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		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Gateway_Pundit&amp;diff=2043155</id>
		<title>Gateway Pundit</title>
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		<updated>2024-04-25T00:14:31Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;[[File:The Gateway Pundit logo.svg.png|thumb|right|200px]]&lt;br /&gt;
The '''Gateway Pundit''' -- &amp;quot;Where hope made a comeback&amp;quot; -- is a conservative media news blog created by [[Jim Hoft]]. Gateway Pundit provides breaking news, commentary and hard-hitting [[conservative]] analysis. They rank well into the Top 100 conservative blogs and they are constant target of the [[liberal]] hacks at [[Media Matters]]. Gateway Pundit is based out of St. Louis, [[Missouri]], and is featured on Kelsey Grammer's [[RIGHTNETWORK]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Gateway Pundit frequently reports on important news not covered by the [[MSM]], notably on [[left-wing violence in the Trump era]], and is often cited in some [[Conservapedia]] pages for their accurate reporting, despite what liberal &amp;quot;[[fact-check]]ers&amp;quot; like [[Media Bias/Fact Check]] may claim otherwise about their articles' factuality.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-gateway-pundit/ The Gateway Pundit - Media Bias Fact Check]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Major stories==&lt;br /&gt;
===Black Lives Matter moneylaundering===&lt;br /&gt;
Gatewaypundit exposed Black Lives Matter as a [[money laundering]] scheme for the [[Democratic National Committee]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/exclusive-donations-including-international-funding-blacklivesmatter-com-go-directly-dnc-money-laundering/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  When you click on the “Donate” button on blacklivesmatter.com you are sent to “[[ActBlue]]”, the DNC official payment portal. &lt;br /&gt;
ActBlue claims to be tax exempt organization and all donations to it are tax-deductable.  The terms and conditions also link to ActBlue and mention “Campaign Finance Laws”.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://secure.actblue.com/content/fineprint&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  When you research the expenditures of ActBlue, all of their contributions are directly going to top DNC campaigns.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00401224&amp;amp;cycle=2020&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  After reaching the BLM homepage, which features a “[[Defund The Police]]” petition front and center, if a user chooses to donate, they’re rerouted to a site hosted by ActBlue.  [[Joe Biden]] is a top beneficiary of the ActBlue’s fundraising efforts.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/biden-black-lives-matter-defund-the-police/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  ActBlue contributions comprise 99.64 percent of all funds raised for the “[[Biden for President]]” entity and the total is nearly 773 times greater than the group with the second-highest donation sum.  As of May 21, 2020, the organization has donated $119,253,857 to the “Biden for President” effort.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=c00401224&amp;amp;cycle=2020&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Biden-Ukraine collusion scandal===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Jim Hoft]] of the ''Gateway Pundit'' was the first to interview [[Andrey Telizhenko]] in the [[Ukrainian collusion sandal]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/flashback-gateway-pundit-was-first-to-interview-whistleblower-andrii-telizhenko-on-democrat-corruption-in-ukraine-and-we-were-100-correct/?utm_source=Email&amp;amp;utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&amp;amp;utm_campaign=dailyam&amp;amp;utm_content=daily FLASHBACK: Gateway Pundit was First to Interview Whistleblower Andrii Telizhenko on Democrat Corruption in Ukraine — And We Were 100% Correct], Jim Hoft, ''Gateway Pundit'', November 14, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Teleizhenko met with CIA operative [[Eric Ciaramella]] in the [[Obama]] [[White House]] on January 19, 2016, as [[2016 presidential election]] primaries were getting underway. Telizhenko reported that the subject of the meeting was the [[Obama administration]] putting pressure on [[Ukraine]] to kill the investigation into Vice President [[Joe Biden]]'s son, [[Hunter Biden]], and the company he worked for [[Burisma]], and to find &amp;quot;new evidence&amp;quot; in a case against [[Paul Manafort]] which the [[FBI]] had already looked into in 2014 and dismissed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Defamation Lawsuit===&lt;br /&gt;
On December 2, 2021, two Fulton County Georgia elections workers, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss, filed a lawsuit against The Gateway Pundit and owner Jim Hoft.  The lawsuit accused Hoft of knowingly publishing and spreading false stories saying they engaged in ballot fraud during the 2020 general election. In the lawsuit, Ruby and Moss claim Hoft perpetuated a debunked narrative, then published the stories and promoted them even after he was aware the stories had been disproven.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21138453-tgp-petition&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://apnews.com/article/business-elections-lawsuits-georgia-atlanta-7ccb905dbf54a49d085115693bec59dd&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Bankruptcy Protection===&lt;br /&gt;
On April 24, 2024, Jim Hoft posted a notice on The Gateway Pundit website stating, TGP Communications, the parent company of The Gateway Pundit, had decided to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Hoft blamed ‘progressive liberal lawfare attacks’ and ‘the radical left’s efforts to silence The Gateway Pundit through censorship, de-platforming, de-banking, cut-off from advertisers, and other financial strategies’. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/message-gateway-pundit-founder-jim-hoft-our-readers/?utm_source=rss&amp;amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;amp;utm_campaign=message-gateway-pundit-founder-jim-hoft-our-readers&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Criticism==&lt;br /&gt;
The Gateway Pundit is inappropriately smeared as &amp;quot;far-Right&amp;quot; by [[Wikipedia]], which also falsely and hypocritically accuses it of being &amp;quot;known for publishing falsehoods and spreading hoaxes.&amp;quot;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit]  Likewise, liberal &amp;quot;fact-checking&amp;quot; website [[Snopes.com]] has falsely smeared, without evidence, the Gateway Pundit as a site that &amp;quot;traffics in conspiracy theories and misinformation&amp;quot; and ran a hit piece on the site regarding the site's organization of a recent prayer rally at the statue of St. Louis at Forest Park in [[St. Louis]]; that rally was attacked by a gang of over 100 violent and bigoted [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] thugs, led by racist black activist and Crips gang member Terence Page, who viciously assaulted several of the rally attendees&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/new-low-snopes-uses-local-crips-member-islamist-fanatic-defamatory-hit-piece-gateway-pundit-st-louis-catholics/ A New Low. Snopes Uses Local Crips Member and Islamist Fanatic in Defamatory Hit Piece Against Gateway Pundit and St. Louis Catholics] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and childishly mocked many others,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/blah-blah-blah-hateful-black-lives-matter-protester-mocks-interrupts-catholics-prayer-st-louis-statue-video/ “Blah-Blah-Blah…” – Hateful Black Lives Matter Protester Mocks, Interrupts Catholics in Prayer at St. Louis Statue] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; after which Snopes wrote their falsehood-filled article that told one lie after another about the events of the rally.&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.facebook.com/gatewaypundit Facebook page]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://twitter.com/#!/gatewaypundit Twitter page]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Conservative Media]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Websites]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Blogs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti-establishment|*]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LSimons</name></author>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Gateway_Pundit&amp;diff=2043154</id>
		<title>Gateway Pundit</title>
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		<updated>2024-04-25T00:13:00Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;[[File:The Gateway Pundit logo.svg.png|thumb|right|200px]]&lt;br /&gt;
The '''Gateway Pundit''' -- &amp;quot;Where hope made a comeback&amp;quot; -- is a conservative media news blog created by [[Jim Hoft]]. Gateway Pundit provides breaking news, commentary and hard-hitting [[conservative]] analysis. They rank well into the Top 100 conservative blogs and they are constant target of the [[liberal]] hacks at [[Media Matters]]. Gateway Pundit is based out of St. Louis, [[Missouri]], and is featured on Kelsey Grammer's [[RIGHTNETWORK]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Gateway Pundit frequently reports on important news not covered by the [[MSM]], notably on [[left-wing violence in the Trump era]], and is often cited in some [[Conservapedia]] pages for their accurate reporting, despite what liberal &amp;quot;[[fact-check]]ers&amp;quot; like [[Media Bias/Fact Check]] may claim otherwise about their articles' factuality.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-gateway-pundit/ The Gateway Pundit - Media Bias Fact Check]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Major stories==&lt;br /&gt;
===Black Lives Matter moneylaundering===&lt;br /&gt;
Gatewaypundit exposed Black Lives Matter as a [[money laundering]] scheme for the [[Democratic National Committee]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/exclusive-donations-including-international-funding-blacklivesmatter-com-go-directly-dnc-money-laundering/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  When you click on the “Donate” button on blacklivesmatter.com you are sent to “[[ActBlue]]”, the DNC official payment portal. &lt;br /&gt;
ActBlue claims to be tax exempt organization and all donations to it are tax-deductable.  The terms and conditions also link to ActBlue and mention “Campaign Finance Laws”.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://secure.actblue.com/content/fineprint&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  When you research the expenditures of ActBlue, all of their contributions are directly going to top DNC campaigns.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00401224&amp;amp;cycle=2020&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  After reaching the BLM homepage, which features a “[[Defund The Police]]” petition front and center, if a user chooses to donate, they’re rerouted to a site hosted by ActBlue.  [[Joe Biden]] is a top beneficiary of the ActBlue’s fundraising efforts.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/biden-black-lives-matter-defund-the-police/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  ActBlue contributions comprise 99.64 percent of all funds raised for the “[[Biden for President]]” entity and the total is nearly 773 times greater than the group with the second-highest donation sum.  As of May 21, 2020, the organization has donated $119,253,857 to the “Biden for President” effort.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=c00401224&amp;amp;cycle=2020&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Biden-Ukraine collusion scandal===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Jim Hoft]] of the ''Gateway Pundit'' was the first to interview [[Andrey Telizhenko]] in the [[Ukrainian collusion sandal]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/flashback-gateway-pundit-was-first-to-interview-whistleblower-andrii-telizhenko-on-democrat-corruption-in-ukraine-and-we-were-100-correct/?utm_source=Email&amp;amp;utm_medium=the-gateway-pundit&amp;amp;utm_campaign=dailyam&amp;amp;utm_content=daily FLASHBACK: Gateway Pundit was First to Interview Whistleblower Andrii Telizhenko on Democrat Corruption in Ukraine — And We Were 100% Correct], Jim Hoft, ''Gateway Pundit'', November 14, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Teleizhenko met with CIA operative [[Eric Ciaramella]] in the [[Obama]] [[White House]] on January 19, 2016, as [[2016 presidential election]] primaries were getting underway. Telizhenko reported that the subject of the meeting was the [[Obama administration]] putting pressure on [[Ukraine]] to kill the investigation into Vice President [[Joe Biden]]'s son, [[Hunter Biden]], and the company he worked for [[Burisma]], and to find &amp;quot;new evidence&amp;quot; in a case against [[Paul Manafort]] which the [[FBI]] had already looked into in 2014 and dismissed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Defamation Lawsuit===&lt;br /&gt;
On December 2, 2021, two Fulton County Georgia elections workers, Ruby Freeman and Wandrea Moss, filed a lawsuit against The Gateway Pundit and owner Jim Hoft.  The lawsuit accused Hoft of knowingly publishing and spreading false stories saying they engaged in ballot fraud during the 2020 general election. In the lawsuit, Ruby and Moss claim Hoft perpetuated a debunked narrative, then published the stories and promoted them even after he was aware the stories had been disproven.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21138453-tgp-petition&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://apnews.com/article/business-elections-lawsuits-georgia-atlanta-7ccb905dbf54a49d085115693bec59dd&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Criticism==&lt;br /&gt;
The Gateway Pundit is inappropriately smeared as &amp;quot;far-Right&amp;quot; by [[Wikipedia]], which also falsely and hypocritically accuses it of being &amp;quot;known for publishing falsehoods and spreading hoaxes.&amp;quot;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit]  Likewise, liberal &amp;quot;fact-checking&amp;quot; website [[Snopes.com]] has falsely smeared, without evidence, the Gateway Pundit as a site that &amp;quot;traffics in conspiracy theories and misinformation&amp;quot; and ran a hit piece on the site regarding the site's organization of a recent prayer rally at the statue of St. Louis at Forest Park in [[St. Louis]]; that rally was attacked by a gang of over 100 violent and bigoted [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] thugs, led by racist black activist and Crips gang member Terence Page, who viciously assaulted several of the rally attendees&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/new-low-snopes-uses-local-crips-member-islamist-fanatic-defamatory-hit-piece-gateway-pundit-st-louis-catholics/ A New Low. Snopes Uses Local Crips Member and Islamist Fanatic in Defamatory Hit Piece Against Gateway Pundit and St. Louis Catholics] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and childishly mocked many others,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/blah-blah-blah-hateful-black-lives-matter-protester-mocks-interrupts-catholics-prayer-st-louis-statue-video/ “Blah-Blah-Blah…” – Hateful Black Lives Matter Protester Mocks, Interrupts Catholics in Prayer at St. Louis Statue] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; after which Snopes wrote their falsehood-filled article that told one lie after another about the events of the rally.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.facebook.com/gatewaypundit Facebook page]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://twitter.com/#!/gatewaypundit Twitter page]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{conservatism}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Conservative Media]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Websites]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Blogs]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti-establishment|*]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LSimons</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=2000_Mules&amp;diff=2039649</id>
		<title>2000 Mules</title>
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		<updated>2024-04-10T01:32:11Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;'''''2000 Mules''''' is a 2022 political [[documentary]] [[film]] produced by [[Dinesh D’Souza]] which truthfully indicates that [[Donald Trump]] won the election due to [[Democrat]] voter fraud via illegal ballot stuffing in drop boxes during the [[coronavirus]] pandemic. '''''77% believe 2000 Mules after they see it.'''''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/convincing-77-believe-2000-mules-20m-have-seen-it&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At the [[Pelosi Panel|January 6 show trial hearings]], [[RINO]] [[Liz Cheney]], a supporter of the [[Democrat vote fraud]] which illegally installed the [[Biden regime]] to power in [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020]], tried to fool and mislead the public by claiming that the movie had been &amp;quot;debunked&amp;quot; but provided no proof or evidence to back up her claims, while [[Bill Barr]] laughed derisively about the movie while falsely claiming, despite increasing evidence (including videotape documentation from the movie) proving otherwise, that the 2020 election &amp;quot;...was not stolen by fraud&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/jan-6-hearing-liz-cheney-says-2000-mules-debunked-bill-barr-laughs-movie-questioning-wireless-services-ceo-sets-barr-straight-video/ Jan. 6 Hearing Liz Cheney Says “2000 Mules” Was Debunked — Bill Barr Laughs at Movie During Questioning — Wireless Services CEO Sets Barr Straight] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Complaints filed with Georgia Secretary of State==&lt;br /&gt;
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Texas-based [[True the Vote]] filed complaints with [[Georgia]] Secretary of State [[Brad Raffensperger]] in 2021, including one in which it said it had obtained “a detailed account of coordinated efforts to collect and deposit ballots in drop boxes across metro Atlanta” during the November 2020 election and a January 2021 runoff. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://apnews.com/article/georgia-elections-true-vote-ballot-stuffing-199113b47bc2df79c63fdf007cd23115&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A Fulton County Superior Court judge in Atlanta signed an order in 2023 requiring True the Vote to provide evidence it had collected, including named sources of information, to state elections officials who were frustrated by the group’s refusal to share evidence with investigators. '''In a written response, attorneys for True the Vote said the group had no names or other documentary evidence to share concerning the allegations of voter fraud.''' &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24426932-response?responsive=1&amp;amp;title=1&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A spokesman for Secretary Raffensperger stated, “Once again, True the Vote has proven itself untrustworthy and unable to provide a shred of evidence for a single one of their fairy-tale allegations. Like all the lies about Georgia’s 2020 election, their fabricated claims of ballot harvesting have been repeatedly debunked.” &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://apnews.com/article/georgia-elections-true-vote-ballot-stuffing-199113b47bc2df79c63fdf007cd23115&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzg3Xe1WgtU The documentary 2000 Mules Rocks the world as top grossing documentary of the 2022] by [[Steve Turley]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/convincing-77-believe-2000-mules-20m-have-seen-it Convincing: 77% believe 2000 Mules, and 20 million have seen it so far], [[Washington Examiner]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9TdoEVAM-0 &amp;quot;2000 Mules&amp;quot; Creator Dinesh D'Souza | Sit Down with Michael Franzese]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/AP8SrLyM0ilv/ 2,000 MULES FULL MOVIE WITHOUT Q&amp;amp;A]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Documentaries]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Movies]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Joe Biden Scandals]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LSimons</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:LSimons&amp;diff=2035674</id>
		<title>User talk:LSimons</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:LSimons&amp;diff=2035674"/>
		<updated>2024-03-21T15:34:06Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;You know the Select bla bla bla committee is all going to be Merged and Redirected to [[Pelosi Panel]], don't you? Why wast your time over there?  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:48, July 27, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Sigh... If you insist. The thing is, your page doesn't even name the actual committee. Your pet name for the committee is cute and all, but I'd like to think an educational resource could at least get the basic facts correct. By the way, this committee is an on-going concern, you may want to consider using the word, 'is', instead of 'was' when describing the partisan witch hunt.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 22:56, July 27, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Well, that's the way history will remember it. Even Joe Biden doesn't support it. It will be remembered like the [[Church Committee]], the [[Tydings Committee]], or the [[HUAC]] hearings. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:14, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Let's take the Benghazi hearings, for example, conducted by [[Trey Gowdy]]. The hearings themselves were part of the cover-up of Obama, [[John Brennan]], and Hillary Clinton's transfer of captured weapon stockpiles from Benghazi to groups that became the Islamic State. Gowdy knew it. So did [[Pompeo]] who was on the committee. So did [[Mike Flynn]], who told Trump all about it. But Gowdy only focused on killing Hillary's 2016 election chances, and not impeaching Obama who was still in office, or removing Brennan, who survived long enough to destroy Mike Flynn so Flynn couldn't do anything about it. &lt;br /&gt;
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::So, these hearings, like the [[Mueller investigation]] are part of the cover-up. As the Warren Commission and dozens of other hearings and investigations since (or actually, before). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:23, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::What do you think our Ambassador was doing in Benghazi at that time, that got himself killed? He was rounding up captured [[MANPAD]]S and loading them on ships and airplanes to our al Qaeda allies ([[Jake Sullivan]]'s words) in Turkey preparing to invade Syria and Iraq. Only no one on the panel ever asked that question. ''What difference does it make?'' [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:27, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Your alternate view of history is amazing, as is your Gish Gallop. I can’t compete with a conspiracy crazed CP admin and his minions. Have at it.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 09:09, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Thanks. Will do. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:02, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Re: American Thinker ==&lt;br /&gt;
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What Dominion Voting Systems did to protect itself by smearing those who correctly accused the company of facilitating vote fraud (with evidence to back up the accusations) and resorting to [[lawfare]] against its accusers to attempt to silence them is nothing short of unethical (at the very least) as well as an attempt to simultaneously excuse, justify and deny its criminal behavior.  Making excuses for Dominion's criminal actions is tantamount to supporting said actions and, by extension, supporting crime as well, which falls right into the realm of liberal POV.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 21:10, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:At least 86 judges, nominated by Democrats and Republicans, including President Donald Trump, from the lowest level state courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, rejected lawsuits filed by Trump and his supporters contesting the election result. Yet here you are brazenly insisting Dominion is exercising criminal behavior. I am not making excuses for the mythical criminal actions you are directing at Dominion. If you are correct, why didn’t Trump and his lawyers succeed at any of their lawsuits? I’d like an answer to my question. Is it alright if I post an edit to the American Thinker article that comes exclusively from their website? Or would that be ‘liberal POV’?--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 23:26, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::First off, it wasn't necessary to post the same answer on both your user talk page and mine.&lt;br /&gt;
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::Second, all of those judges in question either willingly sided with the Democrats, were bought off by them or were intimidated by them into rejecting Trump's lawsuits because of one thing and one thing only - the Democrats, being the power-mad elitists and criminals they are and have been since 1828, wanted Trump out of the way because he stood in their way of consolidating absolute power and control over the American public and the elimination of the Constitution which limits the Democrats' power and abuse thereof - and there is ''nothing'' &amp;quot;mythical&amp;quot; about the truth regarding Dominion and its criminal actions (which, again, are well-documented despite your flimsy claims otherwise), and [[liberal denial|denying that you're making excuses for that company]] (as well as continuing to make dismissive excuses for them and brushing off the fact that you're trying to impose liberal POV on this site) does not make what you say true either.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 23:40, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::You’re telling me judges appointed by Trump, a self-admitted stable genius, the smartest man in the room, a man who hires the best people, could have possibly made a mistake and appointed wimps who were willing to accept bribes? How could Trump make such an error? I’d really like you to tell me how this could happen. How is 1828 significant? Where does a tiny company like Dominion get all this power? How are they able to get a large media organization like Newsmax to grovel before them and issue an apology? What are these ‘well-documented’ criminal actions you’re crowing about? Where have I made ANY excuses for Dominion? I’ll ask again, may I post an edit to the American Thinker article that comes exclusively from their website? I realize I have asked many questions, but none of them are rhetorical, I’d like answers. --[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 00:22, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::If you have to reply to my post with such intentionally rhetorical questions even when you know what the answers really are, it's evident that you just don't '''''want to''''' get it and you'd rather remain in blissful ignorance of the truth like other liberals do.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 00:33, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Nope, I didn’t ask a single rhetorical question. I find it amusing that you are simply making all these grand proclamations without any evidence whatsoever. It’s like you’re declaring: ''everything I say is correct, how dare you question my undeniable facts!'' This is how it works ma’am, I’m not about to take anyone’s word when they make utterly fantastic claims without providing a shred of evidence. Now then, if you have no objection, I’d like to edit the American Thinker article with a statement directly from their own website. Unless you strenuously object, I will do so tomorrow morning. Goodnight.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 00:49, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Denying that you asked rhetorical questions when you clearly did doesn't make what you say true either - and if anyone's making grand proclamations without any legitimate evidence here (as well as [[liberal projection|doing exactly what you're accusing me of]]), that would be you.  So far, you've done nothing but display a variety of liberal traits (including lying, denial, projection, condescension, imposition of liberal POV at this site's expense and know-it-all-ism) - and incidentally, American Thinker was forced to make a false retraction of an article it made clear was the truth because it caved to lawfare action from Dominion and you do yourself no favors to deny the truth like you've been doing the entire time you've been editing here.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 01:02, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:There's a difference between the company facilitating vote fraud and the machines the company provided facilitating vote fraud. The main issue here, now, is that the company is a foreign company. And that the company is privately held, and unlike a publicly held company, does not have to comply with public disclosure laws of financial records. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:58, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Re: Wind turbine article ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You need to stop adding info to the [[Wind turbine]] article that pushes pro-wind turbine liberal propaganda (especially regarding your use of sources from government websites that push the use of wind turbines while glossing over the damage done by them over time, as the article itself notes).  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 23:46, March 30, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Your pro-wind turbine liberal propaganda in the Wind turbine article has been removed again.  Don't continue disregarding warnings to do what you want by forcing liberal POVs on that article or other articles here.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 02:19, March 31, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::What I was going to say before an edit conflict prevented me from posting this the first time at [[User_talk:Aschlafly#Editing_Conflicts|Andy's talk page]]:&lt;br /&gt;
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::Based on your reaction, LSimons, if anyone here is being abusive and ranting and raving right now in response to what I pointed out, that would be you (which also fits [[liberal projection|an aspect of the liberal psyche]] you just displayed right there).  I should also note regarding the information which you call &amp;quot;Trump administration data&amp;quot; - as has been well-documented, the Trump administration was infiltrated by undercover liberals who covertly sought to sabotage that administration because they wanted to see him fail [[Trump Derangement Syndrome|because of their hatred and jealousy toward him and their refusal to give him credit where it was due]], so it would go without saying that said information from the government sites you sourced from would've been written by liberal environmentalist hacks pushing the environmentalist agenda.  Incidentally, you were actually blocked for edit warring for your insistence on continuing to revert edits on the Wind turbine article to your preferred propaganda edit of that article, so your argument has no ground to stand on.&lt;br /&gt;
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::One other thing to note:  Look at the top left corner at the top of this page.  This site is exactly as the label says - Conservapedia.  Unlike Wikipedia, we don't push or adhere to a so-called &amp;quot;[[neutral point of view]]&amp;quot; (which is a misnomer on WP because that site actually pushes a liberal/leftist POV while pretending to use a NPOV) and we don't claim to be neutral.  If you can't accept that, that's on you and you alone.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 02:25, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::The EIA is more of an example of [[regulatory capture]], akin to what Robert Kennedy says about the [[FDA]] being captured by [[Big Pharma]]. &amp;quot;Liberals&amp;quot; infiltrated and controlled the agency long before Trump was ever elected. And the point is, EIA is not &amp;quot;captured&amp;quot; by the oil and gas or coal industries. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:05, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::EIA is &amp;quot;captured&amp;quot; by trade and lobbying groups of which companies like [[Solyndra]] are members. Solyndra, you will recall, got $500 million in start up money from the federal government, turned around and donated to the Democratic Party of California, and went bankrupt. Reverting and hiding information on EIA is a disservice to our readers. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:18, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Who are these liberals that ‘infiltrated and controlled the agency long before Trump was ever elected’?  I’m not just going to take your word. If I were to say the EIA was infiltrated by conservatives, I’m sure you’d want more than just my word. If I shouldn’t reference the EIA for information on energy statistics, do you have a recommendation? Solyndra also donated to the GOP, why are you hiding this information? [https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/09/solar-company-solyndra-rising-star/] I’d also like to point out the DOE loan program is showing a profit despite the well-publicized bankruptcies. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentanalexander/2020/08/05/the-lesson-from-does-latest-loan-default-invest-more/?sh=5cd22df92349]--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 10:01, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Wow. What can you tell me about [[CFPB]], and why it was created? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:59, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Not sure why you said ‘wow’ or why you want my opinion on the CFPB. I supported creation of the CFPB to provide advocacy and protect consumers from unscrupulous payday lenders and predatory banks. The financial industry is in dire need of government regulation, since as a whole, they are failing rather miserably at regulating themselves. Thank-you for providing a link to the CP CFPB article. It is in need of updates. The first link is not active. The official function of the CFPB is not defined. The Rahm Emanuel quote is unsupported as a critique of the CFPB, etc.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 22:41, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::The official function appears to be to scam the US Treasury for Democrats.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:49, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::Then why, pray tell, doesn’t the article have a decent reference for this alleged fact? Are you saying the US Treasury was scammed for the Democrats during the Trump years also? If someone with absolutely zero knowledge of the CFPB were to go to this article, they wouldn’t have the slightest clue as to the bureau’s function. I know you can do better.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 23:29, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Wednesday?==&lt;br /&gt;
[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Donald_Trump&amp;amp;diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=2013428 &amp;quot;met with lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss gun laws&amp;quot;]? I don't get it. It makes no encyclopedic sense. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:52, December 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
: Using 'Wednesday' is a little redundant. Might be best to mention on the talk page of the article? --[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 16:25, December 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::(It's in the link I provided). Don't worry. I fixed it. Please remember we're an encyclopedia, and don't get lazy and just do a cut n paste, okay? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:34, December 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
== RobSmith is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip ==&lt;br /&gt;
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As you can see [https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=User_talk:Aschlafly&amp;amp;curid=177983&amp;amp;diff=2035629&amp;amp;oldid=2035627 HERE], [[User: RobSmith]] is trying to turn Conservapedia into a gaggle of girly gossip. Real men do not gossip. High school girls gossip.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Conservapedia page [[Conservapedia:How Conservapedia Differs from Wikipedia]] clearly says &amp;quot;We do not allow gossip, just as a real encyclopedia avoids it.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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If you could please let the owner of the website, that you do not appreciate RobSmith's efforts to turn Conservapedia into a place of gossip, I would appreciate it. Thank you. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 10:11, March 21, 2024 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You're under the mistaken impression that I have some influence at this website. I may not be the editor you are looking for. --[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 11:34, March 21, 2024 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Liberty University</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{University&lt;br /&gt;
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|city=Lynchburg, Virginia&lt;br /&gt;
|sports=[[baseball]], [[basketball]], [[cheerleading]] [[cross country running]], [[football]], [[golf]], [[ice skating]], [[soccer]], [[softball]], [[tennis]], [[track and field]], [[volleyball]], [[wrestling]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.libertyflames.com/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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|endowment = $1.59 billion (2019)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.nacubo.org/Research/2019/Public-NTSE-Tables|title=U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19, and FY19 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student (Excel)|publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA|accessdate=August 20, 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Liberty University''' is a [[Christ]]-centered [[University]] located in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]].  Liberty was founded in 1971 by then-Chancellor [[Jerry Falwell|Dr. Jerry Falwell]]; originally an [[Independent Baptist]] institution, the university is now non-denominational.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Although Dr. Falwell led his church into the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], the university is not affiliated -- formally or informally -- with the SBC&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Reverend Falwell created the school to provide an opportunity for students to gain the benefits of a rich and [[diverse]] academic environment while simultaneously offering the opportunity to become closer to God.  Rev. Falwell's son Jerry Falwell, Jr. became president upon the death of his father in 2007.  He served as President until a controversial social media photo resulted in his taking an &amp;quot;indefinite leave of absence&amp;quot; on August 7, 2020.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/08/07/jerry-falwell-jr-put-on-indefinite-leave-after-latest-in-a-long-string-of-scandals/#2f53a419319a|&lt;br /&gt;
title=Jerry Falwell Jr. Put On ‘Indefinite Leave’ From Liberty University After Latest In Long String Of Scandals|date=August 7, 2020|work=Forbes|accessdate=2020-08-24}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On August 25, the ''Wall Street Journal'' reported that he resigned as President, following additional allegations of extramarital sexual relationships.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/jerry-falwell-jr-tangles-with-liberty-university-over-resignation-11598319341|title=&lt;br /&gt;
Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Has Resigned as Liberty University President|work=Wall Street Journal|date=August 25, 2020|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Falwell stated that he will receive a $10.5 million severance package.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/us/jerry-falwell-jr-resignation-payment/index.html|title=Jerry Falwell Jr. to receive $10.5 million in compensation for resigning from Liberty University&lt;br /&gt;
|first=Daniel|last=Burke|work=CNN|date=August 26, 2020|accessdate=2020-08-27}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Liberty has many opportunities for both [[undergraduate]] and [[graduate]] students. The school also shines in extra-curricular pursuits. The school's [[debate]] team has been recently ranked #1 in the country, and the Quiz Bowl team recently finished fifth in a national competition. Athletically, the [[Title IX|women]]'s [[basketball]] team made it to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament in 2005,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball/womens/brackets/viewable/2005/DI&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and the 2017 football team upset FBS Power 5 Conference member [[Baylor University]] in Baylor's home stadium.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Criticisms==&lt;br /&gt;
===Sexual Assault Allegations===&lt;br /&gt;
A lawsuit filed in July 2021 by a dozen unnamed students against Liberty claimed the school created an environment that increased the likelihood of sexual assault. The suit asserts the school failed to help victims of sexual assault and that the school’s student honor code made assault more likely by making it difficult or impossible for students to report sexual violence. The suit also claimed the university repeatedly retaliated against women who reported their allegations. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.propublica.org/article/the-liberty-way-how-liberty-university-discourages-and-dismisses-students-reports-of-sexual-assaults&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The U.S. [[Department of Education]] released a report on March 5, 2024, detailing that Liberty University had fundamentally failed to report and support victims of violence. Sexual assault victims were “punished for violating the student code of conduct,” the report concluded, “while their assailants were left unpunished.” The government found that Liberty’s actions had created a “culture of silence.” The systemic failure resulted in a historic $14 million fine for failing to properly handle reports of sexual assault and other campus safety issues. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24459024-daf2e931-bc53-43a4-8006-5689f39e91d0&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
===Debate Team Advocacy for Abortion===&lt;br /&gt;
Liberty has faced criticism from conservatives for allowing, and even funding, the advocacy of [[abortion]] by its debate team.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=590&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The criticism for such comes from the fact that the school's ''Liberty Way'' student code of conduct strictly prohibits students from having abortions, prescribing harder punishments for having an abortion than for committing acts that would be classified as misdemeanor crimes in civil society.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;As of 2017, the ''Liberty Way'' student code is no longer publicly available on the university's website, but requires a student login and password for access.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Political Support for [[Donald Trump]]===&lt;br /&gt;
Liberty has been criticized because of university president Jerry Falwell Jr's endorsement of [[Donald Trump]] for President of the United States.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Although Falwell Jr stated his endorsement was personal, because of his profile as Liberty's president -- and because other Liberty employees are forbidden by their employment contracts to speak on any political subject without prior approval of the university -- Falwell's endorsement is seen as a ''de facto'' endorsement by Liberty itself.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Not only has the criticism come from expected sources (liberals and the Republican Establishment [[Never Trump movement]]) but has also come from Christian groups,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://christiannews.net/2016/01/26/liberty-university-alumni-express-concerns-about-falwell-after-soul-selling-trump-endorsement/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; including several alumni who have taken the meaningless step of &amp;quot;mailing back their diplomas&amp;quot; to the university&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/us/jerry-falwell-liberty-university-trump.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (though none, of course, have gone so far as to request official decertification of their actual earned degrees).&lt;br /&gt;
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Liberty University was honored to host President Trump as a speaker at its 2017 commencement ceremony, his first commencement speech as President and his third time speaking at the university.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;His other two speeches were in 2012 as a businessman and popular television personality, and again in 2016 as a Presidential candidate.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  President Trump has twice been awarded honorary degrees from Liberty: an honorary doctorate of business in 2012 (after his first speech at Liberty) and an honorary doctorate of laws in 2017 (after his commencement speech).&lt;br /&gt;
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===President Carter as 2018 Commencement Speaker===&lt;br /&gt;
As if a large portion of the alumni weren't upset after Liberty's choice of President Trump for 2017 Commencement speaker, Liberty announced that the 2018 speaker would be former President [[Jimmy Carter]] (who notably opposes Liberty's support for Israel).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?PID=18495&amp;amp;MID=259608&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Hiring of Disgraced Former Baylor Athletic Director===&lt;br /&gt;
Current Athletic Director Ian McCaw was hired by Liberty only a few months after McCaw was forced to resign as [[Baylor University]] Athletic Director in the wake of Baylor's scandal involving football players assaulting females and the university not taking appropriate action to protect them.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McCaw would gain some measure of revenge in 2017, when Liberty upset Baylor in Waco for its first win against a college program from a major conference.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Convocation Speakers===&lt;br /&gt;
Liberty has also been criticized, even by alumni and supporters, for inviting speakers to its Convocations&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Convocation is a thrice-weekly gathering of the student body, featuring music and a guest speaker; attendance is mandatory for students except they are allowed two excused absences a year, to be approved ahead of time.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; who do not necessarily agree with the school's doctrinal position (or even with Christianity at all), or those having past conduct issues using Liberty as a means of &amp;quot;rehabilitation&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Among the criticized invitees are:&lt;br /&gt;
*socialist Presidential candidate [[Bernie Sanders]]&lt;br /&gt;
*former NFL running back [[Ray Rice]] (who was infamously captured on video assaulting his then-fiancée in an elevator)&lt;br /&gt;
*former NFL quarterback [[Michael Vick]] (who went to prison for his role in a dogfighting operation)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?PID=18495&amp;amp;MID=255717&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze, who was under investigation for NCAA recruiting violations and was alleged to have hired a female escort service (despite being married) during his tenure (interestingly, in 2018 he became the head football coach after former coach Turner Gill retired)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.liberty.edu/ Official Website]&lt;br /&gt;
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*Mark Sleboda: [https://marksleboda.substack.com/p/how-the-cia-took-over-ukraines-intelligence#details How the CIA Took Over Ukraine's Intelligence Agencies &amp;amp; Rebuilt Them Into a Repression &amp;amp; Assassination Machine]&lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin: ***DREIZIN WROTE ABOUT THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING.  NOW, THEY ARE COMING CLEAN.***  In “above the fold” Bezos (Washington) Post hard copy story today (Tuesday, but it was online Monday), one that MUST be seen in context of Hamas’ October 7th carnage as well as U.S. intel chiefs likely seeing opportunity to drop the “Ukraine ballast”, CIA sources take **MASSIVE DUMP** on colleagues in Ukrainian state security &amp;amp; military intelligence, admitting large-scale training/funding of Ukrainian operatives since 2014 (why now???) *BUT* both acknowledging *AND* vaguely but unmistakeably claiming disapproval of the Ukraine’s killings of pro-Russian “collaborators” as well as of civilian pundits/influencers inside pre-2014 Russia.  Well, that’s nice because HALF the Russians that Dreizin follows on Telegram have been killed or “attempted” already.  Better to admit it late than never!  Fact is, terrorism is terrorism, &amp;amp; someone at CIA is discarding the Ukraine AND putting them on notice, PUBLICLY, that they’re in the same bucket as Hamas now.  Of course, this wonderful message would NOT have gotten out w/o Islamiacs providing a golden opportunity to start tossing this filthy albatross overboard. /// [https://thedreizinreport.com/2023/10/24/dreizin-wrote-about-this-since-the-beginning-now-they-are-coming-clean-in-above-the-fold-bezos-washington-post-hard-copy-story-today-tuesday-but-it-was-online-monday-one/]&lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin: More context to my headline from 30 minutes ago: Since end of Cold War, CIA &amp;amp; Russian services have severely curtailed “dirty ops”; Russia no longer kills “civilians” abroad (state security turncoats/traitors not considered as “civilians”), while CIA has become even more gentle. Ukraine’s mass targeting of civilian enemies inside Russia &amp;amp; Russian-controlled areas MUST HAVE strained &amp;amp; destabilized this concensus. Now, w/ the Ukraine obviously soon to wind down, &amp;amp; w/ all eyes on “other conflicts”, CIA suddenly, publicly admits to training entire Ukrainian intel ops structure, but, purports to have re-found its “kindler gentler” religion, like hey let’s put this behind us. OK, very convenient! IMHO, more signs of the times! [https://thedreizinreport.com/2023/10/24/more-context-to-my-headline-from-30-minutes-ago-since-end-of-cold-war-cia-russia-no-longer-kills-civilians-abroad-state-security-turnco/]&lt;br /&gt;
*Andrei Martynov: [https://youtu.be/nWjQeeh13ZI CYA] (on the same subject of [[CIA]]/[[SBU]] assassinations in Ukraine &amp;amp; Russia since 2014, as reported by the ''[[Washington Post]]'').&lt;br /&gt;
*Korybko: [https://korybko.substack.com/p/wapos-report-about-the-us-ukrainian WaPo’s Report About The US-Ukrainian Spy Alliance Confirms Russia’s Security Concerns]&lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin: Home break-in assassination attempt in Crimea on leading Ukrainian exile [[Oleg Tsarev]], a longtime legislator and top activist / organizer within the Ukraine’s (now defunct) federalist camp, who finally fled the country after assaults and death threats circa 2016, went hard over to Russian side in 2022 &amp;amp; was tried &amp;amp; sentenced in absentia to 12 years jail. Not clear yet, but culprits *MAY* have been local thugs recruited virtually by Ukrainian military intelligence (a common scenario), not “professionals.” Home must have been alarmed, cameras, etc., as Tsarev was a “known target.” Tsarev was shot, is in hospital in critical condition, it doesn’t sound good. As of right now, majority of Russian-language pundits or activists whom I follow(ed) on Telegram, have been killed or “attempted” by Ukrainian operatives. [https://thedreizinreport.com/2023/10/27/home-break-in-assassination-attempt-in-crimea-on-leading-ukrainian-exile-oleg-tsarev-a-longtime-legislator-and-top-activist-organizer-within-the-ukraines-now-defunct-federalist-camp-who-finall/]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/BLFf3SI7ecyR/ UKRAINE DOCTOR CONFIRMS 100% THAT PUTIN PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY 10/26 ]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/xKgN6qHpkYS1/ WIVES OF UKRAINIAN 118TH BRIGADE COMPLAIN OF HEAVY LOSSES AND DEMAND ANSWER]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/sic6H8xod63j/ RUSSIAN MORTAR UNIT IS MADE UP COMPLETELY OF FORMER UKRAINIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL]&lt;br /&gt;
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*Dreizin: ***WE ASSUMED IT WOULD BE EUROPE FIRST, INSTEAD IT WAS RUSSIAN CAUCASUS. IT’S ALWAYS THE WEAKEST DOMINO!!!*** You’ll **NEVER** hear this in the MSM: Makhachkala, Dagestan airport riot was instigated by a Prometheism-oriented Ukrainian military psy-ops command Telegram channel, “Utro Dagestana” (Dagestan Morning.) In this case, unlike with the “Israelis in the Flamingo hotel!!!” siege just prior, the flight was real, a Red Wings Airlines route from Tel Aviv. Plane was turned around mid-flight, never reached Russia. Mob completely filled the terminal, attacked city police sent to the scene, &amp;amp; detained/threatened random people on suspicion of being Jewish; all flights out were delayed as terrified passengers stuck inside planes on tarmac, with Palestine-flag mobs roaming the open space. At last report, interior forces (Rossgvardia) have still not cleared the runway (may have cleared the terminal.) Incident is of “little lasting consequence” EXCEPT to remind Russians of Dagestan vulnerability. (Ukrainians know Dagestan is a barrel of gasoline, they play it well.) Podoliaka, Cassad, &amp;amp; all other superstars of Russian patriotic Telegram, not to mention Russian mainline media, the former and latter BOTH operating under written parameters from the Kremlin, will likely now “be advised” to be more careful in their “Woohoo!!! Look at these Israeli war crimes!!! Russia off the hook!!!” schtick, as the Caucasus Islamist threat has again reared its head; situation now so toxic as to again be a THREAT TO THE RUSSIAN STATE. As I said, folks, for Muslims (and thus, in essence), Hamas &amp;amp; events over there are NOT about “Palestine” or any statehood for anyone… it’s all about tribal unity/identity of global ISLAM. Certainly a sort of RUDE AWAKENING for some “useful idiots”, in Russia at least. // Again, yes, yes, my Nov 5th call will be recorded, for those who can’t make it. Why keep asking? ***If you missed the Nov 5th call plug &amp;amp; “coffee” link, it’s near bottom of my Oct 23rd post.***  // IF YOU WISH TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM MY MAILING LIST, HELLLOOOO, THERE IS ALWAYS A HIGHLY-VISIBLE, AUTO-UNSUBSCRIBE LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF MY EMAILS, PER FEDERAL LAW. ***I HAVE NO SPARE TIME AND DO NOT WASTE MY TIME WITH PERSONAL OR SEMI-AUTO UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS SENT TO ME VIA YOUR EMAIL PROVIDER.***&lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin:  Red Wings Airlines plane from Israel did land, carrying mostly (non-Jewish) local/regional kids who had been undergoing medical treatment in Israel (probably mostly for cancer), and their parents, mostly moms. (It is common for Russians to seek treatment in Israel.) They were deplaned and managed to get on a chartered bus, before being surrounded for some time by a mob, which fortunately did not enter or seriously damage the bus. Also, all airport shops have been trashed and looted. GLOBOHOMO has issued a condemnation, of course ignoring that the whole thing was a Ukrainian psyop. It is widely expected that all rioters who can be identified, will receive a draft summons within the next few days.&lt;br /&gt;
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*A Skeptic: [https://askeptic.substack.com/p/russia-ukraine-reports-2023-10-30 &amp;quot;The only game changer in use. 3 thousand dollar drones destroy 5 million dollar tanks with ease. The age of the tank has passed. Trenches, Foxholes and Bunkers are likewise useless.&amp;quot;] &lt;br /&gt;
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*STEPHEN BRYEN: [https://weapons.substack.com/p/ukraine-crunch-coming-zelensky-on Ukraine Crunch Coming --Zelensky on the Rocks?]&lt;br /&gt;
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*SIMPLICIUS: [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/time-magazine-profile-depicts-grim TIME Magazine Profile Depicts Grim Führerbunker-Stage of Zelensky's Conflict].&lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin: Friday morning (U.S. ET) post 2 of 3: Up to five F-16s already delivered to the Ukraine, just in time as Russia has finally won the air war, destroyed ~2/3 of the Ukraine’s remaining functional fixed-wing fleet in October, w/ precision attacks on airfields but mostly w/ new extended-range (up to 380 or 400km) 40N6 missiles for S400 Triumph air defense system, guided to target by Russian DRLO (AWACS) aircraft, a new practice; the Ukraine is down to ~10-12 airworthy craft (exclusive of F-16s delivered last 24-48 hours.)  Also, 16 Storm Shadow cruise missiles downed or “lost” over Crimea or adjacent waters in last ~48 hours, as Russia has finally “cracked”  their guidance &amp;amp; learned to deflect them in numbers. Meanwhile, Russia “hoarding” cruise missiles to turn off lights this winter, under cover of “Gaza genocide” &amp;amp; as GLOBOHOMO air defense munitions for the Ukraine, finally run out. Last winter, the Ukraine got a sudden “reprieve”, w/ Russian bombardment of power transmission grid stopping in mid-January after presumably some behind-the-scenes economic deal w/ GLOBOHOMO. This time, may not be so lucky.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Comment: the delivery of five F-16s to Ukraine in no way can be considered a game changer. It is simply a way to learn more about the [[S-400]] missile defense system and how the F-16 stacks up against it. Last week the S-400 destroyed 24 Ukrainian Mig 29s in 5 days - more than half of what remained of the Ukrainian airforce after the opening days of the [[SMO]]. Whoever steps into one of these F-16s is a kamikaze pilot on a suicide mission (unless he's an idiot unable to read and write). The purpose of this losing effort in a losing war is simple to see - after the five F-16s get destroyed, the [[military industrial complex]] and [[Pentagon]] can say to [[Congress]] and the American people, &amp;quot;See, we need more funding for the [[F-35]] fighter cause the [[F-16]] is obsolete.&amp;quot; [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:31, November 4, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*nakedcapitalism: [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/11/the-new-electric-war-campaign-how-the-russian-army-will-select-the-ukrainian-targets.html The New Electric War Campaign – How the Russian Army Will Select the Ukrainian Targets].&lt;br /&gt;
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*''[[The Hill]]:'' [https://youtu.be/zcAdjG53aro Zelensky KNOWS He’s About To Lose Russia-Ukraine War, Peace Talks COMING?: Rising]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://youtu.be/yFKSgjqAUks Azov Legion: &amp;quot;Frodo&amp;quot;. Service in the US Marine Corps. Myths about Azov. Reasons to fight for Ukraine]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZIkCI0YcDbOn/ &amp;quot;Please don't hit me I am pregnant!&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://sonar21.com/propaganda-update-wash-post-floats-bizarre-claim-on-nordstream-and-anne-appelbaums-persistent-delusion/ PROPAGANDA UPDATE — WASH POST FLOATS BIZARRE CLAIM ON NORD STREAM AND ANNE APPLEBAUM’S PERSISTENT DELUSION]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://braveneweurope.com/michael-von-der-schulenburg-hajo-funke-harald-kujat-peace-for-ukraine HOW THE CHANCE WAS LOST FOR A PEACE SETTLEMENT OF THE UKRAINE WAR AND THE WEST WANTED TO CONTINUE THE WAR INSTEAD], ''A detailed reconstruction of events in March 2022''&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://youtu.be/P_e_I-TgtvQ The Battle for Ukraine - Markus Reisner speaks at the 27th European Forum], Austrian Institute for European &amp;amp; Security Policy.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Commander Reisner points out how even when Ukrainian forces had superiority in inventiveness, making innovations and modifications to weapon designs on the battlefield, such as drones for instance, the Russians are able to copy the improvements and produce the improved designs at a scale of 10-1. Logistically, it is impossible for Ukraine to win. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:07, November 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*Larry Johnson: [https://sonar21.com/more-media-schizophrenia-on-russian-missiles/ MORE MEDIA SCHIZOPHRENIA ON RUSSIAN MISSILES].&lt;br /&gt;
*nakedcapitalism: [https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/11/ukraine-end-game-putin-and-medvedev-discuss-maps-putting-kiev-on-the-menu.html Ukraine End Game: Putin and Medvedev Discuss Maps, Putting Kiev on the Menu];&lt;br /&gt;
:*'':What is striking about the current state of play is not simply that Ukraine is losing the war with Russia, and it’s just a matter of time before Russia dictates terms, but that the Ukraine government is acting in ways that benefits the Russian military, to the destruction of what is left of its society and economy.&amp;quot;''&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/thousands-ukrainian-soldiers-training-europe-aware-grim-future-awaits-them Ukrainian loss has French NATO trainers demoralized]. &lt;br /&gt;
:*''It's important not to get close to the trainees. Washington had pushed Kiev to utilize high-casualty tactics even when the US accessed Ukraine was unlikely to make any breakthrough.''&lt;br /&gt;
*Let's do the math: $165,000,000,000 in [[Ukraine aid]] divide by 640 days = $275,812,500 ''per day''. So if [[Lord Austin]] gave [[Zelensky]] $100,000,000 the other day to keep up the fight, that's enough to last about 9 hours and 20 minutes. It's over, and the $100 million is an insult to both Zelensky &amp;amp; you; to him it means &amp;quot;kiss off and find a real job&amp;quot;, and to you it means you are an idiot cause you are too stupid to understand, see facts and reality. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:05, November 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*Propaganda: What's wrong with this picture? According to Western neocon propaganda, Ukraine shot down 75 of 76 drones; the one drone that got through damaged 120 buildings, injured 5 people and knocked out the power grid. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:44, November 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/MIWxYcOqWmjn/ UKROREICH WEHRMACHT FLEISCHSOLDATEN TOW THEIR CRAP NEXT TO BURNED OUT GERMAN MARDER].&lt;br /&gt;
*Korybko: [https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-financial-times-warned-that-the The Financial Times Warned That The EU Might Cut Off The Purse Strings To Ukraine].&lt;br /&gt;
:*Note: The ''[[FT]]'' is the voice of the of [[neo-fascist]] [[globalist]]s who control the [[EU]] and tell them what to do, &lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin: Russian forces are now just slightly inside Krynki (Krynky) village, Kherson, as last Great White Hype of the Counter-suck-fensive is fading fast. Credible report that beachhead area has shrunk from 2 to 1 square km in last week-plus. Beachhead becoming untenable as Russian drones of all types increasingly armed with nightvision or thermal imaging, now can &amp;amp; do attack supply boats at night. Overall realization now increasingly seeping out from U.S./Euro MSM that “stalemate” may not last, as the Reich will be slowly overwhelmed &amp;amp; then finally crack &amp;amp; slip somewhere, sometime&lt;br /&gt;
*[[SBU]] Alleges A [[Poroshenko]]-[[Orban]]-[[Russia]]n Plot [https://korybko.substack.com/p/ukraines-political-intrigue-deepens]&lt;br /&gt;
:*[[Arestovich]], [[Zaluzhny]], [[Klitschko]], and now Poroshenko have all soured on [[Zelensky]] and publicly challenged him&lt;br /&gt;
*Russians capture [[Leopard 2]]A4 intact. [https://www.bitchute.com/video/xwoqeqy56dLQ/]&lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin: Right on cue: Bezos Post comes out w/ “cataclysmic” story about Ukraine draft dodging, check it out. Predictably, contains ZERO figures about Reich draft performance or manpower. REAL story: Reich draft is sharply failing; draft totals have declined each month for Sept, Oct, Nov… &amp;amp; NOT keeping up w/ losses (incl. wounded) &amp;amp; desertions. ***REMEMBER, DREIZIN PREDICTED IN JAN/FEB THAT ATTRITION WOULD EXCEED INTAKE BY END OF YEAR.*** (Ape-parrot McGregor, who read me at the time, vaguely echoed me shortly after.) Behind the scenes, GLOBOHOMO pushing Reich to draft younger men, but that gets into HUGE motivation &amp;amp; discipline problems, as covered in my premium #9. NO WAY OUT.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.bitchute.com/video/PN4nc74er5hf/ Surrender, or die]. &lt;br /&gt;
*[https://rumble.com/v3fsqxi-exclusive-alex-jones-appears-on-top-russian-talk-show-americans-are-against.html Solovyov interviews Alex Jones]&lt;br /&gt;
*Sick. [https://www.bitchute.com/video/hPK4WS7v4mez/ The Zelensky regime is now recruiting married couples]. NATO is intent on not just exterminating the entire adult male population of Ukraine, but the whole population and its future.&lt;br /&gt;
*Defense One: [https://www.defenseone.com/business/2023/12/bae-hired-military-contractors-may-repair-cannons-ukraine/392851/ Cannon-repair deal is the latest foreign arms-maintenance-and-production effort inside Ukraine]&lt;br /&gt;
:*Question: How do these idiots think this crap will survive whether it's stationary or on the move? Do these idiots really think we are that stupid that we can't see this is just an excuse to squander more lives and money? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:28, December 18, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:*Basically, the barrel on an artillery piece has to be changed out after so many repeated firings due to friction. Previously, the artillery piece had to be towed back to Poland or Lithuania. Even though it's commonly known Russia outguns NATO/Ukraine in artillery &amp;amp; ammunition by 10-1, and NATO/Ukraine can't reach half of &amp;quot;parity&amp;quot; (to use User:Conservative's term) in 5 years, if ever, this is seriously touted as a solution in the [[Pentagon]] and Western media. Sorry, but this is a [[war crime]], and those war criminals (and their surrogates and advocates) need to be held to account. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:22, December 18, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/end-of-2023-roundup-update-on-the End of 2023 Roundup - Update on the War's Technological Progress]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:50, December 31, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Debt trap diplomacy===&lt;br /&gt;
$113 billion in [[Ukraine aid]] is an example of [[debt trap diplomacy]].&lt;br /&gt;
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*''The American Conservative:'' [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/blackrock-plots-to-buy-ukraine/ BlackRock Plots to Buy Ukraine]&lt;br /&gt;
*''[[Human Events]]:'' [https://humanevents.com/2023/06/19/blackrock-jp-morgan-set-up-reconstruction-bank-for-ukraine BlackRock, JP Morgan set up 'reconstruction bank' for Ukraine], 6/19/23&lt;br /&gt;
*''The Postil:'' [https://www.thepostil.com/ukraine-falls-into-the-hands-of-blackrock/ Ukraine Falls into the Hands of Blackrock], June 1, 2023&lt;br /&gt;
*''Intel Drop:'' [https://www.theinteldrop.org/2023/07/24/blood-commodities-blackrocks-role-in-the-ukraine-carnage/ Blood Commodities: BlackRock’s Role in the Ukraine Carnage]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Hospital bombing war crimes===&lt;br /&gt;
Ukraine's bombing of the [[Mariupol maternity hospital]] was a [[war crime]].&lt;br /&gt;
*''The Greyzone:'' [https://thegrayzone.com/2022/04/03/testimony-mariupol-hospital-ukrainian-deceptions-media-malpractice/ New witness testimony about Mariupol maternity hospital ‘airstrike’ follows pattern of Ukrainian deceptions, media malpractice]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Zelensky drops F bomb on ''Meet the Press''===&lt;br /&gt;
[https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/game-over-us-european-officials-quietly-nudge-ukraine-seek-peace US, European officials quietly nudge Ukraine to seek peace].  [https://thepoliticalinsider.com/zelensky-invites-trump-to-visit-ukraine-drops-f-bomb-in-fiery-interview Zelensky drops &amp;quot;F&amp;quot; bomb on ''Meet the Press'' in response]. &amp;quot;Quietly&amp;quot; is operative word, and Zelensky's high-profile, explosive response (now you have some clue about the type of diplomatic dialogue that occurs in Blinken's &amp;quot;private talks&amp;quot; with Zelensky) reveals Zelensky's Russian soul.&lt;br /&gt;
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One thing that sets the Russian language, culture, and society apart from many others is the social acceptability of swearing, from 6-year-old school kids to 85 year old grandmothers. The offensive taboo that exists in many cultures does not (more properly, has not) existed in Russian society. In fact, swearing is an artform (I guess cussing somebody out in Russia's long-established [[multicultural]] society is considered more polite than beating somebody or killing them.)&lt;br /&gt;
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Zelensky revealed his Russian soul by dropping an F bomb in front of an American national television audience. Despite all the Nazi rhetoric that Ukrainians are not Russians, Russian is Zelensky's native tongue, despite the law Zelensky signed banning his own native language and forcing people to speak only Ukrainian in public, which Zelensky does with some difficulty.&lt;br /&gt;
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As America has become more [[Soviet]]ized since the New Deal and in the 19050s, 1960s, and 1970s, it also picked up some Russian cultural habits, like the commonality of swearing public. Blame Zelensky's advisors who briefed him on this subject: they probability told him swearing in public in front of millions of American viewers is perfectly acceptable, just as in his native land. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:00, November 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Is Zelensky a killer?===&lt;br /&gt;
*STEPHEN BRYEN: [https://weapons.substack.com/p/zelensky-is-at-war-with-his-generals Zelensky is at war --With his Generals].&lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin: Beginning of the Endgame: Zelensky-Zaluzhny primetime pro wrestling match gets WICKED REAL, as police &amp;amp; state/quasi-state media say Ukro-Napoleon Zaluzhny’s aide-de-camp, Gennadii Chistiakov, blown up while playing w/ a grenade at his home near Kiev, while his kids were in the house. Police even went so far as to release photo of several grenades at his home, lying on a surface, next to a half-visible SYRINGE (!!!), cuz everyone knows junkies play w/ grenades. But, the syringe looks to be broad &amp;amp; of plastic, like something you’d feed liquid medicine to your kids with. Aaaaanyway… Zaluzhny immediately said that his aide was celebrating his b-day &amp;amp; was killed (read: ASSASSINATED) by explosives hidden in a liquor-&amp;amp;-shot-glass gift set. Then, Zaluzhny’s office released a short video of him saying that his aide was killed, &amp;amp; “Don’t gift me anything, not for New Year’s, not just because you feel like it.” (Cannot make this up!!! Stop the planet, I need a break!!!) HEY GLOBOHOMO, HOW’S THAT COUNTER-SUCK-FENSIVE GOING???&lt;br /&gt;
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Comment: a year ago it appeared [[Zaluzhnyi]] was being groomed by the [[CIA]] to take Zelensky's place. Then came [[Bakhmut]], where Zaluzhnyi criticized CIA instructions (&amp;quot;He who got the gold makes the rules&amp;quot;) Zelensky was carrying out to feed the lives of Ukrainian soldiers into a hopeless meatgrinder. ''Per'' the TIME magazine article, it appears CIA wants to do away with both Zelensky and Zaluzhnyi now, and replace Zelensky with whatever stooge/general is left standing. &lt;br /&gt;
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But remember, your tax dollars are at work in Ukraine for [[democracy]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:59, November 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Dreizin: Update to last post: The “shot glasses” from the gift set, were in the form of grenades, &amp;amp; as I understand, intended to be opened by pulling on the pin. Well, turns out, one or more of them was “real”, that is, really packed with explosive charge. Not only was the aide killed, his son is in serious or critical condition in hospital. // No, we’re not looking at the possibility of a “classic” military coup, as ANYTHING that happens, would happen with Uncle Sam’s approval (if not active involvement), as in Vietnam 1963. It’s NOT going to be decided in the Ukraine. Perhaps to this end, clearly, we’ve seen Zaluzhny marketing himself as a mentally adequate, “understands the stalemate”, negotiation-capable alternative to “we’re still gonna win”, prima donna wackjob Zelensky. Zaluzhny, BTW &amp;amp; FWIW, is scheduled to travel for meetings at the Pentagon soon. &lt;br /&gt;
: [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:33, November 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Emil Cosman: [https://rumble.com/v3u4ily-emil-cosman-this-is-how-zelensky-wants-to-eliminate-general-zaluzhny.html This is how Zelensky wants to eliminate General Zaluzhny].&lt;br /&gt;
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*Dreizin: MSM widely reports on Ukro-Napoleon Zaluzhny’s aide-de-camp being killed by a grenade gift set (*FINAL* police story is that he received, for his birthday, from an unnamed army friend, a sort-of joke gift box with 6 *REAL* grenades &amp;amp; a liquor bottle, &amp;amp; let his son play with them, not realizing they were real, then his son pulled the pin on one, &amp;amp; the guy snatched it away from his son)… But, MSM ***IGNORES*** Zaluzhny’s rapid response video message (SEE BELOW, did you doubt me???) in which he said NOT to gift him anything, NOT for any occasion, he doesn’t want any presents (***basically, declaring himself to be at risk of assassination.***) CNN, BBC, Guardian, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, etc., etc., DO NOT mention Zaluzhny’s video message in their coverage of this story. (I’m sure Bezos Post likewise, but they’re behind paywall. As for WSJ, no mention of Zaluzhny at all, for months.) They don’t even know what to do with it!!! The “party line” (regarding Zelensky-military spat) has not been INVENTED yet. They don’t have “authorization”, no marching orders. Until they know how to spin it, it’s TABOO. [https://thedreizinreport.com/2023/11/07/whore-msm-widely-reports-on-ukro-napoleon-zaluzhnys-aide-de-camp-being-killed-by-a-grenade-gift-set-final-police-story-is-that-he-received-for-his-birthday-from-an-unnamed-army-friend-a-sort-o/]&lt;br /&gt;
Comment: This sordid plot is right out of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFa1DI_4vEs Tom Cruise's 2008 ''Operation Valkyrie'']. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:10, November 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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*STEPHEN BRYEN: [https://weapons.substack.com/p/was-the-death-of-zaluzhnys-military Was the death of Zaluzhny's Military Aide an Assassination?]&lt;br /&gt;
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*Larry Johnson: [https://sonar21.com/who-killed-general-zaluzhnys-aide/ WHO KILLED GENERAL ZALUZHNY’S AIDE?]&lt;br /&gt;
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*Simplicius: [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/marching-toward-a-night-of-the-long Marching Toward a Night of the Long Knives in Ukrain]&lt;br /&gt;
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*Mark Sleboda: [https://marksleboda.substack.com/p/rift-between-zelensky-and-zaluzhny Rift Between Zelensky &amp;amp; Zaluzhny Verges on Open Warfare as One of Zaluzhny’s Deputies is Killed in Moronic Accident/Assasination, Following Zaluzhny's WWI Analogies to Their Logical Conclusion.]&lt;br /&gt;
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==='You know things are about to get real when soldiers waving the Soviet flag kneel and pray before battle'===&lt;br /&gt;
[https://youtu.be/beecnWKAOrI?t=297] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:01, December 11, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Example of leftist fake news Conservapedia editors have been falling for for two years===&lt;br /&gt;
*Nov 17, 2023 ''[[Guardian]]:'' [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/17/ukrainian-military-reports-successful-operations-on-dnipro-rivers-east-bank Ukrainian Military Reports ‘Successful Operations’ On Dnipro River’s East Bank],”&lt;br /&gt;
:''“Ukrainian troops have conducted a series of '''successful operations''' on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, the country’s military has said...The news of the troops on the eastern bank of the Dnipro provides some '''good news for Kyiv''' at a time when Russia is on the offensive along other parts of the front”&lt;br /&gt;
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*Dec 16, 2023 ''[[New York Times]]:'' [https://archive.is/AEx0Q Ukrainian Marines On ‘Suicide Mission’ In Crossing The Dnipro River],&lt;br /&gt;
:''&amp;quot;Soldiers '''frustrated by positive reports''' from Ukrainian officials break their silence, describing the effort as '''brutalizing and, ultimately, futile...There are no positions...There is no such thing as an observation post or position...It is impossible to gain a foothold there...It’s impossible to move equipment there...It’s not even a fight for survival...It’s a suicide mission&amp;quot;'''. &lt;br /&gt;
: [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:49, December 16, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;''&amp;quot;I don't know if this will help or not anymore. But I will write it here once again! We are being exterminated by our own command. I am asking for help from everyone who can provide it. Knock on all doors, hold rallies and actions! Record a video! Do something. We are almost openly threatened with execution if we record videos ourselves and ask for help. Help us!&lt;br /&gt;
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''Krynkyi is a real hell. Mountains of corpses of our brothers. This will not end if everyone remains silent...&lt;br /&gt;
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''Reach out to the global community! It is useless to appeal to the country's authorities! They give the order for our extermination. They will not punish themselves.&lt;br /&gt;
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''I have found people who will be willing to translate your videos into English!&lt;br /&gt;
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''Record and send. It is necessary to reach the Hague International Court.&lt;br /&gt;
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''What is happening now is a crime against one's own people. Genocide of Ukrainians. I can't call it anything else. [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/more-afu-downers-from-the-press-mill]}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===New Ukraine mobilization law===&lt;br /&gt;
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*No real estate sales or transfers without military ID;&lt;br /&gt;
*No driving a vehicle without military ID;&lt;br /&gt;
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*No bank withdrawals without military ID.&lt;br /&gt;
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Zelensky's days are numbered. Being that he canceled the March elections, it looks like his removal will be violent. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:42, December 30, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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This is what ''your'' tax dollars (and the inflated currency) have paid for the past two years - only to lose a war the CIA knew they would lose. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:49, December 30, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://www.rt.com/russia/589908-martinyuk-ukraine-death-battle/ &amp;quot;We'll all die anyway.&amp;quot;] It looks like a death cult has gripped Ukraine, in the same way it gripped [[Nazi Germany]] in the final year or so of the war, or the people of [https://youtu.be/t0d7NHAB798 Okinawa] ([https://youtu.be/l06Ov-Bup-E eyewitness account]), or [[Jonestown]]. It's nothing new. It has happened before. Only this time you financed it, and many of you are encouraging and cheering it on. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:30, December 30, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Election news==&lt;br /&gt;
*Dreizin: Friday morning (U.S. ET) post 1 of 3:  “Sources” tell CNN that Team Brandon already cracking due to loss of support from Michigan Gayrabs (Michigan being a potential “swing” state that Dems may lose IF they can’t push their fraud margin to exceed 1.5% of total votes.)  Well, guess what, American elections require votes AND money.  Who is #1 source of money for DNC and Democrat (establishment/incumbent) presidential campaigns?  Answer:  “Wall Street” (hedgefunders and others) Jews.  Will they step up and say, “It’s them or us”… or is the Israel story going to end because American Jews didn’t want to fight, and had their heads up their asses with the “Dems at any cost, because Deplorables = Nazis” BS?  We shall see!!!  It’s not easy, these “smart people” have DELUDED and mentally TRAPPED themselves for years.  (How many Trump hats have you seen at anti-Israel rallies lately?)  Predictably, AIPAC and its astroturf “Democrat Majority for Israel” are wasting time on censuring Rashida Tlaib when the REAL threat is with the White House.&lt;br /&gt;
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*Dreizin: Virginia magic not extinguished? Republican candidate has 1000-vote lead over Soros-funded Loudon County prosecutor, who had lost support of &amp;amp; harassed mainline Democrat county leaders… &amp;amp; who had outspent his campaign by ***16X***. // Meanwhile, nationwide Republican party still in deep sh*t, as Ohio voters add abortion rights to state constitution by double digit margin, &amp;amp; Republican Kentucky (KY) governor challenger loses as only 1.3M of 3.6M KY registered voters (36%) voted this time. Incumbent Democrat lost 16.5K votes relative to 2019, while challenger (elected as Kentucky Attorney General in 2019 by 15.4% margin) ***lost 78.6K over Repub who ran in 2019 (!!!)*** Clearly, REPUBS ARE STILL NOTHING WITHOUT TRUMP ON THE BALLOT. Republican national brand is still IN THE GUTTER, stands for NOTHING. Meanwhile, insane NY Times above-the-fold headline from yesterday, recognizes zero opinion impact of Trump indictments, but raises hopes that he will tank once he is convicted. LOL, by way of ink on paper, you can see the gears turning in their brains! Like, “One more try, just one more try!”&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Manchin]] dropping out guarantees a 51 seat [[GOP]] majority. [https://www.dickmorris.com/trump-assured-control-of-both-houses-when-he-wins-lunch-alert/]&lt;br /&gt;
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*Marco Polo: [https://marcopolo501c3.substack.com/p/criminal-referral-of-yaacov-apelbaum Criminal Referral of Yaacov APELBAUM]&lt;br /&gt;
:*Marco Polo runs a website with a searchable data base of the Biden laptop.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Who is Yaacov Apelbaum? He's the guy who produced much of the facial recognition images related to various Ukraine controversies. See: [https://www.nexusnewsfeed.com/article/geopolitics/neo-nazi-ukrainians-antifa-instigated-capitol-hill-riot/ Neo-Nazi Ukrainians &amp;amp; Antifa instigated Capitol Hill riot].&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Chris Crispy Creme]] hits [[Neocon Nikki]] on [[Civil War]] [[slavery]] gaffe. [https://youtu.be/7fjLrjLfkyQ]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Young Americans have turned against Biden===&lt;br /&gt;
Only 25 percent of Americans under 35 support Biden. Are Dems under 30 a bunch of Hamas-supporting Jew haters? I am sure that's not the only explanation, but [https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/biden-polling-israel-palestine-gaza-hamas-war-youth.html this article] makes it sound that way. Whatever the reason, young voters stay at home unless a candidate gets them excited. It is hard to see Biden getting reelected if he has lost the constituency that put him in office in 2020. '''Update:'''&lt;br /&gt;
Americans under 25 may not like Biden, but do you know what they do like? Genocide. See &amp;quot;[https://www.newsweek.com/insane-number-gen-zers-support-hamass-slaughter-innocent-israelis-opinion-1837422 Insane Number of Gen Zers Support Hamas' Slaughter].&amp;quot; I guess that's what happens when the youth of America is brought up by BLM. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]])&lt;br /&gt;
:The thesis phase is just about complete—now comes antithesis the install the False Prophet of Revelation in power. —[[User:LT|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#FF8181&amp;quot;&amp;gt;'''LT'''&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;]] '''''[[User talk:LT|&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;Rev. 22:13&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]''''' Wednesday, 13:14, October 25, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Now let's see if they go on the radical-liberal Newsom option...[[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]])&lt;br /&gt;
:::I think it's a done deal. They're already grooming him. Newsom got the full Putin treatment in Beijing while visiting Xi. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:30, November 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The only card Newsom and Co. Have is the abortion.[[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]])&lt;br /&gt;
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Ah, man. This is too easy ('''Dec. 2011'''):&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29-year-olds by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School finds more millennials predict President Barack Obama will lose his bid for re-election (36 percent) than win (30 percent).&lt;br /&gt;
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The new survey also shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney fairing best among potential Republican challengers in a general election match-up against Obama, trailing the president by 11 percentage points (Obama: 37 percent, Romney: 26 percent).&lt;br /&gt;
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“Our new polling data clearly shows millennials are growing more concerned over the direction of the country and effectiveness of Washington, D.C., to solve problems,” said IOP Director Trey Grayson. “The opportunity exists for all political parties and campaigns to re-engage this generation — those who do can maximize results in 2012.”&lt;br /&gt;
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“While we are more than a year away, this survey may well serve as an ominous sign for Barack Obama’s 2012 chances and the political engagement of America’s largest generation,” said John Della Volpe, IOP polling director.[https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/12/harvard-poll-predicts-obama-loss/]&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:umm, I think you meant to post this on the above thread... [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:38, November 8, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Move it as you see fit, man. I read both as one extended series of wishcasting. Biden's the nominee unless he dies first. [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 18:03, November 8, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Thanks, below we're discussing Biden's impending doom. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:20, November 8, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXcJbSQVgSM 45 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 think Hamas lets gay people live together openly]. Is the liberal media or Joe Biden himself going to explain to them that they are wrong?&lt;br /&gt;
:Nobody will do anything. People still think covid comes from eating bats, Trump colluded with Russia, Putin's invasion was &amp;quot;unprovoked&amp;quot;, Lee Harvey Oswald shot John Kennedy, and Saddam had WMD. To suggest otherwise makes you a conspiracy theorist. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:28, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Biden loses the ''New York Times'' ===&lt;br /&gt;
In just the last two days, ''The New York Times'' has run &amp;quot;[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/us/politics/biden-trump-2024-poll.html Trump Leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast Biden, Times/Siena Poll Finds]&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;[https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/opinion/joe-biden-polling.html Joe Biden is in Trouble].&amp;quot; Blacks and young people have turned against him. [https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/biden-black-hispanic-voters-losing-polls He is now the candidate of old white guys]: &amp;quot;It's clear from consistent trends across multiple polls that Biden is bleeding support among Hispanic voters and Black voters — especially younger ones, and especially in swing states.&amp;quot; Also, &amp;quot;The more diverse a state, the worse Biden does.&amp;quot; Based on the NYT polls, Trump could get 300 Electoral College votes. I guess all that white supremacist bashing didn't do the job. Racial minorities also like law, order, and secure borders.&lt;br /&gt;
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If there is good news about the economy, there is time for the polls to reverse themselves. But without the NYT and the mainstream media, Biden has got a much harder road ahead of him. My sense is that Biden would be much happier retired and living in Ireland. Its his wife Jill who is making him trudge on. Joe could be the one planting these stories. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:56, November 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The fix is in. The [[DNC]] has to dump both of them - Kamala too - without being seen as [[racist]]. It shows you how stupid Kamala is cause she's not speaking up now, knowing she's getting dumped.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Blinken and the [[State Department]] had to make the request to China for a personal meeting and photo op between Newsom &amp;amp; Xi Jinping, and explain why. All China had to do is say, &amp;quot;Gov. who? I'm sorry, President Xi is booked up at that time. He's meeting with the Girl Scouts top cookie seller.&amp;quot; [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:58, November 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Biden won't be on the ballot in New Hampshire. This is the same strategy Lyndon Johnson used in 1968 to exit the race without confronting his health problems. Every state has a primary nowadays, so New Hampshire isn't so special anymore. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 05:53, November 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::So look to January when Newsom gets anointed, and Kamala gets stepped on under the cover story, &amp;quot;Biden withdraws&amp;quot;. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:21, November 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Dick Morris: [https://www.dickmorris.com/ok-so-what-now-for-dems/ What now for Democrats?] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:43, November 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Morris concurs with several aspects of my theory, but he doesn't explain why both Johnson and Biden made the same odd choice to run as write-ins in New Hampshire. Biden of course knows happened to Johnson, yet he does it anyway. Unlike Morris, I think it makes more sense to let the primary voters decide. Harris will either win or lose in the primaries and no one has to dump her. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 22:13, November 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Morris says Biden won't drop out until July or August, but I think you and me concur it's likely to occur between Jan - Mar. The big trick here is dumping Kamala quietly so she's never even considered a contender.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::In both 1976 and 1992, Carter finished second in Iowa (to &amp;quot;Undecided&amp;quot;) and Clinton finished second in NH (&amp;quot;the comeback kid&amp;quot;), yet ''NYT'' declared both the Second Coming of Christ. I think Dems figure their media allies can spark enthusiasm and momentum for their new messiah, Newsom, overnight (and bring back the youth vote, etc). Not being a national figure, Newsom doesn't carry the baggage Trump &amp;amp; Biden do. There are probably people willing to vote for anybody but Biden or Trump, including Mao, Hitler, Che Guevarra, Hillary, Lynn Cheney, etc. &lt;br /&gt;
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:::::When Biden gets dumped that will let a lot of air out of the bag for Trump. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:53, November 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*California's filing deadline was on December 15. So even if Biden drops out, Gavin Newsom is out of luck. It looks like Trump versus Kamala Harris now. Harris has the one vote that counts -- Hillary Clinton's. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 03:04, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:[[DNC]] can still override all that. The DNC ultimately decides on its nominee, not the primary voters. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Any advantage Kamala would have would only come after the nominating convention if she were nominated and the presidential nominee dropped out or died. Before that, it's wide open.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The unelected [[Superdelegate]]s function as a break or veto on the voters. In a 2-way contest, they can stomp out anyone with a plurality of 40% or better of delegates won at the ballot box.&lt;br /&gt;
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:There are something like 264 committeemen (the number can vary) in the DNC who hold ultimate power. The [[RNC]] has 168 - 3 from each state and the 6 territories (Guam, Puerto Rice, etc). Democrat Superdelegates with voting power can be awarded honorarily, or they can be purchased by donors. How they are selected or awarded, and by whom, remains somewhat of a mystery.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:06, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:All sitting members of the House and Senate are automatically awarded Superdelegate status (the GOP has no such rule, so incumbent members have to stand for election as a national delegate in state party conventions if they want to be a voting delegate at the National convention). This is one reason why the number varies from election cycle to election cycle. Superdelegates are designed to thwart &amp;quot;insurgent candidates&amp;quot;, such as [[Lyndon LaRouche]], [[Bernie Sanders]], or [[Donald Trump]] had he run as a Democrat). Additionally, Governors, Lt. Governors, and &amp;quot;Big City&amp;quot; mayors are automatically awarded status. How a &amp;quot;Big City&amp;quot; is defined is anybody's guess. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:53, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:What routinely happens is, the hometown constituents get PO'd at a Senator or member of Congress, so in the GOP they deprive him of his status as a national delegate. Not so in the DNC. Once elected, they become part of an installed bureaucracy with voting rights in the national convention that primary voters cannot deprive them of. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 05:03, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::A Kamala-Newsom contest would be interesting, being that they are both from California. Newsom has the advantage, in that he controls the California Democrat party and its delegates. Additionally, he's part of the [[Pelosi]] machine, which controls delegates nationwide. Kamala is from the Willie Brown machine, which doesn't have the reach of the Pelosi machine. All Newsom has to do is convince Kamala that's she's stupid, which shouldn't be too hard to do, and the party give a consolation prize like president of a university or some such. Only [[pride]], or the ignorance of Black Democrat Congressional leaders like [[Jim Clyburn]] can keep her in the fight. Just as well. The American political system needs an ideological sacrificial lamb every four years who is willing to commit hari-kari just to make a statement. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 05:19, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::The cabal that's planning this may not respect the role of the primary voters, but they will respect the delegates' role? If you remember, Kamala called Joe a racist in the 2016 primaries. She is obviously not Joe's choice for vice president. Somebody forced him to do it, presumably the same faction that sabotaged the Iowa Democratic caucus in 2016. Hillary is determined to get Kamala nominated. All that matters is that she's a black woman. Obama is happy to have a sure loser as the nominee. Then he gets to play leader of the opposition again. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:51, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===DeSantis Haley fight expected to dominate Third Republican Debate===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;During the debate, Haley is expected to contrast her more hawkish views on Israel and Ukraine with the more isolationist views of the Florida governor and another competitor, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.  But where Haley’s allies view her experience as a strength, the DeSantis camp thinks voters prefer his ideology. “While Haley is strongest among ‘moderate and left-of-center Republicans,’ she has a ballot ceiling that will not allow her to appeal to the much larger ‘America First’ base of the party,” the DeSantis memo reads. &lt;br /&gt;
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“This is a two-man race,” DeSantis Press Secretary Bryan Griffin wrote in a statement. “Team Trump knows it—that's why they're spending over $1 million this week alone to attack DeSantis in Iowa despite proclaiming the primary was 'over' in August. And the other candidates know it, too. With all the attacks and attention focused on DeSantis, we know we are over the target and primed to win this nomination.&amp;quot;[[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:39, November 8, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Tim Scott is a strong conservative with bold ideas about how to get our country back on track. I respect his courage to run this campaign and thank him for his service to America and the U.S. Senate.&lt;br /&gt;
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https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis/status/1723901446867857585 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:26, November 13, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:He's too much of a student under the wing of the senior senator from South Carolina and [[neocon]] [[warmonger]], [[Lindsey Graham]]. I understand, South Carolina gets more military spending than any other state, but he has to find his own voice in [[foreign policy]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:35, November 13, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Vermin to the rescue ===&lt;br /&gt;
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When Biden calls his critics racists, white supremacists, and &amp;quot;mega-MAGA,&amp;quot; the liberal media thinks he's done a day's work. No previous president would insult Americans just for voting against him. But the MSM blanches when Trump uses the word &amp;quot;vermin.&amp;quot; Its the old &amp;quot;just like Hitler&amp;quot; game. Hitler used the word vermin, Trump used the word vermin. So Trump is just like Hitler. To take this &amp;quot;argument&amp;quot; more seriously than it deserves to be taken, [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=vermin&amp;amp;year_start=1900&amp;amp;year_end=2019&amp;amp;corpus=en-2019&amp;amp;smoothing=3 I created an ngram for word &amp;quot;vermin&amp;quot;]. The takeaway: Vermin was a pretty common word in Hitler's time. Hitler was hardly the only WWI soldier who came out of trenches hating vermin. The word is less common today. It is absurd to use it as a marker for Nazism.&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;'''Update''' [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article281834623.html Fidel Castro liked to call his enemies &amp;quot;worms.&amp;quot;] [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 15:21, November 14, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Hitler also used toothpaste and toilet paper. I guess we're all guilty. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:26, November 14, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Anarcho-capitalist and libertarian, Javier Milei, wins the presidency of Argentina ===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Javier Milei]] assumes office on December 10, 2023. [https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2023/11/19/populist-libertarian-javier-milei-wins-presidency-of-argentina-in-landslide/] [https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2023/11/19/javier-milei-speaks-after-winning-argentina-presidency-today-we-embrace-the-ideas-of-liberty/] [https://derechadiario.com.ar/argentina/hablo-el-presidente-electo-javier-milei-en-el-hotel-libertador-la-argentina-volvera-a-ocupar-el-lugar-en-el-mundo-que-nunca-deberia-haber-perdido] [https://derechadiario.com.ar/argentina/paliza-historica-de-javier-milei-al-kirchnerismo-gano-con-el-56-de-los-votos-se-impuso-en-21-provincias-y-es-el-mas-votado-de-la-historia] [https://derechadiario.com.ar/argentina/en-2-anos-javier-milei-entro-a-la-politica-fue-electo-diputado-y-ahora-es-electo-como-el-presidente-mas-votado-en-democracia] [https://derechadiario.com.ar/argentina/elon-musk-y-marcos-galperin-celebraron-el-triunfo-de-javier-milei-hay-prosperidad-para-la-argentina] [https://derechadiario.com.ar/argentina/javier-milei-es-presidente-electo-massa-concedio-la-derrota-y-argentina-tiene-un-presidente-libertario] [https://derechadiario.com.ar/argentina/el-gobernador-de-mendoza-alfredo-cornejo-felicita-oficialmente-a-javier-milei-como-presidente-electo] [https://derechadiario.com.ar/argentina/kirchnerismo-o-libertad-milei-se-enfrenta-a-toda-la-casta-unida-detras-de-massa-en-un-balotaje-con-final-abierto] --[[User:CatolicoAustral|CatolicoAustral]] ([[User talk:CatolicoAustral|talk]]) 21:44, November 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:*[[Dr. Robert Malone]]: [https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/anarcho-capitalism-and-dr-javier Anarcho-Capitalism and Dr. Javier Milei]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:31, November 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Rachel Blevins: [https://www.rachelblevins.com/p/meet-javier-milei-argentinas-new Meet Javier Milei: Argentina's New President is Anti-BRICS, Wants to Dollarize Economy]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:40, November 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Netherlands ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Big upset for Globalists, [[Geert Wilders]] party won 35% of votes --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 17:05, November 22, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Schedule F ===&lt;br /&gt;
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A president currently has control of 4,000 federal jobs. Trump's proposed Schedule F reform would expand that number up to 50,000, [https://archive.is/RyNf4 according to the ''New York Times'']. A bipartisan federal bureaucracy that includes Republicans? For ''NYT'', its time to cue the horror music. But to me, it sounds like a plan. Its a tiny percentage of America's 1.9 million civilian federal employees. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 19:09, November 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Somehow I feel we're not getting the whole or real story. This is not unlike [[Richard Nixon]], who immediately after his re-election, asked for the entire Washington bureaucracy's resignations to get rid of all the [[Great Society]] and [[New Deal]] holdovers. It backfired, and they railroaded him out of town instead. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:20, November 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Wikipedia even has this information in its [[H. R. Haldeman]] article:&lt;br /&gt;
::*''The Watergate &amp;quot;Smoking Gun&amp;quot; tape revealed that Nixon instructed Haldeman to have the [[CIA]] pressure the [[FBI]] into dropping its Watergate investigation. Nixon instructed him to tell the CIA that the investigation would &amp;quot;open up the whole [[Bay of Pigs]] thing again&amp;quot;.  In his book, Haldeman later wrote: &amp;quot;It seems that in all those references to the Bay of Pigs, he was actually referring to the Kennedy assassination.&amp;quot;''&lt;br /&gt;
:: [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:33, November 29, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Misleading MPR headline ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Koch brothers back neocon warmonger Nikki Haley.&amp;quot; Um, [[David Koch]] has been dead for 4 years. &amp;quot;Koch ''network'' backs neocon warmonger Nikki Haley&amp;quot; would be more accurate. —[[User:LT|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#FF8181&amp;quot;&amp;gt;'''LT'''&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;]] '''''[[User talk:LT|&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;Rev. 22:13&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]''''' Thursday, 19:18, November 29, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Do we have a Redirect for [[Koch network]] or [[Koch brothers network]]? (Maybe we should even think about Moving [[Koch brothers]] to [[Koch brothers network]].) [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:26, November 29, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Nevermind. It's all fixed now. Thanx for the heads up. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:29, November 29, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Yeah, no problem. —[[User:LT|&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;background:#FF8181&amp;quot;&amp;gt;'''LT'''&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;]] '''''[[User talk:LT|&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;Rev. 22:13&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;]]''''' Thursday, 21:22, November 29, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Trump praising BLM===&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump praising terrorist group of [[BLM]] was cringe move, I hope you to remove this from main page --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 17:30, November 30, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:To build a coalition you need to make peace. Would you rather have them as enemies or allies? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:01, November 30, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:: Not with terrorist criminal group like BLM --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 18:13, November 30, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::It's one guy from a local chapter in Rhode Island. Each BLM vote against Trump cancels out one MAGA voter. GOP needs to become more welcoming to repentant sinners. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:16, November 30, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::I’m not convinced he’s repentant.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 11:34, December 1, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::10,000 angels dance on the head of a pin with the prayer of one repentant sinner.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::Nah, the truth is, not everyone connected with the movement or organization is a riotous thug. Sure, there were criminal elements in the J6 crowd (in addition to the FBI), but the majority of people were just along for the ride. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:37, December 1, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::He was in the leadership of a violent Marxist subversion group, and does not appear to have renounced its core ideology. If he is not an outright mole, then all he does is give credibility to fringe elements such as the “MAGA Communists” and the “Boogaloo Boyz.” Neither of those things are desirable now or ever.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 23:03, December 1, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::He's a co-founder of the Rhode Island chapter. It doesn't really matter, he's a one day story. But others will speak up now, as well. Many blacks signed onto the movement who did not engage in violence. Someone needs to remind them that Dr. King rejected violence. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:04, December 4, 2023 (EST):::&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::So what if they didn’t engage in violence? They still signed onto the movement.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 14:35, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::People are stupid, as if it needs being said. 17:40, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:: Tell that to the people who lost their beloved ones because BLM terrorist riots, or ones who their properties destroyed. J6 rioters didnt kill anyone&lt;br /&gt;
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No way you can compare BLM with J6 --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 23:55, December 1, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:As an ideology, I wouldn't give BLMers a lot of credit for intellectual curiosity. Most never heard of Marx. They surely never heard of Marx in high school history or civics class.&lt;br /&gt;
::Normally I would agree with you here. But this guy isn’t an ordinary BLMer. He’s a BLM leader. So we must presume he is more ideologically driven than his ordinary counterparts.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 18:02, December 3, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::In his own words (whatever his name was) he rejects the Democrat party because of its war on the nuclear family. That was founding tenet of BLM that he evidentially never read. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:13, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Just because he rejects the Democrat party and supports the nuclear family doesn’t mean he’s rejected Marxism.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 14:35, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::There's no evidence he ever heard of Marxism or knows what it is. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:40, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Sure there is. His rank in the BLM leadership is evidence in and of itself.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 20:46, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::We had people right here in Conservapedia supporting neo-Nazism and Ukraine. What does that say about conservativism? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:20, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::That’s not an excuse to support BLM.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 14:03, December 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::So he had a Road to Damascus experience. Happens all the time. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:13, December 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::10,000 Angels rejoice at the prayer of repentance of one lost sinner. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:30, December 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::::Unless he is willing to openly renounce Marxism AND promise not to infect the MAGA movement with black identity politics, he has not repented of his sin. He must confess, or be damned.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 18:37, December 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::::::Well, you're missing the point. That's not how you build a [[coalition]]. If you want to join a [[cult]], that's how it's done. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:32, December 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::[https://rumble.com/v3z9i6s-chicago-resident-to-dnc-biden-we-are-done-w-the-democratic-party.html Chicago Resident to DNC, Biden: We Are Done w/ the Democratic Party!] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:21, December 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::Lessons learned: It's good not to have hardened attitudes on a particular subject because we may not be in possession of the complete facts. The whole Ukraine fiasco and attitudes toward Russia tell us the same story. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:39, December 11, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:On a propaganda level, BLM and MAGA have a lot in common in the choice of a name - Black Lives Matter and Make America Great Again; as a movement grows and gains momentum, you choose a name that is impossible to disagree with, putting critics on the defensive. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:34, December 3, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Governor Cuomo said, &amp;quot;America was never that great.&amp;quot; People risked being [[Cancel culture|cancel]]ed for saying &amp;quot;All Lives Matter&amp;quot;. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:21, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===DeSantis totally dominates and completely crushes Newsom===&lt;br /&gt;
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Haven't commented on Conservapedia for a while, but watched the debate some time back, and it was, metaphorically, a brutal bloodbath. I think many Millions saw for the first time what an Asset for Conservatism a President DeSantis would be as he metaphorically killed Newsom.&lt;br /&gt;
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https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis/status/1730430668335620458 DeSantis all the way for the win without a doubt. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:27, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Prediction: DeSantis will win 25% of the vote in Iowa at least and possibly 40-50%===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;DeSantis has near 50K caucus commitments in Iowa.&lt;br /&gt;
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With DeSantis doing the full Grassley, being endorsed by 150+ faith leaders, offering to move the Department of Agriculture to Iowa for farmers (decentralize the bureaucratic monopoly), being endorsed by Governor Kim Reynolds/Bob Vander Plaats/Steve Deace/multiple law enforcement figures, etc. &lt;br /&gt;
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DeSantis isn't just going to win Iowa. He's going to win convincingly and go on a tear all the way to 47!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
https://twitter.com/NonMagadonian/status/1731299805660352736 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:17, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:DeSantis is yesterday's news. The [[establishment]] dumped him and backs Haley now. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:41, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Lol. Wait and see who's going to dump the Liberal Establishment and Choose Conservative Hero Governor Ron De Santis: Iowa voters. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:20, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Haley is the candidate of the [[RNC]] establishment and donor base. They dumped DeSantis more than a month ago. And Trump has the GOP [[populist]] and voter base wrapped up (plus independents and disillusioned Democrats and [[BLM]]ers).  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:24, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Watch this over the next month. If the Polls are honest, we'll be at Trump 40, DeSantis 30 at the least by New Year 2024. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:09, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:DeSantis only prayer is if [[Robert Kagan]] and the [[CIA]] whack Donald Trump. [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/04/subtle-like-a-brick-through-a-window-cia-outlet-approves-donald-trump-assassination/] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:32, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===The fourth Republican debate may have just three participants===&lt;br /&gt;
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The fourth Republican debate may have just three participants&lt;br /&gt;
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https://abcnews.go.com/538/fourth-republican-debate-participants/story?id=105319635 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:17, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::[https://electionbettingodds.com/GOPPrimary2024.html Trump currently has a 78.7% of winning the GOP primary] according to a weighted average stats of the leading political betting markets. &lt;br /&gt;
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::It looks like Trump will lose the New York State civil fraud case which hurts him financially and appeals only have a 8% chance of occurring in that state. The prosecutors in Georgia for the criminal RICO case are playing hardball and no plea deal has been offered. As far as the classified document case, I doubt it will get much traction considering that the Supreme Court is conservative and Biden/Clintons are not very strong when it comes to classified documents. You can run for president as a convicted felon. &lt;br /&gt;
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::The GOP is going to push ahead with Biden's impeachment. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:16, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Yeah, I don't that 78.7% number is accurate. They might be going off polls etc and not the actual ground game. If you look at the actual ground game, not just in Iowa, where DeSantis has numerous committed caucus-goers and endorsements, but even South Carolina as below, I think one could make a good case that it's DeSantis who has a nearly 80% chance of winning. But let's see where things are after Iowa. I predict he wins Iowa hands down, and then the race dramatically changes, and becomes effectively 2 person. Then, soon after, he knocks Trump out. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:42, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===DeSantis team HAS KNOCKED on WELL OVER 1 MILLION HOUSES in SOUTH CAROLINA===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;JUST IN: @RonDeSantis SUPER PAC @NvrBackDown24 HAS KNOCKED on WELL OVER 1 MILLION HOUSES in SOUTH CAROLINA, the MOST BY FAR! No candidate comes remotely close to the ground game that @RonDeSantis has. Despite all the negative press by the biased dishonest media, NBD has built the best ground game in Iowa, NH, NV, and SC by far and will continue to do so! No one is better organized and no one has a better GOTV. The reality on the ground shows Ron is surging and has tremendous grass roots support and will win in 2024 by a landslide!&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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DeSantis might win by Super Tuesday at this rate. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:40, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Iowa Caucuses. Polls: Trump 45, DeSantis 22 ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Boom: Recall I said above, after giving a Polling Average of &amp;quot;Trump 44.6% DeSantis 17.7%&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Watch this over the next month. If the Polls are honest, we'll be at Trump 40, DeSantis 30 at the least by New Year 2024.&amp;quot;. Well, we already have DeSantis up by 4-5 points, at 22%.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;2024 IOWA REPUBLICAN CAUCUS&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump 45% (+1)&lt;br /&gt;
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Haley 19% (+4)&lt;br /&gt;
Ramaswamy 5% (=)&lt;br /&gt;
Christie 4% (-1)&lt;br /&gt;
Burgum 2% (-1)&lt;br /&gt;
Hutchinson 1% (+1)&amp;quot; [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:34, December 5, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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It'll be down to Trump, DeSantis, and the Two Indian-Americans, i.e. Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy before long. Then, we'll see. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:36, December 5, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Why is Biden running for president? Trump===&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite slipping further behind in the polls, Biden is still convinced he's the man to beat Trump: “If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running,” he said, saying Democrats “cannot let him win.”[https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/05/politics/biden-fundraising-sprint/] I interpret this to mean that Biden would prefer to retire, presumably because of his advanced age and health problems. His crusade against Trump is what drives him on. Judge Engoron in New York is apparently ready to confiscate Trump's property, presumably to blackmail him into dropping out of the race. My advice to Trump: Take the deal and leave politics while you still have something to offer. There are lots of other opportunities. Israel wants to make him president. Israeli president is a ceremonial post, but I think a good fit. Trump in Israel, Biden in Ireland. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 22:53, December 5, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Or it could mean he's the right guy with all the connections to pull off [[voter fraud]] schemes in all the right states that a younger person like Newsom, Kamala, or Bootyboy don't have. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:02, December 5, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Biden time is up. Pack it in, Joe. This is Fox: &amp;quot;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-faces-new-indictment-california Hunter Biden faces new indictment in California].&amp;quot; Do you remember back when we thought the DOJ was above politics? [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 23:06, December 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Latest update: House to vote on impeachment inquiry the day before Hunter testifies. &lt;br /&gt;
:::Other news: Some donors have quit on Biden. Biden's legal woes may provide the cover for his withdrawal. The problem here is timing, to elbow Kamala out of the way at the same time. &lt;br /&gt;
:::It's actually going to be pretty funny - to see the Vice President of the United States get hit in the face with a big fat elbow and the whole thing forgotten in less than a 24 hour news cycle. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:07, December 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::[https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cacd.907805/gov.uscourts.cacd.907805.1.0_1.pdf The indictment (56 pgs)]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:38, December 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Sundances take: &amp;quot;[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/07/hunter-biden-charged-with-9-federal-charges-in-new-tax-evasion-case-venue-california/ Essentially, this throws a bag over any problems with Hunter Biden refusing to testify in any venue.] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:56, December 7, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Obama is using Lisa Monaco at DOJ to block Biden's path just as he used James Comey to block Hillary's path in 2016. He wants his old position as leader of the opposition, the one he could use to plot the BLM riots. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 09:26, December 8, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Speaking of [[Lisa Monaco]], Sundance says [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/07/a-nefarious-intent-fisa-702-authorization-will-be-extended-through-april-19th-inside-bipartisan-ndaa-agreement/ Trump maybe under FISA surveillance] right now. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:04, December 8, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Hunter is getting a [https://www.newsweek.com/trump-judge-oversee-hunter-biden-tax-case-1850637 Trump-appointed judge]. As we saw with Judge John Sirica in Watergate, a single federal judge is all it takes. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 13:27, December 9, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Looks like ''Politico'' has found someone that the Dems can replace Biden with: &amp;quot;[https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/09/susanna-gibson-virginia-digital-privacy-00130883 Her Online Sex Life Was Exposed. She Lost Her Election. Now She’s Speaking Out].&amp;quot; Yes, this is the story of Susanna &amp;quot;Let me block a few people so they can't all watch me p---&amp;quot; Gibson, an online exhibitionist and an unsuccessful candidate for the Virginia State Senate. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 06:51, December 10, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/biden-trump-2024-campaign-polls-nyt-siena.html There is no precedent in the polling era for how badly Biden is doing]. Not only that, but Americans are becoming more partisan and less like to react to shifts in the economy. The is from ''Slate''. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 05:28, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Yearning for day one===&lt;br /&gt;
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Will second term Trump be a dictator? &amp;quot;No, no, no — other than Day One. We’re closing the border, and we’re drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I’m not a dictator.”[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/dec/6/democrats-raise-specter-donald-trump-dictatorship-/] [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:54, December 6, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ron DeSantis: What the Corporate Media is hiding from you===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;With 36 days to go, we are only growing stronger in the Hawkeye State. The corporate media won’t tell you this, but we have the most state legislative endorsements, the best ground game and organization, and we are the hardest working team. Most importantly, I am the only candidate who has consistently fought the Left and won. That’s how you win in the Hawkeye State — and we’re going to have a big night on January 15.&amp;quot; https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis/status/1734006378199433311 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:57, December 10, 2023 (EST).&lt;br /&gt;
:Lol, people boasting about the strength of machine politics always makes me laugh, especially when they pose as a &amp;quot;reformer&amp;quot;. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:52, December 10, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::The media always gets a bigger audience when its about Trump. Iowa lost its magic decades ago. In 2016, Ted Cruz won in Iowa. All Trump had to do was say &amp;quot;Muslim ban&amp;quot; and Cruz never made headlines again. As for New Hampshire, the RCP average is Trump 45.7, Haley 18.7, Christie 11.3, and DeSantis 7.7. Trump had public spats with everyone he hired last time. Can he hire people that he can get along with? [https://www.theamericanconservative.com/what-will-happen-in-the-second-trump-term/ The Heritage Foundation has a Project 2025 to help him with a resume bank like they did with Reagan in 1980]. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 15:30, December 11, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::DeSantis fourth behind Christie? Wow! How low can you go?&lt;br /&gt;
:::It's tragic. We've witnessed DeSantis go from 2028 frontrunner to nothing in the past several months. [https://youtu.be/rYEDA3JcQqw We Could Have Had It All]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:46, December 11, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::As Trump's nomination and election become increasingly inevitable, we can take another look at the things he has said over the years. You never know what he'll say next. His one consistency: He is amusing. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 01:49, December 12, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Javier Milei===&lt;br /&gt;
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A sad day in Argentina today, as stealth globalist Javier Milei assumes the office of the nation’s President.[https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2023/12/10/photos-libertarian-javier-milei-inaugurated-president-of-argentina]&lt;br /&gt;
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May God protect the Argentinian people from the further destruction that is to come, as one tyranny is traded for another (and arguably even worse) one.[https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/20/milei-wins-in-argentina-edging-the-country-closer-to-the-us-dollar.html][https://www.smh.com.au/world/south-america/argentina-to-spurn-brics-membership-says-javier-milei-government-20231201-p5eo9e.html][https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/kremlin-notes-argentina-president-elect-mileis-comments-russia-hopes-good-ties-2023-11-20/][https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231210-zelensky-hails-argentina-s-new-beginning-at-milei-inauguration]--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 22:27, December 10, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I have a bad feeling about this, too. Milei is the Zelensky of Argentina, a performance artist and clown president. But try telling that to someone spoon fed Western globalist propaganda. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:48, December 10, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Wud I tell ya? [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/12/10/zelensky-flies-to-argentina-in-renewed-bid-to-secure-global-support/ Zelensky in Argentina for Milei's inmauguration] (obviously [[CIA]]'s idea). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:09, December 11, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Update: [https://tsarizm.com/news/eastern-europe/2023/12/11/milei-is-a-clone-of-zelenskiy-another-wef-project/ Milei Is A Clone Of Zelenskiy – Another WEF Project]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:22, December 11, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===DeSantis could easily win Iowa with 40+% of the vote: Here's how===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Common sense, math and the &amp;quot;Nagle Rule&amp;quot; indicates that Ron DeSantis  could EASILY achieve a 42.3% total in the Iowa caucus voting (see chart below).&lt;br /&gt;
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- RD recently said that they have 40,000 caucus vote commitments and expects 160-200,000 total votes.&lt;br /&gt;
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- 186,932 voted in 2016 with Trump winning 24%.&lt;br /&gt;
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- DeSantis today has  ~ 21.4% of the primary vote locked based on 2016 voter totals. &lt;br /&gt;
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-  51% are undecided or pursuable from the recent Des Moines Register poll, and 30% of Trump voters are also pursuable. So, this primary is up for grabs. &lt;br /&gt;
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- It's reasonable to expect that the superb DeSantis ground game can convert many caucus goers.&lt;br /&gt;
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- 42.3% would be the DeSantis vote total if each each committed DeSantis caucus goer is able to pursuade just one additional caucus voter to vote for DeSantis.&lt;br /&gt;
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- Common sense and math say that he should be in the 30-45% range when the results come in.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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https://twitter.com/mstraton2/status/1734725912275345693 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:00, December 12, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[https://youtu.be/bsByJy9wB-I The Iowa caucuses ain't what they used to be]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:33, December 12, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Dr. Cody Hoefert: The Most Formidable Ground Game in Iowa History! ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;I just got off an Iowa DeSantis call. I want you all to know that I couldn’t be more excited for the next 33 days as we fight to elect RonDeSantis President. &lt;br /&gt;
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'''I love where we are at in terms of organization. I’ve been a part of every caucus in the last 20 years and this is the best operation I’ve seen.  &lt;br /&gt;
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-Built the best Iowa ground game in history&lt;br /&gt;
'''-Most caucus commitments 33 days out in history&lt;br /&gt;
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-County chairs in every county&lt;br /&gt;
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We are peaking at the right time!&lt;br /&gt;
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This my friends is the most formidable ground game in history!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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https://twitter.com/drcodyhoefert/status/1735112889025868238 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:04, December 13, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/13/sad-meatball-2-president-trump-beating-governor-desantis-by-41-points-in-florida/ Trump beating Fla Gov DeSantis by 41 pts in Fla]. Nuff said. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:38, December 14, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Why are we losing abortion referendums in state after state?===&lt;br /&gt;
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Do Americans suddenly love abortion? The opinion polls haven't changed much. Perhaps this explains the disappointing outcomes we have seen in state-level referendums recently: {{cquote|The Government Accountability Office disclosed in a Tuesday report that $1.89 billion in federal dollars was allocated to multiple different pro-abortion organizations, including those that perform abortion, over the three year period from 2019 to 2021. Planned Parenthood received the overwhelming bulk of the sum, a whopping $1.78 billion, during the three-year period, all while it performed 1.11 million abortions...The revelations come as poll numbers suggest that Americans are overwhelmingly reopposed to federal funding of abortion.[https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-sent-nearly-2-billion-to-planned-parenthood-other-pro-abortion-groups-govt-report-finds].}} If this theory is confirmed, we should probably retire the referendum, which is too easily manipulated to be an accurate measure of public opinion. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 22:25, December 13, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Based DeSantis: If Trump loses, he will say the caucuses were &amp;quot;stolen&amp;quot;===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said on Friday that he expected Donald J. Trump to claim that the Iowa caucuses had been “stolen” if the former president, who currently leads Mr. DeSantis by roughly 30 points in that state, is defeated there next month.&lt;br /&gt;
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“If Trump loses, he will say it’s stolen no matter what, absolutely,” Mr. DeSantis said, responding to a reporter in New Hampshire who had asked whether Mr. Trump would accept the results of the first contest in the Republican presidential primary on Jan. 15, or of the New Hampshire primary roughly a week later. “He will try to delegitimize the results. He did that against Ted Cruz in 2016.”&lt;br /&gt;
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:Oh, so DeSantis has finally gone over to the election denier deniers camp. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:43, December 16, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Update: [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/16/jeff-roe-resigns-from-ron-desantis-superpac-after-staff-leaks-massive-turmoil-amid-campaign-collapse/ Jeff Roe Resigns from Ron DeSantis Super PAC After Staff Leaks Massive Turmoil Amid Campaign Collapse]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:34, December 17, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Update: [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/18/fec-complaint-filed-against-desantis-campaign-and-superpac-for-illegal-coordination/ FEC Complaint Filed Against DeSantis Campaign and SuperPAC for Illegal Coordination]. Wow. What lousy timing and luck. Looks like even the DeSantis' [[deep state]] colluders in the [[Biden junta]] got the memo that [[Neocon Nikki]] and not DeSantis is the man. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:09, December 18, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Update: [https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/18/tucker-carlson-calls-desantis-influencers-the-nastiest-stupidest-and-the-most-zero-sum-people-ive-ever-seen-in-my-life/ Tucker Carlson Calls DeSantis Influencers: “the nastiest, stupidest, and the most zero-sum people I’ve ever seen in my life.”]. I don't know if I want to delve into this much farther. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:02, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Rep. Thomas Massie praises his friend Gov. Ron DeSantis in Iowa===&lt;br /&gt;
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1. &amp;quot;Special thank you to my friend @MassieforKY for traveling to Iowa to campaign with us today.&lt;br /&gt;
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As Thomas told Iowans tonight, you can have faith that I will never waver in defense of your Second Amendment rights!&lt;br /&gt;
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3. &amp;quot;We ended today with a bang at the gun range! There’s a lot of enthusiasm here on the ground in Iowa for Desantis, the most pro-2A candidate in the race for President. Ron and I took questions from the crowd for an hour.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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https://twitter.com/MassieforKY/status/1736202689678049587 DeSantis is going to do very well in Iowa. Wait and Watch [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:02, December 17, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Colorado supreme court ordered most anti democracy rule by disqualify president Trump name from election --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 19:22, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I think we can expect the federal courts to overturn this decision as a violation of due process. To comply with due process, there has to be a law or a precedent somewhere that would support this decision. The insurrection clause in the 14th Amendment is not self-explanatory and it does not give us criteria to determine who has committed this act. '''Update''' I read the court decision [https://archive.is/Uk4zz here]. I got to say, what a joke. It doesn't attempt to find a law or a precedent, but instead argues that the insurrection clause is &amp;quot;self-executing.&amp;quot; Trump's &amp;quot;fight like hell&amp;quot; comment features prominently. When it should be citing cases and statutes, the court cites a book by Eric Foner and a webpage at the National Archive. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 07:58, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::They can't take the voters right to a free choice away. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:40, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/19/the-colorado-supreme-court-4-3-decision-is-pure-nonsense-and-can-be-laughed-at-they-even-admit-it-on-page-9/ If Trump appeals, the Colorado court will stay its decision]. That is to say, the ballots for the primary will have Trump's name on them, whether he is &amp;quot;disqualified&amp;quot; or not. Its just a media event. The media gets views and Trump gets publicity. It's the &amp;quot;Muslim ban&amp;quot; from 2016 all over again. Trump and the liberal media have a mutual interest in making sure that no one notices that there are other Republicans on the ballot. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 17:51, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::What about the Colorado GOP? [https://thepostmillennial.com/colorado-republican-party-vows-to-withdraw-from-primary-if-trump-disqualification-stands Colorado Republican Party vows to withdraw from primary if Trump disqualification stands]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:58, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Primnary elections differ from General elections; primary elections are essentially private party elections to select a party candidate, and not elections for government offices. In most states, the two parties have agreed to allow government involvement so they can use school buildings, a supposed &amp;quot;neutral party&amp;quot; to count votes, etc. In Nevada for instance, the parties do not hold their caucuses on the same day.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::So the Colorado GOP has the option to break any agreement it has with the state to conduct the primary, and hold its own primary which would be binding at the national convention. But that means the party has to rent its own halls at greater expense, use its own staff volunteers, etc. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:04, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::The state party has the option to use a caucus instead of a primary. See &amp;quot;[https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/trump-lawsuit-colorado-republicans-plan-caucus-assembly-pick-delagates/article_12e09fbe-4dd5-11ee-8899-13dd19fd285a.html Colorado GOP plans to use caucuses, assemblies to pick delegates if lawsuit keeps Trump off ballot].&amp;quot; This was a contingency plan they developed back in September, although it seems unnecessary now. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 18:09, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::The only authority a state has in primary elections is what the two parties have agreed to give it. A state for example doesn't conduct shareholder meetings for a private corporation. And primary elections are private corporate elections for candidates to represent private, non-governmental parties. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:17, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::Each party has its own rules for selecting candidates. The Democrats for example have [[Superdelegate]]s, the GOP does not. The Colorado GOP has allowed the state to act as a &amp;quot;neutral&amp;quot; party to determine results. They can rescind that agreement. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:23, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::It's not about the ballot, either nationally or in Colorado. It's about changing the media narrative to help Biden. If it works, he could be the nominee after all. Keeping Trump off the ballot is Biden best issue. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:20, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::Primary elections are not state or federal elections. They are party elections. And if a state party organization fails to fight government interference in a party election (as the RNC and some state parties did nothing about [[voter fraud]] in 2020) it exposes the corruption and colluders in state parties. California is next, evidently. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:20, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::::I mean, where's Rhonna McDaniel in all this? Haven't heard a word. Vivek is absolutely right. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:24, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/most-americans-back-colorado-ruling-that-boots-trump-from-ballot-poll/ar-AA1lR35P Here] is a bizarre poll. Americans want Trump kicked off the ballot by a margin of 54 percent to 35 percent. At the same time, they expect the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule the Colorado decision by a margin of 43-23. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 18:38, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Can you spell p-r-o-p-a-g-a-n--d-a or f-a-k-e n-e-w-s? Next they're going to tell us covid comes from eating bats or Russia's invasion of Ukraine was &amp;quot;unprovoked&amp;quot;. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:47, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/supreme-court-trump-cases-democracy-disaster.html Liberals are eager for the U.S. Supreme Court to step up to the plate and resolve this issue]. My advise to the court: Don't touch it with a ten-foot pole. The Colorado decision is nonsense from a legal point of view. But kicking Trump off the ballot is the most popular issue the Dems have at this point. They would love the run against the U.S. Supreme Court. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 20:51, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::There are actions like this in 31 states, so SCOTUS has to decide something fairly quickly. Then we get to go through it all over again after the convention when it really does matter in the November General election, which actually is a governmental election. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:03, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::IMO - and this actually is a private personal opinion - a true [[conservative]] position would oppose any state government involvement in private party primary elections - even if it means lower voter participation. But I can see how Dems would charge that the GOP doesn't really represent &amp;quot;the people&amp;quot;, etc. So the GOP signed onto an agreement with Dems to stick the cost of running private party elections on the taxpayer and siphoning the cost off the public purse, rather than the parties pay for their own elections, where it righteously belongs. &lt;br /&gt;
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::::Again, the Democrat &amp;amp; Republican parties are not government institutions, and primaries are private party affairs, not government elections. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:12, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Here is another reason I think the U.S. Supreme Court should stay out of it: &amp;quot;[https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/12/21/washington-post-editorial-board-the-supreme-court-should-toss-the-colorado-decision-n600478 Washington Post Editorial Board: The Supreme Court Should Toss the Colorado Decision].&amp;quot; If its advise from the ''Washington Post,'' its to help Democrats. The 10th federal circuit is well-equipped handle this issue. SCOTUS can harmonize things after the election. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:37, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Is Trump just like Hitler?===&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Is Trump just like Hitler.jpg|thumb]]The Biden campaign has bet the farm on &amp;quot;Trump is just like Hitler.&amp;quot; Who is this supposed to appeal to? It will only alienate their pro-Hamas base, which thinks that Hitler didn't go far enough. Here's what they have come up with: [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 10:00, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:The only thing wokesters know about Hitler is [[Godwin's Law]], so they see the desperation. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:46, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::The meme is pathetic. Trump uses some of the same words as Hitler, and so what? [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 18:18, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Wapo nazi propaganda.png|left|350px|thumb|''[[The Washington Post]]'' used [[Nazi]]-style propaganda depicting Republicans as [[vermin]]. https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-rats]]&lt;br /&gt;
:::For openers, we got the Fox News citation on the left. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:40, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Woke news==&lt;br /&gt;
===Russian Supreme Court rule LGBT an extremist ideology===&lt;br /&gt;
Under Russian federal law, this puts LGBT on the same footing as Nazi and fascist ideology. The LGBT movement is about to find out what a mistake it was to create their own rainbow flag. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:25, December 3, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Terminating a pregnancy is a legal and widely available procedure in Russia, but in recent weeks and months, a flurry of new laws appear to limit abortion access amid fears of further population declines and a push towards conservatism. Russia’s population peaked in 1992 at 149 million and is now down to about 144.4 million – a declining trend observed in several Western nations too. Russia continues to record about 1.5 births per woman, which is below the rate of 2.1 needed to maintain the population.&amp;quot;[https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/11/28/russia-limits-womens-access-to-abortion-citing-demographic-changes]&lt;br /&gt;
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:[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12804539/Putin-calls-Russian-women-eight-children-population-fell-550-000-year-war-Ukraine.html Putin calls on Russian women to have 'eight or even more children' after population fell by 550,000 during first year of his war in Ukraine]. &lt;br /&gt;
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:The rural areas of Russia are more socially conservative and an election is coming up in Russia. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 22:13, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt8Oph06ZK0 You Won’t BELIEVE What Russia’s Supreme Court Just Did!!!] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCKVIucQXfA Could we see a red wave sweeping the world?], The international backlash against wokeness is arising. Islamic immigrants in Europe is helping to drive this (Backlash against multiculturism). [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 23:33, December 4, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Why don't you delete all your [[User:Conservative#General_international_politics_essays|Neo-Nazi screeds]] and you might have some credibility weighing in on this subject. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:06, December 5, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::And your math is wrong, There may have been 550,000 &amp;quot;liberals&amp;quot; who fled to the gay West (more like 300,000), but that was offset by 8,000,000 million former second class citizens of Ukraine who voted democratically to join the Russian Federation. Latest news is 200,000 ex-patriot liberals either have returned or are looking to return. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Get thee behind me, Satan'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:02, December 5, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Are you crazy enough to be an air traffic controller?===&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://www.declassified.live/p/more-missing-j6-committee-evidence Buttigieg is looking people with “severe intellectual or psychiatric disabilities” to be air traffic controllers]. Several emergencies have already arisen, but fortunately there are computer programs. English is the language of the airline industry, but you don't need to know that either. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 04:22, December 10, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== FBI: LGTBQ+ is now &amp;quot;LGBTQIA+&amp;quot; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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I thought it was just Biden murmuring incoherently: &amp;quot;[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/16/fbi-will-reportedly-adopt-lgbtqia-acronym-at-behest-of-one-of-their-nine-diversity-advisory-committees-1420483/ FBI will reportedly adopt ‘LGBTQIA+ acronym’ at behest of one of their ‘nine Diversity Advisory Committees’]&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 22:06, December 16, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:That's more evidence [[Essay: The United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future|the United States will be the leading power in the world for the foreseeable future]] as the rest of the planet sits passively and watches. Not to mention this gem, proving that the rest of the planet is willing to follow American global leadership: [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/tristan-tate-j6-protesters-should-have-just-had/ J6 Protesters Should Have Just Had Anal Sex in Capitol Instead of Marching Around Waving Flags]. Of course, if the rest of the planet are willing to stand idly by and admire this glorious leadership, who would want to lead such morons and cowards? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:13, December 16, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::''[https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/national/2023/12/16/all-hell-breaks-loose-over-another-capitol-hill-sex-drama/ First it was Joe and Jill Biden's blessing for Hunter Biden and his sister-in-law's affair that Biden's wanted to normalize. Then it was more naked selfies on Hunter Biden's laptop from hell that America wanted to minimize, followed by Ashley Biden's diary about inappropriate showers with Joe Biden when she was young and America deflected. Then it was topless trans at the Biden White House. Then it was Jill Biden's bizarre &amp;quot;Hunger Games&amp;quot; White House Christmas video. And, of course, that is all embedded in Joe Biden tossing the entire federal government behind his LGBTIQ+ agenda via a June 2022 executive order. {with links)]''&lt;br /&gt;
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::Forget pointless wars with innocents being killed, inflation, crime, no police, censorship, homelessness, feces in the streets, forced vaccines, lockdowns and stolen elections; if this is what planetary leadership is like in the &amp;quot;leading power in the world for the foreseeable future&amp;quot;, I can't imagine what it's like in some sh*thole country outside the United States. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:22, December 17, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Oh, did I forget beheading Satan in a state capital of the &amp;quot;leading power in the world for the foreseeable future&amp;quot;? It'll take more than Obama's hope and change you can believe in to get me thinking about &amp;quot;the foreseeable future&amp;quot;. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:30, December 17, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::&amp;quot;The FBI data, which compares crime rates in the third quarter of 2023 to the same period last year, found that violent crime dropped 8%, while property crime fell 6.3% to what would be its lowest level since 1961, according to criminologist Jeff Asher, who analyzed the FBI numbers. Murder plummeted in the United States in 2023 at one of the fastest rates of decline ever recorded, Asher found, and every category of major crime except auto theft declined.&amp;quot;[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/people-think-crime-rate-up-actually-down-rcna129585]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{warning collapse|reason=off topic trolling|content=:::The Bank of Russia has an interest rate of 16% in order to combat inflation in Russia.[https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/interest-rate] Russia has a critical shortage of police officers.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66924404]  Russia is currently engaged in a war of attrition in Ukraine. The freedom of the press is not very good in Russia with [https://cpj.org/data/killed/europe/russia/?status=Killed&amp;amp;motiveConfirmed%5B%5D=Confirmed&amp;amp;motiveUnconfirmed%5B%5D=Unconfirmed&amp;amp;type%5B%5D=Journalist&amp;amp;type%5B%5D=Media%20Worker&amp;amp;cc_fips%5B%5D=RS&amp;amp;start_year=1992&amp;amp;end_year=2023&amp;amp;group_by=locationat least 83 Russian journalists killed between 1992 and 2023].&lt;br /&gt;
::::Who killed [[Andrew Breitbart]] and [[Bre Payton]]? The [[SBU]], which ''NYT'' reported is a branch of the [[CIA]], has admitted to the murders of [[Darya Dugina]], [[Vladlen Tatarsky]], [[Oles Buzina]] and about 4,000 more. My advice to you again is to keep your mouth shut about things you have no knowledge or understanding of. This ain't a game or joke as you think it is.}} [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 15:15, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The FBI data is faked. It only counts &amp;quot;reported crimes&amp;quot;. That's why local police often fail to make reports and/or try to talk people out of filing complaints. &lt;br /&gt;
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== China still is paying for Xi's lockdown ==&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2022, Xi Jinping raised the bar on virtue signaling. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNzqCkaUA7U There is a new buzzword to explain why China's hospitals are again overcrowded]: Immunity gap. The Chinese weren't exposed to viruses during the lockdown and now lack immunity to various diseases, according to this theory. I guess that's better than, &amp;quot;They've engineered a another coronavirus.&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 00:31, December 12, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Middle East==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://video.spreely.com/watch/lawmaker-in-turkey-drops-dead-after-saying-quot-israel-won-t-escape-the-wrath-of-allah-quot_clVsbKImllHOU6V.html Lawmaker In Turkey Drops Dead After Saying &amp;quot;Israel won’t escape the wrath of Allah&amp;quot;]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Biden ending Trump peace era and waging war in Yemen===&lt;br /&gt;
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While everyone is focusing on Colorado supreme court issue. Biden is about to end Trump peace era and wage war in [[Yemen]] against [[Houthis]], the same group that Biden delisted from terrorist organizations list two years ago. Biden made coalition along with 10 countries in order to protect Israeli ships The funny thing that Israel isnt in this coalition, nor Saudi Arabia who were in war with this group for more than 8 years. --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 17:32, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/19/us-announces-10-nation-force-to-counter-houthi-attacks-in-red-sea US announces 10-nation force to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea] --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 17:32, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I have been attempting to begin an [[Operation Prosperity Guardian]] article, but unfortunately am being prevented by internal [[trolling]] by a rogue CP Admin. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:36, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:: It seem this article [[Operation Prosperity Guardian]] its written by WH propaganda perspective, someone should edit all--[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 19:10, December 20, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Faith news==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://theduran.com/pope-blessing-gay-couples-signals-total-departure-of-roman-catholicism-from-christianity-video/ Pope blessing gay couples signals total departure of Roman Catholicism from Christianity]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/18/the-media-are-lying-pope-francis-did-not-approve-priests-blessing-same-sex-relationships/ Media Are Lying, Pope Francis Did Not Approve Priests Blessing ‘Same-Sex Relationships’]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Andrew Torba on Christian Nationalism's Inevitability===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Reminder that Christian Nationalists don’t need to convince everyone, only about 10% of the country. We have more than that already. Inevitable. Scientists have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society.” https://twitter.com/BasedTorba/status/1736827823069749703&lt;br /&gt;
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Christian Nationalism is the best platform, in a Christian-Majority Country. Lest anyone misunderstand, make clear there will be Religious Freedom. But Pro-Life Christian Values should be pushed by the Govt. That includes in Zionist Endless Unjust Wars. Then Pro-Family, Pro-Marriage etc. Christian Governments, while upholding and respecting everyone's freedom, cannot be value-less and &amp;quot;morally neutral&amp;quot;, which leaves a vacuum, but must push good Pro-Life Traditional Family Values, for the Good of All.&lt;br /&gt;
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That includes declaring Jesus Christ as King, and campaigning for Him, as King, especially if 50% already recognize Him as such, or else engaging in Evangelism to promote His Interests, and not ours (&amp;quot;for all seek their own interests only, but not the interests of Jesus Christ&amp;quot; - The Bible (and obviously that's a wrong to do), so that 50% freely recognize Him as King. Jesus Christ is King. Hallelujah! Amen! Christian Nationalism, or Abortionist Terrorism, and Baby-Killing Satanism. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:24, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;quot;Scientists have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists used computational and analytical methods to discover the tipping point where a minority belief becomes the majority opinion.&amp;quot;[https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110725190044.htm] - Science Daily, 2011 [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]])&lt;br /&gt;
::63% of the USA self-identifies as Christian (210 million).[https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/12/14/about-three-in-ten-u-s-adults-are-now-religiously-unaffiliated/] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 08:43, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Ok, Conservative. And if so, then by Democratic Principles alone, those 63% may legitimately elect or declare Jesus Christ as King of America, as Christian Nationalism and the Christ is King movement proposes, and the others should humbly accept their defeat, because 63% is enough to win an election. How many of those may be Devout Christians is another question, but at least 63% profess to be Christian. But, more Evangelism, more Activism, including more Political Action - which Traditional Christianity has always regarded as a Good Thing, and sometimes the Catholic Church has even promoted it as a Moral Obligation, for all Christians, so that Christianity may Democratically Triumph, as fails to happen when Christians are inactive in the political sphere - all of that can bring us to even 2/3rds Devout Christians, hopefully not too long from now, let's say, perhaps, by 2026, which will also be the 250th year of America's Founding. God Bless. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:21, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:&amp;quot;Both major political parties are majority Christian, with 83% of Republicans and 69% of Democrats identifying as Christian.&amp;quot;[https://www.prri.org/research/2020-census-of-american-religion/] Since the Democrat Party shifted the left politically, a significant percentage of self-identified Christians who are Democrats are pro-abortion, pro-gay, etc. However, liberals/leftists have lower fertility rates so the USA is expected to be more pro-life over time. &lt;br /&gt;
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:&amp;quot;High evangelical fertility rates more than compensated for losses to liberal Protestant sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white secularism has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious fundamentalists of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the culture wars towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as abortion. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global religious right, its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire Abrahamic family.&amp;quot; - [[Eric Kaufmann]]'s 2010 book [[Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 11:33, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for the information. We should study demographics carefully, then work to shift demographics. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:17, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Traditional Catholic Moral Principles on the Obligation of Voting, Political Action etc - might apply to other Christians too===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Such a spirit has lived in the Church in every age. Loyalty to the civil institutions, the bearing of the burdens of citizenship as well as the sharing of its rights, have always been the teaching of the Church. As members of the Mystical Body, Catholics are not freed of their obligations to their fellow-men and to society. Indeed their very profession of faith increases and deepens their responsibility since they recognize all authority as from God; they understand all just law as a participation in God’s eternal law; and they look upon good government as a reflection of the unchanging order of heaven. They realize, in the words of a contemporary authority, that “where the members have political rights, they have political responsibilities, which, in the last respect, are always moral duties. They have the moral duty to use their political status, both to safeguard their own freedom and to fulfill the moral law and the practice of their religion, and also to bring the laws and institutions of the community as a whole into conformity with the standards of natural morality.” [6]&lt;br /&gt;
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The Church is interested in politics, it is true, but not as pure politics. She sees moral issues at stake and seeks to defend or uphold them. She desires to safeguard the rights of God and the rights of man so that peace may reign in society. Watching over politics with the vigilant eye of a mother, she seeks to counsel when necessary, and will even intervene. In doing so she does not act contrary to her nature, but in perfect accord with it, for&amp;quot;…to teach or to arbitrate or to bind consciences rests (once her commission to teach and bind has been granted) on the fact that politics are constantly raising moral questions. Rulers are enforcing laws, Parliaments making them, statesmen considering high policy, voters going to the polls, and all who have to fulfill in any way the common duties of the citizen are always likely to be confronted with issues reducible in the last resort of right or wrong… [7] the claim of the Church to intervene in politics rests squarely upon two pillars, her own divine commission as teacher and arbiter of morals and the fundamentally ethical character of the political community of civic life. [8]&amp;quot; https://www.catholicapologetics.info/morality/general/voting.htm [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:39, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===7 Encouraging Trends of Global Christianity 2023: Astonishing News About Africa===&lt;br /&gt;
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The latest statistics and projections from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (CSGC) paint a much different picture, however. The global church is advancing in ways previous generations could have only imagined.&amp;quot; [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:36, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1900, fewer than 10 million Christians lived in Africa, ahead of only Oceania in terms of Christian population. Currently, however, more Christians live in Africa (718 million) than in any other region. The continent is home to more than 1 in 4 global Christians. The Christian population in Africa is expected to reach 1 billion before 2050.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wow! 1 Billion Christians in Africa Alone by 2050. This is wonderful news, and a call to still greater efforts in prayer and evangelism, for all who love Jesus Christ. It shows Christianity in Africa, once steeped in paganism, is an Evangelistic and Missionary Success. Africa will soon be a Christian Heavyweight, perhaps by 2033 or so itself the effects by apparent, in terms of Global Influence on Christendom. And Asia too likely is going to follow not soon after. Christian Missionaries, or those interested in Mission Work, should have a Heart for Universal Christendom, not merely a local, ethnic or national interest only. Christ's Kingdom is spreading everywhere! Atheism is Losing! Hallelujah! [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:40, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;While not growing as rapidly as Africa, Asia is also experiencing dramatic growth in Christianity. Currently, more than 400 million Christians call Asia home. By 2050, that number is projected to be near 600 million. The region will be home to more Christians than Europe and will trail only Africa and Latin America (678 million).&amp;quot; https://research.lifeway.com/2023/09/19/7-encouraging-trends-in-global-christianity-for-2023/ [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:45, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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====Lol. Only 2% of the world are atheists. 11% non religious. Going to decline to 9%. Religious People are the Dominant 90% Super-Majority on this Planet. Don't be afraid of Atheists. Evangelize them, and fight and defeat and destroy their Evil Godless Ideology====&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Nonreligious people make up slightly more than 11% of the global population today. By 2050, the CSGC projects that percentage to fall below 9%. Currently, less than 2% of people around the world are atheists. Fewer atheists are in the world today (149 million) than in 1970 (165 million).&amp;quot; [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:49, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Yes, most atheists in the world are in China/Europe - both of which have shrinking populations. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 13:02, December 19, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==GOP news==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/18/new-low-only-6-percent-of-americans-approve-of-gop-leader-mitch-mcconnell New Low: Only 6 Percent Of Americans Approve Of Russophobic Neo-Nazi Bigoted Neocon Anti-Putin Warmonger GOP Leader Mitch McConnell]&lt;br /&gt;
