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DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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Who in their right mind would vote for Rick Scott in Florida?!?

steveo1049 ,
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@DemocracyMattersALot Who in their right mind would live in FloriDuh ?

rbreich , to random
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"If Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her." -Donald J. Trump, 3/6/'06

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads NOT contemplating dating their daughters.

steveo1049 ,
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@rbreich this deciding … it’s really not that difficult a decision …

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  • DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    I love it. An academic paper with a straightforward title.

    ChatGPT is bullshit
    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5

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    @DemocracyMattersALot It seems to me that AI should be regulated by government. AI large language models should be required to be trained and certified on basic morality.

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    Resistance to a New Trump Term Has Already Started
    New York Times: “Opponents of Donald Trump are drafting potential lawsuits in case he is elected in November and carries out mass deportations, as he has vowed. One group has hired a new auditor to withstand any attempt by a second Trump administration to unleash the Internal Revenue Service against them. Democratic-run state governments are even stockpiling abortion medication.”

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    @DemocracyMattersALot — It is so very simple (so long as you’re not a gullible simpleton or a totally corrupt person):

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    @GreenFire @DemocracyMattersALot - Yes. Decent citizens have a responsibility to set a good example for others. Likewise, decent citizens have the responsibility to think rationally about deciding for whom to vote. I.e. - It isn’t a popularity contest, you’re participating in the hiring process for the most powerful position on planet Earth: 1) there are really only 2 candidates, all others are distraction, so ignore them; 2) it doesn’t matter who you “like”…

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    @GreenFire @DemocracyMattersALot … the only thing that matters is the content of each candidate’s résumé: experience, temperament, moral compass, positive references, willingness and demonstrated ability to do the job.

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    Donald Trump: Human Gaffe Machine

    'Human gaffe machine': Trump's inner circle frantic as they clean up another mess
    https://www.rawstory.com/trump-milwaukee-2668525866/

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    @DemocracyMattersALot - seems a very loose usage of the term “human”.

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    @DemocracyMattersALot - The very same “Human (and fascist) Gaffe Machine” that the GOP wants to reinstall into the position of “Leader of the Free World”. ☹️

    GottaLaff , to random
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    shareholders reapproved Elon ’s roughly $48 billion pay package, ammunition for the board's fight to preserve the court-rejected plan -WSJ

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    @GottaLaff What a bunch of wimps!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Unbelievable.

    Via Rupar:

    46 House Republicans voted to defund NATO two days before the 80th anniversary of D-Day

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    @GottaLaff Rhetorical question: why do Republicans hate America?

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    This should be the END of the GOP and the RNC--they are LAWLESS.

    RNC co-chair Lara Trump attacks Hogan for calling for respect for legal process https://wapo.st/3X9Rrqz

    #GiftArticle #EndTheGOP #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlueEveryTime

    steveo1049 ,
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    @DemocracyMattersALot This, from the “ Law and Order party” !

    rbreich , to random
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    Why are multimillionaires and billionaires like Peter Thiel, Rupert Murdoch, Travis Kalanick, Steven Mnuchin, and others are rallying behind Trump?

    Yes, the tax cuts. But there's more.

    The more Trump tears down democracy, the safer the oligarchy becomes.

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    @rbreich - another question: Why aren’t any media talking heads asking these oligarchs why they are supporting trump?

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    Socialism isn’t a dirty word. It’s simply about wanting to make a fairer society | Will Hutton https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/02/socialism-isnt-a-dirty-word-its-simply-about-wanting-to-make-a-fairer-society

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    @DemocracyMattersALot - It was made into a bogeyman word over many decades by so-called conservatives.

    Nonilex , to random
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    8 senators announced Fri they would boycott priorities & nominations as payback for ’s .
    In a joint statement, the senators said they would not “allow any increase to non-security related funding for this administration, or any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare.”

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    @Nonilex -- Gee, they’re being childish vindictive pricks just like their cult leader. Huh 🤔

    Nonilex , to random
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    used a slur while discussing a contestant on during a recorded conversation 2 decades ago.

