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Is there a democratic school where the minions learn to run on stop Donald Trump. They are going to solve every problem with no hint of how they will do that.

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Trump has no idea how to solve any problems. He is dragging down this country just like his businesses. Cost of fuel, groceries, energy everythingis up. People can’t afford health care, the straight is open, closed, open, closed. He doesn’t have a clue. This is what happens when you have the most unqualified administration in history.

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Brought to you by the Democrats. What would you expect after the disaster they created in the prior four years? People didn’t vote for Trump, they voted against Kamala and Democrats. America is a mess.

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Except that it is worse off now, after only 4 years of a demorcrat president, vs Trump’s 1st term which was after 8 years.

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Hmmm?
Should I bother to consider the critical opinions of a person who can’t even spell the “Strait of Hormuz” correctly?
Snakekeeper tells us Trump has “no idea how to solve any problems” and “He doesn’t have a clue”…..
Trump? the same man that :
Brokered peace deals between Israel & Gaza, Azerbaijan and Armenia,Cambodia and Thailand, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of the Congo, India & Pakistan, Egypt & Ethiopia, Serbia & Kosovo and is currently destroying the Iranian nuclear threat to the world… BTW- keep your eye on the news in the coming week.
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Trump also has overseen the creation of nearly 4 million jobs since January 2025.
Economic growth reached 4.2% in the last quarter of 2025.
The largest tax cut in American history was implemented & increased take-home pay for many Americans.
He increased deportations, focusing on criminal offenders, with estimates of 300,000 to 600,000 deportations in the first year….. there’s too much to list here!
Below is a link to so much more:
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/01/365-wins-in-365-days-president-trumps-return-marks-new-era-of-success-prosperity/

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Wow… 5 thumbs down.
I guess somebody has to be opposed to peace deals, tax cuts, economic growth, deporting criminal illegals, etc. what would America be without left wing weirdos?

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A trade negotiation is not a peace deal, plus VIetnam&Thailand have resumed conflict. BtW Russia has been hemorrhaging money daily and is about to alter course in Ukraine.
We lost jobs, not gained.
How many citizens have been deported?

The Whote House might not be the most reliable source either.

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Provide a link to support your claims…. I did.

‘ Trump Delivers 12 Straight Months of Zero Southwest Border Migrant Releases
as Illegal Crossings Collapse by 94 Percent’

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@Snakekeeper
You poor thing.

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You know what would cheer him up?
He should rub a dead mouse on his nose & then take his largest snake out of the cage & play stare-out with it… that’s how they awaken people from Voodoo trances in Haiti.

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RFK Jr will announce that as the official protocol to reat hantavirus.

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Wow all that just happened in the last two years? Since I don’t have a ‘team’, I see things differently. Both ‘teams’ caused all these problems. But remember, they don’t care about you only their ‘team’.

Baccera must have gone to it, wherever it is. It must be the school of blame, deflect incompetence away from oneself and accomplish nothing except being a feckless windbag.

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The high point of comedy in the Biden Syndicate was during cabinet introductions. Watching Joe Biden try to pronounce the name “Xavier Becerra” with a facial expression making it obvious he had never met the guy.

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Bawk-ah-ree-uh

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LEADERSHIP ABILITIES & CHARACTER
2024 Becerra is as stupid as he is craven and has spent a good part
of the last year fundraising in California for his potential gubernatorial
run. So, of course, his canned and practiced responses were made to
dodge accountability rather than illuminate what went wrong.  
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That is until Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX) questioned him.
Roy decimated Becerra on the horrific record of the Refugee Resettlement
Office’s failure to actually do background and FBI criminal background
checks, which allowed gang members and murderers to slip through the
cracks along with those children who are now missing.” 
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‘Gavin Newsom’s Former Chief of Staff Pleads Guilty in Federal Corruption Case
Linked to Xavier Becerra
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What happened on Trumps trip to China?
This may explain some of the concerns many of us have regarding, not just China, but how the entire world’s economy works or doesn’t work.
Rep Nick Fretias gives a plain-language description into the negotiations going on and the possible gains and losses in business and strength for each nation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AYYuMJRQKg

