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In solemn remembrance of those that sacrificed all... Trust me, they would love the job I'm doing if they weren't dead...NICE! - RL - 5/28/2018 4:34:29 PM
- Look on the bright side, RL - ER - 5/28/2018 11:09:23 PM
  - For future conservatives... - mcfly - 5/29/2018 1:24:18 AM

Oh well... At least you can still buy the official commemorative coin - RL - 5/25/2018 1:59:25 AM
- Snap it up! - ER - 5/25/2018 2:59:53 AM
  - Nah, I am investing in crypto-coins... - RL - 5/25/2018 3:07:57 AM

The Fart of the Deal - ER - 5/15/2018 4:10:11 AM

"The fact is, is John McCain — it (Torture) worked on John. That’s why they call him ‘Songbird John’ ” - RL - 5/10/2018 10:49:38 PM
- Another White House aide was quoted today saying - ER - 5/11/2018 3:28:23 AM
  - I wonder how it must feel to wake up each morning knowing that you have chosen THESE people as your allies. - RL - 5/12/2018 7:38:44 PM
    - I wonder how it must feel to wake up each morning knowing that you have - ER - 5/14/2018 4:48:00 PM
  - Remember how our departed cowardly conservatives wielded their righteous reverence for our troops as a club? - RL - 5/12/2018 2:20:57 AM
    - White House Refuses to Apologize for Aide’s Joke About McCain - RL - 5/12/2018 2:25:43 AM
  - And Trump himself slandered McCain - RL - 5/11/2018 12:28:35 PM
- And there’s no evidence for the claim that torture ever saved even one American life. - ER - 5/10/2018 11:30:48 PM

Trump team hired spy firm for ‘dirty ops’ on Iran arms deal - RL - 5/8/2018 1:26:12 AM
- These guys are like kids. - ER - 5/8/2018 5:03:05 PM

Trump proposes $15 billion spending cuts, targets children's health program - RL - 5/8/2018 1:04:29 AM

Trump on Rudy's disastrous defense attempt: “He’ll get his facts straight.” - RL - 5/5/2018 3:54:32 AM
- Nobody in his party seems to notice when he's caught lying. - ER - 5/5/2018 1:48:07 PM
  - this sums it up - RL - 5/5/2018 6:31:23 PM

It's only a matter of time, - ER - 5/5/2018 1:18:42 PM

So do you think the republicans will get enough votes to impeach Rosenstein next week? - RL - 5/5/2018 1:33:55 AM
- Not only do they grasp it... - ER - 5/5/2018 1:47:39 AM
  - "They’ve got most of what they have always wanted..." - However %99 of those that voted for him will get far less than nothing... - RL - 5/5/2018 3:45:44 AM

Now, git offn ma prop'ty, boy. - ER - 5/4/2018 3:58:33 PM

The supermarket checkout tabloid hotline - ER - 5/3/2018 4:48:07 PM

You're not helping... - RL - 5/3/2018 3:49:56 AM

What's up, Doc? Trump’s Onetime Physician Says Trump Aides Raided His Office - RL - 5/2/2018 2:28:35 AM
- Did Trump's people break the law? - mcfly - 5/2/2018 2:44:56 PM
  - hipaathetically, yes - Robert - 5/3/2018 2:45:33 AM
    - GROAN... - RL - 5/3/2018 3:43:26 AM
- Don dictated doc's disastrously dumb document.... - RL - 5/2/2018 2:35:05 AM

Even the chief of staff agrees Trump is an idiot... - RL - 5/1/2018 12:23:54 AM
- Someone is lying here. - ER - 5/1/2018 3:10:19 AM
  - Kelly has proven that he is NOT a man of character... - RL - 5/2/2018 12:33:54 AM

‘Are there any Hispanics in the room?’ - RL - 4/30/2018 10:34:41 PM
- Yeah, and we're all paying attention. - ER - 5/1/2018 11:20:22 PM

The madness of King Donald - ER - 5/1/2018 7:20:37 PM

ER Speaks - ER - 4/29/2018 4:20:34 PM
- My prediction - RL - 4/29/2018 11:40:49 PM

