Dave
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Wow. That is pathetic… and how much money goes to the military????
Evan Hill@evanhill
Images of food being served to sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli, published by USA Today. Supplies "are going to get really low" and "morale is going to be at an all-time low," one sailor messaged his mother: usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
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@Martina What's next for northern Minnesota?
A nuclear waste storage facility?
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) is 1.1 million acres of pristine, no-motors wilderness + 1100 lakes & is part of the 3-million-acre Superior National Forest.
Are we so desperate we need to destroy BWCA?
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@RonFilipkowski (In Chandler Bing voice):
Could Congress BE anymore irrelevant?
We might as well not even have a Congress.
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We still can't find anyone to tell us how much has been spent on the war. DOD won't tell us. The president won't tell us. His budget director won't tell us. They know the number, but they don't want the American people to know it. x.com/atrupar/status…
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
MERKLEY: Would I be in the ballpark to say we've already spent at least $50 billion on the war? VOUGHT: I wouldn't want to make a characterization of that at this point MERKLEY: As the most knowledgeable person in the executive branch on the budget, I would expect you to have pretty good numbers on that, so I'm a little disappointed in that answer
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Dave ری ٹویٹ کیا
Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
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@RonFilipkowski I'm sure that in the middle east, they make little to no distinction between Israel and the US in terms of who is waging war on their countries.
Why do they, "hate us?"
Gee, I can't imagine why.
We create our own problems.
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You don’t have to convince us that the US military and administration is closely coordinating everything they do with Israel.
Acyn@Acyn
Cooper: There's been no better teammate than Israel. Twice in the past two weeks, I've met with the Israeli chief of defense to ensure that we remain closely aligned, and we do.
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@TheRickWilson It looks to me like Trump simply has the country's checkbook.
He spends or denies spending when and wherever it suits him.
Congress has, "the power of the purse?"
What a joke that really is.
I hope the next president understands how much power they REALLY have.
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@LPNational So, who pays for the roads?
Fire departments?
Police?
Military?
Parks?
Airports?
Schools?
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Don’t forget, the taxes stolen from you today are only a portion of what is actually taken. Inflation, regulation, sales taxes… the theft by the State is endless, and endangers the future of every citizen.
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Government employees take an oath to support and defend the entire Constitution. It is not their job to decide when and which of your rights count on any given day.
Daily Caller@DailyCaller
.@RandPaul: "In the wake of a federal officer shooting and killing a protester who was legally carrying a holstered firearm, a succession of federal officials rushed to declare that citizens cannot exercise their 1st and 2nd Amendment rights at the same time."
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@SenRandPaul Is there anything that restricts our liberties more than an unfair tax system?
How does it make sense that I pay more in federal taxes than Tesla ($0), United ($0), and Disney ($0)?
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What we really should aspire to in this 250th year of our nation is a government that stops asking how much restriction on our liberties it can get away with and instead asks how it can protect and promote our all our rights, including our right to keep and bear arms.
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Where in the Constitution do you see the word 'permit?'
Exactly.
Pass the National Constitutional Carry Act.
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Dave ری ٹویٹ کیا
I drive a minivan with a license plate that literally spells out OVRSITE.
We need to stop measuring success by what we say we'll do and start measuring it by what we actually deliver.
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These cowards will literally jump off a cliff so as to not piss off trump and his shrinking base
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1
The Senate just rejected a resolution to block Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran. All Republicans opposed the measure except for Rand Paul. All Democrats supported the measure except for John Fetterman.
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@JoJoFromJerz @atrupar This will be a good test of the political skills of Senate Dems.
Can they figure out procedural, or other leverage, tactics to block Cannon's confirmation?
You know, the way Republicans are able to block Dems when Republicans are in the minority.
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a very confused Trump: "Look at Justice Ginsburg. She was not exactly a young woman. The election was taken. They had a Democrat who could've appointed a liberal justice. About two minutes after the election, she went out." (Ginsburg died in September 2020, when Trump was president.)
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@JoJoFromJerz @atrupar He ALWAYS declares victory.
He NEVER admits defeat.
He ALWAYS stays on offense.
Someone so predictable *should* be a lot easier to defeat.
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Trump: "I had the greatest year, the greatest opening year. I ended 8 wars. The greatest economy ever. But even when you have a great president, they tend to lose the midterms. It doesn't make sense to me. We've had the greatest year in the history of the presidency, first year. We should be given credit."
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@grahamformaine The filibuster, and political parties, are NOT part of the Constitution.
The filibuster is a made-up rule that must be reauthorized with each new legislative session.
The US government was never designed to be a two-party system.
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The filibuster has been used for a very long time as a weapon against the American worker.
Scrap it.
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@ninaturner If campaign "donations," PACs, and SuperPACs were illegal, none of this would be a problem.
All politicians would be beholden ONLY to the voters.
Let's fix the root of the problem.
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Why are Democratic leaders still ignoring voters on Israel? | Norman Solomon theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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So far Trump/Vance have pissed people off in the following European countries with comments about them:
Ukraine
Germany
Denmark
UK
Poland
France
Spain
Italy
Hungary
Am I missing any other European countries?
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@WalshFreedom If they weren't propped up by other western-style governments by giving them advanced weapons and LOTS of financial "aid," I wonder how long that "miracle" would have lasted?
And freedom and democracy for whom?
Certainly not the Palestinians who live there.
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Not a day goes by that I’m not asked why I so love the state of Israel. Even now, as so many chickenshit Democratic politicians are running away from Israel bcuz they’re so afraid of their base. Not me. I love Israel bcuz for 78yrs that tiny sliver of land has been a miracle of freedom, democracy, fighting spirit, & entrepreneurship in a vast sea of Islamic tyranny & terrorism. I criticize Israel when it’s warranted, I’m not a fan of Netanyahu, but I’ll always love Israel.🇮🇱
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I cannot believe this evil tired and oft repeated rhetoric is coming out of this actual criminal’s mouth!!!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Rick Scott: "Fund ICE. They're the ones that are stopping these illegal aliens from raping our daughters."
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