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Third time's the charm.

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It's about "turning the Presidio into a 'Freedom City' modeled after Shenzhen in China ... founded in 1980 as a 'Special Economic Zone' with the autonomy to set its own rules — specifically, minimal regulations on business..." sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...

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"Joy Higgins was stunned by a letter she received a few weeks after her 41-year-old daughter, Kristin, died last May. ... [Any money Kristin had] would have to be remitted to the state to help repay Medicaid $4,263,148.67. Her family had 30 days to respond." kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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Anybody ever hear of Tyler Fischer? Well, here's his 15 minutes, in which he goes nuts over Delta's "obsession" with sexual orientation, when it sounds like he lost his 💩 over a flight attendant's pin (rainbow, maybe?). So, if you must fly, choose Delta: www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2025/02/22/c...

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Hello, this is your Daily Dose of Schadenfreude:

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So, this $5,000 check Leon wants to cut every American? I'm poor as hell, and right now my wife and I subsist on my very modest Social Security check, which I'll probably never see again. And you know what? Musk can stick his $5,000 right up his ass.

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Hey so they’re deporting people who legally came here to study.

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Yeah, Amtrak from now on: "Among those fired were 'multiple lawyers whose job was to help prevent pilots with drug and alcohol problems from getting in the cockpit'..." www.jalopnik.com/1796503/elon...

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Oh, look! An 18-year-old has been sucked into the Deep State conspiracy theory:

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What an obedient little puppy killer: "I want the first ad, I want you to thank me. I want you to thank me for closing the border." "I said, 'Yes, sir, I will thank you for closing the border.' So if you notice, in that ad, we thanked him for closing the border."

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WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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He's a Republican who thinks Putin should be imprisoned or even executed, but he voted to confirm Hegseth, who has "surprised" and "puzzled" him wrt Ukraine. Are all the Rs this confused? www.mississippifreepress.org/putin-should...

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www.theverge.com/news/617014/...

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Wearing a “I’m not procrastinating I’m doing side quests” t shirt from Temu and wielding a chainsaw while your child’s mother is publicly begging you to care just a little about your child’s life is…telling

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Oh, I'm sure his party will just legalize this sort of brutality soon enough, all in the name of keeping those naughty little ladies in their place:

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#StandUpForScience, March 7: www.science.org/content/arti...

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www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/b...

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Gosh. www.investors.com/news/unitedh...

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Well, turns out there’s another layer to his dubious background. According to independent journalist Jacob Silverman, Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov, a former KGB spy. Per Silverman’s research, Martynov was an officer in the technical espionage division… gizmodo.com/doge-staffer...

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I've been saying we'll end up going back to passing out pamphlets in the village. But seriously, nifty idea:

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REMEMBER: Next Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can do this. I'm IN, are you? 👋💙

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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You and I will see tragedy. They will see their plan working: "... so many Americans died from [COVID] that the nation’s Social Security trust fund will see a net increase of hundreds of billions of dollars as a result of retirement benefits that will not be paid out." fortune.com/2025/02/19/a...

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GOOD: "During the week of February 10, foot traffic to Target dropped 3.9% and 1.4% to Walmart. Foot traffic to Costco, which has stood by its #DEI policies, increased 4.6%." Meanwhile, play all sides, get hit from all sides: www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/b...

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Elon Musk is apparently dodging Grimes' calls during a medical emergency of one of their kids. He's such trash.

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Via LinkedIn, #Walmart CEO tries to polish a turd:

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Received this in my email a few minutes ago. Bastards have a sick sense of humor. "Putting you in control..."

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"Oh, honey, don't cry! We took Sparky to a nice, big farm, where he's playing with other animals out in the sunshine all day. He's so happy...! "What, sweetheart? Well, no we can't visit him... No, never. "'Why?' Well, baby, um..."

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www.mediaite.com/online/elon-...

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You already knew this was coming. But hey, it's long past the time we all went paperless anyway. Save some trees while you tell him to stick it. As for packages? Unless he outlaws them, there's still UPS and FedEx.

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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I guess "полезный идиот" was already taken:

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Crazy? Sure. But when you stop and think about it, this kook's fears aren't that far from what the Leons of this world, and all their little incel drones, think and fear about women, and why, if they can't subjugate us, will kill us:

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Definitely stronger this morning, this feeling that something's about to break: 'We're Pissed!': Angry Constituents Confront DOGE-Backing GOP Rep At Chaotic Town Hall www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

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Keep it up, friends. Starve the beast:

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"Elon Musk destroyed 19 years of my career, it’s gone. He put a label on us. We’ve been labeled the fraud, the waste and the bloat of the government. They have effectively destroyed our careers." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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