112 thoughts on “November Games”

  1. Morning All!
    countdown to Thanksgiving and i have about 4 lists and several notes on things I have to do before then…lol. I am a habitual list maker–for many reasons–in fact I could write you a list why. lol

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    1. Morning, Pat! I think you have even more lists than I do!!! My biggest problem? I always lose the frickin’ list!!! 21 here this morning and clear skies, although there is a low bank of clouds to the east. No sign of Wheezer yet. Rodney posted this last night – you have got to watch this – I almost had an ouch on the couch; she reminds me of Rodney’s Mom or how I picture her anyway…..and me, for that matter!

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    1. Heck – Elon could hack any kind of voting machine with his eyes closed and one hand behind his back – if he was so inclined.

      However, he is a man of honor and won’t do it… or will he? Heh-heh-heh….

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  7. delusional…no other way to describe it…”the people” want to hear the cackler’s voice? ON WHAT PLANET?
    FTA
    “There will be a desire to hear her voice, and there won’t be a vacuum for long,” a person close to Harris said.

    At the same time, Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will have a long checklist to plow through before they leave the Naval Observatory for good.

    They have to decide whether they’ll take up permanent residence at their home in Los Angeles, or establish a base elsewhere. No matter where Harris and her family live, some around her have expressed concerns about safety, as her Secret Service protection expires six months after stepping away.

    Following her meteoric rise in Washington and California, there are internal questions about standing up a federal committee to raise money. It will be the first time in two decades that the former senator and career prosecutor will be out of public office. That means she’ll be standing up a personal office and nurturing her massive online presence without the organizing principle of day-to-day governing.

    Kamala considers running for Governor.
    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/25/kamala-harris-advisers-options-open-00191393

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  10. Looks like another bad pick to me….especially since the unions like her!!!

    Just The News: “The Job Creators Network, an advocacy group for policies that benefit small businesses and which has been a reliable supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, has strongly come out in opposition to his pick for Labor Secretary, saying that she supported the PRO Act. 

    Trump on Friday night nominated Oregon GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his pick to lead the Department of Labor in his next administration.

    “Job Creators Network opposes Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary,” the group wrote on the social media platform, X. “Her support for the radical PRO Act tramples small businesses, ends right-to-work, and forces unionization. Small businesses need a champion, not a Big Labor ally.”

    Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost her reelection bid earlier this month despite support from members of labor unions in her district, according to CBS News.

    “Lori’s strong support from both the Business and Labor communities will ensure that the Labor Department can unite Americans of all backgrounds behind our Agenda for unprecedented National Success – Making America Richer, Wealthier, Stronger and more Prosperous than ever before!” Trump said in a statement.

    Unions such as the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Associations were pleased with Trump’s pick, according to the New York Post.

    “It is significant that the Pres-elect nominated Rep. Chavez-DeRemer for Labor,” AFT President Randi Weingarten said.”

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  11. EXCERPT: “….But the subject of Bongino for the position came up on CNN Friday, where host Brianna Keilar asked Geraldo Rivera about Bongino. Both used to be on Fox together. Geraldo Rivera did offer positives about Bongino, saying he would do the job. But he also said there was no one he felt more “fiercely combative with” than Bongino and how if he saw him in a bar, he would probably “square off” with him. Alrighty, now. Some did say they would pay to see such a fight.

    “Geraldo says he’s “square off” with Dan Bongino if he ran into him in a bar… I’d pay to see that.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1860512872280854707

    Sounds like Geraldo has a bit of a fixation on Bongino. Here’s one clip of how Geraldo lost his mind during a discussion with Bongino three years ago.

    Warning for graphic language: 

    “This is one of the best clips of Dan Bongino humiliating Geraldo on live Tv, priceless.”

    https://twitter.com/RealJeffreyX/status/1859029225711538436

    Most people didn’t think that Geraldo would stand a chance against Bongino, with some noting how he managed to get a broken nose on his own show back in 1988…..”

    https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/11/24/geraldo-tries-to-throw-down-with-bongino-n2182427

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  12. Monday morning memes:

    “People who had one job but failed😂”

    “Clintons are thankful on Thanksgiving”

    “Dear Democrats, let’s make this real clear, ok?👇”

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    1. “Here’s George Jefferthon”

      “I’m 100% against Trump’s deportation plan, but since our household staff tends to slack off during the holidays I bought a Trump On The Shelf that I move around the home as a subtle reminder that one phone call is all it would take.”

