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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.

Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

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Why did society collapse?

We decided that blogging and journalism was the same thing.

Then people realized angry people see more ads.

Then the robots came... But, you know the rest.

Anyway, all hail our Mermaid Overlods!

Hanging in there, right?

Keep it up 👊🏽

And there it is. Motherfuckers.

Dit, luid en duidelijk. Ben blij dat ik niet de enige ben die dit zo ziet. En Nederland wil maar wat graag de 56ste staat worden/zijn. Voor alles kijken we naar de VS, terwijl we vergeten zijn dat we buren hebben.

The doublethink we're being asked to do is dramatic: Not taking vaccines makes you healthy. Cutting taxes on the rich helps the poor. Deporting law-abiding people will lower crime. We're safer if we're all armed. Our diversity makes us weaker...

It would never happen in a democratic way, because that would mean voting rights. 🤔 Of course it means war. You've got the Mexicans and the Danes on your side.

I mean, you can just leave Fb. It's a commercial party and one can use it or not. There's a life without meta. Meta kills it's own business this way.

What's he going to do anyway? Ban us? I was gone before the inauguration and I'm proud of it. No more algorithms, lots of free time.

He wants the whole world.

Me too. And Instagram.

They're asking the Eu for permission to spread more Russian disinformation. Who would have thought that?

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.