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Jul 22·edited Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

"Democrats are no longer the intelligent party." Correct. Let's refer to them as the Clusterfuck Party. And long may they stay that way. You guys painted yourselves into the corner. Deal with it! That goes for the media, as well.

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Borders. Language. Culture. To steal a phrase. And economy. That’s all Trump and Vance need to talk about. No personal insults. No need. The Dems insult themselves. Maybe reveal what DEI does for companies and countries. Plenty of examples that.

Fight. Fight. Fight.

Drill, baby. Drill.

Win. Win. Win.

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Michael Savage’s credo: Borders, Language, Culture. A nation cannot exist without these 3.

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Western democracies are abandoning these three principles.

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They do NOT KNOW WHAT WE KNOW. We will show them all, by example, how "RIGHT" is achieved, and kept.

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Release the Hounds!

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Kamala and Mr. Burns, the perfect ticket! (The Simpsons)

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

07/22/24: Oh how I am looking forward to the DDDC (Demolition Derby Democrat Convention) in August! Guaranteed to disintegrate into warring factions, with blatant racial insults hurled, deranged statements screamed, DEI banners waving for the last time, and Whoopie Cheeseburger of The View making a few bucks slinging beer cans in the cheap seats. P.S., Rough sledding for Kamala Has-Been on this coming Thursday, August 25th.

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"Jake Tapper: 'What theme are we seeing at the convention tonight?'

"Chris Wallace: 'Is that a trick question? Testosterone.' "

Why is it not a surprise that the one man in the RNC arena with the least amount of an indispensable element of being a man would be Jake Tapper, who would then have to ask a man born in 1947 to define the obvious theme of the event?

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I thought it was a trick question. What does Tapper or Wallace know about testosterone?

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They'd have to go to prison to find out.

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06/08/21 Surber column; my post that date:

"Jake Tapper (CNN) has banned from his show various GOP politicians that Tapper claims have trafficked in 'election fraud conspiracy theories.' "

07/22/24: Well. The nerve!

Did he try to ban Trump from his own convention?

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Imagine how many viewers have banned Jake Tapper from their tv sets.

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07/22/24: Which didn't cease their bad dreams about the guy afterwards. Big Pharma could make a killing pushing "Anti-Tapper Psychosis" pills (and for the Pete Buttigieg market, suppositories).

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Red, hot stainless steel suppositories.

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Typical Circus act. FAKE is the word... that is what they ALL HAVE IN COMMON.... a love for FAKE. Why do they think it works????

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Good question. Decades ago, a lady was walking past construction workers during their lunch break. Hoots, whistles, "Yowzaa!!" 90-decibel catcalls from the men. She wheeled on her heels and barked at them, "OK, when has THAT ever worked?! When did you ever get l*** dong this?!" Dead silence. She moved on.

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Chris Wallace should just stick to promoting his wife’s soup recipe books.

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Well maybe. I'd say the theme is Common Sense.

And btw, Dem policies are just plain terrible.

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07/22/24: Can we really describe twisted ghetto gibberish as "policies"?

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You have a point

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Unfortunately, I do, don't I?

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KAMALALAHAHA KACKLED HER POLICY ON THE BORDER AS THE TSAR FOR A DAY. WOW, THAT WENT WELL..... BTW, before we get ahead of ourselves.... biden's swan song letter was not written on official presidential stationery, just a piece of paper, the SIGNATURE was not verified, there were no other signatures that would normally be on an official document, SOOOOO..... HAS ANYONE SEEN JOE BIDEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS? IS HE ALIVE AND KICKING/ IS THIS JUST ANOTHER FAKE, FRAUD, AND PHONY PLOY TO STIR UP BIG TROUBLE???????????????????

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Don't forget the Palestinians. They have delegates inside the hall this time and a loud, disobedient contingent outside. They marched on Michigan Avenue one week after October 7. They will not be dissuaded and the Mayor is on their side so don't expect cops to corral them.

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Police should just sit it out in their cars. Not worth the risk. Damned if they do or don’t. Each time I visit my home town I see the disintegration. Truly sad.

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07/22/24: Thank you; that had slipped my mind. Scenario (08/20/24): Kamala's on the red phone trying to get the Israeli air force to rescue her from the building!

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Another one out of the park, Don.

I couldn’t agree more. Just let Kamala babel and jabber, stand back and smile.

