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 
75 responses to “Friday. Good.”
Back in the day, the Dems in the Senate eliminated the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations. I don’t recall Jason and Bitter saying Mitch should have reinstated the rule when the Republicans took over the Senate.
Instead it was…..how can the Dems whine about Mitch using the new normal started by Dirty Harry.
Now, though, the Dems have changed the game by using lawfare against individuals and executive branch functions. Instead of following Mitch’s lead, Jason and Bitter want the Republicans unilaterally forego the new normal started by the Dems.
That’s the type of weakness that wins, baby!!!
Chicon
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Speaking of the senate filibuster , Chicon, the City Journal has an interesting article this morning about the potential unintended consequences of lawfare and judicial activism –
excerpt –
”The recent litigation over the Alien Enemies Act is the most high-profile example. Within weeks of the Supreme Court holding that claims challenging deportation under the AEA should be decided case-by-case in the jurisdiction of detention, the Court turned on a dime and issued a sweeping midnight order that seemed to provide class-based relief to aliens potentially subject to the AEA. It did so even after a Biden-appointed Fifth Circuit judge, Irma Ramirez, had dismissedthe appeal as lacking jurisdiction. For all the Court’s professed commitment to regular order in federal courts, it was a staggering side-step of orthodox legal doctrine in favor of “doing justice.”
Even worse was the recent case in which a Boston district judge said that Trump couldn’t unilaterally end the parole program for Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians, and Venezuelans (CNHV). The Immigration and Nationality Act gives the attorney general authority to make “individualized” parole determinations, such as allowing a migrant into the country for an emergency medical procedure. Biden had abused this power, admitting four country-categories of aliens by executive fiat.
Upon taking office, Trump quickly revoked CNHV parole. Not so fast, said the Boston judge: the revocation of the categorical parole program must be individualized. Terminating the unlawful initiative, she argued, “undermines the rule of law.”
In fact, the plain text of our immigration statutes gives the president considerable tools with which to secure the border. But liberal lawyers, judges, and even presidents have deliberately violated these laws to serve their ideological goals. If that executive-and-judge-made problem can’t be fixed by another executive and different judges, then Congress may need to step in.
And that could pose a problem for fans of the filibuster in the Republican-led Senate. Senate Republicans are highly motivated to address immigration. Having negotiated the last two significant, bipartisan immigration deals in the Senate, I have the scars to prove it. Republican senators are unlikely to sit by while the courts prevent Trump from using his broad immigration and national-security powers to enact his core agenda. Expecting them to cater to the demands of seven Democratic senators in order to fix a problem created by Democrats may be a bridge too far.”
https://www.city-journal.org/article/senate-filibuster-mitch-mcconnell-trump-supreme-court
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Bitter, you’re going to see more of this. You’ll, of course blame Trump supporters, but the cause of the damage to system is the Dems. Hopefully, the Court handles this soon.
Money quote
“I like the way Scott Jennings outlined what’s going on. In a X post, Jennings said, “The objective is clear: nullify the election results and stall Trump until 2028. This is the REAL constitutional crisis.””
https://redstate.com/chase-jennings/2025/04/25/coequal-branches-its-time-for-trump-to-stick-it-to-the-judiciary-n2188284
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A senior Russian General was killed by a car bomb near Moscow. Excellent news. Vlad will whine, but it isn’t indiscriminate bombing of civilians, is it, Vlad?
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Illegal aliens will no longer get food stamps.
At least until a federal judge bans it later today.
#FileAnAppeal!!!!!
Chicon
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Pretending to oppose Putin now? Cute. You sold out Ukraine long ago.
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Future President AOC is thrilled at Chi’s approval of the President being the entire government.
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Ya know what would be cool? For Bitter to be as fired up about the abuse of the justice system in which he works as he is about a foreign country.
Chicon
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Bitter says….”Pretending to oppose Putin now? Cute. You sold out Ukraine long ago.”
The world’s most dichotomous thinker strikes again!
Chicon
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Has Putin stopped laughing yet?
