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Actually, the true challenge is how any candidate who truly WINS their election can take their rightful position before it's stolen. Right now, we appear to have selections by elites instead of elections by the people.

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That’s the way it has always been. Presidents are selected by our overlords. Always have been. Voting is like the toy steering wheel on the grocery cart. You just think your vote counts. It doesn’t.

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This is 100% accurate. JFK was the last elected President I believe. Reagan was shot after 89 days in office after he refused for these 89 days to sign a document titled, The War Powers Act. They shot him. He signed the document right after he got out of surgery, from his hospital bed. How many people on this blog know even that? Less than 1%.

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Actually JFK was “selected” by the Democrat cheat machine in Illinois. I really don’t know how far back the last “honest” election occurred. Another example: Why did U.S. newspapers have polling favorite Thomas E. Dewey (GOP) already typeset in the printing presses in 1948 only to learn that Democrat Truman had magically won overnight? And guess who backed Truman despite his widespread unpopularity?The Deep State of course, upon which Truman immediately established the anti-communist Truman Doctrine, NATO, and the CIA. Sound familiar? Spying and warmongering all under the guise of being against communism, while communist agents and sympathizers infiltrated the federal government and every cultural institution in America.

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You know you're probably correct. Why wouldn't have been rigged forever.

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I just learned about Reagan being shot recently; then he did what he was told. Thank God for Trump. I’m so worried that they are going to kill him.

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One single man - elected by "We The People" - managed to blow the entire "Deep State" out of the muddy waters . . .

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It is up to you folks now - to decide - which direction you want to take!

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The elites hate Trump for reasons that John wrote, and John, in fact, has written fairly, but they also hate Trump because they know he wants to destroy them, that he will likely keep his word, and that he will never give up.

Donald Trump has faults, and is not good at being a politician, but he is, overall, a good and decent man. Joe Biden is not a decent man, and he's accomplished little good. For no reason I can understand, Biden is just plain mean. He is a hate "initiator," and Trump, is a counter-puncher.

The elite -- politicians like Pelosi and Schumer -- are both the best of politicians, and the worst of politicians. They are skillful in turning the Democrat masses against Trump in ways that are greatly damaging our country.

From what I understand, in an honest 2024 election, it is usually the Independents, the right-leaning Democrats, the suburban women, and the Catholics, who live in the five or six battleground states, determine our Presidential elections. If we can, somehow, get an honest Election, Trump may win because the Democrats are coming after our children with their "gender affirming" surgery, and he will not give up fighting this surgery for our children.

Honestly, despite his faults, I feel love for President Trump, just as I feel love for Dr. McCullough. They are both very different-acting men, but they both love our people, and they both work very hard to do what is best for us. They make mistakes, but they both succeed a great, great deal. I will always be grateful for the sacrifices they are both making. Now, I need to reach for a tissue.

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I think the child mutilation issue may be Biden's Waterloo. It is not just bad policy for a President to advocate "gender affirming surgery" for children; it is categorically evil. Voting for the party of child mutilation would be difficult for anyone to justify on moral grounds. Have you seen that the inventive minds of our Democrat academic class have stopped trying to cure cancer and are now inventing castration machines to automate and expedite the castration of as many children as possible? https://www.city-journal.org/article/oregon-health-science-universitys-castration-machine

Automated castration machines are an apt metaphor for destructive Democrat policies: the industrial scale implementation of barbarism.

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Truly shocking. The devil is a liar and the devil has Biden is a grip hold.

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Keep on speaking out.

I read the article and followed its link to the photos of the operations. My God. What they are doing to these yound people is horrible. Kids run away and come to Portland to be cool, so the parents of those underage probably have no idea. They are so influenced by their new friends. So, I can believe OHSU is really using a castration machine.

I also know they are prioritizing those castration "Emergency" surgeries over other needed surgeries. I live across the river from Portland. In May 2020, I planned to have my mastectomy for cancer there, so that I could both be near my family, and have a very experienced surgeon. I was told that the one surgeon still there, who had been doing women's cancer mastectomies, had just stopped, and, instead, was doing only transgender surgeries!

My state, Washington, was not accepting complicated mastectomies, either, because the crazy hospitals were holding open surgery suites for the "true emergencies," and their hospital beds for Covid patients (and the money they were getting), other than a bed for 1 night. The line of women waiting for a one night's bed was already long.

I ended up having to fly to another state. Ridiculous! Did I mention that I really dislike living in the Pacific Northwest?

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You are speaking to the choir. I fled Portland in 2021 after the "mostly peaceful protests" of 2020. It used to be a great place, but people there have lost their minds. It became oppressive living around so many people who pretended "everything was fine" when the place was going up in flames.

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Oh, yes. I won't even drive over there, anymore. Even with the fires gone. I have changed any appointments to over here. Did you go to a red county in a red state, or at least pink?

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I went to a small town in Arizona. The state is trending blue as Democrats leave their ruined states and bring their bad ideas to Arizona with them, but small towns here are still red and culturally isolated from the dying leftist cities. Small red towns towns around the country are having a Renaissance while the blue cities self-immolate.

