CAPT Cao: “When you’re using a drag queen…to recruit for the Navy, that’s not the people we need. What we need is alpha males and alpha females who are going to rip out their own guts, eat them and ask for seconds.”
“I’m sorry FEMA spent 940 million dollars on illegals and are now saying they don’t have enough money for the hurricane victims?
Where is the 42 billion for high speed internet?
Where is the 7.5 billion dollars allocated to build EV charging stations? We only built 7.
Where is all of this money going?
We passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, there has been no new infrastructure that has even been started.
I’m willing to bet if we do an audit, the majority of all of these funds were redirected towards facilitating the flow of illegal immigrants into the country.
Of all the scandals that Biden and Harris administration have been involved in. This might be the most insidious one.”
“Rewatching this, as soon as Vance corrects Walz that the CBP One app has not been around since 1990, Norah O’Donnell pushes the button under the desk.
They didn’t cut the mics because there was insulting and abusive cross talk or yelling. They cut it because Vance was making a point and was right.”
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Republicans need to stop playing by their biased and one sided rules.
“Civilian volunteers like @CoryMillsFL are paying out of pocket to help save lives in North Carolina.
Nearby Fort Bragg (Liberty) has DOZENS of helicopters, field hospitals, water trucks, etc ready for humanitarian relief but the Pentagon hasn’t told them to go help.
“Congressman Cory Mills says Biden’s visit caused a four-hour delay in rescue efforts, adds it will take months to uncover bodies from Hurricane Helene.Key updates:
– “They’re going to be recovering bodies for the next couple of months due to the landslides.”- “We have transported 13,000 pounds of food.”
– “President Biden decided to do a fly-in… he put a 30-mile TFR around the actual impacted area, which means that no helicopters and no plane have any access or any capability to fly.”
“So for four hours, they were grounded, search and rescue were grounded, distribution of food and supplies was grounded.””
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He should be visiting, but this is just stupid. He’s not the president assassins are after.
“Rep. Cory Mills is in North Carolina trying to rescue Americans. He claims FEMA is largely MIA because it has diverted resources for immigration resettlement:
“So that’s really where the missing piece is, the Federal piece. Let’s go ahead and point out the obvious. FEMA had utilized a large majority of the personnel who should be here taking care of this to be replaced or repurposed for immigration resettlement when we need to be focused on Americans.”
There’s over 170 dead Americans and over 1,000 still missing. This is totally unacceptable and tragic.”
“It should be a national scandal covered by the national media that Biden/Harris waited so long to then only authorize 1000 troops to assist in hurricane rescue operations, who are still waiting to go because the Democrat Governor of NC is delaying approval of Title X orders.
Infuriating.
Meanwhile, FEMA is out of money because they spent it all on illegal aliens.
This goes beyond partisan politics, this is just wrong and I don’t understand how anyone can defend it.”
“If one wanted to weaponize government against political rivals, it could:
1. Deplete FEMA funds by diverting disaster relief funding to line the pockets of illegal aliens coming across our border due to open borders policies
2. Use FEMA to hold back citizen rescue groups from providing aid to disaster impacted citizens, at threat of arrest.
3. Have the President slow walk and delay for many days the authorization of military assistance from units already in the state and otherwise easy to put to use.
4. Have the Democrat Governor of a state delay approval of and implementation orders for the federal military assets, such that they just sit around waiting while Americans are dying.
5. Focus on monopolizing the nationalization of disaster preparedness and then withholding it from largely Republican communities, while demonizing discussions about states needing to be the main focus of disaster preparedness as a means of defanging the ability of the federal government to weaponize its power to punish regions that don’t vote for them.
6. Refuse to allow drones into areas to search for survivors who need help.”
I was just alerted by friends in Greenville, SC that there is a massive failure by FEMA to deploy assets to assist those impacted by Hurricane Helene and they are feeling beyond frustrated and angry.
FEMA has 12 MEDVAC EC135 helicopters just sitting there in Greenville.
FEMA has 3 C130 cargo planes just sitting there in Greenville.
FEMA also has fuel tankers, ambulances and other equipment ready to deploy, sitting in Greenville, as seen in the videos attached.
These planes, helicopters & other equipment have been sitting since Sunday and have not doing anything for Americans in need. Our tax dollars not being utilized even though they are appropriated for specific situations of emergency just like this.
What the hell is going on? What exactly is FEMA doing besides promising a measly $750 to those affected by Helene?? $941 million FEMA dollars have been given to illegals and now DHS Secretary Mayorkas is asking for more money for FEMA because there isn’t enough to help Americans?!
What about these resources just sitting in Greenville? Why aren’t they being deployed??
People are dying and in desperate need of help. Fellow Americans aren’t even allowed to help because of red tape & money we’ve already paid in taxes isn’t going to help them either.
The Biden-Harris Administration is MASSIVELY FAILING and it is clear American citizens are NOT a priority.”
My comment about presidents and disaster areas still stands — you can’t win either way – visit or don’t visit. Alot of Monday morning quarterbacking on FEMA response – happens every major hurricane and the rhetoric comes from the opposition party (either one). In this case, do Republicans admit FEMA needs more money due to the increase in extreme storms in the last decade (don’t even have to mention its from climate change)
Money comes from different envelopes hence money goes to Ukraine or even within FEMA it has separate envelopes. Then again FEMA shouldn’t be involved in moving migrants – leave them in Texas, right?