:*[https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/18/senate-republicans-slam-establishment-gop-for-rushed-and-secret-border-negotiations-with-democrats/ Senate Republicans Slam Neo-Fascist Establishment GOP For ‘Rushed And Secret’ Border Negotiations With Anti-Putin Democrats]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/12/23/report-rnc-corporation-has-lowest-on-hand-bank-funds-since-2016/ Report: RNC Corporation Has Lowest On Hand Bank Funds Since 2016]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://jdrucker.substack.com/p/with-just-five-sentences-emerald With Just Five Sentences, Emerald Robinson Encapsulates the Problem With the Republican Establishment].&lt;br /&gt;
:''The GOP thinks Nikki Haley is the future of the party.&lt;br /&gt;
:''In 2016, the GOP thought Jeb Bush was the future of the party.&lt;br /&gt;
:''In 2012, the GOP thought Mitt Romney was the future of the party.&lt;br /&gt;
:''In 2008, the GOP thought John McCain was the future of the party.&lt;br /&gt;
:''The GOP is a joke.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Epstein documents to be released ==&lt;br /&gt;
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By order of Judge [[Loretta Preska]] and efforts of Senator [[Marsha Blackburn]]. Epistein documents is about to be release at Jan 2024, including 170 names of people who had trips to Epistein private island. Who do you think those 170 names would be, some people speculate many politicians and celebrities? Do you think the deep state could prevent those names to be released? --[[User:Alex Kosh|Alex Kosh]] ([[User talk:Alex Kosh|talk]]) 20:52, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:TechnoFog is the go to guy on this. [https://technofog.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-the-jeffrey-epstein The Truth about the Jeffrey Epstein John Does. What the media and &amp;quot;influencers&amp;quot; are getting wrong.] He follows these matters pretty cloesly. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:57, December 21, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Why does America have a navy? ==&lt;br /&gt;
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We have two carrier groups in the eastern Mediterranean, but we're just gonna let the Houthis kick us around? See &amp;quot;[https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2023/12/21/red-sea-go-around-causing-container-rates-to-soar-n600632 Red Sea Go-Around Causing Container Rates to Soar].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 09:09, December 22, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:It's just for show. You can't shoot down a $2,000 drone with a $2,000,000 missile (&amp;quot;the cost benefit is not in our favor&amp;quot;). Especially when they attack in swarms of 100-200 cause each ship has only 90 missiles. And we cut out resupply ships in the 1990s. Once they shoot their wad, they have to go back into port to re-up. &lt;br /&gt;
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:You must be listening to [[MSM]] again. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:47, December 22, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Now a [[Kinzhal]] 'carrier killer' missile can knock out a Supercarrier in the [[Mediterranean]] from the [[Black Sea]], but the Gulf of Aden is out of range. So with intelligence and technology sharing, [[Iran]] can do it. And what are we gonna do? sanction Russia and Iran?&lt;br /&gt;
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:I'm afraid US bluster has been used for a very long time, and isn't anything new. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:54, December 22, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Why does America have a navy? To feed the shareholders and employees of the [[military industrial complex]], and the campaign chests of members of Congress with donations from [[Pentagon]] contractors who are awarded contracts. It sure isn't to defend the American people, [[democracy]], or [[freedom]] (heck, we can't even vote for the candidate of our choice, let alone get him sworn in after he wins. And if he does get sworn in, he'll just get JFK'd by the CIA). Everyone should know this from our experiences in [[Vietnam]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Ukraine]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:01, December 22, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE RESPONDS TO THE SONAR21 ARTICLE ON MARY MCCORD===&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://sonar21.com/the-conservative-treehouse-responds-to-the-sonar21-article-on-mary-mccord/ CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE RESPONDS TO THE SONAR21 ARTICLE ON MARY MCCORD]. &lt;br /&gt;
''&amp;quot;Her low-profile husband, Sheldon Snook, Supreme Court Justice Roberts’ Administrative Assistant, is the probable leaker of the Supreme Court’s “Dobbs Decision&amp;quot;''. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:42, December 22, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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I think I know how we can balance the federal budget: &amp;quot;In fact, 17 of 24 federal agencies use an estimated 25% or less of their headquarters’ office capacity, according to an updated survey by the General Accounting Office, a government agency that provides auditing and investigative services for Congress.&amp;quot; See &amp;quot;[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/20/after_telework_surge_federal_buildings_remain_largely_empty__150224.html After Telework Surge, Federal Buildings Remain Largely Empty].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 07:15, December 23, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Putin open to a ceasefire ==&lt;br /&gt;
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It seems that Putin wants a deal with Biden before Trump moves into the White House: &amp;quot;[https://nypost.com/2023/12/23/news/putin-may-be-open-to-cease-fire-with-ukraine-report/ Putin may be open to cease-fire with Ukraine after nearly 2 years of war: report].&amp;quot;[[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 00:33, December 24, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://sonar21.com/washington-spins-tale-to-new-york-times-that-putin-is-looking-for-an-escape-hatch/ WASHINGTON SPINS TALE TO NEW YORK TIMES THAT PUTIN IS LOOKING FOR AN ESCAPE HATCH]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:07, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-new-york-times-alleged-scoop The New York Times’ Alleged Scoop About Putin’s Peace Push Is Actually Old News]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:11, December 26, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://global.espreso.tv/nyt-journalists-writing-article-about-russias-readiness-to-negotiate-are-kremlins-information-agents Authors of NYT article on Russia's readiness to negotiate are Kremlin's agents - Center for Countering Disinformation].&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://korybko.substack.com/p/debunking-the-latest-conspiracy-theory-a0b Debunking The Latest Conspiracy Theory From Ukraine’s “Center For Countering Disinformation”].&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.rt.com/russia/589676-kiev-new-york-times-allegation/ Ukraine accuses New York Times of ‘working for the Kremlin’]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:47, December 26, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:More bs [[propaganda]]. CIA/[[NATO]] don't want to admit they lost, and keep inventing bs stories like this for public &amp;amp; congressional consumption to make it appear there's still hope and Ukraine shouldn't be abandoned completely, i.e. this is another manufactured story to argue for continued &amp;quot;aid&amp;quot; (actually money to line the [[MIC]]'s pockets). Be prepared, you'll be hearing stories like this for a while.&lt;br /&gt;
:The entirety of NATO will manufacture 500,000-700,000 artillery shells next year (per their own [[think tank]] documents). Russia will manufacture 5 million. The war is over, but if NATO, Biden, and the neocons want to continue their [[war crime]]s (which it is) of exterminating the adult male population of Ukraine next year, that is being arranged. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:18, December 24, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Western (CIA/MI6/NATO) narratives all use terms like &amp;quot;stalemate&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;frozen conflict&amp;quot;, etc. This should be a red flag. IOWs, this propaganda implants terms in your mind like &amp;quot;stalemate&amp;quot; rather than &amp;quot;defeat&amp;quot;. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:50, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Must read: [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/breaking-down-thinktank-lands-latest Breaking Down Thinktank-land's Latest: Estonian MoD &amp;amp; ISW Analysis]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:51, December 24, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::It is a slur against Putin to claim that he wants a ceasefire? The frontline has not moved in the last year. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 07:51, December 24, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Besides, &amp;quot;conquering territory&amp;quot; (more bs propaganda) has never been Russia's primary objective. From the start it has been &amp;quot;demilitariztion&amp;quot;, which they have effectively done of both Ukraine and NATO. &lt;br /&gt;
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:::OTOH, people are beginning to complain about the price of eggs in Russia. So there is a demand for increased chicken farming or imports. But they don't have any toilets anyway, so who cares. Maybe Putin is just trying to placate the [[liberal]] peaceniks in an election year (or &amp;quot;election 3 months&amp;quot; actually). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:52, December 24, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::When everything is said and done and the war fighting is over, you will sse that NATO, the [[Pentagon]], and [[CIA]] thought they could win this war on [[propaganda]] alone. They started a war without having any bullets. &lt;br /&gt;
:::Bingo: &amp;quot;win this war on '''propaganda alone'''&amp;quot;. Today's ''[[WaPo]]:'' ''&amp;quot;'''the West tricked itself into thinking that sloganeering could forge a consensus to back Kyiv — “for as long as it takes,”''' as President Biden put it — without explaining that sacrifice, setbacks and staggering sums of money would inevitably be needed...&amp;quot;'' [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/26/orban-ukraine-europe-threat-west-hungary/]&lt;br /&gt;
::For example, the budget and global information reach of [[NBC News]] alone is bigger than the Russian Foreign Ministry. Add in CNN, Disney, Hollywood, CBS, ''NYT'', Wikipedia, Google, YouTube, etc etc etc (what Al Qaeda called America's &amp;quot;media halo&amp;quot;), the Pentagon thinks they can control what people believe and think. &amp;quot;Cognitive warfare&amp;quot; has now been added as a &amp;quot;domain of warfare&amp;quot; in addition to land, sea, air, space, and internet. IOWs, your brain exists in the cognitive battlefield of warfare. Just as there's a &amp;quot;North American Command&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Cyber Command&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Space Force&amp;quot;, there soon will be a &amp;quot;Cognitive Command&amp;quot; with a General in charge to direct operations against your brain. &lt;br /&gt;
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::You see it already. Just by media repeating the word &amp;quot;insurrection&amp;quot;, two years later the Colorado Supreme Court makes a legal ruling on it. Trump's old fashioned, he thinks the &amp;quot;Space Force&amp;quot; is futuristic in the domain of war in space, whereas we've already moved past the space domain, the internet domain (see [[Snowden leaks]]), and are now into the cognitive domain of warfare. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:23, December 24, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::America does not fight wars for victory - they fight wars for [[profit]]. [https://youtu.be/JbW_UoNdMJs] Sure, Russia might not have any toilets, but the Russian Ministry of Defense and Russian analysts are not that stupid that they can't figure that much out about US war aims. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:01, December 24, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Look how effective [[cognitive warfare]] is: how many people believe Trump colluded with Russia, Biden won in 2020, masks, lockdowns, and covid vaccines work, or Ukraine ever had a prayer to defeat Russia. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:58, December 24, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::[[Cognitive warfare]]: [https://public.substack.com/p/totalitarian-manipulation-of-language Totalitarian Manipulation Of Language Behind Woke Destruction Of Harvard, New York Times, And Other Elite Institutions]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:23, December 26, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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::*[https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/08/nato-cognitive-warfare-brain/ Behind NATO’s ‘cognitive warfare’: ‘Battle for your brain’ waged by Western militaries], OCTOBER 8, 2021 (falls on the cusp of the [[J6]] [[false flag]] event, [[Biden Putsch]] and [[coronavirus]] [[bioweapon]] attack just prior to the Russian intervention in the [[Ukraine civil conflict]] beginning on February 24, 2022. From each of these events there are &amp;quot;lessons learned&amp;quot; to tweek future events as the [[color revolution]] is brought home to America.) [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:15, December 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Simplicius' critique of the ISW===&lt;br /&gt;
Simplicius offer's a brilliant critique of the neocon [[Institute for the Study of War]]'s cognitive warfare (ISW manufactures most of Western talking points and propaganda): &amp;quot;They outline what is in their mind the gravest threat of all: that Russia could single-handedly change America’s perception of itself, nay, change the very idea of what America is...&amp;quot;, a reversal of roles of sorts, as the US altered Soviet society's perception of itself in the late 1980s and early 1990s (&amp;quot;they fear Russia has found the key to unplugging their false construct-reality, awakening an entire generation to the actual truth: that the country and everything it ever stood for has been entirely hijacked by a criminal cabal&amp;quot;). Neocon &amp;quot;criminal cabal,&amp;quot; as Russia had been hijacked by a communist criminal cabal up until 1991.  [https://simplicius76.substack.com/i/140019998/part Brilliant prose. Read if from ''&amp;quot;Altering America’s will is no small thing&amp;quot;'' until the end]. &lt;br /&gt;
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Note: Simplicius is connected with [[Russian Military Intelligence]]. So in the absence of contacts between the Russian Foreign Ministry and State Dept (Blinken and Lavrov), you are witnessing a very open, real-time exchange of ideas between high-level unofficial organs representing the warring parties. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:07, December 25, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== a railroad...all the way across the Indian Ocean ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This is actually the second time Biden has announced plans for a trans-oceanic railway. See &amp;quot;[https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/watch-biden-announces-plan-to-build-massive-railway-across-an-ocean/ WATCH: Biden Announces Plan To Build Massive Railway Across An Ocean].&amp;quot; A man can dream. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 22:53, December 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== My article on the Colorado decision ==&lt;br /&gt;
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My article on the Colorado decision to kick Trump off the ballot is [https://qr.ae/pKakCN here]. It's based on a [https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/221946/02%20Magliocca.pdf law review article by Gerard Magliocca]. I argue that the Colorado court violated Trump's right of due process. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 04:58, December 28, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I read it. Good article (the title could be trimmed down somewhat). The bit about the stay and ballots being printed might even be used in [[2024 Presidential election interference]]. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:15, December 28, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::I have cut the article to half the length. Another editor created the title. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 22:58, December 29, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=2024_Presidential_election_interference&amp;amp;diff=2014306&amp;amp;oldid=2014198 I used it here] with the quora link cause that will bring more traffic there and better Google results for us here. The blustery title may mean somebody at Quora tried to sabotage the effort. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:20, December 29, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Keep feeding me stuff and we can tailor narratives properly. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:23, December 29, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::My 2 cents.. on this politically motivated step. America, especially the right-Anerica defends the underdog. It's close to a miscalculation by CO &amp;amp; ME. Thank you both BTW.[[User:Telling|Telling]] ([[User talk:Telling|talk]]) 02:46, December 31, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Conservapedia going to cross 1 BN Views soon, near 900 MN presently ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Amazing Accomplishment. Congrats to Andy, and the Team here. On the Eve of the New Year 2024 A.D., let's push and aim to get there by Christmas 2024. 1 BN views. Huge Number. Imagine if we could ever get to 10 BN, even 10 years from now. That would be very Successful Internet Evangelism we've accomplished, as a team, under Andy, and under God. That's why I keep emphasizing we're a Team, not to fight each other etc, but to work together to grow the Internet Base of Conservative Christendom, that we may beat &amp;quot;atheistdom&amp;quot; and other errors. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:45, December 31, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:I created the term &amp;quot;atheistdom&amp;quot; as a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor. There is little to no international cooperation between atheists in terms of national groups (See: [[Atheism and international cooperation among atheists]]) and within Western atheism, there is much divisiveness (See: [[Atheist factions]] and [[Decline of the atheist movement]]). [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:40, December 31, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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Nice, Cons. One of the prominent regions of Atheistdom on the Internet are https://atheistforums.org/index.php Some 13.5 or nearly 15K members. Might be 5 to 10 times that in readership. Not an insignificant amount. If anyone could go there, preach the Gospel credibly and convincingly with Good Apologetics, the Victory that Christendom would gain over Atheistdom because of that would be very significant. I preached there myself for a while, and I encourage other Christians to do the same there and in other Atheist Spaces. We're going to win this fight, by God's Grace, but we do have to fight. God Bless. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:20, December 31, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== A comparison with Wikipedia: A reminder of how far we yet can grow ===&lt;br /&gt;
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And while here at Conservapedia, we have accomplished a lot, the current statistics at Wikipedia are a reminder of how far we still can grow: &amp;quot;The English Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects can get ~10 billion views per month each. See overview at Wikimedia Statistics.&amp;quot; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Statistics Let's aim to get 1 BN by 2024 Christmas, 2 BN by maybe 2026 Christmas, and then try to steal further from Wikipedia, or attract more readers and viewers to our site. Becoming the Dominant English language Encyclopedia, sharing news and articles from a Conservative Christian perspective, should be our vision for this project. Keep it up, ppl. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:35, December 31, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Conservapedia administrators should set realistic goals for future web traffic. CP growth is stifled by design and I don’t see it changing any time in the future. Whenever the leadership of an organization routinely flouts their own rules/guidelines and mocks the religious and political positions of participating editors, growth is limited and will ensure such an organization is merely a niche market for conservative ideals located on the fringe of society. With CP having .007% of the monthly visits of Wikipedia, I’m quite certain the Schlafly family would want it no other way.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 12:25, January 1, 2024 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;You know the Select bla bla bla committee is all going to be Merged and Redirected to [[Pelosi Panel]], don't you? Why wast your time over there?  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:48, July 27, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Sigh... If you insist. The thing is, your page doesn't even name the actual committee. Your pet name for the committee is cute and all, but I'd like to think an educational resource could at least get the basic facts correct. By the way, this committee is an on-going concern, you may want to consider using the word, 'is', instead of 'was' when describing the partisan witch hunt.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 22:56, July 27, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Well, that's the way history will remember it. Even Joe Biden doesn't support it. It will be remembered like the [[Church Committee]], the [[Tydings Committee]], or the [[HUAC]] hearings. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:14, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Let's take the Benghazi hearings, for example, conducted by [[Trey Gowdy]]. The hearings themselves were part of the cover-up of Obama, [[John Brennan]], and Hillary Clinton's transfer of captured weapon stockpiles from Benghazi to groups that became the Islamic State. Gowdy knew it. So did [[Pompeo]] who was on the committee. So did [[Mike Flynn]], who told Trump all about it. But Gowdy only focused on killing Hillary's 2016 election chances, and not impeaching Obama who was still in office, or removing Brennan, who survived long enough to destroy Mike Flynn so Flynn couldn't do anything about it. &lt;br /&gt;
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::So, these hearings, like the [[Mueller investigation]] are part of the cover-up. As the Warren Commission and dozens of other hearings and investigations since (or actually, before). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:23, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::What do you think our Ambassador was doing in Benghazi at that time, that got himself killed? He was rounding up captured [[MANPAD]]S and loading them on ships and airplanes to our al Qaeda allies ([[Jake Sullivan]]'s words) in Turkey preparing to invade Syria and Iraq. Only no one on the panel ever asked that question. ''What difference does it make?'' [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:27, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Your alternate view of history is amazing, as is your Gish Gallop. I can’t compete with a conspiracy crazed CP admin and his minions. Have at it.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 09:09, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Thanks. Will do. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:02, July 28, 2021 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Re: American Thinker ==&lt;br /&gt;
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What Dominion Voting Systems did to protect itself by smearing those who correctly accused the company of facilitating vote fraud (with evidence to back up the accusations) and resorting to [[lawfare]] against its accusers to attempt to silence them is nothing short of unethical (at the very least) as well as an attempt to simultaneously excuse, justify and deny its criminal behavior.  Making excuses for Dominion's criminal actions is tantamount to supporting said actions and, by extension, supporting crime as well, which falls right into the realm of liberal POV.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 21:10, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:At least 86 judges, nominated by Democrats and Republicans, including President Donald Trump, from the lowest level state courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, rejected lawsuits filed by Trump and his supporters contesting the election result. Yet here you are brazenly insisting Dominion is exercising criminal behavior. I am not making excuses for the mythical criminal actions you are directing at Dominion. If you are correct, why didn’t Trump and his lawyers succeed at any of their lawsuits? I’d like an answer to my question. Is it alright if I post an edit to the American Thinker article that comes exclusively from their website? Or would that be ‘liberal POV’?--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 23:26, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::First off, it wasn't necessary to post the same answer on both your user talk page and mine.&lt;br /&gt;
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::Second, all of those judges in question either willingly sided with the Democrats, were bought off by them or were intimidated by them into rejecting Trump's lawsuits because of one thing and one thing only - the Democrats, being the power-mad elitists and criminals they are and have been since 1828, wanted Trump out of the way because he stood in their way of consolidating absolute power and control over the American public and the elimination of the Constitution which limits the Democrats' power and abuse thereof - and there is ''nothing'' &amp;quot;mythical&amp;quot; about the truth regarding Dominion and its criminal actions (which, again, are well-documented despite your flimsy claims otherwise), and [[liberal denial|denying that you're making excuses for that company]] (as well as continuing to make dismissive excuses for them and brushing off the fact that you're trying to impose liberal POV on this site) does not make what you say true either.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 23:40, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::You’re telling me judges appointed by Trump, a self-admitted stable genius, the smartest man in the room, a man who hires the best people, could have possibly made a mistake and appointed wimps who were willing to accept bribes? How could Trump make such an error? I’d really like you to tell me how this could happen. How is 1828 significant? Where does a tiny company like Dominion get all this power? How are they able to get a large media organization like Newsmax to grovel before them and issue an apology? What are these ‘well-documented’ criminal actions you’re crowing about? Where have I made ANY excuses for Dominion? I’ll ask again, may I post an edit to the American Thinker article that comes exclusively from their website? I realize I have asked many questions, but none of them are rhetorical, I’d like answers. --[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 00:22, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::If you have to reply to my post with such intentionally rhetorical questions even when you know what the answers really are, it's evident that you just don't '''''want to''''' get it and you'd rather remain in blissful ignorance of the truth like other liberals do.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 00:33, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Nope, I didn’t ask a single rhetorical question. I find it amusing that you are simply making all these grand proclamations without any evidence whatsoever. It’s like you’re declaring: ''everything I say is correct, how dare you question my undeniable facts!'' This is how it works ma’am, I’m not about to take anyone’s word when they make utterly fantastic claims without providing a shred of evidence. Now then, if you have no objection, I’d like to edit the American Thinker article with a statement directly from their own website. Unless you strenuously object, I will do so tomorrow morning. Goodnight.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 00:49, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Denying that you asked rhetorical questions when you clearly did doesn't make what you say true either - and if anyone's making grand proclamations without any legitimate evidence here (as well as [[liberal projection|doing exactly what you're accusing me of]]), that would be you.  So far, you've done nothing but display a variety of liberal traits (including lying, denial, projection, condescension, imposition of liberal POV at this site's expense and know-it-all-ism) - and incidentally, American Thinker was forced to make a false retraction of an article it made clear was the truth because it caved to lawfare action from Dominion and you do yourself no favors to deny the truth like you've been doing the entire time you've been editing here.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 01:02, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:There's a difference between the company facilitating vote fraud and the machines the company provided facilitating vote fraud. The main issue here, now, is that the company is a foreign company. And that the company is privately held, and unlike a publicly held company, does not have to comply with public disclosure laws of financial records. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:58, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Re: Wind turbine article ==&lt;br /&gt;
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You need to stop adding info to the [[Wind turbine]] article that pushes pro-wind turbine liberal propaganda (especially regarding your use of sources from government websites that push the use of wind turbines while glossing over the damage done by them over time, as the article itself notes).  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 23:46, March 30, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Your pro-wind turbine liberal propaganda in the Wind turbine article has been removed again.  Don't continue disregarding warnings to do what you want by forcing liberal POVs on that article or other articles here.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 02:19, March 31, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::What I was going to say before an edit conflict prevented me from posting this the first time at [[User_talk:Aschlafly#Editing_Conflicts|Andy's talk page]]:&lt;br /&gt;
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::Based on your reaction, LSimons, if anyone here is being abusive and ranting and raving right now in response to what I pointed out, that would be you (which also fits [[liberal projection|an aspect of the liberal psyche]] you just displayed right there).  I should also note regarding the information which you call &amp;quot;Trump administration data&amp;quot; - as has been well-documented, the Trump administration was infiltrated by undercover liberals who covertly sought to sabotage that administration because they wanted to see him fail [[Trump Derangement Syndrome|because of their hatred and jealousy toward him and their refusal to give him credit where it was due]], so it would go without saying that said information from the government sites you sourced from would've been written by liberal environmentalist hacks pushing the environmentalist agenda.  Incidentally, you were actually blocked for edit warring for your insistence on continuing to revert edits on the Wind turbine article to your preferred propaganda edit of that article, so your argument has no ground to stand on.&lt;br /&gt;
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::One other thing to note:  Look at the top left corner at the top of this page.  This site is exactly as the label says - Conservapedia.  Unlike Wikipedia, we don't push or adhere to a so-called &amp;quot;[[neutral point of view]]&amp;quot; (which is a misnomer on WP because that site actually pushes a liberal/leftist POV while pretending to use a NPOV) and we don't claim to be neutral.  If you can't accept that, that's on you and you alone.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 02:25, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::The EIA is more of an example of [[regulatory capture]], akin to what Robert Kennedy says about the [[FDA]] being captured by [[Big Pharma]]. &amp;quot;Liberals&amp;quot; infiltrated and controlled the agency long before Trump was ever elected. And the point is, EIA is not &amp;quot;captured&amp;quot; by the oil and gas or coal industries. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:05, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::EIA is &amp;quot;captured&amp;quot; by trade and lobbying groups of which companies like [[Solyndra]] are members. Solyndra, you will recall, got $500 million in start up money from the federal government, turned around and donated to the Democratic Party of California, and went bankrupt. Reverting and hiding information on EIA is a disservice to our readers. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:18, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Who are these liberals that ‘infiltrated and controlled the agency long before Trump was ever elected’?  I’m not just going to take your word. If I were to say the EIA was infiltrated by conservatives, I’m sure you’d want more than just my word. If I shouldn’t reference the EIA for information on energy statistics, do you have a recommendation? Solyndra also donated to the GOP, why are you hiding this information? [https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011/09/solar-company-solyndra-rising-star/] I’d also like to point out the DOE loan program is showing a profit despite the well-publicized bankruptcies. [https://www.forbes.com/sites/brentanalexander/2020/08/05/the-lesson-from-does-latest-loan-default-invest-more/?sh=5cd22df92349]--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 10:01, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Wow. What can you tell me about [[CFPB]], and why it was created? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:59, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Not sure why you said ‘wow’ or why you want my opinion on the CFPB. I supported creation of the CFPB to provide advocacy and protect consumers from unscrupulous payday lenders and predatory banks. The financial industry is in dire need of government regulation, since as a whole, they are failing rather miserably at regulating themselves. Thank-you for providing a link to the CP CFPB article. It is in need of updates. The first link is not active. The official function of the CFPB is not defined. The Rahm Emanuel quote is unsupported as a critique of the CFPB, etc.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 22:41, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::The official function appears to be to scam the US Treasury for Democrats.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:49, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::::Then why, pray tell, doesn’t the article have a decent reference for this alleged fact? Are you saying the US Treasury was scammed for the Democrats during the Trump years also? If someone with absolutely zero knowledge of the CFPB were to go to this article, they wouldn’t have the slightest clue as to the bureau’s function. I know you can do better.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 23:29, April 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Donald_Trump&amp;amp;diff=prev&amp;amp;oldid=2013428 &amp;quot;met with lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss gun laws&amp;quot;]? I don't get it. It makes no encyclopedic sense. Thanks. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:52, December 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
: Using 'Wednesday' is a little redundant. Might be best to mention on the talk page of the article? --[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 16:25, December 27, 2023 (EST)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Donald Trump achievements: Gun rights</title>
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This article is a non-exhaustive list of achievements by [[President of the United States of America|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]], [[Trump Administration|his administration]], and [[United States Congress|Congress]] related to advancing [[gun rights]] and protecting the [[Second Amendment]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==2017==&lt;br /&gt;
By the end of 2017, President Trump had built up a record as a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hawkins, AWR (December 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/31/president-trumps-top-pro-gun-moments-2017/ President Trump’s Top Six Pro-Gun Moments of 2017]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 31, 2017.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Crilly, Rob (August 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/the-trump-gun-trajectory-from-banning-assault-weapons-to-nra-endorsement The Trump gun trajectory: From banning assault weapons to NRA endorsement]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 5, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Legislation signed, 2017===&lt;br /&gt;
*February 28, 2017—President Trump signed a bill into law (Public Law 115–8)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/legislation/hjres-40-joint-resolution-providing-congressional-disapproval-under-chapter-8-title-5|title=Joint Resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating to Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007.|work=White House|date=February 28, 2017|accessdate=April 11, 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; repealing a Social Security Administration rule adding mental disability determinations to the background check registry, subject to a person applying to be removed from the list.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/19/2016-30407/implementation-of-the-nics-improvement-amendments-act-of-2007|title=Implementation of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007|work=Federal Register|date=December 19, 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=wt&amp;gt;Sherfinski, David (February 15, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/15/senate-votes-undo-obama-administration-gun-rule/ Senate votes to repeal Obama’s ban on gun sales for certain Social Security recipients]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 8, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
* Hawkins, Awr (February 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/28/report-trump-signs-repeal-of-obamas-social-security-gun-ban/ Report: Trump Signs Repeal of Obama’s Social Security Gun Ban]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 4, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* Korte, Gregory (February 28, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/28/trump-sign-bill-blocking-obama-gun-rule/98484106/ Trump signs bill reversing Obama rule to ban gun purchases by mentally ill]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved March 4, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Congress had passed a law requiring federal agencies to search their records for people who were &amp;quot;mentally defective&amp;quot;, and the Social Security Administration had published their method of gathering names on December 16, 2016.  The regulation would have added the names of disability beneficiaries who have a mental illness or are not competent to manage their own finances, potentially leading to the removal of Second Amendment rights to many perfectly competent, mentally healthy citizens.&amp;lt;ref name=wt/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hawkins, Awr (April 10, 2017).  [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/10/politico-trump-repealed-social-security-gun-ban-behind-closed-doors-hide-benefits-severely-mentally-ill/ Politico: Trump Repealed Social Security Gun Ban Behind Closed Doors to Hide Benefits for ‘Severely Mentally Ill’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 10, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; By signing the resolution of disapproval, as with other CRA acts, the Social Security Administration cannot come up with different criteria for supplying names to the background check registry for 10 years.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Executive actions, 2017===&lt;br /&gt;
*Starting early in his presidency, the Trump Administration undid Obama-era executive branch gun regulations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hawkins, Awr (April 14, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/14/president-trump-quietly-rolling-back-obama-era-gun-controls/ President Trump Quietly Rolling Back Obama-Era Gun Controls]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 15, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*August 16, 2017—The Justice Department terminated [[Operation Choke Point]], a program started during the Obama Administration that existed to encourage banks not to do business with &amp;quot;high risk&amp;quot; businesses and that was criticized by conservatives as unfairly targeting gun dealers and other businesses not looked favorably upon by [[liberal]]s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/18/trump-doj-ends-obama-era-operation-choke-point.html Trump DOJ ends Holder-era 'Operation Choke Point']. ''Fox News''. August 18, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Gutowski, Stephen (August 18, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/doj-ends-operation-choke-point/ DOJ Ends Operation Choke Point]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved August 18, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Picket, Kerry (August 18, 2017). [https://dailycaller.com/2017/08/18/doj-halts-operation-chokepoint-which-targeted-firearm-dealers/ DOJ Halts Operation Chokepoint, Which Targeted Firearm Dealers]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved August 18, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Lawler, Joseph (August 18, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-ends-obamas-operation-choke-point/article/2631944 Trump ends Obama's Operation Choke Point]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 18, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other achievements, 2017===&lt;br /&gt;
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:&lt;br /&gt;
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*As a sign of confidence in the Trump Administration by Second Amendment supporters, several media outlets reported in 2017 that gun sales fell deeply compared to 2016 after trump assumed office.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (August 8, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/8/under-donald-trump-gun-sales-fall-dramatically/ Under Trump, gun sales fall dramatically]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Xu, Hattie (July 24, 2017). [https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article163207818.html Confident in Trump, gun owners buy fewer rifles, shotguns]. ''The Sacramento Bee''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*LaVito, Angelica (August 3, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/08/03/trump-bad-gun-business-sturm-ruger-sales-plummet/538415001/ Trump is bad for the gun business: Sturm, Ruger sales plummet]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Takala, Rudy (February 3, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/news/317806-gun-sales-slow-following-trump-election Gun sales slow following Trump's election]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 9, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Randewich, Noel (August 4, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-idUSKBN1AK28F U.S. gun background checks in July fell most since 2013]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved August 9, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Shapiro, T. Rees; Zezima, Katie (March 5, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gun-sales-have-dropped-since-trumps-election-except-among-people-scared-of-his-administration/2017/03/05/03f5b522-ff6a-11e6-8f41-ea6ed597e4ca_story.html Gun sales have dropped since Trump’s election, except among people scared of his administration]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved August 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Others, however, noted that background checks for gun purchases increased to record levels in 2017.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (September 11, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/11/2017-track-one-best-years-gun-sales-past-two-decades/ 2017 on Track to Be One of Best Years for Gun Industry in Two Decades]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 11, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (September 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/09/22/trump-slump-no-august-shatters-previous-record-background-checks/ ‘Trump Slump’ No More: August Shatters Previous Record for Background Checks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 22, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (November 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gun-buying-surge-as-americans-seek-to-defend-selves/article/2639746 Gun buying surge as Americans seek to defend selves]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The number of Americans with [[concealed carry]] permits continued to increase.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (August 20, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/20/concealed-carry-permits-increasing-as-gun-sales-le/ Report: Concealed-carry permits increasing as gun sales level off]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 20, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/05/22/demand-soars-for-concealed-carry-permits-data-shows.html Demand soars for concealed carry permits, data shows]. ''Fox News''. May 22, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/20/concealed-handgun-permits-surging-blacks-women-lead-growth.html Concealed handgun permits surging, blacks, women lead growth]. ''Fox News''. July 20, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (August 22, 2017). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/26754-concealed-carry-permits-hit-new-all-time-high Concealed Carry Permits Hit New All-time High]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Ultimately, while the number of gun sales in 2017 was significantly lower than in 2016, it still became the second-best year on record for gun sales in the U.S.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Gutowski, Stephen (January 4, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/2017-second-best-year-gun-sales/ 2017 Second-Best Year for Gun Sales]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved January 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (January 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/2017-gun-sales-surprise-second-best-ever-25-million-more-socially-acceptable/article/2644841 2017 gun sales surprise: Second best ever, 25 million, more 'socially acceptable']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (January 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jan/7/gun-purchase-background-checks-drop-2017/ Obama gun boom ends: Background checks fall from record-breaking 2016]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 8, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*April 28, 2017—President Trump became the first president since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1983 to speak at the [[National Rifle Association]]'s annual convention.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (April 15, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/15/donald-trump-to-be-first-president-since-reagan-to-speak-at-nra-annual-meetings/ Donald Trump to Be First President Since Reagan to Speak at NRA Annual Meetings]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 28, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (April 28, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/28/trump-nra-crowd-you-came-through-me/ Trump to NRA: ‘You came through for me, and I am going to come through for you’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 28, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/28/trump-at-nra-convention-eight-year-assault-on-gun-rights-is-over.html Trump at NRA convention: 'Eight-year assault' on gun rights is over]. ''Fox News''. April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Jackson, David (April 28, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/04/28/donald-trump-national-rifle-association-convention/101021848/ Trump to NRA: The 'assault' on gun rights is over]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Unlike left-wing politicians, President Trump did not call for gun control immediately after major shootings such as one at a Texas church in November 2017, noting that stronger gun laws would not stop such shootings,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/07/trump-rebukes-call-for-extreme-vetting-for-gun-owners.html Trump rebukes call for 'extreme vetting' for gun owners]. ''Fox News''. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (November 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/07/donald-trump-gun-control-not-going-help-prevent-mass-shootings/ Donald Trump: Gun Control ‘Not Going to Help’ Prevent Mass Shootings]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Colvin, Jill (November 7, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11/07/trump-says-tougher-gun-laws-not-answer-after-texas-shooting.html Trump says tougher gun laws not answer after Texas shooting]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved November 7, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bredemeier, Ken; Schwartz, Ken (November 7, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-stricter-us-gun-laws-would-not-have-stopped-texas-massacre/4104589.html Trump: Stricter US Gun Laws Would Not Have Stopped Texas Massacre]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; noting that the gunman had mental health problems and that it was not &amp;quot;a guns situation,&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/06/trump-says-texas-church-shooting-result-mental-health-problem-calls-gunman-deranged.html Trump says Texas church shooting result of 'mental health problem,' calls gunman 'deranged']. ''Fox News''. November 6, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-trump-health/trump-says-texas-shooting-due-to-mental-health-problem-not-a-gun-issue-idUSKBN1D60M2 Trump says Texas shooting due to 'mental health problem,' not a gun issue]. ''Reuters''. November 6, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and he noted that the shooter was stopped by another person with a gun.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (November 7, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/06/trump-fortunately-somebody-else-gun-texas-shooting/ Donald Trump: ‘Fortunately, Somebody Else Had a Gun’ in Texas Shooting]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave (November 7, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/7/donald-trump-says-hero-gun-prevented-hundreds-more/ Trump says hero with gun prevented ‘hundreds more’ deaths at Texas church]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-texas-church-shooting-hundreds-more-dead-stricter-gun-laws/ Trump: Stricter gun laws could've meant &amp;quot;hundreds more dead&amp;quot; in Texas]. ''CBS News''. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bacon, John (November 7, 2017). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/11/07/trump-tighter-gun-control-could-have-meant-hundreds-more-deaths-texas/839036001/ Trump: Tighter gun control could have meant 'hundreds more deaths' in Texas]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved November 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==2018==&lt;br /&gt;
===Executive actions, 2018===&lt;br /&gt;
*May 14, 2018—The Trump Administration began the process of loosening regulations for certain small-arms exports and changing the agency giving approval from the State to Commerce Department.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Wheeler, Lydia (May 15, 2018). [https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/387785-trump-administration-releases-plan-to-shift-gun-export-approvals Trump administration releases plan to shift gun export approvals]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Taylor, Guy (May 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/14/trump-administration-moves-shift-small-arms-gun-ex/ Trump move would make it easier for U.S. gun manufacturers to export firearms]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Mehta, Aaron (May 15, 2018). [https://www.defensenews.com/global/2018/05/15/selling-guns-could-got-easier-thanks-to-the-trump-administration/ Selling guns abroad could get easier, thanks to the Trump administration]. ''Defense News''. Retrieved May 15, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It officially published the proposed rule changes on May 24, 2018.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-05-24/pdf/2018-10367.pdf Control of Firearms, Guns, Ammunition and Related Articles the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List (USML)]. ''Federal Register''. May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-05-24/pdf/2018-10366.pdf International Traffic in Arms Regulations: U.S. Munitions List Categories I, II, and III]. ''Federal Register''. May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hsu, Tiffany; Ismay, John (May 23, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/business/gun-exports-trump.html A Bid to Increase Gun Exports, Stalled After Sandy Hook, Moves Ahead]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved May 25, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Stone, Mike (May 25, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-guns/trump-administration-to-publish-proposed-rule-changes-for-gun-exports-official-idUSKCN1IN2S7 Trump administration to publish proposed rule changes for gun exports: official]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 25, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*De lea, Brittany (May 23, 2018). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-administration-ready-to-ease-gun-export-policy Trump administration ready to ease gun export policies]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved May 25, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In July 2018, President Trump approved the State Department's proposed implementation plan for the new policy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Gould, Joe (July 16, 2018). [https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/farnborough/2018/07/16/trump-advances-buy-america-arms-sales-plans/ Trump advances ‘Buy American’ arms sales plans]. ''Defense News''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Doubleday, Justin (July 16, 2018). [https://insidedefense.com/insider/white-house-approves-action-plan-new-conventional-arms-transfer-policy White House approves action plan for new conventional arms transfer policy]. ''Inside Defense''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
The implementation came amid positive news about U.S. weapons sales:&lt;br /&gt;
*Muñoz, Carlo (July 16, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/16/us-weapons-sales-undeterred-trumps-nato-trade-talk/ 'Buy America': Sale of U.S. arms increases despite Trump's tough talk on NATO, trade]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*McLeary, Paul (July 16, 2018). [https://breakingdefense.com/2018/07/the-u-s-has-already-sold-more-weapons-this-year-than-all-of-2017/ U.S. Has Already Sold More Weapons This Year Than All 2017: $47B]. ''Breaking Defense''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Stone, Mike (July 16, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-airshow-usa-exports/u-s-arms-makers-praise-new-u-s-weapons-export-policy-idUSKBN1K62LQ U.S. arms makers praise new U.S. weapons export policy]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tweed, David (March 12, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-12/u-s-arms-exports-surge-amid-growing-middle-east-asian-demand U.S. Arms Exports Surge Amid Growing Middle East, Asian Demand]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
Conservative criticism of the policy:&lt;br /&gt;
*Wolverton, Joe (July 17, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/29555-pres-trump-s-conventional-arms-transfer-policy-calls-for-increased-u-s-global-military-presence Pres. Trump's Conventional Arms Transfer Policy Calls for Increased U.S. Global Military Presence]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Linskey, Annie (June 23, 2018). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/06/23/donald-trump-wants-make-foreign-arms-sales-easier/CbCdWIizroV6DjlCIXEVML/story.html Trump wants to make foreign arms sales easier]. ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In February 2019, the Trump Administration finalized the new rules.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NewGunExRules&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*July 2018—It was reported that the DOJ had made a settlement with a 3D gun printer a few months prior, ending a lawsuit between the printer and the State Department over making blueprints for 3D-printed guns public.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;3Dguns&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; In the settlement, the DOJ admitted that non-automatic firearms up to .50-caliber, including semi-automatic rifles, are not inherently military.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;3Dguns&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; By allowing the release of 3D-printed gun blueprints, the settlement undermined gun-buying regulations.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;3Dguns&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (July 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/10/free-speech-3-d-printed-gun/ Inventor Wins Free Speech Battle with DOJ to Distribute 3D-Printed Gun Designs]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Prestigiacomo, Amanda (July 10, 2018). [https://www.dailywire.com/news/32872/doj-settles-landmark-gun-suit-safeguarding-second-amanda-prestigiacomo DOJ Settles In Landmark Gun Suit, Safeguarding The Second Amendment]. ''The Daily Wire''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Wolverton, Joe (July 12, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/29513-printing-3d-firearms-and-accessories-now-protected-as-free-speech Printing 3D Firearms and Accessories Now Protected as Free Speech]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Angarola, Liz (July 11, 2018). [https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/gun-grabber-nightmare-landmark-court-ruling-paves-way-for-new-class-of-homemade-guns/ Gun-Grabber Nightmare: Landmark Court Ruling Paves Way for New Class of Homemade Guns]. ''The Western Journal''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Gutowski, Stephen (July 15, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/state-department-gives-case-3d-printed-gun-pioneer/ State Department Gives Up Case Against 3D Printed Gun Pioneer]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Branham, Dana (July 14, 2018). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/guns/2018/07/14/texans-blueprints-homemade-guns-get-government-ok-says-spells-doom-gun-control Texan's plans for homemade guns get OK from feds, and he says that spells doom for gun control]. ''The Dallas Morning News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hsu, Tiffany; Feuer, Alan (July 13, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/business/downloadable-gun-allowed-alarming-activists.html ‘Downloadable Gun’ Clears a Legal Obstacle, and Activists Are Alarmed]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sumagaysay, Levi (July 11, 2018). [https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/11/3d-printed-guns-doj-settlement-paves-way-for-diy-weapons/ 3D-printed guns: Settlement paves way for DIY weapons]. ''The Mercury News''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Correll, Diana Stancy (July 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doj-settles-lawsuit-permitting-publication-of-information-on-3-d-weapons DOJ settles lawsuit permitting publication of information on 3-D weapons]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Thomsen, Jacqueline (July 19, 2018). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/397985-gun-rights-activists-win-approval-to-post-3-d-printable-gun Gun rights activists win approval to post 3-D printable gun plans online]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rogers, James (July 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/07/20/3d-printed-gun-blueprints-can-be-downloaded-starting-next-month-ending-lengthy-legal-battle.html 3D-printed gun blueprints can be downloaded starting next month, ending lengthy legal battle]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Muñoz, Gabriella (July 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/20/software-3-d-printed-guns-available-august-1/ Software for 3-D printed guns available Aug. 1]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (July 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/22/defense-distributed-wins-settlement-can-post-firea/ Gun company wins legal fight to post 3D printable gun plans online]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved July 22, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
Specifically on the government's admission that semi-automatic firearms below .50 caliber are not exclusively &amp;quot;military equipment&amp;quot;:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (July 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/23/government-admits-ar-15s-not-weapons-war/ Government Admits AR-15s Are Not Weapons of War]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 23, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (August 16, 2016). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/23869-3d-printed-guns-more-freedom-less-government 3D Printed Guns: More Freedom, Less Government]. ''The New American. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Lott, John R. (July 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/07/20/this-marks-end-gun-control.html This marks the end of gun control]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved July 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Greenberg, Andy (July 10, 2018). [https://www.wired.com/story/a-landmark-legal-shift-opens-pandoras-box-for-diy-guns/ A Landmark Legal Shift Opens Pandora's Box for DIY Guns]. ''Wired''. Retrieved July 18, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*December 18, 2018—President Trump's commission on school safety released its final report, which among other positive recommendations, called for more armed guards in schools, ending an Obama Administration race-based school discipline policy, and argued against raising the minimum age to buy a gun, rather than calling for more gun control.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Richardson, Valerie; Boyer, Dave (December 18, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/18/trump-panel-aims-erase-obama-era-discipline-rules/ Trump plan to arm more adults in schools, end Obama's light discipline of troubled students]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (December 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/18/donald-trump-school-safety-report-recommends-trained-and-armed-school-personnel/ Donald Trump School Safety Report Recommends Trained and Armed School Personnel]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rodrigo, Chris Mills (December 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/421911-trump-school-safety-panel-concludes-minimum-age-restrictions-on Minimum age rules for firearm purchases don't reduce violence, Trump's school safety panel says]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Berry, Susan (December 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/safety-commission-recommends-scrapping-obama-race-based-school-discipline-policy/ Safety Commission Recommends Scrapping Obama Race-Based School Discipline Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hackman, Michelle (December 18, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-school-safety-panel-targets-obama-policy-on-race-and-discipline-11545129000 Trump School-Safety Panel Targets Obama Policy on Race and Discipline]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Lucas, Fred (December 19, 2018). [https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/18/5-takeaways-from-the-trump-administrations-school-safety-report/ 5 Takeaways From the Trump Administration’s School Safety Report]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rogers, Katie; Green, Erica L. (December 18, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/us/politics/trump-administration-school-safety-report.html Trump Administration Report on School Safety Plays Down Role of Guns]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Uria, Daniel; Hughes, Clyde (December 19, 2018). [https://www.upi.com/US-school-safety-report-addresses-mental-health-discrimination/9231545092677/ U.S. school safety report addresses mental health, discrimination]. ''UPI''. Retrieved December 23, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Quinn, Melissa (December 18, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/betsy-devos-to-recommend-states-consider-arming-school-personnel Betsy DeVos to recommend states consider arming school personnel]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 23, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*O'Brien, Cortney (December 18, 2018). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/12/18/education-secretary-devos-seeks-to-rescind-another-obama-era-guideline-n2537714 Betsy DeVos Rolls Out New Report on School Safety. Here's What it Includes.] ''Townhall''. Retrieved December 23, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 19, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/president-trump-doubles-down-armed-teachers-a-critical-part-of-hardening-schools/ Donald Trump Doubles Down: Armed Teachers a Critical Part of ‘Hardening’ Schools]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/18/white-house-school-safety-report-recommends-gun-confiscation-orders/ White House School Safety Report Recommends Gun Confiscation Orders]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other achievements, 2018===&lt;br /&gt;
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:&lt;br /&gt;
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*Gun sales remained strong at the beginning of 2018.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bedard, Paul (February 8, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/gun-sales-stay-red-hot-third-best-january-ever/article/2648527 Gun sales stay red hot, third best January ever]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 8, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; After a major gun shooting in [[Florida]], which began another left-wing push for gun control, the number of background checks for gun sales,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (April 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/march-saw-4th-highest-fbi-gun-background-check-ever-after-parkland-shooting-sales-spike-11 March saw 4th highest FBI gun background check ever after Parkland shooting, sales spike 11%]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (April 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/3/nearly-3-million-gun-purchase-background-checks-ra/ Nearly 3 million gun-purchase background checks ran in March]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*McArdle, Mairead (April 4, 2018). [https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gun-background-checks-set-march-record/ Gun Background Checks Shatter Previous March Record]. ''National Review''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Mosendz, Polly (April 3, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/fear-based-gun-buying-is-back Fear-Based Gun Buying Is Back]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as well as concealed carry permits, sharply rose.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Clabough, Raven (April 10, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/28720-anti-gun-hysteria-drives-rise-in-gun-sales-concealed-carry-permits Anti-gun Hysteria Drives Rise in Gun Sales, Concealed-carry Permits]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (April 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/8/concealed-carry-gun-training-interest-soars-after-/ Gun sales, concealed-carry instruction boom with increased media coverage of mass shootings]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (September 17, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/conceal-carry-permits-surge-to-18-million-democrats-rush-to-get-too Conceal carry permits surge to 18 million, Democrats rush to get too]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (September 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/18/concealed-carry-permits-surge-to-18-million-include-many-democrats/ Concealed Carry Permits Surge to 18 Million, Include Many Democrats]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 18, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Mass, Warren (March 5, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/family/item/31654-more-women-buying-guns-for-protection-and-empowerment More Women Buying Guns for Protection and Empowerment]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 6, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The number of background checks in April 2018 set a new record.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (May 15, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/15/april-2018-background-checks-set-record/ April Set All-Time Record for Background Checks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Gutowski, Stephen (May 7, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/april-sets-gun-sales-record/ April Sets Gun Sales Record]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (May 14, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/14/record-number-of-gun-purchase-checks-ran-last-mont/ Record number of gun purchase checks run after Parkland school shooting]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 16, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In addition, gun manufacturers' stocks performed well.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Randewich, Noel (April 20, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-stocks/two-months-after-parkland-shooting-gun-makers-stocks-are-rallying-idUSKBN1HR26Y Two months after Parkland shooting, gun makers' stocks are rallying]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 21, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; While gun sales fell in May 2018, they still continued setting record highs,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Gutowski, Stephen (June 4, 2018). [https://freebeacon.com/issues/gun-sales-set-record-may/ Gun Sales Set Record Again in May]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved June 6, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (June 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/10/may-2018-the-third-consecutive-month-of-record-background-checks/ May 2018 the Third Consecutive Month of Record Background Checks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 10, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Vespa, Matt (June 4, 2018). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/06/04/hogg-effect-may-was-a-record-breaking-month-for-gun-sales-n2487345 Hogg Effect: May Was A Record Breaking Month For Gun Sales]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved June 6, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Mosendz, Polly (June 4, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-04/guns-aren-t-selling-as-well-as-they-were-after-parkland Guns Aren’t Selling as Well as They Were After Parkland]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved June 6, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and background checks in June&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hawkins, Awr (July 2, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/02/june-2018-saw-second-highest-number-background-checks-ever/ June 2018 Saw Second-Highest Number of Background Checks Ever]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 3, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and July&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hawkins, Awr (August 3, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/03/july-2018-saw-second-highest-number-of-background-checks-ever/ July 2018 Saw Second Highest Number of Background Checks Ever]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 3, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; reached the second highest levels ever for those individual months. Background checks also increased in August 2018.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mosendz, Polly (September 6, 2018). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-06/the-gun-business-is-bouncing-back-from-a-long-trump-slump The Gun Business Is Bouncing Back From a Long Trump Slump]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On the other hand, some gun manufacturers reported lower sales because of the Trump Administration's relatively pro-Second Amendment stance,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Elinson, Zusha; McWhirter, Cameron (August 30, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trump-slump-with-a-friend-in-the-white-house-gun-sales-sag-1535640346 The ‘Trump Slump’: With a Friend in the White House, Gun Sales Sag]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 30, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and statistics in October 2018 showed a drop in gun sales, at least partially because of the administration's pro-gun stance.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sherfinski, David (November 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/22/gun-sales-decline-further-under-trump/ Gun sales decline further under Trump]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved November 22, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The National Shooting Sports Foundation reported that in 2018, gun sales fell 6.1% overall.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Trotta, Daniel (January 29, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-sales/us-gun-sales-down-61-percent-in-2018-extending-trump-slump-idUSKCN1PN346 U.S. gun sales down 6.1 percent in 2018, extending 'Trump slump']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/us-gun-sales-down-6point1-percent-in-2018-extending-trump-slump.html US gun sales down 6.1 percent in 2018, extending 'Trump slump']. ''CNBC'' (from ''Reuters''). January 30, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Atkinson, Khorri (January 29, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/gun-sales-trump-slump-5f642ed3-f7ac-4522-8046-872c585ddb58.html 'Trump slump' in gun sales continues for second straight year]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Pane, Lisa Marie (January 22, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/d2bc4e5279264181bc7cfab1b1f64f4a Political shifts, sales slump cast shadow over gun industry]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved January 30, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*May 4, 2018—Both President Trump&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TrumpNRA2018&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (May 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2018/05/04/president-trump-nra-convention/ President Trump at NRA Convention: Gun Rights Originate from God Not Government]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (May 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/04/trump-at-nra-convention-come-and-take-it/ Trump at NRA Convention: ‘Come and Take It’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (May 4, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/04/trump-at-nra-convention-trusting-the-people-with-guns-is-part-of-trusting-them-with-freedom/ Trump at NRA Convention: Trusting The People with Guns Is Part of Trusting Them with Freedom]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kamisar, Ben (May 4, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386287-trump-gives-freewheeling-political-address-to-nra Trump gives freewheeling, political address to NRA]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (May 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/4/donald-trump-nra-convention-calls-arming-qualified/ Trump at NRA convention calls for arming ‘qualified’ teachers, slams gun-free zones]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Elinson, Zusha (May 4, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-exalts-gun-rights-at-nra-conference-1525466378 Trump Exalts Gun Rights at NRA Conference]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Svitek, Patrick (May 4, 2018). [https://www.texastribune.org/2018/05/04/nra-speech-trump-promises-protect-gun-rights-and-touch-other-topics/ In NRA speech, Trump promises to protect gun rights — and endorses Texas politicians]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Fritze, John (May 4, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/04/trump-urges-nra-not-get-complacent-ahead-midterms/582244002/ Donald Trump urges NRA members to 'not get complacent' ahead of midterms]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kim, Seung Min (May 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-addresses-nra-members-for-first-time-since-parkland/2018/05/04/4fabe0e0-4faa-11e8-84a0-458a1aa9ac0a_story.html At NRA event, Trump embraces its agenda in campaign-style speech]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Mason, Jeff; Trotta, Daniel (May 4, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-trump/trump-back-in-step-with-nra-after-doubts-over-parkland-shooting-idUSKBN1I50ZR Trump back in step with NRA after doubts over Parkland shooting]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
Regarding comments on gun control in France and the United Kingdom:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hale, Virginia (May 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/05/05/trump-highlights-london-knife-crime-epidemic-like-warzone/ Trump Highlights Deadly Knife Crime Epidemic in Khan’s London: ‘It’s Like a War Zone’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (May 5, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/05/05/trump-to-nra-convention-fewer-would-have-died-in-paris-if-patrons-could-shoot-back/ Trump to NRA Convention: Fewer Would Have Died in Paris if Patrons Could Shoot Back]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*White, Sarah; Milliken, David (May 5, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-britain-trump/anger-in-france-britain-over-trumps-gun-law-speech-idUSKBN1I60QA Anger in France, Britain over Trump's gun law speech]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Gstalter, Morgan (May 5, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386380-france-condemns-trump-for-saying-armed-civilians-could-have-stopped France condemns Trump's comments to NRA on 2015 Paris terrorist attack]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (May 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/10/hawkins-trumps-nra-speech-high-water-mark-2nd-amendment/ Hawkins: Trump’s NRA Speech a High Water Mark for the 2nd Amendment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 10, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rocco, Matthew (May 4, 2018). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/trumps-nra-convention-speech-lifts-gun-stocks Trump's NRA convention speech lifts gun stocks]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and Vice President [[Mike Pence]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;PenceNRA2018&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (May 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/4/mike-pence-nra-trump-administration-right-bear-arm/ Mike Pence to NRA: In the Trump administration, right to bear arms will ‘not be infringed’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Quinn, Melissa (May 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pence-scolds-media-for-ignoring-actions-of-law-abiding-gun-owners Mike Pence scolds media for ignoring actions of law-abiding gun owners]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 4, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; spoke at the National Rifle Association's annual convention, where they expressed strong support for Second Amendment rights, among other topics.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;TrumpNRA2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;PenceNRA2018&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*President Trump made other statements in 2018 expressing support for the Second Amendment,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (May 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/05/10/trump-at-indiana-rally-we-defend-the-right-to-self-defense/ Trump at Indiana Rally: ‘We Defend the Right to Self-Defense’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Klukowski, Ken (January 31, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/31/trump-highlights-constitution-in-sotu-judges-religion-guns-terrorists/ Trump Highlights Constitution in SOTU: Judges, Religion, Guns, Terrorists]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 31, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (March 1, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/03/01/donald-trump-respect-2nd-amendment/ Donald Trump: ‘Respect 2nd Amendment’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; including at [[Conservative Political Action Conference|CPAC]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave; Sherfinski, David (February 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/23/trump-pushes-arming-school-employees-speech-cpac/ Trump hails 2nd Amendment, pushes for arming school employees in speech at CPAC]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 23, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/23/trump-cpac-democrats-will-take-away-second-amendment/ Trump at CPAC: Democrats ‘Will Take Away Your Second Amendment’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 23, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/23/trump-cpac-i-want-arm-teachers-love-protect-students/ Trump at CPAC: I Want to Arm Teachers Who Love and Will Protect Their Students]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 23, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Jackson, David (February 23, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/23/trump-cpac-armed-teachers-make-schools-much-harder-target/366590002/ 'A teacher would have shot the hell out of him': Trump cites Parkland shooting as reason to arm teachers]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved February 23, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Pollak, Joel B. (February 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/23/trump-cpac-not-mention-raising-minimum-age-rifle/ Trump, at CPAC, Does Not Mention Raising Minimum Age for Guns]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 23, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and he expressed strong opposition to repealing the Second Amendment.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tweets-support-of-second-amendment-after-stevens-call-for-repeal Trump tweets support of Second Amendment after Stevens' call for repeal]. ''Fox News''. March 28, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Persons, Sally (March 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/28/donald-trump-conservatives-must-always-hold-the-su/ Trump says conservatives must always hold the Supreme Court after former justice talks gun repeal]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (March 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/03/28/donald-trump-the-second-amendment-will-never-be-repealed/ Donald Trump: ‘THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Balluck, Kyle (March 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380593-trump-the-second-amendment-will-never-be-repealed Trump: ‘The Second Amendment will never be repealed’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (March 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/03/28/trump-former-justice-stevens-second-amendment-not-going-anywhere/ Trump to former Justice Stevens: Second Amendment Not Going Anywhere]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (March 29, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/03/29/trump-doubles-going-protect-second-amendment/ Trump Doubles Down: ‘We’re Going to Protect Our Second Amendment’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://insider.foxnews.com/2018/03/29/trump-talks-second-amendment-congratulates-roseanne-ohio-infrastructure-speech Trump Vows to Protect 2nd Amendment, Congratulates Roseanne in Infrastructure Speech]. ''Fox News Insider''. March 29, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Setbacks, 2018===&lt;br /&gt;
The following setbacks to the MAGA agenda were often caused by Congress or officials in the Trump Administration, rather than President Trump himself. Some of them can also be considered partial achievements.&lt;br /&gt;
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*February 20, 2018—Under heavy pressure from the [[gun control]] lobby after a school shooting in Florida,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Klein, Rick; Parks, Maryalice (February 21, 2018). [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-pressure-building-trump-act-guns/story?id=53233338 The Note: Pressure building on Trump to act on guns]. ''ABC News''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Jackson, David (February 19, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/19/trump-open-changing-gun-background-check-system-aide-says/350564002/ Florida shooting puts gun control pressure on Trump]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Morrongiello, Gabby (February 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-to-meet-with-gun-victims-backs-safety-measures-amid-pressure-to-act/article/2649566 Trump to meet with gun victims, backs safety measures amid pressure to act]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Zanona, Melanie; Marcos, Cristina; Lillis, Mike (February 20, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/house/374779-lawmakers-feel-pressure-on-guns Lawmakers feel pressure on guns]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Nolte, John (February 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/20/nolte-government-failed-no-one-armed-children-died/ Nolte: The Government Failed, No One Was Armed, 17 Innocents Died]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/18/rush-limbaugh-gun-free-school-zones/ Rush Limbaugh on Florida Shooting: Gun-Free School Zones Mean Only the Attacker Is Armed]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/20/rush-limbaugh-democrats-focused-on-politicization-of-attacks-rather-than-school-safety/ Rush Limbaugh: Democrats Focused on Politicization of Attacks Rather Than School Safety]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; President Trump signed a memorandum directing the DOJ to create new regulations to ban gun modifiers such as &amp;quot;bump stocks.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Pappas, Alex (February 20, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/20/trump-urges-ban-on-bump-stocks-other-gun-modifiers.html Trump urges ban on 'bump stocks,' other gun modifiers]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave; Sherfinski, David (February 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/20/trump-pushes-bump-stock-ban/ Trump orders ban on ‘bump stock’ gun modifications]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/20/trump-directs-doj-ban-bump-stocks-response-gun-control-outcry/ Trump Directs DOJ to Ban Bump Stocks in Response to Gun Control Outcry]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sullivan, Andy; Rampton, Roberta (February 20, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns/trump-moves-to-outlaw-bump-stocks-considers-other-steps-after-florida-shooting-idUSKCN1G42VI Trump moves to outlaw 'bump stocks,' considers other steps after Florida shooting]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Westwood, Sarah (February 20, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-orders-ban-on-bump-stocks-after-florida-school-shooting/article/2649551 Trump orders ban on 'bump stocks' after Florida school shooting]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (February 21, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/28342-trump-orders-ban-on-bump-stocks-in-wake-of-florida-school-shooting Trump Orders Ban on “Bump Stocks” in Wake of Florida School Shooting]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 21, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Nicholas, Peter; Bykowicz, Julie (February 20, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-takes-step-to-ban-bump-stocks-1519168128 Trump Takes Step to Ban ‘Bump Stocks’]. ''The Wall Street Journal'. Retrieved February 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Carter, Brandon; Wheeler, Lydia (February 20, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374722-trump-to-take-steps-to-ban-bump-stocks Trump to take steps to ban bump stocks]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hanchett, Ian (February 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2018/02/20/trump-ive-directed-ag-to-propose-regulations-to-ban-all-devices-that-turn-legal-weapons-into-machine-guns/ Trump: I’ve Directed AG ‘to Propose Regulations to Ban All Devices That Turn Legal Weapons Into Machine Guns’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 21, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Nicholas, Peter; Bykowicz, Julie (February 20, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-takes-step-to-ban-bump-stocks-1519168128 Trump Takes Step to Ban ‘Bump Stocks’]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The DOJ proposed its ban on March 10, 2018.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (March 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/10/trumps-doj-moves-ban-manufacture-possession-bump-stocks/ Trump’s DOJ Moves to Ban Manufacture and Possession of Bump Stocks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 10, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Dedaj, Paulina (March 10, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/10/justice-department-proposes-ban-on-bump-stock-attachments-to-rifles.html Justice Department proposes ban on bump stock attachments to rifles]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 10, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Gibson, Ginger (March 10, 2018). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-bumpstocks/justice-department-files-regulation-to-ban-bump-stocks-idUSKCN1GM0JN Justice Department files regulation to ban 'bump stocks']. ''Reuters''. Retrieved March 10, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sanchez, Luis (March 10, 2018). [https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/377729-justice-department-submits-proposal-to-ban-bump-stocks Trump administration takes first step to ban bump stocks]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved March 10, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Dinan, Stephen (March 10, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/10/doj-officially-proposes-ban-bump-stocks/ DOJ officially proposes ban on bump stocks]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 10, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bender, Michael C.; Radnofsky, Louise (March 10, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-moves-to-ban-bump-stocks-1520699565 Trump Delves Into Gun Regulation With Plan to Ban Bump Stocks]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
Subsequent actions and statements:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (March 23, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/03/23/donald-trump-we-will-ban-all-devices-that-turn-legal-weapons-into-illegal-machine-guns-like-bump-stocks/ Donald Trump: ‘We Will Ban All Devices That Turn Legal Weapons into Illegal Machine Guns,’ Like Bump Stocks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Mordock, Jeff (March 23, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/23/justice-department-proposes-bump-stock-ban/ Justice Department proposes bump stock ban]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Singman, Brooke (March 23, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-to-ban-bump-stocks-all-devices-that-turn-legal-weapons-into-machine-guns Trump administration to ban bump stocks, 'all devices' that turn 'legal' weapons into machine guns]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bowden, John (March 23, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380018-trump-reverses-obama-era-rule-to-ban-bump-stocks Trump orders DOJ to issue rule banning bump stocks]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-bumpstocks/justice-department-to-ban-bump-stocks-idUSKBN1GZ34Y Justice Department to ban bump stocks]. ''Reuters''. March 23, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (April 9, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/28709-atf-opens-comment-period-on-its-bump-stock-ban ATF Opens Comment Period on Its Bump Stock Ban]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-bumpstocks/trump-says-close-to-finalizing-effective-ban-on-gun-bump-stocks-idUSKCN1MB3C3 Trump says close to finalizing effective ban on gun bump stocks]. ''Reuters''. October 1, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Wolverton, Joe (October 14, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/30326-trump-announces-he-s-a-few-weeks-from-banning-bump-stocks Trump Announces He’s a Few Weeks From Banning Bump Stocks]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Lim, Naomi (November 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-administration-to-unveil-final-bump-stock-ban-soon Trump administration to unveil final bump stock ban soon]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Cohn, Alicia (November 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/418824-trump-administration-finalizing-bump-stock-ban Trump administration finalizing bump stock ban]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (November 29, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/29/report-president-trump-signing-bump-stock-ban-citizens-have-90-days-to-turn-them-in/ Report: President Trump Signing Bump Stock Ban, Citizens Have 90 Days to Turn Them In]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Elinson, Zusha (April 8, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/proposed-bump-stock-ban-would-be-tough-to-enforce-1523185201 Proposed Bump-Stock Ban Would Be Tough to Enforce]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hammond, Michael (April 25, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/04/25/michael-hammond-trump-bump-stock-regulation-ban-millions-semi-automatic-rifles/ Michael Hammond: Trump Bump Stock Regulation Could Ban Millions of Semi-Automatic Rifles]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On December 18, 2018, the DOJ announced the finalized &amp;quot;bump stock&amp;quot; ban regulation, which would even apply to purchases made before the ban and require the confiscation of bump stocks already owned by Americans.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 18, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/18/bump-stock-ban-doj/ DOJ Defines Bump Stocks as ‘Machineguns,’ Gives Public 90 Days to Hand Them Over]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (December 19, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/30964-trumps-atf-playing-with-fire-in-banning-bump-stocks Trump’s ATF Playing With Fire in Banning Bump Stocks]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (December 18, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/18/trump-administration-moves-ban-bump-stock-type-dev/ Trump administration moves to ban 'bump stock' type devices]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Gurman, Sadie; Elinson, Zusha (December 18, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-set-to-ban-bump-stock-firearm-devices-11545149435 Trump Administration Set to Ban ‘Bump Stock’ Firearm Devices]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Cohen, Kelly (December 18, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bump-stocks-to-become-illegal-this-week ‘Bump stocks’ to become illegal this week]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Wheeler, Lydia (December 18, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/421875-trump-administration-to-issue-rule-banning-bump-stocks Trump administration bans bump stocks]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Betz, Bradford (December 19, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/gun-rights-advocates-up-in-arms-over-bump-stock-ban Bump-stock ban has gun-rights advocates up in arms]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 19, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 20, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/20/gun-rights-supporters-outraged-donald-trumps-bump-stock-ban/ Gun Rights Supporters Outraged over Donald Trump’s Bump Stock Ban]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 20, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (March 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/20/upcoming-bump-stock-ban-alarms-gun-groups/ Upcoming bump stock ban alarms gun groups]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (March 24, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/24/william-l-akins-akins-accelerator-bump-stock-inven/ Bump stock inventor warns owners against waiving rights when they turn them in]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 24, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The ban went into effect on March 26, 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Wolverton, Joe (April 1, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/31894-bump-stock-ban-goes-into-effect-atf-rule-turns-thousands-into-felons-overnight Bump Stock Ban Goes Into Effect; ATF Rule Turns Thousands Into Felons Overnight]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 1, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (March 26, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/31850-bump-stocks-now-illegal-with-one-exception Bump Stocks Now Illegal, With One Exception]. ''The New American''. Retrieved March 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Chappell, Bill (March 26, 2019). [https://www.npr.org/2019/03/26/706905757/bump-stock-ban-takes-effect-as-gun-rights-groups-ask-supreme-court-for-delay Bump Stock Ban Takes Effect As Gun Rights Groups Ask Supreme Court For Delay]. ''NPR''. Retrieved March 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Crocker, Brittany; Penzenstadler, Nick (March 26, 2019). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/26/bump-stock-ban-where-to-turn-in-knox-atf/3274917002/ Bump stocks, which allow rifles to mimic automatic weapons, are now illegal to own, buy or sell]. ''USA Today'' (from the ''Knoxville News Sentinel''). Retrieved March 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adams, Matthew (March 26, 2019). [https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/03/25/bump-stock-ban-takes-effect-tuesday-amid-lawsuits-questions-whether-can-enforced Bump stock ban takes effect Tuesday amid lawsuits, questions about whether it can be enforced]. ''The Dallas Morning News''. Retrieved March 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Dillon, Kassy (March 26, 2019). [https://www.dailywire.com/news/45142/trumps-bump-stock-ban-goes-place-kassy-dillon Trump’s Bump Stock Ban Goes Into Effect]. ''The Daily Wire''. Retrieved March 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sakelaris, Nicholas (March 26, 2019). [https://www.upi.com/Federal-ban-outlaws-bump-stocks-amid-Supreme-Court-appeal/1281553594672/ Federal ban outlaws bump stocks amid Supreme Court appeal]. ''UPI''. Retrieved March 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*De Lea, Brittany (March 26, 2019). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/trump-federal-bump-stock-ban-goes-into-effect Trump federal bump stock ban goes into effect]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved March 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Berman, Mark (March 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/bump-stock-ban-takes-effect-as-opponents-await-word-from-supreme-court/2019/03/26/7c89b5be-4fdc-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html Bump stock ban takes effect as opponents await word from Supreme Court]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved March 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (October 6, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/6/bump-stock-ban-failure-omen-gun-buyback-plan/ EXCLUSIVE: Bump stock ban's flop a bad omen for Democrats' gun buyback plan]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 7, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*March 23, 2018—President Trump signed an omnibus spending bill that Congress sent to him, and its provisions included the Fix-NICS Act, which jeopardized the Second Amendment rights of over 4 million Americans.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Lott, John R. (March 22, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/22/second-amendment-rights-more-than-4-million-americans-are-at-risk-thanks-to-republicans-in-congress.html The Second Amendment rights of more than 4 million Americans are at risk thanks to Republicans in Congress]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hession, Gregory A. (April 9, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/28702-infringing-on-gun-rights-again Infringing on Gun Rights Again]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sullum, Jacob (March 21, 2018). [https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/21/fix-nics-bill-would-help-block-gun-sales Fix NICS Bill Would Help Block Gun Sales to Peaceful People]. ''Reason''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Livingston, Abby (March 23, 2018). [https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/23/cornyn-and-house-colleagues-successfully-push-improved-gun-background-/ Months after Sutherland Springs, Sen. John Cornyn and Texas colleagues push improved gun background checks into law]. ''The Texas Tribune''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Madden, Nate (August 7, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/exclusive-millions-records-added-federal-background-check-system-following-passage-2018-fix-nics-bill/ EXCLUSIVE: Millions of records added to federal background check system following passage of 2018 ‘Fix NICS’ bill]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The omnibus bill also included a clause that clarified that the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] could conduct &amp;quot;gun violence research.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (March 21, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/21/republicans-omnibus-bill-will-authorize-cdc-perform-gun-violence-research/ Republican Omnibus Bill Will Authorize CDC to Perform ‘Gun Violence Research’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
*Wan, William; Sullivan, Sean (March 22, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/03/22/house-budget-says-cdc-can-study-gun-violence/ House budget says CDC can study gun violence]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Weixel, Nathaniel (March 25, 2018). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/380026-funding-bill-wont-prompt-new-cdc-gun-research-experts-say Funding bill won't prompt new CDC gun research, experts say]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 12, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Particularly in February 2018, President Trump caved to anti-[[United States Constitution|constitutionalists]] by publicly advocating for strict, anti-Second Amendment gun controls even more extreme than those proposed by President Obama. Trump appeared to support red flag laws and stated: &amp;quot;I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida … to go to court would have taken a long time. Take the guns first, go through due process second.” &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376097-trump-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second/]&lt;br /&gt;
*Wolverton, Joe (March 3, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/28415-trump-take-the-guns-before-due-process Trump: Take the Guns BEFORE Due Process]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 22, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/02/22/trump-opens-door-national-gun-registry-proposed-gun-controls/ Trump Opens Door to National Gun Registry with Proposed Gun Controls]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/02/22/trump-pushes-comprehensive-background-checks/ Trump Pushes ‘Comprehensive Background Checks,’ Other Gun Controls]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/02/28/trump-nra-gun-control/ President Trump Bucks NRA, Pushes Forward with Gun Control]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Pollak, Joel B. (February 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/02/28/trump-guns-nra-white-house-meeting-gun-policy/ Trump Guns for NRA in White House Meeting on Gun Policy]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hanchett, Ian (February 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2018/02/28/trump-on-gun-restraining-orders-i-like-taking-the-guns-early-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second/ Trump on Gun Restraining Orders: ‘I Like Taking the Guns Early’ – ‘Take the Guns First, Go Through Due Process Second’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/02/28/president-trump-asks-dianne-feinstein-add-assault-weapons-ban-school-safety-bill/ President Trump Asks Dianne Feinstein to Add ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban to School Safety Bill]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/02/28/president-trump-2/ Trump Wants Joe Manchin’s Gun Control, Rejects Steve Scalise’s National Reciprocity Push]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Samuels, Brett (February 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376097-trump-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second Trump: 'Take the guns first, go through due process second']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Zanona, Melanie (February 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376143-trump-offers-support-for-comprehensive-approach-on-guns Trump offers support for 'comprehensive' approach on guns]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Pappas, Alex; Roberts, John (February 28, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-publicly-spars-with-republicans-over-concealed-carry-nra-influence-at-school-safety-session Trump publicly spars with Republicans over concealed carry, NRA influence at school safety session]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Lillis, Mike; Wong, Scott (February 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376160-five-ways-trump-broke-with-the-gop-on-guns Five ways Trump broke with the GOP on guns]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Phelps, Jordyn (February 28, 2018). [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-vows-care-bump-stocks-executive-action/story?id=53421961 Trump calls for raising minimum age to buy all guns to 21]. ''ABC News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Persons, Sally (February 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/22/donald-trump-i-never-said-give-teachers-guns/ Trump's gun plan: Shore up background checks, raise requirement age, end bump stocks]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Singman, Brooke (February 22, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-for-arming-teachers-raising-gun-purchase-age-to-stop-savage-sicko-shooters Trump calls for arming teachers, raising gun purchase age to stop ‘savage sicko’ shooters]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kasperowicz, Pete (February 28, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-pressures-lawmakers-to-raise-minimum-age-for-rifles-to-21 Trump pressures lawmakers to raise minimum age for rifles to 21]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Radnofsky, Louise; Peterson, Kristina; Andrews, Natalie (February 28, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-urges-congress-to-take-action-on-guns-1519850989 Trump Urges Congress to Take Action on Guns]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==2019==&lt;br /&gt;
By mid-2019, to the consternation of the [[mainstream media]], the Trump Administration had reduced gun restrictions through certain regulatory actions.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kumar, Anita (August 7, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/07/trump-gun-access-restrictions-1449663 Trump quietly used regulations to expand gun access]. ''Politico''. Retrieved August 7, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Legislation signed, 2019===&lt;br /&gt;
*May 10, 2019—President Trump signed a bill into law that gave states increased ability to build or expand public shooting ranges.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (May 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/13/president-trump-signs-bill-fund-state-level-gun-range-expansion/ President Trump Signs Bill to Fund State-Level Gun Range Expansion]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Madden, Nate (April 29, 2019). [https://www.theblaze.com/news/congress-sends-bill-to-president-trumps-desk-encouraging-more-public-shooting-ranges Congress sends bill to President Trump's desk encouraging more public shooting ranges]. ''The Blaze''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.ammoland.com/2019/05/nssf-celebrates-president-trump-signing-range-bill/#axzz5nrq3rtX4 NSSF Celebrates President Trump Signing ‘Range Bill’]. ''Ammoland''. May 13, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.news8000.com/news/ron-kind-s-bill-to-expand-funding-for-target-ranges-signed-into-law/1077665106 Ron Kind's bill to expand funding for target ranges signed into law]. ''News8000.com''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tipton, Whitney (April 30, 2019). [https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/30/public-shooting-range-bill/ Bipartisan Bill to Build More Public Shooting Ranges Passes House]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved May 14, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Executive actions, 2019===&lt;br /&gt;
*February 2019—The Trump Administration finalized the new gun export rules it had started implementing the previous year and which changed the policy to require gun-makers to have a license from the Commerce Department rather than the State Department to export firearms overseas.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;NewGunExRules&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Lederman, Josh (February 7, 2019). [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/new-trump-rules-make-it-easier-u-s-gun-makers-n968601 New Trump rules make it easier for U.S. gun makers to sell overseas]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Samuels, Brett (February 7, 2019). [https://thehill.com/regulation/administration/428929-trump-administration-eases-export-rules-for-us-gun-manufacturers Trump administration eases export rules for US gun manufacturers: report]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Price, Emily (February 7, 2019). [http://fortune.com/2019/02/07/new-trump-rules-make-it-easier-for-u-s-gun-makers-to-sell-overseas/ New Trump Rules Make it Easier for U.S. Gun Makers to Sell Overseas]. ''Fortune''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Fandos, Nicholas (January 31, 2019). [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/gun-exports-trump.html Trump Administration Eases Regulations on Gun Exports, Raising Concerns]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Bromund, Ted (January 30, 2019). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedbromund/2019/01/30/no-firearm-exports-arent-being-decontrolled/#663aba696c0c No, Firearm Exports Aren't Being Decontrolled]. ''Fortune''. Retrieved February 11, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Stone, Mike; Shepardson, David (November 7, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-guns-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-moves-closer-to-easing-gun-exports-idUSKBN1XH2IY Exclusive: Trump administration moves closer to easing gun exports]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*McBride, Courtney (November 12, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/administration-plans-to-ease-exports-of-u-s-made-firearms-11573592986 Administration Plans to Ease Exports of U.S.-Made Firearms]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 12, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*April 26, 2019—President Trump announced the U.S. would withdraw the U.S. signature from the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty, which former president Obama signed in 2013 and which threatened Second Amendment rights.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ArmsTreaty2A&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; President Trump signed a letter to the U.S. Senate asking it to stop the process of ratifying the treaty.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ArmsTreaty2A&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Shaw, Adam (April 26, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-us-withdrawal-from-un-arms-trade-treaty Trump announces US withdrawal from UN arms trade treaty]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Elinson, Zusha; Kesling, Ben (April 26, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-u-s-is-backing-out-of-arms-trade-treaty-11556301961 Trump Says U.S. Is Backing Out of Arms-Trade Treaty]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (April 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/26/donald-trump-announces-us-pullback-un-arms-trade-t/ Trump announces he's 'taking our signature back' from the UN Arms Trade Treaty]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Wolverton, Joe (April 27, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/32143-president-trump-announces-u-s-withdrawal-from-un-arms-trade-treaty Trump Announces U.S. Withdrawal From UN Arms Trade Treaty]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 28, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Read, Russ (April 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/trump-pulls-us-out-of-arms-control-treaty-at-nra-gathering-we-will-never-surrender-american-sovereignty Trump pulls US out of arms control treaty at NRA gathering: 'We will never surrender American sovereignty']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Fabian, Jordan (April 26, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/440846-trump-tells-nra-hes-pulling-us-from-arms-treaty Trump tells NRA he's pulling US from arms treaty]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Su, Nathan (April 26, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/president-trump-withdraws-from-u-n-arms-trade-treaty-at-nra-convention_2896329.html President Trump Withdraws From UN Arms Trade Treaty at NRA Convention]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rampton, Roberta (April 26, 2019). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-nra-trump/trump-pulling-u-s-out-of-u-n-arms-treaty-heeding-nra-idUSKCN1S21RD Trump pulling U.S. out of U.N. arms treaty, heeding NRA]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Scott, Rachel; Haslett, Cheyenne (April 26, 2019). [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nra-supporters-back-trump-bad-business/story?id=62615916 Trump withdraws from UN Arms Trade Treaty; vows foreign bureaucrats won't trample on Second Amendment]. ''ABC News''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Colvin, Jill; Pane, Lisa Marie (April 26, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/4520c376a08a4a6d8a269b2f37d09704 Trump tells NRA he’s withdrawing from arms trade treaty]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Chappell, Bill (April 26, 2019). [https://www.npr.org/2019/04/26/717547741/trump-moves-to-withdraw-u-s-from-u-n-arms-trade-treaty Trump Moves To Withdraw U.S. From U.N. Arms Trade Treaty]. ''NPR''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sebenius, Alyza (April 26, 2019). [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-26/trump-arms-treaty-nra Trump Announces U.S. Withdrawal From Arms Treaty at NRA Rally]. ''Bloomberg''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rummler, Orion (April 26, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/trump-signs-formal-request-us-oppose-global-arms-trade-treaty-f2645885-4c4d-4c16-9b5f-f95e3e904a5a.html Trump signs formal request for U.S. to oppose global Arms Trade Treaty]. ''Axios''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rogers, Katie (April 26, 2019). [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/us/politics/trump-national-rifle-association.html Trump Pulls Out of Arms Treaty During Speech at N.R.A. Convention]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Haynes, Danielle (April 26, 2019). [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/04/26/Trump-withdraws-from-global-arms-treaty-at-NRA-convention/3941556225438/ Trump withdraws from global arms treaty at NRA convention]. ''UPI''. Retrieved April 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Bromund, Ted R. (May 23, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/445254-trumps-rejection-of-the-arms-trade-treaty-is-based-on Trump's rejection of the Arms Trade Treaty Is based on reality]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved May 23, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In announcing the decision, President Trump stated that &amp;quot;under my administration, we will never surrender American sovereignty to anyone&amp;quot; and that &amp;quot;we will never allow foreign bureaucrats to trample on your Second Amendment freedom.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ArmsTreaty2A&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*December 31, 2019—The U.S. Marine Corps announced a new policy allowing the branch's law enforcement personnel to carry their personal firearms on bases even when off-duty.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (January 3, 2020). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/34514-another-campaign-promise-fulfilled-marines-now-allowed-to-carry-concealed-on-base Another Campaign Promise Fulfilled: Marines Now Allowed to Carry Concealed on Base]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (January 3, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/03/usmc-firearm-policy-updated-to-allow-concealed-carry-for-self-defense/ USMC Firearm Policy Updated to Allow Concealed Carry for Self-Defense]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Read, Russ (January 2, 2020). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/marines-given-green-light-to-carry-weapons-on-bases-for-first-time Marines given green light to carry weapons on bases for first time]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Harkins, Gina (December 31, 2029). [https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/12/31/some-marines-get-ok-carry-concealed-firearms-after-deadly-shootings.html Some Marines Get OK to Carry Concealed Firearms After Deadly Shootings]. ''Military.com''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Athey, Philip (January 2, 2020). [https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/01/02/off-duty-corps-law-enforcement-officers-now-allowed-conceal-carry-on-marine-bases/ Off-duty Marine law enforcement now allowed to conceal carry personal firearms on Corps’ bases]. ''Marine Corps Times''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Johnson, Immanuel (January 2, 2020). [https://www.stripes.com/news/marine-corps/marine-law-enforcement-can-carry-privately-owned-firearms-on-base-1.613294 Marine law enforcement can carry privately owned firearms on base]. ''Stars and Stripes''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Athey, Philip (January 2, 2020). [https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2020/01/02/off-duty-corps-law-enforcement-officers-now-allowed-conceal-carry-on-marine-bases/ Off-duty Marine law enforcement now allowed to conceal carry personal firearms on Corps’ bases]. ''Military Times''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Burke, Cathy (January 2, 2020). [https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/marines-weapons-military-base/2020/01/02/id/948188/ Marines Get Go-Ahead to Carry Weapons on Base for First Time]. ''Newsmax''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Vigdor, Neil (January 2, 2020). [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/us/marines-bases-concealed-carry.html Military Police Can Now Carry Personal Firearms on Marine Corps Bases]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hoonhout, Tobias (January 2, 2020). [https://www.nationalreview.com/news/marine-corps-authorizes-concealed-carry-on-bases-following-recent-shootings/ Marine Corps Authorizes Concealed Carry on Bases Following Recent Shootings]. ''National Review''. Retrieved January 3, 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Commemorations, 2019===&lt;br /&gt;
*August 1, 2019—President Trump commemorated National Shooting Sports Month, stating that &amp;quot;the vibrant shooting sport culture is made possible, in large part, by our steadfast protection of one of our bedrock and most-cherished liberties, the right to keep and bear arms.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave (August 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/1/donald-trump-celebrates-shooting-sports-important-/ Trump celebrates shooting sports as important U.S. tradition]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 3, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Pavlich, Katie (August 1, 2019). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/08/01/white-house-celebrates-national-shooting-sports-month-n2551054 Cherished Tradition: White House Celebrates National Shooting Sports Month]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved August 3, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/presidential-message-national-shooting-sports-month-2019/ Presidential Message on National Shooting Sports Month, 2019]. ''The White House''. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other achievements, 2019===&lt;br /&gt;
While the following achievements were not official United States government policy actions by the Trump Administration, they were closely related to the Trump Administration and its policies:&lt;br /&gt;
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*President Trump continued making statements in support of Second Amendment rights,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/11/trump-2nd-come-take-it/ Trump Defends 2nd Amendment in El Paso: ‘Come and Take It’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (March 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/02/trump-at-cpac-democrat-gun-control-will-not-get-past-my-desk/ Trump at CPAC: Democrat Gun Control Will Not Get Past My Desk]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 2, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Frazin, Rachel (June 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/447018-unarmed-civilians-are-sitting-ducks-dont-stand-a-chance-against-bad Trump: Unarmed civilians are 'sitting ducks,' don't stand a chance against 'bad guys' with guns]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 5, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-unarmed-civilians-are-sitting-ducks_2952476.html Trump: Unarmed Civilians Are ‘Sitting Ducks’]. ''The Epoch Times'' (from ''The Daily Caller''). June 5, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Vogt, Bailey (June 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/5/donald-trump-assault-weapons-should-remain-legal-a/ Trump: Assault weapons should remain legal as they're 'entertainment' for a lot of Americans]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 6, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Samuels, Brett (August 15, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457655-trump-vows-to-always-uphold-the-second-amendment-amid-ongoing-talks Trump vows to 'always uphold the Second Amendment' amid ongoing talks on gun laws]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 15, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (August 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/15/trump-not-gun-pulls-trigger/ President Trump: ‘It’s Not the Gun That Pulls the Trigger’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 16, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (August 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/20/president-trump-shifts-away-from-background-check-push/ President Trump Shifts Away from Background Check Push]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Chalfant, Morgan (August 20, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/458133-trump-warns-of-slippery-slope-on-gun-control-says-background-checks Trump seems to backtrack on gun control, warns of 'slippery slope']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (August 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/20/president-trump-we-wont-sacrifice-gun-rights-slippery-slope/ President Trump: We Won’t Sacrifice Gun Rights to ‘Slippery Slope’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Higgins, Sean (August 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/trump-democrats-would-dump-the-second-amendment Trump: Democrats would dump the Second Amendment]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Howell, Tom (August 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/20/trump-still-looking-mental-institutions-combat-gun/ Trump warns of 'slippery slope' in approach to Second Amendment]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Colvin, Jill (August 20, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/75db363bc4fb4779b92d4582f5d5bb70 Trump insists US already has ‘strong’ gun background checks]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved August 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Leary, Alex (August 20, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-retreats-on-background-checks-citing-slippery-slope-to-gun-confiscation-11566338257 Trump Retreats on Background Checks, Citing ‘Slippery Slope’ to Gun Confiscation]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved August 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave (August 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/21/trump-gun-deaths-us-are-public-health-emergency/ Trump says gun deaths in U.S. are a public health emergency]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 21, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (August 21, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/21/trump-doubles-down-wont-risk-slippery-slope-gun-rights/ Trump Doubles Down: Won’t Risk ‘Slippery Slope’ for Gun Rights]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 21, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (September 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/01/president-trump-stronger-background-checks-would-not-stop-attacks/ President Trump: Stronger Background Checks Would Not Stop Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 1, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Chalfant, Morgan (September 1, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/459573-trump-says-west-texas-shooting-hasnt-changed-anything-in-ongoing-gun Trump says West Texas shooting 'hasn't changed anything' in ongoing gun talks]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 1, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/12/trump-vows-to-protect-2nd-amendment-after-gun-brie/ Trump vows to protect 2nd Amendment after gun briefing]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). September 12, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Colvin, Jill (September 12, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/30ad5d8e08264f95b016734a288658de Trump vows to protect 2nd Amendment after gun briefing]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved September 13, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (September 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/15/president-trump-democrats-want-to-confiscate-your-guns/ President Trump: Democrats Want to ‘Confiscate’ Your Guns]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 15, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (September 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/16/trump-democrats-want-to-eliminate-god-given-right-to-self-defense/ Trump: Democrats Want to Eliminate ‘God-Given Right to Self-Defense’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Concha, Joe (September 19, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/media/462152-foxs-ed-henry-to-trump-are-you-willing-to-stand-up-to-the-nra Fox's Ed Henry to Trump: 'Are you willing to stand up to the NRA?'] ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 19, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Poor, Jeff (September 19, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/09/19/trump-part-of-problem-is-betos-statement-about-taking-away-guns-republicans-democrats-afraid-to-do-anything/ Trump: ‘Part of the Problem’ Is Beto’s Statement About Taking Away Guns — Republicans, Democrats ‘Afraid to Do Anything’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 19, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Steakin, Will; Kim, Soo Rin (September 20, 2019). [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-private-fundraiser-reassures-donors-hell-protect-2nd/story?id=65749075 Trump at private fundraiser reassures donors he’ll protect 2nd Amendment]. ''ABC News''. Retrieved September 20, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (October 11, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/11/trump-to-louisianans-democrat-gov-will-not-protect-2nd-amendment/ Trump to Louisianans: Democrat Gov. Will Not Protect 2nd Amendment]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 12, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (October 17, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/president-trump-in-dallas-recalls-the-battle-of-gonzalez-come-and-take-it/ President Trump in Dallas Recalls the Battle of Gonzales: ‘Come and Take It’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 18, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Pavlich, Katie (October 28, 2019). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/10/28/president-trump-explains-the-best-way-to-reduce-gun-violence-n2555459 President Trump Explains the Best Way to Reduce Gun Violence]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved November 1, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (November 4, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/04/president-trump-democrats-want-confiscate-your-guns/ President Trump: Democrats Want to ‘Confiscate Your Guns’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 4, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
In February 2019, the White House announced that President Trump would veto two proposed background check bills if passed by Congress:&lt;br /&gt;
*Seipel, Brooke (February 25, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/431530-white-house-threatens-to-veto-background-check-bills White House threatens to veto background check bills]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (February 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/25/wh-veto-dem-bill-criminalizing-private-gun-sales/ White House to Veto Democrat Bill Criminalizing Private Gun Sales]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Daly, Matthew (February 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/feb/26/donald-trump-threatens-veto-democrats-gun-bills/ Trump threatens to veto Democrats' gun bills]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved February 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
In December 2019, President Trump noted Texas' pro-gun laws' and armed civilians' role in stopping a mass shooter in a church:&lt;br /&gt;
*Roberts, Katabella (December 30, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-says-gun-laws-and-heroes-saved-lives-at-texas-church-shooting_3189350.html Trump Says Gun Laws and ‘Heroes’ Saved Lives at Texas Church Shooting]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bowden, John (December 30, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/476310-trump-texas-laws-saved-lives-in-church-shooting Trump praises 'heroes,' Texas laws for saving lives in church shooting]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/31/trump-armed-heroes-saved-lives-in-texas-church/ Trump: Armed ‘Heroes’ Saved Lives in Texas Church]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Blitzer, Ronn (December 31, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-thanks-armed-congregants-for-stopping-crazed-church-shooter-in-texas Trump thanks armed congregants for stopping ‘crazed church shooter’ in Texas]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Miller S.A. (December 31, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/31/trump-lauds-armed-volunteers-who-stopped-texas-chu/ Trump lauds armed volunteers who stopped Texas church shooter: 'A big THANK YOU to them!'] ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kusisto, Laura (December 31, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-rights-advocates-see-lessons-in-texas-church-shooting-11577806103 Gun-Rights Advocates See Lessons in Texas Church Shooting]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Markham, Joe (June 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/06/05/trump-british-hospitals-sea-blood-everybody-is-being-stabbed/ Trump: British Hospitals Are a ‘Sea of Blood. Everybody Is Being Stabbed’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 5, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bender, Michael C. (June 5, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-expresses-concern-about-gun-silencers-in-wake-of-virginia-shooting-11559739661 Trump Expresses Concern About Gun Silencers in Wake of Virginia Shooting]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 6, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Starr, Penny (September 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/02/penny-starr-donald-trump-is-right-about-mental-illness-and-mass-shootings/ Penny Starr: Donald Trump Is Right About Mental Illness and Mass Shootings]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 3, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Madden, Nate (September 3, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/wake-shooting-trump-backs-off-new-background-checks-doj-preps-plan-execute-mass-murderers-faster/ In wake of shooting, Trump backs off new background checks &amp;amp; DOJ preps plan to execute mass murderers faster]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved September 3, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Budryk, Zack (September 15, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/461451-conway-mass-shootings-will-not-be-the-excuse-for-liberals-and Conway: Mass shootings will not be 'the excuse for liberals and socialists' to 'confiscate' guns]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved September 15, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Poor, Jeff (September 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/09/15/whs-conway-were-not-going-to-let-bad-actors-be-the-excuse-liberals-socialists-have-to-confiscate-firearms/ WH’s Conway: We’re Not Going to Let Bad Actors Be the Excuse Liberals, Socialists Have to ‘Confiscate Firearms’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 15, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; including at his [[United Nations General Assembly]] speech on September 24, 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?463700-1/president-trump-calls-global-trade-reform-un-speech President Trump Speaks at U.N. General Assembly]. ''C-SPAN''. Retrieved September 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-74th-session-united-nations-general-assembly/ Remarks by President Trump to the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly]. ''The White House''. September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hains, Tim (September 24, 2019). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/24/full_replay_president_trump_rails_against_globalists_china_iran_in_speech_to_un_general_assembly.html Full Replay: President Trump Rails Against Globalists, China, Iran In Speech To UN General Assembly]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved September 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Lee, Tony (September 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/09/24/live-updates-trump-addresses-united-nations-general-assembly/ ***Live Updates*** Trump Addresses United Nations General Assembly]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 26, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*April 26, 2019—President Trump and Vice President Pence&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?460116-2/vice-president-pence-remarks-national-rifle-association-meeting Vice President Pence Remarks at National Rifle Association Meeting]. ''C-SPAN''. April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (April 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/26/mike-pence-tells-nra-crowd-no-one-taking-your-guns/ Pence to NRA gathering: 'No one is taking your guns' under Trump administration]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (April 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/26/mike-pence-nra-no-one-taking-guns/ Mike Pence to the NRA: ‘No One Is Taking Your Guns’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Geraghty, Jim (April 26, 2019). [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mike-pence-to-nra-under-this-administration-your-right-to-bear-arms-shall-not-be-infringed/ Pence to NRA: Under This Administration, Your Right to Bear Arms ‘Shall Not Be Infringed’]. ''National Review''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Clark, Andrew (April 26, 2019). [https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/26/mike-pence-nra-convention-indianapolis/3588784002/ Read Mike Pence's speech from the NRA convention in Indianapolis]. ''Indianapolis Star''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Baumann, Beth (April 26, 2019). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/04/26/pence-dunks-on-bernie-during-nra-speech-no-the-boston-marathon-bomber-shouldnt-n2545448 Oh, Snap! Pence Slams Bernie During NRA Speech]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; spoke again at the NRA's annual convention.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;ArmsTreaty2A&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?460116-1/president-trump-remarks-national-rifle-association-meeting President Trump Remarks at National Rifle Association Meeting]. ''C-SPAN''. April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (April 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/26/trump-to-nra/ President Trump to the NRA: ‘Second Amendment Is Not Going Anywhere’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us-trump-nra/2019/04/26/id/913492/ Trump to NRA: I'm a 'Champion for the Second Amendment']. ''Newsmax''. April 26, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Colvin, Jill; Pane, Lisa Marie (April 26, 2019). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-pence-nra-indianapolis-20190426-story.html Trump tells NRA he'll fight for gun rights: 'You better get out there and vote']. ''Chicago Tribune'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Diamond, Jeremy; Vazquez, Maegan; Carvajal, Niki (April 26, 2019). [https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/26/politics/donald-trump-national-rifle-association-speech-2020/index.html Trump gives base-pleasing NRA speech, teasing 2020 pitch]. ''CNN''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
Various statements made by President Trump at the speech:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (April 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/27/donald-trump-nra-concealed-carry-thwart-heinous-attacks/ Donald Trump to NRA: Concealed Carry Can Thwart Heinous Attacks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 27, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Gstalter, Morgan (April 26, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/440923-trump-reiterates-claim-that-stricter-gun-laws-could-have-prevented Trump again says armed concertgoers could have prevented Paris attack]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rosas, Julio (April 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-during-nra-speech-invites-people-on-stage-who-used-ar-15s-to-stop-attacks Trump during NRA speech invites people on stage who used AR-15s to stop attacks]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Athey, Amber (April 26, 2019). [https://dailycaller.com/2019/04/26/trump-joke-gun-coup-nra/ Trump Jokes to NRA: I Didn't Need a Gun to Stop Attempted 'Coup' Against My Presidency]. ''The Daily Caller''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinsi, David (April 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/26/donald-trump-nra-event-calls-collusion-delusion-gr/ Trump: 'Collusion delusion' 'greatest political hoax' in U.S. history]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Baumann, Beth (April 26, 2019). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/04/26/here-was-the-most-important-line-from-trumps-nra-ila-leadership-forum-speech-n2545452 Here Was The Most Important Line From Trump's NRA-ILA Leadership Forum Speech]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Cook, Tony; Bartner, Amy (April 26, 2019). [https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/26/trump-pence-nra-convention-indianapolis/3590072002/ 5 takeaways from Trump and Pence at the NRA convention in Indianapolis]. ''Indianapolis Star''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Behsudi, Adam (April 26, 2019). [https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/26/trump-gun-rights-limits-1384930 Trump supports gun rights, but even he sees limits]. ''Politico''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Groppe, Maureen; Collins, Michael (April 25, 2019). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/04/25/donald-trump-nra-mayor-pete-buttigieg-state/3539517002/ Trump's visits Buttigieg country for speech at NRA convention but singles out only Bernie Sanders]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Elinson, Zusha (April 25, 2019). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-heads-to-nra-convention-as-unrest-over-his-gun-policies-simmers-11556210396 Trump Heads to NRA Convention as Disagreements Over His Gun Policies Simmer]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Sherfinski, David (April 25, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/25/despite-bump-stock-ban-gun-rights-advocates-strong/ Despite bump stock ban, gun rights advocates strongly support Trump]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This was the third time in a row as U.S. president that Trump spoke at the convention.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (April 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/05/trump-address-nra-convention-fourth-consecutive-year/ Donald Trump to Address NRA Convention Fourth Consecutive Year]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.apnews.com/005893a334b54fb390c1c319a058dcd1 Trump to address NRA meeting for 3rd consecutive year]. ''Associated Press''. April 5, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Samuels, Brett (April 26, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/437592-trump-to-address-nra-conference-in-late-april Trump to address NRA conference in late April]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 26, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*For the first time, the number of background checks in the U.S. in the first six months of the year surpassed 2 million each month.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawins, Awr (July 10, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/10/gun-background-check-record-2-million-checks-each-month-2019/ Gun Background Check Record: 2+ Million Checks Each Month of 2019]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 10, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann Bob (July 11, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/32833-concealed-carry-applications-boost-background-checks-to-more-than-two-million-a-month Concealed-carry Applications Boost Background Checks to More Than Two Million a Month]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 11, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (August 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/gun-sales-surge-fueled-by-first-timers-mostly-for-concealed-pistols Gun sales surge fueled by first-timers, mostly for ‘concealed’ pistols]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Quinn, Melissa (August 10, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/alarmed-by-shooting-sprees-shoppers-turn-to-handguns-concealed-carry-permits Petrified by shooting sprees, shoppers turn to handguns and concealed-carry permits]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 10, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (August 22, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/arming-up-gun-background-checks-spike-after-80-of-mass-shootings Arming up: Gun background checks spike after 80% of mass shootings]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 28, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (September 10, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/gun-sales-surge-15-driven-by-self-protection-pelosi-schumer-demand-for-limits Gun sales surge 15%, driven by self-protection and Pelosi-Schumer demand for limits]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 15, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (October 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/03/report-number-concealed-permits-surges-nearly-19-million/ Report: Number of Concealed Permits Surges to Nearly 19 Million]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 3, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Svab, Petr (November 14, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/after-cooldown-gun-sales-climb-amid-democrats-heightened-gun-control-talk_3146766.html US Gun Sales Resume Climb Amid Democrats’ Heightened Gun Control Talk]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Madden, Nate (November 14, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/gun-sales-continue-rise-democrats-push-confiscation/ Gun sales continue to rise as Democrats push confiscation]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved November 14, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (November 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/15/americans-reject-democrat-gun-control-set-background-check-records/ Americans Reject Democrat Gun Control, Set Background Check Records]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 15, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (November 26, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/26/usa-today-2019-could-break-firearm-background-check-record/ USA Today: 2019 Could Break Firearm Background Check Record]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Johnson, Kevin (November 25, 2019). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/11/25/fbi-background-checks-rise-amid-mass-shootings-calls-gun-control/4228725002/ Black Friday gun deals: Background checks surge as shoppers buy in response to gun control proposals]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved November 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Stieber, Zachary (November 26, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/gun-sales-surge-jump-amid-fears-of-gun-control-proposals-from-2020-democrats_3157784.html Gun Sales Surge Amid Fears of Gun Control Proposals From 2020 Democrats]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved November 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (November 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/gun-sales-surge-past-2018-fueled-by-2020-democrat-gun-grab-threats Gun sales surge past 2018 rate, fueled by 2020 Democrat gun-grab threats]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 2, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 1, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/01/2019-black-friday-background-checks-rank-2nd-highest-history/ 2019 Black Friday Firearm Background Checks Rank 2nd Highest in History]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 1, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 2, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/02/report-enough-guns-sold-black-friday-arm-every-marine/ Report: Enough Guns Sold on Black Friday to Arm Every Marine]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 2, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Pane, Lisa Marie (December 3, 2019). [https://apnews.com/da575d623f5d4030a8b368e75ed634a4 Gun background checks are on pace to break record in 2019]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved December 3, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Pane, Lisa Marie (December 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/3/gun-background-checks-are-on-pace-to-break-record-/ Gun background checks are on pace to break record in 2019]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved December 3, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (December 3, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/34211-americans-arming-themselves-at-record-rates Americans Arming Themselves at Record Rates]. ''The New American''. Retrieved December 3, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 4, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/04/gun-buyers-on-cusp-of-breaking-all-time-background-check-record/ Gun Buyers on Cusp of Breaking All-Time Background Check Record]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 4, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Mastrangelo, Dominick (December 5, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gun-sales-soar-as-violent-crime-drops-atf-says Gun sales soar as violent crime drops, ATF says]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 5, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bedard, Paul (January 6, 2020). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/fbi-record-gun-sales-checks-in-2019-nics-at-all-time-high Record gun sales checks in 2019, NICS at all-time high: FBI]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 6, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (January 6, 2020). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/06/fbi-2019-broke-records-for-firearm-background-checks/ FBI: 2019 Broke Records for Firearm Background Checks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 6, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Bowden, John (January 6, 2020). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/476954-gun-sale-background-checks-in-2019-highest-since-system-launch 2019 gun sale background checks highest since system launch in 1998]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 6, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*Mordock, Jeff (January 6, 2020). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/6/fbi-gun-background-checks-reached-record-levels-20/ FBI gun background checks reached record levels in 2019]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 6, 2020.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Setbacks, 2019===&lt;br /&gt;
The following setbacks to the MAGA agenda were often caused by Congress or officials in the Trump Administration, rather than President Trump himself. Some of them can also be considered partial achievements.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*After the [[El Paso Walmart shooting]] and the [[Dayton nightclub shooting]], both in early August 2019, President Trump made several statements promoting gun control measures such as universal background checks,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Wolverton, Joe (August 7, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/33067-trump-calls-for-federal-red-flag-laws-to-take-weapons-from-disturbed-minds Trump Calls for Federal “Red Flag Laws” to “Take Weapons” From “Disturbed Minds”]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave (August 7, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/7/donald-trump-backs-expanded-background-checks-afte/ Trump 'all in favor' of expanded background checks after mass shootings]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (August 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/07/president-trump-pushes-congressional-action-for-background-checks/ President Trump Pushes Congressional Action for ‘Background Checks’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (August 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/05/president-trump-floats-idea-of-strong-background-checks-after-shootings/ President Trump Floats Idea of ‘Strong Background Checks’ After Shootings]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Rodrigo, Chris Mills (August 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/456137-trump-suggests-tying-background-checks-to-immigration-reform Trump suggests tying background checks to immigration reform legislation after deadly shootings]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (August 5, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/05/after-shootings-donald-trump-proposes-gun-background-checks-and-immigration-reform/ After Shootings, Donald Trump Proposes Gun Background Checks and Immigration Reform]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Blitzer, Ronn (August 5, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-suggests-linking-background-check-legislation-with-immigration-reform-in-wake-of-shootings Trump suggests tightening background checks alongside immigration reform in wake of mass shootings]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kan, Janita (August 5, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-calls-for-strong-background-checks-immigration-reform-following-mass-murders-in-ohio-and-texas_3030391.html Trump Calls for Strong Background Checks, Immigration Reform Following Mass Murders in Ohio and Texas]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Vogt, Bailey (August 9, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/9/donald-trump-on-gun-legislation-common-sense-thing/ Trump on gun legislation: 'Common sense things can be done']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (August 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/09/donald-trump-endorses-more-common-sense-background-checks-for-gun-purchases/ Donald Trump Endorses More ‘Common Sense’ Background Checks for Gun Purchases]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (August 9, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/09/donald-trump-republicans-can-lead-the-charge-on-expanding-background-checks/ Donald Trump: Republicans Can ‘Lead the Charge’ on Expanding Background Checks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Samuels, Brett (August 9, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/456837-trump-calls-for-intelligent-background-checks-in-response-to-mass Trump calls for 'intelligent background checks' in response to mass shootings]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Miller, Zeke; Riechmann, Deb (August 9, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/bf77af0e76664973b45fcf1547f91580 Trump says he wants background checks, also reassures NRA]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kan, Janita (August 9, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-says-he-has-spoken-to-congressional-leaders-about-common-sense-sensible-background-checks_3035990.html Trump Says He Has Spoken to Congressional Leaders About ‘Common-Sense, Sensible’ Background Checks]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Samuels, Brett (August 9, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/456907-trump-flirts-with-action-on-gun-control Trump flirts with action on gun control]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Vogt, Bailey (August 9, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/9/trump-has-consulted-mcconnell-nras-lapierre-backgr/ Trump on background checks: I've told LaPierre, McConnell 'I want to see it happen']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (August 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/08/2015-donald-trump-campaigned-against-expanding-a-broken-system-of-gun-background-checks/ 2015: Donald Trump Campaigned Against ‘Expanding a Broken System’ of Gun Background Checks]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Byas, Steve (September 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/33291-trump-wants-to-do-something-on-gun-issue Trump Wants to “Do Something” on Gun Issue]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 2, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Larosiere, Matthew (September 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/26/no-your-gun-rights-arent-actually-safe-with-trump/ 'No, your gun rights aren't actually safe with Trump']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved September 26, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Jones, Stewart (September 26, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-second-amendment-is-under-siege The Second Amendment is under siege]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 27, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
Articles on the broader topic:&lt;br /&gt;
*Duke, Selwyn (August 7, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/33071-as-trump-visits-texas-and-ohio-he-s-in-crosshairs-of-media-assault-commentary As Trump Visits Texas and Ohio, He’s in Cross Hairs of Media Assault Commentary]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (August 4, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/33021-el-paso-mass-shooting-elicits-calls-for-more-gun-control El Paso Mass Shooting Elicits Calls for More Gun Control]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Horowitz, Daniel (August 5, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/mass-shootings-unicorn-gun-control-policy-magic-solution/ Mass shootings: The unicorn gun control policy as the magic solution]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Horowitz, Daniel (August 7, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/republicans-jump-push-security-self-defense/ Republicans should jump to push for our security and self-defense]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Howley, Patrick (August 7, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/conservatives-mobilize-against-republicans-supporting-red-flag-gun-confiscation-law_3033422.html Conservatives Mobilize Against Republicans Supporting ‘Red Flag’ Gun Confiscation Law]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave (August 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/8/conservative-opposition-mounting-trump-red-flag-la/ Conservative opposition mounting to Trump on red-flag laws]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Nelson, Steven (August 8, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/gun-rights-supporters-say-trump-could-lose-their-vote Gun rights supporters say Trump could lose their vote]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Madden, Nate (August 9, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/trump-headed-post-shooting-gun-control-fight-nra/ Is Trump headed for a post-shooting gun control fight with the NRA?] ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved August 9, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (August 12, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/33101-trump-gets-pushback-from-nra-senators-2a-organizations-and-opinion-molders-over-his-push-for-new-gun-control-laws Trump Gets Pushback from NRA, Senators, 2A Organizations, and Opinion Molders Over His Push for New Gun Control Laws]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 12, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kobach, Kris (August 13, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/13/kobach-its-time-to-put-the-brakes-on-the-universal-background-checks-bandwagon/ Kobach: It’s Time to Put the Brakes on the Universal Background Checks Bandwagon]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 13, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Manning, Rick (August 8, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2019/08/08/rick-manning-red-flag-laws-raise-a-gigantic-red-flag/ Rick Manning: Red Flag Laws Raise a Gigantic Red Flag]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (August 13, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/33114-a-closer-look-at-the-dangers-of-red-flag-laws A Closer Look at the Dangers of Red Flag Laws]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 13, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Byas, Steve (August 5, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/33029-trump-and-o-rourke-play-blame-game-on-el-paso-shooting Trump and O’Rourke Play Blame Game on El Paso Shooting]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Duke, Selwyn (August 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/33054-el-paso-the-real-root-causes-of-mass-shootings El Paso: The Real Root Causes of Mass Shootings]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Venker, Suzanne (August 7, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/gun-control-wont-cure-the-underlying-moral-disease Gun control won't cure the underlying moral disease]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Moreno, Miguel (August 8, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/degrading-family-structures-contributes-to-mass-shootings-family-research-council_3034028.html Degrading Family Structures Contributes to Mass Shootings: Family Research Council]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Adelmann, Bob (August 8, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/33078-what-about-firearms-that-saved-lives-last-month What About Firearms That Saved Lives Last Month?] ''The New American''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Gallington, Daniel (August 21, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/20/united-states-not-rest-world-gun-control/ The United States is not like the rest of the world on gun control]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 21, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and he even appeared open to a ban on semi-automatic rifles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave (August 7, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/7/trump-says-he-favors-background-checks-he-leaves-o/ Trump says 'no political appetite' to ban semi-automatic rifles, backs expanded background checks]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Spiering, Charlie (August 7, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/07/donald-trump-supports-expanding-background-checks-no-political-appetite-for-assault-weapons-ban/ Donald Trump Supports Expanding Background Checks; No ‘Political Appetite’ for Assault Weapons Ban]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Samuels, Brett (August 8, 2019). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/456515-trump-all-in-favor-of-background-checks-but-doubts-will-of-congress Trump 'all in favor' of background checks but doubts will of Congress]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Stieber, Zachary (August 7, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-says-mentally-unstable-seriously-ill-people-shouldnt-have-guns_3033254.html Trump Says ‘Mentally Unstable, Seriously Ill People’ Shouldn’t Have Guns]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*December 20, 2019—The federal government spending bill signed by President Trump&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Stimson, Brie (December 21, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-signs-1-4-trillion-spending-bill-that-includes-space-force-avoids-shutdown Trump signs $1.4T spending bill that includes Space Force, avoids shutdown]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Boyer, Dave (December 20, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/20/donald-trump-signs-massive-spending-bill-avoiding-/ Trump signs massive spending bill, avoiding a government shutdown]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Elis, Niv (December 20, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/475487-trump-signs-14-t-spending-package-averting-shutdown Trump signs $1.4 trillion spending package, averting shutdown]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.voanews.com/usa/trump-signs-2020-spending-bills-worth-14-trillion Trump Signs 2020 Spending Bills Worth $1.4 Trillion]. ''Voice of America''. December 21, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Nathanson, Marc (December 20, 2019). [https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-signs-14-trillion-spending-bill-avert-government/story?id=67865548 Trump signs $1.4 trillion spending bill to avert government shutdown]. ''ABC News''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Katz, Eric (December 20, 2019). [https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/12/president-trump-signs-spending-bills-averting-midnight-shutdown/162069/ Trump Signs 2020 Spending Bills, Averting Midnight Shutdown]. ''Government Executive''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Pramuk, Jacob (December 20, 2019). [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/21/trump-signs-bills-to-avoid-shutdown-scrap-obamacare-taxes-and-raise-tobacco-buying-age.html Trump signs bills to avoid shutdown, scrap Obamacare taxes and raise tobacco buying age]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Knutson, Jacob (December 20, 2019). [https://www.axios.com/trump-137-trillion-spending-deal-federal-shutdown-102be300-5bf2-4d4c-9ae3-5ac9651bbf22.html Trump signs $1.37 trillion spending deal, averting federal shutdown]. ''Axios''. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://apnews.com/3e0d8749170b0ca2fa1b93642bf03c8f Trump signs $1.4 trillion in spending, avoids shutdown]. ''Associated Press''. December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 29, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; included a provision giving $25 million for gun violence research to the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], something strongly opposed by pro-Second Amendment conservatives.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*Hawkins, Awr (December 20, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/20/federal-funding-bill-gives-democrats-25m-for-gun-violence-research/ Federal Funding Bill Gives Democrats $25M for Gun Violence Research]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Madden, Nate (December 17, 2019). [https://www.conservativereview.com/news/congress-spending-deal-will-put-millions-tax-dollars-toward-government-gun-violence-research/ Congress’ spending deal will put millions of tax dollars toward government gun violence research]. ''Conservative Review''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hammer, Josh (December 17, 2019). [https://www.dailywire.com/news/congress-spending-boondoggle-includes-millions-of-dollars-for-federal-agencies-to-research-gun-violence Congress’ Spending Boondoggle Includes Millions Of Dollars For Federal Agencies To Research Gun Violence]. ''The Daily Wire''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Nguyen Ly, Mimi (December 17, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/congress-agrees-to-fund-25-million-for-research-on-gun-violence_3176558.html Congress Agrees to Fund $25 Million for Research on Gun Violence]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Daly, Matthew (December 16, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/16/spending-deal-ends-two-decade-freeze-on-gun-safety/ Spending deal would end two-decade freeze on gun research]. ''The Washington Times'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Leonard, Kimberly (December 16, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/congress-to-fund-cdc-gun-violence-research-for-first-time-in-decades Congress to fund CDC gun violence research for first time in decades]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hellmann, Jessie (December 16, 2019). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/474740-25m-set-aside-for-gun-violence-research-in-spending-agreement-in-win-for Congress reaches deal to fund gun violence research for first time in decades]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Hauck, Grace (December 17, 2019). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/17/gun-violence-research-funding-included-bipartisan-spending-bill/2673386001/ 'Change is happening': Gun violence research could be funded by Congress for first time in 20 years]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Daly, Matthew (December 16, 2019). [https://apnews.com/e7cf2a0adb2d55714770ebc77fd56b95 Spending deal would end two-decade freeze on gun research]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*Moe, Alex; Gregorian, Dareh (December 16, 2019). [https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/millions-gun-safety-research-approved-congress-first-time-decades-n1102891 Millions for gun safety research approved by Congress for first time in decades]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
See also:&lt;br /&gt;
*Lott, John R. (December 18, 2019). [https://townhall.com/columnists/johnrlottjr/2019/12/18/government-funded-gun-violence-research-is-really-political-propaganda-n2558124 Government Funded 'Gun Violence' Research Is Really Political Propaganda]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved December 31, 2019.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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|name=Donald John Trump {{verified}}&lt;br /&gt;
|image=Donald Trump official presidential photo.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|party=[[Republican]] (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; formerly Registered Democrat primary voter (until 1987, 2001–2009), [[Reform Party|Reform]] (1999–2001), and [[Independent voter|Independent]] (2011–2012)&lt;br /&gt;
|spouse=Ivana Trump&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; Marla Maples&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Melania Trump]] (current)&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_date=June 14, 1946&lt;br /&gt;
|children=5&lt;br /&gt;
|grandchildren=9&lt;br /&gt;
|religion=[[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]]&lt;br /&gt;
|offices={{Officeholder/president&lt;br /&gt;
	|country=the United States&lt;br /&gt;
	|number=45th&lt;br /&gt;
	|terms=January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021&lt;br /&gt;
	|vp=[[Mike Pence]]&lt;br /&gt;
	|preceded=[[Barack Obama]]&lt;br /&gt;
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        |succeeded=[[Joe Biden]] (disputed)&lt;br /&gt;
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:''For his achievements as U.S. President, see [[Donald Trump achievements]].''&lt;br /&gt;
:''Donald Trump was [[Conservative of the Year]] in [[Conservative of the Year 2017|2017]] and [[Conservative of the Year 2018|2018]].''&lt;br /&gt;