Trump:
“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!
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A senior Russian General was killed by a car bomb near Moscow. Excellent news.”
Has someone done a welfare check on Chicon yet?
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Instead of following Mitch’s lead, Jason and Bitter want the Republicans unilaterally forego the new normal started by the Dems.”
“I’ll take things that never happened, never said, or never implied for $1000, please”
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But the Cultists are praising Mitch McConnell for his decades long highly successful commitment and actions in favor of conservative causes?
Very good.
Have they got around to John McCain yet?
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Putin is huddling at the Kremlin with senior advisors.
He has already had 3 diaper changes on account Trump “is not happy with him and told him to stop killing innocent people”.
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The chances of Chicon actually approving of any accounting for Russia’s war crimes are about the same as Bunu joining B’nai B’rith.
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For those interested (everyone except Jason and Bitter), this lady has uncovered the central node of the Deep State. It is called the US Global Leadership Corporation, representing 400 NGOs. It is largely funded by USAID, Soros, Gates, Rockefeller, etc…
Their advisory board is a who’s who of former politicians of both parties.
There’s a ton of info on DataRepublican’s X feed.
https://x.com/DataRepublican
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@EricLDaugh
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🚨 NEW POLL… Trump is grappling with a deeply entrenched Deep State. Time to continue purging it and time for Congress to codify his agenda.
🔵 76% of Harris voters who are federal managers say they will resist the Trump administration.
🔵 Just 16% of left-wing federal managers would follow a LEGAL presidential order they disagree with.
🔵 And when asked what they’d do if they controlled an entire agency – 75% of Harris voters would “do what they thought was best” in response to Trump’s orders.
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Yep, there’s no Deep State…..
Chicon
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Glad to hear there is no Deep State. Thanks, Chi.
By the way, where is the actual poll?
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The Cult is just mad they did not invent the strategy of going to court against Biden.
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Remember, every $ given to the grifter ism”accounted for.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/funniest-thing-ive-read-all-day-elon-musk-mocks-zelensky-claiming-every-us-taxpayer
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Putina is just mad Ukraine killed too many Russians instead of surrendering the first day of the invasion.
Still waiting for her to condemn Putin.
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Weapoms are free.
-Freepasser
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More please.
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Not what I said. You are a sad joke these days, Tina.
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CHINA EXEMPTS multiple US imports from 125% tariffs – Reuters
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The anti Trump, pro Zelenskyy cult is on a roll today. I actually believe they have become a subsidiary of the “Resist” movement.
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The grifter now wants audits.
The freepassers still oppose audits.
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Zzzzzzzz. Not enough dead Ukrainians for you today, Jan?
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We weep for dead Russians and celebrate dead Ukrainians. Putin deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.
– Cult Member
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We will not challenge anything President AOC does in court. The President is the only Branch of Government.
– Cult Member
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The “judicial resurrection” – not recognized by Bitter or Jadon – against the Trump agenda is remarkable, and so obvious when simply reviewing the numbers.
So far there have been 209 legal challenges filed, putting delays on Trump’s EOs and policies, during his 1st days in office – supposedly a honeymoon period given most presidents. This judicial tantrum compares to the 20-30 legal challenges (lawsuits, impeachment efforts, court disputes) experienced by all 44 presidents before him, spanning 227 years over 1789-2017. Even during Trump’s first term there were only 64 injunctions filed – perhaps because the Dems were too busy with investigating and impeaching their nemesis.
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Bitter, you have wondered into silliness with your barrage of cultist accusations where they have become meaningless barbs.
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As opposed to Tina’s freepasser nonsense of things nobody has ever said at HHR?
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The “judicial resurrection” – not recognized by Bitter or Jadon – against the Trump agenda
Zzzzzzzz. I recognize it. Go to SCOTUS to fix it.
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The freepassers love the deadbeats.
Rubio Slams NATO Allies as Nothing More Than “Junior Partners,” Demands 5% Defense Spending
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Still no original thoughts by Tina. No wonder she was a Federal employee.