    Fmr show producer Bill Pruitt, said while deciding between a Black finalist, Kwame Jackson, & a White finalist, Bill Rancic, Trump adviser & show judge Carolyn Kepcher, advocated for Jackson, Trump winced multiple times & asked:
    “I mean, would America buy a [n-word] winning?”
    Trump picked the white guy.


    https://slate.com/culture/2024/05/donald-trump-news-2024-trial-verdict-apprentice.html

    steveo1049 ,
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    @Nonilex Yep 🤔 … not shocking.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    #Biden-Harris 2024 Comms Director Michael Tyler:

    "America just witnessed a confused, desperate, and defeated Donald #Trump ramble about his own personal grievances and lie about the American justice system, leaving anyone watching with one obvious conclusion: This man cannot be president of the United States. Unhinged by his 2020 election loss and spiraling from his criminal convictions, Trump is consumed by his own thirst for revenge and retribution. He thinks this election is about him."

    steveo1049 ,
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    @GottaLaff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

    rbreich , to random
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    TRUMP: If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone.

    Yes. If you commit 34 felonies by filing false business records to cover up election interference, you too can be convicted by a jury of your peers via the due process of our criminal justice system.

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    @rbreich - Huh 🤔… so, anyone who breaks the law may be prosecuted? Good to know.

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    #SevenYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff

    May 31, 2017 – Donald Trump tweeted, “Despite the negative press covfefe.” He offered no follow-up and never explained the incomplete thought or potential misspelling.

    #NeverAgainTrump #TrumpMustLose2024 #VoteBlue #GOPIncompetence #NoRepublicansEverAgain #Covfefe

    steveo1049 ,
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    @DemocracyMattersALot …as any pathological narcissist would.

    Nonilex , to random
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    @Nonilex - the only rational point is: HE’S TOTALLY UNFIT TO SERVE IN ANY OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC TRUST!

    Nonilex , to random
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    #TrumpTrial Thurs 30 May 2024 🧵#Deliberations continue

    Justice #Merchan says he believes that the #jury wants him to repeat a significant portion of the #JuryInstructions.

    He will read pages 6-35.

    Each page yesterday took him just a little more than a minute, so this will take >30 mins.

    Between that & the testimony readbacks, also expected to take >30 mins, there will likely be >1 hour this morning w/the jury in the courtroom, not actively deliberating.

    #criminal #law #Trump

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    @Nonilex - continuing the Grift …

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    Nonilex , to random
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    Justice #Alito tells #Congress he will NOT #recuse from #Jan6 related cases

    Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. announced Wed that he will not recuse himself from Jan. 6-related cases at #SCOTUS after Democratic lawmakers questioned whether he could be impartial following reports that an upside-down #flag flew at his home in the weeks after the… [#insurrection].

    #law #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #AppealToHeaven #ChristianNationalists
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/29/supreme-court-alito-recuse-flag-jan-6/

    steveo1049 ,
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    @Nonilex - so a Republican man is incapable of controlling his women?

    Nonilex , (edited ) to random
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    Tues 29 May 2024 🧵
    Good morning! It’s the last day of the before jury .
    Today Justice will give . Then they will discuss the case among themselves for the first time; they have not been allowed to even discuss it w/each other as yet.

    Closing arguments took place yesterday, & the lawyers will have no further opportunity to address the jurors before they determine whether is or not guilty of 34 felonies.

    steveo1049 ,
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    @Nonilex Vindictiveness and being the victim are hallmarks of fragile ego, toddler/man Trump.

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    @Nonilex - hopefully they’ll deliberate for days, weeks even. 🤔

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    So true! In fact, when people start throwing fruit and garbage at Trump, we'll know he's our king for the ages!

    Tim Scott on Trump Getting Booed by Libertarians: He’s So Popular! https://www.thedailybeast.com/tim-scott-on-trump-getting-booed-by-libertarians-hes-so-popular

    #FuckTimScott #LoserTrump #EveryoneHatesTrump #NeverAgainTrump #TrumpHasLost2024 #TrumpForLifeInPrison

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    @DemocracyMattersALot - Uncle Tim

    Nonilex , to random
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    #Senate #Democrats opened an investigation on Thurs into #Trump’s meeting w/ #oil & #gas execs last month to determine whether Trump offered a “policies-for-money transaction” [#bribe ] when he asked for $1B for his 2024 campaign so he could retake the White House & delete #POTUS #Biden’s #climate #regulations.

