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Boiler Up, WV Leg. Man. (Ret), SC Leg. Staff, WH OMB.
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The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The vicious cycle of monopolization:
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
1) Corporations argue that their growth is just part of the free market.
2) Use their monopoly power to gouge consumers.
3) Take a portion of their profits to make political donations.
4) Lobby against antitrust enforcement.
5) Repeat.
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Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Humans are about 10 million times larger than viruses, yet they kill us regularly.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
We can’t see them. We can’t outrun them. We can’t destroy them with our guns.
And yet we continue to disrespect them.
Vaccinate.
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The Washington Dem political class will never understand that except for the Trump impeachment, the border, Trans, & abortion she sounds a lot like AOC. Rural & working class Americans have been screwed for 45 years by corporate America.
The Washington Dem political class will never understand that except for the Trump impeachment, the border, Trans, & abortion she sounds a lot like AOC. Rural & working class Americans have been screwed for 45 years by corporate America.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Savages Trump In Blistering Resignation Video — Watch And Read FULL Statement
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) savaged Trump in a lengthy statement announcing her shock resignation, likening him to a domestic abuser
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November 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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The Washington Dem political class will never understand that except for the Trump impeachment, the border, Trans, & abortion she sounds a lot like AOC. Rural & working class Americans have been screwed for 45 years by corporate America.
The Washington Dem political class will never understand that except for the Trump impeachment, the border, Trans, & abortion she sounds a lot like AOC. Rural & working class Americans have been screwed for 45 years by corporate America.
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The Dems voted for the bill tonight because they were too scared the Reps would vote to end the filibuster.
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The Dems voted for the bill tonight because they were too scared the Reps would vote to end the filibuster.
The most interesting outcome tonight was Democrats winning the 2 seats on the Georgia Utility Board on today’s ballot. This was a pure economic campaign. If Dems learn anything from tonight, the message needs to be:
Biden High Prices
Trump Way Higher Prices.
Biden High Prices
Trump Way Higher Prices.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The most interesting outcome tonight was Democrats winning the 2 seats on the Georgia Utility Board on today’s ballot. This was a pure economic campaign. If Dems learn anything from tonight, the message needs to be:
Biden High Prices
Trump Way Higher Prices.
Biden High Prices
Trump Way Higher Prices.
Chris Hayes: The Democrats’ Main Problem Isn’t Their Message www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/o...
Opinion | Chris Hayes: The Democrats’ Main Problem Isn’t Their Message
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October 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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REPORTER: What lesson did you learn after losing the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City?
ANDREW CUOMO: I did not do enough on social media.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: He lost because he didn’t talk about affordability for New Yorkers.
ANDREW CUOMO: I did not do enough on social media.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: He lost because he didn’t talk about affordability for New Yorkers.
October 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
REPORTER: What lesson did you learn after losing the Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City?
ANDREW CUOMO: I did not do enough on social media.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: He lost because he didn’t talk about affordability for New Yorkers.
ANDREW CUOMO: I did not do enough on social media.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI: He lost because he didn’t talk about affordability for New Yorkers.
College football programs could spend $200 million in buyouts. Spare us the money moaning
Will Wall St. Senate Dems sell out the working class players who only get to split $20 million. While management gets $10 of millions individually?
Will Wall St. Senate Dems sell out the working class players who only get to split $20 million. While management gets $10 of millions individually?
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
College football programs could spend $200 million in buyouts. Spare us the money moaning
Will Wall St. Senate Dems sell out the working class players who only get to split $20 million. While management gets $10 of millions individually?
Will Wall St. Senate Dems sell out the working class players who only get to split $20 million. While management gets $10 of millions individually?
For blue state Dems to run better in rural states they need to understand opioids deaths were double the # of gun deaths in the US in 2023, 100,000 to 47,000. To win win people’s votes you must talk fluently & authentically about the major issues facing them and their communities.
August 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
For blue state Dems to run better in rural states they need to understand opioids deaths were double the # of gun deaths in the US in 2023, 100,000 to 47,000. To win win people’s votes you must talk fluently & authentically about the major issues facing them and their communities.
One of the best lines, I have read this year:
“[Nathan Bedford] Forrest’s terrorists did to unarmed citizens what they did not have the strength to do to Grant and Sherman’s soldiers.”
The Barn
Wright Thompson
“[Nathan Bedford] Forrest’s terrorists did to unarmed citizens what they did not have the strength to do to Grant and Sherman’s soldiers.”
