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What a performative waste of taxpayer dollars

BREAKING: California Secretary of State Shirley Weber has approved a campaign to gather signatures petitioning for a vote on whether California should leave the U.S. and become an independent country, per Newsweek

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 28, 2025

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Leave the US all the ports ……and CA could go tomorrow IMO.

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What a performative waste of taxpayer dollars

BREAKING: California Secretary of State Shirley Weber has approved a campaign to gather signatures petitioning for a vote on whether California should leave the U.S. and become an independent country, per Newsweek

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 28, 2025

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Leave the US all the ports ……and CA could go tomorrow IMO.

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Or take away the ports and all CA residents would be happy as hell. It's the "Coastal Elite" that has ruined that once beautiful state

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KaiBear said:

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What a performative waste of taxpayer dollars

BREAKING: California Secretary of State Shirley Weber has approved a campaign to gather signatures petitioning for a vote on whether California should leave the U.S. and become an independent country, per Newsweek

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) January 28, 2025

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Leave the US all the ports ……and CA could go tomorrow IMO.

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Or take away the ports and all CA residents would be happy as hell. It's the "Coastal Elite" that has ruined that once beautiful state

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US needs the ports of San Diego, Long Beach, and SF for the Pacific Fleet and commercial transport.

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Reporter: “Are you guaranteeing here that no individual now on Medicaid would see a cut-off because of the [federal grants] policy?”

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “I’ll check back on that.” pic.twitter.com/uZ7h7QFEOn

— The Recount (@therecount) January 28, 2025

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as there are illegals on medicaid, she cant say there wont be people cut off

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KaiBear said:

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None of this changes the only reality that matters.

China is building the strongest military in Asia and with it is expanding their dominance throughout the region. Not the least of which is the strategic South China Sea.

The Chinese are going to eventually invade Taiwan if Trump doesn't commit US forces to its protection.

Nothing else matters in this particular situation. Not labels, not what China did a thousand years ago.

So the Taiwanese will do what Trump demands in regards to developing US jobs.


End of discussion.

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Not end of discussion. If our intention is to take away the semi conductor industry from Taiwan, they are no longer a strategic ally, and doesn't need protection from US forces. They just as soon could become like Hong Kong at that point. Putting Tariffs on Taiwan is stupid when we have failed to even execute on plants that TSMC and others have tried here. Check out the boondoggle attempt going on in Arizona. What will happen is we'll just drive the global semiconductor market further to China.

We don't need tariffs to try to compete in that market. We need major labor and skill upgrades and reduced regulations. Without that this is just shooting ourselves in the foot by raising prices for American companies and driving a wedge between us and an ally to counter China.

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Can we just stop, I mean Trump is not going to kill our relationship with Taiwan. They will build here and they will profit, as will Americans. It's clear this has been thought through.

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The Taiwan economy ministry emphasized the benefits of the US-Taiwan semiconductor partnership, suggesting a positive outlook for the industry

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ATL Bear said:

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KaiBear said:

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None of this changes the only reality that matters.

China is building the strongest military in Asia and with it is expanding their dominance throughout the region. Not the least of which is the strategic South China Sea.

The Chinese are going to eventually invade Taiwan if Trump doesn't commit US forces to its protection.

Nothing else matters in this particular situation. Not labels, not what China did a thousand years ago.

So the Taiwanese will do what Trump demands in regards to developing US jobs.


End of discussion.

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Not end of discussion. If our intention is to take away the semi conductor industry from Taiwan, they are no longer a strategic ally, and doesn't need protection from US forces. They just as soon could become like Hong Kong at that point. Putting Tariffs on Taiwan is stupid when we have failed to even execute on plants that TSMC and others have tried here. Check out the boondoggle attempt going on in Arizona. What will happen is we'll just drive the global semiconductor market further to China.

We don't need tariffs to try to compete in that market. We need major labor and skill upgrades and reduced regulations. Without that this is just shooting ourselves in the foot by raising prices for American companies and driving a wedge between us and an ally to counter China.

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**** Taiwan

American jobs, American lives come first.

If they want continued American protection…..they need to do as Trump demands.

The era of US generosity while we get screwed in return is over.


