26 thoughts on “News/Politics 11-18-24

  1. In the interest of equality, of course…

    Let’s look at some with actual evidence against the accused.

    https://x.com/BelannF/status/1858219170368037069?t=oHKwtgPTBQQ2VgvazppssA&s=19

    “Since the Senators are going to try to indict you in the press with the false sexual accusations the DOJ dismissed already (Evidently there was no evidence to prove the accusations) – why don’t you publish the slush fund list of all the politicians who have paid hush money to the people who have accused the politicians of sexual misconduct?”

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  2. It’s time they paid a price for their biased and partisan actions.

    https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1858541706083291486?t=_kfDkN_a_DWgTiITJFwcwg&s=19

    “Ari Fleischer: Trump should upend the White House briefing room”

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    https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4995398-ari-fleischer-trump-should-upend-the-white-house-briefing-room/

    “Despite the fact that the readership and viewership of newspapers and network news shows has plummeted, the first rows of the briefing room are occupied by reporters from the Washington Post, New York Times, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, CNN, FOX News and a few others, just like it was 40 years ago when those seats were installed by President Ronald Reagan.

    It doesn’t matter that most of those news outlets have been famously inaccurate in their reporting — from their nonstop coverage alleging Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election, to the credibility they gave to the bogus Steele Dossier, to their happy dismissal of a laptop computer that contained damaging information about Joe Biden, to their refusal to countenance that COVID may have originated in a Chinese biolab, to their failure to cover President Biden’s health decline, to their false reporting that Trump called for Liz Cheney to be executed by a firing squad — the media in that room keep failing to do their most basic job.

    They don’t tell the people the truth about what’s going on. They routinely publish false stories that make Trump look bad, and hide those that hurt Biden.

    Now they expect that they should not be subject to scrutiny or change in their professional behavior. They don’t care how wrong they are — they want the status quo to continue so they can do it to Trump again.”

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  3. The congressional slush fund list is the one I want to see. And I’ll bet it’s the most bipartisan list in Washington—-well, except for the let’s-throw-trillions-of-dollars-away-starting-WW3 list.

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  4. We know it isn’t the senile, old fool doing this. So who is?

    That’s the question we should be asking.

    https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1858242363933753472?t=kmbxloRKVrIuoBqDBFZORg&s=19

    “Putin in September: If Ukraine uses U.S. long-range missiles to strike Russia, the “United States is at war with Russia.”

    Biden in November: *Authorizes Ukraine to use US long-range missiles to strike Russia.*

    Biden has just two months left in office.

    The decision comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that the US will rush “every dollar” at its disposal to Ukraine while Biden is still in office.”

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  5. So what they’re saying is yes, they knew the Covid vaccine was killing people, they simply blamed Covid.

    https://x.com/MakisMD/status/1858244977538592962?t=0ATKmcKeSwFPXw_BBV_IRw&s=19

    “It has been two years now, with unprecedented censorship from Lancet and another Elsevier Journal which pulled this paper at the last minute!!

    This has never been seen in scientific publishing before!

    325 AUTOPSIES of recently COVID-19 Vaccinated people who “DIED SUDDENLY” (largest autopsy series in the world)”mean time from vaccination to DEATH was 14.3 days”

    “73.9% of deaths were independently adjudicated as directly due to or significantly contributed to by COVID-19 Vaccination.”

    Yes, COVID-19 Vaccines result in SUDDEN DEATHS early after vaccination”

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    https://x.com/ScottWBennett/status/1858281079263969473?t=bl_j756jYPV-f4OIsKyXpw&s=19

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  6. There’s a world of difference between being “anti-vaccine” and being “against untested and unproven vaccines being mandatory forced on kids without the proper pre-release clinical tests”

    The media knows this too, yet pretend otherwise.

    https://x.com/DrBenTapper1/status/1857157102201905385?t=sFnVQPrXaMXTzeTZ-3RW8A&s=19

    “I spent 30 years trying to get mercury out of the fish in this country, and nobody ever called me anti-fish.”-RFK JR.”

