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@I_willnotcomply @tracygee_ @JezziiB Maybe you are getting confused by the fact that a Republic is not a DIRECT democracy? It is, however, a form of REPRESENTATIVE democracy.
It would only take you about 5 minutes of concerted effort to confirm this for yourself beyond a shadow of a doubt.

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@JohnCleese I think these folks do this on purpose to increase engagement.

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@tonydunsttv Super interesting read that actually shifted my opinion. Thanks for that.

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@wolviebets @jaredgriener Be serious. None of this would have happened under a Harris administration.

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@DougPolkVids This bill is going to result in the premature deaths of thousands of folks kicked of Medicaid. Millions of kids will go hungry because of cuts to SNAP.
But please, won't someone think of the poor professional poker players?

So many Trump voters finding out.

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@SciarappaD61111 @RetroAgent12 Sir, that is not how crime rates work. It isn't that less crimes are committed by the undocumented, it's that the undocumented have lower rates of criminal activity (fewer crimes per person). Hope that clears thing up. Have a great day!

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@CryptoPoor2024 @MaFrt1 @atrupar In case you wanted a serious answer, the Oregon Treaty of 1846 established the 49th parallel as the border from Lake of the Woods (at the Minnesota, Ontario, and Manitoba border) and the Pacific Ocean.

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@atrupar Every time he goes off like this on Canada, it gives Carney a bump in the polls. 2 months ago, the Liberals were dead in the water, CPC majority a lock. Today, it's a horse race.
Silver lining to the stupidity.

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@criken14 @HiddenYorkshire Did it read like "breathtakingly powerful writing" to you??
🤣🤣

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@Evolutionistrue Jerry, I used to devour your blog when I was a grad student. I'm saddened at the direction that you've taken these past few years. So much punching down, in service of....? You really can't see why "sex worker" is an improvement over "whore"? Jesus, man.

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@Jake35919084691 @SonnyBunch But the point is that he agreed to those tariffs. They are part of a trade deal. That he signed. Also, those are over-quota tariffs that are rarely triggered.

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@woodifitweretru @SonnyBunch But your president is starting a trade war against Canada. The trade war is specifically the policy that Trudeau said was dumb.

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@JFFredrick2 @SonnyBunch Less than 1% of Fentanyl coming into the US comes through the border with Canada.

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@BJCCrew @SonnyBunch Hi friend.
The tariffs you mention are specifically allowed under the current trade agreement, which was negotiated and signed by Trump during his first term. At the time, he called it "one of the greatest deals ever".

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@_LQCincinnatus @SonnyBunch Seizures of Fentanyl at the Canadian border are <1% of the total seized by CBP.

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@Jake35919084691 @SonnyBunch Unfortunately Jake, those tariffs are allowed under the current trade agreement between our countries, which was negotiated by the previous Trump admin and signed by him. At the time he called it "one of the greatest trade deals ever".

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@JBradshaw01 I live in a city where Lib won by a huge margin, but I teach in a town where PC got more than half the vote. Rural folks are freaked out by immigration. They are seeing people who look different, and they are scared. I think that's a huge part of why the PCs are hanging on.

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@TomDwan @JDVance I really thought you were smarter than this, Tom.
You think Trump doesn't know he's lying about the favorability (and everything else)?
He's a liar. He lies. All the time. More verified lies than anyone, ever.
What you really mean: "ask him to make his lies less obvious."

[Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER @doctorow]

In 2013, Thomas Piketty had an unexpected bestseller (a 750 page economics book translated from French!) *Capital in the 21st Century*.

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