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Tonya's avatar

"Rage quitters"

It's great when the trash takes itself out, isn't it?

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Donna in MO's avatar

A Michigan state rep is 'rage quitting' the opportunity for motherhood: https://michiganadvance.com/2025/02/06/michigan-legislator-says-she-underwent-sterilization-to-avoid-pregnancy-during-trump-presidency/

Torn: I think it's sad that you are so hopeless that you don't want to bring a child into the world. But then again, these angry, sex-denying, sterilizing themselves banshees are ensuring that they won't be passing their toxic ideology on to a new generation, so there's that.

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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

I see the devil taking them down that path of destruction, deceiving them into doing permanent damage, then sitting back on his slimy haunches, his sulfurous breath spewing forth, his gurgling laughter a hate-filled tirade from the joyless depths of evil.

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RJ Rambler's avatar

This is what it takes to find that Christ Alone is our salvation. All of us are REALLY DEAD in our sin. Praying for her recognition and repentance. God hears His ppl when they pray His will be done.

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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

There’s a new poem today on my Substack about the lies people believe and that there is freedom and forgiveness at the cross.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Give us a break, "Mary"--you used the same post yesterday with the same name://t.co

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BelleTower's avatar

Amen. Jesus, please have mercy on this young woman. Please speak truth into her life!

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Jamie's avatar

Amen

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CStone's avatar

The left has been a hellish agenda bent on the annihilating of the human race. Satan and his demons hate humanity and there is a certain group (party) of people who are drawn to that agenda. The resentment that Satan has for God’s people is energized by every baby that is harmed in some way.

Justice and Mercy. Your Kingdom come, Your Will be done. Please come quickly.

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Politico Phil's avatar

"The left has been a hellish agenda bent on the annihilating of the human race. "

My prayer is that all of this is but a prelude to taking down the Deep State's Depopulation Agenda. The slow-kill bio-weapon is STILL on the market and STILL being pushed by the CDC. And the slow-kill chemtrails are still being sprayed across our skies on the heads of our children for us to take in with each breath and each meal. They have already achieved much of their agenda through millions upon millions of vaxx killed, disabled and sterilized. This is the dragon in our midst that MUST be exposed and slayed.

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Navyo Ericsen's avatar

I haven't seen a chemtrail in weeks here in the UK. They're usually criss-crossing the sky or turning into haze. Lately, the skies have been pure blue. Has something happened behind the scenes??

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Kathy Sincere's avatar

Yes, we have noticed the very same thing here in Colorado. We had 2 light chemtrail sprayings since Jan. 20. The rest of the days have been beautiful blue skies or at least NATURAL clouds. Don't you love it!!

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God Bless America's avatar

I wish I could say that for North Alabama… But they have been spraying like crazy here… I say a prayer every time I see it for protection. šŸ™šŸ½šŸ™šŸ½šŸ™šŸ½šŸ˜¬

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Same here, under the Phila. flyway.

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alongername's avatar

Political Phil ........... I dare not raise some "questions" about what might be going on in back rooms , as the DT party is in full swing.

maybe you can have a look ....

Catherine Austin Fitts

The Solari Report

Feb 6

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Gary's avatar

yes, Hopefully Gates will lead by example!!! Losing him would be a good start.

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Gabriella's avatar

Amen

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Debra's avatar

Amen! This has all reminded me that the Israelites were taken into captivity for 70 years by the Babylonians and when they were released, they prospered for a time under a good king until the next king, an evil king came into power. I was not sure if I would ever see America come out of captivity but here we are today. Studying the kings of the Israelites we can see the pattern continues today. Bad king, bad, king, bad king, GOOD KING, bad king, bad king, bad king, GOOD KING, GOOD KING, bad king, bad king, you get my point. There is nothing new under the sun when it comes to human character.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

It was just a year ago that I was reading those histories, and made myself a chart of who was king in which kingdom. The concept of 'the king" setting up altars to the baalim in the TEMPLE.....floored me.

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Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Debra - yes, the study of the succession of the Kings in ancient Israel and Judah is enlightening. And Oregon is a beautiful state, I lived in Eastern Oregon for several years.

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John of Oregon Fame's avatar

Yes, Dave, beautiful state...except for its corrupt, left, progressive, Democrat government and its one party rule and manipulated mail-in elections.

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FlatEarthFlyer's avatar

Hear, hear, Janice! My unconventional theory (though not novel) is that not all human beings are children of God. Some human beings either 1) don’t descend from the Divine Adamic Bloodline at all, but are the literal offspring of the Serpent, as stated plainly by God in Genesis 3:15; OR, 2) they have literally sinned the Divine Genome (Image of God) completely out of their DNA, as suggested by 2 Timothy 3 and 1 John 3:4, which defines sin as ā€œtransgression of the Torah.ā€

While Jesus had many disciples and followers, when he lambasted the Pharisees, he didn’t refer to them as disciples or followers of the Devil, he called them CHILDREN of the Devil. Jesus also described how to differentiate between children of God and children of the Devil in Matthew 7, where he says, ā€œLikewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.ā€ What is it that determines why a good tree will only bear good fruit, and a bad tree only bad fruit? DNA. Jesus explains this again in the parable of the wheat and tares (darnel) in Matthew 13. While the wheat and tares are growing together in the field, they are indistinguishable from one another. They look exactly alike. It is only after a certain point of growth that the two can be distinguished: at harvest time. Why harvest time? What is it that distinguishes them at harvest time? It’s their seed pods. And what essentially is a seed pod? it is a packet of DNA.