Fingers crossed on Mrs. Pete. That image of she/her on extended maternity leave, chest feeding her adopted baby with a rubber nipple attached to a plastic hose on her bosom…well, just gold. I hope she uses that in the campaign to lure moms to relate.

As for Harris’ Press Secretary…oh please, please, please, do! No fair teasing. On my best day I could not come up with such creativity. And ya know the whole party is infested with it.

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I keep telling myself not to speculate on where the other end of the hose was.

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For fun just watch the many clips online of Kamala with her weird tics "unburdened by what has been", "Venn diagrams", etc. Metaphysical questions become cackles in her words.

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Kamala is an inexperienced, uneducated apprentice who has found herself swinging on a very HIGH WIRE with millions watching her but having no SKILLS as to how to stay up, or to get down. just my opinion.

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I also like "The Wreck America Party".

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22

Just wondering how many presidential elections we have to go back to find an ounce of intelligence in the democrat party? It precedes my adult life of Obama, Clinton, Carter, Johnson, and technically, Johnson was in my pre-voting years. Maybe Kennedy in 1960?

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The question we have to ask is: Was Kennedy a traditional Democrat if the powers-that-be terminated him?

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22

Good question.

If JFK were running today with his platform of 1960, I believe he'd be to the right of Trump and considered by the Democrats to be a radical right winger.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/1960-democratic-party-platform

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Dead on Shrugged.

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The current RINO, white shoe, country club GOP is dead. They hated JFK. I personally think he was one of the greats of my lifetime, contrary to what many conservatives say. The new GOP is all MAGA, bringing us back to the Founding Fathers beliefs.

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How about trying to find one ounce of integrity? None of that either.

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Well Kennedy looked good, but remember his disastrous Bay of Pigs foray. I don't think the USSR would have provoked us putting missiles in Cuba if Kruschev had not assessed JFK as insufficiently weak.

JFK had better tax policies than his successors, but he was a Dem and a machine politician.

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OK. It's not a perfect fit.

My only point was his (Democrat) platform issues, not necessarily Kennedy's individual performance, although, he intended to withdraw from the Vietnam war he started before his first term ended (if he had lived) because he knew it was a mistake, and he had serious issues with the CIA and the Federal Reserve. It was one of those three institutions - or all three - that probably got him killed.

I think Kennedy's positions are ones nationalists would support and any mainline party member would not support.

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All I know is the JFk economy gave this divorced, sole support of 2 kiddos, the means to provide all the essentials of a dignified life. Then LBJ and the war slammed it all. It’s never been as great since. I was a D then and came to despise him. Tricky Dick brought more gloom.

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Things were coming apart in 1960....

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How so? Life was great until LBJ.

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Clusterfuck Nation as James Howard Kunstler says.

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AMEN to that, especially 'the media'.

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Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

This thing with Kamala is just a time wasting diversion. We have already seen thru the Obama-Biden conduit how the d-Rats govern and how importantly they hold the Office of the President.

They hope that while we’re watching team d-rat/team Kamala try and find the best match, we won’t see them find another kook to be the fall guy while this time they use 4 or 5 real shooters to go after T, and if that doesn’t work, they’ll try even more harsh methods to take him out.

So we can’t let them. See something say something. Yell, scream go directly to his guardians. You know in your bones they’ll stop at nothing to take him out.

As good citizens who loved our life here in NA, before it was stolen from us, we can’t let them take our last good and decent chance away from us!

We can’t!

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Or they will try something else, like poison. They are all in.

As far as Kamala, I wouldn't assume she's the nominee given Obama's silence. Who knows, maybe they'll try to assassinate her to reduce Trump's afterglow. The devil eats his own.

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Yeah, I believe Obama is holding out for a hard-core Communist like Pete Buttigieg or Hakeem Jeffries.

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By the way I got $5 USD that says it’s Mike!

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Keep your money. Moochie is not running in any year, especially this one. She is too smart and too lazy to subject herself to what is going to be a lost cause for Dems. Besides, then she would be fair game for all those questions about why Harris was appointed by her husband if she was too incompetent to take over for Joe. Just not going to happen.

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Agreed! I don’t see it happening. It has to be someone boots-ready surely. Not all Dem voters are idiots. Surely??

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Surely the majority are. Hey, why aRe we assuming that these elections are honest and that Dem voters ACTUALLY EXIST?!

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And the ones who do exist don’t matter as they just overthrew all primary votes for Biden.

They are just useful idiots used as a means to the machines ends, which do not include them at all.

