Once again... a request for legitimate concerns...
POSTED BY: 6ixStringJack
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 18:28
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:sorry, Ilhan Omar was otherwise occupied.
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"People Of Israel Love Him": Mike Huckabee Tapped As Trump's Ambassador To IsraelQuote:
The appointment of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as the next U.S. ambassador to Israel has received enthusiastic support from Israeli settler communities and advocates of the country's territorial claims in the [occupied] West Bank.
Huckabee, an Evangelical Christian who has previously expressed his belief that God granted historic Palestine to the modern state of Israel, is a strong advocate for Israel's expansion in the occupied West Bank, which he refers to as Judea and Samaria. He also has a close relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Following the appointment, Yishai Fleisher, spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Hebron, expressed excitement, calling Huckabee a "great friend to Israel."
"We are very excited about Mike Huckabee. Governor Huckabee is an amazing person, both in his spiritual and political awareness," Fleisher told Newsweek. "He's a great friend to Israel. He truly understands the issues, has a heart for the people of this region [but only if they're Jewish. Everyone else is a non-person], and we're thrilled to have him."
This is where my heart sinks. Morally bankrupt and intellectually stunted choice.
Fulfilling her wifely duties to her Husband-Brother?
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DNC Moves to Oust David Hogg After He Says Party Isn’t Standing Up to Trump
https://truthout.org/articles/dnc-moves-to-oust-david-hogg-after-he-sa
ys-party-isnt-standing-up-to-trump/
Trump's Tariff Blunder Backfires Bigtime
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/05/no_author/trumps-tariff-blunder-ba
ckfires-bigtime/
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Trump Administration announced the new names for the advisory board for the Commission on Religious Liberty, among the names of individuals to serve on the “Advisory Board of Lay Leaders” were Ismail Royer and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, they say Hamza Yusuf is an Islamic scholar, a Hamas/Muslim Brotherhood leader, and a supporter of Al Qaeda & Hamas terrorists.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/05/president-dona
ld-trump-names-advisory-board-members-to-the-religious-liverty-commission/
2004 Department of Justice press release regarding Royer’s sentencing, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft stated, “Today’s sentences demonstrate the severe penalties for aiding terrorist causesWe will not allow terrorist groups to exploit America’s freedoms to pursue their deadly goals.”
https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2004/April/04_crm_225.htm
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"China Holds The Cards…And America’s Bluff Is Failing"—Joseph Stiglitz's Last Warning
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Joseph Stiglitz on Trump’s Economic Chaos and Trade War
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Elon Musk slams Trump's "big, beautiful bill" as "disgusting abomination"
https://dissenter.com/feed/646661f896cf264b15d744a9/item/683f3d7e7ea23
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It all still applies.
Add Trump's butt-hurt reaction to Putin. It's like he thought thrre was some sort if bromance, and that it would overcome Russia's security concerns. Let'shope that Trump doesn't back us into WWIII.
Also... Palantir? Seriously?
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One thing about Trump - I think he is sensitive to his constituency. Unlike Dems and many Repubs who'll just manipulate the hell out of the public to achieve their agenda ... whatever it is ... Trump actually pays attention to what his voters think. I think the way he handled Covid and the abortion issue indicates that.
I'm fair certain he'll muck up the Mideast in favor of Israel. Most of his voters are either rabid Zionists (even if they don't know the meaning of the word) or rabidly anti-Muslim, or both. I was against his Mideast policies before, which I find as morally repugnant as neocons', and I'll probably be against them this time.
Then we have jarheads like JSF who're all for war with China over Taiwan, or perhaps ANOTHER proxy war we're supposed to fund and weaponize. What they didn't get the first time is that Trump's beef with China was primarily economic, not military. But if there are enuf gung-ho Sinophobes in his constituency, he may accede to some sort of direct conflict with China.
There are two related problems that I think will be impossible for him to fix.
The first one is splitting Russia from China, Iran, and N Korea. He might decide to go "maximum pressure" on Iran (Israeli proxy war on Iran) and China (tariffs, sanctions, etc) and offer Russia an escape route (end sanctions, offer favorable terms on Ukraine) in return for Russia reneging on its deals with Iran, China, and N Korea. But Russia doesn't break deals like we do. I don't think that will work.
The second problem is the BRICS' nascent alternative trade, payment, currency, and finance system. I'm trying to think of a way he might lever that apart. Secondary sanctions? Brazil is the BRICS' most pro- USA member, with ties to the Dem party, and Saudi Arabia is the next-most influential almost-member. I'm sure he'll be working on a plan to weaken BRICS.
My other concern is the Federal budget. Yanno, Trump's experience is in real estate, and it's all based on funny money at that level. IDK if Trump, at heart, respects the effect a huge budget deficit has on the value of the dollar and on world finance.
Anyway, it'll be an interesting four years. Assuming he doesn't get assassinated before his term ends.
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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
"China Holds The Cards…And America’s Bluff Is Failing"—Joseph Stiglitz's Last Warning
This intellectual cunt has no idea what he's talking about and should be ignored.
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Summer of riots started to spread to other states and cities
Texas, NYC, Seattle, Chicago, Portland, Florida.
Anti-ICE protests expanding across the U.S. following LA unrest
https://www.1380kcim.com/2025/06/11/anti-ice-protests-expanding-across
-the-u-s-following-la-unrest/
After days of unrest in Los Angeles, protests against U.S. immigration enforcement policies have continued to grow
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Budget
Israel
Self-propelled ego and rampant ADHD
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Ok, to be more specific:
BEFORE Trump was elected, I wondered (here) how he was going to react when he wouldn't be able to keep his extravagant promises on Ukraine, bc I knew for sure that Russia was going to be unyielding about meeting THEIR goals.
When you paint yourself into a corner, as Trump did, the best thing to do is STFU and work ... QUIETLY ... to get out of the box you got yourself into.
I could point to more of Trump's loud failures ... tariff policies and trade negotiations (not going so well)... reindustrialization (where?) ... negotiations with Iran (which should be the EASIEST thing to do, since even Iran doesn't want nuclear weapons) ... Gaza (just shut off aid to Israel) ... Yemen (no, our military is in no position to exterminate the Houthis) ... deportations (needs Congress to change some laws) ... the budget (Congress keeps pork-barreling along).
When things don't go his way, does he think making even more extravagant promises, more dazzle and bullshit, is gonna to help?
Maybe there are still powerful political, neocon, and/or deep state forces working against Trump. Maybe this is his way of smoking them out, making them public ... like Lindsay Graham and Keith Kellogg.
Or maybe it's his ego. Maybe he just can't give up on his TV show host/ real estate shyster/ maximum pressure approach.
Or maybe it's just the ADHD talking ... kids with ADHD just can't stop talking and crave attention. And they don't care how they get it.
But if Trump wants to gather support, he needs to GET RESULTS. And if his scatterbrained approach doesn't work, he needs to appoint people, like Witkoff, and subject-matter experts and maybe STFU and let them do their jobs instead of busting in, playing the hero, and screwing things up.
So I'll be interested in seeing if he can pull any rabbits out any of of those flaming bags of dogshit, bc that'll be quite some trick.
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In the meantime, kudos for controlling the border and tackling the mind-virus that is DEI/ LGBTQ+.
The ICE riots were an absolute gift.
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