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 
112 responses to “2 men walk into a bar. Second man should have seen it. Go….”
Has anyone here spotted the 3,000 mile wide UFO that is in orbit around the earth?
It should be easy to spot, since the moon in only 2400 miles wide.
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BUGA Sphere.
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Oh and Dan Bongino has resigned.
Pam Bondi too.
I know it is true because there are Facebook posts about it,.
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I can’t let all my valuable incisive perspicacious percipient posts go wasted on the dead thread.
ason yupanqui
July 26, 2025 at 9:01 am
Helloooooooo!
A lot of appointments by Trump are being held up in the Senate……what is happening down there in D.C.?
Why hasn’t Thune and the Republican leadership straightened this out yet!?!?”
Zzzzz… just when you thought NYC already had enough Chuckie Schumer mugs….
Translation:
We need more deadenders to lose safe R senate seats and elect more liberal Dems.
No, it won’t help the cause of conservatism but
SEND A MESSAGE!
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jason yupanqui
July 26, 2025 at 9:09 am
Le Pen is compromised”
Damm, is nothing sacred for Bunu.
How many more disappointments can he take? (hint)
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jason yupanqui
July 26, 2025 at 9:11 am
but does anyone really think his library design is attractive?
It’s ugly with a billion dollar price tag.”
janzam is trying to besmirch my reputation by agreeing with me again.
Othesr have tried this type of character assassination and failed.
As Gloria Gaynor said….”I will survive”.
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jason yupanqui
July 26, 2025 at 9:15 am
Someone explain the “let her cook” campaign by Gatorade. I don’t get it
https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2025/07/26/wnba-gatorade-let-her-cook-campaign-n2416250
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jason yupanqui
July 26, 2025 at 9:20 am
Walt might finally be doomed. I guess it had to happen one day.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/25/science/possibly-hostile-alien-threat-detected-in-unknown-interstellar-object-study/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost
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jason yupanqui
July 26, 2025 at 9:58 am
DNC chair is optimistic…
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I have a comment in moderation. If not released I will complain to Kash Patel who is anxious to prosecute anti-Inca discrimination.
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It has been released. Wissing kept posts in moderation for decades.
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https://revolver.news/2025/07/20-cia-and-fbi-agents-confirm-obama-was-behind-russia-hoax-and-reveal-his-hiding-place/
According to new reporting from Fox News, twenty CIA and FBI agents have now confirmed that Obama didn’t just know about the Russia Hoax, he ran it. And to keep it buried, he locked the evidence away in a CIA vault, where it sat hidden for nearly a decade.
Right after this declassification it was being reported that agents “were coming out of the woodwork” to collaborate Gabbard’s findings. I wonder how these whistleblowers will be woven into this story that the legacy media is blacking out?
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Fox News….”Bongino (posted on X) warns we cannot run a Republic like this ‘after disturbing discoveries’”.
Come on Dan, please elaberate.
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More on what John above posted here. Looks like something interesting is on the horizon – real FBI review, not a white wash-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14943417/FBI-Chief-Dan-Bongino-Epstein-scandal.html
Excerpt – FBI deputy director Dan Bongino revealed he has discovered matters that have ‘shocked me down to my core’ during his time in office.
Bongino shared a cryptic message to his social media in which he vowed to uncover ‘the truth’ amid mounting criticism of his handling of the Epstein files. (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14724681/dan-bongino-truth-bomb-fbi-trump-assassination-attempt-investigation.html)
He added: ‘We cannot run a Republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned.
‘We are going to conduct these righteous and proper investigations by the book and in accordance with the law. We are going to get the answers WE ALL DESERVE.
‘As with any investigation, I cannot predict where it will land, but I can promise you an honest and dignified effort at truth. Not “my truth,” or “your truth,” but THE TRUTH.’
Bongino alluded in his statement to recent discoveries surrounding government corruption and weaponization.
He did not provide a timeline for when the general public might learn about what he is talking about, adding that ‘things are happening’.
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BREAKING: The European Union just WITHHELD $1.7 billion from Ukraine over concerns of “corruption” in Zelensky’s government.
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adding that ‘things are happening’.
You would think that he should release something that shocks him to the core NOW but I guess it’s not shocking enough.
