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Old Jan 15, 2026 | 06:01 PM
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Old Jan 15, 2026 | 07:00 PM
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This actually happened, in real life, yesterday:






Sen. Josh Hawley (R, Missouri): "Can men get pregnant?"

Dr. Nisha Verma : "I'm not sure what the goal of the question is."

Hawley: "The goal is to establish a biological reality. Can men get pregnant?"

Verma : "I take care of people with many identities."

Hawley: "Can men get pregnant?"

Verma : "Again, as I'm saying-"

Hawley: "You said science and evidence should control. Can men get pregnant? You're a doctor, I think."

Verma : "Science and evidence should guide medicine."

Hawley: "Do science and evidence tell us that men can get pregnant?"

Verma A: "I think yes-no questions like this are a political tool."


The full interaction:




Old Jan 15, 2026 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by sixshooter
What ever happened to the Epstein client list release?


Old Jan 16, 2026 | 06:35 AM
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The graft will continue so long as we continue believing that everything will be fine if we just elect the *correct* thieves into office.



Old Jan 16, 2026 | 08:14 AM
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White Guilt because, again, effective messaging.

But I absolutely, 100%, cannot understand the "Foreigners > Americans" thing.

Do you?

Does anyone here?
They hate America so much, and have so much white guilt, they want to be on the front lines of White Replacement. They want to destroy what makes America great because they been indoctrinated to believe that diversity is strength. Against, effective messaging. What they don't realize is that it only strengthens the diverse (See mutli-millionaire somolians who have taken over the whitest of white cities and local/state gov't).

It's somewhat likened to the same way blue haired feminists fight so desperately to have men compete against them in sports.
Old Jan 16, 2026 | 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
The graft will continue so long as we continue believing that everything will be fine if we just elect the *correct* thieves into office.


I don't blame the House. That's all they know how to do: send money to foreigners.
Congress literally has no clue what it's like to be pro-America, put Americans first, and enact/repeal laws that benefit all Americans.

They aren't naive, they are there to get rich as **** and that usually means sending money to a grift factory under the guise of doing good.


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journalism, 2026 edition:

Old Jan 16, 2026 | 08:37 AM
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Thanks Obama:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/illega...ss-than-a-year

Illegal-alien patients drain Texas hospitals, racking up billion-dollar bill — in less than a year

Cooper Williamson
January 15, 2026


Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the data collection in August 2024.

Unsurprisingly Texas bears a disproportionate share of the burden from illegal immigration due to its expansive southern border. Now state leadership has released the numbers to prove the massive financial burden illegal aliens have had on one sector in particular: hospitals.

New data has been released by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission showing a baffling 10-figure financial burden on Texas hospitals in fiscal year 2025, Texas Scorecard first reported.

The total cost tipped over the billion-dollar mark: $1,050,642,864.

According to the new data, the total visits between November 2024 and August 2025 reached 313,742 for those "not legally present."

The year-end totals show that the burden is not only on one type of care either.

A large portion of the visits come from the "Emergency Department - Non-Medicaid/Non-CHIP" category, though the lion's share of the cost comes from the "Inpatient Discharges - Non-Medicaid/Non-CHIP" category, meaning that the hospital system is being burdened by illegal aliens seeking both emergency and long-term care.

This data was collected and released pursuant to an executive order signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in August 2024. The order directed hospitals to begin collecting data on illegal alien patients in Texas hospitals beginning in November 2024.

As Texas Scorecard noted, these numbers are therefore not reflective of the full fiscal year, and the actual totals very likely exceed these figures.

Abbott argued in the executive order that Texans ultimately bear the burden of public financial support through higher taxes and more expensive medical care as well.
Old Jan 16, 2026 | 09:53 AM
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Illegal-alien patients drain Texas hospitals, racking up billion-dollar bill
And yet 100% of the enhanced ICE enforcement actions are taking place in strongly-blue areas.

It's almost like it's not really about the illegals, it's about retribution against mayors and governors who oppose the current administration's narrative.



Meanwhile:


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And yet 100% of the enhanced ICE enforcement actions are taking place in strongly-blue areas.

It's almost like it's not really about the illegals, it's about retribution against mayors and governors who oppose the current administration's narrative.
meh. blue cities the worst. Texas will be the next blue state though. Problem is there are millions and millions and millions of illegals and fed/state/local governments take all our tax dollars and give it directly to them. they build them houses, give them free food, phones, daycares, blue haired warriors. It's in ******* sane. everything is setup to support/encourage them and to fight any opposition to it tooth and nail.
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It is worth considering that this is entirely true:



Old Jan 16, 2026 | 01:51 PM
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The only problem with that is both the Obama and Diben admins considered catch and release as a deportation. there was no actual deportations.


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Originally Posted by Braineack
The only problem with that is both the Obama and Diben admins considered catch and release as a deportation. there was no actual deportations.


And as to the infringements of the 2nd Amendment...?
Old Jan 16, 2026 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Braineack
meh. blue cities the worst. Texas will be the next blue state though. Problem is there are millions and millions and millions of illegals and fed/state/local governments take all our tax dollars and give it directly to them. they build them houses, give them free food, phones, daycares, blue haired warriors. It's in ******* sane. everything is setup to support/encourage them and to fight any opposition to it tooth and nail.
All you need to do is look at the monstrous drop in murder, violent crimes, and fentanyl deaths to see that the short time DJT has been in office has cause a wave of positive effects. I'm tired of the criminals being treated like victims, and I'm REALLY tired of the system creating victims out of innocent people. Watched it happen this week, personally, and haven't slept for days.
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Filed under "The Media LIES To You On the Daily"...
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Old Jan 16, 2026 | 03:34 PM
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So do Democrats and Republicans in Congress.




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So do Democrats and Republicans in Congress.


I've been very consistent of my hatred for Congress. Although it's for both sides, the Democrats are the only ones who have recently tried to foment a government coup, and have stolen a government election. They hold the low ground in trying to actively destroy the country, rather than just leech off it like the feckless RINOs. My disgust runs so deep I need to self-censor to protect myself from a visit by a three-letter organization.
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This is actually a feel-good post. Health shouldn't have a political side, although it absolutely does.

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