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As a resident of the swing state of Michigan, I can guarantee that Trump will “lose” here in 2024, the same way he “lost” MI in 2020. The evil triplets in Lansing: Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State have rammed through legislation ensuring against legitimate elections for the forseeable future.

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Trump is a Trojan horse provided by the elite to fool people. He is on their side not ours.

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Ya ok, sure he is, the elite were having their way with us before Trump BUT ya they are going to bring Trump in to 'fool' us all the while Trump is waking up millions of people worldwide who were completely asleep for varying reasons before he became president.

The Warp Speed contract was another bit of genius, as it will lead to the eventual downfall of big pharma. 6 times it states in the contract that any injection must be safe and effective, this is why Trump kept saying what he does about the shot because he was told it was safe and effective.

He is the only politician who told people to not be afraid of covid and offered up early treatments.

We are in a war here people and many of you failed and trusted in man and science, both of whom lie and manipulate whereas I chose to trust in God and His amazing immune system.

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I agree that Trump did say those things about Covid, but what did he actually do about it? Sure he sent a hospital ship to NYC, helped get more respirators manufactured and launched Operation Warp Speed. I don’t know that the hospital ship was even utilized, respirators were a death sentence for many and the vaccine was a huge failure, dangerous and not really a vaccine in the traditional sense. The “game changer” HCQ and Ivermectin were basically banned and state medical boards threatened to pull licenses from doctors that prescribed them. And good luck finding a pharmacy that would fill a prescription. Did Trump sign an executive order to protect doctors or pharmacists that prescribed it or use the military to distribute or administer it to those open to taking it as a treatment or prophylactic measure? Did he speak out against mandates that forced healthcare professionals to take it or lose their career and livelihoods? How about university students or employees whose employers mandated it under threat or being kicked out of school or fired?

And after the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump and he called his supporters to DC for a rally to demand that Congress investigate, what has he done to assist the many that have been imprisoned on ridiculous charges? He’s not lifted a bloody finger or uttered a word to support them.

Trump failed big time with respect to Covid, because he never used his power to get Americans the available treatments they needed and instead let the various departments and bureaucracies under his direct control instead take the lead which led to countless avoidable deaths, needless physical and psychological harm to Americans and great damage to the economy.

Yes, there is much blame to go around including Democrats, governments at the federal, state and local level, health departments, the medical establishment, hospitals and administrators, social media and the Media. But Trump also failed and should never get elected to any public office again. Despite his huge ego, he’s just not up to the task.

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Everything you wrote is gospel. Except one thing. Elected? He was elected. He was selected decades ago and placed there. The rest of what you said is spot on.

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Waking them up to what? What do you think is going to happen now that people are awake? Do tell. Are you asleep? Ever since we've been told it's gotten exponentially worse. And let me break out to you. Millions were already awake even if you weren't. How the fuck could you be asleep after 911? You're a fool if you were and i don't know what you're called if you still think 911 was what you were told. Trump uncovering all of that emboldens them and strengthens them more. It doesn't stop or change anything. You are a fiddle being played.

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I have seen your bellowing claiming to trust no politician and voting does nothing, so whats YOUR plan genius?

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My bellowing? FUCK OFF. You want answers too, the truth isn't enough for you?? Figure it out yourself. PS Because you're a stupid fuck that believes the lies you wanna come at me? Wake your ass up Gary. You believe the fable of 911 too? How about JFK? Do you know anything about the Federal Reserve? Anything about Agenda 2030? How far up your ass is your head anyway Gary?

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Trump brought Military-Purposed warp speed injections.

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And he is still pushing them. After the evidence has proven that they purposely maim and kill people. He knows.

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….most people (including conservative voters) still believe the lie about the vaccines and no doubt Trump weighs that into his strategy. I predict he’ll fess up to injuries and deaths but on a playable basis to scoop maximal votes

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I totally agree!

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me too. If Trump wins, elites will not care. They can totally control Trump. Trump is a nobody. He is there to soften us up for whatever comes next.

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Bingo. We have a winner. They probably insert him again. LOL

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Thank you. Well said. I 100% agree with you.

I am surprised at the lack of confidence in Trump by some people. I ask them “have you watched one of Trump’s rally speeches lately?” Not that he’s changed his tune much, but because the uniparty/establishment GOP-never Trumpers are working overtime to drown the optimism in his message, muddy the clarity in his goals and suppress knowledge of the specific actions he plans to take immediately upon entering office. Stakes are too high to listen to the Trump-naysayers. Perhaps listen to his most recent speech in Iowa on July 7, and then tell us again that he is not the leader we need to save our country and the leader we need for such a time as this.

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Omg. The speeches are scripted by writers. The guy is an actor. He means nothing he says. Dear God.

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Oh and look at the globalist responding to any positive Trump comment, you are so obvious buddy and your time is up btw so stop trying to incite people to violence.

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Look at the stupid moron who doesn't get it so he calls me exactly what HE is falling for. Gloabilst bullshit. Gary you're not a very bright guy. You're IQ is not very high and you've struggled to understand things your whole life. Why do you think this is different and you know something?

