1 hour ago, motonoggin said:

No, you need to fit everyone into two boxes because you still buy into the two party narrative. 

That’s your response every time I point out you aren’t critical of the left. 
 

I’m right leaning. However I don’t support the RNC or the republican party.  There’s  one or two current republicans I’d vote for and one or two current democrats I’d vote for. 
 

the two party system is an illusion they put out to make people believe you have a choice. For the most part the two party's are identical. Look at the roughly 550 Americans being held illegally for trespassing violations for 1/6. These peoples rights have been stripped away and almost zero current republicans and 100% of the democrats have stepped up to fight for these Americans rights. 

1 hour ago, Mainecat said:

Whatever funds your bank accounts.

18 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Maybe they are CIA assets?

12 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

What are Rogans thoughts?

Do you have any constructive thoughts on what the person in the video said? 

2 hours ago, ACE said:

 Nig nog has to cling to misleading stats to keep his position relevant 

He’s a liar. The vaccinated lies are hilarious. 

8 hours ago, motonoggin said:

I hold both parties in equal contempt. 

False. You claim you’re not a democrat but you really are

7 hours ago, Skidooski said:

Cancel culture should've started with him

Cancel culture only applies to right leaning people

Biden doesn’t have the authority he’s a nazi

13 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter says Trump 'is done'

 

 

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is predicting the end of Donald Trump's hegemony in the GOP, saying the former president "is done."

"Trump is done," Coulter, a onetime Trump booster turned critic, wrote in an email to The New York Times. "You guys should stop obsessing over him."

Coulter's comments came in an article published in the Times on Sunday about the mounting tensions between Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) amid speculation of a potential showdown for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

While DeSantis has so far sought to tamp down rumors that he's angling for a possible White House bid, his rise within the GOP and growing national profile have irked Trump, who sees the Florida governor as owing his political success to him.

Trump has privately griped about DeSantis's refusal to publicly commit to foregoing a 2024 run if the former president chooses to mount another bid for the White House.

But Trump has also begun to sharpen his stance on DeSantis publicly. In an interview with a South Florida radio host last month, Trump appeared to issue a challenge to the Florida governor, saying that he would beat DeSantis in a 2024 primary if he decided to run.

"If he wanted to run, that's OK with me," Trump said. "I think we'd win by a lot."

Trump also appeared to take a swipe at DeSantis during a recent interview with the conservative One America News Network in which he slammed politicians who won't say whether they received a COVID-19 booster shot as "gutless." DeSantis has repeatedly dodged questions about his booster status.

Coulter pounced on Trump over those comments in a tweet last week calling the former president a "liar and con man."

"EXCLUSIVE: Trump is demanding to know Ron DeSantis's booster status, and I can now reveal it," Coulter wrote. "He was a loyal booster when Trump ran in 2016, but then he learned our president was a liar and con man whose grift was permanent. I hope that clears things up."

HA HA HA HA HA  Ann Colter 

20 hours ago, motonoggin said:

 

Both my wife and I work at financial institutions. The reserve is you “capital ratio”. Every institution is still required to carry 10% of their capital in cash. Understand the other 90% is still an asset in the form of a loan or a investment. 
 

16 hours ago, Mainecat said:

It’s decision made by NATO.  

What’s a decision by NATO? Please tell us what you’re saying

8 hours ago, SSFB said:

 

What's Cernovich going to ask next, whether Santa Claus has been fake the whole time?

 

I like how you glassed over “operation mocking bird” it’s very clear the media gas lights the American people on almost every topic. But feel free to play along

7 hours ago, motonoggin said:

It's like they were born yesterday. 

But they'll forget all about this when it's convenient. 

The only person that conveniently forgets is you. You’ve claimed to be woke since this forum was created by Rob. Yet you always seem to fall in line with the left. I’ve never seen you rail against anything the left “democrat party” says or does. 

14 hours ago, Mainecat said:

It was Trumps plan and his negotiated treaty. 

1. If it was Trumps plan the Biden administration would’ve released the plan and said here it is. 

2. even if it was Trumps plan the Biden Administration was under no obligation to use it. Lets be clear it wasn’t his plan.

3. The Biden Administration started reversing everything Trump did on day one. Every executive order, the wall construction, keystone, oil leases, Stay in Mexico, catch and release, Iran deal, Paris Accords, all of it. But you want to claim that the one and only thing they stuck with was the Afghanistan exit strategy. 

4. trump has been very clear on two things with Regard to Afghanistan. First he wanted nothing left behind. He wanted it brought back or destroyed. Fuck we left 70k trucks there. Second he wanted to keep Bogrum. 

Revealed: Biden Is Hiding a Ruinous 'Left Behind' Report on Afghanistan from GOP, American Public

The chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is still haunting the Biden administration. Last week, GOP lawmakers called out the administration for missing the deadline to submit a report about the military equipment left behind.

