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Trump's World: News and a Little Bit of Gentle Satire

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I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY THESE ARE NOT SATIRES. TRUMP AND HIS OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PUT ME OUT OF BUSINESS!   The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told employees that he did not know the United States has a hurricane season.   Kash Patel, the new head of the FBI, has called the FBI “Government Gangsters.” He has started giving FBI agents polygraph tests to root out leakers and disloyal agents. Many FBI agents have been fired; 21% are reassigned to immigration cases. American criminals and Russian spies in the U.S. rejoice.   Michael Boren, an Idaho ranch owner and a Trump donor, is  Trump’s nominee to oversee the very agency , The Forest Service, he has had a long-running feud and legal conflicts with over his decision to build an airstrip on protected land. Trump intends to visit him when he receives his new 747 from the UAE. A number of Republicans who voted for Trump's "big, beautiful" budget admitted they didn't read the entire bill and didn...

Why Germany Lost World War I

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  Erich Ludendorff This is a summary of the reasons Germany lost World War I. The Allies, sometimes called the  Entente,  was the alliance of France, Russia, and England, later including the United States. BISMARCK This is controversial.   Otto von Bismarck created Germany. How he did it, and how he left Germany when forced from office, and what happened within the framework of the German government he created, contributed to the outbreak of World War I.    Bismarck became the head of the Prussian government in 1862. He had a strategy to create a united Germany under conservative Prussian dominance. After a short war with Denmark, he picked a fight with his erstwhile ally Austria-Hungary. Austria was quickly defeated. As a consequence, Austrian influence in Catholic southern Germany was erased. Then, in 1870, he tricked the Emperor of France to go to war against Prussia. Bismarck rallied the German states as allies. The Prussian-led Germans quickly defeated...