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“the peace and prosperity brought about by a liberal order based on equal recognition is not enough… iPhoneHobbes 9/12/2026 - 8:54 p.m.
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MBS asks Donald to bomb Houthis, Donald says “uh, nope” iPhoneHobbes 9/12/2026 - 7:37 p.m.
• Buy gas now while it’s “cheap”. * Jean Voljean 9/12/2026 - 7:54 p.m.
• It's at times like these that I am so thankful I have a Tesla * All Hail Florida 9/12/2026 - 9:47 p.m.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! HA! Ted Cruz got his ass boo'd at College Game Day Native 9/12/2026 - 11:04 a.m.
• Austin is an oasis is a sea of stupid in that state. Probably the only part of that state I'd live * Phred 9/12/2026 - 1:38 p.m.
• So despite the horrible game there 2 yrs ago, Mrs. AHF and I absolutely loved Austin (& LBJ Ranch) * All Hail Florida 9/12/2026 - 9:52 p.m.
• True, but it's like Gainesville on game day, an inflitration of MAGA Native 9/12/2026 - 1:56 p.m.
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He's an old man. Give him a break. He needs to nap. (linkage) Phred 9/12/2026 - 9:42 a.m.
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Even DeSantis is not on board with the $5,000 dividend promise from Trump Golden Gator 9/11/2026 - 12:37 p.m.
• It is a moronic idea, would add $1.2 Trillion to the debt, he says it would be paid for by tariffs, trash 9/11/2026 - 3:36 p.m.
• It's just another way to funnel more money to all his corprate goon sycophants WAR DAMN EAGLE 9/12/2026 - 9:45 a.m.
• He's already given them as much of a circus as he can, so more bread is all he can still offer. * StrayGator 9/11/2026 - 5:19 p.m.
• The best bread anyone has ever seen, many people are saying it... with tears in their eyes * Dawgspeare 9/12/2026 - 6:42 a.m.
• He really made people raise their hands and pledge to vote for the greatest president of all time Native 9/12/2026 - 7:47 a.m.
• The tariffs were a massive transfer of wealth from Americans to corporations * Native 9/11/2026 - 5:17 p.m.
• I think the 5k check idea is stupid…really stupid….and I will Peabody Hall 9/11/2026 - 11:54 p.m.
• I starred your post. However the $5k check doesn't have to pass Congress, Golden Gator 9/12/2026 - 8:41 a.m.
• Yes. Trump fully knows how stupid his voters are. * Jean Voljean 9/12/2026 - 9:12 a.m.
• BTW, do you still think the Iran war was a smart idea? * Jean Voljean 9/12/2026 - 8:32 a.m.
• Much like Biden’s loan forgiveness shenanigans, or “Vote for me, healthcare will be free!” * Mississippi Vol 9/12/2026 - 7:23 a.m.
• Yep those two Bidenideas were stupid too * Peabody Hall 9/13/2026 - 12:05 a.m.
• Health care is not free, taxing the rich and corporations at the rates that truly made America great Native 9/12/2026 - 7:29 a.m.
• Yet, even that vote getting bribe fails the economic test, as costs are passed Mississippi Vol 9/12/2026 - 8:11 a.m.
• Let's get real, the thing inflating health care costs is the profit/greed; that's what is dfferent Native 9/12/2026 - 8:19 a.m.
• Disagree; but, our disagreement doesn’t erase the vote getting bribe. * Mississippi Vol 9/12/2026 - 9:55 a.m.
• So, loan forgiveness=bad, but pardoning insurrectionists=good. Got it. * Thunder 9/12/2026 - 7:27 a.m.
• Doesn't matter, it was still illegal as well, so whether or not Congress moves on it, it's illegal Native 9/12/2026 - 6:37 a.m.
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Lock him up. Populace too beaten down to care? No more mass protests? Do young people care? * SpacinGator 9/11/2026 - 11:25 a.m.
• Anybody going to show video of AOC and Mamdani from today or are they from the wrong party? * Harry Dery 9/11/2026 - 3:02 p.m.
• Oh Harry - I finally realize what wingnut trolling you are talking about. The right wing smear was Native 9/12/2026 - 7:38 a.m.
• Yeah, So they’re the problem we should be most concerned with now? * Mudlizard 9/11/2026 - 9:40 p.m.
• Absolute lunacy. Just saw a video of Rudy & Vance laughing at the 9/11 event. Aaaaaahhhhh. Snowflake * SpacinGator 9/12/2026 - 2:01 p.m.
• I’m independent so I googled. The Orange Man was asleep, I’m sure you’re upset about that. * SpacinGator 9/11/2026 - 3:18 p.m.
• He looked like he's had another stroke - right side of his mouth droopy again * Native 9/11/2026 - 6:33 p.m.
• and I’m the walrus, coo coo cachoo * Harry Dery 9/11/2026 - 3:53 p.m.
• 🤡 * SpacinGator 9/11/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• I showed Mamdani below, what exactly is your point? Native 9/11/2026 - 3:16 p.m.
• That Islam is a religion of violence with stated goals of taking over the world by force. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 4:31 p.m.
• Bigots gonna bigot. * Jean Voljean 9/11/2026 - 7:36 p.m.
• Terrorist gonna terrorize * Peabody Hall 9/11/2026 - 11:55 p.m.
