Dave Merrill

USMC 1984-1991 - 7312/7222
Desert Shield/Desert Storm
Good Conduct Medal (2)
Navy Achievement Medal
Southeast Asia Service Medal
Hometown: Suffield, Ct

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@ChrisMurphyCT you are so full of crap.

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Just scanning X, leads me to believe this is just a dumocrats bitch session. I don't think there is anything important here. Is there a realistic social media platform that hasn't been invaded by morons?

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Under Shapiro’s leadership, life in Pennsylvania has outpaced national cost trends. For instance, consumer prices in the Philadelphia metro area rose 11.5% during his tenure—nearly three percentage points above the national average—which critics attribute to state spending and local regulations rather than federal policy. this guy is a moron

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We dont need a deal here, we need a surrender. Lets just get on with it please.

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The bill is designed explicitly to address the gap between establishing identity (photo ID) and verifying legal eligibility (citizenship). Simple photo identification, such as a state driver's license, is routinely issued to non-citizens, visa holders, and undocumented immigrants in many states. Therefore, relying on standard ID alone fails to guarantee that a voter is a U.S. citizen. Federal law already dictates that only U.S. citizens may vote in federal elections. Supporters argue that requiring proof of citizenship at registration provides a baseline mechanism to enforce this rule, closing standard administrative loopholes where non-citizens can be inadvertently registered through automatic voter registration systems at motor vehicle departments. Presenting proof of citizenship or legal status is not an unusual or uniquely burdensome hurdle. Similar documentation (such as birth certificates or passports) is universally required to secure a job under federal I-9 requirements, open a bank account, apply for Social Security benefits, or obtain a commercial driver's license. Verifying eligibility for the nation's most vital democratic process should not be treated as less rigorous than standard workplace or financial checks. Public polling demonstrates that the underlying philosophy of tight voting safeguards is highly popular. For instance, data indicates that 83% of American adults favor requiring photo identification to cast a ballot. Proponents argue that introducing clear citizenship verification rules aligns with the broader public desire for secure, reliable, and transparent election frameworks.Ultimately, proponents contend that the bill does not aim to disenfranchise eligible Americans, but rather to protect the value of their legal votes by ensuring that every ballot cast is entirely lawful. What a f moron. show us your birth certificate. You are f wrong, you are arguing against the law, but mostly STFU. Liar.

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@EdKrassen @JoeBiden its cheaper in a box

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The administration is actively restoring a strict meritocracy to the armed forces. Recent changes to the promotion system are designed to dismantle bloated administrative bureaucracies and re-center the military around combat readiness, lethal capability, and constitutional alignment rather than political compliance or tenure alone. The administration’s personnel changes are explicitly intended to fulfill its campaign promise to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) mandates, political litmus tests, and identity-focused quotas from the military promotion process. Supporters argue that this is the definition of a merit-based system, ensuring that promotions are strictly earned based on leadership capability, physical performance, and tactical proficiency. The executive branch has full constitutional authority over military appointments and promotions. The administration is not legally or historically required to provide public, granular justifications when a service member is passed over for an advancement, particularly when evaluating whether high-ranking officers align with the Commander-in-Chief's strategic vision for national defense. Regarding high-profile appointments, defenders reject the idea that "relevant experience" can only be acquired through decades spent climbing a conventional military or bureaucratic ladder. The defense establishment has long suffered from strategic stagnation and cost overruns; bringing in reform-minded outsiders with private-sector, legal, or non-traditional backgrounds is a deliberate strategy to disrupt institutional inefficiencies. Appointing unconventional leaders to civilian defense positions or advisory roles is a well-established practice utilized by multiple administrations to challenge Pentagon group think. These appointees possess highly relevant skills in organizational restructuring, technological innovation, and asset management that traditional bureaucrats lack. Demanding adherence to the administration's stated military objectives is a requirement of the U.S. Constitution, which establishes civilian control over the military. Expecting appointees to execute the legal policy directives of an elected president—such as securing the border or modernizing the nuclear triad—is standard governance, not "blind loyalty". Previous administrations frequently faced passive resistance or outright insubordination from embedded bureaucratic actors (often referred to as the "deep state"). Ensuring that key leadership positions are held by individuals who are fully committed to implementing the administration's mandate is necessary to ensure the federal government functions effectively and accountably to the voters. You have all this information, yet you continue your garbage mouth, stupid, and corrupt politics. Show us your birth certificate. Another douchey elected mouth piece.

