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Violence at the DNC... Well it was mostly peaceful and it didn't happen at the Capitol, so nothing to see here. But I suspect if it did the WaPo would report "enthusiastic visitors got a little out of hand".

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Re: Violence at the DNC - Looks like insurrection to me... Can we start arresting and holding them for years without charges? ..... No?

Re: Only 24% of Democrats think they are better under Biden - It won't stop him from being reelected though.

Re: Is America ready for its next war? - There's no question, Gen-Z is largely a disaster. God help us if there's a draft. The reason we're in this mess of unreadiness is spelled O-B-A-M-A--B-I-D-E-N. China's population also outnumbers the US by almost 4 to 1... in warfare, quantity has a quality all its own. And warships? While it's true that China's Navy is now the largest in the world in terms of number of vessels, it's only because these are mostly coastal patrol boats and corvettes.... two classes of small vessels that generally stay in sight of land and aren't capable of conducting extended, blue-water deep-ocean operations far from home. In terms of tonnage, the US Navy is still the biggest, by far. China's military is also very green... they haven't fought a major war since Korea. Back in the 70's they were getting their butts kicked by Vietnam. The other piece of good news is that the US has two big oceans on either side of us. And while China may be able to more control their specific region, being a global power is still nowhere near the horizon. No, this is all about taking back Taiwan and trying to punish Japan for WWII. Any war that we fight will be in their sphere of influence... and thank the LORD for South Korea and Japan as being strong allies.

Between 2002 - 2019, I travelled all through China on business. These are wonderful people, I never had a bad experience. They just can't stand their government. And several years back when they changed their laws to let Xi Jinping stay in power indefinitely, I knew there was going to be trouble..

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After reading where the Biden administration has been funding Mosques that promote hate against Jews and Gavin Newsom has given 40 millions dollars to Mosques in his state for the same purpose .

Don’t expect anything good to come of it.

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China will continue to send fentanyl our way, enslave children, commit genocide, pollute the planet, BUT it's okay because they might send us some pandas. Got it.

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No, it's ok because the left needs their slave labor and willingness to destroy their environment so they can claim to be righteous environmental jihadinst.

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150 people storm a DNC office causing congress members to evacuate and only 1 person arrested.

While in the meantime over 1000 people have been arrested in connection with Jan 6th. 70% of those weren’t even there and only a handful have actually gone to trial. There are still over 300 Americans who are being held in prison. No charges no indictments.

But once again the dems get treated differently

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I'm sort of bewildered by Erick's show notes today. 1) I would submit that the Washington Post is a greater threat than Tik Tok and if we should ban anything (and I'm not for banning either) it should be the Post. They are a so-called mainstream newspaper and well-connected and thought of particularly here in the Washington DC area. They are more subversive than Tik Tok because we know the Chinese communists run that - but just good Ol' Americans run the Post - so they couldn't be a threat.

2) I don't watch Tucker Carlson, but the excerpt from his show didn't excite me as being anti-Israel. He was simply making the point that our borders are open which lead to a lot of American deaths and the media doesn't get as exercised about that. I would submit that legalized infanticide in this country doesn't get the media excited either - and that has been happening for over half a century.

3) The China - Tawain threat. As a retired Army office who worked at Pacific Command in the 90s, war games showed that China could successfully invade Tawain. It was BS then and it is still BS. The Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 was a massive undertaking by over 300,000 battle-tested troops across the English Channel. While a similar distance, China doesn't have the navy to support such an invasion particularly in resupplying its troops. And more importantly, China's last amphibious assault was????? They have zero combat experience which is critical. China wants to wear us and the Taiwanese down to take them over like they did with Hong Kong.

This is not to say that the US military isn't having problems - particularly in recruiting and the insidious DEI (Division, Exclusion and Insanity) policies that are creeping in.

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Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman was evacuated from the building and later tweeted, “Apparently, these pro-Hamas demonstrators want Republicans to prevail in the next Congressional election.”

