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Mitch McConnell speech in empty Senate Chamber after Trump Impeachment Vote

"McConnell votes to acquit, then condemns Trump"

www.pbs.org

This is what he should be remembered for; weaseling out on convicting DJT when a majority of Sens said a trial WAS Constitutional.

He also said it would lead to more political trails that might convict the innocent, while then voting to let the Guilty go free.

*** Pro-Israel Rightwing Newsmax TV Tumor: "It's Time To Talk About Nuking Iran" ***


I'm just glad and eternally grateful that the 2024 Democrats held onto their incumbency by embracing antiwar Samaritans, pro-Palestine volunteers, pacifists, and Veterans Against War-- not ignoring them -- or Amerikkka today would be run by oligarchs, right-wing lunatics, Oaf Keepers, Islamophobes, ICE fiends, Proud Boys, phony Christians, crypto-currency goniffs, NRA gun nuts, and pedophile protectors.

Yes Ma'am, thank goodness the 2024 Democrats didn't repeat the mistake made by Democrats in 1968.

Since you haven't responded...I'll ask again. What demand? Demand to whom?

#29 | Posted by eberly

1. Big Box Retail: Walmart, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo (2025"2026)Following his administration's implementation of sweeping tariffs and the economic fallout from the 2026 conflict with Iran, inflation became a major political vulnerability. Trump aggressively pressured major retailers to absorb the costs rather than pass them to consumers: "Eat the Tariffs" (May 2025): Trump explicitly called out Walmart on social media, telling them to stop blaming tariffs for price hikes. He posted that between Walmart and China, they should "EAT THE TARIFFS, and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I'll be watching..."

The 250th Birthday Rollbacks (July 2026): Trump publicly claimed credit for a wave of summer price rollbacks at Walmart and Sam's Club, announcing on Truth Social that the company had slashed prices"including dropping ground beef by 15%"at his administration's direct request to celebrate the U.S. semiquincentennial. (While Trump claimed credit, Walmart's official statements omitted any mention of the administration, framing it as a standard seasonal promotion).

2. Energy: Gas Stations and Oil Major "Gouging" (2026) When domestic fuel prices spiked following geopolitical conflicts in early 2026, Trump turned his focus directly to gas station owners and oil producers: The $2.50 Target: Trump issued a direct warning on social media ordering gasoline retailers to lower their pump prices immediately. He wrote, "There will be no gauging [sic], which is totally illegal... Start targeting around the $2.50 a Gallon number." DOJ Probe Threat: He simultaneously announced that he had instructed the Department of Justice to investigate major oil companies for price gouging, accusing them of failing to drop pump prices quickly enough in response to falling crude oil costs.

Here's another take ...

For the first time since 1992 (and that depends on how you look at that one), an eventual nominee lost the first three nominating contests. And Biden didn't just lose them, he got crushed. Those crushing losses didn't even really congeal into a "comeback kid" reverberation " he left New Hampshire before his fifth-place results even came in; then Jim Clyburn endorsed Biden, South Carolina's Black and more moderate white voters voted for him, two candidates dropped out and endorsed him, and without much in the way of ads or increased organization, a few days later he essentially won the nomination in a big Super Tuesday sweep.

Insofar as Biden held events after Super Tuesday, they were mostly in quiet gyms and theaters in Wilmington, Delaware, free from spectators; his campaign infamously did not do much in the way of in-person field organizing until the very end (though they were robust online and in ads). 2020 was probably unlike any year we'll see, though, with a chaotic president whose sheer omnipresence defined the race, and a grim pandemic in which not holding events symbolized responsibility.

Still, most people who saw the Democratic field in person would probably agree that, during the primary, Biden and his early campaign did not match the precision and voter enthusiasm of the three candidates who beat him in Iowa: Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. (Clyburn said as much, telling Biden to talk less and focus in more.)
www.buzzfeednews.com

Yep ... sure just another festivus day miracle.

Trump said more Covid-19 testing 'creates more cases.' (2020)
www.statnews.com

... The counter-narrative began almost instantly. After the U.S. count of Covid-19 cases began an inexorable rise in June, the White House sought to assure Americans that the increase was, basically, an illusion, created by an increase in testing for the novel coronavirus.

In a June 15 tweet, President Trump said testing "makes us look bad."

At his campaign rally in Tulsa five days later, he said he had asked his "people" to "slow the testing down, please."

At a White House press conference last week, he told reporters, "When you test, you create cases." ...



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