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Thursday Thread
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Still one of the most unusual earthquake maps I have ever seen. Still nothing going on in South America for a few days which is very unusual. Nothing for the last week in Africa’s rift valley. Nothing at all in the Med for nearly a week. Nothing in mainland Asia. Even Indonesia and the Philippines very quiet.
Only action is Japan and Alaska.
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Whatever. In workers compensation cases, doctors are trying to switch patients from narcotic pain relievers to medical marijuana.
I never tried any drugs and not interested in starting now.
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But…but…but…someone here kept assuring me that this never happens:
WOAH: FBI Rescues Child Kidnapped to Cuba by Trans Parent Who Sought Trans Surgery for Child
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@zerohedge
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US Mfg PMI 54.0, Exp. 52.5, Last 52.3 US Services PMI 51.3, Exp. 50.6, Last 49.8
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Medical marijuana would likely do nothing for me. I’ve tried edibles and it didn’t do anything beside make me feel a bit sick.
I’d prefer gin and tonic.
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@BillKristol
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“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.”
A commie like his father.
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Very apparent that Iran is now simply an out and out military dictatorship. It’s blatant and the facade of “theocracy” isn’t even something that their current “leaders” even are trying to sell very hard. Kill these guys and quit trying to negotiate with them. Even if you got an agreement, they wouldn’t abide by it. We all know that. Track them and eliminate them.
In other news, in the middle of the night the Senate passed funding for ICE for the remainder of Trump’s term. The vote was 50-48. Two Republican defections – Paul and Murkowski. Lisa Murkowski again. What a surprise. How I despise her. For those of you who think Collins is just as bad as Murkowski here is more proof that isn’t the case. We get as much out of Collins as we possibly could from a blue state senator.
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“And, of course, the referendum was ultimately lost because of mail-in votes. About 10% of the total was mail-in, and about 73% were “yes”. We have no way of knowing how many of these were real people casting a vote for themselves, but they added net 137,000 votes for “yes” and that is almost 50,000 more than the currently reported winning margin for “yes”.
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Bill Krystol continues to be a Trump Derangement hack. It’s simply who he is and who he always will be.
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This is why the “if we can’t beat them join them” on VBM will never work.
The GOP might cannibalize some votes from ED to VBM, but that won’t solve the Dem cheating/ballot harvesting issue.
The problem with VBM is you don’t know who the ballots are going to and you don’t know who is sending them in. You really even don’t know who requested them unless there is strict signature verification which there is not.
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Maybe Kristol can explain what “conservative” principles he thinks an expanded SCOTUS would protect.
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Oh well….
Over 70% of the East Village voted for Mamdani. Now they’re suing Mamdani because he’s planning to relocate Bellevue homeless shelter to the East Village.”
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Looks like the gop-e in th senate passed a 3 year funding for DHS. The rinos in the senate wasted a lot of time by funding components in Dhs only.
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We need to be patient on Iran. They were beat to sheot. Who is in charge? The cardboard cut out? Gandolfi? Vehozi? Nobody knows.
The us embargo of Hormuzzle is working. And we can resume bombing taking out the plants in a few days.
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Ken Cuccinelli thinks SCOVA will throw out the referendum.
He is a former AG, but also somewhat of a kook.
Let’s see.
Several opinions online say that while SCOVA is liberal, it is also a stickler for procedure.
The Dems did not follow the correct procedure, that is not in doubt.
The question is will the “will of the people” argument trump the procedure errors.
The fact only 51% voted for it might not help the “will of the people” argument especially because the R areas most affected by loss of representation voted massively against it.
Given the political polarization at the moment, I don’t see liberal judges helping the GOP out no matter what.
Hope I am wrong.
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Plus the key term in the requirements for Virginia’s districts is COMPACT.
From dictionary.com:
- joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid. compact soil.
- arranged within a relatively small space. a compact shopping center; a compact kitchen.
looking at the spaghetti districts on the Dem map, it is anything but compact. But the judges might just invent a new definition for the word.
