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JAN 6th: Will We Ever Know What Trump Did? | Steve Berman

JAN 6th: Will We Ever Know What Trump Did? | Steve Berman


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Gossip reporters in the 70s through the 90s sometimes got calls from “John Barron.” It was of course Donald Trump, dishing out on the wonderfulness of Donald Trump, without even the decency to affect a different voice. This ruse has about the same level of sophistication as the small time drug dealer who drops his package …

FREEDOM CONVOY: Seizing Kids a Big Mistake | Steve Berman

FREEDOM CONVOY: Seizing Kids a Big Mistake | Steve Berman


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If American rabid libertarians have their Avengers, they’re almost certainly the thousands of big rig drivers who have descended on Ottawa, disrupting Ontario’s commerce with the USA, forcing a Ford plant to close, and overall being an icicle in the rear for the normally chill Canadian government. Trying to remove them by force is a thorny …

PITCHFORKS IN OTTAWA: Canadian Truckers and U.S. Parents Share a Common Goal | Steve Berman

PITCHFORKS IN OTTAWA: Canadian Truckers and U.S. Parents Share a Common Goal | Steve Berman


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It is not 2020. We no longer need to worry about flattening the curve. We no longer need to wipe our groceries down with bleach, or stay huddled in our homes for fear of COVID-19 killing us. I had COVID-19 in October, 2020. I got it around the time then-President Trump got it, except he spread …

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.