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Hegseth: “Typical Trump. All bluster, very low substance… he’s an armchair tough guy. This is a guy who said that John McCain is not a war hero yet he sought his own five military deferments.”

Al Aqsa brigades have murdered hundreds of innocent men, women & children, including the October 7th attacks. Trump is trying to free their leader.

And people pushing to free terrorists like Barghouti, what of them?

Reagan restored pride in this country, dug us out of massive inflation & simultaneously high unemployment. He stood up to the USSR & pushed them back & eventually into disintegration. Opening up trade was part of all that.

Actually it’s unfair on both counts. Floyd was a petty counterfeit bill passer & drug user IIRC. Mandela never hurt anyone & simmered in prison for basically speaking & leading. Barghouti led the Al-Aqsa Brigades, a terrorist organization with some truly awful deeds to its name.

”According to the DEA, 93 percent of cocaine samples tested were of Colombian origin.” CNN

>> Israel views Barghouti as a terrorist leader. He is serving multiple life sentences after being convicted in 2004 in connection with attacks in Israel that killed five people. Some experts say Israel fears Barghouti for another reason: An advocate of a two-state solution even as he backed armed resistance to occupation, Barghouti could be a powerful rallying figure for Palestinians. Some Palestinians view him as their own Nelson Mandela… Barghouti headed Fatah in the West Bank when the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising against Israel, broke out. Israel accused him of being the leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a loose collection of Fatah-linked armed groups that carried out attacks on Israelis. …<<

Trump pushing Israel to release Marian Barghouti. It’s really hilarious because maga has no idea who this guy is, but this is the no. 1 hero of the far far left pro-Palestinian faction.

Raiders, somehow I didn’t figure you for a Carter-Mondale guy.

So let’s say this as a principle, it’s not illegal for a president’s child to make money from his association with his father’s influence. And it’s definitely not an impeachable offense.

Just IMO, Junior is worse, he’s making money off of actual government policy.

Let’s put it this way, i also think it’s worthwhile looking at foreign propaganda, both domestic & for foreign audiences. I view it in the same vein.

Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade ++++++ My fellow Americans: Prime Minister Nakasone of Japan will be visiting me here at the White House next week. It's an important visit, because while I expect to take up our relations with our good friend Japan, which overall remain excellent, recent disagreements between our two countries on the issue of trade will also be high on our agenda. As perhaps you've heard, last week I placed new duties on some Japanese products in response to Japan's inability to enforce their trade agreement with us on electronic devices called semiconductors. Now, imposing such tariffs or trade barriers and restrictions of any kind are steps that I am loath to take. And in a moment I'll mention the sound economic reasons for this: that over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. But the Japanese semiconductors were a special case. We had clear evidence that Japanese companies were engaging in unfair trade practices that violated an agreement between Japan and the United States. We expect our trading partners to live up to their agreements. As I've often said: Our commitment to free trade is also a commitment to fair trade. But you know, in imposing these tariffs we were just trying to deal with a particular problem, not begin a trade war. So, next week I'll be giving Prime Minister Nakasone this same message: We want to continue to work cooperatively on trade problems and want very much to lift these trade restrictions as soon as evidence permits. We want to do this, because we feel both Japan and the United States have an obligation to promote the prosperity and economic development that only free trade can bring. Now, that message of free trade is one I conveyed to Canada's leaders a few weeks ago, and it was warmly received there. Indeed, throughout the world there's a growing realization that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition. Now, there are sound historical reasons for this. For those of us who lived through the Great Depression, the memory of the suffering it caused is deep and searing. And today many economic analysts and historians argue that high tariff legislation passed back in that period called the Smoot-Hawley tariff greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery. You see, at first, when someone says, ``Let's impose tariffs on foreign imports,'' it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while it works -- but only for a short time. What eventually occurs is: First, homegrown industries start relying on government protection in the form of high tariffs. They stop competing and stop making the innovative management and technological changes they need to succeed in world markets. And then, while all this is going on, something even worse occurs. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition. So, soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying. Then the worst happens: Markets shrink and collapse; businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs. The memory of all this occurring back in the thirties made me determined when I came to Washington to spare the American people the protectionist legislation that destroys prosperity. Now, it hasn't always been easy. There are those in this Congress, just as there were back in the thirties, who want to go for the quick political advantage, who will risk America's prosperity for the sake of a short-term appeal to some special interest group, who forget that more than 5 million American jobs are directly tied to the foreign export business and additional millions are tied to imports. Well, I've never forgotten those jobs. And on trade issues, by and large, we've done well. In certain select cases, like the Japanese semiconductors, we've taken steps to stop unfair practices against American products, but we've still maintained our basic, long-term commitment to free trade and economic growth. So, with my meeting with Prime Minister Nakasone and the Venice economic summit coming up, it's terribly important not to restrict a President's options in such trade dealings with foreign governments. Unfortunately, some in the Congress are trying to do exactly that. I'll keep you informed on this dangerous legislation, because it's just another form of protectionism and I may need your help to stop it. Remember, America's jobs and growth are at stake. Until next week, thanks for listening, and God bless you. Note: The President spoke at 12:06 p.m. from Camp David, MD. ++++++++

IIRC people were upset about Hunter Biden selling his art for $50,000.00.

It is, I think it’s worthwhile to see what messages are being communicated and how but thats a different sort of information.

Because if you watch Fox you can actually see what’s happening to 44% of the country.

Don’t have to conclude anything, they’re in business together.

Sounds a lot like Zhao, the Chinese bitcoin magnate Trump just pardoned. He ticks all those boxes, plus some more, & he dumps piles of money into Trump’s bitcoin slush fund.

Right, always neat to hear there’s a peace deal in Gaza & turn on “the news” to see a recycled social media video about a school board meeting on trans use of bathrooms in some random California town,

Whew. Do you see the bit further up where Smith requests access to the case files at OSC? It’s actually explained in the news article we were discussing.

It’s more what they don’t say. Frequently it’s some video off of social media or something Pelosi or someone like that who did something awful. Meanwhile actually important things are going on in the world they don’t even mention. One of my favorite things has always been when NYT or WaPo or WSJ or CNN some evil entity like that would report a thing, maga folks would reject it (fake news! sources shmhorzzes!) and then 3 weeks later they’d post some new outrage they’d learned from Breitbart or Gateway or something like that which when you looked at it just linked to the NYT/Wapo/WSJ report they’d rejected weeks ago.

The OSC is supposed to be independent, it replaced the former ‘independent counsel’ system that existed in the 90s. And here we go with the DJ hiding the documents again. Btw the person picked by at rump to head up Office of Special Counsel is / was Paul Ingrassia, the neonnazi (etc etc) who stink so much even the slavish GOP senators threw him back into the canal. Link.

I do agree if people want facts & news Fox isn’t the place for them. It’s newstainment.

Yes, it requires malicious intent. An editorial fix means a correction in which they correct something they did. So there you’re talking about people who just invent quotes & fictional sources yet also have editors who correct statements according to guidelines. Fox lost a lawsuit for $870 million, not chumpchange

My guess is you have worked for a living and done a damn good job at what you do, and you’ve done it while following the rules of your trade, fair? Now imagine doing that job and if you screw one thing up, do one thing wrong, some litigious jerk sues you for it, for amounts you’ll never make in a lifetime. How careful would you be.