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Just a guy. Opinions are my own and all that.

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... told he was next in line to see a doctor once a space in ER opens up.

SUNDAY 7am: jaundiced, weakened 85yo Father-in-law finally taken to a room in ER.

Sees an ER Doctor *for the first time* 40 min later - nearly 17 hours after checking in at ER.

This is a seriously broken system.

16.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Saturday afternoon: Liver specialist who's treating my father-in-law reviews lab results and tells family to get him to ER at Georgetown hospital immediately.

Saturday 3pm: check at Georgetown ER. See a tech within the first hour to take blood and record vitals. Sent back to ER waiting room.

16.02.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

15.02.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59789    ๐Ÿ” 11113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 736    ๐Ÿ“Œ 323

The greatest business battle EVER to be fought will come when President Elon starts trying to implement AI for federal processes.

The battle will be fought over which companyโ€™s AI will be used by the feds.

This is a zero sum battle that will create more chaos than this country has ever seen

15.02.2025 23:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49718    ๐Ÿ” 8994    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2436    ๐Ÿ“Œ 498
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doddering old fool gets pantsed by Canada and Mexico and Democrats finally wake the fuck up

here's today's post: "doddering old fool gets pantsed by Canada and Mexico" โ€” and Democrats finally wake the fuck up.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff โ€”

04.02.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3329    ๐Ÿ” 562    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 118    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

A couple of (actually serious) thought-experiment questions on where we are and where weโ€™re going:

If a bunch of sociopaths are destroying the federal government from within, why should we pay federal taxes?

And if they succeed, whoโ€™s going to make us pay those taxes?

04.02.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14953    ๐Ÿ” 3035    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1747    ๐Ÿ“Œ 303
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This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

04.02.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76205    ๐Ÿ” 11522    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1347    ๐Ÿ“Œ 660

really weird how everything Kamala warned us would happen is happening

04.02.2025 01:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9058    ๐Ÿ” 1276    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 348    ๐Ÿ“Œ 55
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Senator Chuck Schumer sums it up

04.02.2025 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7077    ๐Ÿ” 2179    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 781    ๐Ÿ“Œ 196
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The DOGE kids showing up at Treasury:

04.02.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27178    ๐Ÿ” 5717    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 702    ๐Ÿ“Œ 234

If it feels like Donald Trump and Elon Musk are trying to destroy our country from within, thatโ€™s because it is exactly what they are fucking doing.

04.02.2025 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13851    ๐Ÿ” 2556    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 470    ๐Ÿ“Œ 87
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Some good news for a changeโ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘‡

Pay ATTENTION, now!

04.02.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16384    ๐Ÿ” 3418    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 425    ๐Ÿ“Œ 158

not gonna lieโ€”were I potus I would def threaten Canada with ginormous tariffs if it would make them take Ted Cruz back

04.02.2025 04:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19506    ๐Ÿ” 1772    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1072    ๐Ÿ“Œ 109

My instinct is to make the case that USAID is extremely good, actually. But I feel like itโ€™s more important to say, โ€œWhat is happening is antagonistic to the foundational document of the nation.โ€

04.02.2025 04:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24822    ๐Ÿ” 2419    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 448    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67
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So naturally, you know what to doโ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘‡

Enjoy. ๐Ÿ˜Žโœจ

04.02.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15924    ๐Ÿ” 8009    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 789    ๐Ÿ“Œ 469
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Just saying.

04.02.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31139    ๐Ÿ” 5773    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 966    ๐Ÿ“Œ 219
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Congrats to Meidas Touch for beating Fox in audience ratings. Talk about a light in the darkness!

04.02.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27543    ๐Ÿ” 3611    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 276    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111
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Iโ€™m old enough to remember when we had 3 branches of government. Forget checks and balances. I guess we are a Muskocracy now.

03.02.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25107    ๐Ÿ” 6496    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1288    ๐Ÿ“Œ 343

This is a great idea. Do you know anyone in Congress you can talk to?

04.02.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69887    ๐Ÿ” 10851    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2700    ๐Ÿ“Œ 523
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Any other person would be arrestedโ€ฆ

04.02.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25888    ๐Ÿ” 8497    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1125    ๐Ÿ“Œ 565
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I think we are all searching in vain for evidence that Donald Trump or Elon Musk are serving America rather than other interests.

Their anger at USAID sounds like ventriloquism from Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. It makes no sense whatsoever to anyone who actually loves this country and its values.

03.02.2025 23:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7657    ๐Ÿ” 2357    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 255    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75

no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person

04.02.2025 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20980    ๐Ÿ” 6116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 594    ๐Ÿ“Œ 208
Front page of the nyt

Front page of the nyt

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.

Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

04.02.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31056    ๐Ÿ” 9531    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1479    ๐Ÿ“Œ 854
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Congratulations to Trump on securing a $1.3 billion border security deal from Canada.... which was already negotiated in December 2024.

03.02.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22389    ๐Ÿ” 5796    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 658    ๐Ÿ“Œ 323
everything is a conspiracy when you don't understand how anything works

everything is a conspiracy when you don't understand how anything works

09.01.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1196    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

LA Fire TikTok comments are BLEAK. Every conspiracy theory Iโ€™ve ever heard plus a bunch that are brand new.

09.01.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12174    ๐Ÿ” 694    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 635    ๐Ÿ“Œ 149
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Opinion | Itโ€™s September 2026, and the Pentagon Is Alarmed The effort to ban TikTok isnโ€™t about whatโ€™s on the platform but rather who runs it.

TikTok (and Donald Trump) deserve to lose.

The Supreme Court should give Trump a civics lesson. He does not have the authority to set aside the law. It should also draw a bright line between American speech, which is protected, and Chinese control of an American media outlet, which is not.

09.01.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 111    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Russian bots boosted NATO critic ahead of Croatian election, researchers say โ€œOne seemingly inauthentic Facebook account identified by researchers was found to post over 100 times a day,โ€ the Centre for Information Resilience noted.

Russian bots launched a โ€œpro-Kremlin disinformation campaignโ€ on social media to support an anti-NATO Croatian presidential candidate, a group of researchers said.

09.01.2025 16:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 139    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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when RAND corporation released their report on neo-medievalism I don't think they were expecting it to be this medieval

08.01.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18550    ๐Ÿ” 3031    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 758    ๐Ÿ“Œ 178

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