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jerseykaye's avatar

Sasha, I’m at the point that I have to stop what I’m doing when I see an article by you and start reading . You are our clarion. Stay strong and live long…it will take decades to unwind all the evil

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Sun Love Pax's avatar

I’m the same way. I’ve gone mental a few times because her articles ended up in my spam folder for unknown reasons. I really appreciate Sasha’s insight as well.

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jerseykaye's avatar

👍

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Pacificus's avatar

Are we talking Deep State Gene here??

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Brent Nyitray's avatar

The left used to have benign neglect for flyover country. Now it is outright contempt.

The MSM has become Pravda.

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Todd Witherow's avatar

Amazing how contemptuous you can be when you don’t have to really be elected. Our politicians callousness is proof of election fraud. They don’t even bother to fake it anymore...

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NotFromTexas's avatar

"The MSM has become Pravda."

You're being generous. I'm not sure Pravda deserves the insult of such association, but I won't sweat it.

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gsharper's avatar

The striking thing about Biden's indifference to the people of East Palestine is not that he just doesn't care (he doesn't) it's that he doesn't even feel the need to pretend to care. Let's face it, most politicians don't really care that much about the people they purport to represent. They are very good at telling people what they want to hear so they can gain power. Biden doesn't even bother with that pretense. He is using his callousness to send the message that working class white people in flyover country are not even worth pandering to.

There are hundreds of slow-motion East Palestines all across this country. Hollowed out towns where the factories have closed – the jobs were shipped overseas long ago -- and tattoo parlors and vape stores have replaced the department and hardware stores on Main Street. Drug overdoses are common and people are looking for hope.

You are exactly right to highlight the contrast between Biden's trip to Kiev and Trump's trip to East Palestine. The establishment of both parties can't wait to get rid of Trump. They don't understand why he remains stubbornly popular among large groups of people, despite the constant attacks by the media and the political establishment. They don't understand Trump because they don't understand the feeling of hopelessness that exists in so much of the country where people feel that nobody in power cares about them.

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William O'Kelly's avatar

Many are installed and controlled. Praying unceasingly that elite mafia will be held accountable for the crimes against humanity 🙏

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Sandie Dilsaver's avatar

Thank you for praying!! I’m praying too!!

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GabeReal's avatar

Hillary made that same mistake, and it cost her the election...

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GabeReal's avatar

How much does trolling pay?

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Libertarian's avatar

Super job again, Sasha; articulating compelling arguments and insights. From my view, Ohio is too non-urban, too white, and too straight for the Dem Woke to give them any respect at all.

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William O'Kelly's avatar

Largely because it's a hate movement. Peace be with you and your family ✝️ 🌹

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Jay Covitz's avatar

Biden’s handling of East Palestine may go down as one of the biggest unforced errors in modern political history. There simply is no turning back from it now.

If Trump wins the GOP nomination, there will be nation wide ads showing Trump in EP at the same time Biden was giving Ukraine another $75 trillion (or whatever). And since the economy will likely be somewhere between bad and God awful by the time the 2024 election rolls around, that contrast is going to resonate, bigly.

I just wrote about that in my way too early, 2024 GOP primary odds column.

https://www.gordoncomstock.com/p/the-hottest-takes-on-the-2024-gop

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William O'Kelly's avatar

Let us pray that we have transparent elections.

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Pacificus's avatar

Transparent elections? That's a big "if."

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Matt L.'s avatar

East Palestine has shades of POTUS 43 slow reaction, Y2005 Hurricane Katrina.

Or as Chris Cornell sang so beautifully:

‘I found you guilty of a crime, of sleeping at a time, When you should have been wide awake’

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GabeReal's avatar

Yes I’ve noticed the similarities to Katrina as well.

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Bess Storm's avatar

Like always, you knocked it out of the park. Your writing is a joy to read.

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Kathrynvinehill@gmail.com's avatar

Honestly, this moved me so much. Thank you especially for the clips of Trumps speech and the reactions of the people in Palestine which I had never heard.

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BeadleBlog's avatar

Not only does Trump give people hope, but you and every other journalist writing the things that MSM ignores gives me hope. You are the leaders of the rebellion for a better future.

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Thoughtful Reader's avatar

Just upgraded to paid subscriber. Every single time, you absolutely nail it.

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Danimal28's avatar

"...by doing what he always does with MAGA." No. Everyone, including you.

