David Perdue shows us how civility is done!
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I expect Trump and his handlers are paying attention to this.
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They assassinated a dissident? NO! How surprising!
Iām actually a little shocked they plan to admit itā¦
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Watch: The Oligarchs - Al Jazeera Investigations
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āNo Mr President, we canāt send gunboats to Scotland to ācivilize the nativesā.ā
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TI is an Atlanta treasure!
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It is, apparently, hard out there for a political party with a total stranglehold on the entire federal government.
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In the world of association footballā¦
The second one is about Ronaldinho losing his position as ambassador of Barcelona FC because of his support for Jair Bolsonaro. For some reason a football club that was suppressed by Franco isnāt keen on militaristic fascism.
No news from the Mussolini loving shitstain Paolo di Canio yet. Letās hope it stays that way.
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Clearly, theyāre trying to position themselves to be able to cut all those things. Iād like to say it would be political suicide, but I donāt even know anymore.
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If they cut SS I will buy a gun. I will not be alone.
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Yeah, but youāre already opposed to much of their policy positions. Everyone keeps saying this is a third rail, but I wonder just how effective the fox news propaganda is for the group of people who would be most impacted by losing their social security benefits or medicare benefits?
If that happened, I honesty donāt know what weād do, given that my mother absolutely depends on those to live. That being said, I suspect sheād STILL vote for the GOP, because reasonsā¦
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The GOP will probably rig up some sort of subsidy to placate the red state base like they are doing now with the farm belt. The subsidy will be temporary of course and after a few years people will grow numb to the idea.
Then poof.
An interesting parallel is Russiaās recent pension āreformā.
"Aristotle believed that some unpleasant animals are born from dust and dirt alone, without creators. The same thing seems to apply to Russiaās pension reform. The reform has many defenders, but the authors are never in sight. State and regional deputies, officials, TV presenters and even representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church all agree: raising the retirement age is definitely a blessing. But there is no person in power who would go out to the people and say: āYes, and this is my decision.ā "
āThe latest scheme of how the Russian regime seeks to win approval for unpopular economic measures is gradually emerging. Such measures will appear by themselves ā as if by magic, out of nowhere. They will not be bound to representatives of the authorities, and especially ā will have nothing to do with the president. Those measures will then be framed as justified, meaningful, and even supposedly useful to Russians. Then the authorities will distract the Russians, by any means possible, from discussing those measures in a thoughtful manner.ā -OpenDemocracy
FoxNews is helping trump to do this last bit already.
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The only āsilver liningā to this is if it happens theyāll be killing off a lot of their own base, as well as Brown and Black people who arenāt rich or powerful.
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Turns out Congressman Swamp Thing isnāt that popular in the deep red 27th of NY
His opponent finds the whole thing to be pretty lulzy
Iāve seen tons of Nate signs here but not a single Chris one the past few weeks 
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No, really, tell me again how if someone doesnāt vote, itās because theyāre lazy or apathetic.
(there is no such license.)
Finally reached for comment, the official in question said they were āuncomfortableā letting grown-ass adults leave the senior center.
But they were also quick to note that āno[body] was denied their right to voteā, which is technically correct in the most technical of senses; these people were not told they couldnāt vote. They were told they couldnāt take the bus being provided to get to the polling station. Totally different.
And of course:
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Georgia GODDAMN!
This shit is so sickening.
Iām gonna get up and dance some if Stacey Abrams manages to beat that stateās resurgent white supremacy.
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