lava
August 21, 2019, 4:59pm
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so now the grifter in chief is releasing fellow con-men from jail. Splendid.
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Surprised, not surprised. Cats of a feather and all that…
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Hey, welfare queens that don’t exist, meet a welfare king that does! In order to get away with fraud in this country, you just need to make it big enough.
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I know of a welfare queen, but she doesn’t like your welfare king
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In 1760, King George III agreed with Parliament that he was no longer to govern in person, and therefore was no longer entitled to income fro...
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It’s good to be da Queen? Also, that crown looks uncomfortable!
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I was barely two paragraphs into the White House statement before I started boggling.
“Although acquitted of half the charges against him…” Oh, you mean he was convicted of half of them? Your impassioned defence of this guy is that he’s not quite as criminal as we thought?
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doctorow
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August 26, 2019, 4:52pm
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