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We all understand the sense of urgency but why are we assuming we will lose the House in the mid-terms? Think we need to run the same ground game starting now than Trump did starting four years ago.

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Nov 13·edited Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

The run up to 2028 presidential starts then too. So - Vance has a good opportunity to change the role of the VP and do actual work with actual accomplishments consistent with Trump’s campaign platform. It will make a big difference if there is no competition on the GOP side for the Pres line on the 2028 ballot. He has tremendous potential and I don’t see him being a ribbon cutting kinda guy.

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I have great hopes for JD and expect him to do well but in the 2028 run he will be lacking one thing: Donald Trump holding the lead position. Having Trump on the sideline will make it a very different thing.

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I bet DJT will campaign hard for JD to keep his legacy and the repair of America going.

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I'm sure he will but Trump's impact will diminish when he leaves office. JD must establish a reputation and personality that is as accomplished at fixing things no later than 2026 - ie. the start of his run for president.

If he works on that as he does his work, it will also help us keep our momentum for the mid-terms at that time.

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Maybe. If DJT is as impactful as we all hope and expect him to be, he *might* even have MORE influence in the future than we can imagine.

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trumps legacy is already assured.

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Reverse the order - Keep the repair of America and his legacy going. DJT has America first.

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It starts now. Push for a federal election day, separate ballots.

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desantis, haley, scott, noem and others will be all in. others too.

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It might depend upon how strong of a candidate JD looks like in '28. If many ppl think they have a credible shot they'll take it! Nikki Haley, DeSantis are the two most likely.

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Haley is toast. She wouldn’t even win her home state of South Carolina. She’s not popular here.

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Agree. Haley's blind self-awareness is either a mental illness (Narcissism) or a result of the deep state's unstoppable ambition at totalitarian power. They will use her for their advantage if she remains as clueless as she appears.

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Unfortunately I still know way too many squishes who like her and are awaiting another chance to vote for her in a primary to make her the general election candidate. Grrrr! 😖

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She's like one of those squishy stress balls. Squeeze it one way and outpops the populist Republican. Squeeze it another, and out pops the rino.

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agreed. not my cup of tea at all.

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i know four people from sc. all four are wealthy men in their 60's. they love her.

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Yeah. Sad. I hope the MAGA supporters will always BIGLY outnumber them.

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11/13/24: Send them back to their bridesfromthephillipines.com boltholes where they came from, please.

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11/13/24: Haley is the Kamala Harris of the Republican party.

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I seem to remember that losing the house in mid-term has occurred often. So it is wise to act as if the pattern will repeat, and if not, so much the better.

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Agree. 2026 starts today. The Dems are sure working on it and have more tricks up their sleeve that we haven't figured out yet.

There is no time to gloat.

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Yep, they have been scheming since 2020.

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Nov 13·edited Nov 13

Hear, hear! There’s still a ton of work to be accomplished to straighten out our voting systems. That should be a number ONE priority for the whole country these next two years.

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Yes. yes, yes! It's easy for us to forget that vote cheating has become so widespread and effective for the Democrats. When you grow up playing by the rules, your mind doesn't think that way.

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I agree. Start working now to flip democrat seat in the house. Especially the eight New York seat. (Jefferies) senate seats too. While we’re at it lets target some more of the “Soros” AGs around the country.

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Time to figure how to get the black woman vote and get rid of Newscum and fat/rich Pritzker for starters and all the Soros AGs.

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Musk posted that he intends to do exactly that. His PAC is going to continue working non stop

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Shouldn't be tipping our hand.

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We won't have a large cushion in the house, plus remaining RINOs 'may' vote with the left. The left will really pull out all stops in 2026.

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we'll be lucky to keep either side of the isle by jan6th rc.

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Because that is the norm for either party - the party that holds the WH almost always lose Congressional seats in the midterm.

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How about we make the 2026 midterm an exception to the general rule? Trump has already told us to dream big!

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Musk is apparently already working on this. Having him as both a supporter and advisor to Trump is game changing. Anything is possible.

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Dream big but PLAN FOR A FIGHT.

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Fortunately, Trump (and hopefully the "new" Republican party) is not the norm.

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He / they/ we are not the norm but the ENEMY is still the enemy and I GUARANTEE you they are starting NOW to WIN BACK the House and SENATE!