'''Donald John Trump''' (b. [[Queens]], [[New York]], on [[Donald Trump's age|June 14, 1946]]), nicknamed &amp;quot;'''The Donald''',&amp;quot; served the office as the 45th  [[President of the United States of America]], as a result of winning the [[2016 presidential election]] as the [[Republican Party]] nominee.  It is widely believed by a majority of registered voters that he was [[fraud|cheat]]ed out of a second consecutive term by [[Joe Biden]] and the [[Democrat]]s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2022/election_integrity_most_voters_still_suspect_cheating Election Integrity: Most Voters Still Suspect Cheating], Rassmussen Reports, May 25, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/biden-2020-win-tainted-56-say-it-was-a-cheaters-paradise Biden 2020 win ‘tainted,’ 56% say it was a cheater’s paradise], by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist, October 11, 2021.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Before entering politics, he was a businessman and [[television]] personality. A strong social and fiscal [[conservative]], Trump [[Donald Trump achievements|achieved much during his presidency]] and advanced many conservative priorities. He greatly benefited the US energy sector by reducing the energy dependence of the US in the Middle East, helping gasoline prices go down, and encouraging projects such as the Keystone Pipeline. Despite this, he received more criticism than any U.S. president in history, almost all of which is purely politically motivated.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]], Trump received at least a record-smashing 74+ million lawful votes, many in the key [[swing states]].  This confirms him as the leader of the [[Republican Party]], indeed the entire nation, for the foreseeable future. Many conservatives who no longer feel they identify with Trump are retiring. This is the most probable cause that at least 25% of Republican senators up in 2022 plan to retire, and many other transitions are occurring among the GOP nationwide.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for the [[Wuhan virus]] in early October 2020.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/01/president-donald-trump-first-lady-melania-trump-test-positive-for-coronavirus/ President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump Test Positive for Coronavirus]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519282-president-trump-melania-trump-test-positive-for-covid-19 President Trump, Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/10/02/breaking-president-trump-and-first-lady-test-positive-for-wuhancoronavirus-n2577338 BREAKING: President Trump and First Lady Test Positive for Wuhan Coronavirus]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-first-lady-test-positive-covid-19-n1241769 Trump, first lady test positive for Covid-19]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The mainstream media have started mocking him, some believing he deserved his positive COVID-19 test; Pence is also vulnerable, since many of his workers have contracted the [[Wuhan coronavirus]]. [[Leftists]] and the [[MSM]] attempted to downplay Trump's experiences with the virus, claiming that the average American would not have received similar medication. Trump's strong leadership against the coronavirus even after falling ill to it himself shocked many.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
He was born on June 14, 1946, in New York City to Fred and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.  He has several brothers and sisters: Elizabeth, Fred Jr., Maryanne, and Robert.  After High School he attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Financial worth &amp;amp; education==&lt;br /&gt;
Trump has engaged in many financial pursuits and estimated that his net worth was $10 billion, as of July 2015.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;LoGiurato, Brett (July 25, 2015). [https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-net-worth-2015-7 &amp;quot;We finally know a lot more about Donald Trump's 'massive' net worth&amp;quot;].  Business Insider website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ''Forbes'', however, estimates his net worth is $3.1 billion as of 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/ &amp;quot;The world's most powerful people: #2 Donald Trump&amp;quot;]. (March 6, 2017).  Forbes.com website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He graduated from the New York Military Academy in 1964 and first attended college at [[Fordham University]] for two years before transferring to the more competitive [[University of Pennsylvania]] and completing his undergraduate studies at its Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. In September 2020, the [[New York Times]] reported on Donald Trump engaging in tax avoidance. It was claimed that his tax avoidance dates back to the 1990s. Trump doesn't like pilots who get captured, but the majority of Americans don't like executives who file bankruptcy.&lt;br /&gt;
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Early media profiles of Trump claim he graduated &amp;quot;first in his class&amp;quot; from Wharton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Whitman, Alden (January 28, 1973). [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/28/archives/a-builder-looks-backand-moves-forward-builder-looks-back-but-moves.html &amp;quot;A builder looks back—and moves forward&amp;quot;.] ''New York Times''. Retrieved from ''New York Times'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The evidence suggests otherwise and yet Trump has never sought to correct or clarify this potentially significant error.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Geist, William E. (April 8, 1984). [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/magazine/the-expanding-empire-of-donald-trump.html &amp;quot;The expanding empire of Donald Trump&amp;quot;.] ''New York Times Magazine''.  Retrieved from ''New York Times'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Candidacy==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:2thumb-5-1-300x202.jpg|right|300px|thumb|As Trump rode the escalator to announce his candidacy, polls showed Hillary Clinton's collusion with Russia over the [[Uranium One deal]] was her biggest vulnerability.  Deputy Attn. Gen. [[Sally Yates]] was taking steps to ban the Inspector General from oversight of the DOJ-National Security Division and hide  [[FISA abuse]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/08/doj-political-surveillance-from-the-irs-in-2011-to-the-fisa-court-in-2016/ DOJ Political Surveillance – From the IRS in 2011 to the FISA Court in 2016], Posted on March 8, 2020 by sundance. theconservativetreehouse.com&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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On October 7, 1999, Trump declared his candidacy for the [[Reform Party]] nomination in the [[2000 Presidential Election]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/256159-a-look-back-at-trumps-first-run/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During his campaign, he declared America must have universal healthcare because having over 40 million uninsured Americans was unacceptable.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.ontheissues.org/Archive/America_We_Deserve_Health_Care.htm&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; When asked about gays in the military, he said it would not disturb him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20100613005525/http://indegayforum.org/news/show/26834.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Stated he was ‘very pro-choice but hates the concept of abortion.’&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-in-1999-i-am-very-pro-choice-480297539914&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He favored a one-time tax on the rich to eliminate the national debt and declared North Korea the greatest threat to the US. He also followed the Reform party view that abortion rights should be kept out of politics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/05/donald-trump-reform-party-2000-president&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Trump suspended his candidacy for the Reform Party on February 14, 2000.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/14/us/reform-bid-said-to-be-a-no-go-for-trump.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On June 16, 2015, he declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/16/trump-announces-white-house-bid-joins-crowded-gop-field/ &amp;quot;Trump announces White House bid, joins crowded GOP field&amp;quot;] (June 16, 2015).  Fox News website/Politics. The front-runner in a record-breaking field of 17 [[Republican]] candidates, Trump announced that he did not anticipate &amp;quot;throwing punches&amp;quot; against his rivals in the first GOP debate.&lt;br /&gt;
*Chiacu, Donna and Torbati, Yeganeh (August 2, 2015).  [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/02/us-usa-election-debate-idUSKCN0Q70NI20150802 &amp;quot;Trump says won't be 'throwing punches' in U.S. Republican debate&amp;quot;].  Reuters/Politics.  But at the debate the [[Fox News Channel]]—particularly its [[feminist]] non-journalist [[Megyn Kelly]]—ambushed Trump with out-of-context quotations designed to smear him as somehow being anti-women.  This ignited a national controversy that lasted for days, and Trump called upon Kelly to apologize, which she refused to do.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Unlike most other U.S. presidential candidates, Trump sharply criticizes the media and talks about issues that no elected official dares touch.  For example, Trump stands up against [[feminists]], unlike most politicians. In another example, in 2011 Trump persistently doubted whether [[Barack Obama]] had been born in the [[United States]], which caused Obama's approval ratings to drop below 40% until Obama finally caved in to Trump and produced what Obama claimed was his birth certificate.  Trump then scoffed at Obama's conduct.&lt;br /&gt;
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'''''In February 2011, Trump announced that he is [[pro-life]], and at the final presidential debate on Oct. 19, 2016, Trump gave the strongest endorsement of the pro-life position of any presidential nominee in history'''''. Trump said he has never had to ask God for forgiveness; if he does something wrong, he makes it right, so his Christianity is questionale, as it is impossible to be a Christian without forgiveness.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's central campaign theme has been to oppose [[illegal immigration]] and [[free trade]], and nominated Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] as [[Attorney General]] to enforce standing legislation on the issue.  As reported by [[Breitbart News Network|Breitbart]], &amp;quot;Sen. Sessions, Chairman of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, is widely regarded as the gold standard on immigration. Sessions has also become the intellectual thought leader in the Republican Party on appealing to the blue collar voters who have been abandoned by their political leaders.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hahn, Julia (August 14, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/14/game-change-trump-consults-with-sen-jeff-sessions-on-immigration-strategy/ &amp;quot;Game change: Trump consults with Sen Jeff Sessions on immigration strategy&amp;quot;].  Breitbart website/Big government.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the later campaign Trump focused more on [[ISIS]] and terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;
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At the final presidential debate between [[Hillary Clinton]] and Trump on October 19, 2016, Clinton chastised Trump for running a newspaper advertisement in 1987 critical of the [[Reagan Administration]].  But Trump persuasively explained that he has always disagreed with Reagan's support of free trade, as many other [[conservatives]] disagree with Reagan on this issue.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Religious beliefs==&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump attended the First [[Presbyterian]] Church in Jamaica, [[Queens]]. He told the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] that he still considers himself a [[Presbyterian]] and attends services for all major holidays and Sundays, and that &amp;quot;The [[Bible]] is certainly THE book.&amp;quot;  He receives Bibles from fans in the mail, and he either stores them or gives them away to others.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Haberman, Maggie (April 11, 2011).  [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52942.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump talks about religion&amp;quot;].  Politico website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In July 2015, Trump stated in an interview that &amp;quot;Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nothstine, Ray (July 23, 2015). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-why-do-i-have-to-repent-or-ask-for-forgiveness-if-i-am-not-making-mistakes-video-141856/ Trump: 'Why Do I Have to Repent or Ask for Forgiveness If I Am Not Making Mistakes?' (Video)]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also stated that &amp;quot;I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Scott, Eugene (July 18, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/trump-has-never-sought-forgiveness/ Trump believes in God, but hasn't sought forgiveness]. ''CNN''. Retrieved December 4, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; January 2016, Trump stated that &amp;quot;I have a great relationship with God,&amp;quot; but that &amp;quot;I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Key, Pam (January 17, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/01/17/trump-i-dont-like-to-have-to-ask-for-forgiveness-from-god/ Trump: ‘I Don’t Like to Have to Ask for Forgiveness’ from God]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; When confronted by [[Cal Thomas]] in an interview in mid 2016 about his not asking God for forgiveness, Trump stated that he would ask God for forgiveness.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chumley, Cheryl (August 6, 2016). [https://www.wnd.com/2016/06/trump-answers-question-who-do-you-say-jesus-is/ Trump answers question: 'Who do you say Jesus is?] ''WorldNetDaily''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In October 2016, [[Ben Carson]] stated that Trump did ask forgiveness from God with [[James Robison]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Showalter, Brandon (October 10, 2016). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/ben-carson-donald-trump-asked-god-for-forgiveness-prayed-with-james-robison-170650/ Ben Carson: Donald Trump Asked God for Forgiveness, Prayed With James Robison]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to exit polling in the 2016 election, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than [[George W. Bush]] won in 2004, showing strong support for Trump from evangelical Christians.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;townhall.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;O'Brien, Cortney (November 12, 2016). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/11/12/white-evangelical-voters-showed-up-this-time-n2243931 Evangelical Voters Showed Up Big Time For Trump]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;wsj.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Lovett, Ian (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelicals-back-donald-trump-in-record-numbers-despite-earlier-doubts-1478689372 Evangelicals Back Donald Trump in Record Numbers, Despite Earlier Doubts]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the first sitting American president to address the annual Values Voters Conference in Washington.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557459193/trump-set-to-address-values-voter-summit-for-first-time-as-president&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump began his career at [[Trump Organization]]. In his college years, he helped revitalize one of his father's failing real estate ventures. Trump began opening hotels and casinos, which provided him with the cash flow to engage in other ventures. He owns the world-famous [[Trump Tower]] and is the founder of the publicly traded Trump Hotel Casinos &amp;amp; Resorts. Trump also owns the Trump brand, which sells a variety of items, such as bottled water, steak, and even mortgages.  Trump has authored a number of books and weathered changing business fortunes, but despite the challenges that he has encountered, he has continued to be a successful businessman and entrepreneur.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2000|ran unsuccessfully]] for the nomination of the [[Reform Party]] in 2000. Trump considered [[presidential election 2012|running for president in 2012]] as a [[Republican]]. He, among others, questioned the citizenship of [[Barack Obama]], citing his failure to produce his birth certificate.  After Obama produced his birth certificate, Trump and the other [[birther]]s continue to doubt its authenticity.  Obama's approval ratings were around 40% during the peak of the controversy. Trump later exited the race, and gave the customary endorsement to [[Mitt Romney]] as the other [[Republican]] contenders did.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Major properties==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump World Tower: 845 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY. &lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Tower: 725 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10022 Personal Residence&lt;br /&gt;
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*Bank of America Center (San Francisco)&lt;br /&gt;
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*The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Mar-a-Lago]] resort in Palm Beach, Florida (used by Trump as his &amp;quot;Winter White House&amp;quot;.)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Winery - Charlottesville, Virginia&lt;br /&gt;
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*14 golf courses (11 in the U.S., 3 in Europe - the course in Bedminster, New Jersey is used by Trump as his &amp;quot;Summer White House&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Media==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump star.JPG|thumbnail|right|Hollywood Walk of Fame]]&lt;br /&gt;
For his contributions to the gaming and entertainment industry, Trump was inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2003 Trump began as the host and executive producer of the reality [[television]] show ''The Apprentice'' and ''The Celebrity Apprentice'', where contestants compete for a position in Trump's organization. On this show, Trump popularized his catchphrase &amp;quot;You're fired!&amp;quot;  Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007 following the success of ''The Apprentice''.  However, since he became president, Trump's star as been periodically vandalized by liberal political critics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Press Association (April 8, 2016). [http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20160408/4211707/Donald-Trump-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame-Star.htm &amp;quot;Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star vandalised three times a day&amp;quot;].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump is also a noted fan of [[WWE]], and has been a part of some of their shows.  Trump was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2016, following winning the presidential election, Trump was named Person of the Year by [[Time Magazine]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump used to own the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants.  Controversy arose when Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner was caught breaking pageant rules by drinking and other activities. Trump gave her a second chance after personally speaking with her and allowed her to retain her crown as she attended rehabilitation. For several weeks after this, [[Rosie O'Donnell]] berated Trump for his decision on ''The View''. A bitter media war ensued with the two exchanging insults.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has made many guest appearances, usually as himself, on many TV shows and in several movies. Numerous mental health professionals have diagnosed Trump with malignant narcissistic personality disorder, which means he is good at the art of manipulation and has no conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Coronavirus Pandemic====&lt;br /&gt;
President Trump deferred heavily to [[Hillary Clinton]]-supporter Anthony Fauci, a [[Deep State]] bureaucrat in the [[National Institutes of Health]], in responding to the [[coronavirus]] pandemic in early 2020. Trump rejected the advice of [[White House]] official [[Peter Navarro]] to take early action cutting off travel from [[China]], and to make [[hydroxychloroquine]] widely available.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's polls numbers plummeted largely because of his deference to Fauci and unwillingness to take the advice of Navarro.  John Fleming, an adviser to Chief of Staff [[Mark Meadows]], also misled Trump by denying the benefits of widespread access to hydroxychloroquine, as other countries have done to defeat [[COVID-19]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====Social Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Religious liberty and LGBT|Donald Trump achievements: Abortion|Donald Trump achievements: Healthcare, welfare, and other social issues}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald-Trump-Rosa-Parks.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Donald Trump received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations in 1986 for improving the lives of African-American urban youths. From left to right: [[Anita Bryant]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Rosa Parks]], and Donald Trump.]]&lt;br /&gt;
At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, Trump announced he is [[pro-life]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rahn, Will (February 10, 2011).  [https://dailycaller.com/2011/02/10/trump-at-cpac-points-to-white-house-run/ &amp;quot;Trump at CPAC points to White House run&amp;quot;].  The Daily Caller website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump would not fund Planned Parenthood and the government should not give funds to any organizations that perform abortions&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Carroll, Lauren (May 1, 2016) [https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/01/ted-cruz/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood/ &amp;quot;Do Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton agree on Planned Parenthood funding?&amp;quot;] Politifact website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, he supports abortion in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ertelt, Steven (February 1, 2016). [https://www.lifenews.com/2016/02/01/mike-huckabee-defends-donald-trumps-abortion-conversion-he-is-pro-life-now/ &amp;quot;Mike Huckabee defends Donald Trump’s abortion conversion: 'He is pro-life now'&amp;quot;] LifeNews.com.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that the controversy regarding the legalization of [[same-sex marriage]] doesn't matter, because it's &amp;quot;settled law&amp;quot; now.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20120831060550/http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_We/#Item3 &amp;quot;Republican platform: We believe in America&amp;quot;] (bef. August 31, 2012).  GOP.com website.  Archived at Internet Archive on August 31, 2012.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Furthermore, Trump believes that homosexual couples should have the same adoption rights as straight couples&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Guo, Jeff (August 10, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/10/how-donald-trump-is-slowly-teaching-republicans-to-embrace-gay-rights/ &amp;quot;Donald Trump is teaching the GOP a different way to embrace gay rights&amp;quot;.] ''Washington Post'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and has voiced open support for the LGBTQ community, becoming the first Republican president to do so.{{cn}} He has stated that he will do everything he can do to protect the LGBTQ community, from Islamic extremists.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that a business should be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner's religious beliefs?&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;christiantoday.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Hicap, Jonah (June 2, 2015). [http://www.christiantoday.com/article/donald.trump.vows.to.be.the.greatest.representative.of.christians.if.he.wins.white.house/55023.htm &amp;quot;Donald Trump: 'I will be the greatest representative of Christians if I win the White House'&amp;quot;]. Christian Today website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump would not require health insurance providers to offer free birth control.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Associated Press (February 11, 2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20151128095810/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-02-11/obama-birth-control-cpac/53046728/1 &amp;quot;GOP conservatives unite against birth control coverage&amp;quot;]. ''USA Today'' website/News/Washington.  Retrieved from November 28, 2015 archive at Internet Archive.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump doesn't think that universities should provide “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” for students.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hashmi, Siraj (November 10, 2016). [http://redalertpolitics.com/2016/11/10/safe-spaces-handed-election-donald-trump/ &amp;quot;Safe Spaces handed the election to Donald Trump&amp;quot;]. Red Alert Politics website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Diamond, Jeremy (July 28, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/politics/donald-trump-adviser-michael-cohen-rape/ &amp;quot;Trump distances himself from top aide's rape comment&amp;quot;]. CNN website/Politics.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not add &amp;quot;Gender Identity&amp;quot; to anti-discrimination laws.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/5/24/donald-trump-claims-accommodating-transgender-people-too-expensive&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump wouldn't support a [[separation of church and state]] by removing references to God on money, federal buildings, and national monuments.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;christiantoday.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice, terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via [[assisted suicide]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://wingspanonline.net/?p=2398&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports the [[death penalty]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/01/nyregion/angered-by-attack-trump-urges-return-of-the-death-penalty.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the military should allow women to serve as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/donald-trump-women-combat-tricky/2015/12/06/id/704736/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (Compare [[gender norming]].)&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that board members of a business should be the most qualified regardless of gender.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3269718/Trump-gives-young-feminist-brush-equal-pay-abortion-going-make-good-job-happen-pro-life.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump does not believe that the government can show a confederate flag on public property.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-tees-off-on-the-confederate-flag/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that women should be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVCZhFsNR8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Healthcare Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump does not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and would open the markets so insurers can compete across state lines and reduce costs.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;donaldjtrump.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Educ&amp;gt;Breitbart.tv (February 9, 2011).  [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2011/02/09/pro-life-donald-trump-would-eliminate-dept-of-education-impose-25-tax-on-china-imports-if-president/ &amp;quot;Pro-life Donald Trump would eliminate Dept of Education, impose 25% tax on China imports if president&amp;quot;].  Breitbart.com.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, he has also said, &amp;quot;I like the mandate.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://dailycaller.com/2016/02/19/trump-on-obamacare-i-like-the-mandate-video/ &amp;quot;Trump On Obamacare: ‘I Like The Mandate’&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports the legalization of marijuana for medical use.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2015/06/18/exclusive-donald-trump-on-what-made-him-run-for-president-on-hannity/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''Donald Trump has not yet answered if he supports the privatization of veteran's healthcare.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-15/trump-calls-for-expanded-medicaid-birth-control-without-doctor&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Controversy with Barack Obama====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump Speaking in Fountain Hills.jpg|thumb|Trump speaking in Fountain Hills, Arizona in March 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump has also questioned Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to be president, in light of the ongoing questions surrounding his birth certificate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=280533 &amp;quot;Trump: Obama spending millions to hide his past&amp;quot;] (March 28, 2011).  WorldNetDaily website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump questioned whether the Obama Administration was successful in negotiating with foreign countries. Trump declared during the 2016 election that he no longer would question Obama's eligibility.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Economic Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Economic policy and labor|MAGAnomics}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's economic plan is designed to make the country more competitive by implementing policies that apply to all companies: cutting taxes, including the corporate tax rate, repealing and rolling back stifling regulations, including the biggest of them all, Obamacare and those clobbering the energy sector, renegotiating trade deals such as NAFTA, and killing off the nascent [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Crowley, Monica (December 7, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/7/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-getting-it-done/ Donald Trump and the art of getting it done]. ''The Washingon Times''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not require employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job as there are too many other variables such as education, experience, and tenure that determine a fair salary.&lt;br /&gt;
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''Trump has not answered whether welfare recipients be tested for drugs.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said he would require businesses be required to provide paid leave for full-time employees during the birth of a child or sick family member.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would instate a 35% tariff on all imports from China even though he used Chinese steel to build all of his Trump Towers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.newsweek.com/how-donald-trump-ditched-us-steel-workers-china-505717&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would also lower the corporate tax rate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/an-america-first-economic-plan-winning-the-global-competition&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that the U.S. shouldn't continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/16/news/economy/donald-trump-nafta-mexico-china-tariff/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would cut public spending in order to reduce the public debt.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/donald-trump-believe-candidate-stands-10-issues/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the government is currently over-regulating private businesses and that it shouldn't require businesses to pay salaried employees, making up to $46k/year, time-and-a-half for overtime hours.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-shift/2016/08/trump-v-overtime-rule-215883&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the government should prevent “mega mergers” of corporations that could potentially control a large percentage of market share within its industry.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-10-22/trump-would-block-proposed-at-t-time-warner-merger-if-elected&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that labor unions, in theory help the economy but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://projects.newsday.com/opinion/newsday-editorial-board-interviews-donald-trump/#nypd&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would increase the tax on profits from the sale of stocks, bonds, and real estate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4I5QUGRf-Q&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes economic stimulus will aid the country during times of recession.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/trump-clinton-infrastructure.html?_r=0&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks the Federal Reserve Bank should be audited by Congress.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-trump-fed-idUSL1N12Y1ZG20151103&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump doesn't support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as this will incentivize companies to move U.S. jobs overseas.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/us/politics/transcript-of-the-republican-presidential-debate-in-new-hampshire.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would eliminate the [[estate tax]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/finance/290825-clinton-to-criticize-trumps-plan-to-repeal-the-estate-tax&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/17cfa1a0-0b9e-11e5-a06e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3e0UlsdmX&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''Trump has not answered if pension payments be increased for retired government workers.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump favors an increased sales tax in order to reduce property taxes even though sales tax would not provide a steady stream of income.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.taxjusticeblog.org/archive/2015/06/donald_trumps_regressive_and_r.php#.VYr8_hNViko&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports pension plans for federal, state, and local government workers be transitioned into privately managed accounts.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;donaldjtrump.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that the U.S. government should not bailout Puerto Rico.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=c89b639c-07de-4a0f-a634-dda08e3de95a&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes citizens should not be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts as too many wealthy citizens are abusing loopholes in offshore banking laws to evade taxes.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-puts-his-money-in-companies-that-stash-cash-abroad/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not apply an in-state sales tax apply to online purchases of in-state buyers from out-of-state sellers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ce65fe3f0bbd43c19cf17c5c8da8d958/trump-amazons-bezos-uses-washington-post-avoid-taxes&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the government classify Bitcoin as a legal currency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/trump-presidency-boost-bitcoin-price/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Department of Education====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Education}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Foreign policy====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Foreign policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
Donald Trump is a [[nationalism|nationalist]] who promised to &amp;quot;put America first&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/07/trump-touts-new-infrastructure-plan-cincinnati-states-america-first-message 'It's Time Finally to Put America First': Trump Touts New Infrastructure Plan]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (See: [[Donald Trump and nationalism]]). At the same time, in April 2017, he stated that &amp;quot;I’m a nationalist and a globalist.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Starr, Penny (April 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/28/trump-im-a-nationalist-and-a-globalist/ Trump: ‘I’m a Nationalist and a Globalist’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In July 2015 Trump explained he wants to improve relationships with [[Russia]]n president [[Vladimir Putin]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Johnson, Simon (July 31, 2015).  [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11775145/Donald-Trump-Id-get-on-very-well-with-Putin-if-I-were-president.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump:  I'd get on 'very well' with Putin if I were president&amp;quot;].  The Telegraph [U.K.] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Many left-wingers accused Trump's presidential campaign of &amp;quot;colluding&amp;quot; with [[Russia]]. However the Trump Administration took several tough actions against Russia, including some that even the Obama Administration avoided.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Berger, Judson (December 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/26/trump-administration-ends-2017-confronting-russia-after-year-collusion-accusations.html Trump administration ends 2017 confronting Russia after year of collusion accusations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 26, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In an interview with [[ABC]] he said that Putin won't make a military move into [[Ukraine]]. Furthermore, Trump argued in a tweet that the conflict over [[Crimea]] was the fault of the Obama administration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/31/politics/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-crimea-putin/ Trump says Putin is 'not going to go into Ukraine,' despite Crimea]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump later accused Russia of taking [[Crimea]] by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-latest-tweet-accuse-crimea-obama-too-soft-distance-campaign-team-white-house-a7581511.html Donald Trump accuses Russia of taking Crimea by force in attempt to distance himself from campaign allegations]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that the [[Iran nuclear deal]] is bad and as president, he kept his promise by withdrawing from it.&lt;br /&gt;
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After his election as U.S. president, [[Israel]]i prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] called Trump &amp;quot;a true friend of the State of Israel.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/netanyahu-trump-israel-true-friend-231094?lo=ap_c4 Netanyahu calls Trump 'a true friend' of Israel]. ''Politico''. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On February 2, 2017, Trump stated that building new settlements in the [[West Bank]] &amp;quot;may not be helpful&amp;quot; to achieving peace in the [[Middle East]], and he appeared to shift his formerly strong stance on moving the U.S. embassy to [[Jerusalem]] as he had previously stated.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/03/trump-to-israel-settlements-may-not-help-achieve-peace-in-middle-east.html Trump to Israel: Settlements ‘may not help’ achieve peace in the Middle East]. ''Fox News''. February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  But on December 6, 2017, Trump announced that the U.S. officially recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the U.S. would begin the process of moving the U.S. Embassy from [[Tel Aviv]] to Jerusalem.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/saun/sncfausiyyo/sqrs/p2/the-press-office/2017/12/06/president-donald-j-trumps-proclamation-jerusalem-capital-state-israel|title=President Donald J. Trump's Proclamation on Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel |publisher=White House|accessdate=6 December 2017|date=6 December 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Trump in 2019 also gave official U.S. recognition to the [[Golan Heights]] as being part of Israel.  In recognition for his support of Israel, a plaza in Jerusalem was named for Trump (&amp;quot;Donald Trump Square&amp;quot;), as well as a settlement in the Golan Heights (&amp;quot;Trump Heights&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump had criticized [[NATO]] for not fulfilling its financial obligations, going so far as declaring the organization &amp;quot;obsolete&amp;quot;, but in April 2017 - after getting promises from NATO partners to make increased financial contributions - Trump retracted the obsolete declaration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/news/the-latest-trump-says-nato-no-longer-obsolete/ The Latest: Trump says NATO ‘no longer obsolete’]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hagen, Lisa (April 21, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328558-trump-nato-is-no-longer-obsolete Trump: NATO is ‘no longer obsolete’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Immediately after taking office, Trump had exchanged vitriolic rhetoric with and made threats to North Korea after the latter carried out numerous medium/long-range missile tests and a nuclear test in September 2017.  However, in March 2018, Trump announced he would hold a summit with North Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un, making him the first U.S. president to have bilateral talks with a North Korean leader.  The first summit was held in Singapore in June 2018, a second in Hanoi in February 2019, and a third informal summit in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in June 2019 - during which he became the first sitting U.S. president to step foot on North Korean soil. During the period of the summits, North Korea had halted testing of long/medium-range missiles, as well as nuclear testing (and outside of a few short-range missiles in early May 2019, North Korea hasn't tested any weapons since November 2017.)&lt;br /&gt;
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On Monday, 7 October 2019, Trump ordered American military forces to withdraw from northern Syria in case Turkish forces and their allies would attack them, meaning the predominantly Syrian Kurdish ''SDF'' (''Syrian Democratic Force'') would not have direct U.S. military support. This decision came after a telephone conversation with Turkish ruler [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] on Sunday,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/turkey-announces-incursion-of-northeast-syria-us-backed-kurds-have-vowed-all-out-war Trump pulls back troops from northern Syria ahead of Turkish assault, Pentagon officials 'blindsided']&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and Turkish forces soon began advancing into northern Syria to create a buffer zone.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/world/turkey-syria-invasion-ground-forces-civilians-dead Turkey announces northern Syria invasion of ground forces; multiple civilians reported dead]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUeXaPaKF50 Why Turkey is invading Syria]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the same week it was announced that it is planned by the U.S. administration to send 1,500 troops to the Middle East because of the tensions between [[Saudi-Arabia]] and [[Iran]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://video.foxnews.com/v/6040831354001/ President Trump plans to send 1,500 US troops to the Middle East]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; President Erdogan visited the White House on November 13, 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/13/donald-trump-im-a-big-fan-of-turkish-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan/ Donald Trump: ‘I’m a Big Fan’ of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Global warming====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Energy and environmental policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump does not believe in the [[Climate Change]] hysteria, once stating the &amp;quot;Nobel committee should take the [[Nobel Prize]] back from [[Al Gore]].&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Second Amendment rights====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Gun rights}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump has a mixed record on the [[second amendment]] and against [[leftist]] [[gun control]] and gun free zones. As president, Trump has promised to re-arm military personnel on all American military bases as well as [[ROTC]] recruitment centers, which were disarmed by the [[Clinton Administration]] policy.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt; Trump was strongly endorsed by the [[National Rifle Association]] in one of its earliest endorsements in an election campaign.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/20/nra-to-endorse-trump.html# Trump wins NRA endorsement, blasts Clinton on gun stance at forum]. ''Fox News''. May 20, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On August 5, 2019, Trump promoted extreme risk protection orders, AKA, red flag laws, to combat the risk of mass shootings. His announcement came after the deaths of 20 people in El Paso Texas. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFZKFUuGb4c&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-shootings-remarks&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/us/el-paso-walmart-shooting-20-dead-26-injured-gov-greg-abbott-police-chief-greg-allen&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On December 18, 2018, the Department of Justice amended the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), clarifying that bump stocks fall within the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, as such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/bump-stocks&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The ATF also issued a statement saying: &amp;quot;We are faithfully following President Trump’s leadership by making clear that bump stocks, which turn semiautomatics into machine guns, are illegal, and we will continue to take illegal guns off of our streets.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-bump-stock-type-devices-final-rule&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In January 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 13-to-3 vote ruled that the classification was illegal and this ruling is currently under review by the United States Supreme Court. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2023/11/03/1210516804/supreme-court-bump-stocks&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On February 28, 2018, Trump met with lawmakers on Wednesday to discuss gun laws and school safety in the aftermath of a February 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead. He appeared to support red flag laws and stated: &amp;quot;I like taking the guns early, like in this crazy man’s case that just took place in Florida … to go to court would have taken a long time. Take the guns first, go through due process second.” &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376097-trump-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Homosexual agenda====&lt;br /&gt;
For all practical purposes, Trump seems to be on the side of the [[homosexual agenda]]. He supports the creation of new law by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], as in a new right to [[homosexual marriage]], and declares it the &amp;quot;law of the land&amp;quot; even though Congress passed no such law.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has attended multiple [[same-sex marriage]] ceremonies{{Citation needed}}, but has also said in the past that he opposes same-sex marriage.  Trump's views are not yet known on other aspects of the [[homosexual agenda]], such as whether Trump would ban [[conversion therapy]] for minors as [[Chris Christie]] did.  The [[Fox News Channel]] debate in August avoided these issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Immigration====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Immigration and border security}}&lt;br /&gt;
See the discussion in the introduction above.  This is Trump's main campaign issue.&lt;br /&gt;
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A central part of his immigration plan is to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico. Trump estimates it will cost $8 billion, approximately 35 to 40 feet high and stretch 2000 miles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/09/donald-trump-the-wall-is-probably-8-billion Trump Border Wall]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the campaign, Trump promised that Mexico will pay for the wall, but after taking office, he clarified that payment could be in the form of a tax on Mexican imports or other revenues measures after the Mexican government showed opposition towards Trump's plan.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has also proposed to temporarily ban [[Muslims]] from entering the United States, until &amp;quot;our leaders figure out what the hell is going on,&amp;quot; in order to protect Americans from the threats posed by [[Islamic]] [[refugee]]s (and those pretending to be&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/isis-fighters-infiltrating-syrian-refugees-uk-is-warned/article/2572051 ISIS fighters infiltrating Syrian refugees, UK is warned]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) entering the country.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/donald-trump-insists-muslim-ban-is-about-safety-not-religion Donald Trump Insists Muslim Ban Is About Safety, Not Religion]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Efforts have been made by hostile journalists to paint Trump as advocating a [[Muslim registry]], but what he actually proposed was a [[database for Syrian refugees]].&lt;br /&gt;
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He has been criticized for his substantial contributions to Democrat lawmakers; the majority of those lawmakers are located in the states he resides in: New York and Florida. The amount he has donated since 2008 is $25,000, which is insignificant considering his wealth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allin, Olivia (April 30, 2011).  [http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Donald-Trump-calls-nations-leaders-stupid-people-and-blood-sucking-politicians/8104644 &amp;quot;OTRC: Donald Trump calls nation's leaders 'stupid people' and 'blood-sucking politicians'&amp;quot;].  OnTheRedCarpet [news].  Retrieved from ABC7 [KABC Television, Los Angeles] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Tariffs====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Trade policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|Trump accepting the GOP nomination in Cleveland on June 21, 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, he stated that he supports a 25% tariff on Chinese goods.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt; The number floated around in 2016 is a 45% tariff. Trump was speaking in regards to China and the [[World Trade Organization]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-finance-ministerlou-jiwei-takes-aim-at-donald-trumps-trade-policies-1460892988 Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei Takes Aim at Donald Trump’s Trade Policies, WallStreetJournal, April 17, 2016]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{cquote|In a statement from his campaign, Mr. Trump charged that [[China]] was “in total violation of WTO regulations” and that the U.S. “has incompetently allowed them to get away with this” and has failed to impose “equal or greater taxes and tariffs” on China. If he is elected president, Mr. Trump said, China “will learn to deal fairly and justly or we will not deal at all” with Beijing.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vaccines====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump believes that [[vaccines]] cause [[autism]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ferris, Sarah (September 16, 2015).  [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/253980-trump-links-vaccines-to-autism-epidemic &amp;quot;Trump links vaccines to autism 'epidemic'&amp;quot;].  The Hill website/Policy/Healthcare.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and has argued against requiring that so many vaccines be given to infants.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the government has the right to take [[private property]] upon paying just compensation for both infrastructure and to promote economic development.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: The courts}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump opposed filling the Supreme Court seat held by [[Antonin Scalia]] before the next President takes office. When asked who he might select to the Supreme Court, he said that his sister, a sitting federal court judge, would make a great Supreme Court justice.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sfothrfaqegbnvj/suvw/p2/corner/423196/trump-praises-his-sister-pro-abortion-extremist-judge-ramesh-ponnuru|title=Trump Praises His Sister, a Pro-Abortion Extremist Judge|date=Aug 27, 2015|accessdate=February 21, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Hillary Clinton===&lt;br /&gt;
Trump had pledged, if elected president, to appoint a special prosecutor to further investigate [[Hillary Clinton]]'s use of a private email server whilst Secretary of State, but Hillary took her crushing defeat so hard that Trump charitably softened his stance after winning.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation.html Donald Trump Drops Threat of New Hillary Clinton Investigation] New York Times - Nov. 22, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; A few of Trump supporters, such as [[Ann Coulter]] and [[Breitbart]], expressed disappointment but Trump rose in overall public approval.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/ann-coulter-slams-trump-clinton/2016/11/22/id/760220/ Ann Coulter Slams Trump's Decision on Clinton] Newsmax.com - Nov. 22, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/11/23/peter-schweizer-letting-hillary-off-hook-definition-rigged-system/ Peter Schweizer: Letting Hillary off the Hook Is ‘Definition of a Rigged System’] Breitbart.com - Nov. 23, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==2016 presidential election==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump (29273256122) Phoenix.jpg|thumb|250px|Donald Trump on August 31, 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|2016 U.S. presidential election|Donald Trump achievements: 2016 election and transition}}&lt;br /&gt;
===Path to the Nomination===&lt;br /&gt;
In the 2015 [[Value Voters Debate|Value Voters]] poll, Trump performed poorly, coming in fifth, indicating many [[Christian]] [[conservatives]] had not yet warmed up to him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Flores, Reena (September 26, 2015).  [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-conservative-poll-donald-trump-could-not-win/ &amp;quot;The conservative poll Donald Trump could not win&amp;quot;].  CBSNews website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Trump is a big supporter of [[gambling]], which most Christians, other religious groups, and [[conservatives]] oppose.  But by 2016 Trump was winning more support from [[evangelical]]s than any other Republican candidate.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump won the Republican primary, receiving more votes than any other Republican primary candidate in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hoft, Joe (June 7, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/06/trump-trumps-wins-historic-race-record-fashion/ HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===General election===&lt;br /&gt;
Trump faced former liberal Democrat Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] in the general election. Trump's campaign was vastly outspent, outraised, and out-staffed by Clinton's.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/10/more-with-less-trumps-lean-machine-beats-clintons-big-bank-account.html More With Less: Trump's lean machine beats Clinton's big bank account]. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The [[mainstream media]] was extremely biased against and unfair towards Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (November 11, 2016). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/11/media-remain-hostile-to-donald-trump-even-as-some-pundits-admit-blew-it.html Media remain hostile to Donald Trump even as some pundits admit they blew it]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.billoreilly.com/b/Media-Bias-to-the-Extreme/39285014073786148.html Media Bias to the Extreme]. ''BillOReilly.com''. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to a study, 91% of the media coverage concerning Trump was negative and 96% of campaign contributions from the media went to Clinton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bedard, Paul (March 19, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/anti-trump-media-91-coverage-negative-96-of-donations-to-hillary/article/2617828 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/anti-trump-media-91-coverage-negative-96-of-donations-to-hillary/article/2617828]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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It was widely expected that Clinton would easily win the election, and the elite pollsters and &amp;quot;political insiders&amp;quot; all predicted a massive Clinton victory.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Vogel, Kenneth P. &amp;amp; Isenstadt, Alex (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/how-did-everyone-get-2016-wrong-presidential-election-231036 How did everyone get it so wrong?]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Catanese, David (October 24, 2016). [https://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-10-24/republicans-last-hope-the-polls-are-wrong Republicans’ Last Hope: The Polls Are Wrong]. ''U.S. News &amp;amp; World Report''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At least once, when a poll was released that actually showed Trump leading, Clinton's campaign dismissed it as &amp;quot;bad polling&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nelson, Louis (November 1, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-campaign-bad-poll-abc-washington-post-230591 Clinton camp on new survey showing Trump ahead: It’s ‘bad polling’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Instead, Trump won the election in a massive, historical upset, winning even states such as [[Pennsylvania]], [[Michigan]], and [[Wisconsin]], which a Republican had not won for 20–30 years.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Blake, Aaron (November 9, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/08/donald-trumps-path-to-victory-is-suddenly-looking-much-much-wider/ Donald Trump just blew up the electoral map]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The predictions were off the mark dramatically.  The actual polls themselves were broadly correct showing Clinton leading over Trump by about 2%.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.redstate.com/jaycaruso/2017/07/16/latest-job-approval-poll-president-trump-awful]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  However Trump 'flipped' key districts and states smashing Clinton's so-called 'Blue firewall'.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Flint, Joe &amp;amp; Alpert, Lukas I. (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/bad-polling-in-hand-media-misses-mark-badly-with-election-predictions-1478710860 How the Media’s Election Predictions Badly Missed the Mark]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump's election victory was described by ''[[Politico]]'' as &amp;quot;the most stunning upset in American history.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Goldmacher, Shane &amp;amp; Schreckinger, Ben (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070?lo=ap_c1 Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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While the GOP increased its vote share across the entire nation, Trump made the largest gains in the rural [[Midwest]] and [[Rust Belt]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/how-trump-pushed-the-election-map-to-the-right.html How Trump Reshaped the Election Map]. ''The New York Times''. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Although Clinton won the popular vote 65,515,369 (48.05%) to 62,853,327 (46.09%), according to unofficial results, the large vote totals came from states which have resisted voter identification reforms.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.inquisitr.com/3719036/3-million-illegal-immigrants-voted-gregg-phillips-votestand-donald-trump-final-popular-vote-count-2016-predictions/ 3 Million Illegal Immigrants Voted, Claims Gregg Phillips Of VoteStand: Donald Trump’s Final Popular Vote Count Alleged To Be Better Than 2016 Predictions], Patrick Frye, ''The Inquisitr'', November 15, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Dr. Robert Epstein of the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology testified before Congress that [[Google]] bias and meddling had shifted &amp;quot;between 2.6 million and up to 10.4 million votes&amp;quot; to Hillary Clinton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/08/psychologist-google-generated-at-least-2-6-million-votes-for-hillary.php&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump won the [[electoral college]] vote, 306 to 232, with the incomplete vote count reported.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/swxn/sjkl/p2/election/results|title=Election Results|accessdate=Nov. 12, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump won more votes in the general election than any Republican candidate in U.S. history, and he won the largest number of electoral votes since [[George H. W. Bush]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hoft, Jim (November 22, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/trump-breaks-record-votes-republican-candidate-history/ Trump Breaks Record for Most Votes by Republican Candidate in History]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In addition, Trump won 2,623 counties—the largest number for both a Republican or Democrat since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984—while the Democrats won only 489, something even the liberal [[PolitiFact]] admitted to be true.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jacobson, Louis (December 4, 2016). [https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/04/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-donald-trump-won-most-counties-rep/ Mike Pence says Donald Trump won most counties by a Republican since Ronald Reagan]. ''PolitiFact''. Retrieved December 4, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Geographically speaking, Trump accordingly won 85 percent of the nation&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wallace, Tim (November 16, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/16/us/politics/the-two-americas-of-2016.html?_r=0 The Two Americas of 2016]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 61 percent of the states (including Maine's 2nd district). With the historic flip of Elliott County, Kentucky, every rural, white-majority Southern county voted for the Republican nominee for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Simon, Jeff (December 9, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/elliott-county-kentucky-democratic-streak-broken-by-donald-trump/index.html How Trump ended Democrats' 144-year winning streak in one county]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to exit polling, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than [[George W. Bush]] won in 2004,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;townhall.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;wsj.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; even though some have disputed the accuracy of such exit polling methods.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Showalter, Brandon (November 16, 2016). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/81-percent-evangelicals-vote-trump-eric-teetsel-joe-carter-171542/ Did 81 Percent of Evangelicals Really Vote for Trump? Not So Fast, Some Say]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This is largely due to Trump's conservative policies that align well with the Bible, including opposition to abortion.&lt;br /&gt;
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While liberal, establishmentarian world leaders made generally nuanced statements in response to Trump's election upset, conservative, right-wing leaders, including the leaders of insurgent parties in European nations, reacted positively to Trump's election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ashkenas, Jeremy; Aisch, Gregor (December 5, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/05/world/europe/populism-in-age-of-trump.html?_r=0 European Populism in the Age of Donald Trump]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to Trump's defeat of Clinton, the Republican Party kept control of the House and Senate, outperforming expectations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bresnahan, John (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.eu/article/republicans-on-cusp-of-keeping-the-senate/ Republicans hold the Senate in a stunner]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hughes, Siobhan (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-are-confident-about-retaining-control-of-the-house-1478634160 Democrats Gain Seats in House, But GOP Retains Majority]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Republican Party performed well—much better than expected—in state races, winning trifectas in [[Kentucky]], [[Iowa]], [[Missouri]], and [[New Hampshire]], and Democrats only had six trifectas and total control in five states, a record low.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Greenblatt, Alan (November 9, 2016). [http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-republicans-add-dominance-state-legislatures.html Republicans Add to Their Dominance of State Legislatures]. ''Governing''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Siegel, Josh (November 9, 2016). [http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/09/republicans-maintain-strong-control-of-state-capitols-what-that-means/ Republicans Maintain Strong Control of State Capitols. Here’s What That Means.] ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The GOP won 25 trifectas, the largest since 1952.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lieb, David A. (December 29, 2016). [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20161229/281822873464433 GOP-Controlled States Aim to Reshape Laws]. ''Chicago Tribune'' (from the Associated Press). Retrieved December 30, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The GOP now controlled the highest amount of governorships since 1922,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lieb, David A. (November 9, 2016). [https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-11-09/republicans-expand-control-of-governorships-legislatures Republicans governorships rise to highest mark since 1922]. ''U.S. News &amp;amp; World Report''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and it controlled the most state legislative chambers in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bosman, Julie &amp;amp; Davey, Monica (November 11, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/republicans-expand-control-in-a-deeply-divided-nation.html Republicans Expand Control in a Deeply Divided Nation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite expectations that Trump's election victory would cause the markets to plunge, the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] actually performed very strongly, closing at the highest level it had ever reached in history after the second day.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MarketRally&amp;quot;&amp;gt;La Monica, Paul R. (November 10, 2016). [https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/10/investing/markets-stocks-donald-trump-rally/index.html The 'yuge' Donald Trump market rally continues]. ''CNN Money''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is rare for the stock market to rise immediately after a U.S. presidential election regardless of the winner.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MarketRally&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The stock market had its best week in five years due to optimism of a Trump presidency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Craig, Victoria (November 11, 2016). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/11/11/trump-optimism-propels-dow-to-best-week-in-five-years.html Trump Optimism Propels Dow to Best Week in Five Years]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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After the election, childish [[leftists]] and [[anarchists]], who could not accept the results of the election, strongly protested Trump's victory and committed outrageous and extreme acts of vandalism and violence,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Protests&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Chiaramonte, Perry (November 10, 2016). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/trump-protests-intensify-as-doubts-swirl-about-spontaneity.html Trump protests intensify, as doubts swirl about spontaneity]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; even brutally attacking and beating at least one alleged Trump supporter.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/video-emerges-group-beating-chicago-man-while-yelling-dont-vote-trump.html Video emerges of mob beating Chicago man while yelling 'don't vote Trump']. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Many of these protests were likely organized and coordinated, as many protestors were bused in by Coach buses.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Protests&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; This occurred on the heels of Hillary Clinton, the Clinton campaign, and major mainstream media condemning in the harshest terms Trump and his supporters' complaints of a &amp;quot;rigged election,&amp;quot; and failure to accept the results would damage democracy. Clinton, President Obama, and the media highlighted the protests and failed to condemn the leftist violence and protests as detrimental to democracy.&lt;br /&gt;
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==2020 presidential election==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|2016 U.S. presidential election|Donald Trump achievements|Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|United States presidential election, 2020}}&lt;br /&gt;
As an incumbent with a strong economy, Donald Trump was favored to win the 2020 U.S. presidential election. However, Democrats, through the use of [[voter fraud]], stole the election from Donald Trump and gave it to Joe Biden illegally. (see [[Biden Putsch]])&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Donald Trump on Joe Biden's age and his aging ===&lt;br /&gt;
''See also:'' [[Biden's age]] and [[Donald Trump's age]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Nate Silver of ''FiveThirtyEight'' wrote about Bidens's age:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|A lot of rank-and-file voters do have concerns about Biden’s age. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in February found that 62 percent of voters had reservations about voting for someone aged 75 or older. [https://news.gallup.com/poll/254120/less-half-vote-socialist-president.aspx Other polls] have also shown advanced age to be a concern among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-bidens-opponents-being-too-coy-in-making-age-an-issue/ Voters Care About Biden’s Age — Not About His Gaffes] by Nate Silver,''FiveThirtyEight''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump has called Joe Biden &amp;quot;sleepy&amp;quot; and said that &amp;quot;he looks different than he used to, he acts different than he used to, he’s even slower than he used to be&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/joe-biden-age-2020/593350/ Is Joe Biden ‘Too Old’?] EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE, ''The Atlantic''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; See also: [[Biden's age]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The ''[[New York Times]]'' stated:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Meeting with a group of union officials in the West Wing this year, the president appealed for their support in part by tapping on his head and saying, “Biden is losing it,” according to a participant in the meeting who disclosed the president’s comment on condition of anonymity.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/us/politics/joe-biden-age.html Why Joe Biden’s Age Worries Some Democratic Allies and Voters], ''New York Times''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==President of the United States==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump at his desk, December 2018.png|thumb|250px|President Trump sitting at his desk in the [[Oval Office]], December 21, 2018]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements}}&lt;br /&gt;
===Transition===&lt;br /&gt;
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The day after being elected president, Trump released a solidly conservative agenda for his first 100 days in office, even though ending the [[abortion|legalized murder of the unborn]] was not on the agenda.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kelly, Amita &amp;amp; Sprunt, Barbara (November 9, 2016). [https://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trump-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days]. ''NPR''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On November 30, 2016, before Trump had finalized all his cabinet appointments, it was still described by Politico as &amp;quot;a conservative dream team that has Republicans cheering and liberals in despair&amp;quot; due to the many strong conservatives Trump had appointed, in contrast to moderates like [[George W. Bush]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Restuccia, Andrew; Cook, Nancy; Woellert, Lorraine (November 30, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-conservative-dream-team-231972 Trump's conservative dream team]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 30, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/30/politico-donald-trump-cabinet-conservative-dream-team/ Politico: Donald Trump’s Cabinet a ‘Conservative Dream Team’]. ''Breitbart News''. November 30, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Accordingly, ''[[Newsweek]]'' called Trump's incomplete cabinet the most conservative cabinet in U.S. history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cooper, Matthew (December 9, 2016). [http://www.newsweek.com/trump-cabinet-picks-nominees-conservative-530477 Donald Trump Is Building the Most Conservative Presidential Cabinet In U.S. History]. ''Newsweek''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ''[[The Washington Times]]'' noted how Trump was defying Washington establishment norms in his cabinet picks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hurt, Charles (December 6, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/donald-trumps-cabinet-picks-define-business-as-not/ Trump defines business as not-usual for D.C.] ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' stated that &amp;quot;it’s nearly impossible to identify a clear ideological bent&amp;quot; in Trump's appointments.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Seib, Gerald (December 5, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-shuffles-the-ideological-deck-1480955194 Donald Trump Shuffles the Ideological Deck]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, this can be easily explained by the fact that Trump has used some of his cabinet nominations to unite the GOP by appealing to most of its factions, even though Trump's appointments are still very conservative.&lt;br /&gt;
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During the transition period, the Obama Administration engaged in surveillance and information-gathering of Trump, in order to investigate any [[Trump-Russia scandal|alleged ties to Russia]]. This was confirmed by GOP U.S. Representative [[Devin Nunes]] on March 22, 2017,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Derespina, Cody (March 23, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/trump-basks-in-nunes-surveillance-news-so-that-means-im-right.html Trump basks in Nunes surveillance news: 'So that means I'm right']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and by [[Evelyn Farkas]], the deputy assistant secretary of defense under Obama, on March 29, 2017.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/29/former-obama-official-discloses-rush-to-get-intelligence-on-trump-team.html Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team]. ''Fox News''. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Poor, Jeff (March 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/29/fmr-obama-official-reveals-pre-inauguration-effort-to-gather-intel-on-incoming-trump-team/ Fmr Obama Official Reveals Pre-Inauguration Effort to Gather Intel on Incoming Trump Team]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Inauguration===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trumpswearing in.jpg|thumb|200px|Trump being sworn in, January 20, 2017.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, giving one of the strongest inauguration addresses in American history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Boyle, Matthew (January 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/20/america-first-president-donald-trump-brings-the-rain-in-inauguration-address/ ‘America First’: President Donald Trump Brings the Rain in Inauguration Address]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McCaskill, Nolan D. (January 20, 2017). [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/key-points-of-trumps-inaugural-speech-233900 Key moments from Trump's inauguration speech]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Scott, Patrick; Midgley, Robert (January 20, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/donald-trump-just-delivered-american-inauguration-speech-ever/ Donald Trump just delivered the most 'American' inauguration speech ever]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His first bill signed as president was to allow retired general and Defense Secretary nominee [[James Mattis]] to be confirmed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kopan, Tal (January 20, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-first-law-actions/ President Donald Trump signs first bill into law]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same day, Trump instituted a national day of patriotism,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-measures-idUSKBN1542IH Trump takes first actions on Cabinet, declares day of patriotism: spokesman]. ''Reuters''. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a few days later Trump officially designated his inauguration day the '''''National Day of Patriotic Devotion'''''.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/24/2017-01798/national-day-of-patriotic-devotion National Day of Patriotic Devotion -- Proclamation 9570 of January 20, 2017]. ''Federal Register''. January 24, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shelbourne, Mallory (January 23, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315735-trump-declares-inauguration-day-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315735-trump-declares-inauguration-day-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite the fact that leftists knew for two months that Trump would be inaugurated president, hateful, anti-American, and immature leftists engaged in violent protests and did major acts of vandalism and even injuring the police who were sent in.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Vargas, Theresa; Hartz, Taylor; Hermann, Peter (January 20, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-bring-shouts-skirmishes-and-shutdowns-to-inauguration-celebration/2017/01/20/00ea4c72-df11-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html?utm_term=.c4443fa64f5a Inauguration protesters vandalize, set fires, try to disrupt Trump’s oath, as police arrest 200]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LimoFire&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Lawler, David (January 20, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/anti-donald-trump-activists-try-block-access-inauguration/ Donald Trump protests: Limo 'set on fire' and 217 arrested as police use tear gas on black-clad activists]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At least 217 protesters were arrested.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LimoFire&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Weber, Joseph (January 20, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/20/trump-supporters-protesters-rally-before-sunrise-on-inauguration-day.html Hundreds of protesters arrested in Inauguration Day clashes]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Noble, Andrea; McDermott, Ryan M. (January 20, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/20/donald-trump-inauguration-protests-begin-turn-viol/ D.C. police report 217 arrested during Inauguration Day riots]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite having no power to block Trump's cabinet nominees and having no reason to delay the process,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Pergram, Chad (January 20, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/20/senate-battle-erupts-over-dem-delay-confirming-trump-nominees.html Senate battle erupts over Dem 'delay' confirming Trump nominees]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; liberal Senate Democrats delayed confirmation of Trump's nominees, so that only two were confirmed on Trump's first day in office.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dinan, Stephen (January 22, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/22/trumps-cabinet-picks-delayed-by-democrats-only-two/? Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks delayed by Democrats, only two confirmed]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This was a large difference from other recent presidents,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Phillips, Amber (January 21, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/20/donald-trump-will-start-his-presidency-with-the-smallest-confirmed-cabinet-in-decades/?utm_term=.9d7692169687 Donald Trump is starting his presidency with the smallest confirmed Cabinet in decades]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved Janaury 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; who, with the exception of [[George H. W. Bush]], had much larger numbers confirmed in the first week.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bluey, Robert (January 22, 2017). [http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/22/trumps-nominees-face-unprecedented-democrat-obstructionism/ Trump’s Nominees Face ‘Unprecedented’ Democrat Obstructionism]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Tenure===&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump's major achievements}}&lt;br /&gt;
Due to his promotion and support of conservative, America First policies, President Trump faced large opposition from the Left, including from within the government bureaucracy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (January 1, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/trump-faces-bureaucratic-battle-in-implementing-agenda.html Trump faces bureaucratic battle in implementing agenda]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (February 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/03/empire-strikes-back-why-trumps-private-talks-with-foreign-leaders-were-leaked.html The empire strikes back: Why Trump's private talks with foreign leaders were leaked]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 3, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (The fact that members of the Deep State have grown visibly scared of reports stating such confirms this view;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/22/politico-obama-admin-bureaucrats-panicked-by-breitbart-spotlight-dont-question-our-loyalty/ POLITICO: Obama Admin Bureaucrats ‘Panicked’ by Breitbart Spotlight: Don’t Question Our Loyalty!] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in May 2017, it was reported that 60% of [[National Security Council]] employees were Obama-Administration holdovers&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wong, Kristina (May 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/17/trump-under-siege-more-than-60-percent-of-nsc-employees-placed-by-obama/ Trump Under Siege: More than 60 Percent of NSC Employees Placed by Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) Additionally, Senate Democrats continued to unduly delay Trump's cabinet nominees at historic and unprecedented proportions—by February 8, 2017, only [[George Washington]] had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed by this length of time into his presidency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (February 8, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/08/trump-facing-historic-delays-in-confirmation-push.html Trump facing historic delays in confirmation push]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 8, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On January 23, 2017, Trump signed an order which withdrew the United States from the globalist [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chakraborty, Barnini (January 23, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/23/trump-signs-executive-order-withdrawing-us-from-tpp-trade-deal.html Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from TPP trade deal]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same day, Trump signed an order reinstating the [[Mexico City Policy]], which defunded International Planned Parenthood and other organizations that promote foreign abortions.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;LaBarbera, Peter (January 23, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-trump-signs-order-defunding-international-planned-parenthood-forei BREAKING: Trump signs order defunding International Planned Parenthood, foreign abortions]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hellman, Jessie (January 23, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/315652-trump-signs-executive-order-reinstating-global-gag-rule-on Trump reinstates ban on US funds promoting abortion overseas]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump was very busy and productive in his first week and showed he was serious about his campaign promises, undoing Obama's illegitimate legacy and instituting conservative executive orders.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Davenport, David (January 27, 2017). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddavenport/2017/01/27/how-trump-managed-to-undo-obamas-legacy-in-one-week/#3ae6bcba5bbf How Trump Managed To Undo Obama's Legacy In One Week]. ''Forbes''. Retrieved January 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Said-Moorhouse, Lauren (January 26, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/executive-orders-presidents-actions-presidential-memoranda/ What's Trump done so far? His productive first week and how it stacks up to previous presidents]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/28/president-trumps-first-week-action President Trump's First Week of Action]. ''whitehouse.gov''. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This caused the [[stock market]] to increase, and the [[Dow Jones]] passed 20,000 points for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Imbert, Fred (January 25, 2017). [https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/us-markets.html Dow closes above 20,000 for first time as Trump orders send stocks flying]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved January 25, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Craig, Victoria (January 25, 2017). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/01/25/dow-races-past-20k-in-reinvigorated-trump-rally.html Dow Races Past 20K in Reinvigorated Trump Rally]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved January 25, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On March 1, 2017, the day after Trump made his first address to a joint-session of Congress, the stock market rose dramatically again, with the Dow Jones passing the 21,000 mark for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Witkowski, Wallace; Mahmudova, Anora (March 1, 2017). [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-stocks-set-to-resume-rally-on-fed-rate-hike-hopes-trump-relief-2017-03-01 Dow closes above 21,000 as stocks soar after Trump speech]. ''MarketWatch''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Holcomb, John (March 1, 2017). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2017/03/01/stock-market-booms-past-21000-for-the-first-time-in-history-n2292388 The Trump Bump: Stock Market Hits 21,000 for the First Time in History]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;DeSoto, Randy (March 1, 2017). [http://www.westernjournalism.com/stock-market-hits-new-high-follow-trumps-speech-to-congress/ Stock Market Hits New High Following Trump’s Speech To Congress]. ''Western Journalism''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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As evidence of this intense [[mainstream media]] opposition to President Trump, a study published close to the 100th-day mark of Trump's presidency showed that 89% of media coverage regarding Trump was negative.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Harper, Jennifer (April 19, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/19/donald-trump-media-coverage-is-89-percent-negative/ As first 100 days in office approaches, media coverage of Trump is 89% negative: Study]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 20, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* Noyes, Rich; Ciandella, Mike (April 19, 2017). [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2017/04/18/honeymoon-hell-liberal-media-vs-president-trump Honeymoon from Hell: The Liberal Media vs. President Trump]. ''NewsBusters -- Media Research Center''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Additionally, Trump was on track to become the most mocked president on late-night comedy TV in at least 25 years.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/04/study-trump-track-mocked-president-late-night-25-years/ Study: Trump On Track to Be Most Mocked President on Late-Night TV in 25 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On April 26, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security, acting under an executive order established by President Trump, established the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), created to help support victims of illegal immigrant crime, and it established the DHS-Victim Information and Notification Exchange, which was created to help those victims track the custody status of the illegal criminals.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Singman, Brooke (April 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/26/dhs-announces-office-for-victims-illegal-immigrant-crime.html DHS announces office for victims of illegal immigrant crime]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* McHugh, Katie (April 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/26/dhs-kelly-voice-victims-illegal-alien-criminals/ DHS Kelly Creates VOICE For Many Victims of Illegal Alien Criminals]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* McHugh, Katie (April 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/25/dhs-unveil-voice-office-victims-illegal-alien-crime/ DHS to Unveil VOICE Office for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, leftists took to pranking the phone line created, showing disrespect to the victims of illegal immigration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (April 27, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/27/ice-rips-pranksters-jamming-hotline-to-report-space-aliens.html ICE rips pranksters jamming hotline to report space aliens]. '' Fox News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] described President Trump as being very authentic – the way he acts in public is like how he does in private.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Yilek, Caitlin (August 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-trump-is-surprisingly-authentic/article/2633107 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Trump is surprisingly 'authentic']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Immigration, illegal immigration, and border security}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump received criticism from liberals and [[establishment]] Republicans&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McHugh, Katie (January 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/31/establishment-republicans-bash-trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-refugee-resettlement/ Establishment Republicans Bash Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration, Refugee Resettlement]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; when he signed an executive order temporarily banning immigration from certain high-risk Islamic countries as well as refugee entry. Despite this criticism, 49 percent of the American public supported the decision compared to 41 percent opposed, according to the &amp;quot;mainstream&amp;quot; Reuters,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kahn, Chris (January 31, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN15F2MG Exclusive: Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them more safe]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 57% percent of likely American voters supported the ban according to Rasmussen.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/january_2017/most_support_temporary_ban_on_newcomers_from_terrorist_havens Most Support Temporary Ban on Newcomers from Terrorist Havens].'' January 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Additionally, while the leftist [[establishment]] European leaders opposed the ban, a strong majority—55% average—of Europeans support the ban, according to a poll in 10 [[European Union]] nations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shaw, Adam (February 9, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/09/majority-europeans-in-favor-trump-style-muslim-ban-poll-shows.html Majority of Europeans in favor of a Trump-style Muslim ban, poll shows]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jamieson, Alastair (February 8, 2017). [https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/majority-leading-eu-nations-support-trump-style-travel-ban-poll-n718271 Majority in Leading EU Nations Support Trump-Style Travel Ban: Poll]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On March 6, 2017, Trump signed a second executive order concerning the temporary suspension of refugees and others from certain high-risk countries after the first one was blocked by the courts. The second order made some clarifications and minor improvements over the first, such as exempting green card holders from the ban and excluding [[Iraq]] from it as it had developed an acceptable vetting process.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Munro, Neil (March 6, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/06/trump-new-refugees-executive-pushes-back-judges/ Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Travel from Six Terror-Tied Countries]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chakraborty, Barnini (March 6, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/06/trump-signs-new-immigration-order-narrows-scope-travel-ban.html Trump signs new immigration order, narrows scope of travel ban]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump showed he would not tolerate incompetent leftist administration officials when he fired acting [[United States Department of Justice|Attorney General]] [[Sally Yates]] (a left-wing Obama holdover) when she refused to defend his refugee and immigration ban executive order.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/30/acting-ag-tells-justice-department-staff-not-to-defend-trumps-refugee-order.html Trump fires acting AG after Justice Department staff told not to defend refugee order]. ''Fox News''. January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/30/statement-appointment-dana-boente-acting-attorney-general Statement on the Appointment of Dana Boente as Acting Attorney General]. ''whitehouse.gov''. January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump emulated [[Ronald Reagan]]'s firing of the striking PATCO workers in 1981 by doing so,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Boyle, Matthew (January 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/30/trumps-patco-moment-emanating-reagan-president-takes-control-federal-government-protect-country-citizens/ Trump’s PATCO Moment: Emanating Reagan, the President Takes Control of Federal Government to ‘Protect the Country and Its Citizens’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; contrary to the [[mainstream media]] spin.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (February 1, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/01/trumps-firing-defiant-obama-holdover-why-hes-no-richard-nixon.html Trump's firing of a defiant Obama holdover: Why he's no Richard Nixon]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same night, Trump replaced the acting director of [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (another Obama holdover) with a more competent official who had a reputation for enforcing immigration laws.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chamberlain, Samuel (January 31, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/trump-names-thomas-homan-acting-director-ice-replacing-obama-holdover.html Trump names Thomas Homan acting director of ICE, replacing Obama holdover]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Berman, Mark; Zapotosky, Matt (January 30, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/30/trump-appoints-new-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-director-noted-for-his-work-deporting-illegal-immigrants/?utm_term=.addf12ae690a Trump appoints new Immigration and Customs Enforcement director noted for his work deporting illegal immigrants]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Reducing regulations and government====&lt;br /&gt;
:''For more information, see [[Donald Trump achievements: Deregulation and government size]]''&lt;br /&gt;
In the first six weeks of Trump's presidency, over 90 regulations were repealed, whether through executive orders, Acts of Congress, or other means.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Farand, Chloe (March 6, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-federal-state-regulations-month-oval-office-white-house-us-president-deregulate-a7614031.html Donald Trump disassembles 90 federal state regulations in just over a month in White House]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved March 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3480299-10-Examples-Industries-Push-Followed-by-Trump.html#document/p60/a341284 Trump-Era Trend: Industries Protest. Regulations Rolled Back. A Dozen Examples]. ''The New York Times'' (through ''DocumentCloud''). Retrieved March 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump also signed numerous executive actions promoting a smaller government.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Supreme Court====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: The courts|Trump Supreme Court}}&lt;br /&gt;
On January 31, 2017, Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Klukowski, Ken (January 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/31/trump-nominates-judge-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court/ Trump Nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hurley, Lawrence; Holland, Steve (January 31, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-idUSKBN15F1OW Trump picks conservative judge Gorsuch for U.S. Supreme Court]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The nomination was well received by many conservatives.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chamberlain, Steve (January 31, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/reaction-to-trumps-supreme-court-pick-split-along-partisan-lines.html Conservatives hail Trump's Supreme Court pick]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ertelt, Steven (January 31, 2017). [https://www.lifenews.com/2017/01/31/president-donald-trump-nominates-pro-life-friendly-judge-neil-gorsuch-to-the-supreme-court/ President Donald Trump Nominates Pro-Life-Friendly Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Others, most notably [[Andrew Schlafly]], disagreed with the nomination due to concerns about Gorsuch's position on abortion.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dannenfelser, Marjorie (January 31, 2017). [https://townhall.com/columnists/marjoriedannenfelser/2017/01/31/the-truth-about-trumps-prolife-scotus-list-n2279232 The Truth about Trump’s Pro-life SCOTUS List]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Template:Mainpageright&amp;amp;diff=1302133&amp;amp;oldid=1301962&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Upon the swing justice [[Anthony Kennedy|Anthony Kennedy's]] announcement on June 21, 2018, that he would retire from the Court at the end of the succeeding month, Trump nominated the conservative [[Brett Kavanaugh]] to replace him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mason, Ian (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/09/trump-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-nominee/ Trump Announces Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court Nominee] ''Breitbart News''.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Public trust====&lt;br /&gt;
According to a poll conducted by [[Emerson College]] on February 5–6, 2017, more Americans trust the Trump Administration than the media.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McHugh, Katie (February 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/09/poll-voters-trust-trump-administration-media/ Poll: Voters Trust Trump Administration More Than Media]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Economic progress====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Real Disposable Personal Income Per Capita.png|right|350px|thumb|Real Personal Income gains under President Trump beginning from the flat base of President Obama's last year in office.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Source: Federal Reserve Board'']]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Economic policy and labor}}&lt;br /&gt;
In May 2017, the unemployment rate fell from 4.4% from 4.3%, the lowest since May 2001, as the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 6.9 million and the labor force participation rate fell to 62.7 percent.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate United States Unemployment Rate]. ''tradingeconomics.com''. Retrieved June 14, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to a Rasmussen survey, consumer confidence is the second-highest it's been in the index's history. The market cap of the U.S. stock market has risen more than $3 trillion since Mr. Trump was elected. Small-business confidence has surged to a 12-year high.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Books==&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  The Art of the Deal'' with Tony Schwartz (1987)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Surviving at the Top'' with Charles Leerhsen (1990)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  The Art of the Comeback'' with Kate Bohner (1997)&lt;br /&gt;
*''The America We Deserve'' with Dave Shiflett (2000)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  How to Get Rich'' with Meredith McIver (2004)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Think Like a Billionaire:  Everything You Need to Know about Success, Real Estate and Life'' with Meredith McIver (2005)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Why We Want You to Be Rich:  Two Men, One Message'' with Meredith McIver and Robert T. Kiyosaki (2006)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life'' with Bill Zanker (2007)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Never Give Up:  How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success'' with Meredith McIver (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Think Like a Champion:  An Informal Education in Business and Life'' with Meredith McIver (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Midas Touch:  Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich—and Why Most Don't'' with Robert T. Kiyosaki (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Time to Get Tough:  Making America #1 Again'' (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Crippled America:  How to Make America Great Again'' (2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Quotes==&lt;br /&gt;
===Quotes as U.S. President===&lt;br /&gt;
====Inaugural address====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;....today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/full-text-donald-trump-inauguration-speech-transcript-233907 Full text: 2017 Donald Trump inauguration speech transcript]. ''Politico''. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;We assembled here today our issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power, from this day forward: a new vision will govern our land, from this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;[We will] unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2017====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;In America we don’t worship government, we worship God.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Miller, S.A. (May 13, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/13/donald-trump-tells-liberty-university-graduates-we/ Trump at Liberty University: ‘We don’t worship government, we worship God’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Moons, Michelle (May 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/13/president-donald-trumps-1st-commencement-speech-america-dont-worship-government-worship-god/ President Donald Trump’s First Commencement Speech: ‘In America We Don’t Worship Government, We Worship God’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I didn’t get elected to serve the Washington media—I got elected to serve the forgotten men and women and that’s exactly what I’m doing.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Spiering, Charlie (May 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/17/donald-trump-vows-to-fight-on-no-politician-in-history-has-been-treated-worse-or-more-unfairly/ Donald Trump: ‘I Didn’t Get Elected to Serve the Washington Media’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (May 17, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/17/trump-takes-on-media-during-coast-guard-commencement-speech.html Trump takes on media during Coast Guard commencement speech]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented.&amp;quot; (UN speech, September 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The most important truth our Founders understood was this: Freedom is not a gift from government; freedom is a gift from God.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/920474831749025795 @realDonaldTrump], 17 Oct 2017&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Crookston, Paul (October 17, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-freedom-not-gift-government-freedom-gift-god/ Trump: ‘Freedom Is Not a Gift From Government; Freedom Is a Gift From God’]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved October 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Quotes from the 2016 campaign for President===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump and Mike Pence RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|Trump and his running-mate, [[Mike Pence]], at the 2016 Republican National Convention.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's tactics of naming and shaming candidates has been proven very effective. He called Jeb Bush 'low-energy Jeb' and it stuck. Then came Marco Rubio as 'Little Marco.' Next came 'Lyin' Ted' for Ted Cruz. For the Democrats, he calls Hillary Clinton 'Crooked Hillary' and Bernie Sanders &amp;quot;Crazy Bernie.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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*“We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of [[globalism]].”&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I think we have a president who, as a president, is totally incompetent, and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. I think he has no idea what he’s doing. And our country is going to [[hell]].&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://time.com/4210983/republican-debate-barack-obama-incompetent/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I will be the greatest jobs president that [[God]] ever created.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody. Within our military, I will find the General Patton, or I will find General MacArthur, I will find the right guy.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have [[Mexico]] pay for that wall.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://video.foxnews.com/v/4406746003001/watch-a-replay-of-fox-news-prime-time-presidential-debate/?#sp=show-clips&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.google.com/search?q=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&amp;amp;oq=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&amp;amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.8295j0j7&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;es_sm=119&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8 Google search]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Becoming the nominee of the party of [[Abraham Lincoln]] has been the greatest honor of my life.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294401-trump-claims-party-of-lincoln-mantle-in-speech-at-black&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====General election debate quotes====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Because you would be in jail.&amp;quot; (Trump in response to Clinton saying that it would be a good thing that he &amp;quot;is not in charge of the law in our country&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2ndTranscript&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/2016-presidential-debate-transcript-229519 Full transcript: Second 2016 presidential debate]. ''Politico''. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Now she’s blaming the lie on the late great Abraham Lincoln. ...Honest Abe never lied. That’s the good thing. That's the big difference between Abraham Lincoln and you.&amp;quot; (Trump in response to Clinton's excuse for having &amp;quot;'a public and private position on certain issues.'&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2ndTranscript&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Hillary has experience, but it’s bad experience.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Goodenough, Patrick (September 27, 2016). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/ Trump: 'Hillary Has Experience, But It's Bad Experience']. ''cnsnews.com''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Quotes from Twitter===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 2015-09-28-12-11-31-1.png|right|300px|Thumb|Tweet from Billionaire Carl Icahn]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;'''Somebody said I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.'''}} &lt;br /&gt;
Trump's tweets are archived and fully searchable online.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/archive&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Here are some choice examples:&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (August 6, 2012, 1:23 pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/232572505238433794 &amp;quot;An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (November 13, 2012, 12:23pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/268449146711703553 &amp;quot;It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (January 1, 2014, 4:39pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/418542137899491328 &amp;quot;This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2015====&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;So many 'politically correct' fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!&amp;quot; (August 8, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate&amp;quot; (October 13, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;They laughed at me when I said to bomb the ISIS controlled oil fields. Now they are not laughing and doing what I said.&amp;quot; (November 13, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;President Obama said 'ISIL continues to shrink' in an interview just hours before the horrible attack in Paris. He is just so bad! CHANGE.&amp;quot; (November 14, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Refugees from Syria are now pouring into our great country. Who knows who they are - some could be ISIS. Is our president insane?&amp;quot; (November 17, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Eight Syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the U.S. ISIS maybe? I told you so. WE NEED A BIG &amp;amp; BEAUTIFUL WALL!&amp;quot; (November 19, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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====2016====&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!&amp;quot; (January 3, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!&amp;quot; (February 20, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!&amp;quot; (March 12, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Why is it that the horrendous protesters, who scream, curse punch, shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES,  are never blamed by media? SAD!&amp;quot; (March 20, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Do you all remember how beautiful and safe a place Brussels was. Not anymore, it is from a different world! U.S. must be vigilant and smart!&amp;quot; (March 22, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;For the 1st time in American history, America’s 16,500 border patrol agents have issue[d] a presidential primary endorsement—me! Thank you.&amp;quot; (April 1, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;We are going to say Merry [[Christmas]] again.&amp;quot; (December 2016 in [[Michigan]]).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[Trump: 'We are going to say merry Christmas again'], ''The Hill'', December 13, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2017====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Greenwood, Mark (February 17, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320168-trump-the-media-is-the-enemy-of-the-american-people Trump tweets: The media is the 'enemy of the American people']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* &amp;quot;Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media &amp;amp; Dems, of historic proportion!&amp;quot; (March 31, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Despite the constant negative press covfefe&amp;quot; (May 31, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;That's right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people!&amp;quot; (June 5, 2017, while the Dept. of Justice was arguing in court that his Executive Order was not a &amp;quot;travel ban&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Fake News is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???&amp;quot; (June 13, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other quotes===&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;[T]he country is going to hell.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cassidy, Chris (March 19, 2015).  [http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/03/country_is_going_to_hell_claims_donald_trump &amp;quot;'Country is going to hell,' claims Donald Trump&amp;quot;].  BostonHerald.com website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;We have no leader in this country.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Reisner, Hiram (April 22, 2011). [https://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/donaldtrump-karlrove-gop-birther/2011/04/22/id/393742 &amp;quot;Trump: I'd just take Libyan oil&amp;quot;].  NewsMax website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Pierce, Tony (April 29, 2011).  [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/04/donald-trump-in-vegas-our-leaders-are-stupid-they-are-stupid-people.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump in Vegas:  'Our leaders are stupid; they are stupid people'&amp;quot;].  Los Angeles Times website/Top of the Ticket blog.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;I can tell you I am [the 2012 Obama campaign's] worst nightmare.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mooney, Alexander (April 11, 2011). [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/trump-says-he-is-obama-campaigns-worst-nightmare/comment-page-6/ &amp;quot;Trump says he is Obama campaign's worst nightmare&amp;quot;].  Cable News Network website/politicalticker blog.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Obama has no solutions.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Coz, Steve (August 19, 2012).  [https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-gibbs-fox-obama/2012/08/19/id/449050/ &amp;quot;Trump fires back at Obama campaign smear&amp;quot;].  Newsmax website/Newsfront.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Everything in life is luck.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/12107003/Donald-Trump-faces-questions-over-Two-Corinthians.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;[Barack Obama] is probably the least transparent president in the history of the country.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Not teaching your kids about money is like not caring whether they eat.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Liberal denialism and Donald Trump ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:''See also:'' [[Liberal denialism and Donald Trump]] and [[Liberal denial]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Post the 2016 U.S. presidential election many liberals were in denial that Donald Trump was going to be president of the United States. Before the election, many liberal media outlets took the line that Donald Trump could not win the [[Republican]] primary and could not win the presidential election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/the-wrongest-media-predictions-about-donald-trump/?utm_term=.febb2623a89f The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump], ''Washington Post'', 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Political scientists, denialism and Donald Trump ===&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Atheism and science}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Few, if any, [[Political science|political scientists]] predicted early on that Donald Trump would win the Republican primary and then would subsequently be elected president of the United States. Furthermore, most pollsters indicated that Trump would lose the election. &lt;br /&gt;
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27 percent of American political scientists believe in the existence of God while 76 percent of American doctors said they believe in God.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.livescience.com/379-scientists-belief-god-varies-starkly-discipline.html Scientists belief in God varies starkly by discipline], Livescience.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/8318894/ns/health-health_care/t/survey-most-doctors-believe-god-afterlife/ Most doctors believe in God], NBC News&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;   Most American [[atheism|atheists]] lean to the left politically (see: [[Atheism and politics]]). Compared to [[medical science]], which has many effective medicines and surgical procedures, the social science of political science is often unreliable.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Trump and the mainstream media===&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Mainstream media and Donald Trump}}&lt;br /&gt;
The leftist [[mainstream media]] despises Trump and, under the influence of [[Trump Derangement Syndrome]], refuses to report objectively when covering him.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Angry secular leftists and Donald Trump ===&lt;br /&gt;
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:''See also:'' [[Donald Trump and American atheists]] and [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]&lt;br /&gt;
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American [[secular left]]ists were extremely angry and upset in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election victory (see: [[Donald Trump and American atheists]]). &lt;br /&gt;
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In certain cases, it became debilitating (see:: [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]). The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: ''Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-win-is-causing-a-surge-in-demand-for-mental-health-services-2016-11-10 Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services], Marketwatch 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The ''Religion News Service'' reported:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|For the last decade, [[Atheism|atheists]], [[secular humanism|humanists]] and others [[secular]]ists have worked hard to organize a “secular vote” that would counter the political clout of the [[religious right]].&lt;br /&gt;
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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory dealt that movement a body blow when he garnered 81 percent of the white [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical]] vote and 60 percent of the white [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] vote. [[Mormonism|Mormons]], too, voted overwhelmingly for Trump...&lt;br /&gt;
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[Trump's] platform was seen as anti-secular in many atheist and humanist circles. He said he would appoint religiously conservative Supreme Court justices, ban [[Islam|Muslim]] immigrants, favor [[Christianity]] and repeal the [[Johnson Amendment]], which prohibits certain tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates — issues antithetical to organized atheism and [[humanism]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://religionnews.com/2016/11/09/dealt-a-body-blow-atheists-and-humanists-regroup/ Dealt a body blow, atheists and humanists regroup] by Kimberly Winston, ''Religion News Service'', November 9, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trump's Social Media Ban ==&lt;br /&gt;
On January 8, 2021, [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]], in violation of the First Amendment and at risk of being put out of business by the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]] and [[U.S. Color Revolution#Executive Order 13848|Executive Order 13848]] due to their [[antitrust]] violations and censorious actions, illegally censored and silenced President Trump on their platforms by permanently suspending his accounts with them.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/breaking-twitter-bans-president-donald-trump-permanently/ BREAKING: Twitter Bans President Donald Trump — PERMANENTLY] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  This was part of co-ordinated collusion between Twitter, Facebook, [[Instagram]], [[Google]] (and its [[YouTube]] subsidiary) and other liberal Big Tech companies to target Trump and his supporters for illegal censorship and silencing of viewpoints and opinions the Left does not like,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/__trashed-15/ Big Tech Launches Massive Coordinated Cyber Attack on 74,000,000 Trump Voters — GOP SILENT] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while simultaneously allowing violent leftist individuals and groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter to have free run of their sites and say and do as they please.  Although not officially confirmed as yet, Fox News host [[Sean Hannity]] later reported that Trump has since moved over to conservative social media website [[Parler]], prompting a wave of new accounts to subsequently open up there.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/report-sean-hannity-says-president-trump-joined-parler/ UPDATE – NOT CONFIRMED: Sean Hannity Says President Trump Has Joined Parler] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trump’s Website: 45 Office ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|45 Office}}&lt;br /&gt;
On March 29, 2021, Trump launched 45 Office.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trump's backed candidates==&lt;br /&gt;
*In May 2022, Trump-backed author [[J.D. Vance]] wins GOP primary for [[Ohio]] Senate seat.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mark Lungariello, [https://nypost.com/2022/05/03/j-d-vance-wins-gop-primary-for-ohio-senate-seat/amp/ Trump-backed author J.D. Vance wins GOP primary for Ohio Senate seat], ''NY Post'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/ohio-primary-results-2022-05-03/ Ohio primary results: Trump-backed J.D. Vance wins Republican Senate race], ''CBS'', May 3, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Annie Linskey and David Weigel, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/03/ohioans-head-polls-senate-primary-tests-trumps-sway/ J.D. Vance, with a Trump boost, clinches Senate GOP primary in Ohio], ''Washington Post'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Ohio primaries tested power of Trump endorsement.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Art Moore, [https://www.wnd.com/2022/05/gop-doubles-democrat-turnout-ohio-despite-roe-leak/ GOP doubles Democrat turnout in Ohio despite Roe leak], ''WND'', May 5, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;[[RNC]] Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told Breitbart News that Ohio voters &amp;quot;reject Biden's failed agenda of historic inflation, Biden's gas hike, and the crisis at our southern border, and will hold Democrats accountable and vote for Republicans up and down the ballot.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At [[Breitbart]], Nick Gilbertson summed up the May/2022 elections: &amp;quot;Clean sweep: all 22 Trump-backed candidates win primaries in Ohio, Indiana.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/03/22-trump-backed-candidates-win-primaries-ohio-indiana/ Clean Sweep: All 22 Trump-Backed Candidates Win Primaries in Ohio, Indiana], ''Breitbart'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==2024 campaign==&lt;br /&gt;
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In a Nov 2023, CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-matchup/index.htmlCNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch], ''CNN'', Nov 8, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In Nov 2023, [[Minnesota]] Supreme Court blocked bid to remove Trump from primary ballot in 14th Amendment challenge.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Marshall Cohen, [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/politics/minnesota-14th-amendment-trump/index.html Minnesota Supreme Court blocks bid to remove Trump from primary ballot in 14th Amendment challenge], ''CNN'', November 8, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A Nov 2023 poll showed: voters trust Trump over Biden on Ukraine, Israel and China.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lauren Irwin, [https://thehill.com/policy/international/4303281-voters-trust-trump-over-biden-on-ukraine-israel-and-china-poll/ Voters trust Trump over Biden on Ukraine, Israel and China: poll], ''The Hill'', Nov 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On the Israel Palestinian Gaza regime Hamas war [[Swords of Iron]], Trump said in Nov  2023, ‘sometimes you have to let things play out’ - against a ceasefire.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Brett Samuels, [https://thehill.com/policy/international/4304401-trump-israel-hamas-war-let-things-play-out/ Trump on Israel-Hamas war: ‘Sometimes you have to let things play out’] ''The Hill'', 11/10/23 &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's Nov 2023 video focused on the october 7th massacre:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Former US President Donald Trump on Saturday released a new campaign video.&lt;br /&gt;
The video ad builds on the thousands of people, including 31 Americans, killed by Hamas in Israel since October 7, and slams US President Joe Biden's release of billions of dollars in funds to Iran.&lt;br /&gt;
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The campaign video, claims, &amp;quot;Trump played hardball with Iran. Destroyed ISIS. Kept the Middle East at peace. Kept us out of endless wars with strength.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380118 Trump's new video focuses on the october 7th massacre], ''INN '', 11 Nov 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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On Nov 10, 2023, [[Elise Stefanik]] files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge.{{Cquote|Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed a judicial ethics complaint Friday against the New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s civil fraud trial, claiming the judge has shown “inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance” toward the former president and calling on him to resign.&lt;br /&gt;
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Judge Arthur Engoron has displayed a “clear judicial bias” against Trump and broken “several rules” in the state’s judicial conduct code, Stefanik wrote in a letter to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ella Lee, [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4304049-elise-stefanik-ethics-complaint-trump-fraud-trial-judge/ Elise Stefanik files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge], ''The Hill'',  11/10/23.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In Nov 2023, Trump told [[Argentina]]'s President-elect [[Javier Milei]] he plans to visit Buenos Aires.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-tells-argentinas-president-elect-javier-milei-plans-105125913 Trump tells Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei he plans to visit Buenos Aires], ''ABC News'', Nov 24, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Nov 2023 &amp;quot;representative of Black Lives Matter&amp;quot; (BLM), activist Mark Fisher endorsement of Donald Trump, drew loud applause from supporters.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Thomas Kika, [https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-blm-endorsement-draws-loud-applause-supporters-1849002 Donald Trump's Black Lives Matter Endorsement Draws Loud Applause From Supporters], Dec 2, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A December 2023 poll found that young voters prefer Trump to handle Israel-Hamas war.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/6/iop-youth-poll-fall-23/ Young Voters Sour on Biden, Prefer Trump to Handle Israel-Hamas War in Latest Harvard IOP Youth Poll]. By Thomas J. Mete, ''Crimson'' Staff Writer. Dec 6, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Dec 9, 2023 published [[WSJ]] poll:&lt;br /&gt;
Trump takes 2024 lead as Biden approval hits new low. &amp;quot;WSJ Poll Finds&lt;br /&gt;
Unhappiness with Biden’s performance is pervasive, with economic pessimism weighing him down.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-takes-2024-lead-as-biden-approval-hits-new-low-wsj-poll-finds-fb4fca0c Trump Takes 2024 Lead as Biden Approval Hits New Low, WSJ Poll Finds], ''WSJ'', Dec 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's lead over Biden grows when independent candidates are included&lt;br /&gt;
.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/poll-shows-biden-hitting-record-low-approvals-falling-behind-against-trump-2024-matchup Poll shows Biden hitting record low approvals, falling behind against Trump in 2024 matchup]. By Michael Lee , Paul Steinhauser, ''Fox News'', Dec 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Another poll shows: &amp;quot;Nikki Haley Absolutely Wrecks Biden By Whopping 17 points — And Trump Tops Biden By 4.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-nikki-haley-absolutely-wrecks-biden-by-whopping-17-points-and-trump-tops-biden-by-4/ SHOCK POLL: Nikki Haley Absolutely Wrecks Biden By Whopping 17 POINTS — And Trump Tops Biden By 4.] Mediaite, Dec 10, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On Dec 14, 2023, Michigan court rejected challenges to Trump’s spot on 2024 primary ballot.&lt;br /&gt;
Saying 'it won’t stop former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot, turning aside challenges from critics who argue that his role in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him.'&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wilx.com/2023/12/14/michigan-court-rejects-challenges-trumps-spot-2024-primary-ballot/ Michigan court rejects challenges to Trump’s spot on 2024 primary ballot], Wilx.com, Dec 14, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On Dec 17, 2023, ''Fox'' reported that: 'Trump’s lead in GOP primary widens.'&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dana Blanton, [https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-trumps-lead-gop-primary-widens Fox  News Poll: Trump’s lead in GOP primary widens], ''Fox News'', Dec 17, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Trump's support stands at 69% in the primary race. That's up 7 points since November and fully 26 points since February.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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===CO ruling===&lt;br /&gt;
On Dec 20, 2023, Four --out of seven-- state Supreme Court judges in [[CO]] banned Trump from the 2024 ballot &amp;quot;without due process.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=wsj&amp;gt;The Editorial Board, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/colorado-supreme-court-donald-trump-ballot-2024-fourteenth-amendment-083b1271 The Folly of Colorado’s Trump Disqualification], ''WSJ'', Dec. 20, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Explained in [[WSJ]]:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the ruling, as it probably will, the Colorado decision will confirm for millions of Americans that Mr. Trump’s opponents will do everything possible to deny them their democratic choice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=wsj/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Even [[Chris Christie]], a Trump foe, blasted Colorado ballot decision.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Chris Christie said voters - not the courts - should decide if Donald Trump deserves to be reelected in 2024.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sudiksha Kochi, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/20/chris-christie-blasts-colorado-ballot-decision-trump/71982107007/ Chris Christie, a Trump foe, blasts Colorado ballot decision], ''USA Today'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Bill Barr]] - another harsh Trump critic said: it is 'legally wrong,' will 'backfire.'&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nick Robertson, [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4370525-barr-colorado-court-trump-ruling-legally-wrong-will-backfire/ Barr says Colorado court’s Trump ruling ‘legally wrong,’ will ‘backfire’], ''The Hill'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Alan Dershowitz]] called the ruling &amp;quot;Anti-Democratic, Unconstitutional, Absurd.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jeff Poor, [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/20/dershowitz-on-colorado-ruling-antidemocratic-unconstitutional-absurd/ Dershowitz on Colorado Ruling: Anti-Democratic, Unconstitutional, Absurd], ''Breitbart'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Saying: &amp;quot;In the 60 years I’ve been practicing and teaching law, I’ve never seen a decision that’s so anti-democratic and so unconstitutional.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Liberal media]] admitted that [[Dem]] judges just bungled this: &amp;quot;Colorado hands Trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.aol.com/news/colorado-hands-trump-political-gift-162304129.html Colorado hands Trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot], ''NBC Universal'', December 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Donald Trump's religious views]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump Administration]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Essay:Donald Trump One Two Body Blow]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The Chalkening]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump University]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Liberal Smear Machine]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kathryn Steinle]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Mollie Tibbetts]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sarah Root]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alveda King]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump effect]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Deep State coup 2.0]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Biden Junta]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jair Bolsonaro]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Javier Milei]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.trump.com Trump.com - Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.donaldjtrump.com donaldjtrump.com - Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.LyingCrookedHillary.com LyingCrookedHillary.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw8c2Cq-vpg The Untruth About Donald Trump] by [[Stefan Molyneux]], Published on Jan 18, 2016&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.untruthaboutdonaldtrump.com  UntruthAboutDonaldTrump.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yyoauXmzjg Do Emotions Trump Facts?] [[Thomas Sowell]] on Donald Trump - Rebutted! by Stefan Molyneux&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://gop12.thehill.com/2011/04/trump-explains-conversion-on-abortion.html Trump explains his pro-life conversion]&lt;br /&gt;
* 100 groups have signed [http://www.pseagles.com/Coalition_letter_Supreme_Court this coalition letter] re: Trump's [[Trump Supreme Court|nomination to the Supreme Court]].&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://youtu.be/oh2Sj_QpZOA SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What Really Happened in Wuhan] - SkyNews Australia&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://rumble.com/vucs3g-exclusive-interview-with-donald-trump-kashs-corner.html Exclusive Interview with Donald Trump], Kash Patel, February 8, 2022 &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Officeholder&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Donald John Trump {{verified}}&lt;br /&gt;
|image=Donald Trump official presidential photo.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|party=[[Republican]] (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; formerly Registered Democrat primary voter (until 1987, 2001–2009), [[Reform Party|Reform]] (1999–2001), and [[Independent voter|Independent]] (2011–2012)&lt;br /&gt;
|spouse=Ivana Trump&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; Marla Maples&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Melania Trump]] (current)&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_date=June 14, 1946&lt;br /&gt;
|children=5&lt;br /&gt;
|grandchildren=9&lt;br /&gt;
|religion=[[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]]&lt;br /&gt;
|offices={{Officeholder/president&lt;br /&gt;
	|country=the United States&lt;br /&gt;
	|number=45th&lt;br /&gt;
	|terms=January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021&lt;br /&gt;
	|vp=[[Mike Pence]]&lt;br /&gt;
	|preceded=[[Barack Obama]]&lt;br /&gt;
	|former=n&lt;br /&gt;
        |succeeded=[[Joe Biden]] (disputed)&lt;br /&gt;
	}}&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
:''For his achievements as U.S. President, see [[Donald Trump achievements]].''&lt;br /&gt;
:''Donald Trump was [[Conservative of the Year]] in [[Conservative of the Year 2017|2017]] and [[Conservative of the Year 2018|2018]].''&lt;br /&gt;
'''Donald John Trump''' (b. [[Queens]], [[New York]], on [[Donald Trump's age|June 14, 1946]]), nicknamed &amp;quot;'''The Donald''',&amp;quot; served the office as the 45th  [[President of the United States of America]], as a result of winning the [[2016 presidential election]] as the [[Republican Party]] nominee.  It is widely believed by a majority of registered voters that he was [[fraud|cheat]]ed out of a second consecutive term by [[Joe Biden]] and the [[Democrat]]s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2022/election_integrity_most_voters_still_suspect_cheating Election Integrity: Most Voters Still Suspect Cheating], Rassmussen Reports, May 25, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/biden-2020-win-tainted-56-say-it-was-a-cheaters-paradise Biden 2020 win ‘tainted,’ 56% say it was a cheater’s paradise], by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist, October 11, 2021.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Before entering politics, he was a businessman and [[television]] personality. A strong social and fiscal [[conservative]], Trump [[Donald Trump achievements|achieved much during his presidency]] and advanced many conservative priorities. He greatly benefited the US energy sector by reducing the energy dependence of the US in the Middle East, helping gasoline prices go down, and encouraging projects such as the Keystone Pipeline. Despite this, he received more criticism than any U.S. president in history, almost all of which is purely politically motivated.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]], Trump received at least a record-smashing 74+ million lawful votes, many in the key [[swing states]].  This confirms him as the leader of the [[Republican Party]], indeed the entire nation, for the foreseeable future. Many conservatives who no longer feel they identify with Trump are retiring. This is the most probable cause that at least 25% of Republican senators up in 2022 plan to retire, and many other transitions are occurring among the GOP nationwide.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for the [[Wuhan virus]] in early October 2020.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/01/president-donald-trump-first-lady-melania-trump-test-positive-for-coronavirus/ President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump Test Positive for Coronavirus]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519282-president-trump-melania-trump-test-positive-for-covid-19 President Trump, Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/10/02/breaking-president-trump-and-first-lady-test-positive-for-wuhancoronavirus-n2577338 BREAKING: President Trump and First Lady Test Positive for Wuhan Coronavirus]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-first-lady-test-positive-covid-19-n1241769 Trump, first lady test positive for Covid-19]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The mainstream media have started mocking him, some believing he deserved his positive COVID-19 test; Pence is also vulnerable, since many of his workers have contracted the [[Wuhan coronavirus]]. [[Leftists]] and the [[MSM]] attempted to downplay Trump's experiences with the virus, claiming that the average American would not have received similar medication. Trump's strong leadership against the coronavirus even after falling ill to it himself shocked many.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
He was born on June 14, 1946, in New York City to Fred and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.  He has several brothers and sisters: Elizabeth, Fred Jr., Maryanne, and Robert.  After High School he attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Financial worth &amp;amp; education==&lt;br /&gt;
Trump has engaged in many financial pursuits and estimated that his net worth was $10 billion, as of July 2015.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;LoGiurato, Brett (July 25, 2015). [https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-net-worth-2015-7 &amp;quot;We finally know a lot more about Donald Trump's 'massive' net worth&amp;quot;].  Business Insider website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ''Forbes'', however, estimates his net worth is $3.1 billion as of 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/ &amp;quot;The world's most powerful people: #2 Donald Trump&amp;quot;]. (March 6, 2017).  Forbes.com website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He graduated from the New York Military Academy in 1964 and first attended college at [[Fordham University]] for two years before transferring to the more competitive [[University of Pennsylvania]] and completing his undergraduate studies at its Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. In September 2020, the [[New York Times]] reported on Donald Trump engaging in tax avoidance. It was claimed that his tax avoidance dates back to the 1990s. Trump doesn't like pilots who get captured, but the majority of Americans don't like executives who file bankruptcy.&lt;br /&gt;
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Early media profiles of Trump claim he graduated &amp;quot;first in his class&amp;quot; from Wharton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Whitman, Alden (January 28, 1973). [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/28/archives/a-builder-looks-backand-moves-forward-builder-looks-back-but-moves.html &amp;quot;A builder looks back—and moves forward&amp;quot;.] ''New York Times''. Retrieved from ''New York Times'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The evidence suggests otherwise and yet Trump has never sought to correct or clarify this potentially significant error.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Geist, William E. (April 8, 1984). [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/magazine/the-expanding-empire-of-donald-trump.html &amp;quot;The expanding empire of Donald Trump&amp;quot;.] ''New York Times Magazine''.  Retrieved from ''New York Times'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Candidacy==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:2thumb-5-1-300x202.jpg|right|300px|thumb|As Trump rode the escalator to announce his candidacy, polls showed Hillary Clinton's collusion with Russia over the [[Uranium One deal]] was her biggest vulnerability.  Deputy Attn. Gen. [[Sally Yates]] was taking steps to ban the Inspector General from oversight of the DOJ-National Security Division and hide  [[FISA abuse]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/08/doj-political-surveillance-from-the-irs-in-2011-to-the-fisa-court-in-2016/ DOJ Political Surveillance – From the IRS in 2011 to the FISA Court in 2016], Posted on March 8, 2020 by sundance. theconservativetreehouse.com&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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On October 7, 1999, Trump declared his candidacy for the [[Reform Party]] nomination in the [[2000 Presidential Election]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/256159-a-look-back-at-trumps-first-run/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During his campaign, he declared America must have universal healthcare because having over 40 million uninsured Americans was unacceptable.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.ontheissues.org/Archive/America_We_Deserve_Health_Care.htm&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; When asked about gays in the military, he said it would not disturb him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20100613005525/http://indegayforum.org/news/show/26834.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Stated he was ‘very pro-choice but hates the concept of abortion.’&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-in-1999-i-am-very-pro-choice-480297539914&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He favored a one-time tax on the rich to eliminate the national debt and declared North Korea the greatest threat to the US. He also followed the Reform party view that abortion rights should be kept out of politics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/05/donald-trump-reform-party-2000-president&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Trump suspended his candidacy for the Reform Party on February 14, 2000.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/14/us/reform-bid-said-to-be-a-no-go-for-trump.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On June 16, 2015, he declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/16/trump-announces-white-house-bid-joins-crowded-gop-field/ &amp;quot;Trump announces White House bid, joins crowded GOP field&amp;quot;] (June 16, 2015).  Fox News website/Politics. The front-runner in a record-breaking field of 17 [[Republican]] candidates, Trump announced that he did not anticipate &amp;quot;throwing punches&amp;quot; against his rivals in the first GOP debate.&lt;br /&gt;
*Chiacu, Donna and Torbati, Yeganeh (August 2, 2015).  [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/02/us-usa-election-debate-idUSKCN0Q70NI20150802 &amp;quot;Trump says won't be 'throwing punches' in U.S. Republican debate&amp;quot;].  Reuters/Politics.  But at the debate the [[Fox News Channel]]—particularly its [[feminist]] non-journalist [[Megyn Kelly]]—ambushed Trump with out-of-context quotations designed to smear him as somehow being anti-women.  This ignited a national controversy that lasted for days, and Trump called upon Kelly to apologize, which she refused to do.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Unlike most other U.S. presidential candidates, Trump sharply criticizes the media and talks about issues that no elected official dares touch.  For example, Trump stands up against [[feminists]], unlike most politicians. In another example, in 2011 Trump persistently doubted whether [[Barack Obama]] had been born in the [[United States]], which caused Obama's approval ratings to drop below 40% until Obama finally caved in to Trump and produced what Obama claimed was his birth certificate.  Trump then scoffed at Obama's conduct.&lt;br /&gt;
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'''''In February 2011, Trump announced that he is [[pro-life]], and at the final presidential debate on Oct. 19, 2016, Trump gave the strongest endorsement of the pro-life position of any presidential nominee in history'''''. Trump said he has never had to ask God for forgiveness; if he does something wrong, he makes it right, so his Christianity is questionale, as it is impossible to be a Christian without forgiveness.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's central campaign theme has been to oppose [[illegal immigration]] and [[free trade]], and nominated Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] as [[Attorney General]] to enforce standing legislation on the issue.  As reported by [[Breitbart News Network|Breitbart]], &amp;quot;Sen. Sessions, Chairman of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, is widely regarded as the gold standard on immigration. Sessions has also become the intellectual thought leader in the Republican Party on appealing to the blue collar voters who have been abandoned by their political leaders.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hahn, Julia (August 14, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/14/game-change-trump-consults-with-sen-jeff-sessions-on-immigration-strategy/ &amp;quot;Game change: Trump consults with Sen Jeff Sessions on immigration strategy&amp;quot;].  Breitbart website/Big government.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the later campaign Trump focused more on [[ISIS]] and terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;
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At the final presidential debate between [[Hillary Clinton]] and Trump on October 19, 2016, Clinton chastised Trump for running a newspaper advertisement in 1987 critical of the [[Reagan Administration]].  But Trump persuasively explained that he has always disagreed with Reagan's support of free trade, as many other [[conservatives]] disagree with Reagan on this issue.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Religious beliefs==&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump attended the First [[Presbyterian]] Church in Jamaica, [[Queens]]. He told the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] that he still considers himself a [[Presbyterian]] and attends services for all major holidays and Sundays, and that &amp;quot;The [[Bible]] is certainly THE book.&amp;quot;  He receives Bibles from fans in the mail, and he either stores them or gives them away to others.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Haberman, Maggie (April 11, 2011).  [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52942.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump talks about religion&amp;quot;].  Politico website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In July 2015, Trump stated in an interview that &amp;quot;Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nothstine, Ray (July 23, 2015). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-why-do-i-have-to-repent-or-ask-for-forgiveness-if-i-am-not-making-mistakes-video-141856/ Trump: 'Why Do I Have to Repent or Ask for Forgiveness If I Am Not Making Mistakes?' (Video)]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also stated that &amp;quot;I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Scott, Eugene (July 18, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/trump-has-never-sought-forgiveness/ Trump believes in God, but hasn't sought forgiveness]. ''CNN''. Retrieved December 4, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; January 2016, Trump stated that &amp;quot;I have a great relationship with God,&amp;quot; but that &amp;quot;I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Key, Pam (January 17, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/01/17/trump-i-dont-like-to-have-to-ask-for-forgiveness-from-god/ Trump: ‘I Don’t Like to Have to Ask for Forgiveness’ from God]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; When confronted by [[Cal Thomas]] in an interview in mid 2016 about his not asking God for forgiveness, Trump stated that he would ask God for forgiveness.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chumley, Cheryl (August 6, 2016). [https://www.wnd.com/2016/06/trump-answers-question-who-do-you-say-jesus-is/ Trump answers question: 'Who do you say Jesus is?] ''WorldNetDaily''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In October 2016, [[Ben Carson]] stated that Trump did ask forgiveness from God with [[James Robison]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Showalter, Brandon (October 10, 2016). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/ben-carson-donald-trump-asked-god-for-forgiveness-prayed-with-james-robison-170650/ Ben Carson: Donald Trump Asked God for Forgiveness, Prayed With James Robison]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to exit polling in the 2016 election, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than [[George W. Bush]] won in 2004, showing strong support for Trump from evangelical Christians.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;townhall.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;O'Brien, Cortney (November 12, 2016). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/11/12/white-evangelical-voters-showed-up-this-time-n2243931 Evangelical Voters Showed Up Big Time For Trump]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;wsj.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Lovett, Ian (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelicals-back-donald-trump-in-record-numbers-despite-earlier-doubts-1478689372 Evangelicals Back Donald Trump in Record Numbers, Despite Earlier Doubts]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the first sitting American president to address the annual Values Voters Conference in Washington.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557459193/trump-set-to-address-values-voter-summit-for-first-time-as-president&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump began his career at [[Trump Organization]]. In his college years, he helped revitalize one of his father's failing real estate ventures. Trump began opening hotels and casinos, which provided him with the cash flow to engage in other ventures. He owns the world-famous [[Trump Tower]] and is the founder of the publicly traded Trump Hotel Casinos &amp;amp; Resorts. Trump also owns the Trump brand, which sells a variety of items, such as bottled water, steak, and even mortgages.  Trump has authored a number of books and weathered changing business fortunes, but despite the challenges that he has encountered, he has continued to be a successful businessman and entrepreneur.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2000|ran unsuccessfully]] for the nomination of the [[Reform Party]] in 2000. Trump considered [[presidential election 2012|running for president in 2012]] as a [[Republican]]. He, among others, questioned the citizenship of [[Barack Obama]], citing his failure to produce his birth certificate.  After Obama produced his birth certificate, Trump and the other [[birther]]s continue to doubt its authenticity.  Obama's approval ratings were around 40% during the peak of the controversy. Trump later exited the race, and gave the customary endorsement to [[Mitt Romney]] as the other [[Republican]] contenders did.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Major properties==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump World Tower: 845 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY. &lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Tower: 725 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10022 Personal Residence&lt;br /&gt;
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*Bank of America Center (San Francisco)&lt;br /&gt;
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*The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street&lt;br /&gt;
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*AXA Financial Center, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY &lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Mar-a-Lago]] resort in Palm Beach, Florida (used by Trump as his &amp;quot;Winter White House&amp;quot;.)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Winery - Charlottesville, Virginia&lt;br /&gt;
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*14 golf courses (11 in the U.S., 3 in Europe - the course in Bedminster, New Jersey is used by Trump as his &amp;quot;Summer White House&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Media==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump star.JPG|thumbnail|right|Hollywood Walk of Fame]]&lt;br /&gt;
For his contributions to the gaming and entertainment industry, Trump was inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2003 Trump began as the host and executive producer of the reality [[television]] show ''The Apprentice'' and ''The Celebrity Apprentice'', where contestants compete for a position in Trump's organization. On this show, Trump popularized his catchphrase &amp;quot;You're fired!&amp;quot;  Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007 following the success of ''The Apprentice''.  However, since he became president, Trump's star as been periodically vandalized by liberal political critics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Press Association (April 8, 2016). [http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20160408/4211707/Donald-Trump-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame-Star.htm &amp;quot;Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star vandalised three times a day&amp;quot;].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump is also a noted fan of [[WWE]], and has been a part of some of their shows.  Trump was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2016, following winning the presidential election, Trump was named Person of the Year by [[Time Magazine]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump used to own the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants.  Controversy arose when Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner was caught breaking pageant rules by drinking and other activities. Trump gave her a second chance after personally speaking with her and allowed her to retain her crown as she attended rehabilitation. For several weeks after this, [[Rosie O'Donnell]] berated Trump for his decision on ''The View''. A bitter media war ensued with the two exchanging insults.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has made many guest appearances, usually as himself, on many TV shows and in several movies. Numerous mental health professionals have diagnosed Trump with malignant narcissistic personality disorder, which means he is good at the art of manipulation and has no conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Coronavirus Pandemic====&lt;br /&gt;
President Trump deferred heavily to [[Hillary Clinton]]-supporter Anthony Fauci, a [[Deep State]] bureaucrat in the [[National Institutes of Health]], in responding to the [[coronavirus]] pandemic in early 2020. Trump rejected the advice of [[White House]] official [[Peter Navarro]] to take early action cutting off travel from [[China]], and to make [[hydroxychloroquine]] widely available.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's polls numbers plummeted largely because of his deference to Fauci and unwillingness to take the advice of Navarro.  John Fleming, an adviser to Chief of Staff [[Mark Meadows]], also misled Trump by denying the benefits of widespread access to hydroxychloroquine, as other countries have done to defeat [[COVID-19]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====Social Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Religious liberty and LGBT|Donald Trump achievements: Abortion|Donald Trump achievements: Healthcare, welfare, and other social issues}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald-Trump-Rosa-Parks.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Donald Trump received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations in 1986 for improving the lives of African-American urban youths. From left to right: [[Anita Bryant]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Rosa Parks]], and Donald Trump.]]&lt;br /&gt;
At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, Trump announced he is [[pro-life]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rahn, Will (February 10, 2011).  [https://dailycaller.com/2011/02/10/trump-at-cpac-points-to-white-house-run/ &amp;quot;Trump at CPAC points to White House run&amp;quot;].  The Daily Caller website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump would not fund Planned Parenthood and the government should not give funds to any organizations that perform abortions&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Carroll, Lauren (May 1, 2016) [https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/01/ted-cruz/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood/ &amp;quot;Do Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton agree on Planned Parenthood funding?&amp;quot;] Politifact website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, he supports abortion in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ertelt, Steven (February 1, 2016). [https://www.lifenews.com/2016/02/01/mike-huckabee-defends-donald-trumps-abortion-conversion-he-is-pro-life-now/ &amp;quot;Mike Huckabee defends Donald Trump’s abortion conversion: 'He is pro-life now'&amp;quot;] LifeNews.com.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that the controversy regarding the legalization of [[same-sex marriage]] doesn't matter, because it's &amp;quot;settled law&amp;quot; now.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20120831060550/http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_We/#Item3 &amp;quot;Republican platform: We believe in America&amp;quot;] (bef. August 31, 2012).  GOP.com website.  Archived at Internet Archive on August 31, 2012.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Furthermore, Trump believes that homosexual couples should have the same adoption rights as straight couples&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Guo, Jeff (August 10, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/10/how-donald-trump-is-slowly-teaching-republicans-to-embrace-gay-rights/ &amp;quot;Donald Trump is teaching the GOP a different way to embrace gay rights&amp;quot;.] ''Washington Post'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and has voiced open support for the LGBTQ community, becoming the first Republican president to do so.{{cn}} He has stated that he will do everything he can do to protect the LGBTQ community, from Islamic extremists.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that a business should be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner's religious beliefs?&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;christiantoday.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Hicap, Jonah (June 2, 2015). [http://www.christiantoday.com/article/donald.trump.vows.to.be.the.greatest.representative.of.christians.if.he.wins.white.house/55023.htm &amp;quot;Donald Trump: 'I will be the greatest representative of Christians if I win the White House'&amp;quot;]. Christian Today website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump would not require health insurance providers to offer free birth control.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Associated Press (February 11, 2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20151128095810/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-02-11/obama-birth-control-cpac/53046728/1 &amp;quot;GOP conservatives unite against birth control coverage&amp;quot;]. ''USA Today'' website/News/Washington.  Retrieved from November 28, 2015 archive at Internet Archive.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump doesn't think that universities should provide “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” for students.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hashmi, Siraj (November 10, 2016). [http://redalertpolitics.com/2016/11/10/safe-spaces-handed-election-donald-trump/ &amp;quot;Safe Spaces handed the election to Donald Trump&amp;quot;]. Red Alert Politics website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Diamond, Jeremy (July 28, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/politics/donald-trump-adviser-michael-cohen-rape/ &amp;quot;Trump distances himself from top aide's rape comment&amp;quot;]. CNN website/Politics.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not add &amp;quot;Gender Identity&amp;quot; to anti-discrimination laws.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/5/24/donald-trump-claims-accommodating-transgender-people-too-expensive&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump wouldn't support a [[separation of church and state]] by removing references to God on money, federal buildings, and national monuments.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;christiantoday.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice, terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via [[assisted suicide]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://wingspanonline.net/?p=2398&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports the [[death penalty]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/01/nyregion/angered-by-attack-trump-urges-return-of-the-death-penalty.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the military should allow women to serve as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/donald-trump-women-combat-tricky/2015/12/06/id/704736/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (Compare [[gender norming]].)&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that board members of a business should be the most qualified regardless of gender.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3269718/Trump-gives-young-feminist-brush-equal-pay-abortion-going-make-good-job-happen-pro-life.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump does not believe that the government can show a confederate flag on public property.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-tees-off-on-the-confederate-flag/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that women should be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVCZhFsNR8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Healthcare Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump does not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and would open the markets so insurers can compete across state lines and reduce costs.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;donaldjtrump.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Educ&amp;gt;Breitbart.tv (February 9, 2011).  [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2011/02/09/pro-life-donald-trump-would-eliminate-dept-of-education-impose-25-tax-on-china-imports-if-president/ &amp;quot;Pro-life Donald Trump would eliminate Dept of Education, impose 25% tax on China imports if president&amp;quot;].  Breitbart.com.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, he has also said, &amp;quot;I like the mandate.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://dailycaller.com/2016/02/19/trump-on-obamacare-i-like-the-mandate-video/ &amp;quot;Trump On Obamacare: ‘I Like The Mandate’&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the government should regulate the prices of life-saving drugs.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/trump-backs-&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports the legalization of marijuana for medical use.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2015/06/18/exclusive-donald-trump-on-what-made-him-run-for-president-on-hannity/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''Donald Trump has not yet answered if he supports the privatization of veteran's healthcare.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-15/trump-calls-for-expanded-medicaid-birth-control-without-doctor&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Controversy with Barack Obama====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump Speaking in Fountain Hills.jpg|thumb|Trump speaking in Fountain Hills, Arizona in March 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump has also questioned Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to be president, in light of the ongoing questions surrounding his birth certificate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=280533 &amp;quot;Trump: Obama spending millions to hide his past&amp;quot;] (March 28, 2011).  WorldNetDaily website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump questioned whether the Obama Administration was successful in negotiating with foreign countries. Trump declared during the 2016 election that he no longer would question Obama's eligibility.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Economic Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Economic policy and labor|MAGAnomics}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's economic plan is designed to make the country more competitive by implementing policies that apply to all companies: cutting taxes, including the corporate tax rate, repealing and rolling back stifling regulations, including the biggest of them all, Obamacare and those clobbering the energy sector, renegotiating trade deals such as NAFTA, and killing off the nascent [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Crowley, Monica (December 7, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/7/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-getting-it-done/ Donald Trump and the art of getting it done]. ''The Washingon Times''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not require employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job as there are too many other variables such as education, experience, and tenure that determine a fair salary.&lt;br /&gt;
