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"A Republic if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin
Democracy is hard work, pounding the pavement knocking on doors hard. It's called grassroots participation, Join Me

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After a long morning of loading the POD, stuffing the car, cleaning, scrubbing, double-checking, all on very little sleep… we’re off! here we come.

loves these long road trips.

First night: Sacramento-ish.

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Holy shit!! This is it ?!?!?!
Great life ahead, enjoy a beautiful city.... I'm jealous 😃

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff @oclsc

Straight up the 5...

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Worth emphasizing this, because most news outlets did not:

“Rep. Matt #Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Thursday ominously invoked Donald #Trump’s call to far-right violent extremists while joining the former president at his criminal trial in New York.

“Standing back and standing by, Mr. President,” Gaetz wrote on social media, along with a photo of himself positioned behind Trump at his trial.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/matt-gaetz-stand-back-stand-by-proud-boys_n_66462d52e4b0dd63cd2ba653 https://uk.news.yahoo.com/stand-back-stand-matt-gaetz-174110101.html

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But then we miss Rep Jasmine Crockett utterly destroy MTG with an alliteration for the ages.

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Off to get my COVID shot. It's been months, so here we go.

Open House today too. Busy busy.

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FYI. There were no northern lights here in Vancouver last night. We walked down to the water to get a better look after 10 pm, NOTHING! There were a lot of people out looking too... disappointed 🤨

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Last night our real estate agent (also a friend, lives across the street) gave me THE most delicious mini-cake for Mother's Day.

I mean, deeeee-lish.

She also happens to be a top notch agent, so there's that.

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Fun fact: we're in Vancouver for our 50th anniversary. I want to stay!! It's the most beautiful city we've traveled to.

There's a big protest outside the hotel (Hyatt Regency)., Service employees, they're seeking higher pay. 💪
So, cool

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Word to the wise: Never look at your new passport photo.

You're welcome.

rainefish11 ,
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Ahhhhhh, I looked !! 😝
I never learn

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😱
Via Anna Bower:

Wait so you’re telling me the epicenter of the New York City earthquake was…#Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster??

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@GottaLaff @n1xnx

There's a big LIV tourney at his Doral CC this weekend. If there's an earthquake there....
Then there is a God

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shakes U.S. East Coast
The U.S. Geological Survey initially measured the earthquake at a 4.8 magnitude.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/earthquake-shakes-us-east-coast-rcna146575?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=66100cedab64640001762917

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4.8 is pretty decent. I don't like 4s. 3s earthquakes are doable.

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller

I'm from San Diego, and we rarely experienced large earthquakes.
But lived in Anaheim (I can't believe I'm admitting that) for 35yrs, and that's where I learned to be impressed with 4s. The Northridge one took down the giant A in Angel stadium. We lived 2 miles from there 🏆 💪
I knew an earthquake was coming when the cat, in lightening speed, ran up the stairs and under a bed.

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff @Wileymiller

Shit.

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via Anna Bower:

JUST IN: Judge DENIES ’s motion to dismiss the classified case based on the presidential records act.

In the same order, Judge Cannon also denies the special counse ’s request for a prompt ruling on jury instructions prior to trial.

She calls the special counsel's request "unprecedented and unjust."🤦🏻‍♀️

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24531793-cannon-deny-pra-mtd

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
One step forward, 3 steps back

GottaLaff , to random
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Again, thanks for the good wishes but we’re not moving yet. As I’ve said ad nauseam, that’s coming in a couple of months or so. 🤭

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Moving is an extremely stressful experience. And we don't do it often enough to get "good at it," so to speak. Something good always comes up from the initial disappointments.
Believe me on this.💕💕

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👋🏼 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin has canceled a planned visit to Washington by a high-level delegation to protest Monday’s U.N. Security Council decision calling for an immediate cease-fire.

The resolution passed 14-0 after the U.S. decided not to use its veto power and instead abstained.

https://apnews.com/article/b7985fede65e5477aba2c8d2e62a6632

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@GottaLaff some good news. No great news!

GottaLaff , to random
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Reminder:

We’re still on the road, so I won’t be live-posting any Trump court proceedings today.

