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More unity...FIVE new Bills hitting the floor of the house on the same day...all gun control and some draconian: 1. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/121/text?r=96&s=1 Hiring several hundred new ATF agents for "enforcement." If you follow guns at all and recent events around pistol braces and searches this should alarm you. The public will see it as "great, lets enforce our gun laws." 2. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/125/text?r=67&s=1 Seven day waiting period to buy any semi-automatic weapons, any silencer (dumb because due to approvals it takes months to get a silencer), armor piercing ammo (sounds good on the surface but they are trying to classify a wide range of ammo as "armor piercing"...even hollow points. 3. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/127/text?r=17&s=1 To provide for the licensing of firearm and ammunition possession and the registration of firearms, and to prohibit the possession of certain ammunition. This should SCARE everyone. First they are trying to require a training class and license in order for you to exercise a core right in the Constitution. Second, this is a back door method of creating a gun registry....EVERY gun you own, every round of ammunition you buy is now under the purview of the government. 4. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/130/text?r=15&s=1 To require the safe storage of firearms and ammunition, and to require the investigation of reports of improper storage of firearms or ammunition. Regulates how you store not only your guns, but your ammo. Creates a red flag system where anonymous friends/family/acquaintances can report you for improper ammo storage and ATF can come search your home. 5. https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/167/text?r=7&s=1 To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer. No more private party transfers at gun shows.

And this gem from the NY Times this morning calling Biden "the most religiously observant' president in 50 years" SERIOUSLY? Last I checked he is a Catholic who advocates for abortion. The mainstream media just can't help but slobber all over his knob. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/biden-catholic-christian.html

100% agree that many 2016 votes were against Hillary and not for Trump. I voted for Trump this time and it absolutely pained me. I did it because I could not vote for the DNC polices which are now being thrust upon us (draconian gun control, "free" everything, seven-fold increase in immigration and enabling the Squad agenda). I disagree with your assessment that the GOP sold it's soul nominating Trump...what were they supposed to do...rig the nomination like the DNC (sucked to be Bernie in 2016 with Super-Delegates). If Trump had the votes, he had the votes. I can however support the soul selling argument when it comes to protesting the election and other issues.

And the spin begins...before your panties climb up your back, I fully admit both sides do it...I know I know...it's all Trump's fault. An interesting corollary...I had a potential business trip to New Mexico only to discover they are still in FULL lockdown (and have been since September). Did a bit of quick research and in a very simplistic comparison of Florida to New Mexico, the lock down is having ZERO impact on infection rate, but it has destroyed the economy. Florida which is fully open has the exact same infection rate as New Mexico where you must quarantine for 14 days if you enter the state and does not allow indoor dinning or any bar activity. Apparently there is a massive fight brewing with the governor over how much power she has "taken"...several retired NW Supreme Court Justices are now speaking out in the press. I guess it is no surprise that DNC mayors and governors are saying they must open. NY is screwed by the way if you look at the numbers.

It's like you think I can't have my own opinion. I fully understand the dangers of killing 230...but something has to change and since we are willing to rip off every other bandaid (immigration, gun control, energy independence), lets do this one too. 230 has to be eliminated or modified period dot. Otherwise, a few tech oligarchs are going to control this country and influence elections...like they did in 2020. Yes we need protections for a free and open internet but 230 is an absolute abortion in its current form.

Do you really think people voted for Biden? I would say they voted against Trump but hey what do I know. I do find it odd that the best the DNC could do was a 78 year old white guy...party of the people and all.

