill, Trump last night made the Dems look dumb, forcing them to take the 30% side of several issues.
I wouldn’t mind Thune forcing the Dems to choose between voting down some popular bills or siding with Trump.
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But in reality, all the Dem Senators need to do is have one member object, and then vote party line against invoking cloture.
There are plenty of Dems who don’t care what Trump wants or how popular or unpopular he is – Whitehouse, Sanders, Warren, Murphy – these folks will object every time.
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The coked out grifter has changed his mind again (4 x) on the minerals. We need regime change.
https://x.com/amuse/status/1897364445539786810?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Insulting nonsense
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They just killed Tuberville’s bill on biological sex for Title IX on Monday. This is a very popular 80/20-type issue and they failed to get even one D vote. I didn’t hear about that on the news. No Dem Senator felt any pressure based on their votes.
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Tina will support any white male member of the Cult based solely on his race and gender.
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How many members of your family are substance abusers, Tina? You speak with such expertise on the subject.
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Tina said….We need regime change.
So does Ukraine. Although I’m sure Jason will find a way to paint this moron as a hero again.
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It’s true, Bill. It goes back to your original question on what has Congress accomplished. Make them continue to vote down popular bills. There are several Dem Senators who will have to answer for it in 2026.
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Stupid trade wars nobody wins….
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Although I’m sure Jason will find a way to paint this moron as a hero again.”
Zzzz…
When did I ever stop painting him as a hero?
You hate him because he didn’t allow your hero Putin to annex Ukraine.
I admire him for that exact reason.
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The coked out grifter”
Hilarious from someone who is a lapdog toady for an ex-KGB commie thug dictator and war criminal.
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I already made my position clear, Chicon can try to lie about it all he wants.
I have no issue with the terms of the mineral deal, I haven’t researched the specifics but the general outline seems good for both the US and Ukraine. I also think anything that binds the US and Ukraine economically and shuts the Russians out is a positive.
My objection is that if it comes without security guarantees it is pretty much worthless, because it depends on trusting Putin.
I am not convinced that the deal itself is a “guarantee” as many of the Cultists seem to believe. And of course,despite the lies otherwise, I think the guarantees do not have to involve a US troops on the ground commitment, it can be composed of weapons, intelligence, sanctions, etc.
For this reason, I don’t blame Zelensky for not signing something that can be destroyed at Putin’s whim.
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At the request of the 3 automakers, Trump delays stupid tariffs on Canada and Mexico for one month.
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Contest!
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Of all the specially designated days in the calendar, which one of these is a REAL one?
March 6–lay on your back and watch the clouds day
March 7–Arrange all your goods in your pantry by alphabetical order Day
March 8–run away from your shadow Day
March 9–eat a worm Day
March 10–climb a fence and sit on it Day
March 11–order your food at a drive restaurant by using pig latin Day
March 12–call or visit your grandparents Day
March 13–drink water Day
March 14–save a spider Day
GO!
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BRIT HUME: “If you ever doubted that Donald Trump is the political colossus of our time and our nation, this night and this speech should have put that to rest.”
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Other than the tweet posted by Tina, I haven’t seen anything else about another flip-flop by Zelenskyy.
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Chi, I am skeptical of that tweet. Hopefully, he signs it.
Bl can delete it.
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Big Z has flip-flopped one fewer time than reported earlier.
Hopefully it works out.
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Just wishful thinking by the Putin Brigade…
Anything to attack Zelensky and idolize Putin.
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“Quite frankly, there were moments where, I feel like, anger at some of the actions that have happened over the last month and a half have prevented some of my colleagues from standing up to support the little DJ Daniel. I stood up and applauded this little boy who is getting over cancer and wants to be a police officer, and I was disappointed that I was not joined by any of my colleagues.”
One Democrat stood up for DJ Daniel. Rep Gillen from Long Island.
She is new, hasn’t drunk all the Kool-aid yet.
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If you ever doubted that Donald Trump is the political colossus of our time and our nation”
Not even the most ardent Democrat doubts that.
They would know, they moved heaven and earth to topple him.
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March 6–lay on your back and watch the clouds day
March 7–Arrange all your goods in your pantry by alphabetical order Day
March 8–run away from your shadow Day
March 9–eat a worm Day
March 10–climb a fence and sit on it Day
March 11–order your food at a drive restaurant by using pig latin Day
March 12–call or visit your grandparents Day
March 13–drink water Day
March 14–save a spider Day
GO!
March 7
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Hopefully it works out.
Chicon”
LOL
Like Hitler cheering for good weather on Yom Kippur…
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March 7 is WRONG.
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JUST IN: Elon Musk and DOGE have TERMINATED the lease on the Obama Presidential Library site in Chicago, per Fox
Barry’s gonna be BIG mad 🤣🔥
too funny !
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Why would you save a spider? Evil creatures.
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Donald Trump’s Speech To Congress Drew 36.6 Million Viewers, Up From Audience For Joe Biden’s Initial Address according to Deadspin, which tracks viewership. Article behind a paywall so I won’t post it.
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