To be fair, I don’t buy any argument that starts with “we don’t have the money”. 2008 demonstrated to me that if money is needed, the gov’t can print it. If the banks need money or there is a war, suddenly the gov’t is in charge of printing money. If not, its becomes “complicated” and the gov’t has to “borrow”.
I thought Texas and Florida Republicans were sending migrants to the “blue” cities on purpose. Now, the Democratic cities are purposely importing migrants? Should Texas and Florida have kept the migrants?
My CA friend just told me it is fake news that FEMA funds have been misappropriated. Oh, well, another one bites the dust. The year of friendship funerals.
“If you’re a white American, live in rural Georgia or North Carolina, and just had your home destroyed by Hurricane Helene – Kamala Harris wants you to receive disaster aid last because of your skin color:Kamala:
“It is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme [weather] conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making.”
Reporter: “And women!”
Kamala: “Absolutely and so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality, but we also need to fight for equity, understanding, not everyone starts out at the same place. If we want people to be in an equal place, sometimes we have to take into account those disparities. And do that work.””
“Why is your auto insurance renewal quote skyrocketing in price?
The #1 reason for the rate increases, according to auto insurance companies, is the increased costs for repairs from the rapid influx of uninsured and unlicensed migrants.
Because they usually lack insurance, good drivers insurance carriers are forced to cover the costs.”
“Everyone should be waking up this morning outraged… They have taken the FEMA EMERGENCY food and shelter program, and over time, siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars into basically making it an illegal immigrant resettlement program.”
“Our country spent all its FEMA money on illegal immigrants and has none left for Americans dealing with natural disasters. This by itself, in a rational country, would make Kamala unelectable.”
“It’s over, the choice is clear. You don’t have to like him but you see what America first was and now we see what America last is. You can’t defend this administration.”
I had a brilliant comment and it disappeared – afraid you’ll have to do without my brilliance.
In short, disaster relief is a no win for any president. Damned if he visits, damned if he doesn’t. At least Biden didn’t throw paper towels.
Budget money has different envelopes and thus money to Ukraine can’t be redirected nor would it exist if Ukraine didn’t exist. FEMA itself has different envelopes, although I’m not sure why they are involved with migrants.
I thought Texas and Florida sent the migrants to places like Philadelphia to put the burden on Democratic cities. But now apparently, Democrats wanted these migrants and have somehow got the Texas governor to do their dirty work?
I no longer accept the excuse there’s not enough money. In 2008, money was printed for bankers and money is always available for wars. But when its a social or relief program, the gov’t has to “borrow” money? The gov’t can print it when they want to.
Harris is right – disasters normally have a bigger impact on lowest income communities and people of colour. “lowest income” does include white people. People of colour are mentioned because historically blacks were segregated in environmentally bad neighbourhoods.
Janice (@10:48) – Does that mean that she unfriended you or you unfriended her? (I’m assuming you were referring to Facebook, but I could be mistaken.)
Sure, fire the guy getting to the bottom of your disastrous border policies the govts child trafficking op, and the 2 assassination attempts on your rival. Seems legit. 🙄
“It appears that Joe Biden is preparing to fire DHS IG Joseph Cuffari.Cuffari has been a one-man wrecking crew against Biden regime exposing huge failures in border security including lost children as well as Secret Service lapses on January 6.”
Kizzie, not Facebook. But I feel no need to comment further with details. She and I will still be Facebook friends. I have never unfriended anyone on Facebook with whom I have a personal relationship, whether in person or online.
“GOOD NEWS GUYS.Kamala is finally giving money to victims of the hurricane.
Oh wait, it’s only $750 each.I mean, per household, not per person.
And only to people already on EBT or govt assistance.
And you have to apply for it online, and receive it online (if you’re approved).
Even if you don’t have internet or a phone… because, hurricane.But don’t worry, Sec Mayorkas says FEMA is out of money anyway.
No money left for the rest of Hurricane season!I guess the nearly $1B —yes BILLION—that FEMA spent on “welcome centers” for illegal aliens in the past two years drained the hurricane cash stash pretty quick.”
Janice – I am glad to hear that. It saddens me to see people unfriending on Facebook or cutting off relationships in real life because of their political leanings.
If FEMA is being used for migrant care or to solve the problems of illegal immigration, I think that is a gross misuse. But I am afraid we expect too much from organizations like FEMA or the Red Cross. Yes they should probably be more prepared, but to be fair I don’t think they ever have been as much on top of things as we think they should be.
In 2011 a string of tornadoes brought horrific damage to large parts of the South, including my neighborhood. There was no power for almost 2 weeks. We were the only ones who stayed in our immediate neighborhood during that time. We slept in the house at night and during the day we camped on the carport—cooking on a grill or in a bonfire in the back yard. Fortunately the water was still available. The very first people to come through after the storm were volunteer teams of neighbors who checked the houses for injured people. The next people I remember were from different churches. The volunteers and the churches were there days before the Red Cross or FEMA—Samaritans Purse was present before either. Biker clubs distributing batteries were there before FEMA or Red Cross. FEMA was of no use to us at all and the Red Cross practically none. I’m sure they have their uses, but if we had been relying on those government organizations, we would not have survived.
More than anything, I remember and treasure the response of the Church. All different denominations—the Baptist chainsaw gang removed most of a huge tree that had fallen on our house and our neighbor’s. They cleared out many trees blocking our cars (one of which was totaled). And I remember the pastor of one very small church nearby who came down the street pulling a little red wagon with ice water and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. PBJ never tasted soooo good. I have never been more moved by the eager and loving response of the Church that I witnessed at that time.
