#Eric Kaufmann

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Eric Kaufmann - A Simulated Counter-Culture

Eric Kaufmann: You know, women are more likely, in general, to back whatever is the hegemonic community norm. When it was religion, they were more conservative. And they were. I mean, freshman undergrads in 1970, the females were more conservative than the men by a little bit.

But since 2004, it started moving the other way, and now it's, there's quite a big gap and women are a lot more to the left. And I think they're just reflecting the dominant messages that they're getting in institutional settings. Whereas the boys are a bit more rebellious and have always been more contrarian in a way, rebellious, and I think they're getting more from the internet that's countering what they're receiving in school, university, corporations, so on.

Mike Nayna: If you follow that line of thinking, the purple-haired woke woman is the Bible-basher of the 50s in some sense.

Kaufmann: Yeah, like, an extreme version of the communal values. Like, it's almost like if you're in a Muslim society or a Christian society, the religious fundamentalist exemplifies communal values. Everyone's a pious Muslim, they're a fundamentalist. It's tough to argue against them, but they're exemplifying the values of the system. And I'd say probably, that's what these blue-haired people are doing. And they're just exemplifying the values that everyone should have in the system.

Nayna: I think in the first-person experience is, they are countercultural in some ways.

Kaufmann: They think they're countercultural.

Nayna: They think they're countercultural, and it's a really weird paradoxical thing.

Kaufmann: But this whole thing, you know, it requires a sort of artificial reality. Like, it's always 1933 with Hitler about to rise to power, or we're always back in 1950s Alabama, you know. Or one step away from slipping back into it.

So, by sort of ginning up this artificial atmosphere of white supremacy or misogyny or whatever it is, against that backdrop and that sort of fabricated and invented, sort of establishment, you're a rebel, right?

But the reality is of course, yes, you know, this is just a matter of providing a backstory for what is effectively an elite actor in a way. Or a representative of an elite value system.

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It's nuts and irrational because they're in an alternate reality in which luxury beliefs prevail.

[darkmaga-returns]

By Vasko Kohlmayer

December 17, 2024

In the months leading up to the November 5 presidential election, the wide-eyed members of the Establishment Media kept insisting that Donald Trump was a white supremacist, fascist, sexist, totalitarian, misogynist racist, Hitler, and worse.

As far as one can remember, no other man or woman – domestic or foreign – had so much vitriol poured on his or her head as Donald Trump… not even close. As far as the media were concerned, Donald Trump, was (and still is) public enemy number one.

Unprecedented in co-ordination and scope, the media’s relentless attacks on Trump constituted the most vicious character assassination campaign in memory, if not in the whole history of American politics. Those who orchestrated and carried out this campaign must have been aware that this level of instigated hatred would likely provoke some individuals to carry out actual assassination attempts. As we have all seen, they got their wish in the end.

That many on the Left wanted Trump dead became glaringly obvious from the multitude of postings on social media and elsewhere bemoaning the fact that the assassin’s shot did not hit the target. According to the research conducted by Professor Eric Kaufmann, a third of Democratic voters wished the shooter’s bullet had not missed Trump’s head. Among the progressives the number was an astounding 71 percent!

After everything that has been said and done to him, the fact that Trump is still alive today is, indeed, a kind of miracle.

In a truly paradoxical turn – after months of being relentlessly maligned, defamed, and denigrated – Donald Trump was named the 2024 Person of the Year last week by Time magazine, one of the premier organs of elite think.

One wonders how could the Time editors in good conscience name Trump the Person of the Year after everything that has been said of him? Here are some questions for them:

Are you not ashamed to name a fascist, sexist, and white supremacist the Person of the Year? Are you not embarrassed to bestow this grand designation upon a Hitler-like figure?

And here is something else they could ponder. If Donald Trump is a racist, as they so earnestly insisted, how is it that he received record levels of the Latino and Black vote?

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The Strange Language of DEI | Eric Kaufmann | Battle of Ideas 2024

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Earth-18104 - 1940s

List of events that happened during 1940 on Earth-18104. Most of these events happening here are taken by other medias, like the movies and the comics, but doesn't follow Marvel Canon or the time-line established so faithfully. Some of these events are my own interpretation and also focus on my OCs. This is more for my own entertainment than to anything else.

The (N) after names indicate characters' birth, and the numbers indicate their ages.

List of Events of Earth-18104 (Resume)

Tw: Mentions of death, violence, cannibalism and n*zism (happens during WWII)

1940 -

• In Los Angeles, Howard Stark (23) demonstrates the properties of Vibranium, a metal found by Stark Industries in Africa. Later that night, Stark is attacked by HYDRA assassins.

• He then accepts Colonel Chester Phillips' proposal to join the Strategic Scientific Reserve.

• Far from his creator, Torch began to gain a reputation as a defender of justice.

• After Hitler's rise to power, Max Eisenhardt (7) and his family fled to Poland, where they were captured during the German invasion of Poland and sent to the Ghetto.

• Eventually they managed to escape, only to be betrayed and captured again.

• His family was executed and buried in a mass grave, but Max survived, possibly due to the manifestation of his powers. He ends up being captured once again and sent to Auschwitz.

• At her work in Bletchley Park, England, Peggy Carter's (19) received a letter with a offer to work as an SOE field agent, which she accepted.

• She then enlists in the British counter-intelligence and security agency MI5 and calls off her wedding. As an MI5 agent, Carter is loaned to the American agency Strategic Scientific Reserve, becoming an advisor.

• (November)

• At Castle Kaufmann in the Bavarian Alps, Abraham Erskine injects Johann Schmidt with his Super Soldier Serum, but the serum horribly transforms Schmidt, transforming him into the Red Skull.

• At some point, Abraham Erskine is rescued by Peggy Carter, who has infiltrated the complex disguised as a maid. Carter takes Erskine to the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR) so he can produce America's Super Soldier with the help of Howard Stark.

• Fred Raymond's house was invaded by a costumed criminal called the Asbestos Lady and her gang, who intended to force Raymond to develop new means by which she could use asbestos for crime.

• The Torch, who was watching the Raymonds' house, suspecting that the criminal would come into contact with such a notable authority on asbestos, broke in and captured the gang.

