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If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations...This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution. John Adams
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It is more than obvious that Trump has maintained a steadily high approval rating among republican voters, that is despite the venom spewed up by his opponents that have historically been associated with the party. As we near the election, the same negative voices are beginning to reappear.
Former President George W. Bush and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) will not support President Trump’s reelection, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Retired Gen. Colin Powell, who served as the secretary of State under Bush, announced on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that he will be voting for Biden in November because Trump “lies about things.”
Another well-known GOP member, Cindy McCain, the widow of former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), is likely to back Biden in the race, but it’s unclear how public she will make her decision, the Times reported.
The Times noted that none of these Republicans had voted for the president in 2016 but added that their criticisms stand out because they are now denouncing a sitting president.
Biden plans to release his “Republicans for Biden” coalition later in the campaign after working to unify the Democratic Party behind him, Democrats familiar with the campaign’s planning told the Times.In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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The US is really disappointing right now - it's a pretty sad state when the two people vying for the Presidency are Trump and Biden.
Trump is probably accelerating the US downfall in a global context and so is not great for the US.
Then there's Biden who will definitely not be good for the world. Particularly if you listen to the Ukraine recordings.
It's a really sad state.
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Originally posted by Rogi View PostTrump is probably accelerating the US downfall in a global context and so is not great for the US.In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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Just opinion of course, but I'd say there's a generally diminished level of respect for the US, globally.
But more than that, the trade war cum emerging cold war with China is diminishing the view of the US as impenetrable and the unrivalled world power. Previously the respect for the "threat" of what the US could do served the US better than having it actually playing out.
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Originally posted by Rogi View PostJust opinion of course, but I'd say there's a generally diminished level of respect for the US, globally.
But more than that, the trade war cum emerging cold war with China is diminishing the view of the US as impenetrable and the unrivalled world power.
Previously the respect for the "threat" of what the US could do served the US better than having it actually playing out.In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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With a plethora of absentee ballots to count, the results in many of the contests from New York’s Tuesday primaries remain far from final. But the partial returns clearly indicate strong showings by progressive candidates in Democratic congressional primary elections in and around New York City.
Progressive candidates surge in New York congressional primaries
With an abundance of absentee ballots to count, the results in many of the contests from New York’s Tuesday primaries remain far from final. But the partial returns clearly indicate strong showings by progressive candidates in Democratic congressional primary elections in and around New York City.
Insurgent challenger Jamaal Bowman -- a former middle school teacher and first-time candidate -- is close to toppling longtime Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel. Riding a wave of support in recent weeks from the biggest names on the left -- Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and first-term Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York -- Bowman was ahead of Engel by more than 25 percentage points, according to unofficial and incomplete results from the primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District, which encompasses parts of the Bronx in New York City and portions of neighboring southern Westchester County. Bowman's likely victory would be compared to Ocasio-Cortez’s blockbuster 2018 upset primary win over longtime Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley, which created political shockwaves. Bowman took to Twitter on Wednesday to say he "can't wait to get to DC and cause problems for those maintaining the status quo." Engel has served in Congress for over three decades and is the powerful chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee. But the incumbent came under attack the past couple of months for spending more time at his home in Potomac, Md., than at his apartment in the Bronx. And recently he was put on the defensive after he was captured on a live microphone suggesting that “if I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care” about speaking at an event in his congressional district. Bowman, who is black, started surging past Engel, who is white, over the past month amid nationwide protests over police brutality toward minorities and systemic racism sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minn.
House Oversight Committee chair Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who’s served in Congress for a quarter-century, is also fighting for her political life. Maloney – who represents New York’s 12th Congressional District, which includes parts of the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens -- is clinging to a narrow lead over progressive challenger Suraj Patel. In 2018, Maloney easily brushed back a challenge by Patel, a 36-year-old hotel executive and former Obama campaign staffer who has touted his support for the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. Progressive candidate Mondaire Jones, a favorite of the left, is leading in a three-way contest to succeed retiring longtime Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey in New York’s 17th Congressional District, which includes parts of suburban Westchester and Rockland counties. In New York’s 15th Congressional District, where Democratic Rep. José E. Serrano is retiring after three decades in Congress, New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres, the first openly gay person to win elected office in the Bronx, is in the lead as the votes are counted in a whopping 12 candidate primary field. And Ocasio-Cortez -- who faced a spirited primary challenge from former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, who enjoyed the support from parts of New York' City's business community -- crushed her more moderate opponent in primary in the 14th Congressional District, which includes parts of the Bronx and Queens.