I expect that the government agencies can be more involved in long term rebuilding, or in rescues or demolitions that require heavy equipment. But as I witnessed, those projects are extremely limited and for people who are renting there is practically no help at all. I am afraid that people affected by Helene have experienced devastation that cannot/will not be undone by government help, although I hope government can help put the infrastructure back in place relatively soon.
Kizzie, I know at one time we became unfriended on Facebook and for whatever reason it happened, I believe we both have been truthful when saying neither if us did that. It was another of the many strange things that happen in regards to my phone, I suppose.
“DeSantis humiliated Biden by announcing that he’d send in the Florida National Guard to guard & run the ports and hours later the strike disintegrated.
“Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc) to me regarding what appears to be Joe Biden’s imminent firing of DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari
“It is no surprise the Biden-Harris administration has not appreciated the independent scrutiny conducted by DHS Inspector General Cuffari. He began his tenure by cleaning out bad apples in the DHS Inspector Generals office. He has conducted aggressive and comprehensive investigations of the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous immigration polices. This has made him an obvious target for removal. The efforts to silence and remove Inspector General Cuffari are unacceptable and an affront to transparency and accountability at DHS.””
“He laundered all of the money to open borders NGO’s. Mayorkas himself was part of such a group. It’s a scandal he was ever appointed to a position giving him power over illegal immigration.”
Isaac Saul’s “My Take” in this edition of Tangle is worth reading. (Scroll down on the page for this part.)
~ “A horrific tragedy is unfolding in North Carolina and across the southeastern United States. But a specific kind of reaction to this tragedy has caught my attention today and is infuriating to watch play out: Liars and hacks have decided to capitalize on it for social media clout. […]
In situations like this, helping people in disaster areas requires a tremendous amount of planning, coordination, and — perhaps most of all — reliable information. Federal, state, and local governments need to coordinate. Citizens need to receive information from rescue services, and they need to trust that information so they can act on it. Saving people in these situations is incredibly challenging, harrowing, and complicated.
Unfortunately, it’s also election season, which means that some online influencers and pundits — many on the right, but some on the left, too — decided that a healthy information system is less useful to them than an opportunity to score political points. Thus, they started inundating social media and partisan news outlets with utter nonsense. […]
Again: I’m not trying to defend FEMA, or the federal government more broadly. In fact, I once reported on all the mistakes FEMA made in Puerto Rico, and actually got FEMA representatives to admit (on the record) errors they had previously not disclosed. If they screw up in North Carolina, I’ll promptly say so, and will report on it. What I am trying to do is dispel misinformation that creates real problems, and could lead to real issues. […]
[…]A bunch of opportunistic grifters want to make the president and vice president look bad, so they will say whatever they want in order to do so. They’ll spin the information black hole created by downed cell towers, no internet service, and clogged or unusable roadways into mainstream apathy, tying that same information blackout to apathy from the federal government. Somewhere in there, they’ll point people to their own websites, writing, or subscriber-only content to cash in on their lies.
I am praying and hoping and wishing for a robust response to the horrors in North Carolina and the Southeast. If you want to do something to help, a western North Carolina radio station has listed all the ways people can support the area. We should all keep our attention and focus there, and hold our federal government to the highest standards possible in their response. But, while we do, let’s not make the situation actively worse by spreading lies.
We can support our fellow Americans, and hold our leaders accountable, while also remaining faithful to the truth. Not only can we, but it is the only way to help; otherwise, we put those same people we claim to care for in more danger.” ~
Thanks Kizzie, I do appreciate Tangle and other fair sites in this era of speculation passing for trustworthy information. One has to look and seek them out, but they are available and worthwhile in this crazy ‘information’ era we live in.
“Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina.
@FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!
“Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We’ve deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives.
The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough.””
In my experience of 2011 there was some small friction from the Red Cross who didn’t appreciate the help from others. I didn’t bite and just expressed appreciation for all help. But it was and is my perception that government doesn’t like to be upstaged.
Are we seeing reports of FEMAS stellar response during the perfect photo op for the admin and prospective president? I’d more than love to have seen that Take Charge attitude up front from the administration. We have a problem, Houston. We have an agency designed and well funded to cover such catastrophes. Did we learn anything from Katrina? Do we care?
Do we have stories from many local diverse sources that all point to a lack of activity on FEMAs part?
Do we see a local disaster affecting the air we breathe and see the downplay of it by emergency management and government authorities (I know their hands are full with the storm disaster . . . does that mean other disasters and people suffer harm from neglect?)? The governor is considering declaring the chemical fire here a disaster for that one county.
Have we been lied to by the media about other things in order to make a certain person look good who is a candidate for election?
So many things that are questionable. It”s what is being left out of the news that is the news.
I just saw live video of Trump and Kemp in Evans, GA. Trump praised Kemp for doing an excellent job. It seems the storm has helped cement their working relationship. Kemp told about some of the people who have died in Georgia. One was a young mother, maybe 27 y/o who had 1 month old twins. So heartbreaking. And two elementary school age children, brother and sister, who died in the same manner as the young mother, from trees crashing on/into their homes.
She asks a good question: where are they going to buy things?
Also, are they planning to mail the checks?
Can they get to an open bank to cash the checks or will it be credit cards loaded with $750?
If they decided to send cash, perhaps that will be intercepted by tipped off people from other nations that happened to have been dropped off in the community in time for voting.