These two (or more) bloodlines, Divine and Satanic, are why the Bible refers to God’s Chosen People as the holy seed, and why the Bible refers to the rest of the world as ā€œpagans.ā€ It’s also why God gave his people the Torah, which are instructions about how to protect the Divine Genome from corruption via diet and behavior. The science of epigenetics confirms this, stating that corrupt genes can be turned on and off depending upon our diet and behavior (Torah). Epigenetics also reveals that it takes 3-4 generations to flip a gene on or off (God visits ā€œthe iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.ā€). It’s why the Bible is filled with genealogies, and why God is so adamant about sexual purity and against eating or coming into contact with blood, and avoiding pagans and their practices. It’s also why Godā€˜s men have been circumcised. Circumcision is a an obvious visual sign that the man bears the Image of God and is from the bloodline of Adam. It’s also why we needed a Savior who possessed a perfect, Divine Genome from the Most High God, and why his genetically pure blood washes our sins away…

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FlatEarthFlyer's avatar

Ahh, you must be a Paulian! Bible scholar Craig Keener, PhD, has this to say about Paul: "Paul's entire theology of the law cannot be properly extrapolated from a single (polemical) passage." From Craig Keener’s commentary on Galatians (Cambridge University press, 2018), p. 148. This may give you a better understanding of what Paul was actually talking about in Galatians 3: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7MbPNmPdB4c

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On an island's avatar

She said ā€œI refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate.ā€

What a complete and total moron! I bet 100% she let her body be treated as currency when it came time to take her jab. šŸ˜‚

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Feb 7Edited

What's sad about that comment is women truly ARE powerful because we get to procreate (Andrew Klavan speaks very eloquently on this subject). It's our superpower. Men cannot do it. They cannot grow a new life in their body and then deliver it into the world. This doesn't mean that those women who don't have children are worthless - not at all. It just means that we have something unique and it should be valued. I have nothing but sorrow for this deluded, misguided, and deceived woman. It breaks my heart.

EDIT: the only thing I've done in life that will matter FOR ETERNITY is to have brought 5 souls into the world. Everything else will fade into nothingness, but those souls are eternal. There is no "girl boss" job in the world that can remotely compare.

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MaryAnn's avatar

NAB: love your phrasing ā€œwe get to procreateā€ šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ‘šŸ»

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pretty-red, old guy's avatar

Certainly, you are qualified to be a Supreme Court Magistrate as you know quite well the definition of a woman!

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Lisa Ca's avatar

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RunningLogic's avatar

She’s wrong there. I don’t think any conservatives are losing any sleep about her no longer being able to procreate šŸ™„ She has a pretty high opinion of herself šŸ™„

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Feb 7Edited

Well for HER specifically, maybe procreation WAS the only (perceived) value given she is not valuable intellectually or spiritually, or in any other way. But compare that to how valuable all the women appointed by Trump are and her ridiculous battle cry fizzles out quickly in the light of their many amazing values - proving her dead wrong, utterly stupid, and of no value to even procreate. 🤣

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Johnny Be Real's avatar

šŸ˜‚Lined up in a parking lot and let an unknown masked person stick a needle of who knows what into the arm hanging out the window. I’d call that ā€œusedā€.

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Juliaah's avatar

Probably can’t attract anyone to impregnate her anyway

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Ms Helen's avatar

🤣

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Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

Your comment made me wonder why we weren't just given the option of taking the jab or writing a check to Pfizer. Pfizer missed the chance to get paid by 100% of us.

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MayBella82's avatar

Or used it to get a job, dinner or whatever.

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Patrice's avatar

I wonder if her healthcare provider told her that it was completely reversible?

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Steenroid's avatar

And likely in a street corner near you.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

She is actually doing the human race a favor.

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Donna in MO's avatar

Well yes, but the comment section here does include people who have woken up in the last few years. TDS is not permanent, sterilization mostly is. (My brother in law did try to reverse his sterilization when he married my sister, although it did not work, he and my sister were never able to have kids)

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Jamie's avatar

All I thought is at least she made a choice for only her body and now she can’t kill a baby.

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Oma's avatar

Adoption...

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MayBella82's avatar

Often women who have abortions can’t either.

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Lisa Ca's avatar

That is so sad. :(

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Merry McIntyre's avatar

I thought the same thing!!

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Benjamin Two N's's avatar

I highly applaud her for doing so. No more children who are innocent will die because of her

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shayne's avatar

And the gene pool is spared her donation. She likely would have trans-ed any offspring she might have had.

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Alan Devincentis's avatar

She’s a war lover, Benn.your kind of gal.

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CStone's avatar

So. BENN, how much money did you make off the Ukrainian grift?

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Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Zero. Some Ukrainian soldiers did send me a piece of a ka52 they shot down over Hostomel and also some pieces of a t80BV they killed as thanks for helping them.

How much are you getting off doge?

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Juju's avatar
Feb 7Edited

If you mean she can no longer have the option to abort any innocent babies she doesn’t want, I agree. But the use of the word ā€œchildrenā€ makes me wonder if I misinterpreted your meaning …

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MayBella82's avatar

I think children is the right word… some women use abortion as a form of birth control. I would not be surprised if she was one of them.

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Tonya's avatar

I mourn for the state where I lived most of my life.

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Debra's avatar

I mourn for my birth state every day and still live in it hoping that one day we will be free of the captivity of the Demon-crats. It's been over 40 years of captivity so far. Last election we had 11 counties vote for the Demons and 36 counties voted for sanity. Demons still won. The fight continues.

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Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

Same in Illinois, another captured state. 85% of Illinois Counties voted for Trump, but Pritzker is the installed demon-head of the corruption party.

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RJ Rambler's avatar

He's too heavy to hang but not to big too be convicted and put on a diet. Justice would confiscate his mansions and bank accounts to pay pensions. THEN the teachers union would love...NOPE! I'M wrong right there.

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MaryAnn's avatar

There are sanctuary cities in downstate IL discussing how to fund projects already started if/when the fed funds dry up. As Jeff said, the virtue signalling disappears ehen money is involved.

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Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

I'm ready to see that turd criminal Pritzker arrested, and Durbin too. Durbin is in pure panic mode about Kash Patel, what's he hiding? Oh, it's Durbin's daughter he's trying to protect too, she was just exposed for using bots and scrips to use against Kash on X.

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pretty-red, old guy's avatar

same thing for MinnEsnowta, and lots of other states DEMon-urbanized for efficient narrative synchronization.