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Looks like the gop-e”
Trump is a billionaire crony capitalist who made most of his money in the real estate and hospitality industries.
Is he part of the “establishment?”
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“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine “sweepers” are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Should be relatively easy to sink these boats.
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Sunken ships make great fish breeding sites.
I am booking a fishing trip to the “Arabian” Gulf in about 2 years.
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MODERATOR: “Should language proficiency for truck drivers be strictly enforced?”
TOM STEYER: “Racial profiling is illegal.”
Should pilots landing in the US be able to understand instructions in English?
Democrats: “Racial profiling is illegal”
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I knew a man who lost SIX of his 8 siblings who were killed on an interstate highway because the truck driver did not know English and had an illegal license.
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Look, you could demand flight controllers speak 143 languages so they don’t “racially” profile anybody.
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Simple solution to the Virginia redistricting vote. The Commonwealth presently has 11 House districts…51.5% voted in favor (overwhelming D’s). What is 51.5% of 11? Answer, 6.
Give the Dems 6 House districts and the R’s 5. A brilliant idea that will not disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters.
Damn, I’m good.
But what a minute. Isn’t the 6-5 already in place. Silly me.
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“Based on the opinion of scholars in Najaf, Qom and Mashhad and the decision of security officials, no new images or materials of him will be released for now so that enemies cannot harm him through particular methods and occult sciences,” said Salar Velayatmadar, a member of the National Security Commission, claiming that such sciences and methods are studied in institutions including those in Tel Aviv.”
Nah, the Iranians are not a little paranoid…
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And the moment you question any dem on the 10-1 fairness, the word TEXAS is the first thing to come out of their mouths. And of course Texas has no legal bearing on what is required in Virginia.
But these aren’t days when judges follow legal requirements.
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If Texas did what VA did their delegation would be 36-4.
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The Democrats are coming for older homeowners…
“IN housing, besides circumventing the disproportionately high elder participation in town meetings where land-use decisions are made, I advocate a progressive tax on older homeowners to incentivize them to downsize rather than retain. The longer you stay, the more you should have to pay. The funds could allow for new construction and other projects of intergenerational justice, especially educational ones that prioritize unleashing our young people into the creative prime of life.”
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Sounds like something that would come out of Paul’s mouth.
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If that was a Republican proposal and I was the Democrat responding, I would blurt out something like “This is another form of euthanasia! Stop killing old people!”
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And the AARP and most older Dems will continue to support Democrats.
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60 some years ago a D president said Ask not what your country can do for you it what you can do for your country.”
90 some % of people in U.S. shook their heads in agreement and affirmation.
Today one side is patriotic, loves America, and wants it to succeed and believes in America and what it stands for.
The other side wants America destroyed, does not believe in the founding and guiding principles that were so successful.
Instead they happily believe in “ScamAmerica” and go to great lengths to participate in the scams and defe d the scams.
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Trying to get unearned gain where none is deserved, caring not that doing so is to the detriment of everyone else.
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Fox News just reported that Pete Hegseth fired United States Secretary of the Navy John Phelan because Phelan would not ignore a federal judge’s orders!
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retlaw: I would disagree with that characterization.
But, you would likely say that my whole extended family is un-American. And that my entire church family and most of my neighbors are also unpatriotic and un-American.
I do not see it that way at all. And take offense at you labeling them as such.
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Paul, what do your extended family, neighbors, and your entire church family believe? Do they believe that the government is to be your god, parent, and spouse, and that we should give up most of our income to the government so they can turn the country into a cesspool of waste, corruption, abuse, crime, and poverty? If that’s what they want, then yes, all of them are unpatriotic and un-american.
The problem with many leftist voters is that they don’t see the connection between who they vote for and the actual results that come from it. So sure, they might say they are American and Patriotic, but they vote for the very people who are bent on turning us into a larger version of Haiti. A running sewer. A barnyard manure pit. I am sure real estate is cheap in Haiti. If any on the left want to get that kind of life right now, they don’t have to wait until America is destroyed. They can move to Haiti now.
