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July 27, 2024
Luke reacts to Donald Trump Jr.’s latest podcast.
Donald Trump Jr. Visibly Manic as Podcast Takes Wild Turn! - Luke Beasley
Luke reacts to Donald Trump Jr.’s latest podcast.
July 27, 2024
Trump-appointed Republican FBI Director Christopher Wray has triggered Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans into a public meltdown about whether Trump was hit with a bullet or shrapnel in the assassination attempt against him.
FBI Director Triggers Trump, MAGA Republicans into Public Meltdown! - Pondering Politics
Trump-appointed Republican FBI Director Christopher Wray has triggered Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans into a public meltdown about whether Trump was hit with a bullet or shrapnel in the assassination attempt against him.
July 27, 2024
Apparently everyone has a breaking point, and Donald Trump is finding out very quickly that he can't just lie with impunity to his base all the time and get away with it. Truth Social users revolted against the former president this week over his countless lies about "knowing nothing" about Project 2025, and they called him out for his continued denial of knowledge. If these people aren't buying his lies anymore, then there's no way he can hoodwink independent voters, as Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains.
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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
Polls this week have found that the more people learn about Project 2025, the less they like it. And the polls also found that a majority of Americans are now aware of Project 2025, and a majority of them absolutely hate it, which is why it was especially, uh, damning for the Trump campaign this week when Word came out that D Vance, in fact wrote the fore for the Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts new book where he talks about Project 2025. And not to mention there's the video from 2022 of Donald Trump praising the Heritage Foundation, uh, for quote, this is a great group and they're going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do and what your movement will do when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America. So at this point, it is crystal clear that Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, are well aware of Project 2025.
They know what's in it and they wholeheartedly endorse it because they have both endorsed it. But that hasn't stopped Trump from twice this week trying to deny any knowledge of, of, uh, uh, project 2025. He said in his rally this past weekend, he knows nothing about it. But then he got on social media on Wednesday and posted this on truth social, I have nothing to do with and know nothing about Project 2025. The fact that I do is merely disinformation put out by the radical left Democrat thugs do not believe them. What about you? Should we believe you? Because the fact that I do is what you said in there, which means you do know about it. Not to mention there's video of you from 2022, okay? It's not just a quote that somebody, you know, wrote down in a paper. It's an actual video.
You're on camera talking about it, and you're telling us to not believe what we see with our eyes. But you know what folks? Everybody has a breaking point, right? And at this moment, we are seeing the breaking point of Donald Trump's own followers on truth social because they are sick and tired of him lying to their faces. And of course, the implied disrespect that comes along with it. So when Trump put out this statement on truth social saying, I know nothing about it, it's all lies. His own followers, his own supporters called him out on it. Let me read you some of these responses as curated by raw story. Yet so many of your former staff members are part of the Heritage Foundation, you know, good and well, that project 2025 is not only MAGA fueled, it is also hugely unpopular with Americans Have the Day You Deserve. Uh, another one said, Donald, you are a effing liar. Another one said, uh, you and your cronies are political actors. You say whatever you need to say to get the reaction and praise from the sheep will, but I got news for you. People are waking up. We won't go quietly back to the sixties. You will not strip everyone of their right to be a human. Another one said, forgotten heaven's sake. There's a freaking
Video of you speaking to them and telling them they were doing a good job. And then yet another one said, you may have nothing to do with and know nothing about Project 25, but the pigs around you will use you to implement Project 25. That evil cabal knows how to use you. You being a bumbling idiot who's only exercises eating hamburgers, a, a Diet Coke. Some of those were obviously from people who do not like Trump. Some of them were definitely from people who do like Trump. But if Donald Trump can't even pull the wool over his own supporter's eyes any anymore, do you think he's gonna be able to do it to the average, moderate, independent voter out there in this country? Hell no.
Truth Social Users Have Finally Grown Tired Of Trump's Constant Lies - Ring of Fire
Apparently everyone has a breaking point, and Donald Trump is finding out very quickly that he can't just lie with impunity to his base all the time and get away with it. Truth Social users revolted against the former president this week over his countless lies about "knowing nothing" about Project 2025, and they called him out for his continued denial of knowledge. If these people aren't buying his lies anymore, then there's no way he can hoodwink independent voters, as Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains.