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One single man - Elected by "We The People" - managed to EXPOSE 'Group Psychosis' mirroring hell's rage and fury based in centuries of humiliation, terror, vengeance, and outright HATRED of the Imperials, Bankers and Peers towards 'The Constitution of the United States' and those creating it.

GROUP PSYCHOSIS FOR ONE single man and a whole Nation under God based in INALIENABLE RIGHTS is now shown to originate with the Central Banker Family Cartel out of The City of London and Basel, Switzerland. The planning rising from two centuries has EXPOSED them to be leading the International Mafia as the TOP OF THE EVIL HEIRARCHY enacting ALL EVIL 'FALSE FLAG OPERATIONS', 'WARS FOR PROFIT', U.S. TAXPAYER MONEY LAUNDERING, and DELIBERATE MASS GENOCIDE to Depopulate and Enslave ALL THE WORLD'S PEOPLE.

One single man - has provided an opportunity, perhaps an ONLY OPPORTUNITY for 'We The People' to again rise to TAKE BACK OUR POWER from the Parasitic, Predatory 'Would be Kings' to provide freedom for those choosing it.

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I was thinking the third nation-state was the Vatican, but Switzerland sounds right, too.

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No, you're correct about the Vatican being a Nation State as 'The City of London' and D.C. 'The City of London' is the reason D.C. was made it's own Nation State; a Corporate Entity not of the rest of the United States.

Switzerland has always been marketed as NEUTRAL and the Banking Industry was considered neutral and sacrosanct in the world. Issue is; the world now knows the Bankers in Switzerland were German Nazi Sympathizers and the country was the European Opium Highway throughout the whole last century.

It's also the home of 'The Bank For International Settlements' owned by the ROTHSCHILDS which is the Central Bank of all Banks ALSO NAZI SYMPATHIZING.

The home of the W.H.O. in Geneva; a knock-off of the U.N. seeking WORLD COUP or World Colonization for centuries BY THE ROTHSCHILDS AND THEIR CENTRAL BANKER FAMILY CARTEL working through the European Monarchs...Like King George III and is now USING U.S. Military as though it's owned by them.

And, the home of the WEF, Davos; which we all know is nothing less than the NEO NAZIS organization used as a FRONT FOR THE BANKERS...Another Puppet.

There's also the Large Hadron Collider at CERN which is associated with all the questionable Technological advances operating in secrecy which discovered the Higgs Boson particle they're identifying as 'The God Particle'.

The Gotthard Tunnel leads through the mountains to CERN and the garish and disturbing Opening Ceremony was a Worship to Baphomet; a Demon which all the European wealthy attended and celebrated.

Indeed, Switzerland is its own country...And, it's obvious it's also an origin/center of evil now growing in the World.

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Thank you

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I heard it was the Vatican, too. City oh London, Washington DC, and the Vatican. Don’t think it’s Switzerland.

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Most of us already knew that. Because he told you what most of us know he's the second coming? The whole thing is a charade. A movie. Wake up.

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Wake up to what???

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To fuxking reality Gary. How many times are you going to respond to my comments? Clearly I'm under your skin. It seems you have some idea that the world you live in is a matrix of.lies and bullshit? You have the impression you vote and actually have some control. You have no control. Wake up to THAT reality. Gary.

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Hello RLM RLM RLM RLM . . .

Thank you for waking up the entire planet single handed . . . !

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Why don't you relax now - and get a good nights sleep - so you will be fit for your next fight against "We The People" . . . ?

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So sad to watch you godless ones, nobody is coming for me buddy, nobody but God Himself. As for you, enjoy your eternity because I know exactly what you are.

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I go to church every Sunday. I pray daily. Again. You have no idea which end is up. And that's frustrating for those of us that have some clue. Dealing with the clueless is maddening

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Wonderful...You got the whole point. 🎯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Those at the top running the whole show since before the U.S. even existed WERE NOT EXPOSED AS THEY ARE NOW...And, they are not the 'Deep State Minions'.

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Yes, it is between Howling Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson and Muddy

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I think more and more people are awakening.

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You are missing something about the divide of people/voters who dislike Trump. Most democrat voters will NEVER vote for a republican under any circumstance. Have you ever met one of these people and engaged them in a friendly debate about Trump? It's totally pointless. Approximately half the population is incapable of critical thought.

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Most democrat voters will NEVER vote for a republican under any circumstance.

Worse, most will never think or have a rational thought, either.

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How many Republicans do you think will vote for Kennedy?

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I considered it and even joined his website to support his run for President. When I found out he was anti 2A, and that much of his platform is no different than any other democrat I withdrew my support. Bottom line, he is still a democrat.

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RFK Jr. Is anti Second Amendment, and never forget he’s a democrat. I thought about it, even signed up for his website & support. After I investigated what his actual platform was, I ended my support. Critical thinker?

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I w ould, and I am not even Republican!

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And why was Trump installed? To control the right which is what he did. How many would have been jabbed on the right under Hilary? Wake up. Trumps an actor.