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DW,
I don’t think any of them would believe any of that.However, almost all consider themselves very American and Patriotic. Most of the people at my church are very passionately anti-Trump. They do not support many of the things that Trump is promoting and they see some of his actions as unconstitutional.
I do believe they see a connection between who they vote for and actual results. They simply support the results that the Democrats provide.
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The results the Democrats provide over and over include corruption, waste, exploitation of children, loss of illegal immigrant children, open borders that allow in the world’s career criminals and prisoners, and drug dealers; the loss of billions of dollars that just go missing in deep blue states. Judicial activism, lawfare, and the weaponizing of every American institution they can to destroy law abiding citizens, ramming DEI down our throats to destroy American excellence in every aspect of society, abuse of the elderly, taxing our dead, throwing away money as gifts to our enemies, souring inflation, war on oil and gas, and on and on I could go.
If your people KNOWINGLY support these results that Democrats provide over and over, year in and year out, then YES, your people are un-American and unpatriotic.
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You are fine with calling much of my family and members of my church are un-American and unpatriotic. And you are willing to look honestly at why they might support these issues. Instead you choose to distort every issue.
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willing should be unwilling
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What I posted are facts Paul, but to educate yourself you will have to look at something other than CNN. You and your people are living in a make-believe fantasy world that does not exist. In the real world, elected Democrats do all the things I have said. Examples for each are plentiful and readily available if you want to see them.
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DW,
I see that you find it hard to believe that people support Democrats and think they must be duped or confused.I also find it hard to believe Trump supporters actually support many of his policies, and think they must be duped or confused.
Much of this is due to the distorted facts that each side presents. Perhaps we could both work to try to understand the other side.
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I am trying to be charitable to your people in presuming them duped or confused. Because if they knowingly root for all that corruption and evil, then they themselves are evil.
I don’t just cheer for everything Trump does. I am not a fan of Tariffs, and I don’t think its wise for Trump to boast so much behind the mic. Both in 2016 and 2024 I had hoped someone else would win the GOP primary. But Trump is light years ahead of Biden and Harris. At least Trump is trying to do some good. Whoever was controlling the puppet strings of Biden’s corpse (read Obama) did everything in his power to destroy American excellence and to destroy the middle class. I mean Obama is on record saying we should all line up and follow Mamdani. Do your people agree with that?
I am not distorting any of the facts about Democrats I have presented here. Each one could be backed up by multiple links if I had the time to do so. Your people stick their heads in the sand and keep pulling the lever for Dems. That doesn’t make Dems good leaders. It makes your people dupes.
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And I understand your side well Paul. They are emotionally driven, not driven by logic and reason.
They hear a tear jerking story of a boy who is confused for the moment and thinks he wants to be a girl, so Democrats emotionally get invested and demand that society do everything needed to make him a girl, even though that is biologically impossible to achieve.
They hear the story of a hardened murderer who killed a dozen people, but they hear the story of when he was a kid, someone bullied him, and they get all emotionally and say, oh we need to let him go, its not his fault he killed all these people!
They get deceived into thinking the gun is the problem, or gasoline is the problem, so they support all the wrong solutions that many times are more destructive than the original perceived problem.
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DW,
My friends and family would also say that they are being charitable in thinking that you and Trump supporters are confused or duped. But many would simply think you are evil.I see it a problem when America is divided into two halves that see the other half as either duped or evil. And I’m as guilty as anyone at that.
DW: You say “I am not distorting any of the facts about Democrats” and in the same paragraph there are a bunch of lies and distortions. I don’t know if you are misinformed or evil. Maybe both.
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There were no lies and distortions in my paragraph Paul. But if you want to be open to considering the other side, here is Walt’s list of Trump’s achievements. Which of these do you wish didn’t happen?
–Precision strike to take out Iran nuclear capabilities that led to the middle East being safer and set in motion events that may end the rule of the Ayatollah.
–Helped Israel bring an end to the Hamas crisis resulting in living hostages returned.
