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"The left" didn't say that Trump was buddies with Epstein. Trump did.

That's not a big boy table. It's a milking table, and Trump is thirsty.

Squirm? You're a certified dolt. No, Joe Biden is not responsible for Putin's aggression. And he was a staunch ally of the democratic underdogs in this fight. The super sub narrative that Putin was "forced" to invade a sovereign neighbor because that neighbor was taking steps to avoid being invaded is just asinine. I'm the product of a country whose entire identity is (or was) based on the virtue of self determination by a free people--freedom hard won in fire and blood to throw off an oppressor. Of course we understand why Ukraine was fighting. The fact that the struggle to be free is beyond your comprehension is honestly just sad. You fundamentally can't understand someone like Patrick Henry. You must be a hoot on movie night. "I don't understand why Andy fought the Sisters. He should have saved himself the trouble and taken it--or maybe negotiated for just the tip!" "Remember in Braveheart how the villain Wallace forced poor King Edward to attack? Why are they even fighting." The people of Ukraine know what it is to live without freedom, and now that they have it, they aren't going back without a flight. You may be a sniveling farking worm, but the world will make more sense if you accept that other people have values so dearly held that they will fight to preserve them.

About half of suicides are committed using firearms. Pretty clear that gun ownership causes depression.

I couldn't pick two, but policy is definitely the project 2025 playbook (behind the scenes operatives) while Musk is serving his own interests. Trump does not read or understand policy in the slightest. He couldn't even tell you what these agencies and actions do.

What did Ukraine gain from defending itself from being annexed by Putin? Well, they still exist as a free people. If they could go back in time and somehow Putin didn't invade in sure they'd be all for it. And yes, Trump is trying to "end" the war in Ukraine exactly how he ended the war in Afghanistan: by simply abandoning the Democratic governments to be devoured by oppressive authoritarian regimes. Watching you struggle to understand why a free people would fight for their freedom is almost pitiable. Having values and principles--believing that some things are worth fighting for--is as foreign to you as a the concept of color to a blind person.

In the conservative infobubble it's a friggin mystery how a celebrity author and speaker makes their money. For the rest of us it's not hard to understand.

That's your entire position on the invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine was (rightly) afraid of their aggressive Russian neighbor. They sought purely defensive aid and alliance--which you say constitutes provocation of Russia and justifies the invasion.

You had better take it away! You've said over and over again that preparing to defend oneself against an aggressor is provoking the aggressor and justifying the inevitable attack. I can't believe even you would do that to your own daughter.

The price of eggs is sky high again. Even MAGA "economists" will notice. Because that's the only metric that matters.🙄

Your Putin propaganda isn't any more convincing in a giant font.

Common sense?🤣 Like how if you see a woman carrying pepper spray as defense against attackers that must constitute a provocation to attack her. More like zero sense.

It's really not my fault that you can't grasp the concept of rates. Your life will be very difficult, but no amount of explaining seems to help. And no, consistently, in every survey, climate scientists are in near unanimity. You just cream your pants when you find some heterodox "climate scientist" on the Twitter who tells you what you want to hear. There's really no "debate" to be had on the fact of AGW. Just you loons howling in denial, pretending that all the scientists are conspiring to take away your precious fossil fuels for some unfathomable motive.

You're a crazy person in a crazy person infobubble. Real climate scientists--nearly all of them universally--are shouting from the rooftops. You've just decided it's inconvenient to listen.

So, basically if Trudeau morphed into Trump? So, medical care is expensive because the people who provide care are paid for their time? Also, cotton is too damn pricey now that people don't pick it for free!

Is that an illustration of you botching the baton pass in a Special Olympics relay race? Go work it out in therapy instead of spewing your prolific fiction here.

Musk waltzing in and ignorantly cutting things "that were not needed" has left Twitter a shadow of itself, losing 80% of its value. Anyone who thinks it's a good idea to let him do the same to the US government can't afford to lose 80% of their brain capacity.

How is this lunatic running ANYTHING, let alone the most powerful country on the planet? This is as crazy as anything you internet randos post--with the caps, spelling and grammar to match. President Camacho is now our reality.

You are correct. That's my mistake and an error in the article I posted. But to the larger point, House Republicans aren't spending a million bucks as part of a partisan "money laundering" scheme. This is "business intelligence" for the beltway. They are buying these various subscriptions because the information is valuable.

Tell me again that you can't use a calendar? 8.4 is the total spending since 2016. Republicans in the House are reported to have spent nearly a million just last year. How do you think that percentage will help you?

Who broke your moral compass? Did your parents just not bother? Most people don't need a legal document to direct them to offer aid to their fellow humans in dire need. And, for the record, the constitution doesn't prescribe government action. That's simply not its purpose. It allocates certain responsibilities and protects rights.

This is just a service in which people in policy find value. It's not a partisan conspiracy. Last year, Republicans and committee offices paid for Politico’s products including $9,060 from the Office of the Speaker of the House, $84,000 from the House Committee on Agriculture, and $58,000 from the House Committee on Energy, according to government records. In total, 38 Republicans in the House spent over $300,000 on Politico subscriptions in the first nine months of 2024, and committees led by Republicans expensed almost $500,000 of Politico subscriptions in the same time period, a Washington Post analysis shows.

It's not an FCC violation. Jeebus. You literally have no idea what the subscriptions are for or how they are used. You know absolutely nothing except that some asshat on Twitter said outrageous shit to get a lot of views from hapless goons.

🤣 Sure. Let's assume that all government expenditures are "money laundering." Once again, random-ass bullshit from Twitter MUST be spammed here, and now you folks have to waste even more time pretending that it wasn't bullshit. And, as the article states, the gov began buying from Politico in 2016.