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Yes, and it is kind of shocking that most Democrats have no idea that they themselves were disenfranchised when their party leaders manipulated the Democratic primary and suppressed all the alternatives to Biden.

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UMMMMM.......HMMMM.... UH....... MAYBE ALL ARE.....

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GREAT COMMENT REDDOG! THANK YOU! SO RIGHT ON TARGET!

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"And the big rumor is Pete Buttigieg will be her running mate."

Oh, great. Kamala "Big Mike II" as president.

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An irreverent aunt of mine once hollered "Hot Damn" in church when for the first time she had heard one of the ancient solos sung well. If she picks Pete the Buttigieg, I will stand up and holler Hot Damn so loud you can hear it in West BG Virginia!

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No can do. Two women on the same ticket is box office poison.

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WHAT A DISGUSTING THOUGHT. PART OF THE CIRCUS ACT, THE PEDOS ON THE HIGH WIRE!

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I’m inclined to agree. Expect the unexpected. Then the obama has a mainline to run his operations from his basement, in his pajamas, thereby fulfilling his self-professed (insert your own descriptor here) dream.

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SO, FEW CHANGES IN THE CIRCUS ACT....

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You're one of the cool kids at the table, Chuck. If it's Mooch, I buy you a blue button-if not, you buy one\Win, win😁

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You are on kiddo

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What odds did you get?

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Even-either way Don gets at least 2 blue buttons

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I've been gambling non-outrageous amounts of money since 1985 and "blue buttons" is new to me; it sounds like a good thing, too, to avoid animosities flaring up when one side wins and the other loses.

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Hi Don- I promised I would never mention Founding Member again - i was making too many folks uncomfortable. I am now calling them blue buttons- It's 100 bucks, but it's well worth it. Don gets it either way

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07/22/24: I would never be uncomfortable in the familiar confines of wagering terminology. BBs are a splendid way of putting it. I see that the stakes have been adjusted for inflation. When I tip people $100 today, I'm embarrassed because I used to get $100 tips in the 80s (which absolutely floored me), and now all I'm doing to repay these long ago acts of generosity is handing the person a piece of paper worth only about $25 in 1980s dollars.

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22

I have said for some time Biden wouldn't be on the ticket and Mooch was a top contender. I still believe that, but I don't think she'll be chosen over Hillary. Hillary is my bet. So, for the sake of testosterone - a needed commodity in this election - I'll take you up on that wager.

In fact, I got $10 USD that it will be either Mooch or Hill. Harris may be allowed to stay on the ticket as VP, the result of convention magic.

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Three months until election. A few weeks until the convention. Keep dreaming. Not going to happen. Remember, Clinton couldn't beat Trump in a normal election.

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22

Perhaps. We'll see.

Hillary beat Trump in popular vote by 2.5% and only lost the swing states (electoral college) by a very low percentage. That could shift easily. I don't see an alternate ticket that will come close to that. Certainly not one with Kamala at the top.

Remember, it isn't about actually winning. It's about how many fake votes have to be bled into the system to appear to win. The cheat will be most feasible with Hillary.

Think like a criminal and it makes perfect sense!

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the ballot printing presses would be running as we speak but they don't know whose name to put on it right now other than not PedoJoe

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👍Their printing window has halted production-a definite+

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But now there’s the Steele Dossier, Russiagate, Crossfire Hurricane to hang around her neck. Plus she’s 8 years older, does she want to do

this still? I know, I know, voracious ambition for sure.

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22

Harris is an attorney and a prosecutor. She is a control freak and laughs about her titular strength (i.e.) not authentic. She's the wizard hiding behind the curtain.

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where has Killary stashed Bill? Has ANYONE SEEN OR HEARD FROM HIM????? just asking for a friend.....

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I may be remembering it all wrong, but it seems some of the ladies pretending to be after Hillary, at that time were still trying to wrangle a Hamburger and Fries with Billy Jeff behind Hill's back (IMO that's her best side)!

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Reddog, are you the one keeping track of the celebrities who promised to leave the country if Trump got elected in 2016? Did anybody really leave that we know of?

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There were no mail on ballots in that 2016 election.

It’s a whole new ball game now and believe me, she wants in.

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No not me keeping track. I stopped caring what those idiots threatened to do or what they thought a long time ago.

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PLEASE SAY YOU HAVE A LIST OF THEM..... LOL

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Either way, Don wins. Many thanks.

