33 thoughts on “News/Politics 11-15-24

  1. “. @JohnCornyn needs to be primaried.

    The first thing he did after the vote was to speak out against Matt Gaetz.

    These people don’t understand that nobody voted for them, we voted for Donald Trump, and we want Donald Trump’s agenda.

    They are confused because they think that going on MSNBC and having nice dinners with lobbyists is what being a politician is all about.

    Being a politician should be about doing something for the benefit of the people who elected you.

    He is up for reelection and he needs to be retired.

    He had no problem with Merrick Garland, who actually put parents on terrorist watchlist for going to school board meetings, who went after pro life protesters, using some obscure law from the days of the KKK. There are 75-year-old grandmothers in jail for praying outside of an abortion clinic.

    But this guy has a problem with Matt Gaetz.

    Outside of Washington DC, nobody in America is buying it.”

    https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1857121037303091469?t=fZdY5O4-XZkMdpn7H0aA3Q&s=19

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  2. “Lies were Weaponized to try to destroy me. These lies resulted in prosecution, conviction, and prison.

    For the liars, not me.

    I focused on the truth and doing my job. “

    https://x.com/mattgaetz/status/1857429308202946616?t=6zXNB4WGlF8OScWNz8YQfg&s=19

    https://x.com/DC_Draino/status/1857429395314524458?t=_4dCnqWU0lWM0TWckMkdvA&s=19

    “Remember, there is a former federal agent in federal prison right now for trying to lie about Matt Gaetz’s personal life and extort his family for $25 million

    Gaetz is a victim of a Deep State attack

    This is why they’re going all out to stop him”

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  3. Good!

    Florida is suing FEMA for allegedly discriminating against supporters of President-elect Donald Trump after a Daily Wire report revealed a supervisor directed relief workers in the Sunshine State to “avoid homes advertising Trump.”

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  4. If you click the link and backtrack, it gives you the story of CBS’s BS story about Hegseth being accused of sexual assault, which police investigated and found no truth to.

    I won’t link to their obvious hit piece.

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  5. So the FBI lied to Congress…..

    https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1857102206366863376?t=7brt0a9jiVX7ieo5RtXmrQ&s=19

    “The J6 pipe bombing “mystery” now appears to be a *COVER-UP.*

    “Cellular carriers have told Congress they POSSESS intact phone usage data from the vicinity where two pipe bombs were planted during the Jan. 6 incident, directly disputing FBI testimony that agents couldn’t identify a suspect because the phone data was corrupted,” @RepLoudermilk tells @JusttheNews.

    “In the days and weeks following January 6, 2021, the FBI opened an investigation into the pipe bomber and attempted to identify the suspect by analyzing cell phone data linked to the area surrounding the RNC and DNC,” Loudermilk added.

    “In June 2023, the former Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, Steve D’Antuono, who oversaw the pipe bomb investigation, said that the FBI received corrupted data from one of the cell carriers and that it most likely contained the identity of the pipe bomber. Given the significance of this information, my Subcommittee sent letters to the three major cell carriers, asking them to respond to Mr. D’Antuono’s claim of corrupted data,” he said.

    “Every major cell carrier responded and confirmed that they did not provide the FBI corrupted data,” Loudermilk said.

    “Additionally every major cell carrier confirmed they were never notified that the FBI had any issues accessing the data. This contradictory testimony raises some serious questions about the status of the investigation into the pipe bomber and about why the case remains unsolved nearly four years later,” he added.

    As noted by the Just the News report, D’Antuono told the House Judiciary Committee that the FBI received “corrupted” data from phone carriers who had participated in a “geofence” of the DNC and RNC areas.

    “We did a complete geofence. We have complete data. Not complete, because there’s some data that was corrupted by one of the providers, not purposely by them, right. It just — unusual circumstance that we have corrupt data from one of the providers,” D’Antuono testified.

    “But for that day, which is awful because we don’t have that information to search. So could it have been that provider? Yeah, with our luck, you know, with this investigation it probably was, right,” he said.

    D’Antuono served as the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office until he stepped down in late 2022, the report noted.

    @RepThomasMassie grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray in July 2023 over the bureau’s claims of corrupted cell phone data, as well as surveillance video that raised red flags over the official version of events.