      “Got him at last light. Neighbor’s front yard. 20 yard shot.”

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  13. EXCERPT: “They’re the two hardest hitting heavyweights on the Republican bench. You can almost sense them eyeing each other from afar, apprising one another “just in case.” Because, in full-contact politics, “just in case” will be here sooner than you think.

    In one corner, at the tender age of 40, is JD Vance. He’s a military veteran who was deployed in Iraq, graduated from Yale, has three children, and had a meteoric rise to the top of the ranks of the GOP.

    In the other corner, at the tender age of 46, is Ron DeSantis. He’s a military veteran who was deployed in Iraq, graduated from Yale, has three children, and had a meteoric rise to the top of the ranks of the GOP.

    But despite their surface-level similarities, the two are starkly different people.

    Right now, President-elect Trump is the undisputed master of MAGAtropolis. He runs the kingdom; the throne is his. But four years from now?

    Well, it won’t be the meek who inherits the earth.

    Instead, it’ll almost certainly be a military veteran who was deployed in Iraq, graduated from Yale, has three children, and had a meteoric rise to the top of the ranks of the GOP.

    But which?

    It’s a story that’ll be lurking in the murky background throughout 2025 (and beyond). But “palace intrigue” is a manic media magnet; with Trump term-limited and unable to run again, it’s only natural that every speech, photo-op, and trip to New Hampshire and/or Iowa by Vance and DeSantis will be exhaustively scrutinized.

    Vance and DeSantis aren’t the only two contenders, of course. There are still the pre-Trump stalwarts who sought the brass ring in 2016 — Sen. Cruz (R-Tex.) and Sen. Rubio (R-Fla.) — plus new breed, post-Trump politicians like Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-Va.). And there’ll surely be a handful of political outsiders, a la Vivek Ramaswamy, who are emboldened by Trump’s personal example. 

    That’s the one thing we know for sure: From longshots to very-longshots to VERY-very-longshots, there won’t be a shortage of GOP presidential candidates.

    But two names loom far larger than all the rest: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, and Ohio Senator JD Vance, our next vice president…..”

    https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2024/11/24/the-looming-maga-war-between-jd-vance-and-ron-desantis-the-first-move-is-coming-n4934597

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  16. Paprika
    November 25, 2024 10:44 am

    So, we still have 2 US House seat election counts in California , Districts 13 and 45, that are being slowly turned to D wins. They are to close to call now (as of last reporting on 11/22)with only a 213 vote difference in CA district 13 (R leading) and a 519 vote difference in CA district 45 (D leading). Both races are at 99% reporting.

    And there is another one still too close to call in Iowa, of all places. In Iowa district 1 there is only a 800 vote difference with the R candidate leading at 98% reporting.

    Source: Associated Press

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  18. clown car? dead on!

    Charles Gasparino

    @CGasparino

    I don’t care what mud the progressives throw at the

    @realDonaldTrump

    cabinet nominees they’re ALL a huge upgrade from the clown car we have now. From an AG who thinks it’s OK to weaponize DOJ, a health department that thinks transing children is “healthy,” a Treasury Secretary who had no clue inflation was devastating the working class, a Defense Secretary who thought it was swell to retreat the way they did in Afghanistan, to a prez and VP who are utterly clueless for different reasons (the former because of deteriorating mental health the latter for being intellectually lazy). Then there’s the transportation dude who as mayor ran a small city into the ground and was on paternity leave during the supply chain crisis. Yes the country dodged a bullet

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  20. You have to wonder….was the autism in her 2 children caused by vaccines??

    “No Surprise: ‘The View’ Has No Clue About Why Parents Love School Choice – Another day, another outrageous comment from one of the ladies on “The View.”

    The Federalist, By: Amanda Parry, November 24, 2024

    The View

    “This time it was Sunny Hostin putting her foot in it, demonstrating how unfamiliar she is with school choice. In a heated exchange with co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, Hostin made two patently false statements about school voucher programs. The first is that the recipients of these vouchers come from “overwhelmingly” wealthy families. The second is that vouchers divert money from public schools.

    Neither is true. I live in North Carolina, where about 50,000 people are on a waitlist for vouchers. The grants in question are for $3,000 and $7,000 per student per year.

    Trust me, truly wealthy families wouldn’t even get out of bed for this kind of money, let alone tackle the paperwork involved in the application process. But $3,000 to $7,000 is a godsend for a middle-class family whose child is struggling in a public school or who want their child’s education to reflect their family’s religious commitments.