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Senator Patty Murray’s statement relies on a mischaracterization of federal policy, legal mandates, and agency accountability. Proponents of the funding package contend that the rhetoric around "detaining babies" misstates both current operational guidelines and the core mission of immigration enforcement, while the funding itself is a necessary response to a national security and administrative crisis. Federal law and decades-old court precedents, specifically the Flores Settlement Agreement, legally restrict the government from holding children in long-term immigration detention. By law, minors must be released to parents, legal guardians, or transferred to licensed facilities within a strict time frame. Proponents point out that ICE does not have a policy of indefinite, punitive detention for "babies and kids", but rather holds individuals briefly during mandatory legal processing. When families are held briefly, it is specifically to avoid separating parents from their children during expedited removal or asylum processing. Critics of Murray's stance argue that the alternative—immediately releasing individuals into the interior of the country without a court tracking system—creates an incentive structure that human traffickers exploit by using minors as "shields" to bypass border enforcement. Proponents reject the assertion that the Secure America Act constitutes an unchecked "slush fund" or "blank check". Of the $38 billion specifically earmarked for ICE within the multi-year package, billions are directly dedicated to strict legal, administrative, and technological overhauls. The approved legislation allocates massive funding explicitly toward the purchase and deployment of body cameras and legal counsel. Far from providing an agency with a "blank check" to act lawlessly, this funding builds the exact infrastructural transparency and internal oversight needed to ensure agents comply with federal use-of-force standards. The vast majority of ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) budgets are directed toward identifying, detaining, and deporting undocumented individuals convicted of aggravated felonies, gang activity, and drug trafficking. Depriving the agency of funds would cripple its ability to track down violent criminals, which supporters argue poses a direct threat to the safety of American communities. Proponents argue that voting to fund ICE provides the critical resources necessary to secure adequate bedding, medical care, nutrition, and processing staff, directly improving the temporary living conditions of those in federal custody. Republican leadership utilized the party-line budget reconciliation process to pass the multi-year funding package after months of partisan gridlock. Supporters argue that Democrats' attempts to tie essential national security appropriations to sweeping restrictions on local law enforcement coordination threatened to leave the nation’s borders entirely unmanaged. Passing the funding ensured the executive branch could maintain its constitutional duty to enforce existing immigration law. You have access to this information, yet you still let your garbage mouth and your party lines get the best of you. Time for a new job douche. Nice picture moron.

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Defenders of the administration and supporters of the event argue that California Governor Gavin Newsom’s criticism fundamentally mischaracterizes a historic cultural celebration. The administration’s counterarguments focus on constitutional transparency, national morale, and the precedent of using the Executive Mansion for major American sports and cultural milestones. The primary purpose of the UFC Freedom 250 event was to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence. Proponents argue that mixed martial arts (MMA) is a uniquely modern American success story that resonates with millions of everyday citizens, making it an appropriate spectacle for a historic national milestone. The executive grounds have historically been used to host and celebrate American sports, athletes, and cultural icons. Supporters point out that bringing a major athletic competition to the South Lawn is an extension of this tradition, designed to showcase American excellence rather than establish a "monarchy". To address potential conflicts of interest, the President's business assets and financial holdings—including interests in cryptocurrency ventures—were placed into a blind trust managed by his family upon taking office in January 2025. Because the administration’s financial connections are fully documented and publicly accessible through federal disclosure filings, defenders emphasize that the administration operates with complete legal transparency. They argue that private business involvement does not equal personal "grifting" when it complies with existing federal disclosure laws. Hosting a large-scale event like a sports broadcast requires significant technical and logistical infrastructure. Supporters argue that leveraging corporate sponsorships (such as the UFC and private digital asset partners) ensures that taxpayers are not left footing the bill for national celebratory spectacles. Using private-sector funding to cover the operational overhead of public celebrations has been utilized by multiple administrations to protect the federal budget. The inclusion of digital asset platforms and cryptocurrency bonuses at the event directly reflects the administration's stated policy objective to make the United States the "crypto capital of the world". Proponents argue that showcasing regulated digital financial technologies at high-profile events aligns with broader legislative efforts, such as the GENIUS Act, to integrate financial innovation into the mainstream American economy. STFU Newscum. You are a moron. Politics is leaving you. Find your hole douche bag.