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''Trump has not answered whether welfare recipients be tested for drugs.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would instate a 35% tariff on all imports from China even though he used Chinese steel to build all of his Trump Towers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.newsweek.com/how-donald-trump-ditched-us-steel-workers-china-505717&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would also lower the corporate tax rate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/an-america-first-economic-plan-winning-the-global-competition&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that the U.S. shouldn't continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/16/news/economy/donald-trump-nafta-mexico-china-tariff/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would cut public spending in order to reduce the public debt.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/donald-trump-believe-candidate-stands-10-issues/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the government is currently over-regulating private businesses and that it shouldn't require businesses to pay salaried employees, making up to $46k/year, time-and-a-half for overtime hours.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-shift/2016/08/trump-v-overtime-rule-215883&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the government should prevent “mega mergers” of corporations that could potentially control a large percentage of market share within its industry.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-10-22/trump-would-block-proposed-at-t-time-warner-merger-if-elected&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that labor unions, in theory help the economy but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://projects.newsday.com/opinion/newsday-editorial-board-interviews-donald-trump/#nypd&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would increase the tax on profits from the sale of stocks, bonds, and real estate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4I5QUGRf-Q&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes economic stimulus will aid the country during times of recession.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/trump-clinton-infrastructure.html?_r=0&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks the Federal Reserve Bank should be audited by Congress.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-trump-fed-idUSL1N12Y1ZG20151103&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump doesn't support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as this will incentivize companies to move U.S. jobs overseas.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/us/politics/transcript-of-the-republican-presidential-debate-in-new-hampshire.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would eliminate the [[estate tax]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/finance/290825-clinton-to-criticize-trumps-plan-to-repeal-the-estate-tax&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/17cfa1a0-0b9e-11e5-a06e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3e0UlsdmX&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''Trump has not answered if pension payments be increased for retired government workers.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump favors an increased sales tax in order to reduce property taxes even though sales tax would not provide a steady stream of income.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.taxjusticeblog.org/archive/2015/06/donald_trumps_regressive_and_r.php#.VYr8_hNViko&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports pension plans for federal, state, and local government workers be transitioned into privately managed accounts.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;donaldjtrump.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that the U.S. government should not bailout Puerto Rico.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=c89b639c-07de-4a0f-a634-dda08e3de95a&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes citizens should not be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts as too many wealthy citizens are abusing loopholes in offshore banking laws to evade taxes.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-puts-his-money-in-companies-that-stash-cash-abroad/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not apply an in-state sales tax apply to online purchases of in-state buyers from out-of-state sellers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ce65fe3f0bbd43c19cf17c5c8da8d958/trump-amazons-bezos-uses-washington-post-avoid-taxes&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the government classify Bitcoin as a legal currency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/trump-presidency-boost-bitcoin-price/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Department of Education====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Education}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Foreign policy====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Foreign policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
Donald Trump is a [[nationalism|nationalist]] who promised to &amp;quot;put America first&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/07/trump-touts-new-infrastructure-plan-cincinnati-states-america-first-message 'It's Time Finally to Put America First': Trump Touts New Infrastructure Plan]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (See: [[Donald Trump and nationalism]]). At the same time, in April 2017, he stated that &amp;quot;I’m a nationalist and a globalist.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Starr, Penny (April 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/28/trump-im-a-nationalist-and-a-globalist/ Trump: ‘I’m a Nationalist and a Globalist’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In July 2015 Trump explained he wants to improve relationships with [[Russia]]n president [[Vladimir Putin]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Johnson, Simon (July 31, 2015).  [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11775145/Donald-Trump-Id-get-on-very-well-with-Putin-if-I-were-president.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump:  I'd get on 'very well' with Putin if I were president&amp;quot;].  The Telegraph [U.K.] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Many left-wingers accused Trump's presidential campaign of &amp;quot;colluding&amp;quot; with [[Russia]]. However the Trump Administration took several tough actions against Russia, including some that even the Obama Administration avoided.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Berger, Judson (December 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/26/trump-administration-ends-2017-confronting-russia-after-year-collusion-accusations.html Trump administration ends 2017 confronting Russia after year of collusion accusations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 26, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In an interview with [[ABC]] he said that Putin won't make a military move into [[Ukraine]]. Furthermore, Trump argued in a tweet that the conflict over [[Crimea]] was the fault of the Obama administration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/31/politics/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-crimea-putin/ Trump says Putin is 'not going to go into Ukraine,' despite Crimea]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump later accused Russia of taking [[Crimea]] by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-latest-tweet-accuse-crimea-obama-too-soft-distance-campaign-team-white-house-a7581511.html Donald Trump accuses Russia of taking Crimea by force in attempt to distance himself from campaign allegations]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that the [[Iran nuclear deal]] is bad and as president, he kept his promise by withdrawing from it.&lt;br /&gt;
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After his election as U.S. president, [[Israel]]i prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] called Trump &amp;quot;a true friend of the State of Israel.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/netanyahu-trump-israel-true-friend-231094?lo=ap_c4 Netanyahu calls Trump 'a true friend' of Israel]. ''Politico''. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On February 2, 2017, Trump stated that building new settlements in the [[West Bank]] &amp;quot;may not be helpful&amp;quot; to achieving peace in the [[Middle East]], and he appeared to shift his formerly strong stance on moving the U.S. embassy to [[Jerusalem]] as he had previously stated.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/03/trump-to-israel-settlements-may-not-help-achieve-peace-in-middle-east.html Trump to Israel: Settlements ‘may not help’ achieve peace in the Middle East]. ''Fox News''. February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  But on December 6, 2017, Trump announced that the U.S. officially recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the U.S. would begin the process of moving the U.S. Embassy from [[Tel Aviv]] to Jerusalem.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/saun/sncfausiyyo/sqrs/p2/the-press-office/2017/12/06/president-donald-j-trumps-proclamation-jerusalem-capital-state-israel|title=President Donald J. Trump's Proclamation on Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel |publisher=White House|accessdate=6 December 2017|date=6 December 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Trump in 2019 also gave official U.S. recognition to the [[Golan Heights]] as being part of Israel.  In recognition for his support of Israel, a plaza in Jerusalem was named for Trump (&amp;quot;Donald Trump Square&amp;quot;), as well as a settlement in the Golan Heights (&amp;quot;Trump Heights&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump had criticized [[NATO]] for not fulfilling its financial obligations, going so far as declaring the organization &amp;quot;obsolete&amp;quot;, but in April 2017 - after getting promises from NATO partners to make increased financial contributions - Trump retracted the obsolete declaration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/news/the-latest-trump-says-nato-no-longer-obsolete/ The Latest: Trump says NATO ‘no longer obsolete’]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hagen, Lisa (April 21, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328558-trump-nato-is-no-longer-obsolete Trump: NATO is ‘no longer obsolete’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Immediately after taking office, Trump had exchanged vitriolic rhetoric with and made threats to North Korea after the latter carried out numerous medium/long-range missile tests and a nuclear test in September 2017.  However, in March 2018, Trump announced he would hold a summit with North Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un, making him the first U.S. president to have bilateral talks with a North Korean leader.  The first summit was held in Singapore in June 2018, a second in Hanoi in February 2019, and a third informal summit in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in June 2019 - during which he became the first sitting U.S. president to step foot on North Korean soil. During the period of the summits, North Korea had halted testing of long/medium-range missiles, as well as nuclear testing (and outside of a few short-range missiles in early May 2019, North Korea hasn't tested any weapons since November 2017.)&lt;br /&gt;
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On Monday, 7 October 2019, Trump ordered American military forces to withdraw from northern Syria in case Turkish forces and their allies would attack them, meaning the predominantly Syrian Kurdish ''SDF'' (''Syrian Democratic Force'') would not have direct U.S. military support. This decision came after a telephone conversation with Turkish ruler [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] on Sunday,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/turkey-announces-incursion-of-northeast-syria-us-backed-kurds-have-vowed-all-out-war Trump pulls back troops from northern Syria ahead of Turkish assault, Pentagon officials 'blindsided']&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and Turkish forces soon began advancing into northern Syria to create a buffer zone.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/world/turkey-syria-invasion-ground-forces-civilians-dead Turkey announces northern Syria invasion of ground forces; multiple civilians reported dead]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUeXaPaKF50 Why Turkey is invading Syria]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the same week it was announced that it is planned by the U.S. administration to send 1,500 troops to the Middle East because of the tensions between [[Saudi-Arabia]] and [[Iran]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://video.foxnews.com/v/6040831354001/ President Trump plans to send 1,500 US troops to the Middle East]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; President Erdogan visited the White House on November 13, 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/13/donald-trump-im-a-big-fan-of-turkish-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan/ Donald Trump: ‘I’m a Big Fan’ of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Global warming====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Energy and environmental policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump does not believe in the [[Climate Change]] hysteria, once stating the &amp;quot;Nobel committee should take the [[Nobel Prize]] back from [[Al Gore]].&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Second Amendment rights====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Gun rights}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump has a mixed record on the [[second amendment]] and against [[leftist]] [[gun control]] and gun free zones. As president, Trump has promised to re-arm military personnel on all American military bases as well as [[ROTC]] recruitment centers, which were disarmed by the [[Clinton Administration]] policy.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt; Trump was strongly endorsed by the [[National Rifle Association]] in one of its earliest endorsements in an election campaign.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/20/nra-to-endorse-trump.html# Trump wins NRA endorsement, blasts Clinton on gun stance at forum]. ''Fox News''. May 20, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On August 5, 2019, Trump promoted extreme risk protection orders, AKA, red flag laws, to combat the risk of mass shootings. His announcement came after the deaths of 20 people in El Paso Texas. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFZKFUuGb4c&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-shootings-remarks&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/us/el-paso-walmart-shooting-20-dead-26-injured-gov-greg-abbott-police-chief-greg-allen&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On December 18, 2018, the Department of Justice amended the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), clarifying that bump stocks fall within the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, as such devices allow a shooter of a semiautomatic firearm to initiate a continuous firing cycle with a single pull of the trigger. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/bump-stocks&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The ATF also issued a statement saying: &amp;quot;We are faithfully following President Trump’s leadership by making clear that bump stocks, which turn semiautomatics into machine guns, are illegal, and we will continue to take illegal guns off of our streets.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/department-justice-announces-bump-stock-type-devices-final-rule&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In January 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 13-to-3 vote ruled that the classification was illegal and this ruling is currently under review by the United States Supreme Court. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2023/11/03/1210516804/supreme-court-bump-stocks&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Homosexual agenda====&lt;br /&gt;
For all practical purposes, Trump seems to be on the side of the [[homosexual agenda]]. He supports the creation of new law by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], as in a new right to [[homosexual marriage]], and declares it the &amp;quot;law of the land&amp;quot; even though Congress passed no such law.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has attended multiple [[same-sex marriage]] ceremonies{{Citation needed}}, but has also said in the past that he opposes same-sex marriage.  Trump's views are not yet known on other aspects of the [[homosexual agenda]], such as whether Trump would ban [[conversion therapy]] for minors as [[Chris Christie]] did.  The [[Fox News Channel]] debate in August avoided these issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Immigration====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Immigration and border security}}&lt;br /&gt;
See the discussion in the introduction above.  This is Trump's main campaign issue.&lt;br /&gt;
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A central part of his immigration plan is to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico. Trump estimates it will cost $8 billion, approximately 35 to 40 feet high and stretch 2000 miles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/09/donald-trump-the-wall-is-probably-8-billion Trump Border Wall]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the campaign, Trump promised that Mexico will pay for the wall, but after taking office, he clarified that payment could be in the form of a tax on Mexican imports or other revenues measures after the Mexican government showed opposition towards Trump's plan.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has also proposed to temporarily ban [[Muslims]] from entering the United States, until &amp;quot;our leaders figure out what the hell is going on,&amp;quot; in order to protect Americans from the threats posed by [[Islamic]] [[refugee]]s (and those pretending to be&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/isis-fighters-infiltrating-syrian-refugees-uk-is-warned/article/2572051 ISIS fighters infiltrating Syrian refugees, UK is warned]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) entering the country.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/donald-trump-insists-muslim-ban-is-about-safety-not-religion Donald Trump Insists Muslim Ban Is About Safety, Not Religion]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Efforts have been made by hostile journalists to paint Trump as advocating a [[Muslim registry]], but what he actually proposed was a [[database for Syrian refugees]].&lt;br /&gt;
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He has been criticized for his substantial contributions to Democrat lawmakers; the majority of those lawmakers are located in the states he resides in: New York and Florida. The amount he has donated since 2008 is $25,000, which is insignificant considering his wealth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allin, Olivia (April 30, 2011).  [http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Donald-Trump-calls-nations-leaders-stupid-people-and-blood-sucking-politicians/8104644 &amp;quot;OTRC: Donald Trump calls nation's leaders 'stupid people' and 'blood-sucking politicians'&amp;quot;].  OnTheRedCarpet [news].  Retrieved from ABC7 [KABC Television, Los Angeles] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump is not known to be beholden to any big-money donors.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Tariffs====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Trade policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|Trump accepting the GOP nomination in Cleveland on June 21, 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, he stated that he supports a 25% tariff on Chinese goods.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt; The number floated around in 2016 is a 45% tariff. Trump was speaking in regards to China and the [[World Trade Organization]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-finance-ministerlou-jiwei-takes-aim-at-donald-trumps-trade-policies-1460892988 Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei Takes Aim at Donald Trump’s Trade Policies, WallStreetJournal, April 17, 2016]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{cquote|In a statement from his campaign, Mr. Trump charged that [[China]] was “in total violation of WTO regulations” and that the U.S. “has incompetently allowed them to get away with this” and has failed to impose “equal or greater taxes and tariffs” on China. If he is elected president, Mr. Trump said, China “will learn to deal fairly and justly or we will not deal at all” with Beijing.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vaccines====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump believes that [[vaccines]] cause [[autism]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ferris, Sarah (September 16, 2015).  [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/253980-trump-links-vaccines-to-autism-epidemic &amp;quot;Trump links vaccines to autism 'epidemic'&amp;quot;].  The Hill website/Policy/Healthcare.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and has argued against requiring that so many vaccines be given to infants.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the government has the right to take [[private property]] upon paying just compensation for both infrastructure and to promote economic development.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: The courts}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump opposed filling the Supreme Court seat held by [[Antonin Scalia]] before the next President takes office. When asked who he might select to the Supreme Court, he said that his sister, a sitting federal court judge, would make a great Supreme Court justice.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sfothrfaqegbnvj/suvw/p2/corner/423196/trump-praises-his-sister-pro-abortion-extremist-judge-ramesh-ponnuru|title=Trump Praises His Sister, a Pro-Abortion Extremist Judge|date=Aug 27, 2015|accessdate=February 21, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Hillary Clinton===&lt;br /&gt;
Trump had pledged, if elected president, to appoint a special prosecutor to further investigate [[Hillary Clinton]]'s use of a private email server whilst Secretary of State, but Hillary took her crushing defeat so hard that Trump charitably softened his stance after winning.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation.html Donald Trump Drops Threat of New Hillary Clinton Investigation] New York Times - Nov. 22, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; A few of Trump supporters, such as [[Ann Coulter]] and [[Breitbart]], expressed disappointment but Trump rose in overall public approval.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/ann-coulter-slams-trump-clinton/2016/11/22/id/760220/ Ann Coulter Slams Trump's Decision on Clinton] Newsmax.com - Nov. 22, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/11/23/peter-schweizer-letting-hillary-off-hook-definition-rigged-system/ Peter Schweizer: Letting Hillary off the Hook Is ‘Definition of a Rigged System’] Breitbart.com - Nov. 23, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==2016 presidential election==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump (29273256122) Phoenix.jpg|thumb|250px|Donald Trump on August 31, 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|2016 U.S. presidential election|Donald Trump achievements: 2016 election and transition}}&lt;br /&gt;
===Path to the Nomination===&lt;br /&gt;
In the 2015 [[Value Voters Debate|Value Voters]] poll, Trump performed poorly, coming in fifth, indicating many [[Christian]] [[conservatives]] had not yet warmed up to him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Flores, Reena (September 26, 2015).  [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-conservative-poll-donald-trump-could-not-win/ &amp;quot;The conservative poll Donald Trump could not win&amp;quot;].  CBSNews website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Trump is a big supporter of [[gambling]], which most Christians, other religious groups, and [[conservatives]] oppose.  But by 2016 Trump was winning more support from [[evangelical]]s than any other Republican candidate.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump won the Republican primary, receiving more votes than any other Republican primary candidate in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hoft, Joe (June 7, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/06/trump-trumps-wins-historic-race-record-fashion/ HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===General election===&lt;br /&gt;
Trump faced former liberal Democrat Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] in the general election. Trump's campaign was vastly outspent, outraised, and out-staffed by Clinton's.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/10/more-with-less-trumps-lean-machine-beats-clintons-big-bank-account.html More With Less: Trump's lean machine beats Clinton's big bank account]. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The [[mainstream media]] was extremely biased against and unfair towards Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (November 11, 2016). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/11/media-remain-hostile-to-donald-trump-even-as-some-pundits-admit-blew-it.html Media remain hostile to Donald Trump even as some pundits admit they blew it]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.billoreilly.com/b/Media-Bias-to-the-Extreme/39285014073786148.html Media Bias to the Extreme]. ''BillOReilly.com''. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to a study, 91% of the media coverage concerning Trump was negative and 96% of campaign contributions from the media went to Clinton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bedard, Paul (March 19, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/anti-trump-media-91-coverage-negative-96-of-donations-to-hillary/article/2617828 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/anti-trump-media-91-coverage-negative-96-of-donations-to-hillary/article/2617828]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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It was widely expected that Clinton would easily win the election, and the elite pollsters and &amp;quot;political insiders&amp;quot; all predicted a massive Clinton victory.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Vogel, Kenneth P. &amp;amp; Isenstadt, Alex (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/how-did-everyone-get-2016-wrong-presidential-election-231036 How did everyone get it so wrong?]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Catanese, David (October 24, 2016). [https://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-10-24/republicans-last-hope-the-polls-are-wrong Republicans’ Last Hope: The Polls Are Wrong]. ''U.S. News &amp;amp; World Report''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At least once, when a poll was released that actually showed Trump leading, Clinton's campaign dismissed it as &amp;quot;bad polling&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nelson, Louis (November 1, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-campaign-bad-poll-abc-washington-post-230591 Clinton camp on new survey showing Trump ahead: It’s ‘bad polling’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Instead, Trump won the election in a massive, historical upset, winning even states such as [[Pennsylvania]], [[Michigan]], and [[Wisconsin]], which a Republican had not won for 20–30 years.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Blake, Aaron (November 9, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/08/donald-trumps-path-to-victory-is-suddenly-looking-much-much-wider/ Donald Trump just blew up the electoral map]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The predictions were off the mark dramatically.  The actual polls themselves were broadly correct showing Clinton leading over Trump by about 2%.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.redstate.com/jaycaruso/2017/07/16/latest-job-approval-poll-president-trump-awful]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  However Trump 'flipped' key districts and states smashing Clinton's so-called 'Blue firewall'.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Flint, Joe &amp;amp; Alpert, Lukas I. (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/bad-polling-in-hand-media-misses-mark-badly-with-election-predictions-1478710860 How the Media’s Election Predictions Badly Missed the Mark]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump's election victory was described by ''[[Politico]]'' as &amp;quot;the most stunning upset in American history.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Goldmacher, Shane &amp;amp; Schreckinger, Ben (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070?lo=ap_c1 Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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While the GOP increased its vote share across the entire nation, Trump made the largest gains in the rural [[Midwest]] and [[Rust Belt]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/how-trump-pushed-the-election-map-to-the-right.html How Trump Reshaped the Election Map]. ''The New York Times''. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Although Clinton won the popular vote 65,515,369 (48.05%) to 62,853,327 (46.09%), according to unofficial results, the large vote totals came from states which have resisted voter identification reforms.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.inquisitr.com/3719036/3-million-illegal-immigrants-voted-gregg-phillips-votestand-donald-trump-final-popular-vote-count-2016-predictions/ 3 Million Illegal Immigrants Voted, Claims Gregg Phillips Of VoteStand: Donald Trump’s Final Popular Vote Count Alleged To Be Better Than 2016 Predictions], Patrick Frye, ''The Inquisitr'', November 15, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Dr. Robert Epstein of the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology testified before Congress that [[Google]] bias and meddling had shifted &amp;quot;between 2.6 million and up to 10.4 million votes&amp;quot; to Hillary Clinton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/08/psychologist-google-generated-at-least-2-6-million-votes-for-hillary.php&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump won the [[electoral college]] vote, 306 to 232, with the incomplete vote count reported.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/swxn/sjkl/p2/election/results|title=Election Results|accessdate=Nov. 12, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump won more votes in the general election than any Republican candidate in U.S. history, and he won the largest number of electoral votes since [[George H. W. Bush]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hoft, Jim (November 22, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/trump-breaks-record-votes-republican-candidate-history/ Trump Breaks Record for Most Votes by Republican Candidate in History]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In addition, Trump won 2,623 counties—the largest number for both a Republican or Democrat since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984—while the Democrats won only 489, something even the liberal [[PolitiFact]] admitted to be true.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jacobson, Louis (December 4, 2016). [https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/04/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-donald-trump-won-most-counties-rep/ Mike Pence says Donald Trump won most counties by a Republican since Ronald Reagan]. ''PolitiFact''. Retrieved December 4, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Geographically speaking, Trump accordingly won 85 percent of the nation&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wallace, Tim (November 16, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/16/us/politics/the-two-americas-of-2016.html?_r=0 The Two Americas of 2016]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 61 percent of the states (including Maine's 2nd district). With the historic flip of Elliott County, Kentucky, every rural, white-majority Southern county voted for the Republican nominee for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Simon, Jeff (December 9, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/elliott-county-kentucky-democratic-streak-broken-by-donald-trump/index.html How Trump ended Democrats' 144-year winning streak in one county]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to exit polling, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than [[George W. Bush]] won in 2004,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;townhall.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;wsj.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; even though some have disputed the accuracy of such exit polling methods.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Showalter, Brandon (November 16, 2016). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/81-percent-evangelicals-vote-trump-eric-teetsel-joe-carter-171542/ Did 81 Percent of Evangelicals Really Vote for Trump? Not So Fast, Some Say]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This is largely due to Trump's conservative policies that align well with the Bible, including opposition to abortion.&lt;br /&gt;
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While liberal, establishmentarian world leaders made generally nuanced statements in response to Trump's election upset, conservative, right-wing leaders, including the leaders of insurgent parties in European nations, reacted positively to Trump's election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ashkenas, Jeremy; Aisch, Gregor (December 5, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/05/world/europe/populism-in-age-of-trump.html?_r=0 European Populism in the Age of Donald Trump]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to Trump's defeat of Clinton, the Republican Party kept control of the House and Senate, outperforming expectations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bresnahan, John (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.eu/article/republicans-on-cusp-of-keeping-the-senate/ Republicans hold the Senate in a stunner]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hughes, Siobhan (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-are-confident-about-retaining-control-of-the-house-1478634160 Democrats Gain Seats in House, But GOP Retains Majority]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Republican Party performed well—much better than expected—in state races, winning trifectas in [[Kentucky]], [[Iowa]], [[Missouri]], and [[New Hampshire]], and Democrats only had six trifectas and total control in five states, a record low.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Greenblatt, Alan (November 9, 2016). [http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-republicans-add-dominance-state-legislatures.html Republicans Add to Their Dominance of State Legislatures]. ''Governing''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Siegel, Josh (November 9, 2016). [http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/09/republicans-maintain-strong-control-of-state-capitols-what-that-means/ Republicans Maintain Strong Control of State Capitols. Here’s What That Means.] ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The GOP won 25 trifectas, the largest since 1952.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lieb, David A. (December 29, 2016). [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20161229/281822873464433 GOP-Controlled States Aim to Reshape Laws]. ''Chicago Tribune'' (from the Associated Press). Retrieved December 30, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The GOP now controlled the highest amount of governorships since 1922,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lieb, David A. (November 9, 2016). [https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-11-09/republicans-expand-control-of-governorships-legislatures Republicans governorships rise to highest mark since 1922]. ''U.S. News &amp;amp; World Report''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and it controlled the most state legislative chambers in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bosman, Julie &amp;amp; Davey, Monica (November 11, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/republicans-expand-control-in-a-deeply-divided-nation.html Republicans Expand Control in a Deeply Divided Nation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite expectations that Trump's election victory would cause the markets to plunge, the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] actually performed very strongly, closing at the highest level it had ever reached in history after the second day.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MarketRally&amp;quot;&amp;gt;La Monica, Paul R. (November 10, 2016). [https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/10/investing/markets-stocks-donald-trump-rally/index.html The 'yuge' Donald Trump market rally continues]. ''CNN Money''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is rare for the stock market to rise immediately after a U.S. presidential election regardless of the winner.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MarketRally&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The stock market had its best week in five years due to optimism of a Trump presidency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Craig, Victoria (November 11, 2016). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/11/11/trump-optimism-propels-dow-to-best-week-in-five-years.html Trump Optimism Propels Dow to Best Week in Five Years]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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After the election, childish [[leftists]] and [[anarchists]], who could not accept the results of the election, strongly protested Trump's victory and committed outrageous and extreme acts of vandalism and violence,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Protests&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Chiaramonte, Perry (November 10, 2016). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/trump-protests-intensify-as-doubts-swirl-about-spontaneity.html Trump protests intensify, as doubts swirl about spontaneity]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; even brutally attacking and beating at least one alleged Trump supporter.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/video-emerges-group-beating-chicago-man-while-yelling-dont-vote-trump.html Video emerges of mob beating Chicago man while yelling 'don't vote Trump']. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Many of these protests were likely organized and coordinated, as many protestors were bused in by Coach buses.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Protests&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; This occurred on the heels of Hillary Clinton, the Clinton campaign, and major mainstream media condemning in the harshest terms Trump and his supporters' complaints of a &amp;quot;rigged election,&amp;quot; and failure to accept the results would damage democracy. Clinton, President Obama, and the media highlighted the protests and failed to condemn the leftist violence and protests as detrimental to democracy.&lt;br /&gt;
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==2020 presidential election==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|2016 U.S. presidential election|Donald Trump achievements|Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|United States presidential election, 2020}}&lt;br /&gt;
As an incumbent with a strong economy, Donald Trump was favored to win the 2020 U.S. presidential election. However, Democrats, through the use of [[voter fraud]], stole the election from Donald Trump and gave it to Joe Biden illegally. (see [[Biden Putsch]])&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Donald Trump on Joe Biden's age and his aging ===&lt;br /&gt;
''See also:'' [[Biden's age]] and [[Donald Trump's age]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Nate Silver of ''FiveThirtyEight'' wrote about Bidens's age:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|A lot of rank-and-file voters do have concerns about Biden’s age. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in February found that 62 percent of voters had reservations about voting for someone aged 75 or older. [https://news.gallup.com/poll/254120/less-half-vote-socialist-president.aspx Other polls] have also shown advanced age to be a concern among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-bidens-opponents-being-too-coy-in-making-age-an-issue/ Voters Care About Biden’s Age — Not About His Gaffes] by Nate Silver,''FiveThirtyEight''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump has called Joe Biden &amp;quot;sleepy&amp;quot; and said that &amp;quot;he looks different than he used to, he acts different than he used to, he’s even slower than he used to be&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/joe-biden-age-2020/593350/ Is Joe Biden ‘Too Old’?] EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE, ''The Atlantic''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; See also: [[Biden's age]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The ''[[New York Times]]'' stated:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Meeting with a group of union officials in the West Wing this year, the president appealed for their support in part by tapping on his head and saying, “Biden is losing it,” according to a participant in the meeting who disclosed the president’s comment on condition of anonymity.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/us/politics/joe-biden-age.html Why Joe Biden’s Age Worries Some Democratic Allies and Voters], ''New York Times''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==President of the United States==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump at his desk, December 2018.png|thumb|250px|President Trump sitting at his desk in the [[Oval Office]], December 21, 2018]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements}}&lt;br /&gt;
===Transition===&lt;br /&gt;
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The day after being elected president, Trump released a solidly conservative agenda for his first 100 days in office, even though ending the [[abortion|legalized murder of the unborn]] was not on the agenda.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kelly, Amita &amp;amp; Sprunt, Barbara (November 9, 2016). [https://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trump-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days]. ''NPR''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On November 30, 2016, before Trump had finalized all his cabinet appointments, it was still described by Politico as &amp;quot;a conservative dream team that has Republicans cheering and liberals in despair&amp;quot; due to the many strong conservatives Trump had appointed, in contrast to moderates like [[George W. Bush]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Restuccia, Andrew; Cook, Nancy; Woellert, Lorraine (November 30, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-conservative-dream-team-231972 Trump's conservative dream team]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 30, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/30/politico-donald-trump-cabinet-conservative-dream-team/ Politico: Donald Trump’s Cabinet a ‘Conservative Dream Team’]. ''Breitbart News''. November 30, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Accordingly, ''[[Newsweek]]'' called Trump's incomplete cabinet the most conservative cabinet in U.S. history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cooper, Matthew (December 9, 2016). [http://www.newsweek.com/trump-cabinet-picks-nominees-conservative-530477 Donald Trump Is Building the Most Conservative Presidential Cabinet In U.S. History]. ''Newsweek''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ''[[The Washington Times]]'' noted how Trump was defying Washington establishment norms in his cabinet picks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hurt, Charles (December 6, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/donald-trumps-cabinet-picks-define-business-as-not/ Trump defines business as not-usual for D.C.] ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' stated that &amp;quot;it’s nearly impossible to identify a clear ideological bent&amp;quot; in Trump's appointments.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Seib, Gerald (December 5, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-shuffles-the-ideological-deck-1480955194 Donald Trump Shuffles the Ideological Deck]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, this can be easily explained by the fact that Trump has used some of his cabinet nominations to unite the GOP by appealing to most of its factions, even though Trump's appointments are still very conservative.&lt;br /&gt;
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During the transition period, the Obama Administration engaged in surveillance and information-gathering of Trump, in order to investigate any [[Trump-Russia scandal|alleged ties to Russia]]. This was confirmed by GOP U.S. Representative [[Devin Nunes]] on March 22, 2017,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Derespina, Cody (March 23, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/trump-basks-in-nunes-surveillance-news-so-that-means-im-right.html Trump basks in Nunes surveillance news: 'So that means I'm right']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and by [[Evelyn Farkas]], the deputy assistant secretary of defense under Obama, on March 29, 2017.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/29/former-obama-official-discloses-rush-to-get-intelligence-on-trump-team.html Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team]. ''Fox News''. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Poor, Jeff (March 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/29/fmr-obama-official-reveals-pre-inauguration-effort-to-gather-intel-on-incoming-trump-team/ Fmr Obama Official Reveals Pre-Inauguration Effort to Gather Intel on Incoming Trump Team]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Inauguration===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trumpswearing in.jpg|thumb|200px|Trump being sworn in, January 20, 2017.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, giving one of the strongest inauguration addresses in American history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Boyle, Matthew (January 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/20/america-first-president-donald-trump-brings-the-rain-in-inauguration-address/ ‘America First’: President Donald Trump Brings the Rain in Inauguration Address]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McCaskill, Nolan D. (January 20, 2017). [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/key-points-of-trumps-inaugural-speech-233900 Key moments from Trump's inauguration speech]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Scott, Patrick; Midgley, Robert (January 20, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/donald-trump-just-delivered-american-inauguration-speech-ever/ Donald Trump just delivered the most 'American' inauguration speech ever]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His first bill signed as president was to allow retired general and Defense Secretary nominee [[James Mattis]] to be confirmed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kopan, Tal (January 20, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-first-law-actions/ President Donald Trump signs first bill into law]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same day, Trump instituted a national day of patriotism,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-measures-idUSKBN1542IH Trump takes first actions on Cabinet, declares day of patriotism: spokesman]. ''Reuters''. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a few days later Trump officially designated his inauguration day the '''''National Day of Patriotic Devotion'''''.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/24/2017-01798/national-day-of-patriotic-devotion National Day of Patriotic Devotion -- Proclamation 9570 of January 20, 2017]. ''Federal Register''. January 24, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shelbourne, Mallory (January 23, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315735-trump-declares-inauguration-day-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315735-trump-declares-inauguration-day-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite the fact that leftists knew for two months that Trump would be inaugurated president, hateful, anti-American, and immature leftists engaged in violent protests and did major acts of vandalism and even injuring the police who were sent in.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Vargas, Theresa; Hartz, Taylor; Hermann, Peter (January 20, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-bring-shouts-skirmishes-and-shutdowns-to-inauguration-celebration/2017/01/20/00ea4c72-df11-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html?utm_term=.c4443fa64f5a Inauguration protesters vandalize, set fires, try to disrupt Trump’s oath, as police arrest 200]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LimoFire&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Lawler, David (January 20, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/anti-donald-trump-activists-try-block-access-inauguration/ Donald Trump protests: Limo 'set on fire' and 217 arrested as police use tear gas on black-clad activists]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At least 217 protesters were arrested.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LimoFire&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Weber, Joseph (January 20, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/20/trump-supporters-protesters-rally-before-sunrise-on-inauguration-day.html Hundreds of protesters arrested in Inauguration Day clashes]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Noble, Andrea; McDermott, Ryan M. (January 20, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/20/donald-trump-inauguration-protests-begin-turn-viol/ D.C. police report 217 arrested during Inauguration Day riots]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite having no power to block Trump's cabinet nominees and having no reason to delay the process,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Pergram, Chad (January 20, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/20/senate-battle-erupts-over-dem-delay-confirming-trump-nominees.html Senate battle erupts over Dem 'delay' confirming Trump nominees]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; liberal Senate Democrats delayed confirmation of Trump's nominees, so that only two were confirmed on Trump's first day in office.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dinan, Stephen (January 22, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/22/trumps-cabinet-picks-delayed-by-democrats-only-two/? Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks delayed by Democrats, only two confirmed]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This was a large difference from other recent presidents,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Phillips, Amber (January 21, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/20/donald-trump-will-start-his-presidency-with-the-smallest-confirmed-cabinet-in-decades/?utm_term=.9d7692169687 Donald Trump is starting his presidency with the smallest confirmed Cabinet in decades]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved Janaury 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; who, with the exception of [[George H. W. Bush]], had much larger numbers confirmed in the first week.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bluey, Robert (January 22, 2017). [http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/22/trumps-nominees-face-unprecedented-democrat-obstructionism/ Trump’s Nominees Face ‘Unprecedented’ Democrat Obstructionism]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Tenure===&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump's major achievements}}&lt;br /&gt;
Due to his promotion and support of conservative, America First policies, President Trump faced large opposition from the Left, including from within the government bureaucracy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (January 1, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/trump-faces-bureaucratic-battle-in-implementing-agenda.html Trump faces bureaucratic battle in implementing agenda]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (February 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/03/empire-strikes-back-why-trumps-private-talks-with-foreign-leaders-were-leaked.html The empire strikes back: Why Trump's private talks with foreign leaders were leaked]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 3, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (The fact that members of the Deep State have grown visibly scared of reports stating such confirms this view;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/22/politico-obama-admin-bureaucrats-panicked-by-breitbart-spotlight-dont-question-our-loyalty/ POLITICO: Obama Admin Bureaucrats ‘Panicked’ by Breitbart Spotlight: Don’t Question Our Loyalty!] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in May 2017, it was reported that 60% of [[National Security Council]] employees were Obama-Administration holdovers&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wong, Kristina (May 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/17/trump-under-siege-more-than-60-percent-of-nsc-employees-placed-by-obama/ Trump Under Siege: More than 60 Percent of NSC Employees Placed by Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) Additionally, Senate Democrats continued to unduly delay Trump's cabinet nominees at historic and unprecedented proportions—by February 8, 2017, only [[George Washington]] had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed by this length of time into his presidency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (February 8, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/08/trump-facing-historic-delays-in-confirmation-push.html Trump facing historic delays in confirmation push]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 8, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On January 23, 2017, Trump signed an order which withdrew the United States from the globalist [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chakraborty, Barnini (January 23, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/23/trump-signs-executive-order-withdrawing-us-from-tpp-trade-deal.html Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from TPP trade deal]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same day, Trump signed an order reinstating the [[Mexico City Policy]], which defunded International Planned Parenthood and other organizations that promote foreign abortions.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;LaBarbera, Peter (January 23, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-trump-signs-order-defunding-international-planned-parenthood-forei BREAKING: Trump signs order defunding International Planned Parenthood, foreign abortions]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hellman, Jessie (January 23, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/315652-trump-signs-executive-order-reinstating-global-gag-rule-on Trump reinstates ban on US funds promoting abortion overseas]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump was very busy and productive in his first week and showed he was serious about his campaign promises, undoing Obama's illegitimate legacy and instituting conservative executive orders.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Davenport, David (January 27, 2017). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddavenport/2017/01/27/how-trump-managed-to-undo-obamas-legacy-in-one-week/#3ae6bcba5bbf How Trump Managed To Undo Obama's Legacy In One Week]. ''Forbes''. Retrieved January 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Said-Moorhouse, Lauren (January 26, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/executive-orders-presidents-actions-presidential-memoranda/ What's Trump done so far? His productive first week and how it stacks up to previous presidents]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/28/president-trumps-first-week-action President Trump's First Week of Action]. ''whitehouse.gov''. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This caused the [[stock market]] to increase, and the [[Dow Jones]] passed 20,000 points for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Imbert, Fred (January 25, 2017). [https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/us-markets.html Dow closes above 20,000 for first time as Trump orders send stocks flying]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved January 25, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Craig, Victoria (January 25, 2017). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/01/25/dow-races-past-20k-in-reinvigorated-trump-rally.html Dow Races Past 20K in Reinvigorated Trump Rally]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved January 25, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On March 1, 2017, the day after Trump made his first address to a joint-session of Congress, the stock market rose dramatically again, with the Dow Jones passing the 21,000 mark for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Witkowski, Wallace; Mahmudova, Anora (March 1, 2017). [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-stocks-set-to-resume-rally-on-fed-rate-hike-hopes-trump-relief-2017-03-01 Dow closes above 21,000 as stocks soar after Trump speech]. ''MarketWatch''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Holcomb, John (March 1, 2017). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2017/03/01/stock-market-booms-past-21000-for-the-first-time-in-history-n2292388 The Trump Bump: Stock Market Hits 21,000 for the First Time in History]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;DeSoto, Randy (March 1, 2017). [http://www.westernjournalism.com/stock-market-hits-new-high-follow-trumps-speech-to-congress/ Stock Market Hits New High Following Trump’s Speech To Congress]. ''Western Journalism''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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As evidence of this intense [[mainstream media]] opposition to President Trump, a study published close to the 100th-day mark of Trump's presidency showed that 89% of media coverage regarding Trump was negative.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Harper, Jennifer (April 19, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/19/donald-trump-media-coverage-is-89-percent-negative/ As first 100 days in office approaches, media coverage of Trump is 89% negative: Study]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 20, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* Noyes, Rich; Ciandella, Mike (April 19, 2017). [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2017/04/18/honeymoon-hell-liberal-media-vs-president-trump Honeymoon from Hell: The Liberal Media vs. President Trump]. ''NewsBusters -- Media Research Center''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Additionally, Trump was on track to become the most mocked president on late-night comedy TV in at least 25 years.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/04/study-trump-track-mocked-president-late-night-25-years/ Study: Trump On Track to Be Most Mocked President on Late-Night TV in 25 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On April 26, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security, acting under an executive order established by President Trump, established the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), created to help support victims of illegal immigrant crime, and it established the DHS-Victim Information and Notification Exchange, which was created to help those victims track the custody status of the illegal criminals.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Singman, Brooke (April 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/26/dhs-announces-office-for-victims-illegal-immigrant-crime.html DHS announces office for victims of illegal immigrant crime]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* McHugh, Katie (April 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/26/dhs-kelly-voice-victims-illegal-alien-criminals/ DHS Kelly Creates VOICE For Many Victims of Illegal Alien Criminals]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* McHugh, Katie (April 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/25/dhs-unveil-voice-office-victims-illegal-alien-crime/ DHS to Unveil VOICE Office for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, leftists took to pranking the phone line created, showing disrespect to the victims of illegal immigration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (April 27, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/27/ice-rips-pranksters-jamming-hotline-to-report-space-aliens.html ICE rips pranksters jamming hotline to report space aliens]. '' Fox News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] described President Trump as being very authentic – the way he acts in public is like how he does in private.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Yilek, Caitlin (August 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-trump-is-surprisingly-authentic/article/2633107 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Trump is surprisingly 'authentic']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Immigration, illegal immigration, and border security}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump received criticism from liberals and [[establishment]] Republicans&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McHugh, Katie (January 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/31/establishment-republicans-bash-trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-refugee-resettlement/ Establishment Republicans Bash Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration, Refugee Resettlement]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; when he signed an executive order temporarily banning immigration from certain high-risk Islamic countries as well as refugee entry. Despite this criticism, 49 percent of the American public supported the decision compared to 41 percent opposed, according to the &amp;quot;mainstream&amp;quot; Reuters,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kahn, Chris (January 31, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN15F2MG Exclusive: Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them more safe]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 57% percent of likely American voters supported the ban according to Rasmussen.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/january_2017/most_support_temporary_ban_on_newcomers_from_terrorist_havens Most Support Temporary Ban on Newcomers from Terrorist Havens].'' January 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Additionally, while the leftist [[establishment]] European leaders opposed the ban, a strong majority—55% average—of Europeans support the ban, according to a poll in 10 [[European Union]] nations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shaw, Adam (February 9, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/09/majority-europeans-in-favor-trump-style-muslim-ban-poll-shows.html Majority of Europeans in favor of a Trump-style Muslim ban, poll shows]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jamieson, Alastair (February 8, 2017). [https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/majority-leading-eu-nations-support-trump-style-travel-ban-poll-n718271 Majority in Leading EU Nations Support Trump-Style Travel Ban: Poll]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On March 6, 2017, Trump signed a second executive order concerning the temporary suspension of refugees and others from certain high-risk countries after the first one was blocked by the courts. The second order made some clarifications and minor improvements over the first, such as exempting green card holders from the ban and excluding [[Iraq]] from it as it had developed an acceptable vetting process.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Munro, Neil (March 6, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/06/trump-new-refugees-executive-pushes-back-judges/ Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Travel from Six Terror-Tied Countries]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chakraborty, Barnini (March 6, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/06/trump-signs-new-immigration-order-narrows-scope-travel-ban.html Trump signs new immigration order, narrows scope of travel ban]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump showed he would not tolerate incompetent leftist administration officials when he fired acting [[United States Department of Justice|Attorney General]] [[Sally Yates]] (a left-wing Obama holdover) when she refused to defend his refugee and immigration ban executive order.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/30/acting-ag-tells-justice-department-staff-not-to-defend-trumps-refugee-order.html Trump fires acting AG after Justice Department staff told not to defend refugee order]. ''Fox News''. January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/30/statement-appointment-dana-boente-acting-attorney-general Statement on the Appointment of Dana Boente as Acting Attorney General]. ''whitehouse.gov''. January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump emulated [[Ronald Reagan]]'s firing of the striking PATCO workers in 1981 by doing so,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Boyle, Matthew (January 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/30/trumps-patco-moment-emanating-reagan-president-takes-control-federal-government-protect-country-citizens/ Trump’s PATCO Moment: Emanating Reagan, the President Takes Control of Federal Government to ‘Protect the Country and Its Citizens’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; contrary to the [[mainstream media]] spin.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (February 1, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/01/trumps-firing-defiant-obama-holdover-why-hes-no-richard-nixon.html Trump's firing of a defiant Obama holdover: Why he's no Richard Nixon]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same night, Trump replaced the acting director of [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (another Obama holdover) with a more competent official who had a reputation for enforcing immigration laws.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chamberlain, Samuel (January 31, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/trump-names-thomas-homan-acting-director-ice-replacing-obama-holdover.html Trump names Thomas Homan acting director of ICE, replacing Obama holdover]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Berman, Mark; Zapotosky, Matt (January 30, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/30/trump-appoints-new-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-director-noted-for-his-work-deporting-illegal-immigrants/?utm_term=.addf12ae690a Trump appoints new Immigration and Customs Enforcement director noted for his work deporting illegal immigrants]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Reducing regulations and government====&lt;br /&gt;
:''For more information, see [[Donald Trump achievements: Deregulation and government size]]''&lt;br /&gt;
In the first six weeks of Trump's presidency, over 90 regulations were repealed, whether through executive orders, Acts of Congress, or other means.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Farand, Chloe (March 6, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-federal-state-regulations-month-oval-office-white-house-us-president-deregulate-a7614031.html Donald Trump disassembles 90 federal state regulations in just over a month in White House]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved March 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3480299-10-Examples-Industries-Push-Followed-by-Trump.html#document/p60/a341284 Trump-Era Trend: Industries Protest. Regulations Rolled Back. A Dozen Examples]. ''The New York Times'' (through ''DocumentCloud''). Retrieved March 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump also signed numerous executive actions promoting a smaller government.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Supreme Court====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: The courts|Trump Supreme Court}}&lt;br /&gt;
On January 31, 2017, Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Klukowski, Ken (January 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/31/trump-nominates-judge-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court/ Trump Nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hurley, Lawrence; Holland, Steve (January 31, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-idUSKBN15F1OW Trump picks conservative judge Gorsuch for U.S. Supreme Court]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The nomination was well received by many conservatives.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chamberlain, Steve (January 31, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/reaction-to-trumps-supreme-court-pick-split-along-partisan-lines.html Conservatives hail Trump's Supreme Court pick]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ertelt, Steven (January 31, 2017). [https://www.lifenews.com/2017/01/31/president-donald-trump-nominates-pro-life-friendly-judge-neil-gorsuch-to-the-supreme-court/ President Donald Trump Nominates Pro-Life-Friendly Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Others, most notably [[Andrew Schlafly]], disagreed with the nomination due to concerns about Gorsuch's position on abortion.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dannenfelser, Marjorie (January 31, 2017). [https://townhall.com/columnists/marjoriedannenfelser/2017/01/31/the-truth-about-trumps-prolife-scotus-list-n2279232 The Truth about Trump’s Pro-life SCOTUS List]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Template:Mainpageright&amp;amp;diff=1302133&amp;amp;oldid=1301962&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Upon the swing justice [[Anthony Kennedy|Anthony Kennedy's]] announcement on June 21, 2018, that he would retire from the Court at the end of the succeeding month, Trump nominated the conservative [[Brett Kavanaugh]] to replace him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mason, Ian (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/09/trump-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-nominee/ Trump Announces Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court Nominee] ''Breitbart News''.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Public trust====&lt;br /&gt;
According to a poll conducted by [[Emerson College]] on February 5–6, 2017, more Americans trust the Trump Administration than the media.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McHugh, Katie (February 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/09/poll-voters-trust-trump-administration-media/ Poll: Voters Trust Trump Administration More Than Media]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Economic progress====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Real Disposable Personal Income Per Capita.png|right|350px|thumb|Real Personal Income gains under President Trump beginning from the flat base of President Obama's last year in office.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Source: Federal Reserve Board'']]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Economic policy and labor}}&lt;br /&gt;
In May 2017, the unemployment rate fell from 4.4% from 4.3%, the lowest since May 2001, as the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 6.9 million and the labor force participation rate fell to 62.7 percent.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate United States Unemployment Rate]. ''tradingeconomics.com''. Retrieved June 14, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to a Rasmussen survey, consumer confidence is the second-highest it's been in the index's history. The market cap of the U.S. stock market has risen more than $3 trillion since Mr. Trump was elected. Small-business confidence has surged to a 12-year high.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Books==&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  The Art of the Deal'' with Tony Schwartz (1987)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Surviving at the Top'' with Charles Leerhsen (1990)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  The Art of the Comeback'' with Kate Bohner (1997)&lt;br /&gt;
*''The America We Deserve'' with Dave Shiflett (2000)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  How to Get Rich'' with Meredith McIver (2004)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Think Like a Billionaire:  Everything You Need to Know about Success, Real Estate and Life'' with Meredith McIver (2005)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Why We Want You to Be Rich:  Two Men, One Message'' with Meredith McIver and Robert T. Kiyosaki (2006)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life'' with Bill Zanker (2007)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Never Give Up:  How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success'' with Meredith McIver (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Think Like a Champion:  An Informal Education in Business and Life'' with Meredith McIver (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Midas Touch:  Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich—and Why Most Don't'' with Robert T. Kiyosaki (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Time to Get Tough:  Making America #1 Again'' (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Crippled America:  How to Make America Great Again'' (2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Quotes==&lt;br /&gt;
===Quotes as U.S. President===&lt;br /&gt;
====Inaugural address====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;....today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/full-text-donald-trump-inauguration-speech-transcript-233907 Full text: 2017 Donald Trump inauguration speech transcript]. ''Politico''. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;We assembled here today our issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power, from this day forward: a new vision will govern our land, from this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;[We will] unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2017====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;In America we don’t worship government, we worship God.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Miller, S.A. (May 13, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/13/donald-trump-tells-liberty-university-graduates-we/ Trump at Liberty University: ‘We don’t worship government, we worship God’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Moons, Michelle (May 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/13/president-donald-trumps-1st-commencement-speech-america-dont-worship-government-worship-god/ President Donald Trump’s First Commencement Speech: ‘In America We Don’t Worship Government, We Worship God’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I didn’t get elected to serve the Washington media—I got elected to serve the forgotten men and women and that’s exactly what I’m doing.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Spiering, Charlie (May 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/17/donald-trump-vows-to-fight-on-no-politician-in-history-has-been-treated-worse-or-more-unfairly/ Donald Trump: ‘I Didn’t Get Elected to Serve the Washington Media’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (May 17, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/17/trump-takes-on-media-during-coast-guard-commencement-speech.html Trump takes on media during Coast Guard commencement speech]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented.&amp;quot; (UN speech, September 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The most important truth our Founders understood was this: Freedom is not a gift from government; freedom is a gift from God.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/920474831749025795 @realDonaldTrump], 17 Oct 2017&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Crookston, Paul (October 17, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-freedom-not-gift-government-freedom-gift-god/ Trump: ‘Freedom Is Not a Gift From Government; Freedom Is a Gift From God’]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved October 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Quotes from the 2016 campaign for President===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump and Mike Pence RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|Trump and his running-mate, [[Mike Pence]], at the 2016 Republican National Convention.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's tactics of naming and shaming candidates has been proven very effective. He called Jeb Bush 'low-energy Jeb' and it stuck. Then came Marco Rubio as 'Little Marco.' Next came 'Lyin' Ted' for Ted Cruz. For the Democrats, he calls Hillary Clinton 'Crooked Hillary' and Bernie Sanders &amp;quot;Crazy Bernie.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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*“We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of [[globalism]].”&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I think we have a president who, as a president, is totally incompetent, and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. I think he has no idea what he’s doing. And our country is going to [[hell]].&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://time.com/4210983/republican-debate-barack-obama-incompetent/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I will be the greatest jobs president that [[God]] ever created.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody. Within our military, I will find the General Patton, or I will find General MacArthur, I will find the right guy.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have [[Mexico]] pay for that wall.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://video.foxnews.com/v/4406746003001/watch-a-replay-of-fox-news-prime-time-presidential-debate/?#sp=show-clips&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.google.com/search?q=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&amp;amp;oq=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&amp;amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.8295j0j7&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;es_sm=119&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8 Google search]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Becoming the nominee of the party of [[Abraham Lincoln]] has been the greatest honor of my life.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294401-trump-claims-party-of-lincoln-mantle-in-speech-at-black&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====General election debate quotes====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Because you would be in jail.&amp;quot; (Trump in response to Clinton saying that it would be a good thing that he &amp;quot;is not in charge of the law in our country&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2ndTranscript&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/2016-presidential-debate-transcript-229519 Full transcript: Second 2016 presidential debate]. ''Politico''. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Now she’s blaming the lie on the late great Abraham Lincoln. ...Honest Abe never lied. That’s the good thing. That's the big difference between Abraham Lincoln and you.&amp;quot; (Trump in response to Clinton's excuse for having &amp;quot;'a public and private position on certain issues.'&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2ndTranscript&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Hillary has experience, but it’s bad experience.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Goodenough, Patrick (September 27, 2016). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/ Trump: 'Hillary Has Experience, But It's Bad Experience']. ''cnsnews.com''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Quotes from Twitter===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 2015-09-28-12-11-31-1.png|right|300px|Thumb|Tweet from Billionaire Carl Icahn]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;'''Somebody said I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.'''}} &lt;br /&gt;
Trump's tweets are archived and fully searchable online.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/archive&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Here are some choice examples:&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (August 6, 2012, 1:23 pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/232572505238433794 &amp;quot;An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (November 13, 2012, 12:23pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/268449146711703553 &amp;quot;It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (January 1, 2014, 4:39pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/418542137899491328 &amp;quot;This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2015====&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;So many 'politically correct' fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!&amp;quot; (August 8, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate&amp;quot; (October 13, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;They laughed at me when I said to bomb the ISIS controlled oil fields. Now they are not laughing and doing what I said.&amp;quot; (November 13, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;President Obama said 'ISIL continues to shrink' in an interview just hours before the horrible attack in Paris. He is just so bad! CHANGE.&amp;quot; (November 14, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Refugees from Syria are now pouring into our great country. Who knows who they are - some could be ISIS. Is our president insane?&amp;quot; (November 17, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Eight Syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the U.S. ISIS maybe? I told you so. WE NEED A BIG &amp;amp; BEAUTIFUL WALL!&amp;quot; (November 19, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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====2016====&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!&amp;quot; (January 3, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!&amp;quot; (February 20, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!&amp;quot; (March 12, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Why is it that the horrendous protesters, who scream, curse punch, shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES,  are never blamed by media? SAD!&amp;quot; (March 20, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Do you all remember how beautiful and safe a place Brussels was. Not anymore, it is from a different world! U.S. must be vigilant and smart!&amp;quot; (March 22, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;For the 1st time in American history, America’s 16,500 border patrol agents have issue[d] a presidential primary endorsement—me! Thank you.&amp;quot; (April 1, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;We are going to say Merry [[Christmas]] again.&amp;quot; (December 2016 in [[Michigan]]).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[Trump: 'We are going to say merry Christmas again'], ''The Hill'', December 13, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2017====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Greenwood, Mark (February 17, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320168-trump-the-media-is-the-enemy-of-the-american-people Trump tweets: The media is the 'enemy of the American people']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* &amp;quot;Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media &amp;amp; Dems, of historic proportion!&amp;quot; (March 31, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Despite the constant negative press covfefe&amp;quot; (May 31, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;That's right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people!&amp;quot; (June 5, 2017, while the Dept. of Justice was arguing in court that his Executive Order was not a &amp;quot;travel ban&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Fake News is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???&amp;quot; (June 13, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other quotes===&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;[T]he country is going to hell.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cassidy, Chris (March 19, 2015).  [http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/03/country_is_going_to_hell_claims_donald_trump &amp;quot;'Country is going to hell,' claims Donald Trump&amp;quot;].  BostonHerald.com website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;We have no leader in this country.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Reisner, Hiram (April 22, 2011). [https://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/donaldtrump-karlrove-gop-birther/2011/04/22/id/393742 &amp;quot;Trump: I'd just take Libyan oil&amp;quot;].  NewsMax website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Pierce, Tony (April 29, 2011).  [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/04/donald-trump-in-vegas-our-leaders-are-stupid-they-are-stupid-people.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump in Vegas:  'Our leaders are stupid; they are stupid people'&amp;quot;].  Los Angeles Times website/Top of the Ticket blog.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;I can tell you I am [the 2012 Obama campaign's] worst nightmare.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mooney, Alexander (April 11, 2011). [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/trump-says-he-is-obama-campaigns-worst-nightmare/comment-page-6/ &amp;quot;Trump says he is Obama campaign's worst nightmare&amp;quot;].  Cable News Network website/politicalticker blog.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Obama has no solutions.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Coz, Steve (August 19, 2012).  [https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-gibbs-fox-obama/2012/08/19/id/449050/ &amp;quot;Trump fires back at Obama campaign smear&amp;quot;].  Newsmax website/Newsfront.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Everything in life is luck.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/12107003/Donald-Trump-faces-questions-over-Two-Corinthians.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;[Barack Obama] is probably the least transparent president in the history of the country.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Not teaching your kids about money is like not caring whether they eat.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Liberal denialism and Donald Trump ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:''See also:'' [[Liberal denialism and Donald Trump]] and [[Liberal denial]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Post the 2016 U.S. presidential election many liberals were in denial that Donald Trump was going to be president of the United States. Before the election, many liberal media outlets took the line that Donald Trump could not win the [[Republican]] primary and could not win the presidential election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/the-wrongest-media-predictions-about-donald-trump/?utm_term=.febb2623a89f The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump], ''Washington Post'', 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Political scientists, denialism and Donald Trump ===&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Atheism and science}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Few, if any, [[Political science|political scientists]] predicted early on that Donald Trump would win the Republican primary and then would subsequently be elected president of the United States. Furthermore, most pollsters indicated that Trump would lose the election. &lt;br /&gt;
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27 percent of American political scientists believe in the existence of God while 76 percent of American doctors said they believe in God.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.livescience.com/379-scientists-belief-god-varies-starkly-discipline.html Scientists belief in God varies starkly by discipline], Livescience.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/8318894/ns/health-health_care/t/survey-most-doctors-believe-god-afterlife/ Most doctors believe in God], NBC News&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;   Most American [[atheism|atheists]] lean to the left politically (see: [[Atheism and politics]]). Compared to [[medical science]], which has many effective medicines and surgical procedures, the social science of political science is often unreliable.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Trump and the mainstream media===&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Mainstream media and Donald Trump}}&lt;br /&gt;
The leftist [[mainstream media]] despises Trump and, under the influence of [[Trump Derangement Syndrome]], refuses to report objectively when covering him.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Angry secular leftists and Donald Trump ===&lt;br /&gt;
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:''See also:'' [[Donald Trump and American atheists]] and [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]&lt;br /&gt;
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American [[secular left]]ists were extremely angry and upset in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election victory (see: [[Donald Trump and American atheists]]). &lt;br /&gt;
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In certain cases, it became debilitating (see:: [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]). The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: ''Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-win-is-causing-a-surge-in-demand-for-mental-health-services-2016-11-10 Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services], Marketwatch 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The ''Religion News Service'' reported:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|For the last decade, [[Atheism|atheists]], [[secular humanism|humanists]] and others [[secular]]ists have worked hard to organize a “secular vote” that would counter the political clout of the [[religious right]].&lt;br /&gt;
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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory dealt that movement a body blow when he garnered 81 percent of the white [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical]] vote and 60 percent of the white [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] vote. [[Mormonism|Mormons]], too, voted overwhelmingly for Trump...&lt;br /&gt;
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[Trump's] platform was seen as anti-secular in many atheist and humanist circles. He said he would appoint religiously conservative Supreme Court justices, ban [[Islam|Muslim]] immigrants, favor [[Christianity]] and repeal the [[Johnson Amendment]], which prohibits certain tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates — issues antithetical to organized atheism and [[humanism]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://religionnews.com/2016/11/09/dealt-a-body-blow-atheists-and-humanists-regroup/ Dealt a body blow, atheists and humanists regroup] by Kimberly Winston, ''Religion News Service'', November 9, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trump's Social Media Ban ==&lt;br /&gt;
On January 8, 2021, [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]], in violation of the First Amendment and at risk of being put out of business by the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]] and [[U.S. Color Revolution#Executive Order 13848|Executive Order 13848]] due to their [[antitrust]] violations and censorious actions, illegally censored and silenced President Trump on their platforms by permanently suspending his accounts with them.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/breaking-twitter-bans-president-donald-trump-permanently/ BREAKING: Twitter Bans President Donald Trump — PERMANENTLY] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  This was part of co-ordinated collusion between Twitter, Facebook, [[Instagram]], [[Google]] (and its [[YouTube]] subsidiary) and other liberal Big Tech companies to target Trump and his supporters for illegal censorship and silencing of viewpoints and opinions the Left does not like,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/__trashed-15/ Big Tech Launches Massive Coordinated Cyber Attack on 74,000,000 Trump Voters — GOP SILENT] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while simultaneously allowing violent leftist individuals and groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter to have free run of their sites and say and do as they please.  Although not officially confirmed as yet, Fox News host [[Sean Hannity]] later reported that Trump has since moved over to conservative social media website [[Parler]], prompting a wave of new accounts to subsequently open up there.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/report-sean-hannity-says-president-trump-joined-parler/ UPDATE – NOT CONFIRMED: Sean Hannity Says President Trump Has Joined Parler] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trump’s Website: 45 Office ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|45 Office}}&lt;br /&gt;
On March 29, 2021, Trump launched 45 Office.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trump's backed candidates==&lt;br /&gt;
*In May 2022, Trump-backed author [[J.D. Vance]] wins GOP primary for [[Ohio]] Senate seat.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mark Lungariello, [https://nypost.com/2022/05/03/j-d-vance-wins-gop-primary-for-ohio-senate-seat/amp/ Trump-backed author J.D. Vance wins GOP primary for Ohio Senate seat], ''NY Post'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/ohio-primary-results-2022-05-03/ Ohio primary results: Trump-backed J.D. Vance wins Republican Senate race], ''CBS'', May 3, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Annie Linskey and David Weigel, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/03/ohioans-head-polls-senate-primary-tests-trumps-sway/ J.D. Vance, with a Trump boost, clinches Senate GOP primary in Ohio], ''Washington Post'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Ohio primaries tested power of Trump endorsement.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Art Moore, [https://www.wnd.com/2022/05/gop-doubles-democrat-turnout-ohio-despite-roe-leak/ GOP doubles Democrat turnout in Ohio despite Roe leak], ''WND'', May 5, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;[[RNC]] Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told Breitbart News that Ohio voters &amp;quot;reject Biden's failed agenda of historic inflation, Biden's gas hike, and the crisis at our southern border, and will hold Democrats accountable and vote for Republicans up and down the ballot.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At [[Breitbart]], Nick Gilbertson summed up the May/2022 elections: &amp;quot;Clean sweep: all 22 Trump-backed candidates win primaries in Ohio, Indiana.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/03/22-trump-backed-candidates-win-primaries-ohio-indiana/ Clean Sweep: All 22 Trump-Backed Candidates Win Primaries in Ohio, Indiana], ''Breitbart'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==2024 campaign==&lt;br /&gt;
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In a Nov 2023, CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-matchup/index.htmlCNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch], ''CNN'', Nov 8, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In Nov 2023, [[Minnesota]] Supreme Court blocked bid to remove Trump from primary ballot in 14th Amendment challenge.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Marshall Cohen, [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/politics/minnesota-14th-amendment-trump/index.html Minnesota Supreme Court blocks bid to remove Trump from primary ballot in 14th Amendment challenge], ''CNN'', November 8, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A Nov 2023 poll showed: voters trust Trump over Biden on Ukraine, Israel and China.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lauren Irwin, [https://thehill.com/policy/international/4303281-voters-trust-trump-over-biden-on-ukraine-israel-and-china-poll/ Voters trust Trump over Biden on Ukraine, Israel and China: poll], ''The Hill'', Nov 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On the Israel Palestinian Gaza regime Hamas war [[Swords of Iron]], Trump said in Nov  2023, ‘sometimes you have to let things play out’ - against a ceasefire.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Brett Samuels, [https://thehill.com/policy/international/4304401-trump-israel-hamas-war-let-things-play-out/ Trump on Israel-Hamas war: ‘Sometimes you have to let things play out’] ''The Hill'', 11/10/23 &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's Nov 2023 video focused on the october 7th massacre:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Former US President Donald Trump on Saturday released a new campaign video.&lt;br /&gt;
The video ad builds on the thousands of people, including 31 Americans, killed by Hamas in Israel since October 7, and slams US President Joe Biden's release of billions of dollars in funds to Iran.&lt;br /&gt;
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The campaign video, claims, &amp;quot;Trump played hardball with Iran. Destroyed ISIS. Kept the Middle East at peace. Kept us out of endless wars with strength.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380118 Trump's new video focuses on the october 7th massacre], ''INN '', 11 Nov 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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On Nov 10, 2023, [[Elise Stefanik]] files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge.{{Cquote|Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed a judicial ethics complaint Friday against the New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s civil fraud trial, claiming the judge has shown “inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance” toward the former president and calling on him to resign.&lt;br /&gt;
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Judge Arthur Engoron has displayed a “clear judicial bias” against Trump and broken “several rules” in the state’s judicial conduct code, Stefanik wrote in a letter to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ella Lee, [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4304049-elise-stefanik-ethics-complaint-trump-fraud-trial-judge/ Elise Stefanik files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge], ''The Hill'',  11/10/23.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In Nov 2023, Trump told [[Argentina]]'s President-elect [[Javier Milei]] he plans to visit Buenos Aires.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-tells-argentinas-president-elect-javier-milei-plans-105125913 Trump tells Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei he plans to visit Buenos Aires], ''ABC News'', Nov 24, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Nov 2023 &amp;quot;representative of Black Lives Matter&amp;quot; (BLM), activist Mark Fisher endorsement of Donald Trump, drew loud applause from supporters.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Thomas Kika, [https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-blm-endorsement-draws-loud-applause-supporters-1849002 Donald Trump's Black Lives Matter Endorsement Draws Loud Applause From Supporters], Dec 2, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A December 2023 poll found that young voters prefer Trump to handle Israel-Hamas war.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/6/iop-youth-poll-fall-23/ Young Voters Sour on Biden, Prefer Trump to Handle Israel-Hamas War in Latest Harvard IOP Youth Poll]. By Thomas J. Mete, ''Crimson'' Staff Writer. Dec 6, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Dec 9, 2023 published [[WSJ]] poll:&lt;br /&gt;
Trump takes 2024 lead as Biden approval hits new low. &amp;quot;WSJ Poll Finds&lt;br /&gt;
Unhappiness with Biden’s performance is pervasive, with economic pessimism weighing him down.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-takes-2024-lead-as-biden-approval-hits-new-low-wsj-poll-finds-fb4fca0c Trump Takes 2024 Lead as Biden Approval Hits New Low, WSJ Poll Finds], ''WSJ'', Dec 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's lead over Biden grows when independent candidates are included&lt;br /&gt;
.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/poll-shows-biden-hitting-record-low-approvals-falling-behind-against-trump-2024-matchup Poll shows Biden hitting record low approvals, falling behind against Trump in 2024 matchup]. By Michael Lee , Paul Steinhauser, ''Fox News'', Dec 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Another poll shows: &amp;quot;Nikki Haley Absolutely Wrecks Biden By Whopping 17 points — And Trump Tops Biden By 4.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-nikki-haley-absolutely-wrecks-biden-by-whopping-17-points-and-trump-tops-biden-by-4/ SHOCK POLL: Nikki Haley Absolutely Wrecks Biden By Whopping 17 POINTS — And Trump Tops Biden By 4.] Mediaite, Dec 10, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On Dec 14, 2023, Michigan court rejected challenges to Trump’s spot on 2024 primary ballot.&lt;br /&gt;
Saying 'it won’t stop former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot, turning aside challenges from critics who argue that his role in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him.'&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wilx.com/2023/12/14/michigan-court-rejects-challenges-trumps-spot-2024-primary-ballot/ Michigan court rejects challenges to Trump’s spot on 2024 primary ballot], Wilx.com, Dec 14, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On Dec 17, 2023, ''Fox'' reported that: 'Trump’s lead in GOP primary widens.'&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dana Blanton, [https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-trumps-lead-gop-primary-widens Fox  News Poll: Trump’s lead in GOP primary widens], ''Fox News'', Dec 17, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Trump's support stands at 69% in the primary race. That's up 7 points since November and fully 26 points since February.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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===CO ruling===&lt;br /&gt;
On Dec 20, 2023, Four --out of seven-- state Supreme Court judges in [[CO]] banned Trump from the 2024 ballot &amp;quot;without due process.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=wsj&amp;gt;The Editorial Board, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/colorado-supreme-court-donald-trump-ballot-2024-fourteenth-amendment-083b1271 The Folly of Colorado’s Trump Disqualification], ''WSJ'', Dec. 20, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Explained in [[WSJ]]:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the ruling, as it probably will, the Colorado decision will confirm for millions of Americans that Mr. Trump’s opponents will do everything possible to deny them their democratic choice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=wsj/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Even [[Chris Christie]], a Trump foe, blasted Colorado ballot decision.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Chris Christie said voters - not the courts - should decide if Donald Trump deserves to be reelected in 2024.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sudiksha Kochi, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/20/chris-christie-blasts-colorado-ballot-decision-trump/71982107007/ Chris Christie, a Trump foe, blasts Colorado ballot decision], ''USA Today'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Bill Barr]] - another harsh Trump critic said: it is 'legally wrong,' will 'backfire.'&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nick Robertson, [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4370525-barr-colorado-court-trump-ruling-legally-wrong-will-backfire/ Barr says Colorado court’s Trump ruling ‘legally wrong,’ will ‘backfire’], ''The Hill'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Alan Dershowitz]] called the ruling &amp;quot;Anti-Democratic, Unconstitutional, Absurd.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jeff Poor, [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/20/dershowitz-on-colorado-ruling-antidemocratic-unconstitutional-absurd/ Dershowitz on Colorado Ruling: Anti-Democratic, Unconstitutional, Absurd], ''Breitbart'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Saying: &amp;quot;In the 60 years I’ve been practicing and teaching law, I’ve never seen a decision that’s so anti-democratic and so unconstitutional.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Liberal media]] admitted that [[Dem]] judges just bungled this: &amp;quot;Colorado hands Trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.aol.com/news/colorado-hands-trump-political-gift-162304129.html Colorado hands Trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot], ''NBC Universal'', December 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Donald Trump's religious views]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump Administration]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Essay:Donald Trump One Two Body Blow]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The Chalkening]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump University]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Liberal Smear Machine]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kathryn Steinle]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Mollie Tibbetts]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sarah Root]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alveda King]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump effect]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Deep State coup 2.0]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Biden Junta]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jair Bolsonaro]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Javier Milei]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.trump.com Trump.com - Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.donaldjtrump.com donaldjtrump.com - Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.LyingCrookedHillary.com LyingCrookedHillary.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw8c2Cq-vpg The Untruth About Donald Trump] by [[Stefan Molyneux]], Published on Jan 18, 2016&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.untruthaboutdonaldtrump.com  UntruthAboutDonaldTrump.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yyoauXmzjg Do Emotions Trump Facts?] [[Thomas Sowell]] on Donald Trump - Rebutted! by Stefan Molyneux&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://gop12.thehill.com/2011/04/trump-explains-conversion-on-abortion.html Trump explains his pro-life conversion]&lt;br /&gt;
* 100 groups have signed [http://www.pseagles.com/Coalition_letter_Supreme_Court this coalition letter] re: Trump's [[Trump Supreme Court|nomination to the Supreme Court]].&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://youtu.be/oh2Sj_QpZOA SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What Really Happened in Wuhan] - SkyNews Australia&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://rumble.com/vucs3g-exclusive-interview-with-donald-trump-kashs-corner.html Exclusive Interview with Donald Trump], Kash Patel, February 8, 2022 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!--* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZq3iCn2y74 Inside of Trump's Boeing 757]--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!--* [http://shouldtrumprun.com/ Should Donald Run? Polling]--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Officeholder&lt;br /&gt;
|name=Donald John Trump {{verified}}&lt;br /&gt;
|image=Donald Trump official presidential photo.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|party=[[Republican]] (1987–1999, 2009–2011, 2012–present)&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; formerly Registered Democrat primary voter (until 1987, 2001–2009), [[Reform Party|Reform]] (1999–2001), and [[Independent voter|Independent]] (2011–2012)&lt;br /&gt;
|spouse=Ivana Trump&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; Marla Maples&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Melania Trump]] (current)&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_date=June 14, 1946&lt;br /&gt;
|children=5&lt;br /&gt;
|grandchildren=9&lt;br /&gt;
|religion=[[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]]&lt;br /&gt;
|offices={{Officeholder/president&lt;br /&gt;
	|country=the United States&lt;br /&gt;
	|number=45th&lt;br /&gt;
	|terms=January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021&lt;br /&gt;
	|vp=[[Mike Pence]]&lt;br /&gt;
	|preceded=[[Barack Obama]]&lt;br /&gt;
	|former=n&lt;br /&gt;
        |succeeded=[[Joe Biden]] (disputed)&lt;br /&gt;
	}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:''For his achievements as U.S. President, see [[Donald Trump achievements]].''&lt;br /&gt;
:''Donald Trump was [[Conservative of the Year]] in [[Conservative of the Year 2017|2017]] and [[Conservative of the Year 2018|2018]].''&lt;br /&gt;
'''Donald John Trump''' (b. [[Queens]], [[New York]], on [[Donald Trump's age|June 14, 1946]]), nicknamed &amp;quot;'''The Donald''',&amp;quot; served the office as the 45th  [[President of the United States of America]], as a result of winning the [[2016 presidential election]] as the [[Republican Party]] nominee.  It is widely believed by a majority of registered voters that he was [[fraud|cheat]]ed out of a second consecutive term by [[Joe Biden]] and the [[Democrat]]s.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2022/election_integrity_most_voters_still_suspect_cheating Election Integrity: Most Voters Still Suspect Cheating], Rassmussen Reports, May 25, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/biden-2020-win-tainted-56-say-it-was-a-cheaters-paradise Biden 2020 win ‘tainted,’ 56% say it was a cheater’s paradise], by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist, October 11, 2021.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Before entering politics, he was a businessman and [[television]] personality. A strong social and fiscal [[conservative]], Trump [[Donald Trump achievements|achieved much during his presidency]] and advanced many conservative priorities. He greatly benefited the US energy sector by reducing the energy dependence of the US in the Middle East, helping gasoline prices go down, and encouraging projects such as the Keystone Pipeline. Despite this, he received more criticism than any U.S. president in history, almost all of which is purely politically motivated.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the [[United States presidential election, 2020|2020 presidential election]], Trump received at least a record-smashing 74+ million lawful votes, many in the key [[swing states]].  This confirms him as the leader of the [[Republican Party]], indeed the entire nation, for the foreseeable future. Many conservatives who no longer feel they identify with Trump are retiring. This is the most probable cause that at least 25% of Republican senators up in 2022 plan to retire, and many other transitions are occurring among the GOP nationwide.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for the [[Wuhan virus]] in early October 2020.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/01/president-donald-trump-first-lady-melania-trump-test-positive-for-coronavirus/ President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump Test Positive for Coronavirus]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519282-president-trump-melania-trump-test-positive-for-covid-19 President Trump, Melania Trump test positive for COVID-19]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2020/10/02/breaking-president-trump-and-first-lady-test-positive-for-wuhancoronavirus-n2577338 BREAKING: President Trump and First Lady Test Positive for Wuhan Coronavirus]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-first-lady-test-positive-covid-19-n1241769 Trump, first lady test positive for Covid-19]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The mainstream media have started mocking him, some believing he deserved his positive COVID-19 test; Pence is also vulnerable, since many of his workers have contracted the [[Wuhan coronavirus]]. [[Leftists]] and the [[MSM]] attempted to downplay Trump's experiences with the virus, claiming that the average American would not have received similar medication. Trump's strong leadership against the coronavirus even after falling ill to it himself shocked many.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
He was born on June 14, 1946, in New York City to Fred and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.  He has several brothers and sisters: Elizabeth, Fred Jr., Maryanne, and Robert.  After High School he attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Financial worth &amp;amp; education==&lt;br /&gt;
Trump has engaged in many financial pursuits and estimated that his net worth was $10 billion, as of July 2015.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;LoGiurato, Brett (July 25, 2015). [https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-net-worth-2015-7 &amp;quot;We finally know a lot more about Donald Trump's 'massive' net worth&amp;quot;].  Business Insider website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ''Forbes'', however, estimates his net worth is $3.1 billion as of 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-trump/ &amp;quot;The world's most powerful people: #2 Donald Trump&amp;quot;]. (March 6, 2017).  Forbes.com website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He graduated from the New York Military Academy in 1964 and first attended college at [[Fordham University]] for two years before transferring to the more competitive [[University of Pennsylvania]] and completing his undergraduate studies at its Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. In September 2020, the [[New York Times]] reported on Donald Trump engaging in tax avoidance. It was claimed that his tax avoidance dates back to the 1990s. Trump doesn't like pilots who get captured, but the majority of Americans don't like executives who file bankruptcy.&lt;br /&gt;
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Early media profiles of Trump claim he graduated &amp;quot;first in his class&amp;quot; from Wharton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Whitman, Alden (January 28, 1973). [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/28/archives/a-builder-looks-backand-moves-forward-builder-looks-back-but-moves.html &amp;quot;A builder looks back—and moves forward&amp;quot;.] ''New York Times''. Retrieved from ''New York Times'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The evidence suggests otherwise and yet Trump has never sought to correct or clarify this potentially significant error.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Geist, William E. (April 8, 1984). [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/08/magazine/the-expanding-empire-of-donald-trump.html &amp;quot;The expanding empire of Donald Trump&amp;quot;.] ''New York Times Magazine''.  Retrieved from ''New York Times'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Candidacy==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:2thumb-5-1-300x202.jpg|right|300px|thumb|As Trump rode the escalator to announce his candidacy, polls showed Hillary Clinton's collusion with Russia over the [[Uranium One deal]] was her biggest vulnerability.  Deputy Attn. Gen. [[Sally Yates]] was taking steps to ban the Inspector General from oversight of the DOJ-National Security Division and hide  [[FISA abuse]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/08/doj-political-surveillance-from-the-irs-in-2011-to-the-fisa-court-in-2016/ DOJ Political Surveillance – From the IRS in 2011 to the FISA Court in 2016], Posted on March 8, 2020 by sundance. theconservativetreehouse.com&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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On October 7, 1999, Trump declared his candidacy for the [[Reform Party]] nomination in the [[2000 Presidential Election]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/256159-a-look-back-at-trumps-first-run/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During his campaign, he declared America must have universal healthcare because having over 40 million uninsured Americans was unacceptable.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.ontheissues.org/Archive/America_We_Deserve_Health_Care.htm&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; When asked about gays in the military, he said it would not disturb him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20100613005525/http://indegayforum.org/news/show/26834.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Stated he was ‘very pro-choice but hates the concept of abortion.’&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-in-1999-i-am-very-pro-choice-480297539914&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
He favored a one-time tax on the rich to eliminate the national debt and declared North Korea the greatest threat to the US. He also followed the Reform party view that abortion rights should be kept out of politics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/05/donald-trump-reform-party-2000-president&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Trump suspended his candidacy for the Reform Party on February 14, 2000.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2000/02/14/us/reform-bid-said-to-be-a-no-go-for-trump.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On June 16, 2015, he declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Multiple references:&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/16/trump-announces-white-house-bid-joins-crowded-gop-field/ &amp;quot;Trump announces White House bid, joins crowded GOP field&amp;quot;] (June 16, 2015).  Fox News website/Politics. The front-runner in a record-breaking field of 17 [[Republican]] candidates, Trump announced that he did not anticipate &amp;quot;throwing punches&amp;quot; against his rivals in the first GOP debate.&lt;br /&gt;
*Chiacu, Donna and Torbati, Yeganeh (August 2, 2015).  [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/02/us-usa-election-debate-idUSKCN0Q70NI20150802 &amp;quot;Trump says won't be 'throwing punches' in U.S. Republican debate&amp;quot;].  Reuters/Politics.  But at the debate the [[Fox News Channel]]—particularly its [[feminist]] non-journalist [[Megyn Kelly]]—ambushed Trump with out-of-context quotations designed to smear him as somehow being anti-women.  This ignited a national controversy that lasted for days, and Trump called upon Kelly to apologize, which she refused to do.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Unlike most other U.S. presidential candidates, Trump sharply criticizes the media and talks about issues that no elected official dares touch.  For example, Trump stands up against [[feminists]], unlike most politicians. In another example, in 2011 Trump persistently doubted whether [[Barack Obama]] had been born in the [[United States]], which caused Obama's approval ratings to drop below 40% until Obama finally caved in to Trump and produced what Obama claimed was his birth certificate.  Trump then scoffed at Obama's conduct.&lt;br /&gt;
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'''''In February 2011, Trump announced that he is [[pro-life]], and at the final presidential debate on Oct. 19, 2016, Trump gave the strongest endorsement of the pro-life position of any presidential nominee in history'''''. Trump said he has never had to ask God for forgiveness; if he does something wrong, he makes it right, so his Christianity is questionale, as it is impossible to be a Christian without forgiveness.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's central campaign theme has been to oppose [[illegal immigration]] and [[free trade]], and nominated Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] as [[Attorney General]] to enforce standing legislation on the issue.  As reported by [[Breitbart News Network|Breitbart]], &amp;quot;Sen. Sessions, Chairman of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, is widely regarded as the gold standard on immigration. Sessions has also become the intellectual thought leader in the Republican Party on appealing to the blue collar voters who have been abandoned by their political leaders.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hahn, Julia (August 14, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/14/game-change-trump-consults-with-sen-jeff-sessions-on-immigration-strategy/ &amp;quot;Game change: Trump consults with Sen Jeff Sessions on immigration strategy&amp;quot;].  Breitbart website/Big government.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the later campaign Trump focused more on [[ISIS]] and terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;
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At the final presidential debate between [[Hillary Clinton]] and Trump on October 19, 2016, Clinton chastised Trump for running a newspaper advertisement in 1987 critical of the [[Reagan Administration]].  But Trump persuasively explained that he has always disagreed with Reagan's support of free trade, as many other [[conservatives]] disagree with Reagan on this issue.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Religious beliefs==&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump attended the First [[Presbyterian]] Church in Jamaica, [[Queens]]. He told the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] that he still considers himself a [[Presbyterian]] and attends services for all major holidays and Sundays, and that &amp;quot;The [[Bible]] is certainly THE book.&amp;quot;  He receives Bibles from fans in the mail, and he either stores them or gives them away to others.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Haberman, Maggie (April 11, 2011).  [https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52942.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump talks about religion&amp;quot;].  Politico website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In July 2015, Trump stated in an interview that &amp;quot;Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes?&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nothstine, Ray (July 23, 2015). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-why-do-i-have-to-repent-or-ask-for-forgiveness-if-i-am-not-making-mistakes-video-141856/ Trump: 'Why Do I Have to Repent or Ask for Forgiveness If I Am Not Making Mistakes?' (Video)]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He also stated that &amp;quot;I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I don't bring God into that picture. I don't.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Scott, Eugene (July 18, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/18/politics/trump-has-never-sought-forgiveness/ Trump believes in God, but hasn't sought forgiveness]. ''CNN''. Retrieved December 4, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; January 2016, Trump stated that &amp;quot;I have a great relationship with God,&amp;quot; but that &amp;quot;I don’t like to have to ask for forgiveness.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Key, Pam (January 17, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/01/17/trump-i-dont-like-to-have-to-ask-for-forgiveness-from-god/ Trump: ‘I Don’t Like to Have to Ask for Forgiveness’ from God]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; When confronted by [[Cal Thomas]] in an interview in mid 2016 about his not asking God for forgiveness, Trump stated that he would ask God for forgiveness.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chumley, Cheryl (August 6, 2016). [https://www.wnd.com/2016/06/trump-answers-question-who-do-you-say-jesus-is/ Trump answers question: 'Who do you say Jesus is?] ''WorldNetDaily''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In October 2016, [[Ben Carson]] stated that Trump did ask forgiveness from God with [[James Robison]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Showalter, Brandon (October 10, 2016). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/ben-carson-donald-trump-asked-god-for-forgiveness-prayed-with-james-robison-170650/ Ben Carson: Donald Trump Asked God for Forgiveness, Prayed With James Robison]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved March 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to exit polling in the 2016 election, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than [[George W. Bush]] won in 2004, showing strong support for Trump from evangelical Christians.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;townhall.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;O'Brien, Cortney (November 12, 2016). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2016/11/12/white-evangelical-voters-showed-up-this-time-n2243931 Evangelical Voters Showed Up Big Time For Trump]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;wsj.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Lovett, Ian (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelicals-back-donald-trump-in-record-numbers-despite-earlier-doubts-1478689372 Evangelicals Back Donald Trump in Record Numbers, Despite Earlier Doubts]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was the first sitting American president to address the annual Values Voters Conference in Washington.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2017/10/13/557459193/trump-set-to-address-values-voter-summit-for-first-time-as-president&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump began his career at [[Trump Organization]]. In his college years, he helped revitalize one of his father's failing real estate ventures. Trump began opening hotels and casinos, which provided him with the cash flow to engage in other ventures. He owns the world-famous [[Trump Tower]] and is the founder of the publicly traded Trump Hotel Casinos &amp;amp; Resorts. Trump also owns the Trump brand, which sells a variety of items, such as bottled water, steak, and even mortgages.  Trump has authored a number of books and weathered changing business fortunes, but despite the challenges that he has encountered, he has continued to be a successful businessman and entrepreneur.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump [[Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2000|ran unsuccessfully]] for the nomination of the [[Reform Party]] in 2000. Trump considered [[presidential election 2012|running for president in 2012]] as a [[Republican]]. He, among others, questioned the citizenship of [[Barack Obama]], citing his failure to produce his birth certificate.  After Obama produced his birth certificate, Trump and the other [[birther]]s continue to doubt its authenticity.  Obama's approval ratings were around 40% during the peak of the controversy. Trump later exited the race, and gave the customary endorsement to [[Mitt Romney]] as the other [[Republican]] contenders did.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Major properties==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump World Tower: 845 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY. &lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Tower: 725 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10022 Personal Residence&lt;br /&gt;
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*Bank of America Center (San Francisco)&lt;br /&gt;
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*The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street&lt;br /&gt;
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*AXA Financial Center, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY &lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Mar-a-Lago]] resort in Palm Beach, Florida (used by Trump as his &amp;quot;Winter White House&amp;quot;.)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Winery - Charlottesville, Virginia&lt;br /&gt;
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*14 golf courses (11 in the U.S., 3 in Europe - the course in Bedminster, New Jersey is used by Trump as his &amp;quot;Summer White House&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Media==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump star.JPG|thumbnail|right|Hollywood Walk of Fame]]&lt;br /&gt;
For his contributions to the gaming and entertainment industry, Trump was inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in 1995.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2003 Trump began as the host and executive producer of the reality [[television]] show ''The Apprentice'' and ''The Celebrity Apprentice'', where contestants compete for a position in Trump's organization. On this show, Trump popularized his catchphrase &amp;quot;You're fired!&amp;quot;  Trump received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007 following the success of ''The Apprentice''.  However, since he became president, Trump's star as been periodically vandalized by liberal political critics.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Press Association (April 8, 2016). [http://www.onenewspage.com/video/20160408/4211707/Donald-Trump-Hollywood-Walk-of-Fame-Star.htm &amp;quot;Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star vandalised three times a day&amp;quot;].&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump is also a noted fan of [[WWE]], and has been a part of some of their shows.  Trump was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2016, following winning the presidential election, Trump was named Person of the Year by [[Time Magazine]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump used to own the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants.  Controversy arose when Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner was caught breaking pageant rules by drinking and other activities. Trump gave her a second chance after personally speaking with her and allowed her to retain her crown as she attended rehabilitation. For several weeks after this, [[Rosie O'Donnell]] berated Trump for his decision on ''The View''. A bitter media war ensued with the two exchanging insults.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has made many guest appearances, usually as himself, on many TV shows and in several movies. Numerous mental health professionals have diagnosed Trump with malignant narcissistic personality disorder, which means he is good at the art of manipulation and has no conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Coronavirus Pandemic====&lt;br /&gt;
President Trump deferred heavily to [[Hillary Clinton]]-supporter Anthony Fauci, a [[Deep State]] bureaucrat in the [[National Institutes of Health]], in responding to the [[coronavirus]] pandemic in early 2020. Trump rejected the advice of [[White House]] official [[Peter Navarro]] to take early action cutting off travel from [[China]], and to make [[hydroxychloroquine]] widely available.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's polls numbers plummeted largely because of his deference to Fauci and unwillingness to take the advice of Navarro.  John Fleming, an adviser to Chief of Staff [[Mark Meadows]], also misled Trump by denying the benefits of widespread access to hydroxychloroquine, as other countries have done to defeat [[COVID-19]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====Social Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Religious liberty and LGBT|Donald Trump achievements: Abortion|Donald Trump achievements: Healthcare, welfare, and other social issues}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald-Trump-Rosa-Parks.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Donald Trump received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations in 1986 for improving the lives of African-American urban youths. From left to right: [[Anita Bryant]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Rosa Parks]], and Donald Trump.]]&lt;br /&gt;
At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, Trump announced he is [[pro-life]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rahn, Will (February 10, 2011).  [https://dailycaller.com/2011/02/10/trump-at-cpac-points-to-white-house-run/ &amp;quot;Trump at CPAC points to White House run&amp;quot;].  The Daily Caller website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump would not fund Planned Parenthood and the government should not give funds to any organizations that perform abortions&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Carroll, Lauren (May 1, 2016) [https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/01/ted-cruz/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-planned-parenthood/ &amp;quot;Do Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton agree on Planned Parenthood funding?&amp;quot;] Politifact website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, he supports abortion in cases of rape, incest, or danger to the mother or child.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ertelt, Steven (February 1, 2016). [https://www.lifenews.com/2016/02/01/mike-huckabee-defends-donald-trumps-abortion-conversion-he-is-pro-life-now/ &amp;quot;Mike Huckabee defends Donald Trump’s abortion conversion: 'He is pro-life now'&amp;quot;] LifeNews.com.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that the controversy regarding the legalization of [[same-sex marriage]] doesn't matter, because it's &amp;quot;settled law&amp;quot; now.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://web.archive.org/web/20120831060550/http://www.gop.com/2012-republican-platform_We/#Item3 &amp;quot;Republican platform: We believe in America&amp;quot;] (bef. August 31, 2012).  GOP.com website.  Archived at Internet Archive on August 31, 2012.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Furthermore, Trump believes that homosexual couples should have the same adoption rights as straight couples&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Guo, Jeff (August 10, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/10/how-donald-trump-is-slowly-teaching-republicans-to-embrace-gay-rights/ &amp;quot;Donald Trump is teaching the GOP a different way to embrace gay rights&amp;quot;.] ''Washington Post'' website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and has voiced open support for the LGBTQ community, becoming the first Republican president to do so.{{cn}} He has stated that he will do everything he can do to protect the LGBTQ community, from Islamic extremists.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that a business should be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner's religious beliefs?&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;christiantoday.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Hicap, Jonah (June 2, 2015). [http://www.christiantoday.com/article/donald.trump.vows.to.be.the.greatest.representative.of.christians.if.he.wins.white.house/55023.htm &amp;quot;Donald Trump: 'I will be the greatest representative of Christians if I win the White House'&amp;quot;]. Christian Today website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump would not require health insurance providers to offer free birth control.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Associated Press (February 11, 2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20151128095810/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-02-11/obama-birth-control-cpac/53046728/1 &amp;quot;GOP conservatives unite against birth control coverage&amp;quot;]. ''USA Today'' website/News/Washington.  Retrieved from November 28, 2015 archive at Internet Archive.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump doesn't think that universities should provide “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” for students.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hashmi, Siraj (November 10, 2016). [http://redalertpolitics.com/2016/11/10/safe-spaces-handed-election-donald-trump/ &amp;quot;Safe Spaces handed the election to Donald Trump&amp;quot;]. Red Alert Politics website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Diamond, Jeremy (July 28, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/politics/donald-trump-adviser-michael-cohen-rape/ &amp;quot;Trump distances himself from top aide's rape comment&amp;quot;]. CNN website/Politics.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not add &amp;quot;Gender Identity&amp;quot; to anti-discrimination laws.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.advocate.com/politics/2016/5/24/donald-trump-claims-accommodating-transgender-people-too-expensive&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump wouldn't support a [[separation of church and state]] by removing references to God on money, federal buildings, and national monuments.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;christiantoday.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice, terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via [[assisted suicide]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://wingspanonline.net/?p=2398&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports the [[death penalty]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/01/nyregion/angered-by-attack-trump-urges-return-of-the-death-penalty.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the military should allow women to serve as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/donald-trump-women-combat-tricky/2015/12/06/id/704736/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (Compare [[gender norming]].)&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that board members of a business should be the most qualified regardless of gender.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3269718/Trump-gives-young-feminist-brush-equal-pay-abortion-going-make-good-job-happen-pro-life.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump does not believe that the government can show a confederate flag on public property.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-tees-off-on-the-confederate-flag/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that women should be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVCZhFsNR8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Healthcare Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump does not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and would open the markets so insurers can compete across state lines and reduce costs.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;donaldjtrump.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=Educ&amp;gt;Breitbart.tv (February 9, 2011).  [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2011/02/09/pro-life-donald-trump-would-eliminate-dept-of-education-impose-25-tax-on-china-imports-if-president/ &amp;quot;Pro-life Donald Trump would eliminate Dept of Education, impose 25% tax on China imports if president&amp;quot;].  Breitbart.com.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, he has also said, &amp;quot;I like the mandate.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://dailycaller.com/2016/02/19/trump-on-obamacare-i-like-the-mandate-video/ &amp;quot;Trump On Obamacare: ‘I Like The Mandate’&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the government should regulate the prices of life-saving drugs.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/trump-backs-&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports the legalization of marijuana for medical use.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2015/06/18/exclusive-donald-trump-on-what-made-him-run-for-president-on-hannity/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''Donald Trump has not yet answered if he supports the privatization of veteran's healthcare.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the federal government increase funding of health care for low income individuals (Medicaid).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-09-15/trump-calls-for-expanded-medicaid-birth-control-without-doctor&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Controversy with Barack Obama====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump Speaking in Fountain Hills.jpg|thumb|Trump speaking in Fountain Hills, Arizona in March 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump has also questioned Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to be president, in light of the ongoing questions surrounding his birth certificate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=280533 &amp;quot;Trump: Obama spending millions to hide his past&amp;quot;] (March 28, 2011).  WorldNetDaily website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump questioned whether the Obama Administration was successful in negotiating with foreign countries. Trump declared during the 2016 election that he no longer would question Obama's eligibility.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Economic Issues====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Economic policy and labor|MAGAnomics}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's economic plan is designed to make the country more competitive by implementing policies that apply to all companies: cutting taxes, including the corporate tax rate, repealing and rolling back stifling regulations, including the biggest of them all, Obamacare and those clobbering the energy sector, renegotiating trade deals such as NAFTA, and killing off the nascent [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Crowley, Monica (December 7, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/7/donald-trump-and-the-art-of-getting-it-done/ Donald Trump and the art of getting it done]. ''The Washingon Times''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not require employers be required to pay men and women the same salary for the same job as there are too many other variables such as education, experience, and tenure that determine a fair salary.&lt;br /&gt;
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''Trump has not answered whether welfare recipients be tested for drugs.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would instate a 35% tariff on all imports from China even though he used Chinese steel to build all of his Trump Towers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.newsweek.com/how-donald-trump-ditched-us-steel-workers-china-505717&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would also lower the corporate tax rate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/an-america-first-economic-plan-winning-the-global-competition&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says that the U.S. shouldn't continue to participate in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/16/news/economy/donald-trump-nafta-mexico-china-tariff/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would cut public spending in order to reduce the public debt.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/donald-trump-believe-candidate-stands-10-issues/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the government is currently over-regulating private businesses and that it shouldn't require businesses to pay salaried employees, making up to $46k/year, time-and-a-half for overtime hours.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-shift/2016/08/trump-v-overtime-rule-215883&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the government should prevent “mega mergers” of corporations that could potentially control a large percentage of market share within its industry.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-10-22/trump-would-block-proposed-at-t-time-warner-merger-if-elected&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that labor unions, in theory help the economy but have recently become corrupt and should have their powers limited.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://projects.newsday.com/opinion/newsday-editorial-board-interviews-donald-trump/#nypd&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would increase the tax on profits from the sale of stocks, bonds, and real estate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4I5QUGRf-Q&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes economic stimulus will aid the country during times of recession.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/us/politics/trump-clinton-infrastructure.html?_r=0&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks the Federal Reserve Bank should be audited by Congress.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-trump-fed-idUSL1N12Y1ZG20151103&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump doesn't support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as this will incentivize companies to move U.S. jobs overseas.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/us/politics/transcript-of-the-republican-presidential-debate-in-new-hampshire.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would eliminate the [[estate tax]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/finance/290825-clinton-to-criticize-trumps-plan-to-repeal-the-estate-tax&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would end all government subsidies and let the free market run its course.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/17cfa1a0-0b9e-11e5-a06e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3e0UlsdmX&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''Trump has not answered if pension payments be increased for retired government workers.''&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump favors an increased sales tax in order to reduce property taxes even though sales tax would not provide a steady stream of income.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.taxjusticeblog.org/archive/2015/06/donald_trumps_regressive_and_r.php#.VYr8_hNViko&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump supports pension plans for federal, state, and local government workers be transitioned into privately managed accounts.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;donaldjtrump.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that the U.S. government should not bailout Puerto Rico.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=c89b639c-07de-4a0f-a634-dda08e3de95a&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes citizens should not be allowed to save or invest their money in offshore bank accounts as too many wealthy citizens are abusing loopholes in offshore banking laws to evade taxes.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-puts-his-money-in-companies-that-stash-cash-abroad/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump would not apply an in-state sales tax apply to online purchases of in-state buyers from out-of-state sellers.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ce65fe3f0bbd43c19cf17c5c8da8d958/trump-amazons-bezos-uses-washington-post-avoid-taxes&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump thinks that the government classify Bitcoin as a legal currency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/trump-presidency-boost-bitcoin-price/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Department of Education====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Education}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Foreign policy====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Foreign policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
Donald Trump is a [[nationalism|nationalist]] who promised to &amp;quot;put America first&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://insider.foxnews.com/2017/06/07/trump-touts-new-infrastructure-plan-cincinnati-states-america-first-message 'It's Time Finally to Put America First': Trump Touts New Infrastructure Plan]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (See: [[Donald Trump and nationalism]]). At the same time, in April 2017, he stated that &amp;quot;I’m a nationalist and a globalist.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Starr, Penny (April 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/28/trump-im-a-nationalist-and-a-globalist/ Trump: ‘I’m a Nationalist and a Globalist’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved January 10, 2018.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In July 2015 Trump explained he wants to improve relationships with [[Russia]]n president [[Vladimir Putin]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Johnson, Simon (July 31, 2015).  [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11775145/Donald-Trump-Id-get-on-very-well-with-Putin-if-I-were-president.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump:  I'd get on 'very well' with Putin if I were president&amp;quot;].  The Telegraph [U.K.] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Many left-wingers accused Trump's presidential campaign of &amp;quot;colluding&amp;quot; with [[Russia]]. However the Trump Administration took several tough actions against Russia, including some that even the Obama Administration avoided.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Berger, Judson (December 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/26/trump-administration-ends-2017-confronting-russia-after-year-collusion-accusations.html Trump administration ends 2017 confronting Russia after year of collusion accusations]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 26, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In an interview with [[ABC]] he said that Putin won't make a military move into [[Ukraine]]. Furthermore, Trump argued in a tweet that the conflict over [[Crimea]] was the fault of the Obama administration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/31/politics/donald-trump-russia-ukraine-crimea-putin/ Trump says Putin is 'not going to go into Ukraine,' despite Crimea]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump later accused Russia of taking [[Crimea]] by force and asked whether Obama was too soft on Russia.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-russia-latest-tweet-accuse-crimea-obama-too-soft-distance-campaign-team-white-house-a7581511.html Donald Trump accuses Russia of taking Crimea by force in attempt to distance himself from campaign allegations]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump said that the [[Iran nuclear deal]] is bad and as president, he kept his promise by withdrawing from it.&lt;br /&gt;
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After his election as U.S. president, [[Israel]]i prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] called Trump &amp;quot;a true friend of the State of Israel.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/netanyahu-trump-israel-true-friend-231094?lo=ap_c4 Netanyahu calls Trump 'a true friend' of Israel]. ''Politico''. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On February 2, 2017, Trump stated that building new settlements in the [[West Bank]] &amp;quot;may not be helpful&amp;quot; to achieving peace in the [[Middle East]], and he appeared to shift his formerly strong stance on moving the U.S. embassy to [[Jerusalem]] as he had previously stated.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/03/trump-to-israel-settlements-may-not-help-achieve-peace-in-middle-east.html Trump to Israel: Settlements ‘may not help’ achieve peace in the Middle East]. ''Fox News''. February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  But on December 6, 2017, Trump announced that the U.S. officially recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and that the U.S. would begin the process of moving the U.S. Embassy from [[Tel Aviv]] to Jerusalem.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/saun/sncfausiyyo/sqrs/p2/the-press-office/2017/12/06/president-donald-j-trumps-proclamation-jerusalem-capital-state-israel|title=President Donald J. Trump's Proclamation on Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel |publisher=White House|accessdate=6 December 2017|date=6 December 2017}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Trump in 2019 also gave official U.S. recognition to the [[Golan Heights]] as being part of Israel.  In recognition for his support of Israel, a plaza in Jerusalem was named for Trump (&amp;quot;Donald Trump Square&amp;quot;), as well as a settlement in the Golan Heights (&amp;quot;Trump Heights&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump had criticized [[NATO]] for not fulfilling its financial obligations, going so far as declaring the organization &amp;quot;obsolete&amp;quot;, but in April 2017 - after getting promises from NATO partners to make increased financial contributions - Trump retracted the obsolete declaration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/news/the-latest-trump-says-nato-no-longer-obsolete/ The Latest: Trump says NATO ‘no longer obsolete’]. ''Breitbart News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hagen, Lisa (April 21, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/328558-trump-nato-is-no-longer-obsolete Trump: NATO is ‘no longer obsolete’]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Immediately after taking office, Trump had exchanged vitriolic rhetoric with and made threats to North Korea after the latter carried out numerous medium/long-range missile tests and a nuclear test in September 2017.  However, in March 2018, Trump announced he would hold a summit with North Korea Chairman Kim Jong Un, making him the first U.S. president to have bilateral talks with a North Korean leader.  The first summit was held in Singapore in June 2018, a second in Hanoi in February 2019, and a third informal summit in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in June 2019 - during which he became the first sitting U.S. president to step foot on North Korean soil. During the period of the summits, North Korea had halted testing of long/medium-range missiles, as well as nuclear testing (and outside of a few short-range missiles in early May 2019, North Korea hasn't tested any weapons since November 2017.)&lt;br /&gt;
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On Monday, 7 October 2019, Trump ordered American military forces to withdraw from northern Syria in case Turkish forces and their allies would attack them, meaning the predominantly Syrian Kurdish ''SDF'' (''Syrian Democratic Force'') would not have direct U.S. military support. This decision came after a telephone conversation with Turkish ruler [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] on Sunday,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/turkey-announces-incursion-of-northeast-syria-us-backed-kurds-have-vowed-all-out-war Trump pulls back troops from northern Syria ahead of Turkish assault, Pentagon officials 'blindsided']&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and Turkish forces soon began advancing into northern Syria to create a buffer zone.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/world/turkey-syria-invasion-ground-forces-civilians-dead Turkey announces northern Syria invasion of ground forces; multiple civilians reported dead]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUeXaPaKF50 Why Turkey is invading Syria]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the same week it was announced that it is planned by the U.S. administration to send 1,500 troops to the Middle East because of the tensions between [[Saudi-Arabia]] and [[Iran]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://video.foxnews.com/v/6040831354001/ President Trump plans to send 1,500 US troops to the Middle East]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; President Erdogan visited the White House on November 13, 2019.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/13/donald-trump-im-a-big-fan-of-turkish-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan/ Donald Trump: ‘I’m a Big Fan’ of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Global warming====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Energy and environmental policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump does not believe in the [[Climate Change]] hysteria, once stating the &amp;quot;Nobel committee should take the [[Nobel Prize]] back from [[Al Gore]].&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Second Amendment rights====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Gun rights}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump is strongly pro-[[Second Amendment]] and against [[leftist]] [[gun control]] and gun free zones. As president, Trump has promised to re-arm military personnel on all American military bases as well as [[ROTC]] recruitment centers, which were disarmed by the [[Clinton Administration]] policy.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt; Trump was strongly endorsed by the [[National Rifle Association]] in one of its earliest endorsements in an election campaign.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/20/nra-to-endorse-trump.html# Trump wins NRA endorsement, blasts Clinton on gun stance at forum]. ''Fox News''. May 20, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On August 5, 2019, Trump promoted extreme risk protection orders, AKA, red flag laws, to combat the risk of mass shootings. His announcement came after the deaths of 20 people in El Paso Texas. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFZKFUuGb4c&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-shootings-remarks&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/us/el-paso-walmart-shooting-20-dead-26-injured-gov-greg-abbott-police-chief-greg-allen&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Homosexual agenda====&lt;br /&gt;
For all practical purposes, Trump seems to be on the side of the [[homosexual agenda]]. He supports the creation of new law by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], as in a new right to [[homosexual marriage]], and declares it the &amp;quot;law of the land&amp;quot; even though Congress passed no such law.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has attended multiple [[same-sex marriage]] ceremonies{{Citation needed}}, but has also said in the past that he opposes same-sex marriage.  Trump's views are not yet known on other aspects of the [[homosexual agenda]], such as whether Trump would ban [[conversion therapy]] for minors as [[Chris Christie]] did.  The [[Fox News Channel]] debate in August avoided these issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Immigration====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Immigration and border security}}&lt;br /&gt;
See the discussion in the introduction above.  This is Trump's main campaign issue.&lt;br /&gt;
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A central part of his immigration plan is to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico. Trump estimates it will cost $8 billion, approximately 35 to 40 feet high and stretch 2000 miles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/09/donald-trump-the-wall-is-probably-8-billion Trump Border Wall]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the campaign, Trump promised that Mexico will pay for the wall, but after taking office, he clarified that payment could be in the form of a tax on Mexican imports or other revenues measures after the Mexican government showed opposition towards Trump's plan.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has also proposed to temporarily ban [[Muslims]] from entering the United States, until &amp;quot;our leaders figure out what the hell is going on,&amp;quot; in order to protect Americans from the threats posed by [[Islamic]] [[refugee]]s (and those pretending to be&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/isis-fighters-infiltrating-syrian-refugees-uk-is-warned/article/2572051 ISIS fighters infiltrating Syrian refugees, UK is warned]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) entering the country.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/donald-trump-insists-muslim-ban-is-about-safety-not-religion Donald Trump Insists Muslim Ban Is About Safety, Not Religion]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Efforts have been made by hostile journalists to paint Trump as advocating a [[Muslim registry]], but what he actually proposed was a [[database for Syrian refugees]].&lt;br /&gt;
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He has been criticized for his substantial contributions to Democrat lawmakers; the majority of those lawmakers are located in the states he resides in: New York and Florida. The amount he has donated since 2008 is $25,000, which is insignificant considering his wealth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allin, Olivia (April 30, 2011).  [http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Donald-Trump-calls-nations-leaders-stupid-people-and-blood-sucking-politicians/8104644 &amp;quot;OTRC: Donald Trump calls nation's leaders 'stupid people' and 'blood-sucking politicians'&amp;quot;].  OnTheRedCarpet [news].  Retrieved from ABC7 [KABC Television, Los Angeles] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump is not known to be beholden to any big-money donors.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Tariffs====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Trade policy}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|Trump accepting the GOP nomination in Cleveland on June 21, 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, he stated that he supports a 25% tariff on Chinese goods.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt; The number floated around in 2016 is a 45% tariff. Trump was speaking in regards to China and the [[World Trade Organization]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-finance-ministerlou-jiwei-takes-aim-at-donald-trumps-trade-policies-1460892988 Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei Takes Aim at Donald Trump’s Trade Policies, WallStreetJournal, April 17, 2016]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{cquote|In a statement from his campaign, Mr. Trump charged that [[China]] was “in total violation of WTO regulations” and that the U.S. “has incompetently allowed them to get away with this” and has failed to impose “equal or greater taxes and tariffs” on China. If he is elected president, Mr. Trump said, China “will learn to deal fairly and justly or we will not deal at all” with Beijing.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vaccines====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump believes that [[vaccines]] cause [[autism]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ferris, Sarah (September 16, 2015).  [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/253980-trump-links-vaccines-to-autism-epidemic &amp;quot;Trump links vaccines to autism 'epidemic'&amp;quot;].  The Hill website/Policy/Healthcare.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and has argued against requiring that so many vaccines be given to infants.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump believes that the government has the right to take [[private property]] upon paying just compensation for both infrastructure and to promote economic development.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: The courts}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump opposed filling the Supreme Court seat held by [[Antonin Scalia]] before the next President takes office. When asked who he might select to the Supreme Court, he said that his sister, a sitting federal court judge, would make a great Supreme Court justice.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/sfothrfaqegbnvj/suvw/p2/corner/423196/trump-praises-his-sister-pro-abortion-extremist-judge-ramesh-ponnuru|title=Trump Praises His Sister, a Pro-Abortion Extremist Judge|date=Aug 27, 2015|accessdate=February 21, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Hillary Clinton===&lt;br /&gt;
Trump had pledged, if elected president, to appoint a special prosecutor to further investigate [[Hillary Clinton]]'s use of a private email server whilst Secretary of State, but Hillary took her crushing defeat so hard that Trump charitably softened his stance after winning.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-investigation.html Donald Trump Drops Threat of New Hillary Clinton Investigation] New York Times - Nov. 22, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; A few of Trump supporters, such as [[Ann Coulter]] and [[Breitbart]], expressed disappointment but Trump rose in overall public approval.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.newsmax.com/Politics/ann-coulter-slams-trump-clinton/2016/11/22/id/760220/ Ann Coulter Slams Trump's Decision on Clinton] Newsmax.com - Nov. 22, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/11/23/peter-schweizer-letting-hillary-off-hook-definition-rigged-system/ Peter Schweizer: Letting Hillary off the Hook Is ‘Definition of a Rigged System’] Breitbart.com - Nov. 23, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==2016 presidential election==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump (29273256122) Phoenix.jpg|thumb|250px|Donald Trump on August 31, 2016.]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|2016 U.S. presidential election|Donald Trump achievements: 2016 election and transition}}&lt;br /&gt;
===Path to the Nomination===&lt;br /&gt;
In the 2015 [[Value Voters Debate|Value Voters]] poll, Trump performed poorly, coming in fifth, indicating many [[Christian]] [[conservatives]] had not yet warmed up to him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Flores, Reena (September 26, 2015).  [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-conservative-poll-donald-trump-could-not-win/ &amp;quot;The conservative poll Donald Trump could not win&amp;quot;].  CBSNews website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Trump is a big supporter of [[gambling]], which most Christians, other religious groups, and [[conservatives]] oppose.  But by 2016 Trump was winning more support from [[evangelical]]s than any other Republican candidate.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump won the Republican primary, receiving more votes than any other Republican primary candidate in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hoft, Joe (June 7, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/06/trump-trumps-wins-historic-race-record-fashion/ HISTORY! Trump Shatters Republican Primary Vote Record by 1.4 Million Votes]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===General election===&lt;br /&gt;
