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Wisconsin is a weird place: Arguably the home of Progressivism, but also the home of Joseph McCarthy, the Republican Party and The John Birch Society. WTF?

You know, it’s too rare that Democrats and Republicans come together to get things done, but we did to pass a bill to lower housing costs for Americans. And this is what President Trump has to say about it…

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Democratic and Republican senators are renewing a bipartisan push to give U.S. troops broader authority to repair their own military equipment, arguing the current system hurts combat capability and wastes taxpayer money. From Stars and Stripes' Phillip Walter Wellman:

Military repair restrictions hurt military readiness and waste money, senators say

The proposal would require defense contractors to provide technical data and materials so troops wn’t have to rely as heavily on outside companies.

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Counterpoint: No it fucking isn’t Both their products and their services (Starlink) are the definition of state corporate capture. HE LITERALLY EXTORTED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USING THE WAR IN UKRAINE TO MAKE STARLINK SOLVENT

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Make what you will of Elon Musk, SpaceX is capitalism on rocket fuel—a marvel of free markets