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You can’t win with MAGA because they don’t care whether they are wrong or right. They have abandoned truth in favour of the fight. All that matters to them is “getting” the other side. (I’ve seen this attitude in these forums.) That’s why they respond so favourably when Trump posts something hate-inciting like this: Jul 20th 2024 - 10:12:25 PM EST Consider Musk’s recent post below Musk’s claim that these people are collecting social security is so obviously untrue (to anyone with a grain of intelligence, which I assume Musk has) and easily disproved. Simple math with these figures shows that if these payments in the table were being made, Social Security would cost about $1 trillion dollars more a year than it actually does. The numbers just don’t work. So why is Musk lying? And not caring if he does? Because he knows MAGA will respond, without regard to whether it’s true or not. Musk baits MAGA, who will use this as ammunition in their manufactured “fight.” They don’t care if the numbers are wrong - just like they don’t care if Trump is a dictator. The outrage of the “other side” is the goal. (As one MAGA member here said – it’s about freaking them out.) Like Trump, Musk manipulates with lies, and it causes me great concern for the country that many are susceptible to this manipulation.

Outsmarted by Trump and Musk. That must really bug some people.

The list of the Republicans who: 1) publicly 2) clearly and 3) in strongest possible terms condemn Trump's treacherous and utterly false position on Putin's aggressive war in Ukraine and disassociate themselves from it. Please feel free to contribute. ------------------ 1. Sen. Roger Wicker, Mississippi GOP 2. Sen. John Kennedy, Louisiana GOP 3. Mike Pence, former Vice President

He is a special advisor to the President. There's nothing crooked about it. The left is trying to fearmonger here, throw everything they can at the wall in lawsuits, and they are losing. Too bad, so sad.

Nothing you have posted indicates they are made-up numbers. What is his source supposed to be here if he is sharing something from the database? LOL, that is literally THE source.

IMO, all of this has a distinct "why are you surprised" flavour to it especially when all it took to avoid it was not being bat sh%$ crazy. There was no shortage of people (including right here) suggesting that obvious law-fare tactics could easily (even likely) be turned against the very people cheering it on if there was a change in political fortunes. In the world of aviation incident/accident cause factors it's called the "normalization of deviation" and it usually leads to heartache at a systemic level. Almost invariably it gets worse with time, usage and acceptance... I don't think partisan law-fare is going away now and in due course it will once again be Democrats buffing their claws and smiling... after all, they invented it. I remember reading this article some time ago and thinking "ya, wouldn't it be ironic and well deserved if." It took a few minutes to track it down but here ya go FWIW... MSN from about 9 months ago and it begs a pretty simple question: "WTF did you think was going to happen?" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-democrats-should-fear-lawfare-tactics-being-turned-against-them/ar-AA1o8MYy

Everyone knows there is virtually no waste or fraud in government spending...right? Nevada Woman Pleads Guilty to Nearly $100 Million COVID-19 Tax Credit Fraud The IRS warned last year that the vast majority of an employment tax credit program it reviewed showed ‘risk of being improper.’ A woman from Nevada involved in defrauding the United States of tens of millions of dollars’ worth of COVID-19 pandemic tax credits has pleaded guilty in the case, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Candies Goode-McCoy of Las Vegas “conspired with others to file tax returns seeking fraudulent refunds based on the employee retention credit (ERC) and paid sick and family leave credit,” the agency said in a Feb. 14 statement. “From around June 2022 through September 2023, McCoy filed approximately 1,227 false tax returns for her businesses and others claiming these refundable credits.” In total, the fraudulent claims sought more than $98 million in refunds, of which the IRS paid out roughly $33 million, according to the DOJ statement. McCoy received more than $1.3 million in these refunds and received about $800,000 in payments from clients for whom she knowingly filed fraudulent returns, according to the statement.

2 things: It's never easy proving that a Big Pharma cash-cow is problematic. Who's gonna do that, Fauci? 🤣 The Commie Death Cult? You have no idea whether or not SSRI's make school-shooting more likely. You're just guessing.

