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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Don Purdum on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Encourage More Political Violence]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@donpurdum/bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren-encourage-more-political-violence-3641478f2f92?source=rss-11a2650b57a6------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-20T18:59:04.992Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FrhxVsNvmqDk%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrhxVsNvmqDk&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FrhxVsNvmqDk%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/ca02d023867b2ead592b08c6d94f93fd/href">https://medium.com/media/ca02d023867b2ead592b08c6d94f93fd/href</a></iframe><p>It’s sad that the Democratic Party has been hijacked by the far left wing of their party who can’t seem to control themselves for even one week.</p><p>Yesterday, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren once again spewed their rhetoric. Sanders accused Republicans of being responsible for thousands of American deaths if the healthcare bill is passed and Elizabeth Warren thinks Republicans won’t pay any price politically “for the harm they inflicted upon millions of people across this country.”</p><p>It’s amazing how they set the conditions and then try to play innocent when bad things happen.</p><p>When will this nonsense end? I have an idea and I share it in my video.</p><p>What to hear for yourselves what they said? Click this link: <a href="http://ntknetwork.com/sanders-act-in-unprecedented-ways-fight-back-in-every-way-that-you-can/">http://ntknetwork.com/sanders-act-in-unprecedented-ways-fight-back-in-every-way-that-you-can/</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=3641478f2f92" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Increasing the Minimum Wage Always Hurts Those It’s Meant to Help]]></title>
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            <category><![CDATA[minimum-wage]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:04:43 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-19T19:04:43.539Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F9Y1lk-69uNc%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9Y1lk-69uNc&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F9Y1lk-69uNc%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/9252b0a8324ee8594ebf4a72462334cb/href">https://medium.com/media/9252b0a8324ee8594ebf4a72462334cb/href</a></iframe><p>I’m going to make a bold statement: The minimum wage at $15 per hour argument will only hurt those it’s intended to help. The politicians know this and use the idea as a means to manipulate people into voting for them.</p><p>How does it hurt those who supposedly benefit? I explain the basic economics of it the video.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=a9781724c3a" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lies! The Real Obstruction of Justice Perpetrators are the Democrats]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@donpurdum/lies-the-real-obstruction-of-justice-perpetrators-are-the-democrats-5165d78fe7bb?source=rss-11a2650b57a6------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:15:29 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-13T13:15:29.066Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FiZfDXhXQiMk%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiZfDXhXQiMk&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FiZfDXhXQiMk%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/483f3d8b91c93ed629562fcc12a06cab/href">https://medium.com/media/483f3d8b91c93ed629562fcc12a06cab/href</a></iframe><p>Since President Trump won the election all we’ve heard from Democrats is a steady stream of Russia and collusion, without any evidence or proof.</p><p>However, last week former FBI Director, James Comey, told lawmakers that Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, directly involved herself in the Clinton campaign. She personally directed Comey to go change the “investigation” to a “matter” AND to put a kibosh on any prosecution of Clinton.</p><p>It seems to me that the Democrats have been trying to pull a fast one and they are on the verge of getting caught… this is a REAL crime and the investigations should start immediately.</p><p>I have a lot more to say about when, how and why in the video…</p><p>You can learn more at <a href="http://circa.com/politics/comey-privately-told-congress-about-second-confrontation-with-the-former-attorney-general">http://circa.com/politics/comey-privately-told-congress-about-second-confrontation-with-the-former-attorney-general</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=5165d78fe7bb" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[James Comey was Missing Courage When It Counted]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@donpurdum/james-comey-was-missing-courage-when-it-counted-674448b23a37?source=rss-11a2650b57a6------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 13:00:54 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-09T13:00:54.702Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FiDs4D08iDuk%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiDs4D08iDuk&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FiDs4D08iDuk%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/18cfce6a3d9e58db4c210cf9cf6acff7/href">https://medium.com/media/18cfce6a3d9e58db4c210cf9cf6acff7/href</a></iframe><p>Yesterday under sworn testimony, former FBI Director James Comey admitted he lacked courage. I think there is some truth to that but not for the reasons you may think.