Trump faced former liberal Democrat Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]] in the general election. Trump's campaign was vastly outspent, outraised, and out-staffed by Clinton's.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/10/more-with-less-trumps-lean-machine-beats-clintons-big-bank-account.html More With Less: Trump's lean machine beats Clinton's big bank account]. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The [[mainstream media]] was extremely biased against and unfair towards Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (November 11, 2016). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/11/media-remain-hostile-to-donald-trump-even-as-some-pundits-admit-blew-it.html Media remain hostile to Donald Trump even as some pundits admit they blew it]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.billoreilly.com/b/Media-Bias-to-the-Extreme/39285014073786148.html Media Bias to the Extreme]. ''BillOReilly.com''. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; According to a study, 91% of the media coverage concerning Trump was negative and 96% of campaign contributions from the media went to Clinton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bedard, Paul (March 19, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/anti-trump-media-91-coverage-negative-96-of-donations-to-hillary/article/2617828 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/anti-trump-media-91-coverage-negative-96-of-donations-to-hillary/article/2617828]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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It was widely expected that Clinton would easily win the election, and the elite pollsters and &amp;quot;political insiders&amp;quot; all predicted a massive Clinton victory.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Vogel, Kenneth P. &amp;amp; Isenstadt, Alex (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/how-did-everyone-get-2016-wrong-presidential-election-231036 How did everyone get it so wrong?]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Catanese, David (October 24, 2016). [https://www.usnews.com/news/the-run-2016/articles/2016-10-24/republicans-last-hope-the-polls-are-wrong Republicans’ Last Hope: The Polls Are Wrong]. ''U.S. News &amp;amp; World Report''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At least once, when a poll was released that actually showed Trump leading, Clinton's campaign dismissed it as &amp;quot;bad polling&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nelson, Louis (November 1, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/clinton-campaign-bad-poll-abc-washington-post-230591 Clinton camp on new survey showing Trump ahead: It’s ‘bad polling’]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Instead, Trump won the election in a massive, historical upset, winning even states such as [[Pennsylvania]], [[Michigan]], and [[Wisconsin]], which a Republican had not won for 20–30 years.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/08/first-polls-close-in-2016-race-trump-projected-to-win-ind-ky-clinton-wins-vt.html Trump wins presidency, defeats Clinton in historic election upset]. ''Fox News''. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Blake, Aaron (November 9, 2016). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/08/donald-trumps-path-to-victory-is-suddenly-looking-much-much-wider/ Donald Trump just blew up the electoral map]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The predictions were off the mark dramatically.  The actual polls themselves were broadly correct showing Clinton leading over Trump by about 2%.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.redstate.com/jaycaruso/2017/07/16/latest-job-approval-poll-president-trump-awful]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  However Trump 'flipped' key districts and states smashing Clinton's so-called 'Blue firewall'.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Flint, Joe &amp;amp; Alpert, Lukas I. (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/bad-polling-in-hand-media-misses-mark-badly-with-election-predictions-1478710860 How the Media’s Election Predictions Badly Missed the Mark]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump's election victory was described by ''[[Politico]]'' as &amp;quot;the most stunning upset in American history.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Goldmacher, Shane &amp;amp; Schreckinger, Ben (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/election-results-2016-clinton-trump-231070?lo=ap_c1 Trump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. history]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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While the GOP increased its vote share across the entire nation, Trump made the largest gains in the rural [[Midwest]] and [[Rust Belt]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/how-trump-pushed-the-election-map-to-the-right.html How Trump Reshaped the Election Map]. ''The New York Times''. November 9, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Although Clinton won the popular vote 65,515,369 (48.05%) to 62,853,327 (46.09%), according to unofficial results, the large vote totals came from states which have resisted voter identification reforms.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.inquisitr.com/3719036/3-million-illegal-immigrants-voted-gregg-phillips-votestand-donald-trump-final-popular-vote-count-2016-predictions/ 3 Million Illegal Immigrants Voted, Claims Gregg Phillips Of VoteStand: Donald Trump’s Final Popular Vote Count Alleged To Be Better Than 2016 Predictions], Patrick Frye, ''The Inquisitr'', November 15, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Dr. Robert Epstein of the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology testified before Congress that [[Google]] bias and meddling had shifted &amp;quot;between 2.6 million and up to 10.4 million votes&amp;quot; to Hillary Clinton.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/08/psychologist-google-generated-at-least-2-6-million-votes-for-hillary.php&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump won the [[electoral college]] vote, 306 to 232, with the incomplete vote count reported.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://server5.kproxy.com/servlet/redirect.srv/sruj/swxn/sjkl/p2/election/results|title=Election Results|accessdate=Nov. 12, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump won more votes in the general election than any Republican candidate in U.S. history, and he won the largest number of electoral votes since [[George H. W. Bush]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hoft, Jim (November 22, 2016). [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/trump-breaks-record-votes-republican-candidate-history/ Trump Breaks Record for Most Votes by Republican Candidate in History]. ''The Gateway Pundit''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In addition, Trump won 2,623 counties—the largest number for both a Republican or Democrat since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984—while the Democrats won only 489, something even the liberal [[PolitiFact]] admitted to be true.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jacobson, Louis (December 4, 2016). [https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/dec/04/mike-pence/mike-pence-says-donald-trump-won-most-counties-rep/ Mike Pence says Donald Trump won most counties by a Republican since Ronald Reagan]. ''PolitiFact''. Retrieved December 4, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Geographically speaking, Trump accordingly won 85 percent of the nation&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wallace, Tim (November 16, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/16/us/politics/the-two-americas-of-2016.html?_r=0 The Two Americas of 2016]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 61 percent of the states (including Maine's 2nd district). With the historic flip of Elliott County, Kentucky, every rural, white-majority Southern county voted for the Republican nominee for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Simon, Jeff (December 9, 2016). [https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/elliott-county-kentucky-democratic-streak-broken-by-donald-trump/index.html How Trump ended Democrats' 144-year winning streak in one county]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 15, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to exit polling, Trump won 81 percent of evangelical Christians compared to 16 percent for Clinton, a record high and even more than [[George W. Bush]] won in 2004,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;townhall.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;wsj.com&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; even though some have disputed the accuracy of such exit polling methods.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Showalter, Brandon (November 16, 2016). [http://www.christianpost.com/news/81-percent-evangelicals-vote-trump-eric-teetsel-joe-carter-171542/ Did 81 Percent of Evangelicals Really Vote for Trump? Not So Fast, Some Say]. ''The Christian Post''. Retrieved December 8, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This is largely due to Trump's conservative policies that align well with the Bible, including opposition to abortion.&lt;br /&gt;
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While liberal, establishmentarian world leaders made generally nuanced statements in response to Trump's election upset, conservative, right-wing leaders, including the leaders of insurgent parties in European nations, reacted positively to Trump's election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ashkenas, Jeremy; Aisch, Gregor (December 5, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/05/world/europe/populism-in-age-of-trump.html?_r=0 European Populism in the Age of Donald Trump]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition to Trump's defeat of Clinton, the Republican Party kept control of the House and Senate, outperforming expectations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bresnahan, John (November 9, 2016). [https://www.politico.eu/article/republicans-on-cusp-of-keeping-the-senate/ Republicans hold the Senate in a stunner]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hughes, Siobhan (November 9, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-are-confident-about-retaining-control-of-the-house-1478634160 Democrats Gain Seats in House, But GOP Retains Majority]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The Republican Party performed well—much better than expected—in state races, winning trifectas in [[Kentucky]], [[Iowa]], [[Missouri]], and [[New Hampshire]], and Democrats only had six trifectas and total control in five states, a record low.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Greenblatt, Alan (November 9, 2016). [http://www.governing.com/topics/elections/gov-republicans-add-dominance-state-legislatures.html Republicans Add to Their Dominance of State Legislatures]. ''Governing''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Siegel, Josh (November 9, 2016). [http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/09/republicans-maintain-strong-control-of-state-capitols-what-that-means/ Republicans Maintain Strong Control of State Capitols. Here’s What That Means.] ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The GOP won 25 trifectas, the largest since 1952.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lieb, David A. (December 29, 2016). [https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20161229/281822873464433 GOP-Controlled States Aim to Reshape Laws]. ''Chicago Tribune'' (from the Associated Press). Retrieved December 30, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The GOP now controlled the highest amount of governorships since 1922,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lieb, David A. (November 9, 2016). [https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-11-09/republicans-expand-control-of-governorships-legislatures Republicans governorships rise to highest mark since 1922]. ''U.S. News &amp;amp; World Report''. Retrieved November 9, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and it controlled the most state legislative chambers in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bosman, Julie &amp;amp; Davey, Monica (November 11, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/12/us/republicans-expand-control-in-a-deeply-divided-nation.html Republicans Expand Control in a Deeply Divided Nation]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 14, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite expectations that Trump's election victory would cause the markets to plunge, the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] actually performed very strongly, closing at the highest level it had ever reached in history after the second day.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MarketRally&amp;quot;&amp;gt;La Monica, Paul R. (November 10, 2016). [https://money.cnn.com/2016/11/10/investing/markets-stocks-donald-trump-rally/index.html The 'yuge' Donald Trump market rally continues]. ''CNN Money''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is rare for the stock market to rise immediately after a U.S. presidential election regardless of the winner.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;MarketRally&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; The stock market had its best week in five years due to optimism of a Trump presidency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Craig, Victoria (November 11, 2016). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/11/11/trump-optimism-propels-dow-to-best-week-in-five-years.html Trump Optimism Propels Dow to Best Week in Five Years]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved November 12, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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After the election, childish [[leftists]] and [[anarchists]], who could not accept the results of the election, strongly protested Trump's victory and committed outrageous and extreme acts of vandalism and violence,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Protests&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Chiaramonte, Perry (November 10, 2016). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/trump-protests-intensify-as-doubts-swirl-about-spontaneity.html Trump protests intensify, as doubts swirl about spontaneity]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; even brutally attacking and beating at least one alleged Trump supporter.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/10/video-emerges-group-beating-chicago-man-while-yelling-dont-vote-trump.html Video emerges of mob beating Chicago man while yelling 'don't vote Trump']. ''Fox News''. November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Many of these protests were likely organized and coordinated, as many protestors were bused in by Coach buses.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Protests&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; This occurred on the heels of Hillary Clinton, the Clinton campaign, and major mainstream media condemning in the harshest terms Trump and his supporters' complaints of a &amp;quot;rigged election,&amp;quot; and failure to accept the results would damage democracy. Clinton, President Obama, and the media highlighted the protests and failed to condemn the leftist violence and protests as detrimental to democracy.&lt;br /&gt;
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==2020 presidential election==&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|2016 U.S. presidential election|Donald Trump achievements|Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign|United States presidential election, 2020}}&lt;br /&gt;
As an incumbent with a strong economy, Donald Trump was favored to win the 2020 U.S. presidential election. However, Democrats, through the use of [[voter fraud]], stole the election from Donald Trump and gave it to Joe Biden illegally. (see [[Biden Putsch]])&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Donald Trump on Joe Biden's age and his aging ===&lt;br /&gt;
''See also:'' [[Biden's age]] and [[Donald Trump's age]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Nate Silver of ''FiveThirtyEight'' wrote about Bidens's age:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|A lot of rank-and-file voters do have concerns about Biden’s age. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll in February found that 62 percent of voters had reservations about voting for someone aged 75 or older. [https://news.gallup.com/poll/254120/less-half-vote-socialist-president.aspx Other polls] have also shown advanced age to be a concern among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-bidens-opponents-being-too-coy-in-making-age-an-issue/ Voters Care About Biden’s Age — Not About His Gaffes] by Nate Silver,''FiveThirtyEight''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump has called Joe Biden &amp;quot;sleepy&amp;quot; and said that &amp;quot;he looks different than he used to, he acts different than he used to, he’s even slower than he used to be&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/joe-biden-age-2020/593350/ Is Joe Biden ‘Too Old’?] EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE, ''The Atlantic''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; See also: [[Biden's age]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The ''[[New York Times]]'' stated:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Meeting with a group of union officials in the West Wing this year, the president appealed for their support in part by tapping on his head and saying, “Biden is losing it,” according to a participant in the meeting who disclosed the president’s comment on condition of anonymity.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/us/politics/joe-biden-age.html Why Joe Biden’s Age Worries Some Democratic Allies and Voters], ''New York Times''&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==President of the United States==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump at his desk, December 2018.png|thumb|250px|President Trump sitting at his desk in the [[Oval Office]], December 21, 2018]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements}}&lt;br /&gt;
===Transition===&lt;br /&gt;
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The day after being elected president, Trump released a solidly conservative agenda for his first 100 days in office, even though ending the [[abortion|legalized murder of the unborn]] was not on the agenda.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kelly, Amita &amp;amp; Sprunt, Barbara (November 9, 2016). [https://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trump-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days]. ''NPR''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On November 30, 2016, before Trump had finalized all his cabinet appointments, it was still described by Politico as &amp;quot;a conservative dream team that has Republicans cheering and liberals in despair&amp;quot; due to the many strong conservatives Trump had appointed, in contrast to moderates like [[George W. Bush]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Restuccia, Andrew; Cook, Nancy; Woellert, Lorraine (November 30, 2016). [https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-conservative-dream-team-231972 Trump's conservative dream team]. ''Politico''. Retrieved November 30, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/30/politico-donald-trump-cabinet-conservative-dream-team/ Politico: Donald Trump’s Cabinet a ‘Conservative Dream Team’]. ''Breitbart News''. November 30, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Accordingly, ''[[Newsweek]]'' called Trump's incomplete cabinet the most conservative cabinet in U.S. history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cooper, Matthew (December 9, 2016). [http://www.newsweek.com/trump-cabinet-picks-nominees-conservative-530477 Donald Trump Is Building the Most Conservative Presidential Cabinet In U.S. History]. ''Newsweek''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ''[[The Washington Times]]'' noted how Trump was defying Washington establishment norms in his cabinet picks.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hurt, Charles (December 6, 2016). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/donald-trumps-cabinet-picks-define-business-as-not/ Trump defines business as not-usual for D.C.] ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved December 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' stated that &amp;quot;it’s nearly impossible to identify a clear ideological bent&amp;quot; in Trump's appointments.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Seib, Gerald (December 5, 2016). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-shuffles-the-ideological-deck-1480955194 Donald Trump Shuffles the Ideological Deck]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved December 5, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, this can be easily explained by the fact that Trump has used some of his cabinet nominations to unite the GOP by appealing to most of its factions, even though Trump's appointments are still very conservative.&lt;br /&gt;
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During the transition period, the Obama Administration engaged in surveillance and information-gathering of Trump, in order to investigate any [[Trump-Russia scandal|alleged ties to Russia]]. This was confirmed by GOP U.S. Representative [[Devin Nunes]] on March 22, 2017,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Derespina, Cody (March 23, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/trump-basks-in-nunes-surveillance-news-so-that-means-im-right.html Trump basks in Nunes surveillance news: 'So that means I'm right']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and by [[Evelyn Farkas]], the deputy assistant secretary of defense under Obama, on March 29, 2017.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/29/former-obama-official-discloses-rush-to-get-intelligence-on-trump-team.html Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team]. ''Fox News''. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Poor, Jeff (March 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/29/fmr-obama-official-reveals-pre-inauguration-effort-to-gather-intel-on-incoming-trump-team/ Fmr Obama Official Reveals Pre-Inauguration Effort to Gather Intel on Incoming Trump Team]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Inauguration===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trumpswearing in.jpg|thumb|200px|Trump being sworn in, January 20, 2017.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, giving one of the strongest inauguration addresses in American history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Boyle, Matthew (January 20, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/20/america-first-president-donald-trump-brings-the-rain-in-inauguration-address/ ‘America First’: President Donald Trump Brings the Rain in Inauguration Address]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McCaskill, Nolan D. (January 20, 2017). [https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/key-points-of-trumps-inaugural-speech-233900 Key moments from Trump's inauguration speech]. ''Politico''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Scott, Patrick; Midgley, Robert (January 20, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/donald-trump-just-delivered-american-inauguration-speech-ever/ Donald Trump just delivered the most 'American' inauguration speech ever]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His first bill signed as president was to allow retired general and Defense Secretary nominee [[James Mattis]] to be confirmed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kopan, Tal (January 20, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-first-law-actions/ President Donald Trump signs first bill into law]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same day, Trump instituted a national day of patriotism,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-measures-idUSKBN1542IH Trump takes first actions on Cabinet, declares day of patriotism: spokesman]. ''Reuters''. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a few days later Trump officially designated his inauguration day the '''''National Day of Patriotic Devotion'''''.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/24/2017-01798/national-day-of-patriotic-devotion National Day of Patriotic Devotion -- Proclamation 9570 of January 20, 2017]. ''Federal Register''. January 24, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shelbourne, Mallory (January 23, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315735-trump-declares-inauguration-day-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315735-trump-declares-inauguration-day-national-day-of-patriotic-devotion]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite the fact that leftists knew for two months that Trump would be inaugurated president, hateful, anti-American, and immature leftists engaged in violent protests and did major acts of vandalism and even injuring the police who were sent in.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Vargas, Theresa; Hartz, Taylor; Hermann, Peter (January 20, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-bring-shouts-skirmishes-and-shutdowns-to-inauguration-celebration/2017/01/20/00ea4c72-df11-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html?utm_term=.c4443fa64f5a Inauguration protesters vandalize, set fires, try to disrupt Trump’s oath, as police arrest 200]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LimoFire&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Lawler, David (January 20, 2017). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/anti-donald-trump-activists-try-block-access-inauguration/ Donald Trump protests: Limo 'set on fire' and 217 arrested as police use tear gas on black-clad activists]. ''The Telegraph''. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; At least 217 protesters were arrested.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;LimoFire&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Weber, Joseph (January 20, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/20/trump-supporters-protesters-rally-before-sunrise-on-inauguration-day.html Hundreds of protesters arrested in Inauguration Day clashes]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Noble, Andrea; McDermott, Ryan M. (January 20, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/20/donald-trump-inauguration-protests-begin-turn-viol/ D.C. police report 217 arrested during Inauguration Day riots]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite having no power to block Trump's cabinet nominees and having no reason to delay the process,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Pergram, Chad (January 20, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/20/senate-battle-erupts-over-dem-delay-confirming-trump-nominees.html Senate battle erupts over Dem 'delay' confirming Trump nominees]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; liberal Senate Democrats delayed confirmation of Trump's nominees, so that only two were confirmed on Trump's first day in office.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dinan, Stephen (January 22, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/22/trumps-cabinet-picks-delayed-by-democrats-only-two/? Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks delayed by Democrats, only two confirmed]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This was a large difference from other recent presidents,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Phillips, Amber (January 21, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/20/donald-trump-will-start-his-presidency-with-the-smallest-confirmed-cabinet-in-decades/?utm_term=.9d7692169687 Donald Trump is starting his presidency with the smallest confirmed Cabinet in decades]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved Janaury 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; who, with the exception of [[George H. W. Bush]], had much larger numbers confirmed in the first week.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Bluey, Robert (January 22, 2017). [http://dailysignal.com/2017/01/22/trumps-nominees-face-unprecedented-democrat-obstructionism/ Trump’s Nominees Face ‘Unprecedented’ Democrat Obstructionism]. ''The Daily Signal''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Tenure===&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump's major achievements}}&lt;br /&gt;
Due to his promotion and support of conservative, America First policies, President Trump faced large opposition from the Left, including from within the government bureaucracy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (January 1, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/trump-faces-bureaucratic-battle-in-implementing-agenda.html Trump faces bureaucratic battle in implementing agenda]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (February 3, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/03/empire-strikes-back-why-trumps-private-talks-with-foreign-leaders-were-leaked.html The empire strikes back: Why Trump's private talks with foreign leaders were leaked]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 3, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; (The fact that members of the Deep State have grown visibly scared of reports stating such confirms this view;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2017/03/22/politico-obama-admin-bureaucrats-panicked-by-breitbart-spotlight-dont-question-our-loyalty/ POLITICO: Obama Admin Bureaucrats ‘Panicked’ by Breitbart Spotlight: Don’t Question Our Loyalty!] ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 22, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in May 2017, it was reported that 60% of [[National Security Council]] employees were Obama-Administration holdovers&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Wong, Kristina (May 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/17/trump-under-siege-more-than-60-percent-of-nsc-employees-placed-by-obama/ Trump Under Siege: More than 60 Percent of NSC Employees Placed by Obama]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 18, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) Additionally, Senate Democrats continued to unduly delay Trump's cabinet nominees at historic and unprecedented proportions—by February 8, 2017, only [[George Washington]] had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed by this length of time into his presidency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (February 8, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/08/trump-facing-historic-delays-in-confirmation-push.html Trump facing historic delays in confirmation push]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 8, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On January 23, 2017, Trump signed an order which withdrew the United States from the globalist [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chakraborty, Barnini (January 23, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/23/trump-signs-executive-order-withdrawing-us-from-tpp-trade-deal.html Trump signs executive order withdrawing US from TPP trade deal]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same day, Trump signed an order reinstating the [[Mexico City Policy]], which defunded International Planned Parenthood and other organizations that promote foreign abortions.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;LaBarbera, Peter (January 23, 2017). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-trump-signs-order-defunding-international-planned-parenthood-forei BREAKING: Trump signs order defunding International Planned Parenthood, foreign abortions]. ''LifeSite News''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hellman, Jessie (January 23, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/abortion/315652-trump-signs-executive-order-reinstating-global-gag-rule-on Trump reinstates ban on US funds promoting abortion overseas]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved January 23, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump was very busy and productive in his first week and showed he was serious about his campaign promises, undoing Obama's illegitimate legacy and instituting conservative executive orders.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Davenport, David (January 27, 2017). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddavenport/2017/01/27/how-trump-managed-to-undo-obamas-legacy-in-one-week/#3ae6bcba5bbf How Trump Managed To Undo Obama's Legacy In One Week]. ''Forbes''. Retrieved January 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Said-Moorhouse, Lauren (January 26, 2017). [https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/26/politics/executive-orders-presidents-actions-presidential-memoranda/ What's Trump done so far? His productive first week and how it stacks up to previous presidents]. ''CNN''. Retrieved January 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/28/president-trumps-first-week-action President Trump's First Week of Action]. ''whitehouse.gov''. January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 28, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This caused the [[stock market]] to increase, and the [[Dow Jones]] passed 20,000 points for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Imbert, Fred (January 25, 2017). [https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/us-markets.html Dow closes above 20,000 for first time as Trump orders send stocks flying]. ''CNBC''. Retrieved January 25, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Craig, Victoria (January 25, 2017). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/01/25/dow-races-past-20k-in-reinvigorated-trump-rally.html Dow Races Past 20K in Reinvigorated Trump Rally]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved January 25, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On March 1, 2017, the day after Trump made his first address to a joint-session of Congress, the stock market rose dramatically again, with the Dow Jones passing the 21,000 mark for the first time in history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Witkowski, Wallace; Mahmudova, Anora (March 1, 2017). [https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-stocks-set-to-resume-rally-on-fed-rate-hike-hopes-trump-relief-2017-03-01 Dow closes above 21,000 as stocks soar after Trump speech]. ''MarketWatch''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Holcomb, John (March 1, 2017). [https://townhall.com/tipsheet/justinholcomb/2017/03/01/stock-market-booms-past-21000-for-the-first-time-in-history-n2292388 The Trump Bump: Stock Market Hits 21,000 for the First Time in History]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;DeSoto, Randy (March 1, 2017). [http://www.westernjournalism.com/stock-market-hits-new-high-follow-trumps-speech-to-congress/ Stock Market Hits New High Following Trump’s Speech To Congress]. ''Western Journalism''. Retrieved March 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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As evidence of this intense [[mainstream media]] opposition to President Trump, a study published close to the 100th-day mark of Trump's presidency showed that 89% of media coverage regarding Trump was negative.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Harper, Jennifer (April 19, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/19/donald-trump-media-coverage-is-89-percent-negative/ As first 100 days in office approaches, media coverage of Trump is 89% negative: Study]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved April 20, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* Noyes, Rich; Ciandella, Mike (April 19, 2017). [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2017/04/18/honeymoon-hell-liberal-media-vs-president-trump Honeymoon from Hell: The Liberal Media vs. President Trump]. ''NewsBusters -- Media Research Center''. Retrieved April 21, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Additionally, Trump was on track to become the most mocked president on late-night comedy TV in at least 25 years.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/05/04/study-trump-track-mocked-president-late-night-25-years/ Study: Trump On Track to Be Most Mocked President on Late-Night TV in 25 Years]. ''Breitbart News''. May 4, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On April 26, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security, acting under an executive order established by President Trump, established the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), created to help support victims of illegal immigrant crime, and it established the DHS-Victim Information and Notification Exchange, which was created to help those victims track the custody status of the illegal criminals.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Singman, Brooke (April 26, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/26/dhs-announces-office-for-victims-illegal-immigrant-crime.html DHS announces office for victims of illegal immigrant crime]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* McHugh, Katie (April 26, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/26/dhs-kelly-voice-victims-illegal-alien-criminals/ DHS Kelly Creates VOICE For Many Victims of Illegal Alien Criminals]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
* McHugh, Katie (April 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/25/dhs-unveil-voice-office-victims-illegal-alien-crime/ DHS to Unveil VOICE Office for Victims of Illegal Alien Crime]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 26, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, leftists took to pranking the phone line created, showing disrespect to the victims of illegal immigration.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (April 27, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/27/ice-rips-pranksters-jamming-hotline-to-report-space-aliens.html ICE rips pranksters jamming hotline to report space aliens]. '' Fox News''. Retrieved April 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] described President Trump as being very authentic – the way he acts in public is like how he does in private.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Yilek, Caitlin (August 31, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-trump-is-surprisingly-authentic/article/2633107 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Trump is surprisingly 'authentic']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved August 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Immigration, illegal immigration, and border security}}&lt;br /&gt;
Trump received criticism from liberals and [[establishment]] Republicans&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McHugh, Katie (January 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/31/establishment-republicans-bash-trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-refugee-resettlement/ Establishment Republicans Bash Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration, Refugee Resettlement]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; when he signed an executive order temporarily banning immigration from certain high-risk Islamic countries as well as refugee entry. Despite this criticism, 49 percent of the American public supported the decision compared to 41 percent opposed, according to the &amp;quot;mainstream&amp;quot; Reuters,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kahn, Chris (January 31, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN15F2MG Exclusive: Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them more safe]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and 57% percent of likely American voters supported the ban according to Rasmussen.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/january_2017/most_support_temporary_ban_on_newcomers_from_terrorist_havens Most Support Temporary Ban on Newcomers from Terrorist Havens].'' January 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Additionally, while the leftist [[establishment]] European leaders opposed the ban, a strong majority—55% average—of Europeans support the ban, according to a poll in 10 [[European Union]] nations.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Shaw, Adam (February 9, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/09/majority-europeans-in-favor-trump-style-muslim-ban-poll-shows.html Majority of Europeans in favor of a Trump-style Muslim ban, poll shows]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jamieson, Alastair (February 8, 2017). [https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/europes-border-crisis/majority-leading-eu-nations-support-trump-style-travel-ban-poll-n718271 Majority in Leading EU Nations Support Trump-Style Travel Ban: Poll]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On March 6, 2017, Trump signed a second executive order concerning the temporary suspension of refugees and others from certain high-risk countries after the first one was blocked by the courts. The second order made some clarifications and minor improvements over the first, such as exempting green card holders from the ban and excluding [[Iraq]] from it as it had developed an acceptable vetting process.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Munro, Neil (March 6, 2016). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/06/trump-new-refugees-executive-pushes-back-judges/ Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Travel from Six Terror-Tied Countries]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chakraborty, Barnini (March 6, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/06/trump-signs-new-immigration-order-narrows-scope-travel-ban.html Trump signs new immigration order, narrows scope of travel ban]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 6, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump showed he would not tolerate incompetent leftist administration officials when he fired acting [[United States Department of Justice|Attorney General]] [[Sally Yates]] (a left-wing Obama holdover) when she refused to defend his refugee and immigration ban executive order.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/30/acting-ag-tells-justice-department-staff-not-to-defend-trumps-refugee-order.html Trump fires acting AG after Justice Department staff told not to defend refugee order]. ''Fox News''. January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/30/statement-appointment-dana-boente-acting-attorney-general Statement on the Appointment of Dana Boente as Acting Attorney General]. ''whitehouse.gov''. January 30, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump emulated [[Ronald Reagan]]'s firing of the striking PATCO workers in 1981 by doing so,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Boyle, Matthew (January 30, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/30/trumps-patco-moment-emanating-reagan-president-takes-control-federal-government-protect-country-citizens/ Trump’s PATCO Moment: Emanating Reagan, the President Takes Control of Federal Government to ‘Protect the Country and Its Citizens’]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; contrary to the [[mainstream media]] spin.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Kurtz, Howard (February 1, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/01/trumps-firing-defiant-obama-holdover-why-hes-no-richard-nixon.html Trump's firing of a defiant Obama holdover: Why he's no Richard Nixon]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; That same night, Trump replaced the acting director of [[Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (another Obama holdover) with a more competent official who had a reputation for enforcing immigration laws.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chamberlain, Samuel (January 31, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/trump-names-thomas-homan-acting-director-ice-replacing-obama-holdover.html Trump names Thomas Homan acting director of ICE, replacing Obama holdover]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Berman, Mark; Zapotosky, Matt (January 30, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/30/trump-appoints-new-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-director-noted-for-his-work-deporting-illegal-immigrants/?utm_term=.addf12ae690a Trump appoints new Immigration and Customs Enforcement director noted for his work deporting illegal immigrants]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Reducing regulations and government====&lt;br /&gt;
:''For more information, see [[Donald Trump achievements: Deregulation and government size]]''&lt;br /&gt;
In the first six weeks of Trump's presidency, over 90 regulations were repealed, whether through executive orders, Acts of Congress, or other means.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Farand, Chloe (March 6, 2017). [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-federal-state-regulations-month-oval-office-white-house-us-president-deregulate-a7614031.html Donald Trump disassembles 90 federal state regulations in just over a month in White House]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved March 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3480299-10-Examples-Industries-Push-Followed-by-Trump.html#document/p60/a341284 Trump-Era Trend: Industries Protest. Regulations Rolled Back. A Dozen Examples]. ''The New York Times'' (through ''DocumentCloud''). Retrieved March 7, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump also signed numerous executive actions promoting a smaller government.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Supreme Court====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: The courts|Trump Supreme Court}}&lt;br /&gt;
On January 31, 2017, Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Klukowski, Ken (January 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/31/trump-nominates-judge-neil-gorsuch-supreme-court/ Trump Nominates Judge Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hurley, Lawrence; Holland, Steve (January 31, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-trump-idUSKBN15F1OW Trump picks conservative judge Gorsuch for U.S. Supreme Court]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The nomination was well received by many conservatives.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Chamberlain, Steve (January 31, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/31/reaction-to-trumps-supreme-court-pick-split-along-partisan-lines.html Conservatives hail Trump's Supreme Court pick]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ertelt, Steven (January 31, 2017). [https://www.lifenews.com/2017/01/31/president-donald-trump-nominates-pro-life-friendly-judge-neil-gorsuch-to-the-supreme-court/ President Donald Trump Nominates Pro-Life-Friendly Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court]. ''LifeNews.com''. Retrieved January 31, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Others, most notably [[Andrew Schlafly]], disagreed with the nomination due to concerns about Gorsuch's position on abortion.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dannenfelser, Marjorie (January 31, 2017). [https://townhall.com/columnists/marjoriedannenfelser/2017/01/31/the-truth-about-trumps-prolife-scotus-list-n2279232 The Truth about Trump’s Pro-life SCOTUS List]. ''Townhall''. Retrieved February 1, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Template:Mainpageright&amp;amp;diff=1302133&amp;amp;oldid=1301962&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Upon the swing justice [[Anthony Kennedy|Anthony Kennedy's]] announcement on June 21, 2018, that he would retire from the Court at the end of the succeeding month, Trump nominated the conservative [[Brett Kavanaugh]] to replace him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mason, Ian (July 9, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/09/trump-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-nominee/ Trump Announces Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court Nominee] ''Breitbart News''.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Public trust====&lt;br /&gt;
According to a poll conducted by [[Emerson College]] on February 5–6, 2017, more Americans trust the Trump Administration than the media.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;McHugh, Katie (February 9, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/09/poll-voters-trust-trump-administration-media/ Poll: Voters Trust Trump Administration More Than Media]. ''Breitbart''. Retrieved February 9, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Economic progress====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Real Disposable Personal Income Per Capita.png|right|350px|thumb|Real Personal Income gains under President Trump beginning from the flat base of President Obama's last year in office.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;''Source: Federal Reserve Board'']]&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Donald Trump achievements: Economic policy and labor}}&lt;br /&gt;
In May 2017, the unemployment rate fell from 4.4% from 4.3%, the lowest since May 2001, as the number of unemployed persons was little changed at 6.9 million and the labor force participation rate fell to 62.7 percent.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate United States Unemployment Rate]. ''tradingeconomics.com''. Retrieved June 14, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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According to a Rasmussen survey, consumer confidence is the second-highest it's been in the index's history. The market cap of the U.S. stock market has risen more than $3 trillion since Mr. Trump was elected. Small-business confidence has surged to a 12-year high.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Books==&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  The Art of the Deal'' with Tony Schwartz (1987)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Surviving at the Top'' with Charles Leerhsen (1990)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  The Art of the Comeback'' with Kate Bohner (1997)&lt;br /&gt;
*''The America We Deserve'' with Dave Shiflett (2000)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  How to Get Rich'' with Meredith McIver (2004)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Think Like a Billionaire:  Everything You Need to Know about Success, Real Estate and Life'' with Meredith McIver (2005)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Why We Want You to Be Rich:  Two Men, One Message'' with Meredith McIver and Robert T. Kiyosaki (2006)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life'' with Bill Zanker (2007)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Trump:  Never Give Up:  How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success'' with Meredith McIver (2008)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Think Like a Champion:  An Informal Education in Business and Life'' with Meredith McIver (2009)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Midas Touch:  Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich—and Why Most Don't'' with Robert T. Kiyosaki (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Time to Get Tough:  Making America #1 Again'' (2011)&lt;br /&gt;
*''Crippled America:  How to Make America Great Again'' (2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Quotes==&lt;br /&gt;
===Quotes as U.S. President===&lt;br /&gt;
====Inaugural address====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;....today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/full-text-donald-trump-inauguration-speech-transcript-233907 Full text: 2017 Donald Trump inauguration speech transcript]. ''Politico''. January 20, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;We assembled here today our issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power, from this day forward: a new vision will govern our land, from this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;[We will] unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the Earth.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;InaugTransc&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2017====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;In America we don’t worship government, we worship God.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Miller, S.A. (May 13, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/13/donald-trump-tells-liberty-university-graduates-we/ Trump at Liberty University: ‘We don’t worship government, we worship God’]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Moons, Michelle (May 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/13/president-donald-trumps-1st-commencement-speech-america-dont-worship-government-worship-god/ President Donald Trump’s First Commencement Speech: ‘In America We Don’t Worship Government, We Worship God’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 13, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I didn’t get elected to serve the Washington media—I got elected to serve the forgotten men and women and that’s exactly what I’m doing.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Spiering, Charlie (May 17, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/05/17/donald-trump-vows-to-fight-on-no-politician-in-history-has-been-treated-worse-or-more-unfairly/ Donald Trump: ‘I Didn’t Get Elected to Serve the Washington Media’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Singman, Brooke (May 17, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/17/trump-takes-on-media-during-coast-guard-commencement-speech.html Trump takes on media during Coast Guard commencement speech]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The problem in Venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented, but that socialism has been faithfully implemented.&amp;quot; (UN speech, September 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The most important truth our Founders understood was this: Freedom is not a gift from government; freedom is a gift from God.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/920474831749025795 @realDonaldTrump], 17 Oct 2017&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Crookston, Paul (October 17, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-freedom-not-gift-government-freedom-gift-god/ Trump: ‘Freedom Is Not a Gift From Government; Freedom Is a Gift From God’]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved October 20, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Quotes from the 2016 campaign for President===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump and Mike Pence RNC July 2016.jpg|thumb|Trump and his running-mate, [[Mike Pence]], at the 2016 Republican National Convention.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's tactics of naming and shaming candidates has been proven very effective. He called Jeb Bush 'low-energy Jeb' and it stuck. Then came Marco Rubio as 'Little Marco.' Next came 'Lyin' Ted' for Ted Cruz. For the Democrats, he calls Hillary Clinton 'Crooked Hillary' and Bernie Sanders &amp;quot;Crazy Bernie.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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*“We will no longer surrender this country or its people to the false song of [[globalism]].”&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I think we have a president who, as a president, is totally incompetent, and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. I think he has no idea what he’s doing. And our country is going to [[hell]].&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://time.com/4210983/republican-debate-barack-obama-incompetent/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I will be the greatest jobs president that [[God]] ever created.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody. Within our military, I will find the General Patton, or I will find General MacArthur, I will find the right guy.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have [[Mexico]] pay for that wall.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://video.foxnews.com/v/4406746003001/watch-a-replay-of-fox-news-prime-time-presidential-debate/?#sp=show-clips&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.google.com/search?q=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&amp;amp;oq=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&amp;amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.8295j0j7&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;es_sm=119&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8 Google search]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Becoming the nominee of the party of [[Abraham Lincoln]] has been the greatest honor of my life.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/294401-trump-claims-party-of-lincoln-mantle-in-speech-at-black&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====General election debate quotes====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Because you would be in jail.&amp;quot; (Trump in response to Clinton saying that it would be a good thing that he &amp;quot;is not in charge of the law in our country&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2ndTranscript&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/2016-presidential-debate-transcript-229519 Full transcript: Second 2016 presidential debate]. ''Politico''. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Now she’s blaming the lie on the late great Abraham Lincoln. ...Honest Abe never lied. That’s the good thing. That's the big difference between Abraham Lincoln and you.&amp;quot; (Trump in response to Clinton's excuse for having &amp;quot;'a public and private position on certain issues.'&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;2ndTranscript&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Hillary has experience, but it’s bad experience.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Goodenough, Patrick (September 27, 2016). [https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/ Trump: 'Hillary Has Experience, But It's Bad Experience']. ''cnsnews.com''. Retrieved November 10, 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Quotes from Twitter===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 2015-09-28-12-11-31-1.png|right|300px|Thumb|Tweet from Billionaire Carl Icahn]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;'''Somebody said I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.'''}} &lt;br /&gt;
Trump's tweets are archived and fully searchable online.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.trumptwitterarchive.com/archive&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Here are some choice examples:&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (August 6, 2012, 1:23 pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/232572505238433794 &amp;quot;An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (November 13, 2012, 12:23pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/268449146711703553 &amp;quot;It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (January 1, 2014, 4:39pm). [https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/418542137899491328 &amp;quot;This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2015====&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;So many 'politically correct' fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!&amp;quot; (August 8, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate&amp;quot; (October 13, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;They laughed at me when I said to bomb the ISIS controlled oil fields. Now they are not laughing and doing what I said.&amp;quot; (November 13, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;President Obama said 'ISIL continues to shrink' in an interview just hours before the horrible attack in Paris. He is just so bad! CHANGE.&amp;quot; (November 14, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Refugees from Syria are now pouring into our great country. Who knows who they are - some could be ISIS. Is our president insane?&amp;quot; (November 17, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Eight Syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the U.S. ISIS maybe? I told you so. WE NEED A BIG &amp;amp; BEAUTIFUL WALL!&amp;quot; (November 19, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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====2016====&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!&amp;quot; (January 3, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!&amp;quot; (February 20, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!&amp;quot; (March 12, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Why is it that the horrendous protesters, who scream, curse punch, shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES,  are never blamed by media? SAD!&amp;quot; (March 20, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Do you all remember how beautiful and safe a place Brussels was. Not anymore, it is from a different world! U.S. must be vigilant and smart!&amp;quot; (March 22, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;For the 1st time in American history, America’s 16,500 border patrol agents have issue[d] a presidential primary endorsement—me! Thank you.&amp;quot; (April 1, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;We are going to say Merry [[Christmas]] again.&amp;quot; (December 2016 in [[Michigan]]).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[Trump: 'We are going to say merry Christmas again'], ''The Hill'', December 13, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====2017====&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Greenwood, Mark (February 17, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/320168-trump-the-media-is-the-enemy-of-the-american-people Trump tweets: The media is the 'enemy of the American people']. ''The Hill''. Retrieved February 27, 2017.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* &amp;quot;Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media &amp;amp; Dems, of historic proportion!&amp;quot; (March 31, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Despite the constant negative press covfefe&amp;quot; (May 31, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;That's right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people!&amp;quot; (June 5, 2017, while the Dept. of Justice was arguing in court that his Executive Order was not a &amp;quot;travel ban&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Fake News is at an all time high. Where is their apology to me for all of the incorrect stories???&amp;quot; (June 13, 2017)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Other quotes===&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;[T]he country is going to hell.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cassidy, Chris (March 19, 2015).  [http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/03/country_is_going_to_hell_claims_donald_trump &amp;quot;'Country is going to hell,' claims Donald Trump&amp;quot;].  BostonHerald.com website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;We have no leader in this country.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Reisner, Hiram (April 22, 2011). [https://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/donaldtrump-karlrove-gop-birther/2011/04/22/id/393742 &amp;quot;Trump: I'd just take Libyan oil&amp;quot;].  NewsMax website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Pierce, Tony (April 29, 2011).  [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/04/donald-trump-in-vegas-our-leaders-are-stupid-they-are-stupid-people.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump in Vegas:  'Our leaders are stupid; they are stupid people'&amp;quot;].  Los Angeles Times website/Top of the Ticket blog.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;I can tell you I am [the 2012 Obama campaign's] worst nightmare.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mooney, Alexander (April 11, 2011). [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/trump-says-he-is-obama-campaigns-worst-nightmare/comment-page-6/ &amp;quot;Trump says he is Obama campaign's worst nightmare&amp;quot;].  Cable News Network website/politicalticker blog.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Obama has no solutions.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Coz, Steve (August 19, 2012).  [https://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-gibbs-fox-obama/2012/08/19/id/449050/ &amp;quot;Trump fires back at Obama campaign smear&amp;quot;].  Newsmax website/Newsfront.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Everything in life is luck.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-election/12107003/Donald-Trump-faces-questions-over-Two-Corinthians.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;[Barack Obama] is probably the least transparent president in the history of the country.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Not teaching your kids about money is like not caring whether they eat.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Telegraph&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Liberal denialism and Donald Trump ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:''See also:'' [[Liberal denialism and Donald Trump]] and [[Liberal denial]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Post the 2016 U.S. presidential election many liberals were in denial that Donald Trump was going to be president of the United States. Before the election, many liberal media outlets took the line that Donald Trump could not win the [[Republican]] primary and could not win the presidential election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/09/the-wrongest-media-predictions-about-donald-trump/?utm_term=.febb2623a89f The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump The wrongest media predictions about Donald Trump], ''Washington Post'', 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Political scientists, denialism and Donald Trump ===&lt;br /&gt;
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{{See also|Atheism and science}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Few, if any, [[Political science|political scientists]] predicted early on that Donald Trump would win the Republican primary and then would subsequently be elected president of the United States. Furthermore, most pollsters indicated that Trump would lose the election. &lt;br /&gt;
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27 percent of American political scientists believe in the existence of God while 76 percent of American doctors said they believe in God.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.livescience.com/379-scientists-belief-god-varies-starkly-discipline.html Scientists belief in God varies starkly by discipline], Livescience.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/8318894/ns/health-health_care/t/survey-most-doctors-believe-god-afterlife/ Most doctors believe in God], NBC News&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;   Most American [[atheism|atheists]] lean to the left politically (see: [[Atheism and politics]]). Compared to [[medical science]], which has many effective medicines and surgical procedures, the social science of political science is often unreliable.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Trump and the mainstream media===&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Mainstream media and Donald Trump}}&lt;br /&gt;
The leftist [[mainstream media]] despises Trump and, under the influence of [[Trump Derangement Syndrome]], refuses to report objectively when covering him.&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Angry secular leftists and Donald Trump ===&lt;br /&gt;
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:''See also:'' [[Donald Trump and American atheists]] and [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]&lt;br /&gt;
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American [[secular left]]ists were extremely angry and upset in the aftermath of Donald Trump's election victory (see: [[Donald Trump and American atheists]]). &lt;br /&gt;
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In certain cases, it became debilitating (see:: [[Secular leftists and psychogenic illness]]). The website Marketwatch reported concerning the aftermath of the 2016 presidential race: ''Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-win-is-causing-a-surge-in-demand-for-mental-health-services-2016-11-10 Trump’s win is causing a surge in demand for mental health services], Marketwatch 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The ''Religion News Service'' reported:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|For the last decade, [[Atheism|atheists]], [[secular humanism|humanists]] and others [[secular]]ists have worked hard to organize a “secular vote” that would counter the political clout of the [[religious right]].&lt;br /&gt;
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President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory dealt that movement a body blow when he garnered 81 percent of the white [[Evangelical Christians|evangelical]] vote and 60 percent of the white [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] vote. [[Mormonism|Mormons]], too, voted overwhelmingly for Trump...&lt;br /&gt;
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[Trump's] platform was seen as anti-secular in many atheist and humanist circles. He said he would appoint religiously conservative Supreme Court justices, ban [[Islam|Muslim]] immigrants, favor [[Christianity]] and repeal the [[Johnson Amendment]], which prohibits certain tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates — issues antithetical to organized atheism and [[humanism]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://religionnews.com/2016/11/09/dealt-a-body-blow-atheists-and-humanists-regroup/ Dealt a body blow, atheists and humanists regroup] by Kimberly Winston, ''Religion News Service'', November 9, 2016&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trump's Social Media Ban ==&lt;br /&gt;
On January 8, 2021, [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]], in violation of the First Amendment and at risk of being put out of business by the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]] and [[U.S. Color Revolution#Executive Order 13848|Executive Order 13848]] due to their [[antitrust]] violations and censorious actions, illegally censored and silenced President Trump on their platforms by permanently suspending his accounts with them.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/breaking-twitter-bans-president-donald-trump-permanently/ BREAKING: Twitter Bans President Donald Trump — PERMANENTLY] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  This was part of co-ordinated collusion between Twitter, Facebook, [[Instagram]], [[Google]] (and its [[YouTube]] subsidiary) and other liberal Big Tech companies to target Trump and his supporters for illegal censorship and silencing of viewpoints and opinions the Left does not like,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/__trashed-15/ Big Tech Launches Massive Coordinated Cyber Attack on 74,000,000 Trump Voters — GOP SILENT] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while simultaneously allowing violent leftist individuals and groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter to have free run of their sites and say and do as they please.  Although not officially confirmed as yet, Fox News host [[Sean Hannity]] later reported that Trump has since moved over to conservative social media website [[Parler]], prompting a wave of new accounts to subsequently open up there.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/report-sean-hannity-says-president-trump-joined-parler/ UPDATE – NOT CONFIRMED: Sean Hannity Says President Trump Has Joined Parler] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Trump’s Website: 45 Office ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{main|45 Office}}&lt;br /&gt;
On March 29, 2021, Trump launched 45 Office.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trump's backed candidates==&lt;br /&gt;
*In May 2022, Trump-backed author [[J.D. Vance]] wins GOP primary for [[Ohio]] Senate seat.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mark Lungariello, [https://nypost.com/2022/05/03/j-d-vance-wins-gop-primary-for-ohio-senate-seat/amp/ Trump-backed author J.D. Vance wins GOP primary for Ohio Senate seat], ''NY Post'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/ohio-primary-results-2022-05-03/ Ohio primary results: Trump-backed J.D. Vance wins Republican Senate race], ''CBS'', May 3, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Annie Linskey and David Weigel, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/03/ohioans-head-polls-senate-primary-tests-trumps-sway/ J.D. Vance, with a Trump boost, clinches Senate GOP primary in Ohio], ''Washington Post'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Ohio primaries tested power of Trump endorsement.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Art Moore, [https://www.wnd.com/2022/05/gop-doubles-democrat-turnout-ohio-despite-roe-leak/ GOP doubles Democrat turnout in Ohio despite Roe leak], ''WND'', May 5, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;[[RNC]] Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel told Breitbart News that Ohio voters &amp;quot;reject Biden's failed agenda of historic inflation, Biden's gas hike, and the crisis at our southern border, and will hold Democrats accountable and vote for Republicans up and down the ballot.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At [[Breitbart]], Nick Gilbertson summed up the May/2022 elections: &amp;quot;Clean sweep: all 22 Trump-backed candidates win primaries in Ohio, Indiana.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/03/22-trump-backed-candidates-win-primaries-ohio-indiana/ Clean Sweep: All 22 Trump-Backed Candidates Win Primaries in Ohio, Indiana], ''Breitbart'', May 3, 2022.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
==2024 campaign==&lt;br /&gt;
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In a Nov 2023, CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-matchup/index.htmlCNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch], ''CNN'', Nov 8, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In Nov 2023, [[Minnesota]] Supreme Court blocked bid to remove Trump from primary ballot in 14th Amendment challenge.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Marshall Cohen, [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/politics/minnesota-14th-amendment-trump/index.html Minnesota Supreme Court blocks bid to remove Trump from primary ballot in 14th Amendment challenge], ''CNN'', November 8, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A Nov 2023 poll showed: voters trust Trump over Biden on Ukraine, Israel and China.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Lauren Irwin, [https://thehill.com/policy/international/4303281-voters-trust-trump-over-biden-on-ukraine-israel-and-china-poll/ Voters trust Trump over Biden on Ukraine, Israel and China: poll], ''The Hill'', Nov 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On the Israel Palestinian Gaza regime Hamas war [[Swords of Iron]], Trump said in Nov  2023, ‘sometimes you have to let things play out’ - against a ceasefire.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Brett Samuels, [https://thehill.com/policy/international/4304401-trump-israel-hamas-war-let-things-play-out/ Trump on Israel-Hamas war: ‘Sometimes you have to let things play out’] ''The Hill'', 11/10/23 &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's Nov 2023 video focused on the october 7th massacre:&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Former US President Donald Trump on Saturday released a new campaign video.&lt;br /&gt;
The video ad builds on the thousands of people, including 31 Americans, killed by Hamas in Israel since October 7, and slams US President Joe Biden's release of billions of dollars in funds to Iran.&lt;br /&gt;
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The campaign video, claims, &amp;quot;Trump played hardball with Iran. Destroyed ISIS. Kept the Middle East at peace. Kept us out of endless wars with strength.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/380118 Trump's new video focuses on the october 7th massacre], ''INN '', 11 Nov 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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On Nov 10, 2023, [[Elise Stefanik]] files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge.{{Cquote|Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed a judicial ethics complaint Friday against the New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s civil fraud trial, claiming the judge has shown “inappropriate bias and judicial intemperance” toward the former president and calling on him to resign.&lt;br /&gt;
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Judge Arthur Engoron has displayed a “clear judicial bias” against Trump and broken “several rules” in the state’s judicial conduct code, Stefanik wrote in a letter to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ella Lee, [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4304049-elise-stefanik-ethics-complaint-trump-fraud-trial-judge/ Elise Stefanik files ethics complaint against Trump fraud trial judge], ''The Hill'',  11/10/23.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In Nov 2023, Trump told [[Argentina]]'s President-elect [[Javier Milei]] he plans to visit Buenos Aires.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Former President Donald Trump has told Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei that he plans to travel to the South American country so the two can meet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/trump-tells-argentinas-president-elect-javier-milei-plans-105125913 Trump tells Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei he plans to visit Buenos Aires], ''ABC News'', Nov 24, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The Nov 2023 &amp;quot;representative of Black Lives Matter&amp;quot; (BLM), activist Mark Fisher endorsement of Donald Trump, drew loud applause from supporters.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Thomas Kika, [https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-blm-endorsement-draws-loud-applause-supporters-1849002 Donald Trump's Black Lives Matter Endorsement Draws Loud Applause From Supporters], Dec 2, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A December 2023 poll found that young voters prefer Trump to handle Israel-Hamas war.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/12/6/iop-youth-poll-fall-23/ Young Voters Sour on Biden, Prefer Trump to Handle Israel-Hamas War in Latest Harvard IOP Youth Poll]. By Thomas J. Mete, ''Crimson'' Staff Writer. Dec 6, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Dec 9, 2023 published [[WSJ]] poll:&lt;br /&gt;
Trump takes 2024 lead as Biden approval hits new low. &amp;quot;WSJ Poll Finds&lt;br /&gt;
Unhappiness with Biden’s performance is pervasive, with economic pessimism weighing him down.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-takes-2024-lead-as-biden-approval-hits-new-low-wsj-poll-finds-fb4fca0c Trump Takes 2024 Lead as Biden Approval Hits New Low, WSJ Poll Finds], ''WSJ'', Dec 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Trump's lead over Biden grows when independent candidates are included&lt;br /&gt;
.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/poll-shows-biden-hitting-record-low-approvals-falling-behind-against-trump-2024-matchup Poll shows Biden hitting record low approvals, falling behind against Trump in 2024 matchup]. By Michael Lee , Paul Steinhauser, ''Fox News'', Dec 9, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Another poll shows: &amp;quot;Nikki Haley Absolutely Wrecks Biden By Whopping 17 points — And Trump Tops Biden By 4.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[https://www.mediaite.com/news/shock-poll-nikki-haley-absolutely-wrecks-biden-by-whopping-17-points-and-trump-tops-biden-by-4/ SHOCK POLL: Nikki Haley Absolutely Wrecks Biden By Whopping 17 POINTS — And Trump Tops Biden By 4.] Mediaite, Dec 10, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On Dec 14, 2023, Michigan court rejected challenges to Trump’s spot on 2024 primary ballot.&lt;br /&gt;
Saying 'it won’t stop former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 Republican primary ballot, turning aside challenges from critics who argue that his role in the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualifies him.'&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.wilx.com/2023/12/14/michigan-court-rejects-challenges-trumps-spot-2024-primary-ballot/ Michigan court rejects challenges to Trump’s spot on 2024 primary ballot], Wilx.com, Dec 14, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On Dec 17, 2023, ''Fox'' reported that: 'Trump’s lead in GOP primary widens.'&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Dana Blanton, [https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-trumps-lead-gop-primary-widens Fox  News Poll: Trump’s lead in GOP primary widens], ''Fox News'', Dec 17, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;quot;Trump's support stands at 69% in the primary race. That's up 7 points since November and fully 26 points since February.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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===CO ruling===&lt;br /&gt;
On Dec 20, 2023, Four --out of seven-- state Supreme Court judges in [[CO]] banned Trump from the 2024 ballot &amp;quot;without due process.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=wsj&amp;gt;The Editorial Board, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/colorado-supreme-court-donald-trump-ballot-2024-fourteenth-amendment-083b1271 The Folly of Colorado’s Trump Disqualification], ''WSJ'', Dec. 20, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Explained in [[WSJ]]:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the ruling, as it probably will, the Colorado decision will confirm for millions of Americans that Mr. Trump’s opponents will do everything possible to deny them their democratic choice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref name=wsj/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Even [[Chris Christie]], a Trump foe, blasted Colorado ballot decision.&lt;br /&gt;
{{Cquote|Chris Christie said voters - not the courts - should decide if Donald Trump deserves to be reelected in 2024.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Sudiksha Kochi, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/12/20/chris-christie-blasts-colorado-ballot-decision-trump/71982107007/ Chris Christie, a Trump foe, blasts Colorado ballot decision], ''USA Today'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Bill Barr]] - another harsh Trump critic said: it is 'legally wrong,' will 'backfire.'&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Nick Robertson, [https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4370525-barr-colorado-court-trump-ruling-legally-wrong-will-backfire/ Barr says Colorado court’s Trump ruling ‘legally wrong,’ will ‘backfire’], ''The Hill'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Alan Dershowitz]] called the ruling &amp;quot;Anti-Democratic, Unconstitutional, Absurd.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Jeff Poor, [https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/12/20/dershowitz-on-colorado-ruling-antidemocratic-unconstitutional-absurd/ Dershowitz on Colorado Ruling: Anti-Democratic, Unconstitutional, Absurd], ''Breitbart'', Dec 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Saying: &amp;quot;In the 60 years I’ve been practicing and teaching law, I’ve never seen a decision that’s so anti-democratic and so unconstitutional.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Liberal media]] admitted that [[Dem]] judges just bungled this: &amp;quot;Colorado hands Trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.aol.com/news/colorado-hands-trump-political-gift-162304129.html Colorado hands Trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot], ''NBC Universal'', December 20, 2023&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Donald Trump's religious views]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump Administration]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Essay:Donald Trump One Two Body Blow]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The Chalkening]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump University]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Liberal Smear Machine]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Kathryn Steinle]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Mollie Tibbetts]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sarah Root]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alveda King]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Trump effect]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Deep State coup 2.0]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Biden Junta]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jair Bolsonaro]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Javier Milei]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.trump.com Trump.com - Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.donaldjtrump.com donaldjtrump.com - Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.LyingCrookedHillary.com LyingCrookedHillary.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw8c2Cq-vpg The Untruth About Donald Trump] by [[Stefan Molyneux]], Published on Jan 18, 2016&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.untruthaboutdonaldtrump.com  UntruthAboutDonaldTrump.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yyoauXmzjg Do Emotions Trump Facts?] [[Thomas Sowell]] on Donald Trump - Rebutted! by Stefan Molyneux&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://gop12.thehill.com/2011/04/trump-explains-conversion-on-abortion.html Trump explains his pro-life conversion]&lt;br /&gt;
* 100 groups have signed [http://www.pseagles.com/Coalition_letter_Supreme_Court this coalition letter] re: Trump's [[Trump Supreme Court|nomination to the Supreme Court]].&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://youtu.be/oh2Sj_QpZOA SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: What Really Happened in Wuhan] - SkyNews Australia&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://rumble.com/vucs3g-exclusive-interview-with-donald-trump-kashs-corner.html Exclusive Interview with Donald Trump], Kash Patel, February 8, 2022 &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!--* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZq3iCn2y74 Inside of Trump's Boeing 757]--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!--* [http://shouldtrumprun.com/ Should Donald Run? Polling]--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;!--* [http://www.greatagain.gov Presidential transition website GreatAgain.gov] --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Taylor Alison Swift''' (born December 13, 1989) is an [[American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated [[pop music]] singer-songwriter and one of the biggest carbon polluters on the planet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thetab.com/uk/2022/07/25/celebrity-private-jets-carbon-emissions-climate-change-263281&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  A spokesperson for Swift claimed the singer has worked to offset her jets' carbon emissions by purchasing more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-spent-160-hours-using-private-jet-eras-tour-2023-8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has received numerous awards, and one of these was being named Billboard Magazine Artist of the Year for 2009 and received the title Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards.{{fact}}  She has, in the past, been praised by many [[Conservative]] parent advocacy groups for being a positive role model for young people.{{fact}}  However, due to becoming influenced by [[Hollywood values]], Swift began to sell sex in her lyrics and attire in appearances.{{fact}}  She proved to being a [[liberal]] in October 2018 when she endorsed [[Democrat]]s for office in the state of Tennessee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/taylor-swift-democrat-endorsement-plays-poorly-tru/|title=Taylor Swift Democrat endorsement plays poorly with Trump|last=Boyer|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''''Swift increasingly panders to the [[liberal media]]''''':&lt;br /&gt;
{{cquote|Swift endorsed [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 while repeatedly attacking then-President [[Donald Trump]], accusing him of “stoking the fires of white supremacy” and warning “we will vote you out in November.”&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/12/09/taylor-swift-whines-about-patriarchal-society-in-times-2023-person-of-the-year-cover-interview/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
By December 2023, Swift was whining about a supposedly patriarchial society,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; despite how she has raked in more than a billion dollars for herself while far more talented male rock stars have received far less compensation.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Swift was born in the town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.{{fact}} Her father is Scott Swift, a stock broker, and her mother is Andrea, a homemaker.{{fact}}  She was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian high school.{{fact}}  After starting her career, she became [[homeschool]]ed and obtained her diploma in this fashion.{{fact}} &lt;br /&gt;
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== Albums ==&lt;br /&gt;
She released her first album, ''Taylor Swift'' in late 2006 which became #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and #5 on the Billboard Hot 200.{{fact}}  She released her second album, ''Fearless'' in 2008 which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200.{{fact}}  She was the first artist in history to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart.{{fact}}  It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200.{{fact}}  ''Speak Now'' was released in October 2010 and was followed by ''Red'' in 2012 and in 2014 Swift's first official pop album ''1989'' became her best selling album and the ''1989 World Tour'' became her best selling tour by far.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards and Accomplishments ==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift is the youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year award.{{fact}}  Swift was also awarded the Country Music Academy's Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music.{{fact}}  The Academy praised her for career achievements including selling more albums in 2008 than any other artist in any genre of music, the first time a country artist had done that, the breakthrough success of her debut album (which spawned five Top 10 hits, more than any in history for a female artist's debut CD), and the worldwide crossover success of her #1 single &amp;quot;Love Story&amp;quot;.{{fact}}  The Academy also cited Swift's contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience and her family-friendly lyrics and performances.  When Swift transitioned to pop music, these concerts became far less family friendly.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==MeToo and the Kavanaugh smear==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[MeToo movement]] began in 2018 when Swift won a [[sexual harassment]] judgement for $1 against a radio disc jockey.{{fact}}  The hashtag movement soon engulfed the careers of prominent [[Left-wing war on women|Democrat donors, office holders]], [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] executives, journalists, and broadcasters who felt entitled to harass and assault women after Democrat [[Senator]]s voted to deny then-President [[Bill Clinton]]'s sexual misconduct as a [[misdemeanor]] [[impeach]]able offense.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Swift's first foray into politics caused a snafu when she betrayed her commitment to equality and women's rights by endorsing a white male Democrat who claimed he would have voted to confirm Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] despite Democrats' coordinated [[Kavanaugh smear]] campaign over an [[incumbent]] female Republican with a proven record in support of women's empowerment.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The #MeToo and #BelieveAllWomen movement later collapsed when [[Communist]]s and the [[liberal media]] failed to investigate [[sexual assault]] allegations by [[Tara Reade]] against Democrat [[2020 presidential election]] candidate [[Joe Biden]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/satire/biden-donation-louis/?utm_source=actengage&amp;amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;amp;utm_medium=email|title=Candidate Who Killed #MeToo Movement Returns Donation From Notorious Masturbator|last=Stiles|first=Andrew|date=April 23, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Soros family greed==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift railed on [[Instagram]] against [[George Soros]], a liberal [[globalist]] megadonor, and her ex-manager Scooter Braun, who helped organize the March for Our Lives gun-control protest, after learning her former label Big Machine was releasing an album of a live radio concert she performed in 2008.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;It looks to me like Scooter Braun and his financial backers, 23 Capital, Alex Soros, and the Soros family and The Carlyle Group, have seen the latest balance sheets and realized that paying $330 million for my music wasn't exactly a wise choice and they need money,&amp;quot; Swift wrote.  &amp;quot;In my opinion, just another case of shameless greed in the time of [[Coronavirus]]. So tasteless, but very transparent.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/culture/taylor-swift-hits-soros-family-for-shameless-greed/|title=Taylor Swift Hits Soros Family for 'Shameless Greed'|last=Rutz|first=David|date=April 24, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Democrats and liberals defend Soros by claiming attacks on the self-confessed [[Nazi]] collaborator-turned-Communist sympathizer are &amp;quot;[[anti-Semitic]]&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/criticizing-george-soros-is-not-anti-semitic/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ignoring that by selling out his own people to the Nazis during World War II and profiting off his actions, Soros is himself anti-Semitic, as well as that [[Left-wing Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitism is a liberal trait which has been displayed by Communists, Nazis, adherents of Islam and others on the Left]].{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Philanthropy and Charity ==&lt;br /&gt;
Early in her career, in 2009 Taylor Swift became the female artist with the most top-40 songs of the decade with her song &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot;. {{fact}} &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot; is a song promoting [[abstinence]] and used in [[Best Buy]]'s campaign for @15, a charity which helps teenagers get involved in their communities.{{fact}}  Taylor Swift has donated over $750,000 to the [[Red Cross]] and $250,000 to various schools around the country, some of which were Christian-based education schools.  She has also donated $10,000 to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MeToo movement]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Taylor Swift</title>
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'''Taylor Alison Swift''' (born December 13, 1989) is an [[American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated [[pop music]] singer-songwriter and one of the biggest carbon polluters on the planet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thetab.com/uk/2022/07/25/celebrity-private-jets-carbon-emissions-climate-change-263281&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  A spokesperson for Swift claimed the singer has worked to offset her jets' carbon emissions by purchasing more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-spent-160-hours-using-private-jet-eras-tour-2023-8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has received numerous awards, and one of these was being named Billboard Magazine Artist of the Year for 2009 and received the title Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards.{{fact}}  She has, in the past, been praised by many [[Conservative]] parent advocacy groups for being a positive role model for young people.{{fact}}  However, due to becoming influenced by [[Hollywood values]], Swift began to sell sex in her lyrics and attire in appearances.{{fact}}  She proved to being a [[liberal]] in October 2018 when she endorsed [[Democrat]]s for office in the state of Tennessee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/taylor-swift-democrat-endorsement-plays-poorly-tru/|title=Taylor Swift Democrat endorsement plays poorly with Trump|last=Boyer|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''''Swift increasingly panders to the [[liberal media]]''''':&lt;br /&gt;
{{cquote|Swift endorsed [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 while repeatedly attacking then-President [[Donald Trump]], accusing him of “stoking the fires of white supremacy” and warning “we will vote you out in November.”&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/12/09/taylor-swift-whines-about-patriarchal-society-in-times-2023-person-of-the-year-cover-interview/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
By December 2023, Swift was whining about a supposedly patriarchial society,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; despite how she has raked in more than a billion dollars for herself while far more talented male rock stars have received far less compensation.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift was born in the town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.{{fact}} Her father is Scott Swift, a stock broker, and her mother is Andrea, a homemaker.{{fact}}  She was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian high school.{{fact}}  After starting her career, she became [[homeschool]]ed and obtained her diploma in this fashion.{{fact}} &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Albums ==&lt;br /&gt;
She released her first album, ''Taylor Swift'' in late 2006 which became #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and #5 on the Billboard Hot 200.{{fact}}  She released her second album, ''Fearless'' in 2008 which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200.{{fact}}  She was the first artist in history to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart.{{fact}}  It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200.{{fact}}  ''Speak Now'' was released in October 2010 and was followed by ''Red'' in 2012 and in 2014 Swift's first official pop album ''1989'' became her best selling album and the ''1989 World Tour'' became her best selling tour by far.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Accomplishments ==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift is the youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year award.{{fact}}  Swift was also awarded the Country Music Academy's Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music.{{fact}}  The Academy praised her for career achievements including selling more albums in 2008 than any other artist in any genre of music, the first time a country artist had done that, the breakthrough success of her debut album (which spawned five Top 10 hits, more than any in history for a female artist's debut CD), and the worldwide crossover success of her #1 single &amp;quot;Love Story&amp;quot;.{{fact}}  The Academy also cited Swift's contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience and her family-friendly lyrics and performances.  When Swift transitioned to pop music, these concerts became far less family friendly.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==MeToo and the Kavanaugh smear==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[MeToo movement]] began in 2018 when Swift won a [[sexual harassment]] judgement for $1 against a radio disc jockey.{{fact}}  The hashtag movement soon engulfed the careers of prominent [[Left-wing war on women|Democrat donors, office holders]], [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] executives, journalists, and broadcasters who felt entitled to harass and assault women after Democrat [[Senator]]s voted to deny then-President [[Bill Clinton]]'s sexual misconduct as a [[misdemeanor]] [[impeach]]able offense.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift's first foray into politics caused a snafu when she betrayed her commitment to equality and women's rights by endorsing a white male Democrat who claimed he would have voted to confirm Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] despite Democrats' coordinated [[Kavanaugh smear]] campaign over an [[incumbent]] female Republican with a proven record in support of women's empowerment.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The #MeToo and #BelieveAllWomen movement later collapsed when [[Communist]]s and the [[liberal media]] failed to investigate [[sexual assault]] allegations by [[Tara Reade]] against Democrat [[2020 presidential election]] candidate [[Joe Biden]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/satire/biden-donation-louis/?utm_source=actengage&amp;amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;amp;utm_medium=email|title=Candidate Who Killed #MeToo Movement Returns Donation From Notorious Masturbator|last=Stiles|first=Andrew|date=April 23, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Soros family greed==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift railed on [[Instagram]] against [[George Soros]], a liberal [[globalist]] megadonor, and her ex-manager Scooter Braun, who helped organize the March for Our Lives gun-control protest, after learning her former label Big Machine was releasing an album of a live radio concert she performed in 2008.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It looks to me like Scooter Braun and his financial backers, 23 Capital, Alex Soros, and the Soros family and The Carlyle Group, have seen the latest balance sheets and realized that paying $330 million for my music wasn't exactly a wise choice and they need money,&amp;quot; Swift wrote.  &amp;quot;In my opinion, just another case of shameless greed in the time of [[Coronavirus]]. So tasteless, but very transparent.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/culture/taylor-swift-hits-soros-family-for-shameless-greed/|title=Taylor Swift Hits Soros Family for 'Shameless Greed'|last=Rutz|first=David|date=April 24, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Democrats and liberals defend Soros by claiming attacks on the self-confessed [[Nazi]] collaborator-turned-Communist sympathizer are &amp;quot;[[anti-Semitic]]&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/criticizing-george-soros-is-not-anti-semitic/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ignoring that by selling out his own people to the Nazis during World War II and profiting off his actions, Soros is himself anti-Semitic, as well as that [[Left-wing Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitism is a liberal trait which has been displayed by Communists, Nazis, adherents of Islam and others on the Left]].{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Philanthropy and Charity ==&lt;br /&gt;
Early in her career, in 2009 Taylor Swift became the female artist with the most top-40 songs of the decade with her song &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot; is a song promoting [[abstinence]] and used in [[Best Buy]]'s campaign for @15, a charity which helps teenagers get involved in their communities.  Taylor Swift has donated over $750,000 to the [[Red Cross]] and $250,000 to various schools around the country, some of which were Christian-based education schools.  She has also donated $10,000 to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MeToo movement]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reference==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Taylor}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Women Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Country Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Christians]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Liberals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Feminists]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Billionaires]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Hollywood Values]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti-Trump]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Abortion Advocates]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Taylor Swift</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:TaylorSwift.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Taylor Swift at a live performance]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Taylor Alison Swift''' (born December 13, 1989) is an [[American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated [[pop music]] singer-songwriter and one of the biggest carbon polluters on the planet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thetab.com/uk/2022/07/25/celebrity-private-jets-carbon-emissions-climate-change-263281&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  A spokesperson for Swift claimed the singer has worked to offset her jets' carbon emissions by purchasing more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-spent-160-hours-using-private-jet-eras-tour-2023-8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has received numerous awards, and one of these was being named Billboard Magazine Artist of the Year for 2009 and received the title Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards.{{fact}}  She has, in the past, been praised by many [[Conservative]] parent advocacy groups for being a positive role model for young people.{{fact}}  However, due to becoming influenced by [[Hollywood values]], Swift began to sell sex in her lyrics and attire in appearances.{{fact}}  She proved to being a [[liberal]] in October 2018 when she endorsed [[Democrat]]s for office in the state of Tennessee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/taylor-swift-democrat-endorsement-plays-poorly-tru/|title=Taylor Swift Democrat endorsement plays poorly with Trump|last=Boyer|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''''Swift increasingly panders to the [[liberal media]]''''':&lt;br /&gt;
{{cquote|Swift endorsed [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 while repeatedly attacking then-President [[Donald Trump]], accusing him of “stoking the fires of white supremacy” and warning “we will vote you out in November.”&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/12/09/taylor-swift-whines-about-patriarchal-society-in-times-2023-person-of-the-year-cover-interview/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
By December 2023, Swift was whining about a supposedly patriarchial society,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; despite how she has raked in more than a billion dollars for herself while far more talented male rock stars have received far less compensation.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift was born in the town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.{{fact}} Her father is Scott Swift, a stock broker, and her mother is Andrea, a homemaker.{{fact}}  She was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian high school.{{fact}}  After starting her career, she became [[homeschool]]ed and obtained her diploma in this fashion.{{fact}} &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Albums ==&lt;br /&gt;
She released her first album, ''Taylor Swift'' in late 2006 which became #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and #5 on the Billboard Hot 200.{{fact}}  She released her second album, ''Fearless'' in 2008 which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200.{{fact}}  She was the first artist in history to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart.{{fact}}  It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200.{{fact}}  ''Speak Now'' was released in October 2010 and was followed by ''Red'' in 2012 and in 2014 Swift's first official pop album ''1989'' became her best selling album and the ''1989 World Tour'' became her best selling tour by far.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Accomplishments ==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift is the youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year award.{{fact}}  Swift was also awarded the Country Music Academy's Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music.{{fact}}  The Academy praised her for career achievements including selling more albums in 2008 than any other artist in any genre of music, the first time a country artist had done that, the breakthrough success of her debut album (which spawned five Top 10 hits, more than any in history for a female artist's debut CD), and the worldwide crossover success of her #1 single &amp;quot;Love Story&amp;quot;.{{fact}}  The Academy also cited Swift's contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience and her family-friendly lyrics and performances.  When Swift transitioned to pop music, these concerts became far less family friendly.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==MeToo and the Kavanaugh smear==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[MeToo movement]] began in 2018 when Swift won a [[sexual harassment]] judgement for $1 against a radio disc jockey.{{fact}}  The hashtag movement soon engulfed the careers of prominent [[Left-wing war on women|Democrat donors, office holders]], [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] executives, journalists, and broadcasters who felt entitled to harass and assault women after Democrat [[Senator]]s voted to deny then-President [[Bill Clinton]]'s sexual misconduct as a [[misdemeanor]] [[impeach]]able offense.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift's first foray into politics caused a snafu when she betrayed her commitment to equality and women's rights by endorsing a white male Democrat who claimed he would have voted to confirm Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] despite Democrats' coordinated [[Kavanaugh smear]] campaign over an [[incumbent]] female Republican with a proven record in support of women's empowerment.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The #MeToo and #BelieveAllWomen movement later collapsed when [[Communist]]s and the [[liberal media]] failed to investigate [[sexual assault]] allegations by [[Tara Reade]] against Democrat [[2020 presidential election]] candidate [[Joe Biden]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/satire/biden-donation-louis/?utm_source=actengage&amp;amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;amp;utm_medium=email|title=Candidate Who Killed #MeToo Movement Returns Donation From Notorious Masturbator|last=Stiles|first=Andrew|date=April 23, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Soros family greed==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift railed on [[Instagram]] against [[George Soros]], a liberal [[globalist]] megadonor, and her ex-manager Scooter Braun, who helped organize the March for Our Lives gun-control protest, after learning her former label Big Machine was releasing an album of a live radio concert she performed in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It looks to me like Scooter Braun and his financial backers, 23 Capital, Alex Soros, and the Soros family and The Carlyle Group, have seen the latest balance sheets and realized that paying $330 million for my music wasn't exactly a wise choice and they need money,&amp;quot; Swift wrote.  &amp;quot;In my opinion, just another case of shameless greed in the time of [[Coronavirus]]. So tasteless, but very transparent.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/culture/taylor-swift-hits-soros-family-for-shameless-greed/|title=Taylor Swift Hits Soros Family for 'Shameless Greed'|last=Rutz|first=David|date=April 24, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Democrats and liberals defend Soros by claiming attacks on the self-confessed [[Nazi]] collaborator-turned-Communist sympathizer are &amp;quot;[[anti-Semitic]]&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/criticizing-george-soros-is-not-anti-semitic/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ignoring that by selling out his own people to the Nazis during World War II and profiting off his actions, Soros is himself anti-Semitic, as well as that [[Left-wing Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitism is a liberal trait which has been displayed by Communists, Nazis, adherents of Islam and others on the Left]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Philanthropy and Charity ==&lt;br /&gt;
Early in her career, in 2009 Taylor Swift became the female artist with the most top-40 songs of the decade with her song &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot; is a song promoting [[abstinence]] and used in [[Best Buy]]'s campaign for @15, a charity which helps teenagers get involved in their communities.  Taylor Swift has donated over $750,000 to the [[Red Cross]] and $250,000 to various schools around the country, some of which were Christian-based education schools.  She has also donated $10,000 to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MeToo movement]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reference==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Taylor}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Women Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Country Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Christians]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Liberals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Feminists]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Billionaires]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Hollywood Values]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti-Trump]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Abortion Advocates]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LSimons</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
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		<title>Taylor Swift</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:TaylorSwift.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Taylor Swift at a live performance]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Taylor Alison Swift''' (born December 13, 1989) is an [[American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated [[pop music]] singer-songwriter and one of the biggest carbon polluters on the planet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thetab.com/uk/2022/07/25/celebrity-private-jets-carbon-emissions-climate-change-263281&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  A spokesperson for Swift claimed the singer has worked to offset her jets' carbon emissions by purchasing more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-spent-160-hours-using-private-jet-eras-tour-2023-8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has received numerous awards, and one of these was being named Billboard Magazine Artist of the Year for 2009 and received the title Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards.{{fact}}  She has, in the past, been praised by many [[Conservative]] parent advocacy groups for being a positive role model for young people.{{fact}}  However, due to becoming influenced by [[Hollywood values]], Swift began to sell sex in her lyrics and attire in appearances.{{fact}}  She proved to being a [[liberal]] in October 2018 when she endorsed [[Democrat]]s for office in the state of Tennessee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/taylor-swift-democrat-endorsement-plays-poorly-tru/|title=Taylor Swift Democrat endorsement plays poorly with Trump|last=Boyer|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''''Swift increasingly panders to the [[liberal media]]''''':&lt;br /&gt;
{{cquote|Swift endorsed [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 while repeatedly attacking then-President [[Donald Trump]], accusing him of “stoking the fires of white supremacy” and warning “we will vote you out in November.”&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/12/09/taylor-swift-whines-about-patriarchal-society-in-times-2023-person-of-the-year-cover-interview/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
By December 2023, Swift was whining about a supposedly patriarchial society,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; despite how she has raked in more than a billion dollars for herself while far more talented male rock stars have received far less compensation.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift was born in the town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.{{fact}} Her father is Scott Swift, a stock broker, and her mother is Andrea, a homemaker.{{fact}}  She was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian high school.{{fact}}  After starting her career, she became [[homeschool]]ed and obtained her diploma in this fashion.{{fact}} &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Albums ==&lt;br /&gt;
She released her first album, ''Taylor Swift'' in late 2006 which became #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and #5 on the Billboard Hot 200.{{fact}}  She released her second album, ''Fearless'' in 2008 which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200.{{fact}}  She was the first artist in history to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart.{{fact}}  It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200.{{fact}}  ''Speak Now'' was released in October 2010 and was followed by ''Red'' in 2012 and in 2014 Swift's first official pop album ''1989'' became her best selling album and the ''1989 World Tour'' became her best selling tour by far.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Accomplishments ==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift is the youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year award.{{fact}}  Swift was also awarded the Country Music Academy's Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music.{{fact}}  The Academy praised her for career achievements including selling more albums in 2008 than any other artist in any genre of music, the first time a country artist had done that, the breakthrough success of her debut album (which spawned five Top 10 hits, more than any in history for a female artist's debut CD), and the worldwide crossover success of her #1 single &amp;quot;Love Story&amp;quot;.{{fact}}  The Academy also cited Swift's contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience and her family-friendly lyrics and performances.  When Swift transitioned to pop music, these concerts became far less family friendly.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==MeToo and the Kavanaugh smear==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[MeToo movement]] began in 2018 when Swift won a [[sexual harassment]] judgement for $1 against a radio disc jockey.  The hashtag movement soon engulfed the careers of prominent [[Left-wing war on women|Democrat donors, office holders]], [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] executives, journalists, and broadcasters who felt entitled to harass and assault women after Democrat [[Senator]]s voted to deny then-President [[Bill Clinton]]'s sexual misconduct as a [[misdemeanor]] [[impeach]]able offense.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift's first foray into politics caused a snafu when she betrayed her commitment to equality and women's rights by endorsing a white male Democrat who claimed he would have voted to confirm Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] despite Democrats' coordinated [[Kavanaugh smear]] campaign over an [[incumbent]] female Republican with a proven record in support of women's empowerment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The #MeToo and #BelieveAllWomen movement later collapsed when [[Communist]]s and the [[liberal media]] failed to investigate [[sexual assault]] allegations by [[Tara Reade]] against Democrat [[2020 presidential election]] candidate [[Joe Biden]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/satire/biden-donation-louis/?utm_source=actengage&amp;amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;amp;utm_medium=email|title=Candidate Who Killed #MeToo Movement Returns Donation From Notorious Masturbator|last=Stiles|first=Andrew|date=April 23, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Soros family greed==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift railed on [[Instagram]] against [[George Soros]], a liberal [[globalist]] megadonor, and her ex-manager Scooter Braun, who helped organize the March for Our Lives gun-control protest, after learning her former label Big Machine was releasing an album of a live radio concert she performed in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It looks to me like Scooter Braun and his financial backers, 23 Capital, Alex Soros, and the Soros family and The Carlyle Group, have seen the latest balance sheets and realized that paying $330 million for my music wasn't exactly a wise choice and they need money,&amp;quot; Swift wrote.  &amp;quot;In my opinion, just another case of shameless greed in the time of [[Coronavirus]]. So tasteless, but very transparent.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/culture/taylor-swift-hits-soros-family-for-shameless-greed/|title=Taylor Swift Hits Soros Family for 'Shameless Greed'|last=Rutz|first=David|date=April 24, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Democrats and liberals defend Soros by claiming attacks on the self-confessed [[Nazi]] collaborator-turned-Communist sympathizer are &amp;quot;[[anti-Semitic]]&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/criticizing-george-soros-is-not-anti-semitic/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ignoring that by selling out his own people to the Nazis during World War II and profiting off his actions, Soros is himself anti-Semitic, as well as that [[Left-wing Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitism is a liberal trait which has been displayed by Communists, Nazis, adherents of Islam and others on the Left]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Philanthropy and Charity ==&lt;br /&gt;
Early in her career, in 2009 Taylor Swift became the female artist with the most top-40 songs of the decade with her song &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot; is a song promoting [[abstinence]] and used in [[Best Buy]]'s campaign for @15, a charity which helps teenagers get involved in their communities.  Taylor Swift has donated over $750,000 to the [[Red Cross]] and $250,000 to various schools around the country, some of which were Christian-based education schools.  She has also donated $10,000 to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MeToo movement]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reference==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Taylor}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Women Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Country Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Christians]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Liberals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Feminists]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Billionaires]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Hollywood Values]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti-Trump]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Abortion Advocates]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LSimons</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Taylor_Swift&amp;diff=2013382</id>
		<title>Taylor Swift</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:TaylorSwift.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Taylor Swift at a live performance]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Taylor Alison Swift''' (born December 13, 1989) is an [[American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated [[pop music]] singer-songwriter and one of the biggest carbon polluters on the planet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thetab.com/uk/2022/07/25/celebrity-private-jets-carbon-emissions-climate-change-263281&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  A spokesperson for Swift claimed the singer has worked to offset her jets' carbon emissions by purchasing more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-spent-160-hours-using-private-jet-eras-tour-2023-8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has received numerous awards, and one of these was being named Billboard Magazine Artist of the Year for 2009 and received the title Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards.{{fact}}  She has, in the past, been praised by many [[Conservative]] parent advocacy groups for being a positive role model for young people.{{fact}}  However, due to becoming influenced by [[Hollywood values]], Swift began to sell sex in her lyrics and attire in appearances.{{fact}}  She proved to being a [[liberal]] in October 2018 when she endorsed [[Democrat]]s for office in the state of Tennessee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/taylor-swift-democrat-endorsement-plays-poorly-tru/|title=Taylor Swift Democrat endorsement plays poorly with Trump|last=Boyer|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''''Swift increasingly panders to the [[liberal media]]''''':&lt;br /&gt;
{{cquote|Swift endorsed [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 while repeatedly attacking then-President [[Donald Trump]], accusing him of “stoking the fires of white supremacy” and warning “we will vote you out in November.”&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/12/09/taylor-swift-whines-about-patriarchal-society-in-times-2023-person-of-the-year-cover-interview/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
By December 2023, Swift was whining about a supposedly patriarchial society,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; despite how she has raked in more than a billion dollars for herself while far more talented male rock stars have received far less compensation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift was born in the town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.{{fact}} Her father is Scott Swift, a stock broker, and her mother is Andrea, a homemaker.{{fact}}  She was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian high school.{{fact}}  After starting her career, she became [[homeschool]]ed and obtained her diploma in this fashion.{{fact}} &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Albums ==&lt;br /&gt;
She released her first album, ''Taylor Swift'' in late 2006 which became #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and #5 on the Billboard Hot 200.  She released her second album, ''Fearless'' in 2008 which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200.  She was the first artist in history to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart.  It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200.  ''Speak Now'' was released in October 2010 and was followed by ''Red'' in 2012 and in 2014 Swift's first official pop album ''1989'' became her best selling album and the ''1989 World Tour'' became her best selling tour by far.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Accomplishments ==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift is the youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year award.  Swift was also awarded the Country Music Academy's Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music.  The Academy praised her for career achievements including selling more albums in 2008 than any other artist in any genre of music, the first time a country artist had done that, the breakthrough success of her debut album (which spawned five Top 10 hits, more than any in history for a female artist's debut CD), and the worldwide crossover success of her #1 single &amp;quot;Love Story&amp;quot;.  The Academy also cited Swift's contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience and her family-friendly lyrics and performances.  When Swift transitioned to pop music, these concerts became far less family friendly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==MeToo and the Kavanaugh smear==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[MeToo movement]] began in 2018 when Swift won a [[sexual harassment]] judgement for $1 against a radio disc jockey.  The hashtag movement soon engulfed the careers of prominent [[Left-wing war on women|Democrat donors, office holders]], [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] executives, journalists, and broadcasters who felt entitled to harass and assault women after Democrat [[Senator]]s voted to deny then-President [[Bill Clinton]]'s sexual misconduct as a [[misdemeanor]] [[impeach]]able offense.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift's first foray into politics caused a snafu when she betrayed her commitment to equality and women's rights by endorsing a white male Democrat who claimed he would have voted to confirm Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] despite Democrats' coordinated [[Kavanaugh smear]] campaign over an [[incumbent]] female Republican with a proven record in support of women's empowerment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The #MeToo and #BelieveAllWomen movement later collapsed when [[Communist]]s and the [[liberal media]] failed to investigate [[sexual assault]] allegations by [[Tara Reade]] against Democrat [[2020 presidential election]] candidate [[Joe Biden]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/satire/biden-donation-louis/?utm_source=actengage&amp;amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;amp;utm_medium=email|title=Candidate Who Killed #MeToo Movement Returns Donation From Notorious Masturbator|last=Stiles|first=Andrew|date=April 23, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Soros family greed==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift railed on [[Instagram]] against [[George Soros]], a liberal [[globalist]] megadonor, and her ex-manager Scooter Braun, who helped organize the March for Our Lives gun-control protest, after learning her former label Big Machine was releasing an album of a live radio concert she performed in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It looks to me like Scooter Braun and his financial backers, 23 Capital, Alex Soros, and the Soros family and The Carlyle Group, have seen the latest balance sheets and realized that paying $330 million for my music wasn't exactly a wise choice and they need money,&amp;quot; Swift wrote.  &amp;quot;In my opinion, just another case of shameless greed in the time of [[Coronavirus]]. So tasteless, but very transparent.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/culture/taylor-swift-hits-soros-family-for-shameless-greed/|title=Taylor Swift Hits Soros Family for 'Shameless Greed'|last=Rutz|first=David|date=April 24, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Democrats and liberals defend Soros by claiming attacks on the self-confessed [[Nazi]] collaborator-turned-Communist sympathizer are &amp;quot;[[anti-Semitic]]&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/criticizing-george-soros-is-not-anti-semitic/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ignoring that by selling out his own people to the Nazis during World War II and profiting off his actions, Soros is himself anti-Semitic, as well as that [[Left-wing Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitism is a liberal trait which has been displayed by Communists, Nazis, adherents of Islam and others on the Left]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Philanthropy and Charity ==&lt;br /&gt;
Early in her career, in 2009 Taylor Swift became the female artist with the most top-40 songs of the decade with her song &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot; is a song promoting [[abstinence]] and used in [[Best Buy]]'s campaign for @15, a charity which helps teenagers get involved in their communities.  Taylor Swift has donated over $750,000 to the [[Red Cross]] and $250,000 to various schools around the country, some of which were Christian-based education schools.  She has also donated $10,000 to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MeToo movement]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reference==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Taylor}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Women Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Country Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Christians]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Liberals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Feminists]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Billionaires]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Hollywood Values]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti-Trump]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Abortion Advocates]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LSimons</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Taylor_Swift&amp;diff=2013380</id>
		<title>Taylor Swift</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:TaylorSwift.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Taylor Swift at a live performance]]&lt;br /&gt;
'''Taylor Alison Swift''' (born December 13, 1989) is an [[American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated [[pop music]] singer-songwriter and one of the biggest carbon polluters on the planet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thetab.com/uk/2022/07/25/celebrity-private-jets-carbon-emissions-climate-change-263281&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  A spokesperson for Swift claimed the singer has worked to offset her jets' carbon emissions by purchasing more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-spent-160-hours-using-private-jet-eras-tour-2023-8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has received numerous awards, and one of these was being named Billboard Magazine Artist of the Year for 2009 and received the title Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards.{{fact}}  She has, in the past, been praised by many [[Conservative]] parent advocacy groups for being a positive role model for young people.{{fact}}  However, due to becoming influenced by [[Hollywood values]], Swift began to sell sex in her lyrics and attire in appearances.{{fact}}  She proved to being a [[liberal]] in October 2018 when she endorsed [[Democrat]]s for office in the state of Tennessee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/taylor-swift-democrat-endorsement-plays-poorly-tru/|title=Taylor Swift Democrat endorsement plays poorly with Trump|last=Boyer|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''''Swift increasingly panders to the [[liberal media]]''''':&lt;br /&gt;
{{cquote|Swift endorsed [[Joe Biden]] in 2020 while repeatedly attacking then-President [[Donald Trump]], accusing him of “stoking the fires of white supremacy” and warning “we will vote you out in November.”&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/12/09/taylor-swift-whines-about-patriarchal-society-in-times-2023-person-of-the-year-cover-interview/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
By December 2023, Swift was whining about a supposedly patriarchial society,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Breitbart&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; despite how she has raked in more than a billion dollars for herself while far more talented male rock stars have received far less compensation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift was born in the town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Her father is Scott Swift, a stock broker, and her mother is Andrea, a homemaker.  She was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian high school.  After starting her career, she became [[homeschool]]ed and obtained her diploma in this fashion. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Albums ==&lt;br /&gt;
She released her first album, ''Taylor Swift'' in late 2006 which became #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and #5 on the Billboard Hot 200.  She released her second album, ''Fearless'' in 2008 which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200.  She was the first artist in history to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart.  It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200.  ''Speak Now'' was released in October 2010 and was followed by ''Red'' in 2012 and in 2014 Swift's first official pop album ''1989'' became her best selling album and the ''1989 World Tour'' became her best selling tour by far.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Awards and Accomplishments ==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift is the youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year award.  Swift was also awarded the Country Music Academy's Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music.  The Academy praised her for career achievements including selling more albums in 2008 than any other artist in any genre of music, the first time a country artist had done that, the breakthrough success of her debut album (which spawned five Top 10 hits, more than any in history for a female artist's debut CD), and the worldwide crossover success of her #1 single &amp;quot;Love Story&amp;quot;.  The Academy also cited Swift's contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience and her family-friendly lyrics and performances.  When Swift transitioned to pop music, these concerts became far less family friendly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==MeToo and the Kavanaugh smear==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[MeToo movement]] began in 2018 when Swift won a [[sexual harassment]] judgement for $1 against a radio disc jockey.  The hashtag movement soon engulfed the careers of prominent [[Left-wing war on women|Democrat donors, office holders]], [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] executives, journalists, and broadcasters who felt entitled to harass and assault women after Democrat [[Senator]]s voted to deny then-President [[Bill Clinton]]'s sexual misconduct as a [[misdemeanor]] [[impeach]]able offense.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Swift's first foray into politics caused a snafu when she betrayed her commitment to equality and women's rights by endorsing a white male Democrat who claimed he would have voted to confirm Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] despite Democrats' coordinated [[Kavanaugh smear]] campaign over an [[incumbent]] female Republican with a proven record in support of women's empowerment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The #MeToo and #BelieveAllWomen movement later collapsed when [[Communist]]s and the [[liberal media]] failed to investigate [[sexual assault]] allegations by [[Tara Reade]] against Democrat [[2020 presidential election]] candidate [[Joe Biden]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/satire/biden-donation-louis/?utm_source=actengage&amp;amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;amp;utm_medium=email|title=Candidate Who Killed #MeToo Movement Returns Donation From Notorious Masturbator|last=Stiles|first=Andrew|date=April 23, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Soros family greed==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift railed on [[Instagram]] against [[George Soros]], a liberal [[globalist]] megadonor, and her ex-manager Scooter Braun, who helped organize the March for Our Lives gun-control protest, after learning her former label Big Machine was releasing an album of a live radio concert she performed in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;It looks to me like Scooter Braun and his financial backers, 23 Capital, Alex Soros, and the Soros family and The Carlyle Group, have seen the latest balance sheets and realized that paying $330 million for my music wasn't exactly a wise choice and they need money,&amp;quot; Swift wrote.  &amp;quot;In my opinion, just another case of shameless greed in the time of [[Coronavirus]]. So tasteless, but very transparent.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/culture/taylor-swift-hits-soros-family-for-shameless-greed/|title=Taylor Swift Hits Soros Family for 'Shameless Greed'|last=Rutz|first=David|date=April 24, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Democrats and liberals defend Soros by claiming attacks on the self-confessed [[Nazi]] collaborator-turned-Communist sympathizer are &amp;quot;[[anti-Semitic]]&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/criticizing-george-soros-is-not-anti-semitic/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ignoring that by selling out his own people to the Nazis during World War II and profiting off his actions, Soros is himself anti-Semitic, as well as that [[Left-wing Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitism is a liberal trait which has been displayed by Communists, Nazis, adherents of Islam and others on the Left]].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Philanthropy and Charity ==&lt;br /&gt;
Early in her career, in 2009 Taylor Swift became the female artist with the most top-40 songs of the decade with her song &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot; is a song promoting [[abstinence]] and used in [[Best Buy]]'s campaign for @15, a charity which helps teenagers get involved in their communities.  Taylor Swift has donated over $750,000 to the [[Red Cross]] and $250,000 to various schools around the country, some of which were Christian-based education schools.  She has also donated $10,000 to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MeToo movement]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Reference==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swift, Taylor}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Women Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Country Singers]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Christians]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Liberals]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Homosexual Agenda]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Feminists]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Billionaires]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Hollywood Values]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Anti-Trump]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Abortion Advocates]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>LSimons</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Proud_Boys&amp;diff=2011538</id>
		<title>Proud Boys</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Proud_Boys&amp;diff=2011538"/>
		<updated>2023-12-19T22:34:38Z</updated>

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&lt;div&gt;[[File:Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Proud Boys leader and target of [[institutional racism|institutional racist]] attacks by [[Democrats]] and the [[Biden DOJ]], Enrique Tarrio.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/exclusive-capital-one-cancels-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrios-credit-card-adverse-past-present-legal-action/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
The '''Proud Boys''' are a multi-racial, multicultural, multi-ethnic international [[conservative]] or [[paleoconservative]] fraternal organization.  Proud Boys describe themselves as &amp;quot;western chauvinists&amp;quot; and espouse pro-[[second amendment]], pro-[[free speech]], anti-[[illegal immigration]], anti-[[fascist]] and anti-[[racist]] views.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://officialproudboys.com/proud-boys/whoaretheproudboys/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  It was formerly led by [[Rebel News]] personality and Vice Media co-founder [[Gavin McInnes]]. Proud Boys tend to gather among themselves to hang out at [[restaurants]] or [[bars]], and also attend political events either in support of or in opposition to other groups. They can typically be identified by their black and yellow Polo shirts. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Media Bias==&lt;br /&gt;
Proud Boys have been vehemently mischaracterized and slandered by the [[liberal media]], perhaps more so than any other single conservative organization in recent times.{{fact}} Most news outlets characterize the Proud Boys as &amp;quot;[[white supremacist]]&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;[[alt-right]]&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;[[fascist]]&amp;quot;, as well as accusing them of promoting political [[violence]].{{fact}}  [[Wikipedia]] holds strongly to this warped view,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while hypocritically characterizing [[Antifa]], a far-Left [[anarchist]] [[terrorist]] faction and hate group, as mere &amp;quot;political activists&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  It is likely Wikipedia holds this view as a result of parroting the [[left-wing]] [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], a notoriously dishonest organization (and a hate group in its own right) which Wikipedia tends to use as a source.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In actuality, the Proud Boys are a multiracial group (which even some liberal outlets have noted&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-young-men-of-color-are-joining-white-supremacist-groups&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) and have continually denounced the Alt-Right, to the point that actual Alt-Right groups often attack them and their founder as well.  The [[FBI]] has declared the Proud Boys are not extremist or terroristic.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/08/fbi-says-proud-boys-are-not-an-extremist-group-after-all/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  In October 2020, Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes announced he is suing [[Joe Biden]], [[CNN]] and ‘reporters who call multiracial Patriotic group white supremacists and Nazis’.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/proud-boys-founder-announces-suing-biden-cnn-reporters-call-multiracial-patriotic-group-white-supremacists-nazis/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  [[Roger Stone]] noted:&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;To pull off their version of a “[[color revolution]]”, Democrats and their fake news [[propaganda]] machine in [[mainstream media]] have set up a cynical diversionary effort. In recent weeks, corporate-owned Democrat shill media has been in overdrive falsely and maliciously smearing and defaming a fraternal organization called the “Proud Boys,” an extraordinarily small group of mostly young men of all races and identities (the national chairman is a [[black]] [[latino]] of [[Cuba]]n descent) who are essentially a drinking society. Truly vile Democrat stooges in media have published [[libel]]ous and slanderous statements falsely labeling these men as “white supremacists.” Having absolutely ZERO evidence to substantiate this defamation, all they do is cite a criminal front group run by leftist zealots called the “Southern Poverty Law Center” or SPLC (an organization whose name is three lies in one).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/roger-stone-exclusive-democrats-plan-steal-2020-election/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Controversies==&lt;br /&gt;
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The group has been slandered by numerous media outlets with mostly false claims, including the notion that they are &amp;quot;anti-Semitic&amp;quot;;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.jta.org/2020/09/29/united-states/are-the-proud-boys-anti-semitic-your-primer-on-the-far-right-group-trump-told-to-stand-back-stand-by Are the Proud Boys anti-Semitic? Your primer on the far-right group Trump told to ‘stand back and stand by’]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while some members have been caught with promoting highly anti-Semitic falsehoods,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.adl.org/blog/proud-boys-bigotry-is-on-full-display&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the group has firmly denounced such bigotry.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.newsweek.com/nazi-amazon-proud-boys-holocaust-1555192 Neo-Nazi Shirts Worn by Proud Boys Supporters Sold on Amazon]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;According to the [[racist]] leftwing rag ''The New York Times'', anonymous sources told the ''Times'' that a memo found in the possession of former Proud Boys leader and [[Cuban]]-American Enrique Tarrio, detailed a plot to seize government buildings in Washington, DC, during the J6 Capitol protests. The memo reportedly outlined a plan to take control of the Supreme Court along with six House and Senate office buildings. The memo allegedly described the need to assign 50 members to occupy the buildings on Capitol Hill to stage sit-in protests. https://www.businessinsider.com/memo-shows-proud-boys-plot-to-seize-government-buildings-report-2022-3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Iranian hackers==&lt;br /&gt;
Two suspected Iranian hackers were charged for posing as supporters of former President Donald Trump and sending threatening messages to U.S. voters in November 2021. Iranians Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi, 24, and Sajjad Kashian, 27, were indicted and sanctioned for their alleged involvement in the misinformation campaign, according to the [[Department of Justice]] (DOJ).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-iranian-nationals-charged-cyber-enabled-disinformation-and-threat-campaign-designed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  At some points, the pair claimed to be “Proud Boys volunteers” who accused the [[Democratic Party]] of planning to exploit “serious security vulnerabilities” in messages sent to Republican lawmakers and Trump campaign officials during the [[2020 presidential election]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Prosecutions==&lt;br /&gt;
More than three dozen people charged in the Capitol protests &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszd21sQa0s&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; have been targeted by federal authorities as Proud Boys leaders, members or associates.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.fox44news.com/news/political-news/proud-boys-member-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-in-jan-6-riot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The indictments have been marked by the Biden regime's [[racial]]ly motivated prosecution of the Proud Boys black [[Hispanic]] Cuban-American leader, Enrique Tarrio.{{fact}} Tarrio apparently is being made an example of what can happen to [[African American]]s who dare to flee the [[Democrat plantation]].{{fact}} &lt;br /&gt;
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'''[[Enrique Tarrio]]''', an African American, was forced to plead guilty to destruction of property and attempted possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device. Tarrio, who was held in the [[DC gulag]] without bail under appalling [[human rights]] conditions and abuses,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045696978/judge-holds-washington-d-c-jail-officials-in-contempt-in-a-jan-6-riot-case&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was sentenced to 155 days in jail by Judge Harold Cushenberry, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, on August 23, 2021.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;HTTPS://WWW.MIAMINEWTIMES.COM/NEWS/PROUD-BOYS-LEADER-ENRIQUE-TARRIO-SENTENCED-TO-155-DAYS-IN-JAIL-12797703&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  On March 8, 2022, the racist Biden Department of Justice&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-biden-and-the-doj-are-reinforcing-america-s-racist-history-in-puerto-rico/ar-AAKRWVk&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; indicted Tarrio on a conspiracy charge for his alleged involvement in organizing a supposed J6 Capitol riot. Other names were added to make it a &amp;quot;seditious conspiracy&amp;quot; charge: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Charles Donohoe, and Dominic Pezzola. All previously were detained and had earlier pleaded not guilty to charges.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leader-proud-boys-indicted-federal-court-conspiracy-and-other-offenses-related-us-capitol&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Tusitala J. Toese''' was charged with assaulting a man and inciting others to battle during a clash with left-wing terrorists&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/07/portland-under-siege-by-antifa-and-other-left-wing-terrorists/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in east Portland in 2021. Toese was arraigned by corrupt Portland prosecutors&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.victoriataft.com/rewind-tape-da-refused-charge-anti-gun-filmmaker-vicious-videotaped-beatdown-strickland/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on March 23, 2022, in Multnomah County Circuit Court, on eleven counts, including rioting, second- and third-degree assault, unlawful use of weapon and first-degree criminal mischief.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/03/proud-boy-leader-tiny-toese-held-without-bail-on-riot-assault-charges-in-2021-clash-with-left-wing-protesters-in-east-portland.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Jeffrey Finley''', president of a West Virginia Proud Boys branch, pleaded guilty on April 6, 2022, to one count of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. Finley is facing up to one year in prison, and sentencing is scheduled for July 19.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3261136-leader-of-west-virginias-proud-boys-chapter-pleads-guilty-in-jan-6-case/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Charles Donohoe''', of Kernersville, N.C., pleaded guilty on April 8, 2022, to charges of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting or impeding federal officers. He agreed to cooperate in the ongoing Justice Department cases against other Proud Boys members. The two felony counts call for a minimum sentence of nearly six years in prison.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.fox44news.com/news/political-news/proud-boys-member-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-in-jan-6-riot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; On December 19, 2023, Donohoe was sentenced to forty months in prison. During his sentencing, the prosecuting attorney cited his contribution to the investigation into the group’s leadership and their plot to stop Biden’s election, adding that Donohoe detailed the scope of that conspiracy.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/proud-boys-cooperator-sentenced/index.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Jeffrey Finley''', president of a West Virginia Proud Boys branch, pleaded guilty on April 6, 2022, to one count of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. His sentencing is scheduled for July 19.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3261136-leader-of-west-virginias-proud-boys-chapter-pleads-guilty-in-jan-6-case/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/568686457/Finley-Plea-Agreement#from_embed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Ricky Willden''', who proclaimed to be a member of the Proud Boys, pleaded guilty on April 7, 2022, to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers on restricted grounds on January 6, 2021.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/self-proclaimed-member-of-the-proud-boys-enters-guilty-plea-admits-to-unloading-chemical-spray-on-police-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/568687949/Ricky-Wilden-Plea-Agreement-Jan-6#from_embed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Louis Enrique Colon''', of Blue Springs, MO, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 27, 2022, to a felony charge for obstructing law enforcement officers trying to secure the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. The plea agreement requires him to cooperate with prosecutors and other law enforcement authorities in the investigation. A sentencing date has not been set. Colon faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article260823577.html#storylink=cpy&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A federal grand jury on June 6, 2022, returned a superseding indictment charging Proud Boys members '''Enrique Tarrio''', '''Ethan Nordean''', '''Joseph Biggs''', '''Zachary Rehl''', and '''Dominic Pezzola''' with seditious conspiracy over their alleged involvement in the peaceful protests at the Capitol. In addition, the five were charged with assaulting federal officers, destruction of government property, abetting civil disorder, conspiracy to block government officers from discharging official duties, and obstruction of official proceedings.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1510791/download&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered opening statements on January 12, 2023, in the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four other members.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/proud-boys-sedition-trial-opening-arguments-begin-rcna62561&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On May 4, 2023, '''Enrique Tarrio''', '''Ethan Nordean''', '''Joseph Biggs''', '''Zachary Rehl''' were convicted of sedition and other serious felonies. Jurors did not reach a unanimous verdict on the sedition charge for '''Dominic Pezzola''', but he was convicted of other serious felonies.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.newsmax.com/us/enrique-tarrio-seditious-conspiracy/2023/05/04/id/1118598/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On August 31, 2023, after their convictions for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, '''Zachary Rehl''' was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and '''Joseph Biggs''' was sentenced to seventeen years.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-leaders-proud-boys-sentenced-prison-seditious-conspiracy-and-other-charges-related-us&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 1, 2023, '''Ethan Nordean''', was sentenced to eighteen years in prison after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. '''Dominic Pezzola''' was convicted of numerous felony counts stemming from his involvement in the breach, but was acquitted of the most severe charge of seditious conspiracy and was sentenced to ten years in prison.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/proud-boys-jan-6-dominic-pezzola-sentenced/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 5, 2023, former Proud Boys Chairman '''Enrique Tarrio''' was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison for seditious conspiracy and leading a failed plot to prevent the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/politics/enrique-tarrio-sentencing-proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy/index.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/justice-is-dead-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio/ JUSTICE IS DEAD: Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Who Was Not Even in Washington DC on January 6 is Sentenced to 22 Years on “Seditious Conspiracy” – from a Neighboring Town Somewhere], By Jim Hoft, ''Gatewaypundit'', Sep. 5, 2023.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Tarrio stated the [[Biden DOJ]] offered him a plea deal if he would lie about President Trump and say President Trump was behind a supposed &amp;quot;insurrection.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/09/enrique-tarrio-tells-all-after-sentencing-feds-asked/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://rumble.com/v3g7jv4-proud-boys-leader-now-in-jail-was-asked-by-feds-to-lie-in-order-to-indict-t.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1510791/download/ Proud Boys June 6, 2022 Grand Jury Indictment]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Proud-Boys Proud Boys Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://ctc.westpoint.edu/pride-prejudice-the-violent-evolution-of-the-proud-boys/ Pride &amp;amp; Prejudice: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Taylor Swift</title>
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'''Taylor Alison Swift''' (born December 13, 1989) is an [[American]] [[Grammy]]-nominated [[pop music]] singer-songwriter and one of the biggest carbon polluters on the planet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thetab.com/uk/2022/07/25/celebrity-private-jets-carbon-emissions-climate-change-263281&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  A spokesperson for Swift claimed the singer has worked to offset her jets' carbon emissions by purchasing more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all tour travel. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.insider.com/taylor-swift-spent-160-hours-using-private-jet-eras-tour-2023-8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; She has received numerous awards, and one of these was being named Billboard Magazine Artist of the Year for 2009 and received the title Artist of the Year at the Country Music Awards.  She has, in the past, been praised by many [[Conservative]] parent advocacy groups for being a positive role model for young people.  However, due to becoming influenced by [[Hollywood values]], Swift began to sell sex in her lyrics and attire in appearances.  She proved to being a [[liberal]] in October 2018 when she endorsed [[Democrat]]s for office in the state of Tennessee.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/8/taylor-swift-democrat-endorsement-plays-poorly-tru/|title=Taylor Swift Democrat endorsement plays poorly with Trump|last=Boyer|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2018|work=[[The Washington Times]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Swift was born in the town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Her father is Scott Swift, a stock broker, and her mother is Andrea, a homemaker.  She was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian high school.  After starting her career, she became [[homeschool]]ed and obtained her diploma in this fashion. &lt;br /&gt;
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== Albums ==&lt;br /&gt;
She released her first album, ''Taylor Swift'' in late 2006 which became #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums and #5 on the Billboard Hot 200.  She released her second album, ''Fearless'' in 2008 which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200.  She was the first artist in history to have two different albums in the Top 10 on the year end album chart.  It also was the first album by a female artist in country music history to log eight weeks at #1 on The Billboard 200.  ''Speak Now'' was released in October 2010 and was followed by ''Red'' in 2012 and in 2014 Swift's first official pop album ''1989'' became her best selling album and the ''1989 World Tour'' became her best selling tour by far.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards and Accomplishments ==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift is the youngest artist in history to win Album of the Year award.  Swift was also awarded the Country Music Academy's Crystal Milestone Award, given for Outstanding Achievement in Country Music.  The Academy praised her for career achievements including selling more albums in 2008 than any other artist in any genre of music, the first time a country artist had done that, the breakthrough success of her debut album (which spawned five Top 10 hits, more than any in history for a female artist's debut CD), and the worldwide crossover success of her #1 single &amp;quot;Love Story&amp;quot;.  The Academy also cited Swift's contribution to helping country music attract a younger audience and her family-friendly lyrics and performances.  When Swift transitioned to pop music, these concerts became far less family friendly.&lt;br /&gt;
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==MeToo and the Kavanaugh smear==&lt;br /&gt;
The [[MeToo movement]] began in 2018 when Swift won a [[sexual harassment]] judgement for $1 against a radio disc jockey.  The hashtag movement soon engulfed the careers of prominent [[Left-wing war on women|Democrat donors, office holders]], [[liberal]] [[mainstream media]] executives, journalists, and broadcasters who felt entitled to harass and assault women after Democrat [[Senator]]s voted to deny then-President [[Bill Clinton]]'s sexual misconduct as a [[misdemeanor]] [[impeach]]able offense.&lt;br /&gt;
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Swift's first foray into politics caused a snafu when she betrayed her commitment to equality and women's rights by endorsing a white male Democrat who claimed he would have voted to confirm Justice [[Brett Kavanaugh]] despite Democrats' coordinated [[Kavanaugh smear]] campaign over an [[incumbent]] female Republican with a proven record in support of women's empowerment.&lt;br /&gt;
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The #MeToo and #BelieveAllWomen movement later collapsed when [[Communist]]s and the [[liberal media]] failed to investigate [[sexual assault]] allegations by [[Tara Reade]] against Democrat [[2020 presidential election]] candidate [[Joe Biden]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/satire/biden-donation-louis/?utm_source=actengage&amp;amp;utm_campaign=FreedomMail&amp;amp;utm_medium=email|title=Candidate Who Killed #MeToo Movement Returns Donation From Notorious Masturbator|last=Stiles|first=Andrew|date=April 23, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Soros family greed==&lt;br /&gt;
Swift railed on [[Instagram]] against [[George Soros]], a liberal [[globalist]] megadonor, and her ex-manager Scooter Braun, who helped organize the March for Our Lives gun-control protest, after learning her former label Big Machine was releasing an album of a live radio concert she performed in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;It looks to me like Scooter Braun and his financial backers, 23 Capital, Alex Soros, and the Soros family and The Carlyle Group, have seen the latest balance sheets and realized that paying $330 million for my music wasn't exactly a wise choice and they need money,&amp;quot; Swift wrote.  &amp;quot;In my opinion, just another case of shameless greed in the time of [[Coronavirus]]. So tasteless, but very transparent.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://freebeacon.com/culture/taylor-swift-hits-soros-family-for-shameless-greed/|title=Taylor Swift Hits Soros Family for 'Shameless Greed'|last=Rutz|first=David|date=April 24, 2020|work=[[The Washington Free Beacon]]}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Democrats and liberals defend Soros by claiming attacks on the self-confessed [[Nazi]] collaborator-turned-Communist sympathizer are &amp;quot;[[anti-Semitic]]&amp;quot;,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/criticizing-george-soros-is-not-anti-semitic/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; ignoring that by selling out his own people to the Nazis during World War II and profiting off his actions, Soros is himself anti-Semitic, as well as that [[Left-wing Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitism is a liberal trait which has been displayed by Communists, Nazis, adherents of Islam and others on the Left]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Philanthropy and Charity ==&lt;br /&gt;
In 2009 Taylor Swift became the female artist with the most top-40 songs of the decade with her song &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Fifteen&amp;quot; is a song promoting [[abstinence]] and used in [[Best Buy]]'s campaign for @15, a charity which helps teenagers get involved in their communities.  Taylor Swift has donated over $750,000 to the [[Red Cross]] and $250,000 to various schools around the country, some of which were Christian-based education schools.  She has also donated $10,000 to St Jude's Children's Research Hospital.&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[MeToo movement]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Sidney Powell</title>
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'''Sidney Katherine Powell''' (born 1955) is an American attorney who served as an Assistant United States Attorney for 10 years before establishing her own private practice.  She has been lead counsel in more than 500 federal appeals—350 of them as an Assistant United States Attorney and Appellate Section Chief in the Western and Northern Districts of Texas.  In private practice Sidney represents individuals, corporations, and governments in federal appeals in complex commercial litigation.  She is a past president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, and a member of the American Law Institute. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sidney is the Author of ''Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice'' after seeing a core group of federal prosecutors break all the rules, make up crimes, hide evidence, and send innocent people to prison.  &lt;br /&gt;
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On October 19, 2023, Powell pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts for her involvement in attempting to illegally influence the outcome of the [[2020 Presidential election]].  &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sidney-powell-pleads-guilty-georgia-2020-election-case-fulton-county/ &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==2020 election fraud case==&lt;br /&gt;
:{{See also|2020 Democrat election fraud}}&lt;br /&gt;
Powell said in November 2020,&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;I can hardly wait to put forward all the evidence we’ve collected on [[Dominion Election Systems|Dominion]]...Starting with the fact it was created to produce altered voting results in [[Venezuela]] for [[Hugo Chavez]] and then shipped internationally to manipulate votes for purchase in other countries including this one&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theamericanreport.org/2020/11/13/dhs-cyber-director-chris-krebs-and-deputy-director-matt-travis-tied-to-clapper-who-commandeered-hammer-scorecard/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;....It was funded by money from Venezuela and [[Cuba]] and [[PRC|China]] has a role in it also…So if you want to talk about foreign election interference, we certainly have it now.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.worldtribune.com/sidney-powell-cites-substantial-evidence-on-dominion-voting-venezuela-ties/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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On November 27, 2020, Powell submitted to a federal court in [[Georgia]] a declaration by an [[MIT]] Ph.D. detailing extensive evidence of electronic election fraud.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Arrest For Alleged Violation of Georgia RICO Statutes==&lt;br /&gt;
On August 23, 2023, Sidney Powell, the former attorney for Donald Trump, surrendered to the Fulton County sheriff after a special grand jury indicted her on seven charges the week prior. The charges related to an attempt to illegally overturn the 2020 election in Georgia included one count of violating Georgia’s RICO Act and two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/trump-indictment-georgia-sidney-powell-booked-into-fulton-county-jail/2YQ6CLPDFZGXFJPQPODLQ2VPHY/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On October 19, 2023, Powell pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts a day before her trial was set to begin. Powell was accused of willfully tampering with electronic ballot markers and tabulating machines to remove voting data from elections systems. Powell stated she understood the terms of the plea agreement and admitted to the facts laid out by the prosecutor. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sidney-powell-pleads-guilty-georgia-2020-election-case-fulton-county/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As part of her plea deal, Powell accepted to serve six years on probation, pay $6,000 in restitution, and to pay a $6,000 fine with $2,700 going to the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. Powell agreed to testify truthfully against the co-defendants and to avoid any contact with the seventeen others who remain who were charged by the same special grand jury. She will also provide all documents requested to the Fulton County District Attorney. She will also need to write an apology to Georgia and its residents.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Flynn case==&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''17 October 2019.''' '''''Washington Times:'' AG Barr's special Russia investigator obtained BlackBerrys tied to launch of FBI Russia-Trump probe.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/17/john-durham-ag-barrs-special-russia-investigator-o/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Margot Cleveland: Why It Matters That Sidney Powell Wants Data From Joseph Mifsud’s Smartphones.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/17/why-it-matters-that-sidney-powell-wants-data-from-joseph-mifsuds-smartphones/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''18 October.''' '''''Washington Examiner:'' State Department finds violations by 38 people in Clinton emails review.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/state-department-finds-violations-by-38-people-in-clinton-emails-review&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*State Department identified nearly 600 security violations in its now-completed review of email records of dozens of former agency officials and aides to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.&lt;br /&gt;
:*The investigation, which covered the 33,000 emails Clinton provided for review, found 91 “valid violations” attributable to 38 individuals, some of whom may face disciplinary action. Another 497 violations could not be tied to any specific person.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Jeff Carlson: Mifsud’s Cell Phones Obtained by Durham Could Answer Key Russiagate Questions.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://themarketswork.com/2019/10/18/mifsuds-cell-phones-obtained-by-durham-could-answer-key-russiagate-questions/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Trump Campaign To Sue CNN For &amp;quot;Substantial Payment&amp;quot; After Project Veritas Undercover Exposé.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/michaelglassner/status/1185225081141772290&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-campaign-sue-cnn-substantial-payment-after-project-veritas-undercover-expose&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Mueller-team-2.jpg|right|35-px|thumb|The corrupt Mueller team personnel.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*'''19 October.''' Papadopoulos says game-changing Mifsud phones are about to link his case and Mike Flynn’s to treason/&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/19/papadopoulos-says-game-changing-mifsud-phones-are-about-to-link-his-case-and-mike-fynns-to-treason-841232&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Mifsud wasn’t a Russian agent — he was allegedly a “western intelligence” asset who was purposefully used by the Obama administration in 2016 to target both Papadopoulos and then-fellow Trump campaign adviser retired [[Gen. Michael Flynn]].&lt;br /&gt;
:*&amp;quot;Mifsud was also spying on Michael Flynn just two months before he started his encounters with me.”&lt;br /&gt;
:*the contents of the phone prove that the [[Obama administration]] had begun spying on his client as early as 2014.&lt;br /&gt;
:*“I joined the Donald Trump campaign in March of 2016.  Before even ''The Washington Post'' or the American media knew that I was joining this campaign, I had Joseph Mifsud and other intelligence agencies knowing all about me, what I was doing and what Donald Trump’s campaign was all about. So the notion that this investigation, [[Crossfire Hurricane]], started spontaneously on July 31st, 2016 is absurd. It’s completely absurd.”&lt;br /&gt;
:*Officials in Italy, the U.K., and Australia all reportedly assisted the Obama administration in its “investigation” of Papadopoulos.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Laura Ingraham: “[Trump] represented an existential threat to the global world. They wanted to keep this whole racket going with globalism. And Trump was the skunk at that globalist picnic.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:*CTH: Reminder: John Durham Questioning CIA Officials About Intelligence Community Assessment.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/19/reminder-john-durham-questioning-cia-officials-about-intelligence-community-assessment-2/#more-174107&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*the December 29th, 2016, Joint Analysis Report (JAR) on Russia Cyber Activity was a quickly compiled bunch of nonsense about Russian hacking. The JAR was followed a week later by the January 7th, 2017, Intelligence Community Assessment. &lt;br /&gt;
