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Liberal journalist bizarrely uses sexual profanities while discussing Trump’s Iran war with Adam Schiff. Alex Wagner: “Only Democrats, like Republicans, are also in the legislative branch. They have been designated this power, and yet they seem completely fine with being c—ks to literally c—hold themselves for the Trump administration... in terms of their legislative power in Congress. “I mean, what sense do you get on the hill when you're surrounded by these Republican senators who are just completely okay with the fact that they have c—trated themselves to give Donald Trump all the power that he needs and wants?” This is the level of discourse now coming from a major liberal journalist on national television. Have you ever heard a conservative woman talk this way about politics?show more

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Speaker Johnson knows exactly what he is doing. Republicans love sabotaging themselves because when they are not the majority, there job is pretty much pointless. They don’t have any actual power and all they do is get on Fox News and yap about how bad the democrats are. Yet the second they actually get into power. They do the exact same thing. It’s all one big uni party. We need a 3rd party or the Republican Party must be completely dismantled and rebuilt by premiering every single Republican who currently holds office.

Speaker Johnson knows exactly what he is doing. Republicans love sabotaging themselves because when they are not the majority, there job is pretty much pointless. They don’t have any actual power and all they do is get on Fox News and yap about how bad the democrats are. Yet the second they actually get into power. They do the exact same thing. It’s all one big uni party. We need a 3rd party or the Republican Party must be completely dismantled and rebuilt by premiering every single Republican who currently holds office.

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Asmongold says Republicans have power and refuse to use it "I hate the Democrats more than anything. But I also hate the Republicans. I hate them because they have the power and they don't do anything with it." "I am completely vengeful. I am totally vindictive. And the cruelty is the point. That is the point for me." "The fact that they don't go after these guys and they just let them run wild is a disgrace. It's like someone has god mode turned on in the game and they somehow still lose."

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318,022 views • 7 months ago

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Angry Democrat caller ERUPTS live on C-SPAN, torches Democrats over govt shutdown — announces he’s LEAVING the party. “I’m a Democrat, but I don’t understand what the party is doing… They’re holding out because THEY DON’T LIKE THE ORANGE MAN IN OFFICE. “So why are they blaming the other side when they’re the ones that have to come to the table and do the votes? They have to vote the right way to open the government and make sure that everybody has their checks and is getting paid. “And I think it’s kind of cruel to actually sit back and not participate because you don’t feel like the other party is doing what you want them to do. “There’s a trans section in there as well. They want to give money to afford trans surgeries for young kids. “And all this stuff that the Democrats have now gone into, which I am nowhere near. In fact, I think I’m going to be LEAVING the Democrat Party because this happens too often where they’re blaming the opposite party when they know they can do the right thing. “They need to do the right thing and reopen this government instead of keeping it shut down. Like they’re hijacking the American people. I’ve seen it before. We’ve seen them vote the right way when they’re in power, so why the hell can’t they vote the right way when they’re not in power? “So get this government back open. Get the American people what they deserve. And this is basically a Schumer shutdown. From what I’ve seen, from what I’ve been watching on C-SPAN, what they show [is] the Democrats whining and crying and blaming. That’s what I see.” The caller’s rant clearly left the C-SPAN host unamused. “All right, Jason,” she said before moving on to the next caller.

Vigilant Fox 🦊

73,192 views • 9 months ago

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Headquarters

1,339,346 views • 1 year ago

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Buttigieg: Here you have a case where there is a war of choosing a war of choice launched by the president on the timeline that this administration chose, and only now are they thinking about how to evacuate the Americans who are in harm's way. It just makes absolutely no sense.

Acyn

39,981 views • 5 months ago

Democrats seemed to be fine with all of Eric Swalwell’s past when he was just in Congress and he’s not on pace to harm democrat’s political power. On the other hand, when he might accidentally help a republican become governor, democrats could NOT have that and are crucifying him. Also notice how they are calling for him to drop out of the governors race, but not drop out of congress..