• The Asbestos Lady, however, escaped. Learning about Thomas's (10) immunity to fire, Torch set out, deciding to keep an eye on the Raymond family in case they were terrorized by the Asbestos Lady again.

1941 -

• (EVENT - Castle Rock Tower Destruction)

• Johann Schmidt, Discovering that Tønsberg, Norway, is the resting place of the Tesseract, leads a group of soldiers there in search of it. He orders his men to search the city, then arrives at Castle Rock Tower, finding a Church Guardian guarding it.

• Schmidt kills him and orders his men to open fire on the city after finding the Tesseract. He refers to it as "the jewel of Odin's Treasure Room" before taking it for himself.

• In the summer, Nora Jones' health worsened and she died, while Thomas Raymond's (11) powers began to manifest themselves in the ability to generate flames, but the boy had little control.

• When the Torch came to visit them unannounced, Fred Raymomd kicked the Torch before his son could see him and blamed him for being somehow responsible for his son's condition.

• Torch told Raymond that he could teach Thomas how to control his flames and managed to convince him to let Thomas train with him. After that, Torch became the boy's guardian, who was renamed Toro; so the two became a crime-fighting duo.

• While growing up on the streets of London, Eric Brooks (12) encountered veteran American vampire hunter Jamal Afari and saved him from being killed by vampires.

• Afari soon learned about Eric and his origins and decided to take him under his wing, becoming his mentor and adoptive father and helping him control his powers.

• He taught Eric everything he knew about hunting, fighting, and killing vampires.

• December 7 - The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor leads the United States of America to enter World War II.

• President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt declares that the United States will build fifty thousand planes to combat the armies of Hirohito and Adolf Hitler.

• Stark Industries begins producing planes for the war effort after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Howard Stark's innovations earned him a spot on the Manhattan Project.

• Steve Rogers (21) visits the US Recruiting and Induction Center in New York, but is classified 4F and rejected from service. He goes on to be rejected four more times in four different cities.

• The Strategic Scientific Reserve team in New York City completes the Renaissance Chamber Project. Howard Stark comments that it should be called the Brooklyn Project in response to J. Robert Oppenheimer's work at Los Alamos.

• At Camp Lehigh, New Jersey, Abraham Erskine rejects candidates selected by Chester Phillips for the Renaissance Project.

• Clara Creed (121) tells Tereza Márquez (126) OCs about the army recruiting "freaks" and suggests she join. She herself moves into a hidden shelter for mutants, preferring not to get involved in the conflict.

1942 -

• Steve Rogers (22) goes to a recruiting office in New York City but is turned away due to his numerous health problems.

• Tereza Márquez (127), Victor Creed (123) and James Howlett (57) go to the World Exhibition of Tomorrow. Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes (17) are also present. They all witness Howard Stark's presentation about a possible flying car.

• During the performance, Rogers goes to another recruiting office and is witnessed by Abraham Erskine, who asks him if he wants to kill Nazis. Steve responds that he doesn't want to kill anyone and that he doesn't like bullies.

• This impresses Erskine, who offers him a chance at military service through the Renaissance Project.

• Johann Schmidt and Arnim Zola experiment with the Tesseract inside HYDRA headquarters. Zola notes that his discoveries will change the war.

• At Camp Lehigh, New Jersey, Steve Rogers and several other volunteers begin their training under the supervision of Erskine, Peggy Carter (21), and Colonel Chester Phillips.

• Creed, Márquez and Howlett went to war, joining a special division of mutants, or "freaks" as they were called.

• At some point, Tereza was taken away from Creed and Howlett and chosen as a possible candidate for the Rebirth Project because of her powers. However, she was soon discarded because she was a black and hispanic woman.

• Dr. Cornelius Truett decided to keep her and the feral men close, wanting to study their mutations.

• (The first Avenger)

• (June)

• At Camp Lehigh, while Rogers was doing push-ups with the other recruits, Chester Phillips threw a fake grenade at them; Steve threw himself at the grenade, ready to sacrifice his life to save his comrades.

• That night, Erskine explained the effects of the Super Soldier Serum to Rogers, telling him that he was chosen because of his good heart and compassion. Rogers promised Erskine that he will never change who he is and that he will continue to be a good man.

• Steve went through initial tests and met project member Cynthia Glass who was, unbeknownst to him, a Nazi spy. When the Nazis attempted to attack the secret base, Steve was protected by Tereza Márquez, Victor Creed and Dominic Fortune, a soldier of fortune who was originally a candidate for the project but was turned down due to his questionable lifestyle

• July 4th - The mutant Jason Wyngarde, later known as Mastermind, is born. (N)

• A while later, Steve was escorted by Peggy Carter to the Brooklyn Strategic Scientific Reserve Facility in preparation for Project Rebirth.

• He was injected and made to ingest Erskine's formula and was then bathed in Vita Rays, which caused his body to transform into the peak of human perfection.

• By this time, the project had been infiltrated by Nazi agent Heinz Kruger, who fatally shot Erskine, and was himself killed by the newly empowered Steve Rogers.

• With no complete copy of the super-soldier formula available in writing, Steve Rogers was the only man to receive the full treatment at that time, but there would be others eventually. Due to Rogers being the only Super Soldier, Phillips refused to let him serve in the war.

• Phineas Horton (37) was working for the United States government when he was targeted by Hitler, who had the Python broken into Alcatraz to use Horton to destroy or control the Torch.

• To this end, Python forced Horton to lead the Torch into a trap in which the hero was trapped in the cylinder in which he was created. Exposing him to the device caused the Torch to become a huge flame creature loyal to Python.

• Horton helped Torch's sidekick, Toro (12), stop Python and restore the synthezoid to normal.

• Mexico declares war on the Axis powers.

• In August, Brazil declares war on the Axis powers.

• Refusing to be held for research, Steve joined the USO and went on a morale-boosting tour of the United States of America.

• Under the name 'Captain America' he became a national celebrity, appearing in films, comic books and card collections and establishing himself as a symbol of America's participation in the war.

• The Western Allies' bombing offensive scores massive successes as targets in Nazi satellite states are destroyed.

1943 -

• Kriegsmarine U-boats torpedo a ship off the coast of Virginia.