:*The ICA was the brain-trust of John Brennan, James Clapper and James Comey. While the majority of content was from the CIA, some of the content within the ICA was written by FBI Agent Peter Strzok.  NSA Director Mike Rogers refused to sign up to the “high confidence” claims.  All of the downstream claims about Russian activity, including the Russian indictments promoted by Rosenstein and the Mueller team, are centered around origination claims of illicit Russian activity outlined in the ICA.  Information available as of 29 December 2016 was used in the preparation of this product.&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''''&amp;quot;Scope:''' This report includes an analytic assessment drafted and coordinated among The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and The National Security Agency (NSA), which draws on intelligence information collected and disseminated by those three agencies. It covers the motivation and scope of Moscow’s intentions regarding US elections and Moscow’s use of cyber tools and media campaigns to influence US public opinion. The assessment focuses on activities aimed at the 2016 US presidential election and draws on our understanding of previous Russian influence operations. When we use the term “we” it refers to an assessment by all three agencies.''&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/doc/335885580&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*'''CTH: DOJ-FBI “Small Group” Promote Defense of Spygate Operations – Former FBI/DOJ Officials Nervous, Hiring Lawyers.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/19/doj-fbi-small-group-promote-defense-of-spygate-operations-former-fbi-doj-officials-nervous-hiring-lawyers/#more-174085&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The activity of the “small group” of coup plotters consists of three generalized subsidiary agencies: (1) DOJ/FBI, (2) CIA/ODNI, and (3) The State Department. Within each “small group faction” a years-long review of their narrative constructs shows the groups have specific and unique media outlets for their offensive (’16, ’17) and defensive (’18, ’19) propaganda efforts. The DOJ/FBI faction of the “small group” leaks to narrative engineers at the New York Times and NBC. The CIA/ODNI faction utilize the Washington Post and ABC; and •the State Dept. faction use CNN and CBS. Each faction uses the same reporters &amp;amp; pundits for their distribution. &lt;br /&gt;
::*The secondary media groups come in for support – reporting on the reporting; and then reporting on the reporting of the reporting… and so on. This process provides a concentric distribution effort to bolster the originating premise; all of the ideologically aligned reporters share information for the larger process of defending the prior activity and advancing a unified narrative. [&lt;br /&gt;
::*The first “small group” report is from NBC. Toplines:&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Durham investigation is more broad and therefore more troubling.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Durham is moving to interview current/former CIA and current/former Intelligence Community operatives.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The CIA and Intelligence Community operatives are hiring lawyers prior to speaking to Durham.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Durham investigation appears again looking at the ICA (Intelligence Community Assessment); which again is the part of Small Group operation which constructed the ‘vast Russian conspiracy’ (election interference) narrative.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Small Group is worried the investigation has now shifted into a possible criminal probe.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Small Group members themselves have NOT been questioned. This is making them nervous; hence the reporting.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Barr and Durham visiting Italy, the U.K. and Australia to speak with Mifsud, Halper and Downer respectively is really making the Small Group nervous.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Here’s the key NBC paragraphs::&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''Via NBC: &amp;quot;A review launched by Attorney General William Barr into the origins of the Russia investigation has expanded significantly amid concerns about whether the probe has any legal or factual basis, multiple current and former officials told NBC News.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;The prosecutor conducting the review, Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, has expressed his intent to interview a number of current and former intelligence officials involved in examining Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former director of national intelligence James Clapper, Brennan told NBC News.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Durham has also requested to talk to CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia’s activities, prompting some of them to hire lawyers, according to three former CIA officials familiar with the matter. And there is tension between the CIA and the Justice Department over what classified documents Durham can examine, two people familiar with the matter said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Durham is looking at who put together the December 2016, Joint Analysis Report (JAR); and the January 2017, Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA); essentially the originating documents that promoted the vast Russian conspiracy and set the cornerstone for a special counsel investigation therein.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''NBC: &amp;quot;If Durham is conducting a criminal investigation, it’s not clear what allegations of wrongdoing are being examined. The Justice Department has not detailed any, and a spokeswoman declined to comment for this story.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''“I don’t know what the legal basis for this is,” Brennan said, calling the probe “bizarre.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*&amp;quot;Justice Department officials have said that Durham has found something significant, and that critics should be careful.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Skeptics who have been trying to track Durham’s movements say he has yet to interview key figures, including former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe, former FBI agent Peter Stzrok and former FBI general counsel James Baker.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[“skeptics”?  Who are they?  …and why are they “trying to track Durham’s movements”?]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;“Nobody who knows anything has been interviewed,” said a person in touch with those former officials.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[So the group is talking to themselves and using a third party to push their collective discussion into the media.  Important to note.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;A Western intelligence official familiar with what Durham has been asking of foreign officials says his inquiries track closely with the questions raised about the Russia investigation in right-wing media.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[So some entity in the intelligence community, likely outside the U.S. , is in contact with the small group and keeping them apprised of what Durham is doing?  Interesting. Pay attention to what NBC is admitting here… Corrupt officials, co-conspirators, within the intelligence apparatus are monitoring John Durham; relaying information back to their allies; who then talk among themselves and coordinate media leaks based on the information they are able to extract from the tracking.   That’s a big admission.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;The Senate intelligence committee examined the allegations about Downer, Mifsud and Halper, as part of its bipartisan investigation into the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia was responsible for attacking the 2016 election, and found nothing to substantiate any wrongdoing, a committee aide said. (read full article)&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Again, notice how the small group is utilizing the SSCI, and '''it is a committee aide within the SSCI that is leaking to NBC.  We already know the SSCI was completely compromised by the effort to remove President Trump from office.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/08/11/ag-bill-barrs-other-problem-the-2018-doj-and-fbi-coverup-to-protect-the-senate-intelligence-committee/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Part of that SSCI effort led to the discovery of SSCI Security Director James Wolfe leaking the FISA application to the media.  '''The SSCI was/is part of the coup/impeachment effort.''']&lt;br /&gt;
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:*'''CTH: New York Times Narrative Engineers Start Positioning DOJ/FBI “Small Group” Coup-Plotters as Victims of CIA and Intelligence Community Manipulation.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/19/new-york-times-narrative-engineers-start-positioning-doj-fbi-small-group-coup-plotters-as-victims-of-cia-and-intelligence-community-manipulation/#more-174112&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Content and distribution tells us this information is from the DOJ and FBI faction of the “Small Group“.  Not accidentally, and VERY importantly, this is the same faction under the microscope of Inspector General Michael Horowitz and his pending IG report.  Additionally, and again very importantly, the principles within the IG report have already had an opportunity to review the part of the upcoming report that highlights their conduct. So this New York Times reporting, from conversations with the DOJ and FBI small group participants, is coming out in advance of the IG report and with their review in mind.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Here’s the article:&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Federal prosecutors reviewing the origins of the Russia investigation have asked witnesses pointed questions about any anti-Trump bias among former F.B.I. officials who are frequent targets of President Trump and about the earliest steps they took in the Russia inquiry, according to former officials and other people familiar with the review.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Note “prosecutors” is plural; more than one.  “prosecutors” also implies a shift from investigative review, to a likelihood of criminal conduct.  The media presentation of John Durham has gone from a single U.S. Attorney with a mandate from his boss, to a group of people, ‘prosecutors’, working with the U.S. Attorney.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':The prosecutors, led by John H. Durham, the United States attorney in Connecticut, have interviewed about two dozen former and current F.B.I. officials, the people said. Two former senior F.B.I. agents are assisting with the review, the people said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Two dozen former and current FBI officials questioned, but none of the individual within the small group have been questioned yet.  In addition to the prosecutors, Durham also has two FBI agents assisting.  Later in the article we discover a strong likelihood that one of those FBI agents is the leak source for the New York Times.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':The number of interviews shows that Mr. Durham’s review is further along than previously known. It has served as a political flash point since Attorney General William P. Barr revealed in the spring that he planned to scrutinize the beginnings of the Russia investigation, which Mr. Trump and his allies have attacked without evidence as a plot by law enforcement and intelligence officials to prevent him from winning the 2016 election.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Mr. Durham has yet to interview all the F.B.I. officials who played key roles in opening the Russian investigation in the summer of 2016, the people familiar with the review said. He has not spoken with Peter Strzok, a former top counterintelligence official who opened the inquiry; the former director James B. Comey or his deputy, Andrew G. McCabe; or James A. Baker, then the bureau’s general counsel.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[So Mr. Durham has not questioned the “small group” participants. Ultimately this appears to be the reason for the nervousness now originating a defensive posture.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Those omissions suggest Mr. Durham may be waiting until he has gathered all the facts before he asks to question the main decision makers in the Russia inquiry.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Or it could be that those “main decision makers” are targets of the investigation.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':The president granted Mr. Barr sweeping powers for the review, though he did not open it as a criminal investigation. That means he gave Mr. Durham the power only to read materials the government had already gathered and to request voluntary interviews from witnesses, not to subpoena witnesses or documents. It is not clear whether the status of the review has changed.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Why would Mr. Barr need to “subpoena” pre-existing documents he has been granted full presidential authority to review?  Methinks the New York Times engineer is conflating the power of a special counsel (prior investigation) with the power of a U.S. Attorney General who was granted full access to any/all classified information by an executive order from the President of the United States.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Mr. Durham’s investigators appeared focused at one point on Mr. Strzok, said one former official who was interviewed. Mr. Strzok opened the Russia inquiry in late July 2016 after receiving information from the Australian government that the Russians had offered damaging information on Hillary Clinton to a Trump campaign adviser. Mr. Durham’s team has asked about the events surrounding the Australian tip, some of the people familiar with the review said.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Mr. Durham’s team, including Nora R. Dannehy, a veteran prosecutor, has questioned witnesses about why Mr. Strzok both drafted and signed the paperwork opening the investigation, suggesting that was unusual for one person to take both steps. Mr. Strzok began the inquiry after consulting with F.B.I. leadership, former officials familiar with the episode said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[“why” did FBI leadership allow Strzok to create, draft and open the investigation?  LOL, that’s actually a big tell.  Apparently Comey and McCabe were smart enough to keep their signatures off a political investigation.  It’s called plausible deniability.  Same purpose for James Comey keeping copious notes (diary) in his home safe.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Mr. Durham has also questioned why Mr. Strzok opened the case on a weekend, again suggesting that the step might have been out of the ordinary. Former officials said that Mr. McCabe had directed Mr. Strzok to travel immediately to London to interview the two Australian diplomats who had learned about the Russians’ offer to help the Trump campaign and that he was trying to ensure he took the necessary administrative steps first.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[“Two” = Alexander Downer and Erika Thompson.   May 10, 2016, Papadopoulos meets Ambassador Downer at the Kensington Wine Rooms in London, England. MEDIA CLAIM: “Downer met with George Papadopoulos, where Papadopoulos — having been introduced through two intermediaries, Christian Cantor and Erika Thompson — mentioned that Russians had material on Hillary Clinton.”  Both Papadopoulos and Downer refute their May 10th meeting discussed Clinton emails.  Papadopoulos notes that Ambassador Downer is recording their conversation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/20/unofficial-channels-reconciling-muellers-strategically-worded-origin-of-operation-crossfire-hurricane/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':It is not clear how many people Mr. Durham’s team has interviewed outside of the F.B.I. His investigators have questioned officials in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence but apparently have yet to interview C.I.A. personnel, people familiar with the review said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[So the leakers “people familiar” to the NYT are limited to knowledge inside the DOJ and FBI operational entities; just as we suspected.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Many of the questions from Mr. Durham’s team overlapped with ones that the Justice Department inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, has posed in his own look into aspects of the Russia inquiry, according to the people.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Mr. Horowitz’s report, which is most likely to be made public in the coming weeks, is expected to criticize law enforcement officials’ actions in the Russia investigation. Mr. Horowitz’s findings could provide insights into why Mr. Barr thought that the Russia investigation needed to be examined.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Well, there’s the motive for the current narrative engineering.  Horowitz’s report is coming out; small group participants will be criticized; and the justification for Barr and Durham to look at their behavior will be bolstered by IG Horowitz.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;In his review, Mr. Durham has asked witnesses about the role of Christopher Steele, a former intelligence official from Britain who was hired to research Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia by a firm that was in turn financed by Democrats. Law enforcement officials used some of the information Mr. Steele compiled into a now-infamous dossier to obtain a secret wiretap on a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, whom they suspected was an agent of Russia.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Interesting the NYT doesn’t write that Mr. Durham has interviewed Christopher Steele about his work on the dossier and his contact with the small group (he has).  One would think that would be an important notation in a paragraph about Mr. Steele, no?]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Mr. Durham’s investigators asked why F.B.I. officials would use unsubstantiated or incorrect information in their application for a court order allowing the wiretap and seemed skeptical about why agents relied on Mr. Steele’s dossier.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':The inspector general has also raised concerns that the F.B.I. inflated Mr. Steele’s value as an informant in order to obtain the wiretap on Mr. Page. Mr. Durham’s investigators have done the same, according to the people familiar with his review.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Well, well, well, I answered my own question.  The NYT doesn’t want readers to know John Durham interviewed Steele, because the NYT is admitting the Steele information was “unsubstantiated”, “incorrect”, and the FBI “inflated” Mr. Steele to gain a political weapon.  Hmmm… methinks those exact words will be in the IG report; I digress.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Mr. Horowitz has asked witnesses about an assessment of Mr. Steele that MI6, the British spy agency, provided to the F.B.I. after bureau officials received his dossier on Mr. Trump in September 2016. MI6 officials said Mr. Steele, a Russia expert, was honest and persistent but sometimes showed questionable judgment in pursuing targets that others viewed as a waste of time, two people familiar with the assessment said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[That preceeding paragraph is just loaded with juicy stuff.  The NYT is sharing that MI6 told the FBI Steele was a sketchy fellow.  The NYT is positioning the dossier to the FBI in September 2016, but we know the dossier material was in Brennan’s briefing to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in August 2016…. So the NYT is positioning the FBI as a victim of bad intel from the dossier that was initiated by John Brennan. Very interesting.  Additionally, “two people familiar with the MI6 assessment” is confluent with two people who have read the IG report which will outline the MI6 assessment.  See how that works?]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;One former official said that in his interview with Mr. Durham’s team, he pushed back on the notion that law enforcement and intelligence officials had plotted to thwart Mr. Trump’s candidacy..&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;The former official said he was reassured by the presence of John C. Eckenrode, one of the former senior F.B.I. agents assisting Mr. Durham. Like Mr. Durham, who investigated C.I.A. torture of detainees overseas, Mr. Eckenrode is also familiar with high-stakes political inquiries.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;He is probably best known for working with Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the former United States attorney who in 2003 was appointed to investigate the leak of the identity of an undercover C.I.A. officer, Valerie Plame, to a journalist.  “Jack is as straight a shooter as you can get in the F.B.I.,” Asha Rangappa, a former F.B.I. agent, said of Mr. Eckenrode, a friend. “It’s the first reassuring thing I’ve heard about this review.”  (Read Full Article)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/us/politics/durham-review-fbi-witnesses.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Oh good grief.  Asha “Comey is my Homey” Rangappa, likes one of Durham’s FBI investigators…. who also worked with corruptocrat [[Patrick Fitzgerald]], one of James Comey’s corrupt friends who is now Comey’s corrupt lawyer.  Given that some of these NYT leaks come from inside Durham’s team, it’s likely John Eckenrode is the source. The key takeaway from this NYT article is the beginning of the public defense narrative for the DOJ/FBI small group.  '''They are starting to position themselves as victims of false information delivered to them by the CIA and Intelligence Community.'' Apparently, this is the big picture defense they will use when the IG report drops. [''Ed note: Special thanks to Sundance''].&lt;br /&gt;
:*[[Glen Beck]] interview with  Andriy Telizhenko. Telizhenko was present at the January 19, 2016 White House meeting with Eric Ciaramella and members of Obama’s [[National Security Council]], FBI, State Department and Department of Justice.  Ukrainians were informed to terminated the investigation into Hunter Biden and Burisma, and to find &amp;quot;new evidence&amp;quot; on a 2014 case against Paul Manafort that the FBI has already investigated and dismissed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86awAp4uIw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''20 October.''' '''Durham’s Trail Leading to SSCI – Ali Watkins Never Slept With James Wolfe – It Was a Cover Story.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/20/durhams-trail-leading-to-ssci-ali-watkins-never-slept-with-james-wolfe-it-was-a-cover-story/#more-174163&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*interesting quote from NBC: ''”Justice Department officials have said that Durham has found something significant, and that critics should be careful.”''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ag-barr-expands-controversial-review-origin-russia-investigation-n1068971&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Dan-jones-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Warner wanted covert contact with Christopher Steele. Adam Waldman tells Warner that FusionGPS's new paymaster, Dan Jones, is coming to see him.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:*During the 2016 effort to weaponize the institutions of government against Donald Trump, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) was headed by Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein.  After the 2016 election Senator Feinstein abdicated her vice-chair position to Senator Mark Warner, and Feinstein's lead staffer Dan Jones left the committee to continue paying Fusion-GPS (Glenn Simpson) for ongoing efforts toward the impeachment insurance policy angle.  The SSCI needed arms-length plausible deniability amid their 2017 operations to continue the removal effort (soft coup).  The trail for this plausible deniability first surfaces with Dan Jones appearing in the early 2017 text messages between Senator Warner and the liaison for Christopher Steele, lawyer and lobbyist Adam Waldman:&lt;br /&gt;
::*In those March 2017 text message you can see Senator Warner attempting to set up covert “no paper trail” communication with dossier author Christopher Steele. Adam Waldman represented Chris Steele and Steele’s employer, Oleg Deripaska.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Less than a month later you can see within the text messages that Christopher Steele is in direct contact with Dan Jones. “[Chris] said Dan Jones is coming to see you” etc.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Pientka in Swat gear.PNG|right|200px|thumb|Joseph Pientka in SWAT gear.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://uncoverdc.com/2022/05/24/flynn-fisa-pientka-resurfaces/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''Jones talking to Christopher Steele in April 2017 is critical to understanding what was going on after Trump won the election.'''&lt;br /&gt;
::*Jones raised $50 million from those who were behind the 2016 stop Trump effort, and the purpose was now the 2017 impeachment effort.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thefederalist.com/2018/04/27/confirmed-former-feinstein-staffer-hired-fusion-gps-christopher-steele/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  As you can see from the texts, Jones was now talking in person (“coming to see you”) to SSCI Vice-Chair Mark Warner in April 2017.  '''The SSCI was heavily involved in the impeachment effort after the election.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://t.co/a6sqJRQdWi&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Secondary documentation of the connection between the DOJ, FBI, Fusion, and Dan Jones shows up in the FBI investigative 302 notes of Bruce Ohr, released by Judicial Watch. [Pay attention to the May 8th, 2017, interview – pg 18, 19 of pdf].  Bruce Ohr is telling the FBI investigator, likely Agent Joe Pientka, about Glenn Simpson and Dan Jones visiting Christopher Steele sometime after May 8, 2017, and they were in the process of “lawyering up”.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''Via NBC: &amp;quot;Durham has expressed his intent to interview a number of current and former intelligence officials involved in examining Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former director of national intelligence James Clapper, Brennan told NBC News.  Durham has also requested to talk to CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia’s activities, prompting some of them to hire lawyers, according to three former CIA officials familiar with the matter. And there is tension between the CIA and the Justice Department over what classified documents Durham can examine, two people familiar with the matter said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''If the ICA is a false political document, the entire narrative from the JAR and ICA is part of a big fraud.  Then the construct of the special counsel probe (the “originating” construct), was false.'''&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Fbi-comey-and-senator-mark-warner.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Deep state coup plotters (left to right) Comey, Clapper, Brennan and Senate Intelligence Committee vice chair Mark Warner.]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*In early 2017 Adam Waldman and Dan Jones were facilitating a plausibly deniable information pipeline from Chris Steele to the SSCI and Senator Mark Warner.  At the same time DOJ official Bruce Ohr was facilitating a plausibly deniable information pipeline from Chris Steele to the FBI/DOJ small group. The purposes were the same, everyone needed assurances Steele would stand by the false narratives.  That’s the purpose behind the  “re-engagement” with Steele through Bruce Ohr.  That corrupt planning activity is what the some unknown DOJ and FBI officials are hiding behind the Bruce Ohr 302 redactions.&lt;br /&gt;
::*U.S. Attorney John Durham has interviewed Christopher Steele; so too has DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz.  It was AFTER those interviews with Christopher Steele when the IG report was delayed and reports started surfacing that Durham was adding additional resources, expanding his probe and retaining former FBI officials to assist.  It was after those interviews when Durham and Barr started taking the background material of Italy (Mifsud), Australia (Downer) and the U.K. (Halper) more seriously.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''Per NBC: The Senate intelligence committee examined the allegations about Downer, Mifsud and Halper, as part of its bipartisan investigation into the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia was responsible for attacking the 2016 election, and found nothing to substantiate any wrongdoing, a committee aide said. &lt;br /&gt;
::*Again, notice how the small group is utilizing the SSCI, and it is a committee aide within the SSCI that is leaking to NBC.  The small group are pulling the Senate Intelligence Committee back into the picture.  That brings Dianne Feinstein, Mark Warner, Richard Burr, Daniel Jones, Adam Waldman and James Wolfe back in.  In 2018 the DOJ and FBI covered-up the corruption evident during the 2017 pre-Mueller effort.  The current position of the small group is to force the 2019 DOJ and FBI to do it again.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Warner-text-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Mark Warner entering the SCIF to read the Carter Page FISA warrant on March 17, 2017; it was leaked to reporter Ali Watkins by the SSCI director of security, James Wolfe, hours later on instructions from his Senate bosses, adding fuel to the media frenzy that Trump was a Russian asset.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:*'''Throughout the 2016 and 2017 effort, a part of one branch of the United States government, the U.S. Senate through the SSCI, was assisting the efforts of the DOJ and FBI against a candidate, president-elect and later United States President, Donald Trump.'''&lt;br /&gt;
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::*The 2017 time period covers Robert Mueller as Special Counsel, Jeff Sessions as AG, Rod Rosenstein as Deputy, Chris Wray replacing James Comey as FBI Director, and eventually David Bowditch replacing Andrew McCabe as Deputy.   For all of the important decision-making Jeff Sessions was cut-out by design.  For example, the person who made the decisions about SSCI Director James Wolfe’s prosecution was Rod Rosenstein.  As a result of a FOIA release in Mid December 2018,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-obama-state-department-urgently-provided-classified-russiagate-documents-to-multiple-senators-immediately-ahead-of-trump-inauguration/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Judicial Watch revealed how the State Department was feeding “classified information” to multiple U.S. Senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee by the Obama administration immediately prior to President Donald Trump’s inauguration:  The documents reveal that among those receiving the classified documents were Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] (D-MD), and Sen. [[Robert Corker]] (R-TN).  Judicial Watch obtained the documents through a June 2018 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed against the State Department after it failed to respond to a February 2018 request seeking records of the Obama State Department’s last-minute efforts to share classified information about Russia election interference issues with Democratic Senator Ben Cardin (''Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:18-cv-01381))''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-cardin-complaint-01381/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  The documents reveal the Obama State Department urgently gathering classified Russia investigation information and disseminating it to members of Congress within hours of Donald Trump taking office.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-obama-state-department-urgently-provided-classified-russiagate-documents-to-multiple-senators-immediately-ahead-of-trump-inauguration/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The impeachment program was a plan, an insurance policy of sorts; a coordinated effort between corrupt politicians in the Senate and hold-over allies in the executive; the appointment of a special counsel was always the way they were going to hand-off and continue the investigation into Trump; the continued exploitation of the Steele Dossier was critical;&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''While Mark Warner of the SSCI in the Legislative branch was communicating with Adam Waldman and Dan Jones as a conduit to Chris Steele, the FBI/DOJ team in the Executive branch was communicating through Bruce Ohr to Chris Steele (and by extension to Nellie Ohr and Fusion GPS).'''&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Wolfe-ssci-senators-asking-lieniency.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wolfe threatened to bring down his SSCI bosses if they didn't come to his defense.]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*Warner’s role was to weaponize the Legislative branch to advance the ‘Russia conspiracy’ narrative, a fundamental necessity if a special counsel was to be justified.  The SSCI, and the security protocols within it, were part of the plan; hence the rapid information from the State Department to the SSCI in the closing days of the Obama administration.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*On March 17th, 2017, the Senate Intelligence Committee took custody of the Carter Page FISA application.  The FISA application (original and first renewal) was delivered to Senate Security Director James Wolfe.  &lt;br /&gt;
::::*Senator Mark Warner entered the basement SCIF shortly after 4:00pm on March 17, 2017, the day it was delivered. When SSCI Security Officer James Wolfe was indicted (unsealed June ’18), we can see the FBI investigators are describing the FISA application.  Additionally Wolfe exchanged 82 text messages with reporter Ali Watkins.  The FISA application is 83 pages with one blank page.  Despite the overwhelming (public) circumstantial evidence that Wolfe leaked the FISA application, he was never charged with leaking classified information.  Wolfe was only charged with lying three times to federal authorities, and he pled down to one count of lying to the FBI.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::*the Rosenstein DOJ not to charge Wolfe with the FISA leak was because that charge would ensnare Senators on the SSCI.  &lt;br /&gt;
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:::*the SSCI has intelligence oversight of the DOJ, DOJ-NSD, FBI and all associated counterintelligence operations. Additionally, when the FBI was investigating Wolfe for leaking classified documents, according to their court filings they had to inform the committee of the risk Wolfe represented.  &lt;br /&gt;
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:::*criminal '''charges for leaking classified intelligence information against James Wolfe would likely result in a major scandal where the SSCI itself was outlined as participants in the weaponization of government for political intents'''.  Thus, the alignment of interests for a dropped charge and DC cover-up. &lt;br /&gt;
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:::*James Wolfe evidenced the schemes when he threatened to subpoena members of the SSCI as part of his defense.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://archive.is/RTxJZ&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::*''WSJ: Attorneys for James A. Wolfe sent letters to all 15 senators on the committee, notifying them that their testimony may be sought as part of Mr. Wolfe’s defense, according to two people familiar with the matter.&lt;br /&gt;
::::*''Mr. Wolfe’s defense lawyers are considering calling the senators as part of the proceedings for a variety of reasons, including as potential character witnesses and to rebut some of the allegations made by the government in the criminal complaint, these people say.  &lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Doj-response-to-wolfe-defense-memo-3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Smoking gun: The SSCI (Legislative branch) colluded in Deep State coup 1.0 by leaking the Carter Page FISA application based on the bogus ''Steele dossier'', whipping up anti-Russian hysteria.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Immediately after threatening to subpoena the SSCI (July 27, 2018), the DOJ (Rosenstein authorizing) cut a deal with Wolfe and dropped the charges down to a single charge of lying to investigators.  However, someone in the FBI who was doing the investigative legwork wasn’t happy with that decision.  The overwhelming circumstantial evidence that Wolfe leaked the FISA application went from strong suspicion to damn certain (after the plea deal) when the DOJ included a sentencing motion in mid-December 2018.  On December 15th, 2018 the DOJ filed a response to the Wolfe defense teams’ own sentencing memo,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/395775597/Wolfe-Case-DOJ-Response-to-Defense-Sentencing-Memo-pdf&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  and within the DOJ response they included an exhibit (#13) written by the FBI [redacted] special agent in charge, which specifically says: '''''“because of the known disclosure of classified information, the FISA application”'''''… Thereby admitting, albeit post-plea agreement, that Wolfe did indeed leak the damn FISA:&lt;br /&gt;
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:::*James Wolfe leaked the 83-page Carter Page FISA application on March 17, 2017.  It’s all documented with circumstantial and direct evidence; including the admissions from the FBI agent in charge.&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''During the 2016 and 2017 effort to weaponize the institutions of government against the outside candidacy of Donald Trump, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) was a participating entity.  Dianne Feinstein, Richard Burr, Mark Warner, Daniel Jones, and James Wolfe were all participants of varying degrees.'''  The small group within the DOJ and FBI, now being investigated by Bill Barr, John Durham and Michael Horowitz, are pushing the SSCI back into the spotlight in an effort to utilize all of the legislative branch participants as a shield. [''Ed note: Special thanks to Saundance.'']&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Mifsud’s Phones Obtained by Durham Have UK Sim Cards Tying Them to the UK — AND BACK TO JOHN BRENNAN.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/mifsuds-phones-obtained-by-durham-have-uk-sim-cards-tying-them-to-the-uk-and-back-to-john-brennan/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1185488369339551749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Chuck Ross: British intelligence questioned Christopher Steele’s judgement in assessment given to the FBI.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/20/mi6-fbi-christopher-steele-assessment/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Larry C. Johnson: FBI-DOJ Likely to Throw the CIA and Clapper Under the Bus.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/mifsuds-phones-obtained-by-durham-have-uk-sim-cards-tying-them-to-the-uk-and-back-to-john-brennan/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Grassley-tweet-ig-report-fisa.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]&lt;br /&gt;
*'''21 October.''' [[Sen. Grassley]] sends ominous warning on the FISA abuse report.&lt;br /&gt;
:*''Sundance'' notes neither Daniel Jones not have been identified as being questioned by either IG Michael Horowitz or U.S. Attorney John Durham.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/23/senator-grassley-tweets-warning-about-fisa-investigation-holds-unique-perspective-on-deep-state-motives-for-a-cover-up/#more-174439&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*After the election direct contact with Chris Steele, while the possibility of the evidence being exposed as political opposition research, was impossible.  This is why Bruce Ohr and Adam Waldman were used as intermediaries by the FBI and Mark Warner respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
:*SSCI Vice-Chairman Mark Warner was the allied member of the group in the legislative branch. Fusion-GPS was pushing the narrative through sources and contacts within mainstream news.  The FBI, DOJ and Intelligence Community were leaking to their allies in media to build upon the same narrative. Director James Comey was keeping notes of all interactions he was having with the target, President Trump. Multiple people and interests were all working on the same goal, diminish President Trump through the fraudulent auspices of the Russia-Collusion-Conspiracy investigation and narrative.  By March 2017 the need to push more Russia-conspiracy fuel into the media bloodstream was critical. On March 17th, 2017, Senator Mark Warner told SSCI Security Director James Wolfe to leak the content of the Carter Page FISA application (original and one renewal) to the media.   &lt;br /&gt;
:*The intentional leaking of the FISA application put Steele in a very stressful position; the FBI had used political opposition research to gain a FISA court warrant, the media was reporting on it, and Chris Steele’s intelligence reputation was part of the narrative.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Daniel Jones was in communication with Glenn Simpson at Fusion-GPS and Adam Waldman representing Christopher Steele.  Multiple left-wing entities had given Dan Jones $50,000,000 to pay Simpson and Steele to continue the effort and retain the false Russia collusion premise.  In essence, Dan Jones was the bag-man for the pay-offs.  Payments made to Simpson were used to keep fueling the media story, bolster reporting of the FBI investigation, and further build the Russia narrative.   All of this was predicated on Chris Steele maintaining the story that his dossier was an official intelligence product.  As a consequence Daniel Jones also paid Adam Waldman and Chris Steele for their ongoing support.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Throughout this period in 2017 Daniel Jones was the bag-man traveling between Glenn Simpson, Adam Waldman and his prior work contact on the SSCI, Senator Mark Warner.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Waldman and Deripaska.jpg |right|300px|thumb|Waldman with Putin buddy [[Oleg Deripaska]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Kk7kobMQY&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
:*After his arrest for leaking classified documents, Wolfe threatened to subpoena Senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee (July 27, 2018) for his defense.  Rosenstein quickly cut a deal with Wolfe and dropped the charges down to a single charge of lying to investigators. Following that DOJ cover-up, in August 2018, Grassley requested testimony from Adam Waldman surrounding his contacts and engagements with Christopher Steele, DOJ/FBI officials, and contacts with Mark Warner to undermine and remove President Trump.&lt;br /&gt;
::*From Adam Waldman and Dan Jones all of the connections with the dossier participants become visible.  Those middle-men connect to Glenn Simpson, Chris Steele, Bruce Ohr, Mark Warner and the FBI officials utilizing the ''Steele dossier'' in their political investigation.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*In a response letter released August 17th, 2018, lawyers for Waldman told Sen. Grassley their client was “out of the country and not expected to return for several weeks.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/386518002/Waldman-Letter-to-Grassley-08-17-2018-Follow-Up#&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, Waldman’s wife Barbara Sturm posted an instagram picture August 22nd, 2018, showing them dining with friends in New York.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm0ypvugtc9/?taken-by=bbsturm&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/almostjingo/status/1032784910447071233&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''22 October.''' '''CIA Circles Wagons – Dispatches Media Narrative Engineers to Defend Interests.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/22/cia-circles-wagons-dispatches-media-narrative-engineers-to-defend-interests/#more-174333&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*CIA defending journalist Natasha Bertrand has been participating in the multi-year PR effort which helped frame the CIA/ODNI talking points against President Trump, and she is deployed again in the latest effort within Politico.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/trump-vengeance-john-brennan-russia-053970&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Bertrand is counting on people not knowing that John Brennan was caught lying about his instructions to CIA operatives to spy on the networks of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.&lt;br /&gt;
:*'''CTH: Durham Looking At Brennan – A Reminder of “The Crown Material” Conflict.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/22/durham-looking-at-brennan-a-reminder-of-the-crown-material-conflict/#more-174350&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*In May 2019 Trey Gowdy stated there are emails from Comey that outline instructions from Brennan to include the “Crown Material,” i.e. the ''Steele dossier'', within the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment.&lt;br /&gt;
::{{Quotebox|…”Brennan is insisting the Crown Material be included in the intel assessment”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PohFoeETF4&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
::*However, on May 23rd, 2017, in testimony -under oath- to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Brennan stated [@01:54:28]:&lt;br /&gt;
::{{Quotebox|It wasn’t part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. It was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community Assessment that was done. Uh … it was not.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGg8gpGqr-w&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
::*Brennan may have set his own perjury trap.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQLweblVdoo&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)  took the construct of the Join Analysis Report (JAR) on Russian attempted hacking of state election boards and the DNC and then overlaid a political narrative that Russia was trying to help Donald Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Warner tweet.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Warner scared to death about Barr poking around in the 2016 election.]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*OANN: Durham has requested an interview from John Brennan, and plans to request James Clapper also sit down with him as part of his review of the 2016 Russia collusion investigation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1186733639960354817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''23 October.''' ''Townhall:'' Did The FBI Give Trump And Hillary Different Counterintelligence Briefings in 2016?&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/23/did-the-fbi-give-trump-and-hillary-different-counterintelligence-briefings-in-2016-n2555206&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Catherine Herridge: Italian prime minister confirms Durham investigation meeting.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://video.foxnews.com/v/6097127646001/#sp=show-clips&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/breaking-in-closed-door-meeting-italian-prime-minister-conte-denies-italian-connections-to-mifsud-whos-now-again-disappeared/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Durham and Barr recently had meetings in [[Rome]] where they obtained new evidence. The meetings “took place on Aug. 15 and Sept. 27, 2019, in Rome,” and that it was during one or both of these trips, that Barr and Durham “gathered new evidence.”&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''24 October.''' '''Report: U.S. Attorney Durham “Administrative Review” is now “A Criminal Investigation”.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/24/big-report-u-s-attorney-durham-administrative-review-is-now-a-criminal-investigation/#more-174520&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*''NYT'' reports the Durham “review” has now officially moved into a full “criminal investigation”. &lt;br /&gt;
:*Jeff Carlson: Focus of Durham Probe Shifts to Senior Obama Officials.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://themarketswork.com/2019/10/24/focus-of-durham-probe-shifts-to-senior-obama-officials/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*One of the former FBI officials assisting Durham’s investigation is reported to be John C. Eckenrode, who at one time worked with Patrick J. Fitzgerald in the 2003 [[Valerie Plame]] leak case. Eckenrode reportedly knew Durham from his time as an FBI agent in Connecticut, where Durham was a prosecutor. Eckenrode also “ran the FBI’s office in Philadelphia” prior to his 2006 retirement from the bureau.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Sometime in mid-2016, Brennan formed an inter-agency task force headquartered at the CIA to investigate foreign intelligence allegations against the Trump campaign&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/did-brennan-admit-to-using-reverse-targeting-to-spy-on-the-trump-campaign_2628435.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Brennan and some of his CIA analysts, along with DNI Clapper, were responsible for a series of three reports that were used to promote the Trump-Russia collusion story. The first report was released on Oct. 7, 2016, and the second on Dec. 29, 2016.  The third report, “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections”—also known as the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)—was released on Jan. 6, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The ICA claimed that “Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump” and stated that “Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.”  The report played a key role in advancing the now disproven allegation that Trump colluded with Russia.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'''While Brennan denied before Congress using the Steele Dossier in the ICA, he did attach a two-page summary of the dossier to the ICA that he, along with Clapper and Comey, delivered to then-President Barack Obama on Jan. 6, 2017.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/02/11/former_cia_director_john_brennan_investigated_for_perjury.html#!&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/03/27/rand-paul-it-was-brennan-who-insisted-the-unverified-and-fake-steele-dossier-be-included-in-the-intelligence-report/comment-page-1/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/1163951550718345217&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Brennan also made repeated use of questionable foreign intelligence and passed it along to the FBI.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/focus-in-spygate-scandal-shifts-to-cia-former-director-brennan_3049534.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Brennan testified to Congress in May 2017 that any information, specifically “anything involving the individuals involved in the Trump campaign was shared with the bureau [FBI].” Brennan also admitted that it was his intelligence that helped establish the FBI investigation:&lt;br /&gt;
::::*''“I was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between Russian officials and U.S. persons that raised concerns in my mind about whether or not those individuals were cooperating with the Russians, either in a witting or unwitting fashion, and it served as the basis for the FBI investigation to determine whether such collusion [or] cooperation occurred.”''&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Clapper personally confirmed foreign intelligence involvement during congressional testimony in May 2017:&lt;br /&gt;
::::*Sen. Dianne Feinstein: ''“Over the spring of 2016, multiple European allies passed on additional information to the United States about contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians. Is this accurate?”''&lt;br /&gt;
::::*James Clapper: ''“Yes, it is, and it’s also quite sensitive. The specifics are quite sensitive.”''&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Brennan appeared to have employed the use of “reverse targeting” on members of the Trump campaign. Reverse targeting refers to the targeting of a foreign individual with the intent of capturing data on a U.S. citizen. During an Aug. 17, 2018, interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Brennan said the following:&lt;br /&gt;
::::*''“We call it incidental collection in terms of CIA’s foreign intelligence collection authorities. Any time we would incidentally collect information on a U.S. person, we would hand that over to the FBI because they have the legal authority to do it. We would not pursue that type of investigative, you know, sort of leads. We would give it to the FBI. So, we were picking things up that was of great relevance to the FBI, and we wanted to make sure that they were there—so they could piece it together with whatever they were collecting domestically here.”''&lt;br /&gt;
::::*However, under the laws governing U.S. surveillance, the identities of U.S. citizens are supposed to be protected. Provisions known as minimization procedures are intended to protect information “incidentally collected” on U.S. citizens in the course of foreign surveillance. The collection described by Brennan doesn’t appear to have been incidental but rather targeted.&lt;br /&gt;
::::*As this foreign intelligence, unofficial in nature and outside of traditional channels, was gathered on members of the Trump campaign, Brennan began his process of feeding this intelligence to the FBI. Repeated transfers of foreign intelligence from the CIA director helped push the FBI toward establishing a formal counterintelligence investigation.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Durham has reportedly been in contact with Horowitz, whose investigation had “grown to include more than 2,800 subpoenas, nearly 500 search warrants, 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence and interviews of about 500 witnesses,” according to the ''Washington Examiner'' (September 19, 2019). &lt;br /&gt;
:*Horowitz Report: Likely No Classified Appendix / Review Phase Has Not Started.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/24/good-news-bad-news-horowitz-report-likely-no-classified-appendix-review-phase-has-not-started-long/#more-174506&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Chuck Ross: DOJ Has Quietly Been Publishing Documents Related To Trump-Russia Probe.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/24/doj-trump-russia-records/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The agency in recent weeks has started publishing documents related to an array of topics, including Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele, Bruce Ohr, and Peter Strzok.&lt;br /&gt;
::*One document released Wednesday shows that former Trump lawyer John Dowd asked Rod Rosenstein to help investigate Fusion GPS.&lt;br /&gt;
::*DOJ published email correspondence between Peter Strzok, the FBI official who opened the Trump-Russia probe, and Bruce Ohr, a DOJ official who played a key role as middleman between the FBI and dossier author Christopher Steele.  DOJ published 140 pages of documents on its website related to Fusion GPS.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Dowd emailed Rosenstein and Scott Schools, the associate deputy attorney general, on Nov. 6, 2017, urging the pair to investigate whether Fusion GPS had paid journalists as part of the effort to attack Trump.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screen-Shot-2019-10-24-at-2.54.00-PM-620x421.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Email from Trump attorney John Dowd to Rod Rosenstein, Nov. 9, 2017: “We all now know that the entire Russian drama was and is a complete concoction by the Clinton DNC buying a phony dossier with laundered money by law firms and cut outs with Fusion GPS and former WSJ reporter Glenn Simpson to nullify the results of the Presidential election....It is clear we were all duped including the DOJ and both houses of Congress.&amp;quot; Yet Rosenstein allowed the Mueller probe to continue another year and half, impacting the [[2018 Midterm elections]].]] &lt;br /&gt;
:::*“We all now know that the entire Russian drama was and is a complete concoction by the Clinton DNC buying a phony dossier with laundered money by law firms and cut outs with Fusion GPS and former WSJ reporter Glenn Simpson to nullify the results of the Presidential election,” wrote Dowd, who linked to a Washington Times article.  “It is clear we were all duped including the DOJ and both houses of Congress.”  Dowd asked why the Justice Department was not “intervening” in litigation to force Fusion GPS to disclose reporters that the firm allegedly had on its payroll.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*At that time, congressional invrestigators obtained Fusion GPS’s bank records that revealed the law firm for the DNC and Clinton campaign had paid the firm $1 million as part of its Trump investigation. Fusion GPS in turn paid Steele around $170,000, according to the documents. The records also showed that Fusion GPS paid journalists.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Dowd emailed Rosenstein again Nov. 9, 2017, with a link to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece entitled “Lifting the Steele Curtain,” which called the dossier “one of the dirtiest political tricks in U.S. history.”  Emails from December 2017 show Justice Department officials also appeared to lament revelations about Bruce Ohr’s links to Fusion GPS.  Ohr, who was a top official in the deputy attorney general’s office, was revealed earlier that month to have had extensive contact with Steele. Ohr’s wife, Nellie, was also reported to have worked as a contractor for Fusion GPS, raising allegations of a possible conflict of interest.  Justice Department officials circulated a Dec. 12, 2017, report from the Daily Caller News Foundation that Glenn Simpson, a co-founder of Fusion GPS, revealed in a court filing that his firm had employed Nellie Ohr. (RELATED: Fusion GPS Founder Confirms Hiring DOJ Official’s Wife).  “Oh good grief,” Stephen Boyd, the Justice Department’s liaison to Congress, wrote in an email to associates that linked to the DCNF’s piece.  “Lovely,” DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores wrote.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Among the trove of recently released documents is a Feb. 1, 2017, email exchange between Strzok and Ohr.  Ohr forwarded a top-secret Treasury Department report concerning banking transactions to Strzok through the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS), a top-secret computer network used by various federal agencies.  Ohr obtained the document from Lisa Holtyn, a senior intelligence advisor at DOJ’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). He provided Strzok with a password to access the document, which the government redacted because it involves information related to “monetary instrument transactions.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Ohr told lawmakers on Aug. 28, 2018, that he did not know Strzok prior to the beginning of the Trump-Russia investigation, which Strzok opened July 31, 2016. Ohr testified that he met Strzok only a couple of times during the probe. The FBI used Ohr to collect information from Steele regarding his investigation of the Trump campaign.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Justice Department also released a memo that Robert Mueller submitted to Attorney General William Barr on April 19, a day after a partially redacted version of the special counsel’s report had been made public. Mueller said in the memo that investigators had closed an investigation into whether an unidentified individual acted as an unregistered agent of a foreign country.  The name of the person is redacted, making it unclear who is being referenced in the previously unreleased document. “The Special Counsel’s investigation closed its investigation of [redacted] for acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government … because there was not admissible evidence sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction,” Mueller wrote.  The memo stated Rosenstein authorized the investigation of the individual in an Aug. 2, 2017, document laying out the scope of the special counsel’s probe.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*''PJ Media:'' Durham Investigation Is Criminal: a Disaster for the MSM.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/durham-investigation-going-criminal-a-disaster-for-the-msm/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*This is time to name the biggest miscreants: ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Wall Street Journal'' (front pages), the infantile ''BuzzFeed'', the risible CNN, ABC, CBS, and the multiple sexual molesters at NBC. These are the people who have informed us, actually assured us, from the outset that Donald Trump had done things that deserved impeachment when all they did was try to overthrow an American presidential election. All that time they were harboring the real targets of the investigation, the real criminals.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Now it is time to overthrow them. They no longer deserve their place in our society.&lt;br /&gt;
::*the networks deserve special opprobrium and scrutiny. They are granted licenses by the government, as it happens licenses to spew propaganda. Should these be continued?&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''25 October.''' '''''Daily Caller:'' Michael Flynn Attorney Demands Charges Be Dismissed ‘For Outrageous Government Misconduct’.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2019/10/25/michael-flynn-attorney-demands-charges-be-dismissed-for-outrageous-government-misconduct/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Sidney Powell asked a federal court to hold prosecutors in contempt for their conduct in the case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/431958737/Flynn-Filing-October-24th-Brady-Material-1&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*(1) Lisa Page edited the Flynn 302’s, then forgot when questioned by DOJ officials, then re-remembered when shown her texts. &lt;br /&gt;
::*(2) The 302’s themselves were written with lies that do not match notes taken during the interview. &lt;br /&gt;
::*(3) The felony leaker of the Flynn-Kislyak phone call is Pentagon employee named James Baker (DOD). &lt;br /&gt;
::*(4) New texts from Page and Strzok that highlight the entrapment plan. &lt;br /&gt;
::*(5) ODNI James Clapper telling WaPo reporter [[David Ignatius]] to “take the kill shot on Flynn“. &lt;br /&gt;
::*(6) The purposeful use of Judge Contreras to take the December 1st 2017 plea agreement.&lt;br /&gt;
:*the government withheld evidence of misconduct in the FBI, including the infamous Peter Strzok-Lisa Page texts, until one day after he pleaded guilty in December 2017, and that contemporaneous notes from Flynn’s interview with Strzok contradict Strzok’s final report.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Four days after Trump’s inauguration, on Jan. 24, 2017, Strzok met with Flynn in what Flynn viewed as a meeting of two colleagues, but which Strzok was using as part of a criminal probe against him.  The government sat on explosive evidence about Strzok, former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and others in the bureau until the day after Flynn pleaded guilty.&lt;br /&gt;
::*“The day after Mr. Flynn’s plea, the press exploded with the news of Strzok and Page’s prolific text messages, their affair, and their malice toward President Trump,” Powell’s filing says. “The Inspector General issued a rare statement that he was investigating the entire matter.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Bruce Ohr, the fourth highest-ranking member of DOJ, was demoted. Judge Contreras, who accepted Mr. Flynn’s plea only days before, was suddenly and inexplicably recused—only for it to be disclosed much later that he was a topic of conversation in the Strzok-Page texts because he was a friend of Agent Strzok. The relationship between Judge Rudy Contreras and Peter Strzok was never revealed to the court, or to the Flynn defense team prior to a plea agreement that was overseen by Judge Contreras.&lt;br /&gt;
::*''“Not only did [prosecutor Brandon Van Grack] not disclose a single text message before Mr. Flynn agreed to plead guilty, but Special Counsel apparently managed to control the press on the issue until the plea was entered on December 1, 2017, in Judge Contreras’s court.  It defies credulity to suggest that it was only unlucky for Mr. Flynn that the story broke the very next day.”&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Brady-flynn-6-302-manipulation-for-charges.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Flynn's interview reports were modified to make claims that were never made in the interview.  The language was purposefully and willfully made to look like something is wasn’t; and in some cases they made it up completely counter to the actual statement given by Mike Flynn.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The basis for the false statements charge comes from an interview that was not audio recorded, even though anyone with a cell phone could have easily recorded it. Strzok did not take any written notes during the interview with Flynn, while a junior agent did. Strzok later wrote lengthy notes after the fact. Eventually, Strzok summarized the interview in a 302, the official FBI form in which an agent memorializes an interview, which became the evidence for false statements.  “Yet, their own notes contradict the 302, [and] fail to support it at all in other ways,” Powell wrote.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“Notes by both agents state that Mr. Flynn does not remember making four to five calls to Ambassador Kislyak from the Dominican Republic, where he was on vacation, but that if he did so, it was because phone service was poor and he kept getting dropped.  The final 302 states the opposite: ‘Flynn remembered making four to five calls that day about this issue, but that the Dominican Republic was a difficult place to make a call as he kept having connectivity issues.'  This dramatically demonstrates the wrongheadedness of allowing a 302 to create a federal felony.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“Two out of four of the alleged false statements in the Statement of Offense are based on what the agents claim Mr. Flynn said or did not say about the response of the Russian Ambassador on two separate issues. … The notes provide no support for a question or an answer about the Russian Ambassador’s response—either to the UN vote or the sanctions.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Even how Strzok informed Flynn about the “nature” of the interview was misleading. Flynn was told investigators were seeking to learn “the nature of any links between any individuals associated with the campaign and Russia,” but he “asked no question related to election interference or coordination between the campaign and Russia.”  Instead, he asked what Flynn had discussed with the Russian ambassador on the issue of sanctions and a United Nations vote — when Strzok already knew exactly what he said because the conversation had been wiretapped.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“The government is suppressing evidence of notes, reports, or recordings of the significant meeting the upper echelon of the FBI held to orchestrate the agents’ ambush of Mr. Flynn so as to keep him ‘relaxed,'” Powell wrote. “They purposely did not tell him they were investigating him and strategized at length to avoid raising any concerns. (‘Flynn was unguarded and clearly saw the FBI agents as allies.’)”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“Since January 2017, the government knew, but still has not disclosed the full statements and notes that show Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] said the interview of Mr. Flynn was ‘problematic,’ and she was ‘unclear’ why the FBI was investigating or interviewing Mr. Flynn at all,” Flynn’s attorney continued. “Neither Mr. Flynn nor his former counsel had any of these documents or knowledge of the plethora of information discussed above when Mr. Flynn entered his plea.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*On Jan. 10, 2017, ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' published the dossier compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, which alleged connections between Trump and Russia. The government also relied on the document to get a wiretap warrant on Trump associate Carter Page.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Brady-flynn-5-set-up-and-leaks.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Flynn was set up by felonious leaks as part of the &amp;quot;insurance policy&amp;quot; when Deep State coup 1.0 was put in motion.]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*The FBI leaked details of their investigation to the media and then strategized over how they could weaponize the media reports to conduct investigations.   Agent Peter Strzok and FBI Counterintelligence Director [[Bill Priestap]] discussed if this approach would work.  The prosecution then intentionally withheld the text messages from Flynn and the public, in their prior releases, showing Peter Strzok and Lisa Page discussing the Strzok &amp;amp; Priestap strategy sessions on using the leaks.   Those texts, clear Brady material, were purposefully hidden by the DOJ, until Sidney Powell went to find them on her own:&lt;br /&gt;
::*“A TON more out. . . We’re discussing whether, now that this is out, we can use it as a pretext to go interview some people,” Strzok texted. “In the next two weeks, there were ‘many meetings’ between Strzok and McCabe to discuss ‘whether to interview National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and if so, what interview strategies to use.’”&lt;br /&gt;
::*an unclassified letter written by the United Kingdom’s National Security Advisor, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, was hand delivered on Jan. 12, 2017 to the incoming national security team in New York, Powell wrote, noting that “[p]rotocol dictates that it was also provided to the then active national security advisor—[[Susan Rice]].  This was two weeks before the pretextual interview of Mr. Flynn, and it eviscerates the credibility of Christopher Steele whose false and unverified assertions mention Mr. Flynn and were used by the FBI to obtain illegal FISA warrants that likely reached the communications of Mr. Flynn,” the filing says.  Van Grack  “knows about this letter, and he questioned people about it,” it continues.&lt;br /&gt;
::*On Jan. 12, 2017, ''Washington Post'' columnist David Ignatius wrote that “According to a senior U.S. government official, Flynn phoned Russian Ambassador [[Sergey Kislyak]] several times on Dec. 29, the day the Obama administration announced the expulsion of 35 Russian officials as well as other measures in retaliation for the hacking.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Pentagon official James Baker (DOD) &amp;quot;is believed to be the person who illegally leaked the transcript of Mr. Flynn’s calls to Ignatius,” Powell wrote. “The defense has requested the phone records of James Clapper to confirm his contacts with ''Washington Post'' reporter Ignatius—especially on January 10, 2017, when Clapper told Ignatius in words to the effect of ‘take the kill shot on Flynn.'”&lt;br /&gt;
::*[[Stefan Halper]] organized a February 2014 event at his college that Flynn attended while Halper was being paid by the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. That event would later become the source of unfounded rumors that Flynn and a Cambridge academic, Svetlana Lokhova, had improper contacts.  “Flynn has requested the records of Col. [[James Baker (DOD)]] because he was Halper’s ‘handler’ in the Office of Net Assessment in the Pentagon, and ONA Director Baker regularly lunched with ''Washington Post'' Reporter David Ignatius.&amp;quot;.  She added that prosecutors have refused to allow Flynn’s defense team to see transcripts of the calls, even though media had them.&lt;br /&gt;
::*On Feb. 10, 2017, media reports citing “senior intelligence officials” said that Flynn discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador, contrary to what Vice President [[Michael Pence]] had said on television.  “Overnight,” the 302 was edited to add “an unequivocal statement that ‘Flynn stated he did not'” ask the ambassador to slow down a UN vote or vote in a certain way, Powell wrote. “This is a deceptive manipulation because, as the notes of the agents show, Mr. Flynn was not even sure he had spoken to Russia/Kislyak on this issue. He had talked to dozens of countries.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“Second, they added: ‘or if KISLYAK described any Russian response to a request by FLYNN.’ That question and answer do not appear in the notes, yet it was made into a criminal offense. The typed version of the highly unusual ‘deliberative’ 302 by that date already included an entire section from whole cloth that also serves as a criminal charge in the Information and purported factual basis regarding ‘Russia’s response’ to any request by Flynn. The draft also shows that the agents moved a sentence to make it seem to be an answer to a question it was not.”  Prosecutors originally said that the 302 had been amended only to “remove a header” and then to remove the word “DRAFT.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The edited versions were withheld for months, and one only came out after prompting by Flynn’s attorneys. Prosecutors did not explain why they were not originally provided and “how they suddenly turned up” with “material differences.”  Prosecutors have still not produced the original 302.  “The original 302 is not ‘missing.’ If the government will not produce it, it could only have been deliberately destroyed, and this prosecution should be dismissed on that basis alone,” she wrote. “Neither the FBI nor its Sentinel system loses the most important of its reports that is supposed to support the federal felony of the President’s National Security Advisor. The only reason for it to be suppressed is that it is favorable to the defense.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Powell says that prosecutors have resisted the requirement to turn evidence over to the defense at every turn, at one point even sending a link to a ''Daily Caller News Foundation'' reporter’s web page instead of turning over the official files.  “Van Grack ‘produced’ the first batch on March 13, 2018, by link to texts already released to the public by the Senate Judiciary Committee. He produced the second batch on June 24, 2018, by link to the ‘Scribd account’ of reporter Peter Hasson. Those cannot even be downloaded. And for his third production, it gave the defense two pages on October 4, 2018. These go precisely to the issue of McCabe’s Special Counsel Lisa Page editing the Flynn 302.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*In one case, prosecutors sat on records and produced them only when they realized the records were about to come out via other means, she wrote.  Other potentially exculpatory evidence is being withheld from Flynn’s defense team by saying it is classified, the filing says. “The government cannot conceal its wrongdoing behind a claim of classification.&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
::*“The FBI had no factual or legal basis for a criminal investigation, nor did they have a valid basis for a counter-intelligence investigation against an American citizen, and they all knew it. The evidence the defense requests will eviscerate any factual basis for the plea and reveal conduct so outrageous—if there is not enough already—to mandate dismissal of this prosecution for egregious government misconduct,” she wrote.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Attorney Sidney Powell Calls out the DOJ in the Government's Case against General Flynn.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppHzTXeA3tU&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*'''Margot Cleveland: Sidney Powell Drops Bombshell Showing How The FBI Trapped Michael Flynn.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/25/sidney-powell-drops-bombshell-showing-how-the-fbi-trapped-michael-flynn/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The sequence Powell lays out shows that a team of “high-ranking FBI officials orchestrated an ambush-interview of the new president’s National Security Advisor, not for the purpose of discovering any evidence of criminal activity—they already had tapes of all the relevant conversations about which they questioned Mr. Flynn—but for the purpose of trapping him into making statements they could allege as false.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*“on January 23 [2017], the day before the interview, the upper echelon of the FBI met to orchestrate it all. Deputy Director McCabe, General Counsel [[James Baker (DOJ)]], Lisa Page, Strzok, David Bowdich, [[Trish Anderson]], and Jen Boone strategized to talk with Mr. Flynn in such a way as to keep from alerting him from understanding that he was being interviewed in a criminal investigation of which he was the target.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Next came “Comey’s direction to ‘screw it’ in contravention of longstanding DOJ protocols,” leading McCabe to personally call Flynn to schedule the interview. Yet none of Comey’s notes on the decision to interview Flynn were turned over to defense. &lt;br /&gt;
:::*Even Obama-holdover “Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates candidly opined that the interview ‘was problematic’ and ‘it was not always clear what the FBI was doing to investigate Flynn,” Powell stressed. Yet again, the prosecution did not turn over Yates’ notes, but only “disclosed a seven-line summary of Ms. Yates statement six months after Mr. Flynn’s plea.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Following Strzok’s questioning of Flynn, he exchanged more texts with Page: “Describe the feeling, nervousness, excitement knowing we had just heard him denying it all. Knowing we’d have to pivot into asking. Puzzle round and round about it. Talk about the funny details. Remember what I said that made Andy laugh and ask if he really said that.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*The texts also confirmed Strzok did not believe Flynn thought he was lying: “Also have some faith in and my assessment. . . . I’m finding it hard to go out on a counterintuitive yet strongly felt ledge with so many competent voices expressing what I feel too: bullsh*t – that doesn’t make sense. [] I made some joke about what F said. Something patriotic or military.” Page responded: “It was clear that you both walked in and felt very strongly, so that obviously counts for something. [] You made a joke about a military band.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*A sealed statement from Strzok confirmed that the “agents did three briefings the day of the interview,” and that Strzok had reported that Flynn “had a sure demeanor, and he was telling the truth or believed he was—even though he did not remember it all.” This led the FBI and DOJ to then write “an internal memo dated January 30, 2017, exonerating Mr. Flynn of acting as an ‘agent of Russia’” and expressing no concern of a possible Logan Act violation.&lt;br /&gt;
::*“On February 10, 2017, the news broke—attributed to ‘senior intelligence officials’—that Mr. Flynn had discussed sanctions with Ambassador Kislyak, contrary to what Vice President Pence had said on television previously.” Following this leak, “overnight,” Flynn’s 302 was changed—and substantively so. “Those changes added an unequivocal statement that ‘FLYNN stated he did not’—in response to whether Mr. Flynn had asked Kislyak to vote in a certain manner or slow down the UN vote.”  &lt;br /&gt;
::*“This is a deceptive manipulation” Powell highlighted, “because, as the notes of the agents show, Mr. Flynn was not even sure he had spoken to Russia/Kislyak on this issue. He had talked to dozens of countries.” The overnight changes to the 302 also included the addition of a line, indicating Flynn had been question on whether “KISLYAK described any Russian response to a request by FLYNN.”  &lt;br /&gt;
::*But the agent’s notes do not include that question or answer, Powell stressed, yet it was later made into the criminal offense charges against Flynn. And “the draft also shows that the agents moved a sentence to make it seem to be an answer to a question it was not,” Powell added.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Then, the day after those changes were made, Strzok texted Page asking: “Also, is Andy good with F 302?” Page replied: “Launch f302.” Simultaneously, [[David Laufman]] in the National Security Division of DOJ, called Flynn’s law firm, Covington and Burling, to pressure them to file the [[FARA]] registration form for Flynn Intel Group. Those FARA registration forms would later be used to press Flynn to plead guilty.&lt;br /&gt;
::*The timeline continued to May 10 when McCabe opened an “obstruction” investigation into President Trump. That same day, Powell writes, “in an important but still wrongly redacted text, Strzok says: ‘We need to lock in [redacted]. In a formal chargeable way. Soon.’” Page replies: “I agree. I’ve been pushing and I’ll reemphasize with Bill [Priestap].”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Powell argues that “both from the space of the redaction, its timing, and other events, the defense strongly suspects the redacted name is Flynn.” That timing includes Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel on May 17, and then the reentering of Flynn’s 302 on May 31, 2017, “for Special Counsel Mueller to use.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*That final Flynn 302 shows yet another inconsistency from the notes turned over to Powell. Both agents’ notes state: “Flynn does not remember making four to five calls to Ambassador Kislyak from the Dominican Republic, where he was on vacation, but that if he did so, it was because phone service was poor and he kept getting dropped. ‘I don’t remember making 4-5 calls. If I did lousy place to call.’” Yet, Powell stressed, the final 302 stated the opposite: “Flynn remembered making four to five calls that day about this issue, but that the Dominican Republic was a difficult place to make a call as he kept having connectivity issues.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Powell pieced together this timeline and this disturbing evidence of a government out to destroy a man only after Flynn pleaded guilty and without benefit of the exculpatory evidence the prosecution was required to provide. And that’s a problem, Powell argues: “Neither Mr. Flynn nor his former counsel had any of these documents or knowledge of the plethora of information discussed above when Mr. Flynn entered his plea.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*&amp;quot;Mr. Flynn will ask this Court to dismiss the entire prosecution based on the outrageous and un-American conduct of law enforcement officials and the subsequent failure of the prosecution to disclose this evidence— which it had in its possession all along—either in a timely fashion or at all.”&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Doc drop alleges 302 form ‘edited’ to frame Gen Flynn, key ‘deep state’ actors implicated.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/25/doc-drop-alleges-302-form-falsified-to-frame-gen-flynn-key-deep-state-actors-implicated-843708&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Anchor|They exonerated him completely}}&lt;br /&gt;
:*'''Powell on Comey, Clapper, and Brennan:'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXseNmo94BY&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox|''&amp;quot;I believe the Department of Justice is withholding a lot of information. As is Mr. Clapper and Mr. Brennan. And all of the people who participated in the complete setup of General Michael Flynn. You know we have found additional text messages that the government suppressed, including one where Agent Strzok indicates he knows it's a pretext to go interview General Flynn. They knew there was no Logan Act violation. '''They exonerated him [Flynn] completely of being an agent of Russia by the end of January [2017] and yet Mr. Comey still runs to the [[White House]] on February 14th [2017] and conjures up the entire [[obstruction of justice]] narrative against the president when Flynn had been cleared of everything long before that.&amp;quot;'''''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;See Comey memo February 14, 2018; “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” https://clintonfoundationtimeline.com/february-14-2017-comeys-statement-for-the-record-on-his-oval-office-meeting-with-trump/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:*''Fox News:'' GOP reveals new Strzok texts concerning 'crescendo of leaks,' demands watchdog investigate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-intelligence-community-watchdog-leaks-silence-chuck-grassley&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Mueller Tried to Tie Trump Team to Russia – And SIX OF EIGHT Events Were Deep State “Set Ups”.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/confirmed-robert-mueller-tried-to-tie-trump-team-to-russia-and-six-of-eight-events-were-deep-state-set-ups/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*the pitch to “collude” with the Russian Government or Putin originated with FBI informants, MI-6 assets or people paid by Fusion GPS, not Trump or his people. There is not a single instance where Donald Trump or any member of his campaign team initiated contact with the Russians for the purpose of gaining derogatory information on Hillary or obtaining support to boost the Trump campaign. Not one.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*'''McCabe turns down plea deal,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/MarieNoel45/status/1187870092526313472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; drops wrongful termination suit.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/gatewaypundit/status/1187903251645157376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''28 October.''' Lee Smith: How The Obama Administration Set In Motion Democrats’ Coup Against Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/28/how-the-obama-administration-set-in-motion-democrats-coup-against-trump/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:* diGenova Discusses the Continued Impeachment Push.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fORVzu5Q6PA&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Alexander-vindman.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman swore under oath that he gave instructions countermanding the President's policies. The [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] have not disciplined Vindman.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*'''29 October.''' '''Vindman closed door deposition.'''&lt;br /&gt;
:*''American Thought Leaders:'' Devin Nunes: Spygate is Greatest Political Scandal in Modern US History—&amp;amp; He’s Still Investigating.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIsyY42NJPg&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*''Epoch Times&amp;quot;'' Leaks of Trump’s Calls With Foreign Leaders Were Intelligence Products: Devin Nunes.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/leaks-of-trumps-calls-with-foreign-leaders-were-intelligence-products-devin-nunes-says_3130740.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Sidney Powell on why the DOJ should dismiss the case against Michael Flynn.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/LouDobbs/status/1189332353610588161&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Hoft: Comey Likely Doctored His Memos In Effort to Take Down President Trump and the US Senate May Have the Evidence.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/breaking-exclusive-fired-fbi-director-comey-likely-doctored-his-memos-in-effort-to-take-down-president-trump-and-the-us-senate-may-have-the-evidence/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Grassley Seeking Identity of Hillary Clinton State Department Staffers Who “Deliberately” Transmitted Classified Information Via Private Email.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/grassley-seeking-identity-of-hillary-clinton-state-department-staffers-who-deliberately-transmitted-classified-information-via-private-email-video/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''30 October.''' '''Paul Sperry: How 'Whistleblower' May Be Outed: Ties to Biden, Brennan, Schiff's Staff, Etc..'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/10/30/whistleblower_exposed_close_to_biden_brennan_dnc_oppo_researcher_120996.html]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Federal documents reveal that the 33-year-old Ciaramella, a registered Democrat held over from the Obama White House, previously worked with former Vice President Joe Biden and former CIA Director John Brennan, a vocal critic of Trump who helped initiate the Russia “collusion” investigation of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Ciaramella (pronounced char-a-MEL-ah) left his [[National Security Council]] posting in the White House’s West Wing in mid-2017 amid concerns about negative leaks to the media. He has since returned to CIA headquarters in [[Langley, Virginia]].&lt;br /&gt;
::*“He was accused of working against Trump and leaking against Trump.” &lt;br /&gt;
:*Ciaramella huddled for “guidance” with the staff of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, including former colleagues also held over from the Obama era whom Schiff’s office had recently recruited from the NSC. (Schiff is the lead prosecutor in the impeachment inquiry.)&lt;br /&gt;
:*Ciaramella worked with a [[Democratic National Committee]] operative who dug up dirt on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, inviting her into the White House for meetings, former White House colleagues said. The operative, [[Alexandra Chalupa]], a Ukrainian-American who supported Hillary Clinton, led an effort to link the Republican campaign to the Russian government. “He knows her. He had her in the White House.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Lee Smith Discusses Impeachment and Connection to Ongoing Swamp Defense Efforts.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck80EnbmSOo&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*''Epoch Times:'' Investigation of Trump Campaign Started Earlier Than Official Timeline, Nunes Says.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/investigation-of-trump-campaign-started-earlier-than-official-timeline-devin-nunes-says_3132357.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*''Free Beacon:'' Trump Admin Launches Investigation Into ‘Deep State’ Targeting Top Trump Iran Official.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://freebeacon.com/national-security/exclusive-state-dept-launches-investigation-of-deep-state-targeting-top-trump-iran-official/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Sidney Katherine Powell''' (born 1955) is an American attorney who served as an Assistant United States Attorney for 10 years before establishing her own private practice.  She has been lead counsel in more than 500 federal appeals—350 of them as an Assistant United States Attorney and Appellate Section Chief in the Western and Northern Districts of Texas.  In private practice Sidney represents individuals, corporations, and governments in federal appeals in complex commercial litigation.  She is a past president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, and a member of the American Law Institute. &lt;br /&gt;
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Sidney is the Author of ''Licensed to Lie: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice'' after seeing a core group of federal prosecutors break all the rules, make up crimes, hide evidence, and send innocent people to prison.  &lt;br /&gt;
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==2020 election fraud case==&lt;br /&gt;
:{{See also|2020 Democrat election fraud}}&lt;br /&gt;
Powell said in November 2020,&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;I can hardly wait to put forward all the evidence we’ve collected on [[Dominion Election Systems|Dominion]]...Starting with the fact it was created to produce altered voting results in [[Venezuela]] for [[Hugo Chavez]] and then shipped internationally to manipulate votes for purchase in other countries including this one&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theamericanreport.org/2020/11/13/dhs-cyber-director-chris-krebs-and-deputy-director-matt-travis-tied-to-clapper-who-commandeered-hammer-scorecard/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;....It was funded by money from Venezuela and [[Cuba]] and [[PRC|China]] has a role in it also…So if you want to talk about foreign election interference, we certainly have it now.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.worldtribune.com/sidney-powell-cites-substantial-evidence-on-dominion-voting-venezuela-ties/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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On November 27, 2020, Powell submitted to a federal court in [[Georgia]] a declaration by an [[MIT]] Ph.D. detailing extensive evidence of electronic election fraud.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Arrest For Alleged Violation of Georgia RICO Statutes==&lt;br /&gt;
On August 23, 2023, Sidney Powell, the former attorney for Donald Trump, surrendered to the Fulton County sheriff after a special grand jury indicted her on seven charges the week prior. The charges related to an attempt to illegally overturn the 2020 election in Georgia included one count of violating Georgia’s RICO Act and two counts of conspiracy to commit election fraud. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/trump-indictment-georgia-sidney-powell-booked-into-fulton-county-jail/2YQ6CLPDFZGXFJPQPODLQ2VPHY/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On October 19, 2023, Powell pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts a day before her trial was set to begin. Powell was accused of willfully tampering with electronic ballot markers and tabulating machines to remove voting data from elections systems. Powell stated she understood the terms of the plea agreement and admitted to the facts laid out by the prosecutor. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sidney-powell-pleads-guilty-georgia-2020-election-case-fulton-county/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As part of her plea deal, Powell accepted to serve six years on probation, pay $6,000 in restitution, and to pay a $6,000 fine with $2,700 going to the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. Powell agreed to testify truthfully against the co-defendants and to avoid any contact with the seventeen others who remain who were charged by the same special grand jury. She will also provide all documents requested to the Fulton County District Attorney. She will also need to write an apology to Georgia and its residents.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/trump-indictment-georgia-sidney-powell-booked-into-fulton-county-jail/2YQ6CLPDFZGXFJPQPODLQ2VPHY/   &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Flynn case==&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''17 October 2019.''' '''''Washington Times:'' AG Barr's special Russia investigator obtained BlackBerrys tied to launch of FBI Russia-Trump probe.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/17/john-durham-ag-barrs-special-russia-investigator-o/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Margot Cleveland: Why It Matters That Sidney Powell Wants Data From Joseph Mifsud’s Smartphones.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/17/why-it-matters-that-sidney-powell-wants-data-from-joseph-mifsuds-smartphones/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''18 October.''' '''''Washington Examiner:'' State Department finds violations by 38 people in Clinton emails review.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/state-department-finds-violations-by-38-people-in-clinton-emails-review&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*State Department identified nearly 600 security violations in its now-completed review of email records of dozens of former agency officials and aides to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.&lt;br /&gt;
:*The investigation, which covered the 33,000 emails Clinton provided for review, found 91 “valid violations” attributable to 38 individuals, some of whom may face disciplinary action. Another 497 violations could not be tied to any specific person.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Jeff Carlson: Mifsud’s Cell Phones Obtained by Durham Could Answer Key Russiagate Questions.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://themarketswork.com/2019/10/18/mifsuds-cell-phones-obtained-by-durham-could-answer-key-russiagate-questions/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Trump Campaign To Sue CNN For &amp;quot;Substantial Payment&amp;quot; After Project Veritas Undercover Exposé.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/michaelglassner/status/1185225081141772290&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-campaign-sue-cnn-substantial-payment-after-project-veritas-undercover-expose&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Mueller-team-2.jpg|right|35-px|thumb|The corrupt Mueller team personnel.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*'''19 October.''' Papadopoulos says game-changing Mifsud phones are about to link his case and Mike Flynn’s to treason/&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/19/papadopoulos-says-game-changing-mifsud-phones-are-about-to-link-his-case-and-mike-fynns-to-treason-841232&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Mifsud wasn’t a Russian agent — he was allegedly a “western intelligence” asset who was purposefully used by the Obama administration in 2016 to target both Papadopoulos and then-fellow Trump campaign adviser retired [[Gen. Michael Flynn]].&lt;br /&gt;
:*&amp;quot;Mifsud was also spying on Michael Flynn just two months before he started his encounters with me.”&lt;br /&gt;
:*the contents of the phone prove that the [[Obama administration]] had begun spying on his client as early as 2014.&lt;br /&gt;
:*“I joined the Donald Trump campaign in March of 2016.  Before even ''The Washington Post'' or the American media knew that I was joining this campaign, I had Joseph Mifsud and other intelligence agencies knowing all about me, what I was doing and what Donald Trump’s campaign was all about. So the notion that this investigation, [[Crossfire Hurricane]], started spontaneously on July 31st, 2016 is absurd. It’s completely absurd.”&lt;br /&gt;
:*Officials in Italy, the U.K., and Australia all reportedly assisted the Obama administration in its “investigation” of Papadopoulos.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Laura Ingraham: “[Trump] represented an existential threat to the global world. They wanted to keep this whole racket going with globalism. And Trump was the skunk at that globalist picnic.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:*CTH: Reminder: John Durham Questioning CIA Officials About Intelligence Community Assessment.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/19/reminder-john-durham-questioning-cia-officials-about-intelligence-community-assessment-2/#more-174107&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*the December 29th, 2016, Joint Analysis Report (JAR) on Russia Cyber Activity was a quickly compiled bunch of nonsense about Russian hacking. The JAR was followed a week later by the January 7th, 2017, Intelligence Community Assessment. &lt;br /&gt;
:*The ICA was the brain-trust of John Brennan, James Clapper and James Comey. While the majority of content was from the CIA, some of the content within the ICA was written by FBI Agent Peter Strzok.  NSA Director Mike Rogers refused to sign up to the “high confidence” claims.  All of the downstream claims about Russian activity, including the Russian indictments promoted by Rosenstein and the Mueller team, are centered around origination claims of illicit Russian activity outlined in the ICA.  Information available as of 29 December 2016 was used in the preparation of this product.&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''''&amp;quot;Scope:''' This report includes an analytic assessment drafted and coordinated among The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and The National Security Agency (NSA), which draws on intelligence information collected and disseminated by those three agencies. It covers the motivation and scope of Moscow’s intentions regarding US elections and Moscow’s use of cyber tools and media campaigns to influence US public opinion. The assessment focuses on activities aimed at the 2016 US presidential election and draws on our understanding of previous Russian influence operations. When we use the term “we” it refers to an assessment by all three agencies.''&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/doc/335885580&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*'''CTH: DOJ-FBI “Small Group” Promote Defense of Spygate Operations – Former FBI/DOJ Officials Nervous, Hiring Lawyers.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/19/doj-fbi-small-group-promote-defense-of-spygate-operations-former-fbi-doj-officials-nervous-hiring-lawyers/#more-174085&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The activity of the “small group” of coup plotters consists of three generalized subsidiary agencies: (1) DOJ/FBI, (2) CIA/ODNI, and (3) The State Department. Within each “small group faction” a years-long review of their narrative constructs shows the groups have specific and unique media outlets for their offensive (’16, ’17) and defensive (’18, ’19) propaganda efforts. The DOJ/FBI faction of the “small group” leaks to narrative engineers at the New York Times and NBC. The CIA/ODNI faction utilize the Washington Post and ABC; and •the State Dept. faction use CNN and CBS. Each faction uses the same reporters &amp;amp; pundits for their distribution. &lt;br /&gt;
::*The secondary media groups come in for support – reporting on the reporting; and then reporting on the reporting of the reporting… and so on. This process provides a concentric distribution effort to bolster the originating premise; all of the ideologically aligned reporters share information for the larger process of defending the prior activity and advancing a unified narrative. [&lt;br /&gt;
::*The first “small group” report is from NBC. Toplines:&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Durham investigation is more broad and therefore more troubling.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Durham is moving to interview current/former CIA and current/former Intelligence Community operatives.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The CIA and Intelligence Community operatives are hiring lawyers prior to speaking to Durham.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Durham investigation appears again looking at the ICA (Intelligence Community Assessment); which again is the part of Small Group operation which constructed the ‘vast Russian conspiracy’ (election interference) narrative.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Small Group is worried the investigation has now shifted into a possible criminal probe.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Small Group members themselves have NOT been questioned. This is making them nervous; hence the reporting.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Barr and Durham visiting Italy, the U.K. and Australia to speak with Mifsud, Halper and Downer respectively is really making the Small Group nervous.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Here’s the key NBC paragraphs::&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''Via NBC: &amp;quot;A review launched by Attorney General William Barr into the origins of the Russia investigation has expanded significantly amid concerns about whether the probe has any legal or factual basis, multiple current and former officials told NBC News.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;The prosecutor conducting the review, Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham, has expressed his intent to interview a number of current and former intelligence officials involved in examining Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former director of national intelligence James Clapper, Brennan told NBC News.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Durham has also requested to talk to CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia’s activities, prompting some of them to hire lawyers, according to three former CIA officials familiar with the matter. And there is tension between the CIA and the Justice Department over what classified documents Durham can examine, two people familiar with the matter said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Durham is looking at who put together the December 2016, Joint Analysis Report (JAR); and the January 2017, Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA); essentially the originating documents that promoted the vast Russian conspiracy and set the cornerstone for a special counsel investigation therein.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''NBC: &amp;quot;If Durham is conducting a criminal investigation, it’s not clear what allegations of wrongdoing are being examined. The Justice Department has not detailed any, and a spokeswoman declined to comment for this story.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''“I don’t know what the legal basis for this is,” Brennan said, calling the probe “bizarre.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*&amp;quot;Justice Department officials have said that Durham has found something significant, and that critics should be careful.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Skeptics who have been trying to track Durham’s movements say he has yet to interview key figures, including former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe, former FBI agent Peter Stzrok and former FBI general counsel James Baker.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[“skeptics”?  Who are they?  …and why are they “trying to track Durham’s movements”?]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;“Nobody who knows anything has been interviewed,” said a person in touch with those former officials.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[So the group is talking to themselves and using a third party to push their collective discussion into the media.  Important to note.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;A Western intelligence official familiar with what Durham has been asking of foreign officials says his inquiries track closely with the questions raised about the Russia investigation in right-wing media.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[So some entity in the intelligence community, likely outside the U.S. , is in contact with the small group and keeping them apprised of what Durham is doing?  Interesting. Pay attention to what NBC is admitting here… Corrupt officials, co-conspirators, within the intelligence apparatus are monitoring John Durham; relaying information back to their allies; who then talk among themselves and coordinate media leaks based on the information they are able to extract from the tracking.   That’s a big admission.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;The Senate intelligence committee examined the allegations about Downer, Mifsud and Halper, as part of its bipartisan investigation into the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia was responsible for attacking the 2016 election, and found nothing to substantiate any wrongdoing, a committee aide said. (read full article)&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Again, notice how the small group is utilizing the SSCI, and '''it is a committee aide within the SSCI that is leaking to NBC.  We already know the SSCI was completely compromised by the effort to remove President Trump from office.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/08/11/ag-bill-barrs-other-problem-the-2018-doj-and-fbi-coverup-to-protect-the-senate-intelligence-committee/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Part of that SSCI effort led to the discovery of SSCI Security Director James Wolfe leaking the FISA application to the media.  '''The SSCI was/is part of the coup/impeachment effort.''']&lt;br /&gt;
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:*'''CTH: New York Times Narrative Engineers Start Positioning DOJ/FBI “Small Group” Coup-Plotters as Victims of CIA and Intelligence Community Manipulation.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/19/new-york-times-narrative-engineers-start-positioning-doj-fbi-small-group-coup-plotters-as-victims-of-cia-and-intelligence-community-manipulation/#more-174112&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Content and distribution tells us this information is from the DOJ and FBI faction of the “Small Group“.  Not accidentally, and VERY importantly, this is the same faction under the microscope of Inspector General Michael Horowitz and his pending IG report.  Additionally, and again very importantly, the principles within the IG report have already had an opportunity to review the part of the upcoming report that highlights their conduct. So this New York Times reporting, from conversations with the DOJ and FBI small group participants, is coming out in advance of the IG report and with their review in mind.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Here’s the article:&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Federal prosecutors reviewing the origins of the Russia investigation have asked witnesses pointed questions about any anti-Trump bias among former F.B.I. officials who are frequent targets of President Trump and about the earliest steps they took in the Russia inquiry, according to former officials and other people familiar with the review.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Note “prosecutors” is plural; more than one.  “prosecutors” also implies a shift from investigative review, to a likelihood of criminal conduct.  The media presentation of John Durham has gone from a single U.S. Attorney with a mandate from his boss, to a group of people, ‘prosecutors’, working with the U.S. Attorney.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':The prosecutors, led by John H. Durham, the United States attorney in Connecticut, have interviewed about two dozen former and current F.B.I. officials, the people said. Two former senior F.B.I. agents are assisting with the review, the people said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Two dozen former and current FBI officials questioned, but none of the individual within the small group have been questioned yet.  In addition to the prosecutors, Durham also has two FBI agents assisting.  Later in the article we discover a strong likelihood that one of those FBI agents is the leak source for the New York Times.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':The number of interviews shows that Mr. Durham’s review is further along than previously known. It has served as a political flash point since Attorney General William P. Barr revealed in the spring that he planned to scrutinize the beginnings of the Russia investigation, which Mr. Trump and his allies have attacked without evidence as a plot by law enforcement and intelligence officials to prevent him from winning the 2016 election.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Mr. Durham has yet to interview all the F.B.I. officials who played key roles in opening the Russian investigation in the summer of 2016, the people familiar with the review said. He has not spoken with Peter Strzok, a former top counterintelligence official who opened the inquiry; the former director James B. Comey or his deputy, Andrew G. McCabe; or James A. Baker, then the bureau’s general counsel.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[So Mr. Durham has not questioned the “small group” participants. Ultimately this appears to be the reason for the nervousness now originating a defensive posture.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Those omissions suggest Mr. Durham may be waiting until he has gathered all the facts before he asks to question the main decision makers in the Russia inquiry.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Or it could be that those “main decision makers” are targets of the investigation.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':The president granted Mr. Barr sweeping powers for the review, though he did not open it as a criminal investigation. That means he gave Mr. Durham the power only to read materials the government had already gathered and to request voluntary interviews from witnesses, not to subpoena witnesses or documents. It is not clear whether the status of the review has changed.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Why would Mr. Barr need to “subpoena” pre-existing documents he has been granted full presidential authority to review?  Methinks the New York Times engineer is conflating the power of a special counsel (prior investigation) with the power of a U.S. Attorney General who was granted full access to any/all classified information by an executive order from the President of the United States.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Mr. Durham’s investigators appeared focused at one point on Mr. Strzok, said one former official who was interviewed. Mr. Strzok opened the Russia inquiry in late July 2016 after receiving information from the Australian government that the Russians had offered damaging information on Hillary Clinton to a Trump campaign adviser. Mr. Durham’s team has asked about the events surrounding the Australian tip, some of the people familiar with the review said.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Mr. Durham’s team, including Nora R. Dannehy, a veteran prosecutor, has questioned witnesses about why Mr. Strzok both drafted and signed the paperwork opening the investigation, suggesting that was unusual for one person to take both steps. Mr. Strzok began the inquiry after consulting with F.B.I. leadership, former officials familiar with the episode said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[“why” did FBI leadership allow Strzok to create, draft and open the investigation?  LOL, that’s actually a big tell.  Apparently Comey and McCabe were smart enough to keep their signatures off a political investigation.  It’s called plausible deniability.  Same purpose for James Comey keeping copious notes (diary) in his home safe.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':Mr. Durham has also questioned why Mr. Strzok opened the case on a weekend, again suggesting that the step might have been out of the ordinary. Former officials said that Mr. McCabe had directed Mr. Strzok to travel immediately to London to interview the two Australian diplomats who had learned about the Russians’ offer to help the Trump campaign and that he was trying to ensure he took the necessary administrative steps first.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[“Two” = Alexander Downer and Erika Thompson.   May 10, 2016, Papadopoulos meets Ambassador Downer at the Kensington Wine Rooms in London, England. MEDIA CLAIM: “Downer met with George Papadopoulos, where Papadopoulos — having been introduced through two intermediaries, Christian Cantor and Erika Thompson — mentioned that Russians had material on Hillary Clinton.”  Both Papadopoulos and Downer refute their May 10th meeting discussed Clinton emails.  Papadopoulos notes that Ambassador Downer is recording their conversation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/20/unofficial-channels-reconciling-muellers-strategically-worded-origin-of-operation-crossfire-hurricane/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':It is not clear how many people Mr. Durham’s team has interviewed outside of the F.B.I. His investigators have questioned officials in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence but apparently have yet to interview C.I.A. personnel, people familiar with the review said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[So the leakers “people familiar” to the NYT are limited to knowledge inside the DOJ and FBI operational entities; just as we suspected.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Many of the questions from Mr. Durham’s team overlapped with ones that the Justice Department inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, has posed in his own look into aspects of the Russia inquiry, according to the people.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Mr. Horowitz’s report, which is most likely to be made public in the coming weeks, is expected to criticize law enforcement officials’ actions in the Russia investigation. Mr. Horowitz’s findings could provide insights into why Mr. Barr thought that the Russia investigation needed to be examined.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Well, there’s the motive for the current narrative engineering.  Horowitz’s report is coming out; small group participants will be criticized; and the justification for Barr and Durham to look at their behavior will be bolstered by IG Horowitz.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;In his review, Mr. Durham has asked witnesses about the role of Christopher Steele, a former intelligence official from Britain who was hired to research Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia by a firm that was in turn financed by Democrats. Law enforcement officials used some of the information Mr. Steele compiled into a now-infamous dossier to obtain a secret wiretap on a Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, whom they suspected was an agent of Russia.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Interesting the NYT doesn’t write that Mr. Durham has interviewed Christopher Steele about his work on the dossier and his contact with the small group (he has).  One would think that would be an important notation in a paragraph about Mr. Steele, no?]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Mr. Durham’s investigators asked why F.B.I. officials would use unsubstantiated or incorrect information in their application for a court order allowing the wiretap and seemed skeptical about why agents relied on Mr. Steele’s dossier.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'':The inspector general has also raised concerns that the F.B.I. inflated Mr. Steele’s value as an informant in order to obtain the wiretap on Mr. Page. Mr. Durham’s investigators have done the same, according to the people familiar with his review.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[Well, well, well, I answered my own question.  The NYT doesn’t want readers to know John Durham interviewed Steele, because the NYT is admitting the Steele information was “unsubstantiated”, “incorrect”, and the FBI “inflated” Mr. Steele to gain a political weapon.  Hmmm… methinks those exact words will be in the IG report; I digress.]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;Mr. Horowitz has asked witnesses about an assessment of Mr. Steele that MI6, the British spy agency, provided to the F.B.I. after bureau officials received his dossier on Mr. Trump in September 2016. MI6 officials said Mr. Steele, a Russia expert, was honest and persistent but sometimes showed questionable judgment in pursuing targets that others viewed as a waste of time, two people familiar with the assessment said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*[That preceeding paragraph is just loaded with juicy stuff.  The NYT is sharing that MI6 told the FBI Steele was a sketchy fellow.  The NYT is positioning the dossier to the FBI in September 2016, but we know the dossier material was in Brennan’s briefing to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in August 2016…. So the NYT is positioning the FBI as a victim of bad intel from the dossier that was initiated by John Brennan. Very interesting.  Additionally, “two people familiar with the MI6 assessment” is confluent with two people who have read the IG report which will outline the MI6 assessment.  See how that works?]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;One former official said that in his interview with Mr. Durham’s team, he pushed back on the notion that law enforcement and intelligence officials had plotted to thwart Mr. Trump’s candidacy..&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;The former official said he was reassured by the presence of John C. Eckenrode, one of the former senior F.B.I. agents assisting Mr. Durham. Like Mr. Durham, who investigated C.I.A. torture of detainees overseas, Mr. Eckenrode is also familiar with high-stakes political inquiries.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''&amp;quot;He is probably best known for working with Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the former United States attorney who in 2003 was appointed to investigate the leak of the identity of an undercover C.I.A. officer, Valerie Plame, to a journalist.  “Jack is as straight a shooter as you can get in the F.B.I.,” Asha Rangappa, a former F.B.I. agent, said of Mr. Eckenrode, a friend. “It’s the first reassuring thing I’ve heard about this review.”  (Read Full Article)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/us/politics/durham-review-fbi-witnesses.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Oh good grief.  Asha “Comey is my Homey” Rangappa, likes one of Durham’s FBI investigators…. who also worked with corruptocrat [[Patrick Fitzgerald]], one of James Comey’s corrupt friends who is now Comey’s corrupt lawyer.  Given that some of these NYT leaks come from inside Durham’s team, it’s likely John Eckenrode is the source. The key takeaway from this NYT article is the beginning of the public defense narrative for the DOJ/FBI small group.  '''They are starting to position themselves as victims of false information delivered to them by the CIA and Intelligence Community.'' Apparently, this is the big picture defense they will use when the IG report drops. [''Ed note: Special thanks to Sundance''].&lt;br /&gt;
:*[[Glen Beck]] interview with  Andriy Telizhenko. Telizhenko was present at the January 19, 2016 White House meeting with Eric Ciaramella and members of Obama’s [[National Security Council]], FBI, State Department and Department of Justice.  Ukrainians were informed to terminated the investigation into Hunter Biden and Burisma, and to find &amp;quot;new evidence&amp;quot; on a 2014 case against Paul Manafort that the FBI has already investigated and dismissed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R86awAp4uIw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''20 October.''' '''Durham’s Trail Leading to SSCI – Ali Watkins Never Slept With James Wolfe – It Was a Cover Story.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/20/durhams-trail-leading-to-ssci-ali-watkins-never-slept-with-james-wolfe-it-was-a-cover-story/#more-174163&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*interesting quote from NBC: ''”Justice Department officials have said that Durham has found something significant, and that critics should be careful.”''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ag-barr-expands-controversial-review-origin-russia-investigation-n1068971&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Dan-jones-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Warner wanted covert contact with Christopher Steele. Adam Waldman tells Warner that FusionGPS's new paymaster, Dan Jones, is coming to see him.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:*During the 2016 effort to weaponize the institutions of government against Donald Trump, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) was headed by Richard Burr and Dianne Feinstein.  After the 2016 election Senator Feinstein abdicated her vice-chair position to Senator Mark Warner, and Feinstein's lead staffer Dan Jones left the committee to continue paying Fusion-GPS (Glenn Simpson) for ongoing efforts toward the impeachment insurance policy angle.  The SSCI needed arms-length plausible deniability amid their 2017 operations to continue the removal effort (soft coup).  The trail for this plausible deniability first surfaces with Dan Jones appearing in the early 2017 text messages between Senator Warner and the liaison for Christopher Steele, lawyer and lobbyist Adam Waldman:&lt;br /&gt;
::*In those March 2017 text message you can see Senator Warner attempting to set up covert “no paper trail” communication with dossier author Christopher Steele. Adam Waldman represented Chris Steele and Steele’s employer, Oleg Deripaska.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Less than a month later you can see within the text messages that Christopher Steele is in direct contact with Dan Jones. “[Chris] said Dan Jones is coming to see you” etc.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Pientka in Swat gear.PNG|right|200px|thumb|Joseph Pientka in SWAT gear.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://uncoverdc.com/2022/05/24/flynn-fisa-pientka-resurfaces/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''Jones talking to Christopher Steele in April 2017 is critical to understanding what was going on after Trump won the election.'''&lt;br /&gt;
::*Jones raised $50 million from those who were behind the 2016 stop Trump effort, and the purpose was now the 2017 impeachment effort.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thefederalist.com/2018/04/27/confirmed-former-feinstein-staffer-hired-fusion-gps-christopher-steele/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  As you can see from the texts, Jones was now talking in person (“coming to see you”) to SSCI Vice-Chair Mark Warner in April 2017.  '''The SSCI was heavily involved in the impeachment effort after the election.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://t.co/a6sqJRQdWi&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Secondary documentation of the connection between the DOJ, FBI, Fusion, and Dan Jones shows up in the FBI investigative 302 notes of Bruce Ohr, released by Judicial Watch. [Pay attention to the May 8th, 2017, interview – pg 18, 19 of pdf].  Bruce Ohr is telling the FBI investigator, likely Agent Joe Pientka, about Glenn Simpson and Dan Jones visiting Christopher Steele sometime after May 8, 2017, and they were in the process of “lawyering up”.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''Via NBC: &amp;quot;Durham has expressed his intent to interview a number of current and former intelligence officials involved in examining Russia’s effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former director of national intelligence James Clapper, Brennan told NBC News.  Durham has also requested to talk to CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia’s activities, prompting some of them to hire lawyers, according to three former CIA officials familiar with the matter. And there is tension between the CIA and the Justice Department over what classified documents Durham can examine, two people familiar with the matter said.&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''If the ICA is a false political document, the entire narrative from the JAR and ICA is part of a big fraud.  Then the construct of the special counsel probe (the “originating” construct), was false.'''&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Fbi-comey-and-senator-mark-warner.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Deep state coup plotters (left to right) Comey, Clapper, Brennan and Senate Intelligence Committee vice chair Mark Warner.]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*In early 2017 Adam Waldman and Dan Jones were facilitating a plausibly deniable information pipeline from Chris Steele to the SSCI and Senator Mark Warner.  At the same time DOJ official Bruce Ohr was facilitating a plausibly deniable information pipeline from Chris Steele to the FBI/DOJ small group. The purposes were the same, everyone needed assurances Steele would stand by the false narratives.  That’s the purpose behind the  “re-engagement” with Steele through Bruce Ohr.  That corrupt planning activity is what the some unknown DOJ and FBI officials are hiding behind the Bruce Ohr 302 redactions.&lt;br /&gt;
::*U.S. Attorney John Durham has interviewed Christopher Steele; so too has DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz.  It was AFTER those interviews with Christopher Steele when the IG report was delayed and reports started surfacing that Durham was adding additional resources, expanding his probe and retaining former FBI officials to assist.  It was after those interviews when Durham and Barr started taking the background material of Italy (Mifsud), Australia (Downer) and the U.K. (Halper) more seriously.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*''Per NBC: The Senate intelligence committee examined the allegations about Downer, Mifsud and Halper, as part of its bipartisan investigation into the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia was responsible for attacking the 2016 election, and found nothing to substantiate any wrongdoing, a committee aide said. &lt;br /&gt;
::*Again, notice how the small group is utilizing the SSCI, and it is a committee aide within the SSCI that is leaking to NBC.  The small group are pulling the Senate Intelligence Committee back into the picture.  That brings Dianne Feinstein, Mark Warner, Richard Burr, Daniel Jones, Adam Waldman and James Wolfe back in.  In 2018 the DOJ and FBI covered-up the corruption evident during the 2017 pre-Mueller effort.  The current position of the small group is to force the 2019 DOJ and FBI to do it again.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Warner-text-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Mark Warner entering the SCIF to read the Carter Page FISA warrant on March 17, 2017; it was leaked to reporter Ali Watkins by the SSCI director of security, James Wolfe, hours later on instructions from his Senate bosses, adding fuel to the media frenzy that Trump was a Russian asset.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:*'''Throughout the 2016 and 2017 effort, a part of one branch of the United States government, the U.S. Senate through the SSCI, was assisting the efforts of the DOJ and FBI against a candidate, president-elect and later United States President, Donald Trump.'''&lt;br /&gt;
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::*The 2017 time period covers Robert Mueller as Special Counsel, Jeff Sessions as AG, Rod Rosenstein as Deputy, Chris Wray replacing James Comey as FBI Director, and eventually David Bowditch replacing Andrew McCabe as Deputy.   For all of the important decision-making Jeff Sessions was cut-out by design.  For example, the person who made the decisions about SSCI Director James Wolfe’s prosecution was Rod Rosenstein.  As a result of a FOIA release in Mid December 2018,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-obama-state-department-urgently-provided-classified-russiagate-documents-to-multiple-senators-immediately-ahead-of-trump-inauguration/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Judicial Watch revealed how the State Department was feeding “classified information” to multiple U.S. Senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee by the Obama administration immediately prior to President Donald Trump’s inauguration:  The documents reveal that among those receiving the classified documents were Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] (D-MD), and Sen. [[Robert Corker]] (R-TN).  Judicial Watch obtained the documents through a June 2018 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed against the State Department after it failed to respond to a February 2018 request seeking records of the Obama State Department’s last-minute efforts to share classified information about Russia election interference issues with Democratic Senator Ben Cardin (''Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:18-cv-01381))''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-cardin-complaint-01381/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;.  The documents reveal the Obama State Department urgently gathering classified Russia investigation information and disseminating it to members of Congress within hours of Donald Trump taking office.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-obama-state-department-urgently-provided-classified-russiagate-documents-to-multiple-senators-immediately-ahead-of-trump-inauguration/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The impeachment program was a plan, an insurance policy of sorts; a coordinated effort between corrupt politicians in the Senate and hold-over allies in the executive; the appointment of a special counsel was always the way they were going to hand-off and continue the investigation into Trump; the continued exploitation of the Steele Dossier was critical;&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''While Mark Warner of the SSCI in the Legislative branch was communicating with Adam Waldman and Dan Jones as a conduit to Chris Steele, the FBI/DOJ team in the Executive branch was communicating through Bruce Ohr to Chris Steele (and by extension to Nellie Ohr and Fusion GPS).'''&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Wolfe-ssci-senators-asking-lieniency.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wolfe threatened to bring down his SSCI bosses if they didn't come to his defense.]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*Warner’s role was to weaponize the Legislative branch to advance the ‘Russia conspiracy’ narrative, a fundamental necessity if a special counsel was to be justified.  The SSCI, and the security protocols within it, were part of the plan; hence the rapid information from the State Department to the SSCI in the closing days of the Obama administration.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*On March 17th, 2017, the Senate Intelligence Committee took custody of the Carter Page FISA application.  The FISA application (original and first renewal) was delivered to Senate Security Director James Wolfe.  &lt;br /&gt;
::::*Senator Mark Warner entered the basement SCIF shortly after 4:00pm on March 17, 2017, the day it was delivered. When SSCI Security Officer James Wolfe was indicted (unsealed June ’18), we can see the FBI investigators are describing the FISA application.  Additionally Wolfe exchanged 82 text messages with reporter Ali Watkins.  The FISA application is 83 pages with one blank page.  Despite the overwhelming (public) circumstantial evidence that Wolfe leaked the FISA application, he was never charged with leaking classified information.  Wolfe was only charged with lying three times to federal authorities, and he pled down to one count of lying to the FBI.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::*the Rosenstein DOJ not to charge Wolfe with the FISA leak was because that charge would ensnare Senators on the SSCI.  &lt;br /&gt;
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:::*the SSCI has intelligence oversight of the DOJ, DOJ-NSD, FBI and all associated counterintelligence operations. Additionally, when the FBI was investigating Wolfe for leaking classified documents, according to their court filings they had to inform the committee of the risk Wolfe represented.  &lt;br /&gt;
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:::*criminal '''charges for leaking classified intelligence information against James Wolfe would likely result in a major scandal where the SSCI itself was outlined as participants in the weaponization of government for political intents'''.  Thus, the alignment of interests for a dropped charge and DC cover-up. &lt;br /&gt;
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:::*James Wolfe evidenced the schemes when he threatened to subpoena members of the SSCI as part of his defense.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://archive.is/RTxJZ&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::::*''WSJ: Attorneys for James A. Wolfe sent letters to all 15 senators on the committee, notifying them that their testimony may be sought as part of Mr. Wolfe’s defense, according to two people familiar with the matter.&lt;br /&gt;
::::*''Mr. Wolfe’s defense lawyers are considering calling the senators as part of the proceedings for a variety of reasons, including as potential character witnesses and to rebut some of the allegations made by the government in the criminal complaint, these people say.  &lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Doj-response-to-wolfe-defense-memo-3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Smoking gun: The SSCI (Legislative branch) colluded in Deep State coup 1.0 by leaking the Carter Page FISA application based on the bogus ''Steele dossier'', whipping up anti-Russian hysteria.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Immediately after threatening to subpoena the SSCI (July 27, 2018), the DOJ (Rosenstein authorizing) cut a deal with Wolfe and dropped the charges down to a single charge of lying to investigators.  However, someone in the FBI who was doing the investigative legwork wasn’t happy with that decision.  The overwhelming circumstantial evidence that Wolfe leaked the FISA application went from strong suspicion to damn certain (after the plea deal) when the DOJ included a sentencing motion in mid-December 2018.  On December 15th, 2018 the DOJ filed a response to the Wolfe defense teams’ own sentencing memo,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/395775597/Wolfe-Case-DOJ-Response-to-Defense-Sentencing-Memo-pdf&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  and within the DOJ response they included an exhibit (#13) written by the FBI [redacted] special agent in charge, which specifically says: '''''“because of the known disclosure of classified information, the FISA application”'''''… Thereby admitting, albeit post-plea agreement, that Wolfe did indeed leak the damn FISA:&lt;br /&gt;
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:::*James Wolfe leaked the 83-page Carter Page FISA application on March 17, 2017.  It’s all documented with circumstantial and direct evidence; including the admissions from the FBI agent in charge.&lt;br /&gt;
::*'''During the 2016 and 2017 effort to weaponize the institutions of government against the outside candidacy of Donald Trump, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) was a participating entity.  Dianne Feinstein, Richard Burr, Mark Warner, Daniel Jones, and James Wolfe were all participants of varying degrees.'''  The small group within the DOJ and FBI, now being investigated by Bill Barr, John Durham and Michael Horowitz, are pushing the SSCI back into the spotlight in an effort to utilize all of the legislative branch participants as a shield. [''Ed note: Special thanks to Saundance.'']&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Mifsud’s Phones Obtained by Durham Have UK Sim Cards Tying Them to the UK — AND BACK TO JOHN BRENNAN.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/mifsuds-phones-obtained-by-durham-have-uk-sim-cards-tying-them-to-the-uk-and-back-to-john-brennan/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/GregRubini/status/1185488369339551749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Chuck Ross: British intelligence questioned Christopher Steele’s judgement in assessment given to the FBI.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/20/mi6-fbi-christopher-steele-assessment/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Larry C. Johnson: FBI-DOJ Likely to Throw the CIA and Clapper Under the Bus.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/mifsuds-phones-obtained-by-durham-have-uk-sim-cards-tying-them-to-the-uk-and-back-to-john-brennan/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Grassley-tweet-ig-report-fisa.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]&lt;br /&gt;
*'''21 October.''' [[Sen. Grassley]] sends ominous warning on the FISA abuse report.&lt;br /&gt;
:*''Sundance'' notes neither Daniel Jones not have been identified as being questioned by either IG Michael Horowitz or U.S. Attorney John Durham.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/23/senator-grassley-tweets-warning-about-fisa-investigation-holds-unique-perspective-on-deep-state-motives-for-a-cover-up/#more-174439&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*After the election direct contact with Chris Steele, while the possibility of the evidence being exposed as political opposition research, was impossible.  This is why Bruce Ohr and Adam Waldman were used as intermediaries by the FBI and Mark Warner respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
:*SSCI Vice-Chairman Mark Warner was the allied member of the group in the legislative branch. Fusion-GPS was pushing the narrative through sources and contacts within mainstream news.  The FBI, DOJ and Intelligence Community were leaking to their allies in media to build upon the same narrative. Director James Comey was keeping notes of all interactions he was having with the target, President Trump. Multiple people and interests were all working on the same goal, diminish President Trump through the fraudulent auspices of the Russia-Collusion-Conspiracy investigation and narrative.  By March 2017 the need to push more Russia-conspiracy fuel into the media bloodstream was critical. On March 17th, 2017, Senator Mark Warner told SSCI Security Director James Wolfe to leak the content of the Carter Page FISA application (original and one renewal) to the media.   &lt;br /&gt;
:*The intentional leaking of the FISA application put Steele in a very stressful position; the FBI had used political opposition research to gain a FISA court warrant, the media was reporting on it, and Chris Steele’s intelligence reputation was part of the narrative.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Daniel Jones was in communication with Glenn Simpson at Fusion-GPS and Adam Waldman representing Christopher Steele.  Multiple left-wing entities had given Dan Jones $50,000,000 to pay Simpson and Steele to continue the effort and retain the false Russia collusion premise.  In essence, Dan Jones was the bag-man for the pay-offs.  Payments made to Simpson were used to keep fueling the media story, bolster reporting of the FBI investigation, and further build the Russia narrative.   All of this was predicated on Chris Steele maintaining the story that his dossier was an official intelligence product.  As a consequence Daniel Jones also paid Adam Waldman and Chris Steele for their ongoing support.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Throughout this period in 2017 Daniel Jones was the bag-man traveling between Glenn Simpson, Adam Waldman and his prior work contact on the SSCI, Senator Mark Warner.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Waldman and Deripaska.jpg |right|300px|thumb|Waldman with Putin buddy [[Oleg Deripaska]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Kk7kobMQY&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
:*After his arrest for leaking classified documents, Wolfe threatened to subpoena Senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee (July 27, 2018) for his defense.  Rosenstein quickly cut a deal with Wolfe and dropped the charges down to a single charge of lying to investigators. Following that DOJ cover-up, in August 2018, Grassley requested testimony from Adam Waldman surrounding his contacts and engagements with Christopher Steele, DOJ/FBI officials, and contacts with Mark Warner to undermine and remove President Trump.&lt;br /&gt;
::*From Adam Waldman and Dan Jones all of the connections with the dossier participants become visible.  Those middle-men connect to Glenn Simpson, Chris Steele, Bruce Ohr, Mark Warner and the FBI officials utilizing the ''Steele dossier'' in their political investigation.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*In a response letter released August 17th, 2018, lawyers for Waldman told Sen. Grassley their client was “out of the country and not expected to return for several weeks.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/386518002/Waldman-Letter-to-Grassley-08-17-2018-Follow-Up#&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, Waldman’s wife Barbara Sturm posted an instagram picture August 22nd, 2018, showing them dining with friends in New York.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm0ypvugtc9/?taken-by=bbsturm&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/almostjingo/status/1032784910447071233&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''22 October.''' '''CIA Circles Wagons – Dispatches Media Narrative Engineers to Defend Interests.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/22/cia-circles-wagons-dispatches-media-narrative-engineers-to-defend-interests/#more-174333&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*CIA defending journalist Natasha Bertrand has been participating in the multi-year PR effort which helped frame the CIA/ODNI talking points against President Trump, and she is deployed again in the latest effort within Politico.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/trump-vengeance-john-brennan-russia-053970&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Bertrand is counting on people not knowing that John Brennan was caught lying about his instructions to CIA operatives to spy on the networks of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.&lt;br /&gt;
:*'''CTH: Durham Looking At Brennan – A Reminder of “The Crown Material” Conflict.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/22/durham-looking-at-brennan-a-reminder-of-the-crown-material-conflict/#more-174350&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*In May 2019 Trey Gowdy stated there are emails from Comey that outline instructions from Brennan to include the “Crown Material,” i.e. the ''Steele dossier'', within the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment.&lt;br /&gt;
::{{Quotebox|…”Brennan is insisting the Crown Material be included in the intel assessment”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PohFoeETF4&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
::*However, on May 23rd, 2017, in testimony -under oath- to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) Brennan stated [@01:54:28]:&lt;br /&gt;
::{{Quotebox|It wasn’t part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. It was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community Assessment that was done. Uh … it was not.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGg8gpGqr-w&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
::*Brennan may have set his own perjury trap.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQLweblVdoo&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)  took the construct of the Join Analysis Report (JAR) on Russian attempted hacking of state election boards and the DNC and then overlaid a political narrative that Russia was trying to help Donald Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Warner tweet.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Warner scared to death about Barr poking around in the 2016 election.]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*OANN: Durham has requested an interview from John Brennan, and plans to request James Clapper also sit down with him as part of his review of the 2016 Russia collusion investigation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1186733639960354817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''23 October.''' ''Townhall:'' Did The FBI Give Trump And Hillary Different Counterintelligence Briefings in 2016?&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/23/did-the-fbi-give-trump-and-hillary-different-counterintelligence-briefings-in-2016-n2555206&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Catherine Herridge: Italian prime minister confirms Durham investigation meeting.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://video.foxnews.com/v/6097127646001/#sp=show-clips&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/breaking-in-closed-door-meeting-italian-prime-minister-conte-denies-italian-connections-to-mifsud-whos-now-again-disappeared/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Durham and Barr recently had meetings in [[Rome]] where they obtained new evidence. The meetings “took place on Aug. 15 and Sept. 27, 2019, in Rome,” and that it was during one or both of these trips, that Barr and Durham “gathered new evidence.”&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''24 October.''' '''Report: U.S. Attorney Durham “Administrative Review” is now “A Criminal Investigation”.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/24/big-report-u-s-attorney-durham-administrative-review-is-now-a-criminal-investigation/#more-174520&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*''NYT'' reports the Durham “review” has now officially moved into a full “criminal investigation”. &lt;br /&gt;
:*Jeff Carlson: Focus of Durham Probe Shifts to Senior Obama Officials.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://themarketswork.com/2019/10/24/focus-of-durham-probe-shifts-to-senior-obama-officials/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*One of the former FBI officials assisting Durham’s investigation is reported to be John C. Eckenrode, who at one time worked with Patrick J. Fitzgerald in the 2003 [[Valerie Plame]] leak case. Eckenrode reportedly knew Durham from his time as an FBI agent in Connecticut, where Durham was a prosecutor. Eckenrode also “ran the FBI’s office in Philadelphia” prior to his 2006 retirement from the bureau.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Sometime in mid-2016, Brennan formed an inter-agency task force headquartered at the CIA to investigate foreign intelligence allegations against the Trump campaign&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/did-brennan-admit-to-using-reverse-targeting-to-spy-on-the-trump-campaign_2628435.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*Brennan and some of his CIA analysts, along with DNI Clapper, were responsible for a series of three reports that were used to promote the Trump-Russia collusion story. The first report was released on Oct. 7, 2016, and the second on Dec. 29, 2016.  The third report, “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent U.S. Elections”—also known as the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)—was released on Jan. 6, 2017.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The ICA claimed that “Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump” and stated that “Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help President-elect Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.”  The report played a key role in advancing the now disproven allegation that Trump colluded with Russia.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*'''While Brennan denied before Congress using the Steele Dossier in the ICA, he did attach a two-page summary of the dossier to the ICA that he, along with Clapper and Comey, delivered to then-President Barack Obama on Jan. 6, 2017.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/02/11/former_cia_director_john_brennan_investigated_for_perjury.html#!&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/03/27/rand-paul-it-was-brennan-who-insisted-the-unverified-and-fake-steele-dossier-be-included-in-the-intelligence-report/comment-page-1/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/themarketswork/status/1163951550718345217&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Brennan also made repeated use of questionable foreign intelligence and passed it along to the FBI.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/focus-in-spygate-scandal-shifts-to-cia-former-director-brennan_3049534.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Brennan testified to Congress in May 2017 that any information, specifically “anything involving the individuals involved in the Trump campaign was shared with the bureau [FBI].” Brennan also admitted that it was his intelligence that helped establish the FBI investigation:&lt;br /&gt;
::::*''“I was aware of intelligence and information about contacts between Russian officials and U.S. persons that raised concerns in my mind about whether or not those individuals were cooperating with the Russians, either in a witting or unwitting fashion, and it served as the basis for the FBI investigation to determine whether such collusion [or] cooperation occurred.”''&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Clapper personally confirmed foreign intelligence involvement during congressional testimony in May 2017:&lt;br /&gt;
::::*Sen. Dianne Feinstein: ''“Over the spring of 2016, multiple European allies passed on additional information to the United States about contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians. Is this accurate?”''&lt;br /&gt;
::::*James Clapper: ''“Yes, it is, and it’s also quite sensitive. The specifics are quite sensitive.”''&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Brennan appeared to have employed the use of “reverse targeting” on members of the Trump campaign. Reverse targeting refers to the targeting of a foreign individual with the intent of capturing data on a U.S. citizen. During an Aug. 17, 2018, interview with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, Brennan said the following:&lt;br /&gt;
::::*''“We call it incidental collection in terms of CIA’s foreign intelligence collection authorities. Any time we would incidentally collect information on a U.S. person, we would hand that over to the FBI because they have the legal authority to do it. We would not pursue that type of investigative, you know, sort of leads. We would give it to the FBI. So, we were picking things up that was of great relevance to the FBI, and we wanted to make sure that they were there—so they could piece it together with whatever they were collecting domestically here.”''&lt;br /&gt;
::::*However, under the laws governing U.S. surveillance, the identities of U.S. citizens are supposed to be protected. Provisions known as minimization procedures are intended to protect information “incidentally collected” on U.S. citizens in the course of foreign surveillance. The collection described by Brennan doesn’t appear to have been incidental but rather targeted.&lt;br /&gt;
::::*As this foreign intelligence, unofficial in nature and outside of traditional channels, was gathered on members of the Trump campaign, Brennan began his process of feeding this intelligence to the FBI. Repeated transfers of foreign intelligence from the CIA director helped push the FBI toward establishing a formal counterintelligence investigation.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Durham has reportedly been in contact with Horowitz, whose investigation had “grown to include more than 2,800 subpoenas, nearly 500 search warrants, 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence and interviews of about 500 witnesses,” according to the ''Washington Examiner'' (September 19, 2019). &lt;br /&gt;
:*Horowitz Report: Likely No Classified Appendix / Review Phase Has Not Started.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/10/24/good-news-bad-news-horowitz-report-likely-no-classified-appendix-review-phase-has-not-started-long/#more-174506&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Chuck Ross: DOJ Has Quietly Been Publishing Documents Related To Trump-Russia Probe.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/24/doj-trump-russia-records/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The agency in recent weeks has started publishing documents related to an array of topics, including Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele, Bruce Ohr, and Peter Strzok.&lt;br /&gt;
::*One document released Wednesday shows that former Trump lawyer John Dowd asked Rod Rosenstein to help investigate Fusion GPS.&lt;br /&gt;
::*DOJ published email correspondence between Peter Strzok, the FBI official who opened the Trump-Russia probe, and Bruce Ohr, a DOJ official who played a key role as middleman between the FBI and dossier author Christopher Steele.  DOJ published 140 pages of documents on its website related to Fusion GPS.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Dowd emailed Rosenstein and Scott Schools, the associate deputy attorney general, on Nov. 6, 2017, urging the pair to investigate whether Fusion GPS had paid journalists as part of the effort to attack Trump.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screen-Shot-2019-10-24-at-2.54.00-PM-620x421.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Email from Trump attorney John Dowd to Rod Rosenstein, Nov. 9, 2017: “We all now know that the entire Russian drama was and is a complete concoction by the Clinton DNC buying a phony dossier with laundered money by law firms and cut outs with Fusion GPS and former WSJ reporter Glenn Simpson to nullify the results of the Presidential election....It is clear we were all duped including the DOJ and both houses of Congress.&amp;quot; Yet Rosenstein allowed the Mueller probe to continue another year and half, impacting the [[2018 Midterm elections]].]] &lt;br /&gt;
:::*“We all now know that the entire Russian drama was and is a complete concoction by the Clinton DNC buying a phony dossier with laundered money by law firms and cut outs with Fusion GPS and former WSJ reporter Glenn Simpson to nullify the results of the Presidential election,” wrote Dowd, who linked to a Washington Times article.  “It is clear we were all duped including the DOJ and both houses of Congress.”  Dowd asked why the Justice Department was not “intervening” in litigation to force Fusion GPS to disclose reporters that the firm allegedly had on its payroll.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*At that time, congressional invrestigators obtained Fusion GPS’s bank records that revealed the law firm for the DNC and Clinton campaign had paid the firm $1 million as part of its Trump investigation. Fusion GPS in turn paid Steele around $170,000, according to the documents. The records also showed that Fusion GPS paid journalists.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Dowd emailed Rosenstein again Nov. 9, 2017, with a link to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece entitled “Lifting the Steele Curtain,” which called the dossier “one of the dirtiest political tricks in U.S. history.”  Emails from December 2017 show Justice Department officials also appeared to lament revelations about Bruce Ohr’s links to Fusion GPS.  Ohr, who was a top official in the deputy attorney general’s office, was revealed earlier that month to have had extensive contact with Steele. Ohr’s wife, Nellie, was also reported to have worked as a contractor for Fusion GPS, raising allegations of a possible conflict of interest.  Justice Department officials circulated a Dec. 12, 2017, report from the Daily Caller News Foundation that Glenn Simpson, a co-founder of Fusion GPS, revealed in a court filing that his firm had employed Nellie Ohr. (RELATED: Fusion GPS Founder Confirms Hiring DOJ Official’s Wife).  “Oh good grief,” Stephen Boyd, the Justice Department’s liaison to Congress, wrote in an email to associates that linked to the DCNF’s piece.  “Lovely,” DOJ spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores wrote.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Among the trove of recently released documents is a Feb. 1, 2017, email exchange between Strzok and Ohr.  Ohr forwarded a top-secret Treasury Department report concerning banking transactions to Strzok through the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS), a top-secret computer network used by various federal agencies.  Ohr obtained the document from Lisa Holtyn, a senior intelligence advisor at DOJ’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). He provided Strzok with a password to access the document, which the government redacted because it involves information related to “monetary instrument transactions.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Ohr told lawmakers on Aug. 28, 2018, that he did not know Strzok prior to the beginning of the Trump-Russia investigation, which Strzok opened July 31, 2016. Ohr testified that he met Strzok only a couple of times during the probe. The FBI used Ohr to collect information from Steele regarding his investigation of the Trump campaign.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The Justice Department also released a memo that Robert Mueller submitted to Attorney General William Barr on April 19, a day after a partially redacted version of the special counsel’s report had been made public. Mueller said in the memo that investigators had closed an investigation into whether an unidentified individual acted as an unregistered agent of a foreign country.  The name of the person is redacted, making it unclear who is being referenced in the previously unreleased document. “The Special Counsel’s investigation closed its investigation of [redacted] for acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government … because there was not admissible evidence sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction,” Mueller wrote.  The memo stated Rosenstein authorized the investigation of the individual in an Aug. 2, 2017, document laying out the scope of the special counsel’s probe.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*''PJ Media:'' Durham Investigation Is Criminal: a Disaster for the MSM.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/durham-investigation-going-criminal-a-disaster-for-the-msm/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*This is time to name the biggest miscreants: ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Wall Street Journal'' (front pages), the infantile ''BuzzFeed'', the risible CNN, ABC, CBS, and the multiple sexual molesters at NBC. These are the people who have informed us, actually assured us, from the outset that Donald Trump had done things that deserved impeachment when all they did was try to overthrow an American presidential election. All that time they were harboring the real targets of the investigation, the real criminals.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Now it is time to overthrow them. They no longer deserve their place in our society.&lt;br /&gt;
::*the networks deserve special opprobrium and scrutiny. They are granted licenses by the government, as it happens licenses to spew propaganda. Should these be continued?&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''25 October.''' '''''Daily Caller:'' Michael Flynn Attorney Demands Charges Be Dismissed ‘For Outrageous Government Misconduct’.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2019/10/25/michael-flynn-attorney-demands-charges-be-dismissed-for-outrageous-government-misconduct/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Sidney Powell asked a federal court to hold prosecutors in contempt for their conduct in the case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/431958737/Flynn-Filing-October-24th-Brady-Material-1&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*(1) Lisa Page edited the Flynn 302’s, then forgot when questioned by DOJ officials, then re-remembered when shown her texts. &lt;br /&gt;
::*(2) The 302’s themselves were written with lies that do not match notes taken during the interview. &lt;br /&gt;
::*(3) The felony leaker of the Flynn-Kislyak phone call is Pentagon employee named James Baker (DOD). &lt;br /&gt;
::*(4) New texts from Page and Strzok that highlight the entrapment plan. &lt;br /&gt;
::*(5) ODNI James Clapper telling WaPo reporter [[David Ignatius]] to “take the kill shot on Flynn“. &lt;br /&gt;
::*(6) The purposeful use of Judge Contreras to take the December 1st 2017 plea agreement.&lt;br /&gt;
:*the government withheld evidence of misconduct in the FBI, including the infamous Peter Strzok-Lisa Page texts, until one day after he pleaded guilty in December 2017, and that contemporaneous notes from Flynn’s interview with Strzok contradict Strzok’s final report.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Four days after Trump’s inauguration, on Jan. 24, 2017, Strzok met with Flynn in what Flynn viewed as a meeting of two colleagues, but which Strzok was using as part of a criminal probe against him.  The government sat on explosive evidence about Strzok, former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and others in the bureau until the day after Flynn pleaded guilty.&lt;br /&gt;
::*“The day after Mr. Flynn’s plea, the press exploded with the news of Strzok and Page’s prolific text messages, their affair, and their malice toward President Trump,” Powell’s filing says. “The Inspector General issued a rare statement that he was investigating the entire matter.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Bruce Ohr, the fourth highest-ranking member of DOJ, was demoted. Judge Contreras, who accepted Mr. Flynn’s plea only days before, was suddenly and inexplicably recused—only for it to be disclosed much later that he was a topic of conversation in the Strzok-Page texts because he was a friend of Agent Strzok. The relationship between Judge Rudy Contreras and Peter Strzok was never revealed to the court, or to the Flynn defense team prior to a plea agreement that was overseen by Judge Contreras.&lt;br /&gt;
::*''“Not only did [prosecutor Brandon Van Grack] not disclose a single text message before Mr. Flynn agreed to plead guilty, but Special Counsel apparently managed to control the press on the issue until the plea was entered on December 1, 2017, in Judge Contreras’s court.  It defies credulity to suggest that it was only unlucky for Mr. Flynn that the story broke the very next day.”&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Brady-flynn-6-302-manipulation-for-charges.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Flynn's interview reports were modified to make claims that were never made in the interview.  The language was purposefully and willfully made to look like something is wasn’t; and in some cases they made it up completely counter to the actual statement given by Mike Flynn.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The basis for the false statements charge comes from an interview that was not audio recorded, even though anyone with a cell phone could have easily recorded it. Strzok did not take any written notes during the interview with Flynn, while a junior agent did. Strzok later wrote lengthy notes after the fact. Eventually, Strzok summarized the interview in a 302, the official FBI form in which an agent memorializes an interview, which became the evidence for false statements.  “Yet, their own notes contradict the 302, [and] fail to support it at all in other ways,” Powell wrote.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“Notes by both agents state that Mr. Flynn does not remember making four to five calls to Ambassador Kislyak from the Dominican Republic, where he was on vacation, but that if he did so, it was because phone service was poor and he kept getting dropped.  The final 302 states the opposite: ‘Flynn remembered making four to five calls that day about this issue, but that the Dominican Republic was a difficult place to make a call as he kept having connectivity issues.'  This dramatically demonstrates the wrongheadedness of allowing a 302 to create a federal felony.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“Two out of four of the alleged false statements in the Statement of Offense are based on what the agents claim Mr. Flynn said or did not say about the response of the Russian Ambassador on two separate issues. … The notes provide no support for a question or an answer about the Russian Ambassador’s response—either to the UN vote or the sanctions.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Even how Strzok informed Flynn about the “nature” of the interview was misleading. Flynn was told investigators were seeking to learn “the nature of any links between any individuals associated with the campaign and Russia,” but he “asked no question related to election interference or coordination between the campaign and Russia.”  Instead, he asked what Flynn had discussed with the Russian ambassador on the issue of sanctions and a United Nations vote — when Strzok already knew exactly what he said because the conversation had been wiretapped.&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“The government is suppressing evidence of notes, reports, or recordings of the significant meeting the upper echelon of the FBI held to orchestrate the agents’ ambush of Mr. Flynn so as to keep him ‘relaxed,'” Powell wrote. “They purposely did not tell him they were investigating him and strategized at length to avoid raising any concerns. (‘Flynn was unguarded and clearly saw the FBI agents as allies.’)”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“Since January 2017, the government knew, but still has not disclosed the full statements and notes that show Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] said the interview of Mr. Flynn was ‘problematic,’ and she was ‘unclear’ why the FBI was investigating or interviewing Mr. Flynn at all,” Flynn’s attorney continued. “Neither Mr. Flynn nor his former counsel had any of these documents or knowledge of the plethora of information discussed above when Mr. Flynn entered his plea.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*On Jan. 10, 2017, ''[[BuzzFeed]]'' published the dossier compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele, which alleged connections between Trump and Russia. The government also relied on the document to get a wiretap warrant on Trump associate Carter Page.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Brady-flynn-5-set-up-and-leaks.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Flynn was set up by felonious leaks as part of the &amp;quot;insurance policy&amp;quot; when Deep State coup 1.0 was put in motion.]]&lt;br /&gt;
::*The FBI leaked details of their investigation to the media and then strategized over how they could weaponize the media reports to conduct investigations.   Agent Peter Strzok and FBI Counterintelligence Director [[Bill Priestap]] discussed if this approach would work.  The prosecution then intentionally withheld the text messages from Flynn and the public, in their prior releases, showing Peter Strzok and Lisa Page discussing the Strzok &amp;amp; Priestap strategy sessions on using the leaks.   Those texts, clear Brady material, were purposefully hidden by the DOJ, until Sidney Powell went to find them on her own:&lt;br /&gt;
::*“A TON more out. . . We’re discussing whether, now that this is out, we can use it as a pretext to go interview some people,” Strzok texted. “In the next two weeks, there were ‘many meetings’ between Strzok and McCabe to discuss ‘whether to interview National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and if so, what interview strategies to use.’”&lt;br /&gt;
::*an unclassified letter written by the United Kingdom’s National Security Advisor, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, was hand delivered on Jan. 12, 2017 to the incoming national security team in New York, Powell wrote, noting that “[p]rotocol dictates that it was also provided to the then active national security advisor—[[Susan Rice]].  This was two weeks before the pretextual interview of Mr. Flynn, and it eviscerates the credibility of Christopher Steele whose false and unverified assertions mention Mr. Flynn and were used by the FBI to obtain illegal FISA warrants that likely reached the communications of Mr. Flynn,” the filing says.  Van Grack  “knows about this letter, and he questioned people about it,” it continues.&lt;br /&gt;
::*On Jan. 12, 2017, ''Washington Post'' columnist David Ignatius wrote that “According to a senior U.S. government official, Flynn phoned Russian Ambassador [[Sergey Kislyak]] several times on Dec. 29, the day the Obama administration announced the expulsion of 35 Russian officials as well as other measures in retaliation for the hacking.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Pentagon official James Baker (DOD) &amp;quot;is believed to be the person who illegally leaked the transcript of Mr. Flynn’s calls to Ignatius,” Powell wrote. “The defense has requested the phone records of James Clapper to confirm his contacts with ''Washington Post'' reporter Ignatius—especially on January 10, 2017, when Clapper told Ignatius in words to the effect of ‘take the kill shot on Flynn.'”&lt;br /&gt;