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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
Polls this week have found that the more people learn about Project 2025, the less they like it. And the polls also found that a majority of Americans are now aware of Project 2025, and a majority of them absolutely hate it, which is why it was especially, uh, damning for the Trump campaign this week when Word came out that D Vance, in fact wrote the fore for the Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts new book where he talks about Project 2025. And not to mention there's the video from 2022 of Donald Trump praising the Heritage Foundation, uh, for quote, this is a great group and they're going to lay the groundwork and detail plans for exactly what our movement will do and what your movement will do when the American people give us a colossal mandate to save America. So at this point, it is crystal clear that Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, are well aware of Project 2025.
They know what's in it and they wholeheartedly endorse it because they have both endorsed it. But that hasn't stopped Trump from twice this week trying to deny any knowledge of, of, uh, uh, project 2025. He said in his rally this past weekend, he knows nothing about it. But then he got on social media on Wednesday and posted this on truth social, I have nothing to do with and know nothing about Project 2025. The fact that I do is merely disinformation put out by the radical left Democrat thugs do not believe them. What about you? Should we believe you? Because the fact that I do is what you said in there, which means you do know about it. Not to mention there's video of you from 2022, okay? It's not just a quote that somebody, you know, wrote down in a paper. It's an actual video.
You're on camera talking about it, and you're telling us to not believe what we see with our eyes. But you know what folks? Everybody has a breaking point, right? And at this moment, we are seeing the breaking point of Donald Trump's own followers on truth social because they are sick and tired of him lying to their faces. And of course, the implied disrespect that comes along with it. So when Trump put out this statement on truth social saying, I know nothing about it, it's all lies. His own followers, his own supporters called him out on it. Let me read you some of these responses as curated by raw story. Yet so many of your former staff members are part of the Heritage Foundation, you know, good and well, that project 2025 is not only MAGA fueled, it is also hugely unpopular with Americans Have the Day You Deserve. Uh, another one said, Donald, you are a effing liar. Another one said, uh, you and your cronies are political actors. You say whatever you need to say to get the reaction and praise from the sheep will, but I got news for you. People are waking up. We won't go quietly back to the sixties. You will not strip everyone of their right to be a human. Another one said, forgotten heaven's sake. There's a freaking
Video of you speaking to them and telling them they were doing a good job. And then yet another one said, you may have nothing to do with and know nothing about Project 25, but the pigs around you will use you to implement Project 25. That evil cabal knows how to use you. You being a bumbling idiot who's only exercises eating hamburgers, a, a Diet Coke. Some of those were obviously from people who do not like Trump. Some of them were definitely from people who do like Trump. But if Donald Trump can't even pull the wool over his own supporter's eyes any anymore, do you think he's gonna be able to do it to the average, moderate, independent voter out there in this country? Hell no.
July 27, 2024
In this video I discuss the recent statement made by Economists that Russia Cannot Afford to Lose the War or Afford to Win in! The Kremlin is currently pouring Billions of Dollars into the economy to support the war in Ukraine and many businesses have abandoned their customers and markets to provide equipment for the war which is creating long term problems for both those businesses and the Russian Economy. In addition to this there are HUGE rebuilding costs needed for both the occupied territories and the rest of Ukraine which Russia needs to fund either way.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:04 GDP
8:58 WARTIME ECONOMY
12:58 MANPOWER
15:34 ECONOMIC METRICS
19:24 COST OF LOSING
22:34 COST OF WINNING
25:16 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
Russia Doomed to Lose - Massive Cost to the Economy of Both Losing & Winning the War in Ukraine - Joe Blogs
In this video I discuss the recent statement made by Economists that Russia Cannot Afford to Lose the War or Afford to Win in! The Kremlin is currently pouring Billions of Dollars into the economy to support the war in Ukraine and many businesses have abandoned their customers and markets to provide equipment for the war which is creating long term problems for both those businesses and the Russian Economy. In addition to this there are HUGE rebuilding costs needed for both the occupied territories and the rest of Ukraine which Russia needs to fund either way.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
4:04 GDP
8:58 WARTIME ECONOMY
12:58 MANPOWER
15:34 ECONOMIC METRICS
19:24 COST OF LOSING
22:34 COST OF WINNING
25:16 SUMMARY & CONCLUSION
July 27, 2024
When you lose Richard Spencer...
