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“Breaking the precedent set by every other presidential candidate since 2010, you have rejected these resources and refused to commit to a smooth transition,” Raskin wrote. Since 2010! 14 years! An eternity! LOL. Good grief, the more they insult our intelligence the deeper they dig.

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Rejecting their resources is a smart move. It protects people who lick their pingers when they count money.

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What Raskin really meant to say is... "how dare you break precedent and not accept the graft like we all do...".

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#TeamBeaksInTrough

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"pingers"

At first I thought this might be a 'fingers' typo but Pingers actually seems better.

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2010? Not really much tradition there plus this was an Obama ploy to make future presidents more controllable.

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My first thought as well. A totalitarian from the get-go.

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what a train wreck the dem party has become in just four years (although it seems like ten years to me.

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“I know we've only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days and the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days and the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in the evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half.”

I know what you mean.

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Or put another way, since Obama did it in 2010

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11/12/24: And look where the wastrel Obama is now --- trapped in the house with Big Mike. Bill Clinton (trapped in the house with Hillary): "I feel your pain!"

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11/12/24: Raskin is the New Biden Gaffe Machine. Warren, out in the cold. And Oprah will be burned for her lies about not getting paid. And I'm delighted that Trump & Company (ESPECIALLY HOMAN) now know their way around and will be able to short-circuit all the garbage that made Trump's first year a tragic, failed circus (especially wary of the FBI/CIA/DHS traitors). Especially heartened that they plan (I hope) to shut down the MSM access to the White House. CNN/MSNBC should be permanently banned from the premises.

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With Jamie Raskin steering the Democrat ship, I feel confident that their ship will sink. Even christening it with a bottle of Pepto Bismol won't help.

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it wonk sink but is definitely taking on ballast at an alarming rate. if one cares to take a quick look at where the democrat party is headed just watch a rerun of the slap down given to aoc by our new border czar who i assure all will never back down.

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Hohman'a takedown of AOC was epic! Trump and his helpers are definitely putting together a kicka** team!

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team of goats

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11/12/24: The only problem is that Homan vs AOC is the KC Chiefs vs the Jets. One gets into bad habits playing teams one can run up the score on.

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good problem to have.

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Not for Mega-million-dollar-bust Aaron Rodgers, it isn't (!).

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He also bitch-slapped Pramila Jayapal, too. Let her know that "I'm a taxpayer, you work for me!" Good man.

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he's an alpha male and brutal for sure but right now we need that if we have any chance at all of securing that border.

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11/12/24: She never knew what hit her. They must stop electing Jell-O to Congress.

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11/12/24: Don't forget, with Senator Schiff --- a renowned f-up --- on board, the alumni of the U.S.S Kookamunga Harris are right on schedule to run aground.

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One can hope. And help as able. Keep defending civilization today and tomorrow.

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He's not my rep but I still hate that's we're both from The People's Democratic Republic of Maryland.

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

The joy and hope and gratitude we all feel is enormous.

But never forget, we are engaged in a war to save this country every bit as significant as the Revolutionary War. This one is for all the marbles!

Channel your joy and gratitude and hope into unceasing prayer for President Trump and those he chooses to take into this war with him to be wise, true, valiant, courageous and, above all, the loyal and faithful warriors we all need to to assure we are successful in Making America Great Again!!

God Continue to Bless America!!!

Praise be to God!! ♥️🙏♥️🙏

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Team Trump will still have to fight Dem + RINO majorities (or near majorities) in both Houses of Congress.

We, his dedicated supporters, can not let off on the pressure. Stay in the fight. Make sure elected Republicans continue to hear our voices.

And most important of all, beseech the One from Whom all blessings flow, to defend the one country, whose government was founded for the specific purpose of maintaining His gifts of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

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👍👍

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How true! Well said Suzie. We can’t let down our guard. Watch Rinos. Want to install a pseudo turtle like Cornyn to block the PEOPLE’s mandate for the Trump agenda!

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.....and the People all say AMEN!