</p><p>Comey demonstrated time-and-time again that he was a shrewd, unelected politician. He used courage when it benefited him, but most times when it counted he was spineless.</p><p>I have a lot more to say about when, how and why in the video…</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=674448b23a37" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[James Comey and “Loyalty” to Whom, or What?]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@donpurdum/james-comey-and-loyalty-to-whom-or-what-b8e591c41300?source=rss-11a2650b57a6------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:08:23 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-08T13:08:23.883Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2F8qZuKfT445U%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8qZuKfT445U&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F8qZuKfT445U%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/ae1706c5adb17068cfd2da8f533aee8f/href">https://medium.com/media/ae1706c5adb17068cfd2da8f533aee8f/href</a></iframe><p>Much is being said about Donald Trump’s question to James Comey last January. I want to propose a different perspective.</p><p>After watching Comey supersede his authority publicly, not once but twice, butcher Clinton, and refuse to stay behind the scenes as an FBI Director, I think Trump’s instincts told him that Comey couldn’t be trusted.</p><p>I have a lot more to say in today’s video.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=b8e591c41300" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Donald Trump’s Approval Rating is Better Than Bill Clinton’s?]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@donpurdum/is-donald-trumps-approval-rating-is-better-than-bill-clinton-s-ad6d7fdefef?source=rss-11a2650b57a6------2</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 14:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-07T14:01:46.767Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FVpyTyd09Kyk%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVpyTyd09Kyk&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FVpyTyd09Kyk%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/f65b94edd27663af17f030faef76f451/href">https://medium.com/media/f65b94edd27663af17f030faef76f451/href</a></iframe><p>In a Newsweek article yesterday, they exposed that Trump’s approval rating is two points higher than Bill Clinton’s was at the same time in his Presidency.</p><p>If memory serves me correct, Bill Clinton is the left’s hero…</p><p>What is really going on?</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=ad6d7fdefef" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Myths of Islamic Radical Terrorism and Who’s Really to Blame for it]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:29:55 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-06T15:29:55.500Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FoE_RkouF0gk%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DoE_RkouF0gk&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FoE_RkouF0gk%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/25576125494d3f9327cc835ed1294482/href">https://medium.com/media/25576125494d3f9327cc835ed1294482/href</a></iframe><p>Over the years the liberals in America have reshaped the history of Islamic terrorism and its roots. Many have claimed that the United States is to blame as we pursued the greed of oil in the Middle East and through our wars we’ve caused the deaths of untold thousands of Muslims.</p><p>If we had just “left them alone none of this would be happening” mindset is not helpful to understanding them or why they are committing atrocious acts of terrorism in Great Britain, France, Germany, and in a smaller scale, the United States.</p><p>The roots of the modern Islamic terrorism have little to do with oil. That was a mutually beneficial relationship between OPEC and the West. Middle Eastern countries for decades reaped the rewards and those nations are all very wealthy ones now as evidenced by the lavish cities, lifestyles and transportation systems in oil producing countries in the Middle East. There has been no war or occupation that can show proof of this claim.</p><p>What is the root cause of radicalism and the wars that followed (Desert Storm, Desert Shield, Afghanistan, and Operation Iraqi Freedom — all responses to either dictator aggression or Islamic Terrorism)?</p><p>The root was the 1968 re-assertion of Israel as a nation. It goes all the way back to Yasser Arafat and the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) in the late 60’s through the late 90’s. Yasser Arafat was the first to introduce the modern terrorist movement and has been rightly labeled the “Father of Modern Terrorism” as he sought terror as a way to exterminate Israel. Ultimately, he would go beyond Israel to those whom he believed protected them.</p><p>He was responsible for many airline bombings and hijackings.</p><p>“Arafat and his affiliates soon became innovators in a tactic later refined by al Qaeda…”</p><p>In addition, here is a short list of his exploits that led the way to modern terrorism:</p><ul><li>Munich Summer Olympic Games of 1972</li><li>On March 1, 1973, they raided the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan and demanded the release of prisoners in California. When they didn’t get what they wanted, they murdered diplomats on the spot.