• Or maybe the Saudis who actually carried out 9/11 but are best buds with Trump & Company now Native 9/12/2026 - 7:58 a.m.
• You mean like the J6 MAGA terrorists that tried to coup the peaceful transfer of power? Native 9/12/2026 - 6:38 a.m.
• Liberals going to liberal. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:45 p.m.
• You know, Muslims died at the WTC, and that is an incredibly offensive broad brush you are Native 9/11/2026 - 6:00 p.m.
• No …Muslim teachings call for death to Christian’s infidels….perhaps some Peabody Hall 9/11/2026 - 11:59 p.m.
• Do you eat shrimp? Because the Old Testament says to stone people who eat shrimp Native 9/12/2026 - 7:31 a.m.
• Explain, what is going on in the U.K. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:08 p.m.
• There are some loud bigots there, just like in a small area of Germany and right here in the VS * Native 9/11/2026 - 7:36 p.m.
• They have Liberals too. They have given away their national identity. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:45 p.m.
• LOL, I can't even with this garbage * Native 9/11/2026 - 8:40 p.m.
• if you really know then you’ve proved my point * Harry Dery 9/11/2026 - 3:32 p.m.
• What does that have to do with the current POTUS being a con/crook/rapist/pedo? * SpacinGator 9/11/2026 - 4:32 p.m.
• I don’t recall mentioning dumbass trump, get some new material * Harry Dery 9/11/2026 - 4:49 p.m.
• Ok. We’ll agree that Agent Orange is a dumbass. * SpacinGator 9/11/2026 - 5:51 p.m.
• Maybe check the thread starter * Dawgspeare 9/11/2026 - 4:56 p.m.
• It says "Trump"? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 4:57 p.m.
• The thread starter was about Trump. His name didn't need to be there for it to be obvious. * Thunder 9/11/2026 - 5:04 p.m.
• They voted in a Muslim for Mayor of New York. What more do you want? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 12:37 p.m.
• What is your point here? * SpacinGator 9/11/2026 - 4:27 p.m.
• Are you not in favor of religious freedom? Or only for your chosen religion? * trash 9/11/2026 - 3:37 p.m.
• Religions of peace. Absolutely. Religions of conquest, not so much. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 4:28 p.m.
• Almost all religions are violent, or have violent paths. Ever heard of the Crusades? trash 9/12/2026 - 7:28 a.m.
• The crusades? Seriously, that is what you have. Pathetic. * 10EC 9/12/2026 - 12:21 p.m.
• You talked about religions of conquest. What other religion has an era historically remembered for trash 9/12/2026 - 5:00 p.m.
• It was just an example that lasted for 100+ years, hardly the only example. Christianity and the Native 9/12/2026 - 2:02 p.m.
• Enlighten me... links * 10EC 9/12/2026 - 4:00 p.m.
• I'm not here to be your personal researcher and you shouldn't need links for things that are Native 9/12/2026 - 5:34 p.m.
• Uh huh.... * 10EC 9/12/2026 - 6:47 p.m.
• To quote you, so you've got nothing * Native 9/12/2026 - 8:01 p.m.
• Like Peabody lecturing me above about infidels. * Native 9/12/2026 - 7:32 a.m.
• Love it when you show us who you are! * Native 9/11/2026 - 5:18 p.m.
• Sheep... * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 5:23 p.m.
• So, now you're just lobbying insults in headers? * Native 9/11/2026 - 5:44 p.m.
• Compared to you calling me a loon? I'm good. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 5:50 p.m.
• Thinking a fetus is more important to save than its mother is pretty loonie tunes * Native 9/11/2026 - 6:01 p.m.
• It is simply a numbers game. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 6:47 p.m.
• So, it's more acceptable for a handful of women to die than X # of fetuses Native 9/11/2026 - 7:36 p.m.
• Tens of thousands versus, 10s.... yeah. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:43 p.m.
• It is hundreds of women, and thanks for telling us how you value actual women * Native 9/11/2026 - 8:41 p.m.
• And how you value babies! * Peabody Hall 9/12/2026 - 12:01 a.m.
• This is sooo insulting and the BS anti-choice authoritarians use every single time Native 9/12/2026 - 6:40 a.m.
• You sound like Guiliani and his attack on MayorMamdani Native 9/11/2026 - 1:51 p.m.
• Hmm * Mudlizard 9/11/2026 - 1:48 p.m.
• When they tell you who they are and the plans they are implementing... believe them. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 1:59 p.m.
• Like the authors of Project 2025? * GoBananas 9/11/2026 - 5:55 p.m.
• No argument * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:08 p.m.
• Last speaker at the 9/11 Memorial today lost his father on 9/11. His message: stop the hate Native 9/11/2026 - 2:38 p.m.
• But they won't. They have stated their plans. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 4:27 p.m.
• Maybe you should look in the mirror * Native 9/11/2026 - 5:16 p.m.
• Expound? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 5:24 p.m.
• Maybe remove the plank from your own eye? * Native 9/11/2026 - 5:45 p.m.
• I don't know what you are babbling about. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 5:49 p.m.
• Matthew 7: 3-5 * Native 9/11/2026 - 6:02 p.m.
• The context... what context. What plank related to 9/11? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 6:49 p.m.
• Willfully obtuse * Native 9/12/2026 - 8:11 p.m.