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The election was a mere battle in an extended war.

Next battle: Completely fix the election system in this country before 2022. Then, gear up for the 2022 mid-terms with the same energy as the one we just won.

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Amongst many battles, but yes indeed, we need to get that done ASAP!

AND NO MORE MAIL IN BALLOTS PLease!!

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

Wouldn’t it be sweet if DJT appoints Rudy Giuliani as his Attorney General! Just saying.

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I hope he can be used in some meaningful capacity.

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Please be realistic: the man is 80. And he’s demonstrated recently that he’s not capable in a meaningful way. Let it go.

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Yes

Sad but true.

Poor man has lost everything fighting for this country.

Unfortunately the best we can possibly hope for, is a Medal of Freedom award.

Does he already have one ?

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Maybe Ambassador to some country that would be pleasant for him and not too stressful or sensitive a position. Is Guiliani Italian? Italy is a not-too-controversial country, and their president, Giorgia Meloni, is already a Trump supporter. Is Guiliani Catholic? Ambassador to the Vatican?

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He’s 80 and not healthy. He needs a place to live and not get into trouble. He’s been running his life poorly for awhile. Out of sight ambassador doesn’t fit that.

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80 is not that old. I'm not up to date on how his health is, but living in Italy for awhile seems like it would sure be healing to the soul. A key trait in an ambassador is that they are known to have the ear of the President, which Guiliani would definitely have.

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11/12/24: Alas, he really is in bad shape. What to do, aside from restoring his personal fortune that has been unjustly confiscated by the wolves in GA?

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On one hand, yes, but on the other, sad to say, he’s beyond his ‘best used by’ date. Plus, he’s known to like Crown Royal more than Donald likes his Diet Cokes.

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As a politician of merit he deserves something, because the the Dems' Lawfare Department has ruined him.

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He qualifies as a statesman as much as a politician. But he’s not aging well. And lawfare.

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This is fact right here...they ruined a guy who has been good and 80 doesn't mean you are brain dead. I know people 100 driving and traveling with all their marbles so let's see what he's got. He deserves some good things after what he's been through.

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Ted Cruz is my choice. He’s a loyal pit bull and whip smart.

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don't steal from the majorities in House and Senate please

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Cruz is excellent, but it would remove yet another Senator

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Couldn't agree more with you, Kevin, but Cruz's seat was the #1 target for 2024 to convert to Dem. We just can't afford to lose Ted in the Senate.

Thankfully, he won by a decent margin.

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Sounds good. Vengeance is sweet but there is just too much baggage.

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If it's legal it would be perfection. Ruby needs the gig for sure.

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Great piece Donnie Boy. Please pardon this VFW's vernacular: Bitch McConnell can go f*ck himself many times over with this wife's Asian businesses(Foremost Group and EDG Capital) as he spent more Senate PAC funds on demonrats like Larry Hogan(failed) rather than conservatives like Kari Lake.

Republicans: You have a mandate and you better heel.

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Since my daughters both married Catholics and my latest lady friend who went through a debilitating car accident and walks with a cane but things like a genius and took one look at me once and said you are one crazy ass mother f*****, at which point I fell in love and realize that my dream of being totally single won't happen in this life Yes I speak French but I usually like to use capital letters like FJB or my favorite Steve Inman.... FAFO.

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Heel to heal, or we'll unleash Hell. MAD DOG

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Don wrote: "Trump continues to amaze and amuse his supporters. I don't know about anyone else but I feel better today than I did 8 years ago, and I was pretty happy then, too."

Count me in too! All this winning is great.

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the great thing about trump is we get to enjoy this 7 days a week for four years. if one cares to dig a little, literally every day brings a new zinger that gets blasted out into space. even daily wire is on fire (at least for now) with shapiro eviscerating the left without let-up.

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Trump said you'll get tired of winning. No I won't.

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

Did anyone see some of the NFL Teams doing the Trump dance after scoring touchdowns?!

It was grrreat - and hilarious!!