    Vouchers are meant to ensure that students failed by the one-size-fits-all public school model have a fair shake at a decent education. Their degree of vulnerability does not correlate to their parents’ income but to how they are served — or not served, as the case may be — by public schools.

    Take my children, for example. Both are on the autism spectrum. My daughter has intellectual disabilities due to an ongoing fight against cancer. To say that the public school system doesn’t work for them is like saying that Cher has a fondness for Botox.

    We applied for these vouchers because any money we earn goes right back out the door for medical bills, physical therapy, follow-up scans, etc. We are hardly the only family in this situation.

    Parents of special-needs children are used to hearing “no.” We are used to being told there is nothing that can be done for our children. We also refuse to abide by this narrative. Instead, we do whatever we can to help our children. To Hostin, this might make us greedy jerks, but perhaps that is because she doesn’t know us. We are actually quite hardworking, charming jerks.

    This leads to the second point Hostin got wrong. According to her, money for these vouchers diverts funds from the public school system. That’s false. Year after year, public school systems across the country ask for and receive larger sums of money. The United States is now paying more than ever, in inflation-adjusted terms, for K-12 schooling.

    Furthermore, the money for these systems comes from taxpayers. Middle-class families pay taxes. Some of us our failed by the system. To ask for a fraction of this money back to ensure our children get a good education is not entitlement, it is common sense.”

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  21. EXCERPT: “We just survived a very long election year. For those of us who covered the political slog known as the Iowa caucuses — The Hawkeye Cauci, as El Rushbo used to call the quadrennial parade of pretenders and contenders — it was even longer. I have the bonus wrinkles and additional gray hairs (beyond the ones my kids and the ravages of time have put there) to prove it. 

    The outcome was going to make one side or the other really happy or really miserable. But at the end of the day, the ultimate winner or loser would be the republic the factions have been sparring over, against George Washington’s admonitions, for the better part of the last 250 years. 

    I’m proud to report the republic won — this time. 

    That’s not to say the exceptional, shining “city on a hill” is no longer in peril. Like rust, the left never sleeps. So liberty warriors, too, must remain wide awake. 

    But we certainly have an abundance of blessings to count following America’s latest political war. A cornucopia, in the parlance of the Thanksgiving holiday. And if we hope to keep this republic so richly blessed by our Creator, it is right to give our thanks and praise. 

    So here I humbly submit an abridged list of the many things we can truly be thankful for this post-election season…..”

    https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/25/12-things-to-be-thankful-for-this-post-election-thanksgiving/

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    1. OK – they’re too good not to post!

      1. Competence is back in fashion after four years of bogus “border czars”, DEI hires, and a mashed-potatoes-cognition commander-in-chief. You could say we literally dodged a bullet.
      2. We will no longer have to hear Kamala Harris tell us over and over again that she “grew up a middle-class kid,” in a “middle-class family,” with “middle-class roots.” The folksy campaign messaging was as awkward as it was untrue. 
      3. Now only Minnesota will have to suffer with the absurd narrative that Tampon Tim Walz is a real man, man’s man, regular guy. Maybe Captain Flannel will now have some time to learn how to properly load the gun that he never carried in war.
      4. We’re looking at four years free of men pretending to be women in key executive branch positions. While we can’t say the same for Congress, we’re fairly confident high-end luggage is safe from pilfering by government employees at airport carousels for the time-being.
      5. God willing and the creek don’t rise, we’ll have very few, if any, pop-ins from Volodymyr Zelensky. I think we all could use a break from the Ukrainian president lecturing Americans about why they should keep their checkbooks open to his military. Speaking of his military, enough with the olive-green sweatshirts and fleeces, Volod. You’re not fooling anybody. 
      6. Oprah, Michelle, Beyoncé and Taylor are all going away now, at least off the campaign stage, back to their multi-million-dollar estates and free-market blessings. They were so badly beaten by Lee Greenwood, Joe Rogan, Kid Rock and the Hulkster, and I couldn’t be any more grateful. 
      7. We just dodged four very long years of cringy word salads and constant cackling. “Culture is — it is a reflection of our moment in our time, right? And in present culture is the way we express how we’re feeling about the moment,” as Vice President Kamala Harris was fond of saying, for reasons not clear to anyone. Crisis averted. 
      8. Joe, Corn Pop, and Uncle Bosey will finally take a much-needed rest.  
      9. Mayor Pete has been sent packing into extended maternity leave.  
      10. We’re free of Second Gentleman Doug, and spared from First Gentleman Doug. He’s so mad about that he could just slap someone. 
      11. Long live the Trump Shimmy. 
      12. On Jan. 20, 2025, America will truly be unburdened by what has been. 