• After a highly successful campaign in North Africa and the invasion of Sicily, the Western Allies landed in mainland Italy.

• American bombers hit Italian warships thirty-five times.

• An RAF attack destroys several vital German dams.

• Wreckage of a submarine is discovered off the east coast of the USA by residents.

• Another wave of bombers targeting Nazi satellite states destroys their objectives.

• At Camp Leigh, Steve Rogers (23) met and quickly became friends with company mascot James "Bucky" Barnes (18).

• When James discovered Steve's dual identity, the military authorized James to be Captain America's costumed sidekick, Bucky, as a foil to the Youth in Nazi Germany.

• Cap was sent on a solo mission to the nation of Madripoor to investigate sightings of Nazi agent Baron Strucker in the area, Captain America stumbled upon a deal being made between Strucker and the group of ninjas known as the Hand. Cap worked closely with the adventurer Canadian Logan (58).

• Soon, Captain America was sent on a mission to Djbera, Africa, in order to see the surrender of Nazi defector Major Hans Guetterez.

• Unknown to him, Bucky has been ordered to investigate sightings of Baron Strucker in the area and assassinate him. His plane was shot down and crashed in the desert, leaving them open to enemy attack.

• They were rescued by a squad of British SAS and accompanied by Logan, who revealed Bucky's true mission and that Logan had come to learn what he could about Captain America to Romulus, who tried to take Cap up on his previous offer of partnership, earning Bucky's ire.

• Attacking the Nazi base on Djbera and accepting Guetterez's surrender, Captain America went after Bucky after he slipped away in battle followed by Logan.

• Working with Logan, Cap tracked down Strucker who had just founded the first incarnation of the terrorist organization known as Hydra. When Bucky was brought in to be executed, he eliminated who he thought was Strucker, prompting Hydra agents to attack. Cap and Logan came to his rescue and were helped by the SAS.

• In the aftermath of the battle, they discovered that the man Bucky had killed was a Strucker impersonator and they all set out to find the real Baron Strucker.

• Logan and Bucky later found Strucker and took him prisoner. Cap was unaware that Logan's orders had changed and he was supposed to make sure Strucker remained free.

• When Bucky tried to warn Cap about this while they were flying, they were shot from the sky by Nazi agents led by Baron Zemo and with Logan's help, helped free Strucker. Furious at this betrayal, Captain America fought Logan until Bucky managed to force the Nazis to retreat with covering fire.

• During the shootout, Logan took a blast to the chest and was left for dead, however, he would eventually survive and cross paths with Captain America many times in the future

• At some point, Cap met with the Human Torch and his partner Toro.

• (Battle of Azzano)

• The 107th Infantry Regiment suffers heavy casualties fighting the German Army and HYDRA, which openly fires at German troops, severing ties with Nazi Germany.

• Uprising at the Austrian HYDRA Weapons Facility: A group of soldiers meet for the first time. As prisoners, they are used to make weapons for HYDRA.

• They come together, at first, to get revenge on one of their captors who violently beat Bucky Barnes.

• In November, Peggy Carter (22) tells Steve Rogers (22) that the 107th Regiment has been captured by HYDRA.

• Determined, Steve leaves for Austria with the help of Carter and Howard Stark (26). At HYDRA headquarters, prisoners of war are forced to begin assembling a large plane, known as the Valkyrie.

• Rogers sneaks into the HYDRA Weapons Facility in search of Allied prisoners. During his search, he memorizes a map of HYDRA facility locations and obtains a sample of the power source HYDRA was using.

• He soon finds the prisoners and frees them; together, the Allies face HYDRA and escape the Facility.

• While trying to evacuate, Barnes and Rogers encounter Schmidt, who notes that he has always been Abraham Erskine's biggest success, removing his prosthetic mask. Schmidt and Zola evacuate the building after initiating the self-destruct sequence.

• Steve Rogers is presumed dead, but soon arrives with hundreds of soldiers he saved from the HYDRA facility. Rogers gathers some of the men he saved at the HYDRA base and creates a team that will eventually be known as the Howling Commandos.

• Howard Stark examines a sample of HYDRA's power, which will help him develop a framework to synthesize a new element. Rogers meets with Stark, being equipped with his new uniform and a Vibranium shield.

• August 29 - Gabrielle Haller is born. (N)

1944 -

• January 1 - Isaiah Bradley, the man who would one day be known as Black Captain America, is born, one of the only survivors of the Super Soldier Project. (N)

• Master Wong Kan, future Sorcerer Supreme, is born. (N)

• Wong was a descendant and lookalike of Kan, a Tibetan monk who lived about a thousand years ago and was a student of the occult. In the ten generations before Wong, the firstborn of her lineage served the Elder.

• A member of the Ten Rings, undercover in London, detonates an explosive planted inside a government building.

• Attack on HYDRA facilities: Captain America and his Howling Commandos (which includes Logan and Marquis) invade and destroy a HYDRA facility in France.

• Maybelle Reilly is born, later she would be Maybelle Parker. (N)

• As her family was very poor, her parents constantly argued and blamed May for their financial problems, always telling her how difficult their lives were because of her. A few years later, her father left home and May was left alone with her abusive mother.

• November 2nd - Dr. Stephen Strange was born in Philadelphia, when his parents were on vacation. (N)

1945 -

• A battalion of troops was immobilized by HYDRA troops due to a blizzard on the outskirts of Stalingrad. Among the soldiers is Tereza Márquez (130) OC.

• During the three months they were imprisoned, Tereza used her fire powers to keep the other soldiers warm; however, the constant use of her mutation, plus the stress she suffered every day due to being in enemy territory, took a lot of energy from her and she was in danger of burning herself alive.

• At some point, when one of the soldiers in her battalion died, Tereza mocked her colleague for trying to "save dead weight", which earned her the distrust of her comrades.

• Three months later, they were rescued by the Howling Commandos led by Steve Rogers (24).

• Upon hearing of Tereza's abilities, Rogers invited her to join the Howling Commandos, even though the other soldiers in his battalion had told him that Tereza was unreliable, calling her "El Diablo".

• Tereza, who was still resentful and angry that Rogers was chosen by Erskine, denied his offer.

