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April 13, 2024

I have been wondering for a while why we have not called Trump/Maga out on Brexit

WASHINGTON — The day after Britain voted to exit the European Union in 2016, Donald J. Trump landed in Scotland and promptly declared the referendum result “a great thing.”

More than two years later, President Trump is back in Britain, and now he wants to speed it along.

With its push to restrict immigration and its appeal to “take our country back,” the Brexit campaign was always a close political relative of the Trump movement in the United States. In many ways, it was a precursor to Mr. Trump’s election — which Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s former political adviser, often called “America’s Brexit.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/us/politics/brexit-donald-trump-political-movement-.html

April 13, 2024

War: Millions stuck between a rock and a hard place.

It is ALWAYS the civilians who pay for the politicians war games.

Family and friends in Iran up and texting nonstop.

Amid economic collapse many spent the last week hoping regime will not retaliate.

Now praying there is as little as possible damage so Israel does not retaliate.

Millions stuck between a rock and a hard place.


https://twitter.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1779258085653016739
April 13, 2024

Russian State TV -Referring to Mike Johnson, state TV host Olga Skabeeva claimed him as "theirs," just like Trump.

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV experts discussed Mike Johnson's meeting with Trump as the deciding factor in whether Ukraine will receive stalled US funding. Referring to Mike Johnson, state TV host Olga Skabeeva claimed him as "theirs," just like Trump.


https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1778912250520367170?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

April 13, 2024

If you don't own yourself absolutely, you own nothing.



If you don't accept that bodily autonomy is an essential unconditional liberty, it's a waste of time talking to you at all. No other liberties survive without that one, more fundamental than property rights: if you don't own yourself absolutely, you own nothing.
https://twitter.com/ScavengerEthic/status/1521834653954428929
April 11, 2024

Crockett: Would you consider erectile dysfunction as a lifesaving usage for Viagra?

Dr. Califf: Not lifesaving.

Crockett: I’m going to tell you, based on my research, Mifepristone actually has life saving characteristics…

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1778516523016994871
https://www.c-span.org/video/?534853-1/fda-commissioner-appears-lawmakers-oversight-hearing

April 11, 2024

Obituary Mixes Up Trump with O.J. Simpson

Obituary Mixes Up Trump with O.J. Simpson

April 11, 2024 at 1:49 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 30 Comments

A Los Angeles Times obituary for O.J. Simpson accidentally used the name “Trump” in place of “Simpson” near the end of their obituary describing the former football star leaving prison

https://politicalwire.com/2024/04/11/obituary-mixes-up-trump-with-o-j-simpson/

https://twitter.com/zackstanton/status/1778439280337023030


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