One day after outgoing congressman Thomas Massie filed articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, the secretary gave a press conference this morning.  Video and Transcript Below:  

[Transcript] – Well, uh, good morning. I’ll get right to it. What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it’s not accountability. It’s a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment, timed for one man’s final days in Congress to try to do damage to this president, this country, and most irresponsibly, the warriors who defend it. It’s a farce, and it’s a stunt, and everybody knows it. In the 250 years of our American republic, no Secretary of War or Secretary of Defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations—and in our case, successful ones at that. Not once.

War Powers Resolution or not: not under Reagan in Lebanon, not under Clinton in Kosovo, not under Obama in Iraq and Syria, not under Biden in Iraq and Syria. That’s the standard. The history is clear, and it’s very straightforward. And one disgruntled congressman wants to shred it over policy disagreements. That’s what it is: policy disagreements. Not high crimes, not misdemeanors, not treason, not bribery, not the kinds of offenses the founders intended when they wrote the impeachment clause.

The proper remedy for a policy disagreement is legislation. It’s debate. It’s the next presidential election. It’s not handing the House and Senate floor to the Democrats so that they can run a show trial against the president and the Secretary of War while Republicans still control Congress and should be delivering wins for the American people.

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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It all seems harmless until you sit down and map out how nefarious characters would utilize the capability.  In the old version of the game there were “bots” and “fake accounts,” which most people are familiar with.  However, in the modern iteration of the ruse Artificial Intelligence comes into play and the AI term “agents” create a new dynamic.

An AI Agent is a created persona utilizing the massive data capabilities of AI to review and create a personality.

The task set looks something like this:

Create an AI agent and give it a name, say Frank.  You tell Frank to review all of Nick Fuente’s social media posts, videos, presentations and online manifests.  Then you instruct Frank to create a psychological profile of what Fuentes believes, how he expresses himself, how he interprets information and the specific vocal and inflection pattern used to share information.

Once Frank has that profile established, then you instruct Frank to build out a community of like-minded sub-agents, who hold the same worldview -each with individual characteristics and nuance- that articulate issues and points of interest in support of Fuentes.  Frank [parent agent] creates a community of 50 [children sub-agents] who can push the Fuentes ideology independently, each re-referencing the originating parent’s continued update, patterns and ideological expressions.

Now you have Frank leading a group of 50 online personas (1 agent and 50 sub-agents) to create the community and boost the messaging of Fuentes based on current issues and events.  Each agent and sub agent creates an account on the favored (targeted) online platform. The instructions tell them the general direction of where they are to go, but in the largest measure the sub-agents can be unleashed to run autonomously, 24/7 with no need for rest, checking back with Frank occasionally who is giving constant feedback based on your instructions.

Suddenly, the opinions of Nick Fuentes seem to be popular, and the Fuentes perspective is boosted within various platforms.  All of the children hitting the social media pages to share and support the Fuentes message.  They like his content, resend his messages and even engage with responses if needed, while they articulate debate based on the education from their parent, Frank – the lead AI agent.

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President Trump holds a press conference at the White House along with Dana White.  The video and transcript are below:

[Transcript] – PRESIDENT TRUMP – Well, thank you very much. We have a very distinguished guest with us today. A lot of people think he’ll be our new press secretary. And one thing about him, he doesn’t play games because I’ve known him a long time. But I’ll introduce him in a second.

I do want to read a statement that I had a excellent conversation with Shik Muhammad. Uh and you probably know who that is. He’s prime minister of Qatar wherein much was discussed with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Most importantly, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others would prefer the status quo. That we remain as is. In other words, a continuation of the greatest naval blockade in the history of our country, probably in the history of the world. Nothing has gotten through at all. And that’s been months. Nothing has gotten through. Having a very devastating effect on as you know and you’ve seen having a very devastating effect on Iran and also operation iron gate which was newly imposed and that’s land so you have land and sea total lockdown.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a full press briefing following a day of G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Paris, France.

Rubio was asked about the upcoming Ukraine-Russia negotiations, the status of the Iran conflict, the G7 response to last week’s midterm elections, his opinion of the impeachment effort against Secretary Hegseth and much more.  I will follow up with a transcript asap.  Video Below:

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It is a little frustrating to hear the arrogance of European/NATO voices in the Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations. The arrogance comes from Europe demanding the U.S. military underpin the Ukraine ‘security guarantee’, yet those same EU voices seemingly interfere seeking to set the terms in any U.S mediation effort, and that keeps the fighting ongoing.

As Jennifer Jacobs has reported, “US has asked the Russians to accept Article 4 and Article 5-like security guarantees for Ukraine, so Ukraine would effectively get protection “very similar to NATO,” a US official told us.  Kushner and Witkoff have said US is “very aligned” with the EU and NATO and the European partners, the official said. Getting a U.S. security guarantee would a “really, really big deal,” but that’ll be up to Trump, the official said. But Trump wants Europe to carry the financial burden.

Kushner, Witkoff, Ukraine and Russian representatives in addition to someone from the EU are traveling to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where they will collectively participate in Russian-Ukrainian negotiations under US mediation scheduled for tomorrow and Wednesday, Nov 10–11.

Jared Kushner (via X) – “President Trump is determined to bring an end to this horrible war, which has caused enormous loss of life, destruction, and suffering. We are working hard to find a negotiated solution that can deliver lasting peace and create the conditions for a sovereign, secure, and prosperous Ukraine within a more stable European security environment.

Before beginning the two days of trilateral talks with Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi, [Steve Witkoff] and I will meet with our partners from Ukraine, the EU, NATO, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy to continue the close consultation and coordination we have undertaken on European security and Ukraine’s postwar future over the past several weeks.

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The European Union has discovered the source of their social unrest problem, RUSSIA and the American MAGA movement!

According to internal documents from an EU intelligence assessment, Russia -along with MAGA- tricked France into importing violent migrants that then began to destroy Paris. A rather devious explanation for the ongoing European crisis; it’s Russia’s fault.

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(REUTERS) – NEW YORK/PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) – A covert Russian network sought to exploit last month’s riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on ​uncontrolled immigration and portray the government as having lost control, according to an internal EU assessment seen by Reuters.

A separate internal assessment, compiled by France’s foreign ‌ministry and also seen by Reuters, found that social media accounts linked to Israel and to the US MAGA movement also pushed “hostile narratives” around the riots, linking them to radical Islamism and migration.

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CONTEXT: I believe in deportation and repatriation of all illegal aliens with extreme prejudice and without favor or concern for the sensibilities of those who may disagree with my position.

I believe in the cancellation of all H1B visas, student visas and all subsequent immigration visas that cause negative impact to the jobs, skills, education and training of American citizens. Qualified, specialized, time-restricted individual employment visas should be scarce and exceptionally expensive for the sponsor ($1+ million/per).

I believe we are under no obligation to support, train, educate or subsidize anyone who entered this country unlawfully.  The primary obligation of a functioning state is to remove such persons from the general population using any/all means at our disposal while following the strict constitutional parameters as expressed and intended in our founding documents.

I reject the crass, vulgar, intolerant and entitled attitudes, and/or indecent behaviors, of those who entered our country illegally. And with full attestation to my American brothers and sisters, I reject the effort to use my Christian faith, virtue, charity and kindness as a twisted weapon against my interests.

I value respect, honesty, cleanliness, lawfulness and common consideration while rejecting public expressions of vulgarity, filth, rudeness, greed, selfishness and indecency as defined by generations of western cultural values and standards. These factors form the baseline of ordinary interaction within the social compact of my comfort.

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