On Friday, Republican lawmakers submitted a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. According to a government spending bill, the administration was required to submit a report on the equipment by Dec. 29, 2021. However, the administration missed the deadline, The Hillreported.

“It is with gravest concern that even after a three-month window to produce the required information, the DOD still has not given Congress an accurate accounting of United States equipment still in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where terrorist groups are reconstituting,” the letter read, according to The Hill.

According to the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, which was passed in late September and funded the federal government through Dec. 3, the administration was required to submit to Congress a report on the “disposition of United States property, equipment and supplies, including property, equipment and supplies” that was in Afghanistan.

There were billions of dollars worth of military equipment left behind in Afghanistan. Once the U.S. withdrew, all the state-of-the-art equipment and weapons fell into the hands of the Taliban.

After the withdraw, some claimed that the equipment left behind wouldn’t do the Taliban much good — since the military had disabled much of it before evacuating.

Though there were Humvees, Black Hawks and drones all left behind, they were supposedly stripped before the Western forces left, according to Forbes.

“These vehicles had all been stripped of sensitive electronics prior to being gifted to the Afghan Army or left by NATO forces,” the outlet explained.

But while the Taliban may not be able to use all the equipment or gain sensitive intelligence from their operating systems, there was plenty of loot left behind for them.

Videos from the Taliban, which CNN aired, shows them with assault rifles, pistols and ammunition, as well as armored Humvees and vehicles.

Now that billions of dollars worth of tax-paid, military equipment is in the hand of terrorists, GOP lawmakers are insisting on accountability from the administration.

“Biden’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan needlessly left behind American citizens and Afghan allies. Americans deserve to know their taxpayer dollars are being put to good use by providing for the rescue of those left stranded, so we must have clarity and accountability from the Department of State,” GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York told Fox News.

Other Republicans argued that this lack of transparency from the administration also hinders Congress from having proper oversight.

“This lack of information prevents Congress from being able to accurately and effectively conduct oversight over the tens of billions of dollars of equipment invested in Afghanistan over the past 20 years and creates vulnerabilities in our national security,” the letter from GOP lawmakers read, according to The Hill.

“Congress should not have to wait until the [National Defense Authorization Act’s] March 2022 deadline to receive this critical information concerning Afghanistan. That is why Congress required your department to comply by December 29, 2021,” the lawmakers added.

This is not an unreasonable request since Congress needs to know just how much was left behind in Afghanistan.

This not only clarifies how much equipment the Taliban now has, but it also demonstrates simple fiscal responsibility.

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11 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Both are toxic for the country.

Explain with facts why Desantis is toxic. We've all seen your rants on Trump.

Just now, ckf said:

Hopefully 4 years of anti Biden posts are enough. We don't need that old coot in there for 8   

Do you think he makes it four years? I have a feeling he won't. He should've never ran

Just now, ckf said:

Sounds like a good idea Have you had a look at all of the anti Biden threads we have. The tide has shifted...deservedly so

One guy against the entire board and you guys want to complain

I'm not against him. I think 6 years of Trump posts are enough 

Maybe you should create a Trump forum for MC to post on as well???

10 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

It's on dozens of websites.

You saw on the web it must be true. Isn't that what you guys say to me all the time? LOL

13 minutes ago, XCR1250 said:

 

 

 

 

Trump-DeSantis tensions ratchet up

BY MAX GREENWOOD - 01/18/22 06:00 AM EST 15,543

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The long-simmering tensions between former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) are reaching a boiling point ahead of a potential 2024 primary clash.

Trump has griped behind the scenes for months about DeSantis’s rapid political rise, including chatter about a future White House bid. But the complaints from the former president have only grown louder, raising concerns among some Republicans about a looming brawl between two GOP heavyweights.

“President Trump is the one clearly picking a fight here, and it’s a fight that's too early and unnecessary,” said Sam Nunberg, a former adviser to Trump who stressed that he is neutral in a dustup between Trump and DeSantis. “We’re not in Republican primary season. This is a fight for mid-2023. It’s not a fight to start having in 2022.”

Still, Nunberg added, “If Donald Trump believes he is punching down when he’s attacking Ron DeSantis, then why do it?”

The tensions have come into sharper focus in recent days. An article published on Sunday by The New York Times offered a detailed accounting of an increasingly confrontational relationship between Trump and DeSantis. 

Likewise, a story published by Axios on Monday reporting that Trump has been privately disparaging DeSantis as “dull” and lacking in “personal charisma” found itself front and center on the conservative website Drudge Report.

And just last week, Trump appeared to take a thinly veiled shot at DeSantis for refusing to say publicly whether he has received his COVID-19 booster shot. In an interview with the conservative One America News Network, the former president slammed “gutless” politicians who won’t reveal their booster status, a comment that was widely viewed as aimed at the Florida governor.

“The answer is yes, but they don’t want to say it, because they’re gutless,” Trump said. “You got to say it. Whether you had it or not, say it.”

