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I remember Watergate. I was just a kid, but...I was a news freak even then. I watched Cronkite every night with my parents. Compared to this...the '70s weren't jack sh*t; I have very fond memories of life in America then. 2025 is equal to winning a sack full of assholes and a poke in the eye.

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Scary things that you may have recently read headlines about that it turned out you didn’t have to worry about include: microplastics in your brain, black plastic spatulas, intermittent fasting, and plant based meat alternatives. Also, no, you do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a month.

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Coolest Subaru I have ever seen

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"The proposal....says it would target 'criminal illegal aliens' and would attempt to avoid legal challenges by designating part of the prison — which has drawn accusations of violence and overcrowding from human rights groups — AS AN AMERICAN TERRITORY." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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This right here 🔥 “If there was market manipulation, it is a crime. Someone needs to go to jail… I want the documents. I want the Signal chats too, because I don’t trust them — that they weren’t sharing all this information across their Signal chats.” – @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social

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Last month, wearing a Chicago Bulls hat triggered a man's wrongful deportation. It wasn't an anomaly. How DHS is using Bulls and Michael Jordan paraphernalia — including tattoos, clothing and Jordan brand shoes — as evidence for deportation warrants:

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More lost American business; more lost American jobs.

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This part

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Are you jumping to buy stuff if you know prices will jump tomorrow? Or you hold on to the cash on hand? 👇

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The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.

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Been thinking of old Letterman clips for some reason.

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The Trump regime is working to deter dissent. Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list. This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts. It's straight out of the fascist playbook.

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WATCH: “Bo, you made your own caucus members cry. Proud of yourself?” Kanew asks @SenBoWatson about his ugly bill to keep undocumented kids out of schools. (+ @VoteDawn @janicebowlingtn @SenJohnson) As @ltgovmcnally bans us from a presser again & a sergeant-at-arms gets handsy

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That musing of current regime of sending Americans citizens to the foreign prisons is the real threat. Negotiated long term land lease in rough/ poor country for prisons will be nightmare came true.

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Trump and his White House have publicly mused about sending Americans to El Salvador. Those conversations are happening behind the scenes, too, sources say — and revolve around plans to denaturalize U.S. citizens.

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And if you lately got an influx of weird emails, here's the source. Also those email addresses will fetch a pretty penny on the black market.

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Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.

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RFK Jr is a nutjob, wacko conspiracy theorist. Everyone knows that. The fact that he’s in such a position of power is absolutely outrageous.

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Every time I read about these law firms caving I think about the sporting goods store owner in the Sopranos who got in hock to Tony and how Tony’s crew ended up cleaning out his store and bankrupting him …. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_Out

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Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

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When Trump changed sides in Russia’s war against Ukraine, Republicans acted as if nothing had changed. It takes a special talent to betray an entire worldview without missing a beat:

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They took a gamble and going to lose. Government is not an insurance policy and they will be asking for government handouts. Maybe farmers need to pray harder?

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Sure. Tell Grandma to just head on over to X to sign up for her benefits.

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Warren Buffett, "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.

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The President of the United States engaged in insider trading, and laughed about it. He is not exempt from the law. Where the fuck is Congress?

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This is in a little town about 10 miles from me. I had to stop and take a picture. It’s symbolic of what is happening to democracy right before our eyes.

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Since ARKANSAS Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders is who came to help push Gov. Lee’s voucher scam — let’s see how things are going with their program… 🤔 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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Do I have to purchase a Twitter premium checkmark and buy a Tesla to receive the social security I paid into?

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I will repeat this My mother had polio when she was just a teen. She spent 1& 1/2 yrs in an iron lung. She survived & lived till she was 73. My ancestors were killed with smallpox & my generation was the last to get the vax. Stop being idiots & vax your kids. www.propublica.org/article/whoo...

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WHAT DO THESE GENIUSES THINK WILL HAPPEN TO MANUFACTURING JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY IF THERE IS A RECESSION !?!?!?!?!?!!?

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