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1855814927253934112

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As a Bucs fan all I can say is his name is Baker Reagan Mayfield

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

Good morning, all.

Raskin is a scheming dirtbag. (He even gives dirtbags a bad name.) I am glad DJT seems to have figured out the lesson of who to trust; I don't know about you folks, but I watched, with dismay, the actions of some of the punks he had in that first cabinet...he had so many "friends" it's a wonder he made it through getting ANYTHING accomplished.

This time, WE need to assist. WE need to lean on Congress, regularly, letting them know that we'll kick them off the gravy bowl if they don't work with the Pres. Period, end of statement.

Have a great day, everyone.

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👍

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It's already happening. And my high school years after I got a 8th grade school teacher fired and a big bully in choir subdued they changed my nickname from zipper where you stand sideways and stick out your tongue and look like a zipper to spider and I have some of those qualities now like Raymond reddington my threads speak to me and I am on X and I've gotten feedback from the most beautiful people including Scott Pressler, Laura loomer, and even the great Elon Musk. So take my word for it that the combination of Laura loomer and Elon Musk is basically escorting the turtle Mitch McConnell out the door respectfully and shutting down the secret ballot system. Now I could be wrong I have been wrong one out of 10 times all of my life. But I can also ace the test which I did in the 8th grade and forever made my life a living hell in school because everybody thought I should go and be a scholar. Gag a maggot. God has given me what I desired so precisely that I am sure Lucifer is s******* his pants what he did with Job like he did with Job. But I have learned a lesson about Job which is once Satan has run his course God steps in and everything is reversed like Uno and everything that Satan tried to do God reverses and then he weeps Satan Lucifer weaves like a little crybaby weeps like a little crybaby because now the one that he tried to take out is being blessed beyond belief and there is no greater lesson in this boys and girls then Jesus Christ himself whom the fagoty Lucifer did everything to him that he could including crucify him and now the church is running like a steamroller through its proxy Donald the Trump but amazingly one of my most liberal and argumentative friends who had a wonderful miracle happened to her car crash babe Sarah with the two angels standing on either side of her door... Don't doubt me I have witnesses living witnesses so tampier atheistic b******* down and just listen and so Job got to the point where it first at first the thing that he feared the most happened until it couldn't anymore. My greatest fear because I love pastoring a small church and working in a small venue of a factory was I would be forgotten and at my funeral nobody would remember me or just a few like Scrooge. But I see now since I have 3,000 plus followers and growing and my greatest friends are the poor people from Bangladesh who have the greatest faith and work the hardest not that they're unique but I just know them better I will be remembered not only by God who never forgets any of his child but by even this local community called Plymouth Marshall Marshall county and greater michiana all the way to the edges of Hammond and Calumet City and boy could I tell you some interesting poetry about that town but I won't. Later Gators.

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Maybe you should write a book.

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

Don’t know about all of you but I am having a great time daily watching the Dems try to shift the blame for Harris loss to someone else. All they need is some music and it would mimic musical chairs. What they are doing is priceless because it forces lefties to eventually confront the truth, something they hate to do. They are now admitting they “lied” about old Joe’s mental state. They are admitting that an open primary would have been a better course. The Trump win and ensuing liberal meltdown and cannibalism in their party is a clear indicator that Dems cannot admit it to themselves when they are wrong or when they are being mislead by their own party elites. I’m not sure how long this will go on or if the left will take concrete actions to more closely align with voters but for now, this is just great to watch, a once in a lifetime event.

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I am still waiting for some Dem pundit to come out and say "We picked the all-time worst candidates, aka Harris-Walz, to represent our party. In comparison, Kamala made Mike Dukakis look like a rock star and Walter Mondale look like FDR." That would be refreshing.

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I'm laughing loudly Jim, again.

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It reminds me of the heady days of 1994 when Republicans stomped the demonicrats in the House and Newt Gingrich worked his magic.

