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Nobody Uno's avatar

Anyone who didn't see this coming or doesn't know what to expect next should ask themselves why they were so misinformed and change their information sources.

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Martin Rossol's avatar

Good Post. Yes, I did NOT VOTE FOR MORE WAR. STOP THE WARS! Get out of Ukraine. Take our losses and GET OUT. Israel has every right to exist and defend itself, but Israel IS NOT the 51st State of the Union. I hand it to MTG for speaking out and UP TO POWER.

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Joe's avatar

. TRUMP In YEMEN

What did Trump do BETTER than Biden - and what did Trump and Biden Together accomplish in Yemen

Trump's efforts have not restored commercial shipping through the Red Sea failed to deter Houthi attacks or change their behavior; Far from being deterred, Houthi activities have intensified and red Sea traffic has only been reduced and become more expensive ( insurance etc..)

US has had No None Zero known impact on Houthi weapon cache or use. US Claims tactical success of killing some Houthi leadership - but there is No None Zero proof of any credible impact.

In a military sense Trump has had an absolute ( some say embarrasing ) failure in Yemen

- combined with diplomatic failure - Trump has reduced US reputation and prestige and boosted Yemen reputation and prestige as the saviors of Palestine.

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TRUMP in IRAN

Iran’s nuclear facilities of the 4 known (Natanz, Fordow, Arak, Isfahan), are probably more deeply buried and there is no doubt more heavily defended.

So what is Trump Going to do differently in Iran that he has not already tried in Yemen ?

And if Trump could do something differently could do something more, then why has not Trump tried it in Yemen ?

This attacking Iran just seems so preposterous

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Joe's avatar

Thanks Mark - noting: it led me to this article below - I knew the Truman's time was limited they are hundreds of km away from Yemen arguably retreated from battle, the entire episode appears just humiliating [ at least that seems to be the opinion of much of the world ]

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on 2 May ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in West Asia for another week

https://thecradle.co/articles/pentagon-orders-uss-truman-to-remain-in-red-sea-amid-ineffective-yemen-bombing-campaign

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It cannot be understated - The Truman has participated in the Greatest Naval Battle on behalf of the US since World War II

Typically their homecoming would be published nationally and they would be receiving a hero's welcome - highly decorated - that they are apparently limping home without a whisper perhaps says something . I do not agree with the command/directive and feel terrible for the participants, but they did do their job and do deserve the credit for that.

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Joe's avatar

Strike that greatest naval battle

better said The Most Significant U.S. Naval Campaign Since WWII: Due to its cost ($14.8 billion), duration (19 months), and global trade impact ($1 trillion),

and I opine ---- The Truman faced 174 Houthi attacks, including ballistic missiles and drones, with 400 intercepts and $14.8 billion in costs

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ron vrooman's avatar

DJT converted to Judaism, so I read and no rebuttal. When he makes moves to aid Israel it seems normal to me. His son in law is from the sect that comes with/from Yiddish. Not Hebrew. He is of the Kazazian mafia.

There really is an active conspiracy, the industrial/military/judicial/legislative/executive/banker/ BAR/royalist/nazi/communist/jihadist/catholic/jesuit/Khazarian/UN/Big Pharma/medical conspiracy complex. Minus the Georgia Guidestones.

They are looking to create a different de facto governance. Not return to a Constitutional Article IV Section 4 republican form of government. DJT, Elon et al. are looking for a soft landing. Take a look at the group he has put together. RFK JR for one and the truth is not released on JFK, RFK, MLK and 9/11, and Covid 19 and on and on.

We must do it ourselves on each state and territory. "They" are saving their habitat, the United States of Washington District of Columbia Inc., forts, ports and needful buildings. Their goal is still the same remain in control and control the left a little more and get the same results from the right. We cannot do it alone.

www.orsja.org is ARTICLE I Section 1; Article III Amendment VII; Article IV Section 4 for 6.75 years and still standing.

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Elle's avatar

There wasn’t a choice for this. Both parties are fully behind it so it doesn’t help to demonize one or the other, but the democratic voters are resistant to acknowledge it, at least from what I personally find. Intelligent people with closed minds, consider everything crazy theories of MAGA.

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Joe Van Steenbergen's avatar

So does MTG have an AIPAC handler, one wonders? I understand from Congressman Massey that he, Massey, is the only member of Congress who doesn't. Trump is a Zionist of the highest order and is implementing the digital control grid as we sit and watch, and he's doing Israel's bidding as well. That more people don't understand this is a function of clever and pervasive propaganda and conditioning.

https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-catherine-fitts

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Ivar Ruslan's avatar

I nominate MTG as the first (TRUE badass!) female President of this crumbling Empire...Glad to see her speaking Truth to "power"! The Golden Don NEEDS to be put in his damn place-by SOMEONE (!?)...Back to the ranch, 'ol man! Thanks, Mark, as always

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May 3Edited

She’s got my vote - where the heck is JD on all this? He doesn’t seem to have a voice (busy visiting Notre Dame, the Pope himself and the Taj Mahal). Disappointing to say the least.

