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Doppelganger75

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New Zealand born, AZ resident, trying to keep the fascists at bay. I've served in the U.S. Army, built a wireless ISP, been a Nashville songwriter & an amateur SCCA road racer. Now a cat whisperer & old car geek. Current project: 1973 AMC Javelin to add to my '72 Javelin (pictured) & '70 Opel GT that I've owned for 50 years.

Trumpers need not apply.

Avatar features Paisley, our sweet and beautiful pointer/dalmatian mix.

#classiccars #aviation #ettd #DanFan #BoycottMusk #ArrestBillBarr

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GottaLaff , to random
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We need to do this in the US.

“Tens of thousands of demonstrators crowded onto French streets on Saturday to denounce the rise of the country’s far-right political party and call on fellow citizens to block it from taking power in snap parliamentary elections set by President Emmanuel Macron.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/world/europe/france-protests-far-right.html?smid=threads-nytimes

Doppelganger75 ,
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@GottaLaff Absolutely!

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“The Republican Senate candidate addressed supporters with a Confederate flag displayed behind her during a campaign event at a merchandise store in Arizona last week, where she repeated false claims about election fraud.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/07/kari-lake-confederate-flag?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Doppelganger75 ,
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@GottaLaff What if I left the country and came back in ten years? Do you think these MAGA grifters will still hold sway over a significant portion of the American population?

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Update on my dad...

For background, my mid 70's parents drove from ATL to Michigan on Thursday to attend my neice's high school graduation. Friday morning, my dad wasn't feeling well and he kept feeling worse. After convincing himself that it wasn't just indigestion, he went to a local hospital ER. While there, he started developing intense pain in his chest. The ER docs hooked him up to an EKG and ran an enzyme test to see if he had a heart attack. They came back clean. But the pain was worsening. The doc administered some morphine, which apparently did nothing. They hooked him back up to the EKG and monitored him for a bit. While monitoring him, he had a heart attack.

The docs rushed him into surgery where he needed 3 stents to open up an artery that was 99% blocked.

He was moved out of ICU into a regular bed today and expects to be discharged tomorrow. He has to wear a defibrillator vest for the next 3 months, while he is assessed for futher treatments. My dad describes the vest as a "bra with metal pop-tarts all the way around his chest". I had a chance to talk to him today and he says that he feels better than he has in many years, other than the pop tart bra.

The doctor told him that the only real reason he was able to survive was that it happened while he was in the hospital. Apparently this sort of heart attack is not one that people commonly survive otherwise.

I am immensely grateful to the doctors, nurses, scientists, janitors, clerical staff, and so on, that gave me and my family the incredible gift of more time with my dad.

Doppelganger75 ,
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@jerry If your dad was in a Defined Benefit Pension Plan it should have been covered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (PBGC), which guarantees pension benefits much like the FDIC guarantees bank deposits. They don't cover profit sharing plans, however. Just thought I'd mention it in case nobody ever followed through to see if his benefit was covered.

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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#BREAKING 💥🔥 #WOMPWOMP #WOMPAGE

TO REPEAT, #TrumpTrial

#TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS!!!!!!!!

Doppelganger75 ,
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@GottaLaff I ❤ NY!

augieray , to random
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The response... 😂

Doppelganger75 ,
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@augieray My neighbor-- one of the last in the U.S. to contract polio before the polio vaccine became available-- has spent his life in a wheelchair and would like to have a word with him.

GottaLaff , to random
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Huh. Imagine that.

👀
IRS Audit of #Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million

The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower. https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-audit-chicago-hotel-taxes

Doppelganger75 ,
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@GottaLaff So new criminal charges pending, or does he just get to pay another $1,000 fine?

Doppelganger75 ,
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@Npars01 @GottaLaff I've never been one to condone violence, but this is the sort of stuff that gives rise to terrorist groups that target wealthy industrialists, such as the French "Direct Action" group that killed the President of Renault in the 1980s.

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🇨🇦For those interested, finally, Part 3 of my series is done. Parts 1, 2 are linked in Part 3 but just in case, I'm linking here too.

This is for anyone interested in why, how we managed to get permanent residency.

Everyone else, ignore, although you may find it interesting regardless.