• The Howling Commandos board a HYDRA train on a mission to capture Arnim Zola.

• Once inside, the group split up, Rogers and Barnes enter the train and find many HYDRA agents using Tesseract-powered weapons.

• During the conflict, Rogers uses his shield to block an explosion, creating a hole in the side of the train. Before Rogers can grab him, Barnes falls from the train and is presumed dead.

• Jones, who was sneaking around the top of the train, catches up to Zola and captures him.

• Bucky Barnes (19) lands at the bottom of the valley, surviving due to Zola's experiments. He is later found by the Soviet Armed Forces and is imprisoned until 1950.

• Arnim Zola is interrogated in London by Chester Phillips.

• Red Skull promises his HYDRA army that their plan to launch the Valkyrie against the United States of America will end in victory.

• Steve, mourning the death of Bucky Barnes in the ruins of Whip & Fiddle, vows to defeat HYDRA and the Red Skull.

• (The disappearance of Captain America)

• Some time later, Captain America attacks HYDRA headquarters alone on his motorcycle, which he uses to blow up the base's doors. He has a quick fight before being surrounded and captured by HYDRA forces.

• He is taken before the Red Skull, but before he can be executed, members of the Howling Commandos enter through the window while Colonel Chester Phillips attacks the main gate.

• Red Skull retreats to the hangar, followed by Rogers, Phillips and Carter, he boards the Valkyrie, trying to enact his plan. Phillips and Carter drive Schmidt's Coupe, giving Rogers a ride, Carter gives Rogers a kiss, before he jumps into the plane, seconds before takeoff.

• Once aboard the plane, Captain America discovers the bombs and is attacked by several HYDRA agents Rogers quickly dispatches the agents before they can board the bombs and take off with them.

• He confronts the Red Skull in the control room, during the battle, the Valkyrie's controls are damaged.

• Red Skull laments to Rogers that he has seen the future, and it has no flags, Rogers responds that this is not the case in his future. Red Skull takes the Tesseract in an attempt to use its power, but is overpowered by the celestial object and presumed dead.

• Rogers quickly takes control of the plane, calling Carter, telling her that her only option to stop the bombs is to shoot down the plane, due to the autopilot sending it to New York City.

• Carter plans a meeting with Rogers for next Saturday as he puts the plane on the ground, where it would remain frozen for nearly 40 years. Rogers' radio cuts out, which brings Carter to tears.

• The United States Armed Forces begin the invasion of Iwo Jima.

• Logan (60) and the Devil's Brigade were tasked with infiltrating Germany to put an end to the German Super Soldier program, but the entire unit was decimated during an air raid. Only Logan survived.

• During Walpurgis Night, Logan finally infiltrated the Nazi facility and discovered that several soldiers had been transformed into werewolves by General Wolfram. Logan managed to defeat them, but before he could kill Wolfram, he was stopped by Nick Fury Sr. (37).

• Despite Logan's protests against letting Wolfram live after killing his entire unit, Fury explained that Wolfram could be useful in the upcoming war against the USSR.

• He also revealed that both Captain America and Bucky Barnes were killed by Baron Zemo and that the the main scientist in charge of the US Super Soldier program had also died, to that end Fury and the US needed Wolfram as part of this new program they had created: The Weapon Plus Program

• Later, Dr. Abraham Cornelius Hudson (32) met with Nick Fury Sr, in recent months he became interested in Victor Creed and Tereza Márquez's abilities and discovered more about their families.

• They discussed the possibility of the two soldiers being part of the Weapon X project.

• Hudson, knowing it would probably be difficult to get them to cooperate, sends a squad after Creed and Márquez to bring them to the Ravencroft Institute.

• When Hudson's men attacked Márquez alone, she managed to kill more than half of them, before being fatally shot by one of them. She was saved by Creed (128) and they both deserted the army.

• Werner Reinhardt attempts to evacuate the HYDRA Research Center in Austria and escape with several mysterious artifacts that HYDRA has collected over the years.

• His base is attacked by SSR troops led by Peggy Carter, Dum Dum Dugan and Jim Morita. Reinhardt and his men are arrested and all artifacts are confiscated by the SSR.

• Steve Rogers' disappearance is publicly revealed.

• Allied nations celebrate Victory in Europe Day. The Howling Commandos gather to celebrate Captain America's sacrifice.

• German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signs the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at Soviet headquarters in Berlin.

• The United States begins Operation Overcast, later renamed Operation Paperclip, an effort to recruit former Nazi scientists to work for the United States.

• An atomic bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

• Soon, an atomic bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.

• Japan agrees to surrender after the dropping of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

• The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed, formally marking the end of World War II.

• The Tuskegee Airmen return home after fighting in the war.

• Peggy Carter (23) is honored with an SSR medal.

1946 -

• Arnim Zola and some former HYDRA agents track down Bucky Barnes (20) who survived the fall and was taken into custody by the Soviet Armed Forces.

• Since that moment, they have kept Barnes frozen and alive, but without an arm. Once he is found by Zola and his agents, they take him into custody.

• As SHIELD is founded, Zola begins to rebuild HYDRA from within the agency.

• Bucky Barnes' memory is erased and he receives a metal prosthetic and is kept cryogenically frozen, he becomes a HYDRA assassin known as the Winter Soldier.

• Dr. Xavier died in an accident and Sharon moved into her ancestral mansion in Westchester after marrying her late husband's former colleague, Kurt Marko, in hopes of maintaining a well-structured family for Charles.

• However, Marko married her for her wealth and due to Xavier's jealousy.

• Charles (9) faced problems with his new family when Marko brought his teenage son, Cain Marko (15), who constantly bullied him.

• To make matters worse, Dr. Marko violently abused Sharon. With his growing telepathic powers, Charles tried to ease her pain by sharing it with himself.

• However, Charles was unable to prevent his mother's ruin, as she succumbed to alcoholism and died of a broken heart.

• After the war, Logan (61) met and fell in love with Itsu and soon she became pregnant with his son Akihiro.

• Stephen Strange's younger sister, Donna, was born on the family farm in Nebraska. (N)

1947 -

• (March)

• Canada's Department K and the remnants of Operation: Rebirth pooled their resources to become Project: Sentinel, yet another foolish attempt to not only recreate the Super Soldier Serum, but in post-war hubris, amplify its effects a hundred thousand times more.