I’m not on instagram so I can’t see the original video, Janice. But I remember thinking how fortunate we were back in 2011 to live in an area where there were many people and businesses NOT affected directly by the tornadoes. That meant we were able to still work and find a stocked grocery store. The banks were open. The mail ran or could be picked up at the Post Office. And there were people available who could help those who were unable to help themselves. The people in rural areas affected by these floods and landslides are in a much more precarious position.
I thought this was an interesting article. On the one hand we’ve seen China try to forcibly limit family size by pressuring women to have an abortion, now Russia is trying to do the opposite it seems. They are considering a legal ban on the ‘ideology of childlessness’. The term seems amorphous to me. I admire the idea of bolstering and encouraging “a close knit and large family”, but I have grave doubts that this is how to do it. In fact, it could backfire badly.
Janice the media always lies. They have an agenda and will stop at nothing to accomplish their agenda.
Trump just might actually care….what a concept!
I have family and a friend of mine is from eastern TN….J would rather have eyewitness accounts of what is happening rather than to believe this corrupt government any day. This administration will always put American citizens last and it shows!
Wandering Views 
He will make a fine Senator.
https://x.com/HungCao_VA/status/1841625826430734733?t=Zoa_pufHS3-ZMkUKb8WWMQ&s=19
CAPT Cao: “When you’re using a drag queen…to recruit for the Navy, that’s not the people we need. What we need is alpha males and alpha females who are going to rip out their own guts, eat them and ask for seconds.”
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“I’m sorry FEMA spent 940 million dollars on illegals and are now saying they don’t have enough money for the hurricane victims?
Where is the 42 billion for high speed internet?
Where is the 7.5 billion dollars allocated to build EV charging stations? We only built 7.
Where is all of this money going?
We passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, there has been no new infrastructure that has even been started.
I’m willing to bet if we do an audit, the majority of all of these funds were redirected towards facilitating the flow of illegal immigrants into the country.
Of all the scandals that Biden and Harris administration have been involved in. This might be the most insidious one.”
https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1841630000442650985?t=ng8iXg35GBZSNVfSKKgQDg&s=19
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CBS won’t tolerate people spewing facts and truth on their network.
https://x.com/redsteeze/status/1841520850748526633?t=hPa-yrQCVOSrvssMpU-g1A&s=19
“Rewatching this, as soon as Vance corrects Walz that the CBP One app has not been around since 1990, Norah O’Donnell pushes the button under the desk.
They didn’t cut the mics because there was insulting and abusive cross talk or yelling. They cut it because Vance was making a point and was right.”
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Republicans need to stop playing by their biased and one sided rules.
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“Civilian volunteers like @CoryMillsFL are paying out of pocket to help save lives in North Carolina.
Nearby Fort Bragg (Liberty) has DOZENS of helicopters, field hospitals, water trucks, etc ready for humanitarian relief but the Pentagon hasn’t told them to go help.
Why?”
https://x.com/michaelgwaltz/status/1841538064637714705?t=k4CCM1Vb-KslXdtd_QuUbA&s=19
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https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1841991573619540402?t=sEFooitWbsCkgy3drKfO-Q&s=19
“Congressman Cory Mills says Biden’s visit caused a four-hour delay in rescue efforts, adds it will take months to uncover bodies from Hurricane Helene.Key updates:
– “They’re going to be recovering bodies for the next couple of months due to the landslides.”- “We have transported 13,000 pounds of food.”
– “President Biden decided to do a fly-in… he put a 30-mile TFR around the actual impacted area, which means that no helicopters and no plane have any access or any capability to fly.”
“So for four hours, they were grounded, search and rescue were grounded, distribution of food and supplies was grounded.””
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He should be visiting, but this is just stupid. He’s not the president assassins are after.
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It’s OK, they’re mostly red areas.
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1841598816623198299?t=9bMBoTY5IVFYODS4h5o8eA&s=19
“Rep. Cory Mills is in North Carolina trying to rescue Americans. He claims FEMA is largely MIA because it has diverted resources for immigration resettlement:
“So that’s really where the missing piece is, the Federal piece. Let’s go ahead and point out the obvious. FEMA had utilized a large majority of the personnel who should be here taking care of this to be replaced or repurposed for immigration resettlement when we need to be focused on Americans.”
There’s over 170 dead Americans and over 1,000 still missing. This is totally unacceptable and tragic.”
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Storm zone?
Its the first Biden’s heard about it…
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1842019382446194690?t=FHZ80JWXyd5CubG9iph2FA&s=19
“Reporter: “What do the states in the storm zone need — after what you saw today?”
Biden: “Oh, storm zone? I didn’t know which storm you’re talking about”
Holy crap”
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“It should be a national scandal covered by the national media that Biden/Harris waited so long to then only authorize 1000 troops to assist in hurricane rescue operations, who are still waiting to go because the Democrat Governor of NC is delaying approval of Title X orders.
Infuriating.
Meanwhile, FEMA is out of money because they spent it all on illegal aliens.
This goes beyond partisan politics, this is just wrong and I don’t understand how anyone can defend it.”
https://x.com/WadeMiller_USMC/status/1841830170560221346?t=4u1GPze51ML-CSeFlqvoyw&s=19
It’s sad that Americans suffer while we waste money on undeserving illegal invaders.
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Would love an answer to this.
https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1841954097794072743?t=NAtBUlioFo5Cb3CXMJYRcQ&s=19
“The new fiscal year started on Tuesday. How on earth are these morons already out of money?”