We arrive in Canada this afternoon, so yay!

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@GottaLaff 🤦‍♀️
Read.

GottaLaff , to random
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Personal update for those who are following my house saga:

Our twins and our agent saw the house. We FaceTimed from Oregon. 👎🏻 Big disappointment. We’ll explore more homes when we get to BC. Not expecting to buy anything this trip.

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Start manifesting. It might work

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Oh, sorry. I guess I thought it was common knowledge. 🤣🤣 I'm cracking myself up.
My sister does some journaling manifesting some shit. I'm sorry, I don't listen to her. I think, blah, blah, blah, it really does work. ??

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Kate Middleton reveals she has cancer: Princess says she is undergoing chemotherapy and ‘getting stronger every day’

https://trib.al/vAewyqA

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This is so sad. Cancer Sucks!

GottaLaff , to random
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Why yes, I am already packed, and yes, we did already walk Hammy.

I'm bursting out of my skin.

This could be a huge deal and an unusually lucky break on finding a house... or a total bust.🇨🇦

Let's concentrate on the lucky break part. We WILL make this happen, and the house WILL be as good as it seems in photos.

We'll know Saturday night. I'll post Sunday.

Til then, I'll post from the car when connection's poss. & from hotels.

I'M SO EXCITED.

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
God, I am so nervous. I can't wait for an update....

GottaLaff , to random
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Sorry if I'm not replying. Busy!

We may put offer on a house in Canada that we have yet to see except in photos & vid.

Our kids are up there to see it Sat. when it lists for real, getting lots of interest, it will sell & we still need to drive up, which takes 3 days (we don't fly w Hammy), so we gotta move FAST.

Ack! No pressure, right?

FYI: Finding a house in Port Moody is needle/haystack, so it's crunch time. Our agent =🥇

No, we haven't sold ours yet.

We leave TOMORROW!

rainefish11 ,
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GOOD LUCK!! 😘

GottaLaff , (edited ) to random
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#WompWomp #BillionaireMyAss 1/…

#Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say

In a filing to an appeals court, Trump's attorneys said getting the bond needed to halt proceedings while they appeal is a "practical impossibility." #legal https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-unable-get-bond-464-million-judgment-lawyers-say-rcna143860

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His rust bucket of a plane second! GOLF CLUBS 3rd. It drives me nuts that that treasonous ass is out enjoying the sunshine.

GottaLaff , to random
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I'm seeing a lot of "Maybe it's time to move" replies in my feed.

If you're serious, here's what it took to move to Canada/get permanent residency:

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

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

I'll write a 3rd follow-up once we're there. These 2 posts seemed to have helped a lot of people, so I hope they help you too.

It's not easy, it's complicated, but even at our age, we achieved our goal.

ADDED: Please read before commenting. This keeps happening.

YES, I can vote US.

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@GottaLaff
Wow! Congrats on seeing your dream materialized. Especially after all those hoops you jumped thru. BC and especially Vancouver, is one of, no, it is the #1 favorite place we've loved the memories of, after 20+ years. Beautiful.

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Wow, upon further thought processing, we have to make another trip! Soon. Crazy that's it been 20yrs.

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Via Lisa Rubin: 1/...

According to Ashleigh Merchant GA Senate testimony today, Terrence Bradley --a lawyer she knew previously -- 1st approached her w his story of a relationship between and Nathan Wade dating back to a judicial conference

She also testified that Bradley told her to seek out Willis's "bestie," a woman he later ID'd by her photo. She is Robin Yeartie, the other witness offered by the defense to prove the origins and scope of the relationship.

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It's looks like an episode of "Night Court"

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NBC News projects: Joe the wins Democratic Primary.

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
They should just run the board. Everybody can go home.

GottaLaff , to random
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Time to walk Hammy.

See you if news breaks.

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff count on it 😎

GottaLaff , to random
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I'm getting offline early.

Long day, right?

If news breaks, I'll post it.