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We all win when Don wins.

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Saw a headline just minutes ago that the person the rally attendees in Butler PA gave the photo of the shooter to wasn't with Secret Service - haven't taken time to read the article yet but it's next as soon as I get through these comments - no one knows who to trust these days!

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Actually the article is in Townhall by Matt Vespa. Worth a read

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I am firmly convinced that Obama will grease the skids for Kamala's exit, and it could come as early as this coming Thursday (07/25/24). And now for the (I am sorry to say, sick) joke:

Don S.: "And the big rumor is Pete Buttigieg will be her running mate."

Oh, great. "Big Mike II" for president.

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Her running mate could be Mark Kelly of Arizona.

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GAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

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Chuck, as we speak (or type), Obama is steamrolling every obstacle on his way to eventual oblivion. And leaving not a fingerprint on anything as he goes along. With the assistance of the fifty IC traitors who id'd the Biden laptop as "Russian disinformation."

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Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

FJB resigns by letter? No one has seen him? Follow up letter endorses Kamala? Is this a real coup? Was there a gun to his head?

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Did he even know he resigned?

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Suzie is he alive? Did he have a gun to his head? Did some staffer send the letters without his knowledge? Who is running the country?

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There’s A LOT of speculation out there right now whether he actually is alive, or on his deathbed right now.

His own brother Jack said he was glad he’d have whatever time Joes has left to spend with him. What’s does that mean?

Also his Presidential calendar has nothing on it for this entire week! Isn’t BiBi coming? All getting progressively weirder by the minute.

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Well he didn’t resign, only suspended his campaign

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I know. Still wonder if he even knew about it or they pulled it off to make it impossible for him to say or do otherwise.

Diabolically genius. Something they excel in.

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He needs to be able to keep fundraising. Just Ask Jill. And he didn't actually withdraw from the campaign. Those were careful words someone wrote for him.

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THEY WILL BE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE BITTER END. TRUMP WILL HAVE TO CREATE SOMETHING SO THIS"'CIRCUS PERFORMANCE" DOES NOT REPEAT ITSELF.

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Inquiring minds want to know!

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It's totally possible that Laura Loomer is right.

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LAURA OOMER IS CORRECT! NOT OFFICIAL LETTERHEAD, SIGNATURE NOT VERIFIED..... COULD ALL BE A BIG JILL AND KAMALA JOKE. HAS ANYONE ACTULLY SEEN JOE BIDEN IN THE LAST DAY OR SO????????????? asking for a friend. is he will with us? THIS COULD MEAN JILL IS RUNNING THE SHOW NOW.

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Just checked out Laura Loomer's message on X. She is SPOT ON. The Biden letter is NOT ON OFFICIAL LETTERHEAD, SIGNATURE NOT VERIFIED, THIS COULD ALL BE ANOTHER NOTCH IN THE DEM FRAUD/FAKE/OOPSIE GUN HANDLE.

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JILL WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GUN.... IT IS SOMEWHERE IN ONE OF HER FLOWERED SKIRTS... IN THE GARAGE.

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The poll, what is the best life in 2024 misses the obvious choice. I say it is to continuously cheer, "Drill baby, drill." The phrase applies to more than liquid gold. It is also the rallying call for a new Republican party to forever keep the pressure on the Dems. We have leverage, use it. Shout it from the rooftops, day and night. The RNC convention's cohesiveness made us all cheerleaders. Let's hear it folks. 'DRILL, BABY. DRILL."

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YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! DRILL BABY DRILLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BIG CHANGES IN ALL OF OUR LIVES COMING! GO TRUMP ! GO VANCE !

