Fort Bragg Link to Trump Would Be Assassin?

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Trump Versus Reality, Part Two, by Robert Gore

Noted economists Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jason Bonham, and Jimmy Page

The song remains the same.

Part One

All eyes are on Trump and team, and that’s the problem. The government is the star around which everything else orbits. In the U.S., as in the rest of the world, government is the dominant fixture in the lives of those who must live under it. Trump promises to Make America Great Again. Effective as that slogan has been, that’s all it is, an advertising bromide. Nations and other collectives are never great; once in a great while individuals are. The only role governments have in the quest for greatness is to stay out of the way of the individuals capable of achieving it.

Very little in Trump’s domestic program betrays any realization that government is the problem, not the solution. Some of the measures being bandied about scream: Be careful what you wish for! One proposal is to move 50,000 federal officials from the Civil Service to Schedule F, where they would essentially be political appointees serving at the sufferance of the president. For its proponents, the proposal will be a great idea right up until the next Democrat president is elected.

Another proposal is to move agencies away from Washington, supposedly to make them more responsive to the people for whom they nominally work. As an example, it’s been suggested that the Department of Energy—which ought to be abolished—should be moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico. The proponents of that one have obviously never been to tiny Los Alamos. (I grew up there.) Its overpaid (Los Alamos is one of the ten wealthiest areas in the U.S.), underachieving (what do they do with $5 billion a year?) scientists have driven up housing prices to Washington levels and have made Los Alamos the most liberal county in liberal New Mexico. Who would have thought that a town that owes its existence to the government consistently votes for more government?

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Let It Snow

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The Whole World’s Watching

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Hypersonic Houthis

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Tucker – Exposing Fauci

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Tel Aviv

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Shutdown Odds Tumble As House Passes Latest GOP Spending Package

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) took credit for the bill passing Friday evening.

“House Democrats have successfully funded the government at levels requested by President [Joe] Biden in order to meet the needs of the American people in terms of their health, safety, and economic well-being,” Jeffries told reporters after the vote.

“We have successfully advanced the needs of everyday Americans, but there are still things to be worked on, and we look forward to that fight in the new year.”

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Americans are shown once again that Congress does not represent us. This will not end well.

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Presidential Transition Delayed?

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For Your Entertainment

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Harris to Pardon Biden?

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Blue Haired Yellow Bellied Sapsucker

Rosa L. DeLauro is an American politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Connecticut’s 3rd congressional district since 1991.

Does anyone else see the problem?

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Nothing to See Here

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Checking with Grok

Even if the 38 Republican votes that were against the 116-page continuing resolution had switched to “yes,” the total number of votes in favor would have been:

  • Original votes in favor: 174
  • Additional votes from Republicans: 38

Total votes in favor would then be:

174 + 38 = 212

The resolution needed 273 votes to pass under the suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds supermajority. Thus, with 212 votes in favor, it still would not have passed.

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Looks Like the Government Will Shut Down

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