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As the can is once again kicked down the road, we have to wonder how long Mike Johnson will keep his position. Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker!

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Kick-the-can financing threatens the U.S. credit rating, which impacts the federal government's constant borrowing, which threatens all the worthwhile programs that Congress funded before the schizophrenic Republicans took over the House. Maybe that's their plan...

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John,

Republicans have no actual plan. There real goal is MAPA.

Make America Poor Again. Outsourcing. Offshoring. You name anything that makes Americans more Poor and Republicans support it.

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They always have one overarching plan -- cut taxes and spend like crazy when there is a GOP President. Also, take away rights and benefits from everyone but the rich and corporations so the plutocrats can steal elections. When there is a Democrat, complain about the deficit, the border and people of color.

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Gary Loft- exactly right, that is always the GOP plan

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Yep.

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"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

--George W. Bush

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Wow, and look what a job he did for us.

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I think you really meant:

Wow, look at what an unmitigated disaster Bush II was and look! He killed more than 400,000 innocent Iraqi's and Afghan citizens.

BUT??? Haliburton stock increased by 500% based on thousands of "no bid" contracts.

I mean, what's not to like about total, unbridled corruption?

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IтАЩm more subtle than you. I have very strong feelings regarding his actions re: Iraq. My Marine Corps son-in-law, an officer with three young children, was in the invasion force. My husband and I had to be completely supportive for their sake, but we were furious. There was a plus side. Both sets of grandparents were close enough to Camp Pendleton where they lived to be able to step in for all their different activities and become very close. ThatтАЩs the only time in their 30+ years of marriage that we were so available. WeтАЩre also proud of the fact our son-in-law received a Bronze Star for the job he did in pre-planning and carrying through once there. The worst part none of us ever heard a word about how his unit was doing. From the time they arrived in Kuwait until they were ordered back there in preparation to come home, no word. They also had never received any of our letters or care packages. All that worry and fear for one manтАЩs need to show his dad what he could do, and another man with no conscience could make a fortune. Despicable.

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If W. said it I, by definition, ignore it.

W had an estimated IQ of 81. One point above special needs.

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Well yes, every one of the past five Presidents has been a cokw-head, or at least a user.

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We drove past one of the most disheveled and disheartening homeless encampments in Oakland yesterday. I thought of all the good that could be done to alleviate some of this poverty through good governance. Oligarchs that choose to feather their own already over feathered nests at the expense of everyone else have to be stopped.

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Hey,

Bezos makes the news every day with his world tour accompanied by his, umm, well, ok, really, his hooker.

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Would that be wife #2 or someone new? Such a guy.

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Not about making Americans poor, rather holding on to, and increasing, the power necessary to make the rich richer, which leads toтАж.

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leads to... "higher, tighter and righter" transfer of wealth, per Bush, Sr.

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The "Planets" spew Propaganda. Reported.

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...said the defender of George H.W. Bush. Way to go, troll.

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Well, yeah

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Regarding Ukraine, the ongoing war has seen ongoing permutations among the countries of the European Union. Poland became Ukraine's good buddy, dreaming of expanded borders. Then the wheels came off that, and then the conservative nationalist Polish government got voted out. The return of the liberal globalist Donald Tusk appears to signify Polish subservience to Germany, which brings forth the question:

Is Germany rebuilding "Fortress Europe"?

https://korybko.substack.com/p/germany-is-rebuilding-fortress-europe

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