• (Itsu and Logan)

• Just days before his son was born, Logan (62) was proving himself worthy of being a father in combat, but accidentally stabbed a villager with his claws.

• As a result, he was banished from the village, but before leaving he wanted to say goodbye to Itsu for the last time. Returning to his built home, Logan found Itsu murdered by the Winter Soldier (22), who was following orders from the mysterious Romulus.

• After Itsu's death, Logan disappeared for a month, during that time he went to see the demon Muramasa to help him "kill them all".

• Muramasa accepted and promised to forge him a "mighty blade against which all...even someone as great as you...will fall" using a piece of Wolverine's soul.

• While awaiting further orders, the Winter Soldier saw that Muramasa's subordinates were transporting a still unconscious Logan after Muramasa extracted a piece of his soul.

• Barnes decided to ignore his orders and killed Muramasa's men, Logan was then extracted 8 hours later.

• Unknown to Logan, Romulus took the child from Itsu's womb, and he was born safely and adopted by a Japanese couple. This child was called Akihiro, but ended up adopting the name "Daken", which means "Mestizo".

• Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross is born. (N)

• SHIELD Agent Phill "Cheese" Coulson is born. (N)

• The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948 begins as a result of the confusion left by Britain's decolonization of India.

• Olivia Octavius, future scientist, ​​was born in Schenectady, New York, to a lower-class family. (N)

• An only child, Olivia was raised by a neglectful and alcoholic mother. At school, she was bullied by other students, but excelled academically.

• At some point she befriended Maybelle Reilly; the two became close because they shared the same family problems, which made them best friends.

• Adrian Toomes, the first Vulture, is born. (N)

1948 -

• Stephen Strange's brother, Victor was born. (N)

• When Wong Khan was four years old his father introduced him to the Ancient One and sent him to Kama-Taj, Nepal, to receive training and become a sorcerer.

• Since he as was the firstborn son of Hamir the Hermit, and therefore his life was dedicated to the Ancient One from early childhood.

• Years later he became the librarian of the Masters of the Mystic Arts.

• (Blade)

• Determined to avenge his mother's death, Eric Brooks (19) turned into a vampire hunter and called himself Blade, after the sharp weapons with which he used to kill vampires.

• (Marcus Jonhson)

• CIA Agent Nia Jones worked with Colonel Nick Fury (40) on a mission to take down a Hydra base in Czechoslovakia. They became romantically involved and the affair resulted in Nia's pregnancy.

• Wanting to protect their son from his enemies, Fury convinced Mia to abandon her life as an agent. Although reluctant, Nia agreed to protect her baby and adopted the new identity of Nia Johnson and moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

• November 9th - Months later, her son, Nick Fury Jr, was born, who she named Marcus Johnson. (N)

1949 -

• (Cyttorak)

• When Cain Marko tried to extort money from his father, a fight broke out, causing some of the lab equipment to explode. Dr. Marko was mortally wounded, but managed to drag Cain and Charles to safety before dying.

• From then on, orphans Charles (12) and Cain (18) lived as enemies under the same roof when Charles realized the potential of his mutant powers.

• Due to his telepathy, Charles excelled in most of the activities he was involved in, causing Cain's jealousy to increase to the point of causing Charles to get into a car accident, seriously injuring him and causing him to separate from his half-brother.

• Heather McNail Hudson, member of Alpha Fligt known as Vindicator, is born. (N)

• Howard Stark (31) restarts his plans for SHIELD, this time with the help of Chester Phillips. Peggy Carter (27) ends her work at the Scientific Strategy Reserve, and becomes one of the founders of SHIELD.

• Yondu Udonta is born on the planet Centauri-IV. (N)

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Samantha "Sam" Manson/Danniel "Danny" Fenton

Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Clark Kent (Superman)

Bruce Wayne( Batman)/Minkhoa Khan (Ghostmaker)

Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Selina Kyla (Catwoman)

Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Shondra Kinsolving

Bruce Wayne (Batman)/Talia Al Ghul

Clark Kent (Superman)/Lois Lane

Harley Quinn/Pamela Isley (Poison Ivy)

Kate Kane (Batwoman)/Renee Montoya

Martha Kane/Thomas Wayne/Alfred Pennyworth

Tim Drake/Kon El (Conner Kent)

Barney Guttman/Logan "Logs" Nguyen

Baby Houseman/Johnny Castle

Leah/Chanan

Shay Goldstein/Dominic Yun

Marvin/Whizzer

Trina/Mendel Weisenbachfeld

Perchik/Hodel

Tevye/Golde

Tzeitel/Motel

Monica Gellar/Chandler Bing

Amram/Zelikman

Molly McGee/Libby Stein Torres

Rachel Berry/Noah Puckerman

Frankie Bergstein/Grace Hanson

Fiddleford McGucket/Stanford Pines

Cristina Yang/Owen Hunt

Cristina Yang/Preston Burke

Levi Schmidt/Nico Kim

Rose Lalonde/Kanaya Maryam

James Wilson/Gregory House

Ashlyn Caswell/Big Red

The Baker and/The Baker's Wife

Kim Possible/Ron Stoppable

Ellie Williams/Dina

The Jewish People/The Shabbat Bride

Alec Hardison/Parker

Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer

Arnold "Arnie" Roth/Michael Bech

Arnold "Arnie" Roth/Steve Rogers (Captain America)

Ben Grimm (The Thing)/Alicia Masters

Billy Kaplan (Wiccan)/Teddy Altman (Hulkling)

Bobby Drake (Iceman)/Hank McCoy (Beast)

Bobby Drake (Iceman)/Johnny Storm (The Human Torch)

Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde/Illyana Rasputin (Magik)

Layla El Faouly/Marc Spector (Moon Knight)

Matthew Hawk (Two-Gun Kid II)/Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

Marc Spector (Moon Knight)/Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

Max Eisenhardt (Magneto)/Charles Xavier (Professor X)

Natasha Romanoff/Wanda Maximoff

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Betty Brant

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Eugene "Flash" Thompson

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/ Felicia Hardy (Black Cat)

