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Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

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I’d settle for a person who’d champion universal basic income as “negative-taxes” and enjoy the cognitive dissonance of the right.

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Musk posited that empathy is a net-deficit for remaining the richest nation on earth, ever. Empathy is a sin in the church of capitalism, (now). “How would I feel…?” is beyond the capabilities of the people who cannot express why other people’s’ freedom irks them so!

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MAGA loves this. Because, of course they do, otherwise admit they’ve backed a huckster and got took…and THAT ain’t gonna happen anytime soon.

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Less “due process” and more “do-process” (aka window dressing).

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Would it be considered “unethical” for psychologists to give kickbacks to President Trump?

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Just about time for the Friday night news dump!

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👇👇👇👇

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Thus endeth the Before Times

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Who has Foster Brooks as the Secretary of Defense, on their bingo cards?

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I’m split, will it be more like: Citizen Kane II Or Godfather 4: Fredo’s Revenge ?

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Let’s set up a pool for the date when the first serious (let’s say a Senator) suggestion to maybe Repeal the 22nd Amendment. I’m optimistic, 1 June, 2025

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Hegseth: Australia is in Asia

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“What liquors will be in the bar in your office?”

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The GOP of the 2020s isn’t conservative, it’s right-wing populist.

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