The Mutz study seems to be catching on with Liberals. - ER - 4/27/2018 2:18:44 PM
- The same rodeo - Robert - 4/28/2018 6:57:33 PM
  - "THeir problems are manufactured and self-inflicted for the political profit of rightwing politicians." - ER - 4/28/2018 7:40:49 PM
    - Ham-handed legerdemain and those that are willingly deceived... - RL - 4/29/2018 1:22:03 AM
      - I know where you're coming from, RL. I know these people. - ER - 4/29/2018 3:12:31 AM
        
        So do I- I grew up in rural Oklahoma... - RL - 4/29/2018 3:26:17 AM

diffusion vs Independent Invention - ER - 4/28/2018 9:11:35 PM

So, is it fascism, or not? - ER - 4/23/2018 2:25:51 PM
- Oh, I think we can stop wondering.... - RL - 4/24/2018 11:26:53 PM
  - Freak Corps, Free Corps, Freikorps - ER - 4/25/2018 2:42:59 AM
    - It is a war... it has been for a while now... - RL - 4/26/2018 12:48:07 AM
      - You know, I'm starting to believe you might just be right. - ER - 4/26/2018 2:12:07 AM
        
        The thing is, we can only win by sticking by the facts, the law and the rules and norms of our democracy... - RL - 4/26/2018 3:29:09 AM
        
        "make their acts a subject of scorn, so they don’t dare show that face in public again" - Robert - 4/26/2018 5:39:49 AM
        
        Sadly the ideals we fight for are the very ideals that put us at a disadvantage... - RL - 4/27/2018 3:36:12 AM
    - Fascism resurfaces in DC - RL - 4/25/2018 3:07:55 AM
      - The Secret Library - ER - 4/25/2018 4:57:02 AM
- Re: So, is it fascism, or not? - Robert - 4/23/2018 8:33:54 PM
  - The Bridge of Versailles - ER - 4/23/2018 9:30:08 PM
    - Similar ballparks - Robert - 4/24/2018 4:31:56 AM
      - Yes, I do stress socioeconomic class. Sorry. - ER - 4/24/2018 1:50:14 PM
        
        No apology necessary - Robert - 4/25/2018 5:13:51 PM
        
        We're not that far apart. - ER - 4/25/2018 6:00:43 PM

Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds - RL - 4/26/2018 2:55:00 AM
- After Obama was elected for a second term they realized the jig was up. - ER - 4/27/2018 1:17:47 AM
  - I really don't think Trump will make it 4 years... - RL - 4/27/2018 3:30:02 AM
- The same study Robert cites in his post "No apology necessary" below. - ER - 4/26/2018 3:07:54 AM

Anybody catch the president's descent into madness this morning? - RL - 4/27/2018 2:22:13 AM
- He was yelling into his phone... - RL - 4/27/2018 2:34:22 AM
- Even the Fox Fiends realized they needed to shut Trump up before he went even further... - RL - 4/27/2018 2:23:36 AM
  - Its like the Cain Mutiny Court Martial. - ER - 4/27/2018 3:16:28 AM
    - And just think- he is supposedly meeting with the mad leader of North Korea soon... - RL - 4/27/2018 3:29:10 AM

Fascism is the dictatorship of the middle class. - ER - 4/26/2018 3:05:53 PM

So, if you were one of the fools that believed that Trump would hire "the best people"... - RL - 4/25/2018 12:54:04 AM
- “If you were a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you were a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.” - RL - 4/26/2018 12:24:14 AM
  - And the Habitable Zone servers do not have the disk space to list all of Pruitt's ethical issues... - RL - 4/26/2018 12:28:48 AM
    - Jackson tells colleagues he may withdraw from consideration to lead VA amid allegations - RL - 4/26/2018 12:32:22 AM
      - "Assume Doctor poses..." - ER - 4/26/2018 2:07:05 AM

'If you're innocent, why are you taking the 5th?' - Donald Trump - RL - 4/26/2018 12:10:12 AM

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