• I am not a Mamdani fan by any means, but your post seemed to speak to more than policy. * Mudlizard 9/11/2026 - 2:00 p.m.
• Oh well... * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 2:02 p.m.
• Why is that significant? NYC has had Jewish mayors, Protestant mayors, Catholic mayors... * Golden Gator 9/11/2026 - 1:06 p.m.
• Just ironic given the date. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 1:10 p.m.
• Help me understand the irony you see. * Golden Gator 9/11/2026 - 2:55 p.m.
• Muslims attached the WTC Towers and brought them down. And NY decides to elect one mayor. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 4:30 p.m.
• Where you see irony, I see proof that most New Yorkers do not share your prejudice. * StrayGator 9/11/2026 - 5:26 p.m.
• Time will tell. You Dems are blinded to what is happening around the world. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 5:32 p.m.
• One who is blinded by prejudice against an entire people based on their religion is not just blind. * StrayGator 9/11/2026 - 6:06 p.m.
• Do you not see the problems in the U.K.? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 6:48 p.m.
• We've spent time traveling around the UK every year since 2012 except the two pandemic years. StrayGator 9/11/2026 - 7:14 p.m.
• Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal... if you choose to remain ignorant on what is going on then fine. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:19 p.m.
• Are you going to answer the question: What do you propose to do about this Muslim Menace? * StrayGator 9/11/2026 - 7:39 p.m.
• Here is what your side is doing about it... re:9-11 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:42 p.m.
• You're running away without answering my question after I had the courtesy to answer yours. StrayGator 9/11/2026 - 7:45 p.m.
• It's not an easy answer as our country was founded on being a melting pot where people come and 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:49 p.m.
• You're sounding the alarm for a fear that sounds just like the "Red Scare" all over again. * StrayGator 9/11/2026 - 7:54 p.m.
• Except for evidence and shit... * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:55 p.m.
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When you've lost the Babylon Bee Native 9/10/2026 - 10:15 p.m.
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Clinton underwear sniffer Joe Digenova out of the Comey investigation, Native 9/10/2026 - 9:59 p.m.
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Angie Nixon is in a dead heat with Ashley Moody - Native 9/10/2026 - 9:17 p.m.
• In the crosstabs - Ashley Moody's favorability is currently 33% - I guess there really are Native 9/11/2026 - 10:30 a.m.
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Diesel just burst the $6.00 threshold at Military/Blue Heron/Bee Line RaceTrac. iPhoneHobbes 9/10/2026 - 6:05 p.m.
• RE: Diesel just burst the $6.00 threshold at Military/Blue Heron/Bee Line RaceTrac. aubie in bham 9/11/2026 - 11:42 a.m.
• $9.999 max out at some California stations J.M. 9/11/2026 - 6:57 a.m.
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Ecoptic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. Abortion is health care Native 9/10/2026 - 1:18 p.m.
• If our resident pro-birthers were really about reducing abortions there is a clear, data supported trash 9/12/2026 - 9:50 a.m.
• Abortion for ectopic pregnancies i a no brainer. It's going to kill both anyway if nothing is done. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 1:25 p.m.
• You should tell that to your anti-choice friends who have tied doctors' hands * Native 9/10/2026 - 1:39 p.m.
• I'm goi g to go out on a limb and say there is no law anywhere that would 10EC 9/10/2026 - 1:41 p.m.
• Of course you’re not going to find a law explicitly saying that. You have plenty of laws that have trash 9/11/2026 - 11:23 a.m.
• Cruel? Cruel you say. SMH at indifference to those who cannot speak for themselves. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 11:55 a.m.
• SMH at indifference to actual living women and prioritizing a glob of cells. * trash 9/11/2026 - 3:39 p.m.
• I can't like this enough * Native 9/11/2026 - 5:19 p.m.
• Your indifference to the life of the growing children is noted. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 5:25 p.m.
• Egg, zygote, fetus. Not children * trash 9/12/2026 - 7:29 a.m.
• A fetus is a growing child. Sad you don't understand that. * 10EC 9/12/2026 - 9:50 a.m.
• I’ll stick with science over religion myself. Now you’re the one making up terms that don’t fit. * trash 9/12/2026 - 5:01 p.m.
• There isn't a single reputable scientist in the world that would not agree it is a developing human. * 10EC 9/12/2026 - 6:49 p.m.
• De-vel-o-ping...not yet a sentient human being Native 9/12/2026 - 8:14 p.m.
• At least you are passed "a glob of cells" * 10EC 9/12/2026 - 10:41 p.m.
• Growing child describes a live, post-born human being. You accuse me of what you actually do Native 9/11/2026 - 6:08 p.m.
• It is a growing children. Your stance is too evil to comprehend that. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:20 p.m.
• My stance is based on science and reason, yours is based on hokum * Native 9/11/2026 - 7:38 p.m.
• Are you saying that science says that the "glob of cells" isn't a developing human? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 7:51 p.m.
• Developing is doing a lot of work here * Native 9/12/2026 - 7:42 a.m.
• And? * 10EC 9/12/2026 - 9:50 a.m.
• You just sawed that limb off, cause you’re flat out wrong. * trash 9/10/2026 - 3:34 p.m.
• Statute please? * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 4:05 p.m.