(And to those of you who see me reply later and say, "I thought you got offline"... I reply if I see a post, even after I get offline. Offline just means I'm not actively looking for news or convos)

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@GottaLaff 🤦‍♀️

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BREAKING: Supreme Court won't order a new congressional map for the 2024 election, declining a request to reopen a previous case challenging the districts. Liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz did not take part in deciding the case. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/wisconsin-redistricting-challenge-will/

rainefish11 ,
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WAIT! FUCK! She's the one we were excited about, right? She was going help to make changes
🤬

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Luciferian
@luciferian @turturea.online who posted:

@GottaLaff The decline of American justice system...
Boy, the land of the free really fell into a tyrany while all the "liberals" cheer and clap.
I think Biden's dementia is more viral than Covid could ever be.

Thank you for playing !

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff @PandaChronicle
Ooo, a pick. I'll ck it out.

rainefish11 ,
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Oh ya... sheesh. Found him 🚫

(No wonder why the hashtag highlight didn't... highlight)

rainefish11 ,
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😃
Autocorrect had it:
I'm surprised I noticed before I sent.

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🎯

Via Aaron Rupar:

pushes back as Welker tries to grill him about if he'll hop in the race this year: "It's not even an interesting conversation. By the way, I think it's a damning conversation frankly the other side wants us to have."

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Excellent answer! He stopped the discussions of a second candidate, for now anyway

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🔥 1/...

via Pagliery!

Breaking news, first
@thedailybeast

Donald Trump has been hit with a massive one-two punch in his bank fraud case.

He owes $372 million for lying—and he can't borrow money from any New York bank, frustrating his ability to appeal the judgment.

rainefish11 ,
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@KimberlyN @CassandraZeroCovid @GottaLaff
I can not understand people's reactions to Real(ism) facts. This is what "we've " been looking for. Justice, in this case, has been done!
CONGRATULATIONS, Leticia James 🥂

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@GottaLaff
🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️

GottaLaff , to random
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I'm suddenly getting phishing emails claiming to be from PayPal. (That go directly to Spam, yes)

Is this a new effort or something that you've seen for awhile?

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Thank God it's not just me. Maybe for a month now. I had to send to phishing

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Dipping into the #FaniWillis mess.

Via Hallerman:

Lots of stops and starts as Merchant asks Bradley about information in a text exchange between the two of them. Lots he doesn't recall. Lots of pauses as Merchant tracks down messages

DA's team is objecting. These exchanges are two lawyers gossiping about information, she said.

As lawyers are duking things out, Merchant is digging up texts with Bradley on her iPhone and showing screen to prosecutor as she prepares to bring it up

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
I HATE THIS! SO MUCH!!
All due to some sleaze they paid to dig up anything.

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UPDATED.

👀 " Homeland Sec Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) won’t seek re-election"

Oh this is rich. Hey Green, GUESS WHO CALLS THE SHOTS IN THE HOUSE! Trump!

"There's also just the frustration of trying to get something done here..
This place is so broken & making a diff here is just you know, just it feels like a lot of a lot of something for nothing."

Green not ruling out a future bid for higher office, but is currently working to get Trump elected in November."

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/14/mark-green-retire-congress-mayorkas-impeachment

rainefish11 ,
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@GottaLaff
Never mind, he voted to impeach Mayorkas. Never mind that.

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Update :

will support GOP Chair Michael Whatley to succeed Ronna McDaniel as the leader of the …

In addition to the Whatley nod, Trump will also support Lara Trump, the former president’s daughter-in-law, to serve as the RNC’s co-chairwoman.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/12/trump-republican-national-committee-chair-whatley-00141061

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@GottaLaff @Ardubal @tdwllms1
NEVER.

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President on the special counsel's report: "There's even a reference that I don't remember when my son died. How in the hell dare he raise that."

"I don't need anyone to remind me when he passed away."

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@GottaLaff

Goddamn that man to hell, I'm still PISSED!!
The look on that poor man's face was tragic and heartbreaking. 💔

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I'm done with this day.

If news breaks (and I hope it doesn't... and if it does, it better be good news), I'll post it. 👋🏼

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@GottaLaff
😇

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Via Bradley Moss:

The commentary about #Biden's memory was legally irrelevant and the very kind of extraneous commentary that got Comey fired in 2017.

