Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
Fifty-one of the 85 Federalist papers were written by a guy born in Nevis.
As a friend recently put it: the venn diagram of people who assured us the gun violence was worth it because we need the guns to protect ourselves against a tyrannical federal government and the people cheering on Trump as he deploys the military to take over American cities is a circle
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Have they been fed? Given adequate access to toilets?
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So these kids have been in planes or buses for about 24 hours at this point?
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WTF?!?
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I'm in GA and saw my PCP yesterday for my annual physical. She said she'd be happy to give me a scrip for the booster if the pharmacy requires it--just request it via the practice's portal.
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How can one person be so willfully ignorant and harmful to so many people?
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Excellent snuggling skills!
CDC employees standing up and walking out in light of the mass shootings, firings, and *waves hands in the air* everything else. #USAnotRFK Lets gooooo
As an Atlantan I want to reemphasize context for all the CDC news: - thousands of firings, including 600 permanent firings in the last week - pervasive suppression of science/mission - HUNDREDS OF BULLETS that rained down on their HQ earlier this month Tonight follows months of constant trauma.
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What does Sen. Cassidy have to say?
CDC director called Louisiana Senator Cassidy today before she was asked to resign by RFK. Louisiana folks need to be calling Cassidy's office and asking that he demand RFK to resign. Make RFK Jr a problem for Trump and he gets dumped overboard.
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"Lack of social connections" in an AIRPORT? No one has social connections in an airport unless they work there.
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I was considering taking up smoking to qualify.
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Totally befuddled that many Dems--AND their consultants--don't understand that THIS is why people "disapprove" of the Democratic Party! It's not the policies; it's the deer-in-the-headlights approach to taking a stand on ANYTHING for fear it will offend SOMEONE.
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"Yeah, Mussolini was a fascist, but at least the trains ran on time. "
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This is like when you're feeling down and your friends try to cheer you up by telling you good things about yourself--except it's the president and the U.S. cabinet and it's televised. And it veers from positive affirmations to the most ridiculous lies imaginable.
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Note that he didn't name CBS, which already paid him a "license fee" by settling his nuisance lawsuit.
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The reason I don't give to the DNC is because they use the money to hire idiots like this. I give to candidates directly and occasionally to a state or county party.
âTrump ended 6 wars.â âName 2.â âRussia Russia Russia⌠fake newsâŚ.â A+ exchange on British đŹđ§ radio
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North Carolina was once the furniture-making capital of the country. The semi-annual Furniture Market (trade show) is still held in High Point, NC. South Carolina used to have a lot of textile mills.
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Technically, it's just boxes of particle board and some screws.
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So Trump extorted $10 billion out of a private company?
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Jordan was a crappy writer. Sanderson is a crappy writer. Martin, for all of his flaws, is not a crappy writer.
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My mother used to take them out of my Halloween candy because she knew they'd pull out fillings.
đ¨We're literally weeks away from a national emergency, when health insurance premiums are scheduled to skyrocket. This disaster could be averted, but it's barely been mentioned in media & most people don't know it's happening. But it IS happeningđ www.levernews.com/why-your-hea...
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So Ukraine should have laid back and enjoyed it?
If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.
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Show the proof that these guys mowing lawns are El Salvadoran gang members.
Where we are as a country seven months into Trump II: An opposition legislator is filing a habeas corpus petition to challenge her detention. Read that again.
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Especially Macron. "He thinks Versailles is something to emulate instead of an object lesson in why the peasants revolted."
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The House Dems left to deny a quorum in the House so the House couldn't pass legislation. There was no such need to deny quorum in the state Senate.
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Where is Speaker Burrows? Is he at home? There should protests around his home or whatever location he's at. He shouldn't know a moment's peace until he rescinds this order. Every reporter in Austin should be calling him and knocking on his door.
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How do they not burst out laughing?
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There is one person who can make the decision to let her out: the House Speaker. Where is he? Why isn't every journalist in Austin in his face right now?
Since Michael Shellenberger namechecked me in his latest fundraising appeal for his "Civilization Works" grift, I pulled up his 990. Last year, he pulled in $1.6 million to fight the censorship complex that *he made up* -- double what he got the year before. These scam artists are raking it in.
ICE and MPD have set up a checkpoint at 17 and Benning NE, by the Ross.
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What authority does the House Speaker have to put members of the opposing party under, essentially, house arrest? Can this be challenged in court?
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Based on the videos I've seen of encounters between fed officers and the public on the street, no one is whispering anything to the feds. They're screaming at them to go home.
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How are the aluminum tariffs going to affect the cost of canned pet food? Canned pet food prices increased during Trump's 1st term and skyrocketed during COVID. Higher prices mean more pets surrendered to shelters.
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A+ to the folks running Newsom's account.
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Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.
A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves. And when he drove away, they opened fire on him. This isnât how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
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I went on a behind-the-scenes tour of Wrigley earlier this year. Very enjoyable!
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The elites don't understand that the entire culture and economy of NYC are based on apartment rents. The second you walk into someone's apartment, you begin trying to figure out what they pay in rent.
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This is one of the most bizarre comparisons imaginable.
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It's the LAW in California. Overriding the commission requires a voter referendum.
As if this week were not bizarre enough: Mount Pleasant residents tell me a group of federal agents gathered for a photo-op near a pro-immigrant banner, pictured below, then tore it down. In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...
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WTAF?!?
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The waiting for the elevator is the part that gets me.
Just to say this plainly: what you're looking at here is a federal police force accountable only to the president rolling up to intimidate the governor of California as he announces his plan to counter a federal legislative coup out of Texas which will ensure their permanent presence in our streets
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Have any of these patrols been deployed to areas where there is actual crime, like southeast?
