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Unethical punishment: In looking at patriotism, I look at politicians and their loyalty to the constitution. My recent concern is why would the Republican Party censor both Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney for serving on a panel that was investigating the insurrection? How is seeking the truth a punishable offense? I can only say the punishment they received was not only unethical but leads me to wonder what else does the Republicans want hidden from the public?
So many accomplishments: Donald Trump has been called many things but underachiever isn’t one of them. For instance, he was the first president to be impeached twice, the first to be investigated by multiple grand juries, the first to be the main focus of two federal commissions and the first to be referred to the Justice Dept. for prosecution. That’s surprisingly productive for someone who spends so much time playing golf.
Musk info ignored: Since Elon Musk bought Twitter, he has released six separate dumps of internal emails saying Twitter was a tool of the FBI and Democratic National Committee to censor conservative news and opinion, to shadow-ban and to remove users who posed a threat to their Marxist agenda. And there is not one newspaper in America that has covered the so-called Twitter files. When the government controls the press, you have only propaganda and you are well on your way to one-party rule by the Democrat Communist Party.
Conning his believers: I wonder how many of the Trumpers who believed that Mexico would pay for the wall and think the election was stolen are paying $99 to buy his digital trading cards. What a con artist. How can anyone take that guy seriously?
Salaries getting ridiculous: The salaries professional athletes are getting paid are ridiculous and insane. Regular working families cannot attend any of the major sport events with their children anymore. Ted Williams, Roberto Clemente and Henry Aaron never made a $1 million, but now athletes are making $100 million, $200 million, $300 million. Stop the insanity and bring back the sports salaries to a realistic amounts.