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Apparently, Ferris Trump took a day off when they taught American history about what helped start The Great Depression.

Today in the Rose Garden, the “stable genius” blamed NOT having tariffs as the cause of the Depression instead of the true FACT that tariffs actually helped lead to it.

FFS 🤦🏻‍♂️
Hawley–Smoot Tariff - Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
YouTube video by International School History
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April 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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They need 67, not 60 senators.

They will never get there.

Also, Musk is moving us one step closer to authoritarianism.
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Doge breaks into US Institute of Peace building after White House guts board
Doge breaks into US Institute of Peace building after White House guts board
Remaining members of board – Pete Hegeth, Marco Rubio and Peter Garvin – fire president of independent non-profit The Trump administration fired most of the board of the US Institute of Peace (USIP) and sent its new leader into the Washington DC…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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We can help shift the tide! Wisconsin must have fair electoral maps going forward.

Answer Musk’s money with a blizzard of small donations. Give Musk the finger and support Judge Susan Crawford for the open WI Supreme Court seat. Our democracy depends on it.

secure.actblue.com/donate/hrccr...
February 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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If members of Congress—like Rep. Grothman —are this clueless about what the man who is dismantling our government is saying and promising, they don’t deserve to keep their jobs!

This woman is in his face, begging him to wake TF up—and he just walks off. Pathetic.
February 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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February 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Over 100 ICE agents spent 5 hrs in Chicago last week, arresting only 2.

In Denver & Aurora, CO, over 400 agents were dispatched for migrant violence linked to Tren de Aragua. After knocking on hundreds of doors, only 1 member was arrested. (NYP, ABC News)
February 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Instead of gutting government programs that make the world a safer place we should be cracking down on ubiquitous tax avoidance by our country’s biggest corporations.
Tesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
This brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent.
truthout.org
February 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own!

Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚

Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
November 27, 2024 at 7:08 PM