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[The Drunk Republican @DrunkRepub]

One problem Trump faces with the younger generations is they have no context for the stuff he’s doing.

- They don’t know that Venezuela was once the world’s sixth richest country before Communism devoured it.

- They are all but ignorant of the Castro regime’s abuses and the plight of Cubans.

- They are blissfully unaware that Iran started a war with us decades ago and have been slaughtering Americans whenever possible ever since.

- And most importantly, when it comes to Israel, they have no idea that Arafat refused a deal that granted the PLO more than 90% of what it wanted at Camp David, or that Palestinians regularly launch rockets from civilian strongholds specifically so Israel will target those areas in return and Hamas can then scream “Genocide!”

It’s not Gen Z’s fault they don’t know it. We failed them by refusing to teach it.

Or, more specifically, by allowing our educational system to be hijacked long ago by Marxists who aimed to accomplish exactly what is happening now.

We let it happen, and now we are paying for it handily.

But we’d better address it ASAP.

Or we will all learn about the horrors of Cuba and Venezuela firsthand.

[Owen @Owennfa]

FUN FACT: We are paying more money for worse versions of ALMOST everything because private equity firms buy up beloved brands, cut product quality to the bone, hike prices to squeeze out margins, and leave a trail of debt-ridden husks behind.

[Brad Galli @BradGalli]

The Tigers win on a walk-off home run to finish off Justin Verlander’s final MLB game.

Eduardo Valencia is Saturday’s hero in Detroit

[Tucker Carlson @TuckerCarlson]

The wars in Iran and Ukraine are weakening, discrediting and impoverishing the United States. That’s not an accident. It’s the point of the exercise.

[Harv @dmpj1919]

@ajlamesa https://t.co/FOI1n4HpwM

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Ok, we now have the actual text of the Greenland deal (https://t.co/VxZ1Q47jsh), so we can say how it compares to the existing 1951 arrangement and who, between Trump and Denmark, lied the most in their framing of it.

Long story short - which may surprise some - the Danes lied the most: Trump is pretty much correct in saying that this new deal grants the US control of Greenland.

Let's look into what changed compared to the 1951 deal.

1) This is now a permanent arrangement: whereas the existing 1951 deal only lasted as long as NATO existed, this one "does not have an end date and may only be amended by mutual consent."

It even survives a hypothetical future independence of Greenland: in that event, Denmark and Greenland must ensure that the independent Greenlandic state "affirmatively assume[s] all of the rights and obligations of the Kingdom of Denmark specified in this Agreement."

2) In the 1951 agreement, the US could set up bases only where both governments agreed, and only on the basis of NATO planning. The new deal locks in three bases: the US can "modernize and expand its activities" at Pituffik, its only base in Greenland until now, and "shall be allowed to establish an additional Defense Area at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig." Further bases beyond these 3 can be justified by the defense of "the American continent," a US interest rather than a NATO one.

Also, quite subtle but this is interesting: Article IV(iii) says that "the United States may establish additional defense areas in Greenland" and that consultations are then held "to decide implementation details based on mutual agreement." What this means is that the principle of a new base is automatically granted and only the implementation details require agreement.

Article VII also gives the US "the right to raise concerns regarding construction, or change of use" of any building near a US base, after which the parties decide together what to do. Which means that the US has a say over civilian planning around its bases.

3) On US military movement across Greenland, the wording change between the 1951 agreement and this new one is quite funny.

The 1951 text said (Art. V(3)): the US "may enjoy... the right of free access to and movement between the defense areas through Greenland, including territorial waters, by land, air and sea," but only "in accordance with general rules mutually agreed upon and issued by the appropriate Danish authority in Greenland."

The new one says: "the United States of America shall enjoy... the right of free access to and movement between the Defense Areas through Greenland, including the Territorial Waters, by land, air and sea."

That's it: "May" becomes "shall," and the US military movement no longer has to follow rules "issued by the appropriate Danish authority in Greenland." The US also gets something new on top: "undersea access to and movement within the Territorial Waters," i.e. submarines.

4) Non-NATO exclusion: non-NATO states are barred from military installations or a persistent presence in Greenland unless all three parties approve, giving the US an effective permanent veto. The 1951 deal had no equivalent clause.

5) Investment screening: this is entirely new. "States or investors from a state that is not a member of NATO, a NATO partner, or an EU member state" (i.e. Russia, China, India, the Gulf States, etc.), "shall not be allowed to have (i) control, (ii) significant influence, or (iii) access to non-public information...within Particularly Sensitive Sectors or Activities in the territory of Greenland (including the Territorial Waters), unless agreed between the Parties."

Again, it basically means that the US has a permanent veto over who can invest in strategic sectors in Greenland, as far as non-NATO or EU states are concerned.

