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The people who run America, or at least think they do, live in a bubble of their own construction. They’ve isolated themselves from everyday America’s realities to such a degree their views about what is and what should be happening in this country differ widely from the average American’s. An analysis of their thinking, conducted for the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, finds that on a variety of economic, social, and political issues, there exists a wide gap between how the top 1% – the Elites – think things should be and how the rest of America looks at them. Elite...

I think Zach Rushing is hilarious. What do you guys think? Link

New book confirms Matt Drudge is gay The powerful owner (assuming he didn't quietly sell his site) of the Drudge Report has been assumed to be gay for some time, but a new book appears to confirm it. Many attribute President Trump’s primary success over a talented field of challengers to the Drudge Report. Matt Drudge hopped on the Trump Train early and was unrelenting in his attacks on Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, and anyone who could have threatened Donald Trump’s ascension to the GOP nomination for president. Then, he turned his tens of millions of monthly visitors against Hillary...

‘We know’: Don Trump Jr. suggests Hillary Clinton poisoned Epstein by Spencer Neale | April 25, 2020 09:59 AM Print this article Donald Trump Jr. implied former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had something to do with the death of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump Jr. lashed out at his father's 2016 rival on Saturday, a day after she mocked the president for his offhand question asking Dr. Deborah Birx if injecting disinfectant could be a protective measure against the coronavirus. "Please don’t poison yourself because Donald Trump thinks it could be a good idea," Clinton tweeted. "We know,...

Judicial Watch: Strzok’s ‘Weiner Timeline’ Shows Gap between Clinton Email Discovery and Search Warrant (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 180 pages of records of communications between former FBI official Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page that include Strzok’s “weiner timeline,” which shows a time gap of almost a month between the discovery of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails on the laptop of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner and the obtaining of a search warrant.On November 3, 2016, Strzok sends an email to Page with a “weiner timeline.” The document shows that on...

DOJ Admits FBI Never Saw Crowdstrike Report on DNC Russian Hacking Claim…Posted on June 15, 2019 by sundance The foundation for the Russian election interference narrative is built on the claim of Russians hacking the servers of the Democrat National Committee (DNC), and subsequently releasing damaging emails that showed the DNC worked to help Hillary Clinton and eliminate Bernie Sanders.Despite the Russian ‘hacking’ claim the DOJ previously admitted the DNC would not let FBI investigators review the DNC server.  Instead the DNC provided the FBI with analysis of a technical review done through a cyber-security contract with Crowdstrike.The narrative around the...

(Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Former Hillary Clinton campaign aides are panicking on Twitter over Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan announcing that he will run for speaker of the House on Thursday.“Jim Jordan allowed students in his care to be violated,” former Clinton staffer Matt Ortega tweeted Thursday. “If Jim Jordan doesn’t work out for GOP Speaker, they could always just own it and go with Roy Moore,” former Clinton spokesman Jesse Ferguson tweeted Thursday.

I was a 2-pack a day smoker, mainly Kool Blue 100s or Newport 100s. Menthol was my taste, but would sponge a Marlboro while in the field in the Army.After switching to vaping Halo Sub-Zero 24mg, my taste for analog cigarettes vanished. Some time later, my desire for hitting my cherry bomber deminished.So I ask my fellow FReepers and FReepettes, do you vape? Has it helped you kick the habit? Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.

Freepers and Freepettes, I have a strange question that I must ask. What does the gold fringe you sometimes see surround the US flag mean? What's its significance?

All right, Walking Dead Heads!AMC briefly had this audio snippet of TWD's half-season finale on its site, then quickly snatched it offline.However, someone grabbed it and put it into an audiofile here. Takes a few seconds to fully load.This Negan dude will be something else! ConjunctionJunction, please ping the list. Jesus Christ: You can't impeach Him and He ain't gonna resign.

Military Analyst Calls Obama 'A Total Pu**y' On Live TV AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais By:Chase Stephens December 7, 2015 4 Comments 3983 Retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, Ralph Peters is not a man who minces words. On Monday, appearing on Fox Business with Stuart Varney, he didn't hold back. In reaction to how he felt while watching the president's speech last night on the San Bernardino terrorist attack, Peters said, "This guy is such a total pu--y, its stunning!" Stuart asked Peters, "What were you saying to the TV as the president was speaking?''Peter's responded: Well, first of all, he keeps speaking about "we can't give into...