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Still no original thoughts by Tina
Said by no one but Bitter.
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Please, Jan. Tina only posts links and makes up posts about things nobody at HHR ever said.
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She is trolling you just like you troll her, Bitter. I bet if you dropped all the cultists name-calling, there would be fewer free passer comments.
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Lavrov is suggesting that talks on ending the war are going well and that Russia is willing to complete an agreement.
I suspect he’s just trying to win the PR battle against Zelenskyy, which isn’t hard to do.
Chicon
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Lavrov is suggesting that talks on ending the war are going well and that Russia is willing to accept Ukraine’s surrender. He thanked Trump for his unwavering support during Russia’s difficult time.
Fixed it for Chi.
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An interview with a Zelenskyy foe and one seeking the presidency- the mayor of Kiev – is bubbling up in the news media today. The fact he is publicly saying this now indicates he thinks Zelenskyy’s appeal has eroded with a war-fatigued populace. He strongly says Ukrainians do not want a Russian occupancy. However, ceding territory to Russia it already occupies might be worth having peace.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says Ukraine will likely have to give up land to Russia to get a peace deal with the country.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/kyiv-mayor-predicts-ukraine-may-have-sacrifice-land
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Jan sez….” He strongly says Ukrainians do not want a Russian occupancy. However, ceding territory to Russia it already occupies might be worth having peace.”
Not according to Bitter and Jason; they require more Ukrainians die before they are allowed to consider ceding territory.
Chicon
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Bitter and Jason are so invested in their sentiments “Ukraine must win back everything at any cost,” they simply can’t see the anguish such an adamant stance has on the people living and dying in Ukraine. It’s all part of them being members of the armchair warrior brigade.
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Patrick Lancaster has been embedded with Russian troops for 10 years. This is his side of the Ukraine/Russia War story:
“The idea of Ukraine winning the war is just a dream, a narrative, that’s been put out by the West to make it acceptable for so much money to be put into Ukraine… If the United States and the West would not have been supplying the weapons and the funding to Ukraine for the last three years, the war would have ended three years ago.”
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Zzzzzzzzzz Somebody who wants Zelensky’s job is critical of Zelensky.
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So why don’t the Ukrainians just surrender? They are still fighting. Thank God they are not cowards like the Cult who despise them for not just giving up.
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Jan links to somebody who wants Ukraine to surrender to show why Ukraine should surrender. Pathetic.
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At least Jan admits she always wanted Ukraine to surrender. More honest than Chi.
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Ukraine can surrender any time the Ukrainians want to. Chi and Jan will applaud.
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Jan thinks somebody who has been “embedded” with Russian troops (WTF?!?) for 10 years is objective?
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The grifter still has not signed the mineral deal.
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I’m running out of popcorn today. CNN is actually defending the action of Judge Dugan.
Complete insanity.
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My dad used to listen to a radio commentator named Paul Harvey. He and eventually his son produced a segment called “The Rest of the Story,” where they would take one well known news story, and then add on to it a 2nd half that was rarely known by the public. The Ukraine side has been vociferously carried by Zelenskyy, around the world, as he holds court with his hand out for more favors, money, and celebrity hood. Having a journalist on the other side is simply hearing an enlarged portion of the story. No one has to believe Lancaster, but fewer are also seeing Zelenskyy as the hero of the war either. There was a pre-war clip, for instance, of Zelenskyy, when he was running for the presidency where he claimed all he wanted was peace. He was also very much into not wanting to hurt his people. Now, all he does is flail around and seem to be gaming more for relevance than anything to do with lessening the suffering of the average Ukrainian.
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Tina sez…..The grifter still has not signed the mineral deal.
He thinks he’ll lose the hammer if he signs. I think signing will give him the hammer.
Either way it isn’t a good look.
Chicon
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What is the over/under on the free passers to argue that retribution is behind the judges being arrested?
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No one has to believe Lancaster
But Jan posts it anyway.
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There was a pre-war clip, for instance, of Zelenskyy, when he was running for the presidency where he claimed all he wanted was peace but then Russia brutally invaded and started killing, maiming, raping and kidnapping Ukrainians and seizing territory.