Many of these insurgent challengers and candidates were supported by liberal groups, including the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC). “We are proud to have raised over $115,000 in grassroots contributions for candidates on the ballot yesterday, a true testament to the energy behind progressive candidates in this moment,” PCCC spokesperson Maria Langholz told Fox News. And she predicted that “Mondaire and Bowman will be close allies to AOC in Congress, and will be strong leaders on key priorities like a Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and holding massive corporations accountable.” The surge by these progressive candidates came amid nationwide demonstrations the past month protesting police brutality directed at minorities and systemic racism sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died at the hands of police in Minnesota. “Timing is everything in politics,” emphasized Jessica Taylor of the Cook Report, a leading nonpartisan political handicapper. “The national mood is in the favor of some of these progressive candidates.” The timing of the primaries may have also played a role in the results. New York was originally scheduled to hold their primary in late April, but the contests were pushed back due to health concerns over in-person voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. And geography may also be favoring the progressive contenders. “These are ultimately safe Democratic seats and are more ripe for progressive challengers,” Taylor noted. “These are safe districts for liberals to make their mark.”In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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They will be a cancer.Risto the Great
MACEDONIA:ANHEDONIA
"Holding my breath for the revolution."
Hey, I wrote a bestseller. Check it out: www.ren-shen.com
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Originally posted by Carlin15 View Post
In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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Another great monologue by Tucker Carlson about the current state of the U.S.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTOWOVjLY7cIn the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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Looks like Biden is assembling his dream team.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bid...nt-fdr-sanders
Biden could be 'most progressive president since FDR,' Sanders predicts
Just days after Joe Biden declared that he would "transform" the country if elected, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders predicted Wednesday that Biden could become the "most progressive president" since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sanders' remarks came as a task force set up by the two former rivals released a wide-ranging set of recommendations for the party’s convention platform. "The compromise they came up with, if implemented, will make Biden the most progressive president since FDR," Sanders told MSNBC. "It did not have, needless to say, everything that I wanted, everything that Biden wanted." Sanders added that there was a "real honest effort" to find a compromise between left-wing supporters of Sanders, and establishment Biden backers.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) cast doubt on the level of effort involved in the task force, however. RNC spokesperson Steve Guest noted that the Biden-Sanders task force had lifted numerous passages word-for-word from Sanders' previous platform. "The fact Joe Biden has embraced Bernie Sanders’ radical agenda verbatim is proof that while Bernie may not be the one leading the Democrat Party, Biden is more than happy to be his champion in its lurch to the left," Guest tweeted, before taking a shot at Biden's previous plagiarism scandals: "Bottom Line: Joe Biden has years of experience copying from others, now his task force is straight up copying from Bernie’s 2020 campaign proposals."
The Democratic Party has, indeed, shifted to the left in recent months, and there are indications Biden is on board with the new progressive wing. For example, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Tuesday called for dismantling America's "system of oppression," citing the country's economic and political systems; the Biden campaign didn't respond when asked by Fox News if the former vice president agreed with Omar. Other Democrats introduced a bill this week that would defund prisons, eliminate live sentences, and allow undocumented immigrants to vote and provide them with free "lifetime education." Biden recently said money "absolutely" should be directed away from police departments. However, while the proposals lay out a progressive road map for the former vice president, the document falls short of the ambitious plans pushed by Sanders and other candidates during the Democratic primaries.
The health care task force spotlights ways to expand coverage by strengthening the Affordable Care Act, which was Biden’s position during the primaries, rather than pushing for a single-payer "Medicare-for-all" health care system, a signature policy goal for Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. But the climate change task force -- co-chaired by progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and former Secretary of State John Kerry -- calls for a faster timetable to achieve net-zero carbon emissions than Biden has previously advocated for, instead of the Ocasio-Cortez-championed Green New Deal to overhaul environmental policy. The freshman congresswoman and member of the so-called Squad tweeted: "I do believe that the Climate Task Force effort meaningfully & substantively improved Biden's positions."
The panel was appointed by Biden and Sanders after the populist senator from Vermont dropped out of the race and endorsed the former vice president. Its mission -- following a primary season where the sharp policy differences between the more moderate Biden and the populist Sanders and Warren were on display -- was to find common ground in six key areas: climate change, criminal justice reform, the economy, education, health care and immigration. “I commend the Task Forces for their service and helping build a bold, transformative platform for our party and for our country. And I am deeply grateful to Senator Sanders for working together to unite our party, and deliver real, lasting change for generations to come,” Biden said in a statement. Sanders, in a separate statement, acknowledged that “the end result is not what I or my supporters would have written alone.” But the senator added that “the task forces have created a good policy blueprint that will move this country in a much-needed progressive direction and substantially improve the lives of working families throughout our country."In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect this soldier, a lion and a Macedonian.
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