::*[[Stefan Halper]] organized a February 2014 event at his college that Flynn attended while Halper was being paid by the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. That event would later become the source of unfounded rumors that Flynn and a Cambridge academic, Svetlana Lokhova, had improper contacts.  “Flynn has requested the records of Col. [[James Baker (DOD)]] because he was Halper’s ‘handler’ in the Office of Net Assessment in the Pentagon, and ONA Director Baker regularly lunched with ''Washington Post'' Reporter David Ignatius.&amp;quot;.  She added that prosecutors have refused to allow Flynn’s defense team to see transcripts of the calls, even though media had them.&lt;br /&gt;
::*On Feb. 10, 2017, media reports citing “senior intelligence officials” said that Flynn discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador, contrary to what Vice President [[Michael Pence]] had said on television.  “Overnight,” the 302 was edited to add “an unequivocal statement that ‘Flynn stated he did not'” ask the ambassador to slow down a UN vote or vote in a certain way, Powell wrote. “This is a deceptive manipulation because, as the notes of the agents show, Mr. Flynn was not even sure he had spoken to Russia/Kislyak on this issue. He had talked to dozens of countries.”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*“Second, they added: ‘or if KISLYAK described any Russian response to a request by FLYNN.’ That question and answer do not appear in the notes, yet it was made into a criminal offense. The typed version of the highly unusual ‘deliberative’ 302 by that date already included an entire section from whole cloth that also serves as a criminal charge in the Information and purported factual basis regarding ‘Russia’s response’ to any request by Flynn. The draft also shows that the agents moved a sentence to make it seem to be an answer to a question it was not.”  Prosecutors originally said that the 302 had been amended only to “remove a header” and then to remove the word “DRAFT.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:::*The edited versions were withheld for months, and one only came out after prompting by Flynn’s attorneys. Prosecutors did not explain why they were not originally provided and “how they suddenly turned up” with “material differences.”  Prosecutors have still not produced the original 302.  “The original 302 is not ‘missing.’ If the government will not produce it, it could only have been deliberately destroyed, and this prosecution should be dismissed on that basis alone,” she wrote. “Neither the FBI nor its Sentinel system loses the most important of its reports that is supposed to support the federal felony of the President’s National Security Advisor. The only reason for it to be suppressed is that it is favorable to the defense.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Powell says that prosecutors have resisted the requirement to turn evidence over to the defense at every turn, at one point even sending a link to a ''Daily Caller News Foundation'' reporter’s web page instead of turning over the official files.  “Van Grack ‘produced’ the first batch on March 13, 2018, by link to texts already released to the public by the Senate Judiciary Committee. He produced the second batch on June 24, 2018, by link to the ‘Scribd account’ of reporter Peter Hasson. Those cannot even be downloaded. And for his third production, it gave the defense two pages on October 4, 2018. These go precisely to the issue of McCabe’s Special Counsel Lisa Page editing the Flynn 302.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*In one case, prosecutors sat on records and produced them only when they realized the records were about to come out via other means, she wrote.  Other potentially exculpatory evidence is being withheld from Flynn’s defense team by saying it is classified, the filing says. “The government cannot conceal its wrongdoing behind a claim of classification.&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
::*“The FBI had no factual or legal basis for a criminal investigation, nor did they have a valid basis for a counter-intelligence investigation against an American citizen, and they all knew it. The evidence the defense requests will eviscerate any factual basis for the plea and reveal conduct so outrageous—if there is not enough already—to mandate dismissal of this prosecution for egregious government misconduct,” she wrote.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Attorney Sidney Powell Calls out the DOJ in the Government's Case against General Flynn.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppHzTXeA3tU&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*'''Margot Cleveland: Sidney Powell Drops Bombshell Showing How The FBI Trapped Michael Flynn.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/25/sidney-powell-drops-bombshell-showing-how-the-fbi-trapped-michael-flynn/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*The sequence Powell lays out shows that a team of “high-ranking FBI officials orchestrated an ambush-interview of the new president’s National Security Advisor, not for the purpose of discovering any evidence of criminal activity—they already had tapes of all the relevant conversations about which they questioned Mr. Flynn—but for the purpose of trapping him into making statements they could allege as false.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*“on January 23 [2017], the day before the interview, the upper echelon of the FBI met to orchestrate it all. Deputy Director McCabe, General Counsel [[James Baker (DOJ)]], Lisa Page, Strzok, David Bowdich, [[Trish Anderson]], and Jen Boone strategized to talk with Mr. Flynn in such a way as to keep from alerting him from understanding that he was being interviewed in a criminal investigation of which he was the target.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Next came “Comey’s direction to ‘screw it’ in contravention of longstanding DOJ protocols,” leading McCabe to personally call Flynn to schedule the interview. Yet none of Comey’s notes on the decision to interview Flynn were turned over to defense. &lt;br /&gt;
:::*Even Obama-holdover “Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates candidly opined that the interview ‘was problematic’ and ‘it was not always clear what the FBI was doing to investigate Flynn,” Powell stressed. Yet again, the prosecution did not turn over Yates’ notes, but only “disclosed a seven-line summary of Ms. Yates statement six months after Mr. Flynn’s plea.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Following Strzok’s questioning of Flynn, he exchanged more texts with Page: “Describe the feeling, nervousness, excitement knowing we had just heard him denying it all. Knowing we’d have to pivot into asking. Puzzle round and round about it. Talk about the funny details. Remember what I said that made Andy laugh and ask if he really said that.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*The texts also confirmed Strzok did not believe Flynn thought he was lying: “Also have some faith in and my assessment. . . . I’m finding it hard to go out on a counterintuitive yet strongly felt ledge with so many competent voices expressing what I feel too: bullsh*t – that doesn’t make sense. [] I made some joke about what F said. Something patriotic or military.” Page responded: “It was clear that you both walked in and felt very strongly, so that obviously counts for something. [] You made a joke about a military band.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*A sealed statement from Strzok confirmed that the “agents did three briefings the day of the interview,” and that Strzok had reported that Flynn “had a sure demeanor, and he was telling the truth or believed he was—even though he did not remember it all.” This led the FBI and DOJ to then write “an internal memo dated January 30, 2017, exonerating Mr. Flynn of acting as an ‘agent of Russia’” and expressing no concern of a possible Logan Act violation.&lt;br /&gt;
::*“On February 10, 2017, the news broke—attributed to ‘senior intelligence officials’—that Mr. Flynn had discussed sanctions with Ambassador Kislyak, contrary to what Vice President Pence had said on television previously.” Following this leak, “overnight,” Flynn’s 302 was changed—and substantively so. “Those changes added an unequivocal statement that ‘FLYNN stated he did not’—in response to whether Mr. Flynn had asked Kislyak to vote in a certain manner or slow down the UN vote.”  &lt;br /&gt;
::*“This is a deceptive manipulation” Powell highlighted, “because, as the notes of the agents show, Mr. Flynn was not even sure he had spoken to Russia/Kislyak on this issue. He had talked to dozens of countries.” The overnight changes to the 302 also included the addition of a line, indicating Flynn had been question on whether “KISLYAK described any Russian response to a request by FLYNN.”  &lt;br /&gt;
::*But the agent’s notes do not include that question or answer, Powell stressed, yet it was later made into the criminal offense charges against Flynn. And “the draft also shows that the agents moved a sentence to make it seem to be an answer to a question it was not,” Powell added.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Then, the day after those changes were made, Strzok texted Page asking: “Also, is Andy good with F 302?” Page replied: “Launch f302.” Simultaneously, [[David Laufman]] in the National Security Division of DOJ, called Flynn’s law firm, Covington and Burling, to pressure them to file the [[FARA]] registration form for Flynn Intel Group. Those FARA registration forms would later be used to press Flynn to plead guilty.&lt;br /&gt;
::*The timeline continued to May 10 when McCabe opened an “obstruction” investigation into President Trump. That same day, Powell writes, “in an important but still wrongly redacted text, Strzok says: ‘We need to lock in [redacted]. In a formal chargeable way. Soon.’” Page replies: “I agree. I’ve been pushing and I’ll reemphasize with Bill [Priestap].”&lt;br /&gt;
:::*Powell argues that “both from the space of the redaction, its timing, and other events, the defense strongly suspects the redacted name is Flynn.” That timing includes Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel on May 17, and then the reentering of Flynn’s 302 on May 31, 2017, “for Special Counsel Mueller to use.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*That final Flynn 302 shows yet another inconsistency from the notes turned over to Powell. Both agents’ notes state: “Flynn does not remember making four to five calls to Ambassador Kislyak from the Dominican Republic, where he was on vacation, but that if he did so, it was because phone service was poor and he kept getting dropped. ‘I don’t remember making 4-5 calls. If I did lousy place to call.’” Yet, Powell stressed, the final 302 stated the opposite: “Flynn remembered making four to five calls that day about this issue, but that the Dominican Republic was a difficult place to make a call as he kept having connectivity issues.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*Powell pieced together this timeline and this disturbing evidence of a government out to destroy a man only after Flynn pleaded guilty and without benefit of the exculpatory evidence the prosecution was required to provide. And that’s a problem, Powell argues: “Neither Mr. Flynn nor his former counsel had any of these documents or knowledge of the plethora of information discussed above when Mr. Flynn entered his plea.”&lt;br /&gt;
::*&amp;quot;Mr. Flynn will ask this Court to dismiss the entire prosecution based on the outrageous and un-American conduct of law enforcement officials and the subsequent failure of the prosecution to disclose this evidence— which it had in its possession all along—either in a timely fashion or at all.”&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Doc drop alleges 302 form ‘edited’ to frame Gen Flynn, key ‘deep state’ actors implicated.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/25/doc-drop-alleges-302-form-falsified-to-frame-gen-flynn-key-deep-state-actors-implicated-843708&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{Anchor|They exonerated him completely}}&lt;br /&gt;
:*'''Powell on Comey, Clapper, and Brennan:'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXseNmo94BY&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox|''&amp;quot;I believe the Department of Justice is withholding a lot of information. As is Mr. Clapper and Mr. Brennan. And all of the people who participated in the complete setup of General Michael Flynn. You know we have found additional text messages that the government suppressed, including one where Agent Strzok indicates he knows it's a pretext to go interview General Flynn. They knew there was no Logan Act violation. '''They exonerated him [Flynn] completely of being an agent of Russia by the end of January [2017] and yet Mr. Comey still runs to the [[White House]] on February 14th [2017] and conjures up the entire [[obstruction of justice]] narrative against the president when Flynn had been cleared of everything long before that.&amp;quot;'''''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;See Comey memo February 14, 2018; “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” https://clintonfoundationtimeline.com/february-14-2017-comeys-statement-for-the-record-on-his-oval-office-meeting-with-trump/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:*''Fox News:'' GOP reveals new Strzok texts concerning 'crescendo of leaks,' demands watchdog investigate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-intelligence-community-watchdog-leaks-silence-chuck-grassley&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Mueller Tried to Tie Trump Team to Russia – And SIX OF EIGHT Events Were Deep State “Set Ups”.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/confirmed-robert-mueller-tried-to-tie-trump-team-to-russia-and-six-of-eight-events-were-deep-state-set-ups/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::*the pitch to “collude” with the Russian Government or Putin originated with FBI informants, MI-6 assets or people paid by Fusion GPS, not Trump or his people. There is not a single instance where Donald Trump or any member of his campaign team initiated contact with the Russians for the purpose of gaining derogatory information on Hillary or obtaining support to boost the Trump campaign. Not one.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*'''McCabe turns down plea deal,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/MarieNoel45/status/1187870092526313472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; drops wrongful termination suit.'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/gatewaypundit/status/1187903251645157376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''28 October.''' Lee Smith: How The Obama Administration Set In Motion Democrats’ Coup Against Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/28/how-the-obama-administration-set-in-motion-democrats-coup-against-trump/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:* diGenova Discusses the Continued Impeachment Push.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fORVzu5Q6PA&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Alexander-vindman.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman swore under oath that he gave instructions countermanding the President's policies. The [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] have not disciplined Vindman.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*'''29 October.''' '''Vindman closed door deposition.'''&lt;br /&gt;
:*''American Thought Leaders:'' Devin Nunes: Spygate is Greatest Political Scandal in Modern US History—&amp;amp; He’s Still Investigating.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIsyY42NJPg&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*''Epoch Times&amp;quot;'' Leaks of Trump’s Calls With Foreign Leaders Were Intelligence Products: Devin Nunes.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/leaks-of-trumps-calls-with-foreign-leaders-were-intelligence-products-devin-nunes-says_3130740.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Sidney Powell on why the DOJ should dismiss the case against Michael Flynn.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/LouDobbs/status/1189332353610588161&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Hoft: Comey Likely Doctored His Memos In Effort to Take Down President Trump and the US Senate May Have the Evidence.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/breaking-exclusive-fired-fbi-director-comey-likely-doctored-his-memos-in-effort-to-take-down-president-trump-and-the-us-senate-may-have-the-evidence/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Grassley Seeking Identity of Hillary Clinton State Department Staffers Who “Deliberately” Transmitted Classified Information Via Private Email.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/grassley-seeking-identity-of-hillary-clinton-state-department-staffers-who-deliberately-transmitted-classified-information-via-private-email-video/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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*'''30 October.''' '''Paul Sperry: How 'Whistleblower' May Be Outed: Ties to Biden, Brennan, Schiff's Staff, Etc..'''&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/10/30/whistleblower_exposed_close_to_biden_brennan_dnc_oppo_researcher_120996.html]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*Federal documents reveal that the 33-year-old Ciaramella, a registered Democrat held over from the Obama White House, previously worked with former Vice President Joe Biden and former CIA Director John Brennan, a vocal critic of Trump who helped initiate the Russia “collusion” investigation of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.&lt;br /&gt;
:*Ciaramella (pronounced char-a-MEL-ah) left his [[National Security Council]] posting in the White House’s West Wing in mid-2017 amid concerns about negative leaks to the media. He has since returned to CIA headquarters in [[Langley, Virginia]].&lt;br /&gt;
::*“He was accused of working against Trump and leaking against Trump.” &lt;br /&gt;
:*Ciaramella huddled for “guidance” with the staff of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, including former colleagues also held over from the Obama era whom Schiff’s office had recently recruited from the NSC. (Schiff is the lead prosecutor in the impeachment inquiry.)&lt;br /&gt;
:*Ciaramella worked with a [[Democratic National Committee]] operative who dug up dirt on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, inviting her into the White House for meetings, former White House colleagues said. The operative, [[Alexandra Chalupa]], a Ukrainian-American who supported Hillary Clinton, led an effort to link the Republican campaign to the Russian government. “He knows her. He had her in the White House.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:*Lee Smith Discusses Impeachment and Connection to Ongoing Swamp Defense Efforts.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck80EnbmSOo&amp;amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*''Epoch Times:'' Investigation of Trump Campaign Started Earlier Than Official Timeline, Nunes Says.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/investigation-of-trump-campaign-started-earlier-than-official-timeline-devin-nunes-says_3132357.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*''Free Beacon:'' Trump Admin Launches Investigation Into ‘Deep State’ Targeting Top Trump Iran Official.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://freebeacon.com/national-security/exclusive-state-dept-launches-investigation-of-deep-state-targeting-top-trump-iran-official/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Talk:Michelle Obama</title>
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&lt;div&gt;A good balanced rational article, tho' it does need more information.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Second paragraph==&lt;br /&gt;
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 &amp;quot;Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Michelle Obama's roots, has a complex path from Slavery: Fraser Robinson III (died in 1991) and his wife, Marian are the parents of Michelle; they got married in 1960; Melvinia Shields, the enslaved and illiterate young girl, and the unknown white man who impregnated her are the great-great-great-grandparents of Michelle Obama, the first lady... the more complete map of Mrs. Obama’s ancestors — including the slave mother, white father and their biracial son, Dolphus T. Shields — connects the first African-American first lady to the history of slavery, tracing their five-generation journey from bondage to a front-row seat to the presidency. [1] (Dolphus Shields was a very light skinned, church-going carpenter who could read, write and advance in an industrializing town.) Some of Michelle's relatives still reside in South Carolina.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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To me this is confusing and gets in the way of the article. Can someone who understands exactly what this paragraph is saying create a more clear version?&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:KingHanksley|KingHanksley]] 17:51, 3 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Court Ordered Inactive Status by a Disciplinary Agency==&lt;br /&gt;
Was Michelle Obama disbarred?  [http://community2.myfoxorlando.com/_Obamas-Wife-Disbarred/BLOG/293883/72667.html]  [[User:RobSmith|Rob Smith]] 12:22, 18 July 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== &amp;quot;Savior&amp;quot; in Bold ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Why is the word &amp;quot;savior&amp;quot; in bold? It seems clear that the quote explicitly warns against viewing any one person (including Obama) as a savior. --[[User:Economist|Economist]] 22:37, 24 July 2009 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Fashion Disaster? ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps you might want to cite some of the &amp;quot;fashion disaster&amp;quot; claims, especially since her favorite designer has done quite well since Michelle became first lady.  Also, if you're going to argue that she is a fashion disaster, then you might not want to do it next to a picture of her looking fashionable and stately! [[User:DanieleGiusto|DanieleGiusto]] 13:44, 2 August 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:You may think that Michelle looks fashionable and stately, most people disagree. Anyway, added refs and a new pic.--[[User:Jpatt|Jpatt]] 00:52, 3 August 2010 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I don't have an opinion on her fashion either way, but this does seem opinion-driven, and I can't find all the claims in the refs. Could someone who does care about this cite them individually, or select phrases that were actually used in articles? I just think it takes away from the weight of the more substantial claims on the page if we have uncited opinions on her fashion [[User:KingHanksley|KingHanksley]] 18:00, 3 May 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Santeria ==&lt;br /&gt;
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This &amp;quot;fact&amp;quot; was never proven by any reputable sources...seeing as it could be extremely libelous (and likely is) I removed it. [[User:DennyW66|DennyW66]] 00:10, 22 March 2011 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Staff ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;American taxpayers are shelling out a staggering total of $1,591,200 annually for the First Lady’s 22 member personal staff.&amp;quot; Why &amp;quot;staggering&amp;quot;? It's roughly in line with the amounts spent for the staffs of other recent First Ladies. [[User:BryanF|BryanF]] 08:45, 28 December 2012 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:Did most of the other First Ladies inveigle against &amp;quot;Whitey&amp;quot;?  Were they proud of their country &amp;quot;Finally&amp;quot;?  Or had they always been proud of their country? [[User:DanAP|DanAP]] 10:11, 28 December 2012 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::Hi, Dan! I'd be happy to buy you a dictionary so you could learn the meaning of the word &amp;quot;relevant&amp;quot;. As a bonus, you could find out that &amp;quot;inveigle&amp;quot; is not a word at all. Good day, now! [[User:BryanF|BryanF]] 10:33, 28 December 2012 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Marriage date==&lt;br /&gt;
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This article says the Obama's were married in 1992 while [http://www.conservapedia.com/Barack_Obama#Personal_Life Barack article] says 1982. Which is it?  [[User:OscarO|OscarO]] 23:25, 19 January 2013 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/obama-anniversary-20-years-married_n_1935840.html 1992] [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 23:49, 19 January 2013 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Obscene doctored photo in the article ==&lt;br /&gt;
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One of the photos in the article is doctored, and the source from which the photo comes even says so. This needs to be fixed.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Barack and Michael.png|left|100px||thumb|Doctored photo]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DxHyGqTWsAAivuf?format=jpg&amp;amp;name=900x900 Actual photo]&lt;br /&gt;
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[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/10/14/fact-check-doctored-photo-disparages-michelle-obamas-appearance-984292/ BPR article cited by this article which says that the version of the photo on the article is doctored].&lt;br /&gt;
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--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 16:21, January 12, 2022 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Ok, we'll get our crack team of reviewers on it right away. Should have the investigation complete in a couple years. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:32, January 13, 2022 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::This is not a joke, RobS. We have an article which is using a doctored photo as &amp;quot;evidence&amp;quot; to push an absurd claim that a specific individual is secretly transgender. Not only that, that same article is even citing a source which both (1) blatantly ''states'' that the photo is doctored, and (2) provides hard evidence to prove its counterclaim.&lt;br /&gt;
::I don't know about you, but that seems pretty hard to refute. Of course you can go ahead and try if you'd like. Please feel free to state why you think the version of the photo seen in the article is not doctored.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 18:10, January 13, 2022 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Don't worry. We got our man Bob Mueller &amp;amp; Peter Strzok on the job. They'll get to the bottom of it and establish facts. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:35, January 13, 2022 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
::::Since you didn’t bother to refute the hard evidence that the photo is doctored, you have basically conceded that to be the case.--[[User:Geopolitician|Geopolitician]] ([[User talk:Geopolitician|talk]]) 19:45, January 13, 2022 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::I'm sorry, I can't comment on a matter that is still under investigation. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:20, January 13, 2022 (EST)&lt;br /&gt;
This article is  disgusting, especially the picture  of &amp;quot;Michelle Obama in her evening wear&amp;quot;. Are family values of any importance? --[[User:Jackin the box|Jackin the box]] ([[User talk:Jackin the box|talk]]) 10:31, March 24, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/03/05/cq_2356.htm| According to the ''The New York Times''  in 2007, Schlafly wants edits to Conservapedia to 'be '''family friendly''' and '''without gossip or foul language''' ' (Shawn Zeller, March 5, 2007).] --[[User:Jackin the box|Jackin the box]] ([[User talk:Jackin the box|talk]]) 11:42, March 24, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::The photograph in the green dress is not a rumor or gossip, or a deep fake. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:07, March 24, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::No, just  obscene.--[[User:Jackin the box|Jackin the box]] ([[User talk:Jackin the box|talk]]) 12:23, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/photos/michelle-obama-years-5322914/image-41126206 This is clearly fake. I have checked other pictures, as anyone with an open, inquisitive mind can]--[[User:Jackin the box|Jackin the box]] ([[User talk:Jackin the box|talk]]) 13:41, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::And what makes you so sure that ABC's picture isn't the fake one?  ABC, after all, is in the tank for the Obamas.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 14:35, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Firstly, this isn't an ABC picture. Secondly, have  you looked at the numerous other pictures? Thirdly, just google to find the fake source. Even if you could prove the validity of it, surely it is not appropriate to post it here, given Conservapedia's Commandments? At the very least this is crude, vulgar smut, as well unAmerican/anti-American.&lt;br /&gt;
:Have you, [[User:Northwest|Northwest]],  checked the footnotes to the picture of the Obamas?&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::So here we sit, on the eve of nuclear holocaust and WWIII, and our primary concern is somebody outing Michael Robinson as a man. Ok, that makes now. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:16, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::The fact that ABC used the picture you provided which you claim is the &amp;quot;original&amp;quot; (but was photoshopped by either ABC or by other liberal media outlets to provide cover for/protect the Obamas) changes nothing - and BTW, Jackin, calling criticism of the Obamas &amp;quot;un-American/anti-American&amp;quot; is ludicrous when the fact that they themselves are anti-American to the core is taken into account.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 16:18, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::This is ridiculous  How does Michelle feels about Ukrainian Nazis? It was her husband who brought them to power and they now are provoking WWIII and nuclear holocaust. Does she still support training and arms for Ukrainian Nazis? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:38, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Well at least the evidence that the photo is doctored hasn't been entirely suppressed. --[[User:Jackin the box|Jackin the box]] ([[User talk:Jackin the box|talk]]) 16:43, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Doctored by a liberal media seeking to protect the Obamas and cover for them, that is.  [[User:Northwest|Northwest]] ([[User talk:Northwest|talk]]) 16:52, March 26, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I just don't see why transphobes have a problem with Michele in the green dress? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|Let's Go Brandon!]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:53, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Agree, with all you say [[User:RobSmith|RobS]].--[[User:Jackin the box|Jackin the box]] ([[User talk:Jackin the box|talk]]) 09:52, March 27, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Sources of the rumour ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;In summary, the argument that Michelle Obama is a man with Klinefelter’s syndrome that underwent gender reassignment is infinitely less plausible than Michelle Obama simply having a masculine, athletic phenotype which is commonly and publicly accepted as one of many female phenotypes.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[ https://medium.com/@kishowatanabe/big-mike-and-the-claims-that-michelle-obama-is-a-transgender-woman-48de393c6b0f]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Lady ==&lt;br /&gt;
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OK I now understand: she acts like a &amp;quot;Lady&amp;quot;, or uppercrust person, with her spending of public money. Thanks! --[[User:RobLeonardWoo|RobLeonardWoo]] ([[User talk:RobLeonardWoo|talk]]) 09:25, August 5, 2022 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Lunacy ==&lt;br /&gt;
For the people wanting this article to reflect reality and not show Conservapedia as anything but a repository to make conservatives look foolish, I recommend they give it up. The craziness starts immediately with sowing doubts about whether Michelle Obama was born female. It goes off the deep end when the second paragraph touts ''substantial'' evidence for Obama being a transgender man then stating she used IVF treatments to conceive her children. If someone wanted to write something that made conservatives look completely stupid, all they have to do is look here and wonder how someone can claim IVF treatments could possibly make a biological man pregnant. The photoshopped pictures are the final nail in the coffin.&lt;br /&gt;
By the way, pictures of the Obama’s infant children are here. [https://www.elitedaily.com/news/barack-michelle-obama-post-malia-baby-pics-24th-birthday] --[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 13:46, October 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;:''See also: [[United States Senate elections, 2020]], [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2020]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Electoral Map 11-10-20.png|right|350px|thumb|Electoral Map as of November 10, 2020. Biden 227, Trump 231, 80 uncounted.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.forexlive.com/news/!/decision-desk-trump-won-the-state-of-north-carolina-20201110&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
The '''2020 United States presidential election''' was held on November 3, 2020, but [[Democrat]] political machines stuffed the ballot box with millions of mail-in ballots, many improperly or illegally cast.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://archive.fo/wip/IP7W0&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  [[Donald Trump]], the incumbent, stood for re-election along with [[Vice President]] [[Mike Pence]], [[Donald Trump achievements|having accomplished much during their first term]].  &lt;br /&gt;
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A joint statement from Elections Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council &amp;amp; the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Executive Committees has stated: “'''The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.''' ''Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result. When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience. This process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.”'' &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/joint-statement-elections-infrastructure-government-coordinating-council-election&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Incumbent President Donald Trump was re-elected with approximately 53% of the popular vote before the infusion of more than 11 million manufactured illegal mail-in ballots by corrupt election officials across the nation,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thespectator.info/2020/12/20/simple-math-shows-biden-claims-13-million-more-votes-than-there-were-eligible-voters-who-voted-in-2020-election/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; particularly impacting key [[swing state]]s, stemming from six corrupt Democrat cities and counties and throwing the final results into an extended dispute.  According to the Gateway Pundit, a newly-released detailed inventory of known vote and election fraud issues in this election, undertaken by journalist Delroy Murdock, revealed that Trump is, in fact, the actual winner of the election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/01/new-detailed-inventory-election-fraud-2020-election-deroy-murdock-provides-strong-evidence-president-trumps-performance-swing-states-overall-race/ New Detailed Inventory on Election Fraud in the 2020 Election by Deroy Murdock Provides Strong Evidence on President Trump’s Performance in All the Swing States and Overall Race] at the Gateway Pundit&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A Pew Research Center study found that Americans consider [[mainstream media]] “[[fake news]] to be a major problem, and many of them see it as a bigger problem than racism, [[terrorism]] or [[climate change]].&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Campisi, Jennifer (June 5, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/447058-more-people-identify-fake-news-as-a-bigger-problem-than-racism &amp;quot;More people identify fake news as a bigger problem than racism: survey&amp;quot;.] ''The Hill''.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Another survey found that more than 95% of American adults are troubled by the current state of media.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ellefson, Lindsey (September 11, 2019). [https://www.thewrap.com/fake-news-fears-95-of-americans-troubled-by-current-state-of-media-poll-finds/ &amp;quot;‘Fake News’ Fears: 95% of Americans ‘Troubled’ by Current State of Media, Poll Finds&amp;quot;.] ''The Wrap''.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  In 2016 Russians paid the Biden family $3.5 million dollars&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://nypost.com/2020/09/23/hunter-biden-received-3-5m-from-russian-billionaire-report/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and [[collude]]d with the Hillary Clinton campaign to interfere in the [[2016 Presidential election]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/10/26/nolte-hillary-clinton-colluded-with-russians-to-rig-election-against-trump/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Democrats nominated [[segregation]]ist [[Joseph R. Biden]], commonly known as the &amp;quot;Architect of Mass Incarceration&amp;quot; of minorities.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-fires-back-after-booker-slams-him-as-an-architect-of-mass-incarceration/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://youtu.be/AeqEYMBSdp0&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  His running mate, [[Kamala Harris]], hired corrupt Democrat election attorney [[Marc Elias]] to run her primary campaign.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kamala-harris-campaign-lawyer-hired-fusion-gps-for-hillary-clinton&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Marc Elias was the paymaster of [[Christopher Steele]] in what has been described as the biggest political scandal in modern American history.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fusion-gpss-ties-to-clinton-campaign-russia-investigation-what-to-know&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Both Biden and Harris are descendants of [[Slave Power|slave owners]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/10/kamala-harris-ancestors-owned-slaves-too/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Harris has promised [[riot]]s will not stop before or after the election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/chiIIum/status/1299077701916073984&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Credible [[rape]] allegations, [[Biden-China collusion]], and failing cognitive skills of the Democrat nominee were largely ignored by the [[liberal bias]]ed [[mainstream media]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;lawandcrime.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/new-evidence-appears-to-corroborate-t million manufactured [[illegal]] mai-in ballots by corrupt Democrat officials in ara-reades-sexual-assault-claim-against-joe-biden-video/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Former Sanders co-chair Nina Turner said voting for Joe Biden is like &amp;quot;eating half a bowl of s***.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/how-trump-could-win-reelection/612205/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://youtu.be/aOGJOlnli0c&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Biden additionally has been caught up in the [[Obamagate timeline 2017|Obamagate]] and [[Ukrainian collusion]] scandals.&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Democratic party]],&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://spectator.us/top-democrats-contemplate-civil-war-biden-loses/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; its leadership and donors both foreign and domestic promised to challenge the election outcome if President Trump wins re-election,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/will-democrats-accept-election-loss-new-report-says-no&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and to &amp;quot;fumigate&amp;quot; him from office. Blue states with Democrat legislatures and election overseers began a process of printing millions of excess ballots and mailing multiple ballots to homes in heavily Democrat areas.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-north-carolina-mail-ballots-20200904-jcbrskcorrg33clkkf7gxu4pzm-story.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://apnews.com/87cead18466e505e9976fe823fc18f49&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/millions-americans-receiving-absentee-ballot-applications-groups-heres/story?id=72821041&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/more-than-20-000-dead-registered-voters-could-receive-mail-in-ballots-in-california-court-brief&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.ironmountaindailynews.com/news/local-news/2020/09/wisconsin-clerks-rush-ballots-to-mail-after-delay/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/15/exclusive-california-state-election-official-confirms-double-voting-by-mail-in-super-tuesday-primary/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Support for Democratic Candidates, 2012-2020.PNG|right|350px|thumb|According to the Progressive election analyst group Catalist, Democrats are losing support among minorities.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.vox.com/2021/5/10/22425178/catalist-report-2020-election-biden-trump-demographics&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Results==&lt;br /&gt;
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:{{See also|United States presidential election campaign, 2020|Democrat election fraud|Blue Mirage}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Fox News]] prematurely called Arizona for Biden, according to host Sean Hannity.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/05/sean-hannity-fox-news-arizona-call-for-biden-was-premature/ Sean Hannity: Fox News’ Arizona Call For Biden Was ‘Premature’], The Federalist, retrieved November 8, 2020&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Following election night, counting stopped in five states (or parts of states): Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. All but one of these states had a Democrat governor at the time, and all of them were close or showing a Trump lead. Even though Biden claimed early November 4th that he was in the lead in the race to 270 electoral votes, the media insisted patience over the election week, with NPR writing that &amp;quot;The conclusion [to the election] will not be a swift one.&amp;quot; NPR called Trump's claims of fraud &amp;quot;baseless&amp;quot; without evidence that election fraud was not occurring, and without sufficient time to properly fact-check and investigate his claim.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/931042936/biden-secures-early-electoral-vote-lead-but-swing-state-crown-jewels-still-in-pl&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Concerns were raised by conservatives that counting had stopped in urban centers [[Philadelphia]], [[Detroit]], [[Milwaukee]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Atlanta]] and others in order to give the cities time to create sufficient fraudulent votes for Biden in order to win the cities' respective states.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theredelephants.com/there-is-undeniable-mathematical-evidence-the-election-is-being-stolen/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Facebook]] shut down the #StopTheSteal hashtag group to illegally cover for the fraudsters and stop the whistleblowers from exposing the fraud.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/breaking-facebook-bans-pro-trump-stop-steal-page-gained-350000-followers-since-announced-wednesday/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2020/11/misinformation-2020-what-data-tells-us-about-election-related-falsehoods/169820/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  When counting resumed in the dead of night, hundreds of thousands of ballots magically appeared.  GOP observers were illegally barred from observing the ballot count in Pennsylvania and Michigan.  GOP observers were again illegally barred from observing the Georgia recount.&lt;br /&gt;
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An open letter published by The Democracy Institute entitled ''Reasons Why The 2020 Presidential Election Is Deeply Puzzling'' begins by noting the fact: &lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|“Something very strange happened in America’s [[democracy]] in the early hours of Wednesday November 4 [2020] and the days that followed...Trump earned the highest share of all minority votes for a Republican since 1960…Trump grew his support among black voters by 50 percent over 2016…Nationally, Joe Biden’s black support fell well below 90 percent, the level below which Democratic presidential candidates usually lose...We are told that Biden won more votes nationally than any presidential candidate in history...But he won a record low of 17 percent of counties; he only won 524 counties, as opposed to the 873 counties Obama won in 2008...Yet, Biden somehow outdid Obama in total votes...Victorious presidential candidates, especially challengers, usually have down-ballot coattails; Biden did not...The Republicans held the Senate and enjoyed a ‘red wave’ in the House, where they gained a large number of seats while winning all 27 toss-up contests...Trump’s party did not lose a single state legislature and actually made gains at the state level”.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://spectator.us/reasons-why-the-2020-presidential-election-is-deeply-puzzling/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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From 1984 through 2016, spanning presidential elections, seventeen US counties in several states had voted for the winning presidential candidate in an astounding 148 of 153 times including 100% five times for five different presidents: In 2020, amid widespread accusations of Democrat cheating, these bellwethers were not even close — checking in at 6%.  Only 1 of 17 bellwether counties went for Biden.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/proof-fraud-16-17-bellwether-counties-went-trump-never-happened-36-years/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the days following, the [[mainstream fake news media]] portrayed Biden as a larper in the role of &amp;quot;president-elect&amp;quot;.  Biden promised, &amp;quot;I’ll develop some disease and say I have to resign.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://bigleaguepolitics.com/joe-biden-tells-cnn-that-he-may-develop-some-disease-and-say-i-have-to-resign-to-give-presidency-to-kamala-harris/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  With a record number of [[Latino]]s voting for President Trump, Biden's former boss, Barack Obama, launched a vile and racist attack on people of [[Hispanic]] heritage.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thepoliticalinsider.com/barack-obama-blasts-hispanics-who-voted-for-trump-they-ignored-the-presidents-racism-because-they-oppose-gay-marriage/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Voter fraud===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Dominion logo.png|right|350px|thumb|Dominion Voting Systems logo: Red ballots in, Blue ballots out.]]&lt;br /&gt;
:{{See also|2020 Democrat election fraud|2000 Mules}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Dominion Voting Systems]], a foreign corporation, was formed originally to aid the election prospects of [[Marxist]] dictator [[Hugo Chavez]] in [[Venezuela]].  It is now a global organization based in [[Canada]] which operates voting machines and tabulators in the [[United States]] in  30 states.  While electronic voting systems are supposed to be closed systems within a precinct, the machines are designed with a backdoor for remote [[wifi]] internet access.  Electronic voting machines are only used for the convenience of vote counters, and not voters.  Some of the hardware and component parts is manufactured in the [[People's Republic of China]].  The software the machines use is designed to switch votes from one candidate to another.  The technology has been used throughout the world to rig elections.&lt;br /&gt;
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Dominion Vice President for Strategy and Security, [[Antifa]] member and &amp;quot;unhinged [[sociopath]]&amp;quot; [[Eric Coomer]] told fellow Antifa [[terrorist]] organization members on a Zoom chat, &lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Dominion-states-522x600.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Dominion election equipment with Chinese components used in 28 states.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/huge-corrupted-software-used-michigan-county-stole-6000-votes-trump-also-used-swing-states-uses-chinese-computer-parts-machines/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|“Don’t worry about the election, Trump’s not gonna win. I made f**king sure of that!”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://en-volve.com/2020/11/16/anti-trump-engineer-of-dominion-voting-systems-said-i-made-sure-trumps-not-gonna-win-in-secret-call-with-antifa-claims-man-who-infiltrated-group/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
An independent forensic audit of Dominion Voting Systems machines used in Michigan concluded: &lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;The Dominion Voting System is intentionally and purposefully designed with inherent errors to create systemic fraud and influence election results. The system intentionally generates an enormously high number of ballot errors. The electronic ballots are then transferred for adjudication. The intentional errors lead to bulk adjudication of ballots with no oversight, no transparency, and no audit trail.... The allowable election error rate established by the [[Federal Election Commission]] guidelines is of 1 in 250,000 ballots (.0008%). We observed an error rate of 68.05%. This demonstrated a significant and fatal error in security and election integrity....These are not human errors; this is definitively related to the software and software configurations resulting in error rates far beyond the thresholds listed in the guidelines....It is critical to understand that the Dominion system classifies ballots into two categories, 1) normal ballots and 2) adjudicated ballots. Ballots sent to adjudication can be altered by administrators, and adjudication files can be moved between different Results Tally and Reporting (RTR) terminals with no audit trail of which administrator actually adjudicates (i.e. votes) the ballot batch.  This demonstrated a significant and fatal error in security and election integrity because it provides no meaningful observation of the adjudication process or audit trail of which administrator actually adjudicated the ballots.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.depernolaw.com/uploads/2/7/0/2/27029178/antrim_michigan_forensics_report_[121320]_v2_[redacted].pdf&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
After allegations emerged that called into question the integrity of voting machines produced by Dominion Voting Systems, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—part of the [[Department of Homeland Security]]—issued a statement on November 12, 2020 disputing the allegations, saying “the November 3rd election was the most secure in American history.”  What the agency failed to disclose, however, is that Dominion Voting Systems is a member of CISA’s Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council, one of two entities that authored the statement put out by CISA.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.trevorloudon.com/2020/11/dominion-smartmatic-it-is-a-mess-here-are-some-top-details/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  CNN fact-checkers connected Dominion to the Clintons, [[George Soros]], and Venezuela.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://noqreport.com/2020/11/21/cnn-fact-check-on-dominion-voting-systems-connects-them-to-clintons-soros-and-venezuela/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  As suspicions arose Dominion shuttered their [[Toronto]] and [[Denver]] offices, refused to testify before a Pennsylvania House committee,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.theepochtimes.com/dominion-cancels-planned-appearance-before-pennsylvania-lawmakers_3587425.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and at least 100 Dominion employees deleted their LinkedIn profiles.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/since-election-day-100-243-dominion-employees-linkedin-deleted-profiles/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;   &lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Biden-Xi toast.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Biden toasts [[CCP]] [[dictator]] [[Xi Jinping]]. According to the ''Black Book of Communism'', the leftist regime of Beijing has murdered more than 60 million of its own people over its 70 years of existence in its lust to remain in power.  Xi Jinping [[Chinese epidemic coverup|covered up the coronavirus pandemic]] from at least January 7, 2020 onward.  Contrary to American intelligence assessments, Biden claims the CCP is not a threat. Biden's son was awarded a $1.5 Billion (billion with a &amp;quot;B&amp;quot;) contract with the Chinese military 10 days after visiting China with his father in 2013.]]&lt;br /&gt;
One method to track fraudulent votes is to look closely at how many of the votes did little or no down-ticket voting.  When manufacturing votes, it is too time consuming to vote for other officeholders.  Statistical analysis showed large numbers of people who voted only for Joe Biden and didn’t vote further down the ticket:&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/RaheemKassam/status/1325193658170134531&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Pennsylvania — 98,000&lt;br /&gt;
*Georgia — 80-90,000&lt;br /&gt;
*Arizona —  42,000&lt;br /&gt;
*Michigan — 69-115,000&lt;br /&gt;
*Wisconsin — 62,836&lt;br /&gt;
A standard [[voter fraud]] method, [[Benford's Law]], flags these votes as suspect.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thenationalpulse.com/politics/pennsylvania-vote-anomalies/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign collusion===&lt;br /&gt;
Ten days before election day Biden boasted,&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;We're in a situation where we have put together, and you guys did it for President Obama's administration before this, we have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/biden-we-have-the-most-extensive-and-inclusive-voter-fraud-organization/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
Di Dongsheng, a vice-dean at the School of International Relations at Renmin University in Beijing, made public statements before a large audience on November 28, 2020:&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Nov. 3-4 2020 Chinese cyberattack.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Real time capture of Communist Chinese cyberattack on selected U.S. counties.]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Quotebox-float|&amp;quot;We know that the Trump administration is in a trade war with us, so why can’t we fix the Trump administration? Why did China and the US used to be able to settle all kinds of issues between 1992 and 2016?&amp;quot; he asked. &amp;quot;I’m going to throw out something maybe a little bit explosive here. It’s just because we have people at the top. We have our old friends who are at the top of America’s core inner circle of power and influence.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;During the US-China trade war, [[Wall Street]] tried to help, and I know that my friends on the US side told me that they tried to help, but they couldn’t do much. But now we’re seeing Biden was elected, the traditional elite, the political elite, the establishment, they’re very close to Wall Street, so you see that, right?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Trump has been saying that Biden’s son has some sort of global foundation. Have you noticed that? Who helped [Hunter] build the foundations? Got it? There are a lot of deals inside all these.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/12/08/top_chinese_intellectual_boasts_about_old_friends_who_are_at_the_top_of_americas_core_inner_circle_of_power_and_influence.html#!&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://youtu.be/lyQUtPEBBSA&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-tucker-carlson-exposes-how-media-democrats-have-been-working-on-behalf-of-china/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
Dominion voting system is a [[Canadian]] owned company with global subsidiaries.  It is owned by Staple Street Capital which is in turn owned by [[UBS|UBS Securities LLC]], of which 3 out of their 7 board members are [[Chinese]] nationals. The Dominion software is licensed from [[Smartmatic]] which is a [[Venezuela]]n owned and controlled company. Dominion Server locations have been determined to be in [[Serbia]], Canada, the US, [[Spain]] and [[Germany]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===Pakistani ISI Involvement===&lt;br /&gt;
:{{main article|Inter-Services Intelligence activities in the United States}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Definitive accounts===&lt;br /&gt;
Several contemporaneous accounts were written, most notably by Peter Navarro and [[Patrick Byrne]].  One of the junta's first actions was to execute a [[warrant]] on former New York [[Mayor Rudy Guiliani]] who led challenges to the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2021/04/28/giuliani-pad-raided-by-feds-492636&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
====Peter Navarro====&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Peter Navarro official photo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|U.S. Trade Representative Peter Navarro negotiated a trade deal with China which would reduce the trade deficit by $350 billion. Upon seizing power, Biden had him arrested.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/be36dc6d-0df4-4c20-addf-fca72be46150/The%20Immaculate%20Deception%2012.15.20.pdf Vol. I The Immaculate Deception: Six Dimensions of Election Irregularities]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/be36dc6d-0df4-4c20-addf-fca72be46150/The%20Art%20of%20the%20Steal%201.5.21%20FINAL.pdf Vol. II The Art of the Steal]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/be36dc6d-0df4-4c20-addf-fca72be46150/The%20Navarro%20Report%20Volume%20III%20Final%201.13.21-0001.pdf Vol. III Yes, President Trump Won: The Case, Evidence, and Statistical Reciepts]&lt;br /&gt;
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On June 6, 2022, the Biden regime under chief prosecutor [[Merrick Garland]] imprisoned [[Peter Navarro]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/06/04/devin-nunes-calls-the-arrest-of-white-house-advisor-peter-navarro-stalinist-crap&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Patrick Bryne====&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/01/draft-1-0-the-inside-story-of-the-steal/ How Donald J. Trump Lost the White House, Preface (1.1)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/01/how-djt-lost-the-white-house-introduction-why-i-was-involved-before-november-3-and-what-i-learned-by-doing-so/ How DJT Lost the White House, Introduction: Why I Was Involved Before November 3 &amp;amp; What I Learned Because I Was (1.3)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/01/november-3-december-23-all-the-presidents-teams/ How DJT Lost the White House, Chapter 1: All the President’s Teams (11/3 – 12/23)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/01/how-djt-lost-the-white-house-chapter-2-was-there-foreign-interference-in-this-election-you-make-the-call/ How DJT Lost the White House, Chapter 2: Was there Foreign Interference in this Election? You Make the Call.]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://creativedestructionmedia.com/analysis/2021/02/02/how-djt-lost-the-white-house-chapter-3-crashing-the-white-house-december-18-22/ How DJT Lost the White House, Chapter 3: Crashing The White House (December 18-22)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/02/how-djt-lost-the-white-house-chapter-4-the-christmas-doldrums-december-23-noon-january-6/ How DJT Lost the White House, Chapter 4: The Christmas Doldrums (December 23- noon January 6)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/02/how-djt-lost-the-white-house-chapter-5-the-chaos-january-6-20/ How DJT Lost the White House, Chapter 5: Agitation &amp;amp; Chaos (January 6 – 20)]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.deepcapture.com/2021/02/how-djt-lost-the-white-house-chapter-6-the-aftermath/ How DJT Lost the White House, Chapter 6: The Aftermath (v. 1.2)]&lt;br /&gt;
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====Mike Lindell====&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://uncoverdc.com/2021/06/07/lindell-v-dominion-smartmatic-exhibits-breakdown-part-1/ Lindell v. Dominion/Smartmatic: Exhibits Breakdown Part 1]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://uncoverdc.com/2021/06/10/llindell-v-dominion-smartmatic-exhibits-breakdown-part-2/ Lindell v. Dominion/Smartmatic: Exhibits Breakdown Part 2]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://uncoverdc.com/2021/06/15/lindell-v-dominion-smartmatic-exhibits-breakdown-part-3/ Lindell v. Dominion/Smartmatic: Exhibits Breakdown Part 3]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://uncoverdc.com/2021/06/17/lindell-v-dominion-smartmatic-exhibits-breakdown-part-4/ Lindell v. Dominion/Smartmatic: Exhibits Breakdown Part 4]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://uncoverdc.com/2021/06/05/lindell-v-dominion-smartmatic-exhibit-12-forensics/ Lindell v. Dominion/Smartmatic: Exhibit 12 Forensics]&lt;br /&gt;
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====Matt Braynard====&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://lookaheadamerica.org/laas-voter-integrity-project-releases-the-georgia-report/ Georgia Report], Voter Integrity Project and [[Look Ahead America]].&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://lookaheadamerica.org/wisconsinreport/ Wisconsin Report], [[Look Ahead America]].&lt;br /&gt;
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====Twitter Files====&lt;br /&gt;
{{See also|Twitter Files}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://rumble.com/v20aq4w-system-update-live-debut-on-rumble.html The Twitter Files: What You Need to Know], with Matt Taibbi.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://twitter.com/sparklingruby/status/1602356965002330114 US Political Misinfo Twitter Detection AI List], Kristen Ruby, Dec 12, 2022.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Evidence===&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.scribd.com/document/512147073/Sos-7-Hill-Strategy-Fulton-County-Notes#from_embed Unabridged Notes Detailing Everything Witnessed Nov 2-Nov 7, 2020]&lt;br /&gt;
*Amistad report: [https://trumpwon.biz/The-Legitimacy-and-Effect-of-Private-Funding-in-Federal-and-State-Electorial-Processes-1.pdf The Legitimacy and Effect of Private Funding in Federal and State Electoral Processes], December 14, 2020.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://electionevidence.com/#evidence 2020 Election Evidence Project] &lt;br /&gt;
*[https://election-integrity.info/ Promoting American Election Integrity]&lt;br /&gt;
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===Biden Junta===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Antifa flyer.PNG|right|350px|thumb|]]&lt;br /&gt;
:{{See also|Biden Junta|Sedition}}&lt;br /&gt;
As of Novemeber 2020 [[Peter Neffenger]] was chairman of the [[corrupt]] [[voter fraud|ballot-stuffing]] and [[election fraud|election-rigging]] [[SmartMatic]] corporation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.smartmatic.com/us/about/board-of-directors/detail/peter-neffenger/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Neffenger was appointed to Biden's  [[junta]] organizational team.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.air.tv/watch?v=ir00pXx9QsKbvSdjsCy3nQ&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &lt;br /&gt;
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Dr. Navid Keshavarz-Nia, with 35 years experience performing technical assessment, mathematical modeling, cyber-attack pattern analysis, and&lt;br /&gt;
security [[counterintelligence]] linked to foreign intelligence service operators, including [[China]], [[Iran]], [[North Korea]], and [[Russia]] and who has worked as a consultant and subject-matter expert supporting the [[Department of Defense]], [[FBI]] and US [[Intelligence Community]] (USIC) agencies such as the [[DIA]], [[CIA]], [[NSA]], NGA [National Geospatial Agency], and the [[DHS]] I&amp;amp;A [Office of Intelligence and Analysis] supporting counterintelligence, and [[law enforcement]] investigations and whom the ''[[New York Times]]'' describes as the &amp;quot;always the smartest person in the room,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/sunday/garrison-courtney-spies-contracts.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; testified under oath Smartmatic and its role in the [[2020 Presidential election]] thusly:&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;In my expert opinion, the DVS [ [[Dominion Voting Systems]] ] Democracy Suite, [[Scytl]]/SOE Software/eClarity and Smartmatic have not produced auditable results in the 2020 election. It is evident that ballots were not properly validated, system records were not kept, and the system experience considerable instability even several days prior to November 4, 2020 that require DVS to implement software changes at the last minute. In addition, the disparity in data distribution after 4:30 AM on November 4, 2020 indicates significant systemic anomalies that were widespread among all battleground states. The evidence is both extensive and persuasive and indicates large-scale [[fraud]] by remote operators.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;I conclude that a combination of lost cryptographic key contained on stolen USB memory cards, serious exploitable system and [[software]] vulnerabilities and operating system backdoor in DVS, Scytl, SOE Software/eClarity and Smartmatic created the perfect environment to commit widespread fraud in all states where these systems are installed. My analysis of the 2020 Election from ''NY Times'' data shows statistical anomalies across the battleground state votes. These failures are widespread and systemic - and sufficient to invalidate the [[vote]] counts.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;I conclude with high confidence that the election 2020 data were altered in all [[swing states|battleground states]] resulting in a hundreds of thousands of votes that were cast for [[President Trump]] to be transferred to [[Vice President Biden]]. These alterations were the result of systemic and widespread exploitable vulnerabilities in DVS, Scytl/SOE Software and Smartmatic systems that enabled operators to achieve&lt;br /&gt;
the desired results. In my view, the evidence is overwhelming and incontrovertible.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mied.350905/gov.uscourts.mied.350905.1.19.pdf&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Electoral College certification===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:John Sullivan.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Leftist rioters pre-planed the January  6, 2021 attack on the [[U.S. Capitol]] building.]]&lt;br /&gt;
On an evening just prior to the Electoral College certification of the 2020 stolen presidential election, [[Antifa]] thugs terrorized the home of [[Sen. Josh Hawley]],  where Sen. Hawley's wife and newborn infant were home alone.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thepoliticalinsider.com/josh-hawley-slams-antifa-scumbags-who-attacked-his-home-with-wife-and-newborn-inside/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Sen. Hawley had pledged to contest the results of the stolen election.&lt;br /&gt;
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During the January 6, 2021 Joint Session of Congress to certify the Electoral College ballots, while tens of thousands peaceful protesters rallied in support of President Trump outside the capitol, chartered vans of Antifa were escorted by state police in black, unmarked SUVs into the midst of the crowd.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/RockNPolitics/status/1346897013607174148&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://archive.is/IiHln&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://youtu.be/L0xyqVMUh_E&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  [[Capitol Police]] then removed barriers and waved the crowd in to the Capitol steps.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-01-07/capitol-police-chief-to-resign-next-week-reports&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/cevansavenger/status/1346920924310867968&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Antifa rioters proceeded to break windows on the [[U.S. Capitol]] building and storm the premises.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/emmbeliever/status/1347032914182217728&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/TheRightMelissa/status/1347040212602466304&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1346908554804953088&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Facial recognition [[technology]] identified Antifa members,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jan/6/xrvision-firm-claims-antifa-infiltrated-protesters/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; who had used disguises to infiltrate a pro-Trump protest group, as storming the building.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://gellerreport.com/2021/01/photos-reports-show-antifa-infiltrators-stormed-the-capitol-building.html/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Twitter, in a flimsy attempt to cover for the Antifa punks, falsely claimed that a side-by-side photo comparison of one of the infiltrators (showing him at the Capitol in one photo, and at a BLM rally in June 2019 in the other photo, both of which show him with the same visually distinct tattoos) was &amp;quot;manipulated media&amp;quot; but gave no reason for their false claim.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://twitter.com/KelemenCari/status/1346929418455842816 Cari Kelemen: &amp;quot;AZ BLM rally in June, DC Capital in January] at Twitter&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The proceedings inside the House and Senate chambers were halted, and a Trump supporter who followed the crowd into the Capitol building was summarily executed by Capitol Police.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/1347076676342185984&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Following the violence, several Senators withdrew their support of objections to fraudulent electors.  One protester posted in [[social media]] a statement that he had been paid to disrupt the Trump rally and Congressional proceedings.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://twitter.com/ariellanewland/status/1347133853169803265&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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At the close of the day's events and Joint Session, the House Chaplain offered a prayer to &amp;quot;bless Antifa&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://youtu.be/wYfizn8T9Qk?t=23031&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://youtu.be/Yg_wtp6XhPA&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==The largest voter fraud organization in history==&lt;br /&gt;
:{{See also|Cloward-Piven strategy|Voter fraud|Ballot harvesting|2020 Voter fraud timeline}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:2020 Turnout.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|Dozens of documented examples of election shenanigans.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/dozens-of-documented-examples-of-election-shenanigans/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
The probability of mail-in voter fraud creating chaos after Election Day, November 3, 2020, is very real.  Some states may force residents to use mail-in ballots during the current health emergency.  Voting by mail makes it easier to commit [[fraud]], intimidate voters, and destroy the protections of the secret ballot.  Without the oversight of election and polling officials, mail-in ballots are the ballots most vulnerable to being altered, stolen, or forged.  Fraud by duplicate voting can occur, once by absentee or mail-in ballot, and then again in person.  Employees of private companies hired to contact and register voters have been known to change party affiliations of voters and forge signatures on voter registration forms, among other things.  &lt;br /&gt;
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Ten days before the election Biden went back into hiding and boasted of having assembled &amp;quot;the most extensive and inclusive [[voter fraud]] organization in history.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/10/24/joe-biden-brags-about-having-most-extensive-voter-fraud-organization-in-history/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  When Democrats want to tilt elections in their favor outside the ballot box, [[Marc Elias]] of [[Perkins Coie]] is the go-to guy.  Perkins Coie is the Democratic law firm, paid by [[2016 Hillary Clinton campaign|the Hillary Clinton campaign]], that hired [[Fusion GPS]] to dig up dirt on Donald Trump in 2016. They failed, but still compiled the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' full of foreign-solicited lies about Trump and Russia, which was leaked by Obama intelligence officials to try to sabotage the new president’s administration, sow doubt in his election victory, and invalidate the votes of 63 million Americans.  From [[Wisconsin]] to [[Nevada]], to [[California]], Marc Elias and the Democrats pushed lawsuits disguised as “election reform” to water down important election safeguards and increase the opportunity for fraud, abuse, and corruption.  In August 2020 ''[[Politico]]'' reported,&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox|[[Coronavirus]] has turned the Democratic Party’s voter contact program, one operative said, into something more like a tech support operation than a traditional door-knocking effort.....[[Priorities USA]], the Democratic super PAC, is spending $24 million on voter mobilization, which includes vote-by-mail education. Fair Fight, a group founded by [[Stacey Abrams]], has rolled out voter protection programs in 17 states....&lt;br /&gt;
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the USPS and on mail-voting is raising concern among voters, operatives say.&lt;br /&gt;
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“We've seen such an increase from young people in terms of concern about their ballot casting,” said Jared DeLoof, the states director of [[NextGen America]], which targets younger voters. “They want to vote, they want to make sure that that vote is going to count.” [...]&lt;br /&gt;
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Democrats believe they will also have to follow up with some voters after their ballot has been cast, in an effort to help them fix ballots that have been rejected for technical reasons. State rules vary widely on if or how voters can correct their ballots, and the time windows to do so can be short.&lt;br /&gt;
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While Democratic campaigns and groups navigate the patchwork of state rules governing mail ballots to encourage turnout, Democratic election attorney Marc Elias is trying to change many of those rules.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is the other half of the party’s vote-by-mail efforts: a sprawling legal effort that spans every battleground state and is costing tens of millions of dollars. Priorities USA, just one of Elias’ clients, has expanded its voting litigation budget to $32 million.&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Ballots in dumpster.png|left|350px|thumb|Mail-in ballots were found inside of a dumpster and a Postal worker arrested; [[mainstream fake news media]] repeatedly claimed mail-in voting was secure.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/trumps-repeated-false-attacks-on-mail-in-ballots/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
“One of the features of vote by mail is that between the point that the voter cast the ballot and the point that the ballot is counted, several things have to go right,” Elias said in an interview. “One is that the ballot has to be received by the election officials in time. ... And the second is that the ballot needs to be verified and accepted.”&lt;br /&gt;
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Elias, who was the lead attorney in former Sen. [[Al Franken]]’s (D-Minn.) 2008 recount victory and the general counsel for [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[John Kerry]]’s presidential campaigns, is pursuing what he calls “four pillars” of legal changes to election laws during coronavirus. The first, that mail ballots should include paid postage with them, has some cross-partisan support.&lt;br /&gt;
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The other three do not, locking Elias in a wide-range legal fight with Republicans all over the country, including the Republican National Committee and its legal budget of at least $20 million. Those fights are over Elias’ push to mandate that states count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after the fact; overhauling signature matching laws, which Elias derides as based on pseudoscience; and allowing for third parties to collect and turn in voters’ sealed absentee ballots, which Democrats call “community collection” and Republicans largely deride as “[[ballot harvesting]].”&lt;br /&gt;
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“One thing you do is you make sure that people whose ballot is being challenged based on signature matching, that the people that are doing that have been trained, are applying uniform non-discriminatory standards. And most importantly, the voter is notified and has an opportunity to cure,” Elias said of his legal strategy. (A cure process mandates that a state contacts voters whose ballots have been rejected to give them the ability to fix — or cure — their ballot.)&lt;br /&gt;
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Several Democratic-backed lawsuits have also pushed to expand who can cast absentee ballots. In 44 states, any voter can, at a minimum, request an absentee ballot if they choose to do so, and some states have changed that requirement as a response to the pandemic. [...]&lt;br /&gt;
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Republicans argue that allowing for outside parties to collect and deliver ballots could lead to coercion or fraud. [...]&lt;br /&gt;
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Depending on how close the races for the White House and battleground Senate seats are, &amp;quot;we could be headed for a ''[[Bush v. Gore]]'' situation in every battleground state, depending how close the results are.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/democrats-vote-by-mail-plan-399671&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
The RNC and the Trump campaign pushed back against the Democrats’ assault on the integrity of elections. All across the country, Democrats tried to use coronavirus and the courts to legalize ballot harvesting, implement a nationwide mail-in ballot system, and eliminate nearly every safeguard in our elections.&lt;br /&gt;
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One in five mail in ballots have been rejected in several 2020 elections. Nearly two-thirds (62%) say there is fraud in U.S. elections, and that fraud would concern them under Democrats’ nationwide mail-in ballot system. Americans overwhelmingly approve of the safeguards Democrats are suing to eliminate like signature matching (84%), voter identification (80%), and a ballot receipt deadline of election day (83%). Voters also oppose (67%) allowing campaign workers to collect mail-in ballots, also known as ballot harvesting.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.protectthevote.com/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney]] warned that the Democrats and the CIA have put in place a mechanism which can alter the voting results of electronic voting machines in key swing states (like Pennsylvania) that will determine the outcome of the election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/the-cia-ability-to-hack-the-vote/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  This covert technology is called Operation Scorecard, and it was built by the [[CIA]] to surreptitiously steal elections in targeted countries. Now, that technology is being turned against the [[United States of America]] and will be activated on Election Day to steal the election for Biden.&lt;br /&gt;
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After the closing of polls in Pennsylvania and other swing states, the voting machines will be intercepted and then altered using complex [[algorithm]]s to alter the votes in a way that evades detection, handing a victory to the pre-designated “winner” (Joe Biden).  A covert app called “Scorecard” steals votes by making sure Democrats always stay about 3% ahead of their Republican rivals. “Scorecard steals the elections by tampering with the computers at the transfer points,”  McInerney said.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/11/red-alert-dems-collude-with-cia-to-launch-intelligence-operation-that-alters-voting-machine-results-in-pennsylvania-and-other-swing-states/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This explains why Joe Biden recently said, with great clarity, “We have put together I think the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics.”  And why Biden told voters at a small rally that he didn’t “need their vote” to become President, and why [[Nancy Pelosi]] said Biden will win no matter what the votes say on November 3rd. &lt;br /&gt;
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This was confirmed by the documents released by [[Edward Snowden]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Geolocation data and ballot mules===&lt;br /&gt;
About 2,000 ballot mules were paid by dark money interests that included the DNC and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the seven targeted voter regions where ballot issues and statistical impossibilities have been identified nationwide: Fulton County, Georgia; Wayne County, Michigan; Maricopa County, Arizona; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Clark County, Nevada; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Madison, Wisconsin.  Very specific data-maps in key precincts were cross referenced with public audits.  The cell phone travel of these organized ballot mules creates a map of their activity.  Using geo-tracking devices, [[True the Vote]] was able to take footage from drop boxes across America in these key states to track over 2,000 mules wearing gloves and disguises to stuff ballot boxes.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/01/breaking-bomshell-dinesh-dsouza-releases-movie-trailer-2000-mules-exposing-ballot-traffickers-stole-2020-election/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;Additionally, many of ballot collection sites have Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) systems; some CCTV operations were actually mandated by legislation that authorized the collection drop-off locations. It is not coincidental that public records requests for those CCTV recordings were met with hostile denials and efforts to stall production.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Neustar===&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 29, 2020 the Biden campaign paid Neustar, the cyber firm that hacked the Trump White House, $18,819, [[FEC]] records show.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202010219326734372&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Neustar is at the center of Special Counsel [[John Durham]]’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.  According to Durham, Neustar’s chief technology officer, Rodney Joffe, accessed sensitive web traffic data that the company maintained on behalf of the White House executive office in order to collect &amp;quot;derogatory&amp;quot; information about Donald Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-had-firm-at-center-of-trump-hacking-scandal-on-campaign-payroll/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Official Results==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Early morning ballot dumps Nov. 4, 2020.png|right|300px|thumb|Four highly anomalous ballot dumps highlighted in yellow account for the &amp;quot;win&amp;quot; in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia and represent forty-two electoral votes.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://votepatternanalysis.substack.com/p/voting-anomalies-2020&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
Official results will be determined if each state can certify the popular vote under established state laws.  Each state will try to submit a slate of electors to go to each State Capitol by December 14, 2020 to cast that state's vote in the Electoral College.  Those votes are transmitted to the federal government and the newly-elected House and Senate will meet to accept those results and resolve any challenges.  If no candidate reaches a majority for President, the matter is referred to the House of Representatives, which each state having one vote.  If no candidate reaches a majority for Vice President, the matter is referred to the United States Senate to decide.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-12/|title=Twelfth Amendment&lt;br /&gt;
|accessdate=Nov/ 21, 2020}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Results will be posted here at each step, as they become official.&lt;br /&gt;
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In [[Maricopa County, Arizona]], the Election Management System (EMS) main database was illegally deleted.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://cdn.donaldjtrump.com/djtweb/general/5-12-21_Letter_to_Maricopa_County_Board.pdf&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Pulitzer Prize]] winning [[leftist]] columnist Jerry Saltz, declared: “Republicanism is no longer a political problem; Republicanism is a social problem…It must be treated in the same way coronavirus is treated: it has to be isolated and snuffed-out by repressing it in about 70% of the general population.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.rt.com/usa/507445-republicans-coronavirus-colomnist-repressed/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Biden received 66 million votes nationwide; however, Democrat election officials manufactured an additional 13 million fraudulent ballots.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/breaking-huge-simple-math-shows-biden-claims-13-million-votes-eligible-voters-voted-2020-election/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Trump gained among women, black voters and voters with postgraduate degrees.  Trump gained nearly 200,000 votes from [[New York City]] residents in 2020 compared to 2016: a 4.6% boost. Democrats lost 3% of voters for Biden compared to Clinton’s count in 2016. The biggest shifts came from the [[Bronx]], [[Queens]] and [[Brooklyn]], which were the hardest hit by [[COVID]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://theblacksphere.net/2021/07/poll-democrats-dumping-their-party/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Alleged turnout===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Decreases in Latino Democratic Vote Support, 2016 - 2020.PNG|right|350px|thumb|Decreases in Latino Democratic Vote Support, 2016 - 2020.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://catalist.us/wh-national/#pp-toc-608eee40d2225-anchor-5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
Turnout went from 139 million votes in 2016, to a reported record high of 160 million votes in 2020, a 12% increase overall. 2020 saw millions of alleged first-time voters, even though campaigns and civic engagement organizations were not able to run traditional registration, canvassing or get-out-the-vote operations due to the pandemic.  Nationally, 14% of voters were allegedly first-time voters, who never voted in a previous even-year general election.  29% of alleged voters were new presidential voters in their state in 2020. Some of these voters registered and voted for the first time in 2018, others were brand-new in 2020 or moved from out of state. Turnover was especially large in Sunbelt battleground states.&lt;br /&gt;
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Democratic support from Blacks dropped in 2020.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54972389&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  According to [[NBC News]],&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;Over half of Black men (52 percent) who identified as ideologically conservative cast their vote for the president, and 1 in 3 Black men living in the Midwest also voted for him....About 26 percent of Black men who had a high school diploma or less supported Trump. But 22 percent of Black men with bachelor’s degrees and 20 percent of Black men with advanced degrees also supported him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-men-drifted-democrats-toward-trump-record-numbers-polls-show-n1246447&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Fuzzy_Match_2016.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Fuzzy matching accounts for 1.8 million increase in turnout.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Democratic support in the densest urban areas peaked in 2016 and 2018 at 75%, and fell to 72% in 2020.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/12/2020-election-analysis-democrats-future-david-shor-interview-436334&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://archive.is/x2jsh&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  An analysis of the 2020 election by Richard Florida and Patrick Adler of the University of Toronto showed that Republicans continued to capture many more metropolitan areas, while the Democratic vote is concentrated in a smaller number of denser, coastal metros and college towns.  Overall, Biden won considerably fewer metros than Trump, taking 41% of metropolitan areas, to 59% for Trump.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-04/how-metro-areas-voted-in-the-2020-election&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Latino voting levels allegedly rose dramatically in 2020, with the number of Latino votes rising by more than 30% compared to 2016. Leftist election analysts found an 8 point drop in overall partisan support levels, going from 71% Democratic support in 2016, to 63% in 2020.  The biggest drop in support for Democrats came in [[Cuba]]n areas (13 points). [[Mexican]]s are the largest Latino subgroup in most states across the country, and highly Mexican areas also showed a drop (6 points), albeit smaller than Cuban areas. [[Puerto Rican]], [[Dominican Republic]], and areas with other dominant groups were in the middle (8-9 point drop), close to the national average.&lt;br /&gt;
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Overall, 22% of Latino voters were allegedly first-time voters according to leftist election analysts.  By contrast, just 14% of the national electorate was entirely new.  A full 40% of Latino voters were allegedly new presidential voters, while the national number is 29% of the overall electorate.&lt;br /&gt;
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Overall, Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters comprised 4% of the electorate, but the number of votes from this group allegedly increased a staggering 39% from 2016. AAPI voters delivered 67% of their vote share to the Biden-Harris ticket.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to leftist demographic experts, [[Gen Z]] increased their alleged turnout from 2016 by nearly 300%, since many were under 18 and therefore ineligible in 2016.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/millennials-gen-z-voters-helped-get-joe-biden-to-the-white-house-analysis-shows/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  These figures are derived using &amp;quot;[[fuzzy matching]]&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://medium.com/data-science-in-your-pocket/fuzzy-matching-algorithms-explained-e0ff30cc00ca&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The [[Progressive]] demographic experts a Catalist write,&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;In both Nevada and Arizona, about 20% of voters were true first-time voters, compared to 14% nationally. If we look at the overall turnover from the last presidential election to now, over 35% of the voting electorate is different in these two states, i.e., new presidential voters. Texas, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina all have new voter rates that are at or above the national average, too. Michigan’s rates are near the national average, but there appears to be less turnover in the other Midwest battleground states and New Hampshire. &lt;br /&gt;
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The fact that new voting rates are higher in the South and West is fairly unsurprising, considering those states’ migration rates and demographics. But the magnitude of these changes is poorly understood: we don’t think many people realize that state-level turnover from one Presidential election to the next can be as high as 35% or more.1We think this has important and wide-ranging implications to election analysis, and deserves a great deal of further scrutiny and analysis. To give three prominent examples:&lt;br /&gt;
#Why are elections so stable from one Presidential election to the next? Battleground states are defined with a lot of emphasis on the last election result, and county-level election results are quite stable from one year to the next. How does this happen with this high level of turnover from one year to the next?&lt;br /&gt;
#How should this affect poll weighting, which is largely based on the composition of the electorate from four years prior? To be clear, it does not appear as though polling errors were larger in states with more turnover, and in our view this was not the main source of polling error in 2020. &lt;br /&gt;
#How does this affect strategic and tactical considerations for political campaigns and civic engagement organizations? Many practitioners and analysts think of election changes as occurring within a largely similar group of people from one election to the next. People understand that changes occur, with young voters coming into the mix, voter persuasion, differential turnout rates, and so on. But this standard mental model usually breaks out voters into separate categories: brand-new registrants, reactivating inactive voters, voters who first voted in the last midterm, and movers, for example. The implications of the total amount of election turnover are more rarely considered.&lt;br /&gt;
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One important question that immediately follows this line of thinking is, how Democratic or Republican-leaning are these new voters, compared to returning voters? We have suggestive data to try to answer this question, but we want to strongly caution readers that we consider these results highly tentative. &lt;br /&gt;
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According to our tentative estimates, new presidential voters supported Biden at substantially higher rates overall (56%) than 2016 voters who returned in 2020 (51%). This appears to be driven primarily by their demographic distribution. Consider the age breakdown shown above: there are few differences between 2016 voters and new presidential voters within each age group, but new voters skew much younger and more Democratic. On top of this, new voters were more racially diverse than returning 2016 voters, with 40% of Latino voters, and 42% of Asian voters being new presidential voters.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; https://catalist.us/wh-national/#pp-toc-608eee40d2225-anchor-5&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Audits===&lt;br /&gt;
Results from geo-location of cell phone data surrounding “drop boxes” used to collect voter ballots was cross referenced in key precincts and analyzed.  A mapping of specific cell phones identified their group association and outlined their activity in multiple states.  The data cannot be refuted.&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Conservapedia:Unofficial 2020 presidential election predictions]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ukrainian collusion timeline]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blue state Civil War]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gender confusion]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Green New Deal 02/07/19]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[War on Freedom]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Muellergate]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Democrat voting fraud]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[CrowdStrike]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Why Trump supporters don't trust anything]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Brazil presidential election, 2022]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.us-bookies.com/election/ 2020 Presidential Election], www.us-bookies.com&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/26/7-delusional-fantasies-democratic-presidential-candidates-trying-sell-america/ 7 Delusional Fantasies Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Trying To Sell America].&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL_eM-pGsKI The 2020 Dems’ CRINGEWORTHY Campaigns: Most Awkward Moments], Jon Miller, June 25, 2019.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://babylonbee.com/news/all-democrats-drop-out-of-presidential-race-since-climate-change-is-ending-the-world-so-theres-no-point-anyway All Democrats Drop Out Of Presidential Race Since The World Is Ending From Climate Change And There's No Point], ''Babylon Bee''.&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1AT7wSXiw Tucker: Not everyone in 2020 Democratic field is a lunatic]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.2020democrats.info/ 2020 Democrats on National Security]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/ The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Proud Boys leader and target of [[institutional racism|institutional racist]] attacks by [[Democrats]] and the [[Biden DOJ]], Enrique Tarrio.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/exclusive-capital-one-cancels-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrios-credit-card-adverse-past-present-legal-action/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
The '''Proud Boys''' are a multi-racial, multicultural, multi-ethnic international [[conservative]] or [[paleoconservative]] fraternal organization.  Proud Boys describe themselves as &amp;quot;western chauvinists&amp;quot; and espouse pro-[[second amendment]], pro-[[free speech]], anti-[[illegal immigration]], anti-[[fascist]] and anti-[[racist]] views.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://officialproudboys.com/proud-boys/whoaretheproudboys/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  It was formerly led by [[Rebel News]] personality and Vice Media co-founder [[Gavin McInnes]]. Proud Boys tend to gather among themselves to hang out at [[restaurants]] or [[bars]], and also attend political events either in support of or in opposition to other groups. They can typically be identified by their black and yellow Polo shirts. &lt;br /&gt;
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==Media Bias== &lt;br /&gt;
Proud Boys have been vehemently mischaracterized and slandered by the [[liberal media]], perhaps more so than any other single conservative organization in recent times.{{fact}} Most news outlets characterize the Proud Boys as &amp;quot;[[white supremacist]]&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;[[alt-right]]&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;[[fascist]]&amp;quot;, as well as accusing them of promoting political [[violence]].{{fact}}  [[Wikipedia]] holds strongly to this warped view,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while hypocritically characterizing [[Antifa]], a far-Left [[anarchist]] [[terrorist]] faction and hate group, as mere &amp;quot;political activists&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  It is likely Wikipedia holds this view as a result of parroting the [[left-wing]] [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], a notoriously dishonest organization (and a hate group in its own right) which Wikipedia tends to use as a source.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In actuality, the Proud Boys are a multiracial group (which even some liberal outlets have noted&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-young-men-of-color-are-joining-white-supremacist-groups&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) and have continually denounced the Alt-Right, to the point that actual Alt-Right groups often attack them and their founder as well.  The [[FBI]] has declared the Proud Boys are not extremist or terroristic.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/08/fbi-says-proud-boys-are-not-an-extremist-group-after-all/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  In October 2020, Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes announced he is suing [[Joe Biden]], [[CNN]] and ‘reporters who call multiracial Patriotic group white supremacists and Nazis’.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/proud-boys-founder-announces-suing-biden-cnn-reporters-call-multiracial-patriotic-group-white-supremacists-nazis/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  [[Roger Stone]] noted:&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;To pull off their version of a “[[color revolution]]”, Democrats and their fake news [[propaganda]] machine in [[mainstream media]] have set up a cynical diversionary effort. In recent weeks, corporate-owned Democrat shill media has been in overdrive falsely and maliciously smearing and defaming a fraternal organization called the “Proud Boys,” an extraordinarily small group of mostly young men of all races and identities (the national chairman is a [[black]] [[latino]] of [[Cuba]]n descent) who are essentially a drinking society. Truly vile Democrat stooges in media have published [[libel]]ous and slanderous statements falsely labeling these men as “white supremacists.” Having absolutely ZERO evidence to substantiate this defamation, all they do is cite a criminal front group run by leftist zealots called the “Southern Poverty Law Center” or SPLC (an organization whose name is three lies in one).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/roger-stone-exclusive-democrats-plan-steal-2020-election/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Controversies==&lt;br /&gt;
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The group has been slandered by numerous media outlets with mostly false claims, including the notion that they are &amp;quot;anti-Semitic&amp;quot;;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.jta.org/2020/09/29/united-states/are-the-proud-boys-anti-semitic-your-primer-on-the-far-right-group-trump-told-to-stand-back-stand-by Are the Proud Boys anti-Semitic? Your primer on the far-right group Trump told to ‘stand back and stand by’]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while some members have been caught with promoting highly anti-Semitic falsehoods,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.adl.org/blog/proud-boys-bigotry-is-on-full-display&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the group has firmly denounced such bigotry.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.newsweek.com/nazi-amazon-proud-boys-holocaust-1555192 Neo-Nazi Shirts Worn by Proud Boys Supporters Sold on Amazon]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;According to the [[racist]] leftwing rag ''The New York Times'', anonymous sources told the ''Times'' that a memo found in the possession of former Proud Boys leader and [[Cuban]]-American Enrique Tarrio, detailed a plot to seize government buildings in Washington, DC, during the J6 Capitol protests. The memo reportedly outlined a plan to take control of the Supreme Court along with six House and Senate office buildings. The memo allegedly described the need to assign 50 members to occupy the buildings on Capitol Hill to stage sit-in protests. https://www.businessinsider.com/memo-shows-proud-boys-plot-to-seize-government-buildings-report-2022-3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Iranian hackers==&lt;br /&gt;
Two suspected Iranian hackers were charged for posing as supporters of former President Donald Trump and sending threatening messages to U.S. voters in November 2021. Iranians Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi, 24, and Sajjad Kashian, 27, were indicted and sanctioned for their alleged involvement in the misinformation campaign, according to the [[Department of Justice]] (DOJ).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-iranian-nationals-charged-cyber-enabled-disinformation-and-threat-campaign-designed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  At some points, the pair claimed to be “Proud Boys volunteers” who accused the [[Democratic Party]] of planning to exploit “serious security vulnerabilities” in messages sent to Republican lawmakers and Trump campaign officials during the [[2020 presidential election]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Prosecutions==&lt;br /&gt;
More than three dozen people charged in the violent Capitol protests &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hszd21sQa0s&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; have been targeted by federal authorities as Proud Boys leaders, members or associates. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.fox44news.com/news/political-news/proud-boys-member-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-in-jan-6-riot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The indictments have been marked by the Biden regime's [[racial]]ly motivated prosecution of the Proud Boys black [[Hispanic]] Cuban-American leader, Enrique Tarrio.{{fact}} Tarrio apparently is being made an example of what can happen to [[African American]]s who dare to flee the [[Democrat plantation]].{{fact}} &lt;br /&gt;
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'''Enrique Tarrio''', an African American, was forced to plead guilty to destruction of property and attempted possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device. Tarrio, who was held in the [[DC gulag]] without bail under appalling [[human rights]] conditions and abuses,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045696978/judge-holds-washington-d-c-jail-officials-in-contempt-in-a-jan-6-riot-case&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was sentenced to 155 days in jail by Judge Harold Cushenberry, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, on August 23, 2021. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;HTTPS://WWW.MIAMINEWTIMES.COM/NEWS/PROUD-BOYS-LEADER-ENRIQUE-TARRIO-SENTENCED-TO-155-DAYS-IN-JAIL-12797703&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  On March 8, 2022, the racist Biden Department of Justice&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-biden-and-the-doj-are-reinforcing-america-s-racist-history-in-puerto-rico/ar-AAKRWVk&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; indicted Tarrio on a conspiracy charge for his alleged involvement in organizing a supposed J6 Capitol riot. Other names were added to make it a &amp;quot;seditious conspiracy&amp;quot; charge: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Charles Donohoe, and Dominic Pezzola. All previously were detained and had earlier pleaded not guilty to charges. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leader-proud-boys-indicted-federal-court-conspiracy-and-other-offenses-related-us-capitol&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Tusitala J. Toese''' was charged with assaulting a man and inciting others to battle during a clash with left-wing terrorists&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/07/portland-under-siege-by-antifa-and-other-left-wing-terrorists/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in east Portland in 2021. Toese was arraigned by corrupt Portland prosecutors&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.victoriataft.com/rewind-tape-da-refused-charge-anti-gun-filmmaker-vicious-videotaped-beatdown-strickland/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on March 23, 2022, in Multnomah County Circuit Court, on eleven counts, including rioting, second- and third-degree assault, unlawful use of weapon and first-degree criminal mischief. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/03/proud-boy-leader-tiny-toese-held-without-bail-on-riot-assault-charges-in-2021-clash-with-left-wing-protesters-in-east-portland.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Jeffrey Finley''', president of a West Virginia Proud Boys branch, pleaded guilty on April 6, 2022, to one count of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. Finley is facing up to one year in prison, and sentencing is scheduled for July 19. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3261136-leader-of-west-virginias-proud-boys-chapter-pleads-guilty-in-jan-6-case/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Charles Donohoe''', of Kernersville, N.C., pleaded guilty on April 8, 2022, to charges of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting or impeding federal officers. He agreed to cooperate in the ongoing Justice Department cases against other Proud Boys members. The two felony counts call for a minimum sentence of nearly six years in prison.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.fox44news.com/news/political-news/proud-boys-member-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-in-jan-6-riot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Jeffrey Finley''', president of a West Virginia Proud Boys branch, pleaded guilty on April 6, 2022 to one count of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. His sentencing is scheduled for July 19. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3261136-leader-of-west-virginias-proud-boys-chapter-pleads-guilty-in-jan-6-case/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/568686457/Finley-Plea-Agreement#from_embed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Ricky Willden''', who proclaimed to be a member of the Proud Boys, pleaded guilty on April 7, 2022, to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers on restricted grounds on January 6, 2021. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/self-proclaimed-member-of-the-proud-boys-enters-guilty-plea-admits-to-unloading-chemical-spray-on-police-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/568687949/Ricky-Wilden-Plea-Agreement-Jan-6#from_embed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Louis Enrique Colon''', of Blue Springs, MO, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 27, 2022, to a felony charge for obstructing law enforcement officers trying to secure the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. The plea agreement requires him to cooperate with prosecutors and other law enforcement authorities in the investigation. A sentencing date has not been set. Colon faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article260823577.html#storylink=cpy&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A federal grand jury on June 6, 2022, returned a superseding indictment charging Proud Boys members '''Enrique Tarrio''', '''Ethan Nordean''', '''Joseph Biggs''', '''Zachary Rehl''', and '''Dominic Pezzola''' with seditious conspiracy over their alleged involvement in the peaceful protests at the at the Capitol. In addition, the five were charged with assaulting federal officers, destruction of government property, abetting civil disorder, conspiracy to block government officers from discharging official duties, and obstruction of official proceedings. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1510791/download&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-proud-boys-and-four-other-members-indicted-federal-court-seditious-conspiracy-and&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered opening statements on January 12, 2023, in the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four other members. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/proud-boys-sedition-trial-opening-arguments-begin-rcna62561&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On May 4, 2023, '''Enrique Tarrio''', '''Ethan Nordean''', '''Joseph Biggs''', '''Zachary Rehl''' were convicted of sedition and other serious felonies. Jurors did not reach a unanimous verdict on the sedition charge for '''Dominic Pezzola''', but he was convicted of other serious felonies.  &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.newsmax.com/us/enrique-tarrio-seditious-conspiracy/2023/05/04/id/1118598/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On August 31, 2023, after their convictions for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, '''Zachary Rehl''' was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and '''Joseph Biggs''' was sentenced to seventeen years. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-leaders-proud-boys-sentenced-prison-seditious-conspiracy-and-other-charges-related-us&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 1, 2023, '''Ethan Nordean''', was sentenced to eighteen years in prison after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. '''Dominic Pezzola''' was convicted of numerous felony counts stemming from his involvement in the breach, but was acquitted of the most severe charge of seditious conspiracy and was sentenced to ten years in prison. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/proud-boys-jan-6-dominic-pezzola-sentenced/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 5, 2023, former Proud Boys Chairman '''Enrique Tarrio''' was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison for seditious conspiracy and leading a failed plot to prevent the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/politics/enrique-tarrio-sentencing-proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy/index.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==External link==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1510791/download/ Proud Boys June 6, 2022 Grand Jury Indictment]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Proud-Boys Proud Boys Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://ctc.westpoint.edu/pride-prejudice-the-violent-evolution-of-the-proud-boys/ Pride &amp;amp; Prejudice: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys]&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Proud Boys leader and target of [[institutional racism|institutional racist]] attacks by [[Democrats]] and the [[Biden DOJ]], Enrique Tarrio.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/exclusive-capital-one-cancels-proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrios-credit-card-adverse-past-present-legal-action/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;]]&lt;br /&gt;
The '''Proud Boys''' are a multi-racial, multicultural, multi-ethnic international [[conservative]] or [[paleoconservative]] fraternal organization.  Proud Boys describe themselves as &amp;quot;western chauvinists&amp;quot; and espouse pro-[[second amendment]], pro-[[free speech]], anti-[[illegal immigration]], anti-[[fascist]] and anti-[[racist]] views.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://officialproudboys.com/proud-boys/whoaretheproudboys/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  It was formerly led by [[Rebel News]] personality and Vice Media co-founder [[Gavin McInnes]]. Proud Boys tend to gather among themselves to hang out at [[restaurants]] or [[bars]], and also attend political events either in support of or in opposition to other groups. They can typically be identified by their black and yellow Polo shirts. &lt;br /&gt;
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==Media Bias== &lt;br /&gt;
Proud Boys have been vehemently mischaracterized and slandered by the [[liberal media]], perhaps more so than any other single conservative organization in recent times.{{fact}} Most news outlets characterize the Proud Boys as &amp;quot;[[white supremacist]]&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;[[alt-right]]&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;[[fascist]]&amp;quot;, as well as accusing them of promoting political [[violence]].{{fact}}  [[Wikipedia]] holds strongly to this warped view,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while hypocritically characterizing [[Antifa]], a far-Left [[anarchist]] [[terrorist]] faction and hate group, as mere &amp;quot;political activists&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  It is likely Wikipedia holds this view as a result of parroting the [[left-wing]] [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], a notoriously dishonest organization (and a hate group in its own right) which Wikipedia tends to use as a source.{{fact}}&lt;br /&gt;
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In actuality, the Proud Boys are a multiracial group (which even some liberal outlets have noted&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-young-men-of-color-are-joining-white-supremacist-groups&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) and have continually denounced the Alt-Right, to the point that actual Alt-Right groups often attack them and their founder as well.  The [[FBI]] has declared the Proud Boys are not extremist or terroristic.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/08/fbi-says-proud-boys-are-not-an-extremist-group-after-all/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  In October 2020, Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes announced he is suing [[Joe Biden]], [[CNN]] and ‘reporters who call multiracial Patriotic group white supremacists and Nazis’.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/proud-boys-founder-announces-suing-biden-cnn-reporters-call-multiracial-patriotic-group-white-supremacists-nazis/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  [[Roger Stone]] noted:&lt;br /&gt;
{{quotebox-float|&amp;quot;To pull off their version of a “[[color revolution]]”, Democrats and their fake news [[propaganda]] machine in [[mainstream media]] have set up a cynical diversionary effort. In recent weeks, corporate-owned Democrat shill media has been in overdrive falsely and maliciously smearing and defaming a fraternal organization called the “Proud Boys,” an extraordinarily small group of mostly young men of all races and identities (the national chairman is a [[black]] [[latino]] of [[Cuba]]n descent) who are essentially a drinking society. Truly vile Democrat stooges in media have published [[libel]]ous and slanderous statements falsely labeling these men as “white supremacists.” Having absolutely ZERO evidence to substantiate this defamation, all they do is cite a criminal front group run by leftist zealots called the “Southern Poverty Law Center” or SPLC (an organization whose name is three lies in one).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/roger-stone-exclusive-democrats-plan-steal-2020-election/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Controversies==&lt;br /&gt;
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The group has been slandered by numerous media outlets with mostly false claims, including the notion that they are &amp;quot;anti-Semitic&amp;quot;;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.jta.org/2020/09/29/united-states/are-the-proud-boys-anti-semitic-your-primer-on-the-far-right-group-trump-told-to-stand-back-stand-by Are the Proud Boys anti-Semitic? Your primer on the far-right group Trump told to ‘stand back and stand by’]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while some members have been caught with promoting highly anti-Semitic falsehoods,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.adl.org/blog/proud-boys-bigotry-is-on-full-display&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the group has firmly denounced such bigotry.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.newsweek.com/nazi-amazon-proud-boys-holocaust-1555192 Neo-Nazi Shirts Worn by Proud Boys Supporters Sold on Amazon]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;According to the [[racist]] leftwing rag ''The New York Times'', anonymous sources told the ''Times'' that a memo found in the possession of former Proud Boys leader and [[Cuban]]-American Enrique Tarrio, detailed a plot to seize government buildings in Washington, DC, during the J6 Capitol protests. The memo reportedly outlined a plan to take control of the Supreme Court along with six House and Senate office buildings. The memo allegedly described the need to assign 50 members to occupy the buildings on Capitol Hill to stage sit-in protests. https://www.businessinsider.com/memo-shows-proud-boys-plot-to-seize-government-buildings-report-2022-3&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Iranian hackers==&lt;br /&gt;
Two suspected Iranian hackers were charged for posing as supporters of former President Donald Trump and sending threatening messages to U.S. voters in November 2021. Iranians Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi, 24, and Sajjad Kashian, 27, were indicted and sanctioned for their alleged involvement in the misinformation campaign, according to the [[Department of Justice]] (DOJ).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-iranian-nationals-charged-cyber-enabled-disinformation-and-threat-campaign-designed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  At some points, the pair claimed to be “Proud Boys volunteers” who accused the [[Democratic Party]] of planning to exploit “serious security vulnerabilities” in messages sent to Republican lawmakers and Trump campaign officials during the [[2020 presidential election]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Prosecutions==&lt;br /&gt;
More than three dozen people charged in the peaceful Capitol protests have been targeted by federal authorities as Proud Boys leaders, members or associates. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.fox44news.com/news/political-news/proud-boys-member-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-in-jan-6-riot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The indictments have been marked by the Biden regime's [[racial]]ly motivated prosecution of the Proud Boys black [[Hispanic]] Cuban-American leader, Enrique Tarrio.{{fact}} Tarrio apparently is being made an example of what can happen to [[African American]]s who dare to flee the [[Democrat plantation]].{{fact}} &lt;br /&gt;
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'''Enrique Tarrio''', an African American, was forced to plead guilty to destruction of property and attempted possession of a large-capacity ammunition feeding device. Tarrio, who was held in the [[DC gulag]] without bail under appalling [[human rights]] conditions and abuses,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.npr.org/2021/10/13/1045696978/judge-holds-washington-d-c-jail-officials-in-contempt-in-a-jan-6-riot-case&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was sentenced to 155 days in jail by Judge Harold Cushenberry, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, on August 23, 2021. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;HTTPS://WWW.MIAMINEWTIMES.COM/NEWS/PROUD-BOYS-LEADER-ENRIQUE-TARRIO-SENTENCED-TO-155-DAYS-IN-JAIL-12797703&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  On March 8, 2022, the racist Biden Department of Justice&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-biden-and-the-doj-are-reinforcing-america-s-racist-history-in-puerto-rico/ar-AAKRWVk&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; indicted Tarrio on a conspiracy charge for his alleged involvement in organizing a supposed J6 Capitol riot. Other names were added to make it a &amp;quot;seditious conspiracy&amp;quot; charge: Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, Charles Donohoe, and Dominic Pezzola. All previously were detained and had earlier pleaded not guilty to charges. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leader-proud-boys-indicted-federal-court-conspiracy-and-other-offenses-related-us-capitol&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Tusitala J. Toese''' was charged with assaulting a man and inciting others to battle during a clash with left-wing terrorists&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/07/portland-under-siege-by-antifa-and-other-left-wing-terrorists/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in east Portland in 2021. Toese was arraigned by corrupt Portland prosecutors&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.victoriataft.com/rewind-tape-da-refused-charge-anti-gun-filmmaker-vicious-videotaped-beatdown-strickland/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; on March 23, 2022, in Multnomah County Circuit Court, on eleven counts, including rioting, second- and third-degree assault, unlawful use of weapon and first-degree criminal mischief. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2022/03/proud-boy-leader-tiny-toese-held-without-bail-on-riot-assault-charges-in-2021-clash-with-left-wing-protesters-in-east-portland.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Jeffrey Finley''', president of a West Virginia Proud Boys branch, pleaded guilty on April 6, 2022, to one count of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. Finley is facing up to one year in prison, and sentencing is scheduled for July 19. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3261136-leader-of-west-virginias-proud-boys-chapter-pleads-guilty-in-jan-6-case/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Charles Donohoe''', of Kernersville, N.C., pleaded guilty on April 8, 2022, to charges of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and assaulting or impeding federal officers. He agreed to cooperate in the ongoing Justice Department cases against other Proud Boys members. The two felony counts call for a minimum sentence of nearly six years in prison.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.fox44news.com/news/political-news/proud-boys-member-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-in-jan-6-riot/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Jeffrey Finley''', president of a West Virginia Proud Boys branch, pleaded guilty on April 6, 2022 to one count of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. His sentencing is scheduled for July 19. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3261136-leader-of-west-virginias-proud-boys-chapter-pleads-guilty-in-jan-6-case/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/568686457/Finley-Plea-Agreement#from_embed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Ricky Willden''', who proclaimed to be a member of the Proud Boys, pleaded guilty on April 7, 2022, to assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers on restricted grounds on January 6, 2021. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://lawandcrime.com/u-s-capitol-breach/self-proclaimed-member-of-the-proud-boys-enters-guilty-plea-admits-to-unloading-chemical-spray-on-police-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.scribd.com/document/568687949/Ricky-Wilden-Plea-Agreement-Jan-6#from_embed&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Louis Enrique Colon''', of Blue Springs, MO, pleaded guilty in federal court on April 27, 2022, to a felony charge for obstructing law enforcement officers trying to secure the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection. The plea agreement requires him to cooperate with prosecutors and other law enforcement authorities in the investigation. A sentencing date has not been set. Colon faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article260823577.html#storylink=cpy&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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A federal grand jury on June 6, 2022, returned a superseding indictment charging Proud Boys members '''Enrique Tarrio''', '''Ethan Nordean''', '''Joseph Biggs''', '''Zachary Rehl''', and '''Dominic Pezzola''' with seditious conspiracy over their alleged involvement in the peaceful protests at the at the Capitol. In addition, the five were charged with assaulting federal officers, destruction of government property, abetting civil disorder, conspiracy to block government officers from discharging official duties, and obstruction of official proceedings. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1510791/download&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-proud-boys-and-four-other-members-indicted-federal-court-seditious-conspiracy-and&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys delivered opening statements on January 12, 2023, in the seditious conspiracy trial of former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four other members. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/proud-boys-sedition-trial-opening-arguments-begin-rcna62561&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On May 4, 2023, '''Enrique Tarrio''', '''Ethan Nordean''', '''Joseph Biggs''', '''Zachary Rehl''' were convicted of sedition and other serious felonies. Jurors did not reach a unanimous verdict on the sedition charge for '''Dominic Pezzola''', but he was convicted of other serious felonies.  &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.newsmax.com/us/enrique-tarrio-seditious-conspiracy/2023/05/04/id/1118598/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On August 31, 2023, after their convictions for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, '''Zachary Rehl''' was sentenced to fifteen years in prison and '''Joseph Biggs''' was sentenced to seventeen years. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/two-leaders-proud-boys-sentenced-prison-seditious-conspiracy-and-other-charges-related-us&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 1, 2023, '''Ethan Nordean''', was sentenced to eighteen years in prison after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. '''Dominic Pezzola''' was convicted of numerous felony counts stemming from his involvement in the breach, but was acquitted of the most severe charge of seditious conspiracy and was sentenced to ten years in prison. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cbsnews.com/news/proud-boys-jan-6-dominic-pezzola-sentenced/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On September 5, 2023, former Proud Boys Chairman '''Enrique Tarrio''' was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison for seditious conspiracy and leading a failed plot to prevent the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/05/politics/enrique-tarrio-sentencing-proud-boys-seditious-conspiracy/index.html&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==External link==&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/press-release/file/1510791/download/ Proud Boys June 6, 2022 Grand Jury Indictment]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Proud-Boys Proud Boys Overview]&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://ctc.westpoint.edu/pride-prejudice-the-violent-evolution-of-the-proud-boys/ Pride &amp;amp; Prejudice: The Violent Evolution of the Proud Boys]&lt;br /&gt;
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Back in March, the idea of prosecuting a former president was considered a huge norm-buster, a violation of over two centuries of tradition. Using the legal system to take out political opposition was downright undemocratic. Now there are so many cases pending against Donald Trump that we need a &amp;quot;[https://www.politico.com/interactives/2023/trump-criminal-investigations-cases-tracker-list/ definitive guide]&amp;quot; to keep track of them. The classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, the Stormy Daniels payoff, the phone call to the Georgia secretary of state, and Trump's role in the January 6th demonstration are all going to court, according to &amp;quot;target letters&amp;quot; issued by the relevant prosecutors.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Democrats are confident that Joe Biden can defeat Trump, why do they want him out of the race so badly? My theory is that Biden knows that he's not getting a second term, either for undisclosed health reasons or because of the Hunter Biden bribery scandal. He wants credit for removing Trump from U.S. politics to &amp;quot;finish the job,&amp;quot; as he phrases it. Prosecuting Trump is the closest thing Biden has to a popular policy. Attacking the democratic process is thus not a matter of expediency; Its what Biden wants to be remembered for. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 09:52, July 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Fortunately, we have some proven, well qualified sources covering the matter. TechnoFog is one of the best among several; he has proven himself through the [[Trump-Russia scam]] and impeachment, Mueller investigation, Durham investigation, etc. He even attends DC court hearings. For this reason, I'm not as engaged in the current Trump prosecutions and Hunter Biden problems as previously, cause we have respected, credible sources to use. &lt;br /&gt;
:My focus is to connect the dots between [[Trump-Russia]] as the motivating factor and prelude to the [[Ukraine war]] - something all the same qualified sources say, but is a conspiracy so vast that when its true dimensions are known will forever be deserving of the maledictions of all honest men. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:14, July 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump may be flying high in the polls, but the reality is that the prosecutors and the Deep State decide. See &amp;quot;[https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/out-of-all-indictments-georgia-is-the-most-perilous-threat-to-trump/ Out of all indictments, Georgia is the most perilous threat to Trump]&amp;quot; by Andrew McCarthy. The Fulton County attorney and some Georgia jurors will decide who the next president will be -- and they are not likely to pick Trump. Trump needs to drop out and endorse somebody who can win in November. I want to see Chuck Schumer on trial for Ashlee Babbit's murder. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 11:58, August 15, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump could be arrested in Atlanta any time now. Three out of the four cases pending against him involve legal theories that are unprecedented in American jurisprudence. The classified documents case is the only one with a recognizable legal foundation. But by prosecuting Trump and not Hillary, Biden is attempting to rig the 2024 election. How can the wife of a former president be immune from prosecution, but not an actual former president?&lt;br /&gt;
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As president, Trump had the authority to created his own standard for what was classified and what wasn't. He could have made everything he did legal. The only reason that we know that he didn't do this is because he is on tape admitting that he didn't declassify the documents in question. So its a case that revolves on technicalities.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are twenty-seven Republican attorney generals in the United States. They should all be cranking up prosecutions of Democrats. Prosecute Hunter as an unregistered foreign agent of Russia and China. Prosecute Stacy Abrams, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton for attempting to overturn elections. Prosecute BLM and Antifa for the 2020 riots. The tech giants should be prosecuted for donating to pro-riot groups in order to force Americans to shop online. Investigate the intelligence officers who told us Hunter's laptop was disinformation just before the 2020 election. See &amp;quot;[https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/15/how-should-republicans-respond-to-fulton-county-indict-the-left/ How Should Republicans Respond To Fulton County? Indict The Left].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 03:25, August 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Don't hold back now, tell us what you really think. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:54, August 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::The Georgia Republicans who were selected as counter electors in 2020 were following a precedent set by Hawaii Democrats in 1960. Now they have been charged under RICO as if they were mobsters. See &amp;quot;[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/the-georgia-indictment-is-the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-yet The Georgia indictment is the biggest threat to democracy yet]&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1SN5685Tus VERIFY: Yes, RICO was created to prosecute the mob].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:46, August 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::What would Pastor Niemoller say about that turn of phrase? [[User:Rafael|Rafael]] ([[User talk:Rafael|talk]]) 11:23, August 18, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The phrase is from ''Henry VI, Part II'': “The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.” It's one of Shakespeare's most famous quotes. It's a pity that popular history has been reduced to Nazis and slavery. '''Update'''.  Biden routinely describes anyone who criticizes him or his policies from the right as a &amp;quot;white supremacist&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;Maga Republican.&amp;quot; He is ready to sic the FBI on us: &amp;quot;[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/sep/15/biden-accused-pressuring-fbi-fabricate-extremist-a/ Biden accused of pressuring FBI to fabricate ‘extremist’ and ‘White supremacist’ cases].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 01:58, August 20, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Even assuming a moral and literary equivalence between Niemoller's poem and a decontextualised joke by a minor character in a minor Shakespeare play, what do you think Shakespeare was saying through Jack Cade, Dick the Butcher and all the other rebels?  [[User:Rafael|Rafael]] ([[User talk:Rafael|talk]]) 08:32, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Bombshell Breaking: Two Constitutional scholars say Trump disqualified in 2024 race ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Not a constitutional expert myself, so I'll pass. But if Trump does actually become disqualified, well, then De Santis breaks 50% easily.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Not even worth commenting on. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:16, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Oh, and who exactly is going to &amp;quot;disqualify&amp;quot; Trump? The Supreme Court? The Biden regime? the divided Congress? the CIA? [[Christopher Wray]] and the FBI? the [[United Nations]]? the [[World Court]]? the MSM? the [[Deep State]]? Who? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:20, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Lemme guess: some Mickey Mouse [[Soros mercenary]] [[DA]] can thwart the will of 70+ million voters by filing charges in local court. This is why American [[democracy]] is a model for [[Ukraine]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:25, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Let's revise our formula: CNN + NBC + NYT = BS(3). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:27, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I do not know if it will happen or not. All I know is De Santis can beat Trump and do well regardless of whether this happens. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:00, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:That's what you, the big money [[Wall Street]] Republican [[establishment]], [[Deep State]] [[uniparty]], [[WEF]] [[globalist]]s and their controlled media believe. Common folk think different. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:15, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Common Folk gave Governor De Santis a 23 POINT LEAD over Donald Duck just a few months ago. Then Donald began his vicious attacks on the saintly Governor. Too bad the Governor was too much of a Gentleman to Punch Back for a Long Time, I'd have advised him to start doing so right away, otherwise precisely what has happened would happen. But it doesn't matter. Their record speaks for itself. One increases debt by 8 TN. One runs Record Budget Surpluses. One risks everything to join the Navy and Serve the Country. One runs away from the Draft and calls his battle with STDs while living in fornication his own personal Vietnam. Other is a model Husband and Father who faithfully fought for his wife and stood by her when she had Breast Cancer and her children couldn't understand what was going on. No prizes for guessing which is which and who will be better for America in the end.[[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:31, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Big money donors, rigged polling, and the MSM gave him that supposed lead. What are you saying? are the common folk who have since seen the light stupid?&lt;br /&gt;
:Bottomline, Trump was not a declared candidate at the time of that poll. DeSantis was. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:51, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Now, if DeSantis went to 52% after announcing, that would have been something to write home about. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:58, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Nope. Trump was: &amp;quot;After months of speculation, Trump announced his candidacy for president in a November 15, 2022 speech to supporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.&amp;quot; The poll was in December 2022, so after this. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:52, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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And De Santis certainly wasn't a Declared Candidate at that time, since he only declared his Candidacy in May 2023 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:53, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:My bad. You're probably right. It goes to show you how far the deep state conspiracy against Trump had progressed already by December 2022. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:18, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Lol. The Deep State, and the Liberal Media that does its will, want Trump back since they can beat him, whereas De Santis will beat them. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:23, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) says, &amp;quot;No person shall be...President...who, having previously taken an oath...to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:This clause refers to people who served in elected office before the Civil War, then in elected office under the Confederacy, and then wanted to run for election after the Union was restored. In general, former Confederates were amnestied in 1872. A disqualification of this kind can only be enforced by the secretaries of state for the various states.&lt;br /&gt;
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:January 6 was a demonstration protected by the First Amendment. The only way the 14th Amendment applies is if &amp;quot;insurrection&amp;quot; is interpreted to mean &amp;quot;something the Democratic Party doesn't like.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:This theory has been hashed over in the press more than once already. I would not call it a &amp;quot;bombshell.&amp;quot; That it comes up again suggests that the MSN is once again worried that Trump can actually beat Biden in an election. In short, their fallback position is legalistic handwaving. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 23:46, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Re: MPR post of &amp;quot;Poll: Putin named World's Most Respected Leader.&amp;quot; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Re: Main page right post of: '''Poll:''' [[Putin]] named World's Most Respected Leader. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/joe-biden-is-dead-last-international-poll-who/]&lt;br /&gt;
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The actual news story's lead as far as it's first two sentences is: &amp;quot;In a recent online poll on Twitter X Joe Biden ended up dead last in an international poll on respected leaders. Russia’s Vladimir Putin was first with 35.6% of the vote followed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 33.7% of the vote, followed by Ukraine’s Zelensky with 21.9% of the vote.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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My guess is that the wealthy countries aligned with the USA would tend to be more anti-Putin. Of course, Russia has its allies too. And then much of the global south and/or poor countries are unaligned so they are better able to negotiate for the best deals. India has been unaligned for a long time. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:27, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The article actually says, &amp;quot;Russia’s Vladimir Putin was first.&amp;quot; Case closed. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:31, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I suppose if you want easy answers that fit your views and are closed-minded it is &amp;quot;case closed&amp;quot;, but otherwise one would have to spend more money. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:35, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::I's a fact: the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University found Vladimir Putin the world's most respected leader in its annual World of Statistics polling. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:41, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Should be an eyeopener for students and young people compared to the [[MSM]] [[brainwashing]] and garbage readers like yourself routinely consume. 19:43, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::I am open to that notion, but I want a source. And the source has to agree with what you are claiming. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:44, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Also, the Twitter poll posted on MPR was done by the Twitter account of &amp;quot;World of Statistics&amp;quot;.[https://twitter.com/stats_feed/status/1688618337473810434] And unfortunately, we don't know who runs that account. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:47, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Fortunately, we do: the Mathematics Statistics Dept of Georgia State University, which I just stated above (sorry, I know you comprehension is a little bit lagging). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:50, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, as far as a &amp;quot;Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University&amp;quot; poll, when was it done? I ask because both sides of the war in Ukraine have engaged in war atrocities. See: [[Essay: Russian war crimes in Ukraine]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:52, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ok. You are not giving a source as far as your alleged &amp;quot;Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University&amp;quot; poll. I will remain a skeptic then. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:53, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Anyways, the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University could do a Twitter poll in good faith, but it could have been tainted by Twitter bots. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:57, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Also, &amp;quot;The accuracy of a poll depends on how it was conducted. Most of Pew Research’s polling is done by telephone. By contrast, most online polls that use participants who volunteer to take part do not have a proven record of accuracy. There are at least two reasons for this. One is that not everyone in the U.S. uses the internet, and those who do not are demographically different from the rest of the public. Another reason is that people who volunteer for polls may be different from other people in ways that could make the poll unrepresentative. At worst, online polls can be seriously biased if people who hold a particular point of view are more motivated to participate than those with a different point of view.&amp;quot;[https://www.pewresearch.org/2010/12/29/how-accurate-are-online-polls/] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:02, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::The American Association for Public Opinion Research recently released a detailed report on the strengths and weaknesses of online polling. The full text of the report can be found [http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/10/19/poq.nfq048.full.html here].[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:04, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::(ec) Sorry, you're going to have to take that up with the professional statisticians at Georgia State University. &lt;br /&gt;
:::Nowwhere in the poll results does it say it was a Twitter poll, as you ass-u-me. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:07, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The non-aligned countries often share a common trait: Making expedient deals. That's one of the strengths that Donald Trump had as a real estate mogul. He was a dealmaker as president. The Abraham Accords had one of its prime focuses on economic deal-making and the various country's economic interests. Biden can't hold a candle to Trump and he made the Ukraine-Russia situation much worse. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:29, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Interesting; but I don't see how that relates to the subject of this thread. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:31, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
The nonaligned countries and their citizens focus on &amp;quot;what have you done for me lately&amp;quot;. Unfortunately for Russia and Ukraine, they are going to get further damaged in the war in Ukraine which may drag on for a long time. So they will have less to offer the world. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:35, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Still don't see how that relates...[[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::Oh, well. I tried to explain it to you. If you still don't get it, I can live with that. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:51, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Trump didn't even make the poll, and what do war atrocities have to do with the poll? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:03, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Okay, I think I understand now. You associate the name &amp;quot;Putin&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;Trump&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Zelensky&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;war&amp;quot;. You do not associate it with &amp;quot;leadership&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;the Russian nation&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Christianity&amp;quot;. Okay. That tells me a lot about how your mind works and processes information. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:57, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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If Putin travels to Beijing, it would be his first visit to his &amp;quot;allied nation&amp;quot; ever since Putin launched a so-called &amp;quot;special military operation&amp;quot; against Ukraine.&amp;quot; https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/russian-president-vladimir-putin-to-visit-china-in-october-to-attend-belt-and-road-forum-conclave-icc-arrest-warrant-putin-skips-g20-summit-in-india-2023-08-30-889774 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:22, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:M.K. Bhadrakumar: [https://consortiumnews.com/2023/08/29/india-a-reluctant-brics-traveler/ India, a Reluctant BRICS Traveler]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:01, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[BRICS]] just kicked the [[G7]]s butt. [https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/animated-chart-g7-vs-brics-by-gdp-ppp/#] There's no need to raise the profile of the [[G20]] now or yet. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Let's look at the racist origins and root of the G7, for example. Both these organizations, the G7 &amp;amp; G20 are commonly referred in the [[racist]] [[Western]] [[MSM]] as the &amp;quot;largest economies&amp;quot;, yet neither China nor India are members of the G7. Why is that? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:10, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I think India should be included, yeah. But Modi needs to go in 2024 and be replaced with [[Rahul Gandhi]]. As for Commie China, it needs to become Democratic rather than a Communist Autocracy. We need a Credible Chinese Opposition Party to the CCP and its stopping Human Rights Abuses before any further global role can be considered. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:35, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The train is down the tracks, as they say, regarding BRICS. G7 is too white inbred with its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_Aryan Honorary Aryan Japanese]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:54, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Oh, note, another group, the Croatians, also were/are Honorary Aryans ''vis-a-vis'' the contemporary NATO fascists. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:00, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Breaking: Kupiansk front collapses===&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://youtu.be/k-S77ygsp1k Catastrophe Looms Over The Entire Kupiansk Frontline.] This is an ex-pat dissident channel. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:55, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*According to Dima of the Military Summary channel, the Russians have 100,000 troops in this sector; according Driezen, Ukraine has no reserves left here, as the Russians just broke through their second echelon. This means, the collapse in this same sector the Russians experienced last September is being reversed, and brings the Russians up to the doorstep of the city of [[Kharkov]]. However, no siege is likely yet, as some Russians forces need to head south and deal with other frontlines elsewhere from the Ukrainian rear. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:00, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::100km doorsteps ftw [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 21:53, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::There is nothing standing between them and Kharkov. But they'll probably break-off a large contingent south to help out at Krasny-Limon first and north to secure the border - once they finish up work at Kupiansk. &lt;br /&gt;
:::Besides, Odessa is more important to secure than Kharkov right now. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:59, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Conway, I'd be interested in hearing your assessment of what remains of Ukrainian fighters; as I understand, Ukraine only has about 40,000 NATO trained/equipped troops remaining. The rest, about 160,000, are untrained/unexperienced conscripts pressed into service with an average age over 37 (many in their 50s). There is talk of another mobilization, but there's nobody left to press into service. Fully 90% of all males (say over the age of 15) will have served before the war is over. What remains have long left the country and likely will never return. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:19, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://weapons.substack.com/p/ukraine-update-keep-an-eye-on-kupyansk Ukraine Update: Keep an Eye on Kupyansk] Russia May Soon Shift its Strategy, STEPHEN BRYEN. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:25, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Note: What Bryen says about the Wagner group returning to Russia, cited to the ISW, is false information. By law, a private military company like the Wagner group cannot operate on Russia soil, which is why they were withdrawn from [[Lugansk]] and Rostov and sent to Belarus. See also [https://youtu.be/2T0rwE6Y10s HistoryLegends], a pro-Ukraine channel. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:35, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Manpower isn't an issue. Ukraine fully mobilised in Feb. 2022. Currently / nationally, they've got around a million serving in uniform (inc. support &amp;amp; rear / staff units) and they're still actively recruiting and forming new brigades. As long as the materiel keeps flowing, they can keep this going indefinitely and they intend to. [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 21:09, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::A million when you count the men 70+ and 15 year olds (the railway workers are considered the &amp;quot;hidden army&amp;quot;; also, now you have the mobilization of doctors and technocrats for combat duty). But we're not getting much reporting on the political situation; all the hardcore &amp;quot;nationalists&amp;quot; are dead, and their widows are pissed off. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:12, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::This can't keep up: [https://www.bitchute.com/video/J1JWnKQNaEEw/ Ukrainian Recruits Sent To Dig Trenches Found The Buried Corpses Of Previous Cannonfodder There]. I have another report on how Zelensky is destroying Ukrainian families by sending men to the front, which I'll post later when I find it. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:09, August 16, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::As far as I understand it now, here's what Zelensky's latest decree is suppose to do: his illegal order to grab conscripts off the street in select communities and regions has changed: he's now sending those guys (the kidnappers) to the front, and replacing them with returning veterans who lost an arm or leg. How a guy with one leg is suppose to chase a draft dodger down the street, as we've seen in countless videos, is unclear, but it's never been like he really cares anyway, so long as the [[DC]] gravy train keeps rolling. And apparently the new decree may apply nationwide, and not just in select regions and communities with Russian and Hungarian populations that the Kyiv regime (and NATO) seek to exterminate by sending draftees, pressed into service, on suicide attacks.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Reports indicate foreign mercenaries are being assigned to units to shoot in the back anyone who tries to desert or refuses to attack when ordered to do so, replacing the Nazi units which now will probably see more frontline action. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:24, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::The reason mercenaries have been assigned to take over the role of commissars one can only speculate, but I would guess it's because it is well known the Russians particularly target foreign mercenary groups (and have even stepped up their targeting) in both the front and rear. So evidently their numbers have been reduced, and recruiting hasn't gone so well over the past year or so. This still gives mercenaries a vital function to play, and hopefully reduces the number of foreign mercenaries deserting and returning home. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:45, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::Bear in mind, certain stories leaked out about the holocaust during World War II, but most people found the stories too incredible to believe and dismissed them as propaganda. It wasn't until the war was over before the truth came out, and the magnitude of government policy was understood. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:01, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::[https://www.bitchute.com/video/fkto39NnUchb/ Do you detect a change in Ukrainian society from February 2022?] The commissars themselves are now being sent to the front. This means the end is near, when the military and society itself begins to collapse. Great leadership on the part of Zelensky, NATO, and all their Western civilian backers. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:24, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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The decree is about getting ahead of a brewing scandal re. regional recruitment officials accepting bribes from draft dodgers. It's likely some pretty rich &amp;amp; powerful Ukrainians will be found to have bought their sons out of serving and - politically, at least - it makes sense to nuke the entire regional recruitment leadership and start again.&lt;br /&gt;
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that's just what happens in any sufficiently big war. Eventually, you have to start pressing people into service. They might not be thrilled at the prospect, but as long as they know what they're fighting for - and they do - most of them will grit their teeth and get on with it. [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 21:40, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Oh wow. So &amp;quot;recruitment&amp;quot; now means [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/press-gang &amp;quot;press gang&amp;quot;] and &amp;quot;draft&amp;quot;. Okay. I hope you hang around to help translate more of this common [[propaganda]] terminolgy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:05, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Did you see the [https://videopress.com/v/PWnUihfT video from a few weeks ago] of the [[fragging]] incident? where the Ukrainian commander tossed a hand grenade into a bunker full of Ukrainian soldiers who refused to fight? The big mystery is, why would they post it on the internet afterward? And no, it's not a fake or Russian propaganda. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:12, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::There is a video of this same incident with subtitles I can't find right now; but he's basically arguing with the soldiers cause he sent them to occupy a certain position and they returned to the bunker here. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:16, August 16, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Not a day goes by where there's not a half dozen videos of the press gangs in action. People now are beginning to fight back. And the widows are confronting them in street, asking &amp;quot;Why don't you go to the front?&amp;quot; That's what Zelensky evidently is responding to. Also, the regime now is beginning to requisition people's vehicles (mostly the nice ones) off the street, as well. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:12, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Fragging update: [https://www.bitchute.com/video/F5URTIEszf6X/ AFU Troops Fleeing In Kupyansk Are Allegedly Shot In The Back By Colleagues]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:17, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:ConwayIII wrote: &amp;quot;grit their teeth and get on with it.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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:Carry on, ConwayIII. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:59, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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In this scenario, the United States would give the Ukrainian military whatever it needs to advance as far as possible in its counteroffensive. At an appropriate point next year, Ukraine would declare a pause in offensive military operations and shift its primary focus to defending and rebuilding liberated areas while integrating with Western institutions. Then, at its July, 2024 summit in Washington, NATO would invite Ukraine to join the Western alliance, guaranteeing the security of all territory controlled by the Ukrainian government at that point under Article 5 of the NATO treaty.&lt;br /&gt;
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Offering Article 5 protection to Ukrainian territory in this fashion would be akin to admitting a divided Germany to NATO after World War II and to America’s security pact with South Korea after the armistice that halted the Korean War without reunifying the Korean Peninsula. This would be a defensive pact, but not a commitment to take direct part in any future offensive operations Ukraine might choose to undertake.&amp;quot; https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/18/how-to-end-ukraine-war-00111752 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:17, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Yah, this news is a couple of days old. What's happening is the blame game. NATO and the US [[intel community]] want out, but don't want to be seen as the losers. So they have to blame [[Zelensky]] and [[Ukrainian]]s as cowards. Zelensky may not be that stupid, that he doesn't see the handwriting on the wall, that he's about to get dumped like the Afghan National government, the government of South Vietnam, the [[Shah of Iran]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]], Guido in Venezuela, etc etc etc etc. So you can take your &amp;quot;as long as it takes&amp;quot; rhetoric we've heard for 18 months now and stick it up your butt (as I've been warning). NATO is just trying to create some excuse to get to get the H out without being seen as the loser. &lt;br /&gt;
:If NATO wants to grant Ukraine Article 5 status, fine. Let NATO come back itself and fight Russia, now that NATO has virtually exterminated the adult male population of Ukraine with BS promises.&lt;br /&gt;
:When Russia set out to denazify Ukraine 18 months ago, it was fully prepared to demilitarize and denazify NATO and Western Europe, if necessary. They've only partially succeeded in demilitarizing NATO.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:52, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Biden could have sent over F-16s and ended this war a long time ago. Why didn't he? Perhaps it has something to do with the [https://nypost.com/2022/01/27/chinese-elite-have-paid-some-31m-to-hunter-and-the-bidens/ $31 million in Chinese money] or the [https://nypost.com/2022/10/17/hunter-bidens-real-estate-firm-received-over-100m-from-russian-oligarch/ $100 million in Russian money] that Hunter has collected. Like Deep Throat said, follow the money. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 13:46, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::We've discussed the F-16s extensively on this page; they are not the gamechanger, and the only difference they make is raising the threat of nuclear war. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:08, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::They may send 6 over there (where they take off from remains a problem); after the first 1 or 2 are shot down, the American defense contractors will have gathered enough intelligence (presumably) about Russia's advanced air defense systems ([[S-400]], for example) and electronic warfare to integrate into the design of the [[F-35]]. That's it. After that, the war is over, and Ukraine's use as an &amp;quot;experimental testing ground&amp;quot; (Zelensky &amp;amp; Reznikov's words) is over. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:13, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The Russians talk about a nuclear response all the time. The most common threat these days is not about F-16s or any other specific weapons system, but rather that they will use nukes if they are losing the war. This of course suggests that the military balance has already turned against them. As we saw in Afghanistan, Biden has a thing for losing wars. Whatever terms Putin wants, I'm sure Biden would make an effort to accommodate. Just have another oligarch send an additional $100 million over to Hunter.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Putin to likes to win wars, Biden likes to lose them. Why can't they make a deal? The problem is that Putin isn't fighting for Crimea, Donbass, Mariupol, or any other item that Biden can accommodate him on. For Putin to stay in power, he needs endless war. If Russian forces ever reach Kyiv, they will continue to Poland or Moldova. After all, Putin is at war with Nato, not Ukraine. George Orwell explained how this works in ''Nineteen-Eighty Four.'' [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 15:31, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::It looks like right now funding will be cut off (even Dem Ranking Members in the House admit the war is lost); the [[CIA]] wants out. The problem is NATO covering its butt, cause nobody wants to admit defeat.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::So this means a negotiated settlement on Russia's terms, which could take place before year end, or a continued losing fight which the peoples of Europe and America don't want, and more Ukrainians exterminated by NATO &amp;amp; Biden regime policy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:03, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::We're at the point Hitler was at in February 1943 after the surrender at [[Stalingrad]]. The war was lost, but Hitler fought on for more than two years, causing needless deaths of millions. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:07, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::Put succinctly, if Congress gives Biden the $24 billion he asked for, it means more Ukrainian dead and more territory lost. Either way, the war ends now, next year in 2024, or in 2025 - the war ends on Russia's terms. &lt;br /&gt;
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:::::If you want nukes as America's first line of defense since we can't build the conventional weapons, or the ships and aircraft to transport them to the battlefield, or the fuel to power them, fine. It won't defend America from nuclear attack. The only alternative is for NATO to get the H out of Ukraine, and never return. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:35, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Heh. Laughable. You are living in Dream-Land, Rob, but I will not be the one to wake you up right now. I'll let harsh reality do that later. A word to the wise, you cant' fight statistics.&lt;br /&gt;
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No contest. No contest. Russia knows this, which is why it will never invade Finland (or any NATO Country).&amp;quot; That says it all. Putin's Kremlin knew it had itself caused Finland and Sweden to join NATO, but it was then forced to accept it, and will not risk invading then. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:16, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rob says Stalingrad 1943. My historical analogy is Afghanistan 1986. At that time, some traitor deputy CIA director was holding up approval for the Stinger missile. Once it was approved, the Soviet Union was history. Today, we have the same situation with Atacms, long-range HIMARS, and F-16s. The Russians know exactly who to pay off to stop delivery. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 17:31, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Democratically speaking, the majority of the population in NATO countries in Europe and North America oppose further escalation, so the 1 billion figure is meaningless. 2/3 of the planet support Russia.&lt;br /&gt;
