How does a 76 year old commit to anything 2.5 years in the future?
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I take your point. But at least Trump, today, seems coherent. I don’t think he will say the holocaust was “honorable”.
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I have mixed feelings about this. He is as big of a lightning rod as the Teetotaler. I’ll vote for him if he’s the nominee, but I will give everyone but Ted Cruz and Lindsay Gramnesty a hard look for the primaries.
From your mouth …
Yeah. You have to wonder whether Ivana’s death will give pause to Trump and cause him to rethink the entire matter. It’s certainly not something he would have seen coming.
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I doubt if this will be resolved before November but if Israel sees team Obama – Biden folding in the negotiations they may decide to take action. this may start a war in the Middle East and all hell will break loose.
Therefore, the disagreements between the U.S. and Israel regarding a potential course of action against the Iranian issue have not been solved. But there is one substantial promise, the Jerusalem Proclamation - the U.S. promised to make every effort to allow Israel to protect itself autonomously. This promise was made in full awareness of the preparations Israel is currently building, including militarily, meaning that the U.S. grants the IDF and Mossad legitimacy to act as they see fit.
Israel should be jumping for joy that team Obama - Biden didn’t move the U.S. embassy out of Jerusalem.
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For those of you who live in California:
Here is a “plain English” rundown of the seven statewide ballot measures on California’s 2022 ballot:
Prop 1:
Official Title: Reproductive Freedom. Constitutional Amendment.
Plain English Translation: Eliminates Any Restrictions on When Abortions Can Be Performed
Prop 1 is being sold publicly as merely a codification of a pro-choice position in the California state constitution but it actually goes far further than that. The actually text of this ballot measure would repeal the current ban on abortions after 23 weeks of a pregnancy and allow the right to a late-term abortion up to the moment of birth. Prop 1 would give California one of the most extreme abortion laws in the country. This measure may also interfere with existing state laws that allow for Sexually Violent Predators to be placed under mandatory chemical treatment to limit their sex drive and desires. Reform California recommends a NO vote.
Prop 26:
Official Title: Authorizes New Types Of Gambling. Initiative Constitutional and Statutory Amendment.
Plain English Translation: Protects and Expands Gambling Rights of Native American Tribes
Prop 26 affirms the current practice of allowing only federally-recognized Native American tribes to operate roulette, dice games, and sports wagering on tribal lands, subject to compacts negotiated by the Governor and ratified by the Legislature. It would also allow on-site sports wagering at privately operated horse-racing tracks in specified counties for ages 21 and up. This ballot measure was placed on the ballot by tribal gaming groups to compete with Prop 27 which is sponsored by corporate interests.
Prop 27:
Official Title: Allows Online And Mobile Sports Wagering. Initiative Constitutional and Statutory Amendment.
Plain English Translation: Allows Private Businesses to Engage in Online Gambling to Compete with Native American Tribes
Prop 27 would expand gambling in California beyond casinos currently operated by Native American tribes by allowing private businesses to operate online and mobile sports wagering for persons 21 and up. Native American tribes say this competition from private businesses will undermine their ability to fund programs for their tribes. Reform California recommends a NO vote.
Prop 28:
Official Title: Provides Additional Funding For Arts And Music Education In Public Schools. Initiative Statute.
Plain English Translation: Earmarks Mandatory Funding from the Existing State Education Budget for Arts and Music Programs
Prop 28 is an earmark – or a requirement that the state spend at least a certain amount of funds from the state budget for the exclusive benefit of art and music programs. The earmark mandates that 1% of required state and local funding for public schools be set aside for arts and music programs and then allocates a greater proportion of the funds to schools serving more economically disadvantaged students. Earmarks are not free money – so any earmark will have to come at the expense of other educational programs for fundamental academic areas like reading, writing, arithmetic, etc. Reform California recommends a NO vote.
