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Trump was right on China in 2016, and he’s right in 2024. The U.S. needs to economically decouple and stop funding the military it’s most likely to face in a future conflict. During his 2016 campaign, President Trump promised a tough stance on China. Democrats and mainstream media criticized his approach, claiming his trade restrictions and tariffs triggered a “destructive” and “failed” trade war. Now, as the 2024 election approaches, Trump pledges an even tougher approach to China, with 100% tariffs. Critics are reviving old arguments, suggesting that it would be better for the U.S. to elect Kamala Harris and...

VANCE: "This is an act of bipartisanship. The one thing that Republicans got wrong is the anti-Hunter Biden stuff. I want to hang out with Hunter. That dude knows how to have a good time." ROGAN: "He's like Hunter S. Thompson without the writing talent." VANCE: "I would bet $100 that Hunter Biden is voting for Donald Trump." ROGAN: "Well, it doesn't seem like he likes his dad." VANCE: "I would bet $20 that Joe Biden voted for Trump."

I'm an occasional lurker at the DUmp, trying to catch a whiff of the putrid attitudes and convos in that deranged bunch. Recently, the site returns this message on their home page: Democratic Underground is currently open to Star members only They give some excuse about some technical error, but I've seen this operation before and they usually are just trying to hide a civil war raging among members. Not a good look. (A great look for us.)

This is a list of words trump has used that throw people for a loop. It's a spin! 1. COVFEFE - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covfefe#:~:text=Covfefe%20(%2Fko%CA%8Aˈf,quickly%20became%20an%20Internet%20meme. 2. BEKAKT - https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/becocked - Used with Tucker in NM interview. Yes, it's a word.

Israel’s destruction of Hezbollah’s drug empire could not be timelier or less controversial. An employee of the public prosecutor's office, the Department of Criminal Evidence, looks at illegal drugs, which are to be set on fire, in Sanaa February 29, 2012. (photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AL-SAYAGHI) Back in 1997, at the height of Hezbollah’s relentless campaign to drive the IDF out of Israel’s security zone in southern Lebanon, I made an out-of-the-box suggestion. Along with attacking the terrorists head-on, I gave an opinion in The Jerusalem Post that Israel should strike at one of their principal sources of funding – drugs....

Democrat appointee nominee Kamala Harris is half-credible (that’s being generous) when she can read words off a teleprompter and simply repeat canned lines that she’s rehearsed over and over. But when she’s pushed off-script—hoo boy, is she bad. Unlike her opponent Donald Trump, who can speak about anything at any time, she just seems lost without her prepared remarks displayed in front of her. As we rush on ever closer to election day, the vice president is on the campaign trail, but she looked like an unhinged looney tune when confronted with protesters at a rally in Nevada Thursday. Watch...

"The Blue Team is protected by the sheer audacity of their betrayal of Americans. For most, their approach is literally beyond belief." — Bret Weinstein. Along about now, you’re probably wondering what sort of mayhem the Party of Chaos is set to unleash on our democracy after their mighty ballot fraud operation fails to overcome the yet more powerful instinct of the voters to expel them from the seats of power they seized by fraud in 2020 and 2022. You can be sure they’ve gamed-out a playbook aimed at paralyzing the nation one way or another if the effort to...

It’s been eight years since leaked audio from a conversation between Donald Trump and TV host Billy Bush made waves for the former president’s descriptions of kissing and grabbing women without their consent. Now, young people are encountering the tape for the first time on TikTok, where users are sharing videos of their reactions and, in some cases, reaching large audiences. Many first-time voters were young teens in 2016 when The Washington Post first reported the incident, in which the former president seemed to endorse sexual assault during a behind-the-scenes conversation on an “Access Hollywood” set when he didn’t realize...

The Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo has reassembled The Avengers to endorse Kamala Harris for United States President ahead of election day on November 5, 2024. The video also features Chris Evans (Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Paul Bettany (Vision), Danai Gurira (Okoye), and Don Cheadle (War Machine). The only members of the original six Avengers missing from the video are Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner and Australian actor Chris Hemsworth (Thor). More at the link

Billionaire elitist Mark Cuban accomplished something amazing today. He lit a fire that appears to be having the most dramatic possible influence on an election that a private citizen could ever have. He went on “The View” and said, “Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women, ever.” The response from a multitude of strong, intelligent Trump supporters on 𝕏 was nothing short of seismic. It’s doing nuclear damage to the Kamala Harris campaign, arguably more so than Joe Biden’s “garbage” comment. He is being called ignorant, misogynistic, and unintelligent. In some cases, he’s being called much worse....