Trump is doing the exact right thing.

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You didn't look up what TSMC is doing in Arizona obviously. We aren't getting screwed by Taiwan anyway. And this isn't a binary result, tariffs = US jobs. In fact given the strategic nature of semiconductors in everything from phones, computing, and even weaponry, and the long horizon to even get production up and running, not to mention the raw material coordination required, it's more likely supply will shift to China and other markets, and higher prices will cost jobs. Again, we don't need tariffs to produce semiconductors in the US.

I like how Trump is using tariffs in the immigration battle. Straightforward with a tangible result. This one is misguided with potentially significant negative consequences, not to mention unnecessary. I think where this went awry is that in one of the last couple of budget continuing resolutions, there was a Taiwan business incentive package. Now cancelling that makes lots of sense. It's not warranted, and we can't afford it.

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ATL Bear said:

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KaiBear said:

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None of this changes the only reality that matters.

China is building the strongest military in Asia and with it is expanding their dominance throughout the region. Not the least of which is the strategic South China Sea.

The Chinese are going to eventually invade Taiwan if Trump doesn't commit US forces to its protection.

Nothing else matters in this particular situation. Not labels, not what China did a thousand years ago.

So the Taiwanese will do what Trump demands in regards to developing US jobs.


End of discussion.

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Not end of discussion. If our intention is to take away the semi conductor industry from Taiwan, they are no longer a strategic ally, and doesn't need protection from US forces. They just as soon could become like Hong Kong at that point. Putting Tariffs on Taiwan is stupid when we have failed to even execute on plants that TSMC and others have tried here. Check out the boondoggle attempt going on in Arizona. What will happen is we'll just drive the global semiconductor market further to China.

We don't need tariffs to try to compete in that market. We need major labor and skill upgrades and reduced regulations. Without that this is just shooting ourselves in the foot by raising prices for American companies and driving a wedge between us and an ally to counter China.

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Can we just stop, I mean Trump is not going to kill our relationship with Taiwan. They will build here and they will profit, as will Americans. It's clear this has been thought through.

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The Taiwan economy ministry emphasized the benefits of the US-Taiwan semiconductor partnership, suggesting a positive outlook for the industry

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It's not clear this has been thought through at all. His administration will walk this back in silence without fanfare, which is fine.

ATL Bear said:

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KaiBear said:

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ATL Bear said:

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KaiBear said:

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None of this changes the only reality that matters.

China is building the strongest military in Asia and with it is expanding their dominance throughout the region. Not the least of which is the strategic South China Sea.

The Chinese are going to eventually invade Taiwan if Trump doesn't commit US forces to its protection.

Nothing else matters in this particular situation. Not labels, not what China did a thousand years ago.

So the Taiwanese will do what Trump demands in regards to developing US jobs.


End of discussion.

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Not end of discussion. If our intention is to take away the semi conductor industry from Taiwan, they are no longer a strategic ally, and doesn't need protection from US forces. They just as soon could become like Hong Kong at that point. Putting Tariffs on Taiwan is stupid when we have failed to even execute on plants that TSMC and others have tried here. Check out the boondoggle attempt going on in Arizona. What will happen is we'll just drive the global semiconductor market further to China.

We don't need tariffs to try to compete in that market. We need major labor and skill upgrades and reduced regulations. Without that this is just shooting ourselves in the foot by raising prices for American companies and driving a wedge between us and an ally to counter China.

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**** Taiwan

American jobs, American lives come first.

If they want continued American protection…..they need to do as Trump demands.

The era of US generosity while we get screwed in return is over.


Trump is doing the exact right thing.

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You didn't look up what TSMC is doing in Arizona obviously. We aren't getting screwed by Taiwan anyway. And this isn't a binary result, tariffs = US jobs. In fact given the strategic nature of semiconductors in everything from phones, computing, and even weaponry, and the long horizon to even get production up and running, not to mention the raw material coordination required, it's more likely supply will shift to China and other markets, and higher prices will cost jobs. Again, we don't need tariffs to produce semiconductors in the US.