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I don't mean to flack for another social media personality/commentator, but in order to avoid allegations of plagiarism (cough, cough, Joe Biden, cough, cough) I must give credit where credit is due, so I will credit Scott Adams (cartoonist of Dilbert, if you don't already know) with the following observation. What is the democrat party platform? Abortion for all at taxpayer expense; DEI; race and gender; drag queens; sexual mutilation of children without parental knowledge (looking at you, Newsome); gun control and the worst of all, open borders. The manifestations of these policies include cross-dressing soldiers, preferences for the sexually confused or ambiguous (hello there Sam Brinton, Rachel Levine and Pete Buttigieg), financial pay-offs (eliminating college loan debt, restricting rent increases), urban decay and crime, exploding inflation and disappearing jobs and financial opportunities for everyone but the very wealthy, none of which appeal to regular Americans. What this means is that the democrats are a hodge-podge of competing interest groups, each of which is seeking to maximize its advantages against all others. Eventually, they must compete with each other, causing rifts in their otherwise unified campaign against white America. As it is often remarked, eventually the left eats itself. (Unfortunately that is often only after it has devoured everyone else.) But we see this at work now in the various efforts for and against Harris. The only thing the democrats unify around is hate YT and steal YT's stuff, and that is probably not going to be a winning proposition in the face of the Trumpian republicans, whose platform is easily summarized as, "Make America Great Again," by which it is meant to re-industrialize and create decent jobs for the young workers, stay out of unnecessary foreign wars, stabilize the economy and in general put America first. This is reflected in the leaders put forth by the parties: democrats elevate the most marginalized, weak and ineffectual whereas the republicans have put forth perhaps the most traditionally masculine candidates in recent memory. Quite the contrast. When the entire selection process is geared, as it is with democrats, to advance the less talented, less intelligent, less successful and less diligent among us--as is the entire purpose of DEI--the result must necessarily be a weakened and ultimately failing national structure. Strange how democrats are generally enthusiastic believers in Darwinian evolution and natural selection ("survival of the fittest") but fail to put this belief into practise in their lives and in their choices for political leadership. One can only hope that it leads to the inevitable conclusion of extinction. Of course democrats will resort to electoral cheating, as they have traditionally done, so it remains imperative that Americans who prefer not to go extinct will wake up and vote accordingly.

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What is "YT"?

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Just sound out the letters. It rhymes with "nightie." : /

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Wow. 😳 Amen and Amen! 👍👍

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STEVE!!!!! THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT SO SUCCINCTLY FOR US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (PRINTING THIS ONE OUT TO FRAME !) VOTE ACCORDINGLY..... VOTE FOR TRUMP AND VANCE 2024 !

TAKE YOUR COUNTRY AND LIFE BACK FROM THE CRIMINALS!!!! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE? EVERYTHING YOU OWN..... but, you will be happpy..... lol

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Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

If anyone could be less than chivalrous to Kamala and get away with it, it's Trump. He has already called out her cackle. I would not plan on boxing Trump into behavioral norms.

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22

We'll see just how "Chivalrous" they want to play. The second she brings up lawfare suits - especially the E. Jean Carroll fraud - the gloves come off.

The Trump campaign has a head start with ads that have been playing for some time showing the downside of Harris. (1) They need one showing that her father's family were large slave owners in Jamaica and built their wealth on their backs. (2) The next Kamala ad should be titled "Cluelessness transcends dementia" showing all her dumbass speeches closing with the line, "Is this the person you want in charge of protecting the United States?"

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Don’t know if all of you found this Xeet or not, but here it is. (My comments are in brackets.)

“Let's recap this historic day:

• Joe Biden suddenly *RESIGNS* via @X

• White House staff find out ONE MINUTE later (and they only found out by reading the Xeet)

• Joe Biden "resignation" letter not on official letterhead

• Biden "signature" suspect (underlined?)

• Steve Richetti helped write letter

• Jill Biden tweets *heart emoji* response (it was actually the “two pink hearts” emoji)

• White House *WIPES* Biden's schedule

• WH Chief of Staff calls Cabinet, manages Comms

• Frank Biden confirms health a factor

• Family suggests Biden may have terminal illness

• Joe Biden holds no LIVE Press Conference

• Where is Joe?

Just another perfectly normal day in Biden's America.”

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Weekend at Bernie’s

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I call it Weekend at Biden’s.

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I saw that movie - The Waking of Joe Devine.....

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All kidding aside, Waking Ned Devine was a great movie.

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“WH Chief of Staff calls Cabinet meeting”

….Which BTW, was the FIRST Cabinet meeting in nearly a year!!

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AP reported….Joe is so with it, he really doesn’t need his cabinet to run the Federal Goverment!

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Not really that much different than the last four years in terms of WH comms. Remember the WH Press Sec?

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Which one? Peppermint Patty or the current muppet at the podium?

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“The reason Trump picked Vance is that he is a Mini-Me, a younger version of The Donald…” THIS. More than anything, THIS. Trump is looking beyond his 4-year term to the future, where JD can extend Republican rule for another 8 years. In that time the Deep State can be neutralized.

