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For those "worshiping" Trump, AND for those who want to jump on the "TRUMP INCITED THE SEDITIONS!!" bandwagon:

It's not about Trump. It never was. It is, always has been, and always WILL be about policy.

 The most genius trick democrats have pulled is making you think they hate Trump. That they think his presence or absence in the Oval Office is what they're concerned with.
Every policy that the conservatives I follow say they want, Trump advanced. Mostly. But we've seen the hardest push for conservative policy since Regan, and the economy showed it.
To say that, because some dumbasses latched on to the "Trump train" whose values weren't in line with ours, that we should stop pushing for our values is simply brainless.
"We have to examine why racists loved Trump so much!!"

It kills me to see smart conservatives parrot this bullshit leftist talking point.
If I'm pushing a pro-life agenda, and someone who is a lunatic happens to agree with me on that ONE thing, do I now abandon my opposition to abortion?

NO, dumbasses... But that's what the left has been pushing.
If I'm pro 2A, do I abandon that fight because the redneck down the street gets drunk, and starts shooting at empty whiskey bottles with his scattergun?

NO, dumbasses.
Trump has one of the shittiest personalities I've ever seen in a politician.

But he governed in a way that was generally exactly what I voted for.
This push to turn Trump into "He who shall not be named" is not about Trump at all. It's about taking the one guy who actually spurred republicans to fight back, and having him drawn and quartered in the public square.
And the reason for that is, or SHOULD be, obvious. He is to serve as an example to YOU.

YOU'd better not do what he did. And we're not talking about the personality flaws he brought with him.
We're talking about the policy YOU voted for, which he pushed as hard as he could. We're talking about the refusal to tuck your head between your legs every time some democrat says "rayciiiissss!!!"

You KNOW this.
And yet, some of you are STILL willing to participate in the political lynching of the one guy, flaws and all, who refused to cower.
If we're REALLY going to reexamine what the republican part is, and SHOULD be going forward, it should be in THIS way:
Don't look at what democrats TELL you they hate. Look at what you know they REALLY hate. For the next push, we're going to need the spine that Trump brought to the republican party.
Instead of throwing away EVERYTHING Trump did RIGHT in order to appease those who hate YOU every bit as much as you think they hate HIM, be more careful.
Look at the good things he did, and look objectively. Find that steel spine, and leave the character defects behind. Don't throw the baby of solid conservative judges out with the bathwater of Trump's ego and stupid tweets.
The most important lesson that you will learn, if you're paying attention, is that no matter how soft spoken, humble, and well articulated our next candidate is, the left will demonize that one as well. And maybe even worse than they did with Trump.
Most of all, remember:

No politician is going to save us.

WE must do that for ourselves.

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Allow me to offer some commentary on several SCOTUS cases that are NOT the #moab, but which, considered in aggregate, will reveal my impressions on the #TRUMPSMASH #lawOfFunny

Can someone give me a google number or something? I want a party line.

https://t.co/SlJCsjWMUa


I'm sorry, but #lawOFFunny #nominologicaldeterminism.

#thomists


This one is important:
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What's the "value" offered by international relations scholarship?

What does it mean to think about world events "like an international relations scholar"?

Trump's order to withdrawal 🇺🇸 troops from 🇸🇴 offers a useful

This event could be viewed from a variety of angles, from the "micro-level" on up.

International Relations scholars/analysts can and do use each of the following angles, though not all are strictly speaking taking an "International Relations angle".

Let's explore the angles.

The "country-expert" angle entails discussing the event by laying out the situation within Somalia, providing details on key figures involved and perhaps how the conflict has disrupted Somalia's internal governance and

The "Military/Security analyst" angle involves outlining the details of what US troops presently do in Somalia and how they carry out their mission (including equipment, mission, and tactics).