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Putina never posts about corruption in Putin’s government.
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Funny the Eu is now “concerned” with the $ going to the grifter
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The story is Russian Disinfo
-free passer
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Bitter said….”Putina never posts about corruption in Putin’s government.”
Tens of billions in US aid has gone to Ukraine; none to Russia (unless from Bitter’s pals at USAID). Bitter can’t see why corruption in Ukraine and Russia (two highly corrupt countries) are not equally important. Oh, well.
Chicon
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Things the Putinistas like Tina, Chicon, Janzam, NYC have been giving Putin a free pass on for years.
Corruption
Sham elections
Jailing and killing of political foes
Complete control of media
Missile attacks on civilian targets
Kidnapping, rape and torture of Ukrainian civilians
Missile attacks and bombing of schools, hospitals, railway stations, residential buildings
Displacement of 10 million people
So pardon me if I take with a grain of salt their outrage, I tell you, about “corruption” in Ukraine.
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Said by nobody at HHR.
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Tens of billions in US aid has gone to Ukraine to kill Russian invaders.
Fixed it.
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Tens of billions in US aid has gone to Ukraine to kill Russian invaders.”
THAT is what the problem is for the HHR Putinistas.
The aid was effective and used to kill hundreds of thousands of Russians and prevent them from conquering Ukraine.
So they want to whine about Zelensky’s “yachts” and “corruption” and “audits”, anything they can think of to help Putin win.
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Chicon is always AWOL when it comes to Russia’s war crimes.
But when his fellow Putin toady Tina puts up something attacking Zelensky, he shows up faster than a maggot on roadkill.
The hypocrisy is astounding.
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Cash Cow and I have been posting things here lately about the shifting of the earth’s magnetic north pole.
From 1700s to now.
NOW we know the secret. MANKIND’s pumping water from underground has caused the earth’s tilt to increase by 31.5 inches!
https://www.aol.com/lifestyle/earth-tilted-31-5-inches-113000956.html
But I call BS.
Mankind was not pumping nearly as much underground water in 1700s as is is today–yet the pole shifted back then.
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Wake up sleepyheads.
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I desperately want to go back to the good old days.
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–Days where the biggest concern was mutual nuclear annihilation of the cold war.
–days where homes had wells and septic systems and no water or sewer bills
–days where we had FREE TV and only needed a TV antenna
–days without a flood of 15 million illegal aliens
–days with much, much lower amount of insane people with mental illnesses walking around and doing unspeakable things to the normal people
–days where we did not have tens of thousands of people in homeless camps
–days where appliances worked well, but did not have motherboards
–days where we did not have to worry about mass shootings by whackadoodles
–days where we did not have to worry about mooselimb radical whackadoodles wanting to kill all “infidels”
–days without an illegal drug epidemic that destroys so many people and families
–days where the school system worked well and graduated people who had decent education
–days where the court system was not whackadoodle and any judge anywhere could issue injunctions to block common sense
–days where kids played outside without fear and no helicopter parents fretting that their kids were going to be kidnapped or eaten by wild animals
–days without rap music
–days when a significant portion of the citizenry in the U.S. were not uneducated fools and believed foolish things
–days when the news media actually did its job and informed people
–days when the marriage rate was higher and the divorce rate was much lower
–days when a family could be supported by one wage earner
–days when our appliances and vehicles did not talk to us and play strange tunes and beeps
–days when we had wind down windows in cars, and the little vent windows you could open.
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–days where we did not have legions of mentally ill people who are confused about their gender
–days when everyone knew the definition of a woman
–days you could go to Disney World and not have to shell out $10,000
–days that people were more civil toward one another and did not shoot someone for wearing a red hat.
–days we did not have hoards of mentally ill people attacking police officers and rioting and shutting down highways and streets
–days we had elected socialists and communists elected to Congress
–days we did not have to put up with insufferable soccer, rugby and ice hockey
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–days where science and scientists did not do something just because they could, but refrained from doing those things due to the harm it would cause society
–days without “legalized” and “medical” marijuana
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–days with far, far lower suicide rates
–days that people were more content and happier with themselves and life in general and had more hope
–days that we abided by the constitution
–days that we did not pass laws because we were angry with certain groups of people
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–days when very few people believed in the insanity of “man-made glowbull warming”
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–days when a new house did not cost half a million dollars.
