Brutkey

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I feel like everything got in the weeds that we're not making the argument for why govt funding of science and education is good.

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One thing that has been barely mentioned is the effect of Congress' cuts to DC funding.

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DOJ is desperately trying to keep Whiskey Pete's appearance at today's invasion press conference out of the hearing in CA on the LA invasion.

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Look how the list of cities that are more dangerous than DC works out.

www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members

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Here's a YouTube of the people Trump was complaining about, who spit on cops.

Trump pardoned all of them.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uokwbi34hpk5wsedilpuasjw/post/3lw5e6chaps2b

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Here's a US News real estate list of most dangerous cities:

Memphis#1
3 are in MO (St. Lou, Springfield, KC)
3 are in LA (Alexandria, NOLA, Monroe)
3 are in OH (Cleveland, Canton, Dayton)
2 in AL (Anniston and Birmingham)
Little Rock
Myrtle Beach

realestate.usnews.com/places/ranki...

realestate.usnews.com/places/ranking...

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Oh, interesting. That MacArthur Park stunt was approved by Whiskey Pete personally.

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Oh holy hell, literally, they called it Operation Excalibur.

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Oh, interesting. That MacArthur Park stunt was approved by Whiskey Pete personally.

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I beg someone who does video to take the part of this where Trump complains that people spit at cops (9:30) and set it to Jan6 footage.

www.c-span.org/program/whit...

President Trump on Holds News ...

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Folks, I agree this is a piece of shit ¶ in a piece of shit "filing."

But then I remember that John Sauer convinced SCOTUS into immunizing Trump, and I worry maybe he knows how to work these people.

[This is still at the Circuit Court but it'll go to SCOTUS one way or another.]

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3lw5avcgwdc2o

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John Sauer says that if the US had to pay back all the taxes it illegally collected from consumers, it might ruin the country.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...