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::GDP numbers measured in dollars is meaningless. It's calculated by exchange rates, and takes no account of the value of resources and their reserves like oil, gold, uranium, etc which Russia is among the world's largest holders and producers (IOWs, the method of calculation is flawed; that's how NATO blundered into the war). With [[de-dollarization]], the exchange rate has no future in those calculations. &lt;br /&gt;
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::Here's a dirty little secret that I don't have the time or space to go into why, here and now: The United States, since the beginning of the [[Cold War]], has never depended on conventional weapons as its first line of defense. The United States has always relied on [[nuclear weapon]]s for the simple fact the US could NEVER compete the with the Soviet Union then, or Russia now, in conventional arms production. It costs more to produce a tank to transport it to the battlefield in Europe cause enough ships and planes also have to be built to transport the weapons in any significant or equal numbers. And Russia can always raise the cost to the US by producing more, and delivering them to the battlefield, quicker. &lt;br /&gt;
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::Heck, the US could never compete with German tank production, then or now, for the same reasons.&lt;br /&gt;
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::Succinctly, the cost of building conventional weapons throughout the Cold War and until now, as it has been represented to the American taxpayer, has ALWAYS been a fraud, and is just a [[boondoggle]] to Congressional districts. The US has never relied on conventional weapons as its first line of defense, the Soviets then, and the Russians now, have always known this.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:42, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Russia went into this war in 2022 knowing the United States, even with its NATO allies, cannot win a conventional war against Russia. If nukes are to be used, it will the US decision. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:52, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The United States has always relied on its &amp;quot;first strike&amp;quot; capabilities - not a &amp;quot;last resort&amp;quot; = these scenarios using both conventional and nuclear have been gamed out routinely on both sides for many years. And they have been openly discussed in arms control talks. Since about 2013, the same nitwits who came up with idea of overthrowing the Ukraine government, have advanced the US doctrine of &amp;quot;[[nuclear primacy]]&amp;quot;, i.e that the US can do a first strike and survive, or at least a 150 million Americans may survive. Of course, nobody really knows, given the total incompetence of US intellig3nce in gauging Russian military strength. &lt;br /&gt;
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: That's an eternal problem in US intelligence: they always have to decide what they should tell policymakers - what they actually know or what the decision makers want to hear. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:18, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I never knew the full story of......how the Soviets won the Cold War. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:46, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::It's simple logistics. In WWII, the Germans and Soviets were in competition to build bigger, better tanks. The US could never compete, cause the cost of ship building had to be figured into the unit cost of each tank. The tanks had to be smaller to pack them on ships. The Russians and Germans can roll them off the assembly line straight into battle. &lt;br /&gt;
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::::In the 1970s, the Pentagon wanted to go a two-man tank, but Congressmen who served in tanks units in WWII wanted to stick with a 3 man tanks. Political interference in war planning and weapons design didn't really matter, cause tank production, among other conventional ground weapons, were never relied on as America's first line of defense in the event of war with the USSR. So they remained just a boondoggle for jobs in various districts.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::In the [[Gulf War]], you saw the same thing. The US delivered 1,000 Abrams to the battlefield, a superior tank to Saddam's 6,000 T-62 (do the math, an Abrams would have to knock out six T-62s to have a 50/50 chance of survival. But they were held back and never saw action, as the A-10 Warthog knocked out all Saddam's tanks. The Abrams were there just for show, despite all the media hype. &lt;br /&gt;
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::::You see the same thing right now - the Abrams are held back, while German [[Leopard 2]] are sent in to go toe-to-toe with T-90s. Not that the Abrams isn't in the class as a Leopard 2 or T-90, it's just that they are way more expensive (when you factor unit cost of delivery to the battlefield), and the risk of loss and replacement is too much. &lt;br /&gt;
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::::American tanks and conventional weapons are cosmetic, cause the US has since 1949 relied on its nuclear first strike capabilities in the event of war with Russia. By the end of the Korean war, the Soviets reached nuclear parity and have held it ever since (with the theoretical exception of the [[neocon]]s who came up with this  [[nuclear primacy]] doctrine in 2013, which is the cause of this current conflict, and may be implemented once all the Ukrainian, Polish, Baltic, and German proxy soldiers are dead. A nuclear first strike then will be the only option America has left if it wants to continue war.) [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:32, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::This war has changed battlefield doctrines going forward permanently. [[ISR]] and drones have made maneuver warfare and &amp;quot;Big arrow&amp;quot; offensives obsolete. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:49, August 22, 2023 (EDT).&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Sure, America has been a large conventional arms producer for sale to third parties, but designing weapons to go toe-to-toe with modern Russian weapons has always been built on guess work, and is not a priority cause of the nuclear first strike doctrine. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:11, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:DailyWire [[Cold War II]] [[propaganda]] update: ''DailyWire'' confirms the United States [https://youtu.be/s9B4ewFGdd4?t=2139 has always depended on nuclear weapons as its first line of &amp;quot;defense&amp;quot;]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:07, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Breaking: [[Prigozhin]] dead===&lt;br /&gt;
Who'd a thunk it, a war hero like that dying in such a tragic accident. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:27, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Who killed him? No mystery there, right? [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:03, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::[https://youtu.be/DjUOBVAbGhQ Freddo, I know it was you]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:17, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:No. Shoigu and Gerasimov finally got to deliver Prigo some serious ammunition. In other news, smoking Utkin as well is the first bit of authentic de-Nazification of the war to date. [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 19:37, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I mean, what a tragedy to go out at the peak of your career. Some say, he was only getting started. Let this be a lesson - stay clear of [[MI6]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:58, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Maybe there can be peace talks now. Putin says, &amp;quot;Okay, I'll get rid of Prigozhin&amp;quot;; Biden agrees, say &amp;quot;Okay, [https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fsome-of-the-documents-leaked-by-teixeira-were-completely-v0-0c6sthfoj4ib1.png%3Fwidth%3D1080%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D4514b0f77382f37cba6d09af0999309613bc23b6 I'll get rid of Zelensky].&amp;quot; That might clear the air. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:05, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::&amp;quot;There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin's not behind,&amp;quot; [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-hints-putin-behind-wagner-group-boss-plane-crash according to Biden]. He's getting better at indirect hinting than he was after Nordstream. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 20:21, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::This isn't a whole lot different than when Zelensky [https://sonar21.com/are-the-ukrainian-political-elite-starting-to-eat-each-other/ took out the whole top leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs] last January - on [[CIA]] orders. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:30, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The problem the Russians have now is, who do they negotiate with after [https://jonrappoport.substack.com/p/stage-set-for-joe-bidens-removal-from-office Biden is deposed?] [[Colin Kahl]]? [[Samantha Power]]? [[Victoria Nuland]]? the fake Georgia electors? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:52, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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You got me, Rob. I did it. I killed Prighozin. I confess. Lol. Anyway, it's a Pity and a Shame what the Kremlin's Thugs are doing. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:53, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Perhaps it needs a clearer explanation: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_of_death_(mafia) Il bacio della morte]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:16, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:[[Zelensky]] faces a choice now, he can flee like the [[Shah of Iran]] and  [[Ferdinand Marcos]], or end up like [[Diem]]. I'm sure his advisors aren't that stupid that they haven't shown him that letter from Kahl to Power. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:09, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::*[[GRU]] analysis: [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/special-report-the-curtain-closes Simplius];&lt;br /&gt;
::*[[CIA]] analysis: [https://sonar21.com/wagner-titular-head-prigozhin-dead-or-alive/ Larry Johnson];&lt;br /&gt;
:ignore all else (in fact, don't even taint or pollute your mind with biased versions and reports). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:09, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Maybe Putin needs a good chef and decided to fake Prigozhin's death? You can't stay mad at your chef. A political leader dying in an air crash happened a lot in the 1930s and 1940s. It's an odd way to die in this day and age. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 07:27, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::That's your [[Western Civilization]] [[bias]] speaking, but it evidently is [https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-antoni-macierewicz-lech-kaczynski-poland-f3f5a2fddb028ffdb4bc12f369aeafd5 common in the Slavic world] (or at least people in both the East and West are stupid enough to believe it). Even the job of chef is risky enough: [https://freebeacon.com/democrats/obama-clinton-dead-chefs/ Axis of Evil? Obamas, Clintons Linked by Suspicious Deaths]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:14, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::In an [[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|authoritarian/corrupt society like Russia]], we may not know for decades exactly why Prigozhin died or possibly never know. The JFK government documents about Kennedy's death are not yet fully declassified. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:26, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::No doo doo, Sherlock. You got this much figured out. Now tell [[Karen Dawisha]] that, okay?  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:30, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Oh, and you forgot to preface your comment with, &amp;quot;In an authoritarian/corrupt society like America we may not know for decades exactly why [[JFK]] died or possibly never know&amp;quot;, to follow your logical conclusion. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:33, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Libertarianism vs. authoritarianism is a spectrum on the political spectrum. Putin is significantly on the authoritarian side of the political spectrum, but not as bad as Hitler or Stalin. Donald Trump did not fully declassify the materials concerning JFK's assassination. Do you think Donald Trump is very authoritarian? Do you think Trump is as authoritarian as Putin? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 11:47, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I think if he outed the CIA as killers, he himself would have been JFK'd (Zelensky is kinda in the same position right now with his [[Nazi]] bodyguards; he's safe, as long as he brings home the bacon from US taxpayers to feed the Nazis). [[Judge Napolitano]] is the go-to guy on this question of Trump declassifying the JFK documents. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:31, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:*[https://sonar21.com/sabotage-killed-prigozhin-who-did-it/ Larry Johnson] - Putin no, [[GRU]] no.&lt;br /&gt;
:*[https://weapons.substack.com/p/who-did-it-prigozhin-and-putin Stephen Bryen] - Putin no, GRU yes.&lt;br /&gt;
:[[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:28, August 25, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Prigozhin. Is He Dead? Was He Assassinated? Cui Bono? Who Did It? Where to Wagner Now?===&lt;br /&gt;
[https://marksleboda.substack.com/p/progozhin-is-he-dead-was-he-assassinated A note on Radio Sputnik:] This dates back to [[Richard Nixon]] and ''[[Detente]]''. Nixon made an agreement with [[Brezhnev]] where each side could have two uncensored, government run radio stations in the other's country. In the US, it's DC &amp;amp; Kansas City; in Russia it's RFE/RL in Moscow and I think St. Peterburg. Both sides' stations editorial stance, and are staffed by, enemies of the regime. Radio Sputnik DC regularly interviews an American citizen living in Moscow and teaching at Moscow University Sociology Dept, Mark Sloboda. His spin in this broadcast will be the official regime narrative. The most amazing thing is, how this agreement with Nixon has survived 5 decades, even with [[Russia sanctions]], and [[Blinken]] and [[Lavrov]] not talking to each other. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:45, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[https://youtu.be/EVQm50-r-Jk Now it's being reported as a terrorist attack]. Ewww, the Russian people are going to be really mad if they pin this hit on Zelensky. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:16, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:See what a mistake it was by NATO/Ukraine to invade Russian airspace with drone attacks and missiles? Now it will be easy to pin the murder of a Russian war hero on Biden, Zelensky, and the UK.  Kinda just like the [[Russiagate]] fraud to promote [[hate]], [[bigotry]], and [[Russophobia]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:20, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Yep. Looks like the Russians are [https://southfront.press/prigozhin-death-makes-him-immortal/ already planning revenge attacks] for the murder of Prigozhin. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:55, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The consensus view seems to be Putin was not involved, but it likely was an inside job. Too bad, however, Ukraine and the West will be blamed for the murderous terror attack. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/prigozhins-dead-after-his-business-jet-10-people-board-has-crashed?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_campaign=1776] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:16, August 25, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Now, one can argue that this is a rebellion by military hardliners against Putin's moderate approach to the war. So go ahead, get rid of the moderate Putler and sees what happens. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:19, August 25, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Here's the problem with Russian propaganda - it causes you to think, and unlike Western propaganda doesn't only appeal to emotion. [https://julianmacfarlane.substack.com/p/beating-the-drums-of-war Beating The Drums Of War, With a Note on Prigozhin]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:24, August 25, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===This is what's happening at the front===&lt;br /&gt;
Day after day. [https://www.bitchute.com/video/xCTjexNtR46G/ 700 a day]. How long are you Nazi supporters willing to let this go on? Another month? The cause is lost. It's hopeless. Time for you moral cowards to speak up and demand Republicans and Democrats, Biden and Congress end this insanity in a war ''they'' know is lost. No blame game. Just end it now. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:19, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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These are not soldiers. They are old men and boys forcibly sent to the front by Zelensky, NATO, and you - the brainwashed American taxpayer and Putin-hater. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:25, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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It's getting to be too much work for the Russians to clean up the dead bodies the Ukrainians leave on the field. They have a war to fight - not clean up the mess you American taxpayers paid $165,000,000,000 to create, and the Ukrainians don't have the respect for their fallen dead to remove them from the battlefield. Sooner or later the Russians will do the same thing your Ukrainian heroes do - leave them there to rot. The Russians aren't being paid for the mess you created. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:40, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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It's not a soccer match. There are no cheerleaders. Just end the damn war now. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:46, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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These deaths are caused by the TOS-1 ''Soltenspek'', ''Sunburn'', or &amp;quot;heavy flame thrower&amp;quot;. It is a thermobaric, the most powerful non-nuclear weapon. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:10, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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The battlefield is so littered with Ukrainian corpses, reports indicate the bodies can be seen from space by satellite imaging. [https://www.bitchute.com/video/Ym68nzBkLETn/] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:10, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Useless coward Putin.PNG|rightt|600px|thumb|Opposition to President Vladimir Putin's moderate approach toward Ukraine and restrained responses to NATO provocations during the NATO war in Ukraine was fairly vocal and widespread. [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/strelkovs-vatic-fantasy-fulfilled][https://korybko.substack.com/p/analyzing-the-arrest-of-doom-and] Girkin is a war hero from the early days of the [[Donbas war]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
[https://www.bitchute.com/video/735W26YFRzyS/] The Russian people are really pee-d off, and like America after [[9/11]], they want action for the [[terrorism]] the [[Biden regime]] has unleashed upon them. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:15, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://samgerrans.substack.com/p/four-ways-of-understanding-the-war Sam Gerrans: Four Ways Of Understanding The War In Ukraine]; good overview. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:50, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Obama and transgenderism===&lt;br /&gt;
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Traditional history records a handful of transgendered freaks like Emperor Elagabulus (c. 204 -222). The modern history of this subject begins with John Money, who wrote a journal article about Canadian David Reimer in 1967. Reimer was born a boy and was brought up as a girl as part of a sick psychological experiment. He committed suicide in 2004. ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975) gave us the word &amp;quot;transsexual.&amp;quot; In 2015, Olympian Bruce Jenner announced that he was a woman. Suddenly, the issue everywhere. Thousands of years of human cultural were overturned by a ''Vanity Fair'' cover. &lt;br /&gt;
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There was obviously more to the story, but the magazine cover was only part that the MSM was interested in telling us about. After watching [https://youtu.be/E3um55ckPKs this Megan Kelly video], I suspect at that we can thank President Barack Obama for this problem. He wrote up fantasies about gay sex, according to Kelly. [https://youtu.be/WGLn9wGGSOQ He had a masculine-looking white girlfriend at one point]. He gave her up to have a politically correct marriage with Michelle.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you recall the panic over covid, it seems that drug companies are calling the shots these days. So how can we control them? Malcolm Gladwell has a podcast about how California and other states [https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/revisionist-history/in-triplicate headed off the opioid epidemic by requiring forms to be filled out &amp;quot;in triplicate].&amp;quot; I remember when &amp;quot;in triplicate&amp;quot; was a metaphor for the dumbest, most pointless form of regulation, so this backstory was fascinating. Maybe its time to do something similar for puberty blockers. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 02:20, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The story of [[Michael Robinson]] has been known for a while. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:39, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::During the 2008 campaign, Obama's ''Dreams from my Father'' (1995), was treated as a definitive account. In 2012, a biography by David Maranass went through the book and debunked every story worth debunking. All those stories about how Obama triumphed over race discrimination? They were fake, every single one. But Maranass's account just leaves us with more questions. If Obama had spent his undergrad years playing basketball and smoking dope, how did he get into Harvard? You're not even allowed to ask as far as the MSM is concerned. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 04:55, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::[https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/david-garrow-interview-obama Here is a recent interview with Obama biographer David Garrow]. Garrow's book was a bestseller in 2017. He tracked down Obama girlfriend Sheila Miyoshi Jager as well as his homoerotic letters. The letters are part of an archive kept at Emory University in Georgia. Every major figure in the Biden administration is an Obama appointee. They run policy while Biden focuses on making money for himself and his family. [https://nypost.com/2022/10/17/hunter-bidens-real-estate-firm-received-over-100m-from-russian-oligarch/ Compared to Hunter's $100 million in Russian money], Obama's book deal was worth a measly $65 million. The Garrow interview I linked to argues that Obama is running this administration, much like Jefferson writing letters in Monticello telling the Madison administration what to do. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 13:43, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::I downloaded a copy of Garrow's book and I'll work on this when I have a chance. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 23:54, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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God will have His Vengeance on the Persecutors of Christians: &amp;quot;Vengeance is Mine, says the Lord, I will repay&amp;quot;; &amp;quot;You are the Apple of My Eye, says the Lord; Whoever touches you touches Me&amp;quot;; &amp;quot;Saul, Saul why are you persecuting Me ... I am Jesus, Whom you persecute&amp;quot;, the Lord said when His Martyrs were being Persecuted, as they are still today, above all by these Radical Islamist Terrorist Thugs. Will update the Persecution of Christians in the World Today article with this shortly, but it is also News that deserves to be more widely reported.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;ISIS videos in 2022 not only gloried in the killing of Christians and the destruction of their property and churches, but also in showing kidnapped Christian villagers being forcibly converted to Islam. Our adversary sees this campaign in ideological, Islamic supremacist terms most of all.&lt;br /&gt;
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But with talk of Africa becoming a higher priority for the U.S. as a result of intensifying great power competition, it is important to understand the full scope and ramifications of this bloody campaign. Certainly, the longer it continues, the greater possibility exists of the full ethnicization of these conflicts which could further fracture already stressed states and societies. What ISIS did to religious minorities in the Middle East it is seeking to do on a continent where Islam and Christianity are relatively equally matched. The potential result is pouring oil on a simmering fire.&lt;br /&gt;
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This comprehensive MEMRI report should be a wake-up call, not only about the military and security dimensions of the conflict in Africa that are too easily ignored, but about the ideological and cultural elements of this struggle. Only by understanding this crisis fully can we hope to address it successfully.&amp;quot; [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:07, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:uh, [[ISIS]] was funded by the [[Obama administration]] and the US taxpayer (just as [[Ukrainian Nazi]]s now are funded by the US). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:26, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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The Clear Solution is an Integrally Conservative Christian Candidate for US President. Since NATO is a US-dominated Alliance, it follows that the Ideology - whether Atheistic and Woke, i.e. pro-abortion and pro sodomy LGBTQ, or Conservative and Christian i.e. Pro-Life, Pro-Family, Pro-Natural Marriage etc - that dominates the US will also dominate NATO. It remains that the Election of a Conservative Anti-Woke Christian President like De Santis will definitely help end the Ukraine War, because then the West will go back to promoting Christian Values. Indeed, the possibility of an American-Russian Alliance - against ISIS for e.g. which still Terrorizes much of Africa - at a not too distant date is still possible. But Russia also needs to go back to its own territory for that to happen. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:34, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:[[Deep State]] support for ISIS is why Obama fired [[Gen. Michael Flynn]] as [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] director cause he opposed it, and why the [[FBI]] framed him up on bogus charges - to silence him. And why the Deep State thwarted all efforts by the Trump administration. Unfortunately, not only is there no clue that DeSantis understands any of this, he's funded by the same [[globalist]] forces in bed with the Deep State. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:46, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Let me take part of that back - yes, DeSantis does understand much of the [[Deep State coup plot]], but his ranting against it is an empty handed gesture. Like Trump, he wouldn't be able to get his own appointments the proper security clearances past the corrupt FBI, and would have to staff his own administration with a bunch of deep staters, just has Trump was forced to. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:50, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:And even if he could get a single appointee, like [[Gen. Flynn]] for example who already had the proper security clearances, the FBI will harass and frame them up on bogus charges in order to protect itself. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:55, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:: Brother, the Deep State really is Evil, and De Santis is the most dedicated, disciplined, tough, Anti-Evil Candidate I have ever seen. I'm not easily impressed, and I'm really impressed by De Santis. That is after many hours of researching his record and his accomplishments. This man walks the walk and not just talks the talk. He will Succeed in destroying the Deep State, which Trump could not completely do, though I'll happily admit Trump did do some good things. De Santis catching on to Fauci being part of the Deep State within the Trump Administration while Trump was still commending that is just one basic evidence for that I can think of. De Santis is the Crusading Christian Conservative Champion we've all been waiting for for 40+years since Ronald Reagan and he will take the Deep State down. Just give him the chance and see. If I'm wrong in 2028, I'll eat my words and you can quote them back to me right here. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:27, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Here's where you need some understanding how the system operates (and we will not even go into the matters of [[FISA abuse]] or [[Weaponization of government]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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:::That is precisely the problem we face today; cause [[Chris Wray]] and the FBI aren't going to grant security clearances to anyone who wants to clean up the FBI, [[DOJ]], [[CIA]] or any other [[corrupt]] apparatus of the US [[intelligence community]] and [[deep state]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:40, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The issue here isn't who's right and who's wrong, or who's the good guy and who's the bad guy; the issue is the [[military industrial complex]] will sell weapons to '''''both''''' sides, Christians and Muslim terrorists, to keep the fight going (but won't sell to arms competitors, like the Russians). The deep state/military industrial complex doesn't care ''who'' gets killed or how many, but rather the more the merrier for arms sales profits. &lt;br /&gt;
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I care who gets killed, the Islamic Terrorists should get killed, and the Christians should be Free. Trump did Good Work against ISIS, unlike pathetic Obama who supported them, led by his Deep State. De Santis will do 10 times Greater Things. Support and rally around him and we win! [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:30, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::[https://www.bitchute.com/video/ROKP4Xg1ggLS/ Al-Qaeda mercenaries fighting for Ukraine complain of being paid with counterfeit money]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:44, August 15, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:And who pays for these arms? Not Ukraine or some broke third world sh*hole, but you, the US taxpayer. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:59, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:And how does the US taxpayer pay for these arms? With money borrowed from [[China]], piling on the national debt. [[FDR]] used to respond to critics of [[deficit spending]] and the [[national debt]] by saying, &amp;quot;We owe it to ourselves&amp;quot;, meaning we owe it to [[Wall Street]] or American elites. Today it's a [[foreign debt]]., [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:08, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:So yah, let's expand [[NATO]] to Asia with more money borrowed from China, so we can attack China and wipe out a debt justly owed. Makes perfect sense. But do you really think the Chinese are that stupid they can't see what's going on? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:11, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Expanding NATO into Asia will relieve the US taxpayer burden. Europe will pay more of its fair share and America won't have to go it alone. Asian Countries who are prospects join NATO are already supporting the Alliance in various ways like Japan and South Korea are. Expanding NATO into Asia makes all of us stronger and the world safer. It is a win-win for everyone except Godless Commie China. We are in Cold War 2.0. Wake up, Rob! The sooner we all see it, the better for all of us. We need Raeganite Peace through Strength against the New Evil Empire of today, which is Commie China. So many problems will become better once China has a True Democratic Revolution. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:32, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Now do you understand why God commanded [[Solomon]] not to multiply horses? But Solomon disobeyed, and the kingdom was destroyed. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:22, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*''&amp;quot; Indeed, the possibility of an American-Russian Alliance - against ISIS for e.g. which still Terrorizes much of Africa - at a not too distant date is still possible.&amp;quot;'&lt;br /&gt;
::Indeed, [[Vladimir Putin]] has asked for this since nearly the day he took office (after the two Chechen wars in the 1990s), but the Bush administration, Obama administration, User:Conservative, and yourself have told him to go to hell. Now it's too late. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:53, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I did not tell him to go to hell, but only to go back to Russia's own territory. Saint John the Apostle says this: &amp;quot;11For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. 13Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, b if the world hates you. 14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. 15Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.&amp;quot; (1 Jn 3:11-15). Putin should see he isn't helping anyone - certainly not Christian - by attacking a 90% Christian Country like Ukraine, not to mention 60% of whom are his brother and sister Orthodox Christians. Putin has been misled by the Deep State's own Agents within the former KGB. They play both sides and they want to promote the narrative that America and Russia are Eternal Enemies. It doesn't have to be that way. America should stop promoting Woke Ideology, which Patriarch Kirill has demanded. That's where De Santis comes in; he is the Strongest Anti-Woke Candidate America has ever seen and will be the Strongest Anti-Woke President she has ever known either. But Russia also needs to do its part for peace and that is pull out, like both the US and Russia did in Afghanistan. The sooner the better. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:36, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It's not going to happen. We need a peacemaker like [[Richard Nixon]], when the country finally gets tired of endless wars.  But you yourself are out there cheerleading for more war. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:47, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:(ec) And as noted above, a president needs diplomats and advisors to make peace, who can't get past FBI vetoes on their security clearances cause the [[military industrial complex]] controls (or is one big component of) the [[Deep state]], which controls the FBI. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:52, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Bwahahahaha! Nixon! Pathetic, Commie-appeasing, bootlicking Nixon. Watch the video I shared below, somewhere around 2-3 mins I think. Nixon was pathetic and totally messed it up. he had the opportunity of a lifetime to bring Russia closer to the West and totally blew it.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nixon is the Exact Opposite of someone we need. It is De Santis, the Raeganite minded Conservative of today. De Santis, I tell you! I'msure of it. Russia will love him because he is Anti-Woke. It's that simple. That includes Russian Christians and the Russian Church. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:55, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Oh, Nixon should've nuked em, huh? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:56, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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From: https://www.deccanherald.com/india/china-select-committee-of-us-house-recommends-making-india-part-of-nato-plus-1222340.html [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:06, August 16, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Now you see why the country is in such trouble - we have such incompetent leadership, even on the GOP side. And the GOP leaders have no excuse. You can't say they are just lying for [[propaganda]] purposes; no, they are just stupid and incompetent. Not only do they not have a clue about what is happening in the world, they don't understand how the world works in the first place. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:21, August 16, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Before you go off on this rah-rah NATO spiel, as a young person you need to understand a few things. For NATO to continue to exist, it needs a bogeyman. Whoever the role of bogeyman gets assigned to, that means an [[arms race]]. An arms race, in economic terms, means you have to pay for it throughout your lifetime with higher taxes, higher inflation, and less economic opportunities for yourself for educational, employment opportunities, or starting a business (cause the nation has other priorities than your private interests). Then, when push comes to shove, you see all the sacrifices you paid for advanced arms were wasted, cause all your expensive weapons don't work and are burning up in a field somewhere like Ukraine (or worse yet, are just abandoned to our enemies cause our military and political leaders knew all along they are worthless, like in Afghanistan). Then those weapons need to be replaced. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.&lt;br /&gt;
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:So, be a little more skeptical of propaganda sources before you bite off info about who the next Hitler, or who the next Reagan is (heck, I remember when Reagan was Hitler). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:08, August 16, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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'''''Breaking:'' [https://youtu.be/zqn14Xw7JE8 According to this guy,]''' who uses four sources, India is hooking up with Russia, China, Iran, and Belarus to oppose NATO &amp;amp; the US. &lt;br /&gt;
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Interesting term he invents here: NATO = the [[Axis of Good]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:33, August 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:'''''Bloomberg:''''' &amp;quot;China’s defense minister vowed to '''[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-15/china-defense-minister-excludes-us-in-vow-to-widen-military-ties#xj4y7vzkg strengthen military ties with a string of countries around the world, while excluding''' from that list the Asian nation’s biggest economic and geopolitical rival, '''the United States.&amp;quot;''']&lt;br /&gt;
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:Translation: If Germany, the UK, and France (plus Italy, Canada or whoever else) wants to deepen [[economic]] and [[military]] ties (remember, military alliances are created to defend economic trading blocs) with China, they would have to leave NATO.  And the entire NATO bloc's prosperity over the past 20-30 years has been built on (1) Russian energy, and (2) cheap Chinese manufactured goods. So it looks like people living in the NATO bloc outside the US have some tuff choices ahead, as they sink into despair and poverty as a result of American leadership and their relations with the United States. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:54, August 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== The Wire: The Siege on Manipur: Hindu Nationalists' War for Supremacy in India ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Pray for India. Modi's BJP Party must lose in May 2024 and Rahul Gandhiji must become Indian Prime Minister. That's the only way this horrible Hindutva Terrorism against Christians ends. https://thewire.in/communalism/siege-on-manipur-hindu-nationalists-war-for-ethnic-supremacy&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Nazi imagination and practices of grotesque brutality are formative to Hindu nationalism. “Volksgemeinschaft” or national community was, for Nazis, the ideal society to be achieved through mass movement, statecraft, thieving, violence, race experiments, and Holocaust. The “Other” was its target.&lt;br /&gt;
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M.S. Golwalkar, an early ideologue of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), professed deep admiration for the Nazis. An inspiration to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Golwalkar, noted: “To keep up the purity of the Race and its culture, Germany shocked the world by her purging the country of the Semitic Races – the Jews. Race pride at its highest has been manifested here.” Golwalkar continued that non-Hindus in India “may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privileges… not even citizen’s rights”. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:08, August 18, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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CBN News explains: &amp;quot;Religious freedom experts blame India’s government for religious violence.&amp;quot; https://youtu.be/TYDdKdLs__k [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:09, August 18, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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: I don't understand; why do you keep pushing the Ukrainian ''Volksgemeinschaft'' here? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:29, August 18, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Not the topic. India's RSS is influenced by Savarkar, Golwalkar mentioned above and their Neo-Nazi Ideology that explicitly idolizes that Thug Hitler. India's Poor Christians are suffering under this travesty right now. If you cared for them, you'd at least pray for them, and try to help and support in any way you could e.g. by writing articles drawing attention to it, or material and financial support either directly to Indian Christians or to Christian Organizations like Open Doors that helps Persecuted Christians in India. Let's do that. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:33, August 18, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:I still don't understand. Why do support Ukrainian Neo-Nazi Thugs and oppose the anti-fascist Putin, yet ask us to support antifascism in India and oppose Neo-Nazi Thugs in India? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:56, August 18, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Please don't draw false and unwarranted comparisons. Modi is brutally killing and persecuting Christians in India and you are saying this. Putin invaded Ukraine and tried to take Kyiv. There is no comparison. Modi is brutally persecuting harmless and peaceful Christians praying and worshipping in our Churches. I am an Indian Christian and I stand with fellow Persecuted Indian Christians. Updated the Persecution of Christians article: https://www.conservapedia.com/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_World_Today#Siege_on_Manipur:_Hindu_Nationalists.27_War_for_Ethnic_Supremacy [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:11, August 19, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:No I'm not. &amp;quot;Putin...tried to take Kyiv&amp;quot; is a blatant lie from MSM propaganda. Putin entered Ukraine to &amp;quot;denazify&amp;quot; it. Period. I don't understand the argument of supporting Ukrainian Nazi Thugs while opposing Indian Nazi Thugs.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Here is the problem that you have created for yourself: your use of Western media propaganda and lies now doesn't carry much weight trying to help Westerners understand the problems Christians face in India. So if you want help, you can begin right there. &lt;br /&gt;
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:And no, I regard [[CBN]] as cow-towing to globalism and deep state propaganda (probably to keep its [[FCC]] licenses). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:36, August 19, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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No, you are complicit in and guilty of Modi's Crimes against Christians if you refuse to condemn them. Every Serious Christian anywhere he lives is Gravely Guilty of Complicity in Modi's Crimes if he refuses to condemn them and at least pray for brother and sister Suffering Christians, if not to materially help them. Whatever you think of the Russia-Ukraine War, Modi's Persecution of Christians are Mortal Sins on his part, as is anyone supporting them, especially someone claiming to be Christian and then supporting him.&lt;br /&gt;
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Putin's attempt to take Kyiv is a Fact of History, despite your trying to Whitewash it: &amp;quot;Russia’s failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages&amp;quot; https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-battle-for-kyiv-dc559574ce9f6683668fa221af2d5340&lt;br /&gt;
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I oppose Putin also because his actions have caused Millions of Ukrainians, most of whom are Christians, to suffer external and internal displacement because of his unjust War. But Modi's Evil Actions in relative peace-time are something else altogether. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:30, August 19, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Putin deceives some people because he claims to be Christian - thus many cannot see that his actions, which have led to some 10 MN Ukrainians, most of whom are Christians, suffering, are in fact Anti-Christian, and favor the Radical Islamists, of whom Putin is a careless dupe. But Modi's Anti-Christian Actions should be clear and plain for all the world to see. They are of Anti-Christ, period. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:35, August 19, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:(ec) I only have a vague outline of the events in Manipur from a few sources I haven't been able to get to yet (as another CP editor has been trolling me relentlessly for weeks and has eaten into much of my time). But your use of the term &amp;quot;Nazi Thugs&amp;quot; while excusing Ukrainian Nazi Thugs gives me pause. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:36, August 19, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Here is [https://www.bitchute.com/video/4UCV94iIMzq5/ an example of the Ukrainian ''Volksgemeinshaft'']. Gimme something similar, if you can. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:41, August 19, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Let me expand on this: The sources I have collected from India (which I haven't been able to get to yet cause of trolling) are qualified; I will not accept MSNBC or any other MSM BS at face value (in fact, I'll probably deliberately ignore it). The link I provided shows a law passed by the US-backed fascist Kyiv regime, that requires all commercial transactions in Ukraine, even between native Russian speakers, to be conducted in the Ukrainian dialect. Imagine, a law in Canada - in Quebec or Montreal - requiring all transactions between native French speakers (many who do not understand English) to be conducted in English at the threat of arrest. And that's exactly what the guy who made this video did. He gives the address and name of the business at the end of the video to report a crime to the [[Ukrainian gestapo]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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::Now, unlike French and English, Russians and Ukrainians can understand each other for the most part (like Spanish and Portuguese). In fact, the so-called &amp;quot;Ukrainian dialect&amp;quot; is really kinda like &amp;quot;hillbilly English&amp;quot; even spoken in rural areas and villages in Russia. It's just less sophisticated, with a smaller vocabulary, than the Russian that cosmopolitan city-slickers in Moscow and St. Peterburg speak. It has to borrow from Russian words, phrases, and idioms beyond its 50,000 word vocabulary (Russian, like English, is fully developed with a 400,000 word vocabulary). So the idea or concept of a &amp;quot;Ukrainian language&amp;quot; really is based on false pretenses, of which they are trying to build a ''Gemeinshaft'' at gunpoint. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:09, August 19, 2023 (EDT).&lt;br /&gt;
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=== The Wire: Elections 2024 in India entering its Most Dangerous Phase ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;[[Modi]] is too good a politician not to know the value of such gestures, so his profound silence has to be traced to other, more pressing concerns. The only one that springs to mind is his growing fear that, with opposition unity solidifying from month to month, the BJP is in danger of losing the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. So he has gone back to the one antidote with which he is familiar, and which worked unfailingly in Gujarat, and in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This is stirring up hatred of Muslims and other minorities in the Hindu majority. He did not plan the Manipur violence, but these played into his hands just as the Pulwama attack had done four years ago. It is against this background that one needs to examine the riots that broke out in Nuh.&lt;br /&gt;
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How dangerously irresponsible Prime Minister Modi’s behaviour is can be judged by comparing it with that of his predecessor Atal Behari Vajpayee. When, within months of the NDA coming to power in 1998, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the Bajrang Dal raised a hue and cry against conversions to Islam and Christianity, began to attack Christian priests and nuns and vandalise churches, Vajpayee sharply criticised their lawlessness and undertook a fast to force BJP-ruled state governments to take stern action. When cadres of the Bajrang Dal set fire to the car in which [[Graham Staines]], an Australian Christian missionary, and his two sons were sleeping outside a church in Odisha, and burned them alive, he took immediate action. Mass arrests followed, and in less than four years, Dara Singh, the main culprit was in prison, sentenced to death, while his accomplices received lesser sentences.&lt;br /&gt;
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Graham Staines in red. No article on him yet for Conservapedia? Almost incredible. Edit: Added now. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 05:33, August 20, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== CBN News: 'Hindutva': The Radical Hindu Ideology That Seeks to 'Push Christianity Out of India' ===&lt;br /&gt;
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https://youtu.be/-KWCLTvVw6A [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:20, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:CBN did it to itself, carrying [[globalist]] [[propaganda]]. It didn't have to support [[Ukrainian Nazi]]sm, but it did. So now it has lost credibility in other matters. It's best not to even watch their stuff (i.e. boycott it), cause then you don't have to pass judgement on it. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:20, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Look how you excuse yourself from the Christian Moral Obligation to help Persecuted Christians. See: &amp;quot;In 2023, Open Doors reported on an ongoing Global Genocide - the terrible and unparalleled Persecution of 360 Million Christians, which deserves to be called a Second or Ongoing Holocaust. [1][2][3] &amp;quot;More than 360m Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith.&lt;br /&gt;
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In Open Doors’ World Watch List top 50 alone, 312m Christians face very high or extreme levels.&amp;quot; This demands urgent attention from all Christians and humanitarians concerned with Human Rights everywhere. Those who claim: &amp;quot;If I lived in the days of the Holocaust, I would do everything in my power to prevent it&amp;quot; have the opportunity now to do so with this Second Holocaust. It is a Moral Obligation for all Good People everywhere to condemn this Violence.&amp;quot; https://www.conservapedia.com/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_World_Today&lt;br /&gt;
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Your opinion on the Ukraine War has nothing to do with the Persecution of Christians in India under the Hindutva Government. CBN News is a non-political organization, it is a Christian News Organization that highlights the plight of suffering Christians in the world. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:04, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:The issue, and only issue, is the credibility of CBN as a news organization. My moral obligation as a Chrisitan is to discern lies. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:24, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Nazism means you want to kill all Jews or you have Racist Hatred of others. Defending your own country from an Invasion is not Nazism, otherwise those who fought the Nazis themselves such as for e.g. the Poles are &amp;quot;Nazis&amp;quot;. It is a known Commie trick to make false accusation of being &amp;quot;Nazis&amp;quot; to all those who are resisting some form of evil they are doing. Ukraine is defending its own borders, a nation's right. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:06, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:There is no question regarding American support for Nazis in Ukraine. It began in 1947. More money now than ever is being poured into them.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Another question: When the fighting ends, which may happen before the end of this year, where are the surviving Nazis going to go? Many are foreign. Furthermore, according to the Biden [[DHS]], there are 3,000 American Nazis who have travelled to Ukraine. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:24, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
This would be like saying, &amp;quot;if you want the secure America's southern border&amp;quot;, you're a &amp;quot;Nazi&amp;quot; and there can be no possible other explanation for it. Clearly false. Ukraine too has the same natural national right to defend its border, not to mention its capital Kyiv. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:08, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:You're reaching now. Wake up. Ukraine is a fascist state, It is losing, and will lose. &lt;br /&gt;
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Russia has lost 260,000 Soldiers. It will lose 300,000, then 400,000 before long. Before it reaches 500,000 it will likely withdraw, no doubt as an alleged &amp;quot;Good Will Gesture&amp;quot;. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 05:10, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You want proof of that? Ukraine's fascist dictator just said he will hold elections if Americans pay for it. Wait. What? I thought we were fighting for their democracy and sovereignty.&lt;br /&gt;
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:You need to understand and accept a fundamental fact of life: you have been lied to about Ukraine. When you finally come to that realization, you need to look closely at ''who'' deceived you. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:24, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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No, you have been deceived by a Radical Isolationist Fringe that has completely rejected Raeganatite Conservatism. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 05:12, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Video from China Uncensored: How long till China betrays Russia===&lt;br /&gt;
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This Video mentions the Open Secret that China has never cared for Russia and is probably soon going to betray it. It is a pity Vladimir Putin thinks Godless Communist China can ever be trusted to be Russia's Friend.&lt;br /&gt;
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https://youtu.be/_k_GMnVrYeU [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:50, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It won't happen until China and Russia break the back of US domination, first. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:53, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Watch the video please. It explains Nixon and Kissinger totally messed it up. Worst incompetents ever, or acting on orders from the Deep State. We need someone to take the Deep State down. De Santis is the Best and Logical Choice. He also understands the Evil Empire is China, not Russia. Down with Commie China's CCP!!! [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:56, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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See between 3-4 mins where Commie Thug Geng Biao gives the Game and the Secret Away: &amp;quot;We allowed Nixon's Visit, not in the least because of positive feelings toward the US. WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SOVIET-US CONFLICT&amp;quot;. Wake up, America! [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:59, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Deep State took Nixon down. It would be easy to say cause he tried to make peace with Russia and China, but that isn't half the story. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:31, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;What would happen if Beijing ultimately decides to invade Taiwan? Would the island be able to withstand the attack by the People's Republic of China? What role could the United States play? Would the U.S. military be able to withstand the Chinese onslaught? In this video we tell you all the details.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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https://youtu.be/B17LzRNesvg [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 05:35, August 20, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:For serious students, this is classic [[propaganda]]. The headline should read, &amp;quot;What would happen if China ultimately decides to invade itself?&amp;quot; [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:31, August 20, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Li Chenxi has attended gatherings and read the Bible with her parents since she was little. In 1988 at just 13 years old, she's arrested while attending a gathering, then locked up in a small, dark room for one day and two nights. From then on, the CCP never stops persecuting her. She's once again arrested by the police at 17 for sending books of God's words to other brothers and sisters in the church. In an effort to force her to reveal the source of the books, the police brutally beat her father right in front of her, and parade her through the streets labeled as a &amp;quot;political prisoner.&amp;quot; In 1996, the police come to arrest Li Chenxi once again. She has no choice but to flee her hometown and begin the life of a fugitive. The CCP police's frequent harassment and intimidation leaves her entire family living in a constant state of terror. Unable to withstand the long-term stress and fear, her mother has a mental breakdown, and her father, who already suffered from health problems, sees his condition deteriorate even further because of the police's brutal beating. A once-happy family is thus torn apart. While on the run, Li Chenxi joins brothers and sisters in spreading the gospel all over the country. They suffer under the CCP's reign of terror, suppressed and arrested time and time again. Some brothers and sisters are arrested and then savagely tortured. Some are beaten to death, and some are given prison sentences of more than 10 years. In late 2012, Li Chenxi is arrested once again while sharing the gospel and undergoes four long months of interrogations, attempts to extort confessions, and brainwashing.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== CBN News: China Rewrites the Bible ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Godless Atheist Commie China and North Korea terribly persecute Christians. Rise up, Christendom! Pray for our Brothers and Sisters there. &lt;br /&gt;
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https://youtu.be/FoIp7KO-Xd4 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:48, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Nice to see. What I love about the Catholic Church is She is Truly Universal. She is Asian, African, European and American, and Australian. She is all things to all people, as Christ commanded us to be. And now Russia appreciates the Vatican's Efforts to Promote Peace. Let's hope Peace breaks out soon in these calamitous times:&lt;br /&gt;
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Comment in link: &amp;quot;Lord give us mercy and end the war in Ukraine and other conflicts around the world 🙏&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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https://youtu.be/8BfTFP_RtFA [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:04, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Oh, did you see Zelensky just had the Satanic Nazi [[Azov Battalion]] take over the [[Kiev Pechersk Lavra]] last week? You'll probably have trouble finding sources in English. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:36, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Machine translation: [https://www.politnavigator.net/kievo-pecherskuyu-lavru-zaselyat-boevikami-azova.html Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra will be populated by Azov militants], with a photo of the Nazi thugs lined up outside the monastery where St. Ceril translated the bible and is buried. &lt;br /&gt;
:The article itself is difficult reading cause it has a tone of resignation about many facts it assumes the reader is familiar with. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:47, August 14, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Jackson Hinkle: [https://youtu.be/rqdE2AV_ccc Ukraine ARRESTS Christians For Praying At Monastery]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:53, August 15, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:German Chancellor [[Olaf Scholz]] claims [https://youtu.be/h4hGqoZj73U those seeking peace in Ukraine are the black angels coming straight from hell.] Hmmm, does this mean [[Pope Francis]] is coming straight out of hell? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:30, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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The Catholic Church had a good run, but perhaps its time for American Catholics to find a nice Orthodox church. Did Jesus ever worry that anyone was too reactionary? See &amp;quot;[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pope-francis-blasts-u-s-catholics-reactionary-views Pope Francis blasts US Catholics for 'reactionary' views].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 07:23, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Francis is siding with Merrick Garland and Christopher Wray. Nothing surprising there. It's not like the church is known for its advocacy of democracy and freedom, although this could be an indication he's thinking about letting priests gay marry. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:19, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;In a recent revelation, GOP presidential candidate Hirsh Singh has brought to light controversial details concerning Vivek Ramaswamy’s political affiliations and voting history. Documentation obtained from the Franklin County, Ohio Board of Elections suggests that Ramaswamy is not a registered Republican but, rather, a registered “Unaffiliated” voter.&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/vivek-ramaswamys-voting-records-show-he-is-not/ [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:58, August 27, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:OMG! [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:08, August 27, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Republic Sentinel: &amp;quot;rejection of political activity as a worldly endeavor&amp;quot; a capital mistake===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;This reality can only be interpreted as an indictment on American Christians and their complete surrender of the political realm.&lt;br /&gt;
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The consistent message from many evangelical elites in recent years has been the rejection of political activity as a worldly endeavor, the notion that purported neutrality in the political sphere is a positive good, and the promotion of an inwardly focused Christianity occupied largely with making converts. They have failed to see that the Great Commission calls for the making of disciples, rather than mere converts, and teaching the nations to obey all that Christ commanded ... The emergence of Ramaswamy as a viable presidential contender, despite his strengths as a candidate, must serve as a harsh rebuke for American Christians. Our nation needs unashamed and bold Christians who possess the righteousness of Christ to advance righteousness in the public square. For all of our laments about Christless conservatism, we must remember that we are the ones who, by our abdication, have rendered the movement Christless.&amp;quot; https://republicsentinel.com/articles/opinion-vivek-ramaswamy-puts-christian-presidential-candidates-to-shame {{unsigned|}}&lt;br /&gt;
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:Trump/Ramaswamy 2024. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:10, August 27, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Video DESTROYS Vivek Over DUMB Foreign Policy! ===&lt;br /&gt;
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https://youtu.be/ZM3QKt0cKDE [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:53, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Ukraine corruption news==&lt;br /&gt;
===Why is a 2015 Harper's article being featured on main page right as a news item?===&lt;br /&gt;
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Why is a 2015 Harper's article being featured on main page right as a news item? &lt;br /&gt;
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Here is the article's URL: https://harpers.org/2015/08/undelivered-goods/&lt;br /&gt;
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Notice the 2105 in the article's URL.  &lt;br /&gt;
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It was an honest mistake because Harper did not put the date of the article in the article for SEO reasons. &lt;br /&gt;
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I deleted it from MPR. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 17:58, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Harper's just updated the report. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:17, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::OK. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 18:19, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::P.S. Harper's is a mainstream news source that is left-center in its political ideology. {{Personal remark removed}}  [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 18:28, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::(ec) I assure you, I'm no fan of Lewis Lapham or Steven Brill, and Cockburn has made me uneasy at times, but this piece is worth a second look (since no one else was covering [[Kolomoisky]] in 2015). &lt;br /&gt;
:::See [[Debate: When is a Mainstream media source deemed an acceptable source?]]&lt;br /&gt;
:::If you are going to refuse Debate, don't bring it up here. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:33, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Joe Biden at CFR meeting 2018 2.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Biden at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]: &amp;quot;‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money'...Well, [SOB], he got fired.&amp;quot; [http://web.archive.org/web/20210218183940/https://haciendapublishing.com/articles/deep-dark-secrets-rich-famous-and-powerful-cliff-kincaid] ]]&lt;br /&gt;
:Here's a very interesting claim made in the article:&lt;br /&gt;
::''[[Klitschko]] was very much under [[Firtash]]’s control,''&lt;br /&gt;
:being that [[Ukrainian_collusion_timeline#December_2015|Biden had Firtash arrested]] in 2015, and [[Nuland]] is now [https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fsome-of-the-documents-leaked-by-teixeira-were-completely-v0-0c6sthfoj4ib1.png%3Fs%3De126b00df72908d658f982695b05f759044f5f1d pushing Klitschko as Zelensky's successor] (see earlier text of &amp;quot;[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26079957 F*** the EU&amp;quot; phone call:] ''&amp;quot;I don't think Klitsch should go into the government. I don't think it's necessary, I don't think it's a good idea.&amp;quot;'') [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:58, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The article reads:&lt;br /&gt;
::''no one made too much of a fuss at the disappearance of an estimated $2 billion in IMF aid for Ukraine that speedily exited the country via Kolomoisky’s PrivatBank.''&lt;br /&gt;
:This is the $2 billion dollars that [[Biden]] said, &amp;quot;If [[Shokin]] don't get fired, you ain't gettin the money. Well SOB, he got fired.&amp;quot; [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:23, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Anyways, it's looking more and more like Zelensky is going to leave office soon, either in a box or on an airplane. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:12, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Propaganda news==&lt;br /&gt;
===Even The Bald Eagle's Call Is Propaganda===&lt;br /&gt;
[https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/even-the-bald-eagles-call-is-propaganda Never has this become more apparent than the war in Ukraine]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 01:58, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trump campaign news==&lt;br /&gt;
===54% of Prez. Trump's supporters want him to debate Governor Ron De Santis===&lt;br /&gt;
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54% of Prez. Trump's supporters want him to debate Governor Ron De Santis. Source: &amp;quot;Supporters of former President Donald Trump want to see him fend off his GOP challengers like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after Trump opted to skip the first Republican primary debate.&lt;br /&gt;
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A new Economist/YouGov poll released Wednesday found that 54 percent of Republican voters who want Trump to win the party nomination think Trump should participate in the second debate next month. Only 19 percent of Trump supporters think he shouldn't.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-supporters-pressure-him-debate-desantis-1823549 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:46, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:You don't see the contradiction here? Why would a majority of people who made up their mind want to change it now? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:52, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Trump and De Santis on Vaccines Contrasted ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Why didn't Trump lose credibility when he called himself &amp;quot;Father of the Vaccine&amp;quot;?&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Trump’s Latest Delusion: “I’m the Father of the Vaccine”&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/trumps-latest-delusion-im-the-father-of-the-vaccine&lt;br /&gt;
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Meanwhile, here is Pro-Life, Anti-Vax Conservative Champion De Santis:&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;DeSantis seeks grand jury investigation of Covid-19 vaccines Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he plans to petition the state’s Supreme Court to convene a grand jury to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” with respect to the Covid-19 vaccines.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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From: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/13/desantis-seeks-grand-jury-investigation-of-covid-19-vaccines.html It's so Clear that it's not even Close. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:49, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==De Santis campaign news==&lt;br /&gt;
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===Biden-Harris and Advisors: &amp;quot;De Santis-Newsom Debate&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Disrespectful. Lol===&lt;br /&gt;
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Lol. Crazy Biden-Harris and their Advisors. Sounds like they know people may be more interested in this than in so-called &amp;quot;Bidenomics&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Political advisers to both President Biden and Vice President Harris were reportedly annoyed with Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom over a planned debate with the Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a 2024 Republican presidential hopeful.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;It's disrespectful,&amp;quot; an outside adviser to Harris said, according to a report from NBC News on Sunday. &amp;quot;Joe Biden is running with Kamala Harris. That's the Democratic ticket.&amp;quot; https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-harris-advisers-irked-newsoms-plan-debate-desantis-disrespectful [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:24, August 27, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Lol. It means the Biden money is on DeSantis, which isn't going to earn DeSantis much from undecideds, Democrats thinking of bolting the party, or Republicans. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 02:53, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Recap: Rev. Franklin Graham's Praise of Anti-Woke Gov Ron De Santis: &amp;quot;Doesn't mess Round===&lt;br /&gt;
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God Bless the Graham Family. An anointed family of Spirit-led Preachers who love the Lord. The context here was a Drag Show event with children present.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Governor Ron DeSantis doesn’t mess around,” Graham wrote last week on his Facebook page.” He’s revoking the liquor license of a major Miami hotel because they hosted a drag queen show with children present, even after being warned.”&lt;br /&gt;
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The evangelist, who heads the Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, noted what DeSantis’ office said about such events.&lt;br /&gt;
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“Sexually explicit content is not appropriate to display to children and doing so violates Florida law,” the governor’s office proclaimed. “Governor DeSantis stands up for the innocence of children in the classroom and throughout Florida.” https://www.faithwire.com/2023/03/20/franklin-graham-praises-desantis-for-drag-show-kid-crackdown-doesnt-mess-around/&lt;br /&gt;
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[[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 05:03, August 28, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== National Review: De Santis has like 45% chance of winning the Republican Nomination ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Lowry: So you’re like 50 percent on Trump’s chances  now?&lt;br /&gt;
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Michael Brendan Dougherty: I’m totally with Noah. I think DeSantis is either 40 or 45 percent for the nomination. I think Trump is 40 percent.&amp;quot; [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:31, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/does-desantis-have-a-45-percent-chance-of-winning-the-republican-nomination/ [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:33, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:In Machiavelli's book, ''Il Principe'', Machiavelli talks about Fortune and Virtue, Fortune being the things beyond our control, and Virtue being our own skills and merit. Machiavelli says words to the effect of, ''fortune is responsible for half of what happens, leaving the other half to ourselves.''. So according to the ''National Review'', DeSantis chances of winning the nomination is dependent upon only 45% of his own skills and merit, and 55% luck if Trump somehow gets eliminated. Not very encouraging for a general election, winning the nomination by default. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:56, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Here is a fact you do not understand: Don't make the primary fight bloody and messy, cause the only way Trump can lose it is, not by DeSantis merit, but outside interference. And that will leave soo many Trump supporters p'd off, they won't vote in the general election. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:59, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:IOWs, since the ''National Review'' (as of now) says DeSantis chances is only by default, DeSantis would have to prove himself worthy of Trump supporters help - and he's not going to get it by trash talking Trump (same goes for DeSantis backers). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:07, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Did you read this: &amp;quot;the polls say that 85 percent of people in Iowa who say they support Trump in the race, say they’re considering supporting DeSantis.&amp;quot; So De Santis' support is high already among Trump Supporters as their Second Choice. Next, De Santis was beating Trump by 23 Points last December, and he gained that by his Merits and his Governance Record. Third, the no trash-talking should go both ways, or not at all. Trump trash-talked De Santis to try to diminish his support after De Santis was leading by 20+ Points. De Santis has responded mainly by pointing out to his own Great Record in Florida. Finally, the Trump Team may need De Santis, to pardon him, and more, so they better be good to De Santis and his supporters too. May the Best Man win, and the Best Man no doubt is Governor De Santis. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:31, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Ok, the 85% figure makes exactly my point: 85% will consider (not are committed to) DeSantis as the default candidate ''should Trump be forced out'' by DOJ election interference, not on DeSantis own merit. 15% have stated already they refuse. That group may like [[RFK Jr]] as a Democrat or Third Party, but they will not vote for Biden, Newsom, Kamala, Buttigieg or whoever in a general election. And that 15% sitting out is enough to sink DeSantis in a general election. &lt;br /&gt;
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:There is a theory that says let the Dems win, cause that will hasten their own suicidal destruction. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:18, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I DO NOT AGREE with such suicidal theories. Such &amp;quot;theories&amp;quot; are recipes for defeatism and inaction. Wrong. God is giving us more time, and we must use it wisely. IF America repents and returns to God wholeheartedly, God will save America again. De Santis is way more popular than Biden and will CRUSH him in a General Election, mark my words. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:44, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:True, it's a bitter pill to swallow. But many will sit out either from apathy, ideological stubbornness or whatever. Me, I'd still probably vote for neocon war criminals like John McCain or Dick Cheney anyday over Biden, Obama or any Democrat (save [[RFK Jr]]), but my conscience one day would condemn me and I still want to be at peace with God. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:58, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Conservatives in Iowa begin to rally around Conservative Governor Ron De Santis===&lt;br /&gt;
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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has recently picked up a few endorsements from influential conservative voices in Iowa, where the first GOP primary will be held — the latest coming from a former GOP leader in the state.&lt;br /&gt;
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Former Co-Chair of the Republican Party of Iowa Cody Hoefert endorsed DeSantis in an op-ed published by The Gazette on Wednesday, calling him “a battle-tested leader who can get our country back on the right track, who fights for our shared principles and can deliver results for the people.”&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-picks-up-endorsements-from-conservative-iowa-voices [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:44, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Well, it would be interesting if Iowa had a primary, but it doesn't. And Iowa people will be the first people to tell you this bs propaganda. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:03, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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It is of the Greatest Importance because if Governor De Santis wins the Iowa Caucus, the momentum will be with him, and the liberal press will have to give up on this fake narrative of theirs that De Santis allegedly can't win. De Santis has a Great Conservative Record and can. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:24, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:What I am saying is the use of that term, &amp;quot;primary&amp;quot;, to refer to the [[Iowa Caucus]] means that news article is [[propaganda]] aimed at the nation, not Iowa voters. Iowa voters see things quite differently than the nation as a whole. So the big question is, ''What exactly is the significance of Iowa?'' And now you know, you cannot trust a propaganda mouthpiece like the ''Daily Wire'' for the answer to that question. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:23, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Op-Ed referenced above - Former GOP Co-Chair in Iowa Cody Hoefert in the Gazetta: &amp;quot;Why I'm endorsing Ron De Santis&amp;quot; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;After thoughtful consideration and prayer, I have decided to endorse Ron DeSantis for President.&lt;br /&gt;
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Ron DeSantis grew up in a blue-collar family, paid his way through college, volunteered to serve in the Navy and go to Iraq after 9/11, is a proud husband to Casey, and father to three young children.&lt;br /&gt;
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He is the only candidate who has pledged to visit all of Iowa's 99 counties. (So far, he has visited 53.) While others take it for granted, DeSantis is doing what it takes to earn Iowans' support.&lt;br /&gt;
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During COVID lockdowns across the country, DeSantis ensured Floridians could keep their jobs and businesses open, send their kids to school, and freely worship in person at church.&lt;br /&gt;
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He signed the Heartbeat Bill into law, Florida’s strongest pro-life protections in state history, and is the only candidate in the race who has fought back against the radical left's woke agenda and won. He set the national standard to defend the innocence of our children in the classroom, eliminating Critical Race Theory and expanding school choice. He supports law enforcement, fought to expand and protect our 2nd Amendment rights, and cut taxes for Florida families.&lt;br /&gt;
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Much like Gov. Kim Reynolds here in Iowa, DeSantis has demonstrated that he will never back down from his principles and convictions. I'm confident that President DeSantis would bring that same &amp;quot;service over self&amp;quot; leadership to the White House.&amp;quot; [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:46, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== De Santis overtakes Trump in Poll ===&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;After the five-day convention—which included speeches from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Florida Congresswoman Kat Cammack and former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake—36.6 percent of the attendees indicated that they wanted to see DeSantis as the next Republican presidential candidate. Trump trailed with 35.4 percent of the vote.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-overtakes-trump-poll-1823863 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:57, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:OMG! It's [[Armageddon]]! [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:25, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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De Santis 2024! When President De Santis enters the White House, Jesus Christ becomes King of America. That's how it should be, and that's what the King of kings deserves. The King of kings does not deserve the mockery of LGBT Genital Mutilation Flags on the White House. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:27, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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De Santis was leading by 23 points last December, he will be in that league again most likely by this December. And by next November, he'll have beaten Joe Biden. He might get 100 MN Votes. He has a Great Record, runs the no. 1 economy in America, and won by 20 Points. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:28, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:(ec) Recall what I said above about making the primary fight a bloody mess - it will backfire on you.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Let's look at those two sources you've used: [[Newsweek]] and [[Heritage Foundation]]'s ''Daily Wire''. Both are [[globalist]] mouthpieces.  While the Heritage Foundation has coverage of election fraud issues unsurpassed by any [[DC]] [[think tank]], its [[foreign policy]] is captive to the [[military industrial complex]]. i.e., Heritage Foundation foreign policy are [[neocon]] warmongers. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:30, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The main issue is [[foreign policy]] and the [[deep state]]. While the deep state uses [[woke]] issues like teenage boys in dresses raping girls in [[public school]] bathrooms, it is a diversion to divide [[conservative]]s from the real issue: war with [[Russia]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:34, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Governor De Santis will avoid War with Russia because the Russian Church and Russian People will love him for his strong Anti-Woke Stance. Do you know Patriarch Kirill has blamed the West for LGBT Parades and sexualization of children? He is also right to blame Joe Biden for it, although that doesn't justify War. But with a President De Santis, America will become a Righteous Christian Nation once again, as it was always meant to be from the beginning, and was for a long time, and one of the major reasons for conflict will cease. Avoiding/preventing WWIII is absolutely important, but so are other things. As for newsweek etc, it is just reporting on a Poll. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:38, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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But I agree with your point on not making the Primary a mud wrestling match. That's a point well made and well taken. Let's keep it at the level of a Gentlemanly Discussion. But highlighting real issues and contrasts between the Candidates e.g. on vaccines, is legitimate. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:39, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:(ec) Good. Thank you. My point is MSM and globalist media splitting hairs about 35.4 v. 34.6 is intended to divide conservatives and defeat them. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:51, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The problem is DeSantis has already taken money from the globalists. It's like a heroin addiction - once a politician starts taking the money, they cannot stop, Even if they wanted to. And they can always be blackmailed if they try to stop. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:45, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Nope. You have to have the Right Balance between Idealism and Practicality. If you don't have enough donors, you won't be on the Debate Stage or Win Elections. De Santis had Donors back in Florida too, but he never compromised on his Solid Pro-life Principles, as his 6 Week Heartbeat Bill signing evinces. I trust Governor De Santis. His loyalty is to God, to his family, and to America, and he cannot be bought. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:51, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Well, we don't have the time or space to go into it here, but I'm talking about structural flaws in our whole electoral system. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:53, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== A Study in Contrasts: How De Santis and Trump responded to the Hurricane in Radically Different Ways, Compared ===&lt;br /&gt;
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As a major storm threatened the Florida coastline Monday morning, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a press conference from the state’s emergency management headquarters, warning residents about the storm’s danger while flanked by state and national guard leaders. Less than an hour earlier, Donald Trump had delivered a very different message to the public. The former president and GOP presidential front-runner, posting on social media, promoted an unsubstantiated rumor that DeSantis was dropping out of the presidential race to run against GOP Sen. Rick Scott, choosing to attack his rival even as Idalia began gaining strength over the Gulf of Mexico. “Now that’s an interesting one, isn’t it?” Trump wrote, one of dozens of political attacks the Republican candidate launched from Truth Social even as the storm inundated Florida and other southeastern states with water. &lt;br /&gt;
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For Florida’s two most prominent politicians, the week was a study in contrasting leadership styles. While DeSantis responded to the natural disaster in ways the public has long expected its government officials to act — holding press conferences and offering apolitical directions about managing its impact — Trump ignored the storm for days, instead posting a litany of insults aimed at his political adversaries while highlighting positive poll numbers for his campaign. By the time Trump mentioned Hurricane Idalia in a Wednesday afternoon post, he had already posted more than 140 times on Truth Social since Monday on a multitude of subjects, even dredging up an old letter the late actor Kirk Douglas sent him in 1998. (The count of Trump’s posts includes times in which he reposted messages from other accounts.)&lt;br /&gt;
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'''&amp;quot;Hurricane Ron DeSantis''' If he can do the executive job, maybe his skill at small talk is immaterial.&amp;quot; https://www.wsj.com/articles/ron-desantis-hurricane-idalia-florida-a4ec7f61 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:51, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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See this Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom Even Democrats are praising Gov. De Santis almost against their will because his Hurricane Response has been that amazing and extraordinary. If he's the Nominee, he crushes vacationing &amp;quot;no comment&amp;quot; Biden in 2024. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:07, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Let me give my personal sentiments on DeSantis - I love the guy. But the attacks on Trump, or contrasts with Trump, anger me. Now I'm not one to let emotion get in the way of my personal political assessments. And my personal assessments differ widely from typical voters: I do it on two levels: (1) an overall assessment as to what is best for the country and the planet, and (2) what is my own personal reaction, biases, prejudices, and what's best for me (IOWs, what's best for me may be in conflict with what's best for the country and planet, and I don't pretend that my personal interests are in line with or in sync with the overall best interests of everybody else).&lt;br /&gt;
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:So, at an emotional level, I can only react with anger when I see Trump and DeSantis name in the same sentence. Now I'm not like everybody else - GOP voters, Dems, or ordinary citizens of planet earth. I somewhat believe that I can attempt to remove my emotional biases and prejudices when making rational judgements - but I have little to no confidence that my fellow citizens of the country or planet earth even attempt to do so or think about such things (yes, there are a handful of sane people remaining on planet earth, but I've probably personally met maybe a half dozen in the past 10 years or so).&lt;br /&gt;
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:So I get angry. So what? I can overcome it. I have no confidence most other Trump backers, who are in excess of 60% of the GOP nationwide, will even attempt to do it. They'll just see the DeSantis candidacy as more deep state manipulation whether Trump becomes the nominee or not. And they are probably right. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:15, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Succinctly, Trump and DeSantis name in the same sentences leaves a bad taste in my mouth regarding DeSantis. Not him personally, but more so anyone or organization pushing DeSantis as a challenger to Trump. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:17, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::'''Framing the issues:''' The big issue is election fraud. The DeSantis candidacy denies election fraud (unless you view him as the default candidate, kinda like a VP, and not a challenger). Election fraud was committed to begin a war with [[Russia]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:27, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::[[Wokism]], [[transgenderism]], bla bla bla etc are emotional diversions from the deep state and Great Power competition going on in the world today. If the American people do not get in control of their elections in 2024, it's over. There never will be another free, fair, and open democratic election in America again. And the deep state will be ramming [[LGBT]] down your throat forever, assuming you can survive the nuclear holocaust they are hell bent on driving us to. &lt;br /&gt;
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::Donald Trump is the only man who can reverse the injustice of 2020. DeSantis and his backers - financial and ordinary people - are aiding the deep state in the destruction of American democracy, and driving the planet to nuclear war. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:37, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::One year ago people were all excited about a Trump/DeSantis ticket; now DeSantis ranks second on the sh*t list behind Mike Pence. Can't you see what has happened, and is happening? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:52, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::[[Bin Laden]] once said, &amp;quot;I don't hate America. I just hate their stupid politics.&amp;quot; Think about that. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:57, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Lol. Islamist Terrorist Bin Laden is going to show us the way now, is it? About the rest, pls note, as I said, 85% of Trump supporters continue to think favorably of Governor De Santis, and that would be even higher if Trump weren't busy trash-talking Governor De Santis, as he did multiple times even after the Hurricane Disaster. Trump can dish it out, but he can't take it, it seems. Let him stop attacking Governor De Santis first. Governor De Santis has the right to respond, and he will do so by continuing to highlight his accomplishments. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:40, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== EXCLUSIVE: Prominent Christian Pastor Narrowly Escapes Russia, Hunted for Opposing War in Ukraine ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Pope Francis on Ukrainian Nazi kill list.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Pope Francis was added to the [[Ukrainian Nazi kill list]] in late August 2023. [https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1696910826953642153] ]]&lt;br /&gt;
Bad: https://youtu.be/kCwaYjIgv2c [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:53, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:More CBN tripe. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:56, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It's a tit-for-tat propaganda reprisal for the news reported in the image at right. 'EXCLUSSIVE' means, it's not reported anywhere else cause nobody else cares, other than [[brainwashed]] viewers of CBN who can be easily manipulated. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:00, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[Eastern Orthodox]] and [[Evangelical Protestants]] have something in common: they both reject the authority of the Pope and have a deep ingrained prejudice against Roman Catholicism. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:03, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Petrine Primacy is not the issue. Petrine Primacy is based on Mat 16:18-19. The Orthodox consider the Pope to have a Primacy of Honor, but not of Jurisdiction. At the Re-Union Councils of Florence and Lyons II, historically, the Pope held a place of honor as the doctrinal discussions were proceeding. In the world today, it is important Christian Nations come to Peace and Consensus and work together.&lt;br /&gt;
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Certainly, if anyone is targeting the Pope, obviously, I as a Catholic Christian will never agree with it, and I condemn it. Part of Ukraine joining the EU will be to show that it satisfies and can fulfill all the democratically required conditions: &amp;quot;How do countries join the EU? Any European country that agrees to promote the EU's common values – respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law – and meets certain conditions, referred to as the “Copenhagen criteria,” is eligible to apply for membership.26-Jul-2022&amp;quot; https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/07/26/how-exactly-do-countries-join-the-eu/. Ukraine has some issues to fix, but that doesn't justify starting a War displacing some 10 MN people. Putin needs to go home, Ukraine needs democratic reforms[[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:15, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:It's there, on the US taxpayer funded [[Myrotvorets]] website, servers located at [[NATO]] headquarters in Brussels, operated in conjunction with the [[CIA]], and maintained by [[Anton Gerashchenko]], a member of parliament and deputy minister of the Interior (kinda like the [[DOJ]]). The [[SBU]], or [[Security Service of Ukraine]], is also in the Ministry of Interior and is commonly referred to as the &amp;quot;[[Ukrainian gestapo]]&amp;quot;. Names that appear on the website (well over 250,000) are commonly disappeared and murdered in Ukraine, either by the SBU or anyone of the various neo-Nazi organizations of the [[Pravy Sektor]]. The SBU has carried out several assassinations of people listed on the site outside of Ukraine's borders. Additionally, the site has the names of something like 300 children.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The SBU conducted the [[Bucha massacre]], not Russia. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:23, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:IOWs, if you get pulled over for drunk driving (or anything) in Ukraine, the cops run a check of your name thru Myrotvorets first. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:27, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Suppose you live in Ukraine, and your name is uploaded to the site (for whatever reason), with personal identifiers like a photo and home address. Neo-Nazi [[football hooligan]]s will show up at your house and kill you, if you are not high-profile enough for the matter to be handled by the SBU. And  the police won't investigate the matter cause your name was on the site. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:33, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::These Nazis are afraid of no one. And they are supported and encouraged by the [[U.S. Congress]], the [[Biden administration]], Western media, and elements of the public. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:38, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Here is the position the editors of [[CBN]] find themselves in: they can remain silent and ignore their viewers demand for information on Ukraine, and lose viewers to other media. Or they can report the standard Western propaganda narratives. Or they can tell the truth and end up on the Nazi kill list. What would you do? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:42, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:And let's look at this phrase: &amp;quot;respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality&amp;quot; = pro-LGBT+.&lt;br /&gt;
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:The rest of the planet has already moved past that - except for the [[brainwashed]] masses of the [[collective West]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:16, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The only way [[the West]] can enforce &amp;quot;respect for human dignity and human rights, freedom, democracy, equality, [[LGBT rights]]&amp;quot; is through sanctions, [[blackmail]], and [[war]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:20, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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As for CBN, they are a Christian Broadcasting Network, and do much Good Work for the Lord's Cause on Multiple Issue. It's unfair imo to blame them for their position on this even if you disagree. Send some of your material to them and see what they say; I think they are only opposed to Russia's Invasion itself, not anything else. Russia's Invasion caused 10 MN people to suffer displacement, that's the big issue here. Any Extremist Groups within Ukraine, I condemn them. But Extremism is often the result of War. The War needs to end, and Ukraine should transition to a True Democracy with Justice and Liberty for All. President De Santis will get it done. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:35, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I agree. They have done good work and are known for good. Only this case, they are in error. They are, after all, only human. And the risk they run if they continue kow-towing to the [[Satanic]] [[globalist]] masters of the West is being accused of deception. Which means they risk everything. ''A good name is better than fine gold.'' [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:07, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== &amp;quot;Horowitz: DeSantis becomes first governor to reject major Green New Deal subsidies&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Indian Opposition Leader [[Rahul Gandhi]]ji: Impossible for BJP to win if INDIA Alliance just does this ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;PM Modi and the BJP are a nexus of corruption and that is the first time the INDIA alliance will demonstrate and prove, Rahul Gandhi said as the two-day meeting of the opposition alliance in Mumbai concluded. It is impossible for the BJP to win the election as the opposition stage, Rahul Gandhi said, represents 60% of the Indian population. &amp;quot;So the task in front of us is to come together in the most efficient way possible. And two major steps have been taken in this regard -- a coordination committee and that we will expedite all seat-sharing discussions. These are two powerful steps in ensuring that the INDIA alliance defeats the BJP,&amp;quot; Rahul Gandhi said.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:Keep me posted. I try to stay abreast of India affairs, but this [[Niger]] and Africa deal is cutting into my time right now (not to mention all the trolling I've been subjected to over the past 2-3 weeks). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:13, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Global Warming Hype? ==&lt;br /&gt;
Global warming is simply hype because a city that is 1,377,622 times smaller than the surface of the Earth is cooler than average over a period of one month? Climate change is usually measured in terms of at least thirty years or more and someone is complaining about a temperature drop over one month? Who comes up with this stuff? I'd like to think an educational resource should have higher standards. Maybe CP should consider using an ombudsman.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 18:43, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Yah but hype is exactly that, as opposed to denial. For example, your concern stated right here about global warming measured against the looming threat of nuclear war can be considered &amp;quot;hype&amp;quot;. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:36, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:: [[File:UAH LT 1979 thru July 2023 v6 20x9-1.jpg|thumb|Global temperature peaked in 2016, according to the UAH satellite temperature record for 1979-2023]] Hype? I thought the Maui fires proved that that global warming was real after all that denier bellyaching. Anyway, here is the satellite temperature record. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 19:42, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::: If Detroit weather patterns are the best the denier community can do, then why bother? As for 2016 being the hottest year for satellite data, 2023 is almost there.--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 20:24, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::If you look at the chart, the temperature pattern for 1998 was similar to the one for this year. The next couple of years had below average temperature. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 20:53, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::But even you can see a significant rise in temperatures from 1979 to the present day?--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 22:16, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::&amp;quot;Significant&amp;quot; is how [[Detroit]] was 7 degrees hotter throughout August 1995 compared with last month.  The temperature variations in the chart posted here are insignificant.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::The [[liberal media]] screams &amp;quot;[[global warming]]&amp;quot; when temperatures are above average, and says almost nothing when below average.  The effect on publicity is to create a false impression of global warming.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] ([[User talk:Aschlafly|talk]]) 22:27, September 1, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::::You're 'screaming' how an insignificant area of the world, Detroit', has a lower than normal temperature over an insignificant period of time compared to the measurements used for climate change. The chart actually shows a significant increase in global temperatures over the past four decades. Why can't you comprehend this simple matter?--[[User:LSimons|LSimons]] ([[User talk:LSimons|talk]]) 08:32, September 2, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::::Anybody who can remember back a few years knows that &amp;quot;global warming catastrophe in ten years&amp;quot; has been a media staple for forty years. In the 1970s, the left had the same solar cell/wind turbine/shut down the economy agenda, only they called it the &amp;quot;energy crisis.&amp;quot;  [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 04:13, September 2, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== If Trump goes to jail, will he be Epsteined? ==&lt;br /&gt;
That you could murder someone who gets more media attention than anyone else in the world and get away with it sounds impossible, but liberal control of the media is so complete these days that we cannot discount the possibility. When Jeffery Epstein was jailed, there were numerous articles in the media warning that he might commit suicide or be killed. Then he was found dead in his cell. That he was the subject of extensive media interest was not enough to save his life.&lt;br /&gt;
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Who thought that you could kill someone in the full glare of the U.S. media and then brag about it afterwards with no consequences? 'I saved countless lives,' Ashli Babbitt's killer told [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-during-capitol-riot-breaks-silence-n1277736 NBC]. Chuck Schumer has tasted blood and he wants more.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Deep State is coming for Donald Trump. What happens if Trump is sent to jail? We can only hope that President Visek Ramiswamy will be able to heal the nation's wounds. See &amp;quot;[https://youtu.be/qq1D8wvrO2w Tucker Carlson: Liberals Will KILL TRUMP Before Letting Him Become President Again].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 01:29, September 2, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== Ukraine war: US sees 'notable progress' by Ukraine army in south ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Ukraine's forces have made &amp;quot;notable progress&amp;quot; in their push against heavily fortified Russian positions in the south, the US government says.&lt;br /&gt;
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White House security spokesman John Kirby said those gains were made in the past 72 hours south of Zaporizhzhia.&amp;quot; https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66686149 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 03:41, September 2, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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== INDIA alliance will easily defeat BJP in elections: Rahul Gandhi ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that he feels the INDIA alliance will easily defeat the BJP in the elections. &lt;br /&gt;
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Speaking at the joint press conference after day meeting of the INDIA bloc parties in Mumbai, Rahul Gandhi said, &amp;quot;This stage represents 60 per cent of the Indian population. If the parties on this stage unite, it is impossible for the BJP to win an election.&amp;quot; [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 08:32, September 2, 2023 (EDT)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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==Trump indictment news==&lt;br /&gt;
===Dems step up prosecution of Trump===&lt;br /&gt;
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Back in March, the idea of prosecuting a former president was considered a huge norm-buster, a violation of over two centuries of tradition. Using the legal system to take out political opposition was downright undemocratic. Now there are so many cases pending against Donald Trump that we need a &amp;quot;[https://www.politico.com/interactives/2023/trump-criminal-investigations-cases-tracker-list/ definitive guide]&amp;quot; to keep track of them. The classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, the Stormy Daniels payoff, the phone call to the Georgia secretary of state, and Trump's role in the January 6th demonstration are all going to court, according to &amp;quot;target letters&amp;quot; issued by the relevant prosecutors.&lt;br /&gt;
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If the Democrats are confident that Joe Biden can defeat Trump, why do they want him out of the race so badly? My theory is that Biden knows that he's not getting a second term, either for undisclosed health reasons or because of the Hunter Biden bribery scandal. He wants credit for removing Trump from U.S. politics to &amp;quot;finish the job,&amp;quot; as he phrases it. Prosecuting Trump is the closest thing Biden has to a popular policy. Attacking the democratic process is thus not a matter of expediency; Its what Biden wants to be remembered for. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 09:52, July 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Fortunately, we have some proven, well qualified sources covering the matter. TechnoFog is one of the best among several; he has proven himself through the [[Trump-Russia scam]] and impeachment, Mueller investigation, Durham investigation, etc. He even attends DC court hearings. For this reason, I'm not as engaged in the current Trump prosecutions and Hunter Biden problems as previously, cause we have respected, credible sources to use. &lt;br /&gt;
:My focus is to connect the dots between [[Trump-Russia]] as the motivating factor and prelude to the [[Ukraine war]] - something all the same qualified sources say, but is a conspiracy so vast that when its true dimensions are known will forever be deserving of the maledictions of all honest men. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:14, July 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Andrew McCarthy on the Trump indictments ===&lt;br /&gt;
Donald Trump may be flying high in the polls, but the reality is that the prosecutors and the Deep State decide. See &amp;quot;[https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/out-of-all-indictments-georgia-is-the-most-perilous-threat-to-trump/ Out of all indictments, Georgia is the most perilous threat to Trump]&amp;quot; by Andrew McCarthy. The Fulton County attorney and some Georgia jurors will decide who the next president will be -- and they are not likely to pick Trump. Trump needs to drop out and endorse somebody who can win in November. I want to see Chuck Schumer on trial for Ashlee Babbit's murder. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 11:58, August 15, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===The first thing we do, arrest all the liberals===&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump could be arrested in Atlanta any time now. Three out of the four cases pending against him involve legal theories that are unprecedented in American jurisprudence. The classified documents case is the only one with a recognizable legal foundation. But by prosecuting Trump and not Hillary, Biden is attempting to rig the 2024 election. How can the wife of a former president be immune from prosecution, but not an actual former president?&lt;br /&gt;
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As president, Trump had the authority to created his own standard for what was classified and what wasn't. He could have made everything he did legal. The only reason that we know that he didn't do this is because he is on tape admitting that he didn't declassify the documents in question. So its a case that revolves on technicalities.&lt;br /&gt;
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There are twenty-seven Republican attorney generals in the United States. They should all be cranking up prosecutions of Democrats. Prosecute Hunter as an unregistered foreign agent of Russia and China. Prosecute Stacy Abrams, Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton for attempting to overturn elections. Prosecute BLM and Antifa for the 2020 riots. The tech giants should be prosecuted for donating to pro-riot groups in order to force Americans to shop online. Investigate the intelligence officers who told us Hunter's laptop was disinformation just before the 2020 election. See &amp;quot;[https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/15/how-should-republicans-respond-to-fulton-county-indict-the-left/ How Should Republicans Respond To Fulton County? Indict The Left].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 03:25, August 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Don't hold back now, tell us what you really think. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:54, August 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::The Georgia Republicans who were selected as counter electors in 2020 were following a precedent set by Hawaii Democrats in 1960. Now they have been charged under RICO as if they were mobsters. See &amp;quot;[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/the-georgia-indictment-is-the-biggest-threat-to-democracy-yet The Georgia indictment is the biggest threat to democracy yet]&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1SN5685Tus VERIFY: Yes, RICO was created to prosecute the mob].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:46, August 17, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::What would Pastor Niemoller say about that turn of phrase? [[User:Rafael|Rafael]] ([[User talk:Rafael|talk]]) 11:23, August 18, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The phrase is from ''Henry VI, Part II'': “The first thing we do is, let’s kill all the lawyers.” It's one of Shakespeare's most famous quotes. It's a pity that popular history has been reduced to Nazis and slavery. '''Update'''.  Biden routinely describes anyone who criticizes him or his policies from the right as a &amp;quot;white supremacist&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;Maga Republican.&amp;quot; He is ready to sic the FBI on us: &amp;quot;[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/sep/15/biden-accused-pressuring-fbi-fabricate-extremist-a/ Biden accused of pressuring FBI to fabricate ‘extremist’ and ‘White supremacist’ cases].&amp;quot; [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 01:58, August 20, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Even assuming a moral and literary equivalence between Niemoller's poem and a decontextualised joke by a minor character in a minor Shakespeare play, what do you think Shakespeare was saying through Jack Cade, Dick the Butcher and all the other rebels?  [[User:Rafael|Rafael]] ([[User talk:Rafael|talk]]) 08:32, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Bombshell Breaking: Two Constitutional scholars say Trump disqualified in 2024 race ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Not a constitutional expert myself, so I'll pass. But if Trump does actually become disqualified, well, then De Santis breaks 50% easily.&lt;br /&gt;
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:Not even worth commenting on. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:16, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Oh, and who exactly is going to &amp;quot;disqualify&amp;quot; Trump? The Supreme Court? The Biden regime? the divided Congress? the CIA? [[Christopher Wray]] and the FBI? the [[United Nations]]? the [[World Court]]? the MSM? the [[Deep State]]? Who? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:20, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Lemme guess: some Mickey Mouse [[Soros mercenary]] [[DA]] can thwart the will of 70+ million voters by filing charges in local court. This is why American [[democracy]] is a model for [[Ukraine]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:25, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Let's revise our formula: CNN + NBC + NYT = BS(3). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:27, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I do not know if it will happen or not. All I know is De Santis can beat Trump and do well regardless of whether this happens. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:00, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:That's what you, the big money [[Wall Street]] Republican [[establishment]], [[Deep State]] [[uniparty]], [[WEF]] [[globalist]]s and their controlled media believe. Common folk think different. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:15, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Common Folk gave Governor De Santis a 23 POINT LEAD over Donald Duck just a few months ago. Then Donald began his vicious attacks on the saintly Governor. Too bad the Governor was too much of a Gentleman to Punch Back for a Long Time, I'd have advised him to start doing so right away, otherwise precisely what has happened would happen. But it doesn't matter. Their record speaks for itself. One increases debt by 8 TN. One runs Record Budget Surpluses. One risks everything to join the Navy and Serve the Country. One runs away from the Draft and calls his battle with STDs while living in fornication his own personal Vietnam. Other is a model Husband and Father who faithfully fought for his wife and stood by her when she had Breast Cancer and her children couldn't understand what was going on. No prizes for guessing which is which and who will be better for America in the end.[[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:31, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Big money donors, rigged polling, and the MSM gave him that supposed lead. What are you saying? are the common folk who have since seen the light stupid?&lt;br /&gt;
:Bottomline, Trump was not a declared candidate at the time of that poll. DeSantis was. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:51, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Now, if DeSantis went to 52% after announcing, that would have been something to write home about. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:58, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Nope. Trump was: &amp;quot;After months of speculation, Trump announced his candidacy for president in a November 15, 2022 speech to supporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.&amp;quot; The poll was in December 2022, so after this. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:52, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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And De Santis certainly wasn't a Declared Candidate at that time, since he only declared his Candidacy in May 2023 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:53, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:My bad. You're probably right. It goes to show you how far the deep state conspiracy against Trump had progressed already by December 2022. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:18, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Lol. The Deep State, and the Liberal Media that does its will, want Trump back since they can beat him, whereas De Santis will beat them. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:23, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) says, &amp;quot;No person shall be...President...who, having previously taken an oath...to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:This clause refers to people who served in elected office before the Civil War, then in elected office under the Confederacy, and then wanted to run for election after the Union was restored. In general, former Confederates were amnestied in 1872. A disqualification of this kind can only be enforced by the secretaries of state for the various states.&lt;br /&gt;
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:January 6 was a demonstration protected by the First Amendment. The only way the 14th Amendment applies is if &amp;quot;insurrection&amp;quot; is interpreted to mean &amp;quot;something the Democratic Party doesn't like.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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:This theory has been hashed over in the press more than once already. I would not call it a &amp;quot;bombshell.&amp;quot; That it comes up again suggests that the MSN is once again worried that Trump can actually beat Biden in an election. In short, their fallback position is legalistic handwaving. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 23:46, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Putin news==&lt;br /&gt;
=== Re: MPR post of &amp;quot;Poll: Putin named World's Most Respected Leader.&amp;quot; ===&lt;br /&gt;
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Re: Main page right post of: '''Poll:''' [[Putin]] named World's Most Respected Leader. [https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/joe-biden-is-dead-last-international-poll-who/]&lt;br /&gt;
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The actual news story's lead as far as it's first two sentences is: &amp;quot;In a recent online poll on Twitter X Joe Biden ended up dead last in an international poll on respected leaders. Russia’s Vladimir Putin was first with 35.6% of the vote followed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 33.7% of the vote, followed by Ukraine’s Zelensky with 21.9% of the vote.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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A Twitter poll can be affected by bots. I realize that a scientifically done representational poll done by Gallup International would be more expensive, but sometimes truth comes at a steeper price. &lt;br /&gt;
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My guess is that the wealthy countries aligned with the USA would tend to be more anti-Putin. Of course, Russia has its allies too. And then much of the global south and/or poor countries are unaligned so they are better able to negotiate for the best deals. India has been unaligned for a long time. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:27, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The article actually says, &amp;quot;Russia’s Vladimir Putin was first.&amp;quot; Case closed. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:31, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I suppose if you want easy answers that fit your views and are closed-minded it is &amp;quot;case closed&amp;quot;, but otherwise one would have to spend more money. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:35, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::I's a fact: the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University found Vladimir Putin the world's most respected leader in its annual World of Statistics polling. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:41, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Should be an eyeopener for students and young people compared to the [[MSM]] [[brainwashing]] and garbage readers like yourself routinely consume. 19:43, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::I am open to that notion, but I want a source. And the source has to agree with what you are claiming. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:44, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Also, the Twitter poll posted on MPR was done by the Twitter account of &amp;quot;World of Statistics&amp;quot;.[https://twitter.com/stats_feed/status/1688618337473810434] And unfortunately, we don't know who runs that account. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:47, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::::Fortunately, we do: the Mathematics Statistics Dept of Georgia State University, which I just stated above (sorry, I know you comprehension is a little bit lagging). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:50, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Furthermore, as far as a &amp;quot;Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University&amp;quot; poll, when was it done? I ask because both sides of the war in Ukraine have engaged in war atrocities. See: [[Essay: Russian war crimes in Ukraine]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:52, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Ok. You are not giving a source as far as your alleged &amp;quot;Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University&amp;quot; poll. I will remain a skeptic then. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:53, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::(ec) Did you read the Consortium news piece in the Propaganda update? This section made me immediately think of you:&lt;br /&gt;
::::::&amp;quot;[https://consortiumnews.com/2023/08/10/caitlin-johnstone-illusory-truth-unprovoked-invasion/ Their repetition of this war propaganda slogan exploits a glitch in human cognition known as the [[illusory truth effect]]], which makes it difficult for our minds to tell the difference between the experience of hearing something many times and the experience of hearing something that’s true.}. &lt;br /&gt;
:::::[[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:54, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Anyways, the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics at Georgia State University could do a Twitter poll in good faith, but it could have been tainted by Twitter bots. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:57, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Also, &amp;quot;The accuracy of a poll depends on how it was conducted. Most of Pew Research’s polling is done by telephone. By contrast, most online polls that use participants who volunteer to take part do not have a proven record of accuracy. There are at least two reasons for this. One is that not everyone in the U.S. uses the internet, and those who do not are demographically different from the rest of the public. Another reason is that people who volunteer for polls may be different from other people in ways that could make the poll unrepresentative. At worst, online polls can be seriously biased if people who hold a particular point of view are more motivated to participate than those with a different point of view.&amp;quot;[https://www.pewresearch.org/2010/12/29/how-accurate-are-online-polls/] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:02, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::The American Association for Public Opinion Research recently released a detailed report on the strengths and weaknesses of online polling. The full text of the report can be found [http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/10/19/poq.nfq048.full.html here].[[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:04, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::(ec) Sorry, you're going to have to take that up with the professional statisticians at Georgia State University. &lt;br /&gt;
:::Nowwhere in the poll results does it say it was a Twitter poll, as you ass-u-me. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:07, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The non-aligned countries often share a common trait: Making expedient deals. That's one of the strengths that Donald Trump had as a real estate mogul. He was a dealmaker as president. The Abraham Accords had one of its prime focuses on economic deal-making and the various country's economic interests. Biden can't hold a candle to Trump and he made the Ukraine-Russia situation much worse. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:29, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Interesting; but I don't see how that relates to the subject of this thread. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:31, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
The nonaligned countries and their citizens focus on &amp;quot;what have you done for me lately&amp;quot;. Unfortunately for Russia and Ukraine, they are going to get further damaged in the war in Ukraine which may drag on for a long time. So they will have less to offer the world. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:35, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Still don't see how that relates...[[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
::Oh, well. I tried to explain it to you. If you still don't get it, I can live with that. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 20:51, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::Trump didn't even make the poll, and what do war atrocities have to do with the poll? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:03, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Okay, I think I understand now. You associate the name &amp;quot;Putin&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;Trump&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Zelensky&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;war&amp;quot;. You do not associate it with &amp;quot;leadership&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;the Russian nation&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Christianity&amp;quot;. Okay. That tells me a lot about how your mind works and processes information. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:57, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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If Putin travels to Beijing, it would be his first visit to his &amp;quot;allied nation&amp;quot; ever since Putin launched a so-called &amp;quot;special military operation&amp;quot; against Ukraine.&amp;quot; https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/russian-president-vladimir-putin-to-visit-china-in-october-to-attend-belt-and-road-forum-conclave-icc-arrest-warrant-putin-skips-g20-summit-in-india-2023-08-30-889774 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 04:22, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:M.K. Bhadrakumar: [https://consortiumnews.com/2023/08/29/india-a-reluctant-brics-traveler/ India, a Reluctant BRICS Traveler]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:01, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[[BRICS]] just kicked the [[G7]]s butt. [https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/animated-chart-g7-vs-brics-by-gdp-ppp/#] There's no need to raise the profile of the [[G20]] now or yet. &lt;br /&gt;
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:Let's look at the racist origins and root of the G7, for example. Both these organizations, the G7 &amp;amp; G20 are commonly referred in the [[racist]] [[Western]] [[MSM]] as the &amp;quot;largest economies&amp;quot;, yet neither China nor India are members of the G7. Why is that? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:10, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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I think India should be included, yeah. But Modi needs to go in 2024 and be replaced with [[Rahul Gandhi]]. As for Commie China, it needs to become Democratic rather than a Communist Autocracy. We need a Credible Chinese Opposition Party to the CCP and its stopping Human Rights Abuses before any further global role can be considered. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:35, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The train is down the tracks, as they say, regarding BRICS. G7 is too white inbred with its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorary_Aryan Honorary Aryan Japanese]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:54, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Oh, note, another group, the Croatians, also were/are Honorary Aryans ''vis-a-vis'' the contemporary NATO fascists. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:00, August 30, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[https://thealtworld.substack.com/p/heres-why-president-xi-might-skip Here’s Why President Xi Might Skip The G20 Summit &amp;amp; What It Could Mean For The New Cold War]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 10:43, August 31, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Breaking: Kupiansk front collapses===&lt;br /&gt;
''[https://thedreizinreport.com/2023/08/10/today-borscht-reichs-kupiansk-front-collapsed-in-mass-retreat-of-militia-2nd-echelon-units-lacking-fire-support-facing-logistical-breakdown-as-veteran-russian-forces-advanced-all-of-this-toda/ Developing]''. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:38, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://youtu.be/k-S77ygsp1k Catastrophe Looms Over The Entire Kupiansk Frontline.] This is an ex-pat dissident channel. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:55, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*According to Dima of the Military Summary channel, the Russians have 100,000 troops in this sector; according Driezen, Ukraine has no reserves left here, as the Russians just broke through their second echelon. This means, the collapse in this same sector the Russians experienced last September is being reversed, and brings the Russians up to the doorstep of the city of [[Kharkov]]. However, no siege is likely yet, as some Russians forces need to head south and deal with other frontlines elsewhere from the Ukrainian rear. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:00, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::100km doorsteps ftw [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 21:53, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::There is nothing standing between them and Kharkov. But they'll probably break-off a large contingent south to help out at Krasny-Limon first and north to secure the border - once they finish up work at Kupiansk. &lt;br /&gt;
:::Besides, Odessa is more important to secure than Kharkov right now. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:59, August 10, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Conway, I'd be interested in hearing your assessment of what remains of Ukrainian fighters; as I understand, Ukraine only has about 40,000 NATO trained/equipped troops remaining. The rest, about 160,000, are untrained/unexperienced conscripts pressed into service with an average age over 37 (many in their 50s). There is talk of another mobilization, but there's nobody left to press into service. Fully 90% of all males (say over the age of 15) will have served before the war is over. What remains have long left the country and likely will never return. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:19, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*[https://weapons.substack.com/p/ukraine-update-keep-an-eye-on-kupyansk Ukraine Update: Keep an Eye on Kupyansk] Russia May Soon Shift its Strategy, STEPHEN BRYEN. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:25, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Note: What Bryen says about the Wagner group returning to Russia, cited to the ISW, is false information. By law, a private military company like the Wagner group cannot operate on Russia soil, which is why they were withdrawn from [[Lugansk]] and Rostov and sent to Belarus. See also [https://youtu.be/2T0rwE6Y10s HistoryLegends], a pro-Ukraine channel. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:35, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::Manpower isn't an issue. Ukraine fully mobilised in Feb. 2022. Currently / nationally, they've got around a million serving in uniform (inc. support &amp;amp; rear / staff units) and they're still actively recruiting and forming new brigades. As long as the materiel keeps flowing, they can keep this going indefinitely and they intend to. [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 21:09, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::A million when you count the men 70+ and 15 year olds (the railway workers are considered the &amp;quot;hidden army&amp;quot;; also, now you have the mobilization of doctors and technocrats for combat duty). But we're not getting much reporting on the political situation; all the hardcore &amp;quot;nationalists&amp;quot; are dead, and their widows are pissed off. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:12, August 11, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::This can't keep up: [https://www.bitchute.com/video/J1JWnKQNaEEw/ Ukrainian Recruits Sent To Dig Trenches Found The Buried Corpses Of Previous Cannonfodder There]. I have another report on how Zelensky is destroying Ukrainian families by sending men to the front, which I'll post later when I find it. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:09, August 16, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::As far as I understand it now, here's what Zelensky's latest decree is suppose to do: his illegal order to grab conscripts off the street in select communities and regions has changed: he's now sending those guys (the kidnappers) to the front, and replacing them with returning veterans who lost an arm or leg. How a guy with one leg is suppose to chase a draft dodger down the street, as we've seen in countless videos, is unclear, but it's never been like he really cares anyway, so long as the [[DC]] gravy train keeps rolling. And apparently the new decree may apply nationwide, and not just in select regions and communities with Russian and Hungarian populations that the Kyiv regime (and NATO) seek to exterminate by sending draftees, pressed into service, on suicide attacks.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Reports indicate foreign mercenaries are being assigned to units to shoot in the back anyone who tries to desert or refuses to attack when ordered to do so, replacing the Nazi units which now will probably see more frontline action. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:24, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::The reason mercenaries have been assigned to take over the role of commissars one can only speculate, but I would guess it's because it is well known the Russians particularly target foreign mercenary groups (and have even stepped up their targeting) in both the front and rear. So evidently their numbers have been reduced, and recruiting hasn't gone so well over the past year or so. This still gives mercenaries a vital function to play, and hopefully reduces the number of foreign mercenaries deserting and returning home. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 06:45, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::Bear in mind, certain stories leaked out about the holocaust during World War II, but most people found the stories too incredible to believe and dismissed them as propaganda. It wasn't until the war was over before the truth came out, and the magnitude of government policy was understood. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:01, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::::[https://www.bitchute.com/video/fkto39NnUchb/ Do you detect a change in Ukrainian society from February 2022?] The commissars themselves are now being sent to the front. This means the end is near, when the military and society itself begins to collapse. Great leadership on the part of Zelensky, NATO, and all their Western civilian backers. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:24, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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The decree is about getting ahead of a brewing scandal re. regional recruitment officials accepting bribes from draft dodgers. It's likely some pretty rich &amp;amp; powerful Ukrainians will be found to have bought their sons out of serving and - politically, at least - it makes sense to nuke the entire regional recruitment leadership and start again.&lt;br /&gt;
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that's just what happens in any sufficiently big war. Eventually, you have to start pressing people into service. They might not be thrilled at the prospect, but as long as they know what they're fighting for - and they do - most of them will grit their teeth and get on with it. [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 21:40, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Oh wow. So &amp;quot;recruitment&amp;quot; now means [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/press-gang &amp;quot;press gang&amp;quot;] and &amp;quot;draft&amp;quot;. Okay. I hope you hang around to help translate more of this common [[propaganda]] terminolgy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:05, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Did you see the [https://videopress.com/v/PWnUihfT video from a few weeks ago] of the [[fragging]] incident? where the Ukrainian commander tossed a hand grenade into a bunker full of Ukrainian soldiers who refused to fight? The big mystery is, why would they post it on the internet afterward? And no, it's not a fake or Russian propaganda. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:12, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::There is a video of this same incident with subtitles I can't find right now; but he's basically arguing with the soldiers cause he sent them to occupy a certain position and they returned to the bunker here. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 21:16, August 16, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Not a day goes by where there's not a half dozen videos of the press gangs in action. People now are beginning to fight back. And the widows are confronting them in street, asking &amp;quot;Why don't you go to the front?&amp;quot; That's what Zelensky evidently is responding to. Also, the regime now is beginning to requisition people's vehicles (mostly the nice ones) off the street, as well. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:12, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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*Fragging update: [https://www.bitchute.com/video/F5URTIEszf6X/ AFU Troops Fleeing In Kupyansk Are Allegedly Shot In The Back By Colleagues]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 13:17, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:ConwayIII wrote: &amp;quot;grit their teeth and get on with it.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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:Carry on, ConwayIII. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 21:59, August 13, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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In this scenario, the United States would give the Ukrainian military whatever it needs to advance as far as possible in its counteroffensive. At an appropriate point next year, Ukraine would declare a pause in offensive military operations and shift its primary focus to defending and rebuilding liberated areas while integrating with Western institutions. Then, at its July, 2024 summit in Washington, NATO would invite Ukraine to join the Western alliance, guaranteeing the security of all territory controlled by the Ukrainian government at that point under Article 5 of the NATO treaty.&lt;br /&gt;
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Offering Article 5 protection to Ukrainian territory in this fashion would be akin to admitting a divided Germany to NATO after World War II and to America’s security pact with South Korea after the armistice that halted the Korean War without reunifying the Korean Peninsula. This would be a defensive pact, but not a commitment to take direct part in any future offensive operations Ukraine might choose to undertake.&amp;quot; https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/08/18/how-to-end-ukraine-war-00111752 [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:17, August 21, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Yah, this news is a couple of days old. What's happening is the blame game. NATO and the US [[intel community]] want out, but don't want to be seen as the losers. So they have to blame [[Zelensky]] and [[Ukrainian]]s as cowards. Zelensky may not be that stupid, that he doesn't see the handwriting on the wall, that he's about to get dumped like the Afghan National government, the government of South Vietnam, the [[Shah of Iran]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]], Guido in Venezuela, etc etc etc etc. So you can take your &amp;quot;as long as it takes&amp;quot; rhetoric we've heard for 18 months now and stick it up your butt (as I've been warning). NATO is just trying to create some excuse to get to get the H out without being seen as the loser. &lt;br /&gt;
:If NATO wants to grant Ukraine Article 5 status, fine. Let NATO come back itself and fight Russia, now that NATO has virtually exterminated the adult male population of Ukraine with BS promises.&lt;br /&gt;
:When Russia set out to denazify Ukraine 18 months ago, it was fully prepared to demilitarize and denazify NATO and Western Europe, if necessary. They've only partially succeeded in demilitarizing NATO.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 07:52, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Biden could have sent over F-16s and ended this war a long time ago. Why didn't he? Perhaps it has something to do with the [https://nypost.com/2022/01/27/chinese-elite-have-paid-some-31m-to-hunter-and-the-bidens/ $31 million in Chinese money] or the [https://nypost.com/2022/10/17/hunter-bidens-real-estate-firm-received-over-100m-from-russian-oligarch/ $100 million in Russian money] that Hunter has collected. Like Deep Throat said, follow the money. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 13:46, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::We've discussed the F-16s extensively on this page; they are not the gamechanger, and the only difference they make is raising the threat of nuclear war. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:08, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::They may send 6 over there (where they take off from remains a problem); after the first 1 or 2 are shot down, the American defense contractors will have gathered enough intelligence (presumably) about Russia's advanced air defense systems ([[S-400]], for example) and electronic warfare to integrate into the design of the [[F-35]]. That's it. After that, the war is over, and Ukraine's use as an &amp;quot;experimental testing ground&amp;quot; (Zelensky &amp;amp; Reznikov's words) is over. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 14:13, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The Russians talk about a nuclear response all the time. The most common threat these days is not about F-16s or any other specific weapons system, but rather that they will use nukes if they are losing the war. This of course suggests that the military balance has already turned against them. As we saw in Afghanistan, Biden has a thing for losing wars. Whatever terms Putin wants, I'm sure Biden would make an effort to accommodate. Just have another oligarch send an additional $100 million over to Hunter.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Putin to likes to win wars, Biden likes to lose them. Why can't they make a deal? The problem is that Putin isn't fighting for Crimea, Donbass, Mariupol, or any other item that Biden can accommodate him on. For Putin to stay in power, he needs endless war. If Russian forces ever reach Kyiv, they will continue to Poland or Moldova. After all, Putin is at war with Nato, not Ukraine. George Orwell explained how this works in ''Nineteen-Eighty Four.'' [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 15:31, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::So this means a negotiated settlement on Russia's terms, which could take place before year end, or a continued losing fight which the peoples of Europe and America don't want, and more Ukrainians exterminated by NATO &amp;amp; Biden regime policy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:03, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::We're at the point Hitler was at in February 1943 after the surrender at [[Stalingrad]]. The war was lost, but Hitler fought on for more than two years, causing needless deaths of millions. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:07, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::Put succinctly, if Congress gives Biden the $24 billion he asked for, it means more Ukrainian dead and more territory lost. Either way, the war ends now, next year in 2024, or in 2025 - the war ends on Russia's terms. &lt;br /&gt;
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:::::The American people are not ready to be mobilized for war with Russia, neither are the European after the last Ukrainian is killed. America does not have the factories to build weapons, nor does it have the trained workers to work in those factories.&lt;br /&gt;
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:::::If you want nukes as America's first line of defense since we can't build the conventional weapons, or the ships and aircraft to transport them to the battlefield, or the fuel to power them, fine. It won't defend America from nuclear attack. The only alternative is for NATO to get the H out of Ukraine, and never return. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:35, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Heh. Laughable. You are living in Dream-Land, Rob, but I will not be the one to wake you up right now. I'll let harsh reality do that later. A word to the wise, you cant' fight statistics.&lt;br /&gt;
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No contest. No contest. Russia knows this, which is why it will never invade Finland (or any NATO Country).&amp;quot; That says it all. Putin's Kremlin knew it had itself caused Finland and Sweden to join NATO, but it was then forced to accept it, and will not risk invading then. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:16, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Rob says Stalingrad 1943. My historical analogy is Afghanistan 1986. At that time, some traitor deputy CIA director was holding up approval for the Stinger missile. Once it was approved, the Soviet Union was history. Today, we have the same situation with Atacms, long-range HIMARS, and F-16s. The Russians know exactly who to pay off to stop delivery. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 17:31, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Democratically speaking, the majority of the population in NATO countries in Europe and North America oppose further escalation, so the 1 billion figure is meaningless. 2/3 of the planet support Russia.&lt;br /&gt;
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::GDP numbers measured in dollars is meaningless. It's calculated by exchange rates, and takes no account of the value of resources and their reserves like oil, gold, uranium, etc which Russia is among the world's largest holders and producers (IOWs, the method of calculation is flawed; that's how NATO blundered into the war). With [[de-dollarization]], the exchange rate has no future in those calculations. &lt;br /&gt;
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::Here's a dirty little secret that I don't have the time or space to go into why, here and now: The United States, since the beginning of the [[Cold War]], has never depended on conventional weapons as its first line of defense. The United States has always relied on [[nuclear weapon]]s for the simple fact the US could NEVER compete the with the Soviet Union then, or Russia now, in conventional arms production. It costs more to produce a tank to transport it to the battlefield in Europe cause enough ships and planes also have to be built to transport the weapons in any significant or equal numbers. And Russia can always raise the cost to the US by producing more, and delivering them to the battlefield, quicker. &lt;br /&gt;
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::Heck, the US could never compete with German tank production, then or now, for the same reasons.&lt;br /&gt;
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::Succinctly, the cost of building conventional weapons throughout the Cold War and until now, as it has been represented to the American taxpayer, has ALWAYS been a fraud, and is just a [[boondoggle]] to Congressional districts. The US has never relied on conventional weapons as its first line of defense, the Soviets then, and the Russians now, have always known this.  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:42, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Russia went into this war in 2022 knowing the United States, even with its NATO allies, cannot win a conventional war against Russia. If nukes are to be used, it will the US decision. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 17:52, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The United States has always relied on its &amp;quot;first strike&amp;quot; capabilities - not a &amp;quot;last resort&amp;quot; = these scenarios using both conventional and nuclear have been gamed out routinely on both sides for many years. And they have been openly discussed in arms control talks. Since about 2013, the same nitwits who came up with idea of overthrowing the Ukraine government, have advanced the US doctrine of &amp;quot;[[nuclear primacy]]&amp;quot;, i.e that the US can do a first strike and survive, or at least a 150 million Americans may survive. Of course, nobody really knows, given the total incompetence of US intellig3nce in gauging Russian military strength. &lt;br /&gt;
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: That's an eternal problem in US intelligence: they always have to decide what they should tell policymakers - what they actually know or what the decision makers want to hear. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:18, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::I never knew the full story of......how the Soviets won the Cold War. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 21:46, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::It's simple logistics. In WWII, the Germans and Soviets were in competition to build bigger, better tanks. The US could never compete, cause the cost of ship building had to be figured into the unit cost of each tank. The tanks had to be smaller to pack them on ships. The Russians and Germans can roll them off the assembly line straight into battle. &lt;br /&gt;
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::::Nothing changed over the Cold War, other than the ability to deliver a few by aircraft.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::In the 1970s, the Pentagon wanted to go a two-man tank, but Congressmen who served in tanks units in WWII wanted to stick with a 3 man tanks. Political interference in war planning and weapons design didn't really matter, cause tank production, among other conventional ground weapons, were never relied on as America's first line of defense in the event of war with the USSR. So they remained just a boondoggle for jobs in various districts.&lt;br /&gt;
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::::In the [[Gulf War]], you saw the same thing. The US delivered 1,000 Abrams to the battlefield, a superior tank to Saddam's 6,000 T-62 (do the math, an Abrams would have to knock out six T-62s to have a 50/50 chance of survival. But they were held back and never saw action, as the A-10 Warthog knocked out all Saddam's tanks. The Abrams were there just for show, despite all the media hype. &lt;br /&gt;
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::::You see the same thing right now - the Abrams are held back, while German [[Leopard 2]] are sent in to go toe-to-toe with T-90s. Not that the Abrams isn't in the class as a Leopard 2 or T-90, it's just that they are way more expensive (when you factor unit cost of delivery to the battlefield), and the risk of loss and replacement is too much. &lt;br /&gt;
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::::American tanks and conventional weapons are cosmetic, cause the US has since 1949 relied on its nuclear first strike capabilities in the event of war with Russia. By the end of the Korean war, the Soviets reached nuclear parity and have held it ever since (with the theoretical exception of the [[neocon]]s who came up with this  [[nuclear primacy]] doctrine in 2013, which is the cause of this current conflict, and may be implemented once all the Ukrainian, Polish, Baltic, and German proxy soldiers are dead. A nuclear first strike then will be the only option America has left if it wants to continue war.) [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:32, August 22, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::::This war has changed battlefield doctrines going forward permanently. [[ISR]] and drones have made maneuver warfare and &amp;quot;Big arrow&amp;quot; offensives obsolete. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:49, August 22, 2023 (EDT).&lt;br /&gt;
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::::Sure, America has been a large conventional arms producer for sale to third parties, but designing weapons to go toe-to-toe with modern Russian weapons has always been built on guess work, and is not a priority cause of the nuclear first strike doctrine. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:11, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:DailyWire [[Cold War II]] [[propaganda]] update: ''DailyWire'' confirms the United States [https://youtu.be/s9B4ewFGdd4?t=2139 has always depended on nuclear weapons as its first line of &amp;quot;defense&amp;quot;]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:07, August 29, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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===Breaking: [[Prigozhin]] dead===&lt;br /&gt;
Who'd a thunk it, a war hero like that dying in such a tragic accident. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 18:27, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Who killed him? No mystery there, right? [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:03, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::[https://youtu.be/DjUOBVAbGhQ Freddo, I know it was you]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:17, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:No. Shoigu and Gerasimov finally got to deliver Prigo some serious ammunition. In other news, smoking Utkin as well is the first bit of authentic de-Nazification of the war to date. [[User:ConwayIII|ConwayIII]] ([[User talk:ConwayIII|talk]]) 19:37, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::I mean, what a tragedy to go out at the peak of your career. Some say, he was only getting started. Let this be a lesson - stay clear of [[MI6]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 19:58, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Maybe there can be peace talks now. Putin says, &amp;quot;Okay, I'll get rid of Prigozhin&amp;quot;; Biden agrees, say &amp;quot;Okay, [https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fsome-of-the-documents-leaked-by-teixeira-were-completely-v0-0c6sthfoj4ib1.png%3Fwidth%3D1080%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D4514b0f77382f37cba6d09af0999309613bc23b6 I'll get rid of Zelensky].&amp;quot; That might clear the air. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:05, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::&amp;quot;There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin's not behind,&amp;quot; [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/biden-hints-putin-behind-wagner-group-boss-plane-crash according to Biden]. He's getting better at indirect hinting than he was after Nordstream. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 20:21, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::This isn't a whole lot different than when Zelensky [https://sonar21.com/are-the-ukrainian-political-elite-starting-to-eat-each-other/ took out the whole top leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs] last January - on [[CIA]] orders. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:30, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::The problem the Russians have now is, who do they negotiate with after [https://jonrappoport.substack.com/p/stage-set-for-joe-bidens-removal-from-office Biden is deposed?] [[Colin Kahl]]? [[Samantha Power]]? [[Victoria Nuland]]? the fake Georgia electors? [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 20:52, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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You got me, Rob. I did it. I killed Prighozin. I confess. Lol. Anyway, it's a Pity and a Shame what the Kremlin's Thugs are doing. [[User:NishantXavier|NishantXavier]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:NishantXavier|For Christ the King]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 22:53, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:Perhaps it needs a clearer explanation: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_of_death_(mafia) Il bacio della morte]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:16, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:[[Zelensky]] faces a choice now, he can flee like the [[Shah of Iran]] and  [[Ferdinand Marcos]], or end up like [[Diem]]. I'm sure his advisors aren't that stupid that they haven't shown him that letter from Kahl to Power. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 23:09, August 23, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::*[[GRU]] analysis: [https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/special-report-the-curtain-closes Simplius];&lt;br /&gt;
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:ignore all else (in fact, don't even taint or pollute your mind with biased versions and reports). [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 00:09, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::Maybe Putin needs a good chef and decided to fake Prigozhin's death? You can't stay mad at your chef. A political leader dying in an air crash happened a lot in the 1930s and 1940s. It's an odd way to die in this day and age. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 07:27, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::That's your [[Western Civilization]] [[bias]] speaking, but it evidently is [https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-antoni-macierewicz-lech-kaczynski-poland-f3f5a2fddb028ffdb4bc12f369aeafd5 common in the Slavic world] (or at least people in both the East and West are stupid enough to believe it). Even the job of chef is risky enough: [https://freebeacon.com/democrats/obama-clinton-dead-chefs/ Axis of Evil? Obamas, Clintons Linked by Suspicious Deaths]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:14, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
::::In an [[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|authoritarian/corrupt society like Russia]], we may not know for decades exactly why Prigozhin died or possibly never know. The JFK government documents about Kennedy's death are not yet fully declassified. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 09:26, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::No doo doo, Sherlock. You got this much figured out. Now tell [[Karen Dawisha]] that, okay?  [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:30, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:::::Oh, and you forgot to preface your comment with, &amp;quot;In an authoritarian/corrupt society like America we may not know for decades exactly why [[JFK]] died or possibly never know&amp;quot;, to follow your logical conclusion. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 11:33, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
Libertarianism vs. authoritarianism is a spectrum on the political spectrum. Putin is significantly on the authoritarian side of the political spectrum, but not as bad as Hitler or Stalin. Donald Trump did not fully declassify the materials concerning JFK's assassination. Do you think Donald Trump is very authoritarian? Do you think Trump is as authoritarian as Putin? [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 11:47, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
:I think if he outed the CIA as killers, he himself would have been JFK'd (Zelensky is kinda in the same position right now with his [[Nazi]] bodyguards; he's safe, as long as he brings home the bacon from US taxpayers to feed the Nazis). [[Judge Napolitano]] is the go-to guy on this question of Trump declassifying the JFK documents. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 12:31, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:*[https://sonar21.com/sabotage-killed-prigozhin-who-did-it/ Larry Johnson] - Putin no, [[GRU]] no.&lt;br /&gt;
:*[https://weapons.substack.com/p/who-did-it-prigozhin-and-putin Stephen Bryen] - Putin no, GRU yes.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Prigozhin. Is He Dead? Was He Assassinated? Cui Bono? Who Did It? Where to Wagner Now?===&lt;br /&gt;
[https://marksleboda.substack.com/p/progozhin-is-he-dead-was-he-assassinated A note on Radio Sputnik:] This dates back to [[Richard Nixon]] and ''[[Detente]]''. Nixon made an agreement with [[Brezhnev]] where each side could have two uncensored, government run radio stations in the other's country. In the US, it's DC &amp;amp; Kansas City; in Russia it's RFE/RL in Moscow and I think St. Peterburg. Both sides' stations editorial stance, and are staffed by, enemies of the regime. Radio Sputnik DC regularly interviews an American citizen living in Moscow and teaching at Moscow University Sociology Dept, Mark Sloboda. His spin in this broadcast will be the official regime narrative. The most amazing thing is, how this agreement with Nixon has survived 5 decades, even with [[Russia sanctions]], and [[Blinken]] and [[Lavrov]] not talking to each other. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 15:45, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:[https://youtu.be/EVQm50-r-Jk Now it's being reported as a terrorist attack]. Ewww, the Russian people are going to be really mad if they pin this hit on Zelensky. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:16, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:See what a mistake it was by NATO/Ukraine to invade Russian airspace with drone attacks and missiles? Now it will be easy to pin the murder of a Russian war hero on Biden, Zelensky, and the UK.  Kinda just like the [[Russiagate]] fraud to promote [[hate]], [[bigotry]], and [[Russophobia]]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:20, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:Yep. Looks like the Russians are [https://southfront.press/prigozhin-death-makes-him-immortal/ already planning revenge attacks] for the murder of Prigozhin. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 16:55, August 24, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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:The consensus view seems to be Putin was not involved, but it likely was an inside job. Too bad, however, Ukraine and the West will be blamed for the murderous terror attack. [https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/prigozhins-dead-after-his-business-jet-10-people-board-has-crashed?utm_source=&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_campaign=1776] [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:16, August 25, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Now, one can argue that this is a rebellion by military hardliners against Putin's moderate approach to the war. So go ahead, get rid of the moderate Putler and sees what happens. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:19, August 25, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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::Here's the problem with Russian propaganda - it causes you to think, and unlike Western propaganda doesn't only appeal to emotion. [https://julianmacfarlane.substack.com/p/beating-the-drums-of-war Beating The Drums Of War, With a Note on Prigozhin]. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a Chance!'']]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt; 09:24, August 25, 2023 (EDT)&lt;br /&gt;
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Day after day. [https:/