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Blue dot in flyover state. Software engineer. Skier. Fact-based news junkie. Science-based human.
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yes. this.

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Mike Pence says there are “very real constitutional issues” with Trump accepting a $400M luxury jet from Qatar: “I think it’s just a bad idea, and my hope is the president will think better of it,” Pence told NBC’s Meet the Press.

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Draft dodgers don’t deserve military parades.

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When Trvmp started his trade war, the US's average tariff rate was around 3%. It is now 13% That is a huge increase, even with the lower (30%) tariff rate on China Who pays these tariffs? American consumers. It is one of the largest tax increases on Americans since WWII.

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He wants Comey arrested for his 86 comment and then he goes online and threatens Bruce Springsteen. I can’t believe this is the world we live in…

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NPR has identified nearly 40 small, independent entities – both inside and outside the federal government's control – that a team of young DOGE staffers has tried to access in recent weeks.

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Ends up when old people borrow trillions from young people, with no intention of paying it back, everything gets more expensive. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

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For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.

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For no particular reason, I thought I’d remind folks about the time Trump reposted a full-size, full-color image of a truck that was “decorated” with an unconscious Joe Biden, arms and legs bound as though he’d been kidnapped, during the campaign. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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Today’s a great day to remind everyone that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625% That’s FAR lower than private sector retirement programs, btw.

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Trump admits businesses were booming under the Biden administration

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UPDATE: krassencast.com/p/they-sent-...

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😄

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I understand why Meta’s Zuckerberg has such an affinity for Trump. > "Move fast and break things" was an internal motto at Facebook (now Meta) that emphasized rapid innovation and risk-taking, encouraging engineers to try new ideas without being overly cautious. Shit hole country America

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Sunked in

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