See this @ChathamHouse report by

The "Area Studies/Regional Expert" angle involves discussing the decision as an event that will impact the Horn of Africa or East Africa more
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Situation Update, Jan 2nd – The Big Reveal … How Trump will change history on January 6th

Today’s Situation Update for January 2nd covers the “big reveal” that President Trump has announced for January 6th. On this day, Trump’s team will present information to Congress before


1.they vote on the contested slates of electors from the swing states where massive election fraud occurred.
What will this “big reveal” consist of? We know it’s something that has never been presented previously in a court case, nor to the public. The possibilities are endless:

2. Jeffrey Epstein bombshells? Declassified intelligence on China’s financial payments to the Biden crime family? Smoking gun proof that Dominion machines rigged the election? There are even rumors that two intelligence agencies for other nations have proof of election fraud and

3.are handing it over to Trump. Whatever gets presented, Trump believes it will change the outcome of the vote on Jan 6th. That means it would have to be truly historic, because Democrats aren’t going to vote for Trump in a contested election unless they are absolutely forced to.

4.We’ve even speculated that some members of Congress might resign on the spot after seeing this evidence. Others might face arrest for their complicity in the crimes that have been committed against America.

🇺🇸 Here’s what’s covered in today’s Situation Update highlights:
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When Trump knowingly accepted Russian help and obstructed the doj investigation and lied to the American people about who attacked our elections or extorting Ukraine the republicans didn't provide a valid counter argument

they asked "who unmasked?" or leaked or whistleblew

when Trump gave his acting officials and son-in-law and cabinet members security clearances that they didn't get cleared for Republicans look the other way

When he sided with Putin in Helsinki Republicans were in Moscow in secret meetings they voted not to release the transcript

When handed election security bills the Republicans voted against all but one of them which would strengthen funding for the machines that McConnell uses in his state

They helped Trump rail against the special counsel investigation into interference in our election

When a federal judge said Bill Barr had misrepresented that report they ignored it

When their own senate Intel report came out and said that Trump Associates were actively working to disseminate Russian misinformation into our public discourse during the election

And Ratcliffe said he wouldn't breathe the Intel committee on the interference

GOP ignored it.
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THREAD: To cap off the Trump era, I interviewed a politically diverse group of constitutional scholars, presidential historians and experts on democracy to put together a definitive list of Trump's ten most egregious abuses of power. Here's what we found.

1) SUBVERTING THE 2020 ELECTION. There is broad agreement that Trump's worst abuse was his relentless effort to undermine the vote and overturn the legitimate results. No POTUS ever tried a political coup like this. It's simply un-American, experts said.

2) INCITING AN INSURRECTION. We all saw what happened on January 6. Trump incited a rally supporters in DC to attack the US Capitol while electoral votes were being counted. He got impeached for it. A permanent scar on his legacy, experts said.

3) ABUSING THE BULLY PULPIT. Different than other abuses because it's speech, not actions. But still, experts said this was a very big deal. His nonstop lying, attacks, racist rhetoric, and fanning of flames was deeply corrosive to our political culture.

4) POLITICIZING THE DOJ. Trump repeatedly crossed lines and violated norms that have been in place since Watergate to create independence between the WH and federal law enforcement. Wielded DOJ as a weapon against enemies and shield for himself and allies.
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My new theory: A lot of it is guilt.

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But I don't think this explains all of the Right's obsession.

3/The stereotype is that people on the Right tend to be more threat-sensitive. That would help explain the perception that liberal norm-enforcers are lurking everywhere, ready to pounce and anathematize anyone who makes a misstep.

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Mahadev himself narrated the story of Ekadash Mukhi Hanuman ji to Maa Parvati. Once a great monster named Kalkarmukh performed the severe penance of Brahma ji.


Pleased with the austerity of the demon, Brahma ji gave him a boon that the person who will have eleven Heads like you and who was born on the day of your birth, only he/she will be able to kill you. No one else will kill you.


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Where to begin?

So our new Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's stepfather, Samuel Pisar, was "longtime lawyer and confidant of...Robert Maxwell," Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad.


"Pisar was one of the last people to speak to Maxwell, by phone, probably an hour before the chairman of Mirror Group Newspapers fell off his luxury yacht the Lady Ghislaine on 5 November, 1991." https://t.co/DAEgchNyTP


OK, so that's just a coincidence. Moving on, Anthony Blinken "attended the prestigious Dalton School in New York City"...wait, what? https://t.co/DnE6AvHmJg

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