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Who needs facts and information to make life and death decisions? - RL - 7/15/2017 5:06:23 PM
- Meanwhile, health insurers say Cruz plan is not workable - RL - 7/15/2017 5:09:27 PM

Republicans think college education is the enemy - RL - 7/14/2017 1:54:41 AM
- They're right. - hank - 7/14/2017 12:05:45 PM
- Conservatives have become toxic to America - mcfly - 7/14/2017 6:27:57 AM

"As horrible as it sounds, when they throw the large sacks of drugs over, and if you have people on the other side of the wall, you don’t see them — they hit you on the head with 60 pounds of stuff?… - RL - 7/14/2017 1:50:44 AM

Watch your back, bitch! - RL - 7/13/2017 11:16:03 PM

Putin's word is good enough for Trump - RL - 7/13/2017 3:17:59 AM
- Trump calls it a witch hunt. Is it possible we'll see him burned at the Trump steak? - mcfly - 7/13/2017 8:41:26 PM
- Trump later said "that laying-on of hands thing sure would have been useful when I owned the pageant..." - mcfly - 7/13/2017 4:53:25 AM

This place is now the psych ward. - SDAI-Tech - 7/1/2017 7:34:19 AM
- "The winning is non-stop. It’s hard to wake up every day and not smile at how different our nation is with a real President leading it – not a puppet." - RL - 7/13/2017 2:39:17 AM
- What were you saying about a psych ward? - RL - 7/2/2017 4:21:27 PM
- The problem with a mental illness like yours... - RL - 7/2/2017 3:07:39 AM
- ....And SDAI _KNOWS_ all about psych wards... - RL - 7/1/2017 7:08:27 PM
- Confirmation Trump's in dire straits - Robert - 7/1/2017 5:48:59 PM
- The Progressive Liberal - hank - 7/1/2017 2:01:47 PM

Trump-Russia investigators probe Jared Kushner-run digital operation - RL - 7/13/2017 2:30:45 AM

What 'Act' of the play are we on now, Podrock? - RL - 7/11/2017 3:58:51 PM
- Still in ACT III - podrock - 7/11/2017 10:58:11 PM
  - The congress has delayed its recess til the 3rd week of August... - RL - 7/12/2017 12:38:33 AM
  - Hopefully at the end of this, all that remain of the GOP will be This - RL - 7/12/2017 12:23:15 AM
  - Do you know something we don't? - ER - 7/11/2017 11:51:39 PM
    - Seriously - podrock - 7/13/2017 12:44:58 AM
    - Re: Do you know something we don't? - podrock - 7/12/2017 12:40:18 AM
      - Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug. - Robert - 7/12/2017 4:46:00 PM
        
        And sometimes you are the bug that voted for the windshield in order to Make Insects Great Again... - RL - 7/13/2017 1:29:16 AM

"This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump" - RL - 7/11/2017 11:43:14 PM
- If it comes down to it, will Senior pardon junior? - RL - 7/12/2017 2:16:17 AM
  - Re: If it comes down to it, will Senior pardon junior? - podrock - 7/12/2017 2:41:35 AM
    - On balance, - Robert - 7/12/2017 4:45:27 PM

"Two males were involved in a verbal altercation." - hank - 7/12/2017 3:07:22 AM
- ass-covering - Robert - 7/12/2017 4:38:57 PM

"Trump’s plan to work with Putin on cybersecurity makes no sense. Here’s why." - Robert - 7/9/2017 7:55:14 PM
- Being There - hank - 7/9/2017 9:27:06 PM
  - I am shocked SDAI wasn't on here immediately after Junior tweeted the emails too accuse him of spreading 'Fake News' - RL - 7/12/2017 12:34:59 AM
- Looking on the bright side... - mcfly - 7/9/2017 8:41:37 PM
  - Who'd have thought the end would be a Russian selling capitalists the rope to hang ourselves? - Robert - 7/9/2017 9:14:23 PM
    - "History repeats itself; first as tragedy, then as farce." - hank - 7/9/2017 11:07:59 PM
- PS: Make my ballot paper! - Robert - 7/9/2017 7:57:03 PM

WHAT-THE-HELL?! "President’s son met with Russian lawyer during presidential campaign after being promised information helpful to father’s effort" - RL - 7/9/2017 11:00:27 PM
- Those of you that voted for Trump- is it starting to sink in? - RL - 7/11/2017 1:27:44 AM
  - But his emails.... - RL - 7/11/2017 8:40:46 PM
    - What Junior said a month after that meeting about the Russians supporting Trump... - RL - 7/11/2017 9:14:14 PM
      - That acorn landed close to the tree, didn't it? - Robert - 7/11/2017 9:16:39 PM
        
        "My son is a high quality person and I applaud his transparency," Trump said. - RL - 7/11/2017 9:27:50 PM
        
        "The douchebag doesn't fall far from the tree" was the quote I loved - RL - 7/11/2017 9:21:57 PM
- Best line so far: "If There Was No Collusion, It Wasn’t for Lack of Trying" - Robert - 7/10/2017 4:21:20 PM
- My brother called me about this. - hank - 7/10/2017 1:44:22 PM

