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Polly, of course I am not saying that Trump is Evil it is alot of people out

there who are shaping that Narrative for obvious reasons. And it is

alot worse than Brainwashed Cult Members because WHO is

doing the Brain-Washing and Controls All?

It All Leads to Micky Mouse ........................

Operation Mocking Bird

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Operation_Mockingbird

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/ciasuseofjournal00unit.pdf

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-cia-helped-disney-conquer-florida

Howard Walther, member of a Military Family

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Jim, in a Presidential vote Democrats will most likely win the popular vote nationwide by millions of votes. And this will be the case once again in 2024, but by even larger margins than in the last election because Trump has little appeal to independent voters. This fact also skewers polling data and voter surveys. Let’s start with the obvious: Democrats represent the vast majority of American voters as reflected in popular vote counts in Presidential elections again and again. In California, for example, where one out of every eight Americans live, the registered Republican voters account for slightly more than 20% of all registered voters. There is an inference that runs through your argument that unsecured voting drops for mail in ballots, and mail in ballots in general are easily tampered with in rural areas and swing states where Republicans usually do well. Trump’s stolen election nonsense drew great attention to these areas and the intense scrutiny of voting results in these areas yielded NOTHING of substance. You continue to keep hope alive by circumspectly inferring the stolen election nonsense( you have too much integrity and knowledge of the facts to state this outright). But stay vigilant , my friend, because these elections are close in swing states and because large pluralities of votes in blue states have become irrelevant to the outcome of Presidential elections. I greatly admire how Richard Nixon and Al Gore handled defeat in elections that were much closer than Trump’s recent dramatic defeat. Both noted that a prolonged dispute over voting results was unhealthy for the nation and detrimental to the integrity of the voting process that our Democracy was founded upon. I support any action that makes voting more secure in any state without disenfranchising large numbers of voters. Can we agree on this?

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Feb 14Liked by Jim Buckley

I am so tired of hearing about Trump's narcissism and how he wants to destroy democracy. The biggest hurdle for Trump's election will be de-brainwashing people about what the media has said about him. Take Santa Barbara. How many perfectly nice and fairly intelligent people do you know who've have had their brains completely co-opted by the media? They seem to think the people writing for The Atlantic, NYT, WaPo, etc., are pure individuals who are simply telling the truth. How dumb can intelligent people be? Our media is nothing more than a propaganda machine for the Globalists who own these outlets. Trump is not anti-Democracy. Trump is anti-Globalist. And Globalism is not Democracy.

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Narcissistic Trump is making too many reckless mistakes alienating loyalists. His latest comments related to ‘so-be-it if Russia attacks NATO Allies’, and his incestuous plan to put his ambitious, self promoting daughter-in-law as co-chair of RNC give supporters two more reasons to pause and re-think. His accepting Kevin McCarthy’s flattery rather than kick Kevin out the door, is troublesome. I voted for Trump twice. I know there was and remains election fraud that must be stoped with same day elections and paper ballots.

While the deep state must be eradicated, bureaucratic and judicial power reigned in, and our Constitution and laws both respected and enforced (until changed), is a vote for Trump merely a substitution of bad for ego? He likes to hear himself talk, along with many millions of others who seek to make America’s three branches of government transparent, honest, smaller and working for the collective good. We must remember while in office Trump did not inspire Congress to vote for what was needed starting with additional funding to enforce our existing immigration laws. We need a wall, processing centers, tracking, more ICE Agents, and tens of thousand of trained immigration judges (95% grant amnesty to the few who even appear 5 years out ). Lots of talk.

No argument that Trump has made unsurpassed contributions and positive impacts on America by exposing what citizens need to know while motivating more citizens to assume our individual civic duty. However, at this juncture, perhaps wrongly, I fear he views himself kingpin — above the greater good of all citizens. With that said, may Trump choose J.D. Vance, or Ron DeSantis, Rick Scott or a proven tempered former Governor who is not corporate owned to be as Vice-President. Lastly, may the GOP Party start to respect individual rights including those of females and elders to own our bodies and to control our lives.

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