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Signal Gate Scandal Made Worse By Forced Removal Of Michael Waltz!

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The move by Donald Trump to oust National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, due to the Signal Chat Leak Crisis, is a bad omen for the future of American National Security.

Waltz was a traditional conservative Republican, who gave up his House seat in Florida to take on the challenge of engaging in promoting American national security.

But in the Trump White House, which is bending over backwards to please Vladimir Putin and to abandon Ukraine, Waltz was seen as a “problem”.

What should have happened was the dismissal of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, not Waltz, and putting Waltz in as United Nations Ambassador is an indication that his status is much reduced.

Meanwhile, Marco Rubio taking on the position of National Security Adviser temporarily is totally crazy, as being Secretary of State is more than enough work for one man.

And Rubio is no Henry Kissinger, who held both jobs, but in reverse in the Nixon and Ford Administrations.

This whole situation is an indication early on that Trump is on the way, possibly, to more turnover in his second term, than in his first term, which set a record of such turnovers in American history.

The international order is going to be in great danger, with an unstable, unpredictable, and unreliable Chief Executive in the Oval Office!

Orange County California, Reagan And Goldwater Stronghold, Goes Completely Democratic In Midterm Elections Of 2018

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Orange County California, with a population of about three million people, sandwiched between Los Angeles and San Diego, has long been conservative Republican “Country”, but in the Midterm Elections of 2018, all of the Congressional districts went to the Democrats, a startling development.

The heroes of Orange County have been Ronald Reagan, and before him, Barry Goldwater, and Democrats knew they had no opportunity to succeed in that Southern California bastion.

But now, not only did Democrats gain all four seats in that county, but also won seven of the 14 formerly Republican held seats in the California state delegation, making for a total of 46-7, compared to the former 39-14 division between Democrats and Republicans.

The Republican nominee for Governor, John Cox, lost Orange County by a hair to incoming Governor Gavin Newsom as well.

The Republican Party is dead in California for now, although the House Minority Leader is Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield.

It all started 25 years ago when the Republicans promoted nativism and bigotry under Governor Pete Wilson against Latinos and other immigrants, and started their generation long decline in the Golden State.

The same is likely in the future for Arizona, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida, and if these named states start to veer to the Democrats, which is likely in the 2020s, then the Democrats will have a lock on the Electoral College, after being victimized twice in 2000 and 2016.

Richard Shelby, An Unexpected Hero, Stops Roy Moore In Alabama, And Is Friendly Toward New Fellow Senator, Doug Jones

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Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, a conservative Republican, although a Democrat until 1994, stands out as the unsung hero of the election of Doug Jones to the US Senate over Roy Moore.

Shelby made it clear very early that he could not vote for or support Moore as a Senate colleague, with his despicable record of sexual abuse, along with his racism, nativism, homophobia,Islamophobia, antisemitism,misogyny and theocratic views on Christianity.

Shelby never backed away from that stand, despite the fact that the Alabama GOP establishment went along with Moore reluctantly, and Shelby was not swayed by Donald Trump ultimately backing Moore.

Shelby said that would not be voting for Democrat Doug Jones, but would, instead have a write in candidate that he would vote for, without saying who that was.

His stand convinced enough Republicans, who respected Shelby’s stand, but did not want to vote for Jones, to do the same, with the effect being that Jones was elected as a result.

And now, Shelby has made clear that he knew and liked Jones, and would find it palatable to work with him for the advancement of Alabama, despite their party line differences.

So Shelby should be commended for what he did, and it turns out, it helped elect the first Democrat state wide since 1992, when Shelby was running for his second term in the US Senate, and was still a Democrat.