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The statement by Burnham Azeem oversimplifies a complex legal dispute regarding federal oversight, institutional accountability, and university compliance. Proponents of the Trump administration's actions argue that the funding freezes were not a lawless attack on cancer patients, but a legitimate enforcement mechanism to combat systemic issues at academic institutions. The federal review of multi-year research funding tied to Harvard University—which directly impacts affiliated hospitals like the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute—was initiated by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism. Proponents of the administration argue that the government has a statutory duty to hold universities accountable if they fail to adequately protect students from discrimination and antisemitic incidents on campus. Withholding federal money is a standard compliance tool used across administrations to force institutional reforms. Defenders of the administration point out that federal skepticism regarding Dana-Farber's grant management was justified. The U.S. Department of Justice announced a $15 million settlement with Dana-Farber to resolve allegations that researchers used fraudulent images and manipulated data to improperly secure millions in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants. The broader cuts targeted "indirect costs" (administrative overhead, building utilities, and maintenance) rather than direct lab funding. The administration argued that lowering these administrative payout rates ensures that taxpayer money goes directly into breakthrough medicine rather than academic bureaucracy. The claim that the administration is anti-cancer research ignores direct funding increases to other targeted oncology projects. The administration explicitly doubled funding for the NCI's Childhood Cancer Data Initiative, raising its budget from $50 million to $100 million. This initiative was paired with private-sector partners to use advanced artificial intelligence specifically to accelerate diagnostics and treatments for pediatric cancer. While a federal judge eventually overturned the $2 billion freeze, ruling that the total block violated free speech protections, this is a routine part of constitutional checks and balances rather than a criminal "breaking of the law". The administration acted under its executive authority to oversee federal grants, and the legal challenge simply clarified the statutory boundaries between civil rights enforcement and congressional appropriations. Hey douche bag know it all - Stay in your fkn lane. With all those pieces of paper telling your family how smart you are, you fail to include all the facts and reasons. You need a job at the quickie mart spewing your garbage. Show us your birth certificate.

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Representative John Larson’s argument contend that it mischaracterizes the structural intent of Social Security, uses flawed math, and ignores the severe economic consequences of removing the tax cap. Policy analysts, economists, and tax experts refute Larson's statement based on several key realities. Social Security was intentionally designed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as an earned social insurance program, not a general tax system. Workers only pay taxes up to the maximum taxable earnings limit because their ultimate retirement benefits are capped at that same limit. Forcing ultra-wealthy individuals to pay payroll taxes on millions or billions in wages without a corresponding increase in their retirement benefits turns Social Security into a traditional welfare transfer system. This fundamentally breaks the historic compact that ensures the program enjoys broad, bipartisan public support. The assertion that billionaires "stop paying on January 1st" applies only to standard wage income (salaries). The ultra-wealthy derive the vast majority of their wealth from capital gains, stocks, dividends, and corporate investments. These forms of income are never subject to the 12.4% Social Security payroll tax, regardless of what day of the year it is. Removing the salary cap would have virtually zero impact on billionaires like Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos, whose wealth does not come from a standard weekly W-2 paycheck. Research from think tanks like the Heritage Foundation highlights that completely eliminating the maximum taxable wage cap fails to permanently solve Social Security's long-term solvency crisis. According to historical actuarial models, scrapping the cap only extends the system's solvency by a few years. Within a few decades, demographic realities (fewer workers supporting more retirees) would force Congress to either raise payroll tax rates on everyday workers anyway or cut promised benefits. Even eliminating checks entirely for the top 1% of earners does not close the macro funding gap. The 12.4% Social Security tax is split evenly between the employee and the employer (6.2% each). Eliminating the cap means businesses would face massive, unbudgeted tax increases for their highest-performing and most specialized employees. Economists warn that such a significant tax hike on productivity would disincentivize work, stunt corporate investment, lower domestic savings rates, and ultimately slow down job creation across the entire economy. What a stupid old man. Time to retire John. WTF are you talking about? Learn some shit dude before dumping your dimwitted ideas.

