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@Polytheist-Witch
Being able to own what you produce and decide what you want to do with the fruits of your labor is the lie of Marxism. In reality, the Oligarchal state gets to decide what you can keep.
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@Polytheist-Witch
Inheritance isn't just at trust funds. If I want my kids to have my property and house when I die they should get it without the  government getting half since I pay out of my income and property taxes. 

You are forming an opinion based on the false belief that America is a land where private property rights are cherished. This is not the America you may have read about in history books.

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We live in a third world Banana Republic (US)
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@sadolite
LOL, this is great. Guess there is now just one "co-equal branch" with a united Political party composed of the GOP and Dems Congresspeople in agreement on where all the power is. Welcome to Post Trump world.

Better update those civics books.
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@ILikePie5
So when did the Senate confirm Trump or what federal office created by Congress is Trump an officer of?

Scotus will have the last word if the Congress decides to push the issue.
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@oromagi
I Apologize for tagging you, I meant to tag another person, sorry. I have absolutely no interest in engaging with you. I request that you block me so that misunderstanding does not happen again.
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@Danielle
Who paid to get government to shut down businesses? 

You really don't think Governors just rolled the dice to decide this bullshit, do you?


I'm glad to see that you are more empathetic and open minded to the utility of immigrants. 
Yes, I have also come to realize the economical and political value of illegal immigrants as well as a tool to preserve Washington DC power and sustain the 50 plus years 
of inequality in the homeless capitals of America.
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@oromagi
Let me guess... the pandemic? You know, the one Trump didn’t give a rats ass about for the past year but is now all of a sudden his supporters think should be the president’s number one priority?

Right because that's why Biden got booed at the Superbowl for demanding America to be afraid for the .13% at-risk Americans that died while the 95 percenters without connections got the shit stick with neverending arbitrary lockdowns as Washington DC had a 2-year silence for those people.

Let me guess, you're one of those 5 percenters.

This isn't about Trump. Trump won't ever be allowed by the state-run media to participate in politics ever again. This is about setting an example for the next Trump knowing there just might be some unintended consequence when Washington DC ignores 95% of Americans. 
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@MisterChris
Thank god America has so few actual problems the public can be happy and content that the government can spend 8 years impeaching Trump. No unintended consequences at all.
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@ILikePie5
Constitution also grants no special privileges to former presidents as they are considered citizens. If Biden wishes to execute Trump as a domestic terrorist with a drone as Obama did, nothing in the Constitution can protect Trump.


"Trump's citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a swat team."

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@ILikePie5
That's fine. They can call the president to the witness stand, and when nobody shows up by the name of Donald Trump, then the "impeachment" will be over.
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@ILikePie5
Honestly, I don't see why Biden can't just follow the policies of Obama and just Drone Strike Trump now that he is just an ordinary citizen.


"Trump's citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a swat team."
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@fauxlaw
Imagine if the Senate had a trial after Nixon resigned....


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@sadolite
Here is a recent update on the ramifications of some of Biden's recent policy decisions on the average working American.

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@Death23
pay to play is the only way.

One hand washes the other, and the middle class takes a bath.

50 years of inequality in California.
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@Death23
Why bother when you can just pay the crony legislatures of California for subsidies for 50 years? 

California has a 50-year track record of staying bought by the ultra-rich. Why risk it?

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@Death23
Yeah, I guess maybe. The thing is that you can absolutely see the effects of crony capitalism and the ruling party in California and New York for the past 50 years and see what it has done to create the monumental levels of inequality there. Once the cronyism is codified into law by the legislatures, it really makes absolutely no difference who is the governor OR the president afterwards. They don't have the power alone to fix corruption created in the past.

California and New York can only get back on a path of less corruption and more equality when the legislatures are reformed. Same at the Federal level. Electing new executives is just playing a shell game with the same corruption winning every time by default.
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@Death23
which presidents signed the bills 

Why would you give a fuck about that? Lobbies influence the Congress, not the president. State lobbies the State legislatures, not the Governors. California has had the richest people there for the longest time because Democrats there could stay bought for 50 years. The only reason why a few of the ultra-rich have had to move recently is that there isn't enough middle class to fill the rank and file left in California. The mecca of inequality has always been New York and California for 50 years.

