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Writer, artist, expat, gardener, headbanger, and beachaholic.
You can take the boy out of Baltimore, but you can't take Baltimore out of the boy. Because everywhere is Baltimore.
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"Third is a response to people explaining why a military occupation would not work in the US. The short answer to that is: It’s cute that you think you are not already occupied."
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9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
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I think the main question is whether the Dems have the political will to at least put conditions on raising the debt ceiling. Because otherwise, the money borrowed will likely flow directly into rump and mush’s pockets.
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Omg that background music is horrific
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It’s too bad voters don’t have a recall option when their elected representatives do 180s, go against their campaign promises, and start to support the opposition.
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Awesome! I’m looking forward to seeing them in April.
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Because they already know why
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TODAY WE PROTEST! 💙 #50501Movement
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I also see it as a call for anyone looking to oppose this administration.
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Sounds like a call to arms for those who oppose this administration to me.
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2/ And we still can’t move because in some ways, we’re in awe as much as we are scared. We are the people in the movie the audiences yells, “Run!” to. They never run in time, and neither have we.
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Give em hell!
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5/ years. I give it 3 years max.
And then one day, with a snap of a finger, it’ll be lights out. The world will wonder what happened. And when the lights come back on, the US is going to be a very different place.
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4/ Instead of the shock and awe of the first term, we’re seeing a more gradual easing into things. Makes sense; they know they have all the time in the world. Their plan is likely to ground down people and gradually strip away civil liberties over a period of time. Could be a few months, could be
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3/ Which you’d absolutely expect to see. It’s being very lightly reported in the news, but we haven’t seen any major, coordinated actions online or in the news. I’m not entirely sure that’s because nothing is happening. I think it’s because social media in particular is censoring it.
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/2 If this happens, people both inside and outside the US will not be able to see what they are doing. How will that possible?
We’re already sort of seeing this. There have been reports here and there of ICE raids or at least intimidation. But we haven’t seen a ton of SM outcry.