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Old Jan 15, 2021 | 03:51 PM
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Old Jan 15, 2021 | 03:54 PM
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I'm going to tell my kids these were the founding fathers:

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Old Jan 15, 2021 | 03:57 PM
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I'm going to tell my kids this was the mostly peacefulest day in American history.

Old Jan 15, 2021 | 04:02 PM
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How can we get this to happen in the US?

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/0...nefit-scandal/

Dutch government collapses in fall out from child benefit scandal


The Dutch government has resigned in the wake of the childcare benefit scandal after an official report said ministers, civil servants, parliament and even judges had a role in the affair, which left parents powerless to fight back when accused of fraud.
Old Jan 15, 2021 | 04:02 PM
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everyone else is doing it:







Old Jan 15, 2021 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
I'm going to tell my kids these were the founding fathers:
They'll be horrified by your use of gendered language to describe the founding persons, who lived in an era in which slavery and the ownership of private property was legal, and in which it was not permissible to freely express one's true gender identity.
Old Jan 15, 2021 | 04:09 PM
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Well, and the fact that Braineack has sworn to never have offspring.
Old Jan 15, 2021 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DNMakinson
Well, and the fact that Braineack has sworn to never have offspring.
Aw you remembered! How sweet.
Old Jan 16, 2021 | 12:38 AM
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Old Jan 16, 2021 | 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez


I instantly thought of

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party



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Old Jan 16, 2021 | 10:16 AM
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Beware of RINOs.

https://the-daily-trumpet.com/2021/0...al-harrasment/

Married ‘Never Trump’ Republican John Weaver, 61, accused of rape, ‘comes out as gay’ & confesses to sexual harrasment.

Old Jan 16, 2021 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Zed.

Old Jan 16, 2021 | 06:09 PM
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This has been around the web lately, don’t think I’ve seen it here. It is for realz.



Old Jan 17, 2021 | 11:19 AM
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Pray.


Old Jan 17, 2021 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
http://populist.press/germany-to-put...etention-camp/
Old Jan 18, 2021 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
The New York Post is a tabloid.

I'm not being sarcastic. It is literally on par with The National Enquirer or the Weekly World News.
journalism, 2021: attack your competitors for not making up stories and/or doing actual investigations.





Old Jan 18, 2021 | 09:04 AM
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journalism, 2021: destroy the competition so you can continue to invent the news.

Old Jan 18, 2021 | 09:11 AM
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Most votes in history.

Old Jan 18, 2021 | 09:15 AM
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most votes in history.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-m...al-15-dollars/

Biden minimum wage proposal could lift more than 1 million workers out of poverty

BY KATE GIBSON

JANUARY 16, 2021 / 7:20 AM / MONEYWATCH
Old Jan 18, 2021 | 09:18 AM
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Am I the only one who is no longer seeing Tweets embedded inline, merely a blank space?




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