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  22. SALLY Q UPDATE!

    MON – 11/25 – Two diagnostic tests scheduled – Ultrasound guided biopsy – MRI of abdomen.   She will have PET scan as an outpatient – to check for metastasis.

    Thank you all so much for your prayers and encouragement for this time of trial, duress, and wisdom choosing medical interventions.

    Our Heavenly Father, Creator of all the Universe and all that is – He is faithful, merciful, compassionate and all power belongs to Him – Psalm 62:11

    AMEN

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  24. TheseTruths

    TheseTruths(@thesetruths)

    Online

    Wolf

    November 25, 2024 12:47

    Trump War Room:

    Senator @BillHagertyTN says he spoke to incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Pete told him patriots in our military are re-enlisting after news broke of his nomination.

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  27. Just The News: “Special counsel Jack Smith filed a motion on Monday to drop all four felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump related to his effort to contest his 2020 presidential election loss to President Biden and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol. Trump was indicted in August 2023. 

    The charges included conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.”

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  28. WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith has filed a motion to drop all four felony charges against President-elect Donald Trump in connection with his effort to overturn his 2020 presidential election in the lead-up to the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol.

    BREAKING. JACK SMITH DROPS ALL CHARGES AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP.

    Special Counsel entire legal team set to resign from DOJ.

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      1. I already have a Trump $2 collectible. I can’t find the exact one I have, which is in it’s own black portfolio but it’s similar to this one:

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  30. “Yeah – ya really gotta wonder why the Dems thought that kind of campaigning would work for them. It’s bass-ackwards logic of the highest order.”

    Good!

    “We don’t care about people’s feelings — we’re going to be searching for the facts and we’re going to be verifying if this is worth spending the American people’s hard-earned tax dollars on.” – Marjorie Taylor Greene               

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  31. EXCERPT: “One of Donald Trump’s closest advisers Boris Epshteyn solicited political candidates, a defense contractor and at least one potential Cabinet nominee for lucrative consulting contracts at the same time he was being paid by the Trump campaign and advising the President-elect on legal matters, nominations and political communications, according to interviews and documents reviewed by Just the News.

    One of those who was pitched by Epshteyn for both a consulting contract and an investment opportunity was Scott Bessent, the hedge fund manager named Friday night by Trump as his nominee for Treasury Secretary. Bessent rejected the overtures and eventually, when asked, reported concerns about them to the Trump transition team, including Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.

    Trump late last week ordered an internal inquiry into the consulting arrangements of Ephsteyn and other contractors to be conducted by lawyer David Warrington with the results to be delivered to his incoming Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Just the News has learned.

    Warrington served as general counsel for the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee and as counsel for the 2016 Trump Campaign to the Credentials, Platform, and Rules Committees at the Republican National Convention.Trump: “I make these decisions on my own, period.”

    The inquiry threatens to undercut one of Trump’s signature issues of “draining the swamp” of Washington’s special interests because of the questions it is raising about influence efforts inside his own Mar-a-Lago empire.

    In a brief interview with Just the News, Trump said he was unaware that any staffer on his payroll was soliciting consulting fees from people seeking jobs or endorsements from him and would not condone such behavior. “I suppose every President has people around them who try to make money off them on the outside. It’s a shame but it happens,” he said. “But no one working for me in any capacity should be looking to make money. They should only be here to Make America Great Again.”

    He added for emphasis: “No one can promise any endorsement or nomination except me. I make these decisions on my own, period.”

    The status of the inquiry was uncertain as of Monday afternoon. Transition official Aaron Harison sent Just the News a statement on behalf of spokesman Steve Cheung claiming the inquiry was wrapped up.

    “As is standard practice, a broad review of the campaign’s consulting agreements has been conducted and completed, including as to Boris, among others.  We are now moving ahead together as a team to help President Trump Make America Great Again,” Cheung was quoted as saying.

