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I never understood the criticism when Trump announced Vance for VP.

Matt Taibbi: “A little country run by a bunch of jumped-up tobacconists and corn farmers needed an ally to withstand the wrath of European royalty. They got it by lighting a match under human ingenuity and creativity and passion. It was rash, risky, reckless, and it worked. What was the American personality? Madison said he hoped to strengthen the “will of the community,” but other revolutionaries weren’t quite so polite. Thomas Paine's central message was that the humblest farmer was a towering moral giant compared to the invertebrate scum who wore crowns and lived in British castles. Common Sense told us to stand up straight. Never bow, especially not to a politician, because as Paine explained — I want you to think of John Kerry and Hayden and Cheney here — “Men who look upon themselves as born to reign, and others to obey… are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.”“ https://www.racket.news/p/my-speech-in-washington-rescue-the

You @Wrestleknownothing, believe Biden got 12 million more votes than O’Bama?15.5 million more votes than Hiliary?

Yes, it’s like it stalled out, which is usually caused by conflicting fronts. When asked for his prediction for the rest of this season, my favorite meteorologist said the country will likely be hit by four more storms, two will probably be hurricane level.

Netanyahu said regime change is coming to Iran sooner than you think.

Netanyahu said regime change in Iran is coming sooner than people think. This has to be unsettling for Kameany.

Like Canada?

Even if you’re a New York building inspector?

I agree with how Jonathon Turley sees it. “When Benjamin Franklin said the framers had created “a republic, if you can keep it,” he meant that we needed to keep faith in the Constitution. Law professors mistook their own crisis of faith for a constitutional crisis. They have become a sort of priesthood of atheists, keeping their frocks while doffing their faith. The true danger to the American democratic system lies with politicians who would follow their lead and destroy our institutions in pursuit of political advantage.” https://jonathanturley.org/2024/09/25/the-counter-constitutional-movement-the-assault-on-americas-defining-principles/

The title should have been “Self Awareness from Within My Bubble.”

She worked off her butt.

Sounds like small business owners are the problem.

They are busy protecting the president of Iran, instead.

They can, but it’s not the only way. They tried once, but the court intervened.

While I would prefer repealing the 17th Amendment, term limits may help and I wouldn’t object, but it would require an amendment.

Maybe they should take a little time off.

By allies you mean China and Iran, correct? Biden says “don’t” could there be a better deterrent?

Which would help domestic mfg. and employment.

When we showed up at the event dressed similarly, my BIL said “I wear the pants in my family - she just tells me which ones.

Your characterization is bad, it was much closer to a dream dimocrat bill. It was only favorable among trans-republicans. A new law isn’t necessary, just enforce the existing laws like Trump did - and will.

New York, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, among others, don’t report crime data to the FBI.