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35th, I never meant to even imply that the federal government is good at managing our money, nor will the response be "fine". It will have all the usual screw-ups it has created for decades. Hopefully not like Katrina. But I do believe that we come together to help our fellow citizens whose lives have been turned upside down by natural disasters and I doubt that any president has deliberately obstructed aid as an election tactic.

The EPA is the lead agency for East Palestine,along with the NTSB. Not FEMA.
We have been dealing with them here for years in the middle of an unimaginable environmental disaster literally dumped on us for decades by GE and Monsanto. Toxic, carcinogenic PCB contamination is everywhere, especially in the Housatonic River, but also in the soil, the air, and in us. It lasts almost forever, no real way to truly clean it up. It is a one sided battle. EPA is slow and under-resourced. Nixon was President when we began to fight GE and it's army of lawyers. I feel for all those in the East Palestine region.

KJP slammed after Hurricane Helene over mixed messages

She is a very good example of the current admin's complete embrace of the woke progressive DEI dogma/agenda. I.e. DEI trumps competence, efficiency, effectiveness, etc.

She is like someone who is giving a book report on a book she never read. Accuracy of her comments is questionable at best IMO …

Well isn't that special…

Afghan refugee charged with plotting US Election Day massacre worked for CIA: report

An Afghan national accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired Election Day terror attack in the US worked for the CIA in Afghanistan, according to a new report.

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, who was nabbed in Oklahoma on Monday over the alleged terror plot, was employed as a security guard for the agency but was not a CIA informant, NBC News reported, citing multiple sources.

It wasn't immediately clear when or how long Tawhedi worked security before he came to the US in 2021 — just weeks after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan and the last US troops departed from the war-torn nation.

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Yes SB, this should scare the 💩 out of US citizens, but most have no idea it even happened. Don't believe me? Go out on the street and ask.

Yes he worked for the CIA and he was supposedly vetted before being allowed in the US, but of course the DOJ does not mention it. 🤔

The current government line now is, he was radicalized after coming to the US.
Sure.

How many of these sleepers have come over our open borders or via Islamic nations like Afghanistan? 🤔 I think we all know, he and his companion were not alone, just dumb enough to get caught.

Subject: Office of Public Affairs | Afghan National Arrested for Plotting an Election Day Terrorist Attack in the Name of ISIS | United States Department of Justice


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Ah yes, the Isis that I keep saying here was not destroyed by Trump. These people just keep multiplying no matter what we do. Amongst the millions of refugees, illegals, and legitimate entries for education or jobs, how many are ready to die in a terror attack against us? Know one knows. And that is how terrorism works. This guy isn't the only one. But at least he was caught.

Considering the numbers involved, it's amazing we haven't had many Islamic attacks here since 9/11, at least as a percentage of mass killings.

Ah yes, the Isis that I keep saying here was not destroyed by Trump.

ISIS was destroyed as a regional power, ALL of its conquered lands recaptured and senior leadership killed while Trump was President. ISIS at its height under Obama's Admin ruled 12 MILLION people in an area the size of Ohio. Trump's polices ended that. But Team Biden took their eye off the ball and now they have reconstituted.

This is just one reason so many distrust what comes out of the current administration. Add this to the revised jobs statistics that change downward after they are reported by the media.

"But the FBI has quietly revised those numbers, releasing new data that shows violent crime increased in 2022 by 4.5%. The new data includes thousands more murders, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assaults."

"The actual changes in crimes are extensive. The updated data for 2022 report that there were 80,029 more violent crimes than in 2021. There were an additional 1,699 murders, 7,780 rapes, 33,459 robberies, and 37,091 aggravated assaults. The question naturally arises: should the FBI's 2023 numbers be believed?"

Of course we also know that things that would have been felonies before, such as the theft rules in California, that are now misdemeanors, go unreported. As well as the change in reporting between Washington and the State jurisdictions. Causing more crime to be underreported.

I'm sure the NSM will bury this, as they did the jobs revisions.

This all contributes to our divisions.

Subject: Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats | RealClearInvestigations

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SB – I still don't know if you are right, wrong or in between. My guess is the latter.