REPORT: The Islamic State and Information Warfare: Defeating ISIS and the Broader Global Jihadist Movement Sebastian Gorka, PhD on 2 November 2015 at 21:53 My training company, Threat Knowledge Group, wrote a report for the US military called, The Islamic State and Information Warfare: Defeating ISIS and the Broader Global Jihadist Movement. The Army has posted the report and now we are making the report available for download for you to read.Executive Summary ISIS, or the Islamic State (IS) as it now calls itself, is a far deadlier enemy than Al Qaeda, especially in its understanding and use Information Warfare...

Foreign Policy Wed Mar 25, 2015 4:28 Iranian Negotiator Stresses Withdrawal of Powers from Past Stances in N. Talks TEHRAN (FNA)- Director General for Political Affairs at the Iranian Foreign Ministry and nuclear negotiator Hamid Baeidinejad said on Wednesday that the western powers have withdrawn from their previous positions in nuclear talks with Tehran. "The other side has withdrawn from its positions compared with the past, otherwise we wouldn’t have stood at this point and stage in the talks at all," Baeidinejad told reporters in Tehran on Wednesday. Yet, the Iranian negotiator stressed that certain issues have still remained unresolved...

I was listening to Carlos Santana's "Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile)" and it made me wonder how in the world did he do those two looooong sustains or bends in this piece? Was this an amp trick or something that can be done only in the studio?I mean, 4 second sustains are amazing. How did he do it? Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t gonna resign.

Josef Joffe begins his book The Myth of America’s Decline by noting that the concept of national decline “is as American as apple pie, the theme antedating the birth of the American Republic. Already before the founding, America was doomed, as some towering figures of the French Enlightenment claimed.” And while 2014 certainly had its fair share of challenges—the media was still botching scandals right up to the year’s final moments—the end of each year seems to bring out a certain pessimism in democratic polities, having spent the past twelve months yelling at each other about all manner of things...

Oldsmar man arrested for decapitating mother over chores, deputies sayPosted: Jan 01, 2015 12:09 PM CST Updated: Jan 02, 2015 2:50 AM CST By WFLA.com web staff   Christian Jose Gomez booking photo (Photo: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)   The Oldsmar home where deputies say a man decapitated his mother   Maria Suarez-Cassagne OLDSMAR, FL (WFLA) - A man has been arrested for murder after deputies say he decapitated his mother at the family's Oldsmar home on New Year's Eve, all because of a chore he didn't want to complete. The  County Sheriff's Office has charged 23-year-old Christian Jose Gomez...

Top Iranian Official: Obama is ‘The Weakest of U.S. Presidents’ Adviser to Iranian president mocks Obama’s ‘humiliating’ presidency Share Tweet Email AP BY: Adam KredoOctober 23, 2014 4:10 pmThe Iranian president’s senior advisor has called President Barack Obama “the weakest of U.S. presidents” and described the U.S. leader’s tenure in office as “humiliating,” according to a translation of the highly candid comments provided to the Free Beacon.The comments by Ali Younesi, senior advisor to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, come as Iran continues to buck U.S. attempts to woo it into the international coalition currently battling the Islamic State (IS, ISIL,...

REP. GOHMERT: Boehner Will Be Gone as Speaker by January To paraphrase Michael Ledeen, "faster, please!" One of the tea-party leaders in Congress believes the days of Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, as speaker of the House of Representatives are numbered... Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, ... predicts Boehner will no longer be speaker “by next January,” regardless of the outcome of the midterm election in November. The Texan doesn’t think it will take a coup to remove Boehner, believing the tide is already moving in that direction, and saying, “I think people are ready for a change.” And Gohmert would see...

Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL), a leader in the conservative movement and retired Lt. Colonel of the United States Army, told Breitbart News that he thinks House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) might be trying to help the Obama administration cover up the Benghazi scandal. West is a signer of the letter from a coalition of conservative and military leaders, along with three family members of the victims in the Benghazi terrorist attack, that demanded Boehner create a select committee to investigate the Benghazi terrorist attack. Boehner has been blocking the House Resolution from...

ABC Proves Michelle Obama Is Superficial And Devoid Of AccomplishmentBy Brian Anderson on January 17, 2014 Subscribe to Brian Anderson's Feed Today is First Lady Michelle Obama’s 50th birthday and to help commemorate this momentous occasion ABC News has prepared a list of ways you can help her celebrate. The list of 50 Ways To Celebrate Michele Obama’s Birthday is supposed to be a loving tribute, but it shows how truly unimportant Barack’s “trophy wife” has been.The list tries really hard to note all of Michelle’s accomplishments, but the best it can come up with is drinking more water and...