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22

The chance to occupy the Whitehouse (assuming a compliant Congress too) for eight more years after trump (through 2036) is what it will take to get rid of our biggest and most dangerous enemy - the RINO. They are the ambassadors to the deep state.

Dems could only win what they have now by cheating. Trump will fix that fraud. It is the RINO Trojan Horses that stab us in the back. They hate Vance because they know they won't have hooks in him come the 2028 election when Trump can't run. Don. jr isn't ready for the top ticket spot and won't be by that time either, but Don, jr as a VP in 2028 with Vance at the top will be excellent training for Don. jr.

Getting Trump reelected is job #1, but having a 12+ year plan to rule is job #2.

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Maybe Don Jr doesn’t want to be president? Who wants all this scrutiny and drama when you have billions of dollars?

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No more political dynasty's.

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There have been two father-son dynasties. John Adams (1797-1801) and John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) and the Bushes, GHW - 1989, and son GW - 2001 - 2008.

Not sure about the Adams family, but the fact GHW Bush was former CIA director, in hindsight, was the telltale sign of danger. Few were talking about the deep state in the 1980's except perhaps Alex Jones. The bushes were deep state plants for sure.

All Trumps are outsiders - not making a living in DC.

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Dont forget the Clintons. The Witch never became president but the Clintons ran the part for more than twenty give years.

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They may not be done, yet.

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“ Apparently, Obama, et al., thought Biden would be a lot easier to manipulate than it turned out to be. It would be such a hoot, historically, if it turned out if Jill was the money manager or brains of the group. Back in the Blue Dress era, one almost felt sorry for WJC for the nasty pile-on every day in the press. Don't let it come to that for Professor Biden of The Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement. Why it matters? Just deserts, that's why. ”

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HAS ANYONE SEEN BILL CLINTON OR JOE BIDEN LATELY? LAURA LOOOMER WAS CORRECT, BIDEN'S LETTER NOT ON OFFICIAL LETTERHEAD, SIGNATURE NOT VERIFIED, NOT ONE OTHER PERSON SIGNED THE LETTER, SO NOT OFFICIAL. IS HE STILL WITH US? ANYONE AT ALL SEEN HIM??????????????????????????????????

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The best person to ask is Donald Trump.

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So far, all jr has shown me is the ability to support his fathers goals. He is good at it but what can he do on his own? Time will tell I guess but one thing is for sure, Trumps daughter and her spouse are notably absent these days. Thats a good thing.

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Jr. is an interesting person. He’s all “rah-rah” for his father, but doesn’t appear to want to invest too heavily in politics. Eric appears to have a head for running the Trump empire. So where does that leave Jr.? I like the guy and all, but he appears to be caught in the middle between politics and business, and having the time of his life.

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Yes, it is interesting to ponder Don Jr's future. His father has been a one-in-a-million star-- Don Jr. will never be able to "compete" with his father's reputation, nor should he try.

BUT, Don Jr. does have definite talent and probably SHOULD have a future in politics--I can see him being a long time Lion in the Senate (i.e., like a Republican Ted Kennedy), or a long-time Speaker of the House. (I do not support term limits. We, the voters, are the ones responsible for limiting the terms of bad politicians.) We could sure use Don Jr's MAGA-strength as an anchor in Congress. That would be a very valuable and powerful way to cement MAGA well into the future. Don Jr. would then leave a legacy of true American statesmanship.

Or Don Jr. could be governor of New York State, and play a super-valuable role in breaking the back of Blue control of that state.

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I vote for Kai

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♥️

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Perhaps, although I can imagine PDJT telling Jr. never to take a second-place spot like VP – it's a sign of weakness and a willingness to curry favor.

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👍-And Project 2025 is the road map-Don may be disavowing it, but his top advisers' handprints are all over it.

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There was no trouble within Trumps circles with project 2025 until they stepped out of their lane with a party platform.

Heritage Foundation?

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David, welcome back-we missed your brilliant wit and withering sarcasm-still no blue button-sign up for a free one if Mooch is picked for VP.

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Yep and most of the contents are anodyne, typical R proposals. Heritage is stronger on abortion issue, and I suspect (haven't read all 900 pages) more hardline on reducing the federal debt.

The Dems are so desperate that they will seize on any phrase to wave before low info voters--who know nothing about Project 2025 or anything else, fwiw.

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I don't like the idea of family dynasties in politics. That's what gave us Justin in Canada.

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Finally someone on our team who’s looking at the long game!