NATO - agreed, goes without saying and long overdue. I guess we will have to agree to disagree on the press, go watch the first press conference with Spicer...right out of the gate...then watch the first one with Psaki who by the way has a LONG history of lying to the press when she was at the State Department. As for Twitter and social media...I will agreed with your argument when they lose the protections of 230. Until then they are not simply a business, they enjoy special protections and treatment under the law that should hold them to a different standard. I did not cherry pick a line out of his speech. I skimmed most of it from the transcript posted on ABC and that was the one and only line I saw then mentioned going to the Capital. There were a lot of references to the election being stolen and cheating with regard to votes, but that was the only mention of going to the Capital. You lost me on social justice. I 100% acknowledge we are a country of inequities and we have a lot of work to do. I hate the "my black friend reply" so let me put it this way, I have many minority friends and have heard countless stories that make my skin crawl. When one friend told me about having to have the "you are a young black man and here is what you do when the cops pull you over", I was shocked and it truly made me think...again we have a LONG way to go. Also, I am not talking about protests and rioting over racial inequities, I am talking about BLM and Antifa. BLM is not about racial inequities, it is a group led by dedicated Marxists with a far different purpose. Look no further than an a revealing 2015 interview with the founders (Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal TometiIn), who very clearly stated what they stand for " interview, Cullors said, “Myself and Alicia in particular are trained organizers. We are trained Marxists.” That same year, Tometi was hobnobbing with Venezuela’s Marxist dictator Nicolás Maduro, of whose regime she wrote: “In these last 17 years, we have witnessed the Bolivarian Revolution champion participatory democracy and construct a fair, transparent election system recognized as among the best in the world.” Antifa is even worse and i can't believe you would associate them with the cause of minorities in this country. They seek to cause carnage and chaos in order to bring down the American system. You swore an oath to defeat such organizations. Again going back to what happened this summer...Seattle and the autonomous zone had zippo to do with racial inequality. The occupation and near destruction of Portland...again Antifa trying to destroy the system. As for mental health, one could certainly argue about Trump's mental state as an extreme narcissist. However, he has been like that for as long as he has been int he spotlight. With Biden we are talking about real signs of change and decline. I would invite you to watch this short non-bias clip that is not about Biden, but shows a clear link between his demonstrated symptoms and mental decline. Then watch this piece done by an Australian news agency.

When did I say Biden should fix decades of partisanship in a few days? I said he ran on a platform of unity...he promised to heal America...his inauguration was again about unity. His actions so far are 180 of from what he said/promised. To the winner go the spoils so if he wants to sign 37 executive actions reversing Trump policies so be it, but be HONEST...that is not about unity. He has not taken a single action in the lead up to taking office or in his first few days of executive orders. They are in such a rush to wipe Trump off the map they Biden's wonks reversed an executive order that was meant almost solely to keep the price of insulin down. Trump is gone...he is irrelevant now. If he tries to start a third party it will simply lock the DNC in power for eternity yet they want to pursue him with impeachment because they want revenge. Biden could end it right now and start the "healing" but he has no backbone and won't even state an opinion. Be a freaking leader, stand up to Pelosi and stop the impeachment...calm the Trumpsters and focus on fixing the broken shit TOGETHER, why is that so hard to understand? The last thing I am is a Trump apologist. Things he said and did were abhorrent, he actually lost me when he made the comments about John McCain being a POW and he preferred men who were not shot down. Other statements were equally appalling but sadly in our two party system we are left with choosing the lesser of two evils and when I stacked up the issues four years ago Trump and his policies were the clear choice. I did not want to vote for him this election, but knowing the history of Biden and even more frightening, Harris...there was no way in hell I was going to vote to put the most liberal person in the sent in the Senate, in a chair that is one heartbeat from the Oval Office, have you ever read her statements and policies? ESPECIALLY concerning when Biden is in the mental condition I believe him to in...he will not make four years. He very clearly has the early signs of dementia and it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Here is the thing that bothers me the most. You said "you guys all band together...and upvote each other's posts." That has been the problem the last four years with the mainstream press. No President has ever had so much bad press. See the graphic below. From DAY ONE the mainstream press which is mostly liberal went into full attack mode. Look at the first White House press conference under Trump versus Biden. Look at the liberal press fawn all over Joe. NY Times Editor Lauren Wolfe was so blatant they had to fire her (for once the NY Times showed some integrity). Another NY Times contributor called for the "lynching of Mike Pence"...his account was not disabled. Again from day one the press was in full attack mode and Pelosi, Schiff and Schumer followed suit with an impeachment based on a fake dossier paid for by Hillary...do you not find that shocking? The FBI knew the dossier was fake, they knew the context, yet they allowed it to continue and went after people like Mike Flynn. How much money was wasted, how much time was wasted, how far could we as a society have pushed the ball further down the field without this partisan political stunt based on a fake dossier paid for by the Clinton's? The mainstream press is so intellectually dishonest it is actually frightening. This past year when BLM and Antifa burned American cities they stood by and called them "mostly peaceful protests." ABC has a transcript of Trump's speech at the rally in DC. I didn't listen to it (don't listen to any of his rambling speeches), but I did search the transcript and this is waht he said "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." This was Trump inciting an insurrection? Contrast that with the DNC leadership taking a knee as Antifa and BLM burned parts of country? Seriously? My rambling point is... Clinton, Bush, and Obama all had negative press but nothing like this and under all previous administrations the press could at least acknowledge the good that was done. In Trump's case he gets zero credit for the economy, minus COVID he would have coasted to victory on this issue alone. Standing up the to Chinese was WAY overdue. On a side note, I have no idea how deep the Chinese ties to Biden are, but I find it very telling that on inauguration day the official Chinese leadership Twitter Account mocked trump and cheered that he was out of office. Under Trump America became not only energy independent but a net exporter of oil. While the environmentalist howl reasonable people will do some research and see how this one move changed the entire dynamic...it is actually helping carbon emissions as we are now likely past peak oil and the market was forever changed. Did you happen to notice that market was so disrupted that the price of oil went NEGATIVE under Trump (yes there were several factors in that pricing), but when compared to other Presidents it is remarkable highest was under Bush at $166.60 a barrel, second highest was Carter at $125.77 and third highest was under Obama at $124.44). Leaving the Paris Climate Accord was a very smart move, the negotiated American position was horrific. Do you know that under the terms of the accord that we just rejoined, all American children have to receive education not just on climate change, but how to PROTEST CLIMATE CHANGE! Come on man. In my humble opinion leaving the WHO was another very good move for America...before you get upset I would ask if you have done any research on the WHO? Even though I believe they acted as agents of China, put the COVID thing aside and look at the organization. Auditors have repeatedly slammed the WHO because they spend more on EXECUTIVE TRAVEL ($800 Million, first class baby), than they do fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria...COMBINED. Should we have left them forever, of course not, but Trump was a good negotiator and it rocked the WHO when we left. There are other things that if viewed without bias were actually very good for our country...my favorite being the conversion of Qasem Soleimani into charred hamburger. You stated this was the first time you ever voted for a DNC candidate...for me it was a tough choice because I think Trump is an extreme narcissist who says horrible things, but when I took a step back and looked at the policies and the things Biden, Harris and the squad want to do to America...not a chance in hell. You point out QAnon...I agree horrible organization but the left is saying equally horrible things and they own the press. Look no further than the chief counsel at PBS who said "children of Trump voters be forcibly send to reduction camps". That is acceptable to you? I get it people hate Trump...As I have said multiple times, I do not like him or what he says. But the alternative is even worse.