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https://x.com/nypost/status/1841895298777350320?t=Rldr1ejLuy8QJQHeuYl1lw&s=19
“Feds say there’s no money left to respond to hurricanes — after FEMA used $640.9M this year on migrants”
trib.al/kcpHhf9
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And where the heck is the House and Senate?
On vacation.
#USELESSGOVT
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Lovely graph shows just what Dems are up to. Flooding red areas with illegals, so when they make them voters, you get one party rule.
But Republicans are stupid and say this isn’t happening…..
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1842018622631510291?t=askZdauglfM4ixsMP6gFnQ&s=19
“They’re importing voters to swing states. Clear as day.”
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“Increases in Illegal Immigration populations in Swing States under the Harris/Biden Administration”
https://x.com/alx/status/1841979450285601082?t=1aFD-jDX_ILI_WFq5n9nLw&s=19
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Reality sucks, and this is exactly what they’re doing.
So the election is a month away, and huge swaths of Republican voting blocks won’t be able to even vote at this rate.
This seems to be yet another example of dems never letting a crisis go to waste.
https://x.com/WadeMiller_USMC/status/1841913521774461087?t=AZoCwOtJVB3RFD1H8lgRkg&s=19
“If one wanted to weaponize government against political rivals, it could:
1. Deplete FEMA funds by diverting disaster relief funding to line the pockets of illegal aliens coming across our border due to open borders policies
2. Use FEMA to hold back citizen rescue groups from providing aid to disaster impacted citizens, at threat of arrest.
3. Have the President slow walk and delay for many days the authorization of military assistance from units already in the state and otherwise easy to put to use.
4. Have the Democrat Governor of a state delay approval of and implementation orders for the federal military assets, such that they just sit around waiting while Americans are dying.
5. Focus on monopolizing the nationalization of disaster preparedness and then withholding it from largely Republican communities, while demonizing discussions about states needing to be the main focus of disaster preparedness as a means of defanging the ability of the federal government to weaponize its power to punish regions that don’t vote for them.
6. Refuse to allow drones into areas to search for survivors who need help.”
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https://x.com/KylieJaneKremer/status/1841874750228070401?t=9YFjaDWtnuFVaGGKSKXOsw&s=19
“FEMA FAILURE IN THE SOUTHEAST
I was just alerted by friends in Greenville, SC that there is a massive failure by FEMA to deploy assets to assist those impacted by Hurricane Helene and they are feeling beyond frustrated and angry.
FEMA has 12 MEDVAC EC135 helicopters just sitting there in Greenville.
FEMA has 3 C130 cargo planes just sitting there in Greenville.
FEMA also has fuel tankers, ambulances and other equipment ready to deploy, sitting in Greenville, as seen in the videos attached.
These planes, helicopters & other equipment have been sitting since Sunday and have not doing anything for Americans in need. Our tax dollars not being utilized even though they are appropriated for specific situations of emergency just like this.
What the hell is going on? What exactly is FEMA doing besides promising a measly $750 to those affected by Helene?? $941 million FEMA dollars have been given to illegals and now DHS Secretary Mayorkas is asking for more money for FEMA because there isn’t enough to help Americans?!
What about these resources just sitting in Greenville? Why aren’t they being deployed??
People are dying and in desperate need of help. Fellow Americans aren’t even allowed to help because of red tape & money we’ve already paid in taxes isn’t going to help them either.
The Biden-Harris Administration is MASSIVELY FAILING and it is clear American citizens are NOT a priority.”
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So when will his trial start?
Because this is exactly what they just prosecuted Trump for.
https://x.com/MikeCrispi/status/1841945147140923681?t=Px7bpW-8ZO6AP0CS6CqSiw&s=19
“Doug Emhoff paid $80,000 in hush money to the nanny he impregnated so it wouldn’t become a campaign issue.
Election interference!
When’s Alvin Bragg going to prosecute him???”
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My comment about presidents and disaster areas still stands — you can’t win either way – visit or don’t visit. Alot of Monday morning quarterbacking on FEMA response – happens every major hurricane and the rhetoric comes from the opposition party (either one). In this case, do Republicans admit FEMA needs more money due to the increase in extreme storms in the last decade (don’t even have to mention its from climate change)
Money comes from different envelopes hence money goes to Ukraine or even within FEMA it has separate envelopes. Then again FEMA shouldn’t be involved in moving migrants – leave them in Texas, right?
To be fair, I don’t buy any argument that starts with “we don’t have the money”. 2008 demonstrated to me that if money is needed, the gov’t can print it. If the banks need money or there is a war, suddenly the gov’t is in charge of printing money. If not, its becomes “complicated” and the gov’t has to “borrow”.
I thought Texas and Florida Republicans were sending migrants to the “blue” cities on purpose. Now, the Democratic cities are purposely importing migrants? Should Texas and Florida have kept the migrants?
hrw
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My CA friend just told me it is fake news that FEMA funds have been misappropriated. Oh, well, another one bites the dust. The year of friendship funerals.
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“DHS Sec. Mayorkas over 5 years:
’20: Closing the border is xenophobic.
’21: The border is secure.
’22: There is no illegal immigration.
’23: Illegal immigration increase is temporary.
Feb ’24: Illegal immigration is good.
Oct ’24: We gave illegals the whole budget.”
https://x.com/TheTonus/status/1842173487533695445?t=b9gOqLvMbpxLbe9eoaFxzA&s=19
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Kamala’s showing her Marxist side….
https://x.com/CortesSteve/status/1841922507751780863?t=2ZfzmwiHLxZ4E77IsuDDBg&s=19
“If you’re a white American, live in rural Georgia or North Carolina, and just had your home destroyed by Hurricane Helene – Kamala Harris wants you to receive disaster aid last because of your skin color:Kamala:
“It is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme [weather] conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making.”