Isn't this so transparent in the mindset of a Democrat politician these days? As in, okay we are good with fealty to most of your radical behavior if you vote for us, but hey... you need to tone it down because you are hurting our Democrat brand with too much radical behavior.

This gets me to the final conclusion that Democrats have zero principles that they operate under outside of everything and anything they think they need to do to win.

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Anyone who witnesses the anti-Israel, anti-American, pro-Hamas rallies at the (supposedly) 'elite' universities should come to the conclusion that these schools are higher-ed versions of radical Islamic Madrassas, where young Muslim kids are radicalized.

Its sad that, after spending years in K-12 and however many years in college, the ability of these people to discuss a topic is pretty much limited to a two line rhyme that generally starts with "Hey Hey, Ho Ho."

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On Megyn Kelly's show, she had a great mockery of the protestors attempting to come up with chants. "Hey Hey, Ho Ho" is about right.

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Wow I’m so happy we’re getting new cute, fuzzy pandas. That ought to change our opinions about that naughty Chinese dictator. Do you think they are microchipped with spyware or listening devices? I can’t help but wonder. Or maybe they are fans of TikTok. “Gotta hypnotize those ditzy Americans so we can set them up for destruction.” Panda Diplomacy. Right up Old Joe’s alley.

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Is Mr. Carlson comparing families being tortured and slaughtered by terrorists to people dying from drug overdose in terms of how commenters react emotionally? Love the mandatory mention of the former, with the inevitable “however.”

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I think his intent, just my thoughts since I really don't know, would be to point out the hypocrisy of the media's, and the Administration's, response to both. We have been pointing out for years the fentanyl deaths cause by the open border, tens of thousands have died, yet those deaths get little coverage vs the treatment of the shock and awe of the massacre of innocents that took place in Israel.

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I agree. Drug dealers and users have died, but so have many innocent children who have unintentionally come in contact with fentanyl.

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I don't know how you call that "shrugging off" the Hamas attacks. How many times does one commentator have to condemn the attacks? Every show? Before every segment? I don't watch Tucker Carlson, but I've seen clips of him condemning the attacks. Maybe watch one of those clips before every one of his shows to remind yourself that he did, in fact, condemn the attacks.

This criticism of not condemning the attacks ad nauseam reminds me of the criticism of everyone who didn't put up a Ukraine flag or post a black square. They must be racists! Or Putin apologists! Not condemning something in every breath doesn't mean you're shaking it off.

For the record, I absolutely condemn the October 7 attacks. {sigh}

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Time to galvanize around Trump. From the wall to Tik Tok to so much more, he was right. And he was fought by the establishment. The GOP proves itself useless time and time again. They are going to get turfed out in a manner never seen before by America First candidates who will win because corrupt Ronna’s about to go. Watch…

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Um, no. It takes two to tago, the President and Congress. Trump is an in your face, down in the gutter, street brawler. The problem is he can't deliver. Not only will he be resisted by the left et al because he is Trump, he will still have to contend with the indictments regardless of what you think about them. And after he wins he won't be able to fund raise his legal bills.

Frankly he should drop out with some outrageous claim and immediately start his 2028 campaign so he can continue crowd fund his legal fund.

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Wrong.

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I hope Ronna's about to go. On Fox Business she stated that Vivek Ramaswamy voted for Obama, which is a lie. If I were Vivek, I would give her the WEF treatment and sue. Ramaswamy is an America First candidate without Trump's baggage.

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While I have no idea if galvanizing around Trump is the thing to do, I agree wholeheartedly that the GOP proves itself useless time and time again. They cannot hold together and get things done.

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The only thing good about Biden is that he is currently supporting Israel just wish he cared more about our troops and quit wooing Iran.

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Maybe think of it this way. Save for Vivek, the remaining field are products of that very same GOP. The donor class looking to throw money at Haley right now are the very same morons that gave Xi Jinping a standing ovation at that $40K a plate dinner they threw for him in San Francisco last night. A standing O. All you should need to know…

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So ... was that Hamas protest an insurrection, as officially designated by the Democrat Party?

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