You're not one of those idiots that really think the Ultra-Rich lived in California for the past 50 years because the weather is nice, do you?
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@ILikePie5
I should have said, "circle-back to me." That's liberal dogwhistle for "don't bother"

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@Death23
You mean the GoP?

Why don't you check the states with the highest GDP to homeless ratios and see who has been in charge of those states for the past 50 years and get back to me on how that inequality is improving somehow.
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@drafterman
Maybe people shouldn't boo Biden's policies at the Superbowl through actual goalposts.
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@ILikePie5
I still can't get over the fact he has Chavez in his office as a flaming mockery of the public education system.
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@ILikePie5
Nah, he is just incompetent.
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@ILikePie5
Here is another update on Biden policy.

The Biden administration is opening an overflow facility for unaccompanied migrant children apprehended at the US-Mexico border, the federal agency tasked with the children's care told CNN in a statement.

The Health and Human Services Department will reopen a facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, that can accommodate about 700 children and can be expanded if necessary.

The reopening of the facility comes amid an increase in apprehensions of unaccompanied children on the Southwest border, fueled in part by deteriorating conditions in Latin America and a perceived possible relaxation of enforcement, and reduced capacity limits at other facilities due to Covid-19. It also comes as President Joe Biden rolls out new immigration executive orders fumbling migration to the US southern border.

More kids in cages..700+ more lol!
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@ILikePie5
Renovated the Oval Office, replacing interior decorations and adding a bust of Latino civil rights leader Cesar Chavez,

Biden and his sheep supporters probably too stupid to realize Chavez was for a border wall.
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@ILikePie5
So Biden reversed a non-existent ban while keeping the Obama restrictions on travel? Par for the course.
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@ILikePie5
or flat tax, but those kinds of policies destroy crony capitalism, and that's UnAmerican...
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@bmdrocks21
getting politics out of money means ending crony capitalism. 

The state-run media's reaction to the GameStop rebellion proves crony capitalism isn't going anywhere.
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@bmdrocks21
get money out of politics

That will never happen until you get politics out of money.
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@3RU7AL
What I like most about Tim Pool is that he Hates Trump but loves America (or at least the original idea of America with individual liberty due to a constrained government)
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@3RU7AL

Here is the long -term commentary as we rapidly descend into a totalitarian state.
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There was a conspiracy unfolding behind the scenes, one that both curtailed the protests and coordinated the resistance from CEOs. Both surprises were the result of an informal alliance between left-wing activists and business titans. The pact was formalized in a terse, little-noticed joint statement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AFL-CIO published on Election Day. Both sides would come to see it as a sort of implicit bargain–inspired by the summer’s massive, sometimes destructive racial-justice protests–in which the forces of labor came together with the forces of capital to keep the peace and oppose Trump.
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@Dr.Franklin

"There ain't room in this internet for the both of us," growled one CNN anchor on the air Monday evening. "There simply aren't enough people out there for us to fool with our fake news stories and The Babylon Bee to fool with their satire. There isn't enough clickbait and outrage traffic to go around."

Reporters at the media outlet also pointed out that their news was "much faker" than The Babylon Bee's. 

"They're obviously amateurs over there at The Bee," said Brian Stelter. "A lot of times, their reporting comes true. If you're gonna do fake news, do it right -- 100% fake, guaranteed, 24/7. They really should learn from the pros over here at CNN."

"Stay out of our territory," he growled.
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“You’ve got to give Trump credit here,” said Chris Cuomo during a segment of his popular show on CNN last night. “Sure, he might be literally the worst president we’ve ever seen, but at least he’s willing to accept a democratic election...UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE.”
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@Death23
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@ebuc
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@ebuc
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@ebuc
Waves of frustration, fear, anger flow over me
How is this still happening?
How can we still have kids in cages after an election and 2 impeachments?
Now they don’t have toothpaste, water, food
Now they don’t have anyone to change diapers
Ebuc said “Stop this now”
But the Biden administration won’t listen
Instead, they crammed more kids
In warehouses, cages, and tents
No schooling, not for them
The only lesson they are learning
Is that no one cares
These kids don’t know
How much we care, how mad we are
Those in charge don’t let it show
Donations turned away
Kids hidden from the law
Moved around to make the problem
Seem smaller than it is
Kids dying all alone
Kids crying all day long
Where do we go from here?
How do we make it right?
When the “leader” of our country
Doesn’t believe anyone has rights
Unless they vote for him.