'A Bit Much?' White Nationalist Says Attack On Kamala Harris Went Too Far - Waldorf Nation
When you lose Richard Spencer...
July 27, 2024
Today, there are a lot of developments in the Serebryansky forest area.
Here, Ukrainians expertly set the stage for future counteroffensive operations, endangering the entire Russian salient toward the river.
North of the forest, Russians have tried for over a year now to eliminate the Ukrainian bridgehead east of the Zherebets River, to cross it and take control of Lyman, consolidating their gains in the process. Ukrainian defenses here have held firm, for a large part, due to constant Ukrainian operations in the forest, undercutting Russian logistics and any attempt at a westward assault. Ukrainian brigades active in the forest have indeed demonstrated this, releasing many videos of them dismantling Russian mechanized assaults with a mix of drones and artillery fire. As you may remember, Russian units in the area were suffering from an extremely high casualty rate, allowing Ukrainians to counterattack and regain many lost positions.
The frontline in the forest, on the other hand, is inherently static due to the high density of trees and trench fortifications covering the entire area. However, recent successful Ukrainian counterattacks have shown that Ukrainians can advance in the forest under the right circumstances and with specialized assault brigades. Russian military analysts noted that this opens up the possibility for Ukrainians to launch a localized counteroffensive in the forest to attack the Russian Dibrova-Kuzmyne-Kreminna line of settlements. If such a Ukrainian assault proves to be successful, instead of just harassing the Russian salient, Ukrainians would be able to cut it off completely, undoing over a year of Russian offensive efforts.
To achieve such an ambitious goal, Ukrainians have to create ideal circumstances and take the most advantageous tactical and strategic positions. To get to that point, Ukrainians must first eliminate the threat of Russian attacks to focus all their preparations and resources on offensive actions. Ukrainians continue to reinforce the forest area with manpower and strengthen their positions against Russian artillery and assaults.
Ukrainian and International brigades active in the forest continue to engage in small-scale skirmishes with Russian units and positions. These brigades shared a multitude of footage showing them repulsing Russian attacks and harassing Russian positions with small arms fire, machine guns, and rocket-propelled grenades. Ukrainians were even able to advance a tank up to Russian trench fortifications, destroying them with the continuous, direct fire of high explosive grenades.
The Ukrainian 63rd mechanized brigade shared footage of them firing at Russian positions in and around the forest with conventional, cluster, and rocket artillery, as well as showcasing the extensive use of drone-dropped grenades. Ukrainians targeted Russian drone capabilities, tracking and destroying a Russian reconnaissance drone team behind Kreminna. The original uncensored footage of all Ukrainian operations can be found on our Telegram channel through the link in the description.
The 12th special purpose assault brigade was most prominent in the forest operations. They shared geolocated footage of them placing mines on Russian roads, thereby destroying a tank and an infantry fighting vehicle on their way to assault Ukrainian positions. The 12th brigade’s drone operators also state they hold Russian logistic routes in the forest under complete drone control. They state that they circumvent Russian electronic warfare systems in the fortifications themselves by going around and striking Russian supply lines from behind, starving them of reinforcements.
It's important to note that due to the previous large forest fires, which raged predominantly on the Russian side of the forest, many wooden fortifications, ammunition, and equipment burned down. While the fires simultaneously made it impossible to advance without serious risk, Russians were hit hard by these. This caused Russian units operating in the forest to already be short on material and in desperate need to repair their positions. A shortage and damage that was only worsened by Ukrainian strikes.
With Ukrainian artillery, drones, and skirmishes disrupting Russian recovery and fighting potential in the forest, logistical strikes undermining Russian reinforcements routes, and finally, Russian drone reconnaissance...
27 Jul: Russian Positions Reduced to Ashes by Forest Fires. Ukrainians Exploit the Chance! - Reporting from Ukraine
Today, there are a lot of developments in the Serebryansky forest area.