• This is exhausting - please educate yourself on how this works...doctors wait far too long to treat Native 9/10/2026 - 1:54 p.m.
• When I stick my head in the sand I can’t see that, therefore it can’t be happening. trash 9/11/2026 - 9:23 a.m.
• Explain the other states * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 10:59 a.m.
• So, I was accurate... * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 2:31 p.m.
• You misspelled obstinate. And was implied past tense. * Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 2:44 p.m.
• No, you aren't. If you were, deaths wouldn't be more than doubling in red states * Native 9/10/2026 - 2:44 p.m.
• Please give me the legal reference.... * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 2:58 p.m.
• What legal reference? Overturning RvW unleashed state-by-state chaos Native 9/10/2026 - 3:19 p.m.
• Show me a statute where it is illegal to abort an ectopic pregnancy. Stop dancing... * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 4:05 p.m.
• Show me a statute where it illegal for store employees to stop a shoplifter. Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 5:00 p.m.
• There is no risk if an ultrasound shows an ectopic pregnancy. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 7:16 p.m.
• You can assert that all day long, but all evidence is to the contrary Native 9/10/2026 - 9:14 p.m.
• There is no law preventing it. That is a fact. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 5:04 a.m.
• Because no law is needed when fear and intimidation is on the table - again, it was Dobbs that did Native 9/11/2026 - 8:30 a.m.
• In states that weren't impacted? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 8:39 a.m.
• The rates have soared in states with heatbeat laws in place - stop being willfully obtuse Native 9/11/2026 - 8:54 a.m.
• Explain the rise in other states... * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 10:59 a.m.
• When you destroy health care infrastructure the way it has been, you shouldn't be surprised Native 9/11/2026 - 11:15 a.m.
• It's a 6% rise. I'm more concerned about the reason for Drs feeling unsafe to perform 10EC 9/11/2026 - 11:58 a.m.
• You clearly don't know how real life works...hospitals have committees now, to keep from being Native 9/10/2026 - 4:16 p.m.
• So, there isn't a law? * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 7:15 p.m.
• The accusations and attributions are unsubstantiated by the facts… the increase in Peabody Hall 9/10/2026 - 8:42 p.m.
• The study literally showed 2X the deaths since RvW was overturned - it's delusional to deny Native 9/10/2026 - 8:50 p.m.
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Posted without comment..the video speaks for itself... UGADawginVA 9/10/2026 - 12:51 p.m.
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Where oh where are our 1st Amendment absolutists? Jimmy Kimmel interview with Talarico? Native 9/10/2026 - 12:27 p.m.
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Anyone come across an article on the *how* AI would destroy humanity? J.M. 9/10/2026 - 10:47 a.m.
• The 10% chance of wiping us all out, oir the Anthropic engineer quitting over threat to humanity? Native 9/10/2026 - 11:36 a.m.
• RE: The 10% chance of wiping us all out, oir the Anthropic engineer quitting over threat to humanity Hobbes 9/10/2026 - 8:12 p.m.
• LT4 gives a pretty good explanation w/an assist from his wife: iPhoneHobbes 9/10/2026 - 11:21 a.m.
• Anthropic is pro regulation because they have a lot to gain from the heavy hand of government WAR DAMN EAGLE 9/10/2026 - 9:03 p.m.
• Also OpenAI now sells AI to protect utilities from ... its AI. * J.M. 9/11/2026 - 6:48 a.m.
• Yeah, Similarly I heard this piece on NPR recently about AI companies selling products WAR DAMN EAGLE 9/11/2026 - 8:33 a.m.
• Here we go. We're so f😩😩cked. J.M. 9/10/2026 - 1:13 p.m.
• Reading (listening to) Annie Jacobson’s latest bed time story “Biological War :a Scenario” iPhoneHobbes 9/10/2026 - 1:55 p.m.
• Fun times! J.M. 9/10/2026 - 2:30 p.m.
• RE: Fun times! Hobbes 9/10/2026 - 8:10 p.m.
• Thank you kindly. Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders are both concerned. Ron DeSantis, too. J.M. 9/10/2026 - 11:36 a.m.
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Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent charged with child rape, sodomy, incest Hobbes 9/10/2026 - 8:54 a.m.
• Another Grape Jerb by ICE: dad of Marine detained, ordered released: iPhoneHobbes 9/10/2026 - 9:30 a.m.
• Jackass makes furtive move, gets what’s coming to him 🫏 iPhoneHobbes 9/10/2026 - 9:36 a.m.
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Byron Donalds canceled a Tiger Bay Manatee debate with David Jolly. Ashley Moody won't debate Angie Native 9/10/2026 - 7:45 a.m.
• I'm intrigued Hobbes 9/10/2026 - 8:38 a.m.
• Trap - Neuter - Release Native 9/10/2026 - 10:02 a.m.
• RE: Trap - Neuter - Release iPhoneHobbes 9/10/2026 - 11:22 a.m.
• Sorry, my ADHD...ask a simple quesiton, get a TED talk! * Native 9/10/2026 - 12:46 p.m.
• my parents did the TNR thing and my son is working on it in his neighborhood in Delray and my dotter iPhoneHobbes 9/10/2026 - 6:27 p.m.
• Good on them - someone has to do it! Whoo-hoo, we just trapped Big Daddy! Going to the vet Native 9/10/2026 - 8:51 p.m.
