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A brilliant tactical maneuver by a President *who has nothing to hide*
BREAKING: President Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House over their coverage. apnews.com/article/trump-cnn…
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👇 same s**t different day.
Replying to @Acyn
The end of war... $5K "dividend checks", the best healthcare plan EVER. A LOT of shit happening AFTER the election. I think I've seen this movie before...
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Way to go GOP guys! You're really knocking it out of the park with your "two-week war" ... that's supposed to magically end soon. Again.
For the first time in US history, diesel is $6 today. We can’t afford Zach Nunn’s unwavering support of the Iran War.
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Possibly my favorite Steve Martin bit on Letterman. It starts absurd and just gets crazier from there. Early Letterman was just on a whole different plane of existence.
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It would be interesting to see how much less social media/MSM influence President Trump had if all these people on X stopped so obligingly reposting screen shots of his truth social garbage. #politics #social
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There is a tree in the Amazon, the Sumaúma (Ceiba pentandra), that can reach about 70 metres tall, rising above the forest canopy. It has massive buttress roots that spread like wings to stabilise it in shallow soil, sometimes large enough to stand between. 📸 amyris /Amyris Fernandez
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter.
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"Lahn vowed to revoke the licenses of any teachers who taught a “political agenda” other than his own." How about- call me crazy- no political agendas at all? timescitizen.com/news/lahn-t…
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I love being from the Midwest Chicago is the fun uncle Wisconsin is the party parent Michigan is the family friend with the RV Minnesota is know-it-all Iowa is the neighbor that lets you borrow a ladder Indiana is the weird cousin Missouri is the friend your parents don’t want you to hang out with
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Went to the antique mall and found someone's retirement plan
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One of my staffers recently got to meet with Mitch McConnell, and he told me that Mitch is doing very well. He has left the hospital and he is in a farm upstate where they chase rabbits all day and they make buttermilk. I expect he’ll be back in the Senate very soon.
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Replying to @jarvis_best
McKenzie said that Caitlin was at the Dairy Queen last night, and USA Today was there too. And they got in a big fight because there was only one butterscotch Dilly Bar left. So Caitlin told McKayla's cousin that she was going to ask USA Today's boyfriend to be lab partners in Bio. And then once they finish their fall project, Caitlin is going to ask him to go to the homecoming dance.
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BREAKING: In a stunning announcement, Senator Lisa Murkowski just announced she will vote no on Donald Trump’s SAVE Act. This will likely kill Donald Trump’s last hopes of passing the bill. Let’s go.
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Saw this headline quickly at a glance and thought the story was talking about the United States. msn.com/en-us/news/news/cont…
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"There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators." 🙃
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Guy Enjoyer is lecturing Rob Sand about “losing his respect.” This is the same Guy Enjoyer who is a vocal supporter of Zach Lahn and routinely posts antisemitic garbage on this platform, but apparently now he’s the self-appointed arbiter of decency and respect. I can assure you, Rob Sand is not sitting up at 2 a.m. wondering, “How can I win back Guy Enjoyer’s approval?” I suspect he’ll somehow find the strength to carry on without it.
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I guess it's either the #mlb home run derby or no sports tonight ...
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Replying to @mattvanswol
You can't pick and choose... You like your #2A rights? You like your #1A rights? Then you like your 14th amendment rights. SCOTUS's ruling is as it should be.
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