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@ADRWC what a douchey post. he does not have a trillion dollars. its a business. its stock. the market. wake the f up.

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Oprah Winfrey's quote oversimplifies a complex biological loop. While recent science shows obesity alters brain chemistry to increase hunger, saying "the obesity gene makes you overeat" is factually incorrect. No single gene forces overeating, and lifestyle remains a primary driver of weight gain. There is no single gene that causes obesity in the vast majority of people. The FTO gene is linked to higher weight, but it only increases risk; it does not dictate destiny. Genetics affect appetite signals and metabolism. They do not physically force a person to overeat. You cannot become obese without a caloric surplus. Consuming more calories than the body burns over time is the fundamental physical cause of weight gain. Modern diets are full of highly engineered foods high in fat, sugar, and salt. These foods bypass the body's natural fullness signals and trigger overeating, regardless of a person's genetic makeup. Oprah is partially right about a biological loop. Fat cells produce a hormone called leptin, which tells the brain you are full. In an obese body, constant high levels of leptin cause the brain to become resistant to it. The brain thinks the body is starving, which triggers intense cravings and overeating. This biological resistance is a consequence of accumulated fat tissue from previous caloric surpluses. Overeating happens first to cause the obesity, which then triggers the hormonal changes that make you overeat even more. I thought fat ass Oprah was an expert. I guess not. Just spewing more fkn garbage. Wake up people. Just cause you are famous doesn't mean you know shit. The facts are clear and obvious.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s blanket ban on social media for under-16s severely infringes upon fundamental civil liberties, undermines parental autonomy, and creates a dangerous infrastructure for mass state surveillance. While framed as a measure to protect children, civil liberties groups, technology experts, and legal advocates strongly object to the policy on several fronts. Denying teenagers access to digital platforms strips them of their fundamental rights to access information and express themselves online. Social media is often a vital lifeline for vulnerable or marginalized youth—such as LGBTQ+ teens or those with rare health conditions—to find communities, support networks, and educational resources they cannot access locally. Instead of teaching digital literacy and responsible navigation, the state completely removes the opportunity for youth to safely "find their feet" in a modern digital economy. The law replaces individual parental guidance with state-mandated control. Critics argue that families, not the government, should decide when a child is mature enough to use digital communication tools. A rigid legal cutoff fails to acknowledge that a 15-year-old may have a completely different level of maturity, academic need, or social requirement than an 11-year-old. To enforce a ban on under-16s, tech companies must verify the age of every single user on the platform. Implementing "Highly Effective Age Assurance" (HEAA) requires adult citizens to submit photo IDs, undergo facial age estimates, or provide bank details simply to log into social applications. This erodes the right to online anonymity and creates massive data privacy risks for the entire population. Highly moderated platforms (like Instagram or TikTok) does not erase their desire for connection. Watchdogs like Save the Children UK warn that a blanket ban will simply push tech-savvy children toward the dark web or unregulated, dangerous offshore forums where they are far less safe. Just look at Australia. Canada. Failures. The Nations under the Kings rule are eroding. The countries who follow the wife murderer and adulterer called a king are slowing being taken over. There will be no freedoms in these places. Let us not let this seep into our great country. These people don't believe in God. What a bunch of douche bags. Get your countries back. Holy shit.