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My solar app tells me that PG&E says there will be “7 critical events” this summer. Apparently this weekend is the first one. How do they know? Or is it that they are using geoengineering to create them and enrich themselves and their stockholders? Inquiring minds want to know. 😎

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…somehow they’ll be fabricated giving them “cause” to apply for a rate increase

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Who is more responsible for tragic corrupt conditions in CA than gov newsome?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiWq1EsFWlA

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Part of me thinks nuisance has just been successful at keeping the scams (this is an ugly word, this “scam”) initiated by brown. Based on the past couple years, I am not sure greasy is actually smart enough to get things started. It’s almost as if dim cortez could match him in a debate (just not quite). I suspect the latest scams (this is an ugly word, this “scam”) with the diapers and the porn/grooming Ipads were designed by someone else who is just as crooked, but more scheming/smart.

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A debate between Newsom and Cortez?
It would be a close race.
In a fifty yard dash, advantage Cortez.

Did you know Iran attacked American troops and diplomats 350 times in the 30 months
prior to “Epic Fury”. Now you Know.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/od7j99uyvO4

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It’s interesting that even our local election campaigns, regardless of what they are running for, are all about Trump:
“I’ll stop Trump….I’ll go head to head with Trump….I’ll take on Trump”
In what way, mentally, physically, or spiritually?
On which issues?
How will you accomplish this?
What’s your plan?
Specifically how will you improve the lives of your constituents?
How is this boast relevant to the office you seek?
I received an oversize postcard yesterday, and there was a photo collage of Trump that dwarfed the portrait of the actual candidate!
Look, I’m sorry you don’t have a super model wife or own a tux, but what does that have to do with what you can do for us?
I know, a focus group told you to do this.
It won’t work.
Try something old fashioned: Earn our vote.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS
Have you ever wondered why there are no democrats on Mt Rushmore?
Me neither.
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This action in Iran is expensive but not as expensive as fraud in Minnesota and California.
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What’s stopping all you socialists from pooling your money to fund all your great ideas?
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Do you think Christians didn’t go far enough during the Crusades?
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*Health care is not a right. You may have the right to access health care, but not the right to
the labor of others to pay for it. 
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How do we deal with people who hate us for no reason? Give them a reason.
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If DEI is such a good thing, why are they all angry and pissy when you call them a DEI hire?
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obama made people buy insurance or be penalized. 
biden made people take the shot to keep their jobs.
And yet the mentally ill call Trump a Fascist dictator.
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The media insults Trump for 8 years; the left is silent.
Trump calls one reporter dumb, the left goes apoplectic; “how dare you insult a reporter”.
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obama donated none of his salary, his wife had a staff of 23?
Trump donates his entire salary and Melania has a staff of 4?
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Can you name one place that got “woke” where life has improved for everybody?
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Ilian Omar – Somali …… Pramila Jayapal – India ….. Zohran Mamdani – Uganda
Shri Thanedar – India.
Do you think US citizens should be represented by Americans, not foreigners?.
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CA sells our gas across state lines where it becomes $2.00 cheaper?
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SATIRE:
“Trump is using the Justice Dept to go after political opponents. I never did anything like that.” …
obama.
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The Great State of New California,  https://www.newcaliforniastate.com/

