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Joys of a California run by DEMs,
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‘California Fast Food Franchisees Forced to Cut Employees’ Hours due to $20 Minimum Wage’
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/07/10/california-fast-food-franchisees-forced-cut-employees-hours-20-minimum-wage/
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Initial estimates were 10,000 workers would be out of a job,
that number may well turn out to be low.
On November ballot Prop 32 would raise minimum wage in CA to $18 per hour.
They’re spending $11,010,816.16 to con voters into passing Prop 36.
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_32,_$18_Minimum_Wage_Initiative_(2024)
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There is a little thing known as the wage price spiral.
Wages increase then prices increase, then wages go up, then prices go up, on and on.
DEMs will inflict higher prices on the poor and those on a fixed income and they don’t care.
‘Wage-Price Spiral: What It Is and How It’s Controlled’
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Example, a single Mom making minimum wage is all excited to see her wages go up. She is then shocked when the cost of daycare goes up because daycare workers also got the pay bump. Single Mom ends up with zero gain. Minimum wage manipulation was tried by liberal DEMs up in Washington state, a decade ago, figuring it would raise income of those receiving public assistance. What turned out happening, those on public assistance realized their benefits would be cut back, demanded their employers reduce their hours lowering income so they’d again qualify for same level of public assistance.
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Prop 36 is another DEM knee jerk brain fart which will cause harm to the state long term.
But DEMs are short short term shallow thinkers.
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Isn’t it strange only in election years do DEMs dangle carrots
of minimum wage or reparations to BUY VOTES?
‘Wage-Price Spiral: What It Is and How It’s Controlled’
https://tinyurl.com/3d6pp64m
Biden says hes up at 7am and goes to bed at midnight.
Now you know EVERTHING he says is a lie
Acccording to the Biden supporters everything China Joe says is truth, and everything Trump says is a lie. It’s incredible how some people can be so naive, and how some people can be duped so easily.
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Biden is finished. Maybe the corpse is still walking around, but he’s done. None of my Trump supporting friends and family would ever have voted for him And now, after the debate, my (formerly) Biden supporting friends and family are getting completely disgusted with Biden as well. He is losing any respect he had from the Democrats, both the elite and the normal folks. You know, those people who supported him last time. Not a good recipe for success, but Biden and his handlers refuse to see the facts.
If Biden keeps running, Trump wins in a landslide.
In more normal times like in the past the Democrats proposals would not have even made it to the public because the idealism they practice these days the Democrats of the past would have thought those ideas were crazy and they didn’t want to be associated with it. They might have said, “that might nice but it is not realistic”.
So I think we are seeing the collapse of US, even more than turning it into New Venezuela. Maybe Mad Maxx or maybe not because it could have a soft landing.
When Biden was bragging about how many NATO countries now give 2% of their GDP to defense how many listeners realized it was because Trump when president said to other countries, if you want our support then put up the 2% you promised when NATO was formed. Many were barely over 1% at the time.
No more freeloading off America.
No reporter is allowed to ask Biden why they turned him orange and are trying to make him look like Trump.The low IQ are easily swayed by pics more than words and most cant read.Its just another mind &*ck by the ineffective psych ops.
Kamala Harris has always used the term “reproductive rights” in her quest to champion abortion, without actually saying “abortion” as it doesn’t have a positive connotation.
In her latest public service commercial asking for money, she makes two points: Something to the effect of “Now I know y’all don’t want that mean old Donald Trump back in the White House, after all he will put a national ban on Abortion!” (Note special annunciation of the word “abortion.”
Note the absence of her trademark maniacal laughter.
I suppose this sort of announcement with continued focus on misleading the public is necessary when it’s impossible for the Biden administration to run on their record.
The only reason his past supporters are telling Biden to withdraw from the election is because they’re afraid he cannot get reelected. Never mind the fact that he’s incapable of doing the job. Its all about winning the election and staying in power and not at all about whats best for the Country. Case in point- They are talking about running Kamala only because they think she may have a chance to win. Not because she’s even remotely capable of doing the job. Pretty sad state of affairs unfolding in America.
Kamala, not chance of winning
My vent about stuffed shirt elite snobs:
They believe they’re independent thinkers, but university “intellectuals” are the most over socialized, most conformist, tamest and most domesticated, most pampered, dependent and spineless group in America today.
This is the result of never living in the real world, never being held responsible for helping to keep a business afloat by generating even the slightest profit.
From pre-school to university, life was school. Sadly an education is no guarantee of wisdom. So many are educated idiots who believe in their own BS.
The ultra-sheltered world of academia is a false world, a lie. It has become nothing short of welfare for phony pathetic individuals who create their facade, reward themselves with over-bloated salaries and benefits, and hope that the rest of us never figure out their massive con job. They fear joining the real world because their world has crippled them by a life of conformity. Some switch to politics but remain the same.