35th, nothing I have seen in my extended community or the communities I have visited in recent years matches up with the apocalyptic negative vison of Trump. Murder and rape on every street caused by the "evil within". It has been brutal to listen to such a squeaky wheel never give America a break unless he takes all the credit, or any credit for things America gets right, as if the only right way is embodied in one guy,and passed on to his followers.

Do I believe this guy or the government? No choice for the middle.

Tort so far, my data on crime has only been reported in sources opposed to Biden/Harris. Am I surprised? No. The MSM does their best to protect Democratic candidates… unless they are trying to force them out for replacement, a coup so to speak.

Of course those opposed to them are going to be the ones to expose the lie. Can that be a surprise?

But after a great deal of searching, I found a local CBS story 2 hours old, supporting this.

They lied about the increase in jobs and they lied about the decrease in crime.

I mean the government and media lied to us about the Covid vaccine effectiveness, effectiveness of masks, the necessity to close schools and businesses, the Hunter Biden laptop, the Russian pee tape, Russian Collusion, the Afghanistan withdrawal, the killing of the bomber, Biden's cognitive decline, the Muslim ban that wasn't, the Trump cages, Joe Biden made the astonishing claim that demands for photo identification are the new Jim Crow, Covid started in a wet market, the Chinese Spy balloon, Donald Trump supporting a "national abortion ban.", Donald Trump is going to govern using the 2025 project, Hands up don't shoot,
Kyle Rittenhouse, Covington school student, "Mostly peaceful protest", Jessie Smollet, The assassination attempt was staged
…. And this is just a small sample.

Remember what happened to those who disagreed and spread "disinformation" on many of those subjects.

Do a Google search on: "what has the government lied to us about in the last 4 years", you will get plenty of anti-Trump but.., well you know. 😉

So I and others, have a real problem believing a lot of what they spout and I am sure is a lot of their FEMA problem now.

"FBI data summaries reviewed by The National News Desk show the agency originally reported1,253,716 violent crimes in 2021 and 1,232,428 violent crimes in 2022, representing the 1.7% decrease it originally advertised. The updated data summary reported 1,197,930 violent crimes in 2021 and1,256,671 in 2022, showing a starkly different 4.9% jump.

The originally reported decrease in violent crime had been a political talking point for Democrats looking to praise the Biden-Harris administration for its handling of public safety. The revision has also called into question the accuracy of 2023 violent crime data released by the FBI earlier this year, which became a hot topic at the debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump sparred with ABC News anchor DavidMuir during the debate over what the former president called "defrauding statements" by the FBI regarding violent crime trends. He claimed the latest FBI data did not include "the worst cities," painting the figures as an incomplete picture of a public safety crisis impacting the U.S.

Muir, who pushed back on Trump's claims, cited FBI data that shows "overall violent crime is coming down in this country."

Harris used the 2023 data as an opportunity to reassure Americans that the Biden-Harris administration has made the U.S. safer.

"Today's new data submitted to the FBI confirms that our dedicated efforts and collaborative partnerships with law enforcement are working," Harris said on social media last month. "Americans are safer now than when we took office."
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I'll give 3 recent examples of the MSM covering for the current administrations candidate and how they edit what is said.

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Subject: MAZE on X: "Remember Kamala's word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It's gone. This is what many Americans will now see. t.co/H4w7btDv6x / X

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Now before someone says all interviews are edited for time, that is not the point.
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"But the point goes deeper than that. People aren't upset that CBS edited the Kamala Harris interview. They're upset that CBS edited the interview to make her look better.

It's one thing to cut down an interview to the best content or to trim the length; Wertheim is right, all journalists/networks do that.

It's another thing entirely to purposefully edit to make sure the subject is portrayed in a certain light, particularly when it completely goes against what happened in the actual interview.

It's further proof that many of the legacy media outlets are not just rooting for Kamala Harris to win – they're actually trying to help her get elected.

That's not the job of the media.