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–days when the average person had more moral underpinnings and beliefs than they do now
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–days where certain people did not see “RACISM” and “SEXISM” in everything and bitch and moan all the time.
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OOPS
–days we had NO elected socialists and communists elected to Congress
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–0days when mommas beat their kids’ rear ends when they misbehaved or were disrespectful
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–days when people were held accountable for their actions.
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11 Injured, 6 Critically in ‘Random Act’ Stabbings at MI Walmart, Lone Suspect in Custody”
No ID, race, or motive of the attacker disclosed yet.
Probably eliminates MAGA.
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I desperately want to go back to the good old days.”
Walt misses the days he could go to to the Coliseum and watch gladiators for free.
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I could add some “days” to Walt’s list.
Days when CEOs tried to maximize returns to shareholders rather invest in wokeness, DEI and climate change.
Days when guns weren’t blamed for the actions of those who used them.
Days when you were served a real meal on airplanes and passengers were treated as guests rather than as burdens.
Days when you could go to the movies and not have to watch a half hour of commercials before the feature started.
Days when sitcoms were about comedy and not about political indoctrination.
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Thanks Walt
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my Bega Sphere stock I accidentally bought on your suggestion is soaring
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Arrest this stooge.
EricLDaugh
@paulsperry_
. It gets worse and worse. Traitors like John Bolton in Trump’s administration covered it up. Thank GOSH DNI Tulsi Gabbard got the ball rolling on exposing all of this
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David Hogg not going away, although the org he started is so far inept at pushing far left candidates. He should get out there and knock the knock like he did before
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While I agree with most of the posts looking back, I don’r waste much time on it. A lot of the past sucked, too.
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“Secret Service SCOOP: Security Breach on Trump’s Scotland Trip—A Dallas USSS special agent tried to smuggle his wife on a Secret Service car plane accompanying President Trump’s security detail to Scotland. The agent flew his wife to Maryland, then she even received the official Secret Service country brief at the hotel and rode the bus to the distinguished visitor lounge at Joint Base Andrews before she was discovered and told to leave”
Not so sure this is a such a “security breach”.
This guy was one of the 4 SS agents that threw themselves on Trump at the Butler rally.
Trying to smuggle her in a car in a separate plane does not seem like it endangered Trump. Evidently the wife is Air Force with her own security clearance.
Bad judgment? Yes. BFD? no.
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Trump appointed Bolton despite all the evidence this guy was a loose cannon and media hog.
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Moving on from the Buga Sphere…
How about the Betz Sphere in Florida…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/betz-mystery-sphere-exposed-the-object-that-shouldn-t-exist/vi-AA1F3Fde#details
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https://unidentifiedphenomena.com/topics/jim-marlin-sphere/
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I give Shark Week a C-.
Last night the war between bullsharks and the Great Trevallys was ok, mainly because you got to see a school of like 2000 GTs, quite a sight.
But many of the episodes were contrived idiocies.
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Congrats to Ichiro Suzuki (‘first born son’) along with Sabathia, Wagner, Parker, Allen to be inducted in baseball’s HOF today. Ichiro, the first Japanese player ever elected, had at one time owned 12 MLB records. He received 393 votes out of a possible 394.
He will wear the Seattle Mariners uniform today.
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Today on this date in 1789 was born the Frenchman who invented sandals.
Philippe Philoppe
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Dedicated to Walt’s UFO post:
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Breaking- President Trump announces trade deal with Europe. Very pleased with terms for US –
“President Donald Trump announced that a trade deal had been reached with the European Union, indicating a resolution to the ongoing trade tensions. This deal, which was the subject of negotiations between Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, involved a 15% across-the-board tariff on most EU goods, aiming to bring stability to the transatlantic trade relationship. The agreement was seen as a significant step towards addressing the trade imbalances and reducing the uncertainty that had been affecting European Union companies.
The negotiations leading up to this deal were marked by threats of higher tariffs, with Trump initially proposing a 30% tariff on EU goods if a deal was not reached by a specific deadline. However, the final agreement settled on a lower rate, reflecting the compromise reached between the two parties. The deal was intended to provide a more predictable trade environment and was expected to be announced to the European Parliament for approval.”