    The J6 pipe bomb subject is still at large, despite the FBI hunting down hundreds of peaceful protesters from that day in one of the largest federal investigations in U.S. history.

    It doesn’t add up.”

    https://justthenews.com/government/security/hldcell-companies-refute-fbi-testimony-j6-pipe-bomber-investigation-loudermilk

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  6. Exactly. The people complaining loudest about Trump’s picks were all yes votes and media cheerleaders for the Biden degenerates and criminals. Maybe sit down and STHU.

    https://x.com/catturd2/status/1857154783460925592?t=QzTnipAAbLQdmTVq1SrF1g&s=19

    “Senator Ron Johnson is a total gangster.

    Reporters asked him his opinion on Matt Gaetz, and he unfolded a printout of the picture of Rachel Levine and Sam Brinton and asked reporters whether they harassed Democrats over those nominees 😂”

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  7. Time for the old guard to step aside. Retire the geriatric boomers and step into the present.

    https://x.com/BowTiedRanger/status/1856820606463086649?t=MTxYiLVEMzwlzpG2iK4-xw&s=19

    “Vivek Ramaswamy is 39.

    JD Vance and Elise Stefanik are 40.

    Matt Gaetz is 42.

    Tulsi Gabbard is 43.

    Pete Hegseth and Lee Zeldin are 44.

    One of the best parts of these appointments is how much Trump is empowering younger generations to lead this country.

    Boomers hung on for way too long and Trump is the first one to show a willingness to hand over the guard. A truly honorable and noble thing.”

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  8. Apparently, the congressional report on its investigation on Gaetz and underage sexual affairs and illicit drug use is now done. They were to vote on its release two days after Gaetz resigned from the House. Now they are debating whether they should release it. I’m sure Gaetz will demand its release to clear his name…

    I’ve always assumed Cornyn was overwhelmingly conservative and reading up on his past, I believe I’m right. It now appears that in the search for purity, the Republican party will eat their own.

    Hegseth’s tattoo is apparently controversial. It’s a Jerusalem Cross which has morphed over the years into a white supremacy symbol. It has its origins in the Crusades. Not sure that will help in US middle eastern policy.

    Reading the background on the sexual assault investigation, it appears the Trump transition team did talk about it but decided to appoint him. Hegseth claimed the encounter was consensual, the woman said it wasn’t. As someone who dates, adult dating can be confusing at times especially when alcohol is involved but consent should be made obvious and not to be something that needs to be clarified afterwards.

    I’m sure Trump could’ve found better reputable nominees to move his agenda along. In choosing Gaetz and Hesgeth, there’s a chance the agenda will be confused with the individuals and thus slowed down (I’m still not sure what the agenda is but in any case its going to be about the people involved as opposed to the agenda. Maybe that’s the method here — distract the masses)

    hrw

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  9. Meanwhile, the dems favorite scam for donors kicks into overdrive….

    https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1857412189000274189?t=j2VXoy5H00GvhmTRSiOPXg&s=19

    “The Department of Energy loan division quadrupled its available lending budget to approve as many green energy loans before Trump gets into office as possible.

    They are increasing the energy infrastructure investment program from 57 billion to 247 billion for the last months of the Biden presidency.

    This office is currently under investigation by Republican lawmakers for conflict of interest violations.”

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  10. It’s sadly amusing that Dems and Rs want to release the hit attempt on Gaetz, yet none are calling for the release of Epstein or Diddy’s client list, because half of them are on it. We are ruled by clowns, idiots, and pedophiles. Unserious people.

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  11. This is what’s called ” burying the lede”

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    “Bury the lede” is an idiom that means to withhold the most important information in a story until later, instead starting with less relevant details. The term originated in journalism, where the “lede” is the introductory paragraph or sentence of a news story.”

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    Here it is in action….

    https://x.com/sav_says_/status/1857452483594826161?t=_gGip2XBjYuZYWxu5oqDwQ&s=19

    “Newsweek really decided to run this headline just so they could write 3 paragraphs down that “Pete was cleared of all wrongdoing” and “no criminal charges were filed”

    Pathetic.”

