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Colorado dad. We live in the stupidest time ever. Bluesky is less stupid than IRL.

Trump unveils Obamacare replacement plan, a decade in the making! "I would rather have the insurance companies not get the money. I'd rather have the people get the money. So the people would get the money, buy their own health insurance, save money, better health insurance."

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"They use snipers to go right through their head, and when—remember the women went, they had 500,000 women, and then they started getting hit by snipers right in the middle of their head?" Demented lunatic daydreams about horrific violence.

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"'We’re going to be signing a document today at about 5 o’clock, renaming ‘artificial intelligence,’ because it’s not artificial, we all agree on that,' Trump said." Glad we have a president who's laser focused on the kitchen table issues central to everyday Americans' lives.

Trump says he’ll order AI be renamed ‘super intelligence’ after meeting tech execs at the White House | CNN Business

President Donald Trump showed no sign he wants a slowdown in the development of AI technology after convening with top tech executives at the White House Tuesday, telling reporters afterward that he w...

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Top headline at realclearpolitics.com: "Each outlet is infamous for coverage that skews radically to the left." No. What's radical is limiting White House access to sycophants. That's a radical violation of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

Trump Bans 'Fake News' CNN, MS NOW, Politico From White House

Donald Trump announced Friday he is 'banning' corporate news outlets CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), and Politico from the White House.

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Kash Patel defends removing bestiality as automatic disqualifier for FBI applicants "Patel’s decision to remove bestiality as an automatic disqualifier for FBI job applicants drew bipartisan disbelief... change was intended to protect trafficking victims coerced into sexual acts with animals." 😂

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I read Dario Amodei's essay over the weekend, and I gotta say, I was shaken. But then I read IQ47's tweet this morning, reminding us all that standing between the human race and extinction is "a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT". Now I'm terrified.

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Let's eliminate class warfare among the sub $1 million income crowd. In the richest country on earth we can afford: Medicaid for everyone. College tuition for everyone. Basic sustenance (SNAP) for everyone. Stop the infighting. Tax the billionaires.

Toronto's the only real city on "Lake America". I really, really wish Mark Carney would sign a proclamation renaming it to Lake Toronto. Then the idiots in charge of mapping at Google/Apple/Microsoft can change it to Lake Ontario/America/Toronto/Whatever The Fuck.

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"They had been taught to be beautiful, that success was a sign of God’s blessing, that their power came through submission and that obedience would be rewarded with the provision and protection of powerful men." Excellent oped on Christian women's unwitting indoctrination into the MAGA cult.

Opinion | The Political Power of Christian Kitsch

Precious Moments figurines and Christian romance novels aren’t overtly political, but they shape how Christian women see themselves and the world.

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"the phrase 'sh*t show' was used by multiple people" "USPS ... has discarded all best practices as they speed the project ... raising questions about whether catastrophic failure would be a feature rather than a bug" Total shit show is the goal. Catastrophic failure = voter disenfranchisement

USPS whistleblower describes new plans for voting by mail hidden from the public | CNN Politics

The US Postal Service effort to develop a sweeping new system for verifying mail ballots has invited a host of IT concerns among agency officials, with some describing the process internally as a “sh*...

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Let me get this straight... The Treasury is buying back debt. Meaning it has to sell more debt to raise funds to buy said debt. Because, of course, the government is $40 trillion in debt. It doesn't just have money lying around. Or it wouldn't be in debt. Make it make sense?

Treasury Announces Increased Sizes of Nominal Long-End

Liquidity Support Buybacks Beginning September 9, 2026WASHINGTON, D.C. —The U.S. Department of the Treasury is increasing, by at least double, the size of liquidity support buyback operations for longer-dated nominal coupon securities (the 10-year to 20-year sector and the 20-year to 30-year sector).  The current maximum size of $2 billion per operation will be at least $4 billion per operation. This change is effective September 9, 2026 and will be in effect for the remainder of this refunding quarter (through November 4, 2026).  Treasury will provide more information about future buyback sizes at the next Quarterly Refunding, scheduled for November 4, 2026. This increase in buyback operation sizes reflects Treasury’s desire to provide greater liquidity support in longer-dated nominal sectors where there is consistent strong sponsorship from market participants, as evidenced by the significant volume of  high-quality offers Treasury routinely receives in longer-dated buyback operations.An updated tentative Treasury buyback schedule will be released at a later date.###

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Rahm Emanuel editorial, sabotaging the Dem party: "It was socialists who led the charge to defund the police, open the borders, abolish prisons, release violent criminals onto the streets and degrade the flag... After Mr. Biden instituted an open-border policy, we lost control of the House"

Opinion | The ‘Bernie Bros’ Could Spoil Democrats’ Midterms

Republicans will make even moderate opponents answer for the radical views of DSA candidates.

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Joan's murderer may well have joined ICE to achieve his life's goal: kill a brown person consequence-free. Still, he had to see the girl in the backseat. Age 3. Bluey pajamas. He could have waited till the next traffic stop to fulfill his dream. Instead, he opened fire. Bloodthirsty monsters.

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"What to know about Trump's plan..." It's coming in two weeks? It's a concept of a plan for a plan? It's all bullshit? Oh. NYT is actually taking him seriously. After 10 years of false promises and failure to deliver. Gullible rubes.

Trump’s Plan to Charge a Toll in the Strait of Hormuz: What to Know

President Trump announced a 20 percent fee on cargo through the waterway, despite his own administration’s position that such fees violate international law.

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ICE is supposed to be wearing body cameras. But come on. This is an agency that murders with impunity and was breaking down doors on people's houses without a warrant. You think they're going to follow a directive about body cameras? Abolish ICE.

DHS was granted $20M for body cameras. ICE agents in fatal Houston shooting had none

Homeland Security has not fulfilled its promise to equip all officers with body cameras, despite receiving significant funding.

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Angus King should resign after uncritically amplifying regime propaganda about a government murder in his state. Susan Collins should rot in hell with Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell for supporting the murderous regime every step of the way.