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While I don’t care for Somali-born Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Indian-born Democrat Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal of Washington, and Ugandan-born Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City, and I don’t know enough about Indian-born Democrat Congressman Shri Thanefar of Michigan to have an opinion of him, but they’re all Americans, as being an American is required by the U.S. Constitution, in order to serve in Congress. If American voters do their research before voting, then they can figure out where the candidates on the ballot were born, if voting for a foreign-born candidate is a problem for them. Republican Steve Hilton is also foreign-born, having been born in England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, and he’s more than likely to be one of the two candidates to be on the ballot in November for Governor of California.
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You forgot:
-Democrat Senator Michael Bennett of Colorado who was born in India
-Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas who was born in Canada
-Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois who was born Thailand
-Democrat Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii who was born in Japan
-Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio who was born in Colombia
-Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland who was born in Pakistan
-Democrat Congresswoman Becca Balint of Vermont who was born in Germany
-Democrat Congressman Don Beyer of Virginia who was born in Trieste
-Democrat Congressman Salud Carbajal of California who was born in Mexico
-Democrat Congressman Sean Casten of Illinois who was born in Ireland
-Republican Congressman Jaun Ciscomani of Arizona who was born in Mexico
-Republican Congressman Andrew Clyde of Georgia who was born in Canada
-Republican Congressman Dan Crenshaw of Texas who was born in Scotland
-Democrat Congresswoman Sharice Davids of Kansas who was born in West Germany
-Democrat Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado who was born in Japan
-Democrat Congressman Adriano Espaillat of New York who was born in the Dominican Republic
-Democrat Congressman Jesus “Chuy” Garcia of Illinois who was born in Mexico
-Democrat Congressman Robert Garcia of California who was born in Peru
-Republican Congressman Carlos A. Giménez of Florida who was born in Cuba
-Democrat Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut who was born in Peru
-Republican Congresswoman Young Kim of California who was born in South Korea
-Democrat Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois who was born in India
-Democrat Congressman Ted Lieu of California who was born in Taiwan
-Republican Congressman David Rouzer of North Carolina who was born in West Germany
-Democrat Congressman Raul Ruiz of California who was born in Mexico
-Republican Congresswoman Victoria Spartz of Indiana who was born Ukraine, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
-Democrat Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland of Washington who was born in South Korea
-Democrat Congresswoman Norma J. Torres of California who was born in Guatemala
-Democrat Congressman Eugene Vindman of Virginia who was born in Ukraine, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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Wow look at all those foreign born “officials” …… leads one to wonder if that isn’t a huge part of
the problem with government inefficiency and corruption. Or haven’t you noticed?

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Conservative Patriot,
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Foreign-born members of Congress have existed for 237+ years. Obviously, the voters of their states and districts who voted them into office don’t have a problem with the fact that they’re foreign-born. Why don’t you tell us all about the “government inefficiency and corruption” that these 32 sitting members of Congress have engaged in? I believe that the other 503 voting members and 8 non-voting members of Congress are perfectly capable of creating “government inefficiency and corruption” all on their own. If you don’t like the fact that our Constitution allows the election of foreign-born members of Congress and the appointment and confirmation of Cabinet Secretaries who’d normally be in the presidential line of succession, then you should work towards amending the Constitution.

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Conservative Patriot,
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While most states should be split up into new states because of U.S. Supreme Court decisions made in the 1960s, by the activist Warren Court, which overturned 175 years of precedence, and transferred political power to urban and suburban population centers and away from the less populated exurbs and rural areas by declaring the “Little Federalism” method of apportionment unconstitutional.
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We’ll never again see a state split into two or more states, with the possible exceptions being the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Texas.
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Congress can pass a bill requiring the retrocession of the Virginia portion of the District of Columbia, which was previously returned to the Commonwealth of Virginia about 180 years ago.
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The State of Texas was granted a special provision when it became a state that gives the State of Texas the right to split into as many as 5 states. The last time this was seriously explored was when Democrat Vice President John Nance “Cactus Jack” Garner of Texas pushed for the activation of the provision in order to give Democrats 8 additional U.S. Senators in order to pass New Deal legislation.
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The State of New California movement is a JOKE and a FRAUD!!! This will NEVER happen!!! In order for California to be split into 2 states it requires both houses of the California State Legislature and both houses of the U.S. Congress to vote to approve the split of the State of California and the creation of the State of New California. Democrats in the California State Legislature and the U.S. Congress will NEVER vote to give away reliably blue Electoral College Votes to a newly created reliably red state. You’re expecting Democrats to go along with committing political suicide!!! Furthermore, the State of California would consist of the Sacramento area, parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, and part of Los Angeles County, which would more than likely be ruled as unconstitutional, as it’d be made up of multiple non-contiguous urban populated “islands” surrounded by another state. It’d be more likely that those 3 urban population “islands” be made into individual states.
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I have to wonder why you believe the stuff that you post almost every week, which is just fake news? Sometimes I wonder if you’re the poster known as SAM because he also posted about the State of New California and other things that you’ve posted.

