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And the EU will respond with counter-tariffs and everyone will be worse off, except for the Donald who has convinced his base that he has done something for them. When they figure out the effects, they might be mad or sad, but by then it will be too late.
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Bald eagles are taking trash from a Seattle landfill and dumping it into suburban yards buff.ly/2YQ9wJT
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With the Trump administration, the stupidest possible explanation is always the most probable...
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Arguably, they didn't even think of themselves as Italians until they got to the U. S .
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The Haitians revived the town, which had lost 30,000 people over the years. For the New York Times article, which Captive Dreamer plagiarized, nytimes.com/2024/09/03/us/sp…
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To mute or not to mute, that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of odious Webinar...,
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Maybe the Liz Cheney quote works here as well. ""Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain,"
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Did you tell your husband not to shake Kamala Harris's hand? If not, would you be willing to say so in public? That would show the strength that we need as a country.
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Elon never believed in anything except for what he thought was good for Elon for the next 5 minutes.
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I was thinking Four Horseman of the Apocalypse: Trump, Vance, Musk, and RFK, Jr., but this was excellent.
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Also, the U.S. is very good at disaster relief. It does not require much on the part of the President, except for 1,2 and 5, and otherwise the existing bureaucratic machinery will kick in.
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Did you tell your husband not to shake Kamala Harris's hand? If not, would you be willing to say so in public?
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Trump will change his mind tomorrow, depending on what court cases come up--just like with tariffs and everything except for bowing down to Putin. That is his one true faith.
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The Dems might have reason to be annoyed given what they had done for the Teamsters...
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What was it that Sen. Moynihan said about people being entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.
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Take a closer look at what Hamas "accepted" and what they want to change, and you will see why not everything is as simple as you imagine....
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It's a legit question. Totally embarrassing, but not surprising, given that folks like Hesgeth are manifestly unqualified--this will likely be the first of many blunders.
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Next time, you might ask about his personal story as well. politico.com/magazine/story/…
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Do you actually believe aka's lies? How many people have worked for McDonalds? In what universe would their central org have a record of everyone working for a franchise?
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If you have two brain cells and know anything about post-Unification Germany, you know that the more relevant info is that this is the old East Germany, which felt that it did not benefit from unification and has been against the mainstream parties since.
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And then he became a conspiracy theorist and anti-Semite. I think that God has more work to do here. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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Maybe they don't want to be associated with this level of low-life. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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The jobs are not coming back because it takes a long lead time to set up factories to move them back and Trump has the attention span of a fruit fly on meth, and will change his policy multiple times.
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you should stick to being a film critic and leave political commentary to wiser folks.
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Mother Theresa does not appreciate being o in the same universe much less the same sentence as the Donald, also famous for corrupting charities.
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Lawyers who decide to work for the Donald should immerse themselves in the legal doctrine regarding the crime-fraud exceptions *before* they take him on as a client.
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Why and how to contribute to her opponent,
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Keep punishing @EliseStefanik for her flat-out lie told so she could pretend she was being blocked from asking questions at impeach hearing, when she was knowingly violating rules GOP agreed to.
Give to @TedraCobb. Show lying has a cost. #PunishLiars.
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once we believed in defending democracies (remember JFK). I think that we should continue that tradition.
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Looks like they are provoking the court. We shall see if Roberts chooses to stand and fight.
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The university response is very satisfying.
Pitch-perfect response to Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin from @GeorgetownLaw Dean Bill Treanor.
It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
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Not to belabor the obvious or to pick on the weak of mind, but Bill, why can't you do a Google search or if that is beyond your capacities pay someone to do it . If you did, you might have come upon this article, done by the obscure AP news service. bit.ly/49oIKv1
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After the no labels fiasco, one could have imagined Mark laying low for a cycle or two.
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How about making just one argument and presenting some real evidence? That might be convincing, whereas laundry lists never are.
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Except that with the Libertarians all he did was offend and look like he had not done either his homework or his advance work. That 3% might matter in some states and he did *nothing* to improve his chances of getting it.
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Truth not required on Truth Social. Courts have different standards when you accuse federal agents of lying.
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Will there be a profuse apology and a promise to do better in the future, since as everyone has noted, he greeted them before?
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She converted herself to a repulsive MAGA clone and unfortunately for her is not getting her reward. nbcnews.com/politics/politic…
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People with visas are not guests--and remind me not to stay at your house. Seriously, you are conflating public freedoms with private grievances.
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Sure, that's why he never mentioned corruption in his two "perfect" phone calls with Zelensky.
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Why are people so willing to advertise their ignorance? Do they get a prize from someone?
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Why bury the lead? "The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine" does not appear until 4 lines from the end.
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He just has a keen sense of history and wants to bring back the glory of previous MSG rallies and their America First branding. history.com/this-day-in-hist…
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Right about what? Not that you are capable of making an argument, but I would like to see you try.
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Dumb and tacky. The Kennedy family have been leading actors in developing a foundation concerned with human rights and other humanitarian activities. They have every right, arguably an obligation, to prevent their good name from being tarnished...
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You do deserve bravery points for setting yourself up in the middle of this free fire zone.
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The standard rule of polling, as I learned as a grad student, is that 5% of those polled don't understand the question.
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I reposted--it would be lovely if X would actually explain what they thought was wrong here, but of course they wouldn't, because they are too busy ignoring obvious antisemitism that I have reported.
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If Lahren could not do conspiracy theories, she would lose half her content and 90% of her audience.
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How is that legal if Congress has appropriated money? Trump almost wrecked refugee resettlement the first time around. It looks like he is going in for the kill this time.
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Have you ever looked fraud in the dictionary? Have you ever used a dictionary? Do you know what a dictionary is?
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What is your problem with the rule of law? As the old story goes, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime!
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“Trump’s recent decline in support is concentrated in states that have averaged at least 30 daily coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents over the past week, a group that includes Florida, Texas, Arizona & Georgia.” buff.ly/2ZHq9cR Trump's #COVID19 #fail will elect Biden
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With their sense of historical grievance and willingness to sue everybody (including their own family), they will fit right in. stltoday.com/news/local/metr…
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Haitians have had TPS status since the horrendous earthquake in 2011. catholicmigration.org/tag/tp…
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Love the Galactic Jihad idea. And if they ally with all the cat lovers that JD has offended, you might actually get into 1984 territory...
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Ed Martin showing how clueless he is about the first amendment, not to mention his total lack of authority to tell colleges what their professors can teach. Does he really have a law degree?
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Teslas can catch on fire on their own in Philadelphia. They don't need the governor's approval. newsweek.com/tesla-catches-f…
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When will .@RudyGiuliani learn how links work. He is not exactly a reliable source, given that his law license has been suspended for lying about elections. reuters.com/world/us/rudolph…
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I would have preferred the Four Horseman of the Trump-Apocalypse, (Musk, Trump, Vance and RFK, Jr), but this is not bad.
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It means that she thinks that Musk's behavior is so clearly awful to everyone who has had an awful boss that it will break through the clutter of lies and disinformation that Musk has been fomenting for weeks.
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