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    If President Donald Trump can pull this off, they better start erecting the scaffolding in South Dakota.

    Find it in a reputable news source, without the editorializing of Conservative Treehouse and try again.... You read things like Conservative Treehouse so you don't have to consider reality. It is a purveyor of political porn, satisfying your fantasies with all the news you want to hear...
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    Q1 GDP revised down to -0.5% in third estimate; prices revised up

    TYPICALLY, what you say is true. Typically, however, new president's do not make drastic moves on the economic levers in the first weeks in office. Trump did. Most presidents move the levers gradually; Trump did not. The cause of the economic slowdown is substantially tied to Trump capricious...
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    The End of NATO

    If NATO is irrelevant, having lost its purpose to exist 35 years ago, then why would Putin care if Ukraine joined? It would seem Putin would have better spent is money on fine scotch and cigars to enjoy with his friends while laughing at Ukraine's stupidity rather then spend Russian lives and...
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    Iran 'threatened Trump with sleeper-cell revenge terrorist attacks inside US' days before nuclear strikes

    Silliness. Sleeper cells are usually substantially comprised of American citizens with ethnic ties (who have become radicalized) or green card holders that flew into our airports and presented passports. They generally did not cross the Mexican border (why would they need to?). This border...
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    Iran 'threatened Trump with sleeper-cell revenge terrorist attacks inside US' days before nuclear strikes

    Let me help you -- Zero Hedge is a bad source. They peddle in conspiracy theories and consistently fail fact checks. Fox is a better source, particularly the web edition, but they also have issues. Remember they settled a lawsuit for $787M for perpetuating a conspiracy theory. NBC News is...
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    Iran Bombing, has everyone calmed down yet?

    This is not a simple poll as the question as to whether we should have or should not have is quite complicated. Though we can attempt to answer it in the short-run, that answer will be ill-informed and therefore likely wrong. Personally, I am generally against war. I argued vehemently against...
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    Iran says it launched attack on US forces at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base

    Of course. Now the question will be will we feel compelled to respond or will we respect their right to retaliate and just stand down (take our licks for the punch we threw)? Whether we have a war or not is largely our call. Agreed! We should just call it a day at that, eh?
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    SO many bad guys, but who is the badest?

    No, I would say Trump has done far more to disrespect the United States than any outsider could even hope to do. Let's start with the concept that a POTUS should known better and has sworn to protect the American constitution. My God, the man incited an insurrection against his own country...
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    Conservatives tried to hijack Juneteenth Day by claiming Republicans freed the slaves

    Let's try... There ya go..... There is really no doubt that people of color receive heftier sentences than their white counter parts. Of course, if you actually understood what critical race theory actually is, not what Fox tells you it is, this would be a significant component of proof of...
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    Conservatives tried to hijack Juneteenth Day by claiming Republicans freed the slaves

    .... which by the Birmingham bus driver of 1966 standards, makes her black. Sit in the back please... Anyone that a 1966 Birmingham bus driver would remand to the back of the bus gets to own the black label. Anyone that would deny them such is doing so out of racism, as to deny someone their...
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    Trump Launches War On Iran

    Yes, it did. But, it 1) delayed if for 10 years; 2) reduced their sense of urgency to work on nukes; 3) It also opened the door for broader diplomacy, including inviting Iran to join the rest of us in the civilized world, which would have further reduced an sense of urgency., and hopefully led...
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    Trump Launches War On Iran

    Lordy (eyes rolling) .... nor did we run out of bombs in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan..... The Air Force has its limits in its effectiveness. First, there is no guarantee we got a kill. Second, nuclear technology is intellectual property. You can't bomb away intellectual property. Moreover...
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    Trump Launches War On Iran

    Unfortunately, the Republicans to do not know how to play Trump, or they would be a really effective party right now. Trump plays them, which puts to typical elected Republican pretty low on the totem pole of effective leaders. Idiots elected a complete idiot.... which I guess is the very...
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    Trump Launches War On Iran

    Except no one is stopping them from getting nuclear weapons, you are only deferring the inevitable while feeding the idea they NEED nuclear weapons and the resolve to get them. This was idiotic.... then again, ripping up the peace deal with Iran was also idiotic... Sorry pal, Trump put Iran on...
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    Trump Launches War On Iran

    This is very sad.... First, if Trump had not ripped up the peace deal eight years ago, this would not have happened. This will likely be Iraq on steroids... thousands of young American lives lost because we elected a POTUS that does not have a clue how to do the job, and surrounds himself with...
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