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Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death, killing 250,000-440,000 Americans each year. -John's Hopkins medical researchers cnbc.com/2018/02/22/med…

If the barbarians were at the gates I think Libertarians would let them in. Democrats let in millions of aliens, including criminal illegals, yet more foreign wars have been fought by US beginning under Democrat administrations. Their big difference of opinion is in the size of government and spending.

@CynicalPublius Agreed. I don't think LP Massie pulls as much from the republican vote as he will from the democrat vote. Libertarians are just Liberals who don't know it yet. - Rush Limbaugh

If you are not aware yet that Thomas Massie will be the Libertarian Party's candidate for President in 2028, please allow me to spread the joy. They want to split the conservative vote so the Democrat nominee will be President. Because spite.

MORE details on US strikes vs Iranian targets today: 2 Iranian boats were caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, senior US official tells me. The US military eliminated both IRGC vessels and also struck at a SAM (surface to air missile) site in Bandar Abbas that was targeting US warplanes. “These were defensive strikes.” They do not indicate ceasefire is over, according to two well placed sources.

I am told the US strikes are over for now. Again these were defensive in nature not offensive and not an effort to break the ceasefire. The US military says it reacted when they saw 2 IRGC boats laying mines and then also when a SAM missile site targeted its warplanes.

🚨 CENTCOM confirms defensive strikes on IRGC ships that were caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and on a surface to air missile site in Bandar Abbas that was targeting U.S. aircraft. A U.S. official made clear that this does not indicate the ceasefire with Iran is over: “these were defensive strikes”.

@CynicalPublius @JTownUte Massie knows there aren't enough strict Libertarians to win a presidential election so he would only be running for money, notoriety and spite.

@JTownUte He's going to run as a third party candidate. Book it.

He does not think he can win the Presidency. But he does think he can split the GOP vote in 2028 and hand the Presidency to a Democrat. And he will do it out of spite.

Xi Built a Client Empire on Cheap Oil and Proxies … Trump Just Cut the Wiring floppingaces.net/most-wanted/xi…

For over a decade the foreign policy “geniuses” told us Xi Jinping’s rise was unstoppable. Beijing was quietly wiring up the planet with Belt and Road debt traps, locking in discounted oil from rogue regimes, and building a Global South proxy network designed to bleed America dry while we faded into irrelevance. Then President Trump walked in and played chess while everyone else was still playing checkers. He didn’t waste time bombing empty buildings or issuing strongly worded statements. He went straight for the hidden wiring that powered Xi’s entire racket. Reciprocal tariffs and global derisking starved China’s ability to keep the lending spigot open. The “Donroe Doctrine” in our own hemisphere reversed years of quiet Chinese encroachment. The fall of Maduro ripped away Beijing’s flagship debtor state and shut down access to over 4 billion barrels of discounted Venezuelan crude. And when U.S. strikes under Operation Epic Fury turned Iranian air defenses into smoking rubble, they didn’t just take out missiles ... they destroyed Chinese radar systems, exposed Beijing’s junk weapons on the battlefield, and slammed shut the sanctions-busting oil valve that fed 14% of China’s seaborne imports. Suddenly the “inevitable” Chinese century looks like a house of cards built on fragile proxies, cheap resources, and American weakness. The narrative of U.S. decline? Obliterated. Xi’s client empire? Short-circuiting in real time. This is what dragon-proof foreign policy looks like when a leader actually understands leverage. Trump didn’t just push back. He went for the jugular of the wiring. (article below)

@bullfrog35 I will wrap up this thread for now. But make no mistake: Hamas is Muslim Brotherhood. CAIR is Muslim Brotherhood. CAIR is financed by foreign organizations. CAIR is deep in the machine of DC politics. The Democratic party has a foreign operative problem.

This is the moment destiny is staring you dead in the face and daring you to man up or get buried. We’ve laid the groundwork: voter registration exploding in our favor, redistricting battles crushed, and a Democrat Party so pathetic it’s rotting at 20% approval. Momentum is ours. Fortune is smiling. The enemy is a joke. But here's the raw truth bomb that should light a fire under every single one of you: 92 years of midterm history is a ruthless butcher. The president’s party has been slaughtered in 20 out of 23 cycles since 1934. That curse doesn’t care about your registration numbers or victory laps. We’ve already knocked out two of the four boxes needed to smash it in Iran ... no boots on the ground and Khamenei’s entire chain of command turned to dust. Now it’s time to close the deal and finish the job. A fast, iron-clad Iran peace agreement that reopens the Strait of Hormuz, ends their nuclear dreams, and slams gas prices down before Labor Day is the hammer we need. Newt Gingrich already asked the only question that matters: “How much will the price of gas on Labor Day impact this?” We’ve got 204 safe seats and only 44 battlegrounds left. Winning a handful secures the House. This is winnable. This is our shot at rewriting history. Stop the infighting. Stop the whining. Rise the hell up. Rally behind President Trump. Demand this deal gets done NOW. Pray like warriors and fight even harder. This is how we keep the House. This is how we protect the agenda. This is how legends are forged. (article below)