</li><li>On April 11, 1974, the PLO slaughtered eighteen residents of Kiryat Shmona in their apartment building.</li><li>A month later, on May 15, Palestinian terrorists attacked a school in Ma’alot, murdering 26 Israelis, including several children. Then, in June, the PLO — through the “Palestinian National Council” — endorsed what it called a “phased plan” to obliterate Israel.</li></ul><p>Learn much more about the legacy of Yasser Arafat and the modern Islamic Terrorist Movement: <a href="http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/the-father-of-modern-terrorism-the-true-legacy-of-yasser-arafat/">http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/the-father-of-modern-terrorism-the-true-legacy-of-yasser-arafat/</a></p><p>Over the years, let’s remember that the majority of the Muslims that have been killed in war have been at the hands of other Muslims, not the United States. Look at what is going on in right now in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In the past there was the Kurds, and the brutal war between Iraq and Iran.</p><p>Out of the PLO came a new perspective of the Koran’s teaching on conversion and subjugation. Islam teaches that all other religions must be eradicated according to the Koran and the teachings of radical clerics.</p><p>I talk about the rise of Islamic terrorism and site the Koran more extensively in this article: <a href="http://www.donaldpurdum.com/authorities-who-appease.../">http://www.donaldpurdum.com/authorities-who-appease.../</a></p><p>It is way too simple to blame the U.S. for the choices that Muslims have made to kill in the name of their religion. By attempting to understand them through a western mindset it removes who they are… they are not western and do not accept any other religion other than Islam… they detest Israel and want the land for their own, and who is it that stands in their way? It’s the West and predominantly the U.S., who must be stopped.</p><p>Until we understand who these people are and that they have no desire to integrate, assimilate and live peacefully… there will be terrorism. But not because of some misguided belief that we are to blame. It’s because they have a worldwide goal of converting and subjugating everyone into their belief system.</p><p>This article was originally published at <a href="http://www.donaldpurdum.com/myths-islamic-radical-terrorism-whos-really-blame/">http://www.donaldpurdum.com/myths-islamic-radical-terrorism-whos-really-blame/</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=852402854d08" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is “Enough is Enough” Really Enough in the Fight Against Islamic Terrorism?]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@donpurdum/is-enough-is-enough-really-enough-in-the-fight-against-islamic-terrorism-cdd920bbe437?source=rss-11a2650b57a6------2</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:37:16 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-05T14:37:16.563Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2Fb-2Rfa6qYwU%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Db-2Rfa6qYwU&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2Fb-2Rfa6qYwU%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/fe6ee16384736bba64b3d376807327c3/href">https://medium.com/media/fe6ee16384736bba64b3d376807327c3/href</a></iframe><p>Is “enough” really enough in the war against Islamic terrorism? Finally, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is saying that it is. But what does that really mean?</p><p>In the United States, we followed the same liberal policies that Europe has implemented in regards to refugees and immigration. As a result, we risk running the same consequences.</p><p>I don’t know about you, but when I go to bed at night, I lock my doors. I don’t leave the keys in my car when I’m not with it.</p><p>Why?</p><p>Because if I leave the doors open to what’s important to me it will get stolen!</p><p>That’s exactly what has been going on. The Obama administration was warned by the intelligence agencies for years that we risked letting in the bad guys who seek to do us harm.</p><p>Before I go any further, why do they seek to do us harm?</p><p>Because their goal is not to assimilate into our society. It’s to hostile take it over and convert all non-believers of Islam at all costs. I shared specific verses from the Koran last week in this article.</p><p>We are naive and foolish to believe that many want to be in our countries for the same reasons our forefathers came here. They didn’t come for a better life.</p><p>Here is the danger… for one stop dividing Americans. It’s not Islamophobic to recognize that one religion is causing chaos around the globe. It’s one religion that is beheading, killing, and slaughtering those who don’t join their caliphate’s and proclaim their God.</p><p>It’s common sense!</p><p>Second, when terrorist do create chaos we lose more and more of our freedoms and liberties as the government re-actively controls the situation when what the should have been doing is proactively engaging.</p><p>Regardless of what you have been told and believe about the ban, we are fools to let people into this country from war torn areas that were created by ISIS and Al Qaeda. They don’t have birth certificates, employment records, criminal records or any other kind of record for that matter.</p><p>All we are doing is opening the door to our country and hoping that the bad guys don’t come in… how’s that working for Great Britain, France, and Germany?