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — The voter registration application fraud investigation is expanding to more counties in Pennsylvania. Lancaster County elections officials first identified fraudulent forms dropped off in two large batches near the deadline, dating back to the summer. They had fake names and addresses, as well as forged signatures. York and Berks counties reported similar issues. Now, Monroe County in the Poconos is reporting about 30 voter registration applications with irregularities such as unauthorized names and a deceased person listed on one application. Monroe County District Attorney Mike Mancuso posted on social media that the fraudulent voter registration forms...

The short answer to that question comes from George Orwell: “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” Packed into that pithy aphorism is the explanation of the bitter struggle centering on the person of President Donald J. Trump. The dirty little secret of American history is that a largely left-leaning establishment has dominated our politics since 1932 and thereby framed our understanding of the past and goals for the future. Only two Republican presidents have held temporary majorities in both houses of Congress since then: Dwight D. Eisenhower and George W. Bush. Neither...

The MONTHLY Gardening Thread is a gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the...

Founded in 2016 by Minsky's Pizza. NATIONAL CALZONE DAY If the air is resplendent with the aroma of garlic and tomato sauce on November 1st, it might just be time to celebrate National Calzone Day. #NationalCalzoneDay Calzones take the delicious toppings and cheese of a pizza and tuck it up tight in a warm garlicky, crusty package. Also known as calzoni in some parts of Italy, like the pizza, it originated in Naples. It looks much like a turnover. As varied as pizzas come these days, so does the calzone. The loose translation of the word calzone from Italian to...

Polling guru Nate Silver lashed out at other survey junkies in his field for “cheating” in the final stretch of the 2024 presidential election — accusing them of recycling some results to keep the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris close. The FiveThirtyEight founder said irresponsible pollsters were “herding” their numbers, or using past results to affect current ones, to keep Vice President Harris and former President Trump to within a point or two of each other each time. “I kind of trust pollsters less,” Silver said on his podcast, name-checking Emerson College. “They all, every time a pollster...

Given 3 days to leave for alleged 'violations' in midst of nationwide housing crisisOne look inside the car and it's obvious someone has been living in it. There are shirts on hangers dangling from the passenger-side window hook. In the back seat, there's a blanket, a pillow and an eye mask. The vehicle has been home to an asylum seeker since his recent eviction from a hotel leased by the federal government. CBC News is not naming the man because he's afraid he will be sent back to his country, where he fears for his safety, as he's still waiting...

In a recent article, Michael Bresciani, editor and publisher of new.americanprophet.org wrote “Make America Holy Again, has never been a political slogan.” This one sentence resonated with this writer as few sentences ever have. In high school, the line from Wm.Shakespeare’s play Macbeth states, “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day ‘til the last syllable of recorded time,” and these words became stamped indelibly in my mind and remain so to this day more than six decades later. The absence of holiness as a common goal for Americans will likewise remain imprinted in...

Kemi Badenoch has received a flurry of late endorsements for the Tory leadership, in a sign that some Conservative MPs believe she is set to win the race on Saturday. The shadow communities secretary has been backed by five new Tories in the past fortnight, including two members of the shadow cabinet. Robert Jenrick, the former immigration minister who is Mrs Badenoch’s rival in the two-horse race, has picked up two new Tory MP endorsements. It means Mrs Badenoch is now backed by 13 other members of the Tory shadow cabinet, while Mr Jenrick has the backing of three.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Sunday, Oct. 30. Since the army retired to its old quarters on Friday, nothing of importance has transpired. The rebel cavalry followed our troops closely as they returned, but were prevented from doing any damage of importance. The only captures they made at this time were some eight or ten ambulances, which had taken a wrong direction, but even these they could not get away. The horses were cut loose and run off, and our men burned the wagons. The rebel cavalry made repeated attempts to charge, but were each time repulsed with...

Since 1988, Nickelodeon has been airing a special called “Kids Pick the President,” which features a mock election designed to engage the youth in the political process and determine the kids’ choice for president. With the exception of 2004 and 2016, the children involved in the special have accurately predicted the presidential victors. Well, this year’s results are in! Dave Landau and the “Normal World” team discuss the kids’ verdict. ccording to actual polling, “there’s no way [Trump] is not going to win,” says Dave. Sadly, the kids disagree. According to this year’s Nickelodeon election special, Harris received 52% of...