-- an ex-Illinoisian('74)

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I note that 40 is a pretty special number in both Old and New Testaments--perhaps your state is getting ready to turn around?

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John of Oregon Fame's avatar

Debra, I agree. See my comment above.

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LuAnne's avatar

I read this story yesterday and I don't believe her. I dare someone from MI (ideally, someone in her district) to call her out on it and demand proof. She lives in MI. A state that has zero abortion restrictions and plenty of OTC contraceptives. She's either a liar or has an IQ of 50.

Edit: for anyone wondering, she's 36 yrs old. I'm now wondering if maybe she needed a hysterectomy but she's passing it off as some selfless act.

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RunningLogic's avatar

If this isn’t an example of cutting off your nose to spite your face!! šŸ˜†šŸ˜›

I think it’s comical that she actually thinks this is going to have an adverse effect on anyone but her (she may not regret it but if she does, no one else will care). Such stupid theater šŸ™„

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Gary's avatar

hopefully lots of theatrics will die with the deflation of the democrats, wokesters , progressives etc. They love attention any way they can get it. Pretty sad bunch of sociopaths. they just don't get it.

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Judy brooks's avatar

So she would deny herself to have a child because of Trump? Just proves she’s mentally ill and saved the world from her offspring.

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Beckadee's avatar

I didn't see where the article stated her age. I scanned it pretty quickly but based on the picture she doesn't look like she had many fertile years left. My guess is she's full of it and didn't do what she said.

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Paige Green's avatar

She’s 36. This is her second term as a Representative.

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Melissa S's avatar

Pregnancy 35 and over is now termed "geriatric pregnancy".

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Lydia Lozano's avatar

I can only imagine the kind of people who would vote for that.

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Fla Mom's avatar

Not as young as I thought, then. Still, a sad decision.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Maybe I’m a terrible person but I can’t bring myself to be sad for a choice she’s making out of spite (not sure who she things she’s really spiting though). I kind of tend to think ā€œyou made your bed, now lie in itā€.

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Debra's avatar

My wonderful grandmother told me the same thing when I found myself pregnant at age 18 in January 1973. Roe v Wade had just been put into law. I chose life and I still do. My 51 year old daughter is my best friend!

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Fla Mom's avatar

She will, but she would have been lying in it even without sterilizing herself. I know so many professional women with great regrets.

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Alan Devincentis's avatar

Or, she had to have a hysterectomy for medical reasons and is just using for a quote. Which would not surprise me.

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Juliaah's avatar

Or she’s vaxxed and her ovaries have shrivelled

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Beckadee's avatar

Bingo!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yeah that would also not surprise me at all. It would be typical.

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Donna in MO's avatar

Yes, could be like those who SAID they were giving up sex. No way to verify if they are cheating or not.

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On an island's avatar

Equally hilarious in this article was a comment by Abdul El-Sayed, the director of the Wayne County Department of Health, Human and Veteran Services who uttered this gem:

ā€œIt’s about damn time that we showed up, stood up and took our government back,ā€

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DUDE! YOU HAVE LITERALLY BEEN RUNNING THE GOV’T FOR YEARS, and you still are running it in Michigan.

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Formerly_Known_As_Someone's avatar

But how will she have an abortion now? She clearly didn't think this through.

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Paige Green's avatar

You’re right, and this was pointed out on X

https://x.com/bradpaquettemi/status/1887629049943761350?s=46

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RunningLogic's avatar

Good point šŸ˜†

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MayBella82's avatar

I also think that she sees a child as a weapon to use as she pleases instead of a blessing from God. And if she had a male child, I would hate to see what she would do.

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Debra's avatar

Should these kind of women ever come to the Light and want children they can become foster or adoptive parents. God always has a plan and we should trust Him.

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Shari Ray's avatar

Theatre

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Donna in MO's avatar

That's all it's ever been with these loonies. I have yet to find one I can have a rational issues-based conversation with. Well, there was this one acquaintance that I thought I was making headway with, we had a couple of good discussions pre-election. But when Trump won, she reverted to back to her default TDS setting.

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Fla Mom's avatar

I think it's very sad. She's been thoroughly indoctrinated probably her whole life. So many such young women, when they get older, realize that having children is all they want to do in that moment, but it's often too late, sans IVF or adoption, both long, expensive, and complex procedures. I fear she will bitterly regret this decision.

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Truthseeker's avatar

Self sterilization … will this be the new battle cry of the far left?

Let’s see if her story is picked up in the main stream media as the new virtue signaling ideal…

It’s not really surprising. Because I’m sure she’s PRO mutilation of confused minor children too… they go hand in hand.

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Kathy Sincere's avatar

As predicted, new Attorney General Pam Bondi hit the ground running yesterday, sprinting out of the gate by issuing a record fourteen first-day orders within the Justice Department. ABC-7 New York ran one of the stories under the headline, ā€œNew AG Pam Bondi pauses funding to sanctuary cities, including New York City.ā€

My question is why not DENVER?! They are doing everything possible to thwart ICE who are attempting to remove criminal Venezualan gangs.

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Emilie H's avatar

Yes! Why was Denver off the list?

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Jean V's avatar

And Seattle???

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Gary's avatar

even better is the left has no idea of when to shut their pie hole!!! amusing. I was always told if you see you are getting deeper in the hole to quit digging!!!

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CeeMcG's avatar

It’s glorious!

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Duckduffer's avatar

So great.

I'm looking forward to this.."Argentina’s president bans gender-affirming care for people under age 18" becoming this "bans sexual organ removal and catastrophic hormonal treatments for children and minors"

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Roger Beal's avatar

Quote of the week from Mr. Childers:

"The hunters have become the cockroaches on pest control day."

Here's hoping pest control DAY becomes pest control FOUR YEARS.

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The Memory Department's avatar

Great quote. I was also taken by the "currency stuffed pillow" line.

"Russell Vought is back, fueling whole new nightmares for the Swamp causing it to toss and turn on its currency-stuffed pillow."

The man can sure turn a phrase.