Trump’s frustration with DeSantis stems in part from the governor’s refusal to say publicly that he won’t challenge Trump for the 2024 Republican nod if the former president decides to make another run for the White House. Several other would-be contenders have already done so, while DeSantis has largely skirted the question in public.

Trump is also said to be irked by what he sees as DeSantis’s lack of deference. A former congressman, DeSantis won the 2018 Republican nomination for governor after Trump endorsed him over a better-known opponent, former Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.

While DeSantis’s political brand in many ways mirrors Trump’s combative style, he’s also begun to carve out his own reputation, notably as a staunch opponent of COVID-19 mandates and restrictions.

In a recent interview on the conservative “Ruthless” podcast, DeSantis said that he regretted not pushing back more aggressively when Trump advised Americans to stay home in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

“I was probably the first governor in January of 2020 to call for travel restrictions from China. I supported President Trump when he did that,” DeSantis said. “But we have to take a step back and acknowledge that those travel restrictions just didn't work.”

But DeSantis has also been careful to avoid direct confrontation with Trump, especially given the fact that he’s facing reelection this year and needs to maintain the support of the former president’s loyal voter base. In the interview with “Ruthless,” DeSantis dismissed the notion that his relationship with Trump had soured, blaming the media for fueling such rumors.

“You cannot fall for the bait,” he said. “You know what they're trying to do, so just don't take it. Just keep on keeping on. We need everybody united for a big red wave in 2022. We've got to fight the left, and not only fight, but beat the left. And that's what we're doing in Florida.”

And even in saying that he wished he had spoken out more aggressively against Trump’s early calls for coronavirus restrictions, DeSantis blamed “people like” Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for advising Trump on his early response to the pandemic.

Still, DeSantis’s appeal among Republicans — including Trump’s base — is clear. Ford O’Connell, a Florida-based GOP strategist and former congressional candidate, said the governor has been successful in taking aspects of Trump’s political brand and making them his own, especially amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“What he’s done is he’s taken Donald Trump’s America First playbook and crafted it as a Florida First playbook,” O’Connell said.

“If you had told me that Ron DeSantis would display more political courage than Greg Abbott, I wouldn’t have believed it,” he added, referring to the Republican governor of Texas. “The idea that DeSantis gave all the other Republicans a backbone and cover to do what’s best for their states is why conservatives are rewarding him now.”

One Republican consultant with ties to Florida said that part of the interest in DeSantis as a future presidential candidate stems from the perception among many in the party that the Florida governor is effectively “Trump without the baggage.”

“He’s a little more polished, I think. He’s got the Harvard credentials, he served in the military, he’s the governor of the third largest state, but he can still speak the language of the MAGA crowd,” the consultant said. “With Trump, there’s still a lot of drama, so I think it probably worries him that there’s this other guy who’s getting a lot of attention.”

To be sure, DeSantis has tried to tamp down speculation about his ambitions for 2024. He officially kicked off his 2022 reelection bid in November and has said that he’s focused on the governor’s mansion.

Some Republicans have also sought to dismiss talk of a budding feud between Trump and DeSantis. Giancarlo Sopo, a Republican media strategist who worked on the Trump campaign's national Hispanic advertising in 2020, said the recent news stories about the tensions were part of an effort to shift attention away from President Biden’s political woes.

“The ‘Trump vs. DeSantis’ stories are not a coincidence. They’re a Beltway concoction meant to distract from Biden’s disastrous presidency,” Sopo tweeted. “Don’t take the bait.”

Regardless, DeSantis looks in many ways more like a budding candidate for national office than someone content on remaining in the governor’s mansion. His political committee has amassed nearly $70 million.

And in his annual State of the State address last week, DeSantis repeatedly slammed the federal government over coronavirus restrictions and mandates while proclaiming that his administration “was right” and the feds “were wrong” in their approach to the pandemic.

DeSantis’s popularity among Republicans is also reflected in polling. While surveys of the potential 2024 GOP primary field show him running a distant second behind Trump, he has routinely scored double-digit support and gains significant ground when Trump is taken out of the running.

There’s also plenty of time between now and the start of the 2024 primaries for DeSantis to close the gap. Aubrey Jewett, a professor of political science at the University of Central Florida, said that while Trump remains the front-runner for now, that may not necessarily be the case in another two years.

“Right now, things do look pretty good for DeSantis politically, but I still think there’s a ranking and it’s Trump first then currently, as of today, DeSantis,” Jewett said. “But we don’t know that that will be the case for long. Historically, early front-runners fade.” 

Brett Samuels contributed reporting.

The was published on 'The Hill". i haven't heard one top conservative talk about this. If Mark Levin wrote about it I would find it credible. Look at the Twat that wrote this. 

1 minute ago, XCR1250 said:

Trump is having issues with DeSantis now.

Fake news

4 hours ago, Snake said:

Holy fuck...

Tora Bora