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While you and others may hold the notion that the NEW CA movement is a joke, it’s not a joke to citizens who disagree with the lack of representation and the amount of corruption that is rampant in CA.
Further, you should always question the accuracy of everything you find when using AI. Over
zealously posting copious amounts of “information” runs the risk of boring the average reader.
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In addition, if the need should arise I shall never ask you the time…..I don’t need to know how to build a clock.

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Conservative Patriot,
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I didn’t use A.I. in any of my comment, it’s all from memory. If you’re bored by history and facts, and prefer to live in the FANTASY WORLD of the “New California movement,” then that’s on you!!!
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Did you miss the fact that I stated that most states should be split up? It just won’t ever happen, with the possible exceptions of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Texas. It’d be easier to Amend the Constitution to again allow the states to use the “Little Federalism” model of apportionment, which would restore equal representation and representation by population in the State Legislatures and better representation in the House of Representatives. It’d be even easier to get the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse on decision, the Warren Court decisions of the 1960s, which has led to the “lack of representation” and the over-representation and under-representation of many jurisdictions within the states. Yet, the two scenarios that I mentioned are extremely unlikely to ever occur, and you’ve chosen the “New California movement,” which stands zero chance of ever being successful. Revolution and Civil War are more likely to occur before the “New California movement” has any success.
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If you give a man the time, he’ll know the time for a minute, but if you teach a man to build a clock, he’ll know the time for the rest of his life.
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Yeah, you must be the Claycord poster formerly known as SAM, MAGA SAM, and other SAM monikers, because you’ve posted almost the exact same language.

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Conservative Patriot,
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Actually, you’re again mistaken, as I didn’t “copy and paste” anything.

Conservative Patriot,
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The Democratic Party didn’t exist when President George Washington was in office, who didn’t belong to a party, but was often aligned with the Federalists. The Democratic Party didn’t exist when President Thomas Jefferson was in office, who was a Democratic-Republican. President Abraham Lincoln was a Republican in his first term and a Unionist in his second term. President Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican. You posted MISLEADING NEWS.
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The U.S. military action in Iran is less expensive than fraud in Minnesota and California, because you’re comparing 3 months of military action in and around Iran to decades of fraud in Minnesota and California. You posted MISLEADING NEWS.
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Congress passed and President Reagan signed the “Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act” in 1986, requiring hospitals with emergency rooms that receive Medicare and/or Medicaid funding to treat patients, regardless of their insurance status and ability to pay for treatment, which has effectively made it a right. You posted FAKE NEWS.
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The fact that all Socialists in America aren’t living in a concentrated politically drawn jurisdiction of just Socialists, is what prevents them from pooling their money to fund their “great ideas.” You posted MISLEADING NEWS.
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People don’t hate us for no reason, they hate us because of the actions of our government that’s interfered in their internal politics and/or they view us as a threat. In the case of many Islamic countries, we’re also infidels, which gives them the added reason of religious fanaticism to hate us. To “give them a reason,” is to actually give them more reason to hate us. You posted FAKE NEWS.
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President Barack Obama did donate a portion of his income to charity, while President Trump donates all of his salary. You’re comparing the low-point of First Lady Melania Trump’s staff with the high-point of First Lady Michelle Obama’s staff. It was First Lady Jill Biden who had the largest staff, but that’s because she was acting as Doctor First Lady Shadow President Jill Tracy Jacobs Stevenson Biden, not just First Lady. The staff of the First Lady is tailored to what a First Lady wants to accomplish and how much time she wants to dedicate to her chosen causes. It’s not an equal comparison. You posted FAKE NEWS.
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Whether a place is “woke” or “unwoke” you’re unlikely to find any politically drawn jurisdiction where life has improved for everyone. You posted MISLEADING NEWS.