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Dawn B's avatar

My other fave today... ā€œProject 2025,ā€ which keeps popping up in the brains of Democrat politicians like moles in a cerebral whacking game.

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

Living rent-free. In those brains.

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Butterfly2510's avatar

Another one: They folded like a cheap SHEIN overcoat šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘

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Freedom Fox's avatar

Re: Russell Vought at OMB

Under OMB is OIRA, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. To head that Office is to be "in the cockpit of the regulatory state" as Cass Sunstein, aka Mr. Samantha Power (USAID) described it:

Who's Afraid of Cass Sunstein

BlueTent, February 5, 2021

https://web.archive.org/web/20210924232223/https://www.bluetent.us/articles/governing/cass-sunstein-biden-white-house-oira/

Seems like an important position to put someone in under Russ to root and branch out of that Office everything that malevolent actor put into place.

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MarshaLouise's avatar

Interesting!!

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Politico Phil's avatar

"Men In Black"

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Maureen ODH's avatar

Politico Philā€¦šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ I think Elon and team would love being labeled ā€œMen in Blackā€ā€¦

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Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

Trump taught all of us the power of owning the downside. If they call you a deplorable, buy a deplorable sweatshirt, change your online name to incorporate "deplorable". Nothing better to take the sting out of name calling.

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Susan Stephens's avatar

I still wear my RED ā€œBasket of Deplorablesā€ tee shirt!

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Dawn B's avatar

My fave today too...But now, like the budgetary Terminator, Russell Vought is back, fueling whole new nightmares for the Swamp causing it to toss and turn on its currency-stuffed pillow.

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Janice P - Words Beyond Me's avatar

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.

— 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NAS

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Susan Clack's avatar

šŸ™šŸ¼šŸ˜‡šŸ•ŠļøšŸ™ŒšŸ¼ Amen!

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MrsW's avatar

AMEN! God is good 😊

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Politico Phil's avatar

David Stockman on Trump's Plan to Bring the Hammer Down on the Deep State's Foreign Aid

from Casey's International Man

.....We can only hope that this time around the Donald realizes that if you can face down the dandies who run the soft side of the Warfare State, the 2024 election might actually mean something, and for the first time in more than four decades at that.

For removal of doubt, there is one thing Trump could do to ensure that this run at the foreign aid boondoggle is more successful than the one we tried 44 years ago. To wit, he could insist than an America First national security policy must focus tightly on an invincible nuclear deterrent and a powerful conventional defense of the North American coastline and airspace. But that it does not need an Empire nor a network of globe-spanning alliances and endless meddling in the internal economic and political affairs of distant lands that have no bearing on the homeland security and liberty of the American people.

In short, foreign aid does exactly nothing for true homeland security and should be eliminated entirely—lock, stock and barrel. That would reduce the bloated Federal work force by more than 10,000 bureaucrats in one fell swoop, and save upwards of $40 billion per year.

Moreover, there is a simple way to counter the beltway bleating about the defunding of programs to combat hunger, HIV/AIDS and diseases like cholera, malaria, and measles in the developing world. To wit, proclaim that all of these worthy efforts lie in the realm of philanthropy, not national security policy or the proper remit of government.

Accordingly, he could announce the establishment of a Humanitarian Help Fund and ask Bill Gates and the rest of the billionaire liberals class to each contribute $1 billion to the fund. That would shut them up right quick, especially if a large neon billboard were set up at the former USAID headquarters in the Ronald Reagan Building indicating the level of their contributions to date against the $1 billion target for each.

After all, there is no greater example of the mendacity of the UniParty consensus than the housing of USAID in the Ronald Reagan Building. While he held his nose on the aforementioned $30 billion budget, he never gave up his personal opinion that foreign aid is a giant rat hole. And we can attest to hearing that repeatedly and unhesitatingly....

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L  Young's avatar

I would be suspicious of Gates humanitarian aid. It might be coated in something toxic.

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Justin's avatar

Gates' so called humanitarian aid already is toxic. Just ask the Africans who were victims of his 'humanitarian aid'.

They accept donations from governments, but rarely donate anything of value.

'Humanitarians' is just a disguise they use to cover up their nefarious activity, and collect those government donations.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Maybe they could dedicate one or several IRS agents to audit them regularly and make sure no funny stuff is taking place.

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Peace's avatar

I hear Biden recently brought a few extras onboard . . .

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

The money will just be rerouted to their political goals.

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Politico Phil's avatar

I doubt the cockroaches are eager to use their own money. Reminds me of the movie "Other Peoples Money".

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yup and the Margaret Thatcher quote, ā€œThe problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.ā€

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Steenroid's avatar

Probably but it would be their money not mine or yours.

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Jaci's avatar

Might be?

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Rosalind McGill's avatar

Guaranteed

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Karen Bandy's avatar

Each dollar would be Apeal-ing. šŸ˜‰

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FedUpDeb's avatar

This is brilliant and Machiavellian! The billionaires would be forced to pony up some money and it would be good PR for them in addition to getting the ā€œhumanitarianā€ aid off the government balance sheet. It’s the first time in a long time that I’ve agreed with David Stockman.

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Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

But none of the donors should be allowed on the board or payroll or in any way influence spending policy

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Taiga Rohrer's avatar

A thought here, all of these foreign countries that learn about USAID's efforts to destabilize them should have the opportunity to extradite USAID staff to face charges...

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CStone's avatar

This. The Trump Administration should ā€˜suggest’ that if other countries feel that they were harmed by Fauci/Birx/Gates/members of USAID, that we would gladly extradite any of them to their countries for trials.

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Politico Phil's avatar

Now that's a great way to "outsource" their prosecution.

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Parachutepants's avatar

I think Russia was looking to get Fauci, as part of the peace deal.

How does his big guy pardon work in the court system of Russia?

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Politico Phil's avatar

LOL

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RunningLogic's avatar

Ooh yes I like it!

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Johnny-O's avatar

If you guys think that anyone under Trump is going to go after OWS, I want what you are smoking.