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Speaking of $5,000... what a vile human being. UGADawginVA 9/10/2026 - 1:43 a.m.
• Did y'all catch Donnie's Sec of HUD slap Anna Paulina Luna (who I think is about to lose) on the ass Native 9/10/2026 - 12:24 p.m.
• I do agree with Trump that voters should pretend he is on the ballot. All Republicans must go. Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 9:49 a.m.
• Baby/bathwater * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 9:51 a.m.
• Cancer would be a better analogy * Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 10:24 a.m.
• And removing it all will kill the patient * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 10:59 a.m.
• Who in your analogy is the patient. The GOP or the US? trash 9/10/2026 - 11:53 a.m.
• The U.S. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 12:23 p.m.
• The GOP is actively destroying our Republic. I would say killing the cancer will save the US * aubie in bham 9/11/2026 - 11:50 a.m.
• So a D or I in every seat of every part of government all the way down to city/county? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 1:12 p.m.
• Hopefully not. I hear that if the Rs don’t win enough elections they will start a civil war. * Jean Voljean 9/11/2026 - 2:17 p.m.
• I heard it is a possibility if the stupid idea of all races needing to be won by Ds. 10EC 9/11/2026 - 2:32 p.m.
• Yes, the survival of the US depends on the continuance of this one political party. * Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 1:50 p.m.
• Well, yes, one party dominance would do just that. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 2:31 p.m.
• Our structure makes two parties inevitable. The Republican Party would be replaced. * Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 2:42 p.m.
• I do not think so. In your scenario, every single member all the way down to garbage commisiioner 10EC 9/10/2026 - 2:44 p.m.
• Yet we somehow survived the demise of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican and Whig parties. * Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 3:18 p.m.
• Civil war.... that is what would happen. It's a stupid thought. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 4:06 p.m.
• Ya, ya. We’re already well aware what Republicans do when they lose. Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 6:21 p.m.
• Ask Charlie Kirk about Republican violence... oh wait, you cannot. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 7:18 p.m.
• The difference between the Charlie Kirk shooter and the Trump shooter Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 8:57 p.m.
• I'm the one who wanted them shot. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 9:08 p.m.
• I must have forgotten, since you’ve only told us that about fifty times. Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 9:40 p.m.
• Yeah, some guy did that to Ashli Babbit, and now she's a martyr and he is a target Native 9/10/2026 - 9:15 p.m.
• Amazing isn’t it, the very survival of the country depends on the survival of the GOP who is trash 9/10/2026 - 3:36 p.m.
• My squabble is with "ALL" * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 4:07 p.m.
• Do you want to separate the baby from the bathwater for us? Which Rs have not mostly enabled Golden Gator 9/10/2026 - 10:21 a.m.
• For one, Governor Brian Kemp. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 11:00 a.m.
• For one, Governor Brian Kemp. Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 1:49 p.m.
• Isn't Jack Kemp dead? * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 2:32 p.m.
• Oops. My bad. * Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 2:42 p.m.
• Or more specifically, which Republicans that are still in power have not mostly enabled Trump? * Thunder 9/10/2026 - 10:31 a.m.
• How about example of Senators and House members that are R that have not Golden Gator 9/10/2026 - 12:07 p.m.
• That wasn't JVJ's stance. He said ALL. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 1:17 p.m.
• I will sit quietly waiting for the MAGAs/Trump supporters on board here to disavow his statements Golden Gator 9/10/2026 - 7:47 a.m.
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Ooh. How would you like $5000? Jean Voljean 9/9/2026 - 11:01 p.m.
• I am sure somebody will Leap to denounce this party promising free money for votes. * Hobbes 9/10/2026 - 8:37 a.m.
• Sounds illegal, maybe Dems can write a sternly worded letter suggesting they stop * Native 9/10/2026 - 10:02 a.m.
• I’ve seen commentators point out that Trump doesn’t have the constitutional authority Jean Voljean 9/10/2026 - 10:34 a.m.
• Scammer gonna scam, and the scammed always love it. Still waiting on that tariff rebate! * Native 9/10/2026 - 6:44 a.m.
• And my $5K DOGE check must've gotten lost in the mail too!?!? * ncg8or 9/10/2026 - 6:48 a.m.
• Americans should be filing class action lawsuits against Elon for stealing our data Native 9/10/2026 - 6:54 a.m.
• Apparently, ICE gonna get a bunch of lawsuits as well Native 9/10/2026 - 7:15 a.m.
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John Sununu endorses a work requirement for seniors on Medicare Native 9/9/2026 - 4:17 p.m.
• Medicare “recipients.” Not sure about him but I don’t “receive” Medicare, I pay for it. * trash 9/10/2026 - 9:16 a.m.
• There's at least a 50-50 chance he doesn't know the difference between Medicare and Medicaid * Native 9/10/2026 - 10:03 a.m.
• He knows, it's absolutely part of an effort to get voters to conflate the two * Dawgspeare 9/10/2026 - 10:30 a.m.
• RE: Medicare “recipients.” Not sure about him but I don’t “receive” Medicare, I pay for it. iPhoneHobbes 9/10/2026 - 9:40 a.m.
• I can only aspire to be among the “productive” class our trickle down friends idolize. * trash 9/10/2026 - 11:55 a.m.