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

Don's analysis regarding J.D. Vance is spot on. Vance was not picked because he "balanced" the ticket. He was picked because DJT must have a successor in four years to carry the MAGA torch. J.D. is that guy. The GOP has been transformed by Trump into a populist party that takes power out of the hands of the coastal elites who have been ruining America for a long time while feathering their own nests in the process. Despite the fact that Vance went to Yale Law, he has shown himself to be focussed on flyover country and not D.C. Don is right when he spotlights the media's instant hatred of Vance as a great sign that he was a great choice to be Trump's wingman, or dare I say, apprentice?

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👍

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Jul 22·edited Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

For all future Trump Rallies, featuring Trump & JD Vance, he needs a squad of Marines guarding them. And JD can wear his camo and carry his rifle too. I remember Uncle Walter and the nightly News casualty count from Viet Nam, and have yet to see any Marines on the Presidential Ticket. Damn straight a Marine is always a Marine…

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Ok, but why not have an A-Team of Army Rangers guard them if you want to assure their safety?

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I think Eric Prince is advising on security now.

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Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

I wonder how much of that $250,000,000 the Biden campaign raised will be retained by the Big Guy as his price for leaving? 10% seems the going rate.

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Hope he got the cash before he inked the deal. The Dems have a pretty bad track record of keeping their promises.

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Dems love $$. I saw yesterday a filing at FEC changing the name of the campaign (with accompanying cash) to Harris for Pres. She may be dim but she knows how to reap the money.

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Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

Good article Don. Now, if DJT will just layoff the Biden and Harris attacks………….

I disagree about Harris having a month to prove herself. That boat sailed when she failed at every task she was assigned by Biden. Remember how she was supposed to fix the border problem? No, she’s done. We are only three months away from the election. She cant undo almost four years of zero accomplishments in that time. The campaign money will all go to down ballot races to try to salvage the Senate. For the next three months Harris and who ever the stiff is that gets drafted to be her running mate, will have to answer two questions; what have they accomplished in the past four years and two, if Biden is too senile to run again, who has been running the country the past three years? The great white shark that is DJT is going to be asking those questions over and over again. I agree with Don on Trump sticking to issues and not rubbing it in but the fins are going to be in the water and circling an unarmed and helpless/hapless Harris. Even King Obama cant help his Biden life insurance pick now. I expect the Harris cackle to change to a look of terror come debate time.

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OMG. Can’t wait for that debate. But Trump must maintain decorum.

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He needs to act just like he did in the previous one. It worked. Hope he learned something.

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Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

Another “superb Surber” article!

So much truth packed in there!

I love coming to Surber school every morning, and everyone in the class is also most awesome! ♥️👍😉

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Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

The bat**** crazy left has hit a new low in trashing Project 2025. President Trump is distancing himself from it, saying he likes parts of it and dislikes parts of it. They're trying their best to hang it around his neck. A brief description of the 4 pillars has no mention of “Republican”, and I doubt there is one in the whole 900 pages. More on my blue button about them. My feeling is that it's just a conservative road map to that Shining City on the Hill.

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Project 2025 is just a red herring I think. 900 pages to say what could be said in ten pages. It just serves as a shinny object to distract the left.

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Maybe-Pub platform only 16 pages-Brevity is the soul of wit? 56 times that has got Dem heads exploding-mission accomplished.

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I have wondered why the thing was published without DJT major input.

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Bannon was touting it prior to going in the slammer

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DNC's emergency meeting transcript: "Holy shit, Joe crapped out. We need a new ticket. Run Hee Haw, she's next in line, and as of now, the best we've got."

The RNC's emergency meeting transcript: "They're running the Border Czar. How lucky can we get? Right off the bat, we have eleven million stupidity cards to hang around her neck. Slap the Border Czar title on her, and don't let up. It's gold!."

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Bet they try to stick Pete Butthead in the ticket and shove her out. The Dems have no one who could make it a race with just three months to go before voting.

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An endorsement of Kamala was glaringly absent from Obama’s statement “praising” 🤮 Biden’s decision.

They plan for an open convention or whatever other whacked out means they cook up, to insert whoever they’ve already selected for the ticket. And she ain’t it.

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Excuse me while I mourn for them.

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Jul 22Liked by Don Surber

I'm looking at the Nutrition Facts on this substack, it says 'contains 100% minimum daily allowance of Insight, Snark, and Wisdom." Thank you, Don, would not be half as much fun without your perspectives.

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