Why else wouldn’t they venture out into the real world?
Howsabout a good old fashioned folk song?
Ahem!
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Where have all the Lefties gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the Lefties gone
Long time ago?
Where have all the Lefties gone?
Stuck in limbo every one
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where have all the Lefties gone?
No commenting?
Where have all the Lefties gone
Since they abandoned Joe?
Where have all the lefties gone?
Frantically scheming to get him gone
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Where has Old Joe Biden gone?
Is he missing?
Where has Old Joe Biden gone?
Where did he go?
Obama knows where Joe has gone
Paddle boarding on his pond
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
The Kingston Trio would be proud of you Dr J. Well done!
It really sounds groovy when I’m singing and backed up by my 12 man Kazoo band.
All to take gain and maintain control of a country by a political party.
Illegal or whatever DEMs are calling them this week, comes at too high a price !
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Stockton: “Authorities in California have arrested a thrice-deported illegal immigrant in connection with a deadly house fire that killed a mom and two of her three of her children last month, according to a law enforcement source.”
https://tinyurl.com/2v9e8tsr
The Liberal Progressive Democrat party has been using a shadow government to run the country that no one voted for! And they call that democracy?
The biggest coverup in the history of this country.
Meanwhile, as we are distracted by Biden exiting stage right…scamdemic 2.0 is being cued up…same modus operandi of an emergency, this time avian flu: July 2 HHS grants Moderna $176 million to develop a bird flu vaccine for humans, July 8 Governor of Colorado declares bird flu emergency…international bird flu summit scheduled for October 2-3 in D.C.
https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2024/Moderna-Receives-Project-Award-through-BARDAs-Rapid-Response-Partnership-Vehicle-Consortium-to-Accelerate-Development-of-mRNA-based-Pandemic-Influenza-Vaccine/default.aspx
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https://www.cpr.org/2024/07/08/disaster-emergency-declaration-avian-flu-outbreak-weld-county/
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https://birdflusummit.com/Bird%20Flu%20Summit%20Brochure.pdf
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“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
― Mark Twain
Shout out to our Defense Department’s $230 Million barge over in Gaza. It was reported this week that after 20 successful days of operation, it is now ending. At a little over $10 Million per day cost to the taxpayers, a Defense Department Spokeswoman actually had the audacity to tell the clueless reporters that it was a successful mission. Is there ever any accountability in this administration for screw ups and incompetence? I guess we just have to look at the stiff who believes he is the president.
TRUMP LIVES!
https://x.com/collinrugg/status/1812250962297548849
The Russian hoax didn’t work, Lawfare didn’t work, attempting to bankrupt him didn’t work, calling him Hitler didn’t work, so this was next. It was only a matter of time.
Truly a new low.
Sad.
When cheating & voter fraud just isn’t enough…..
I am angry. Angry about the hatred in this country. Hatred. What about make America GREAT? The last 3.5 yrs hasn’t been about that, instead just the opposite. We are worse off, weaker,. have been invaded by illegal immigrants instead of taking care of the 10000’s of our homeless people and Veterans. Am tied of the lies the liberals are saying. The coverups for the Biden administration and the lies they say about Trump. I’ve heard all. Most aren’t true. The made up felonies. Does anyone really think this country is on the right track, Soros does, the progressive Left does. I don’t. God Bless America and I sure hope Trump wins and can safe this country from the down ward trend it’s taken. Am glad the shooter today was a bad shot and feel so bad that so many wish just the opposite..
We just saw yet another example of the cruel insanity of the dem left. An attempted assassination of America’s true leader Donald Trump. We can thank the crooked politicians, the radical leftist media and the insane followers of the hateful leftist dogma for this.
In their ignorance and stupidity, they have guaranteed a landslide win for Donald Trump President of The United States of America.
Joe Biden on 7.8.2024: “We’re done talking about the debate, it’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.”
It appears that ‘fair elections’ to the Democrat left includes murdering political candidates they don’t like.
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You need to get to the FBI and tell them just what you know about the shooter. Even the media doesn’t know the shooters name..
Several sources in the UK have already reported the name, and potential political affiliations. Funny how mainstream media doesn’t report such detail until they are shamed into it.
Further Joe Biden suggests he can’t confirm it was an assassination attempt. You don’t have to be Fellini to figure out that if someone climbs a building in order to fire a gun at another person, it’s clearly an assassination attempt. And no, there is no debate to be had over “context”.
Wow chuckie…guess you didn’t see the body cam video from the police when they were talking with Pelosi and what’s-his-name….just standing there with a hammer and talking – 20-25 ft away.
And you’re comparing that to someone who shot at Trump from a distance? What kind of sick idiot are you?