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ML's avatar

I too am trying to remain optimistic given the hand, as you put it, that Trump has been dealt…

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Steghorn21's avatar

MTG is spot on. Apart from his appalling foreign policy, most of Trump's domestic achievements are clickbait showboating. They can be repealed within 24 hours of the next Dem regime taking power. At this point in time, he's looking like a fraud.

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Jeff Cook-Coyle's avatar

He is doing actual damage as well. DOGE and some secretaries are making the government nonfunctional with minimal actual cost savings. The EPA policies are damaging. It's BS if "conservatives" don't care. What do they want to conserve, besides themselves being the center of their universe?

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Manul's avatar

“Here’s the issue that Trump needs to be thinking about. If anything goes wrong in a big way—tariff backfire, foreign war backfire, whatever—Trump’s support could implode.”

I recall prior to Trump’s election that MW warned that Trump needed to find a way to end the foreign entanglements and focus on domestic problems or risk becoming distracted and failing.

I think that’s what’s happening and MTG recognizes it. MAGA was not to be the war party, and yet the catturd types (RTDS) seem to delight in the way Trump is running our foreign affairs, perhaps solely because their guy can do no wrong.

I voted for Trump, though begrudgingly. In his first month he seemed mostly on track. It appeared he was going to stop aiding Ukraine and was going to put Bibi on a leash. Well, either he changed his mind willingly or someone got to him, and now his administration is in meltdown and he has become unhinged at times. Anyone see his latest “truth” dressed as the pope? Perhaps funny to some but beneath the dignity of the President.

I hate to declare a failed presidency already, and he can recover, but he needs to be disciplined. Also, as MTG noted, what the heck is the R Congress doing? Seems it is similar to the 2016 Congress with Ryan as Speaker.

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Steghorn21's avatar

"What the heck is the R Congress doing?" Exactly. What do people like Chuck Grassley do all day?

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

Grassley picks issues that garner headlines to shore up his cred, but beyond that he’s a useless company man way past his sell by date.

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Steghorn21's avatar

I seem to remember him stirring into life just before the election. Funny that. Stay sane, Cos!

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

You the same, Steggie............

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D F Barr's avatar

The R Congress is doing what they always do when in the majority. They squander it for short term monetary gain and line their and their friends pockets. They understand that their time in the majority is short, so they have to grab as much as they can. “It’s their turn.”

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dpy's avatar

I was really hoping that this time would be different. It is sort of, but in many ways the new boss is like the old boss and in other ways it's just gone haywire.

Larry and Ray had some interesting things to say about diplomacy and stuff, not complimentary to Donald. Chech out starting at 16:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vreZFpxNbGQ

It's just chaos and ignorance everywhere I look in this admin. as far as foreign policy and trade goes. Friends, we are in deep trouble. We were before also, but now it's from the frying pan and into the fire.

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Texas Khaan's avatar

It's really simple, Israel is NOT AMERICA. Israelis are UNAMERICAN !!!

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Elle's avatar

Individuals have tried, and paid heavily for it. Now even words are punishable.

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Elle's avatar

Who owns most corporations? Who runs Foreign Policy think tanks? Who lobbies all of congress with hefty contributions? Who owns mainstream news? These people are who run the government. I don’t know if this could ever change as the Supreme Court made it all legal for big money to influence whatever they want. Collusion exists on all.

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Texas Khaan's avatar

Ultimately since We The People continue to tolerate them, it's on us.

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aDoozy's avatar

And AIPAC/Israel has been influencing US Senators, Representatives, and elections for decades. One is Sen. Charles Percy from IL: his 21 yr. old daughter was murdered in the family home in 1966--nothing missing, no clues, no murderer ever found. When Percy ran for re-election in 1984, he lost.

"In 2006, writing about the influence of political lobbies on the U.S. relationship with Israel, political theorists John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt wrote that they believed Percy's loss was the result of a campaign waged against him by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).[28] They note that despite a generally pro-Israel voting record, Percy incurred AIPAC's wrath by declining to sign the AIPAC-sponsored "Letter of 76" protesting President Ford's threatened "reassessment" of U.S. Middle East policy in 1975. Percy also called PLO leader Yasser Arafat more "moderate" than some other Palestinians.".....taken from Wikipedia post about Percy.

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aDoozy's avatar

Thinking about Valerie Percy's end...what happened to Rhonda Massie? She was 51, fit and healthy~why did she die suddenly June 2024?

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