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    “Not one of the seventy-two vaccines mandated for children has ever been safety tested in pre-licensing placebo-controlled trials. Not one!”-RFK Jr.%

    https://x.com/DrBenTapper1/status/1857853410428731721?t=ABP-rR76fRmT4dGc2Rbgxg&s=19

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  7. Change needs to happen, whether they like it or not is irrelevant.

    https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1858537173089505563?t=D0nSAWCbCUNVKAZHrW-_DQ&s=19

    “Former White House Correspondent Chanel Rion released a video exposing how the “White House Correspondents Association” illegally infiltrated the White House and operates like a criminal cartel.”

    WHCA members left nasty grounds on my desk, vandalized my workspace, blocked me in the briefing room, roped me off in the corner, cursed me on live TV, cut my Internet cables, taped up my wooden chair.”

    “The WHCA dictates who sits inside the briefing room. They decide which outlets go into the Oval Office or travel with the President… So here we have a 501(c) controlling the activities on federal property.” – @ChanelRion

    Rion founded a competing organization called the “National White House Correspondents Association” @NationalWHCA and wants to use it to empower relevant journalists and independent media.

    We can’t afford another four years of fake news reporters harassing and screaming at President Trump’s team in the name of truth-seeking.

    At this point, some 𝕏 personalities are far more relevant than the entire MSM. It’s time for change.”

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  8. “Vivek Ramaswamy – who is co-leading the Dept. of Govt. Efficiency – just perfectly laid out how Trump can use swift, executive power to demolish the bureaucratic state

    “First is – we want to go right in through executive action to do the failures of the executive branch that need to be addressed.”

    “The people who we elect to run the government – they’re NOT the ones who actually run the government. It’s the unelected bureaucrats in the administrative state – that was CREATED through executive action… it’s gonna be FIXED through executive action.”

    @VivekGRamaswamy and @ElonMusk are going to gut the HECK out of the administrative state. 🔥

    “That can be achieved without Congress. Score some early wins. THEN you look at those bigger portions of the federal budget that need to be addressed one-by-one.”

    “How can the president of the United States – who’s been elected with a historic mandate – actually DO the things that voters voted for?”

    “They haven’t voted for incremental change. We have voted for SWEEPING change, and the voters actually deserve to get it. And we’re focused on how to do that as early and as quickly as possible.”

    https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1858180251131486522?t=5iLYtWpmu6-0MvTwLfpUAA&s=19

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  9. Amusing.

    https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/media/morning-joe-msnbc-trump-mar-a-lago/index.html

    “MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ hosts reveal they met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago ‘to restart communications’”

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    https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1858538673681129657?t=sU_6LfNmSi2mjMNnK4s5EQ&s=19

    “Loyal “Morning Joe” viewers are furious about the Trump meeting. @jeffjarvis called it a “betrayal of their colleagues, democracy, and us all. It is a disgusting show of obeisance in advance.” Some fans are vowing not to watch the show anymore.”

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  10. “Eric Trump on Matt Gaetz weaponizing the DOJ as AG.

    “I’ve received 111 subpoenas in the last 8 years coming from Congress & Senate. They have tried to destroy our family…I had never gotten so much as a parking ticket but they have come after us relentlessly.”

    And Matt Gaetz is going to weaponize the DOJ?

    Matt Gaetz will be delivering & serving Justice.”

    https://x.com/TheEXECUTlONER_/status/1858213828581810590?t=mw8r53bWgazA9pSJumumyw&s=19

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  11. “RFK Jr. poses a danger to public health, scientific research, medicine, and health care coverage for millions.

    He wants to stop parents from protecting their babies from measles and his ideas would welcome the return of polio.”

    https://x.com/SenWarren/status/1857204011553669481?t=b20tbu5SpNuLfCn5eeHNCA&s=19

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    “In 2019-2020, @SenWarren received $821,941 from the pharmaceutical industry, making her the second most bought-off person in Congress (Sanders got $1,417,811).

    She also pushed for censoring COVID dissidents, funding COVID vaccines and countermeasures and mandates. Proof:”

    https://x.com/MidwesternDoc/status/1858250063824478664?t=vxi_EFltTf-gNQLB5n0Kcw&s=19

    Looks like the only threat is to her bottom line, and the pharma masters she serves.