On top of that, another person was killed by the shooter….and you’re comparing that to Pelosi’s attack?
Just….wow.
Chuq,
Paul Pelosi?
Wow. Democrat liberal thinking, at its dim best.
If they thought having Hillary call us names got us fired up, wait til they see how we react to being fired at.
The Clintons sent this hit man
Is Hillary losing her touch? I don’t think the Clintons have ever missed before!
Talk about election interference!
Now he’s REALLY pissed!
Did DEM and their leftist media rhetoric and vitriol
influence another weak minded follower ? ? ? ?
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June 2017
‘Congress baseball gunman was a Trump-hating ‘angry little man’: Hero cops kill Illinois man, 66, who opened fire on Republican lawmakers on the President’s birthday, leaving five injured’ …
“Hodgkinson was a staunch Sanders supporter and campaigned for the left-wing senator to get the Democratic nomination for president last year. He ranted against President Trump on social media and had previously described The Rachel Maddow Show as his favorite thing on TV.”
https://tinyurl.com/nhp7t73t
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June 2017
‘The Terrifying Story of the Congressional Baseball Shooting’
“Hodgkinson had been politically active since at least the 2008 financial meltdown. He protested with Occupy Wall Street and became an emphatic supporter of socialist Bernie Sanders, volunteering for the Vermont senator’s presidential campaign. “Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy,” Hodgkinson wrote in a Facebook post a couple of months after the 2016 election. “It’s Time to Destroy Trump & Co.””
https://tinyurl.com/yhhr9arx
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Don’t be surprised when there is a call for toning down of rhetoric and talk about “CIVILITY” in politics.
How about just blaming the shooter?
Absolutely shooter is to blame. Some are more susceptible to vitriol expressed by politicians and leftist media. After investigation it may be there are similarities to 2017 congressional baseball practice shooter. Secret Service put out a detailed 15 page report October 2017.
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Politicians and talking heads will be all about “CIVILITY” for at least a week.
Civility has NEVER been in the leftist playbook. They’re great examples of hypocrisy. Go back and read quotes from Maxine Waters, AOC, that idiot female comedian and even Biden . And I don’t believe they’re speaking metaphorically.
Nah – the liberals talk inclusion and “peace” – they’re full of crap.
Don’t give us that crap.
How about blaming the FBI and the trouble making rabble for Jan. 6th?
For nearly ten years, the media have lied about this man colluding with Russia to steal a presidential election, lied about him being a unique threat to democracy, lied about him being a rapist, lied about him describing Nazis as “very fine people,” lied about him being a racist, lied about him trashing WWII troops, lied about him launching an insurrection, lied about him wanting to inject bleach into the sick, lied about him putting kids in cages, lied about him assaulting Secret Service agents, and lied about him being the second coming of Adolf Hitler.
It’s not just about the shooter!!!!!!
Why on earth would they do something reasonable like that?
Your hypocrisy knows no bounds, Hanne!
The party that literally called on the president of the United States to send in a Seal Team to execute a political rival is now all distressed that the party being shot at is outraged.
What happened to blaming the ultra high powered military machine gun assault rifle?
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Wild times hanne. You voted against Trump
When I first heard about the shooting, I had 3 considerations, Russia, China, a demented leftist. Russia would not send someone who would miss. China, not quite sure, but blatant assassination doesn’t seem their MO (in my admittedly limited understanding). That left a demented leftist. One in the vein, but a bit more actually practicing violence, of Talib. Sure seems to be the case it is a demented leftist. We’ll see if after investigation of his postings/calls/contacts/writings what motivated this. We know certain entertainers, and some in the media have inferred, if not blatantly come out and stated, about removing President Trump, we’ll see if that motivated this twisted f (of course, that fantastically assumes the media would report it). Thoughts and prayers to the poor murdered victim and his family. @Deplorable is correct. I think this will fire up even the milquiest of milquetoast (the Romney wing).
I’m not shocked at the media saying MAGA needs to tone down their rhetoric. We only have videos of hundreds of politicians, media personalities, actors and musicians calling for Trump to be “taken out” “shot” “blown up” “murdered” for the last 9 years. All for attempting to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.
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But yeah blaming MAGA for “rhetoric” is the reason.
They tried to bankrupt him, put him in prison for a million years, and now they tried to kill him. What’s next? Is biden going to call in air strikes and blame russia?
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JFK also wanted to end the deep state forever wars. They are lucky they missed. They will try again.
DID WE COME WITHIN A MILLIMETER OF ACTUAL CIVIL WAR?
…..”we must win, no matter how great the cost”
Couldn’t lock him up so now this? They will stop at nothing.
Looks like Tucker Carlson was right!
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Just three months ago House Democrats moved to strip President Trump of his Secret Service protection.
