Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an op-ed on Monday outlined three prerequisites for peace in the region: the destruction of Hamas, the demilitarization of Gaza and the beginning of a deradicalization process of Palestinian society."

"In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, Netanyahu said once those three requirements are met, “Gaza can be rebuilt and the prospects of a broader peace in the Middle East will become a reality.”


https://thehill.com/policy/international/4376720-netanyahu-outlines-three-prerequisites-for-peace-in-op-ed/

“Next year should represent a continued march towards what most Americans would consider normal prices at the pump,” Patrick De Haan, GasBuddy’s head of petroleum analysis, told CNN in a phone interview."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/economy/gas-prices-2024-economy-inflation/index.html
California, however, will likely buck the trend, if it happens, largely due to a self inflicted wound...

"Among the participants between the ages of 18 and 29, 31% believed that at least Osama Bin Laden's views were good, while 8% said that his actions were also good."
"Another DailyMail.com poll taken in October found that one in ten voters under the age of 30 had a positive view of Hamas, despite its attack on October 7 in the south of Israel that killed more than 1,300 men, women, and children, and took over 200 men, women and children hostage."
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-780061
Morons...

Spoiler Alert: It's as bogus as it gets...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0JRp0VMqTk

So here's why they believe in Trump:

"Majorities of Americans believe in ghosts, aliens, the devil: Survey"

"Majorities of Americans believe in aliens, ghosts and the devil, according to a recent RealClear Opinion Research poll."

"Among those surveyed, 56.9 percent said they believe in aliens, 61.4 percent believe in ghosts, and 70.3 percent say they believe in the devil, which is lower than the 85.4 percent who say they believe in God."


https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4400922-americans-ghosts-aliens-devil-survey/

"More Republicans say former President Trump is a person of faith than several other Republican figures, his GOP primary challengers and President Biden, a new poll found."

"In the survey, conducted by HarrisX for Deseret News, 64 percent of Republicans said Trump was a person of faith, up from 53 percent in October."

"Former Vice President Mike Pence, an evangelical Christian, came in second with Republicans, with 56 percent calling him a man of faith."


https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4389102-trump-biden-pence-person-of-faith-2024/

"The justices’ order sets the case up to be heard at a speedy pace, with oral arguments scheduled for Feb. 8 and a decision to follow that could spark Trump’s removal from the ballot in states across the country."

"Trump’s political fate now lies in the hands of the conservative-majority court, which includes three Trump appointees and has never squarely resolved the meaning of the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban."

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4390938-supreme-court-agrees-to-review-trumps-colorado-ballot-ban-in-historic-case/

Specific to above, Trump's lawyer says:

" An attorney for former President Trump, Alina Habba, said late Thursday that she has faith in the Supreme Court and believes that Justice Brett Kavanaugh will “step up” in Trump’s ballot cases in Maine and Colorado."

“I think it should be a slam dunk in the Supreme Court. I have faith in them,” Habba told Sean Hannity on Fox News. “You know, people like Kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the President went through how to get into place, he’ll step up.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4390774-trump-attorney-kavanaugh-will-step-up-ballot-cases/

Gee, I wonder how she knows that. And, do ya all think Clarence will do what he should do and recuse himself because of his wife's facilitation of the events surrounding Jan 6th?

"GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney slammed Trump’s take on social media, asking how Republicans who have endorsed the former president can “possibly defend this?”

“Which part of the Civil War ‘could have been negotiated’? The slavery part? The secession part? Whether Lincoln should have preserved the Union?” Cheney wrote. “Question for members of the GOP – the party of Lincoln – who have endorsed Donald Trump: How can you possibly defend this?”

"Modern Republicans traditionally point to Lincoln as a hero – a Republican hero – for his role in preserving the Union when the South sought to leave the fold rather than end slavery."


https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/06/politics/trump-civil-war-negotiated/index.html

"Former President Trump said in an interview that aired Monday that he predicts the U.S. economy will crash and that he hopes it does so within the next year."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4396467-trump-says-he-hopes-economy-crashes-in-next-12-months-i-dont-want-to-be-herbert-hoover/

Now, that's the presidential spirit, wouldn't you say?...

Better tell the Republicans in charge, Rich:

"Key Republicans don’t join Trump call to fire Austin"

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4396247-trump-austin-gop-senators/