In fact, it's the exact opposite. "

Maybe it's not about who we don't believe, but who we do believe that is taking us down. The bias in the media has steadily grown, but it's just as blatant on Fox as anywhere else. Do we pick the sources that are most gratifying to us or do they pick us? They all target us, based on concepts they have created and exploited.

The duplicity of the government has always been there. The grubby money and power based world of special interests does not go away via elections. The media is part of that world. The people who say they will drain the swamp actually can't wait to jump in.

Another example.

The difference is what these groups are doing and Their ability to do it. They affect our lives and our elections. Fox does not have that power by themselves. But the conglomerate of MSM and social media, working together, does, has and did. Covid, Hunter's laptop, Russian collusion, shadow banning, "misinformation".

Yes, this is the reason they rabidly hate Elon Musk and X now. Prior to that, they controlled the web communications platforms (social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Search engines, etc..). They controlled the dialogue, the search results, what you read and obviously who could post.

Subject: James O'Keefe on X: "BREAKING: Senior Meta Engineer Reveals Anti-Kamala Posts Are "Automatically Demoted," Admits Shadowbanning Tactics "Say your uncle in Ohio said something about Kamala Harris is unfit to be a president because she doesn't have a child, that kind of sh*t is automatically demoted," t.co/4DSkvzvKmO / X

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Don't believe they hate him? Remember these launches are how we are getting satellites and other things into space for the benefit of all of us.

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This massive control of the media and narrative is a danger to democracy. How many people do you believe get news from Fox or web Conservative sites? Now how many from the rest of the MSM, social media and horrible shows like The View, Cobert, etc.?

Unlike you and I and some others, most don't make an effort to listen and read from alternative sources. "I listen to CNN and the BBC and read the NYT and use them for my varying sources of views and to get my news". You might as well be reading Pravda, listening to Pravda and watching Pravda and saying: "I'm getting alternative sources". The MSM and most social media are just alternative sources of the same story. Just rehashed. Same key words, same "approved stories".

@Tortorella, I largely agree with you. BUT -- the modern Democrat Party's very survival, power and wealth depends on Government power. That Party has co-opted folks from the "opposition" GOP to include some senior leadership like Mitch McConnell. This group of grifters and grabbers have their own vision of the future, and it doesn't seem to include the health, wealth, freedom and well-being of the general populace. Their actions have been highly destructive to the US and they have been able to grow and nurture a leviathan state that, for very self-interested human reasons, will be hard to reverse. So I'm all for any and all checks and reversals of their power. And if that means this time only OrangeManBad – for all his flaws – has the grit and determination to check their power, fine, so be it. As Lincoln once said of General Grant when rivals wanted him removed and attacked Grant as being ungentlemanly, a drunkard with a violent temper, etc. -- "I can't spare this man, he fights."

SB true, the deep staters. The ones who end up significantly richer when and if they ever leave office. They are embedded in the politics that is and are very little affected by what they do . Term limits! Give us term limits! All… and politicians should have only social security, no taxpayer pensions.

Priorities :

Close open border tight, if need be, in use regular Military, nothing comes in only out at this time …

Give ICE, CBP. etc. authority to track down illegal aliens …

Stop funding Sanctuary Cities/make them illegal …

Round up all military age male illegals and deport …

Any criminals will not be deported but sent to Gitmo until further notice.

Sorry for the repeat…

SB…I think power and money are interchangeable. People in both parties have been blatant about exploiting their positions to gain wealth. Many people dislike Orange guy because he and his family look like the classic case. But I would throw in many of the Dems as well, a long list of names.

I would hate to go to civil war for any of these people. I would not follow most of them anywhere, never mind in a war.

The real common ground is that the everyday citizen is getting ripped off and the recourse of voting is no longer trusted. People on every side are angry and disgusted. Will the noise ever end or will we just go crazy?

Many people dislike Orange guy because he and his family look like the classic case.

Except that Trump's the only president in recent history who left office with a lower net worth than when he entered. His net worth was $4.5 USD Billion when he entered office, and when he left his net worth had dropped to $2.1 USD Billion, So he lost over $2 USD Billion in wealth during his presidency.

OTH, Obama entered office with a net worth of less than $2 USD Million, and left office with $70 USD Million. He now reportedly has a net worth of almost $250 USD Million.