Prop 29:
Official Title: Requires On-Site Licensed Medical Professional At Kidney Dialysis Clinics And Establishes Other State Requirements. Initiative Statute
Plain English Translation: Imposes Costly Regulations on Kidney Dialysis Clinics to Benefit Organized Labor Unions
Prop 29 may be familiar to voters since it has been rejected TWICE before in 2018 and 2020. Why does it keep appearing on the ballot? Wealthy labor unions force the measure on the ballot in an attempt to impose new costly regulations on kidney dialysis clinics that would benefit the interests of the unions. Prop 29 requires specific medical personnel on site during treatment at outpatient kidney dialysis clinics – whether or not the personnel are even needed. The measure also increases mandatory state reporting and prohibits clinics from closing or substantially reducing services without state approval. A “no” vote keeps your doctors and clinics more independent from state control. Reform California recommends a NO vote.
Prop 30:
Official Title: Provides Funding for Programs to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Increasing Tax on Personal Income Over $2 Million. Initiative Statute.
Plain English Translation: TAX INCREASE – Increases Income Taxes to Fund a Variety of New Government Programs
Prop 30 is a massive income tax increase – even though California already has the highest income taxes in the country of any state. Prop 39 imposes a 1.75% tax increase for personal incomes over $2 million. Revenue for the proposition aims to go toward climate change measures, but the definition of programs eligible for these new funds is quite broad as to allow the funds to be used in a wide-range of ways. Reform California recommends a NO vote.
Prop 31:
Official Title: Referendum Challenging A 2020 Law Prohibiting Retail Sale Of Certain Flavored Tobacco Products
Plain English Translation: Should California Ban the Sale of Flavored Tobacco?
Prop 31 is a “referendum” or question on whether an proposed state law should be implemented or rejected. State Senate Bill, SB 793, which prohibits the retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products and tobacco flavor enhancers. A “yes” vote would uphold and pass the law into effect, banning the retail sale of these flavored tobacco products. A “no” vote would overturn the law and tobacco companies would be allowed to sell flavored tobacco products in the state.
To access Reform California’s full Plain English Voter Guide, visit www.ElectionGuideCalifornia.org
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New figures in Kentucky show that for the first time in history, Republicans outnumber Democrats in registered voters.
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I find this hard to believe. AFAIK, Kentucky has always had more thoroughbreds than jackasses. 
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Snooki throwing major shade on Dr. Oz
You gotta hand it to Fetterman. And Trump, who promoted Oz and currently is ensconced in Bedminster, apparently thinks he is in Pennsylvania!! 
Oz obviously is not from and does not live in Pennsylvania. He currently is residing with his mother-in-law near Philly.
Fun fact:
Believe it or not, there actually IS a city in Pennsylvania named “Jersey Shore”!! No BS. You can look it up!!! 
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The question is whether there are enough Democrats in Wyoming to push Cheney over the top?
A poll released on Monday and commissioned by Club For Growth, a 501(c)(4) conservative organization backing Hageman in the race, shows Hageman at 59% to Cheney’s 31% among likely primary voters.
Cheney supporters argue that polling conducted for Club for Growth has been inaccurate on more than one occasion in the past.
But a Casper Star-Tribune poll released on Friday evening shows 52% of likely primary voters stating they plan to support Hageman to Cheney’s 30%.
While the polling indicates Cheney may be behind with Republicans in the Cowboy State, backing from Democrats who are allowed to change their voter registration and participate in the primary could change the dynamics in the race.
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Cheney has also not ruled out a presidential bid in 2024, as her profile has risen in the face of the anti-Trump movement.
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When [Khiara Bridges, a law professor at UC Berkeley] was then pressed by Senator Josh Hawley to clarify whether she meant women, she retreated to one of the woke’s favorite lines of defense by declaring that Hawley’s line of questioning was “transphobic” and “it opens up trans people to violence.”
On Twitter, the progressive left promptly called it a win for Bridges. Yet then something unexpected happened. Several more moderate journalists sounded the warning that the hearing did not go the way their woke colleagues thought it did.