    #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024 #ClimateCrisis #environment #FossilFuels #BigOil #CorporateTaxBreaks
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/23/climate/trump-oil-democrats.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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    @Nonilex - Great! How about opening another investigation of Kushner receiving $2B from the Saudis for … ?

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    LOL! Why does #TheHill print this shit?!?

    Trump 'does not like to surround himself with yes people,' says Ben Carson
    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4673037-trump-does-not-like-to-surround-himself-with-yes-people-says-ben-carson/

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    @DemocracyMattersALot — Huh! 🤔 Heres yet another lie from a Republican politician!

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    CBS host Margaret Brennan called out Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) after he claimed former President Donald Trump had brought manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. when he was president.

    'That did not happen': CBS host busts J.D. Vance on Trump's jobs record https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-jobs/

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    @DemocracyMattersALot — Huh! 🤔 sycophant “JD” Vance spewing more #MAGA_Bullshit !

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    Fuck you, Donald Trump!

    Trump asks NY high court to intervene in gag order fight

    https://thehill.com/homenews/4667958-donald-trump-gag-order-ny-high-court/

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    @DemocracyMattersALot - I’m so damn sick of this narcissistic asshole!

    GottaLaff , to random
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    “Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don’t emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane…

    For the first time, 30% of electricity produced worldwide was from clean energy sources as the number of solar and wind farms continued to grow fast.”
    https://apnews.com/article/2718fce0ed37232dc25dbf46fff87955

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    @GottaLaff We had better accelerate the growth of clean energy! 👇

    Nonilex , to random
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    File under “Dr. Wenowdis”

    #ClimateChange raises the risks of another #pandemic
    As #humans degrade #earth’s #environment, we have created a world in which #diseases …fester & multiply.
    #Infection-spreading creatures like mosquitoes & ticks are thriving on a #planet warmed by… #FossilFuel #emissions. When #pollution, #hunting or #development push…organisms to #extinction, #parasites proliferate bc they have evolved to target the most abundant species.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/08/climate-change-disease-pandemics/

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    @Nonilex ☹️

    DemocracyMattersALot , to random
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    The NYT announcing it will continue to both-sides everything, and publish ludicrous opinion pieces by Jonathan Turley.

    NY Times editor: Not media's job to prevent Trump from winning https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4645980-new-york-times-editor-media-trump-biden-2024/

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    @DemocracyMattersALot Did they say that their job is to pursue and present The Objective Truth?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    NEW 🧵 starts HERE. 1/...

    Klasfeld:

    We're back.

    Trump's attorney Susan Necheles hands over "a stack of news articles" by legal commentators like Jonathan Turley, others. She says Trump wants to post them, but she wants to make sure they do not violate the gag order.

    "We think that they are perfectly fine."

    Prosecutor:

    🤔👉🏼"It seems odd that they're asking the court for an advanced ruling" on these sorts of things.

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    @GottaLaff (NFL) It strikes me that requesting permission is just another tactic by which to gum up the works.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #legal #Trump 1/…

    👀Via Katie Phang:

    Interestingly: Eric Trump has accompanied his father to court today. Perhaps Trump’s legal team heard all of the chatter about the appearance to the jury with no family members being present?…

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    @GottaLaff - I hope Mary L. shows up to support her Uncle Con. 😆

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Walmart plans to close all of its health care clinics. The US retailer also announced it will end virtual care services - CNN

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    @GottaLaff — So they’ll revert to their core competencies of spreading poverty and diseases, and exterminating small businesses and further enriching the wealthy. 🤔

    Nonilex , to random
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    #TrumpTrial 🧵