The real common ground is that the everyday citizen is getting ripped off and the recourse of voting is no longer trusted. People on every side are angry and disgusted. Will the noise ever end or will we just go crazy?

We're at the grifter high water mark -- will they flood the system or can we reverse course? Sadly, reversing course seems to be counter to human nature…

And Trump is the only President in recent history who refused to publish his tax account, refused to put his shares/businesses into a "blind" account so his decisions couldn't possibly be accused of being biased, and the only President in recent history who deliberately shovelled public money into his own pockets by holding meeting after meeting at his own hotels, so many that the bodyguard found it cheaper to rent rooms by the year than just for the meetings.

If he made a loss, it's just incompetence.

I hope this is the high water mark! But America is blinded by the show these guys put on.

Nobody knows anything about Trump's finances, except from some actual evidence at his company's trial. Michelle Obama is a book selling machine- that is pretty much their story. But every elected and appointed official in America seems to leave office with way more money than when they started. Clintons, Trump's family, members of Congress, Supreme Court.

A couple of ways to restore confidence are by term limits, and requiring more transparent financial info from candidates up front. You would have to make some sort of rules for the gangs of lawyers who stall the legal system into the next century to avoid accountability. Never mind Congressional Ethics violations, we need laws. Er…from Congress.

Most of these people are treated differently than average Americans under the law or at least create that appearance. We have complained our whole lives about this. But we keep believing in our side.

I can now imagine what it felt like for many citizens north and south as the election approached in 1860. Like they were ready to leap off a bridge.

the only President in recent history who deliberately shovelled public money into his own pockets by holding meeting after meeting at his own hotels,

Then he was really awful at "shoveling money into his own pockets" when he LOST $2 USD BILLION in wealth while in office. In contrast, Obama GAINED $68 USD MILLION in wealth while in office -- seems he's the one more skilled at shoveling public money into his own pockets…

Many people dislike Orange guy because he and his family look like the classic case.

And these same people often LIKED Trump…like Whoopi and Behar from the View, before he challenged their political power. Trump was a moderate New York Democrat before he changed party and became a Republican. He donated to Democrats like Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson. As he quipped at the Alfred Smith dinner, he gave Sen Schumer his very first donation check and helped Schumer get into office. They invited him to their fundraisers, parties and weddings as both a successful businessman and TV celebrity. He was recognized for his work in helping minority owned businesses and the Black community with an NAACP Rosa Parks award. He was also recognized by Jewish groups for his support of the Jewish Community -- and his daughter, son-in-law (and key advisor) and many grandkids are Jewish. He was a frequent guest on TV shows like The View and the Oprah Show, and they always treated him with smiles.

All that changed when he ran against Hillary Clinton. At first he was treated like the comic relief, oh that cheeky Trump, he's good for ratings! Then he got traction. Then they freaked out when he won the GOP Nomination and started to perform well against Hillary. They knew they couldn't run against actual Trump -- a moderate Dmeocrat turned moderate Republican, so they reinvented Trump from the outside.

Like a switch had been flipped the Democrats and allied media turned on him and used all their resources to paint him as a racist, misogynist, fascist reincarnation of Adolf Hitler! They rewrote history, took quotes and media appearances out of context and highly edited to make Trump seem like a horrible racist -- and now they've just jumped the shark full on, in violation of Godwin's Law and just say he IS Hitler! A danger to democracy! A traitor! He's gonna round us all up and put us into Camps! Pathetic fear mongering.

" All that changed when he ran against Hillary Clinton. At first he was treated like the comic relief, oh that cheeky Trump, he's good for ratings! Then he got traction. Then they freaked out when he won the GOP Nomination and started to perform well against Hillary. They knew they couldn't run against actual Trump -- a moderate Dmeocrat turned moderate Republican, so they reinvented Trump from the outside."

