‘I’ll Never Be the Same’: My Ukrainian Wife’s First Trip to the United States

KYIV, Ukraine—How do you measure America’s greatness?

By the size of its economy, or the strength of its military?

By the height of its city skylines, or the audacity of the moon landings?

Perhaps, by the heroism of the Marines who landed on Iwo Jima, or of the Army soldiers who landed on Omaha Beach?

Maybe. But America’s greatness is not always measured like in the movies or a campaign speech. Sometimes, an anonymous act of gratitude is proof enough, even if we, as Americans, don’t always see it that way.   Keep Reading….MANDANTORY

H/T Ace for the link

…..absolutely nothin’! 

Along with the myth of the blue wave being exploded, when you take into account how completely wrong the polls were in 2016, the nature of polling in general (that they are meant not to measure public opinion but to influence it) and the fact that the past 4 election cycles have seen the Democrats lose something like 1,200 seats at every level down to dog catcher, that the election of Donald Trump in 2016 was the final rejection of Obamanism/Hillaryism, a 24-month economic miracle not seen in decades that underscores the abject failure of Democrat policies and personalities,…..

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Ford has raked in an estimated $1 million from crowdfunding campaigns supporting her and several book deals, RealClearInvestigations reported.

“You had absolutely nothing to gain by bringing these facts to the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) memorably said during Ford’s September testimony, as Breitbart noted.

“I want to thank you,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) also said during the September hearing. “Because you clearly have nothing to gain for what you have done.”

A GoFundMe spokesperson confirmed to RealClearInvestigations that Ford and her husband have access to the money from these fundraisers.

Ford and her husband “can withdraw as much as they want whenever they want for any purpose. Payments would be electronically deposited into the Fords’ bank account within two to five business days of initiating withdrawals,” said GoFundMe spokesperson Katherine Cichy.