Jacqui Heinrich:

Biden's lawyers wrote to Hur asking that he revise descriptions of the President's memory - notable given voter concerns about his mental capacity.

Your treatment of President Biden stands in marked contrast to the lack of pejorative comments about other individuals. It is also in contrast to your own description of the President’s responses on other subjects as “clear forceful testimony™ that would be “compelling™ to ajury. /d at233. Not only do you treat the President differently from other witnesses when discussing his limited recall of certain years-ago events. but you also do so on occasions in prejudicial and inflammatory terms. You refer to President Biden’s memory on at least nine occasions—a number that is itself gratuitous. But. even among those nine instances, your report varies. It is one thing to observe President Biden's memory as being “significantly limited” on certain subjects. /d. at 5. It is quite another to use the more sweeping and highly prejudicial language employed later in the report. This language is not supported by the facts. nor is it appropriately used by a federal prosecutor in this context. We request that you revisit your descriptions of President Biden’s memory and revise them so that they are stated in a manner that is within the bounds of your expertise and remit.
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    Wileymiller , to random
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    Hello #Mastodon! I’m reluctantly happy to be here after 5 years of staying off social media. Please don’t make me regret it! 🙃

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    Done ✔️

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Before asking me questions about a toot, based on either my summaries/threads of an article, or based solely on the headline, PLEASE READ THE ARTICLE FIRST.

    That's why I provide links whenever I can. I obviously don't and can't provide everything contained in the article.

    Kthxbye

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    @GottaLaff
    JFC 🤦‍♀️

    rainefish11 ,
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    @GottaLaff people who refuse to read anything, much less possess reasoning skills

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    “The United Nations’ top court said Friday it has jurisdiction to rule on a request by for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide.

    The ruling comes in a case filed by Ukraine alleging that Moscow used trumped-up claims of genocide to justify its invasion nearly two years ago.”

    https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-genocide-court-un-icj-c3f9cf7462cd85e73ab53aa9499093f4?taid=65bd0d7b1827f90001974109

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    @GottaLaff
    Two years ago! Two years! It's unbelievable that this industrialized country is in ruins.
    I had such hopes for a fast ending.

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    👀How’d I miss this?

    “Former Org Chief Financial Officer Allen is in plea talks w Manhattan DA's office to resolve potential perjury charge

    If negotiations succeed, Weisselberg would plead guilty to lying on the witness stand when he testified in Oct at the civil fraud trial that names him, his former boss --Trump -- and others as defendants”
    https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-organization-cfo-allen-weisselberg-perjury-plea-talks/story?id=106879915 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/trump-organization-cfo-allen-weisselberg-perjury-plea-talks/story?id=106879915

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    Alex Wagner reporting now

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    Via Evan Smith:

    I've seen enough. Right now politics — culture and collegiality, magnitude and intensity of dysfunction — is the worst it's been in decades. More broken than ever. Not impossible but v hard to see how it's put back together

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    I have felt that because of the major dysfunction, there was little to nothing Beto ORourke could've gotten done.

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    Look who's touting .

    Via Victor Shi:

    Wow. A Fox anchor, Larry Kudlow, just said on Fox, “I was wrong about the slowdown and the recession. Everyone was wrong.” This is the truth. There is no recession. There is no slowdown. Our economy is strong & booming because of President Biden. Period. Be loud & proud.

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    Holy shit! For real?

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    I only post screen shots when I can't do the text justice w/o one.. So here you go, because sooo good.

    9 Jared Moskowitz @JaredEMoskowitz - Now Eric, I’'m sure there is a reasonable explanation, like Comer is probably just raising money to help pay for Trumps Legal fees. Alina Habba looks expensive. Rep. Eric Swalwell- No shit. How pathetic is this guy? His Biden investigation has collapsed and now he’s coming to me for money! @‘ James Comer To: Eric Swalwell > I . . We've hit a brick wall Eric, We have a major problem... our RUSH A GIFT
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    🤣🤣🤣 hysterical

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