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Or an atheist for an atheist Bill Maher has wonderful clarity and boy is he dishing it out now. I'll summarize his latest comment where he says are you looking for blame about why you lost the election Dems Dems? Look in the mirror! Interesting side note. My favorite commentator since I'm a late night show fan host fan is Greg gutfeld and he and Bill Mahler are close friends. Put that in your pipe Pocahontas and smoke it.

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

Oprah’s stature has been diminished - on to the next

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She blew is when she said she was the victim of RACISM in Switzerland

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And by her response to her neighbors in need in Maui

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11/12/24: A very good reminder. Even after she had made hundreds of millions of dollars, she had to compulsively portray herself as a "victim" of [fill in the blank], trolling for sympathy among the mentally inert who had made her a boob-tube "star." And now, I hope she pays a very stiff price for denying that she had been paid to endorse Harris and to stage that "campaign rally" travesty.

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IDK, she looks just as fat as ever...

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Love that, Adorable. I’m gonna use that- ‘She’s not fat, she just has stature’

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Anybody remember "ewes not fat, ewes just fluffy?" One may have needed to grow up in sheep country for that to have been funny

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If Oprah looks good, make a note of where she is. It's a perfect place for a brown couch.

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She’s a yo-yo dieter. She lost all the white women who had made her when she said we’d all have to die off for racism to end. So much for gratitude. She should have put her money on ridding her hurt and bitterness from the black man who molested her. It’s still there. I hope one day she will be healed from that horror. It doesn’t seem any of the self-help guru’s she featured on her show have worked their magic on her.

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Just a change of cruelty. But I like it. Karma.

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A little over the top. But I like it. Karma.

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The New and Improved President-Elect Trump is the classic lesson of “Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice? I don’t think so!” He’s also a two-fer for America: the policies we need to reclaim our nation and entertainment to help us heal. This man is truly the greatest show on earth.

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

One million dollars for Oprah. If I were a democrat donor I would demand a refund. We don’t donate to political campaigns to give millions of dollars to billionaires. This is absolutely obscene and reinforces how right we were to send this grifting airhead packing. Imagine how she would have spent our tax dollars. She really does think we are garbage.

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The other factor in that is it shows just how mind-bogglingly greedy Oprah is. She has billion$ for God’s sake. What does she need another million for?

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payouts to buddies

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11/12/24: It's a Maffia "bust-out" --- acquire the corporation, so to speak, drain it of its cash, and throw what's left on the slag heap.

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11/12/24: She did it for the reason that Bill Clinton did the various nefarious things that he did: "Because I could."

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She could buy 20 new cars--"You get a car", "And you get a car", and "You get a car", etc.

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“Would have spent our tax dollars”?

DID spend our tax dollars right into bankruptcy!

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Oh but, I'm sure Oprah was going to donate that million to a most worthy cause - yeah right!

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We need to put this factoid in the quiver to be brought out for the next election season. "Hey do y'all remember when the Dems gave a MILLION DOLLARS to Oprah for a fake townhall interview? Is this how you want your hard earned money to be spent?" Maybe some naive donor needs to know this before sending in that money that could have been used for paying down their student debt.

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Wonder how much Maria Shriver was paid to do the “interview?”

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The faux Black woman had to pay to get an actual Black woman’s support. One million does seem excessive given Oprah’s slide. Maybe she should have read DJT’s book, The Art of the Deal.

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She says there was no million dollar payment.

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11/12/24: They've got her dead to rights on this one. And there's no more media monopoly this time to bail her lying ass out.

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

Brilliant and hilarious as usual Mr. Surber. Do you ever get tired of being spot on?

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Like Trump said at one of his rallies,

"Were going to win so much you're going to get tired of winning!"

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Rev, I hope we go on winning for a long time. We've been on the losing side for so long, it's going to take me a LONG LONG TIME to get tired of winning!

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I was thinking the same thing...I'll take lots of winning to make up for the last four years of Joeho and Co. hell!

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Never happen.

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Truth. Absolute truth. Or as the youngins say, absolutely! Very good, secretary.