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You mean cheat.

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Ha. Yeah, plenty of that. But it's up to OUR SIDE to outwork them like we did last Tuesday!

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There’s nothing normal about President Trump. If he’s able to enforce his policies and America and the rest of the planet are doing well, there’s no reason for the citizens to change horses in the middle of the stream.

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i see trump running for mayor of new york in 2028.

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The 'enemy' gets a vote.

You think the marxists are going to take this loss lying down??!!

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I think the Marxists have no clue that it's their entire ideology that stinks and caused them to lose. So I agree they will not "take this loss lying down". I therefore expect them to double down and continue to shoot themselves in their own feet. I expect them to be as stupid as they were in first being drawn to Marxism, and to take numerous aggressive steps that will all backfire on them. I expect even most of the liberal side of the country to finally wake up and understand the Marxist hostility and destructiveness towards the U.S. I expect to see significant leaders on the Marxist side exposed and convicted for criminal behavior. I expect their hold on all the institutions they contaminated (during their long and stealthy "Communist march through the institutions") to greatly loosen. Etc.

They only got where they are because they operated by stealth "below the radar". Now their masks are off and they are being watched like a hawk. It will be literally impossible for them to succeed when they have to operate under the microscope.

I also expect there to be very serious revelations about the Democrats involvement with pedophilia and sex trafficking.

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They went against Alinsky rule number seven. "A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag." Don't become old news.

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i know a few democrats as well all do and in general, they don't have a clue as what is going on in the real world. spend their time at penera bread, starbucks and shopping for more pink shoes.

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11/13/24: We assume this because it happened the last time (2018) when (in 2016) no one assumed it could/would happen.

As for the poll, why could we not have had the option of inviting all four of the best people running governments today? Speaking of which, have you seen the biggest (positive) surprise of the decade (so far): https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1856446692989497563

WOW!

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Right on. I was composing the same response but defer to you; excellent.

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"A picture says a thousand words," except for Liz Chaney's. Her's says Bitch.

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Personally I'm glad she was an ahole. If she thought the Trumpster was gonna win she would have laid low and been a constant thorn. Now she's relegated to the dust bin of history. I feel pretty good about that.

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her face gives new meaning to "sourpuss" - a vicious woman is hellbent on her goal.

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So true! She absolutely flabergasted me on the (totally unnecessary) J6 committee.

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her jan6th position stemmed from her feminist ideology and hatred for men. she hates trump because he wasn't deep state like her pops. god awful women.

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🤭

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Liz looks like her Dad with a wig on. Who would make love to that? 🤮

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Nov 13·edited Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

Was troubled RFK said he would fire 700 at NIH, THEN hire a new 700! Really? How about hire 7 and office them in Paducah. Don’t rearrange the deck chairs…..you have to walk 90% Off the Plank. The other 10% should work in 20 States non-contiguous to MD, NY or VA. I am sure the GSA has millions of s/f of offices not used b/c 90% of Federal Employees and 350% of the federal ‘Contractors’ working from Home…

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No bonus jobs for Kentucky until they get rid of their gov and the turtle. I’d say across the river in Metropolis, Southern Illinois is deep red, but still Illinois with the diseased Pritzger clan…

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

Some dopey woman on Commie News Network or Morons Spouting Nothing But Crap said America just FA and now we’re going to FO.

Wrong! Democrats and the Deep State (I know, it’s just a right wing boogeyman) FA starting all the way back in 2015 when The Other Don came down the escalator.

Now they and the rest of the country, the part filled with normal folks, are going to FO. I’m looking forward to seeing it all unfold.

And just for fun, Jack Posobiec was talking about putting together investors to make an offer to buy failing MSNBC and shifting it to the right - but keeping Morning Mika and Schmo.

2025 is going to be lit!

Financial advice - go long popcorn futures!

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Love "Morons Spouting Nothing But Crap" for MSNBC!

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I may know the meaning of FO, but what is FA?

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F Around

Find Out

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FA: Fuck Around

FO: Find Out

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

We should be as concerned about the mid-terms as we were about the election just held. It will take the new media to start talking about it. Trump's win was only the first battle of many in a long war that will last until the end of J D Vance's SECOND term in the Whitehouse as president. That's 2036.

