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“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” -Voltaire
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History WILL be most unkind to these officials in the end. Jefferson Davis, Spiro Agnew, Joseph McCarthy- blights upon the grand American democratic experiment…
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Peeps- I hate to say this but he doesn’t care. FOTUS Administration officials simply don’t answer questions or they gaslight. *Five minutes* per Committee member…
They’ve got a RW media amplification system to turn to these days to provide cover for their malfeasance, incompetence, and corruption…
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Here to second this…
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Meanwhile, we could have had:
“On Memorial Day, we honor the brave service members who have made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of our nation.
We owe these heroes and their loved ones everything, and we will always remember what they have done to protect our freedom.” -Kamala Harris
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Meanwhile:
“On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.” -Barack Obama
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What literally shakes my conscience is that he lies so easily. Like, no dram of shame in the reply.
And, Tapper. 👎🏻 “Well, NOW you know. Shouldn’t you be investigating what appears to be a gross violation of profiteering through public office? This a potentially devastating NatSec event, yes?”
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“…changes”.
And, here I was thinking a more specific word could have been used to- ya know… more accurately report…
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So, more like $4800/year. Whew. Still a s*** ton…
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Dear God- you are paying $438,000 a year for a single drug?!
Honestly and sincerely- you should seriously consider moving to a nicer (still democratic) country where that same drug likely comes with your universal healthcare…
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Great-
1. He’s severely hampering students from being accepted into universities and workplaces beyond OK’s borders.
You know. The real world… where established facts and science matter a great deal…
2. He believes this will improve OK’s (#49th) educational system… how? Priorities askew?
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The wise move.
A bird in the hand.
Or, in this case, a falcon in the hand… no, wait, an eagle in the… no, wait. Shit, umm- a shrike?!
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The history. Just wow. Thank you for my “The more you know”.
Although- if the FOTUS Criminal Syndicate gets wind of this, they’ll pressure the NBA (Silver) to prohibit this hand sign as DEI or “woke” or label it as “terrorism” or whatever the f*** their white supremacy buddy snowflakes call it…
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What. A. Life…
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I love my (exact model) Breville…
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So, your Governor is using the NG to sort of run interference and/or monitor the abductors? Not to help, right? Right?! 🙏🏻
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Overlord- did you see how they used mealy mouthed ambiguous language to give the wink-wink interpretations?
For example:
“My Administration is steadfastly committed to >empowering< State and local law enforcement to >firmly< police dangerous criminal behavior and protect innocent citizens.”
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Because the FOTUS Administration is betraying their oaths to the Constitution? Because the cruelty is the point? The repeated lies and smears? Or is it just the ham fisted incompetence? So many choices, right?
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Oh.
Shit.
I just read a few paragraphs. It is nauseatingly fascistic in the Orwellian language…
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In her meager meager defense she (staff, too!) was absolutely railroaded with his barbarous EO announcements. But, yeah- she should not have gone at ALL…
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Dear gawd, it’s coming down to who do you believe- the FOTUS (Administration) or… the CCP?!
I really really wish this was a cruel joke…
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I almost want to take a bet that this is an actual transcript…
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Powell’s. No PDX visit is complete without this pilgrimage…
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The body language was pretty stark in contrast.
Macron to Zelenskyy: “Brother man! Hey, you good?”
Macron to FOTUS: “Yeah, yeah- that works on your rubes but not me. Don’t. Fuck. With my friend.”
A fella can dream…
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Great essay, Zach.
My reductive simplistic mantra still holds in elections-
character drives policy…
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Someone was also supposed to release their tax information. That’s one long audit, right?
It’s a pattern, Ron. There are so many unfulfilled or unfinished promises out there…
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The history of just how corrupt, cruel, and just plain incompetent this Administration has been will span literal volumes…
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No worries- I’m sure FOTUS is working hard flipping through FOX, OANN, and NewsMax to screen candidates…
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Yeah, but where are the torture and unsanitary conditions line items?
Gotta watch for those hidden fees, Bryan! /s
This is beyond gross. It’s disturbing. We are watching someone openly muse to bid for incarcerated humans for money…
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So, Newsom is more concerned with political calculus over this U.S. Constitutional crisis?
Nah. I had high hopes for Newsom. Cringey bedfellow bromances, podcasting, and a shift to purely political optics has me disappointed. He needs a Corey Booker led intervention…
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Obligatory…
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Remind me again-
were ANY of these people given FBI background checks? (Never mind the comedy of their qualifications)…