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Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
Kim Reynolds again most unpopular governor in America, according to new survey cbs2iowa.com/news/local/kim-…
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This could be any of us. Gestapo, U.S. style.
ICE detain U.S. citizen woman driving to work—dressed in full medical scrubs.
"I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?"
Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
Agents finally checked driver's license to prove her citizenship—and did eventually release her.
DHS issued a statement claiming that she had initially refused to roll down her car window "all the way."
The incident occurred near Rowell’s Waterfront Park in Key Largo, Florida. #DemsUnited
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Newsom's press peeps are beating Trump at his own game.
YES DONALD, PLEASE DO A SERIOUS REVIEW OF THIS. I HEAR DEAD PEOPLE VOTED AFTER BEING REVIVED WITH A COVID VACCINE. THEIR BALLOTS WERE THEN BLOWN BY WINDMILLS INTO THE HANDS OF MEXICAN ANTIFA WHO PASSED THEM TO A TEAM OF TRANS PIGEONS WHO FLEW THEM TO THE BALLOT BOX. TRUE STORY.
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When hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens get their bill for non-subsidized health care coverage under the ACA, it will be really hard for the Republicans to (falsely) claim this is about subsidizing health care for illegal immigrants. They have made their own bed of thorns.
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Moody's Analytics looks at economic performance and says that Iowa is 49th of 50 states in likelihood of being in or on the verge of a recession. Only West Virginia ranks worse. Nice job Kim Reynolds and her Republican legislative cronies - you've wrecked the state economy.
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Trump Administration Plans to Force Millions More Seniors and People With Disabilities to Travel to Social Security’s Overburdened Field Offices cbpp.org/blog/trump-administ…
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Detecting Tariff Effects on Consumer Prices in Real Time federalreserve.gov/econres/n… via @FederalReserve
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The authoritarian takeover attempt is here, by @Noahpinion open.substack.com/pub/noahpi…
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The way this country is denouncing the importance of science is truly one of the tragedies of the 21st century. All because of the petulance of a non-science supporting POTUS.
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While I absolutely agree with your analysis, who did the Cato Institute (or its primary donors) support for POTUS last election? You are getting what you paid for.
One last reminder before Liberation Day:
"Are tariffs bad for growth? Yes, say five decades of data from 150 countries" pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
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With all due respect - and I absolutely agree with the sentiment - who did your industry support for POTUS? I'd say your industry is getting what you politically contributed to and voted for.
Vietnam buys $10B per year to the U.S.
Who gives a shit if they tariff themselves 10% or 0% on it?
We buy $150B per year from Vietnam.
And we just self taxed ourselves 50% on all of that for no reason at all.
We deserve what is coming for us.
Economically illiterate society electing economically illiterate leaders to make economically illiterate decisions.
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Justin is a real economist, with a PhD from Harvard. The POTUS has a BA in real estate.
Monstrously destructive, incoherent, ill-informed tariffs based on fabrications, imagined wrongs, discredited theories and ignorance of decades of evidence. And the real tragedy is that they will hurt working Americans more than anyone else.
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This is alarming and absurd - he can't even pronounce Goebbels name correctly. It's as if he didn't know his role in Nazi Germany. Who the hell is running the Republican caucus these days?
BREAKING: In an alarming moment, GOP Congressman Keith Self decides to quote Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, to make a point. There is never any reason to quote Goebbels. Ever.
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Ever prescient, her final book outlined a coming dark age—and how to get through it. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab
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Four reasons not to vote for Trump, and four reasons to vote for Harris, by @Noahpinion open.substack.com/pub/noahpi…
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Iowa Poll: Kamala Harris leapfrogs Donald Trump to take lead near Election Day. Here's how desmoinesregister.com/story/… via @DMRegister