I like how Trump is using tariffs in the immigration battle. Straightforward with a tangible result. This one is misguided with potentially significant negative consequences, not to mention unnecessary. I think where this went awry is that in one of the last couple of budget continuing resolutions, there was a Taiwan business incentive package. Now cancelling that makes lots of sense. It's not warranted, and we can't afford it.

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The stock market disagrees with those worrying about this tariff. TSMC investors aren't concerned, and Taiwan isn't concerned. Only blip they've taken is due to the China AI.

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We really need to stop the excessive authoritarian "executive orders" that started under Barry and return to being a republic.

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FIFY

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump halts hiring of new IRS agents.

— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) January 20, 2025

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… and joked about send thousands to the border!

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Already. pic.twitter.com/mwBhqHYlAj

— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) January 20, 2025

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Translation: the fascists want to impeach Pres Trump for winning the election overwhelmingly.

Other charges include:
1. Legally doing the things he promised to do
2. Being more popular than any of the fascists
3. Bringing some immediate positive results (especially on the border)
4. Actually enforcing the laws & thus proving the incompetence of the previous administration
5. Making the heads of Leftists explode
6. Representing the American people and their interests (aka "America first")
7. Making the fascists look like the fools they are by demonstrating the opposite
8. Respecting the constitution
9. Making their lies more obvious

No doubt, they will come with more along these lines.

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lolololoololololol

🚨BREAKING🚨: President Trump has stripped John Bolton of his security clearance pic.twitter.com/SdvqzmCWCV

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 21, 2025

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NOW: Organizers at Freedom Corner say they're getting messages from inside the jail that guards are threatening the J6 prisoners ahead of their release. pic.twitter.com/rIyHKt9c2z

— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) January 21, 2025

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Fascists are gonna act like fascists. In this instance, they appear to be acting like the Gestapo or the secret police of some other dictatorship.

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They are officially pardoned…yet they are keeping them in jail

And they won't tell people why

This is bullshit. We can't let this go.https://t.co/V1PHVFGA4c

— Justin (@RealityTripper) January 21, 2025

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This I don't get. If they were pardoned then they should be immediately released. No need for any slowing the process down.

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It gives the fascists time to cover up some of their crimes, destroy evidence etc. Or maybe it's an act of spite because they want to maintain the gulags. The fascists are evil. This is just one more illustration.

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Wikipedia editors having a normal one on the GOP Wiki page pic.twitter.com/0o3QH25Swl

— Al Carbo (@carbo_al) January 21, 2025

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Wikipedia is another fascist propaganda organ. It's about as trustworthy as the MSM of DNC.

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oh, and you forgot Drill, Baby Drill. He are the unintended consequences of that. While it could bring down the gasoline price as the price of WTI will tank causing lots of layoffs as the profitability threshold will diminish causing big layoffs in the oil field. You know, those blue collar folks that depend on that industry for great paying jobs.

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As a self-described conservative, are there ANY of his policies you like?

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He's simply trying to explain to you, that the more oil you produce, transport, refine, transport, sell and consume, the less blue-collar employees you need.

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That doesn't make any sense. The more the economy goes those things, the more workers in those areas will be needed, blue collar & white collar. This is one method that can start an economic boom.

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oh, and you forgot Drill, Baby Drill. He are the unintended consequences of that. While it could bring down the gasoline price as the price of WTI will tank causing lots of layoffs as the profitability threshold will diminish causing big layoffs in the oil field. You know, those blue collar folks that depend on that industry for great paying jobs.

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As a self-described conservative, are there ANY of his policies you like?

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He's simply trying to explain to you, that the more oil you produce, transport, refine, transport, sell and consume, the less blue-collar employees you need.

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I understood his point, but thanks. My question was unrelated to the specific point, and was more general in nature. As this thread evidences, we hear how much he disagrees with Trump quite often (some might even say, all the time). Thus, since he alleges he is conservative, I was curious if he ever has any positive thoughts on Trump's policies.

Moreover, as to his point, I think the good of the public as a whole outweighs the needs of a much smaller percentage of workers who will be affected by such policies.

Interestingly enough, I think the same could be asked of you, since you claim to be conservative.

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Was the "/s" really necessary?

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Sorry, I don't speak jive. You will have to translate.

