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Old Oct 3, 2024 | 09:40 AM
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Also, as you know spend all my money on expensive doors and overpriced day-labors instead of gov't propaganda for my offspring.

You do have rather expensive taste in doors.
Old Oct 3, 2024 | 11:28 AM
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https://thefederalist.com/2024/10/01...al-immigrants/

Biden-Harris Admin Used FEMA Disaster Funding For Illegal Immigrants

Old Oct 3, 2024 | 11:36 AM
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Biden-Harris Admin Used FEMA Disaster Funding For Illegal Immigrants



To be fair, the Biden-Harris administration's border policy has been a complete disaster.


Old Oct 3, 2024 | 11:54 AM
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Old Oct 3, 2024 | 03:21 PM
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I wonder if 51 members of the CIA / FBI / State Department and the rest come out and call this bunk. And if the same yahoos fall for it like Hunter Biden's laptop. Again.
Old Oct 3, 2024 | 03:26 PM
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Don't forgot the $16 billion in unfrozen assets to Iran....
Old Oct 3, 2024 | 05:19 PM
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Which costs us the $11.3 billion that went to Israel. It should read how much the US citizens have given.
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Originally Posted by LeoNA
Which costs us the $11.3 billion that went to Israel. It should read how much the US citizens have given.

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Old Oct 4, 2024 | 11:16 AM
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Don't forget, while some have said that WWIII has already started and more of our troops are sent to the Middle East, this dude has not been shown the door via the 25th Amendment.
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Happy Friday...
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/04/polit...nvs/index.html

As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz's watch, accountability is in short supply
By Rob Kuznia, Nelli Black and Kyung Lah
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As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on Gov. Tim Walz's watch, accountability is in short supply
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One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A third detailed lax oversight of a program to feed needy kids which federal prosecutors say resulted in the nation's largest Covid-era fraud scheme.

But when confronted with these and other troubling examples of waste, fraud and abuse, some state agencies working under the administration of Democratic Gov. Tim Walz repeatedly minimized or dismissed the allegations, the state's nonpartisan auditor, Judy Randall, told CNN.

A CNN review of audits - and the responses they prompted - as well as interviews with statewide politicians and pundits, found that Walz has been a hands-off leader when it comes to seeking accountability for episodes of fraud and mismanagement on his watch. What's more, some state agencies headed by his appointees have responded defensively in recent months to the audits - a dynamic that Randall, who has worked in the department for 26 years, has found surprising.

Randall told a local media outlet this summer that the responses of some agencies to her audits have had a "shoot the messenger" feel of late. CNN reviewed more than a dozen reports from her office that held specific agencies responsible for allowing fraud, waste or mismanagement on their watch during the Walz administration.

Some addressed high-profile scandals such as the pandemic fraud allegations and a troubled light-rail project - whose genesis predates Walz but is currently monitored by 17 Walz appointees - that has suffered from more than $1.5 billion in cost overruns. Randall's office faulted that agency last year for a lack of transparency about rising costs and failure to ensure contractors' ballooning price tags were justified. Others found holes in safeguards to waste or raised more targeted conflict-of-interest concerns, such as a state Department of Public Safety employee who received payments from the recipient of a grant that the employee oversees.
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
(Lengthy article from CNN detailing negligence and fraud on the part of the Walz government in Minnesota)
How is any of that relevant to defeating Bad Orange Man so that he can't take away our abortions?
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Happy Friday...

These go together...
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MAGA republicans doing their best to make themselves, the party, and their electorate, look like idiots:





There's no missing context, incidentally. That's literally the whole thing. Here's the original:

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And here I have archived it, in case she deletes the original after she sobers up: https://archive.is/B2omB
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
MAGA republicans doing their best to make themselves, the party, and their electorate, look like idiots:





There's no missing context, incidentally. That's literally the whole thing. Here's the original:

https://www.facebook.com/MarjorieTay...Uf8m6CF46WjcLl



And here I have archived it, in case she deletes the original after she sobers up: https://archive.is/B2omB
I can't help but feel like you're talking about MTG rather than the really, REALLY important things...



But since it's ALL MAGA, it must be discussed...
Old Oct 4, 2024 | 10:17 PM
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I can't help but feel like you're talking about MTG rather than the really, REALLY important things...

(Politico and JD Vance's beard)
We did that one yesterday. See post # 31438.


Incidentally, I meant to ask this earlier, and this is not just for Cord, but for the people who use the term "The Mainstream Media" in general, when critiquing media coverage which is not to their liking:

Is Politico part of the MSM?
Old Oct 4, 2024 | 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
We did that one yesterday. See post # 31438.


Incidentally, I meant to ask this earlier, and this is not just for Cord, but for the people who use the term "The Mainstream Media" in general, when critiquing media coverage which is not to their liking:

Is Politico part of the MSM?
Fair question.

Grok says: "Politico is owned by Axel Springer SE, a German media company. Here's a brief overview:
  • Axel Springer SE: This company acquired Politico in 2021. Axel Springer SE is one of the largest digital publishing houses in Europe, known for publications like Bild (the largest tabloid newspaper in Germany) and Die Welt.
To get back in the weeds, I never, EVER thought I'd believe anything about the "chemtrail" crowd. But again, after Covid and the list of things that have proven to come from our government, I'm open to any wild conspiracy.

Cloud seeding is a thing, and Tennessee just passed a bill preventing that or "geoengineering." Whether that's a panacea or based on hard evidence, I just dunno. But then again, some doctor from the gubmint told me that a pangolin got busy with a bat in order to cause Covid, so...



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There's really only one reason to ban I.D. to vote, and that's to steal an election.

If Kamala wins, am I crazy to think I.D. will be banned in every state? Do that, and every new immigrant is also a new Democrat voter, complete with free housing and an EBT card.
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Newscum is the most dangerous person in politics. He wants Harris to win because that is his future. It doesn’t matter CA votes will go to harris, but he most likely wants it be more in favor for harris to make the steal appear more plausible.


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