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[GFed🇺🇸 @GfedGoCrazy]

April fools doesn’t hit the same living in a misinformation epidemic

[d10a @lightedblue]

@AOC There needs to 100% be regulations and governance but don't dismiss the tech as a whole. And if you're not post about the benefits too.

[d10a @lightedblue]

@AOC I wish you would spend time using the tech and understanding why so many middle class Americans use it. You took such a harsh stance on crypto too not fully grasping 40% of gen z and millennial men have it.

[d10a @lightedblue]

@jamestalarico Well this shooting along with others happened under Abbott. We don’t feel safe with his leadership.

[d10a @lightedblue]

@EdKrassen they invested so much there. Maybe that’s why they’re obsessed with it. they weren’t supposed to lose.

[d10a @lightedblue]

@SoCassandra @anandymous17

[AnthroVet50 @spooked75]

I grew up Republican. Still am in many ways. But MAGA pushed the party so far right that I get called a liberal now.

Let me explain the difference:

Traditional Republicans believe in:

• Fiscal responsibility (balanced budgets, not exploding deficits for tax cuts)
• Limited government (actual small government, not big government that punishes your enemies)
• Strong institutions (courts, elections, constitutional norms matter)
• Personal responsibility (your actions have consequences)
• Free markets (not tariffs and trade wars)
• Strong alliances (NATO, international partnerships)
• Rule of law (no one is above it, including the president)
MAGA Republicans believe in:

• Whatever Trump says today (even if it contradicts yesterday)
• Loyalty tests (agree 100% or you're a traitor/RINO)
• Conspiracy theories over facts (stolen election, deep state, QAnon adjacent stuff)
• Grievance politics (owning the libs > actual policy)
• Personality cult (Trump loyalty above party, above country, above truth)
• Performative outrage (culture war theater instead of governance)
• Ends justify means (storm the Capitol, ignore election results, whatever it takes)
I didn't move left. The party moved off a cliff.

I still believe in conservative principles. But when you say "maybe we should respect election results" or "fiscal responsibility matters" or "rule of law applies to everyone," you get called a liberal.

That's not conservatism. That's a cult.

[Trevor Noah @Trevornoah]

America Is Fighting About Things That Don’t Matter

[The Blue Torch @_TheBlueTorch]

THANK YOU 👏🏻

[Paul Graham @paulg]

"It's easier to win an argument with a genius than an idiot."

— Gurwinder Bhogal

[d10a @lightedblue]

@vibhu 😂😂😂😂

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The rational fear of those who dislike economic inequality is that the rich will convert their economic power into political power: that they'll tilt elections, or pay bribes for pardons, or buy up the news media to promote their views.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump is calling Reagan’s words in this video “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad. Watch this clip and read the full transcript:

Throughout the world, there's a growing realization that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition. Now, there are sound historical reasons for this. For those of us who lived through the Great Depression, the memory of the suffering it caused is deep and searing. And today, many economic analysts and historians argue that high tariff legislation passed back in that period, called the Smoot-Hawley tariff, greatly deepened the depression and prevented economic recovery.

You see, at first when someone says, let's impose tariffs on foreign imports, it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while, it works, but only for a short time. What eventually occurs is, first, homegrown industries start relying on government protection in the form of high tariffs. They stop competing and stop making the innovative management and technological changes they need to succeed in world markets.

And then, while all this is going on, something even worse occurs. High tariffs inevitably lead to retaliation by foreign countries and the triggering of fierce trade wars. The result is more and more tariffs, higher and higher trade barriers, and less and less competition. So soon, because of the prices made artificially high by tariffs that subsidize inefficiency and poor management, people stop buying.

Then the worst happens. Markets shrink and collapse, businesses and industry shut down, and millions of people lose their jobs. The memory of all this occurring back in the 30s made me determined when I came to Washington to spare the American people the protectionist legislation that destroys prosperity. Now, it hasn't always been easy. There are those in the Congress, just as there were back in the 30s, who want to go for the quick political advantage, who risk America's prosperity for the sake of a short-term appeal to some special interest group, who forget that more than 5 million American jobs are directly tied to the foreign export business, and additional millions are tied to imports.

Well, I've never forgotten those jobs. And on trade issues, by and large, we've done well.

[d10a @lightedblue]

@Real_RobN @ChiefSund The Speaker of the House has no authority over the National Guard; it is controlled by state governors and the President, depending on the circumstances. The National Guard's command structure is uniquely dual-purpose, with units answering to both state and federal authorities

[d10a @lightedblue]

@ChiefSund @mirandadevine The Speaker of the House has no authority over the National Guard; it is controlled by state governors and the President, depending on the circumstances. The National Guard's command structure is uniquely dual-purpose, with units answering to both state and federal authorities

[d10a @lightedblue]

@mirandadevine @ChiefSund The Speaker of the House has no authority over the National Guard; it is controlled by state governors and the President, depending on the circumstances. The National Guard's command structure is uniquely dual-purpose, with units answering to both state and federal authorities.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Wow, tariffs have increased prices dramatically, for domestic goods as well as imported. Obviously, because domestic goods use imported materials and components. But apparently that wasn't obvious to the people who cooked up this policy...

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like. https://t.co/uts7JpJZzN

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Buying and controlling media platforms.

Firing commentators.

Canceling shows.

These aren’t coincidences.

It’s coordinated. And it’s dangerous.

The @GOP does not believe in free speech.

They are censoring you in real time.