I've said similar. Hillary and the Democratic Party looked at the Republican candidates in 2016 election. I believe they decided who of the group were the most challenge to her being elected. They then decided who was the least likely to beat them. They settled on Trump. At that point, they had the MSM follow him everywhere. They gave him constant press coverage. They shot down the others. They built Trump up at each debate. Then when he was nominated, they laughed at him, made fun of him, joked there was no possible way this idiot can win. They and Hillary became complacent. They thought they had all their ducks in a row. Then Trump wins! The collapse on the left was massive. Crying, screaming, panic, grinding of teeth and pulling of hair. "How could this have happened!!!???" 😱😱 They had built up the individual who beat them. They still can't believe it.

"Like a switch had been flipped the Democrats and allied media turned on him and used all their resources to paint him as a racist, misogynist, fascist reincarnation of Adolf Hitler! They rewrote history, took quotes and media appearances out of context and highly edited to make Trump seem like a horrible racist -- and now they've just jumped the shark full on, in violation of Godwin's Law and just say he IS Hitler! A danger to democracy! A traitor! He's gonna round us all up and put us into Camps! Pathetic fear mongering."

Yes… They believed he was "Such a threat to Democracy", they staged a coup. 😉

Obviously the MSM and social media is still at it, as I've already posted previously. But here is another example.

Subject: James O'Keefe on X: "BREAKING: Second Round of Meta Engineers Reveal Censorship Practices: "Pro-Trump" Posts "Go Just Up to Another Team to Take It Down" "Usually the disinformation we saw was pro-Trump… We'll investigate, and then it goes just up to another team to take it [the post] down," t.co/EJ6DnXjkFk / X


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Donald Trump did donate his Presidential salary to charities. Only 2 others have previously done so, and the ones there currently are not among them. If he was lining his pockets, it would behoove one doing so, to take every penny possible.

It's not like the MSM gave him any Accolades for doing so, actually just the opposite. But again, only what we expect.

Obviously they know who is stronger on the border.

"Trump es el diablo"

Subject: Todd Bensman on X: ""EL DIABLO" – a descriptor for Trump among US-bound aspiring border jumpers here in Chiapas State, Mexico who explained to me that they feel urgency to GET ACROSS before El Diablo wins the November 4 election t.co/iTaDtp2SDR / X


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35thOVI +1

There is not much reason to go here, no one will change their minds, no one believes the other side. It is what it is.

"Are you better off now than you were 4 years ago?"

I know my response is NO …

Legion +1

Yes, far better! My modest investments have record returns, we came out of the pandemic better than any other nation, inflation went back down, no recession after a global disaster.

Four years ago, the Taliban broke the US agreement and were on the warpath, refrigerator trucks served as morgues outside hospitals here, hundreds of thousands of Americans dead in the world's most infected country, heading for millions.

IMO, the leader did not have these right stuff, namely toilet paper. The "out of toilet paper era" cannot be forgotten.

PS. Not everything is good, conspiracy theories rule the internet, border bill defeated, elderly candidate stream of thought hard to follow, current leader also, corrupt Supreme Court, Hunter lap top, on and on. We cannot change each other's minds for the most part. Some things here I did change on after seeing the evidence. But not enough to pick a side..

Yes, far better!

That is all that has to be said …

But not enough to pick a side..

I early voted on last Tuesday. "The die is cast." … 🎲 No take backs … 🤫

I think the election could last for months. We may be headed for a swampy, historic mess.

"I think the election could last for months. We may be headed for a swampy, historic mess."

I still believe this started with the "hanging Chad" election. Both sides followed that example.

Add to that the mail in ballots(supposedly only for Covid… right! 🙄), with bags of ballots coming in in the last hours, in "key cities"). Ban them now!
(Remember these are NOT absentee ballots).

Demand proof of citizenship to register and a proper Id to vote. Go out to the web and look at all the things you CANNOT do without an id. Voting should be one of those! I believe we are one of the few countries NOT to demand proof.

Clean up the voting rolls (stop the justice department challenging these cleanings).

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There are some denials of this. But if true, you can understand why they might deny it.

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The leaker(s) really never be found or if so revealed" E.g. cocaine in the WH.

Is this what you want? A pathway to citizenship for all those millions who have come here illegally? I don't!! It's unfair for those that came here legitimately. Who followed the laws. Do we want to reward those who committed illegal acts? If so… it will never ever stop.