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/capitol-rioters-trump-musk/index.html

Make America great again huh? Lol

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Dude. It's CNN. Nobody watches it or reads it anymore. Except for you apparently.

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At least Scott Jennings makes CNN bearable at times. The clips featuring him exposing the lies & stupidity of Leftists are entertaining. He is the only reason to watch CNN.

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lolololoololololol

🚨BREAKING🚨: President Trump has stripped John Bolton of his security clearance pic.twitter.com/SdvqzmCWCV

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 21, 2025

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Trump continues to hit home runs.

Bolton is a war monger.

Suspect Putin will receive the news of Bolton's demotion as a signal that Trump is serious about reaching a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.

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Ain't it something that we get to live in a country where no one is above the law? No matter who beats up cops or incites an incident we treat everyone equally. However, let's allow the poor man some time to prove himself. We know that he is a man of his word and will deliver on every promise, including his promised timetable. ( perhaps we will work to get better candidates to run for president next time instead of the ones we had this one)

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Hunter Biden says hello.
Liz Cheney & Fauci join the chorus.

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The DOJ seized 173,991 BTC directly and indirectly from Ross Ulbright.

Current value: $18.4 BILLION pic.twitter.com/NAkJnQWMVy

— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) January 22, 2025

💤 💤 💤 💤 A dormant address containing 6400 #BTC (678,400,177 USD) has just been activated after 13.0 years! https://t.co/TWeCcQRu54

— Matrix (@MatriXBT) January 22, 2025

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I really hope Ross had some secret stash out there. He's a smart kid and a Texan so ive always been on his side and I actually contributed a little to hiis legal defense. He has more than done his time and deserves this pardon.

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What did he do that was illegal?

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Voted for Trump?

🚨 OUTRAGE: TRUDEAU DEFIES TRUMP’S PARDON, DETAINS J6 PROTESTER 🚨

In an unprecedented act of political vengeance, Justin Trudeau is ignoring President Trump’s pardon for January 6 protesters and keeping a free man detained in Canada.

🔴 Canada’s border agency is holding the… pic.twitter.com/5YR6RL1QfQ

— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) January 28, 2025

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I was thinking this would be a tough one to push through on an EO

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This one is more complicated and will require federal legislation. As noted above, a bill has been introduced already.

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I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin - and this despite the Radical Left’s Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000…

— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) January 22, 2025

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Fansite apparently

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The 60 million figure is an estimate of the total deaths in WWII globally, all theaters, all countries. Yes, I've seen other estimates but this one seems closer to reality. The Soviet death toll was about 20 million. It's far less than 60 million, but still far larger than any other country. What is usually omitted is that a significant portion of those deaths can be attributed to Stalin's evil & ruthless dictatorship.

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Over on Reddit, federal employees are in a total meltdown that President Trump has ordered them to return to the office and get back to work. Right now, the top suggestion is for employees to boycott all the local small businesses near their office — the restaurants, grocery… pic.twitter.com/sGP9Pu83ln

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 23, 2025

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They are also pretty stupid: boycotting local businesses won't have as much of an impact when those establishments are used to having less bureaucrat customers who often work at home. Those places have other customers who don't work for the govt and maybe are saner.

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Trump really trashed the World Economic forum today. He simply told world leaders, get on the bus and get rich or get off the road entirely, cause you're about to get run over.

He was particularly interested in why the EU was so upside down in trade with the US to benefit the EU. Changes are coming. Hopefully this is the end of the European Union, which could mean the end of George Soros and his Open Society (aka One World Order)

The beginning of Populism around the world hopefully. Let the people go free!

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Populism isn't what's needed. Bold "Americanism" is good, which Trump is projecting. History is full of the dangers of populism.

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Like many "isms" it can be both positive & negative depending on how it's used and how far it goes. For example, simple patriotism is generally harmless but taken to extremes can become rabid nationalism which was the main cause of the First World War & very important in causing the Second.

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Assassin said:

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Trump really trashed the World Economic forum today. He simply told world leaders, get on the bus and get rich or get off the road entirely, cause you're about to get run over.