Reporter: “And women!”
Kamala: “Absolutely and so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity, understanding that we fight for equality, but we also need to fight for equity, understanding, not everyone starts out at the same place. If we want people to be in an equal place, sometimes we have to take into account those disparities. And do that work.””
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Just one more cost of living increase gifted to us from Kamala and Joe, and a #USELESSGOP
https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1842005368680976883?t=-Rd2g9ReOGlVCTTs1L_BPg&s=19
“Why is your auto insurance renewal quote skyrocketing in price?
The #1 reason for the rate increases, according to auto insurance companies, is the increased costs for repairs from the rapid influx of uninsured and unlicensed migrants.
Because they usually lack insurance, good drivers insurance carriers are forced to cover the costs.”
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You’re welcome suckers.
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If only we had known!
They all knew, even the Rs. Yet they all stared at their feet.
https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1841891518363419075?t=MkeYpTjFRAwMid1w6XA3sA&s=19
“Everyone should be waking up this morning outraged… They have taken the FEMA EMERGENCY food and shelter program, and over time, siphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars into basically making it an illegal immigrant resettlement program.”
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This is heartbreaking stuff.
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https://x.com/GardensR4Health/status/1841920830575460732?t=JN8eb1-DEUnaUpEHcfYPjw&s=19
“An animal rescue worker is in shock today as she finds 5 bodies on a riverbank behind this house.
Just fyi- this is exactly why media is still not allowed in, it’s just too horrific.There are still bodies everywhere. 😞”
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Correct.
https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/1842202474024689885?t=UlISnTFXnjCtaHVpbakV-Q&s=19
“Our country spent all its FEMA money on illegal immigrants and has none left for Americans dealing with natural disasters. This by itself, in a rational country, would make Kamala unelectable.”
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“It’s over, the choice is clear. You don’t have to like him but you see what America first was and now we see what America last is. You can’t defend this administration.”
https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1842068443173986553?t=gqnZc4k9w9yNmwhw6tuO9w&s=19
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Re: 11:53 – That quote was from two years ago. She may have modified her thinking since then.
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I had a brilliant comment and it disappeared – afraid you’ll have to do without my brilliance.
In short, disaster relief is a no win for any president. Damned if he visits, damned if he doesn’t. At least Biden didn’t throw paper towels.
Budget money has different envelopes and thus money to Ukraine can’t be redirected nor would it exist if Ukraine didn’t exist. FEMA itself has different envelopes, although I’m not sure why they are involved with migrants.
I thought Texas and Florida sent the migrants to places like Philadelphia to put the burden on Democratic cities. But now apparently, Democrats wanted these migrants and have somehow got the Texas governor to do their dirty work?
I no longer accept the excuse there’s not enough money. In 2008, money was printed for bankers and money is always available for wars. But when its a social or relief program, the gov’t has to “borrow” money? The gov’t can print it when they want to.
Harris is right – disasters normally have a bigger impact on lowest income communities and people of colour. “lowest income” does include white people. People of colour are mentioned because historically blacks were segregated in environmentally bad neighbourhoods.
hrw
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Dare we hope that folks are waking up?
https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/1842228170055163981?t=dTLPDo8eopz5Mk32tAmIHA&s=19
“Multiple US Senate races are tightening, moving from lean Dem to statistical ties or even with Republicans ahead.
Republican Eric Hovde is now statistically tied with Democrat Tammy Baldwin per internal polling from both campaigns after being down 7% in WI.
Republican Bernie Moreno has recently been polling slightly ahead of Democrat Sherrod Brown in OH.
Republican Hung Chao is within the margin of error against Democrat Tim Kaine with zero national attention in VA.
Republican Tim Sheehy is now consistently ahead of Dem Jon Tester and outside of the margin of error in MT.
Multiple Republican Senate candidates have momentum, which is a bad sign for Kamala.”
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Janice (@10:48) – Does that mean that she unfriended you or you unfriended her? (I’m assuming you were referring to Facebook, but I could be mistaken.)
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Sure, fire the guy getting to the bottom of your disastrous border policies the govts child trafficking op, and the 2 assassination attempts on your rival. Seems legit. 🙄
https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1841944753211846896?t=qrUCuFYKlZ0ApGQh2fQsng&s=19
“It appears that Joe Biden is preparing to fire DHS IG Joseph Cuffari.Cuffari has been a one-man wrecking crew against Biden regime exposing huge failures in border security including lost children as well as Secret Service lapses on January 6.”
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https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2024/07/30/democrats_vs_the_man_who_could_get_to_the_bottom_of_the_trump_shooting_1047928.html
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Kizzie, not Facebook. But I feel no need to comment further with details. She and I will still be Facebook friends. I have never unfriended anyone on Facebook with whom I have a personal relationship, whether in person or online.
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Kamala’s from the govt, and she’s here to help. If you fit the criteria, of course….
Let’s hear for “equity” or something….
https://x.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/1842175945597239418?t=BINBw6TYgUUskIT3nb96kw&s=19
“GOOD NEWS GUYS.Kamala is finally giving money to victims of the hurricane.
Oh wait, it’s only $750 each.I mean, per household, not per person.
And only to people already on EBT or govt assistance.
And you have to apply for it online, and receive it online (if you’re approved).