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Plenty of people did not take the jab.

If people took it, that was their choice.

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And? Who are you talking to?

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Installed? I'm sorry, what facts do you have to support such a claim? Let me guess, you will be voting for DeSantis? Or will it be Biden? Newsom?

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Voting? You fool.

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Yes. I earned the right, I'm a disabled Veteran. Until the democrat party/deep state/communists finally remove the right or it becomes beyond apparent that the elections are totally compromised I will. Not voting is a vote for the so called deep state.

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I am sorry. But the county is already gone. Voting is a facade. Trump was inserted too. It's all gone. Believe whatever you want. Voting is completely rigged.

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No need to be sorry. You are probably correct. I just do not want to give up just yet. I think Obama was the beginning of the end. I believe you are wrong about Trump, and the November 2020 election was the finalization of the coup. The Federal Reserve was the initial step of the coup.

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I sure hope you stick around when this story runs it’s show credits.

It’s going to be fun watching y’all’s meltdowns, in the meantime,

Cool your jets, and enjoy your clown show… 🤡🤣🤡🤣🤡

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Thanks to you sir and others for the sacrifices made so the rest of us still have that right. Shame on those who say they won’t vote because “it’s rigged and they will install who they want.”

That’s EXACTLY what the Democrats want, for us to give up and admit defeat.

As long as there is breath in me, I will vote.

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Exactly! I believe this too!

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They are those needing a perpetutal King/Daddy since they are 'Perpetual Hippy Wanna-Belongs' who will never reach emotional/spiritual maturity past the age 8, if that. Since that's what they need, they should have the option to live in a land where THAT IS POSSIBLE and NOT The United States.

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There aren’t as many people on the left as you’ve been told. We feel overwhelmed because it is all the most visible people (who are being paid) against him (movie stars, media, RINOs, education, medical, etc. We the People are the ones that count.

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We the people are the ones who count? For how long? They currently control the presidency, senate, DOJ, FBI, CIA, many of the state governors/DA's, and the election apparatuses for many states. They blatantly stole the November 2020 election and what did "We The People" do? Recently Brazil had it's election stolen and 10's of millions demonstrated in the streets for weeks. What did "We The People" do here? Maybe a million showed up on January 6, 2021? Even at the request of President Trump? How pathetic is that? This green lighted the go ahead for the deep state to clamp down on our freedoms even more. Shame on us all. Whatever you may think, there are foreign powers largely in control of the government, and soon the will have complete control.

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Absolutely 💯

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Too true.

And debates are for people willing to be at least open-minded enough to consider opposing viewpoints. But I'm being redundant - that's your "half of the population, incapable of critical thought".

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Thanks for this piece. Everyone's "Trump experience" appears to be different, but everyone has one. In 2016 I also thought he was a comic, performer and not fit for the job. The nuclear war waged against him for his entire term by powerful forces I had only vaguely been aware of previously, and that came out into the open to fight him, all forced me to (reluctantly) see him now as a hero. And, also reluctantly, I now see enemies I did not see before: NYT, CNN, long-term congressmen (both R and D), universities, and even the medical establishment.

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Me, too. I found Trump interesting and funny in '15 and '16. I never realized most news was fake before Trump explained it. He opened our eyes to a lot of bad going on. I will always appreciate him for doing that.

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It’s called the uní party, with very few exceptions!

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Trump like Vivek is not a club member, somewhat like Yang. The uniparty can't abide any of them because they are not as dependent on our installed rulers - the uniparty and corporations. It is unclear if any of them can reign in the swamp. DeSantis might be a bridge candidate but isn't as personable. Still a ways to go to '24 but hopes run high.

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Well said. On your comment about half of the country, I hear that a lot, that half of the country are on the left/against Trump. Back a couple years ago just after Biden took office, I spent a little time looking at the YouTube White House pages for the Trump White House and then the Biden White House. This was when YouTube still had a counter on the thumbs down/dislike button.

On every random video I clicked on the Trump White House page where Trump was speaking, there were approximately 5-10 times as many likes as dislikes. On every random video I clicked on the Biden White House page where Biden was speaking, there were approximately 5-10 times as many dislikes as likes.

I know this isn't exact statistics and doesn't prove anything completely, but it seems to me based on these numbers that only about 10-20% of the country at best is far left progressive liberals who are completely behind Biden and against Trump. What I'm saying is I believe the country is more like 80/20 or 90/10 conservatives to progressives and not even close to the 50/50 split that they lead us to believe. My theory is that's why YT removed the dislike counter, so that people wouldn't be able to see the ratio and know what the split actually is.

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10-20% of the country at best is far left progressive liberals

Or better said, 10-20% are idiots

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Yes, I agree with you. I live in Illinois where I believe the state is 65-75 percent conservative. The large majority of Democrats live in Chicago. Corruption runs deep in this state and I am not sure if we will ever have another legitimate state or federal election again.

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Same is true in Michigan where I have lived all my life. Just a handful of counties and the corrupt unions decide our elections.