Part 3: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/05/im-moving-to-canada-part-3-its-happening.html

Part 1: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/01/im-moving-to-canada.html

Part 2: https://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2024/01/im-moving-to-canada-part-two-how.html

Doppelganger75 ,
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@GottaLaff Interesting to read the steps required. I was born in New Zealand so could return any time-- my sister already returned when Trump got elected--but after 64 years in the States it's not in my plans. If NZ were as close as Canada, we might be there already, but family, pets, real estate holdings etc really complicate things, and at 69 years of age, big changes aren't as appealing as they once were. Instead, I'll be keeping the motorhome is ready in case we have to escape to the north!

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Via Kyle Griffin:

GOP Rep. Mike Turner, chair of the House Intel Committee, tells CNN that Russian propaganda has taken hold among some of his #Republican colleagues.

"We see directly coming from #Russia ... communications that are anti-#Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor."

Doppelganger75 ,
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@Npars01 @GottaLaff Gee, what a surprise. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/03/trump-media-es-family-trust-2022-loans

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Via Matthew Gertz:

Johnson called into Fox from a secured location within the Capitol complex he refused to disclose after rioters stormed the building on #Jan6. https://mediamatters.org/fox-news/flashback-would-be-speaker-mike-johnsons-fox-interview-trumps-mob-stormed-capitol

Aaron Rupar:

#MikeJohnson describes January 6 insurrectionists as "people who were just there and happened to be walking through the building"

Doppelganger75 ,
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@GottaLaff Here are some of Mike's "tourists" in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEEEMB0c5So

GottaLaff , to random
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JHC!

“ disseminated image of Pres with his hands and feet tied... The image can be seen about halfway through a 20-second video that Trump posted on Truth Social .. In vid, 2 trucks decorated w giant Trump flags & altered American flags are driving on a highway. On tailgate door of 1 truck is image of Biden bound & lying horizontally”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/29/donald-trump-joe-biden-bound-and-gagged/

Doppelganger75 ,
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@GottaLaff Why is this a****le not in jail?

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1/... Via Lawfare:

JUST IN: #Trump's defense team sent a premotion letter to Justice Merchan clarifying the express terms of the #GagOrder, saying that contrary to the People's suggestion, "the Court cannot 'direct' Pres Trump to do something that the gag order does not require." #legal

IOW: Trump's lawyers now argue that not only is Judge Merchan's daughter NOT covered by the gag order, but also that she SHOULD NOT be covered.

‘The express terms of the gag order do not apply in the manner claimed by the People, which they seem to acknowledge by suggesting the need to “avoid any doubt.” That the gag order has been publicly interpreted in the way that Pres Trump reads it further supports defense position on order’s meaning." As a result, there was nothing “contumacious” about soc media posts cited in footnote ofPeople’s pre-motion letter, & no “warning]” would be approp. That s partic true i light of fact defense obj to vagueness of proposed gag order in opp to People’s motion. ..Court cannot “direct” Pres Trump to do sthg that gag order does not require. To “clarify or confirm” meaning of order in way People sugg would be to expand it. No expansion is approp on basis of 1-pg letter citing only 2cases, &where P Trump’s response been restricted to sgl page required 10 be submitted the following day while PTrump & defense counsel are preparing for trial. Given sensitvities assoc w prior restraints, if Court wishes to consider such an expansion, complete opp for full adversarial briefing s necessary. Such bricfing would address, constitutional problems attendant with any additional improper restrictions on protected campaign speech—which would implicate First Amendment rights that belong to not only President Trump but also the public, see Def. Opp'n 7- 1—where the family member referenced in the pre-motion letter is actively supporting adversarial campaign speech by Pres Trump's political opponents
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    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff Lock the SOB up!

    auschwitzmuseum , to random
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    24 March 1930 | Dutch Jewish girl, Louise van den Berg, was born in Bandung (then Dutch East Indies, today Indonesia). She moved to the Hague.

    She was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in December 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @auschwitzmuseum

    GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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    Lev Parnas's testimony was devastating. I'd link you, but it's on Twitter. 1/...

    Via Acyn:

    Lol the way Comer is so eager to end this exchange the moment he realized it has gone horribly wrong

    Comer: They’re here because they were partners with Hunter Biden. You could’ve invited partners but you invited this guy

    Raskin: Yeah, Donald ’s partner, Mr. Parnas!

