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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody ⎊✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: So it was a coup: Hersh
Date: 07/30/24 1:58 PM
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coup
1. a sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government.
"he was overthrown in an army coup"

No, it was not a coup as PJ Media characterizes it. The 25th amendment is lawful, and not violent.

Then: "So Marcus Junius Brutus Obama was the one who held the knife, delivering the ultimatum to Biden Leave the race or we'll remove you from office. And Harris, Pelosi and Schumer were all in on it. Interesting."

It's what you would expect. Obama was the best one to deliver the bad news. Hersh probably has a gist of what was said, but not exactly or how it was delivered. Obama and Biden are friends. Neither Pelosi, Shumer or Jeffries could deliver that message. That's a tough message - and it wasn't holding a knife - Biden was in a bad way and needed that last final touch to let go. Good that he got it from a friend. You delight in Palace intrigue, don't you?
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