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We are the first generation that has sufficient resources to put a roof over every head, a meal on every table, to provide education and basic health care to all, and to care for the planet. Yet we don't. You have to ask what is wrong with us?
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This is why late-night comedians have changed their acts to simply report the news... ...which they do a better job of than the mainstream media.

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In civilized first-world countries 5 weeks of paid vacation is standard as is maternity/paternity leave. It's weird how America can't compete with those countries...

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War with Iran is the new Healthcare plan. Coming within the next two weeks.

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Saudi Arabia has a bigger flagpole than Donald Trump...

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Hey Siri: Show me a picture of what it might look like to set fire to all the taxpayer money that Elon Musk has received in one go...

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In the basement of LAX:

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

Republicans are the kind of people who watch Star Wars and come-away thinking the Sith are cool.

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I assume Republicans are OK with Israel effectively creating a Chernobyl sized nuclear leak by bombing a reactor in Iran.

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This is a big deal. Stephen Fry is difficult to dismiss as a fringe figure. He's as middle-of-the-road establishment as they come - with the politics and long silence on this issue to match. JKR and her fan club won't just be able to shrug this off. www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/step...

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it’s impossible to work in this heat, so tell your boss that instead you'll be spending today visiting the air conditioned galleries of The Museum of English Rural Life

submitted 12 hours ago • 5 comments

BTW: I had "Trump will start a war to distract people from his failures" on my bingo card for his first term.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Dear conservatives: It's not cancel-culture, you just hold opinions that the majority of decent people find objectionable.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

Why can't Americans wait till the 4th of July to set of their damn fireworks!

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

So, have I got this right? An undocumented immigrant working at Home Depot is leading an invasion that warrants deployment of the US marines but An air strike on a nuclear facility isn't war

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

What an excellent piece by Jamelle Bouie @jamellebouie.net -- here's a gift link so you can read it without the paywall: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

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In a country of 340M+ if the political party you support does not seem a bit disorganized at times and expose private disagreements in public occasionally then you ought to be suspicious that they are not really representing voters. We all get frustrated about clear messaging.

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We're from the government. Just get into this unmarked van or we will need to beat you... Republican administration - United States of America - 2025.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

So, I'm confused: Is the USA at war with Iran, or not?

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

In which Matt Vespa, from Townhall, opines that showing any sign of taking personal responsibility for one's actions cannot be tolerated by the "party of personal responsibility"

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Twenty years ago the Republican party stood for huge tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice in the middle east, but then Donald Trump totally remade the party and realigned American poltiics, and now the Republica party stands for...huge tax cuts for the rich and wars of choice in the middle east.

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