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  12. HRW, the masses don’t need to be distracted; we voted for this.

    But speaking of distractions, one of my concerns is that deportations be done humanely. And also, that they don’t simply rely on making up the numbers by deporting people who are otherwise law abiding and productive. That would be the low hanging fruit I think. The criminals might take more work to ferret out. That’s one reason we do need an aggressive and cooperative DOJ. Gaetz is a decent pick I think .

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  13. “NASA has squandered $27 billion on the SLS moon rocket – $6B over budget and 5 years late. The SLS isn’t reusable so even if they finished it – it is already obsolete. It is clear to everyone that the boondoggle has failed but the newest plan is to find a way to blame Trump.”

    https://x.com/amuse/status/1857441756582666488?t=BTOcjHfw989ejOffCPiu6g&s=19

    Trump should cancel it. We already have someone doing a far better job in the private sector.

    Oh that’s right….

    They hate Elon because he’s successful and competent.

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  14. As for Pence’s objection to RFK, Jr.— the Republican party will be far more pro life in actuality than it ever has been under warhawks like him. I do not look for RFK Jr to have power to change the national laws in abortion. For my part I am very happy to leave it up to the states. That used to be the standard Republican position.

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  15. Not sure why Diane Mullette is upset — the links within X aren’t working. But is it snowing in North Carolina? I checked it’s in the mid 60s and it’s not even raining. I thought that was weird as it’s been the warmest November on record north of North Carolina.

    Green energy and Ukraine are money laundering?? I’m sure abuses and corruption are in both programs especially the latter but both will pay off for the US. If you want real money laundering check out the banks especially Canadian banks.

    But the failure of X to show her links is symptomatic of problems with X. Initially in the name of effeciency, Musk laid off workers, this led to technical problems and a decline in eyeballs and hence advertisers. The current problems stem from the lack of monitoring — advertisers and publications don’t want to be on the same platform as Nazis. So the monitors manage to stop anti-Trump and anti-Musk comments but the Nazis remain. Its a simple algorithm fix but remember he laid off those people. Its very difficult for the initial company in a tech innovations to decline especially after dominating the market but there is a tipping point where X might become irrelevant.

    hrw

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  16. Is nothing sacred in the Trump Republican political party? Even abortion has to take a back seat to Trump’s chosen.

    That being said, I agree with Debra that keeping the warmongers out is probably a far more pro-life policy. But is that really the case? Along with his Jerusalem Cross tattoo, Hesgeth has another that says God Wills It, he has the symbol and the slogan of the First Crusade as tattoos. He also favours rebuilding the Temple on the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex. Is he trying to push for Armaggadon?

    Debra — deportations especially mass deportations are rarely if ever humane. Mistakes will happen. The Trail of Tears, the move to reservations, the Japanese internment camps are all examples of mass deportations that went horribly wrong. To be humane, time and selection will be needed but will most Trump supporters have the patience? — he has two years, maybe four.

    Back in the day, right wing conspiracies often cited FEMA establishing concentration camps. It was such a common part of the background, many hurricane victims refused to evacuate to FEMA sites. During the first Trump admin, he made use of FEMA to house and then move migrants (Biden followed suit). The most likely way to mass deportation is to use the already present bureacratic structure — ie FEMA. The irony has the right wing populists now cheering what was once their conspiracy fear.

    hrw

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  17. The files and audio released on Epstein so far make it obvious figures such as Clinton, Prince Andrew and Trump were frequent guests and good friends with Epstein. Of course if I’m wrong, I’m sure Trump will work hard to get Epstein’s client list released to the public. In the same way, Gaetz will ensure the Congressional report is released. I’m looking forward to any confirmation hearings on Gaetz

    Similarly but for entirely different reasons I look forward to Gabbard’s hearings. I’m not sure I would trust her with national intelligence but I will enjoy watching her take on some of the old school warmongers.

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  18. Nope. It’s raining and cold in NC . My friend just received a photo from her son who is with a volunteer group in N C this afternoon . They had rain parkas on over their jackets. It was cloudy, dank and muddy!!! Don’t even try to downplay the lack of care this administration is giving to our citizens. It’s not funny and is shameful!

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