Republicans do not need to call Democrats "Nazis," because "Democrat" is bad enough. -The Trail of Tears. -Slavery. -The Civil War. -Jim Crow. -The KKK. -Concentration camps for Americans of Japanese descent. -Opposition to all civil rights legislation. -Embrace of Marxism. -Racial eugenics via 66 million aborted babies. -The Re-Racialization of American society in the 21st Century. In most nations throughout history, that's enough for a political party to be outlawed.

Interesting 👀 Trump says he prefers to destroy the enriched uranium in place, in conjunction with Iran, so long as the IAEA, or its equivalent, are present to witness the “process and event”. It’s not like we need the uranium for use, we just need to test for its origins, and then destroy it, so Iran, or anyone else, can never use it. This surely would be a much faster and less messy process than trying to excavate it all and transfer it back to the US. Regardless of which route they decide to go down, the US MIL/Dept of Energy, along with the IAEA, are going to take samples of the uranium for testing, if they haven’t done so already. Trump talking about the logistics would suggest we are getting closer to the final deal.

US government overpaid welfare and Medicare recipients by $186 billion last year - after a shocking surge trib.al/Pc1vcB0

The next time a Democrat tries to tell you that Donald Trump raped a 13 year-old associated with Jeffrey Epstein, here are the facts and why those allegations were dropped. Yes, they were dropped. And this is why: The man associated with The Jerry Springer Show who promoted her allegations was Norm Lubow, a former producer for the show. The Accuser's Identity: The woman proceeded in court primarily as "Jane Doe" or "Katie Johnson". The lawsuit, which alleged the assaults took place in 1994 when she was 13 were ultimately withdrawn or dismissed. The Producer's Role: Lubow, operating under the pseudonym "Al Taylor," acted as a publicist and aggressively shopped the accuser's testimony to various media outlets in the months leading up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The Aftermath: Following investigations into Lubow’s involvement, the mainstream credibility of the "Katie Johnson" lawsuits deteriorated, and the claims largely fizzled out before her legal team dropped the suits in late 2016. Detailed reporting on the origins of this case can be found on Snopes and The Guardian. “Katie Johnson” never existed.

@GregoryScaduto @1motherwolfx2 I've never heard of any other generation having such contempt for older generations. I never heard any of my Boomer acquaintances smearing the previous generations.

@1motherwolfx2 They’re just people. You know, like we are.

In defense of the boomers. The contempt we aim at the old is practice for the contempt that will one day be aimed at us.

@PGP_NEWS @washingtonpost Living in Florida and being outdoors a lot, golfing etc, often means we older adults get more frequent dermatologist checkups for skin issues. I have neighbors that go every 6 months or more. Doesn't mean it's a major medical emergency.

@washingtonpost Three scheduled medical checkups in 13 months? That’s more often than most people update their phones operating system.Something definitely feels intense.

President Trump is expected to undergo his third scheduled medical checkup in 13 months, as outside physicians say they have persistent questions about his health and fitness. wapo.st/49T2BWd

@bible1_pam @BreitbartNews @jamestalarico Democrats play games like this all the time now. They accuse Republicans of doing what they themselves have done....now even BEFORE the election. They're deranged, and I guarantee you that some campaign operative told Talarico to say that.

"Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the country."?!?! @jamestalarico must be voting in a different states or he is just lying. I have lived and voted in 5 different states. Texas is one of the easiest states to vote in. All this woke Democrat is doing is projecting the Democrat playbook on to Republicans. You know the one on “how to steal an election”.

James Talarico says he is "worried" about the election being rigged this fall and calls voting a "sacred, God-given right" "Texas is one of the hardest places to vote in the country."

@MeetThePress Republican dissidents are imperiling the VOTERS agenda. The 77million people who voted for Trump want the dissidents gone. And the primary voters in the states the dissidents come from agreed. This is democracy in action

Trump’s revenge on Republican dissidents may imperil his own agenda nbcnews.com/politics/congr…

@CBSNews That Arch is a beautiful structure, get a grip people.

For a group of Vietnam vets, standing up to Trump's proposed D.C. arch is true loyalty cbsn.ws/49nZVjk

@Reuters Good Lord people...get a grip already.

Trump and Warsh's fates are now tied, for better or worse reut.rs/4e3ezyX reut.rs/4e3ezyX

@USATODAY Good, keep them guessing until we get the best agreement.

Trump said an agreement with Iran was near before saying American negotiators could take their time. usatoday.com/story/news/wor…