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff 🤣 🤣 🤣

    GottaLaff , to random
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    👎🏻 #SCOTUS on Tues allowed #Texas to enforce a contentious new law that gives local police the power to arrest migrants.

    The conservative-majority court, with 3 liberal justices dissenting, rejected an emergency request by the Biden administration, which said states have no authority to legislate on immigration, an issue the federal government has sole authority over.” #legal

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-texas-enforce-immigration-law-rcna142971

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff The silver lining in this decision could be that those Texas Latinos who have been drifting to the right might have a change of heart when the Texas Rangers start rounding up their relatives.

    auschwitzmuseum , to random
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    17 February 1944 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Juliska Revesz, was born in Pecs.

    In July 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. She was 5 months old.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @auschwitzmuseum No words. It's hard to fathom how anyone could do this, though we all know such horrors continue even today.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    My fave Rep. ❤️

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    Rep. Jamie #Raskin is now calling on House Republicans to end their #Biden #impeachment inquiry following this indictment of the FBI informant at the center of the GOP's bribery allegations.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff Love Jamie! Glad to see him recovering from his chemo treatments. He's looking healthy again.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    "We are fourteen years into the implementation of Obamacare and somehow, we aren’t facing a nationwide shortage of burial space to store all the bodies from the death panel’s reign of terror.

    You remember the death panels, don’t you? …

    The right-wing fearmongering doesn’t just go to ten, it goes all the way to ten thousand, every time.

    This is not new and not just some Trump-era thing."

    ~ Oliver Willis

    https://www.oliverexplains.com/p/obamas-miserable-failure-fourteen

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @wdlindsy Gee, you mean she wasn't being truthful? What a surprise.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Whoa.

    "GOP Rep. Matt Rosendale is dropping his Senate bid less than a week after he officially launched it

    The shocking reversal from the conservative congressman is a boon to national Republicans, who are backing veteran Tim Sheehy and are eager to avoid a damaging primary. His decision comes after Trump endorsed Sheehy." https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/15/rosendale-drops-montana-senate-bid-00141812

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff "Nice farm you have there, Matt. Be a shame if something happened to it."

    GottaLaff , to random
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    People, please stop telling me how to write my threads.

    I number each toot and hashtag the first one and occasionally subsequent ones. All you have to do is click on a toot to see which thread it is.

    The reporters also name the judge and lawyers in each toot, so how hard is that to figure out?

    If you can’t follow my simultaneous threads, and think you can do better, try writing your own. Let me know how that works out.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff I go to your page every morning to see what's happening with the Trump trials, so just know that there are plenty of people like me who appreciate all you're doing.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Olivia Nuzzi:

    Seems like the Turner statement was designed to induce panic.

    Mychael Schnell:

    Intel ranking member JIM HIMES just told me “people should not panic, that is unequivocal” after this statement from Intel Chair Turner.

    “It’s something that the Congress and the administration does need to address in the medium to long run.”

    @Houselntel Statement from Chairman : “Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has made available to all Members of Congress information concerning a serious national security threat. “l am requesting that President Biden declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the Administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond to this threat.” - Chairman Mike Turner
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    @GottaLaff Yep, I'm with Olivia. I wouldn't trust any House Republican as far as I could throw them. I smell a political stunt.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff @emptywheel 🤣 🤣 🤣

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️Via Kyle Griffin:

    Breaking: House essentially kills the Senate's national security supplemental.

    Johnson says he won't bring the bill up for a vote. Instead, the will work on its own legislation.

    That means no aid to , , , and for now.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff Gee, what a surprise. The only real question here is why the Senate wasted their time knowing this would happen.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff FSB Special Agent Trump delivers again!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Senate advances Ukraine and Israel aid after GOP blocked larger border bill
    It's still unclear if the aid package can pass Congress. The Senate will need to take additional votes and House Republicans have not committed to voting on it themselves. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-expected-vote-ukraine-israel-aid-gop-blocked-border-bill-rcna137861

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff But it will be DOA in the House, right?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    GOP Fascists swarming like the malignant trolls they are.

