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Pretty disgusting & embarrassing for US today. The only man in the Oval Office with any balls was a non-citizen. The only person with intelligence beyond a sea slug was a visitor. The only human with moral fortitude was a foreigner to US. The only true leader was Zelenskyy. Where is America ?

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/16/w...

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Putin will have Trump for breakfast & Ukraine for dessert. Americans will be way less safe. And MAGA will find a way to celebrate. Ignorance wins. All people lose. Except Trump & Musk.

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When a US president assumes power he does not have, ignores legitimate orders from the judicial branch, ignores the will of the people, and congress fails to take action, the people are justified in overthrowing him & physically removing him from office. But significant organization is required.

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Money & ignorance have something tragic in common. Both buy disinformation.

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So now the dim witted American superstition against vaccines has resulted in the US getting a bad case of the mumps (Musk-Trump = Mump).

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Don't mean to be a doomsayer but none of this is going to end well. I hope you're all aware of this.

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With the terrible tragedy over the skies of D.C., it’s time to prioritize safety. Trump must end the hiring freeze on air traffic controllers and restore the aviation safety advisory committee he dismantled on Jan 22.

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RFK Jr is a brain worm himself. Unfortunately, many US brains give him a welcome into theirs. WTF has happened to America ? Here, now, ignorance is celebrated. The science that got US to the moon & mapped the human genome is being ridiculed in favor of bullshit conspiracy theories.

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The good news is we’re privileged to be witness to an historical event in US history. The bad news is the event is the deconstruction of our republic. We are, collectively, key witnesses, accomplices in crimes against our ancestors & our progeny, & fighters for our democratic future. Time to fight!

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For our (US) society, the alternative to DEI is die. Trump & the right are taking us in the wrong direction.

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The US electorate should get a mulligan on the 2024 election.

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Just wondering: has anyone ever seen House Speaker Mike Johnson & cartoon character Dexter Poindexter in the same room at the same time ?

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Sad to hear of the passing of Cecile Richards. She will be missed. 😢

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Well it’s official: the lunatics have taken control of the asylum. May God (if there happens to be one) help us. We’re obviously not capable of helping ourselves; at least not lately.

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Learn from the past. Don’t live in it.

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Our country is in deep shit. When Senator Joni Ernst, a female military veteran who was sexually abused, comes out in support of a totally unqualified candidate for DefSec who has come out against women in the military, & legitimately accused of sexual assault, we see the extent of Trump’s takeover.

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Hey MAGA! Just because someone is a woman or a racial or sexual minority doesn’t mean they’re a DEI hire. Yes, there are unqualified people being appointed to government positions in the Trump administration, but they are mostly unqualified, straight white male idiots.

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Today I learned that I can do almost twice as many pushups as Pete Hegseth. Do I have any delusions about being qualified to be SecDef ? Absolutely not.

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Zuckerberg’s video today came across like a hostage video. What a weak loser. Juxtapose that with heroes that suffered real torture in war time & only gave name, rank, & serial #. All we ask of American billionaires is to use their resources to help us preserve democracy. Too much, apparently.

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Trump wants to do to the Greenland Inuit peoples what we did to US Indigenous peoples hundreds of years ago. How unsurprising. I can’t believe a majority of Americans want this, but then a voting majority of Americans voted this POS back into office. Still waiting for the revenge part of this movie.

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So for the next 4 years, will the US be an oligarchy, a kleptocracy, or a kakistocracy ? Asking for several friends.

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The Equal Rights amendment has been ratified by the necessary number of states, but isn’t law yet. Why ? Apparently b/c the US National Archivist, Colleen Shogan, hasn’t signed it yet. And why not ? Not sure, but she appears to want to appease Trump. Biden needs to direct this now.

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I have yet to see a critique of the Green New Deal, from either economists or politicians, who even recognize the cost of NOT doing the GND. E2.org reports that the effects of climate change will cost the US 10% of GDP by 2050. #MMT

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Trying to understand modern macroeconomics. Reading everything I can get my hands on. One thing becomes clear: the US needs to spend more, not less. Austerity as a policy fails every time in a country where we have currency sovereignty. And the spending needs to benefit the lower levels (trickle up)

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The media is too ready to announce that Biden (& Trump, actually) is against the Nippon Steel purchase of US Steel, but not helping us understand why US Steel needs to be bought in the first place.

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US Rep Stacey Plaskett of the US Virgin Islands made an important statement today in the US Congress. US territories are underrepresented in our government. This is wrong & needs to be corrected. Other corrections needed include increasing the # of US reps according to the Constitution.

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2025 coming in like…

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The tide that rises all boats is called aggregate demand. This is what John Maynard Keynes taught us. When we stifle spending by “cutting back” or “controlling government spending”, we artificially hold ourselves back. Trickle down is a mirage. Trickle up is more true.

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I know this will sound crazy, but Trump could actually become a great president. He’s built the following. He no longer needs to lie, cheat, or steal. He could choose to implement good policies to help people. Will he ? I doubt it. But he could…

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Look, I don't want either of these guys anywhere near the federal budget, but Bernie is no sucker. This is a PR play. Anyway, I wrote about the aspirational $2T last month. Bernie wants to start with defense and healthcare. I went for the "easy" money. stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/how-to-cut...

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Tell him, Mark!

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