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@grok @mandyarthur This misses a lot of reasoning. Asking yes or leaves out multitudes of whys. I.e. Israel was a fledgling nation during Korea. Israel was already fighting it's own enemies during Vietnam. The US specifically asked Israel to stand down during the Gulf war. Etc.

No. Israel has never sent troops to fight alongside U.S. forces in any war, from Korea and Vietnam to the Gulf Wars, Iraq, or Afghanistan. The alliance centers on U.S. military aid to Israel (over $124B since 1948), intelligence sharing, joint exercises like Juniper Cobra, and tech cooperation—but no Israeli combat deployments. U.S. policy often kept Israel sidelined to preserve coalitions with Arab partners and avoid escalation.

Hey @Grok, has Israel ever sent troops to fight alongside Americans in a war? Answer yes or no only.

@CreechJeff @allisonlopez @SenSchumer @SenateDems Except for the "with exceptions" part.

@allisonlopez @SenSchumer @SenateDems He did say "No Mail-In Voting

According to Trump, vote-by-mail is cheating when a busy mom of three kids with two jobs uses it, but perfectly fine when he uses it himself. His polling location is less than a 15-minute drive from Mar-a-Lago. His decision to vote by mail shows just how hypocritical his lies about fraud and cheating truly are. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

@JennyJenny1958 @maziehirono Veterans have a 91.8% VA trust rate with 77% of VA hospitals earning 4-5 stars. Greatly outperforming non VA facilities.

@JennyJenny1958 @maziehirono But yet your statement makes it seem like this is a problem throughout the country. Understanding that not all vets will be happy with their healthcare, but a huge majority are. I can't speak for the VA's in Indiana, but most are pretty darn good.

Billions of dollars to send our troops into combat, but not a penny to take care of them after they've served our country. This regime's disregard for our servicemembers and veterans is sickening — they deserve better.

@waltermasterson First you must understand that absolutely nothing from the government is free. Someone has to pay for it.

The right to vote is enshrined within the 24th Amendment. We give our ID, and social security to register. Not to vote. If you want to require an ID, then you must also give government IDs for free. Otherwise this is adjacent to a poll tax.

MAGA learning the difference between a temp job, and a Constitutional right protected by the 24th Amendment.

@AOC In what way does mixing and serving drinks qualify anyone for governing?

My having been a waitress makes me 1000x more qualified to govern on behalf of working people than whatever lifelong politician nonsense you’ve swung from your whole career. Why should working people vote for you if this is what you think of them?

@Jvnior @kazadorI Even Al Jazeera states that they are Chinese nationals.

@kazadorI Every person who blamed “China” for this was pro-israeli. Jews do the crime and then blame others.

🚨 BREAKING: Three “israeli tourists” were just CAUGHT trying to buy 2 KILOS OF URANIUM 235 in Europe. Uranium 235 is literally for nuclear bombs.

@shultoncity56 @marlene4719 And just to be clear. Trump used section 301 in his first term. And although it was disputed extensively, it was never found unconstitutional.

@shultoncity56 @marlene4719 Apparently you have a misunderstanding of the ruling. They didn't rule tariffs unconstitutional just can't use IEEPA. Section 122 and 301 are constitutional. They specifically state that POTUS can implement tariffs.

Trump: “Today I will sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122 over and above are normal tariffs already being charged.” By imposing a 10% global levy as leverage against trading partners, Trump is in no uncertain terms using tariffs as he usually does, as a weapon. Reprehensible dictator behaviour. x.com/WhiteHouse/sta…

@jodaciousjody @capturehappy @CountryFirstRep No. Then section 301 which is already in progress.

@capturehappy @CountryFirstRep Then the 150 days will be over and tariffs will be done, short a Congressional act…

Mad at SCOTUS? Should've gone through Congress and passed a law. The Constitution doesn't care about your feelings, snowflake 🤷‍♂️

@bedolsky @DemonFly666 @johnjoe @micah_erfan The law has been on the books since the 1950's. The CBS lawyers were just advising to stay within the law. No discussion happened between the FCC and CBS on the matter.

@DemonFly666 @johnjoe @micah_erfan There may have been no direct contact but that doesn’t mean CBS wasn’t internally wary over pressure from the FCC to date.

Jasmine Crockett just denied that the Trump FCC was responsible for blocking James Talarico’s segment on Colbert… Essentially calling Colbert a liar. Why is she like this? This ugly negative campaigning is getting ridiculous.

@JustinPetersMin You're making an assumption. The universe is billions of years old. Intelligent life on earth is only thousands of years old even with life being millions of years old on earth. It's possible that intelligent life started on a distant planet long before us by billions of years.

There are no aliens. Even if there were (and there aren't) they would have no way of getting here. The distances are simply too vast. Far, far too vast. The nearest star outside of our own sun is 4.2 light-years away. No aliens, no matter how clever, will ever be able to travel anywhere near the speed of light. The laws of physics prevent it. To accelerate any mass at all (even a pebble) to anything approaching even 1/3rd the speed of light would take incomprehensibly vast amounts of energy. You need a lot of spaceship (and I mean YUGE) to hold that much energy. So, now you've got a heck of a lot more than a pebble to move. Your energy problem just got infinitely worse. It's impossible folks. ET ain't out there, and even if he was, he ain't dropping by for a visit.

@sun5_K @MicheleCapozzi4 @BarbaraComstock @chiproytx Explain to me how this hurts red states.

@MicheleCapozzi4 @BarbaraComstock @chiproytx Women or men who have legally changed their name will still have to prove their citizenship, again in order to vote. They already did that when they legally changed their name. This is a bullshit aspect of the SAVE Act that will hurt red states the most.

No, actually @chiproytx is admitting that married women are going to be required to take extra steps to register to vote that are not required of men - married or single. Married women will be unequal in this bill and have extra burdens to register to vote. Oh, you will LET us sign an affidavit that we aren’t lying?!

@DoctorWreckage @DonSoloway @esjesjesj Would you like to try again to prove I lied?

@DoctorWreckage @DonSoloway @esjesjesj Two plead guilty. One found guilty. That's not charges, they're convictions.

These people are incapable of understanding why it’s a problem to make voting more difficult for one side

@DoctorWreckage @DonSoloway @esjesjesj I didn't just leave the country. I spent years abroad.

@smoaky99 @DonSoloway @esjesjesj You think the fact you left the country 40 years ago means you understand the world, that literally proves MAGA are mystified by simple concepts.

@DoctorWreckage @DonSoloway @esjesjesj Once again. Prove any point I lied about. Not just you saying so.

@smoaky99 @DonSoloway @esjesjesj Civility is meaningless. If someone is a liar and a crazy person it is morally correct to call them that. You have overwhelmingly demonstrated both.

@DoctorWreckage @DonSoloway @esjesjesj Once again, I challenge you to prove the lie.

@smoaky99 @DonSoloway @esjesjesj You're a genuine psycopath what the fuck does that have to do with anything