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@ABC why do these people look fake black? like extra black when there skin is not supposed to be this color.

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The Trump administration and proponents of the new diplomatic approach strongly reject former President Barack Obama's skepticism. Critics argue that the emerging pact represents a fundamental, qualitative upgrade over the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Unlike the JCPOA's "sunset clauses" that allowed certain restrictions to expire over time, proponents state the new framework aims for the actual destruction and removal of Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpile. Supporters of the current administration argue the 2015 deal merely delayed Iran’s nuclear path. The objective of the current framework is to completely shut down its weapons capabilities permanently. President Trump has explicitly countered that "no money will exchange hands" under this agreement. The current administration points out that the 2015 deal provided Iran with billions of dollars in sanctions relief and cash deliveries upfront. This new deal relies on "maximum pressure" leverage to secure concessions without financial windfalls. Critics of the original JCPOA emphasize that it failed to address Iran's ballistic missile program or its funding of regional proxy forces. The current negotiations aim to establish a broader framework that halts military conflicts and secures critical trade corridors like the Strait of Hormuz. This addresses regional aggression in a way the original nuclear-only framework did not.

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Linking corporate tax breaks to a federally defined "living wage" harms the economy, workers, and businesses. Enterprises often operate on razor-thin profit margins. Forcing a rigid wage standard to access tax incentives can push struggling businesses into bankruptcy. Denying these breaks based on wage metrics halts innovation and reduces global competitiveness. Forcing companies to artificially raise wages to secure tax breaks increases operational costs. Businesses typically pass these higher expenses directly to consumers through price hikes.When labor costs are forced up by government mandates, companies accelerate investments in machinery, AI, and self-service kiosks to replace human workers. High mandatory wage floors cause companies to freeze hiring, cut employee hours, or lay off low-skilled workers who need entry-level experience the most. Living costs vary drastically between rural towns and major cities. A single federal or state standard fails to account for local economic realities. The market should dictate wages based on labor supply, demand, and skill levels. Government micro-management of corporate compensation creates deep economic inefficiencies. The primary purpose of the tax code is to raise revenue and incentivize growth. Transforming it into a tool for social engineering complicates compliance and creates loopholes. You are so fking off base with your nonsensical comments. You will not last long. People are smarter than you think. Just garbage out of your mouth without a shred of proof or common sense economics. what a douche bag.

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Representatives for the Trump administration have defended the private funding as a means of reducing costs for taxpayers and have called the corruption claims unfair. Furthermore, Public Citizen acknowledged in its report that it has not established definitive, direct evidence that the donations were the sole cause of the contract awards. So mike you are fking lying without the facts once again. you should be sued for malice as you continue spewing misinformation. what a dick.

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@DavidJHarrisJr Furthermore it is totally disrespectful if Nancy did say this.

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Critics argue that responsibility for the delay in deploying the National Guard is shared. Some point to a pre-January 6 offer by Trump to authorize up to 10,000 National Guard troops, which they claim Capitol officials and DC leadership declined or failed to formally request in time. Additionally, internal security protocols required specific bureaucratic approvals from the Pentagon and the DC Mayor, which delayed the response independently of the White House. Trump's defenders argue his words during his speech at the Ellipse did not legally constitute incitement. They point specifically to his line urging the crowd to "peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard" as evidence that he was not calling for violence or an insurrection. Opponents frequently contend that Democratic leadership utilized the event and the subsequent congressional investigation to maximize political damage against Trump and his supporters, rather than focusing purely on security failures. There is no clear definition of who was involved or who should have been involved and to what extent. Therefore there is no argument.