Megan McArdle at the Washington Post was the first to sound the alarm, writing, “Unlike a Rorschach test, however, this one has a right answer, and the progressives have it wrong. Moreover, the fact that they can’t see just how badly this exchange went for their side shows what a big mistake it was to let academia and media institutions turn into left-wing monocultures.” This went over on Twitter about as well as expected.
CNN host and analyst Fareed Zakaria then warned at the Washington Post that the Democratic Party was heading for ruin by obsessing over things like pronouns. Zakaria said that instead, “Democrats need to become the party of building things.” He’s right, but in the insular world of Twitter, it didn’t matter. The Post changed the headline of the piece, caving to an outraged hoard of wokesters, which in turn, kind of proved Zakaria’s point.
Democrats are facing a bloodbath in the November midterms, yet these warnings seem to be falling on deaf ears. That’s true even with polling staring them in the face. Per Axios, more Hispanics and minorities are drifting away from the Democratic Party, while more educated white and coastal elites are embracing the new campus hegemony. 2022 and 2024 could thus become elections at least in part about basic human biology.
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RINO Larry Hogan’s Endorsement doesn’t seem to be working out so well for his heavily favored candidate," Trump said in a statement after Tuesday’s race. “Next, I’d love to see Larry run for President!”
LOL
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All right, Hogan is a big fat butterball. What could be more obvious?
But Trump’s “victory” in Maryland most likely means they will have a Democrat Governor come 2023. And even a butterball is better than a Democrat.
Look, Maryland is one of our most liberal, socialist states. Sure, there remain pockets of real Americans in Western Maryland, and a few on the Delmarva peninsula. But altogether they command scant little political power in a general election.
It was indeed Hogan’s butterballness, his squishiness, that attracted the Democrat voters he needed to prevail in Maryland. And Cox will never attract those same voters. Socialists do not vote for Trump or Trump surrogates.
So this Trump “victory” is just going to result in another Republican loss come November. Mark my words.
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Saying that Hogan was a Republican win is like saying that letting enemy troops into your camp is a win because you get more soldiers. I have to admit that I have not followed his policies in Maryland but his pronunciations on the national scene just gave comfort to the Democrats and depressed Republican voters.
What has he done in Maryland that a democrat would not have done?
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Oh, I dunno. He is a typical RINO. And of course he has to work with an overwhelmingly left leaning legislature.
He is more careful with money than would be any Maryland Democrat. But on the social issues he is likely just as woke and politically correct as any of them. He is a Bush kind of Republican, perhaps a bit to the left of that.
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The turtle has spoken. The Republican O’dea is a RINO but I hope he wins. edit. The reason that it matters if he wins is that he will vote for the Republicans to be in the majority so they will control the agenda the Senate, name committee chairmen, etc.
The Colorado Senate race hits Washington’s radar as Senate Republicans see the state in play in November.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made an unexpected visit to a fundraiser for GOP candidate Joe O’Dea in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.
“I just want to assure everybody, we’re going to be all-in in Colorado,” McConnell told the assembled crowd, according to an attendee, Axios reported. McConnell reportedly said O’Dea is “the perfect candidate for the nature of your state,” noting, ”We think we can win this race.”
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Hmmm.
I hope O’dea turns out to be a good I’dea. 
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Heh, a schadenfreude special
But cutting through the clatter in a typical news day remains a tool the Democrats don’t readily have available. Issues? Ideas? Stances? Those they have in abundance. But only the Republicans have a handle on how to energize their base, through fear and nostalgia for a time that never really existed. That cuts through everything. You don’t have to actually like a Republican. Hell, apparently few people really do — even those who vote for them. The Republicans are just really good at scaring the shit out of a large number of American voters, while placing eternal blame on the Democrats.
LOL
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You could swap “Republicans” and “Democrats” in that statement and it’d be equally correct.
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