Sung to the tune of "Biden's my favorite sniffer."


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@ethang5
Just remember this. If Democrats actually solved poverty, they would ALL be out of a job.
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@n8nrgmi
I agree with no dissent.
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@ebuc
Waves of frustration, fear, anger flow over me
How is this still happening?
How can we still have kids in cages after an election and 2 impeachments?
Now they don’t have toothpaste, water, food
Now they don’t have anyone to change diapers
Ebuc said “Stop this now”
But the Biden administration won’t listen
Instead, they crammed more kids
In warehouses, cages, and tents
No schooling, not for them
The only lesson they are learning
Is that no one cares
These kids don’t know
How much we care, how mad we are
Those in charge don’t let it show
Donations turned away
Kids hidden from the law
Moved around to make the problem
Seem smaller than it is
Kids dying all alone
Kids crying all day long
Where do we go from here?
How do we make it right?
When the “leader” of our country
Doesn’t believe anyone has rights
Unless they vote for him.

Sung to the tune of "Biden's my favorite sniffer."

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@ebuc
More poetry for the Ebuc Expert.



In a world of loss
     gratitude is what
          Ebuc demands for keeping
     precious catch
within my reach.
     No one despises
          the shepherd for
     collecting his flock.
No one accuses
     the watchman of
          making a captive
     of his charge.
I’m like a holster,
     or sheath, all function
          and no fury. Don’t
     you worry as I
swallow you whole. Those
     ulcers in my gut
          are only windows,
     the stoma punched
in my throat is just
     a keyhole. Don’t be shy.
          Hand me the rattle
     of your aching heart
and I’ll cradle you,
     bird with broken wing.
          Let me love you. I
     will hold your brittle
bones together. I’ll
     unclasp your beak
         so you can sing.
     It’s a world of always
leaving but here
     you can always stay.
In a Biden Cage.

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@ebuc
Think about those kids in cages
As the virus kills and rages
How comfy life is for me
I pray Ebuc sets them free

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@ebuc

kids in cages, kids in cages
we lose our freedom in stages

kids in cages, kids in cages
why so silent while a geriatric gauges

kids in cages, kids in cages
Biden, corrupt for the ages!

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@ebuc
Waves of frustration, fear, anger flow over me
How is this still happening?
How can we still have kids in cages after an election and 2 impeachments?
Now they don’t have toothpaste, water, food
Now they don’t have anyone to change diapers
Ebuc said “Stop this now”
But the Biden administration won’t listen
Instead, they crammed more kids
In warehouses, cages, and tents
No schooling, not for them
The only lesson they are learning
Is that no one cares
These kids don’t know
How much we care, how mad we are
Those in charge don’t let it show
Donations turned away
Kids hidden from the law
Moved around to make the problem
Seem smaller than it is
Kids dying all alone
Kids crying all day long
Where do we go from here?
How do we make it right?
When the “leader” of our country
Doesn’t believe anyone has rights
Unless they vote for him.

Sung to the tune of "Biden's my favorite sniffer."

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@ebuc
Maybe you can recite the Lazurus poem to all those kids in cages Biden still refuses to let loose into America. Maybe that will ease the pain of imprisonment.



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@ebuc
Why don't you recite the statue of liberty poem again and express your joy at how great it is for a welfare state?
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@ebuc
Then you wouldn't know the difference, would you? It's all the same to you.
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@ebuc
All poetry is propaganda.
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@ebuc
One man's poetry is another man's propaganda.
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@ebuc
as the vultures gather to suck beautiful Venezuela dry
now that Chavez is dead,
the American oil companies
chomping at the bit
begin to salivate & lick their lips,
seething
with the foam
of potent country-gutting
rabies---
for while he was alive,
Venezuela...

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