The will to win this war is still burning inside the patriots. We can't let it cool down or it won't get re-started. The first thing Trump must do (with the help of Mike Lindell) is to completely clean up the election systems in America. If he does that, the 2026 mid-term will only be half as threatening as it is today.

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Absolutely. Election integrity.

Single day voting.

Voter ID.

Paper ballots.

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NO MASS MAIL IN BALLOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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And a time limit for every county to certify results, or forfeit them. The closest election in history (Kennedy v Nixon, 1960) was done on paper ballots and called for Kennedy the following afternoon. Arguments about fraud notwithstanding, his margin of victory was said to be the equivalent of about one vote per precinct. In 2024, they are still pretending to count ballots in California, over a week after the election.

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And we were given paid time off to go vote as I recall. The entire country votes on the first Tuesday in November. There was a buzz and everyone I knew was proud to vote.

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I would like that too, but it's hard to see how that could be done federally. Elections have been run by the states. For example, I don't like or trust the universal mail-in ballot system here in Oregon -- which seems to have made it a one-party state -- but getting rid of it would take a statewide Initiative.

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Make Federal law that all tallies for federal office must be registered with the federal government 12 hours after the polls close. Anything after that will not be recognized or seated.

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If France can do it, we can do it.

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Mais oui!

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You can make all the federal laws you want -- although that in itself is a huge assumption, given that the parties in Congress are almost equally divided -- and if such a law passes, all the left-wing NGO lawyers will descend on it like vultures on a newborn lamb, and in the end, unless the Supreme Court mans up, nothing will come of it.

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The Constitution guarantees the States a "republican" form of government. Cannot have that without honest elections, so the Federal Government must ensure honest elections. It's not a novel legal theory, but the Supremes have been pretty squishy about supporting the idea.

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Agree. They are still counting in CA and AZ and it's over a week since Election Day. The way some states do elections is pure BS.

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I'd love to see Mike Lindell get a role in a new Election Integrity Department--this is the one area a new permanent Department or Agency is needed. A model national (federal) policy needs to be drawn up that consists of two parts:

One--the package everyone has already identified (Voter ID, paper ballots not machines, in person voting, single day or extremely limited voting period, citizenship required, no mail-in ballots except limited absentee ballots with documented medical necessity, etc. etc. etc.

Two--a complete and detailed system of Clean Election Procedures, that are designed by CPA's and cover THE ENTIRE process. Election results for federal office will not be accepted from any state that does not adopt the Federal Model Controls and Audit Procedures.

Important--This is not farfetched--right now, no corporation--regardless of what state they are in--can sell their stock on the major national stock exchanges unless they meet national SEC requirements for financial reporting, audits, etc. A framework of basic/standard Clean Election Processes should be similarly standardized and required.

Clean Election Procedures will include such things as strict Registration requirements and procedures, control of the chain of custody of ballots, control of the voting process, control of the tabulation of votes, control of the reporting up-the-ladder of official results, and--VERY IMPORTANT--thorough post-election audit procedures that cover the entire process, including statistical sampling and verification of individual votes.

Every state will have to publish their Audit Report and score, and these should get lots of publicity.

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100% 👍👍

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

Trump on fire. Not sure about Sec of State. Await for Tulsi and RFK appointments. Otherwise deep state should be buying depends. FJB

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I know State Dept employees are. I have family working in DC for State. They are (quote) "Scared to death of what's coming". Most think they will be fired.

The State Dept is the silent right arm of the CIA in international operations.

Added edit: I will trust Trump's choice of Rubio for State even though I think he has teetered with the moderate wing of the GOP at times. He has a squishy feel about him but I will trust DJT. That said, Rubio must clean up the excessive State Dept waste. HUGE budgets and very highly paid people who live around the world with housing paid to carry out liberal-driven social change (ie community organizing on an international level). Elon Musk would have a cost-cutting field day with this group.

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Rubio as Secretary of State has not been announced by Trump yet.

As of now, it is all just being floated in media.

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When DeSantis is named to take Rubio's Senate seat it most likely will be a done deal.

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Nov 13·edited Nov 13

I wasn't keen to hear Rubio either. I'm not sure about the guy. Maybe Trumpe just wants him out of the senate so DeSantis can appoint a real conservative. Can he appoint himself?