Last month Democrat Bennie Thompson was pushing the resolution again.
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A quote from Joe Biden from five days before the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump has come back to haunt him.
On July 8, Biden said, “I have one job and that’s to beat Trump. I’m absolutely certain I’m the best person to be able to do that.” “So, we’re done talking about the debate. It’s time to put Trump in a Bullseye.”
That comment quickly went viral on social media in the aftermath of the shooting.
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Will the crooked media and the criminal leftists dems persecute Joe like they did Trump for the J6 hoax.
Don’t hold your breath.
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Get ready for the morons and losers to start yammering on about how we must “tone down the rhetoric” as if 99% of the violence doesn’t come from ONE side.
“Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson, ranking member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, is bringing forth the Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable Former Protectees Act—or the DISGRACED Act—which would terminate Secret Service protection for individuals convicted of either state or local felonies.”
https://tinyurl.com/2s923sne
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‘Democratic congressman’s staffer says she wishes shooter Thomas Crooks had ‘better aim’ in vile post after Trump’s assassination attempt’
https://tinyurl.com/3nv7eunc
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She works for Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson.
Wonder about the tone and other possible negative comments around the office about Trump.
So last night I watched “Civil War”, the movie released to theater this last spring and has been available online for a month or two as $20 rental. But the rental price has been dropped to $6. If you have MAX (formerly HBO) they got dibs (or paid A24) to have the movie there. Usually Paramount+ got the A24 movies but that company is a bit of a “cluster…” right now. Some of you may save how Paramount runs when it rolled into Martinez to shoot some scenes for Netflix’s “Thirteen Reasons Why”. It was like the military.
The movie is very good. It’s about what the US would be like if it had a civil war at this time and follows a quartet of press reporters and they travel from New York to Washington DC.
President Joe Biden is under fire for calling former President Donald Trump a “genuine threat to this nation” two weeks before an assassination attempt was made on him at a campaign rally.
“Donald Trump is a genuine threat to this nation. He’s a threat to our freedom. He’s a threat to our democracy. He’s literally a threat to everything America stands for,” Biden wrote in a June 28 X post:
The Trump campaign sent an email last week in which is specifically said “Biden is a threat to democracy.”
He has said many similar things. Is it dangerous for the Trump campaign to make statements like that?
Appears the YEARS of anti Trump propaganda has had an effect on liberal minds,
Lacking In Basic Education, Reason And Logic
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An infamous mass killer of last century said,
“All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself
to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach”
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“… all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.”
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Propaganda machine DEMs have forged is powerful, coupled with incessant short biased “news” designed to push DEM focus points, spewed out to handheld devices.
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‘Liberals have full-blown meltdown after shooter misses Donald Trump at rally:
‘We were a centimeter away!”
https://tinyurl.com/3jy9rptc
If anyone takes a shot at Joe it’ll be a Democrat.
Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed. Trump’s Documents case is DISMISSED.
Lol!
Jack Smith’s documents case against Trump is tossed. Jack’s appointment as special council ruled unconstitutional.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/5/judge-tosses-documents-case-against-trump-jack-smith-appointment-unconstitutional/
This has been a really, really bad few weeks for the Dems. Slow Joe started it all off with is God awful impersonation of someone without dementia. Then came the public coup by the Dems to remove Joe from the ticket and replace him with anyone not named Joe Biden. Now a failed assassination attempt by a loose screw with a rifle and a security detail that wasn’t.
The left started the month as the party that can’t think straight and has morphed into the party that can’t shoot straight.
Obama had this to say;
https://shrug.online/x/cdn/?https://storage.googleapis.com/production-sitelio-v1-0-7/677/1818677/m0aNC47S/a9ea3911cf54405799294837cde4bf36
Just read the Biden syndicate’s press release commenting on the V.P. selection of J.D. Vance.
And so ends Biden’s call for unity. It lasted less than four days……….
This just in. Governor Newsom just vetoed a new homelessness spending accountability bill.
How surprising coming from his administration which can’t account for well over 24billion dollars that was supposed to be spent on the homeless. What’s he trying to do hide more of his illegal money grabs? The state authorities and auditors should seriously consider investigating where did the money go and his intentions moving forward…
Last republican mayor of Oakland left office in 1966.
Oakland, is the result of allowing DEMs to run a city.
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‘Shockingly tiny size of Oakland’s police patrols are revealed, as city descends into lawlessness after progressive mayor voted to defund its police department”…
“Crime-ridden Oakland has just 35 officers on patrol across the city
at any given moment, the police department has admitted.”
https://tinyurl.com/3hz7vdy7
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‘Oakland in crisis: Shocking images show homeless encampments in dystopian California city as vagrants openly defecate on the streets and locals declare it a ‘war zone”
https://tinyurl.com/4z97p256