–Negotiated the suspension of border strife between Cambodia and Thailand.
–Lethal kinetic strikes against drug boats slowing the flow of illegal drugs coming to the U.S.
–Removed and arrested Maduro via Operation Absolute Resolve, to bring him to justice and give hope to Venezuelans.
– Venezuela will give the US 30 to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to sell at market rate.
–Making other NATO countries pay a bigger portion of NATO cost thereby reducing U.S. financial costs.
–Securing the southern border of the U.S. thereby stopping flow of illegals from around the world.
–Improving the U.S. trade deficit, as it is now the smallest amount since 2009 and American exports are growing linearly.
–The U.S. Military is once again experiencing a recruiting boom now that Hegseth has cleaned house and stopped its use as a place for woke social experiments.
Domestic Crime and Economic Success:
–Cutting waste, fraud and abuse in U.S. government spending (DOGE).
–Taking actions to stop fraud in MN, and other states, perpetuated by the Somali community in coordination with Democrat Party officials.
–Apprehending and removing dangerous illegal aliens from the U.S.
–Reducing crime in Washington DC and other cities willing to reduce crime.
–Passage of big beautiful bill that permanently reduces the amount of F.I T. we all pay and ends the tax on tips, overtime, and SS income.
–Bringing in $18 BB of committed investment from other countries into the U.S. which will bring more jobs here that are currently overseas.
–Polices that have caused big drop in gasoline prices.
–Policies that have greatly reduced inflation.
–Policies that have lowered the unemployment rate and shifted jobs and housing from illegals to citizens.
–Terminated Biden-era electric vehicle mandates and policies.
–Auto sales are expected to rise this year to the highest amount since 2019.
–Expanded American energy production and repealed restrictive environmental regulations.
Culture and Society Progress:
–Reversing all the nutty federal LBGTQ-ish stuff.
–WOKE policies everywhere are melting away and no longer compromising our military.
–The religion of climate change hysteria is facing hard times.
–People who believe in God and have faith are protected again instead of demonized.
–Trump suspended the building of east coast offshore windmill farms.
–Signed executive orders protecting children from chemical and surgical mutilation and ending unfair sports practices.
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AI says this: Based on records from 2025 and 2026, there is no evidence that former President Barack Obama ever said we should “line up and follow” Zohran Mamdani.
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More mischaracterizations from you, DW.
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aka lies
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I have to run for now Paul, but I will go back and see if I can find it. So can you answer the question on whether or not you and your people are fond of Mamdani?
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I support this:
Thomas Massie introduced HR 8470, the Surveillance Accountability Act, with @RepBoebert. It requires a probable cause warrant before the federal government can search your private data — even if that data is held by a third party. Warrantless searches are unconstitutional.
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Paul,
Here I the side I bieve in.
— National Defense: strong military to protect U.S. from foreign adversaries who who love to see U.S. harmed or destroyed. Plus Civilian (congressional) oversight of military funding.
–Elections: Fair, free, secure, peiper chain of custody of ballots, and mechanisms in place and enforced to prevent fraud. Curb the widespread use of absentee mail on ballots that subvert election integrity and HAVE been greatly curbed by most representative democracies in most of the western world.
–Constitutional protections of basic things as covered in the constitution and amendments to such.
–Immigration: secure border so we properly screen people wanting in to ensure we do not let in people who theeaten the health, well being and security of the people of the U.S. CONTINUE to allow about a million LEGAL (screened) immigrants into the U.S. EVERY YEAR LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.
Do NOT have open borders and let any and everyone in. THAT is a disastrous policy. To those who are co trolled by their emotions and say we need to let all destitute and down trodden throughout the world into the U. S.lifeboat, we will eventually sink the lifeboat of hope and be not be in any position to help anybody–here ir abroad.