Trump continues to push to make Canada the 51st state using glaringly false economic claims. In the video, he says, “Canada has been bad to us on trade … (they) have to start paying up … $200 billion in subsidies … we don’t need their product … who the hell made these deals, they’re so bad.” Let’s look at his words and find out how they are false. First, he needs to learn the difference between a subsidy and a trade deficit. Trump claims that the bilateral U.S. deficit in merchandise trade with Canada amounts to the U.S. “subsidizing” Canada. This claim has no economic merit whatsoever… Trump’s claim Canada is subsidized by the U.S. through this bilateral deficit is laughable – and Trump’s economic team surely understand that. They are many things (aggressive, corrupt, and untruthful), but they are not ignorant. Rather, they are trying to drown out rational discussion of this issue in a barrage of threats and bluster. Second, the $200 B figure it completely made up. Trump’s claim the bilateral deficit is $200 billion is an utter fabrication. The bilateral deficit was $40 billion (U.S.) in 2023 according to U.S. data, down 29% from 2022. It fell another 9% during the first 9 months of 2024. Compared to a two-way trade flow of almost $1 trillion (U.S.) per year, this imbalance is puny. Third, they do need our product. Just consider the energy sector: Canadian energy (including oil, gas, coal, and electricity) made up 60% of the total bilateral merchandise trade deficit over the last decade. Having access to a secure and lower-cost energy source is a major benefit for U.S. businesses and consumers. (The US enjoys a strong surplus in services trade and investment income flowing out of Canada, but Trump never mentions this.) Fourth – he’s really relying on the short memories of his MAGA base when he comments that “Who the hell made these deals, they’re so bad." It was him! In 2018, and at the time he called it “the best trade deal ever made.” How do you negotiate with a country that so clearly operates in bad faith? Canada Subsidizes the U.S., not the Other Way Around

He's merely proven to the whole world that for as long as he's in the White House, the USA is a completely untrustworthy ally.

The fact is they were convicted and you're just whining that you wanted them punished more severely. Good Christian fellow, punish! punish! Punish them MORE! Must flagellate himself with thornbush for forgetting to say grace at McDonalds.

"Premier Tim Houston's government is using its supermajority in the legislature to give itself the power to fire the auditor general without cause and make reports from the office private. The changes are included in one of two omnibus bills the government tabled on Tuesday, the same day the provincial budget was released. The Government Organization and Administration Act makes a number of changes, including setting out previously announced plans by the Progressive Conservatives to do away with Communications Nova Scotia, the government agency that was required by legislation to produce non-partisan materials for the public. Responsibility for government communications, labour relations, and priorities and planning are now all being pulled under the control of the executive council office, the government entity that supports the premier and cabinet." This is anti-democratic shit needs to be reversed. It's not what he was voted in for.

We had Dental Care already, the federal plan replaced most of the existing provincial plans. The number of new people covered is minor. I don't even recall as trying any of the rest of the crap. Anyway, with respect to the issue of trump and the Ukraine situation like it or not @User Is correct, if other countries disagree with what trump is doing they can of course give ukraine any of the support and help it needs to continue to fight the war without the Americans. It's not like America is going to join the Russian side and fight against Ukraine, if France or Germany or Canada wants to continue to support Ukraine we're free to do so to make that happen. It'll just cost a lot of money.

Yeah. At the end of the day for better or for worse this is pretty much what trump ran on. He was going to cut government waste and cut government spending as much as possible and this is how he's doing it. It's not like he doesn't have a mandate for this

It's the only way anyone could conclude Ukraine started this war. It's on par with believing Canada is refusing to turn on some water tap that exists in Trump's imagination or that Marjorie Taylor-Green's Jewish space lasers start wildfires or vaccines cause autism. It's on par with believing America is run by a stable genius.

The point is, wars don't start with a single event. They didn't decide to start fights in that game just because. They had reasons. Putin didn't just wake up and push a red button that said "Invade Ukraine." He had reasons. There are two sides to every story. Don't completely discount the other side, they might be right. Don't completely discount your side either.

Yeah the corrupt dictatorial system will whack you on the peepee if you riot.

Autism is not the topic of my posts... Conspiracy theories.. are 99.9% of the time just folks being intellectually lazy. Can't actually explain something and give concrete evidence so they fill in the blanks. In this case, assuming that the only reason that a shooting happens is that the shooter (which not all do) takes SSRI's is just simply laziness.

