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Used this analogy when explaining to the teen, but to point out that in the end, when the hyenas realize Scar has destroyed everything, they turn on him. Simba doesn't kill him; his own underlings tear him apart.

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Cost of extending the Trump tax cuts for the rich: $4.6 trillion Cost of cutting corporate tax rate to 15%: $1 trillion Remember this as we hear about "wasteful government spending."

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Trump's EPA just moved to reverse state and local bans on toxic "forever chemicals" that can lead to birth defects and cancer. So much for "Make America Healthy Again." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/05/trump-pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals

submitted 9 hours ago • 248 comments

It’s been much more than 24 hours. Seems like this was fake news.

submitted 1 day ago • 598 comments

#BREAKING: Over 36,000 people rallied in Los Angeles today in support of @sanders.senate.gov and @aoc.bsky.social’s OLIGARCHY TOUR — setting a record as their largest stop on this tour.

submitted 4 hours ago • 171 comments

‘Fawning’ is a response where a person gives a servile display of exaggerated flattery in order to gain favor or advantage. AKA: ass-kisser, bootlicker, toady, suck-up brown-noser, etc.

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The dream is dead

submitted 12 hours ago • 1815 comments

Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?

submitted 10 hours ago • 1563 comments

"Wouldn't it make sense to prosecute him?" -- even Fox News thinks it's suspicious that Karoline Leavitt can't cite any actual evidence justifying the administration's deportations to a gulag in El Salvador without due process (note Leavitt claiming "this administration is doing things differently")

submitted 2 days ago • 671 comments

The majority of people at that table hate Howard Lutnick.

submitted 2 days ago • 1054 comments

Hey MAGA I’m confused, so today does the market matter or no? Because yesterday it was a sure sign of trumps genius, but i haven’t heard todays verdict?

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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: Australia 0 Canada 0 Denmark 0 Finland 0 France 0 Germany 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Italy 0 Japan 0 Netherlands 0 Norway 0 Portugal 0 Spain 0 Sweden 0 UK 0 United States 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

submitted 2 days ago • 606 comments

BREAKING: Trump says he "doesn't need Elon for anything," and doesn't need his car, as Elon sits right in front of him.

submitted 2 days ago • 146 comments

Chinese trolling us…

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Again

submitted 2 days ago • 126 comments

The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this. We can't. We need answers.

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🇺🇲

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Narrator: History would prove he had that right.

submitted 2 days ago • 107 comments

Who better to lead a counterterrorism center than someone who has aided and supported the right-wing paramilitary movement?

submitted 3 days ago • 238 comments

“The leaders of 75 countries called me personally to see how my ear has been feeling.”

submitted 3 days ago • 311 comments

Probably people with paranormal powers good at reading the mind of Trump and members of his inner circle. Or maybe just a lot of lucky people. I’m sure nobody leaked the announcement to anyone. That would be illegal.

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McGovern: "How is any company supposed to forecast for their future, build a plant, hire workers, if they have no idea what the hell this president is gonna do in his next tweet? ... I need a neck brace to be able to get through all this."

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Pee Wee German said last night the global tariffs were the greatest economic strategy ever. Now reversing them is.

submitted 3 days ago • 1612 comments

China just dropped an 84% tariff on us. You know, kissing his ass.

submitted 3 days ago • 287 comments

Sometimes, when he fails badly enough, Trump can be forced to do the thing he says he never does: back down. Today is just one more turn on the roller coaster - but it is more evidence of why we can't give up or let up.

submitted 3 days ago • 529 comments

He just testified all morning about the reasons why the tariff policy was going to make America great. Then he checked his phone and realized everything he just said was canceled on Truth Social.