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Democrats in Arizona are flipping out about the no labels party. “If they have someone on the ballot who is designed to bring the country together, that clearly draws votes away from Joe Biden and does not draw votes away from Donald Trump,” said Rodd McLeod, a Democratic strategist in Arizona. Article: http://archive.today/vYmgq h/t cubsguy81
We’re supposed to believe that other politicians don’t say “whatever it takes to fulfill [their] desires and thirst for power.” I don’t like the way the abnormalization of Trump has come at the cost of stifling our capacity to critique other politicians. The others may be more “normal” than Trump, but since when is …
This is not Apple, Nvidia or even Tesla. It’s Congress members over the age of 70 pic.twitter.com/7wHtffIHlA — Not Jerome Powell (@alifarhat79) July 28, 2023
After many years of working in the policy world, I have concluded that politics is at most 10% about making the world better and safer. The rest is at least 45% theater and 45% catering to special interest groups. Further evidence for my assessment comes from the recent grandstanding in the U.S. Senate on rail …
Boris Johnson stands down as MP with immediate effect https://news.sky.com/story/boris-johnson-stands-down-as-mp-with-immediate-effect-12899673 Just as Patel and the current stand-in PM fast tracks another 54000 boat people as full UK “citizens”. Thousands of migrants to get new asylum rights after Priti Patel’s flagship policy ditched https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1778947/rishi-sunak-priti-patel-migrants-asylum-seekers Boris Johnson’s statement in full as ex-PM announes (sic) he’s quitting as …
Now we know why Nadine Dorries resigned. They've hounded Boris out. The Cabal's hounding Trump out. Whatever happened to democracy and decent politics?https://t.co/U5YdxBF6So pic.twitter.com/KLVFT8LqTt — Tess Summers 🏴🇮🇪 (@tesssummers98) June 9, 2023 -Joe Biden kept classified documents in his garage.-Hillary Clinton kept classified emails on her server.-Bill Clinton kept classified recordings in his drawer. Only …
CNN’s story refutes Elon Musk’s claim that the ‘Twitter Files’ exposed government censorship. “Apparently, the mainstream press doesn’t consider it news when the FBI works with a foreign intelligence service to try to censor an award-winning Western reporter.” CNN had the gall the other day to run a story called, “Twitter’s own lawyers refute Elon …