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Disabled wife of a veteran experiences #tregret when she gets what she asked for:

Nope. Poll taxes are as bad an idea for elections as they are for primaries. Independents should be able to vote in any primary they choose; that will help to reduce the massive polarization we see today. We need more independent voters to break the control the two-party system has over government.

Some recent quotes: "From the men and women of the rank and file, that's true. It comes from you people, incredible people, good looking people, too many good looking people. I don't like good looking people. I never liked good looking people, I'll be honest with you. I've never admitted that before. But see, I'm allowed to see, you know, we wanted the Supreme Court to think based on merit." “Is it nice? They say it now routinely. I heard the news today. The Gulf of America weather is wonderful. They don't say it with a smile. It's called the Gulf of America. How did that happen, right? And it took me, you know, for many years, I said, why is it called the Gulf of Mexico when we seem to have the shore? Well, we do. We have 92% of the shoreline. And so I said, you know, when we make it back, not if, when, too big to rig. We made it too big to rig. I said, get out and vote. Too big to rig.” "Let me ask you. We're gonna go steam first and then electric. Catapults, which is better, electric or stream? I'm gonna put in an order. Seriously. They're spending billions of dollars to build stupid electric. And the problem when it breaks you have to send up to MIT, get the most brilliant people in the world."

Nope. Is it OK with you if the republicans try to sabotage the democrats by funding a green candidate to pull votes from democrats? Didn't think so. But solving either one of problems with a poll tax does far more harm than good.

Well apparently George Soros is paying me to protest! But the check must be in the mail.

Often taxpayer funds maintain the facilities that political parties use for free - like public halls and convention spaces. But overall there's far more private donations than public funding. Keeping independent voters from voting for people in either party's primary leads to further polarization and penalizes centrist candidates.

Private organizations, sure. Public organizations - no.

Not a fan of poll taxes.

Yesterday a mass shooter was stopped by police at Atlanta Airport. Billy Joe Cagle told his family he was going to "shoot up the airport" and took his loaded semiautomatic rifle to the airport. He parked his truck at the terminal curb and went in to scout locations. His family wisely called 911 and warned police. With the warning they were able to apprehend him in the terminal before he started shooting. His weapon along with 27 rounds of ammunition were confiscated by police, and he now faces terrorism charges. Cagle was active on social media, and was a staunch supporter of Trump, loudly argued for gun rights - and regularly flew a confederate flag. He had also been previously convicted on a weapons charge. Perhaps people like this warrant more police scrutiny than an illegal alien whose only crime is working hard to support his family.

He doesn't need to. FOX News, OAN, Breitbart etc do all that for him.

Some "illegal aliens we were awash in" - Mick. He came to the US to start a company making skydiving gear. His company employed five Americans, also skydivers. Then he had a visa problem; for a short time he was then an illegal immigrant. We are fortunate that he was not "removed." Elon Musk. He came to the US and started several companies. He entered illegally; he came in on an educational visa, never even registered for classes and went straight to work. VERY illegal. Monica. She was a skydiver who came from Norway to visit. But at one point she worked at a skydiving gear store for a few days because they were shorthanded. Again VERY illegal. Natalie. Had a 4-way team from Switzerland who went to the World Meet. While in the US, she coached some local 4 way teams. Illegal. Neil Young. Came to the US in 1966 and played guitar for tips. Again, illegal. Didn't get a green card until 1970! So you would consider the United States one of the problems faced in the Americas? Interesting. Fortunately there are plenty of other options for you.

You spotted Hippocrates? Would love to get his take on what's happening today. Thought he was dead, but of course you're never wrong.

Trump then attacked left wing ANTIFA terrorists for "making it up."

Today Trump warned Hamas “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them" if any violence persists in the Middle East. I can't imagine why he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Because it's really all they have at this point. "I am a VICTIM of the democrats and the New World Order and the gays and the blacks and DEI and CRT and censorship and hecklers and political correctness and liberal academia and Hunter Biden's laptop! That's why I'm not always successful! Has nothing to do with me or my party's policies." Witness Trump currently claiming that 1) he is a victim of the democrat's shutdown and 2) he planned it so he could fire people.