LR Detherage

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As a Michigander, I find some of the geography of the El-Sayed’s victory a little surprising. Especially in the Grand Rapids area, which is Mike Rogers territory—which makes me wonder if there were a bunch of red hats voting on the Dem side of the ballot. Hm.

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The economy sucks. The stock market is not an accurate measure of economic health. Jobs are. And there aren’t jobs with living wages out there. Ask your kids about it. Ask Seniors and college grads. But Trump says it’s great, so it must be great, right? You fucking maga morons.

Private companies added just 44,000 workers in July, below expectations, ADP reports

Hiring at private companies slowed considerably in July, with most of the job growth coming health care.

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Todd Blanche promising two old men my daughters’ reproductive rights in order to get confirmed while simultaneously defying the Epstein laws is core Republican and THIS is why they will ultimately crash. REPUBLICANS HATE WOMEN AND ALWAYS HAVE PERIOD END OF STORY FOREVER AMEN THE END

So did all of the incidents between Rep. Max Miller and various women and children happen before he got the testosterone shots or after? Asking for about 900,000 female military spouses…

They stand up. Then comes the meeting. (behind closed doors) There they are presented with their search history or their mortgage papers or their audit letter or their iPhone photos or their dating app or their kink… And then they sit down and vote to end Democracy. #RealMenVoteNo

Well she’s been in on all the pentagon planning sessions and sits in the sit room with him and holds his little girly hand in confrontations and weighs in on attack plans and is on the Signal chat… So whatever, Mrs. Hegseth. Apparently Jesus wants her to not stay home with the kids, huh?

Hegseth’s wife to head commission helping military spouses and families

President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to form a new commission focused on improving the lives of military spouses and families and addressing the challenges they encounter.  The …

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Republicans think it’s okay for their men to assault women and children, traffic minors, launder money, subvert the Constitution, and attack the Capitol Democrats got rid of Al Franken for a photo taken while he was a comedian so don’t give me any shit about which party is better

I grew up with lots of brilliant musicians who attended Interlochen. You had to be really good to go. Remember: Epstein had his own cabin on the grounds. I imagine he made a lot of connection promises to these young prodigies seeking concert stages. I imagine he was very helpful.

Epstein, 46 others linked to decades of sex assaults at Interlochen, over 70 victims

An investigative report two years in the making was released Tuesday, July 28, detailing decades of sexual abuse at Interlochen Center for the Arts by staff, trustees, visiting artists and Jeffrey Eps...

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Michigan Dems have to make a choice on 8/4. Who can beat Mike Rogers in the general, and who can attract the votes from whoever loses the primary—and it’s kind of contradictory. Will El-Sayed voters vote for Stevens or will Stevens voters vote for El-Sayed? And can El-Sayed win the general?

El-Sayed leads Stevens by 15 points in Michigan Senate primary: Poll

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed is leading Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) by 15 points ahead of next week’s Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat, according to a new poll.  An…

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WE ARE PAYING FOR THESE SHRIVELED DICKED STEROID ABUSERS TO HAVE THEIR OWN TV SHOWS AND TAKE ROAD TRIPS AND PLAY WITH KID ROCK WE ARE PAYING FOR BOBBY KENNEDY TO COOK WITH KID ROCK IN THE MEANTIME, ENJOY YOUR MEDICARE CUTS YOU FUCKING MAGA IDIOTS

Exclusive: RFK Jr. hosting a new cooking show with celebrity chefs

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in an exclusive interview, says he will be 'reintroducing' Americans to cooking again in a new series.

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