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DEM CRACKUP: AOC Slams TX Dem, Manchin Backs Republican | Steve Berman

DEM CRACKUP: AOC Slams TX Dem, Manchin Backs Republican | Steve Berman


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It’s a weird time to be a Democrat. You won’t see this in the talking points that are dutifully regurgitated by CNN, MSNBC, and the rest of the liberal media cabal, but the reason President Joe Biden’s “agenda” has spectacularly failed has nothing to do with Republicans. It’s all on Democrats, and the party is …

‘LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE:’ The RNC Normalizes Riots | David Thornton

‘LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE:’ The RNC Normalizes Riots | David Thornton


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We should all be able to agree as Americans, especially those of us who purport to be constitutionalists, that election results should be accepted. Likewise, law and order Republicans should not condone the violent and anti-constitutional behavior of what amounts to a small fringe of their party that assaulted the Capitol on January 6.

It’s War and We’re All Traitors Now | Steve Berman

It’s War and We’re All Traitors Now | Steve Berman


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In World War II, the British and Canadians executed traitors, while Americans tended to jail them. Notably, William Joyce, the American-born Irishman-turned-Nazi who broadcasted propaganda from Berlin under the name “Lord Haw-Haw,” was captured shortly after the war, tried, and hanged by the British for “being a person owing allegiance to our Lord the King, and while a …

DON’T CAVE, JOE! Censorship is Not “Saving Democracy” | Steve Berman

DON’T CAVE, JOE! Censorship is Not “Saving Democracy” | Steve Berman


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Husbands and wives are at odds over COVID-19 vaccines. Cheryl Hines, wife of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tweeted that his remarks at an anti-mandate rally in Washington were “reprehensible and insensitive.” Meanwhile, septuagenarian rockers are abandoning Spotify because Joe Rogan invited some people to his podcast who didn’t toe the acceptable line on vaccines. RFK Jr. compared the …