Even if you don’t have internet or a phone… because, hurricane.But don’t worry, Sec Mayorkas says FEMA is out of money anyway.
No money left for the rest of Hurricane season!I guess the nearly $1B —yes BILLION—that FEMA spent on “welcome centers” for illegal aliens in the past two years drained the hurricane cash stash pretty quick.”
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“Dare we hope that folks are waking up?”
So you want us to be woke?! 😄
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Janice – I am glad to hear that. It saddens me to see people unfriending on Facebook or cutting off relationships in real life because of their political leanings.
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If FEMA is being used for migrant care or to solve the problems of illegal immigration, I think that is a gross misuse. But I am afraid we expect too much from organizations like FEMA or the Red Cross. Yes they should probably be more prepared, but to be fair I don’t think they ever have been as much on top of things as we think they should be.
In 2011 a string of tornadoes brought horrific damage to large parts of the South, including my neighborhood. There was no power for almost 2 weeks. We were the only ones who stayed in our immediate neighborhood during that time. We slept in the house at night and during the day we camped on the carport—cooking on a grill or in a bonfire in the back yard. Fortunately the water was still available. The very first people to come through after the storm were volunteer teams of neighbors who checked the houses for injured people. The next people I remember were from different churches. The volunteers and the churches were there days before the Red Cross or FEMA—Samaritans Purse was present before either. Biker clubs distributing batteries were there before FEMA or Red Cross. FEMA was of no use to us at all and the Red Cross practically none. I’m sure they have their uses, but if we had been relying on those government organizations, we would not have survived.
More than anything, I remember and treasure the response of the Church. All different denominations—the Baptist chainsaw gang removed most of a huge tree that had fallen on our house and our neighbor’s. They cleared out many trees blocking our cars (one of which was totaled). And I remember the pastor of one very small church nearby who came down the street pulling a little red wagon with ice water and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. PBJ never tasted soooo good. I have never been more moved by the eager and loving response of the Church that I witnessed at that time.
I expect that the government agencies can be more involved in long term rebuilding, or in rescues or demolitions that require heavy equipment. But as I witnessed, those projects are extremely limited and for people who are renting there is practically no help at all. I am afraid that people affected by Helene have experienced devastation that cannot/will not be undone by government help, although I hope government can help put the infrastructure back in place relatively soon.
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Kizzie, I know at one time we became unfriended on Facebook and for whatever reason it happened, I believe we both have been truthful when saying neither if us did that. It was another of the many strange things that happen in regards to my phone, I suppose.
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Just one of the many devastated roads needing repair, but shows how difficult it is to rescue people without sending more troops in:
https://www.facebook.com/share/y7dhQAweAx1Tcs4a/
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It’s a Christmas Miracle!
Or the just end to a politically motivated crisis.
https://x.com/TheTonus/status/1841973460127363165?t=LLb0o1wfXma0tKuUhS0myA&s=19
“DeSantis humiliated Biden by announcing that he’d send in the Florida National Guard to guard & run the ports and hours later the strike disintegrated.
Amazing.”
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Ta…Daaaaa…..!
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“Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisc) to me regarding what appears to be Joe Biden’s imminent firing of DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari
“It is no surprise the Biden-Harris administration has not appreciated the independent scrutiny conducted by DHS Inspector General Cuffari. He began his tenure by cleaning out bad apples in the DHS Inspector Generals office. He has conducted aggressive and comprehensive investigations of the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous immigration polices. This has made him an obvious target for removal. The efforts to silence and remove Inspector General Cuffari are unacceptable and an affront to transparency and accountability at DHS.””
https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1842029964247359999?t=QUbwuq4OjsMd67eEwYIcqQ&s=19
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https://x.com/NCNationalGuard/status/1841976269941952920?t=lISXTgKb_Mio4qd3EX8EGfunny.
“North Carolina National Guard air assets have completed 146 flight missions, resulting in the rescue of 538 people and 150 pets.”
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Always follow the money.
https://x.com/Cernovich/status/1842023752936071661?t=cnD1vAobXgVF3eQyDhf0WQ&s=19
“He laundered all of the money to open borders NGO’s. Mayorkas himself was part of such a group. It’s a scandal he was ever appointed to a position giving him power over illegal immigration.”
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Isaac Saul’s “My Take” in this edition of Tangle is worth reading. (Scroll down on the page for this part.)
~ “A horrific tragedy is unfolding in North Carolina and across the southeastern United States. But a specific kind of reaction to this tragedy has caught my attention today and is infuriating to watch play out: Liars and hacks have decided to capitalize on it for social media clout. […]
In situations like this, helping people in disaster areas requires a tremendous amount of planning, coordination, and — perhaps most of all — reliable information. Federal, state, and local governments need to coordinate. Citizens need to receive information from rescue services, and they need to trust that information so they can act on it. Saving people in these situations is incredibly challenging, harrowing, and complicated.
Unfortunately, it’s also election season, which means that some online influencers and pundits — many on the right, but some on the left, too — decided that a healthy information system is less useful to them than an opportunity to score political points. Thus, they started inundating social media and partisan news outlets with utter nonsense. […]
Again: I’m not trying to defend FEMA, or the federal government more broadly. In fact, I once reported on all the mistakes FEMA made in Puerto Rico, and actually got FEMA representatives to admit (on the record) errors they had previously not disclosed. If they screw up in North Carolina, I’ll promptly say so, and will report on it. What I am trying to do is dispel misinformation that creates real problems, and could lead to real issues. […]
[…]A bunch of opportunistic grifters want to make the president and vice president look bad, so they will say whatever they want in order to do so. They’ll spin the information black hole created by downed cell towers, no internet service, and clogged or unusable roadways into mainstream apathy, tying that same information blackout to apathy from the federal government. Somewhere in there, they’ll point people to their own websites, writing, or subscriber-only content to cash in on their lies.