This was from the VP's interview on Telemundo today.

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Oh, what a surprise!

The Pentagon Fails to Send Absentee Ballots to Active Military Service Members

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Have not heard this. Obviously horrible if it is true. Even 3rd world countries handle elections better than we do.

First step citizenship to register. Photo Id to vote.

Yes on citizenship, 35th! Wrong on 3rd world countries, IMO. But it takes some guts to be a poll worker in America in recent years. Or a FEMA worker. They and their families may be threatened.

BS from "Town Hall"? Only reporting now? No one else saying this? Russians in particular are cranking up their election activities and using American citizens and outlets to spread it. They are as deep into our elections as ever per the latest federal assessments, though these are not believed by some.

In any case, if it happened, there are mulitiple back up ballot options through online official sources. The military will certainly be able to access these and assist any service member who wants a ballot. Not a conspiracy – these safeguards exist.

The Pentagon Fails to Send Absentee Ballots to Active Military Service Members

That is just one of many the current leadership in the Pentagon, etc. has failed to do …

I found this interesting. Even though NPR is spinning the article, they ARE finally admitting there is and has been a problem. I'd say, NPR there is nothing baseless at all, that is why the liberals have fought so hard to stop states from cleaning their voting rolls. Court Challenge after challenge, until it's gone to the Supreme Court recently.

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The military will certainly be able to access these and assist any service member who wants a ballot. Not a conspiracy – these safeguards exist.

Not good enough. The Democrats think it's a great idea to mass mail ballots to the general US population for whom they have any available address without verifying status-- but can't get ballots to every overseas service member when the government absolutely knows who they are and where they are deployed?!?!

No, not good enough. But probably not a deliberate conspiracy either. Don't give them too much credit. The Army probably has more taxpayer dollars than any other agency. Yet they still make mistakes.

I think getting good voter rolls is something of a pipe dream. It depends on thousands of local governments and officials. In some ways this is good, as in my small town. In other ways, it may be too unwieldy to be kept up to date, as in big cities.

As with so much now, we will need to arrive at a consensus. Are we cleaning up the rolls or just purging them of opponents? I would rather this stay local. Feds tend to make everything too complicated.

And I will say again, having dealt directly with illegals over many years, they generally don't do anything that will get them found and deported. They fear deportation more than anything, even when we don't bother to deport them. They stay off the radar, and I don't remember any who wanted to vote. Its not a thing for them, in my experience. They are survivors.

Trump '47!

Only the second president to be elected to a noncontiguous term, after Grover Cleveland in 1892 (whose career offers some surprising parallels to Trump's own, declarations that he is a unique anomaly notwithstanding).

Maybe now we can find out what was on the Butler assassin's phone.

"Maybe now we can find out what was on the Butler assassin's phone."

Hopefully a lot of questions will be answered. Supreme Court leaks, cocaine in the White House…, and many others.

Dow futures up over 1300 this morning!

Hopefully with control of the Senate and possibly the House, we get the border taken care of, our election system fixed finally, a long term governmental financing…. And on and on. Yes all hopes, I know. But at least this morning, I feel hopeful.

"I hope" that we see the politics of division stopped and we get back to not being afraid to express our views, without being accused of being a Nazi, Facists, Homophobe, anti-woman, white supremist, neo-confederate.

My condolences to those who lost. I obviously know that feeling all too well.

Actually, this year on TMP it has gotten better discussion wise. 🙂

After mentioning the politics of division above, I would be remiss if I did not also mention that we in Ohio elected a man born in Bogotá, Colombia to the US Senate. I have a sign for him in my front yard. My point: I, like many of us who have been accused of so many things because of our politics, will vote for anyone, as long as you represent our views.

I don't care what country you come from, I only care that you are legally here and you are willing to work to better yourself and your family.

The great advantage of this is that the militia can stand down. No one will claim things were rigged or storm the Capitol. There will be a proper transition. The civil war risk has ended. The disadvantage is the divisions continue as profound as ever. Division became the instrument of power and we can find no one to reunite us on either side.