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Uncle Jeff’s head asplodes: iPhoneHobbes 9/9/2026 - 12:05 p.m.
(2/2)
Labor Share is only declining as a function of Gross Income . . . CodeMonkey 9/9/2026 - 11:14 a.m.
• Declining Labor Share as a function of Gross Income is not a US only phenomena CodeMonkey 9/9/2026 - 12:20 p.m.
(26/26)
When I say "Donald doesn't lie", this is what I really mean Hobbes 9/9/2026 - 8:40 a.m.
• What is more of a moral failure is he is a pedophile traitor and we appear to be helpless to Native 9/9/2026 - 9:45 a.m.
• Let's be realistic - he's also brazenly corrupt * Dawgspeare 9/9/2026 - 10:30 a.m.
• it is as if Dunning Krueger and the 7 Deadly Sins had an affair resulting in a love child iPhoneHobbes 9/9/2026 - 12:00 p.m.
• And, then voters did a thing not once, but twice, and the SCOTUS says meh, as does his Native 9/9/2026 - 12:30 p.m.
• RE: And, then voters did a thing not once, but twice, and the SCOTUS says meh, as does his iPhoneHobbes 9/9/2026 - 1:12 p.m.
• Well, there was that one glorious time we overcame their cheating * Native 9/9/2026 - 1:40 p.m.
• LOL, "cheating"... Couldn't be you ran a shite candidate. No, no, couldn't possibly be that. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 11:04 a.m.
• Don't believe me, believe Donnie and Elon Native 9/10/2026 - 11:17 a.m.
• No, I think you are delusional about it. Just like the Trump won in '20 crowd. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 12:24 p.m.
• I'm not delusional, we know Elon offered money for votes (just like now) - that is cheating whether Native 9/10/2026 - 12:30 p.m.
• No one did anything of any consequence that changed what was happened in 2020. 10EC 9/10/2026 - 1:26 p.m.
• That is impossible to know * Native 9/10/2026 - 1:40 p.m.
• And yet, scanning above, you are saying it as fact.. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 2:34 p.m.
• When people say what they did, believe them the first time. * Native 9/10/2026 - 3:20 p.m.
• Live in ignorance... I guess that works for you. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 4:08 p.m.
• Oh that is rich. Watch the upcoming Musk documentary * Native 9/10/2026 - 5:16 p.m.
• You believe the election was stolen. CoNsPiRAcY * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 7:19 p.m.
• There's a myriad of things that were supposed to be CoNsPiRAcY ended up being truth in Trump2.0 Native 9/10/2026 - 8:52 p.m.
• And yet, local elections went on unaffected. * 10EC 9/10/2026 - 9:15 p.m.
• "I'm gonna cheat like hell" - when people tell you what they do, believe them Native 9/11/2026 - 11:54 a.m.
• He stood up last night and told people to vote, even if they weren't registered and even if they hav Native 9/11/2026 - 11:16 a.m.
• And you take that as proof the election was invalid? * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 1:13 p.m.
• I'm saying when they tell us what they did, we should believe them Native 9/11/2026 - 6:15 p.m.
• Didn't impact '24 final results. Nothingburger. * 10EC 9/11/2026 - 10:05 p.m.
• We don't actually know what Elon and his tech bro goons did - Trump runnning the table on Native 9/12/2026 - 7:20 p.m.
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Sen. Robert Marshall, also an OB-GYN is making headlines for having former patients locked up over Native 9/9/2026 - 7:20 a.m.
• People getting arrested and spending time in jail for not paying judgments? Hobbes 9/9/2026 - 8:12 a.m.
• Well, Republicans want us to return to the '50s, but as it turns out, it's not the 1950's, but... Thunder 9/9/2026 - 7:29 a.m.
• To be fair Hobbes 9/9/2026 - 8:21 a.m.
• Of course, Congress would never change that; it is sacrosanct, like Roe v. Wade. But in this case, Golden Gator 9/9/2026 - 8:30 a.m.
(1/1)
American workers getting smallest slice of the pie in US history Native 9/9/2026 - 7:05 a.m.
(5/5)
He doesn't lie. He actually believes this Hobbes 9/8/2026 - 1:33 p.m.
• It would have prolly looked like this Native 9/9/2026 - 6:58 a.m.
• I wonder if this was before or after he called in to local TV to brag about owning the now tallest trash 9/8/2026 - 3:09 p.m.
• RE: I wonder if this was before or after he called in to local TV to brag about owning the now talle Hobbes 9/8/2026 - 6:15 p.m.
• Trump's Derangement Syndrome * Dawgzilla 9/8/2026 - 2:07 p.m.
(6/6)
Lounge 10 years ago ... in the leadup to 2016 election J.M. 9/8/2026 - 12:43 p.m.
• RE: Lounge 10 years ago ... in the leadup to 2016 election iPhoneHobbes 9/8/2026 - 3:59 p.m.
• the other thing... knowing what Trump was back then and what he would likely do in office BBG 9/8/2026 - 5:25 p.m.
• RE: the other thing... knowing what Trump was back then and what he would likely do in office Hobbes 9/8/2026 - 6:06 p.m.
• I liquidated most of my investments in January. 2017....not very smart. * Dawgzilla 9/8/2026 - 11:56 p.m.