He was particularly interested in why the EU was so upside down in trade with the US to benefit the EU. Changes are coming. Hopefully this is the end of the European Union, which could mean the end of George Soros and his Open Society (aka One World Order)

The beginning of Populism around the world hopefully. Let the people go free!

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Populism isn't what's needed. Bold "Americanism" is good, which Trump is projecting. History is full of the dangers of populism.

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Popularism is what gives Americanism its energy and its ability to mobilize the people to great projects while at the same time not forget the common man and his basic economic and human needs.

You just seem to want Great Power Empire stuff and hate the common man.

At heart you are an elitist

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Mao and Pol Pot were populists as was Adolph Hitler. Maybe I've been at this long enough to know the only thing "common" about populism is its thirst for power, which always turns out poorly for the "common man".

And if having principles that fear the abuse of democracy and "popular sentiment" in the same manner our founders did makes me an elitist, then guilty as charged.

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Theodore Roosevelt was a populist too. It depends on how it's used and how far it goes.

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Trump really trashed the World Economic forum today. He simply told world leaders, get on the bus and get rich or get off the road entirely, cause you're about to get run over.

He was particularly interested in why the EU was so upside down in trade with the US to benefit the EU. Changes are coming. Hopefully this is the end of the European Union, which could mean the end of George Soros and his Open Society (aka One World Order)

The beginning of Populism around the world hopefully. Let the people go free!

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Populism isn't what's needed. Bold "Americanism" is good, which Trump is projecting. History is full of the dangers of populism.

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Popularism is what gives Americanism its energy and its ability to mobilize the people to great projects while at the same time not forget the common man and his basic economic and human needs.

You just seem to want Great Power Empire stuff and hate the common man.

At heart you are an elitist

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Mao and Pol Pot were populists as was Adolph Hitler..

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Communism and Fascism were literally futuristic-messianic movements that preached that a "woke" ideology elite would be the vanguard that would lead their societies to a future utopia.

No good examples in your fear of populism and the common man influencing his government

Not to mention it's not a dictatorship of the majority that you really fear (the Founding Fathers worry & their desire to have a Republic vs a Athenian style democracy)

You just seem to dislike common people and any programs/political movements that might help them

And are overly trusting of elites

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Barack Obama was a populist if you need something local and recent. And he appealed to the "common man" specifically. Populism has elevated a wide range of ideologies. That's because it isn't a principle, it's a tactic. A tactic to manipulate masses of people primarily by leveraging grievance and emotion. It is one of the most powerful tools of the elite and power hungry.

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Barack is more a Marxist than a populist but he was good at fooling many people into accepting his schtick.

Historian's catchup reply rate here is about as fast as Trump's 1st week back in office!

Walk away from the caffeine. Walk away.

I haven't looked at this thread in several days so I had a lot to look at! I cannot blame it on caffeine.

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Wikipedia editors having a normal one on the GOP Wiki page pic.twitter.com/0o3QH25Swl

— Al Carbo (@carbo_al) January 21, 2025

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Wikipedia is another fascist propaganda organ. It's about as trustworthy as the MSM of DNC.

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I'll give you an example. I am a historian, especially of Dallas, the Cowboys and Dallas sports scene.

The 1952 NFL Dallas Texans

They were only around for less than one season. They went bankrupt and the franchise was returned to the league along with all their equipment and uniforms. The end, the league washed its hands of them

The next season, the Baltimore Colts were awarded a BRAND NEW franchise that had nothing to do with the Texans. The Colts wanted nothing to do with the Texans franchise. They owed a lot of people, lots of money. They signed a lot of the old Texans players as they were new and had zero players. And the Texan players had little choice for a new team. However, at least 10 players went to other teams.

I knew this, and contacted the NFL, who agreed with what I stated above, in writing.

I corrected Wiki. Someone came in after me and rewrote that the Texans became the Colts, with both players, contracts and equipment going to Baltimore. And they did that not once, but three times. Even with me showing the comments directly from the NFL.

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Redbrickbear said:

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Wikipedia editors having a normal one on the GOP Wiki page pic.twitter.com/0o3QH25Swl

— Al Carbo (@carbo_al) January 21, 2025

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Wikipedia is another fascist propaganda organ. It's about as trustworthy as the MSM of DNC.