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My first question when I see the administration doing something that seems outrageous is "Is this Constitutional?" It's helpful to have a con law expert say clearly that it's not.
"To date, almost 50 cats reside with their imprisoned owners, each discovering a life of love while avoiding animal controlâs death penalty â ironically, in a place that still allows capital punishment for people."
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I eat mayo very sparingly and don't like most of the foods you listed. I find the texture and taste off-putting. If I'm making tuna salad, I use the minimum amount required.
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And keeping them.
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...The answer is that the county probably seizes the animal and dumps it in the shelter, which fills up the shelters--which is the problem we're trying to solve in the first place.
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...enforced AND it will target people who don't have the funds to comply. Who's going to check if everyone's pet is fixed? How will they tell? Who's going to administer all the paperwork? Who's going to assess and collect the fine for non-compliance? What happens if they don't pay the fine? ...
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...want more pets spayed/neutered, which is the only way to solve the pet overpopulation crisis, then supporting low-cost providers is the best option. Most of these are non-profits, so your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. A law will be ineffective because it won't be...
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You truly don't understand the problem or have any real interest in solving it. Low-income pet owners can't afford to spay/neuter their pets. Full-service vets charge upwards of $300 for a cat and almost twice that for a dog. Even low-cost providers have to charge $100+ to break even. If you...
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Anyone else hearing Joe Pesci in their head?
Baltimore Mayor Scott response on Trump: I think it's very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the President has a black mayor, and most of those cities are seeing historic lows in violent crimeâŚ
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Baltimoreans will throw Old Bay.
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Oh yeah, that works. Much cheaper, too.
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JFC that poor kid
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And he was smart enough to find out where their vehicles were and then lead them in the opposite direction.
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What's a former $5 footlong go for these days?
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If crabs weren't so expensive, Baltimoreans would be flinging them--still alive--at feds if Trump tried this.
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Yep. He's just jogging while they're going full out. And he led them away from their vehicles.
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Looking forward to how they cope with the rats that take over parts of the Mall after dark.
OK, a few things on this absurdity: 1. The 2020 Census was conducted by the Trump administration. 2. The only systematic results of undercounts that the Census has acknowledged were undercounting communities of color in almost all states.
Fox News just casually threatening three Canadian provinces, talking about how Trump can âtake themâ and itâll be a âmostly peaceful invasionâ. Canada is a sovereign country that doesnât want an invasion. Peaceful or otherwise.
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Naked corruption by Bondi.
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They think being in a flood plain and thus requiring flood insurance will be a resale issue. Not sure about disclosure requirements in Texas for real estate, but many states require you to disclose flooding events or major repairs when listing.
Vast experience w/ Federal Bureau of Prisons here; I've had clients in facilities of every security level, 1 (camps, like FPC Bryant) through 6 (USP Marion & then ADX Florence). Journalists & their interviewees need to stop saying G Maxwell's transfer to FPC Bryant is "unusual." It's *unheard* of.
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It looks like you're in Kentucky. Here's a list of local organizations: www.hopespayneuter.org/spay-neuter-...
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Why not look up local low-cost spay/neuter organizations and donate to them? Every dollar a nonprofit spends on soliciting donors is one they can't spend on surgeries.
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Her definition of "concerning" may not be the same as, uh, most people's.
If you have nothing to hide, you release the files. If you are reeking of guilt, you get your deputies and toadies together to plot your response.
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Exactly. I can believe it's the result of someone making an error in the CMS--but why is anyone in the CMS for this page to begin with?
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Just chasing Hispanic people because they're Hispanic. Could this be more obviously racial profiling?
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Matthew Perry stole the show as the very young cop brother of Valerie Bertinelli in her sitcom "Sydney." His comic timing was amazing even then.
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It's really, really bad. You could get a better logo off of Fiverr.
Mike Floodâs town hall erupts in boos after he claims that Republicans protected Medicaid
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To quote SNL's Gerald Ford: "I was told there would be no math."
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WTAF?!
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She can't say yes because she needs MAGA votes. She can't say no because she needs the votes of the many federal employees in NoVa. So she blathers about job growth or something.
Corrupt. Dangerous. Deeply deeply damaging.
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That would keep me up at night.
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A great example of the importance of hyphens!
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A football field is 57,600 sq ft. This "ballroom" will be 1.5 football fields.
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How do you "innately design" a space? This is "ORNATELY" designed, I'll admit. Trump's interior design aesthetic makes the French kings look like the Amish.
So I just got off the phone with my dadâa daily news reader & viewerâwho thought the Epstein scandal was abt Trump's womanizing & was shocked to learn the "wonderful secret" that he is alleged to have raped children. An important reminder that we have to talk abt this stuff with friends & family.
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6. Expand the Supreme Court to 12 seats to match the # of judicial circuits. Have cases heard by an odd-numbered panel of judges instead of the entire court.
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I'm increasingly convinced that Pritzker is one of the few politicians who understands how to approach the current situation and what the stakes are.
Trump's Treasury Secretary says the Trump Accounts created by the budget bill are a "backdoor for privatizing Social Security"
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Age verification? I bought airline tickets by calling up the airlines one by one, comparing their fares, and then making a reservation.
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And had lead in it!
Emil Bove's confirmation was only possible because Democrats caved to a vile right-wing smear campaign of Adeel Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim appeals court judge, when Biden nominated him for the same seat last year. Absolutely disgraceful. Bove's confirmation is on them, too.
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Or he thinks this is a fast track to the presidency.