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Gen X "You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one." Dashiell Hammett

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The best part about the school voucher scam? Private religious schools use vouchers to recruit athletes.

They are defunding public schools to make their football teams betterโ€ฆ

03.11.2025 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2146    ๐Ÿ” 702    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 25

Trump's USDA is ordering grocery stores to follow a federal rule outlawing them from giving discounts to SNAP recipients whose benefits are currently frozen illegally.

So Trump's happy to finally follow the law as long as long as he can inflict pain and cruelty? Got it.

03.11.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1903    ๐Ÿ” 679    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23
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Exactly. Show him his post first. Put it up on a screen. Then ask him virtually any question about any word, phrase, or sentence in it.

03.11.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15322    ๐Ÿ” 4892    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 703    ๐Ÿ“Œ 198

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a countryโ€™s population, we have a very serious problem.

03.11.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19903    ๐Ÿ” 7525    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 626    ๐Ÿ“Œ 411
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

03.11.2025 01:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23775    ๐Ÿ” 9004    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1342    ๐Ÿ“Œ 726
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At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.

02.11.2025 01:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20655    ๐Ÿ” 4984    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3594    ๐Ÿ“Œ 904
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Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroomโ€ฆ If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.

01.11.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25641    ๐Ÿ” 7667    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 530    ๐Ÿ“Œ 312
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What he said: ๐Ÿ’ฏ ๐ŸŽฏ

01.11.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48870    ๐Ÿ” 13349    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1040    ๐Ÿ“Œ 573
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Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. Thereโ€™s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.

31.10.2025 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11136    ๐Ÿ” 4839    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 527    ๐Ÿ“Œ 339
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Let them eat shit

01.11.2025 01:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11228    ๐Ÿ” 2393    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1297    ๐Ÿ“Œ 248
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On the eve of his second election โ€” on October 31, 1936 โ€” FDR delivered his coup de grace, explaining the stakes in his fight with the moneyed interests.

Todayโ€™s economic royalists are backing Trump, and the fight is much the same.

31.10.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1920    ๐Ÿ” 817    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.

31.10.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11372    ๐Ÿ” 4107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 535    ๐Ÿ“Œ 437
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CNN: If Canada moves away from the US, more towards China in terms of a trading relationship, is that good for the US?

KEVIN HASSETT: What is good for the US is getting Canada to start to adhere to their previous agreements and to follow the rule of law ... they've been rude and dismissive

31.10.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1899    ๐Ÿ” 439    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1126    ๐Ÿ“Œ 306
A tweet from the official Department of Homeland Security account tags @SenatorDurbin and reads:
โ€œ.@SenatorDurbin, this is SHAMEFUL. Want to talk about TERRORIZING? How about condemn the terrorist attacks and mass assaults against our law enforcement.โ€
It continues:
โ€œOur @ICEgov officers are PROTECTING our communities from illegal alien gang members, rapists, and child sex offendersโ€”that YOU are supporting. You should be thanking our brave men and women of @ICEgov instead of demonizing them.โ€

A tweet from the official Department of Homeland Security account tags @SenatorDurbin and reads: โ€œ.@SenatorDurbin, this is SHAMEFUL. Want to talk about TERRORIZING? How about condemn the terrorist attacks and mass assaults against our law enforcement.โ€ It continues: โ€œOur @ICEgov officers are PROTECTING our communities from illegal alien gang members, rapists, and child sex offendersโ€”that YOU are supporting. You should be thanking our brave men and women of @ICEgov instead of demonizing them.โ€

Senator Dick Durbin posts:
โ€œYour agents arrested a young cancer patientโ€™s dad. Sheโ€™d just returned from chemotherapy. No criminal record. Immigrants arenโ€™t the threat here. You are.โ€
Below the tweet is a photo showing a man wearing a cap and an American flag t-shirt sitting next to a smiling young girl in a sombrero at a restaurant, with food and drinks on the table in front of them.

Senator Dick Durbin posts: โ€œYour agents arrested a young cancer patientโ€™s dad. Sheโ€™d just returned from chemotherapy. No criminal record. Immigrants arenโ€™t the threat here. You are.โ€ Below the tweet is a photo showing a man wearing a cap and an American flag t-shirt sitting next to a smiling young girl in a sombrero at a restaurant, with food and drinks on the table in front of them.

Sen. Durbin isnโ€™t taking Kristi Noemโ€™s crap. Nor should he!

31.10.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5949    ๐Ÿ” 1772    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 201    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
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On October 30, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois, ICE GOONS Backs into a U.S. citizenโ€™s car and subsequently arrests her for documenting their actions.

31.10.2025 01:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4209    ๐Ÿ” 3019    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 390    ๐Ÿ“Œ 257
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Shit like this is why I have trust issues with some senate candidates.

31.10.2025 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9492    ๐Ÿ” 1900    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1569    ๐Ÿ“Œ 379
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Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

30.10.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24660    ๐Ÿ” 8601    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 644    ๐Ÿ“Œ 347
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The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

Thatโ€™s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before itโ€™s too late.

31.10.2025 01:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15832    ๐Ÿ” 6302    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1203    ๐Ÿ“Œ 428
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Do they typically award Nobel Peace prizes to someone who murders people every day by blowing up their boats while claiming they deserved it for transporting drugs, but doesnโ€™t give them due process, a fair trial, or present any evidence or proof of guilt to anyone?

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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

29.10.2025 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27910    ๐Ÿ” 10714    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 987    ๐Ÿ“Œ 465

Kim Jong-un shit.

Keep that phrase in your headโ€”as itโ€™s the proper response to most of what Trump has done since midsummer.

30.10.2025 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 755    ๐Ÿ” 249    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

The President wants to use the military to crack down on Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to oppose him. I canโ€™t think of a better reason to insist on exercising those rights.

29.10.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21408    ๐Ÿ” 6005    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 434    ๐Ÿ“Œ 178
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A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls.

But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.

30.10.2025 01:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12832    ๐Ÿ” 4119    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1199    ๐Ÿ“Œ 391
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And here ya go.

Bovino: it was taken out of context

29.10.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1084    ๐Ÿ” 414    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133    ๐Ÿ“Œ 51

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