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15% is better than 30%
0 is better than 15%
Both can be true.
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Basically Trump backed down on the stupid tariffs and trade wars with the EU.
But fine, not looking a gift horse in the mouth.
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I did not see Dick Allen play. I have heard that he was not as appreciated as he should have been in the 60s in Philadelphia. Black fans loved him. White fans…it was a different time. I am glad that stupidity is gone.
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Dems tumble in new poll….Politico…
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/26/democrats-approval-rating-poll-00478141?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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Basically Trump backed down on the stupid tariffs and trade wars with the EU.
How do you figure he “backed down?” He renegotiated his threat of a higher tariff to a lower one, when the EU became more cooperative in its trade policies with the US. This is the tactic used in the majority of the deals made so far.
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Svetlana Lokhova
@RealSLokhova
Devin Nunes: the Mar-o-Lago raid is key to the Russiagate grand conspiracy. “Same people continue this [Russia] hoax and raid Mar-o-Lago.” “What were they looking for? My guess it was Russia collusion hoax evidence. “And that the statute of limitations has not run out on”
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Some significant trade agreements have been reached, before the August 1st deadline imposed by Trump, to circumvent high tariffs – UK, Japan, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Indonesia, and now the EU.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/trump-secures-key-trade-agreements-ahead-of-aug-1-heres-what-to-know-5891983
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The MSM is in a dilemma.
The good guy with the gun at the MI Walmart was black.
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Ths is the tactic used in the majority of the deals made so far.”
Zzzzzz…
A certified moron like janzam has figured out the “tactic” but none of the countries have figured it out yet.
So in order to believe that you have to believe janzam is smarter than the trade negotiators in all these countries.
Be my guest.
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How do you figure he “backed down?” He renegotiated his threat of a higher tariff to a lower one,”
LOL
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At the end of the day, Trump imposed 15% tariffs on the EU, far less than he had threatened. By ANY objective measure, he backed down. Of course, in this case, his backing down is a win for American consumers and a win for those that believe international commerce promotes wealth to all those who engage in it.
While not good, 15% is small enough that this tax passed on to American consumers might not be enough to kill the businesses involved.
In that sense, Trump has failed on this chapter of his war on international trade.
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“After a call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the US president postponed a possible increase in tariffs on products imported into the United States until July 9. He had threatened on Friday to impose a 50% tariff starting June 1.”
We were at 50% 2 months ago.
Then we were at 30%.
Now we are at 15%.
But according to janzam, nobody backed down.
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The free passers were happy when there was an imbalance in favor of the Eu over the Us.
She admits that the trading was not fair.
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I am thinking that they make the obumbler an unindicted conspirator. It’s going to be tough to get around the intent over a presidential official act. Anyone below him (comedy, her Thighness, the penguin, and the goblin) are fair game.
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But according to janzam, nobody backed down.
Holding to those high tariffs would have been dogmatic and stupid in the bigger picture.
Readjusting the higher tariffs to ones other countries are paying, in light of the concessions made by the EU, is strategically smart.
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The free passers were happy when there was an imbalance in favor of the Eu over the Us”
Zzzzzzzz….
You really think trade needs to be “balanced” between every country.
You are a moron.
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Holding to those high tariffs would have been dogmatic and stupid in the bigger picture”
LOL
But at least janzam admits “high tariffs” are stupid.
Now all she has to do is realize “low tariffs” are stupid too.
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The free passers had a bad weekend.
Eu trade deal
Eu pulls $$$ from the grifter.
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US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, US trade representative Jamieson Greer and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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These folks handling our deals in the above pic are not push overs, like the dumb arse obumbler, buden, and mute 43 types. All 3 disasters
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Eu pulls $$$ from the grifter.”
Tina loves anything that helps Putin.
No surprise there.
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But at least janzam admits “high tariffs” are stupid.
Holding out for high tariffs after the EU came to agreeable trade terms would have been “dogmatic and stupid.” However, if the EU stuck to their own unfair trade policies then those higher tariffs should have remained. High tariffs are nothing more than leverage tools to this administration. And, so far they seem to be working.
