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And now, the corruption.

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  • X xenon

    One of the big reasons for moving from tariffs to income tax early last century was because it’s such an obvious corruption surface. I’ve always seen it as the conservatives’ job to push for lessons from history. Now we just have two progressive parties.

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    @xenon said in And now, the corruption.:

    I’ve always seen it as the conservatives’ job to push for lessons from history. Now we just have two progressive parties.

    Trying to imagine a conversation between GK Chesterton and Donald Trump.

    Only non-witches get due process.

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      Can’t picture it. Hell I can’t even picture him talking to Bush or Bill.

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        Wasn't it fun on Capitol Hill today?😅😂🤣

        Somebody, maybe Schmucky Schumer, lit up the Dingbat Signal 🦇 , and everyone of those NPC goofballs from Spartacus to Pocahantas and even Senator Shit, were spouting the same market manipulation BS. 😄

        Aye, lads, 'twas absolutely hilarious watching those idiots try to astroturf up an issue. Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt

        Only things missing were Nancy Pelosi, a brass band and a lizard fucking contest. 😂

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          Wasn't it fun on Capitol Hill today?😅😂🤣

          Somebody, maybe Schmucky Schumer, lit up the Dingbat Signal 🦇 , and everyone of those NPC goofballs from Spartacus to Pocahantas and even Senator Shit, were spouting the same market manipulation BS. 😄

          Aye, lads, 'twas absolutely hilarious watching those idiots try to astroturf up an issue. Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt

          Only things missing were Nancy Pelosi, a brass band and a lizard fucking contest. 😂

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          @Jolly said in And now, the corruption.:

          ... a lizard fucking contest. 😂

          Your post has inspired me to look-up "how do lizards mate," which led me to this:
          https://a-z-animals.com/blog/how-do-lizards-mate/

          From which I learnt, among other things, "Mating lizards have been observed remaining in an awkward mating position for ten hours, ..."

          Ten f'ing hours!

          But this video is only 2 minutes long:

          Link to video

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            Only non-witches get due process.

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              We'll know if he takes up painting.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                He already took up selling meme coins. Far less work at the margins.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                    Were not the Winkelvoss the guys that started Facebook with Zuckerberg?

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                      Yeah then a decade ago they started a crypto ETF.

                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                        Golden swamp

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                          He already took up selling meme coins. Far less work at the margins.

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                          @jon-nyc said in And now, the corruption.:

                          He already took up selling meme coins. Far less work at the margins.

                          Only non-witches get due process.

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                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              It's cute they call them "fact sheets", which this administration uses anything but facts.

                              For example, in the one above, please let the record show Qatar will buy "AT LEAST" $1.2 trillion of American goods/services. At least! Could be eleventy kajillion!

                              https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-1-2-trillion-economic-commitment-in-qatar/

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                                And because I can't help it, note that the "fact sheet" that talks about "AT LEAST $1.2 trillion!" outlined some of the key deals. These key deals are so big that after they outlined them, the of total $1,200,000,000,000 (1.2 trillion) now they only have $998,500,000,000 (998.5 billion) left to explain where the commitment is!

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                                  Definitely seems like "creative accounting"

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