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On the road with Goose
That’s because he was there as a private citizen at the invitation of The Vatican, moron.
Biden is way in the back at Pope Francis’ funeral. 😭
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Amazing.
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Elections have consequences.
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A message from a Kindergarten teacher: After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old: “My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.” No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.” My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me. When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic. But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe. My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown. And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice. They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer. The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.” As if kindness were a weakness. Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure — a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.” a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.” a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.” Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up. But this last year broke something in me. The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival. I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times. So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998: “Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.” I sat on the floor and cried. No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications. I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced. I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers. So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try. Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.
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What a clap back from Germany.
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President Trump posts an AI video of him dropping feces on American citizens. The White House Press Secretary replies to a reporter “your mom.” The Vice President laughs at jokes made by 20 and 30 year olds about rape, gas chambers, and Hitler. How can anyone stand by this?
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This is not the victory lap you think it is. In fact, celebrating that there were no leaks from Secretary Hegseth is pretty embarrassing.
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22% of this debt was added by President Trump alone.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL DEBT HITS $37 TRILLION
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That’s what you voted for.
MESSAGE TO DONALD TRUMP: I stood in the cold at your Rallies, I bought your merch, I donated to your campaign, I took your side over family members, just to have you safe guard pedophiles and put Americans last?
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You joked about murdering the entire Latino population of the United States, you ghoul.
How is telling a joke about Alligator Alcatraz “violent speech”? @elonmusk I thought we were allowed to tell jokes here. Especially jokes about criminal illegal aliens.
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Fox News has mention Joe Biden over 90 times today. Jeffrey Epstein? Zero. It’s 5:45pm.
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The new Trump Mobile coverage map was released today. It features the Gulf of Mexico! @realDonaldTrump is not going to be happy with @EricTrump and @DonaldJTrumpJr.
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Yesterday it was a 50 year mortgage. Today it’s a 15 year car loan. He’s doing everything to help banks and Wall Street and nothing to help you.
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More of this please.
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This is illegal. 10 U.S.C. § 1034
Pete Hegseth is mandating that personnel can no longer directly engage lawmakers or their staff about most major issues confronting the U.S. military without prior approval. abcnews.link/qwgl2oO
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Last week Donald Trump announced that a $5.5 billion golf course and Trump resort would be built in Qatar. This week Qatar gifts the President a luxury jet that he can keep when he leaves office. This is corruption in its rawest form.
ABC EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is poised to accept a luxury jet as a gift from Qatar. It’s to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to the Trump library by January 2029. Perhaps the biggest foreign gift ever. DOJ insists it’s legal, not bribery, not violation of emoluments clause. w/ @KFaulders
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Pete Hegseth is reportedly resigning.
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I hope Taylor Swift writes about today’s breakup.
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I do not understand why mental health programs are being defunded by President Trump when every school shooting is blamed on mental health.
The Trump administration will not renew Biden-era grants worth $1 billion that were aimed at boosting mental health services in schools, a Department of Education spokesperson confirmed to @ABC News. abcnews.link/hINZNkn
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I don’t know who needs to know this, but Costco is selling a giant Plinko game.
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South Carolina police say there is no shooter on the campus of USC. The image shared by @NancyMace was obtained from X, and was of a student carrying an umbrella. The image was not released by law enforcement or an official authority, and could have resulted in him being killed.
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This picture from Reuters confirms U.S. Marines have carried out the first detention of a civilian in L.A.
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How do you explain this, atheists?
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There are no palm trees at Trump National in Virginia.
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I don’t want a $2,000 check. I want the Epstein list, lower housing and grocery costs, and a competent Secretary of Defense.
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Is it normal for the Director of the FBI to post a four paragraph statement about his girlfriend? That doesn’t seem like a normal thing for a FBI Director to do.
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Tylenol was introduced in 1955. Autism was discovered in 1943.
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Replying to @SchnurreZueri
Every former president receives secret service protection. This is not new.
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Shouldn’t the Secretary of the Navy know that Pearl Harbor was attacked in December, not June? I mean, it’s literally on the wall in front of him.
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Maybe the Coldplay kiss cam can find the Epstein list.
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ESPN was so much better before the Stephen A. Smith and Pat McAfee types came along. Now it’s nothing more than what MTV became after they stopped actual music videos and just did reality tv. Just be live sports and highlights.
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Newsmax has begun referring to Ghislaine Maxwell as “a victim.” You heard that correctly.
Unfiltered☢Boss
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I am not Catholic, so I will ask my Catholic friends and followers… Does this picture offend you?
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Every single rioter that assaulted the police at the Capitol on January 6th was pardoned by President Trump. Over 140 cops were injured.
Hit a cop, you’re going to jail… doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what movement speaks to you. If the local police force won’t back our men and women on the thin blue line, we @FBI will.