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Conservative Patriot,
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How was the State of New California convention?

Another Pillar of mental stability . . . . . .

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California is a textbook case of government failure
“Governor Gavin Newsom and the state’s Democrats are doubling down on
their failure, corruption, addiction to spending, and ridiculous programs, further
destroying the quality of life in the once greatest state in the country.
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 $76,000 hearing aids for kids
“California’s pediatric hearing aid program”
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Have CA democrat politicians ever encountered a problem they couldn’t throw
massive amounts of Taxpayer Dollars at ? ? ?

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So you’re against Voter ID? This is dedicated especially to you.
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZEbff3kpH4

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Conservative Patriot,
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Yeah, because a guy on YouTube says non-California residents of the United States are flying into California to vote for Los Angeles Mayoral candidate, Spencer Pratt, so, it must be true. It’s obvious that the guy in the video has a rudimentary and overly simplistic understanding of how voting actually works in California. THIS IS MORE FAKE NEWS!!!

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Politics is brutal, and voters are smart.
It changes with a blink.

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SPLC Funneled $270K Cash to Charlottesville Hoax Rally Planner —
‘Manufacturing Racism’ …
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“… 11-count federal indictment charging the SPLC with wire fraud, bank fraud,
and money laundering for secretly funneling more than $3 million in donor
cash to actual extremists.”
kkk
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democrats were outraged

To all the Trump supporters, Hakeem Jeffries is coming for your spirit. Your thoughts and ideas do not align with his; therefore, he is vowing to break you. Over half the country voted for Trump, and Hakeem Jeffries, being the vile little man that he is, wants you, American citizens, to be broken for the way you exercised your voting rights.

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What happens if June election voters kick democrats to the curb and only
republicans are candidates for top offices ? ? ? Jungle primary election,
something that’s been around since 2010 allows top two vote-getters to
advance to general election regardless of party and of course democrats
love it, up until it doesn’t work in their favor.
But this time around maybe not so much, given the dire mess CA is.
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IF jungle primary doesn’t go their way do NOT be surprised, along with their
panties getting in a near death twist, democrats will try something, that will
likely end up in a rapidly moving Court case . . . . .

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Barney Frank is dead.

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Good news

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Hey thumbs downers….it’s just a news announcement, no opinion expressed either way!
Geez…. I had to bite my tongue and not make jokes or post the poopie pants video of the Barney shuffle ( & believe me I’m tempted…. but no, I try to have a little class and be polite even to lefties!).
I might as well have a field day if nobody is going to acknowledge my respectful behavior.
No more MR. NICE GUY!

Dr. Jellyfinger,
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I’ve gotten thumbs down for posting, “Thank you.” Some Claycord readers give thumbs down just because they dislike the past comments of posters and give those thumbs down no matter what one posts, even if they agree.

Dr. Jellyfinger,
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It could be thumbs down because readers were sorry to find out that former Congressman Barney Frank had died and nothing to do directly with you or your comment.
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Many times a thumbs up or thumbs down could be made for multiple reasons.
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Don’t let them get to you.

Another illegal immigrant trucker crashes and kills people.
This one happened in Lodi yesterday.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-india-arrested-deadly-california-hit-run-biden-release

Supreme Court rules trucking broker can be held responsible
for using dangerous haulers’

Conservative Patriot,
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I’d love to see all NATO countries pay their share of security and defense costs. I’d love to see NATO go away so that the people of the United States no longer subsidizes the social programs for NATO countries because these countries refuse to live up to their commitments. Unfortunately, NATO isn’t going anywhere, and we can thank then Senator Marco Rubio for changing the law so that a president can no longer make the decision to pull out of NATO unilaterally, but now requires the consent and approval of Congress to do so.
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This video is just more FAKE NEWS.

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