• Thank god (a) that courts are mostly holding up against him, & (b) that amendment re: term limits * All Hail Florida 9/8/2026 - 9:44 p.m.
(5/5)
AI can't beat natural stupidity. Does anyone proofread the copy Donald 2.0 regime churns out? Hobbes 9/7/2026 - 6:46 p.m.
• At least we can now definitively identify Trump Derangement Syndrome trash 9/8/2026 - 7:43 a.m.
• How much of our government is being run by AI right now? WAR DAMN EAGLE 9/7/2026 - 8:20 p.m.
• Well, there's NS in the White House: Natural stupidity * Thunder 9/8/2026 - 6:24 a.m.
• RE: Well, there's an AH in the White House. * Mudlizard 9/8/2026 - 3:06 p.m.
(1/1)
He just gives too much..a true character flaw... UGADawginVA 9/7/2026 - 10:31 a.m.
(1/1)
The replay officials were able to find that extra second in the Michigan game the way... Thunder 9/7/2026 - 7:42 a.m.
(68/68)
Stuart Stephens lays out a plan for Dems if they take back the House Native 9/6/2026 - 7:39 a.m.
• Dear Lord. A party divided.... * Mudlizard 9/8/2026 - 1:34 p.m.
• Right, the middle is busier ffighting the left than actual fasicsts - what does that tell ya? Native 9/9/2026 - 6:50 a.m.
• Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. Clockwork Orange 9/9/2026 - 7:42 a.m.
• ... is a recipe for defeat. * StrayGator 9/8/2026 - 1:51 p.m.
• How can people not see this isn't the time for proposing extreme positions? Mind boggling. * Mudlizard 9/8/2026 - 3:07 p.m.
• How can you not see it's a plan for the future? Literally every D candidate is talking about Native 9/9/2026 - 7:24 a.m.
• Do you really think extreme positions...and yes, "Defund the Police" and "Defund ICE" ARE considered Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 9:04 a.m.
• Defund the Police was shitty messaging but also people want someone to do something about the abuses Native 9/9/2026 - 10:22 a.m.
• The shitty messaging is what's going to cost votes/elections IMO. And why not "Reform ICE"? * Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 10:41 a.m.
• That is certainly the way I would frame it, but I'm not a Never Trump former R operative offering Native 9/9/2026 - 12:17 p.m.
• "Both parties"...and therein lies the disconnect IMO. The messaging needs to appeal to the middle. * Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 12:55 p.m.
• Did you see this? As David Jolly says, the good guy s are winning. Remember how I was told Native 9/9/2026 - 1:43 p.m.
• Trump is doing so much damage this time around that even... Thunder 9/9/2026 - 7:28 a.m.
• We need to come up with electable messaging before we have a chance to fix anything. * Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 9:04 a.m.
• Already hedging bets I see... * 10EC 9/9/2026 - 8:49 a.m.
• Day 1 - cut funding for Welthauptstadt Americana * ncg8or 9/6/2026 - 8:42 p.m.
• Well that makes sense. Ignore the constitution (5th amendment) because DurangoGator 9/6/2026 - 6:55 p.m.
• Maybe when the president and SOCTUS stops doing exactly that? * Native 9/9/2026 - 7:25 a.m.
• Let me fix that for you: Stuart Stephens lays out a plan for Dems to lose in 2028 Golden Gator 9/6/2026 - 7:50 a.m.
• Agree. And the only thing the fringe is accomplishing with these proclamations Jean Voljean 9/6/2026 - 1:15 p.m.
• You think Stuart Stevens is fringe? Talking about moving Overton Windows * Native 9/9/2026 - 9:55 a.m.
• This is why Dems always get rolled, not fighting for what you believe in Native 9/6/2026 - 7:58 a.m.
• I won't fight for what I don't believe in * Mudlizard 9/8/2026 - 1:35 p.m.
• Did you see this by any chance? Native 9/9/2026 - 6:53 a.m.
• Netanyahu sucks. * Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 9:05 a.m.
• Right, so why are we supporting his war on reality? * Native 9/9/2026 - 10:23 a.m.
• I will never support turning our back on Israel. Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 10:43 a.m.
• I don't think we should be supporting how they have responded to the Hamas attacks Native 9/9/2026 - 12:20 p.m.
• Strenuously disagree. To attract support now, I believe Dems need to focus on offering two things... StrayGator 9/6/2026 - 2:49 p.m.
• Need an 802 conference. * CoachTony 9/7/2026 - 8:34 a.m.
• Here CoachTony 9/7/2026 - 12:43 p.m.
• Thanks for that. I was like "WTF is he talking about?" * 10EC 9/8/2026 - 7:18 a.m.
• I don’t think the most people care at all about your first point. The everyday costs of living, BurrGator 9/6/2026 - 6:34 p.m.
• Maybe it's just people my age, concerned about leaving our descendants a country in which StrayGator 9/6/2026 - 7:36 p.m.
• IOW, when your opponent is making mistakes, don’t interrupt them. * Jean Voljean 9/6/2026 - 3:16 p.m.
• That is happening now. This is Stuart Stevens (a former R operative like Rick Wilson) telling Native 9/9/2026 - 6:55 a.m.
• And whatever you do, don't copy them. * StrayGator 9/6/2026 - 3:17 p.m.
• We will never successfully defeat MAGA taking the high road, I thought we established this already * Native 9/9/2026 - 6:55 a.m.
