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Trump Is Right That Pax Americana Is Over — The Atlantic
Global But will he bother to build something new? January 10, 2025 As he sat in prison in 1930 , at the opening of a fateful decade, the Italian anti-fascist Antonio Gramsci wrote: “The crisis consist...
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Do you agree? “Trump’s transactional and pragmatic engagement with adversaries may do more to tame geopolitical rivalry than Biden’s view of a globe defined by a clash between democracy and autocracy. Trump’s readiness to negotiate with Russia, China, and Iran is exactly what’s needed.”
Trump signs executive order fast-tracking reclassification of marijuana - NBC News
So they are ok if we smoke weed but not get vaccinated? Glad they have their priorities straight. Now if only I could afford healthcare…
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So they are ok if we smoke weed but not get vaccinated? Glad they have their priorities straight. Now if only I could afford healthcare…
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Trump signs executive order fast-tracking reclassification of marijuana — NBC News
The move doesn't legalize marijuana, but the reclassification would allow the FDA to study it for medical purposes.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Trump signs executive order fast-tracking reclassification of marijuana - NBC News
So they are ok if we smoke weed but not get vaccinated? Glad they have their priorities straight. Now if only I could afford healthcare…
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So they are ok if we smoke weed but not get vaccinated? Glad they have their priorities straight. Now if only I could afford healthcare…
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I paid $1800/mo for healthcare insurance for a family of 4 last year plus over $10,000 out of pocket.
@politico.com Can you let the American people know how much our legislators spend for their healthcare?
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@politico.com Can you let the American people know how much our legislators spend for their healthcare?
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House Republicans pass health care plan without re-upping insurance subsidies
A House GOP-authored health care bill passed the chamber Wednesday night but won’t be the final word on the future of the enhanced tax credits.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I paid $1800/mo for healthcare insurance for a family of 4 last year plus over $10,000 out of pocket.
@politico.com Can you let the American people know how much our legislators spend for their healthcare?
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@politico.com Can you let the American people know how much our legislators spend for their healthcare?
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Q: "The jobs report you mentioned this morning…said 100,000 jobs were lost in October and the unemployment rate…is the highest since the pandemic…How do you inspire companies to hire people?"
Vance: "The unemployment rate only counts people who are looking for work."
Vance: "The unemployment rate only counts people who are looking for work."
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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#MikeJohnson how much do you pay for health insurance for your family?
This is the most stupid excuse I’ve ever heard:
“[Many Republicans] did want to vote on the Obamacare Covid-era subsidy… We looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve, and it just was not to be.”
This is the most stupid excuse I’ve ever heard:
“[Many Republicans] did want to vote on the Obamacare Covid-era subsidy… We looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve, and it just was not to be.”
No vote coming on extending healthcare subsidies, US House Speaker says
Healthcare subsidies for millions of Americans are all but certain to expire in the new year as Mike Johnson confirms the US House won't vote on extension.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
#MikeJohnson how much do you pay for health insurance for your family?
This is the most stupid excuse I’ve ever heard:
“[Many Republicans] did want to vote on the Obamacare Covid-era subsidy… We looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve, and it just was not to be.”
This is the most stupid excuse I’ve ever heard:
“[Many Republicans] did want to vote on the Obamacare Covid-era subsidy… We looked for a way to try to allow for that pressure release valve, and it just was not to be.”
Last year, I paid premiums of over $1800 per month for #healthcare coverage for my family of 4, plus thousands of dollars more out of pocket. This year, my costs will increase. What is the real reason healthcare costs are so high in this country?
December 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Last year, I paid premiums of over $1800 per month for #healthcare coverage for my family of 4, plus thousands of dollars more out of pocket. This year, my costs will increase. What is the real reason healthcare costs are so high in this country?
Mike has the concept of a plan. You know I have the concept of spending a shitload of money to keep my family healthy.
“House GOP erupts over health care as leaders hunt for a plan: Speaker Mike Johnson presented a list of concepts…”
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“House GOP erupts over health care as leaders hunt for a plan: Speaker Mike Johnson presented a list of concepts…”
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House GOP erupts over health care as leaders hunt for a plan
Speaker Mike Johnson presented a list of concepts that did not include extending expiring Obamacare subsidies.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Mike has the concept of a plan. You know I have the concept of spending a shitload of money to keep my family healthy.
“House GOP erupts over health care as leaders hunt for a plan: Speaker Mike Johnson presented a list of concepts…”
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“House GOP erupts over health care as leaders hunt for a plan: Speaker Mike Johnson presented a list of concepts…”
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I pay more than $1000 per month in #healthcare premiums for my family of 4. Plus copays and out of pocket expenses.
My kid, who is on a visa in another country, pays $1000 for basic and emergency healthcare for the entire year. Period.
America sure is exceptional.
My kid, who is on a visa in another country, pays $1000 for basic and emergency healthcare for the entire year. Period.
America sure is exceptional.
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I pay more than $1000 per month in #healthcare premiums for my family of 4. Plus copays and out of pocket expenses.
My kid, who is on a visa in another country, pays $1000 for basic and emergency healthcare for the entire year. Period.
America sure is exceptional.
My kid, who is on a visa in another country, pays $1000 for basic and emergency healthcare for the entire year. Period.
America sure is exceptional.
