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Uncomfortable

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un•com•fort•a•ble ənˈkəmfərdəb(ə)l,ˌənˈkəmftərbəl/ adjective causing or feeling slight pain or physical discomfort. Or causing or feeling unease or awkwardness. REDNECK. HILLBILLY. MORON. FANATIC. OBSTRUCTIONIST. FRINGE WING NUT. MISOGYNIST. RACIST. ZEALOT. EXTREMIST. IDEOLOGUE. LIBTARD. HIPPIE. LIBERAL. ELITIST. CRONY. BLOWHARD. LOON. CUCK. SNOWFLAKE. BETA. CRYBABY. SJW (SHORT FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR). First, we have the Oxford Dictionary’s list of the most commonly used “slurs” used by left-leaning internet users, when confronting right-leaning internet users. Followed by the list used by right leaning toward left leaning. It is interesting to me that while the majority of the Left’s insults are recognized as universal language ( Oxford’s study found that the words most used by the left are also used by the right, just in fewer instances ), more than half of the Right’s insults are rooted in the Alt-Right movement . Please be sure you understand this: The “Alt-Right” is...

Emoluments

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The Title of Nobility Clause is a provision in Article I , Section 9 , Clause 8 of the United States Constitution; it is commonly referred to as The Emoluments Clause. This portion of the United States Constitution has long been moot since precedence has been for every President, beginning with Lyndon B. Johnson , to use a blind trust in order to guarantee that there would never be any conflict of interest or appearance of such. It states: No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state. It is really very clear, and yet, many of my fellow Americans, the GOP led Congress, conservative media, and especially Donald J. Trump seem unable to grasp what this plainly written text means. I am a Progressive Democrat. I’ll just admit to that up-front, so the...