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Harry Osborn

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Mary Jane "MJ" Watson

Peter Parker (Spider-Man)/Wade Wilson (Deadpool)

Steve Rogers/Bernadette "Bernie" Rosenthal

Steve Rogers (Captain America)/James "Bucky" Barnes

Wanda Maximoff (The Scarlet Witch)/Jericho Drumm

Wanda Maximoff (The Scarlet Witch)/The Vision

Midge Maisel/Susie Myerson

Hal Emmerich (Otacon)/Solid Snake

Michael "Mike" Wazowski/Celia Mae

Casey Goldberg-Calderon/Lunella Lafayette

Fran Fine/Max Sheffield

Ben Gross/Devi Vishwakumar

Winston Schmidt/Cece Parekh

David Jacobs/Jack Kelly

Seth Cohen/Summer Roberts

Reuben Kent/Feliks Kaufmann

Scout Touzani/Elias Wyrick

KJ Brandman/Mac Coyle

Lavinia Asimov/Poison Oak

Phineas Flynn/Isabella Garcia-Shapiro

Anon's Mom/Dad

Babushka (Tatiana)/Dedushka (Ivan)

Hillel/Shammai

The person reading this & their partner

Didi Pickles/Stu Pickles

Captain Rivka Maror/Isaac The Wizard

Shulamit/Aviva

Jerry Seinfeld/Cosmo Kramer

Violet Baudelaire/Quigley Quagmire

Simon Lewis/Isabel Lightwood

Danielle/Maya

Bram Greenfeld/Simon Spier

Miryem Mandelstam/The Staryk King

David Rose/Patrick Brewer

Velma Dinkley/Daphne Blake

Velma Dinkley/Marcie "Hot Dog Water" Fleach

S'chn T'gai Spock/James T Kirk

S'chn T'gai Spock/James T Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy

S'chn T'gai Spock/Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Worf Rozhenko/Jadzia Dax

Kanan Jarrus/Hera Syndulla

Brian Jeeter/Krejjh

Bobby Singer/Rufus Turner

Jonah Simms/Amy Sosa

Reish Lakish/Rabbi Yochanen

Couple having gay sex in the study hall attic (Talmud)

Avraham Avinu and Sarah Imanu

King David/Yonatan

Devorah/Barak

Moses/Tzipporah

Ruth/Naomi

Solomon's Muse (female)/Solomon's Muse (male)

Yaakov/The Angel

Velma Dinkley/Coco Diablo

Rowan Roth/Neil Mcnair

Klaus Hargreeves/Dave Katz

Cecil Palmer/Carlos the Scientist

Josh Lyman/Donna Moss

Little Ash/Uriel

Lucille "Lucy" Kensington/Dr. Edison "Ed" Tucker

Fox Mulder/Dana Scully

Anshel/Avigdor

Anshel/Avigdor/Hadass

Anshel/Hadass

Maxine Myers/Paula Cohen

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‘Whiteshift’ by Eric Kaufmann: An evil, anti-White book written by an insidiously subversive gatekeeper – Thuletide

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Könnte der Aufstieg der Konfessionsfreien die Bevölkerungsbombe entschärfen?