</p><p>Learn more at <a href="http://www.donaldpurdum.com/">http://www.donaldpurdum.com</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=cdd920bbe437" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[There are a Lot of Dirty Diapers Soiling the Environment Right Now]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/@donpurdum/there-are-a-lot-of-dirty-diapers-soiling-the-environment-right-now-44bfbe059587?source=rss-11a2650b57a6------2</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[climate-change]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-02T14:15:52.098Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FdVxIFdV420E%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdVxIFdV420E&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FdVxIFdV420E%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/3e06736dc2e850b30afd7b5ea8ab289b/href">https://medium.com/media/3e06736dc2e850b30afd7b5ea8ab289b/href</a></iframe><p>Yesterday, President Trump abandoned the Paris Climate Accord and by all accounts, the landfills are filling quickly with soiled diapers. Trash bins are full of them, the landfills can’t keep up, the smell is horrible and the toxicity to the environment is horrendous.<br> <br>The hyperbole around this issue just stinks!<br> <br>Yesterday, John Kerry had the gumption to claim that people with allergies would suffer immediately and that people are going to die.<br> <br>Really?<br> <br>That much changed in just a few hours?<br> <br>Is climate change real? Of course it is, but that’s because it always has been changing. The question is are we the cause?</p><p>Is that even the right question?<br> <br>The real question is should we all be accountable to ensure that the land, water and air be clean and are we doing all we can regardless of the cause? <br> <br>I was always taught to take action around the things that you can control. We can control a lot of things and we should.<br> <br>However, we don’t need to send our money (billions of dollars) to third world countries who have no accountability for the money and we have no way to hold them accountable to use it for the intended purpose.<br> <br>Let’s use some common sense. Businesses are already manufacturing solar panels at an increased rate. They are all over the area that I live in as they become more heavily manufactured and the prices come down.<br> <br>Elon Musk, who ironically left the economic council yesterday over President Trump’s decision, is manufacturing a new $30,000 — $35,000 electric Tesla vehicle. <br> <br>Windmills are popping up in a lot of places. There is a lot happening in the area of renewable energy.<br> <br>My point is that businesses are taking the initiative. We don’t have to throw our sovereignty or money away in order to better the environment.<br> <br>And for goodness sakes, stop filling up the landfills and polluting the air with toxic crap. Yep, that’s hyperbole as well… Stop it with everyone’s going to die this afternoon rhetoric. If that hyperbole doesn’t stop the result will only be more fighting, talking, hard feelings, and no action.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=44bfbe059587" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton Insults Deplorables, Again!]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Purdum]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2017-06-01T15:00:08.275Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FK62H4XXRs0Y%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DK62H4XXRs0Y&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FK62H4XXRs0Y%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"><a href="https://medium.com/media/d7e8b09daab0a9404e0682cd781d3569/href">https://medium.com/media/d7e8b09daab0a9404e0682cd781d3569/href</a></iframe><p>Hillary Clinton gave a list of excuses and conspiracy theories for why she lost to Donald Trump. In so doing, she once again insulted the deplorables. You know, those hard-working, financially struggling, just trying to make it Americans who were stupid enough to be sucked in by Donald Trump.</p><p>She said we are gullible and were played be a complex data mining operation that created fake news on Facebook… and so much more.</p><p>Let me break down for you what she said.</p><ul><li>Her email and server scandal was the “biggest nothing burger” ever.</li><li>The New York Times was to blame for “covering it (email and server scandal) like it was Pearl Harbor.</li><li>Macedonians hacked the emails, created fake news, and posted it all over Facebook.</li><li>James Comey brought it all up again in October 2016 after it was put to bed in July 2016.</li><li>She “inherited nothing from the Democratic Party. It was bankrupt and on the verge of insolvency. Its data was mediocre to poor, wrong… I had to put money into it.”</li><li>He (Donald Trump) really understands how to inflame people, bond with them… over whatever their grievance is, whatever their resentment is, or point of anger that you may have… Race, sex, xenophobia, anti-islamophobia… whatever it is.”</li></ul><p>Hillary Clinton said that Trump touches the underbelly of America and in doing so insulted us again. She (and the liberals and elite) genuinely believe that we have to be stupid to be sucked in by him.</p><p>Get my in-depth thoughts on her deplorable acceptance of responsibility or listen to the show at <a href="http://www.donaldpurdum.com/hillary-clinton-insults-deplorables-again/">http://www.donaldpurdum.com/hillary-clinton-insults-deplorables-again/</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=fe2cb45550dd" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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