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“Ukrainian morale, admirably high for much of the war, is collapsing. Back in October 2022, even after six months of violence and bloodshed, 88 per cent of Ukrainians believed that they would be a ‘flourishing country inside the EU’ within a decade. Now 47 per cent think that ‘Ukraine will be a depopulated country with a ruined economy’. A separate survey found that 70 per cent of Ukrainians also believe their leaders are using the war to enrich themselves.
Nothing is more corrosive to wartime morale than the idea that a nation’s leaders are stealing as its people fight and die. ‘Corruption kills and loses wars,’ says Kyrylo Shevchenko, a former head of Ukraine’s Central Bank, who is in exile in Austria after being charged with corruption in 2023. In recent weeks, Ukraine has been engulfed in corruption scandals. Two deputy prime ministers, minister for national unity Oleksiy Chernyshov and minister for reconstruction Oleksandr Kubrakov, have been investigated for embezzlement and treason. Zelensky has also repeatedly tried to sack Major General Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, allegedly because of his growing popularity. Only pressure from the US embassy in Kyiv prevented the sacking of one of Ukraine’s most popular generals, a serving senior European diplomat with knowledge of the case tells me.”
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@shipwreckedcrew
There are a few problems with his comments — starting with his statement there is no statute of limitations for conspiracy. That’s simply wrong.
But where this candle is going to burn brighter is using an issue I haven’t focused on until listening to this — contempt of Congress is a federal crime. Willful failure and/or refusal to respond to Cong. subpoenas, and destruction of evidence under Cong. subpoena can be both contempt and obstruction.
The Fischer decision connected to J6 made crystal clear that the 1512(c) provision deals with the destruction or impairment of the integrity of evidence relevant to a congressional proceeding.
THAT is a 20 year felony. And it can extend to hiding information relevant to a Congressional inquiry. THIS is likely worthy of a more in depth Article over on my Subway Stacker page.
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https://archive.ph/2025.07.20-110452/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/ukrainians-have-lost-faith-in-zelensky/
http://www.intellinews.com/zelenskiy-losing-the-trust-of-his-people-as-he-adopts-more-authoritarian-ruling-style-392260/
Basically Zelenskyy is turning into a Putin type ruler, causing Ukrainians to turn to street protests, even though it makes them vulnerable to a harsh response from Zelenskyy. The EU, like was posted above, is also losing patience with this war.
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More from Shipwrecked – his conclusions:
Which leads me to this question:
What if the investigation into a criminal conspiracy surrounding the Russia Collusion Hoax was not about the hoax itself, but instead looks at the ongoing effort to mislead or otherwise obstruct Congress from finding out how the Hoax itself came about, and interfere with congressional investigations into the conduct and the motives of the various actors involved? …
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Basically Zelenskyy is turning into a Putin type ruler except for the invasions, targeting civilians, seizing territory to annex to Russia, kidnapping Ukrainian children, etc.
Fixed it.
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Thanks Tina for posting that . From the financial times –
“There is no hiding the fact the EU was rolled over by the Trump juggernaut, said one ambassador. “Trump worked out exactly where our pain threshold is.””
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BREAKING: At this time, emergency crews and the Bomb Squad are actively investigating a suspicious package near the White House. Several streets have been shut down, and authorities are urging everyone to avoid the area until further notice”
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says Kyrylo Shevchenko, a former head of Ukraine’s Central Bank, who is in exile in Austria after being charged with corruption in 2023.”
LOL
Great source there.
janzam is going to be hard to beat for HHR Clown 2025.
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Now 47 per cent think that ‘Ukraine will be a depopulated country with a ruined economy’.”
Yep, that is not difficult to understand considering it has been invaded, 10 million people displaced, 20% of its territory occupied, and constant bombing and missile attacks on its civilian population.
What is hard to understand is why janzam supports Putin’s war crimes in Ukraine.
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Basically Zelenskyy is turning into a Putin type ruler,”
Does that mean you will now support him like you support Putin?
Nahh….
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Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
John Ratcliffe just announced that the classified annex of the Durham Report will be released soon and that it will show an “FBI plan to be an accelerant to that fake Steele dossier.” So while that’s great, the obvious question is why this wasn’t in the main body of the Durham report, given that Durham’s entire job was to investigate the FBI’s role in perpetuating the Russia collusion hoax?