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11/12/24: I quite agree. Mr Surber has displayed such a consistency of quality, he must have other writers embroiled in the primary sin of envy. Me, none. And another dividend of subscribing: What a pleasure it is to come here to be able to sharpen one's wit by the exposure to the active and superior minds of the contributors responding to his columns.

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

45 was naive, and depended too much on what are now never trumpers-47 was baptized by fire and will take no prisoners. If the election results for 2020 are properly investigated, DJT will be 45 rather than 47. 46 is yet to come. Just saw a pig fly by and it's time to feed my unicorn.

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I'm so exhausted from laughing at your wonderful quips that all I can do now is sit here inside sigh and say thank you Jesus for giving us the desires of our heart.

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Thank you. Scaramouche was one of my favorites while growing up. 'Born with the gift of laughter, and a sense that the world was mad. Words to live by, Dog.

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

Some of these democrats are pretty dim bulbs. If Biden did resign and Harris was moved up to POTUS, the senate tie breaking vote would be gone in these few months before Trump takes office, therefore neutering democrat control of the senate. The GOP is stupid, but not stupid enough to approve a new VP after such a move. Lame on its face.

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I doubt ‘Dr.’ Jilly is in a mood to cooperate. Leaving as the worst FLOTUS is her eternal goal. Still, quite a promotion from babysitter.

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And may I say just one nice word about Kamala. She may be a little dim but she ain't stupid and that'll never happen if she's still in the Senate she'll stay there like a wart on a toad. And I don't blame her. you don't want to surrender the whole boatload like the Japanese had to do after they were nuked. After all these are just words aren't they and not actual weapons??

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Nov 12Liked by Don Surber

Haters can say whatever they want about Orange Man Bad, but The Other Don is no dope. He learned from his first fateful term, and I hope he plans to go full steam ahead cleaning out the sewer that is the District of Criminals. Step one: policy announcements that are red meat to his supporters. Step two: start staffing up. Tom Holman, Border Czar - guy is The Rock and The Hard Place. Stephen Miller, Asst Chief of Policy. Sounds like he’s deadly serious about deporting the illegals. Some of the other picks announced are…troubling (Rubio at State? Seriously?!) but there’s time to see if these are real or headfakes.

Haven’t heard from Fauxahauntus so I was hoping she was dead. Politically may as well be. Jamie Raskin has nothing left to live for, so he’s going to try to burn down whatever he can.

The lead up to Inauguration Day is going to be something. 2025 is going to be one for the history books.

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Whoever put Rubio's name into the mix needs to be shut down. He's in with the six ways to Sunday traitors. He's a deceptive little prick.

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Let's trust Trump a little. Rubio was 100% level Gaza, Israel

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I trust Trump. I don't trust some of the people around him.

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probably lots of you already receive Tucker's highlights of the news, but in case you haven't seen his highlights for today, supposedly Melania has declined Dr. Jill's invitation to visit the White House tomorrow thanks to all the awful actions FJB is responsible for taken against Trump and the invasion of Mar a Lago by the FBI, especially rummaging through her underwear drawer

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11/12/24: She could accept the invitation and show up with a trunk full of underwear and dump it on the WH front steps, leaving a note, "Dear Jill: These were all contaminated by your Gestapo, who then somehow forgot to steal them. Good luck in your new career on the beach." And drive away.

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Let me know when and what time she’s gonna dump a trunk full of her underwear off at the WH. I’d like to be nearby. For purely innocent reasons, of course.

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John just sent me a sub stack bio of Rubio which he says is a must read - I don't know whose the author - I plan to check it out later today. He highly recommended it and I trust John's judgement, after all, he did choose me!

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agreed for now. my neighbor is a liberal but she makes great homemade cookies.

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I heard that the 21st-century feminists are taking to tik tok and making videos of their plans to poison real men who didn't vote for Kamala.

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they are. i told her that i had better stop eating her creations because i'm too young to die and besides...i'm going to enjoy the daily updates for the next four years. i will say she hasn't said much for a week now. pulled her harris/putz sign and that's it.