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Love these two...classic

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for taking the bait. Of course Biden had nothing to with that decision. However, for the last four years the left and the mainstream press blamed EVERY single thing that went wrong on Trump. Have the intellectual honestly to apply the same standard to Biden... Oh I can hear you know...But But But. Not my meme but it certainly holds true. I have yet to see the grand reach across the political aisle, instead it has been a slew of executive orders and a complete dodge on the question of impeaching Trump. He has the opportunity to push the Trump thing aside...appease and calm the GOP faithful and focus on COVID-19 relief, but he doesn't have the backbone to stand up to Pelosi and her requirement for revenge...he doesn't even have the stones to voice an opinion. #Sad

And how nice that once the photo op was over Biden had the National Guard sent to sleep in a parking garage.

Apple is the Devil. I really hope the Right to Repair cases humble them.

Both sides...

Facebook has a subtle bias that in someways is more dangerous. The content they have elected to remove or suppress is often not reported. Go look at political donation totals by Facebook and their leadership to political parties. Foxnews certainly expresses the opinions of the RNC and lately Newsmax has jumped on the same bandwagon, but that absolutely pales in comparison to the major networks while ALL parrot the DNC. Aside from hiring all the former DNC operatives they have openly called for Foxnews to be shut down...CNN in particular has completely jumped the shark and become unwatchable. I sued to rotate between Fox, BBC, and CNN...MSNBC being a complete farce. These days I watch a little Fox but mostly BBC.

Please read contrived as double standard in my example. They host other organizations that are doing the exact same thing so they reverted to ToS as part of the cancel culture.

And they do thus at the expense of the U.S. Tax payer. In 2018 Amazon posted profit of $18 billion (I own a bunch, great for my portfolio), but they paid ZERO in taxes...actually it is worse than that....thanks to tax credits they got a refund of $139 Million. While being subsidized they are flexing political muscle (no hidden secret the Bezos and Trump hate each other), and they ban a predominately conservative company from their servers under completely contrived rationale. Amazon should be the first target of the government....but they won't be.

Let's be real, the mainstream media, Facebook and Twitter have become extensions of the DNC. It is one thing to openly advocate, it is another to use the power of your monopoly to control and suppress information in order to impact the outcome of an election. Because of their monopoly status, the protections of 230 and change in society, they have become an extension of one political party. While I agree with you on the car company examples I think there is a huge difference between buying a car and being the main supplier of information to the electorate. Society has changed and recent surveys have shown 67% of Facebook users also use Facebook as their primary source of news. When combined with 230 you now have a recipe for disaster. Again...Facebook and Twitter actively suppressed negative stories about Biden and Openly championed negative stories about Trump. The answer is not government regulation, it is to break up these monopolies and make sure there is fair access to news and information.