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@prayingmedic
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In the coming weeks John Ratcliffe will declassify the classified annex in the Durham Report, which will reveal more details of the Russia hoax. He also confirmed that the Spygate conspiracy is ongoing & the statute of limitations has not yet run.
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Thanks Tina for posting that .”
LOL
The isolationists and protectionists are big fans of one another.
Charming.
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@EricLDaugh
BREAKING: Some Europeans are currently FUMING over the European Union deal with President Trump. “Not one concession from the American side,” said the former PM of Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt. “The EU – US deal is scandalous… a disaster.” THAT’S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR!
Trump: “The EU is going to purchase from the US $750 BILLION worth of energy…Agree to invest $600 billion. Agree to open up their countries at zero tariff. They are agreeing to purchase a vast amount of military equipment. We are agreeing that the tariff straight across for automobiles and everything else will be a straight across tariff of 15%.”
Reporters in the room at the time of the deal were shocked too. One asked: “WHAT are the US concessions? WHAT is the US giving up in the deal, if ANYTHING? The President of the European Commission – who Trump made the deal with – replied that the entire goal was to resolve the imbalance with America – *precisely* what Trump said was the problem. It’s pretty nice to have a master negotiator in charge.
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Lol!
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Hey ,Tina, stop posting those examples of Trump backing down.
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On June 1, Trump was proposing 50% tariffs.
He settled for 15%.
But he didn’t back down.
You gotta love it here.
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If I had suggested here when Trump proposed 50% that he should back down to 15% economic isolationists like FLA2025 would have squealed like a stuck pig and whined that Trump would be a sell out traitor globalist.
But now that he settled for 15% FLA2O25 says it is the work of genius.
The hypocrisy is astounding.
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WHAT is the US giving up in the deal”
We know what US consumers are giving up.
Another unnecessary 15% tax on their purchases, probably more as these extra taxes cascade through the supply chain.
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The $600 billion in energy sales is a strong positive, but you don’t need stupid trade wars for that.
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Yeah, and using a threat of higher tariffs as leverage to secure a trade deal that opens up European markets to US goods, and securing $100s of billions in guaranteed EU investment/ purchases in the US is “backing down”. LOL!
Here’s more complete backing down – Ursula von der Leyen says the European Union will , as part of the deal, increase cooperation with the United States by buying American energy products. “We will replace Russian gas and oil with significant purchases of US LNG, oil and nuclear fuels,” the European Commission President says in a statement. Ursula von der Leyen also called the negotiations “tough” but admitted the deal brings “stability and predictability” for both sides, and rights an untenable trade “imbalance” that previously favored the EU.
Trump didn’t cave; he closed.
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Who is fuming more about the trade deal- euro weenies or Free passers?
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@KobeissiLetter
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BREAKING: S&P 500 futures open above 6,400 for the first time in history after President Trump announces a trade deal between the US and Europe.
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Trump didn’t cave; he closed.”
LOL
If that is what you call starting at 50 and backing down to 15, be my guest.
In the real world, that is called caving.
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FLA2025 is just upset Trump did not insist on 50% and kill most international trade with Europe.
Sorry that happened to you.
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FLA2025, there will never be any common ground between us.
I believe in free trade, free markets, free enterprise. I think international commerce is a great builder of wealth and prosperity and benefits all participants. I think tariffs are the antithesis of free trade and that is why I oppose tariffs in all cases and circumstances. I don’t think anyone who believes in tariffs really believes the “negotiating stance” BS, what they believe is that tariffs are a weapon against international commerce
You don’t believe in any of that. You believe in economic isolationism and you hate free trade.
Let’s not muddle the waters on where we stand.
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Who is fuming more about the trade deal- euro weenies or Free passers?”
I don’t know about the Putin free passers like Tina.
I actually don’t hate the deal, I am very relieved Trump got off the 50% and 30% tariff BS which would have been disastrous. I don’t know who convinced him, maybe Rubio, but in any case like I said above, I don’t look at gift horses in the mouth.
I take what I can get, and if I can’t get 0% tariff, 15% is better than anything higher.
And the energy deal is extremely positive.
Have Tina and janzam realized that is not good for their iconic hero yet?
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If that is what you call starting at 50 and backing down to 15, be my guest.
In the real world, that is called caving.
