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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 7h

TP USA is producing an alternative Super Bowl halftime show.

They should get a White guy to sing Bad Bunny's songs in English.

Too bad Pat Boone isn't available.

abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/...

Turning Point USA announces counterprogram Super Bowl halftime show

Turning Point USA announced a counter-programming Super Bowl halftime show, set to air during Bad Bunny's official halftime performance.

abcnews.go.com

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 8h

The denial that objective truth exists supports those who rely solely on narratives for their knowledge of the world and undermines those who rely on data and facts for their knowledge of the world.

Writers who rely on objective truth are journalists. Those who rely on narratives are propagandists.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 8h

It's hard to believe that Tesla's earnings are going to spike hard enough to justify the 200 P/E when the corporation's earnings are falling.

All promises of future earnings need to be viewed in the context of the fact that Elon Musk has a long, unbroken history of unfulfilled promises.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 9h

A party with a narrow majority should not get everything they want, even their most extreme policies, while the party with almost half of the seats gets nothing of what they want and has no power to moderate the majority's impulses.

Denying the voice of 47% just isn't democratic.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 9h

The Congress should reach the majority votes necessary to pass legislation through negotiation and compromise.

The Senate filibuster works to assure that compromise.

The current GOP tactic of refusing to negotiate or compromise is contrary to the way this is supposed to work.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 9h

Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives 219 - 214 (once Rep. Grijalva is sworn in).

The situation in the Senate is just about the same: 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats plus 2.

So both houses are just about evenly divided and outcomes should reflect this nearly even division.

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 9h

As the majority party, the GOP has the duty to bring a bill that can pass. They aren't doing their job.

Worse, they refuse to negotiate with Democrats to get a bill that can pass. That's their choice. They are choosing shutdown over negotiation and compromise.

Their choice, their shutdown.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 10h

The inflatable costume store is still open and doing business.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 10h

President Trump, who is clearly demented, has lost all connection with the truth and reality.

My only question is whether he thinks up this nonsense for himself or if someone is feeding it to him.

Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 10h

But none near me

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 10h

In theaters now!

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 10h

THERE'S A NEW DEATHSTALKER!!!

Does that mean that other people like watching vintage exploitation sword and sorcery schlock?

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Charlie Mas @charliemas.bsky.social · 11h

Free baseball!

Only sad thing is that beer sales ended in the 7th.

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