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As I've pointed out in the past, pulling the plug on Zhou would have led to serious POLITICAL problems. No VP without a majority vote in both Houses of Congress, leading to need for a consensus deal. Without that the Speaker (GOP) is in DIRECT line of succession to a Dem "president".

But those are political problems, not the constitutional problem of lacking an actually functional CinC in the middle of global crises. Was it all just political, or was there a DEEPER fear?

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Remarkable video:

https://x.com/sahouraxo/status/1880757780958924938

sarah @sahouraxo

The U.S. is building a MASSIVE embassy in tiny Lebanon—the second largest embassy in the world.

Why?

To run secret prisons, spy on Lebanon and the region, and use it as a hub for flights to Cyprus.

This is not an embassy.

It’s a fortified CIA base.

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