    Other officials told Just the News that evidence gathering and interviews were still being conducted….”

    https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/hldtrump-lawyer-sought-lucrative-contracts-candidates-cabinet

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  33. EXCERPT: “Billionaires are funding the creation of life-extending pills that will eventually hit the market for people to buy, according to a CEO — and he says it’ll turn the rich in to “posh, privileged zombies.”

    The chilling warning comes amid fears that AI and biotechnology are evolving at such a rapid pace that anti-aging tablets might only be a matter of years away.

    Young zombie businesswoman working at her desk, with a deceased male colleague in the background.
    The CEO says the world will be packed with “posh, privileged zombies” when the drugs become available only to those who can afford them.pressmaster – stock.adobe.com

    Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and ChatGPT’s Sam Altman are among the latest in a long line of American tycoons to throw their wealth behind regenerative medicine.

    Bezos is reported to have invested $3 billion — the biggest biotechnology company launch of all time — in Altos Labs, which he cofounded with Russian-born billionaire Yuri Milner in 2021. The startup hired top scientists to research how to reverse the aging process and pursue something called biological reprogramming technology, which would allow scientists to rejuvenate cells in a lab.

    According to MIT Technology Review, Altos Labs immediately drew comparisons to Calico Labs, a similar company that Google co-founder Larry Page started in 2013 to focus on longevity and reprogramming.

    They’re not the only billionaires on an anti-aging quest: PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invested in the Methuselah Foundation, which describes itself as “a non-profit medical charity focused on extending the healthy human lifespan by making 90 the new 50.”

    Among Methuselah’s goals are to invent technologies that can create new organs, blood vessels, and bones; to remove “destructive biological structures” from the body; to further studies of epigenetics; and to restore things like cognition and physical ability in older people.

    Most recently, in April last year, ChatGPT founder Sam Altman was revealed to have funded biotech startup Retro BioScience to the tune of $180 million. According to its website, Retro BioScience focuses on “cellular reprogramming” and is less than four years away from developing a clinical proof-of-concept. It vows to extend human life by 10 years….”

    https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/lifestyle/new-life-extending-pills-will-create-posh-zombies-says-ceo/

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    1. who’s to say they’re not already here…look at freaking madonna. she looks gross but not exactly her age does she?
      when you’re rich, you can try all sorts of new shit–but you end up looking like hell anyway

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  36. Troublemaker10

    November 25, 2024 4:32 pm

    George
    @BehizyTweets
    President Trump’s FCC Chairman, Brendan Carr, just said he may block George Soros’s acquisition of 200 radio stations.

    “Will Soros still be able to acquire those 200 radio stations?”

    “There’s a petition for reconsideration pending at the FCC right now, and I want to take a very hard look at that.” –

    Cont…

    President Trump’s FCC Chairman, Brendan Carr, just said he may block George Soros’s acquisition of 200 radio stations.

    “Will Soros still be able to acquire those 200 radio stations?”

    “There’s a petition for reconsideration pending at the FCC right now, and I want to take a very… pic.twitter.com/fWJIgCKiMb

    — George (@BehizyTweets) November 25, 2024

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  37. EXCERPT: “….According to the Trump transition team, however, one thing that may not be happening, at least right away, will be the removal of transgender service members from the U.S. military. Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that those reporting on a transgender military ban “are speculating and have no idea what they are actually talking about.” 

    Leavitt continued:

    “No decisions on this issue have been made. No policy should ever be deemed official unless it comes directly from President Trump or his authorized spokespeople,” she said.

    The denial was issued after a report in The Times that a ban could be a day-one priority for the incoming administration. Madeline Leesman at our sister site Townhall had all the details on that report:

    Defense sources who spoke to the outlet reportedly said that the order could come on Trump’s first day back in the White House (via The Times):

    There are believed to be about 15,000 active service personnel who are transgender. They would be medically discharged, which would determine that they were unfit to serve.

    […]

    The ban is expected to be wider ranging than a similar order made during his first term in office, when Trump prevented transgender people joining the armed forces, but allowed those already serving to keep their jobs. President Biden rescinded the order, but this time even those with decades of service will be removed from their posts, according to several sources.

    […]

    According to the Pentagon, privacy policies make it difficult to measure the number of active duty trans people, but about 2,200 service members had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria in 2021, when Trump’s first ban was lifted. There are about 1.3 million active duty personnel in the military.

    One source who spoke to The Times said, “These people will be forced out at a time when the military can’t recruit enough people.”