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Politico Phil's avatar

I'm sorry... OWS?

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Parachutepants's avatar

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Jerri Hinojosa's avatar

Our prisons house many foreign nationals who were convicted of crimes against the US. If countries like Georgia or Moldova refused to extradite their citizens to the US, they would be threatened with losing all of our helpful financial aid or worse. Why shouldn't those countries request extradition of people who tried to undermine their sovereignty and expect to get it?

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Juliann's avatar

Amen!! Send a copy to The White House.

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Sherry 1's avatar

Canada needs DOGE and this plan. They just wiped/disappeared the Global Affairs Canada website. It is the Canadian version of USAID. I understand nothing can really ā€˜disappear’ from the Internet so am hopeful there are sleuths already searching for the missing data.

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Jack Bergeron's avatar

With a multi-trillion dollar national debt why are we lending money to then give it away to other countries? Who in their right mind would obtain a mortgage on his or her home and then give the money to people who may not like you so that they can use it to fight with their neighbors?

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Roger Beal's avatar

^^^ THIS ^^^

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Fla Mom's avatar

Setting up that fund, with a big splash, to force the 'humanitarians' to put their *own* money where their mouths are would be brilliant and entertaining.

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Peace's avatar

Why not open up the chance to contribute to anyone who is heartsick over the changes occurring at USAID? If anyone is sad their tax dollars aren't being spent wisely by going to USAID, they can give directly - and likely more than their little percentage of their tax dollars would've parsed out to USAID.

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Lemmel John's avatar

Thanks for an outstanding, worthwhile and relevant comment. I especially like scoreboard idea.

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Steenroid's avatar

Excellent idea.

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MarshaLouise's avatar

You make great points.

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Johnny-O's avatar

Just as long as the spigot remains open to Israel.

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Politico Phil's avatar

I am waiting to see if the "Trump agenda" carries through or not on that front also. I am skeptical of what I've seen so far but Trump never exposes his hand till he is ready to lay the cards down.

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Johnny-O's avatar

I hear you, however, if you get beneath the topical analyses of what is going on, the great plundering has begun. It isn't MAGA, its MBT - or Make Billionaires Trillionaires. Listening to Solari Reports "Money and Markets" from yesterday is eye opening, and disturbing. Trump is engaging in plenty of lawlessness, and simply transferring wealth and power out of the hands of his enemies to his coterie of swamp goons. Catherine Austin Fitts has always struck me as level headed.

Furthermore, while there are good things happening with the exposure of USAID, she posits that its just going to become an arm of the executive wing and the money will likely continue to be doled out. It is looking doubtful that Trump is actually going to challenge the central bankers, he's playing the game, and playing many of us while he is at it. If people agree with the lawlessness that is currently happening (and to be clear, this was happening long before Trump, but now he is upping the ante so it seems) - be ready for it to be turned against you when George Soros and company up the ante in the future. Congress is currently doing nothing to stop it (shocker) they are only screaming about it. The rule of law is important and it looks like our land assets are going to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, possibly using crypto....

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Peace's avatar

Many good points here. Going after the central bankers definitely gets you many more steps towards the head of the snake!

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Donna in MO's avatar

I had never heard of Russ Vought when he appeared in my inbox via his Tucker Carlson interview. Wow! This guy was impressive - the knows the swamp, and will be a great addition to the Trump team. Worth a watch at https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-russ-vought

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Curtis's avatar

Same! I watched the first half of it when he was on. Gotta get back and watch the rest. I love the long firm interviews that he and Joe Rogan are so good at, but it's hard to find the time! I'm hard of hearing or I'd listen while I'm driving. (A few hours of every day)

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Donna in MO's avatar

I know, it's fairly random for me to what I catch and what I miss. I do try to listen with headphones while I am cleaning house or other boring chores to break up the monotony.

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Pat Wetzel's avatar

Appreciate the heads up on this. I'll make time to watch.

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Juju's avatar

🤣 Same. But oddly after sitting through SEVERAL Rogan interviews, suddenly Tucker’s seem short and sweet and we can now get through any of them in one sitting. Lol.

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Curtis's avatar

Lol I think that one was a couple hours though!

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Fla Mom's avatar

I listen in segments as I have time when doing housework or in the shower, but still there's not nearly enough time for all of it.

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Curtis's avatar

For sure! Remember when the MSM put everything they wanted us to think in a half hour?? šŸ˜‚ (Or whatever the Dems told them to say, funded by our tax dollars through USAID!)

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MarkGW's avatar

I have been listening to Russ Vought on Bannon's Warroom for 4 years, where he has laid out all of his suggestions and plans. I never dreamed he would actually make it back. It is awesome!

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Johnny-O's avatar

Just like none of us had ever heard of Calley and Casey Means.....who are likely CIA operatives:

https://debbielerman.substack.com/p/cia-central-casting-the-means-episode

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Donna in MO's avatar

Wow - well they have a lot of tentacles, and sadly, with 4,000 Presidential appointees, no doubt there will be some covert swamp rats in that bunch. Trump team has to stay vigilant, as do we.

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Patti's avatar

WOW! Amazing writing. I know Mary Bowden was saying that these siblings didn’t add up months ago!

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Kathy's avatar

At the very least, they seem to be somewhat steering focus away from Pharma to food.

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Heterodox Introvert's avatar

Out of nowhere, coincidentally like Malone, Weinstein, Kirsch, Willis, Bigtree and whoever else suddenly had a presence, and an unknown history until one digs. Thank you for the link.

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Kathy's avatar

None of those people have an unknown history.

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Heterodox Introvert's avatar

The point is, out of many possible (likely dozens, maybe more I don't know?) qualified people to consult, these few and others were somehow selected to be a front person for their "expertise." Probably not self-selected - they didn't place the call directly to the alt media venue to get their initial public exposure but rather, agreed to become a lead figure when tapped by __________? I don't know the answer to that blank. Malone has deep gov't including CIA connections; Kirsch technocratic; Willis I understand formerly funded by gov't connected sources, etc. Once they appeared in the forefront out of nowhere, digging into their history told a story that was somewhat at odds with an above board, if taken at face value do-good persona. Their full history was not disclosed up front. We can disagree. I think @Donna in MO's call for vigilance, of which vetting and discernment among other care-taking measures are components, should be exercised assiduously.

