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Perhaps with another 4 degrees in global warming we can put the hurricane seasons to rest. Because there would be hurricanes all year long.

A subsidy to do an end run around pharma's hold on the republican party. Certainly not a lie. A lie is running for election to represent the electorate then taking big Pharma's cash.

Rudy also tweeted that because the lawyers seized his "measly bank account" he "can't buy food". Subsequently he rushed out to apply for food stamps before trump gets around to cutting them off come January 21.

Most all in this forum understand the issues. For the average voter with a grade 12 and possibly some trade education. They don't subscribe to newspapers or really understand complicated issues like tariffs.For many its the price of gas and butter. If they watch FOX they are a part of the 34% that are MAGA hard liners. But yeah the ranking of priorities in voting decision making is fu%ked up. Look at the positive side of things. Its only two years to midterms.

Not much gets done without the senate and the house. There are no excuses now for republicans as they have all three.. 1. Build the wall 2. Get rid of Obamacare and replace it with something much better 3. Deport ten million illegals. 4. Drain the swamp. 5. Balance the budget and eliminate the national debt. and on and on.

IMO we all have to start by supporting the general discussion forums by making contributions. By checking out the advertisements of those manufacturers and individuals that advertise . I intend of doing both.

Pyromaniacs like watching fires as well.

Point 1 Break Point Two Congratulations

From Al Jazeera today "Huckabee is vocal about his evangelical Christian faith, which he ties to his policies towards Israel. For instance, he has cited the Bible on several occasions to argue that the Israeli-occupied West Bank is part of Israeli territory." Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is trump's appointment as ambassador to Israel. In the past he has stated that Arabs and Palestinians have no rights in the west bank. That any two state solution will never happen. IMO this is all just Allah's just reward for Arab Americans voting for trump. In the mistaken belief that trump will bring peace to Palestinians. Palestinians have a knack for picking losers for leaders.

Fasten your seat belts re bumpy night. Is what Matt Gaetz told the under age girls after crushing Viagra pills and snorting them. Then chasing it with energy drinks. so he could go all night. At least thats what he told other senators directly and bragging about it on the US senate floor. I can see what is appealing to trump about Gaetz.

"Nationwide, vaccination coverage among children in kindergarten decreased to <93% during the 2023–24 school year, remaining below the Healthy People 2030 MMR target of 95% (3) for the fourth consecutive year. As recently as the 2019–20 school year, coverage with each measured vaccine was 95% (2).Oct 17, 2024" Two percent over four years is hardly "plummeted". But wait until Kennedy is in charge. He has announced that he wants to end fluoridation, pasteurization, "Kids shouldn't be eating grains", etc.

sure

Russia on the other hand has chosen to celebrate women. Well the upcoming first "Lady" of the United States anyway. "Russian state television network congratulated Melania Trump on her husband's reelection as president of the United States by showing nude photographs of her on live television...On the show 60 minutes, Russian television presenters, husband and wife Yevgeny Popov and Olga Skabeyeva,...including nude photographs from a GQ profile in 2000....host Olga Skabeeva tried to control herself during the whole broadcast to keep from bursting out laughing.

Professionalism has never been a suitable description for how trump operates. He is now appointing cabinet ministers at a furious pace. Most will bypass any oversight or senate confirmations. His first performance in the WH was marked by a revolving door of staff. Loyalists are at the core of all of his appointments to date. The secretary of defence is an interesting pick "Mr. Hegseth “an exceptional host on ‘Fox & Friends’ and ‘Fox Nation’ and a best-selling author for Fox News Books for nearly a decade.” “His insights and analysis, especially about the military, resonated deeply with our viewers and made the program the major success that it is today,” the statement said. The Homeland Security Secretary is Kristi Noem, republican from S. Dakota, "she will have a broad mandate to enact the sweeping crackdown he promised on the campaign trail, including mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, the hiring of more border agents and construction of more detention facilities." She has natural inclinations in these areas as she is the one who killed her own retriever puppy after claiming it was "untrainable". This likely earned her top spot in trump's books as he is well known to hate dogs. "Noem was banned from visiting the lands of all nine of South Dakota's official Native American tribes in 2024 after claiming some of them had been infiltrated by drugs cartels." She also claimed to have personally met Kim Jong Un "Early versions of No Going Back (her book) acquired ahead of publication by a number of media organizations included the claim that Noem had met with Kim Jong Un. According to The New York Times, Noem wrote: "I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I'm sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I'd been a children's pastor, after all). Dealing with foreign leaders takes resolve, preparation, and determination." Perhaps she can swap stories with trump about Kim. Sharing the reasons why he is such a swell guy.