Quack put in charge of CDC - RL - 7/9/2017 11:49:14 PM
- New Maps of Hell - hank - 7/10/2017 3:12:33 AM

Math check: "Three million illegals voted (for Hillary)!" - Robert - 2/22/2017 6:25:53 PM
- The people supporting Trump mostly understand he is lying... - RL - 2/23/2017 4:55:12 AM
  - And the lie comes to fruition - RL - 7/9/2017 3:50:11 AM
  - Lies: The truth in silhouette - Robert - 2/23/2017 5:37:30 PM
- Why bother checking the math? - hank - 2/22/2017 8:21:44 PM
  - Because we can't let lies become the new normal. It's not complicated. - Robert - 2/23/2017 5:30:04 PM
    - I think you miss the point, Robert. - hank - 2/23/2017 6:17:28 PM
      - An overcomplication of Goebbels - Robert - 2/23/2017 8:46:12 PM
        
        Its hard to tell people the truth - hank - 2/24/2017 12:50:16 AM

"Literally no one is going to read 5000 tweets about this trash." - RL - 7/6/2017 7:33:59 PM
- With Trumpian attempts at policy repeatedly running afoul of the constitution, it was only a matter of time before somebody called the document a "liberal conspiracy. " - mcfly - 7/7/2017 12:21:34 AM
- "John Hancock was a Revolutionary... - hank - 7/7/2017 12:07:39 AM

'Here’s a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow.' - RL - 7/6/2017 7:42:13 PM
- Republicans and businessmen... - hank - 7/7/2017 12:12:03 AM
- maybe he watched Field of Dreams in place of going to his Economics classes - SDG - 7/6/2017 8:19:41 PM
  - If you build it, they will lose health coverage... - RL - 7/6/2017 10:53:07 PM

Portland GOP resents being called fascist, hires brown shirts for security - Robert - 7/6/2017 5:04:53 PM
- NRA really wants a civil war - RL - 7/6/2017 5:41:17 PM
  - You've probably seen the NRA's video call to arms... - Robert - 7/6/2017 6:47:02 PM
  - Selling repeating rifles to the Indians, lame horses and moldy oats to the cavalry.. - hank - 7/6/2017 6:25:17 PM

Some thoughts on freedom of the press - Robert - 7/3/2017 2:28:17 AM
- Setting the Stage - podrock - 7/3/2017 4:32:23 PM
  - Yep, Trump clearly reveals he has a lot to fear. - Robert - 7/3/2017 4:56:54 PM
    - He knew that the WSJ report on his people colluding with russians was about to come out last week... - RL - 7/4/2017 7:21:01 AM
      - Remember When... - podrock - 7/6/2017 12:53:04 AM
        
        The tables will not turn. - hank - 7/6/2017 12:15:19 PM
- I think I got it all wrong. - hank - 7/3/2017 5:00:17 AM
- Trump got that video from a neo-nazi - RL - 7/3/2017 3:19:28 AM
  - Yep. Showed up on reddit "The Donald" four days ago - Robert - 7/3/2017 4:50:03 AM
    - A dive in the fever swamp... - RL - 7/4/2017 9:21:48 PM
      - Ewww, that is some swamp fever - Robert - 7/5/2017 2:23:31 AM
        
        "We are going to track down your parents. We are going to track down your siblings. We are going to track down your spouses. We are going to track down your children. " - RL - 7/5/2017 10:34:45 PM
    - The journalist that revealed the neo-nazi origin is getting death threats.... - RL - 7/4/2017 8:43:18 PM
    - I have been spamming his feed with the corrected version I made - RL - 7/3/2017 5:27:46 AM
      - Excellent - Robert - 7/3/2017 4:56:15 PM
        
        Blender is a fun software package - RL - 7/4/2017 2:01:24 AM

Does he even remember what he has tweeted in the past? - RL - 7/5/2017 9:19:58 PM
- Irony, thy name is Trump - RL - 7/5/2017 9:24:05 PM

Its all the fault of Capitalism. - ER - 7/3/2017 3:44:33 PM
- Capitalism thinks of itself as a political ideology - Robert - 7/3/2017 4:53:46 PM
  - Wow. - ER - 7/3/2017 5:56:05 PM
    - Ditto - mcfly - 7/3/2017 9:22:46 PM
      - Is that good? - Robert - 7/4/2017 4:48:11 PM
        
        How come the left-leaning media hasn't been telling us about Sinclair? - hank - 7/4/2017 7:20:00 PM
        
        Yeah, right, what "left-leaning media"? - Robert - 7/5/2017 2:27:46 AM

Does the president know about 'the Google'? - RL - 7/4/2017 9:12:39 PM

Good thing we are keeping out the real threats... - RL - 7/2/2017 1:14:17 AM

Latest tweets- Tired of winning yet? - RL - 7/2/2017 1:04:26 AM

Meanwhile: Russian hackers reportedly discussed how to steal Clinton's emails and transfer them to Michael Flynn - RL - 7/1/2017 7:18:08 PM

Buzz speaks for all of us now - Robert - 7/1/2017 2:58:25 PM

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