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Joined February 2009
Veterans and the troops are nothing more than political pawns to this cowardly draft dodger.
Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."
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Just spitballing here, but this seems like a prosecutable crime. But in the Trump/Blanche DOJ, don’t hold your breath.
BREAKING: A billionaire wanted a Trump pardon. His family gave Alina Habba a $50 million deal. Julio Herrera Velutini's daughter hired Habba -- then a senior adviser to Pam Bondi at the Justice Department -- at $10 million a year for four years plus bonuses. He got his pardon not long after. Full Story: nyti.ms/47vemAQ
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New survey: 83% of nonreligious Americans see empathy as a core moral value, compared to just 42% of white evangelicals. If compassion threatens your religious worldview, perhaps the problem isn’t compassion. religionnews.com/2026/10/20/…
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For the second straight election, Trump is lying that schools in multiple states send kids off for gender surgery without their parents' knowledge. For the second straight election, his team can't find a single example of that having ever happened in any state. cnn.com/2026/10/20/politics/…
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“Make the Kremlin Great Again” is the worst closing argument before midterm elections I’ve seen by either party in my lifetime.
"When the election is over there needs to be a bipartisan reckoning for Mr. Trump’s budding alliance with the Kremlin against Ukraine, Europe and American interests." -WSJ Editorial Board wsj.com/opinion/to-russia-wi…
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Something something about false idols…
move over Jesus -- Trump says he'll "lead us to a period of time in Christianity that nobody else can do"
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Surprise!
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Ya think?
The WSJ editorial board states outright: “…there needs to be a bipartisan reckoning for Mr. Trump’s budding alliance with the Kremlin against Ukraine, Europe and American interests.” wsj.com/opinion/to-russia-wi…
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Ten years ago today. In just the last few days: Trump made a deal for the U.S. to buy Russian diesel, an economic lifeline for Putin; he and Elon Musk blamed each other for an order that slowed down Starlink satellite connectivity over Ukraine, hampering the country's defenses during a devastating Russian attack; and Trump waived sanctions on Russia that Congress, led by his late friend Lindsey Graham, had pushed for. Now, Putin has proposed a summit with Trump and Xi to decide Ukraine’s fate for them, bulldoze a century of international cooperation, and frame Russia as an equal to the U.S. and China. We’ll see if Putin’s puppet continues to dance on his strings.
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Make corruption shameful again.
Donald Trump set another record. There’s NEVER been an election (since polling began in the United States) where voters said “corruption” was their top worry. Until now.
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Kristof is 💯 percent correct.
Imagine if in 1943 FDR had decided that the US would stop helping Britain and instead would side with the Third Reich. That's a bit like what President Trump is now doing by cozying up to Russia as it tries to destroy Ukraine. Utterly shameful. A humiliating moment for the US.
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When you’ve lost the conservative National Review. nationalreview.com/2026/10/c…
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MAGA is crashing out in the replies lmaooo. Signs in rural Oklahoma are getting them scared. CYNDI MUNSON FOR GOVERNOR
I’m telling you right now Oklahoma is going blue. I see 10 new Munson signs every day. I can’t tell you the last time I saw a Mazzei sign.
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A coward with no testicles 👇
WELKER: Trump said he finds Zelenskyy more difficult to deal with than Putin. He struck an oil deal with Putin. Do you think with these moves the president is siding with Putin? LANKFORD: No. It's pretty clear he's siding with Ukraine. WELKER: Ukraine doesn't feel that way LANKFORD: He's trying to get both sides to the table
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Vladimir Putin appears to have concluded that he cannot win the war in Ukraine on the battlefield. His strategy now is to grind Ukraine down. How scandalous that Donald Trump has become his best weapon economist.com/leaders/2026/1…
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am i supposed to be scared of this?
Trump: If Democrats win, “You’re going to be thrown into a system where everyone gets healthcare.”
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Jesus. Look at this. Really look at it from @peterbakernyt
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