Again, who determines the truth....a Facebook fact checker...Snopes...gimmie a break. Again, i don't support Trump but I never saw him call for violence as opposed to Madonna, BLM, Antifa, the leader of Iran who have all called for violence yet their accounts remain active. Is 100% of the laptop story true, that remains to be seen, but there are frightening portions that appear to be valid and MUST be investigated. What is true and proven so far: 1. It was Hunter's laptop - he asked for it back. 2. The Biden's business partner Tony Bobulinski has gone on record and validated the shady dealings...yet the mainstream press turns a blind eye. 3. The counter email accounts have been validated...the sent emails are real. There should be great concern that there is mention of "10% for the big guy." Now is that just Hunter talking...no idea but certainly worth an real investigation. 4. The suggested business dealings are not just shady, they impact national security. Assisting the Chinese government is acquiring interest in companies that have a direct impact on U.S. National security...again MUST be investigated. if you investigate over what has been proven to be a fake dossier that was paid for by Hillary why don't you investigate this??? COMPLETE BIAS....what was your comment about innocent until proven guilty? Come on man. Interestingly the laptop repair shop owner is now suing Twitter and others...he has a strong case and will likely win big like Nick Sandmann who was similarly smeared by a host of new organizations like CNN that are now paying big bucks to settle. I have a small amount of faith that a small group of dedicated Justice Department and FBI folks are following the rats nest...sadly the result would be to install the most radical former member of the Senate in the Oval office.

Yes, there was a lot of coverage about those events and organizations, thanks for pointing that out...and they all still have active social media accounts...even the leader of Iran has an active Twitter account which he uses to call for the destruction of Israel and the United States...how is that possible using the logic employed against Trump? The "go start your own company" argument is trash, the monopolies given by 230 serve to block any real competition and when a company (Parler), does try to offer an alternative the tech monopolies immediately shut them down (Amazon and Apple), using the they don't police content argument...a double standard that says we get 230 protections but they don't. Interesting you bring up Fox and Newsmax...the cancel culture is so strong that other outlets like CNN are ACTIVELY calling for both of these networks to be shutdown.

Overblown...thanks for proving my point...there is no longer civil discussion. Free speech is free only when you agree with it. I don't care for Trump, but who decides what is truth or a lie? You have completely walked past the fact that Twitter locked the account of the NY Post because they deemed the story to be false information when in fact it has proven to be 100% true...the laptop is Hunter's. Facebook then attempted to purge the story as well. That should be frightening to everyone...this has nothing to do with Trump. Two of the major controllers of information to the American public stepped in to silence negative information that proved to be true about the Biden family and used the cloak of 230 as protection. Previous to this event these things only happen in places like Russia and North Korea.

Maybe the internet as we know it should be destroyed. As it stands there are a few tech conglomerates that control EVERYTHING and they have shown they are willing to silence free speech. Many are troubled by them banning Trump (complete overkill as they respond to the mob), but i am more concerned about the double standard because they are picking sides. The did nothing when Madonna said "I want to burn down the White House, the did nothing when Kathy Girffin stood there with the severed head of Trump, they did nothing when BLM rolled out their "Fry police like bacon" chat, they did nothing when BLM and other extreme groups burned cities and attacked Government property this summer....all of these acts inciting violence but it happened on the other side of the political aisle. MOST concerning is they silenced the NY Post when they published the story about Hunter Biden's laptop...calling it fake news when in fact it is true and there is an active federal investigation. If these few companies that control our access to information can choose sides and determine what we are allowed to see then our system is done. I am stunned that more people on here are not shocked...you took and oath to the Constitution, not a political party...you should be appalled that we have abdicated control of the free press to Jack Dorsey, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Tim Cook.

End 230...period DOT.

Go fuck yourself. I have no underlying health concerns and it nearly KILLED me and I can assure you prior I was not already prone to dying. Idiots like you make me want to vomit...truly a clueless fuckwit. Two of my immediate family members were thankfully released from the hospital yesterday after receiving all possible therapeutics and one being given last rites. I am all for keeping things open and using mitigation measures to protect those at great risk but saying this is a nuisance is fucking ignorant. There is a lot we simply don't understand especially as it related to certain blood types.