Rural Lib
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Rural Lib
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People not elected to government should not have the power to reshape the government, especially people whose obscene wealth depends on the government functioning a certain way.

This is not a hot take.

It's just plain common sense.
December 7, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Cruz on Face the Nation pushing for Patel while complaining about the FBI partisanship. Patel is definition of partisan. Cruz is such a hack.
December 1, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Wow.
Lou Dobbs told Stephen Miller to have the GOP pay me $500,000,000 to stop beating them in court. I made clear I could not be bought.
December 1, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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A future conversation...

"Dad, how could people want things to be so bad?"

"Well son, we used the internet mostly for porn and screaming our feelings. When it came time to look up things like "fascism" and "tariffs" I'm afraid it was a bridge too far for most."
November 28, 2024 at 2:59 AM
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From ObamaCare to
TrumpDontCare
November 24, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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Today's national recall news - Over 40,000 Walmart Bakery Items Recalled Nationwide. And a reminder that regulations are needed to protect us from greedy oligarchs who only care about $$$. www.yahoo.com/news/over-40...
Over 40,000 Walmart Bakery Items Recalled Nationwide
Check your pantries ASAP.
www.yahoo.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.

It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/

(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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Release the Gaetz report.

Pass it on.
November 17, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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Sri Lanka tried RFK Jr.'s food plan, and it was catastrophic. Productivity plummeted, causing food shortages, skyrocketing prices, lost exports, and an economic collapse. Farmers faced huge losses, forcing the government to reverse the ban and import costly emergency food.
In Sri Lanka, Organic Farming Went Catastrophically Wrong
A nationwide experiment is abandoned after producing only misery.
foreignpolicy.com
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
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Don't look at the news

Don't look at the news

Don't look at the news

(Looks at the news)

Oh, for fuck's sake
November 13, 2024 at 9:15 PM