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L.L. Horn's avatar

I’ve been following Bigtree YEARS before COVID and Trump. He is definitely one of us.

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Heterodox Introvert's avatar

Agreed. He is in great part the soul of Vaxxed dangers-of-these-products movement. His platform and presence *š—“š—æš—²š—®š˜š—¹š˜†* expanded with the plannedemic bomb, so he appeared š˜“š˜¦š˜¦š˜®š˜Ŗš˜Æš˜Øš˜­š˜ŗ out of nowhere. Yes, he has been around. Thank you for the clarification.

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Peace's avatar

I've been surprised that the Means siblings have gotten so much attention. I didn't hear anything new from them, but I was/am glad they've gotten a wider audience than others have gotten to get the word out.

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Conservative Contrarian's avatar

Same here, it was like finding a shiny silver dollar in my front yard! One of Tucker's good interviews.

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Dena's avatar

One of Tucker’s most interesting I thought. I listened when it was first released not having a clue about who Vought was, but gave it a watch thinking maybe I’ll learn something. This guy is everything Jeff described & then some. He’s a fearless defender of our Constitution & knows how to use the power of the purse to legally protect it.

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Angk's avatar

Mr. Bought was a regular on Warrom the last 4 years. He had a line item audit of the budget that could reduce the Biden budget by $1.7T, about the $2T that Biden increased in the name of Green, DEI, and Ukraine. I do hope they listen to him!!

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Vicky G's avatar

Wow! Enlightening!

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Jamie's avatar

I just checked and I never finished that one… thanks!

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Bob Filice MD's avatar

Jeff you seem to be the only one who keeps up with and correctly prioritizes, understands, and reports on the good news we need to hear. Thank you for your great work.

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kittynana's avatar

@Bob- it's why C&C has quickly become my fav Substack.

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Patti's avatar

Get up and read it daily!

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Patti's avatar

🤣 love it!

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kittynana's avatar

@Patti- I salivate waiting for it to hit my inbox

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Susan Stephens's avatar

I ā€œrushā€ to open my Substack app & bam! There’s C&C in my upper left corner (usually).

Rarely do I bet it there on Substack.

I call Jeff the ā€œRush of Substack.ā€

News, his brilliant take on said news. All with a healthy dose of unique wit that libs can’t appreciate. Conservatives are of good humor.

Libs have a zero sense of humor.

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kittynana's avatar

@Susan- Because they're miserable in their lives. They want someone to do everything for them and hate knowing they have to work for things (equity, anyone?). Also- I miss Rush so much. I found an appreciation for him much too late so I only 'had him' for a couple of years but it was enough to get to know him.

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Susan Stephens's avatar

I miss Rush sooo much. However I’m grateful I was introduced to Jeff; he & Rush remind me of each other. Each told the truth in their own style (sometimes hard truths) but alway brought hope!

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Debra's avatar

By the grace of God I found Jeff in May 2020 when I was sent to work at home by my city employer! LOL! Sorry but none of the other hundreds of substack writers get my time though I am sure they all have great opinions and things to say. My 2 hours a day limitation (I try to keep a handle on it or the house is a mess) review and comments are devoted to C&C only.

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John Harms's avatar

I appreciate Jeff a lot!!

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Rick Olivier's avatar

Add Clusterf*ck Nation, like Jeff, James Howard Kunstler does NOT mince words!

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The Great Santini's avatar

If it can be changed by EO it can be changed back by EO. We’ve got to beat the Socialist Quislings in every election for 24 years. Don’t lose focus. Stay the course.

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Bandit's avatar

Trump needs to get some Republican Representatives and Senators to write these things into laws. It seems to take a lot to repeal a law.

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Benjamin Two N's's avatar

This. Don’t get complacent. Remember 2020

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J Boss's avatar

I think the shock and awe, combined with the awakening of many moderates to the extreme abuse and theft exposed by USAID and others as we go on will result in a significant improvement of the House and Senate majorities.

And if tariffs are successful enough to lead to abolishing the income tax, that there is a winner in the pool primaries all by itself.

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JW's avatar
Feb 7Edited

Friday is always a great day but this week's Friday is awesome. I feel like I'm opening a box on an advent calendar daily to a new surprise each day!

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Juju's avatar

Great way to put it! A Trumpvent calendar! 😁 love it

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Paige Green's avatar

Yes, this ā¬†ļøā¬†ļøā¬†ļø!!!

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Fred Jewett's avatar

When I consider that US govt departments hired people at 6 figure salaries to hand out grants to NGOs that in turn laundered money back to Senators and Representatives, supported the MSM propaganda industry, etc I can see why those people will fight tooth and nail for that princely salary paid to them by the government to be criminals.

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Abiding Dude's avatar

First, try claw-backs.

Next, Renditions and the waterboard.

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Gaslighted's avatar

Then charges, convictions and public hangings for treason, on TV, weekly.

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Conservative Contrarian's avatar

Not necessarily in that order ... šŸ˜Ž

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Alan Devincentis's avatar

Where did I hear this before?

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Ed Thorrens's avatar

The first socialist in the Bible?

ā€œBut one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray Him, said, ā€œWhy was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?ā€ā€

‭‭John‬ ‭12‬:‭4‬-‭5‬

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RJ Rambler's avatar

John 12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.

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Ed Thorrens's avatar

That’s exactly what they do! Before they give anything to the public, they whole the 99% in their pockets.

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RunningLogic's avatar

šŸŽÆšŸŽÆšŸŽÆ

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The Great Resist's avatar

Giving him the opportunity to steal and virtue-signal at the same time.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Perhaps the "I" in USAID stands for "Iscariot" ... the spirit of ol' Judas is certainly baked into USAID's methods of operation.

