The real apparatus used to create the current right-wing ecosystem can arguably be attributed to the Powell Memo (1971). The similarties between this memo and the evangelical Seven Mountains of Influence doctrine (circa 1975) cannot be underestimated.
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If you don't pay your taxes, you can get in trouble.
But Donald Trump gets a special Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card.
Nope - I have a bill to stop this corruption.
Here's how the corruption works:
Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump
Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it
Friday: FDA changes the policy
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🚨Last night in House Appropriations, all Republicans present voted to allow THEMSELVES to get settlements from the January 6th Slush Fund. I am not making this up.
OMFG!
Senator Merkley: "I want to go on to the Epstein investigation. Is it closed or open?"
Todd Blanche: "When you say the Epstein investigation, what are you referring to, Senator?"
Merkley: "Well, the FBI said in last year in July that it had closed the Epstein investigation. So I'm just using their words. Is it open or closed?
Blanche: "I don't believe the FBI said that. Well, if you're referring to..."
Merkley: "Your head of the Department of Justice is the Epstein investigation open or closed."
Blanche: "But I guess I don't understand what Epstein investigation means."