    Via Scott MacFarlane:

    There are now 68 co-sponsors to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) resolution to express sense of the US House that " did not engage in or rebellion against the United States"

    Here they are:

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/1001/cosponsors?s=1&r=26&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22congressId%3A118+AND+billStatus%3A%5C%22Introduced%5C%22%22%7D

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff Traitors of the world, Unite!

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @gofish @GottaLaff Welcome to the club. I came to the same conclusion about 25-30 years ago when Newt Gingrich and other Republican weasels were pulling their BS tactics on Bill Clinton. I don't think I've voted for a Republican since.

    auschwitzmuseum , to random
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    7 February 1907 | A Polish Jew, Abraham Siegman, was born in Trzebinia.

    In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941.
    No. 24347
    He perished in the camp on 7 March 1942.

    #Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd #Poland #Trzebinia #prisoner

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @auschwitzmuseum

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Putin is smiling.

    “Senate Republicans, under heavy pressure from , will block a procedural motion to begin debate on a bipartisan border security deal this week, leaving funding for the war in in limbo for the foreseeable future.”

    https://trib.al/0hgKl7i

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff Laughing his ass off is more like it.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🤣Via Aaron Rupar:

    : "The Repub incumbent, Donald , did not get 43% of the vote in New Hampshire. That's a prob. He's not winning any additional people. He's not winning independents, he's not winning suburban women... he's not talking about anything but himself

    Trump spent $50m of his campaign $ against him. Think about that. That's why he's not on TV in S Carolina. That's why he's not doing rallies is bc he's using all the money to pay for his legal fees. That's the story."

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff Not a problem as far as I'm concerned, lol. 🤞

    auschwitzmuseum , to random
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    3 February 1942 | A French Jewish girl, Marcelle Pizanti, was born in Vichy.

    In June 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz together with her parents Jacob and Alice. None of them survived.

    #Auschwitz #Birkenau #Holocaust #Shoah #Jews #history #Germany #otd #France #Vichy #baby #children

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @auschwitzmuseum Never forget. 💔

    GottaLaff , to random
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    May he go broke trying...

    Via MeidasTouch:

    Donald fired off a late night post in which he said he is "interviewing various law firms" to represent him in his appeal of the verdict, leaving many to wonder if Alina 's time on the case is over.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff I predict that she'll be thrown under the bus and his claim on appeal will be that she poorly represented him.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    "Fox News is scared as hell of Taylor Swift endorsing Joe Biden. After it was reported that Biden was actively seeking Swift’s endorsement, Fox News stars have been pleading with the megastar to 'stay out of politics' and 'stick to singing.'”

    ~ Justin Baragona

    Two words: Young voters.

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-is-scared-as-hell-of-taylor-swift-endorsing-joe-biden

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @wdlindsy I don't think Biden's stance on Gaza is helping him with young voters though.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    Guess who's spurring on the Neo-Confederate lunacy of Greg Abbott and other Republican governors? As Mark Sumner reports, Putin's chief deputy Dmitry Medvedev has tweeted, “Establishing a People's Republic of Texas is getting more and more real."


    /1

    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/30/2220407/-Texas-is-threatening-civil-war-So-why-isn-t-it-a-bigger-story

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @wdlindsy Maybe because we're hoping they'll leave?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🤦🏻‍♀️😂

    Via Matt Campbell @bluehogreport:

    This is the funniest thing I’ll read all day.

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff @bluehogreport Nice! We could actually balance the budget overnight!

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff @bluehogreport I'm thinking we should take a vote to see whether we should allow Texas the privilege of staying in the Union.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    #WompWomp

    👀”Chair of #Arizona GOP Party will resign on Wed after leaked audio appeared to show him attempting to pay #KariLake not to run for office in 2024.

    Jeff DeWit said audio was “selectively edited”…chose to resign because he was threatened by members of Lake’s team that more tapes would be released if he did not step down”

    https://trib.al/0puaSnp

    Doppelganger75 ,
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    @GottaLaff No honor among thieves.

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    We are in the middle of the second-largest COVID surge of the pandemic. This decision is not based on science, it’s based on worker exploitation.

    https://ktla.com/news/california/california-health-officials-announce-shorter-covid-isolation-guidelines/amp/

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    @luckytran This is a joke, right?

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