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I'll give you an example. I am a historian, especially of Dallas, the Cowboys and Dallas sports scene.

The 1952 NFL Dallas Texans

They were only around for less than one season. They went bankrupt and the franchise was returned to the league along with all their equipment and uniforms. The end, the league washed its hands of them

The next season, the Baltimore Colts were awarded a BRAND NEW franchise that had nothing to do with the Texans. The Colts wanted nothing to do with the Texans franchise. They owed a lot of people, lots of money. They signed a lot of the old Texans players as they were new and had zero players. And the Texan players had little choice for a new team. However, at least 10 players went to other teams.

I knew this, and contacted the NFL, who agreed with what I stated above, in writing.

I corrected Wiki. Someone came in after me and rewrote that the Texans became the Colts, with both players, contracts and equipment going to Baltimore. And they did that not once, but three times. Even with me showing the comments directly from the NFL.

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It's gotten bad

“Wikipedia 5 years or so of being impartial, then is slowly slid towards promoting Leftist Propaganda”

“Recently they’ve got rid of the blogs & nearly all conservative news sources”

Listen to co-founder of Wikipedia Larry Sanger - Wikipedia is garbage State sponsored trash. pic.twitter.com/bzYCKq6wMS

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) January 2, 2025

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KaiBear said:

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ATL Bear said:

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KaiBear said:

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None of this changes the only reality that matters.

China is building the strongest military in Asia and with it is expanding their dominance throughout the region. Not the least of which is the strategic South China Sea.

The Chinese are going to eventually invade Taiwan if Trump doesn't commit US forces to its protection.

Nothing else matters in this particular situation. Not labels, not what China did a thousand years ago.

So the Taiwanese will do what Trump demands in regards to developing US jobs.


End of discussion.

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Not end of discussion. If our intention is to take away the semi conductor industry from Taiwan, they are no longer a strategic ally, and doesn't need protection from US forces. They just as soon could become like Hong Kong at that point. Putting Tariffs on Taiwan is stupid when we have failed to even execute on plants that TSMC and others have tried here. Check out the boondoggle attempt going on in Arizona. What will happen is we'll just drive the global semiconductor market further to China.

We don't need tariffs to try to compete in that market. We need major labor and skill upgrades and reduced regulations. Without that this is just shooting ourselves in the foot by raising prices for American companies and driving a wedge between us and an ally to counter China.

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**** Taiwan

American jobs, American lives come first.

If they want continued American protection…..they need to do as Trump demands.

The era of US generosity while we get screwed in return is over.


Trump is doing the exact right thing.

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You didn't look up what TSMC is doing in Arizona obviously. We aren't getting screwed by Taiwan anyway. And this isn't a binary result, tariffs = US jobs. In fact given the strategic nature of semiconductors in everything from phones, computing, and even weaponry, and the long horizon to even get production up and running, not to mention the raw material coordination required, it's more likely supply will shift to China and other markets, and higher prices will cost jobs. Again, we don't need tariffs to produce semiconductors in the US.

I like how Trump is using tariffs in the immigration battle. Straightforward with a tangible result. This one is misguided with potentially significant negative consequences, not to mention unnecessary. I think where this went awry is that in one of the last couple of budget continuing resolutions, there was a Taiwan business incentive package. Now cancelling that makes lots of sense. It's not warranted, and we can't afford it.

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The stock market disagrees with those worrying about this tariff. TSMC investors aren't concerned, and Taiwan isn't concerned. Only blip they've taken is due to the China AI.

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It's interconnected and not instant. TSMC is already attempting to build a factory here, but in classic entitled America fashion, we're screwing it up. The AI blip was driven by the significant cost difference the China chip arrays have over those produced in places like Taiwan, further exacerbating the ill guided decision to add more cost to American companies in the sector.

Guess what the Palestinians were doing with the $ 50 million bucks worth of condoms the Biden Crime Family was sending Gaza?

They make them into Condom bombs. No kidding. They float them into Israel...

This is not the cool way to use a condom. Not even a good blow job. They use helium!

https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/incendiary-balloons-launched-from-gaza-are-often-condoms-616619