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I’m not sure it’s critical to have a another conservative in the Senate. It’s more important to have a very conservative member as secretary of state declare house of all the entrenched deep state operatives. I agree that it’s being floated in the media and maybe Mr. Trump will nominate Tulsi Gabbard. Either way, Mr. Trump‘s track record so far has been extremely encouraging. Much better than his first term.

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Despite some concerns about whether Rubio is sufficiently solid, I would vastly prefer Rubio to Tulsi Gabbard. To me, Gabbard is Unproven. And I have seen nothing about her that indicates she has management or executive ability. Mostly we are just going on what Tulsi has SAID-- her professions of support for conservative policies. But we have almost nothing to go on as to Tulsi's ability to perform.

I'm much more skeptical of Tulsi than Rubio.

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

So glad I stuck around to the end today. Poilievre over Trudeau for starters but wrt the poll all or any BUTT Hilary. I get the Uranus but I am thinking she'd be the perfect fit for ambassador to Haiti.

No charge.

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11/13/24: If she's appointed amb to Haiti, all the "barbecue" guys overnight will become vegetarians.

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OR millionaires.

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And then she'll eat them (italicize "them").

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

“ Firing Democrat leftwing loyalists will bleed the government of its anti-conservative insurrectionists.” And re-establish government by the people, for the people and not for the self serving Marxist/Democrat/Hate America Party’s apparatchiks of the deep state.

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The new Trump marching orders: BANG. HALT. Kinda says it all, doesn't it?

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“Fire” when ready!!!

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Speaking as one whose odometer has clicked well past the "three score years and ten" mark, I prefer the yardstick proffered in Genesis 6:3. Look it up. (Yes, I know it's open to interpretation, but I take my comfort where I can find it.)

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60 is the new 40; and 80 is the new 60. Shine on, all of you who are at peak wisdom and productivity! We need you!

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Didn't Boomers go to Harris?

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Me too (77)

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gotcha beat - we're 82 & 87

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82 & 81 here.

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almost 77. still golfing and enjoying life.

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11/13/24: Dang! At a mere 72 that means puberty doesn't arrive until next year...

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

'Hello, Donald, what’cha knowin’?

I’ve come to watch your cleanup growin’

Ain’t’cha got no time for me?

Doot-in doo-doo, feelin’ groovy

Ba da da da da da da, feelin’ groovy'-😊

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

Invite all of them - except Hill - and give them prominent positions and speaking parts. And Bibi. Show the world who our friends are. Then - stand by them.

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

Don, your limits have been revised-it's now four score and 10. Godspeed, Sir.

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Indeed. Ninety is the new 60.

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Trump is not afraid of work, that’s for sure. He can save time and not appoint a secretary for Dept. of Education and abolish this low hanging fruit department and help DEI DIE.

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Nov 13·edited Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

In prior wars there was time to cashier the seatwarmers and carreerists in the military command structure. Progress in war was slow. There was the luxury of time for Dwight Eisenhower, Walter Bedell Smith, George Patton, George Marshal, William "Bull" Halsey, Chester Nimitz and the other true leaders to displace the losers. That is unlikely to be true next time. The current command has dangerously weakened morale and recruitment is falling below target. That, too, is unacceptable.

Leonard Leo headed a group that suggested suitable members for appointment to the Judiciary. I'm thinking Trump is headed down the same path with the military, drawing from individuals with the expertise that comes from experience. It's a trend. Boeing is doing the same. Their new CEO asks this simple question of every job and function: "Does it help us build airplanes?"

Trump is framing the same process with a group that will ask: "Does this help us win wars?"

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Yes - and I wouldn't be surprised if enlistments start increasing - maybe exponentially - now that Trump is going to "unqueer" the military leadership.

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The south will come back.

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Nov 13Liked by Don Surber

There was no suggestion for "all of the above." The first four because they support DJT, the last one to watch her choke on her bile.

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I voted for Poiliever. The others are already in power but if Canada sees how well America is doing, they may just decide to elect him, especially if he has Trump backing him.

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Poilievre will get elected not because of Trump but because of Trudeau. Most Canadians are left of centre, unfortunately, and don't like Trump but they have had more than enough of Justin.

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I did too. I hope Canada finally decides to toss out little Fidel.

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There never is an all of the above. That would be too easy. But today, I’m with you, mandatory back row attendance by billary with cameras popping in and out, would be most satisfying. All of the others will be invited, anyway.

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