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#47 Admin/Cabinet
As we approach the swearing in and the various hearings that follow to fill out the Administration here is a thread to cover all aspects of the Administration, however that ends up looking.
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Desantis
time for his own thread? https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1660723205160443918?t=KM83SfgQKtfXcc5_c_pYnw&s=19
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Facebook
The thread for all things Facebook related. I think it's a shithole. I will get things started with this huge story. Facebook must be broken up, the US government says in a groundbreaking lawsuit https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/09/tech/facebook-antitrust-lawsuit-ftc-attorney-generals/index.html
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Biden Executive Branch
Catch all thread for the various depts of this administration....https://apnews.com/article/irs-nominee-tax-audit-promise-41b0d4242fcb69a180f313a689e34953 Joe Biden Internal Revenue ServiceIRS nominee: No audit boost for households under $400,000By FATIMA HUSSEINTodayWASHINGTON (AP) — If confirmed as IRS…
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Responses to current policies
first response like this from outside the US. One of the Ivies did similar with another datbase....hope to see more of this sort of thing.A team of volunteer archivists have restored the CDC website exactly as it was on inauguration day. It went live this week and is hosted in Europe https://restoredcdc.org this works now.
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#47 President Donald Trump
This is a place to discuss the man that was elected both the 45th and 47th President of the United States.
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Russel Brand Interview
This is a very cool interview with Russel Brand on BBC's Newsnight last night. It seems to be doing the rounds at the moment and gaining a lot of attention. He's definitely a smart cookie, operating on a high frequency. Though I do wonder if he's maybe being slightly over-ambitious. Check it out:…
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USA starts World War III
Here's a thread to discuss insidious manners and extremes Americans will go to to preserve their prosperity as they run out of fresh water and rare earth minerals. Examples: 1. Disrespect for universally accepted international boundaries: "I think Greenland's going to be something that maybe is in our future. I think it's…
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Immigration
I've said some things about immigration that some on this board have been disgusted by. I would like to have further discussion of this issue. I've said that immigration should be lessened because the baggage that third world immigrants are bringing with them is detrimental to our economy and government. It is my view that…
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The Death Penalty
"I've been haunted by the men I was asked to execute in the name of the state of Florida. This is premeditated, carefully thought out ceremonial killing." - Ron McAndrew, former prison warden in Florida http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/se ... don-denied Troy Davis execution: Georgia pardons board denies plea for…
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Senator Tom "I'm A Warrior, Hear Me Roar" Cotton Sold his Soulless Self
To the Devil, Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/politics/trump-immigration.html
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Special Prosecutor Smith
seems to be generating enough activity to warrant his own thread... https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-politics-georgia-atlanta-subpoenas-07a6acf3de8ecaf50c60b32a1e653981 Capitol siege Donald Trump Georgia Atlanta Subpoenas U.S. Department of Justice Georgia state government Government and politics Trump probe…
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Cyber Attacks
I imagine we'd flip our shit if the same kind of thing was done to us. In fact, I bet it would be labeled terrorism. We are becoming that which we fear... http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/repo ... 34261.html ..Report: Obama ordered wave of cyberattacks on Iran By Ron Recinto | The Ticket – 1 hr 22 mins ago....Email…
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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez
Youngest female ever elected to congress ever. She can't afford rent in DC so she started a Go Fund Me account? I don't think it's really her but we should discuss her anyways. She labeled herself a "Democratic Socialist".
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Gabby Petito
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/20/us/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-update/index.html Interesting developments in the last several hours
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Genetic Engineering/Manipulation
scientists create wooly mouse, plan to bring back wooly mammoth by 2028, dodo, and tasmanian tiger: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/science/woolly-mouse-mammoth-resurrection-colossal/index.html
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Songs for our times.
Post a song for these shaky times. When all else fails, play some music! Rip out the table We need room to move In a life unstable You're so easily amused Anywhere you hang Yourself is home Throw in a tape, fix the tone Someone take the wheel And I don't know where we're going Anybody say what your feel Back home I guess…
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People Of Colour Only Good For Cleaning Toilets Or Washing Dishes...
apparently, if you live in Toronto. Everywhere i go in my daily travels I'm struck by this one conspicuous phenomenon. In one of the most multicultural cities on the planet, where people are supposed to blind to colour, it is staggering to see the divisions in the workplace. Go to a franchaised coffee shop, go to a…
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STEADY essays by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner
main substack page for past essays https://steady.substack.com/
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Madeline McCann
https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1628104789127987215 New developments....should be interesting