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Books 📚 American History and International Relations

Joined November 2022
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All these 55+ yr old New Democrat DNC + Globalist Big Biz lifers cut their teeth on Clintonian Triangulation in the 1990s… one last ride
🚨 Tune in tomorrow for the latest on major post-midterm developments 🚨 nitter.gq/i/spaces/1OdXNloplAKPq…

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Upset about not being able to own a house? Wait until they won't let you own a car.
This is why Tesla is going all-in on Cybercab
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Replying to @KarlRadl
These guys have their history so warped that it's mind-boggling. The guy in the replies saying Aaron Burr was a "Patriot Chad" is laughably misinformed. Aaron Burr built the Tammanny Hall political machine that created the basis of America's "New Democracy" which was pro-Wall Street and pro-infinity immigration into the US. These people are completely duped. Makes sense why they'd fall for "Hamilton is Jooish" shit while.
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Vivek Ramaswamy states that part of the reason he became a conservative was because a "big black kid" pushed him down the stairs. Next governor of Ohio btw 😭
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A glimpse of Ohio this November 3rd:
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Vivek says America’s founding fathers sacrificed their honor before their lives. Little slips like this tell you a lot about a person. He’s always comparing himself to America’s founding fathers because that is how he would behave in their shoes (if he actually wore any). America’s founding fathers risked their lives for their honor, not their honor for their lives. Their way of life is totally foreign to someone like Ramaswamy, who will do and say literally anything to get ahead.
Our Founding Fathers fought a revolution so we could enjoy the blessings of liberty. All we have to do is to show up & vote to preserve it. 🇺🇸
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Tune in for the latest on Trumpworld midterm meltdowns 🚨 nitter.gq/i/spaces/1qKDzWooOEwJV

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Tune in! 🍂🐈‍⬛🧛🏻 nitter.gq/i/spaces/1jGXgBqeNEyKZ

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A Bolsonaro victory would make a key part of my Sixth Island Chain far more feasible. LatAm would move much closer toward a consolidated, Washington-aligned strategic bloc. Brazil would be the biggest shift yet, which would open the door to much deeper US access and cooperation.
Honored to have my article proposing a Sixth Island Chain published by DARC. Learn how the concept could cut China off from South America and West Africa, guard key sea lanes and chokepoints, insulate the Atlantic, and permanently change Beijing’s strategic calculus.
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Things don’t blow themselves up
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President George W. Bush standing at Ground Zero in New York City following the September 11 Attacks. “I can hear you.”
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Never Forget September 29, 2001 (Cold Open)
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A quarter of a century has passed since September 11, 2001, when the peace of our Nation was shattered by terrorists. Today, we remember the 2,977 precious lives taken from us, honor the heroes who answered the call, & keep their families in the heart of our Nation. Above all, we must ensure the memory of 9/11 never fades, but is carried from one generation of Americans to the next. We will never forget. 🇺🇸
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Ressentiment: Fantasizing about punitive market bubbles when crashes only concentrate “guilty” industries into dominant forces. Does a seed “crash” when it lands?
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Ok maybe Dreher lowballed us.
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“Odysseus’ relationship to Athene, characterised by a tenderness and reverence, but also by a delicate intimacy which remains unparalleled in non-Christian poetry, is but the consistent development of a theme which has been touched on long before: the hero has his god who protects him and leads him, to whom he prays, in whom he trusts.” —Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Realm of Metaphysics in Antiquity
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Lindsey Graham came from humble beginnings and became one of the most powerful lawmakers in the most powerful nation on Earth. His story was a fundamentally American one. Early in my Senate tenure, I remember getting into a shouting match with Lindsey about a Ukraine funding bill at lunch and then learning the very next day that he was pushing rail legislation I really cared about behind the scenes. That was Lindsey Graham. He fought like hell for the things he believed in, and he was just as willing to go to bat for you when it counted. Lindsey had the best sense of humor in the Senate. He loved the game of politics. He was constantly asking which races were up and down, and how he could help. As he liked to say, “I don't care if you're an isolationist or a religious fanatic, so long as you have an R next to your name, I want you to win.” We certainly had our disagreements. But I couldn't help but like him. A one of a kind figure in our politics. I'll be praying for him and his family.
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By the late 1700s, the British king was mostly symbolic. In contrast, the US President became head of state, commander-in-chief, and chief executive. In practice, the Presidency held more authority than any modern European monarch ever could.
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On the importance of lighting on sculpture. Read about Daniel Chester French’s desperate campaign to fix the lighting on his Lincoln Memorial statue:
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