Here, Ukrainians expertly set the stage for future counteroffensive operations, endangering the entire Russian salient toward the river.
North of the forest, Russians have tried for over a year now to eliminate the Ukrainian bridgehead east of the Zherebets River, to cross it and take control of Lyman, consolidating their gains in the process. Ukrainian defenses here have held firm, for a large part, due to constant Ukrainian operations in the forest, undercutting Russian logistics and any attempt at a westward assault. Ukrainian brigades active in the forest have indeed demonstrated this, releasing many videos of them dismantling Russian mechanized assaults with a mix of drones and artillery fire. As you may remember, Russian units in the area were suffering from an extremely high casualty rate, allowing Ukrainians to counterattack and regain many lost positions.
The frontline in the forest, on the other hand, is inherently static due to the high density of trees and trench fortifications covering the entire area. However, recent successful Ukrainian counterattacks have shown that Ukrainians can advance in the forest under the right circumstances and with specialized assault brigades. Russian military analysts noted that this opens up the possibility for Ukrainians to launch a localized counteroffensive in the forest to attack the Russian Dibrova-Kuzmyne-Kreminna line of settlements. If such a Ukrainian assault proves to be successful, instead of just harassing the Russian salient, Ukrainians would be able to cut it off completely, undoing over a year of Russian offensive efforts.
To achieve such an ambitious goal, Ukrainians have to create ideal circumstances and take the most advantageous tactical and strategic positions. To get to that point, Ukrainians must first eliminate the threat of Russian attacks to focus all their preparations and resources on offensive actions. Ukrainians continue to reinforce the forest area with manpower and strengthen their positions against Russian artillery and assaults.
Ukrainian and International brigades active in the forest continue to engage in small-scale skirmishes with Russian units and positions. These brigades shared a multitude of footage showing them repulsing Russian attacks and harassing Russian positions with small arms fire, machine guns, and rocket-propelled grenades. Ukrainians were even able to advance a tank up to Russian trench fortifications, destroying them with the continuous, direct fire of high explosive grenades.
The Ukrainian 63rd mechanized brigade shared footage of them firing at Russian positions in and around the forest with conventional, cluster, and rocket artillery, as well as showcasing the extensive use of drone-dropped grenades. Ukrainians targeted Russian drone capabilities, tracking and destroying a Russian reconnaissance drone team behind Kreminna. The original uncensored footage of all Ukrainian operations can be found on our Telegram channel through the link in the description.
The 12th special purpose assault brigade was most prominent in the forest operations. They shared geolocated footage of them placing mines on Russian roads, thereby destroying a tank and an infantry fighting vehicle on their way to assault Ukrainian positions. The 12th brigade’s drone operators also state they hold Russian logistic routes in the forest under complete drone control. They state that they circumvent Russian electronic warfare systems in the fortifications themselves by going around and striking Russian supply lines from behind, starving them of reinforcements.
It's important to note that due to the previous large forest fires, which raged predominantly on the Russian side of the forest, many wooden fortifications, ammunition, and equipment burned down. While the fires simultaneously made it impossible to advance without serious risk, Russians were hit hard by these. This caused Russian units operating in the forest to already be short on material and in desperate need to repair their positions. A shortage and damage that was only worsened by Ukrainian strikes.
With Ukrainian artillery, drones, and skirmishes disrupting Russian recovery and fighting potential in the forest, logistical strikes undermining Russian reinforcements routes, and finally, Russian drone reconnaissance...
July 26, 2024
Billionaires are hopeful that Kamala Harris will break from the FTC chair.
Billionaire Donor Draws Backlash For Telling Harris To Fire FTC's Pro Worker Chair - Waldorf Nation
Billionaires are hopeful that Kamala Harris will break from the FTC chair.
July 26, 2024
Billionaires are hopeful that Kamala Harris will break from the FTC chair.
Billionaire Donor Draws Backlash For Telling Harris To Fire FTC's Pro Worker Chair - Waldorf Nation
Billionaires are hopeful that Kamala Harris will break from the FTC chair.
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