    Transgenders in the military became a campaign issue in the 2024 presidential election after comments made by Kamala Harris in support of taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries for military members came to light. In what is widely seen as one of the most effective campaign ads in recent history, the Trump campaign released a video called “I Don’t Want,” in which his campaign concluded, “Kamala Harris is for they/them. Donald Trump is for you.”

    Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of Defense, has been a vocal critic of the DEI measures recently embraced by military leaders, so odds are good there will be a reckoning coming for the military.”

    https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2024/11/25/team-trump-sheds-light-on-reported-plan-to-ban-transgenders-in-the-us-military-n2182461

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    1. i think “they” speculated hoping to force the Trump team to make a determination right then and there. so team issued the statement and reassured all the trans freaks in the military.
      let em worry and maybe leave on their own!

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  38. They’ve gotta play their fricking games!!!

    Just The News: “U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday agreed to dismiss the January 6 election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump, after special counsel Jack Smith filed a request to do so.

    Smith filed the request on Monday to drop all four felony charges against Trump related to his effort to contest his 2020 presidential election loss to President Joe Biden and the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S Capitol.

    The charges included conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.

    Smith cited Trump’s recent electoral victory over Vice President Kamala Harris as the grounds for the motion, and highlighted the Justice Department’s policy not to prosecute a sitting president.

    Chutkan agreed to dismiss the case, but did so in a way that allowed the charges to return after the former president leaves the Oval Office at the conclusion of his term, according to CNN.

    “Dismissal without prejudice is also consistent with the Government’s understanding that the immunity afforded to a sitting President is temporary, expiring when they leave office,” Chutkan wrote.”

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    1. TheseTruths

      TheseTruths(@thesetruths)

      Online

      Wolf

      November 25, 2024 17:24

      Jeff Clark on Jack Smith and the dismissal without prejudice:

      Here are my observations on Jack Smith raising the white flag and moving to dismiss his “J6” case against Trump:

      1) The motion seeks dismissal without prejudice. This is absurd and raises the prospect that Judge Chutkan will grant that relief and leave a Sword of Damocles hanging over President Trump’s head such that the case against him could be reactivated in 2029. The American people do not want that. And the very existence of such a Sword of Damocles is unconstitutional as it raises risk of impairing the presidency by leaving a cloud in place.

      2) The biggest problem with this move is that Jack Smith’s basis for moving for dismissal without prejudice is that two OLC opinions (one from the Nixon Admin and one from the Clinton) opined that sitting Presidents can’t be indicted or the separation of powers is violated. But the OLC opinions say the immunity is temporary.

      3) This is to reify OLC opinions over Supreme Court precedent. The Supreme Court in Trump v U.S. ordered that the President is permanently absolutely immune from some categories of actions and presumptively immune — also on a permanent basis — from other categories of action.

      4) Supreme Court opinions are actual binding authority. OLC opinions are not binding in the courts. Jack Smith’s view of the world is backwards, upside-down, and DOJ-centric.

      5) For these reasons and to spare the Nation grief and turmoil (and the unfairness of trying actions 9+ years stale at some point in the future), the District Court should grant the motion but WITH PREJUDICE.

      7) The District Court should not toll the statute or limitations to permit Trump to be pulled back into this process post 1/20/29.

      8) Prosecutors possess discretion. Any fair-minded prosecutor would be all for dismissal with prejudice to close the book on this case. But Jack Smith is instead only hanging up his spurs temporarily.

      Jack Smith should have taken the message from the voters and gotten off the national stage as quick as possible. But he is thinking only of himself.

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          1. They’re incredibly powerful – catch the croc just right with the horns and sling their head back – whoopee! He goes flying!

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    1. The “progressives” in that era were not the same as progressives today!

      “However, as Trump sets up his second term, he would be well served by considering another past presidential example: Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt also was a populist, representing the wing of the progressive movement that rose in the late 19th century and reached its high point in the early 20th century. He had Trump’s flair for the dramatic (now even sharing being shot while speaking).” 

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  44. sync

    sync

    November 25, 2024 6:06 pm

    In Sweden research was done into refugees given asylum for fleeing oppression & living in war zones.

    They found 79% had returned home on vacation at some time.

    In Sweden research was done into refugees given asylum for fleeing oppression & living in war zones.

    They found 79% had returned home on vacation at some time.

    I have just had a message from a follower that they know of an Afghan who was given a flat, has sublet it & returned… pic.twitter.com/BulXYfDqyc

    — David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) November 23, 2024

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  45. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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