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I live in his district but was unable to go. I would have said to him, look do you see anyone breaking windows, chasing you with flagpoles and attacking police? But apparently, that was all ok on J6 anyway because, according to your party, you now say it was a love fest.

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youtu.be/OC629l-wZBQ Succinct and true.

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If "officials are permitted to overrule congressional authority and constitutional standards on one issue… it sets a precedent for their approach to issues that may affect you more directly next time." My brilliant @georgemasonu.bsky.social colleague Justin Gest in @newsweek.com —>

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Huh?

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So many people showed up that some were turned away and others went to “overflow” rooms. This is a heavily Republican district. They can’t all have been Democrats. www.ajc.com/politics/mcc...

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www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-... Now we know why he is Musk’s puppet. His dementia has obviously progressed.

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They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Musk's father had two children with his own stepdaughter and Elon once described his father to Rolling Stone as "a terrible human being" who had "a carefully thought-out plan of evil." www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...

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“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” -G.B. Shaw Elon is like a teenage boy who just says things just to piss off his parents. He and his adolescent mentality followers do not watch the show anyway. pictures5.chainityai.com/elon-musk-ca...

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For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13. For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26. Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency. It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.

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Musk and his apparatchiks think they created a clever inside joke that "NPCs" would never figure out. Decide for yourself.

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“…the safety and rationality of modern society…has allowed anti-vaccination beliefs to flourish…Modern antivaxers…indulge their stupidity in ignorance of real suffering; their good health guaranteed by the “herd immunity” provided by the mass of sensible citizens who do get vaccinated.”

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Nixon was a sweetheart compared to Trump and this is what happened to peaceful protestors in 1970. Nixon had called student protesters “bums.” The National Guard killed 4 students and wounded 9 more. Two more were killed and 12 injured at Jackson State less than 2 weeks later.

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Well, what took him so long?

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San Francisco

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My latest article explores how Russia’s decades-long information warfare has destabilized American democracy, paving the way for Trump’s return to power.

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How many children will die from eating tainted meat and unpasteurized milk? This is what we get with a science denier like RFKJr.

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No wonder nobody can figure out a way to stop him. Maybe he is one of the “vampires” he says are collecting social security.

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Olson is a former Taxpayer Advocate for the IRS. She knows what she is talking about.

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I second that emotion.

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“The more excited people are about LLMs, the more I wonder how carefully they have examined the output.” Amen.

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Y'all know what to do.

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open.substack.com/pub/brentgia...

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Not only that, but does this mean we can replace overpaid billionaires’ opinions with high school students being paid minimum wage? Mmmmm…

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Thank you to this courageous employee. Unfortunately, there was little else he could do.

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The CFPB has: -Returned $20B to victims of financial fraud -Cracked down on junk fees -Fought against politically-motivated debanking -Protected veterans from predatory lenders -Protected consumers' data from corporate abuse Oligarchs want to reverse all of this.

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This is how fascism begins.

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Obviously, fascism arrives as your friend. How else would it arrive? What I did not anticipate…was the sense of paralysis that would settle when fascism finally put its fancy dress on.

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