Vaccines have saved millions of lives. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Vaccines have saved millions of lives. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
I won’t hold my breath.
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I won’t hold my breath.
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Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned — The Independent
President Donald Trump says he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in October
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December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned
I won’t hold my breath.
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I won’t hold my breath.
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Trump Funneling Money From Republican Committees He Runs Into His Own Pocket
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Trump Again Funneling Money From Political Committees He Runs Into His Own Pocket — HuffPost
Of the $1.1 million his hotels and country clubs have collected from Republican candidates and committees this year, 80% is from entities Trump controls.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trump Funneling Money From Republican Committees He Runs Into His Own Pocket
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Trump posted on Truth Social: "There is a new word for a TRUMP REPUBLICAN, which is almost everyone (GREAT POLICY IS THE KEY!). It is, TEPUBLICAN??? Or, TPUBLICAN???"
How about DUMB SHITSTER?
How about DUMB SHITSTER?
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Trump posted on Truth Social: "There is a new word for a TRUMP REPUBLICAN, which is almost everyone (GREAT POLICY IS THE KEY!). It is, TEPUBLICAN??? Or, TPUBLICAN???"
How about DUMB SHITSTER?
How about DUMB SHITSTER?
Sorry. “signed each one of these pardons by hand” and “one of the signatures President Trump personally signed was mistakenly uploaded multiple times” cannot both be true. #TrumpAutopen
Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sorry. “signed each one of these pardons by hand” and “one of the signatures President Trump personally signed was mistakenly uploaded multiple times” cannot both be true. #TrumpAutopen
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Not only was Sandwich Guy acquitted.
He was acquitted on a misdemeanor after Jeanine Pirro failed to get an indictment for a felony assault charge out of a grand jury. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
He was acquitted on a misdemeanor after Jeanine Pirro failed to get an indictment for a felony assault charge out of a grand jury. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Not only was Sandwich Guy acquitted.
He was acquitted on a misdemeanor after Jeanine Pirro failed to get an indictment for a felony assault charge out of a grand jury. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
He was acquitted on a misdemeanor after Jeanine Pirro failed to get an indictment for a felony assault charge out of a grand jury. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
A peace prize? From FIFA? 😂😂🤣 That hold a lot of weight. 😳🤣🤣
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
A peace prize? From FIFA? 😂😂🤣 That hold a lot of weight. 😳🤣🤣
😂🤣🤣 “Speaker Johnson says GOP working on Republican health care plan”
I won’t hold my breath.
I won’t hold my breath.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
😂🤣🤣 “Speaker Johnson says GOP working on Republican health care plan”
I won’t hold my breath.
I won’t hold my breath.
Does anyone else think this is hysterical? 😆
"Trump, he's had it with these people, because he knows they're playing politics.”
"Trump, he's had it with these people, because he knows they're playing politics.”
The White House thought the shutdown would be quick. Now they’re frustrated.
White House officials, at the start of the shutdown, were certain the Trump administration was better positioned to battle the left during a funding lapse.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Does anyone else think this is hysterical? 😆
"Trump, he's had it with these people, because he knows they're playing politics.”
"Trump, he's had it with these people, because he knows they're playing politics.”
Speaker Johnson says GOP working on Republican health care plan amid shutdown
#MikeJohnson, I’m ready for the details on Republicans’ healthcare plan now. (But I won’t hold my breath.)
#MikeJohnson, I’m ready for the details on Republicans’ healthcare plan now. (But I won’t hold my breath.)
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October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Speaker Johnson says GOP working on Republican health care plan amid shutdown
#MikeJohnson, I’m ready for the details on Republicans’ healthcare plan now. (But I won’t hold my breath.)
#MikeJohnson, I’m ready for the details on Republicans’ healthcare plan now. (But I won’t hold my breath.)
Q: Why won’t Republicans allow a standalone SNAP bill that will almost certainly pass?
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Q: Why won’t Republicans allow a standalone SNAP bill that will almost certainly pass?
Wait so the libs can’t take race into account but the MAGA folks can? Makes total sense.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Wait so the libs can’t take race into account but the MAGA folks can? Makes total sense.
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“The beef prices are up a little big so we’ll have to make a determination, but the ranchers are very happy because for many years they suffered,” says the senile orange guy.
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Political peril spurs Trump to act on beef prices even as ranchers rage — POLITICO
The average price for a pound of ground beef is $6.32, up about 14 percent since Trump took office.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“The beef prices are up a little big so we’ll have to make a determination, but the ranchers are very happy because for many years they suffered,” says the senile orange guy.
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Was there permitting done for this? If it’s not built well, it may fall down on… well… you know.
"Destruction of federal property is a federal crime-18 U.S. Code § 1361 defines it as willfully injuring or committing any depredation of U.S. gov't property-Damage exceeding $1k is a felony w/ a fine-up to 10 yrs in prison or both"
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
Meanwhile-took me forever to get permits to repaint my mailbox.
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Was there permitting done for this? If it’s not built well, it may fall down on… well… you know.
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Wow. Everyone needs to ask @SpeakerJohnson and every GOP candidate about this. As if he isn’t corrupt enough…
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases - The New York Times
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases - The New York Times
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
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October 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wow. Everyone needs to ask @SpeakerJohnson and every GOP candidate about this. As if he isn’t corrupt enough…
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases - The New York Times
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases - The New York Times
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