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Raging centrist who is appalled by what our nation has become.
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old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

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Trump has long been a serial abuser and gaslighter, but even for him, claims that he couldn't solve the Russia-Ukraine War because of Zelenskyy, that Zelenskyy (unlike Putin) opposes peace, and that Ukraine opposes peace because the US supports it so _ardently_—when Trump has abandoned it—are vile.

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CRASH 📉📉📉 The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow model now estimates U.S. real GDP growth for Q1 at -2.8%, down even further from last week’s forecast of -1.5%. Just a month ago, the estimate was about +4%.

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Good morning to everyone who understands the assignment.

submitted 10 hours ago • 79 comments

And u make me sick!

submitted 11 hours ago • 245 comments

Welcome to Trump’s America - where rapist sex traffickers are welcomed in, and allied war heroes are kicked out.

submitted 5 hours ago • 116 comments

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We are firing Rangers at National Parks, scientists & aid workers that treat/prevent/research disease and feed the poor, & disabled vets helping fellow vets at VA hospitals, but the good news is we are going to buy a shit ton of crypto so Trump & his friends can make billions.

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Dear Humans, Your great-grandparents prayed for a cure for measles. You have it—and yet some of you want to 'research' your way back to the 1800s.

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This.

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Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

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Cartoon by David Sipress.

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⚡️Canada imposes new sanctions against Russia. Canada introduced new sanctions on March 2 against 10 Russian individuals and 21 entities. The sanctions target military leaders, post-Wagner paramilitary groups, and affiliated organizations involved in resource extraction.

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Somehow, in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the first country to surrender was America.

submitted 21 hours ago • 84 comments

A peace proposal for Ukraine: 1. Russia and North Korea completely withdraw from all Ukrainian territory 2. Ukraine will not give one inch of its soil to Russia 3. Russia will release all prisoners and kidnapped individuals 4. Russia will pay 100% of Ukraine's reconstruction

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Democrats hold the line. Do NOT agree to fund DOGE.

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New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.

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Governor Josh Shapiro: He has demonstrated nothing but weakness when it comes to national security over the course of his first month in office.

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Musk plans to fire 7,000 Social Security Administration employees while calling Social Security “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” However, Americans have paid into the system their entire working lives!

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Much respect to Trudeau and Canada.

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