Fixed it for Jan.
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In 1865, Jan would have posted:
A reporter for Harper’s Weekly embedded with Robert E. Lee’s troops for 3 years states that the Confederates expect to seize Washington in a week and New York in 3 weeks.
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This is Jan’s journalist embedded with the Russians. You don’t usually see journalists asking for funds.
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCbjTWVaRx6jMN5ZYgbqe2_w
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Judicial deference wasn’t always like it is now in North America. Here’s a historical account of citizens dealing with an offensive decision by a “villainous retailer of the law” (I.e. a bad judge) –
“On Saturday, the 16th instant, James Smith, Esq˙, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for that County, was very handsomely tarred and feathered, for acting in open contempt of the Resolves of the County Committee, as was Coen Smith, of said place, for the like behaviour; they were carted five or six miles into the country. The Judge undertook to sue for and recover the arms taken from the Tories by order of said Committee, and actually committed one of the Committee, who assisted at disarming the Tories, which enraged the people so much, that they rose and rescued the prisoner, and poured out their resentment on this villainous retailer of the law.”
You can read the actual historical document here – https://digital.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/niu-amarch:85720
Apparently, there is a follow up account of a pettifogger named Bitter McGee, who, in response to the tar and feathering, kept yelling “Thou shalt rue what thou hast begotten, ye vile cultists”, before he was carried away. I’m still searching for the link to that document and will post it when I find it. Maybe Retlaw can help find it, since I’m told he was a young man at the time of these events.
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Have any of the Putinistas answered yet?
Was Trump wrong?
“The United States calls on Russia to respect the principles to which it has long claimed to adhere and to end its occupation of Crimea. As democratic states seek to build a free, just and prosperous world, we must uphold our commitment to the international principle of sovereign equality and respect the territorial integrity of other states. Through its actions, Russia has acted in a manner unworthy of a great nation and has chosen to isolate itself from the international community.
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Tucker loves Jan’s “journalist.” I wonder how much Putin pays for his YouTube channel.
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Jan thinks the J6 rioters were akin to the patriots dying in the snow at Valley Forge but has contempt for Ukrainians fighting to survive Putin’s invasion.
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Janzam thinks a Putin toady phony “embedded with the Russians” for 10 years is credible?
You can’t make this sh-t up.
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“The Ukraine side has been vociferously carried by Zelenskyy,“
Zelensky represents the side that was invaded by the Russians.
What is the “other side”?
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Wait…
So this “reporter” says the war would have ended long ago if not for the support of the US and Europe to Ukraine?
He is right.
That is why the Putinistas oppose aid. It keeps Russia from winning.
This is news?
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his lady has uncovered the central node of the Deep State. It is called the US Global Leadership Corporation, representing 400 NGOs. It is largely funded by USAID, Soros, Gates, Rockefeller, etc…”
Wait.
400 NGO’s is the Deep State?
The “Deep State” is composed of Non-governmental (hint) agencies.
LOL
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Btw, the Trump Administration has been in power for several months now.
Has a shred of evidence that there is a Deep State been uncovered yet?
I mean, have they found ONE member of the secret cabal yet? Uncovered ONE document? ONE transcript of the “Deep State” communications”? Anything?
No? Didn’t think so. You would think by now Kash Patel or Tulsi or somebody would have found ONE piece of evidence the Deep State exists.
Of course, it does exist in Chicon’s little brain, so there is that.
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George Santos sentenced to 87 months.
Absurdly over charged and over sentenced.
Judge gives exactly what the prosecution requests.
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Maybe Chicon can explain how 400 Non-governmental organizations can constitute his secret cabal of a “state within a state”.
Should be good as a work of “extreme fiction”.
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The entrance to Deep State is under the grassy knoll in Dallas.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14649679/Jeffrey-Epstein-victim-Virginia-Giuffre-dies-suicide.html
RIP, Virginia. Epstein murdered you. It just took decades to die.
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TNT
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