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April 12, 2022

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) just shut down Mitch McConnell at a press conference

NEW: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) just shut down Mitch McConnell at a press conference:

“There was $7 trillion in new debt and 2.6 million jobs lost during Trump. But when McConnell comes to this podium, all he does is complain that we’re not cleaning up their mess fast enough.”


https://twitter.com/NoLieWithBTC/status/1513869544120594432?s=20
April 12, 2022

"The Groomers"

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April 12, 2022

Trump is NOT some kinda abhorrent anomaly



I grew up in SoCal home of the John Birch Society - this rhetoric has been around my whole life
https://fullertonobserver.com/2020/01/03/remembering-nixonland-how-the-modern-republican-party-was-born-in-orange-county/

“Trump was not the cause of the political divisions that defined his term in office but rather was a product of long-term trends in Republican politics and American polarization more broadly.”
https://www.amazon.com/Presidency-Donald-Trump-Historical-Assessment-ebook/dp/B09HLDK37X?keywords=julian+zelizer&qid=1649767715&sprefix=julian+zel,aps,116&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=youwonnowwhat&linkId=fb93128a03a31a77ae990f7d5c9df148&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
April 11, 2022

"The policies I represent are those of Trump and Putin."

Le Pen defended 🇷🇺 annexation of Crimea in 2017.
“The policies i represent are those of Trump & Putin!”
Her party continues to repay campaign finance debt, lent to her by a bank in Moscow.
Putin’s Trojan horse closes in on Macron ahead of French election.

https://twitter.com/rulajebreal/status/1512899339886247940?s=20&t=182Sw4dC32VH1ChSSKf-rw

April 11, 2022

What A Coincidence

April 10, 2022

Allow me to explain...

April 9, 2022

DOLLY PARTON: "We're just mistreating Mother Nature--that's like being ugly to your mama."

Dolly Parton: “We should pay more attention [to the environment]. We’re just mistreating Mother Nature—that’s like being ugly to your mama. We need to take better care of the things that God gave us freely. And that we’re so freely messing up.”

https://twitter.com/Garybham/status/1512549438472007681?s=20&t=bLg4nUZkC_saFUlnM2y5lQ
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-dolly-parton-wants-us-to-know-about-the-smoky-mountains

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