Me too evidently. Don't refer to conservatives as studs or sexual matadors.

Well that was my thought but I stand corrected. Furthermore he is viewed as a "Sexual matador" by the conservative right! "Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to Donald Trump during his presidency, has bizarrely offered some dating advice to young male conservatives looking for love, suggesting that wearing their proud support for Trump on their sleeves is the best way to “impress the ladies” this election season. Miller was a guest on Jesse Watters Primetime on Fox News on Tuesday when the host introduced him by declaring: “We just have to address the elephant in the room. We are getting a lot of texts from women about Miller and his appearances – and his appearance. “Our audience at Primetime believes you are some sort of sexual matador. What do you have to say for yourself?”

A picture of edited to remove personal attack been discovered. Note the brown uniform. Here is a quote from the Onion circa 2018 "WASHINGTON—Muttering that he needed something more potent to get him flying again, Stephen Miller was desperately searching for his next fix Tuesday after the high of detained children began wearing off. “You get a taste for immigrant children suffering and then you’re always chasing the dragon—now I need at least half a dozen articles about kids being abused by their captors just to get to normal,” said the president’s senior advisor, absentmindedly scratching his arm and pacing back and forth as he sought out photos of crying Mexican mothers, lice-covered infants, or anything else that could provide him with a moment of much-needed release. “The hundreds of families still separated kept me going for a while there, and of course those reports of children being forever changed when they reconnected with their parents were some really good shit. But it’s just not enough anymore. I’m totally jonesing for something big, like an ICE detention center catching fire and burning everyone alive—something that can really get me off.” At press time, a blissed-out Miller had reportedly worked up a pretty good buzz looking at videos of tortured Libyan refugees who were barred from entering the United States under President Trump’s travel ban"

Seems as if the same attitudes are displayed by rushmc and Brent.

Never underestimate the willingness of MAGA to identify any person or concept as a target to hate. I mistakenly clicked on the FOX channel today for a couple seconds. They had identified Oprah Winfrey as the target of the minute. Falsely claiming that the Harris campaign had paid her $1 million for Oprah's endorsement of Harris. Oprah had been a long time democrat donor. Any lie as an opportunity to hate is MAGA.

After a nine years of MAGA I'm surprised that you're surprised.

For some Americans the world ends at the shores of the continental US. Thankfully Elon doesn't have access to the nuclear football...at least not until Jan 20th.

"Becca Heller, founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project, which sued the government over the Muslim ban, said that winning the popular vote was not a license to ignore the law. “He can’t act outside the bounds of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights,” she said. Having battled one Trump administration, she and her allies are ready for a second, Ms. Heller said. “We literally have a blueprint of what they are planning to do, and so we had months and months to figure out how to protect people,” she said. “Trump has told us what to expect — hate and persecution and concentration camps,” she said, referring to his team’s plans to use military funds to build “vast holding facilities.” “None of us have any illusions about what we are up against this time.” Defence against MAGA fascism is massing its troops for January 21.

Misleading or an outright LIE. Its STATE political interference that misdirects the funds. Not federal misappropriation (page 39) "Somewhere between 10% to 90%" Yeah for MAGA thats exact enough.

...now get compensation for those lies can enjoy what justice has awarded: "A federal judge in New York on Saturday authorized two Georgia poll workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani to pursue information about four Yankees World Series rings owned by the former New York City mayor...The rings are estimated to be worth at least $200,000." Agree. How many more will get swept up in trump's second term. trump will be feeding at the public cash trough like a pig and his buddies/criminals will be in there with him. When trump is done a second term there will be nobody left to pardon the fresh crop of criminals.

Agree, only one of twenty trump promises ever gets addressed and the ones that do end up a mess like his border wall.