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The House was going to flip anyway.

The Senate? I thought it was safe. It probably still is, but this doesn't help.
:lol:

Never underestimate the ability of people to interpret events to fit their own preconceived worldview.

Uhm, I suspect Trump knows Fleming pretty well. From Fleming's Treasurer website:

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After leaving Congress, he was appointed to three different positions in the Trump administration. First, he served from 2017-2019 as Deputy Assistant Secretary at Health and Human Services, then he was appointed and Senate-confirmed in 2019 as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. In 2020, he was detailed to the West Wing of the White House and served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to President Trump.


Now, maybe Trump thought Fleming wasn't a real contender?

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re: This is just what Putin does

Posted by BigJim on 4/8/26 at 8:20 am to
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I'll tell ya what a waste of time is...

Reading what people think on message boards. Do people here really put any credit into anyone's opinions?

I have time to waste. Tigerdroppings to the rescue.


:lol: :bow:
Possible disinformation to scare the hell out of adversaries?

Seems weird to reveal this, otherwise.
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They are rabidly fanatical... also, I don't see Israel letting sleeping dogs lie. That's another big sticking point.


Well, I am not counting Iran-funded third-party terrorist attacks. I could see that.

And Israel...gonna Israel. But if they attack alone, that's on them. And in that case, I assume it would be a very narrow bombing attack.

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I don't think it will last long. If Iran were capable of behaving we wouldn't be where we are.


Unless they are absolutely stupid, they should wait at least 2 1/2 years for a new president.

Spitting in Trump's face would be a really dumb move.
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They’re career opportunists who say controversial things to make money.



This.



But understand, that's true of everyone of these people, including those are continuing to support MAGA.
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I think it just has to pass with a simple majority statewide just like any other amendment.


Nope, needs a majority of ebr voters as well.

Figure st. George, Central and Zachary will support it, and EBR won't (Baker? Dunno).

That is close but leans toward no. HOWEVER, the st. george voters should have turnout on their side.
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They are incapable of defending their state without America


You sure about that?
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It is stunning that you can pay into it for 45-50 plus years & die in your 60's & no one in your family get any of it if you are single.


Because, despite all the rhetoric, it isn't set up as a retirement system. It is poverty insurance.
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Realistically it’s probably applied to both.


I am wondering the same thing.
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Debt will never be fixed without massive cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, social security, and all welfare programs (normal, corporate, tax breaks, subsidies, etc) are massively cut back or killed outright.


Doing so is political suicide.

Therefore, debt will never be fixed.


All that.

Why try to fix something (and get kicked out of office) when you kids can just inherit the problem!!!
Fighting crime and having a strong educational system will attract people...people that are currently fleeing to Ascension and Livingston. That will create a positive feedback loop.

Look at Central.
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The Telegraph is as establishment as it gets.


It's a rightwing paper.
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There is zero chance the population would rise up and revolt against their government since the North Koreans are brainwashed.


Yeah, but I bet if we installed a different leader there also would not be a lot of pushback.

re: Off topic regarding JBE/Landry

Posted by BigJim on 3/26/26 at 7:56 am to
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JBE was an above average Democrat.

Landry is a below average Republican.


That's about right.

But here is the thing. Because of partisanship, the legislature held JBE in check after the first two years. He was a lame duck governor for about 6 years.

But Landry gets the legislature's backing.

I am not sure that is better.
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to allowing Meta and Amazon to create monstrous AI data centers that will change the energy and water profile of north Louisiana


This is about the only part I disagree with.

Landry doesn't like Fleming. And that's mostly because Fleming doesn't like or kowtow to Landry.