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PublicCurmudgeon
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This government sucks.

"The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.” – Samuel Johnson

Laws make sense of human chaos.
Yup, they sure did & they knew they were lying to the public. No politician or govt can force businesses to lower prices in a capitalist economy. That's not how it works. Nixon tried freezing prices across the board to stave off inflation & that blew up in his face. Of course, we suffered for it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
That's quite a word salad he regurgitated.

Once prices go up, they rarely ever go down, even when they can. $4 for a gallon of milk, $5 for a loaf of whole grain bread, $8 for a gallon of OJ, & $4 for a dozen eggs are now the norm.

Salaries haven't met pace with that inflation. Joblessness has.
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Will they be solar powered?
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
<didn't read the article yet; knee-jerk reaction coming>

this had better be OPT-IN ONLY because too many people won't read the UA/TOS and will end up having their nudes scraped into the AI platforms.

They'll get to know you, alright. A little more than you want.
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Retribution can't ever be wrong.

IRL, we can be wrong; but, when your entire reason for being is to get and keep convictions, admitting an error is untenable. They'd rather let someone rot in prison or be executed than admit to being wrong.
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
fascists gonna fasc...
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
disconnecting is never wrong! Peace and quiet, if only for a short while. ☮️
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Don't send our kids to fight your loser war, #dementeddon

Let Venezuela handle their own issues.

Try being president of THIS country for a while. See what it feels like to DO SOMETHING to better the lives of the citizens in THIS country.

Oh, right. You're running out of ways to make money off us.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Let them finally implode. It hasn't been fun watching them these 50 years, but it sure will be fun watching them destroy themselves.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
It's hard to imagine that someone who was in government for over 50 years - and had ties to ultra-conservative organizations such as the Heritage Foundation - didn't see this coming.

I've never worked in govt, never went to Yale, & only have a BS in Politics, and I saw this coming 20 years ago.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
No, now he is dead. He died earlier this week. 🤦
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
3 months in the system undetected is a long time. That's a big problem. Undetected malware/malvertising is another big problem.

I feel for the cybersec people. Tough days for them.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's not just that we deserve the access or that we fund government operations.

FOIA stands for Freedom of Information ACT.

It is settled LAW.

But laws don't matter to fascists unless the laws in question serve them.

#FuckFascism
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's frustrating until it's your intellectual property that was scraped and used elsewhere. Then it's just angering.

It doesn't need to be an all or nothing proposition. It's a choice to scrape everything.
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Good.

You can't support a fascist regime committing genocide and claim you are a moral and ethical person upholding democracy.

Adios, Torres.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Disgusting that they would back a sexual aggressor.

Any Democrat who condemn Trump but then would vote for Cuomo should be ashamed of themselves. A sexual predator is a sexual predator. Period.
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM