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"As I read the amendment, it would require approval of two-thirds of Congress to remove Biden this way. Why would Republicans do that?"

Because they are reliably stupid and their primary work product is disappointment for their base, maybe?

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Shawn Farash, the famous Trump impersonator, is vehemently opposed to invoking the 25th. I'm all for it. That would put Kamala in the White House. She is, if anything, more of an embarrassment to the Dems than Joe is. It would be the final nail in the coffin of their election hopes.

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Yes, for the balance of Joe’s term you are right. What about thereafter?

We must admit the Dems are strategically and tactically very smart despite their immoral behavior. They have taken all the rules of engagement for each of the three branches, turned them upside down, and are getting away with outrageous things . . . all as the Repubs sit around wondering what happened. With that said, they are smart enough to know neither Joe or Kamala can be on the ticket in November. Between today and their convention another Dem strategy will emerge. We can only guess at this point, but it will be as bold as their Mar-a-lago raid, their wide open in-your-face border, their Fauci country-wide lockdowns, their hijacking the DOJ and the rule of law, and Joe’s unconstitutional EO’s.

They have a plan ready to go and it will be a surprise when it happens.

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I fear you are right and the repubs are counting the chickens before the hatching occurs.

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Perhaps the Republicans ARE the chickens.

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AT least that would put us past having a Black Woman(more or less) President for the shortest possible time. This would be another nail in the coffin of affirmative action and DEI

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The Dems will draft Claudine Gay. Backup candidate, Fanni (and what a big fanni she has, indeed) Willis.

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It is Fani---but who is measuring?

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I agree with Farash 100%.

Elsewhere: 02-10-24: You can make book on the Chicago mayor busing all of his illegal aliens out to Skokie and Martha's Vineyard during the Dem convention in August... Texas Gov should bus 15,000 more of them INTO Chicago DURING the convention...

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Heck, even 50,00 or more, as many as they can jam into the buses.

It would hijack the attention off of their entire convention; meaning, it would drown out their planned slick PR presentations and staged attacks on the Right. Instead of their convention being one big advertisement for the Dems, it would be a national highlight of their complete destruction of our border.

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QUOTE: "She’s the first lesbian governor". Of that state maybe, but not nationally. Here in Oregon we're on our second one. It's so great to be ahead of the pack, and so Progressive.

On the downside, neither one is much of a looker. But maybe that explains it. Help the handicapped.

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Wim, my daughter used to live in Portland, @ NE Flanders & NE 22nd. Homeless camps down the block from her. She & her Golden moved in with us in North Carolina & stayed a year. Moved back to her hometown of Chicago last September. The Left have destroyed every great city in this country. I’ve heard wonderful stories of what Portland & Seattle used to be like. That can be said of every area in this country.

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Yes, wherever they take the levers of power they create disasters, and to a normal person it's crystal-clear why and how. But they're constitutionally and emotionally and ideologically unable to look back and ask: "Where did we go wrong?" And that's because doing so requires honesty and realism. "OH NOOOOOOooooooo!!!!!"

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Everything the Left touches turns to s__t. Everywhere. Every time. It's like a law of thermodynamics. And the imbeciles who vote for this stuff, as life gets worse for them, they just stay convinced that they are morally superior and pretend that their standard of living and human rights aren't being ratcheted down. Look at NYC these days. Almost every day you see some new outrageous criminal activity committed by gangs of thugs imported illegally by the current regime. So of course they double down with more gifts for the criminals. Some people are masochists. Not me. If you want to be afraid all the time, vote for Democrats.

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I'm sorry she felt she had to move back to Chicgo - it's a war-zone, too. That's only ONE reason I fled when I had the opportunity.

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NFT, she is young & a nomad. She has lived in Bucktown, Austin,Texas, Portland, then stayed with us in North Carolina, then back to Chicago. She will have to learn the hard way.

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Bucktown, when I lived on the north side, was an up-and-coming neighbourhood.

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I went to Prosser Vocational, 75-79’. Didn’t want to take the myriad of buses to Lane Tech, plus my neighbor said you had to swim naked! 🥶

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My grandma lived by Milwaukee/Division/Ashland. It was a Polish neighborhood with Hispanics moving in. That was the late 60’s early 70’s. Her old home is now over $1 million. Insanity. I grew up by Division/Kostner. Then bought a home by Belmont/Harlem & later Grayslake so my daughter would have good schools. Left for NC in early 2021.

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When Chicago neighbourhoods had character...

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We all do.

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Best BBQ I’ve ever had was the Salt Lick in Driftwood after hiking at Pedernales State Park.😋😋

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Good to know.

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Wim, essential information for sarcastic minds. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you

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I voted for Taylor Sisi. I had no idea she was the Mexican president.

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Roar of laughter. Sorry I lost count. Not.

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In other news:

OMG! Now the Nigerians will NEVER pay NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell what he's owed...

(Invested in Nigerian "guaranteed" investments)

https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.semafor.com%2Farticle%2F02%2F10%2F2024%2Fherbert-wigwe-of-nigeria-access-bank-killed-in-helicopter-crash

How's this for an auspicious start to a Super Bowl?

Never mind the NFL player getting busted on the night before...

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Holy cow Batman!

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I didn't realize I was so far behind the curve. Hi ho hi ho I'm learning as I go.

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Sadly so true !

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“ FINALLY, the biggest news of the week was the birth of our granddaughter.

Our 3-year-old grandson loves the heck out of her. Seeing her for the first time, he ran around the room because he was so happy that he could not contain himself. Later, he helped feed her but like any man, he left the changing of the diapers to Mom.”

THAT was the most joyous news I’ve heard all week!

Many blessings to the whole blossoming Surber clan!

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Good to know the votes of two more illegals will be cancelled out by your growing family. Keep up the good work!

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Remember those Hillary I'M WITH HER ty-shirts? I'm waiting for I'M WITH HUR t-shirts. Think any on the Left would wear one?

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Somewhere in my massive meme collection, which I am constantly trying to pair down, has the two states adjoining, Illinois and Indiana, that says on Indiana pointing left I'm with stupid.

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Ha!

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Well played imkitty !

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inquiring minds would like to know!

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Fads die when sales reach the market saturation point. Remember Pet Rocks! EV's have reached the market saturation point. The supply of buyers willing to fork out outrageous sums for a vehicle with limited usefulness has been exhausted. Government subsidies were used to prop up sales but subsidies are not attractive to intelligent buyers. Tesla is cutting prices. Dealers are begging manufacturers to take back unsold EV's. GM dealers are refusing to spend $200,000 to equip their shops with equipment to service EV's. Toyota recognized EV's as a fad right away and refused to participate in the game. Ford and others are shutting down EV divisions and writing off investments. But here comes government to the rescue. Biden orders feds to buy thousands of EV. Georgia's legislature is planning on creating tax subsidies for EV part makers. More to follow because insanity is a hard thing to cure and government is insanity.

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💯💯💯

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23: One of Hawaii’s first acts as a State was to put a murderous tyrant in Statuary Hall. Kamehameha I waged aggressive war against his neighbors using Western Arms against a Bronze Age people. This is the Sprit of Aloha.

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And, they showed their commitment to that spirit with their handling of LaHaina. I could go on about DEW and blue paint, but others here are more learned about that topic.

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Tmitsss, infinite ambition in the hands of a child spoiled by success results in a downfall, or face plant. My favorite book goes into this extensively. Who knew my favorite book could be so wise?

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Doesn't aloha mean, 'goodbye'?

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You can't say that. It's kapu. (Hawaiian for forbidden= politically incorrect ).

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That is much like me saying that my home state South Carolina should put Civil War hero and former Republican Congressman Robert Smalls in Statuary Hall. Smalls are as born a slave. At age 14 his master rented him out to the owner of the steamship Planter. In the early hours of March 13, 1862 at age 22, Smalls took the Planter, his family, some co-workers and 4 harbor defense cannons past Ft. Sumter to the Union Navy and Freedom.

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Good history lesson.

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I have a copy of The New Simms History of South Carolina, the official SC state public school state history textbook published in 1940. The author was the granddaughter of William Gilmore Simms. Simms was an antebellum author, poet and historian, now known mostly for his pro-slavery writings. The New Simms history does not mention Congressman Smalls or his heroics.

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It's politically incorrect to say, 'aloha'?

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Nope. You can do whatever you want on Hawaii as long as you pretend that Hawaii is the superior culture.

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Ah! Of course...

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There’s a guy on YouTube named Scotty Kilmer who gives advice about cars.

One of his videos from yesterday dealt with “Ford sales”.

Seems Ford counts a car “a sale” when it leaves the factory and goes to a dealer, not when a customer actually purchases a vehicle from a dealer. The “sales” figures are probably more wrong than is what they reported.

No one is buying electric Ford junk.

I believe Scotty a lot more than I would believe what Ford puts out.

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I've followed Scotty for years and you are right. Believe him more than any pundit or CEO. Scotty doesn't take a penny from sponsors to push their products and he doesn't mince words on what he doesn't like.

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I can believe that is how Ford "counts sales" because (I assume) when a dealership takes delivery of a car, the dealer owns it and it is off of Ford's books. So Ford's statement might be accurate, but now let's hear how DEALER'S sales are doing.

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Yes, in B2B markets, an OEM (Ford) sells to a Distributor and that cost is off their books. It is owned by the dealer. Dealers have floor plans to help them sell the vehicle before they owe payments on it.

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William Coulter, may I use this opportunity to clarify where electric cars are going. They are of course going to be the toys of a very rich including an especially Elon Musk which may also end up being our salvation. Elon musk's twin winners, which also leaves out starlink and all of its satellite connections, is Tesla and the boring company. As a rabid student I'll be apocalypse, I note that having tunnels connecting high value businesses and residents are a perfect place for the general population to hide during a nuclear war. I'm not sure when but somewhere before or during Satan's thousand years or more jail sentence, it appears there's going to be a nuclear holocaust. I'm not an expert, but the London tube was used finally as a hiding place for the London populace. Since we're older we're much better students of history than Gen z, but they'll catch on eventually. Even San Francisco will deeply appreciate having the tubes that Elon builds available, although I'm sure businesses and business owners of the ultra-rich variety will whine about it. Waaa.

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ITEM 1: “President Joe Biden will not be charged over his retention of government documents . . "

This ruling is about as insane as the mandated Obamacare is a tax.

Biden was VP when his garage storage system was created. That was about 10 years ago and he was fine. Moreover, if they want to look the other way regarding the inappropriate storage, how can they overlook the selling of top secrets to China? How can they overlook Hunter's access to the documents while Hunter was going to China?

The left - and leftist judges - are getting too cavalier in their double-standards. This is so IN-YOUR-FACE condescending to the American people. Rules for thee but not for me.

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It's reminiscent of the way Hillary was treated by the FBI with her breaches of security and the law. They had the goods on her but declined to prosecute. When you reach a certain point in the Democrat party, you really do get a "Get Out of Jail Free" card.

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Yeah, that was just as frustrating. Her testimony under oath with an innocent quizzical look on her face, "You mean wipe it, like with a cloth?".

Smashing the smart phones with a hammer so they couldn't be searched was another.

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And the papers from senate days in the U Penn sty.

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Congrats on the new grand daughter Don.

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“Ford Reports Quarterly Loss but Says Sales Grew.” So, it wasn't just a joke then, about the guy who, when asked how he was going to stay in business when he was losing money on every widget he manufactired, claimed he was going to "make it up in volume"? Or is the joke now on Ford and its unfortunate stockholders?