So... It doesn't matter what anyone thought was going to happen? It doesn't matter what any rational assessment suggested was possible, likely, or even worthy of consideration? And, anyone looking at or even considering these issues is a puppet by virtue of having considered them? Is the expectation that potentially hostile nations will abide by treaties the height of logical progressive thinking... I don't even recall the memorandum including NATO membership for Ukraine but you can do your own homework on that. In fact I seem to recall there being serious concerns put forward about NATO expansion. I think you should stick to sentences ending in duh / LMAO and stay far away from recruiting centres

He's doing the same dumbest trick he tried with Kim in his first term, hoping to extract concessions from dictator thugs by praising and cowering to them. They just lead him around their finger, getting what they want for free. Or else they already run him directly. One or the other.

Go figure. As almost anyone who was being honest about this suspected, the criminal ring behind the burglaries of famous sports peoples homes when they were away playing games, was a gang from Chile comprised of illegal immigrants. Yet again, the policies of Biden and the Democrats to enable this open-border madness have left Americans victimized. This is why Trump is right to finally empower ICE to target these people and remove them and stop the madness of federal government spending and policies helping to enable this. Chilean migrants charged in $2 million burglary spree targeting Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, star athletes https://nypost.com/2025/02/19/sports/chilean-migrants-charged-in-burglaries-of-patrick-mahomes-travis-kelce-joe-burrow-homes/ "The seven illegal immigrants — Pablo Zuniga Cartes, 24; Ignacio Zuniga Cartes, 20; Bastian Jimenez Freraut, 27; Jordan Quiroga Sanchez, 22; Bastian Orellano Morales, 23; Alexander Huiaguil Chavez, 24, and Sergio Ortega Cabello, 38 — were all charged with conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property, a criminal complaint unsealed in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, revealed."

This is silly. If your position is that you must be perfect at the moment of your death... that is neither logical nor scriptural. Biblical teachings do assure us that with our faith in Christ we are saved. No where does it say we must be worried our whole life that the moment before death we had better be perfect.

That Trump called Putin before Zelensky - a snub that clearly indicates he favours Putin. (not to mention breaking diplomatic convention) - does not bode well for Trump to recognize Putin as the aggressor.

Yeah he proved your point. User stays quiet about the trump policies and actions he doesn't like. Hes a caged cheerleader. For example I know with foreign policy User is not a fan of the US siding with fascist dictators and weakening the our NATO alliance. But he keeps his head down and recites the slogans required by the Party.

Stop Hitler by cowering to him? No, they aren't that stupid just lying. Maga lies, that's all it does. And now, it lies for Putin, the war criminal. Anyways,

Yes let us know so they can be primaried

Putin's attack on Kiev proves his intent to subjugate the entire nation.

The rape could/should have been avoided if the victim just gave her consent. No problem then. Germans say: "if there are ten people at a table, one is Nazi and others say nothing, there are ten Nazis at the table".

Disagree, ===== I have been to Crimea. You Slavs have more to agree with.

Insane? This horrible terrific useless civil war between Slavs should never have started. It could/should have been avoided. ==== Trump is married to a Slovenian. He was married to a Slovak.

The time to pay attention is before the election, not after.

He just said the war with Russia was always Ukraine's fault. Just like Putin knew he would all along.

Yes, it is quite simple. If you have an argument it is on you to support it, not spam links and tell others to go read them to figure out your argument for you. If you think the link says something to support you, then quote that.

Oh FFS what a lie posing as a simple minded opinion. That might apply where they're elected in a popularity contest as some would wish.

No.

I don't believe in any wacko conspiracies. Now tell me, Barquentine, did you prtend that Biden was menatlly healthy for the last 4 years? Thought so. Maybe just keep your yap shut and make people guess how stupid you are next time. .

Here is more of Mark carney talking out of both sides of his face....which message do you believe, more liberal lies this is getting crazy..

Could it be because he's a Judge and therefore know law more than you do?