The Barn
Wright Thompson
August 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
One of the best lines, I have read this year:
“[Nathan Bedford] Forrest’s terrorists did to unarmed citizens what they did not have the strength to do to Grant and Sherman’s soldiers.”
The Barn
Wright Thompson
“[Nathan Bedford] Forrest’s terrorists did to unarmed citizens what they did not have the strength to do to Grant and Sherman’s soldiers.”
The Barn
Wright Thompson
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Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
August 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion
So much for the Tay Tay song I was waiting for:
The one he couldn’t catch.
The one he couldn’t catch.
August 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
So much for the Tay Tay song I was waiting for:
The one he couldn’t catch.
The one he couldn’t catch.
@schumer.senate.gov
Let us know when you write your newest strongly worded letter with fancy legal words condemning Trump’s attempted take over of the Federal Reserve.
Let us know when you write your newest strongly worded letter with fancy legal words condemning Trump’s attempted take over of the Federal Reserve.
August 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
@schumer.senate.gov
Let us know when you write your newest strongly worded letter with fancy legal words condemning Trump’s attempted take over of the Federal Reserve.
Let us know when you write your newest strongly worded letter with fancy legal words condemning Trump’s attempted take over of the Federal Reserve.
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Virginia Giuffre's family: "The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for child sex trafficking. During DAG Todd Blanche's bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history."
August 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Virginia Giuffre's family: "The content of these transcripts is in direct contradiction with felon Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction for child sex trafficking. During DAG Todd Blanche's bizarre interview, she is never challenged about her court-proven lies, providing her a platform to rewrite history."
The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...
The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis
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August 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The words you or I use should always depend on your audience and intended effect. Talk like the person you’re talking to. There isn’t a single magical set of words to use or not.
August 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The words you or I use should always depend on your audience and intended effect. Talk like the person you’re talking to. There isn’t a single magical set of words to use or not.
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Listen, you can’t break the Trump cult, but they are the minority.
We need a sustained presence of Democrats in rural spaces to talk to their neighbors and run for office. Seats go uncontested for decades.
Hate gerrymandering? Get Democrats on every ballot and every race. We have to run to win.
We need a sustained presence of Democrats in rural spaces to talk to their neighbors and run for office. Seats go uncontested for decades.
Hate gerrymandering? Get Democrats on every ballot and every race. We have to run to win.
August 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Listen, you can’t break the Trump cult, but they are the minority.
We need a sustained presence of Democrats in rural spaces to talk to their neighbors and run for office. Seats go uncontested for decades.
Hate gerrymandering? Get Democrats on every ballot and every race. We have to run to win.
We need a sustained presence of Democrats in rural spaces to talk to their neighbors and run for office. Seats go uncontested for decades.
Hate gerrymandering? Get Democrats on every ballot and every race. We have to run to win.
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The highest crime rate in DC was on January 6th, 2021. Fact.
August 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The highest crime rate in DC was on January 6th, 2021. Fact.
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Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring.
And then that guy was "silenced" forever.
And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...
#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
And then that guy was "silenced" forever.
And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...
#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
August 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring.
And then that guy was "silenced" forever.
And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...
#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
And then that guy was "silenced" forever.
And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...
#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files
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Want to use rich people like me to your advantage? Incent us to help those who need it the most. Lower corp taxes for comps that pay a min of $25 per hour. Lower corp taxes if employees get stock at the same pct as the CEO.
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
August 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Want to use rich people like me to your advantage? Incent us to help those who need it the most. Lower corp taxes for comps that pay a min of $25 per hour. Lower corp taxes if employees get stock at the same pct as the CEO.
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
Bottom up incentives work. Dems never innovate. They bitch
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Remember when Bannon criticized H1B visas but Trump sided with Musk? Ds need to understand elite Rs & Ds do not see a future for or care about the working/middle class & their kids. Gift Article
Remember when Bannon criticized H1B visas but Trump sided with Musk? Ds need to understand elite Rs & Ds do not see a future for or care about the working/middle class & their kids. Gift Article
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/t...
Remember when Bannon criticized H1B visas but Trump sided with Musk? Ds need to understand elite Rs & Ds do not see a future for or care about the working/middle class & their kids. Gift Article
Remember when Bannon criticized H1B visas but Trump sided with Musk? Ds need to understand elite Rs & Ds do not see a future for or care about the working/middle class & their kids. Gift Article