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Oct 19, 2024 | 
spectator.org | John C. Wohlstetter
The past month has brought news of myriad spectacular triumphs by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), at the expense of Israel’s, America’s, and the West’s mortal enemies in the Mideast: Iran and its putrid proxies.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
spectator.org | John C. Wohlstetter
The Trump-Harris debate — with 67 million viewers, the most watched in 16 years — was a 3-on-1 travesty. Megyn Kelly’s take (4:34) on the moderators shows extreme moderator anti-Republican bias, so ingrained that drastic measures must be taken. There are preliminary indications that Trump may have picked up undecided voter support, but even if so, reform is urgently needed.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
spectator.org | John C. Wohlstetter
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D – Darth Vader) proclaimed at the Democratic Party Convention that if his party retakes the House and keeps the Senate, while winning the White House, his priority will be to end the use of the filibuster codified in Senate Rule 22. The rule was created in 1917 to enable senators to end debates by a 2/3 “cloture” vote — 67 votes, even if fewer than 100 senators vote; it was amended in 1977, by reducing the cloture threshold to 60 votes.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
discovery.org | John C. Wohlstetter
Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flipboard Print Original Article Discovery Institute Senior Fellow John Wohlstetter examines U.S. presidential succession, including historical precedents, legal and constitutional issues (including the 25th Amendment), what-if scenarios, and recommendations for how the succession process could be improved. Wohlstetter’s book Presidential Succession was published earlier this year. The Man Who Could Be King Robert-Marks-Medved-9073 A-Democrat-Looks-at-His-Party...
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
discovery.org | George Gilder |Scott Powell |Debra Saunders |John C. Wohlstetter
the-israel-test-hq Foreign Policy, Technology The Israel Test – 25th Anniversary Foreign Policy, Technology In this timely and courageous book, George Gilder demonstrates that the widespread antagonism toward the state of Israel is based — as is anti-Semitism itself — on self-defeating envy and resentment of its superior accomplishments and moral leadership.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
discovery.org | Jonathan Choe |Richard Weikart |Wesley Smith |John C. Wohlstetter
Screenshot 2024-08-12 133303 Homelessness King County Non-Profit Rescues Homeless Mother and Her Children from Burien Encampment Homelessness Homeless children are suffering in Burien's encampments. Two kids were just rescued from Dow Constantine's drug den near the courthouse. Even though he literally created this problem, the King County Executive is ignoring pleas from city leaders and neighbors to shut it down.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
discovery.org | John C. Wohlstetter
As I wrote in my last TAS article:The importance of settling remaining issues pertaining to presidential succession can hardly be overstated. Of 45 prior presidents, nine failed to complete their term: four were assassinated; four died of natural causes; and one resigned. Of 48 prior vice-presidents, 18 did not complete their term: 9 died of natural causes, 2 resigned; 9 ascended to the presidency.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
discovery.org | John C. Wohlstetter
Calls abound for the removal of President Biden over his objection, using the involuntary disability provision, with Vice-President Kamala Harris to then assume the presidency. What the text of Section 4 makes clear, however, is that under that provision, she can be Acting President only. Section 3, covering voluntary disability, provides the same.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
discovery.org | John C. Wohlstetter |Bruce Chapman |Scott Powell |Debra Saunders
Citizen Leadership The Summer 2024 Presidential Succession Crisis Explodes Citizen Leadership After Thursday night's presidential debate, one thing is clear: Joe Biden will NOT be nominated at the Democratic Convention. He will be persuaded to announce that he will not run for re-election — a reversion to his 2020 campaign pledge, made to assuage voter concerns about his age, that he would serve as a one-term president.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
spectator.org | John C. Wohlstetter
Calls abound for the removal of President Biden over his objection, using the involuntary disability provision, with Vice-President Kamala Harris to then assume the presidency. What the text of Section 4 makes clear, however, is than under that provision, she can be Acting President only. Section 3, covering voluntary disability, provides the same.
