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Repost this at will! If your Congressman or Senator is a Democrat call, email or write them and tell them to walk-out during Trump's State of the Union next week. Federal employees, who's jobs are currently under assault can't walk out, they need their jobs.

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Pathetic, grasping at straws... Conservatives blame California wildfires on a small fish, DEI and more President-elect Donald Trump inaccurately blamed water shortages in Los Angeles on policies meant to preserve an endangered fish called the Delta smelt. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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I'm adding "removed from White House in a straight-jacket" to my Trump 2.0 bingo card. Just wondering how long before Vegas starts posting odds on that scenario.

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Yo Zuck! Now that you're all about free speech on your socials, how about doing Canadians a solid Bro, and restore the ability to share news content on FB?! Maybe we'll hate you a little less for 5 minutes! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Here's an interesting take on how Canada should respond to the "Bully-in-Chief", including a lesson from ancient Greece. dgardner.substack.com/p/how-canada...

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Hailing from New Jersey myself, I've been following the "mysterious drones" story that has sprung from my ancestral home state. My first question around all of this is, why New Jersey?

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Is biological sex actually binary all the time? Absolutely not. Read on ... www.facebook.com/share/p/kAMp...

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Every time I think of Musk, this scene from "Leave the World Behind" pops into my head. And then I feel better. www.facebook.com/share/p/VH5k...

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DOJ, Gaetz. Intelligence, Gabbard. SecDef, Hegseth. HHS, RFK Jr. Three are just unqualified. One is insane. These choices scream only one thing: "Burn it down". So far, the only "normal" appointment would be Rubio as Sectetary of State, but don't expect much good will come from there. Deep breaths!

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AG state of play 5/5 Blatant calculated abuse of political norms like this would have made Richard Nixon blush. Expect more of this and worse. Midterm elections in two years may change the balance, and if there is a God, put Trump back in his box.

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AG state of play 4/5 4) A snap election is planned in Florida to fill Gaetz vacated seat. If Trump punts Gaetz for DOJ chief, he could run to get his seat back. If he wins, he will effectively bury the Committee report as it was only relevant to his previous stint in the House.

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AG state of play 3/5 3) Should the Senate decide to retain a spine and not allow a recess appointment for Gaetz, it's looking right now like they're not in the mood - that report, or whatever bits of it percolate to the surface - would likely be raised at his confirmation hearing. What to do...?

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2) As it happens, the Ethics Committee report (re Gaetz's alleged sexual dalliances with underage girls) was expected to be released in a matter of days. With Gaetz no longer a member of Congress, the report won't be released - not officially anyway. 2/4

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AG nomination state of play - let's break it down, shall we? 1) GAETZ immediately vacated his seat in the House after his name was floated for DOJ. Seems a bit presumptuous this early in the process, no? 1/3

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Hello! So grateful to find this space and be done with Twitter/X for good! I'm an American ExPat living in Canada (Toronto). I still follow events in the U.S. regularly and vote in Federal elections,including the last one 😞. Political junky, Mom, dog + cat lover, love music/movies. Despise Trump.

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