6) Lastly, in stark contrast with the 1951 deal, the framing of the deal changes significantly: this new deal is largely framed around the US.

The 1951 agreement existed only "for the benefit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization." The new one lists the defense of "the American continent" as an objective, celebrates "the irreplaceable role" of the United States military as well as "the United States' indispensable historical and ongoing contributions to the security and defense of Greenland," and names the establishment of Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense system as a key goal.

So, to sum up:
- The US secured a permanent military foothold that even an independent Greenland would inherit whether it likes it or not
- The US now has veto power over any non-NATO military presence in Greenland, and over who can invest in its strategic infrastructure and resources (beyond NATO and the EU)
- Denmark signed away its say over the principle of new US bases, with only the right to discuss the "implementation details"
- Danish authorities no longer set the rules for US military movement across the island
- And all of it is now justified by the defense of "the American continent"

I don't know in which universe this even remotely "recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom and the Greenlandic people's right to self-determination," as Danish PM Mette Frederiksen put it (https://t.co/dHOavrPB3r).

Yes, the preamble of the text cynically "reaffirms" Danish sovereignty but, in my book, when you let a foreign country put bases on your soil, move its troops without following your rules and veto who else can come in, in perpetuity, after it spent two years threatening to take you by force, the word for that is anything but "recognized sovereignty" 🤷

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Which was worse for women: Sydney Sweeney’s naked sports gambling ad or Lindsay Clancy killing her three kids? A Tampa woman is going viral for saying Sweeney. Many women’s brains are broken. Watch this.

[Harv @dmpj1919]

@TTUCarter 🤡🤡🤡

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

Six years ago, The Washington Post said that Atlantic hurricanes seasons are going to become much worse due to global warming. Stronger storms, especially near the coast. Hyperactive years like 2020 was said to be a “harbinger of the future.”

Last week, The Washington Post reported that the lack of hurricanes in the Atlantic this year is also potentially because of global warming.

Climate change has become a convenient scapegoat for climastrologists blame everything that happens with the weather on. They can't ever be wrong.

[Harv @dmpj1919]

@EricHolder https://t.co/m2OVg3lauz

[Sam E. Antar @SamAntar]

Eric Holder personally approved a warrant application that treated Fox News reporter James Rosen as a possible criminal “co-conspirator” for routine newsgathering and sought his personal emails. Holder’s Justice Department also secretly seized records covering 20 AP phone lines.

Now he’s lecturing everyone about standing strong for the First Amendment.

“Man up”? Look in the mirror, Eric.

[Harv @dmpj1919]

@ajlamesa https://t.co/NOCREPbPMw

[Center for Strategic Politics @StratPolitics]

We polled five routes for Trump to leave office before the end of his term. A plurality of Dems support four of them, including a military coup and death by natural causes. The only one underwater, an assassination, is still supported by 29%.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Trump got cucked again, this time by Zelensky. World leaders do whatever they want. They know we taxpayers will still be looted. None of them fear Trump. All of us are being factory farmed for oligarchs abroad.

[Andrew Kolvet @AndrewKolvet]

Senator Chris Murphy to Jennifer Welch: Government needs to regulate social media so people are less likely to support a candidate like President Trump.

The left will censor your speech as soon as they have the power to do so. They're not hiding the ball here.

They did it before. They will do so again.

[Harv @dmpj1919]

@Smirkley @EmilyVBurns At least they have elections.

[Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC]

Every single left winger in Western Civilization instinctively understands that the mass importation of foreigners means a successful communist revolution. 100% of them get this.

Yet somehow a decent enough portion of the Right denies this obvious fact.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

And the Oscar for Best Male Actor goes to…CALEB WILLIAMS!

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

wow, historic collapse for German establishment

*GERMAN CDU PROJECTED TO TAKE 4.9%, SHORT OF THRESHOLD: ARD

*GERMAN CDU FAILS TO ENTER NORTHEASTERN STATE PARLIAMENT: ARD

[Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando]

Anyway. My tax dollars are used to execute civilian downstream oil industry workers so that a tiny cross-dressing comedian can remain a dictator.

[Vitruvius Republic 🇺🇸 @realMAG1775]

Zelensky just lit a Moscow refinery 16 miles from the Kremlin. Trump told him to stop hitting energy. He said no. Diesel already screaming. He needs Dems back so the billions keep flowing. Your truck, your farm, his slush fund.

[Kevin Bass @kevinnbass]

Bro just spouts nonsense with complete confidence

[The Grind Line Podcast™ @GrindLinePod]

Picking a staffing company as the new jersey sponsor when you can't decide on a leader of hockey ops is peak parody. You can't make this stuff up.
#LGRW