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Old Jun 30, 2025 | 12:18 PM
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journalism, before and after edition.


Old Jun 30, 2025 | 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(Vaccine theater)

Meanwhile, the GOP is on a roll when it comes to our money, our security, and our liberty:



Old Jun 30, 2025 | 01:48 PM
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TONYxTWO (@TONY™) posted: “So it looks like a Missouri pharmacist might have just blown the auto pen scandal wide open.”
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
(Still doing theatrics digging up more dirt on Biden, which will lead to absolutely nothing happening)


Meanwhile, this is the reality in which the GOP (in addition to the dems) exist:




Old Jun 30, 2025 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
Meanwhile, the GOP is on a roll when it comes to our money, our security, and our liberty:


It's their own fault, no bill should be guttable and big.
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by cordycord
https://x.com/tonyxtwo/status/1939515367803727970?s=51

TONYxTWO (@TONY™) posted: “So it looks like a Missouri pharmacist might have just blown the auto pen scandal wide open.”
This was known years ago, and i doesnt matter who made the signature at the end of the day, all that matters was that it was used on legal documents and is not a real signature, therefore the legal docs are invalid.
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
It's their own fault, no bill should be guttable and big.
I agree. Bills should be small and address a single issue.

But this Big Beautiful Bill is what Trump wanted.
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
I agree. Bills should be small and address a single issue.
That will never happen for two main reasons. First, there's no way to hide the pork in a single issue bill, but probably more importantly, multi-issue bills give the politicians an out. For example, Congressman Fucknutz didn't vote to deport illegal aliens that commit violent sex crimes because the bill had a provision that would negatively affect EV sales in his district.

We The People should push for a referendum for single issue bills. I believe it would be a game changer.
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 05:45 PM
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Somebody riddle me this... why hasn't Iran just gone out and bought a nuke from somebody?
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 06:04 PM
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Because nukes have "signatures". If Russia sold them one, and they used it, we'd know where it came from.

No country is willing to risk so much for a **** country like Iran.
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rleete
Because nukes have "signatures". If Russia sold them one, and they used it, we'd know where it came from.

No country is willing to risk so much for a **** country like Iran.
Exactly the correct answer. We know if they had one, they'd use it. So why is ANYONE pissed the strike happened?
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 07:29 PM
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Serious question: does anyone here positively believe that nuclear weapons would ever be used again for their ultimate purpose?
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 08:20 PM
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In all seriousness, it appears the entire world believes the mullahs in Iran would use one if they had one. Their religion would reward them.
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 08:28 PM
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I can follow your logic there.

Now, who would they use it on? And would they think that person wouldn't return the favor with the same weapon, of which they likely have more of, and likely even more powerful?

Or do they think the nuked party would just tuck their tails between their legs and run to the international police with a grievance?

Remember, Iran, after getting blasted by the US reportedly told the US about their planned retaliation just so, you know, they would know it wasn't an actual retaliation.
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by hector
I can follow your logic there.
I don't believe you can. Yet.

Israel is the "Little Satan", and we are the "Big Satan". Their religion would reward them for the large scale killing of either of us. The mullahs don't care about their own Iranian population. They don't care about retaliation.

As a tangent to this conversation, read the Hamas Charter. It's an easy find on the google machine. It pretty much lays out where the Iranian mullahs are.
Old Jun 30, 2025 | 10:43 PM
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Energy defines a countries wealth. We do not want Iran to become a major power financially and especially with the bomb. Would they use it, probably not because of the collateral damage to neighboring countries. Would they threaten to use it, definitely.
Old Jul 1, 2025 | 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by poormxdad
I don't believe you can. Yet.
I follow what you're saying, it's not a thought I haven't had myself.

Originally Posted by poormxdad
Israel is the "Little Satan", and we are the "Big Satan". Their religion would reward them for the large scale killing of either of us. The mullahs don't care about their own Iranian population. They don't care about retaliation.
If this were the case, they would be invading Israel right now.
Old Jul 1, 2025 | 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by LeoNA
Energy defines a countries wealth. We do not want Iran to become a major power financially and especially with the bomb. Would they use it, probably not because of the collateral damage to neighboring countries. Would they threaten to use it, definitely.
And there you go. More terrorism. That's all they have.

I'm not saying I'm some kind of expert in world politics or Islamic regimes. I'm just looking at the broad view here and doing some basic history. It's a lot of bla bla bla and a whole bunch of terrorist actions. Kinda like our own political theater here in the States.
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Old Jul 1, 2025 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
I agree. Bills should be small and address a single issue.

But this Big Beautiful Bill is what Trump wanted.
Only way he can get 50 votes is to make a huge bill full of pork to feed to swamp, while getting the small few things he wants in there as well...

...so long as some unelected Biden staffer doesn't remove all those things because they can.


otherwise, he can never get 60 votes on a bill that says: 1 + 1 = 2.

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