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Ed Thorrens's avatar

🤣

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Politico Phil's avatar

Good point.

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LMWC's avatar

I hope the President can stop the solar and wind farms springing up across the Midwest farmlands. These pop up solar companies are truly being funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. And please make them stop the chemtrails.

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Janet's avatar

YES!, There are already 3 and another solar farm planned on a short stretch (7 miles) from my town to another one. On farmland of course. The farmers are rolling over. I get it but who will remove them and restore the land when this boondoggle is revealed.

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Oregon Kathy's avatar

Wondering the same thing, as some solar farms have been abandoned already.

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Karen Bandy's avatar

They can’t recycle the parts, are they going to bury them or dump them in the ocean? The wind solar projects make my blood boil!

Farmers get $1000 per month per wind turbine from the feds!!

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Dawn's avatar
Feb 7Edited

Agree! As a farmer I can say that farming in general has become a corporation and the cost of doing it reflects that fact. It's a lot easier to sit back and collect that $1000 a month than to actually farm. It's become a game to many large farmers to make money off the Fed which means playing their games of course. Look up Steve McBee from Gallatin, MO. He just got convicted of massive fraud in the crop insurance game. He actually admitted that he did it. The various write ups show the reader how the game is played and he is by far not the only one who plays.

Small family farms still have to work hard doing their chores and taking care of the land-being a good steward. The costs have been made burdensome so these smaller farms sell out to say wind farms. The other problem is that the next generation don't want to be farmers. No one to leave the family farm to.

All of it effects our food supply and the Fed is complicit in mucking up the healthy food supply and putting it in the hands of a few. It's a huge problem and all I can say is try to grow your own and get to know your local farmers.

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LMWC's avatar

I am the farmer’s daughter, and though my retired husband and I do not farm, I live only a couple of miles from my home farm which my brother now owns. A 1700 acre solar farm is going up on the farm next door. A half dozen small farms are combining for the 1700 acres. The company is doing 30 year leases and paying more per acre than farmers can get farming right now. This solar company is about 6 years old. The township has tried to do due diligence in making sure that the company has left money in escrow should they file bankruptcy and abandon the site, the land will be remediated back to what it was. The township can do little beyond that. We know the company and the power company buying the solar are being heavily incentivized, and that they will not be here longer than 10 years, but the once the solar panels are up they will never be taken down. Our beautiful rural landscapes are being ruined. Breaks my heart.

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Dawn's avatar

I am so sorry. It breaks my heart too. I don't have wind or solar real close to me but I do have farmers who hate trees and wildlife. They have the disease of not being able to leave anything alone. Not the scale of wind/solar farms but destructive none the less.

The money they offer is almost impossible to refuse for the little guys who struggle every day and the current gov't is NOT helping this situation.

These solar/wind farms are a blight on the land for certain and ugly to behold. Wonder if your neighbors will still be happy when they see the wild scape disappear under concrete? I don't know that it can ever be returned to what it was.

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Janet's avatar

So sorry. The PTB ruin farms and our food supply. I’m sorry. 1400 acres is huge.

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MaryAnn's avatar

My farmer friends tell me when the windmills die they remain standing until they fall. Then the landowner gets to dispose of it.

Also this: ā€œOn January 27, 2023, Governor JB Pritzker signed P.A. 102-1123 into law. The law preempts county authority to enact local ordinances that prohibit wind and solar projects.ā€ Downstate counties cannot prohibit windfarms.

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Janet's avatar

PRICKster. Worst governor ever.

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LMWC's avatar

The same kind of law was enacted in Michigan. They really all just play by the same book; mockingbirds they all are.

That’s why my hope is President Trump will sic DOGE on this Climate crap. Take away the money and your house of climate cards falls in.

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LMWC's avatar

A 1700 acre one planned next to the home place, now my brothers here in Michigan. Slated to start construction this spring. These eye sores are springing up all over Michigan’s farm lands. It is evil.

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Parachutepants's avatar

Meanwhile, China builds coal plants and sells America solar panels, and we close coal plants and install solar panels!

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Kathy's avatar

Excellent point of irony!

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Dr Jen | Syringa Wellness's avatar

Should ask data republican to find out who is getting government contracts, and from which agency, for the chemtrails. I wonder if it would appear as a gargantuan line item for "pest control".

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MarilynJo's avatar

Those wind farms are such an abomination, scarring otherwise beautiful landscapes across our nation.

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Parachutepants's avatar

Yes - I don’t want a smart dumb meter on my house monitoring my electric usage!

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The Real Mary Rose's avatar

If the chemtrails don't stop, I will consider the swamp NOT drained.

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Porge's avatar

Ah! The chemtrails! I'm infuriated every time I look at the sky....why can't we get any traction on this issue. I know Tennessee outlawed it over their skies but have no idea if they are enforcing it in any way.

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Kathy's avatar

We need to protect farming.

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Alan Davis's avatar

Getting the šŸæready for Bondi vs WA state on the sanctuary state issue and the no men in girls sports issue. Both the commies here vow to fight Trump on. We’ll see when $ stops or lawsuits begin!

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Kitkat's avatar

Same with Newscum in CA. Gav is such a turd...vowing to "Trump proof CA" one minute, then crawling to Trump looking for federal aid for the massive fires.

I'm glad Trump will be investigating the CA bullet train. The biggest boondoggle in CA history.

https://californiaglobe.com/fl/pres-trump-to-investigate-californias-high-speed-rail-scheme-worst-managed-project-ive-seen/

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Deb's avatar

I just finished reading an article that states Newsom telling those who were burned out that they will now be able to rebuild to the level they had prior to the fire because of environmental issues! Permits could take up to 18 months! And those who the state may hire to clean up the debris must be cocognizant is the ash settling! Good grief!!!!

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Cindi's avatar

The governor of NJ backtracked on a dime when he found out Homan heard his soy boy brag that he was harboring an illegal over his garage…. These people have never had to face the consequences of their actions so a few arrests & convictions of bigwigs ought to send a message

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Parachutepants's avatar

And send them to a prison in some Central American country for holding

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Angk's avatar

How about send the Demoncrat prosecutors and judges to a few months in the Gulag, with solitary confinement included in the their time.