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  12. Meanwhile, while Congress dithers over cabinet picks…

    https://x.com/BillMelugin_/status/1858568118752145669?t=mqcPZ77IG4Cn5gsRqUriUA&s=19

    “These sanctuary policies protect child rapists. That is not an exaggeration or hyperbole. Every week, ICE’s Boston office is arresting illegal aliens charged w/ child rape who have been released from local custody after ICE’s detainer requests were ignored. It’s very disturbing.”

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    https://x.com/johnfgately/status/1858258764841046066?t=gE9AUhjUMqe2ve4fhT5ncA&s=19

    “Mayor Wu “we are not co-operating” with deportations and she suggests that a city may in fact be able to “reverse or override some parts” of federal immigration law, this morning on WCVB “On the Record” “

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  13. “Senator Marco Rubio is expected to resign from the Senate to assume duties as Secretary of State when the Trump administration takes power on January 20th, creating a vacancy roughly two months from today.

    We have already received strong interest from several possible candidates, and we continue to gather names of additional candidates and conduct preliminary vetting. More extensive vetting and candidate interviews will be conducted over the next few weeks, with a selection likely made by the beginning of January.

    Florida deserves a Senator who will help President Trump deliver on his election mandate, be strong on immigration and border security, take on the entrenched bureaucracy and administrative state, reverse the nation’s fiscal decline, be animated by conservative principles, and has a proven record of results.”

    https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1858539688581066820?t=Zg5XYrG5FI8NIw0_AwrN4w&s=19

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  14. Citing slush funds, Epstein and Diddy is “whataboutism”. It serves to distract from the issue at hand; Getz

    found this interesting

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/18/matt-gaetz-feels-heat-attorney-general-00190091

    How much political capital is Trump willing to waste on Gartz? After all once the focus is on Gaetz doing cocaine with 17 year old, it’s only a matter of time somebody mentions Trump bragging about walking through the Miss Teen dressing room.

    hrw

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  15. Btw, I would love to see Epstein’s client list.

    Speaking of political capital — Trump’s victory is looking more marginal everyday. He’s at 50% now and once California and other states finish counting he should be dipping into the 49% territory. Plus a House with probably the same seat count – means the voters barely moved. There’s a few Repubican House members who will be looking over their shoulders for the next two years.

    Demanding purity and insulting the media probably won’t help those marginal seats.

    Debra – warmongering is the most bi-partisan thing American has done for decades. It won’t end if the Hegseth appointment goes through.

    Putin’s red line is as serious as Obama’s red line in Syria. At this point, its meaningless. He’s drawn this line so many times nobody is taking him seriously which is too bad because its a serious step to allow Ukraine to fire western weapons into Russia. So far Ukraine has used only its own manufactured weapons or soldiers to strike into Russia. There is room for plausible deniability if the west plays it correctly.

    hrw

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  16. HRW, on the face of it I think Putin is a more serious person than Obama ever was. It’s clear the warmongers in DC mean to have their way if they can. We’ll just have to wait and see.

    I disagree about Hegseth. I suspect he’s a religious dispensationalist and so views Israel in religious terms. But Trump wants peace there without WW3, and I pray he can manage it. Palestinians won’t be satisfied no matter what we do. Other than Israel, I don’t think Hegseth wants to extend wars. I’m hopeful about both Ukraine and Israel.

    Old scandals about Trump are non issues now. If the media wants to dig themselves further into a financial hole they’re welcome to continue to hype them. The electorate don’t believe them anymore. We elected a ‘convicted felon’ remember? The next ‘Hitler’. ‘Putin’s puppet’. Blah blah blah.

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  17. My respect for Putin’s ability and intelligence has diminished. Although Russian manpower has obviously over-whelmed Ukraine, Zelensky has clearly surprised Putin and outplayed him.

    The appointment of Hesgeth and Huckabee will embolden the Israelis to continue what I see as a genocide. I see Trump as a narcissist so I don’t think he really cares either way as long as it doesn’t impact him negatively. Remember he sent more Americans to Afghanistan just to delay the obviously needed withdrawal.

    As the electorate is divided 50-50, the media isn’t risking anything by not changing their narrative. They will get the same ratings. Roughly 50% voted for Trump and he won the rust belt states by less than 250k combined. Similar to 2016, Trump squeaked in — maybe the Dems should have run another white male.

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