Democrats seemed to be fine with all of Eric Swalwell’s past when he was just in Congress and he’s not on pace to harm democrat’s political power. On the other hand, when he might accidentally help a republican become governor, democrats could NOT have that and are crucifying him. Also notice how they are calling for him to drop out of the governors race, but not drop out of congress..

Jeffery Mead

92,689 views • 4 months ago

The war with Iran isn’t just about Iran. It’s about China. “Those who say that America would not have gone to this war except for the Israeli tail wagging the dog don’t have a lot of respect for America. They don’t have much knowledge of the national security strategy published by this administration. They also don’t appear to know that much of the strategic discourse in this administration is about being hawkish toward China’s efforts to replace the American-led world order.” —Haviv Rettig Gur

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The Free Press

85,068 views • 5 months ago

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Warren to Bessent: "The only people who are saying publicly that it's not gonna add to the national debt are you, Donald Trump, and the Republicans in Congress. Do you have an independent group that has put forward numbers that disagrees with all of these conservative groups and the Wall Street Journal?"

Aaron Rupar

64,489 views • 1 year ago

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Thank you to all who joined us in Brewer yesterday to fight to stop this senseless war. Full remarks and video below. ********* First, I want to say thank you to Food and Medicine for having me. The work of Food and Medicine, the Eastern Maine Labor Council, quite frankly, has really kept organizing alive and as part of the state for a long time. And if you have the time and the energy to get involved, I highly recommend that you do. I also just want to give a hearty thank you to everyone who's joined us here today. It means a lot and it also shows that this is, whether it's mothers, whether it's veterans, whether it's people just running for political office and part of our main community, nobody wants this war. Absolutely no one thinks that this is a good idea. And the reason why they don't want it is because they know what it's actually about. This is a war that's being pushed by Benjamin Netanyahu. He's been trying to make this war happen for almost 30 years. This is a war that's being pushed by the Saudis, who have also wanted this war to happen. Two nations that are happy to watch American blood be expended on their behalf. This war is also being pushed because Donald Trump is in the Epstein files. And other people in the White House, and other people connected with the Epstein class. They are terrified that we have noticed what they are doing. They are terrified that we're going to start wondering why the hell we let them stay in power. And to do that, they're going to do the oldest trick in the book. They're going to try to just start a war to distract all of us. They are willing to sacrifice the lives of young American men and women and the lives of Iranian civilians simply to protect their political interests. I cannot think of a more reprehensible act. I cannot think of a more unpatriotic act, of a more un-American act, than to send our sons and daughters off to die, to kill, to bring immense violence to innocent civilians abroad simply because you're afraid you might lose the midterms. It is disgusting. As reprehensible as it is, it's also important to remember that this situation we find ourselves in is only possible because we have had a Congress that for decades has abdicated its responsibility, its constitutional responsibility, in making war. We need to rescind the 2001 Authorization of Use of Military Force. Its vague language and lack of clarity has been abused by multiple administrations of both parties to carry out wars in the name of the military-industrial complex and those in power, to carry out military operations that did absolutely nothing to keep Americans safe, but made some people very, very wealthy and protected the political interests of those in power. It needs to go. But not only does it need to go, we need a war powers resolution that actually claws power back from the executive branch. The resolutions that are on the table, I highly recommend you call your elected officials and put pressure on them to vote for them. They are necessary, but they are not sufficient. We need a truly reformed War Powers Act, where we really pull the power back. No more 48 hours of combat operations where you have to notify Congress. No more 60 days of combat operations before you have to prove to Congress that you should have gone to war in the first place. No. We need to know why military force is used right off the bat. And it needs to be approved by Congress right off the bat. The Constitution is clear about who is supposed to have the power of waging war in this country. It is the body that is most representative of the American people because it is the American people who have to bear the brunt of combat. It is the American people who are asked to make the sacrifice. It is American families who have to bury their dead sons and daughters. It is American friends who have to watch their best friends come home from a war and struggle for years with physical and mental trauma.

Graham Platner for Senate

75,721 views • 5 months ago