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MaryAnn's avatar

Yes. Give them the same treatment the J6 folks got/are still getting in some cases.

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Cindi's avatar

Send them to Gitmo w/ the worst elements of the illegal aliens. Or to Honduras which has kindly offered to house our worst criminals

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Kathy's avatar

I remember back in the 90s when it was such a big deal if you had a company that had thousands and thousands of employees and got caught with one or two illegals.

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Justin's avatar

What ever happened with that corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams?

It just went silent in the news, like it disappeared?

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J Boss's avatar

I think it was dismissed recently.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Ha! So funny but not surprising at all.

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Jeff S's avatar

The entire left coast is infected with insanity. There must be something extremely vile in the smog blowing off the Pacific ocean.

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MarilynJo's avatar

Careful now. I happen to be a west coast fierce patriot and I know many. We now have majority MAGA in our county gop. Most people across the nation don’t even realize they have a county central committee that they could get on to affect change. These get infiltrated and my peeps fought tirelessly to get the rinos out. CA is majority red except the blue coast but unfortunately rigged. Remember the election map that showed Trump got more coverage than Verizon? :-). Watch California. šŸ™šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø

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RunningLogic's avatar

I pray that California conservatives will finally start getting some real traction in the state government!

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MarilynJo's avatar

Voter ID and one day elections, if Trump can facilitate that and we know he can, will help a lot. The radical left are majority in my county, and because of that are especially self righteous and downright vicious! Every so often I can’t resist commenting on nextdoor a truth pill comment like about what USAID really is and get attacked so I generally holdback.

Prayer appreciated. šŸ’

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CaplT's avatar

CA needs Scott Pressler to move there.

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Conservative Contrarian's avatar

That's why I support any of their succession efforts. If they were to succeed after five years I wouldn't be surprise to see them begging to be readmitted

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RunningLogic's avatar

Secession? Secede? Just trying to make sure I’m not misunderstanding what you’re saying!

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Conservative Contrarian's avatar

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. My proofreader, tha bum, is starting to be on borrowed time. Mucho grassius amigo 🤠

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RunningLogic's avatar

Your proofreader must be a DEI federal employee working from home 😬

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FedUpInOR's avatar

The west coast is like any other state. Rural areas are red and cities are blue. Look at any map it’s clear that’s the way it is all across the entire US

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Juju's avatar

I really hope one of these states goes the route of the lawsuits. I feel we need precedent on the books to deter future nonsense

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes I agree.

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Sherry 1's avatar

šŸæ

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Paul Paulson's avatar

When can we expect a refund for the countless taxpayer dollars we've watched vanish into the abyss? I’m happy to accept cash, check, or perhaps precious metals as compensation.

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Jpeach's avatar

It may come as a reduction in Taxes. No Tax on Tips, Overtime or Social Security.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yeah I don’t get any of those so no benefit for me or my family in that case šŸ˜• I think all of us taxpayers deserve some money back!

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Paul Paulson's avatar

Since stimulus checks were sent out during sChMovId, there is - somewhat - of a precedent for what could happen in terms of getting some of our hard-earned money back.

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Karen Bandy's avatar

It might help me with social security (I say might because I don’t trust anyone anymore) but yea, tips and overtime is just the tip of the iceberg refund or exemption bucket.

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RunningLogic's avatar

I mean, I’d be happy for all of those people not to pay taxes, but I also feel a lot of us get left out when it comes to tax breaks šŸ˜•

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FedUpInOR's avatar

The government should not be picking winners and losers, it’s crony capitalism all over again

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taxpayer's avatar

...and no tax on earned income. The only tax we need is a tax on privileges granted or protected by the gov't. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1103586

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Tonya's avatar

The transgender sports thing had to happen ahead of defunding the Department of Education because if the DoE no longer exists as a source of funding, there would be no threat against the schools who allow boys/men to play in sports for girls/women. Once every organization and school changes policy on this, then the dismantling of DoE can begin. And I think it would be much harder to reinstate the unfair transgender rules even when no funding is on the line because they really weren't there as a result of high public demand in the first place.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Good point!

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MaryAnn's avatar

The DOE also distributes Fed Financial Aid to colleges/universities. An already bogged-down process will be tossed into the laps of Financial Aid Offices across the country. This will be interesting to watch.

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J Boss's avatar

They could just file charges. SCOTUS rulings support it's illegality.

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LMWC's avatar

Good Friday Morning!

From one analyst I read a couple of weeks ago, putting Vought as head of OMB was the biggest slam dunk Trump could make. Perfect for the job was what this analyst thought.

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L  Young's avatar

Alaska was fairly conservative. But as the Federal money and jobs have increased it has become more purple. But it’s not red……..yet.

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L  Young's avatar

Now that I’ve had coffee I would like to edit that comment to read blue instead of red.

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MayBella82's avatar

Is there liberals moving there for the jobs? I thought they were allergic to work :-)

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J Boss's avatar

You can edit your comments in a browser. Not in the Substack app, which seems stupid.

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L  Young's avatar

Awkward

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Tonya's avatar

I love that what Politico probably considers a fear-inducing article about Vought is just absolutely encouraging to us conservatives.

Politico: and he'll do this, and this, and this

The Left: oh, no! the end of democracy!

The Right: YES!!!!

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Alan Devincentis's avatar

They are so far removed from real people, that don’t understand that we voted to have all these things happen, and if they think they are dooming him, they aren’t. They are making us even more happy.

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Tonya's avatar

But there are plenty of real people who really believe them, unfortunately. I know many of them in real life.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Also ā€œI really don’t care, Margaretā€ 😁

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The Real Mary Rose's avatar

That's how out of touch they are, that even after Trump's SLAM DUNK election, they believe that more than a handful of people are pearl-clutching over his ever move.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Exactly right!! 😁

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