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Sports, man. A Blue Jays fan catches a home run from NYY superstar Aaron Judge in Toronto, and then gives the ball to a young Yankees fan sitting behind him.
internet hall of fame
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Since hiring Kristina Wong from Breitbart News as the Secretary of the Navy Communications Director this week, the @SECNAV account has twice posted the incorrect date of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, “a date which will live in infamy.”
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You cussed out TSA agents who have been working without pay for a month. Stop blaming other people for your abhorrent behavior.
The establishment is coming after me - because I am standing up for YOU. Never forget that. HOLD THE LINE.
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Epstein files are under there, aren’t they?
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Replying to @ianmiles
🤔
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Millions of people are reconciling the fact that they’ve been lied to. What and who they have believed for years has dissolved right in front of their eyes. Try to offer grace as they navigate betrayal and begin deprogramming from years of false hope and belief. This is not the time for “we told you so.” This is the time for an olive branch to begin healing and to unite our country against corruption and tyranny, and to work towards equality, accountability, and opportunity. Justice and judgement will come. Today, offer peace and forgiveness.
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Turns out what Mr. MyPillow says on camera is quite different than what he says under oath, and his supporters are finally learning the truth. Mike Lindell never had evidence of election fraud or vote tampering, and he had to admit it when under oath in court.
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Sir, you just voted for the Big Beautiful Bill, adding another $5 trillion to the national debt.
Rep. Roy: "We are writing checks we cannot cash, and our children are going to pay the price." cbn.com/news/politics/our-ch…
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Well this is awkward, @NancyMace.
If you have to tell people you're a woman, you aren't.
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This is unconstitutional.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 “If you burn an American flag, you get 1 year in jail.”
Community note
The Supreme Court case Texas v. Johnson establishes that burning the American flag is protected speech under the 1st amendment. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_v._
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South Carolina Republicans are calling for @NancyMace to not only apologize to Charleston airport TSA staff and local police after she attacked them, but are suggesting she seek help for her mental health. It’s become evident she is not well.
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Funny how MAGA influencers railed against the Mayor-elect of NYC for being Muslim, yet President Trump hosted a leader of Al Qaeda in the White House, an actual Islamist terrorist.
Al-Qaeda comes to the White House
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To clarify for those responding directly to me, I am not the teacher in this story. The teacher who wrote this message is named Mrs. Clara Holt. Hope that helps. On another note, as a teacher, thank you for all of those who support our educators. We love you too!
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Replying to @RonFilipkowski
World History teacher here… The American tax payer did not build any of these places. They existed thousands of years before the United States was even created.
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It is with great regret that I admit a significant mistake and error in judgement. On May 1, 2025 at 5:45pm EDT, while dropping my 11 year old son off for his band rehearsal, I said “I love you, Munchie” and waved goodbye in front of his friends.
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Parents: To save time, just have your child’s new water bottle shipped directly to their school’s lost and found.
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Literally not a single liberal or Democrat is upset about sorority girls dancing in front of their sorority houses, Sydney Sweeney wearing jeans, or any other stupid thing MAGA says the left is upset over. MAGA is more insufferable than climate change activists in an art museum.
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Tonight, the House Majority voted to block releasing the Epstein files. The same majority who promised the files would be released and swore to justice for the victims.
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We’ve gone from Trump promising to release the Epstein files, to them being a Democratic hoax, to now Trump was an FBI informant to bring down Epstein.
BREAKING: Speaker Mike Johnson says Donald Trump “was an FBI informant” to help take down Jeffrey Epstein.
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Pete Hegseth needs to resign and be charged immediately. He is a national security threat.
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This is an all-time Community Note.
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You want cheap groceries? Sorry, best we can do is a a 24k gold Oval Office. You want America first? Sorry, best we can do is give Qatar a military base in Idaho. You want the Epstein files? Sorry, best we can do is Amelia Earhart. You want Fauci arrested? Sorry, best we can do is another COVID booster. You want autism cured? Sorry, best we can do is a measles outbreak. You want cheaper household goods? Sorry, best we can do is more tariffs.
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After another weekend of golf with Lindsey Graham and hosting fancy dinner parties with wealthy CEOs, Donald Trump returned to the White House last night with the American flag lying on the ground.
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An official ethics complaint has been filed against @NancyMace for using taxpayer funded staff and resources to fundraise in her campaign for Governor of South Carolina.
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Hey @grok. What’s it’s called when the government owns the means of production?
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Replying to @Martinlundqvis1
Why are you responding to me?
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Replying to @EricLDaugh
This is not the victory lap you think it is. In fact, celebrating that there were no leaks from Secretary Hegseth is pretty embarrassing.
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Here’s a more clear photo from the April 30, 2025 cabinet meeting with @realDonaldTrump. @MikeWaltz47 is connected to a @WhiteHouse WiFi network using Signal for official communications with an unverified security pin. Among the chats are @JDVance, @marcorubio, @SteveWitkoff, and @TulsiGabbard. (Reuters)
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It’s time for @elonmusk to blow the doors off the Epstein files. Do it, Elon. America needs this.
