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Yesterday, former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton cut to the heart of President Donald J. Trump’s destruction of the East Wing of the White House.
Hilary? The Clintons stole an estimated $28,000 in White House furnishings and paid $86,000 to the federal government for other gifts they received.
BTW, Trump doesn't take his salary. How many others have done it? N. Pelosi is worth about $250M, and her husband is worth over $400M using insider trading. Why does she take her salary?
Why BDS? The White House sometimes installs a large tent on the South Lawn for major events, such as state dinners and summits, when its indoor facilities are insufficient for the number of guests. This practice has been common for many years, but a new, permanent White House State Ballroom is being constructed to resolve this issue.
Democratic leaders have completely lost their sense of responsibility. Chicago and Illinois officials continue to overlook the city’s growing crime problem while defending illegal immigrants involved in criminal activity. If they devoted the same commitment to safeguarding American citizens, crime rates would be far lower.
After President Trump takes decisive action against cartel criminals, Democrats respond with lawsuits rather than cooperation.
Trump Denial Syndrome. Exhibit A. What-about-ism. The perfect example. Logical fallacy: "poinsoning the well." Or Ad Hominem. Impugn the source, with the intention of communicating that X can't ever be correct about anything, because X is X.
The economists' chorus of doom since January 2025—stagflation lurking, recession inevitable, inflation roaring back, markets in freefall. Yet, as of October 24, 2025, the U.S. economy is defying the script with solid growth and tame (if sticky) inflation. The stock market is at a high, and bonds have done well YTD.
Yesterday, former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton cut to the heart of President Donald J. Trump’s destruction of the East Wing of the White House.
Hilary? The Clintons stole an estimated $28,000 in White House furnishings and paid $86,000 to the federal government for other gifts they received.
If your arguments are so weak that you must resort to using whataboutisms, please conduct basic fact checks at the very least.
"The Clintons were not 'forced' to return any gifts, they were not found to have 'stolen' any items, and the aggregate value of the objects in question was much less than $200,000."
@BS1000 - you're going to have to change your name to BS2000 because I think you've surpassed the 1K mark. Do you ever get tired of spewing your moronic nonsense?
To wit, it has been shown that your hit on former President Obama was total bunk so you've moved on to the Clintons. Wrong again!
Concerning your whataboutism can we expect you to go ballistic when your criminal leaves the White House with a $400M airplane along with AN ADDITIONAL estimated taxpayer expense of $400M in upgrades?
Politico obtained a trove of Telegram chats from Young Republican leaders in several states. The messages provide an unfiltered look at how these GOP activists talk when they believe no one is listening.
"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."
"William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words 'n--ga' and 'n--guh,' variations of a racial slur,more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as 'epic.' Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that 'everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.'”
MAGA seems to attract many people with racist, violent, antisemitic and misogynistic tendencies. Has this become the nucleus of the modern-day Republican party? What are party leaders doing to eradicate this scourge?
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The Clintons stole an estimated $28,000 in White House furnishings and paid $86,000 to the federal government for other gifts they received.
BTW, Trump doesn't take his salary. How many others have done it?
N. Pelosi is worth about $250M, and her husband is worth over $400M using insider trading.
Why does she take her salary?
Why BDS?
The White House sometimes installs a large tent on the South Lawn for major events, such as state dinners and summits, when its indoor facilities are insufficient for the number of guests. This practice has been common for many years, but a new, permanent White House State Ballroom is being constructed to resolve this issue.
Democratic leaders have completely lost their sense of responsibility.
Chicago and Illinois officials continue to overlook the city’s growing crime problem while defending illegal immigrants involved in criminal activity. If they devoted the same commitment to safeguarding American citizens, crime rates would be far lower.
After President Trump takes decisive action against cartel criminals, Democrats respond with lawsuits rather than cooperation.
What-about-ism. The perfect example.
Logical fallacy: "poinsoning the well." Or Ad Hominem. Impugn the source, with the intention of communicating that X can't ever be correct about anything, because X is X.
Yet, as of October 24, 2025, the U.S. economy is defying the script with solid growth and tame (if sticky) inflation.
The stock market is at a high, and bonds have done well YTD.
please conduct basic fact checks at the very least.
"The Clintons were not 'forced' to return any gifts, they were not found to have 'stolen' any items,
and the aggregate value of the objects in question was much less than $200,000."
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hillary-clinton-stole-white-house-furniture/
You are correct.
I've found his veracity to be highly questionable.
@BS1000 - you're going to have to change your name to BS2000 because I think you've surpassed the 1K mark. Do you ever get tired of spewing your moronic nonsense?
To wit, it has been shown that your hit on former President Obama was total bunk so you've moved on to the Clintons. Wrong again!
Did Hillary Clinton Steal $200,000 in White House Furnishings?
Concerning your whataboutism can we expect you to go ballistic when your criminal leaves the White House with a $400M airplane along with AN ADDITIONAL estimated taxpayer expense of $400M in upgrades?
The messages provide an unfiltered look at how these GOP activists talk when they believe no one is listening.
"They referred to Black people as monkeys and 'the watermelon people' and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery."
"William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words 'n--ga' and 'n--guh,' variations of a racial slur,more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as 'epic.' Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that 'everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.'”
MAGA seems to attract many people with racist, violent, antisemitic and misogynistic tendencies.
Has this become the nucleus of the modern-day Republican party?
What are party leaders doing to eradicate this scourge?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146