    Testimony started w/a bang last week as David #Pecker, the fmr publisher of The #NationalEnquirer, said that he had entered into a secret plot w/ #Trump & #MichaelCohen to #CatchAndKill negative stories about Trump as he ran for president in 2016.
    #GaryFarro, the 3rd to testify, started off w/dry details about banking transactions. But #Farro is leading us to the #HushMoney payment

    #criminal #law
    https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/30/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

    steveo1049 ,
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    @Nonilex … So, what’s the next thing toddler/man will whine about?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    #RIP Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.

    https://apnews.com/article/terry-anderson-dies-associated-press-c266353298c04dbf874ab4d94536f2b3?taid=6625831b1e96d500015d7f25&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

    steveo1049 ,
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    @GottaLaff R.I.P. Terry. 💔

    GottaLaff , to random
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    lol

    #Trump

    steveo1049 ,
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    @GottaLaff Perhaps his minders drugged him?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    #Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 #Abortion Ban

    Democrats in both houses of the Legislature were blocked from advancing bills to roll back a reinstated 160-year-old ban on nearly all abortions in the state.

    https://nyti.ms/44asMnv

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    @GottaLaff I’m old enough to remember that “states rights” was code for pro slavery and pro segregation, and other such regressive policies. 🤔

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🤦🏻‍♀️🙄 “Exceeded his authority..,”

    “Lawyers for have filed another appeal in the hush money/interference case to challenge the trial’s judge’s order denying him from arguing he has presidential immunity.

    Trump’s attorneys also challenging Judge Juan Merchan’s “refusal” to recuse himself from the trial and a previous ruling related to how dockets are made publicly.”

    https://cnn.it/4aLXsxi

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    @MsMissy @GottaLaff Apparently: the right to keep flinging shit into the gears shall not be infringed.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    “Allen , the former chief financial officer of the Org, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to two counts of perjury last month in his testimony during Trump’s civil fraud trial.

    Weisselberg is expected to be sentenced to 5 months in jail under a recommendation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.”
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/ex-trump-cfo-allen-weisselberg-sentenced-perjury-trump-civil-fraud-tri-rcna147144

    steveo1049 ,
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    @GottaLaff - I’m sure Donald The Douche will visit him in jail … 😂🤣😂🤣 …

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Rupar (I’m not including the screenshot of #Trump’s screed):

    Trump directs harassment against the daughter of Judge Merchan

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    @GottaLaff #TheRump really should be locked up!

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    escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop escape time loop

    steveo1049 ,
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    @RikerGoogling Need a reset?

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Paging Monitor Barbara Jones!

    Via Kyle Griffin:

    #Trump's lawyers are saying in court that Trump doesn't have the funds to cover the civil fraud appeal bond, but just now, Trump himself claimed online that he has "almost five hundred million dollars in cash."

    steveo1049 ,
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    @GottaLaff - …but it’s apparent that he lies most of the time.

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    Via Laurie Garrett: 1/...

    ICYMI the House #Republicans finally released a U.S. budget, countering the #BidenAdministration proposal. The GOP budget:

    • cuts $1.5 trillion from Social Security
    • raises Medicare costs & cuts caps on pharma fees
    • cuts Medicaid, ACA/Obamacare & the Children’s Health Insurance Prog by $4.5 trillion over 10 years
    • creates $5.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich and corporations
    • eliminates all clean energy tax incentives
    • raises Social Security Retirement age to 69
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    @GottaLaff - How do they spin this?

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    😂

    Via Hemant Mehta:

    And just like that, Lara Trump has become the second most embarrassing #RNC leader.

    RNC Chair Whatley: At the end of the day, this comes down to a very simple contrast between President #Trump and President #Biden. Were you better off four years ago than you are today? The answer for this entire country is no

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    @GottaLaff 😱 What!? a Republican pol who sees and speaks reality?

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    🤔Gee, who owns the #RNC? Oooo, ooo! Pick me! I know!🙋🏻‍♀️ 1/...

    Via democracydocket:

    BREAKING: Republican National Committee files lawsuit alleging that #Michigan's voter rolls are outdated and the state is in violation of the National Voter Registration Act. The RNC wants Michigan to purge voters before the November election.

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    @GottaLaff - are there any self respecting Republicans?

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