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I agree, the 10-20% has cowed the other 80% into submission with their name calling, harassment and cancellation of those who dare disagree with them. Helped along by the complicit media and big tech. Just in our local elections, they tried to get candidates fired, have doxed supporters of candidates (and did get people fired as employers are just as cowardly), and are very entrenched behind the scenes. Too many good people stay out of politics and civic engagement (excuses - families, jobs, distaste for politics, etc) whereas the left NEVER SLEEPS. I have been fighting this fight for over a decade now, trying to get more people involved as the left has taken over our school board, city council, and county governments. Covid woke a lot of people up to this, but the initial anger has faded, and most have gone back to ignoring it all, other than complaining on social media.

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Yes, it is really discouraging to know how many people aren't paying attention and have no desire to. A lot of them won't care until it's right on their doorstep.

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Yes, and the same people will wonder what happened when they are no longer able to express their opinions on platforms like this one....

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Thank you for your volunteer efforts. I know it takes a lot of time.

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I am a nerd for this stuff, grew up with parents who were politically active, so it's in my blood I guess. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but frustrated by the number of people who were all in during the 2021 and 2022 local elections who have since dropped back out from the scene and can't be bothered now that life has returned to 'normal'. We didn't get here overnight, and we will not get out of this mess overnight either.

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I agree with you. btw, I notice that Courageous Discourse has no dislike counter either. I like CD very much, and would like it better if they added a dislike button. I have not needed it myself, but fairness would put it on CD, in my opinion.

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And it was all feel good propaganda. Also largely dishonest, like his bogus Mexican wall project, many countries have sealed their borders with high tech methods. Next to the real geriatric Biden, Trump looks like a pro.

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Very well said. I have personally experienced TDS in my own family. It’s a sight to see and hear. The rage, anger and the sheer will to have Trump die! I was shocked!!!

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May the best, honorable, God fearing , ethical person with discernment win square and fair .... party doesn’t matter. And whom ever it be , stand up to the alphabet soup agencies and stand up to protect our rights and our Constitution.

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And may the Supreme Court overturn the Chevron Doctrine, the core reason the DC bureaucracy is as entrenched as it is. Basically the doctrine says if a law is ambiguous, the 3 letter bureaucrats have leeway to interpret the law. It's basically giving legislative power to un-elected agencies people. good summary here: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/supreme-court-takes-on-federal-agency-power-with-chevron-case-1.1915374

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Thank u Donna , I had no idea.

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💥🎯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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What a joy to read this essay, although I believe he IS up for it. However with Dominion voting systems in play and new voters coming over the border, I have no hope that a non-democrat will ever win again in my lifetime. Sad.

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Deeply flawed, Trump cares about the US. He didn't recognize peoples' real character and ethics and he greatly underestimated the power and corruption of the bureaucracy. His personnel undermined him at every opportunity. He needs to unite with RFK Jr. who understands Big Pharma and the fake vaccine / bioweapon.

No chance for real opposition to the Democrat Party in Chicago: Chicago has a long history of political corruption,[12] dating to the incorporation of the city in 1833.[13] It has been a de facto monolithic entity of the Democratic Party from the mid-20th century onward.[14][15]

What is the alternative to Trump?

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I, too, would love a Trump, RFK Jr. ticket.

If RFK Jr. would do it, I really think he would be making a difference for our country.

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He said yesterday, he would not join Trump ticket or Biden. He said he has no "plan B"

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If he realized that it would benefit the Country, he might. RFK Jr. brings to the table many strengths and attributes that Trump doesn't have and he could devote most of his time to deal not only with Big Pharma, but also Big Food which makes us obese and diabetic, Big Sickness Care which costs a fortune and is only good for trauma, accidents, and usually ok for general emergencies.

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Completely agree. If someone could help RFK, Jr. understand that he would make a real difference for our country.

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"During his presidency, Trump was brave and scrappy and had good instincts, but he was totally lacking in sophistication about how to deal with the vipers who surrounded him." YES! Bottom line for me: Trump gained popularity out of the zeitgeist that government is broken, and he was the man to fix it. As an outsider, he had no dog in the fight, and could come in to see where reforms needed to happen. But the 'in theory' did not work out in practice.

His Achilles heel, is that he completely underestimated the power, entrenchment, and ruthlessness of the DC establishment. (the swamp) Effective business leaders rarely micromanage, they delegate to focus on the big picture. Trump is a big picture guy. Unfortunately, the big picture eliminates the details - who is trustworthy vs self-interested, who is stroking his ego to get what they want vs telling him what he doesn't want to hear, and so on. The problem with an outsider in DC is that they have a steep learning curve in how things really work behind the scenes. Time and again he was undermined by some of his own people, and he seemed slow to catch on before a lot of damage was done. Big picture people tend to fail at digging into the weeds, and the weeds are often where there are lessons to be learned. So, to me, the question of whether Trump is the guy in 2024 can only be answered if he is to show he HAS learned from his mistakes in his last term. Regardless of his successes in both policy and actions (like the SC picks, mostly), the blunting effect of the non-stop efforts to undermine him were insurmountable. His constant desire to pick fights with his detractors created way too many distractions, and his inability to restrain himself in these situation helped him snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Too many of my friends who are rabid Trump supporters are too quick to pin him with the savior medal. The only savior (besides Jesus Christ) is We the People - this job is too big for one person, We all need to do our part to push back, to engage, and to hold people accountable. Too many are content to bitch on their platform(s) of choice vs acting. Support good candidates. Attend meetings from school board, city, county government to state capital testimony and rallies. Write, call, and meet with your elected officials. Donate or volunteer for groups making a difference. I knocked over 2000 doors last year and way too many people are apathetic, uninformed, and/or angry. Anger is useless unless you use it to motivate yourself to do something positive. MOST of those who are angry never followed up when I suggested productive outlets for that anger.

