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Old 01-02-2024, 10:33 AM
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Trump couldn't even build a wall, as we so desperately need. You think this dude is going to disband the three-letter that killed JFK?
Doubtful. US Presidents are, in reality, relatively powerless.

It was more about pointing out how easily distracted people can be, no matter the apparent firmness of their beliefs.

"Hey, look over there! It's Epstein's list of associates!"
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Originally Posted by Braineack
Trump couldn't even build a wall, as we so desperately need. You think this dude is going to disband the three-letter that killed JFK?
I read on the internet (MUST be true) that the FBI was started not by Congress but by presidential action, and therefore could be shut down the same way.

I'm tired--sooo tired---of hearing the right words from Republicans and yet seeing no action. On a whole host of subjects. The uniparty is alive and well in Washington.
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Claudine Gay resigns as Harvard University president

2nd January 2024, 10:55 PST
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67868280
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I was pretty surprised to see they were still keeping her on as a professor, at least until the plagiarism piece works itself out.
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Old 01-03-2024, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
I'm tired--sooo tired---of hearing the right words from Republicans and yet seeing no action. On a whole host of subjects.
Taking action would run the risk of actually solving a problem.

A solved problem cannot be used as a political tool.





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As we all collectively ********** in anticipation of a partial and heavily-redacted release of The Epstein Files...








(Note: This is satire.)
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who pays for this journalism? 2024 edition.



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As we all collectively ********** in anticipation of a partial and heavily-redacted release of The Epstein Files...








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They got the pillow guy!
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(something about Epstein...)
Look over there! A school shooting!
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Even I'm (not quite) that cynical. Yet.
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Originally Posted by rleete
Even I'm (not quite) that cynical. Yet.


One another topic, you ever notice how there are upwards of 30 million illegal aliens in the country, and somehow the home rental costs have skyrocketed? Hmmmmm.....kinda makes you wonder. Oh well, off to the next meme.
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Note that I do not condone committing suicide by taking an up-armored bulldozer on a self-guided tour of town hall, the local library, the newspaper building, and the Mayor's house.
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I only today learned that Omar Mateen, the Pulse nightclub shooter, told police on the phone that the whole reason he was killing people was to bring attention to the fact that America was bombing Syria and Iraq and specifically had killed Abu Waheeb. Abu Waheeb was the ISIS leader who was seen in many videos without a mask and personally beheading captured individuals. Pulse nightclub was chosen because it was busy, not because it had anything to do with homosexuals. The angle that it was specifically against homosexuals was manufactured by politicians (in an election year) and was not ever stated by the gunman. The transcripts and the actual tapes are available.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016...-released.html
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Look over there! A school shooting!
mentally ill trans supporter, already been memory holed.
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in other mental illness news:




slavery is moral.
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Why is biden alone with a small girl with a large ***** nearby in his newest piece of propaganda?


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