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Replying to @SenateGOP
Oh. So we draw the line of what the president can do without congressional approval at helping poor people. It wasn’t the record number of executive orders before that?
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Replying to @nicksortor
There’s literally only two students wearing the shirt. The game is a “white out.”
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ABC News: SCOTUS has just ruled that Oklahoma cannot create the nation's first religious charter school funded directly with taxpayer dollars.
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What about this guy, @SecretService? cc: @FBIDirectorKash @DNIGabbard @Sec_Noem
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Attorney General @PamBondi has still not arrested a single person in the Epstein case after she reviewed the files. Why is that?
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One of the lethal strikes ordered by Secretary Hegseth against an alleged narco-trafficking boat has been confirmed by Colombian authorities as fishermen who had a broken boat engine and previously issued a distress call requesting assistance.
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What ever happened to those $5,000 rebate checks we were getting from all of the tariff revenues? Seems all we actually got was more expensive groceries and a higher cost of living.
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The FBI, directed by Kash Patel, redacted President Trump’s name 37 times on July 7, 2025, the same day Attorney General Bondi’s memo said Epstein’s “client list” wasn’t real, despite Bondi previously stating that she was in possession of it. Bondi told Trump in May his name appeared, according to a bombshell Wall Street Journal report. He denied it on July 24, two months after he had been told by Bondi. Now FBI cites “privacy” for a man who’s been president since 2017. They redacted Epstein’s wire transfers too, 7,000+ transactions hidden as Trump calls victims “liars.” Accountability dies when power writes its own redactions.
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No. We will not “move on” from the Epstein files and list. Children were raped over and over again, and are now traumatized for their entire life. Release every single name who did this to little girls. Every name. We the people demand accountability and justice!
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Of note, since Mike Waltz will require Senate confirmation for his nominated position of US Ambassador to the UN, Senators will be able to question Waltz while he is under oath about his and other cabinet members’ use of Signal.
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Now that President Trump has told Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster and end their government shutdown, MAGA influencers are scrambling to delete their posts from just a year ago, like this one from @GuntherEagleman.
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So, let me get this right. A woman, who is on her fourth marriage, is challenging the Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage in order to protect the sanctity of marriage?
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This is disturbing.
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Washington insiders are saying ODNI Tulsi Gabbard will resign if President Trump orders the U.S. military to join Israel in their strikes against Iran.
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Byron Donalds is losing in an election that he’s the only candidate currently running.
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Replying to @ianmiles
You keep a file of my posts? 😂
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Replying to @toddandmeg17

ALT Idiots No Intelligent Life GIF

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In 2006, a grand jury in Palm Beach County, the home of Mar-A-Lago, originally indicted Jeffrey Epstein for soliciting prostitution from a minor. However, this led to the secret 2008 plea deal negotiated with then U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, avoiding federal charges. At that time, George W. Bush was President, Joe Biden was a U.S. Senator, and Barack Obama was the junior U.S. Senator from Illinois. On July 6, 2019, during Donald Trump’s first term as President, Epstein was arrested in New Jersey. Just two days later, on July 8, a federal grand jury indictment was unsealed, charging him with operating a sex trafficking ring involving minors between 2002 and 2005, a period that Trump and Epstein remained close friends who traveled and partied together, Biden was still a U.S. Senator, and before Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate. Before he could stand trial, Epstein was found dead in his jail cell on August 10, 2019, also during Trump’s first term. And Alex Acosta, the man who let Epstein off without federal charges the first time? He became a member of Trump’s cabinet. Where is Pam Bondi in this mix? When she was Florida’s Attorney General, she did not reopen or further investigate Epstein’s case, despite public criticism and bi-partisan pressure from how lenient the original Epstein agreement was. While President Trump calls this a Biden/Obama hoax, none of these events occurred during their administrations. Epstein was federally charged and died under Trump’s administration. And somehow, Alex Acosta and Pam Bondi found themselves appointed by President Trump.
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Replying to @crazyclips_
Did he consider not robbing two people at gun point?
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Sen. Scott sent this tweet from an iPhone… made in China.
Your weekly reminder to STOP buying products made in Communist China. Buy American🇺🇸
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You joked about murdering the entire Latino population of the United States, you ghoul.
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Imagine being one of the astronauts that were stuck in space for 9 months and then watching Katy Perry kiss the ground after 10 minutes.
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Sorry you won’t be receiving Christmas gifts this year, but we had to own the libs.
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Replying to @RealCandaceO
Please continue posting about this. It’s going to be delicious when you go bankrupt.
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Just sent my mortgage to Pam Bondi’s desk.
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I’m not a doctor, biologist, or scientist, so I won’t pretend to fully understand the complex nature of gender dysmorphia, transgender biology and psychology, or even gender-affirming care. But as a retired Navy officer, I do understand honor, courage, and commitment. If a person is willing to raise their hand, swear an oath to our Constitution, and serve this nation, offering their lives in our defense, they deserve to earn the privilege of wearing the uniform of the United States. Period.
No More Trans @ DoD.
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