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In the real world, using a threat of higher tariffs as leverage to secure a trade deal that opens up European markets to US goods, and secures $100s of billions in guaranteed EU investment/ purchases in the US is called successful negotiating.
But hey, we have some common ground, I agree that we disagree on this.
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a threat of higher tariffs as leverage”
Zzzzzzz….
If certified imbeciles like you and janzam figured out it was just a ploy you don’t think everyone else, including the Europeans, figured it out too?
Are you really that stupid?
Huh, rhetorical, no need to answer.
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Here is something for Walt’s list.
I miss the good old days when people who claimed to be conservatives opposed Russian expansion.
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But hey, we have some common ground, I agree that we disagree on this.”
I already acknowledged as much when I said we have diametrically opposite views on trade and international commerce.
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Here is something for Walt’s list.
I miss the good old days when people who claimed to be conservatives opposed Russian expansion.”
How about when people who claimed to be conservatives believed in free trade, free markets, free enterprise and personal responsibility?
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I know Trump needs to be the center of the universe but why not just negotiate tariff deals quietly rather than declaring huge tariffs and then settling for smaller tariffs? Oh. Because Trump needs to be the center of the universe.
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Two dozen? That is a lot of morons…
“A Big Apple rally in support of on-his-way-out “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert drew fewer than two dozen people Sunday — with even the NYPD cops on scene quickly calling it a day since most of the demonstrators left after just a few minutes.
Organizers said the ‘We’re With Colbert’ gathering outside the CBS Broadcast Center on Manhattan’s West Side said it was meant to be part of a nationwide call for ‘integrity.’
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tariff deals quietly rather than declaring huge tariffs and then settling for smaller tariffs?”
What?
And miss the accolades from the FLA2025 type AFL-CIO “conservatives”.
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I support 90% of Trump’s agenda.
I can’t support him on trade or Ukraine.
I know that is unacceptable to the cultists.
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per Jason – FLA2025, there will never be any common ground between us.
I believe in free trade, free markets, free enterprise. I think international commerce is a great builder of wealth and prosperity and benefits all participants. I think tariffs are the antithesis of free trade and that is why I oppose tariffs in all cases and circumstances. I don’t think anyone who believes in tariffs really believes the “negotiating stance” BS, what they believe is that tariffs are a weapon against international commerce
You don’t believe in any of that. You believe in economic isolationism and you hate free trade.
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lol! You don’t know anything about me or my beliefs. I’ve posted here a basic economic fact that tariffs aren’t always passed on to instigator country consumers and provided the data as well as examples to support this. However, that doesn’t mean I believe in “economic isolation”. I fully get the potential dangers of a tariff induced trade war and its potential effect on aggregate supply and aggregate demand as outlined by Keynes (the KindlebergerSpiral is another danger that can result if the Fed doesn’t act to address this . Kindleberger’s book, Manias, panics, and Crashes, is a must read). However, I also understand David Ricardo’s law of comparative advantage in international trade and that many of our trading partners do not allow the invisible hand to prevail, imposing significant barriers to entry for US goods. I also tend to agree with Ricardo that since negotiations have consistently failed to reverse this situation with many of our trading partners, tariffs, despite their potential (at times) negative effects, remain the only viable tool for a country to create a more strategically diversified industrial economy (remember those supply chain failures during Covid necessitating on shoring of strategic production regardless of cost) and move the world back to a more efficient allocation of its resources. They are dangerous and risky, but at times necessary.
We’ll also have to agree to disagree if you think that makes me an economic isolationist. However, I do appreciate a discussion of differing opinions without name calling.
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a threat of higher tariffs as leverage”
Zzzzzzz….
If certified imbeciles like you and janzam figured out it was just a ploy you don’t think everyone else, including the Europeans, figured it out too?
Are you really that stupid?
Huh, rhetorical, no need to answer.
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Well, I missed this one and spoke to soon about name calling, lol! I guess the EU, the Japanese, the Vietnamese, the British, and about 12 other countries couldn’t figure that out because Trump’s team achieved some pretty good trade deals employing the same strategy , opening up their markets to select goods for the first time as well as forcing each to reduce their tariffs. I know, the genius of you calls that backing down and not effective negotiating. Certified Imbecile! LOL!
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