Sorry about that, typo. The first line should have said "The issue here is NOT to try and prove whether or not ....." lol doesn't really make sense without that. And yes, it does prove that a sizable chunk of democrats believed that the charges were politically motivated and those are the ones willing to admit it. Sorry kiddo Absolutely patently untrue. Not even really plausible. Do better Yeah. That's exactly how it looks. The optics are absolutely terrible. Right down to the Judge's daughter getting rich off of the whole affair in the case of the criminal trial. Which is why trump's support actually went up after his conviction and during the trial. People took one look, smell the rat, and decided to support trump. No, I don't believe he did. And The defense stated that in order for the trial to be fair there would have to be a change of venue which the judge denied. The judge whose daughter was getting rich off of the whole thing. And then when asked to accuse himself and put in a different judge he refused. Here's a fun little exercise, what was the crime he was convicted of? His charges hinge on the idea that what they caught him doing was only a crime if it was done specifically to cover up a more serious crime that is a criminal violation. So what was that crime? What was the crime that he committed and when was he convicted of it that enables this crime to be considered a criminal charge? There isn't one. But the judge instructed the jury to pretend that there was if they felt like it. The jury has to follow the judges instructions. Nobody believes this is fair. He was basically Convicted for a crime that they never brought to trial or even identified. This trial had nothing to do with criminal behavior and everything to do with politics. It was a complete sham So now when the same thing happens to a democrat you're going to try and claim that it was unprecedented and how terrible it is...... and nobody will be listening.

I'll just leave this here: H

Quit sniffing yourself. It's gross.

So I hear claims of 150 year olds getting Social Security is because Elon's fetus aged coders only know Python and can't comprehend COBOL business coding.....

one less person... not exactly earth shaking

I don't believe you. Somebody who was aware wouldn't have asked that question. The answer is startlingly obvious if you understand how their system works Right, that's why Quebec is such a happy part of confederation right? In two or three generations it might change. But it certainly doesn't change overnight. And there's no way to be sure it would change in a manner that would benefit the republicans. How long has California gone democrat? If we're already starting off closer to them why would you think that any change would break us to the republicans rather than harder to the democrats? Nobody sees it that way. And even those who care for America might not care for the republicans. There is a lot of national pride in Canada There are a lot of us haters right now that have nothing to do with steel What country has this ever happened in? It's never going to happen. It would never have happened anyway, but now Canada will spend the next decade distancing itself from the united states even more. You need to do a lot more homework before you comment on this stuff. Canada was founded because we didn't want to be Americans. We have Successfully fought off every attempt by America to take us over and there have been a few. This will just Harden Canadians against America and there's no going back from that in the near future.

Premier Davis Eby . . . a sheep in sheep's clothing.

So the Orange Traitor is talking with Putin again without Ukranian involvement. And now demanding 50% of Ukraine's resources as reparations. Unethical scumbag in the White House reversing everything the USA has claimed to stand for.

You would consider it a serious threat if you knew why Hitler suddenly turned to Soviet after the Battle of Britain. Hitler turned to the east because his offensive in the west was stalled by the strong resistance from British, so he turned to an easy prey---conquering the Soviet and seizing its natural resources would make German dominance in the Eurasia indisputable and would help to bring British under his knees. Of course we all know Soviet wasn't an easy prey at all from history, but in 1941 in Hitler's mind he didn't know it at all. Now Trump‘s trade war with China is also stalled. Actually stall is an optimistic word to describe the situation. "He is losing the war" should be a more precise statement. Annexing Canada and seizing its natural resources will make US a super-superpower in the world and make US's dominance in the world indisputable, which will help him to bring China under his knees. Some Canadian may ask: We are US's allies. If they want something from us, why shouldn't just ask instead of an annexation? For understanding this, they need to understand what is the difference between cats and dogs which both we human are considered the same under the name of pets: Thousands years ago, both dogs and cats chose to live with humans, but with different status. Cats chose to be an alley of human but dog chose to be the slave of humans. This is why there are military dogs but no military cats. Just imagine: when an army guy brings his dog and cat with him to the battle field. When he suspects there is a minefield in his path and he gives an order to the dog "Go forth to see what's in there", the dog will execute the order dutifully. But if he gives the order to his cat, the cat may say: "Oh, no way. I have just seen a big rat near that tree. Why shouldn't you go forth to fight your enemy and I stay here to fight mine? "😜😂

When you get right down to it, banks created it. No one forces them to operate the way they do.

How does it feel to be crazier than a shithouse rat.