Die UN schätzt, dass die Weltbevölkerung inzwischen über acht Milliarden Menschen umfasst. Kann weniger Religion diese Explosion verlangsamen? Vor 54 Jahren, im Jahr 1968, warnte der amerikanische Biologe Paul Ehrlich, dass eine menschliche „Bevölkerungsbombe“ eine globale Katastrophe heraufbeschwöre. Die Weltbevölkerung betrug damals 3,54 Milliarden Menschen. Am 15. November 2022 überschritt die UN-Schätzung der menschlichen Bevölkerung der Erde die Marke von acht Milliarden .  Diese „Bevölkerungsbombe“ ist nur zum Teil für den Klimawandel und andere sich anbahnende Katastrophen verantwortlich. Wir könnten vielleicht eine Bevölkerung von acht Milliarden Menschen versorgen, wenn jeder von uns weniger konsumieren und die Umwelt weniger verschmutzen würde, vor allem die wohlhabenden Hyperkonsumenten der entwickelten Welt. Aber es würde auch helfen, wenn weniger von uns konsumieren und die Umwelt weniger verschmutzen würden. Aber woher kamen all diese Menschen – und wie können wir dieses Wachstum verlangsamen? Es gibt überzeugende Argumente dafür, dass religiöser Glaube und religiöse Praxis einen großen Teil des Problems ausmachen und eine zunehmende Säkularisierung Teil der Lösung sein könnte. Wenn pronatale Ideologie auf moderne Technologie trifft Es gibt eine Reihe von Ursachen, die zur Explosion der menschlichen Bevölkerung in den letzten Jahrhunderten beigetragen haben. Die offensichtlichsten sind die Industrielle Revolution, die Grüne Revolution in der Landwirtschaft und damit verbundene Revolutionen in Medizin und Gesundheitsfürsorge. Diese Innovationen haben es möglich gemacht, mehr Kinder zu zeugen, die lange genug überleben, um selbst weitere Kinder zu zeugen. Aber Fortpflanzung ist nicht nur eine biologische Tatsache. Sie wird auch von kulturellen, sozialen und psychologischen Faktoren beeinflusst. Das Problem ist, dass die neuen Technologien der Moderne in einer Welt ankamen, die von vormodernen, pronatalen Weltanschauungen geprägt ist. Pronatale Ideologien funktionierten in früheren Jahrtausenden recht gut, als Kindersterblichkeit und Tod häufiger waren. Aber da wir bessere Medizin und Landwirtschaft entwickelt haben, machen pronatale Ideen keinen Sinn mehr. Religiöse Menschen bekommen im Durchschnitt mehr Kinder Die offensichtlichsten Quellen einer pronatalen Ideologie sind religiöser Natur. Lassen Sie es uns ganz deutlich sagen: Religiöse Menschen bekommen mehr Kinder. Dies gilt insbesondere für orthodoxe oder fundamentalistische Religionsformen, die tendenziell eine pronatale Ideologie haben. Auf diesen Punkt ging der britische Professor Eric Kaufmann bereits vor über zehn Jahren in seinem Buch „Sollen die Religiösen das Erdreich erben?“ ein . Ein paar Jahre später habe ich diesen Punkt in meiner eigenen Arbeit behandelt. Während Menschen ohne religiöse Bindung weltweit im Schnitt 1,6 Kinder pro Frau haben, sind es bei Christen durchschnittlich 2,6 und bei Muslimen 2,9 Kinder . Einige kleinere Religionsgruppen übertreffen diese Zahl sogar noch, wie etwa die Mormonen in den USA mit 3,4 Kindern pro Frau. Die grundlegende pronatale Idee der abrahamitischen Religionen lässt sich auf Gottes Gebot an Noah nach der Sintflut zurückführen: „Seid fruchtbar und mehret euch.“ Die pronatale Ausrichtung der Religion wurde durch einen kürzlich erschienenen Bericht von Lyman Stone in Christianity Today bestätigt . Darin heißt es, dass die Geburtenrate unter Personen, die regelmäßig religiöse Gottesdienste besuchen, höher ist. Stone veröffentlichte einen ähnlichen Bericht für das konservative Institute for Family Studies , in dem er argumentiert, dass die rasche Zunahme des Säkularismus in den Vereinigten Staaten zwar zu mehr Kindern führt, die US-Bevölkerung jedoch zurückgehen wird. Stone stellt richtig fest, dass nichtreligiöse Frauen weniger Kinder haben und dass konservativ religiöse Frauen tendenziell mehr Kinder haben als Frauen, die einem liberaleren Glauben angehören. Stone scheint zwar ein weiteres Bevölkerungswachstum zu wollen, doch sein Hauptanliegen ist es offenbar, vor dem religiösen Niedergang zu warnen. Eine Lösung, so schlussfolgert er, bestehe darin, dass religiöse Gemeinden Frauen ermutigen, mehr Kinder zu bekommen. Solche externen Botschaften können tatsächlich einen spürbaren Effekt haben: Eine Studie der Cornell University aus dem Jahr 2021 ergab, dass selbst das Leben in einem säkularen Land die Geburtenrate und die Familiengröße der dortigen religiösen Gläubigen reduziert.  Liberale Religion und Nicht-Religion können die Fortpflanzung verlangsamen Die Stärkung der Frauen ist der Schlüssel zur Bewältigung der ökologischen Krise und des Bevölkerungsbooms. Frauen mit Bildung, Verhütung und sinnvoller Karriere haben tendenziell weniger Kinder. Traditionelle patriarchalische religiöse Überzeugungen neigen dazu, Frauen unterzuordnen und auf das häusliche Leben zu beschränken. Deshalb könnte die Befreiung der Religion vom Patriarchat eine Möglichkeit sein, das Bevölkerungswachstum zu verlangsamen. Zu den wichtigsten Faktoren gehört hier die Befreiung der Sexualität von der Fortpflanzung. Der menschliche Sexualtrieb ist stark. Doch Religionen, die gegen Verhütung sind, weigern sich aktiv, die Fortpflanzung auch auf andere Weise einzuschränken. Angesichts des wachsenden Säkularismus lohnt es sich außerdem, die pronatale Weltsicht im weiteren Sinne zu überdenken. In einer Welt mit acht Milliarden Menschen (und es werden immer mehr) ist es einfach rücksichtslos, dem Gebot zu folgen, sich zu vermehren. Die biblische Grundlage dieser Idee muss kritisch hinterfragt werden. Es gab keine Sintflut, und die Menschheit entwickelte sich nicht aus Noahs Samen. Vielmehr entwickelten wir uns als eine Spezies unter vielen. Unsere großen Gehirne und unsere aufrechte Haltung ermöglichten es uns, Technologien, soziale Systeme und Ideologien zu entwickeln, die uns zur Eroberung der Erde führten. Es ist an der Zeit, neue Technologien, Sozialsysteme und Ideologien anzuwenden, die uns helfen, einen ökologischen Kollaps zu vermeiden. Das wichtigste technologische Werkzeug, das wir brauchen, haben wir bereits: die Empfängnisverhütung. Jetzt ist es an der Zeit, dass die sozialen Systeme und Ideologien aufholen und die Menschen sich dafür entscheiden, weniger Kinder zu bekommen.  Bevölkerungsrückgang ist nicht menschenfeindlich Das Ziel sollte nicht die aktive Entvölkerung sein. Einige radikale ökologische Theorien betrachten die menschliche Bevölkerung als Plage oder Krebs. Ein solcher menschenfeindlicher Ansatz kann zum sogenannten Ökofaschismus führen, einer Bewegung, die auch mit der weißen Vorherrschaft in Verbindung gebracht werden kann . Rassistische Menschenfeinde fördern die Beseitigung unerwünschter anderer. Das wichtigste technologische Werkzeug, das wir brauchen, haben wir bereits: die Empfängnisverhütung. Jetzt ist es an der Zeit, dass die sozialen Systeme und Ideologien aufholen und die Menschen sich dafür entscheiden, weniger Kinder zu bekommen. Aber wir können die menschliche Bevölkerung reduzieren, ohne unmenschlich zu sein oder die Menschheit auszulöschen. Vielmehr können wir das Bevölkerungswachstum verlangsamen, indem wir eine verantwortungsvolle Fortpflanzung fördern. Kritiker einer solchen Politik könnten sie als „geburtenfeindlich“ bezeichnen und versuchen, sie mit einem radikalen autoritären Programm wie Chinas früherer „Ein-Kind-Politik“ in Verbindung zu bringen. Aber es wäre falsch, die Menschen zu zwingen, keine Kinder mehr zu bekommen, und wir sollten auch nicht gegen Kinder und Geburten sein. Kinder sind etwas Wunderbares, und die Geburt ist eine geheimnisvolle Freude. Wir brauchen neue Generationen, die uns neue Ideen, Produktivität und soziale Unterstützung bieten. Leben jenseits der Fortpflanzung Doch das Leben besteht aus mehr als nur Kindern. Daran erinnern uns starke Formen des Feminismus und Humanismus. Frauen sollten die Freiheit haben, Künstlerinnen und Wissenschaftlerinnen, Lehrerinnen und Anwältinnen zu werden – oder Kinder zu bekommen, wenn sie das möchten. Doch die Möglichkeiten der Frauen werden durch pronatalistische, patriarchalische Ideologien eingeschränkt. Und die traditionelle Religion schließt oft andere, nicht familienorientierte Möglichkeiten aus, Sinn und Zweck zu finden. Humanisten müssen weiterhin pronatale und patriarchalische Religionsformen kritisieren und die Menschen daran erinnern, dass es Leben jenseits der Fortpflanzung gibt. Doch diese Kritik sollte sich nicht auf Vorwürfe und Schuldzuweisungen konzentrieren. Ein mürrischer Ökologe könnte mit dem Finger drohen und sagen, es sei unverantwortlich, mehr als zwei Kinder pro Paar zu haben. Doch Schimpfen und Schuldzuweisungen sind nicht so nützlich wie die Betonung der positiven Aspekte einer verringerten Fruchtbarkeit. Kinder sind toll, aber das Leben in einer Familie mit weniger oder gar keinen Kindern ist auch toll. Und auf lange Sicht bedeutet weniger Kinder ein besseres Leben für jeden von ihnen. Begriffserklärung: Der Begriff "pro-natal" bezieht sich auf eine Haltung, Politik oder Maßnahmen, die darauf abzielen, die Geburtenrate zu erhöhen oder die Geburt von Kindern zu fördern. Pro-natalistische Ansätze können beispielsweise durch finanzielle Anreize für Familien, steuerliche Vergünstigungen, Unterstützung bei der Kinderbetreuung oder durch positive gesellschaftliche Einstellungen zur Familie und Kinderzahl umgesetzt werden. Oft werden pro-natalistische Maßnahmen in Ländern ergriffen, in denen die Geburtenrate sinkt und die Bevölkerung altert, um demografischen Herausforderungen entgegenzuwirken. Erstveröffentlichung auf Only Sky am 8. August 2024, mit Genehmigung des Autors. Read the full article