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My daughters are liberals and I raised them along with my lovely first wife by homeschooling them and yet because of the theology of Adam and Eve Eve of course being the wild child turned out to be liberals which would have shame me to death if I would still been ordained but I'm not and I don't care and I love it. Listen to me carefully. I learned from the word of God the practice of discipline and with women or even with your own children's sons you need to be careful and judicious I spank my grandson once because he wasn't listening to safety orders and I gave him three hard swats on the butt as I lifted him up in the air. I also discipline my daughters for safety a little harshly but as I got older the safety issues became more like games and we practice the game of trees whenever it freeze freeze silly secretary whenever we walked on a sidewalk close to cars and whenever I said freeze as a game they were to freeze rock solid until I come tap them on the shoulder and say okay we'll go now and then we always walked across the street as a well disciplined gang kindergarten teachers usually tie them with robes but I only had the rope of the command but when it came to the other type of discipline it was very gentle like a rope around a vine not a rope but a claw and very gently turning the vine in which the direction I wanted it and my daughters grew up around the home feeling very safe and secure and not threatened and not intellectually brawl beaten brow beaten, which alarmed my more fascist Evangelical friends, but look who's laughing now. I trust my daughters daily with my life I am not afraid because they love me deeply and yes they voted for Kamala along with my new faithful companion and adorable lady friend who comes over every day for a delicious cup of the world's best coffee not bringing bragging silly secretary and we watch movies the best movies in the world adult movies of course because she has a degree in movies and musicals and I have given her permission at the shock of several of my very timid friends to pursue me as far as she wants. I am having way too much fun but I am not complaining at all.

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11/12/24: Which inspired Keith Richards to say, "No sane man would get within 500 feet of her."

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I love it, Don, when you're a step ahead of me and I don't have to say a thing ;-) wink.

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It’s important to remember that what you read in the legacy media or hear on cable is not the truth. They deliberately float names around that have nothing to do with who Trump is considering.

They are in the dark.

And that’s not only brilliant, it’s freaking them out.

Always wait until you hear it from Trump himself or one of his trusted aides.

Do not rely - ever - on the obsolete media.

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Agree. I love that Trump is bypassing the traditional way of announcing his picks.

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I trust the news I receive from CFP

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Rubio has evolved and become savvier; also he is super smart, like JD Vance. I will feel good about him dealing with Putin, Xi, and other world leaders.

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That's all fine, and I would love to be wrong. But he is the vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. What were his efforts to stop Trump's prior targeting in his first term? You can't change something by bringing in people entrenched in the IC ideological swamp.

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Rubio was one of the original 4 Tea Party hero candidates that broke into public office with a fresh perspective. (If I recall, the others were Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, and Rand Paul.) Rubio was young and dirt poor. Early on, he did get sucked into currying favor a bit, I believe trying to "establish himself" in the Senate. But, that was decades ago and he's gone thru disillusionment and red-pilling, and I believe is "his own man" now. Maybe not a pushover for Trump, but that's not a bad thing. I think he has alot to contribute to America.

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I have no hope he will clean out the Left wing from the State Dept. It will be business as usual. I would be gladly wrong on this.

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I don't want a pushover or a rubber stamper. If I did, I would have voted for a Democrat. My concerns are with his close ties to the intelligence agencies.

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I see his “close ties” as “experience.” He knows more about the ic than most and if he still has some of that tea party in him he can be the most valuable person for Trump. “Sleeper” can go both ways. Here’s hoping. And I trust Trump.

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Ooh. You're good, girl.

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I’m with you Deb. Sundance at TheConservativeTreehouse.com has it in for Mike Waltz for NatSec Advisor too. Judging from his ongoing work, Sundance has swam deeper into the DC sewer than most. I’m inclined to trust his judgment. I don’t know who’s whispering in The Other Don’s ear in this. I sure don’t trust Little Marco generally speaking. Could be a headfake too.

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He brings the receipts, too. I don't read him as much as I used to but if something big is going on I'll go over and hang out on a branch.

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