Dr. McCullough is one of my heroes, as he has channeled his discontent in positive ways - informing people, speaking out, and taking the hits that come with that.

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THIS: "We the People - this job is too big for one person, We all need to do our part to push back, to engage, and to hold people accountable. Too many are content to bitch on their platform(s) of choice vs acting. Support good candidates. Attend meetings from school board, city, county government to state capital testimony and rallies. Write, call, and meet with your elected officials. Donate or volunteer for groups making a difference."

YES YES YES!!! And to anyone who has a croak-load of smoldering anger, I would suggest, use it to fuel your consistent resilient action.

To the point, I just happened to transcribe this very morning a bit from a medical freedom rally in late 2021 by Pennsylvania state legislators Doug Mastriano and Dawn Keefer. Keefer says: "This is going to take personal agency. This is going to be you fighting. There are risks, we don't know what all of those are, but you have to stand up and fight."

https://senatormastriano.com/2021/11/08/110921/

Time: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | 9: 30 a.m. 

Location: Front Capitol Steps 

Members: Senator Doug Mastriano, Senator Judy Ward 

Topic: Medical Freedom Rally in support of SB 471 (Prohibiting COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates) and SB 885 (Ensuring Unemployment Compensation for Unvaccinated Workers)

TRANSCRIPT

36:36

SENATOR DOUG MASTRIANO: Can you believe we have experts in their field being fired because of a mandate? And what about natural immunity? Why is that off the table?

WOMAN'S VOICE: [inaudible] Free speech!

SENATOR DOUG MASTRIANO: Free speech as well. I mean, is this Soviet Russia that you'd be investigated for having an opinion? Really? So this is how far we've gone. And we have to stand. And you are modern day heroes, you're, you're putting a lot on the line by standing up against the man, the establishment, the beast. But you're modern day Americans here and you can change the course of history. Don't despair. I do believe we'll prevail in the end, but it comes comes with great sacrifice and great risk. But you're heroes to me.

The next speaker we have is a hero to Pennsylvania, I mean, ah, we do have some great champions in this building here, you've heard from a couple of them. The next one is Representative Dawn Keefer from York County, representing the great 92nd district. Thank you.

[applause]

37:33

REPRESENTATIVE DAWN W. KEEFER: Thank you, Senator, for leading this charge, and thank you all for being out here today. It's very encouraging, and thank you for standing strong.

Medicine is not one-size-fits-all, right? We all know what's best for our bodies and let us work with our health care providers. But when I have health care providers coming to me, coming into my office, frustrated that they took a Hippocratic Oath and they are being forced to work against everything that they have known to be true, when they are writing, writing, ah, instructions on a tablet, not putting then in your charts for fear that their charts are being reviewed and they're getting disciplined.

Why are we are not treating? Right? Why can't we treat for this? If you have inflammation give me anti-inflammatories, if you can't breathe, you give asthmatic medicine. This is what we've always done. Natural immunity, herd immunity, this is all scientifically based. But if you don't go along with the narrative that they have now, right, they silence you all. So I commend you all for being here, for standing up, for not being silenced, because that's the problem right now, everybody's being silenced.

And I know there's a lot on the line. And I, and I appreciate the bill that our the senator has here. But if you think Harrisburg is going to save you from this, you are sorely mistaken. It's not coming. It's not getting through. This is going to take personal agency. This is going to be you fighting. There are risks, we don't know what all of those are, but you have to stand up and fight.

Why am I not advocating for the vaccine? Because I don't know what your health circumstances are. It's irresponsible for me to do that. It's not one size fits all.

[applause]

It's very irresponsible to do.

[applause]

So we have to start using commonsense. We need to get back to the science that they always, you know, are championing. What about the science? There's no science in this.

The governor just issued the mask, said, I'm going to lift the mask mandate. Now first, remember, he said, I didn't do it, I didn't do it, the Secretary of Health, or the acting Secretary of Health, she issued this school mask mandate. But something magical's going to happen on January I think it's 17th or something, 17th somehow, some way, school boards are now going to have capacity to make those health decisions and safety decisions for the school. Something magical's going to happen on the 17th of January, I guess the virus is really a smart virus and it knows.

So so again, so this is the kind of a tyranny that we have. And unless you stand up, unless you make sure that your voice is heard, unless you start taking actions to protect your health, to protect your children, to protect your family, you will get double downed on this.

