I was just pointing out your confusing Rand (who’s grown a backbone recently, standing up to DT on his military adventures in Iran) with Ron, who the author of post you were responding to was talking about (and Rand is actually a KY Senator, not a US House rep).
A big reason Framers wanted a civilian as POTUS/CINC was they feared a military hawk preemptively resorting to hard power vs depleting soft power (diplomacy).
Even despite the fact POTUS1 was a war hero from Rev. War, Washington knew well the bloody costs of war, so was reluctant to use warfare.
Except Ron is 90 yrs old, now an ex-representative from TX (he’s been out of office for 13 yrs now).
His son Rand currently represents KY in House.
It’s even worse: DT created conditions hoping collapse would occur on Biden’s watch (as it did), & gullible voters fell for it, hook, line & sinker.
If GOP put as much effort into planning goals for good of US long-term interests as they do in setting up false flag ops & gotcha political campaigns
You’re mashing up Ron and Rand Paul (father and son).
US/Israel didn’t just kill his father, but also his wife, son & sister.
DT just created many more Islamic martyrs, radicalizing millions in the process.
War paradoxically is also about winning hearts & minds of conquered people, which Allies failed to do post-WW1 (due to harsh Versailles treaty).
Like “choosing words carefully” is now a BAD thing?
I can’t think of a time/subject when highly-articulate Mamdani DIDN’T carefully choose his words.
I guess if sycophantic NYT is trying to suckle up to a blithering babbling idiot like DT, they may be thinking it’s a passive-aggressive insult?
DT & Hegseth apparently slept thru 20th C US History, so don’t know conflict didn’t end when Allies “won” WWII by bombing GE & JP (demanding their unconditional surrender).
Marshall plan required BILLIONS more to rebuild destroyed Nations over a decade, providing stability to bombed-out Nations.
Also why China has spent past decade scaling solar & EVs, manufacturing more electric cars (BYD) than any other Nation, even outselling Tesla in some recent periods in China, yet they still lacks Tesla’s name recognition among many Americans.
That’s very good news for Putin, as funding his war on Ukraine hinges on a selling crude, RU’s key main export via Arctic Silk Sea route that bypasses Suez Canal (a key choke-point) to export oil directly to China and other BRICS plus allies via Arctic Sea.
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U only have to have not slept thru HS Civics to know how impeachment works, & paid attention to last impeachment vote to understand basic principles of how Art. I processes work.
Welcome to my MAGAT block party, as i don’t Dunning Kruger types kindly.
Just heard the body count is up to 8.
I’m old to remember how MAGATs got their panties in a twist trying to pin death of 4 Benghazi security contractors on Sec of State Hillary, even though she had no role in chain of command.
Yet CINC DT’s body count rises to 8 & now cats got their tongue?
So please name names: who are the Red State GOP Senators Dems should focus on & force to cut their own throats by voting to remove DT?
(Even tho’ public opinion is turning against DT NOW, that wasn’t the case in prior impeachment trials, where GOP Senators who did the right thing were primaried).
That’s why Dems need to retake as many Senate seats as possible, but even if they win all Senate races in 2026 mids (not going to happen…), they’ll still need GOP buy-in, as last time DT was impeached (for 1/6/22), vote still fell 10 votes short of threshold for removal and disqualification.
Cool: so tell me when was last time ANY official who could be removed via impeachment actually was?
(DT was 2x tried in Senate but was acquitted, so any GOP Senator who showed a backbone & crossed aisle was outed, allowing GOP & DT to ID them & label them as RINOS, making it harder next time).
It’s OK to dream, but a waste of time to ignore reality to imagine impossibilities (another post suggests “impeachment”, but apparently doesn’t know removal via impeachment requires 67 votes in Senate to convict, requiring overwhelming bipartisan consensus, which hasn’t been possible for decades).
Heres the sub-thread where I explained the dossier allegation of a pee tape wasn’t for his own sexual gratification (as most people believe), but as a way to own the libs & diss the Obamas (a key theme he’s exploited, starting w/ his silly Birtherism trolling of BO).
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Cool, now back up and point out exactly where I claimed otherwise (in fact, read other arm of this thread where I explain why I said if pee tape described in Steele dossier actually existed, shameless troll DT would’ve shown it at MAGAT rallies, not tried to deny or suppress it).
DT rose in GOP by incessantly trolling BO (remember him trolling BO with birtherism, claiming he was born in Kenya despite BO having a birth certificate from Honolulu, HI?).
MAGATs LOVE DT for his racist trolling schtick (Y? They’re racist trolls, too, or they wouldn’t vote for a racist troll DT).
Steele dossier contained a claim DT hired RU prostitutes to pee on the bed Obamas had slept on during their recent trip to Moscow & staying in Presidential Suite.
As I’ve pointed out repeatedly, if that were contents of the rumored pee tape, DT would’ve campaigned on it, as MAGATs would eat it up.
House subpoenaed & got the birthday card drawing directly from Epstein estate, so validated WSJ story.
That means DT can continue his $10 BILLION lawsuit if really he wants to lose a frivolous suit & humiliate himself (yet again).
Who does DT think he is?
Dr Evil? At least he only asked for $1M
It’s worse than pee tapes, unless the P is actually “P(edofile) tapes” (Epstein famously trafficked in young women & girls from ex-USSR satellite Nations, incl in RU.
Being that Trump travelled to Moscow & KGB had hotels bugged to collect kompromat on elite foreigners, that’d be much-more likely).
Here’s an old 2016 article showing how anyone with half a brain could’ve seen how DT even lied about being against Iraq invasion.
www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
Murdoch (Owner of Faux News & WSJ) got crosswise w/ DT after spending years sucking up to him, so gullible lackeys like Doocey are now fair game as DT sued Rupert for $10 BILLION for defamation after WSJ published an unflattering story of DT drawing birthday card.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Maureen Dowd could not be reached for comment on how colossally wrong her 2016 op-ed proved to be:
DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.
He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.
The grift continues.
You’re right, and besides, that sounds more like a dream job for sadistic serial dog-murderer Kristi Noem. 😆
Maybe you don’t know (or forgot) that a sitting POTUS can’t be criminally prosecuted (or even investigated), per a recent SCOTUS ruling & DOJ policy.
Besides, you don’t really think AG Bondi is going to order opening an investigation into her boss DT for treason?
That’s not how this regime rolls…
Remember, US provided military intel to Ukraine to help target RU assets, so Putin sees this as payback opportunity, providing intel to Iran to help attack US assets.
Putin & Xi are laughing their asses off at DT, who still hasn’t figured out he’s not just fighting Iran, but in proxy war with RU.
It’s why N Korean troops have been captured & killed in Ukraine fighting for Russia, & since RU & China trade w/ each other w/out needing to pass thru Suez Canal choke point (ie by Arctic Sea Silk Trade Route), Putin & RU benefits from rising price of crude (RU main export) by helping Iran attack US