And about that Hawaiian Supreme Court decision that relied, not on the Constitution but the "Hawaiian spirit of Aloha." Was it the same "spirit of Aloha" that prompted the natives of Hawaii to EAT PEOPLE? Sure, they deny being cannibals now--wouldn't you? That would be bad for tourism.

But the first western missionaries who showed up certainly noticed it and wrote it up in their journals.

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Sigh. I'm going to clarify about Ford a little further. My stepson, have I mentioned this before?, works for a company in Taiwan that makes the trim lights for many many different car brands. He and his father were both design engineers for Ford. Ford had a better idea and laid off a large chunk of design engineers. They later and rather quickly regretted that decision and hired almost all of them back, but it was too late for my stepson, because he had already been scooped up by a headhunter for a German company that made headlights. Epic stories will follow at a later date. My stepson worked briefly, 6 months, for the fledgling Tesla, but he's not a personal friend of Elon because who knows why? After he was hired by the Taiwan company, which makes him nervous as hell because they expect him to come over and visit every so often, more epic stories to follow, he finally settled into a long distance romance with a rich California sheriff's daughter who is my hero. Epic story to follow at a later date. I say all of that to say this I excitedly texted him when I saw what a Ford electric pickup can do although I don't know if they continued having that feature on them One of the things that is super cool can be observed on a tank when you counterpoint the tread so that both are going pool bore in the opposite direction. It's exciting to watch this happen on a tank and it is also super cool on a Ford pickup. I texted him excitedly when I noticed it because I'm a man and I like super cool cars although I've told you before because my dad taught me how to drive like a NASCAR driver and I immediately bought a brand new VW just so I wouldn't do that, but I loved that Ford's visual spitting the tires in office directions and turning around like a 14-ft alligator in the oakey pinoki Swamp which I've seen that too. I'm going to take a break. I've had my coffee and my cat zen. Now I'm hungry.

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It 16 - Of course Putin doesn’t read your substack; he has a Ministry of Truth for that.

It 24- Glad you think Lawfare is in the top 5. Maybe Trump’s already said this- but I hope he’ll declare war on lawfare. Absolutely nail every funder of it, every prosecutor, and every judge that facilitates it.

It’s not a gray area; its as far from justice as illegal immigration is from legal.

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02-10-24: You can make book on the Chicago mayor busing all of his illegal aliens out to Skokie and Martha's Vineyard during the Dem convention in August... Texas Gov should bus 15,000 more of them INTO Chicago DURING the convention...

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Like how you think!

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“The best part was when Netanyahu and Hamas lifted him up and started dunking him headfirst in the toilet.”

<Chef’s Kiss>

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Taylor Swift FOREVER!!!!!

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Has she acknowledged Toby Keith's passing yet?

Maybe she's writing a song about him.

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Why would she? He only gave her a start in this business. She didn’t acknowledge Icon Celine Dion at the Grammys. She is toxic narcissism on display.

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I won't be here to see it, but I can't wait until she gets heavy and puffy.

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Items 1 & 12: It’s not often that we get to see the juxtaposition in real time. The interview of Mr. Putin followed by the press conference of President Magoo. On one hand, we saw a highly intelligent individual with a broad knowledge of history, answering questions in a thoughtful and possibly deceptive manner. On the other hand, we saw what dementia looks like. In addition, the world got to see what a two tiered justice system we have in this country. I’m not sure why anybody would pay taxes or serving the military at this point. Until our country goes through a radical transformation or reformation, we are doomed.

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Item #4 - Was Conn exposing children to material like “Gender Queer”? You know, those explicit comic books which the left insists be placed in elementary school libraries.

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Touche!

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24: as a general rule punitive damages greater than 3x actual damages are unconstitutional.

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One word response to tmitsss... Agreed. It takes a preacher Who is well educated to be able to turn a one word response into a thesis.

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#9 Trust neither. The Truth was posted by Trump on Truth Social. Ronna’s gone after SC.

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