So your jobs are at risk, are at stake, and I get that. And I don't know where everybody's at personally, but these, you gotta to figure out, what hill are you willing to die on?

We have a, a crisis right now in our healthcare facilities, we don't have the manpower, with or without these mandates that they have, we already short-staffed. So this mass exodus that they're about ready to witness in Pennsylvania, is going to cripple us. When you call 911 and nobody answers the phone, what are you going to do?

Nobody has thought this out. They thumbed their nose at all of you, saying, you know, it's not a big deal, when the date comes, you'll all acquiesce, you'll all come around, right, you'll get the jab, and it'll all be good, it's just that little minority. And that's what the attorneys have been telling the school boards, that's what they've been telling their companies, right, just do it, people will come around.

You have to decide, are you going to coming around?

CROWD SHOUTS: NO!

REPRESENTATIVE DAWN W. KEEFER: Everybody needs to fight, we have your back, we're going to continue to do everything that we can to to stand with you, to fight against this. But this is going to take all of us, all of us, locking arms and working together to push back against this. This is your constitutional right, your bodily autonomy, right? These are fundamentals.

[applause]

And if you concede on this, it's just the first step. It's just the first step. So stand strong and fight. Thank you all.

[applause, cheers]

41:56

[END OF EXCERPT]

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Why did Doug Mastriano lose his election? He seemed so great, such a conservative leader. I was floored when he lost by a lot! And it seemed like there was no pushback like Kari lake is doing. Thoughts?

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I'm not familiar enough with Pennsylvania politics to say. But certainly I am sad that someone standing for medical freedom didn't win.

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Thanks for your honesty. Saying I don’t know the answer has become a rarity.

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Yep: "But if you think Harrisburg is going to save you from this, you are sorely mistaken. It's not coming. It's not getting through. This is going to take personal agency. This is going to be you fighting. There are risks, we don't know what all of those are, but you have to stand up and fight."

Take out "Harrisburg" and insert ANY level of government.

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Yep. Cheers!

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Trump is a divider. With his nick names, his divisive language, it merely divides rather than brings people together. I voted for him twice but once he backed and continued to push the "vaccine" even after it was known to be a killer, and I lost my sister to it, I no longer back him. I gave him the grace thinking, "well, he was deceived by Fauci" but once the truth was out, and he pushed it still, he lost me. He took a million dollars from Pfizer. That turned me off too. No, I have begun to believe they all are playing the same game. I won't take part.

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A fundraiser was just held for DeSantis by a major lobbyist for Moderna. The same guy (the lobbyist) also is one for AbbVie which makes Lupron. Lupron is a drug given to "trans" children.

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Thank you for that info. I'd like a link please. I'm not voting because they all are in the game. Last election showed us our votes don't matter anyway. It's just a way to make us believe we still live in a democratic republic. So, I'm not wasting my time.

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Thank you but I found it too. I went searching for it. LOL I should have done that without asking you and putting you to all that trouble. Thank you so much! You are a doll. God bless.

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For better or worse, it is Trump or this county becomes a vassal of the CCP, the WEF, &/or the WHO.

I don’t see DJT signing away our sovereignty to those people in those international alphabet organizations; the UNIPARTY players, undoubtedly will.

With sovereignty intact vaxx & repurposed drug issues can be addressed; w/o sovereignty: no hope.

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Yes! And he did pull the funding from the WHO.

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Exactly.

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I'm going with Desantis as he and Lapadapo got it right on covid and they are not putting the vax on child schedule. Trump in an Oreilly interview still brags about vax and operation warp speed saving hundreds of millions of lives after all this time has passed. He still doesn't get it or is too proud to say the vax was wrong and thats not good going forward. He will never admit the vax was wrong b/c his ego won't let him. For all of his quick decision making he was very slow to fire Fauci, Birx, Collins and rely on Scott Atlas more...not good. He was right on Hydroxy but never let IVM into the equation and went ahead with the EUA. These are major points not just small policy disagreements and sadly I can't fight against vax and medical freedom these past 3 years and then throw out my soul to political ideology...not on an issue as big as this.

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DiSantos is totally owned and run by the Bush-Cheyne conglomerate. NEO CONS down to their fingertips. War, war and more war. And we don't need another 9/11 psy op.

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Or the Patriot Act, or a Digital Central bank currency

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Trump is also totally owned. All of them are or they would not be allowed to run for president.

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I respect your opinion, but I really think they miscalcuated...Hillary was supposed to win. It was evident

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It is a huge issue for me as well. I won’t say at this point that I won’t vote for him but I am doing research on all the candidates including RFKJR. The days of BLINDLY following government leaders are over. Everyone must do their own due diligence. Haven’t we seen enough blindly following to learn our lesson?

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Will the debate leaders ask the biggest questions of all. Per Lancet, a study on autopsies.

1)Why are 74% of sudden deaths attributed to the vaccine?

2)Why has NO ONE even mentioned this?(Are doctors still recommending Covid vaccines?)

