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    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to ALL on Thu Dec 1 16:15:00 2022
    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen appeared on Colbert's show on Wednesday
    night. Colbert, who is known for being a lover of nearly everything (D)
    did not throw her a complete round of soft-ball questions.

    One thing he asked was how inflation got so far out of hand when
    "everything seemed fine" just two years ago, and noted that Biden's administration dismissed it as a "small risk" just last year.

    Yellen claimed that that the spike was caused by people working from home
    and buying home office equipment, along with "grills." She later went on
    to blame Russia as well. There was no mention of the recent spending bills that Biden has signed.

    I find this all interesting considering that both the Biden and Trump administrations sent "stimulus" checks to millions of Americans in hopes of stimulating their spending. So, I guess if US citizens were "splurging" on office and outdoor cooking equipment, we were doing exactly what the
    government wanted us to which, in turn, per Yellen lead to our excessive spending habits and the 40-year high inflation that we are all experiencing.

    So I still see it as something government policies caused.

    Meanwhile, yesterday Hakeem Jeffries was elected by House Democrats to be
    their new Caucus Chairman. This is interesting as Jeffries was one of the
    few Democrats to break from the party during the 2020 election cycle when
    it came to the allegations made by Tara Reade against then candidate Joe
    Biden. Jeffries claimed that the allegations needed to be "investigated seriously."

    I wonder if his song will change now that he is in a place of leadership?

    It is also ironic how many Democrat politicians, and liberal pundits, are calling for action against Twitter and Elon Musk. Just a couple of short
    years ago, several from the same camp were claiming that, as private
    companies, content providers like Twitter and Facebook were free to
    moderate content as they choose to. Now, for some reason, having ome of
    those same companies moderate content as they choose to is a serious issue.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Mike Powell on Sat Dec 3 01:20:08 2022
    when it came to the allegations made by Tara Reade against then
    candidate Joe Biden. Jeffries claimed that the allegations needed to be "investigated seriously."

    I don't remember him saying it, but I believe it. He probably wanted to trash Biden in favor of one of the other greaseballs, but even back then it was already too late for an investigation for something that maybe happened in 93.

    Unless it's primary time, a Democrat will not destroy another Democrat.
    Destroy Democrat make George angry!

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AARON THOMAS on Sat Dec 3 10:34:00 2022
    Unless it's primary time, a Democrat will not destroy another Democrat. Destroy Democrat make George angry!

    They did finally turn against Cuomo.


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Mike Powell on Sat Dec 3 18:52:49 2022
    Unless it's primary time, a Democrat will not destroy another Democrat. Destroy Democrat make George angry!

    They did finally turn against Cuomo.

    I don't think anyone turned against Cuomo. Some of them said "He needs to step down because these allegations are getting in the way." But that's not what
    I'd call "turning against him." They even gave his brother a warm welcome back to the media (Chris Cuomo is now on News Nation.)

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AARON THOMAS on Sun Dec 4 09:58:00 2022
    Unless it's primary time, a Democrat will not destroy another
    emocrat.
    Destroy Democrat make George angry!

    They did finally turn against Cuomo.

    I don't think anyone turned against Cuomo. Some of them said "He needs to
    tep
    down because these allegations are getting in the way." But that's not what I'd call "turning against him."

    Maybe not, but it helped destroy his political career.

    They even gave his brother a warm welcome back
    to the media (Chris Cuomo is now on News Nation.)

    I have seen those ads. I have not watched NN lately but, when I did, they seemed pretty middle-of-the-road (as they advertised) without any seriously noticable lean. I wonder if the addition of Cuomo has changed that.


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  • From Ron L.@1:120/616 to Mike Powell on Sun Dec 4 14:46:49 2022
    Mike Powell wrote to AARON THOMAS <=-

    Unless it's primary time, a Democrat will not destroy another Democrat. Destroy Democrat make George angry!

    They did finally turn against Cuomo.

    Ya, they will destroy any of their own kind if they become an albatross
    (like Cuomo for killing all those elderly people and not covering up
    his tracks enough).


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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Mike Powell on Sun Dec 4 19:20:41 2022
    to the media (Chris Cuomo is now on News Nation.)

    I have seen those ads. I have not watched NN lately but, when I did,
    they seemed pretty middle-of-the-road (as they advertised) without any seriously noticable lean. I wonder if the addition of Cuomo has changed that.

    They're favoring Democrats just by hiring Chris Cuomo. If they're so "neutral" then they should hire someone like Candace Owens in addition to Cuomo.

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