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Trump loyalist Jonathan Karl in an interview with Jen Psaki revealed the following about TFFG-

"He lacks any shred of human decency, humility or caring," a former White House official told Karl. "He is morally bankrupt, breathtakingly dishonest, lethally incompetent and stunningly ignorant of virutually anything related to governing, history, geography, human events or world affairs. He is a traitor and a malignancy in the nation, and represents a clear and present danger to our democracy and the rule of law."

Karl explained that the person was in the West Wing and worked alongside Trump for more than a year at a "high level." The key title is "official," indicating it wasn't a staffer or aide.

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That description of Trump is why I believe Trump is just an extremely useful front man for the oligarchs behind Heritage and Project 2025. He will be jettisoned quickly once he stops being useful and the political apparatus is installed in the executive branch.

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Jonathan Karl is being interviewed about his book, Tired of Winning, on MSNBC Morning Joe asi type.

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Nov 14, 2023Liked by Georgia Fisanick

The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy is one of the original signers of Project 2025. A 2021 article in The American Mind by Claremont’s Glenn Ellmers is a rare look behind their curtain. Ellmers’s article separates Trump the individual from Trumpism the movement and is no fan of the former given his bombastic personality and therefore is not the Chosen One to lead them (Project 2025) forward. Trump will be discarded when the time is right.

https://americanmind.org/salvo/why-the-claremont-institute-is-not-conservative-and-you-shouldnt-be-either/

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/12/conservativism_is_no_longer_enough_its_time_for_something_new.html

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/4/1/22356594/conservatives-right-wing-democracy-claremont-ellmers

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Nov 14, 2023Liked by Georgia Fisanick

The Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, founded on the political philosophy of Harry Jaffa who is credited with the line in Goldwater’s 1964 nomination acceptance speech “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue” and who believed Robert Bork of all people was insufficiently conservative, an Institute which has as a Senior Fellow John Eastman (soon to be disbarred) and is closely aligned with Hillsdale College should be scaring the bejeebers out of us. 

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Thank you again, Georgia, for all your dedicated effort to sound the alarm. You so rightly point out the machinations being conducted by The Heritage Foundation and other such groups and their billionaire backers. With you and Heather on the job, perhaps we women can continue to fight the power!!

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You put me in very exalted company which I am nowhere close to belonging at this point. I hope I can make at least make a small impact in educating people and in teaching people how to keep researching and connecting the dots in the areas that they are passionate about, whether its politics, climate change, education, human rights, or healthcare.

My goal is to try to get something like Bellingcat going here, where ordinary people who have skills in researching and some expertise can help expose what is happening under our noses. The mainstream media has been seduced into clickbait and superficiality and are beholden to corporate masters or big donors.

The lack of coverage on Project 2025 is the proof that opened my eyes.

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Katharine’s compliment is correct. The first two SubStacks I read every morning are the overnights I get here on the Left Coast from you and HCR. The other dozen or so, spread out across the day. Your growing following is dedicated. I look at the time stamps, Pacific Zone for me but with a clue where some posters are in the country, and only think “I thought my life long insomnia is bad.”

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Trying to stay informed. What is Bellingcat?

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It is an independent journalism group based in Europe that does investigative reporting. They do a lot of open source investigation. There was a book published on their work in 2021

https://www.bellingcat.com/category/resources/

https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Bellingcat-Global-Sleuths-ebook/dp/B08N4SBFM6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KF5RQCF83BW7&keywords=we+are+bellingcat&qid=1699957260&s=digital-text&sprefix=bellingcat%2Cdigital-text%2C81&sr=1-1

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Georgia, I've been interested in Bellingcat for similar reasons. I would be very keen to help move your idea forward.

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My comment, Georgia, these people are not conservatives, they are reactionaries. They want to go all the way back to feudalism.

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"We can expect torrents of the same venomous bile until Trump is either behind bars or elected."

Neither of those minor inconveniences would stop QueensMan from spewing. It's what QueensMan does.

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Hey, I'm from Queens. Though I haven't lived there for decades, I'm sure they would disown him if there was a way. Queens is a nice place.

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Shared on Facebook. Thank you, Georgia.

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