3)Also, why isn’t the left promoting “Sound of Freedom”? Are they for child trafficking?

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A lobbyist for Moderna just held a 1k a plate fundraiser for DeSantis.

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I have finally read a true understanding of Trump. My take is that he is nothing more than a bull shit artist. He has used that talent to get through his whole life and has been successful at it. But he failed to realize that Fauci and Brix were both massive liars and were better at the BS game than he was. So when we needed true leadership in a time of crisis he failed the test. So do we want someone so self absorbed who can be bullshitted into another dumb decision if another crisis arises and given what’s happening now in Ukraine it’s just a matter of time before it explodes into WWIII. There are much better choices than Trump or Biden. The party that figures this out and doesn’t nominate either one wins big time in 2024.

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Do you need to be President to run a country- look at Bill Gates - running the world.

Proof is in the pudding (Biden with his dementia) that Presidents are puppets. Trump wasn’t a puppet but unfortunately managed to get ensnarled with the puppets around him.

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Trump IS a puppet. They all are. He is one of the most dangerous puppets ever. He’s got all the fake Christians fooled. Evil to the core.

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How so? Middle East Peace? Growing economy, record market profits and 401K's, Secure oil reserve? No wars? A strong dollar? Low gas prices? Which one of these examples is evil in your opinion?

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I can think of one and it has me most troubled. He refuses to acknowledge that the experimental Covid gene altering injection is toxic. He continues to brag that he made it happen. He has the opportunity to just say he trusted Fauci and Birx and they were wrong. He endorsed outpatient treatment for Covid. He said that the lockdowns must end as the cure cannot be worse than the disease. I know he has had numerous physicians talk to him about the toxicity of the jab. So why or why does he continue to support them?

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For those of us that hang around forums like this one, it may seem that the general concensus is that the vaccines are harmful. But actually it's still a minority view. There is still a long way to until the general public acknowledges the dangers behind theses mRNA vaccines.

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I agree. The large majority of my friends and family are vax’d to the hilt. I had always taken vaccines as recommended until the Experimental Covid jab. I had recently retired as a nurse and had time to research. I am blessed that my children and grandchildren have not taken it. I am thrilled that RFKJR will shine a big ol spotlight on this topic!

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Trump was greatly mislead, that doesn't make him evil. He's been recently talking about investigating vaccines, and big pharma, maybe to come out directly against the covid vaccines at this point could hurt him politically, there may be other factors involved, so giving him the benefit of the doubt. Also consider the political reality of big pharma going to war against Trump, they do have money and clout, maybe Trump knows that the most important goal is to win, then he can do something. Dr. Paul Alexander, one of the most virulent speakers against big pharma and their vaccines supports Trump unconditionally, I trust his opinion. He's spoken with Trump and there's more to the story than has come out in public.

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As opposed to Slow China Joe who has been bought & paid for by the CCP, the Ukrainian kelptocracy, who promotes every kind of deviant behavior , covers for his coke addicted misogynist lying son, you have to be kidding me.

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No, he was not a puppet. That was the problem. He wasn't an insider, and not a Globalist. He has to be taken down or out...because he effed up their plans for the Great Reset.

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It seems it’s best just to disregard Lucy. Leftists will be leftists, or perhaps Lucy is an AI bot.

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Can you give some evidence? Why do you think Trump is dangerous? Do you worship the Davos crew?

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Presidents have been irrelevant since at least 1963. They either do what they are told, or are run out of town.

I did not realize most of this until President Trump came to office. Now the curtain is open, and the deep state/MSM is exposed.

During the COVID manipulation I went back and researched 9/11. I'm a structural engineer. Building 7 was clearly controlled demolition and I never realized it. Anyone can clearly note the following: It had no massive structural damage. Building 6 was still marginally intact. More importantly the Verizon and US Post office on either side of Building 7 remained relatively unscathed yet 7 was completely demolished. Its just physically impossible.

It goes deep folks.

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Has anyone looked into Building 7 to see why it “needed” to be demolished? There must be a reason it was intentionally destroyed. What secrets was it hiding?

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Bldg 7 housed CIA, IRS and more. Destroying all incriminating files was obviously an objective, as was the insurance money received by Larry Silverstein. http://www.911review.com/attack/wtc/b7.html

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Bingo! And don’t forget about the missing of millions of taxpayer money that News broke a few days prior 9/11. Bushes

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All of this needs to be thoroughly investigated. Everyone needs to talk about WHY Building 7 was destroyed.

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Trump ain’t perfect.

But he’s the only anti China, anti globalist candidate. That’s why they hate him!!! It’s all about China and that’s why the corporate media and the rich are pushing back hard on Trump!!! People need to remember this and try to remain objective. The establishment candidates are not bashing China and not doing anything about their presence in Cuba!!!!

The Marxists are making power moves ready to ruin the USA. To abandon the “bull in the China shop” now makes no sense.

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And he isn’t and Antichrist or a god. Just a flawed man trying to save us and our country. But the top, living in their comfort, buying what they need when they need it, probably with servants don’t care about the rest of us. Donald Flawed Trump did!

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