All you have to do is go back to Feb 2020 and recall that everything was right in the world, and Trump - more importantly the team he assembled - was responsible for it. To recap:

Women were revered, now Trans dipshits are

Gas was $1.80 per gallon

Butter was $1.50 per pound

Milk was $1.80 per gallon

Border was secure, now it is wide open belonging to Cartels

No wars, now we are escalating WWIII

Economic leverage was used to tame Russia, Iran, and China(N Korea)

EVERYONE's purchasing power was 3X what it is now

Inflation was 1%

Energy was down 7% from 2019

Corporate tax rate was 40%, now 21% which is the single thing saving this country right now

Laws were enforced

Yeah, how is that working now? Trump gained 12M votes and 'lost'. Right. Just read Molly Ball's essay at Time from Feb 4th 2021... She outlines how 'they' had to 'save' the election. Yeeaaahhhh...

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Pacificus's avatar

Keep teaching tnis history...we cannot allow the Powers that Be to flush it down the memory hole.

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Danimal28's avatar

You're too kind. I try to keep it out there.

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NotFromTexas's avatar

The US was an energy net EXPORTER - OPEC was all but irrelevant.

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Danimal28's avatar

Yep, absolutely. And energy prices decreased 7% in 2019 alone. It was glorious.

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Les Vitailles's avatar

The residents of East Palestine didn't vote Democratic in 2020. Neither did the residents of Ukraine.

But at least Ukraine had the shrewdness to hire the children of multiple Democratic chieftains into their natural gas business.

Had the residents of East Palestine done the same, they too would now be hearing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in person. Maybe they were shrewder after all.

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David Poe's avatar

We need to get back to the idea that the head of a department must have expertise in his field.

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Ruth H's avatar

Thanks for a wonderful informative article with attached videos. Trump gives hope because he actually does love America and the people.

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Lillia Gajewski's avatar

In not going to East Palestine, Biden missed a golden opportunity to turn his presidency around. He could have shown that he truly was a "unifier" and "everyone's president," and that he was brave enough to face down a situation plenty of people are laying at his feet due to DEI and his betrayal of railworkers.

But, no, he goes to Ukraine where he knows he's safe, physically, emotionally, and politically.

As I've said elsewhere, I thought I could hate no president more than I hated Dubya. But man, oh, man.

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NotFromTexas's avatar

Remember when Bill Clinton went to Oklahoma City? THAT was the moment that HIS presidency turned around.

You're absolutely right. Huge missed opportunity. Mayor Pete just can't cut it.

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Lillia Gajewski's avatar

Actually, I don't remember it. I think it was when I still was trying to live under a rock. But I will look it up!

And, yes, as much as I dislike Biden, it would have shown strength to go there. Pouty Mayor Pete just, as you say, didn't cut it. As my other half said, he looks like a teenager who was made to go to the family reunion rather than his friend's party by the lake.

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NotFromTexas's avatar

"As my other half said, he looks like a teenager who was made to go to the family reunion rather than his friend's party by the lake."

Your other half nailed it.

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JR's avatar

he looks like a teenager who was made to go to the family reunion rather than his friend's party by the lake.

Stealing this.

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ChatterW's avatar

I’ve been supremely displeased with Trump recently but I will unabashedly say he did the right thing in Ohio, and I admire him for it.

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Kathrynvinehill@gmail.com's avatar

Me too. But this podcast gave me a whole other point of view for reasons why people like Trump. I trend to focus on policy and the human element escapes me.

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ChatterW's avatar

I agree. I had a friend, an open minded democrat, who asked me what I thought about how Trump behaved at one of the meetings in Europe (don’t remember specifics) and I told her I don’t give a rats rear end what Trump says, I care what he actually DOES.

Unfortunately you and I are probably in the minority of voters. And he has been breaking Reagan’s 11th commandment repeatedly.

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William O'Kelly's avatar

We have a Uniparty that does the will of evil men.

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Pacificus's avatar

"We have a Uniparty that does the will of evil men."

Evil women, too!

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Pacificus's avatar

Kathryn, what Trump policies, exactly, were a problem for you? Because I tend to think that was his strong point. More than any president in my lifetime, Trump did what he said he would do. The E Palestine trip was pure MAGA.

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Kathrynvinehill@gmail.com's avatar

I meant only that I never quite understood his supposed ability to connect with others until I listened to the audio of him in Palestine. Sasha has a great ability to humanize him. No, I agree completely that he always at least tried to do exactly what he said.

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Stop Being Lied To's avatar

Terrific article. Thank you very much.

Tulsi, PLEASE run in 2024...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

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Thomas Scherrer's avatar

She beat EVERYONE there. This is after traveling to DC from Hawaii to attend the anti-war rally. This is also after her being in training for 6 weeks in the Hawaii National Guard. Woman is a unit. Don't always agree with her, but damn, I respect her.

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Pacificus's avatar

Oh yeah, Tulsi, gotta love and respect her.

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