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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
If crippling Starlink and Starshield was Elon Musk's decision, the implications are enormous. It would demonstrate that SpaceX is an unreliable defense contractor, whose critical services can be disrupted at the whim of its CEO. No private individual should wield this much unchecked power over another country's national security. Governments must be able to rely on contracted defense services without fear of political or personal interference. Nationalization is an option worth considering, not as punishment, but to ensure government control over strategically indispensable infrastructure. At a minimum, stronger oversight and alternatives to SpaceX are urgently needed.
I don't believe that Musk turned off Starlink to Ukraine at his own sole initiative. I believe Trump is implicated up to his painted eyebrows. But if it should be true that Musk did it - then Starlink and Space X must be nationalized by the US government immediately.
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
Damn, @HeyHeyItsConrad Brought The Heat. 🤣💀😂😅💀
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
Seth Rollins explaining to the locker room it's actually great that they're going to Saudi Arabia
#BREAKING US embassy staff and families ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, with families of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain also ordered to leave, diplomatic source tells AFP
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
republicans won the popular vote for the first time in 20 years and killed all their momentum in 2 years
Democrats Hold 11-Point National Lead in Final NYT Poll — Largest Congressional Margin Since 2008
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
WTF was that?
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
airbnb hosts when they have to clean their own house and pay their own mortgage
FINALLY air bnb updated their terms saying hosts can’t require you to strip the beds, do dishes, take the trash out, etc.
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
Joe Burrow being a white male lib in pro sports feels like some Lisan al Ghaib shit
Joe Burrow says he didn’t meet JD Vance at Bengals practice — the VP came and went with “swiftness and efficiency”
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
Everyone is treating this as a mystery but both the Telegraph and WSJ reported Elon Musk proposed this to the president, who gave him the green light.
🇺🇦🇺🇸 The Starlink shutdown may not have come from a direct order, according to investigative journalist Johnathan Swan. Investigative journalist Johnathan Swan: “The Ukraines are still complaining about the speed, so I don't know what's going on inside Musk's companies.”
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
Adam's closing statement: If you want change, I'd like to ask you to vote for me. Whether you're Republican, Democrat or Independent, I will stand up for you. I will fight for you.
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Mike Rogers refuses to answer whether he'll expand healthcare and Abdul El Sayed takes him to town for it: "Nobody knows better about denying people health insurance than Mike Rogers." #MISen
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
After Musk sold out Ukraine to help his Russian master, British parliament says Musk must not be allowed to roam free in Europe.
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
Trump is acting like a petulant baby here because he knows @kaitlancollins is right. He gave Putin major concessions in advance of the hostage release: the diesel deal and the sanctions waiver. No one should pretend otherwise.
Trump: We were in the midst of negotiating and a lot of stupid people said why aren’t you putting Russian sanctions— Collins: But you said you didn’t give anything for his release Trump: If I didn’t do that, you wouldn’t have him coming back. Collins: So you did give something. Trump: You don’t know anything. You’re fake news CNN. Collins: You’re saying you lifted the sanctions in exchange for his release? Trump: You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re a low IQ person. You’re a dummy.
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
Roger Marshall has voted 14 times to stay in the war. We’ve got to get out and bring costs down. To deliver relief now, let's temporarily suspend the gas tax.
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
There is something deeply wrong with a political system that allows one trillionaire to buy his own personal U.S. Senator.
There is something deeply wrong with Talarico
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
She's single-handedly going to help elect a Republican.
Democrat Alani Bankhead says she was offered a job to drop out of the Montana Senate race "They offered to be ... the DNC's head of female veteran candidates or something like that. And I was like: 'Why would I go work for an organization that is actively working against me and stabbing me in the back" (reposted with correct spelling)
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
“This is not partisan; it is patriotism, a word that has been shorn of all meaning by those cloaking themselves in the flag to undermine democracy. After following this mendacity cycle after cycle, the endgame is no mystery.” My column on the threat to democracy.
OPINION by Jon Ralston: Trump’s decade-long campaign of lies about election fraud are coming to fruition in an electoral power-grab. Resistance isn’t a partisan act — it’s your patriotic duty. Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/art…
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
"(Trump) understands Republicans will likely lose the House and perhaps the Senate...unless they can do something to change the way the election is conducted." I wrote this column 8 months ago. Start a war, seize machines, muck around w/mail. Vigilance is the price of liberty.
“This is not partisan; it is patriotism, a word that has been shorn of all meaning by those cloaking themselves in the flag to undermine democracy. After following this mendacity cycle after cycle, the endgame is no mystery.” My column on the threat to democracy.
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Velvet Kenny Rogers retweeted
Netanyahu is desperate to restart the war before the Israeli elections.
🇮🇱🇮🇷📡U.S. officials said the Israelis knew that Iran's air defense systems would detect the sortie 🇮🇱🇺🇸🛩Israel notified the U.S. in advance & described the operation as a training exercise intended for "power projection" & aimed at deterring Iran ahead of the elections
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