I am praying and hoping and wishing for a robust response to the horrors in North Carolina and the Southeast. If you want to do something to help, a western North Carolina radio station has listed all the ways people can support the area. We should all keep our attention and focus there, and hold our federal government to the highest standards possible in their response. But, while we do, let’s not make the situation actively worse by spreading lies.
We can support our fellow Americans, and hold our leaders accountable, while also remaining faithful to the truth. Not only can we, but it is the only way to help; otherwise, we put those same people we claim to care for in more danger.” ~
https://www.readtangle.com/liars-and-hacks-are-capitalizing-on-a-tragedy/
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There are always going to be opportunists who take advantage when people are vulnerable. It is on both sides.
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Any truth to the allegations FEMA is blocking or taking aid from citizen helpers?
mumsee
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Thanks Kizzie, I do appreciate Tangle and other fair sites in this era of speculation passing for trustworthy information. One has to look and seek them out, but they are available and worthwhile in this crazy ‘information’ era we live in.
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Mumsee,
The people on the ground say it is, the media says it isn’t. Their source? FEMA.
So yeah, it is more than likely happening.
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“Just received this note from a SpaceX engineer helping on the ground in North Carolina.
@FEMA is not merely failing to adequately help people in trouble, but is actively blocking citizens who try to help!
“Hey Elon, update here on site of Asheville, NC. We have powered up two large operating bases for choppers to deliver goods into hands. We’ve deployed 300+ starlinks and outpour is it has saved many lives.
The big issue is FEMA is actively blocking shipments and seizing goods and services locally and locking them away to state they are their own. It’s very real and scary how much they have taken control to stop people helping. We are blocked now on the shipments of new starlinks coming in until we get an escort from the fire dept. but that may not be enough.””
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1842246865234128978?t=GkoyXw0HyQi9pG17TmKxLw&s=19
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Sad, but funny, and pretty accurate according to some reports, which had bunches dropped in Asheville right before the storm hit.
https://x.com/Twitermytweet/status/1842259584876175460?t=Kiaq63qwxoRedUblgTG45A&s=19
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In my experience of 2011 there was some small friction from the Red Cross who didn’t appreciate the help from others. I didn’t bite and just expressed appreciation for all help. But it was and is my perception that government doesn’t like to be upstaged.
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Just thinking logically:
Are we seeing reports of FEMAS stellar response during the perfect photo op for the admin and prospective president? I’d more than love to have seen that Take Charge attitude up front from the administration. We have a problem, Houston. We have an agency designed and well funded to cover such catastrophes. Did we learn anything from Katrina? Do we care?
Do we have stories from many local diverse sources that all point to a lack of activity on FEMAs part?
Do we see a local disaster affecting the air we breathe and see the downplay of it by emergency management and government authorities (I know their hands are full with the storm disaster . . . does that mean other disasters and people suffer harm from neglect?)? The governor is considering declaring the chemical fire here a disaster for that one county.
Have we been lied to by the media about other things in order to make a certain person look good who is a candidate for election?
So many things that are questionable. It”s what is being left out of the news that is the news.
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I just saw live video of Trump and Kemp in Evans, GA. Trump praised Kemp for doing an excellent job. It seems the storm has helped cement their working relationship. Kemp told about some of the people who have died in Georgia. One was a young mother, maybe 27 y/o who had 1 month old twins. So heartbreaking. And two elementary school age children, brother and sister, who died in the same manner as the young mother, from trees crashing on/into their homes.
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The latest job numbers are out. Fudged yet again, everything’s great!
Until next month after the election when we once again for like the 20th straight month, they will be revised down.
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She asks a good question: where are they going to buy things?
Also, are they planning to mail the checks?
Can they get to an open bank to cash the checks or will it be credit cards loaded with $750?
If they decided to send cash, perhaps that will be intercepted by tipped off people from other nations that happened to have been dropped off in the community in time for voting.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAtZCCuJUaa/?igsh=MWhib242cGRwYXlicg==
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I’m not on instagram so I can’t see the original video, Janice. But I remember thinking how fortunate we were back in 2011 to live in an area where there were many people and businesses NOT affected directly by the tornadoes. That meant we were able to still work and find a stocked grocery store. The banks were open. The mail ran or could be picked up at the Post Office. And there were people available who could help those who were unable to help themselves. The people in rural areas affected by these floods and landslides are in a much more precarious position.
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I thought this was an interesting article. On the one hand we’ve seen China try to forcibly limit family size by pressuring women to have an abortion, now Russia is trying to do the opposite it seems. They are considering a legal ban on the ‘ideology of childlessness’. The term seems amorphous to me. I admire the idea of bolstering and encouraging “a close knit and large family”, but I have grave doubts that this is how to do it. In fact, it could backfire badly.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-proposes-ban-child-free-lifestyle-rcna172616
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Trump and Kemp.
Trump needs Georgia.
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Janice the media always lies. They have an agenda and will stop at nothing to accomplish their agenda.
Trump just might actually care….what a concept!
I have family and a friend of mine is from eastern TN….J would rather have eyewitness accounts of what is happening rather than to believe this corrupt government any day. This administration will always put American citizens last and it shows!
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