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Potential Solutions to Fix Mass Indoctrination | Eric Kaufmann | EP 453

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Potential Solutions to Fix Mass Indoctrination | Eric Kaufmann | EP 453

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By: Eric Kaufmann

Published: May 2, 2023

Is the era of woke censorship coming to an end on campus? The New York Times, Washington Post and CNN, among others, are heralding a new epoch in which university leaders stand up to snowflake students. While it’s encouraging that progressive legacy media outlets are nailing their free speech colours to the mast, these are counter-wavelets on the surface of a rising swell. Progressive illiberalism is not going anywhere because it is baked into the demography of tomorrow’s professors.

The Post cites a number of examples of institutional pushback, including Cornell’s refusal to implement a mandatory trigger warnings policy on academic freedom grounds. The paper and others note the encouraging defence of liberalism at Penn and Vanderbilt, along with Harvard’s new Steven Pinker-fronted Council on Academic Freedom, a group of over 50 faculty members who have robustly lined up against the culture of progressive conformity on campus. 

The sceptic in me says it’s one thing to strike down a trigger warning for an innocuous book which doesn’t touch sacred progressive beliefs. Penn’s current trial of controversial law professor Amy Wax for legal speech will be a far more important barometer of the new administrative liberalism. 

Still, the gradual emergence of a liberal centre willing to speak its name is cause for optimism. This came to broader attention with the Harper’s Letter in July 2020, continued with an Economist editorial in April 2021, and was followed by the first New York Times editorial in March 2022. Since then, the NYT has run a series of articles challenging campus conformity and has even been willing to court protests by running pieces sceptical of gender reassignment surgery. WaPo is late to the game, but confirms the trend. 

[ Fig. 1. Source: College Fix Campus Cancel Culture Database; FIRE Scholars Under Fire database; David Acevedo, ‘Tracking Cancel Culture in Higher Education’, National Association of Scholars (NAS) ]

Why the turnaround? Incentives explain a lot here. First, some of the energy in cancel culture has ebbed post-George Floyd, with the number of cancellation attempts dropping back to the (still high) levels of the mid-2010s (Figure 1). Second, the attacks on universities from the Right, encapsulated in Ron DeSantis’s campaigns against critical race theory and gender theory, permit liberals to use a “both sides” defence of liberalism. Conservative media attention also focuses centrist liberals on the need for internal reform rather than the prospect of further embarrassment. The Right has been a vital ingredient in the new liberalism.

But in the long run, liberalism is giving way to progressivism in elite spaces. The new cultural liberalism in the media reflects the views of senior staff members, and is opposed by affinity groups and young employees. That’s important, because surveys consistently find that “woke” values are twice as prevalent among younger Leftists than among older Leftists. Over 8 in 10 undergraduates at 150 leading US colleges say speakers who say BLM is a hate group or transgenderism is a mental disorder should not be permitted to speak on campus. What’s more, 7 in 10 think a professor who says something that students find offensive should be reported to their university. Young academics are twice as censorious as those over 50. These are the editorial teams and professoriate of tomorrow.

[ Source: Eric Kaufmann, ‘The Politics of the Culture Wars in Contemporary America’, Manhattan Institute 2022 ]

The steady erosion of free speech values is generational. Today’s young people are far more censorious than the young people of 1980 or even 2000, and they won’t grow out of it. While Zoomers are scared of being cancelled, figure 2 shows that they accept this risk as part of their political ideology.

Administrations’ occasional rebukes of student activists or adoption of high-minded academic freedom resolutions will make little difference to this speech climate. The situation in universities increasingly reflects a transformational current of illiberalism, guided by the generations who will one day form our elite. 

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Eric Kaufmann : « L'extrémisme libéral de gauche » a fait du Canada une anomalie internationale Eric Kaufmann: ‘Left-liberal extremism’ has turned Canada into an international anomaly

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Trump Hires All-Nepotism Team In Attempt To Reboot

Former President hires sons of successful Iowa politicians to run caucus campaign Des Moines, Iowa — Today former President Trump hired Eric Branstad, son of former Governor Terry Branstad, and Bobby Kaufmann, son of Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann, to lead his Iowa caucus campaign and reboot his political career. Kaufmann is also an Iowa representative, in the seat his father held until he retired…