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[* Fraud in the colloquial sense, not necessarily raising to the level of criminality – so far.] Donald Trump is selling bibles, sneakers, t-shirts, pajamas, MAGA hats, and pickle board paddles. He used to sell Trump burgers, steaks, vodka, vitamins,...
by Alan Singer
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on Wed Apr 10, 2024 at 04:45 PM PDT
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How to support your favorite dictator without your donation being traced? Maybe buy stock in a blank-check company that would then merge with the dictator’s unprofitable social media company? I guess if the valuation of that blank-check company,...
by this is only a test
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on Fri Mar 22, 2024 at 07:20 AM PDT
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I was perusing the Palmer Report last night when a commenter pointed us readers to a nifty Trump Debt Counter thingy. Man, I have been like a kid with a new toy since I discovered it. I feel like I check the dang thing every 5 seconds, and every time I...
by sepiasiren
285 comments
on Mon Feb 26, 2024 at 12:22 PM PST
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Over the weekend, Donald Trump appeared at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia to hawk his new limited edition gold-colored “Never Surrender High-Top” sneakers. Only 1,000 were made, and they only cost $399 a pair. If you couldn’t get a pair of those,...
by Walter Einenkel
139 comments
on Mon Feb 19, 2024 at 10:53 AM PST
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They raised $84,000 in just one day of their goal to give $355,000,000 so Trump can retire his debt to society. If they can continue at that rate, day after day they will reach their goal in just over eleven and a half years. Keep it up suckers....
by triumph110
200 comments
on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 10:06 PM PST
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There’s a new American Christmas tradition: sit a read a book for most of the day. As in, plop on a comfy chair, chomp on snacks, take only bathroom breaks, and read for seven hours. It’s a gift we can give ourselves, and people are always giving away...
by The Tell with Christine Axsmith
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on Fri Dec 29, 2023 at 01:30 PM PST
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Of all the falsehoods spread by MAGA Republicans, an underrated one poses the gravest danger. The term “Big Lie” usually attaches to the nonsensical claim by Trump and his MAGA supporters that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from them by...
by Alan Austin
128 comments
on Mon Dec 18, 2023 at 05:08 AM PST
with 361 Recommends
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So, less than a dozen “conservative” extremists have shut down the United States House of Representatives because they were not allowed to shut down the entire U.S. government. Like someone calling in sick to work because they want to binge on their...
by NBBooks
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on Wed Oct 04, 2023 at 10:24 AM PDT
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Why Student Loan “Forgiveness” is misleading, and not progressive. (Specifically about Biden’s Student debt relief plan) The federal government has student loan programs, many of which pass no interest to the borrower. They’ve made arrangements with...
by Rachel Brown
19 comments
on Wed Sep 27, 2023 at 02:58 PM PDT
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The Final Budget Outcome for 2022-23 released last week provides encouraging news for disadvantaged Australians in both the hugely positive headline results and in the buried details. Turnaround in just one year Having won office at the May 2022...
by Alan Austin
5 comments
on Mon Sep 25, 2023 at 05:14 AM PDT
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Overture Lots of people love musicals, they enjoy the romance, the escapism, even the jazz hands. My love developed from a sense of ontological loss – I think musicals were how the universe and human nature were meant to be constituted; that we were...
by davelovell
70 comments
on Sun Sep 17, 2023 at 08:03 AM PDT
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Interest on federal student loans has started accumulating again on the first of the month, after a three-year pause because of the COVID-19 pandemic. You still have at least another month before you'll need to start paying back your loans, so don't...
by Associated Press
38 comments
on Sat Sep 02, 2023 at 10:32 AM PDT
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An excellent article in the recent issue of Rethinking Schools introduces a very different way of understanding school debt. In “School Debt: The Great Unequalizer,” Eleni Schirmer explains that an even bigger problem than individual student debt may...
by Alan Singer
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on Thu Aug 31, 2023 at 03:34 AM PDT
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The other day Republican Chris Christie advocated cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits “for young people,” trotting out the old and patently wrong argument that the richest country on Earth can no longer afford these programs: “The most...
by RETIII
291 comments
on Sat Aug 19, 2023 at 05:31 PM PDT
with 369 Recommends
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by The19th
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on Sun Jul 30, 2023 at 09:00 AM PDT
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President Biden's mind-blowingly irresponsible claims he will not fix the court the GOP stole. SCOTUS kills student debt relief. Tim Danahey points out SCOTUS's destruction of Affirmative action at universities. Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00...
by Egberto Willies
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on Fri Jun 30, 2023 at 01:03 PM PDT
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I was watching MSNBC and the statement was made that a government shut down was ahead because the Republicans wanted deeper spending cuts. I thought this part of the deal eliminated the threat of a government shut down. Once default is off the table,...
by Engaged
26 comments
on Sat Jun 17, 2023 at 07:12 AM PDT
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by Nino The Mindbender
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on Tue May 30, 2023 at 11:42 PM PDT
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by Nick Anderson
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on Wed May 31, 2023 at 02:59 PM PDT
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We have all been enthralled with the debt ceiling conversations that have been ongoing for over a year but picked up steam when the Republicans won control of the U.S House of Representatives. A small caucus of conservative members decided to hold...
by DarnellG
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on Sat May 27, 2023 at 07:32 PM PDT
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