I support the melting pot theory. I do not support Balkanization where whole clumps of thousands of people come from country X and all go live together in some U.S. city enclave and keep their own language, dress, customs, values, beliefs and Americanize and make no attempt to adopt U. S. culture and ways (or even actively resist doing so) and become Americanized. We should not have ballots for president or whatever printed in 47 languages to accommodate the language of those groups who come here and become citizens and vote here who refuse change their ways.
Like Teddy Roosevelt said, we are all Americans. We should not try to identify as Irish Ameircans, Italian Americans, Polish Americans, African Americans, japanese Americans, etc. It does not serve us well and will only unreasomably divide us. We are ALL AMERICANS ..of Irish or whatever descent.
–Crime: imposing of commensurate punishment to those who violate the law and harm the persons or property of other people (including govt.and public property). Impose fines and jail time to punish offender and deter others from doing those things.
–Education: provide for equal OPPORTUNITY in education, but not run an educ. system to try to provide and guarantee equal OUTCOMES. Teach students to have the skills (including critical thinking skills) that they need to have to be successful in life, don’t try to politically indoctrinate them to be this way or that way, don’t push trangenderism, keep parents informed about everything.
–Inflation: keep it low so you do not cause harm. To those on fixed income or low income. High inflation is an invise “tax” that erodes the value ov every e,s money.
–Jobs: policies to encourage job growth. Also policies to ensure adequate manufacturing industries, especially those crucial for national defense to maintain an economically secure nation.
–Energy: in environmentally sensible way, produce and use fossil fuels oncluding oil, gas and coal to power U.S. energy needs. Also use nuclear and other non-re enable sources that are feasible and make sense financially.
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phone screen fraze, was unable to complete the above post and to go back and correct typos
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–ON Crime, let me add that I support governemt efforts to reduce crime and provide for protection of persons and property.
–On Elections: I favor getting rid of/ blocking all foreign and domestic dark money, smurffing of campaign contributions. Oppose letting 16 year old to vote, oppose non-U.S. citize s being g allowed to vote in any local, state or federal election.
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…foreign and domestic dark money campaign contributions…
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Chernobyl special starting on Discovery.
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–I oppose allowing of Sharia Muslim law in the U.S.
We have a legal system based on the western philosophy and Constition
–I oppose reparations for Blacks in U.S. Foolish to require people who never owned slaves to pay reparations to people who were never enslaved. Plus, persons of cor now loving in U.S. came here (ot their ancestors did) long after the Civil war. Plus other major issues…
I am proud of my country, all that has been. Accomplished, all of the ti.es the U.S. stepped up to help people in other lands.
Yes our history is not perfect. Our national history has some ugly warts. But no country on earth has ever existed that has accomplished so much positive and good things, done so much to advance equality of women, Blacks, provide rights for all, etc.
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Trump (who do not like at all as a person) and the Trump administration seem to be greatly agreeing with the things I posted above to make America strong
I support what Trump administration is doing in those areas. I still do not like Trump. Would not vote for him for dig catcher, because ethics of a candidate are important to me.
Many if thise on the other side hate Trump so much that they hope and wish he FAILS (and even take to the streets to work to monkey wrench anything and everything Trump does–or vote in congrss to shut down governemt). THEY would rather see America HARMED than for Trump policies to be successful. That is sad.
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Massie is the blind squirrel/brocken clock; he can find an acorn twice a day.
WRT Phelan being canned, it has nothing to do with any judge, Phelan made it clear that he was fine outsourcing the construction of our warships to foreign yards. That’s a non-starter, he needed to be removed before he pushed that sh*t any further. Besides, we are getting a MASSIVE upgrade with Hung Cao taking over as acting SECNAV.
https://x.com/hunterstires/status/2047096240794734597?s=46
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Trump cae out i. 2016 on top in the GOP primaries, much to my chagrin.
Trump then went on to defeat Hilary and the leftist agenda. For that he was reviled on the left.
Trump, being addlehead Trump, after the election of 2016 now believes all those votes he got means that people LOVE TRUMP.
The reality is a huge ni.brr of those votes foe Trump were really votes AGAINST Hilary and the wrong headed left agenda.
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