Welcome to Third World Politics – Part 2 The West Goes Third World: What do former president Donald Trump and former prime minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon have in common? Both Donald Trump and Nicola Sturgeon face charges lodged by political opponents. The same week that Donald Trump was indicted by a Grand Jury for
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Welcome to Third World Politics Let’s start with this: The current president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was convicted of corruption in 2017. Even before his appeals were completed, he was jailed in 2018 and served almost two years in jail. Former President Bolsonaro is not being investigated for causing a mob to
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The “Zelotes” and the Pluralists The battle for Speaker: Somewhere along the way I lost count of how many voting rounds there were before Congressman Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House. Was it the 14th round or 15th? To get the job that no one else really wanted anyway, he gave away much
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Joe Biden wins the Senate. What went wrong? To start with, a Muslim and Turkish citizen running on the GOP ticket in Pennsylvania. TV celebrity Dr. Oz “won” the GOP primary with just 30% of the vote. Most Republicans wanted nothing to do with him, but enough of them held their nose to give him
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The Senate: November decides it all If Republicans don’t retake the Senate, Joe Biden will be able to appoint whoever he wants to whatever he wants. For two more years Joe Biden will be able to appoint ultra-liberal, soft-on-crime judges to federal courts at all levels. All of those judges will hold the concept of
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The Senate: Little hope left for GOP takeover Pennsylvania: This is a seat being vacated by Republican Pat Toomey. There was virtually no way for the Republicans to lose this seat — until a Muslim who is a Turkish citizen won the GOP nomination. Instead of a pickup, it clearly looks like the Pennsylvania seat
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More Muslim congressmen and a Muslim Senator tossed in as well? More Muslim congressmen and a Muslim Senator tossed in as well? The Mayor of London is a Muslim, as is the mayor of Birmingham, the mayor of Leeds, the mayor of Bradford, the mayor of Newham and six more cities that have or had
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What is the November election about? The last Wednesday in March I was at an invitation only lunch for a briefing on Senate and House activity. A spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell gave a twenty minute detailed talk on actions in the Senate without once mentioning a social conservative issue. This failure to
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Four kinds of Republicans running for office This is a critical election year. The congressional elections in November could stop cold the movement toward a radical “woke” society and socialism. Electing enough Republicans to the House and Senate may or may not be enough to stop that radical agenda. Why do I say,
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Nancy Pelosi: Masks for you but not for me — and not for my donors Napa Valley, California is a favorite of California liberals and a great place for a fund-raising event. And there is Nancy standing maskless at the head of the table. None of the more than 100 guests at her fund
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