• Garland took the high road as AG. Look how well that turned out. Thunder 9/9/2026 - 7:09 a.m.
• Obama could have done something bold and had him sworn into office and dared Mitch to stop him Native 9/9/2026 - 7:27 a.m.
• 100%. Sucks that Rs have abandoned ethical standards. Don’t do the same. * Jean Voljean 9/6/2026 - 4:24 p.m.
• Return To Normalcy was Biden's message in '20, right? And things did feel more normal after he won. * All Hail Florida 9/6/2026 - 3:48 p.m.
• So, maybe start thinking about doing things differently next time? Native 9/9/2026 - 7:28 a.m.
• This place loved Biden simply because he beat Trump. * Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 9:34 a.m.
• I'm talking about 2020 * Native 9/9/2026 - 9:53 a.m.
• None of these things are radical? Really? * Clockwork Orange 9/6/2026 - 8:37 a.m.
• When they tell you who they are, believe them. * BurrGator 9/6/2026 - 10:50 a.m.
• Did you read what you wrote? As a Trump voter, I mean... * Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 9:37 a.m.
• I don't see how voting for Kamala Harris is some type of flex. Biden was a terrible president, BurrGator 9/9/2026 - 12:55 p.m.
• With Biden, we didn't have to worry about alienating or threatening our allies Thunder 9/9/2026 - 1:54 p.m.
• Biden was not a terrible president and is gazillion times better than Trump but I love Native 9/9/2026 - 1:45 p.m.
• I don't see how voting for Kamala Harris is some type of flex. Biden was a terrible president, Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 1:31 p.m.
• Which "they"? Those of us who have clearly disagreed with the Stuart Stephens idea? * Golden Gator 9/7/2026 - 9:32 a.m.
• Unless it’s Trump and the Trumpists. Then enable them. * Jean Voljean 9/6/2026 - 1:16 p.m.
• I understand the desire to go maximalist in response to the GOP going maximalist Hobbes 9/6/2026 - 10:14 a.m.
• But y'all have to be fair, Dems are getting dragged no matter what they do, and getting trucked Native 9/9/2026 - 7:29 a.m.
• Yup. The double standard is maddening, but serious people work with reality. * Jean Voljean 9/6/2026 - 1:17 p.m.
• Yes. I have lot of ideas that I would love to see implemented, but would not want candidates to Hobbes 9/6/2026 - 1:44 p.m.
• I would argue defunding ICE certainly isn't radical Thunder 9/6/2026 - 8:46 a.m.
• ICE has an important role. It is currently overfunded and grossly misled, Jean Voljean 9/6/2026 - 1:25 p.m.
• Since we didn't have ICE for the entire history of the country, we can survive without it Thunder 9/9/2026 - 7:33 a.m.
• I don't think some of the people here are paying attention to the extent of the abuses...it's the Native 9/9/2026 - 10:25 a.m.
• it needs at least temporary shutdown and a top-to-bottom qualification scouring of everyone there Dawgspeare 9/6/2026 - 1:50 p.m.
• So maybe abolishing it isn't all that radical? Everything on Stevens' list can be justified Native 9/9/2026 - 7:30 a.m.
• The messaging is the problem! * Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 1:33 p.m.
• Again, don't yell at me, Stuart Stevens made a lot of money messaging campaigns Native 9/9/2026 - 1:46 p.m.
• I don't yell! I emphasize! * Mudlizard 9/9/2026 - 2:24 p.m.
(1/1)
UN votes 164-1 to quit using the Mercator Projection iPhoneHobbes 9/5/2026 - 5:39 p.m.
(3/3)
Donald J. Trump, economic genius trash 9/5/2026 - 4:14 p.m.
• He actually thinks every country must buy as much from us as we do from them or they’re swindling us * Dawgspeare 9/5/2026 - 5:45 p.m.
• Well it IS called "trade" * Dawgzilla 9/8/2026 - 10:49 a.m.
(3/3)
My friend Shelley Reback on the Hope Florida scandal - Misappropriate is another word for stealing Native 9/5/2026 - 10:42 a.m.
• Hey I know her! She invited me onto her WMNF radio show to talk alimony reform 3 yrs ago * All Hail Florida 9/5/2026 - 12:14 p.m.
• She's great! I'm not surprised some of our board attorneys know her. I'll have to see Native 9/5/2026 - 12:30 p.m.
(1/1)
I can't get enough of Trump voters having the day they voted for - this time in my hometown Native 9/5/2026 - 8:25 a.m.
(1/1)
Paul Waldman on Hasan Piker and the denunciation game. He uses Angie Nixon as a perfect example Native 9/5/2026 - 8:07 a.m.
(1/1)
A lower marginal tax rate would have prevented this: iPhoneHobbes 9/5/2026 - 6:50 a.m.
(3/3)
HHS cancels grants supporting infant and maternal health in favor of...sperm Native 9/4/2026 - 11:20 p.m.
• “One word. Just one word. Microplastics” iPhoneHobbes 9/5/2026 - 6:57 a.m.
• “But the problem is teens & young adults from ages 15 to 19, the fertility rate is down 7 percent… iPhoneHobbes 9/5/2026 - 6:54 a.m.
(1/1)
China’s carbon emissions fall: iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 10:04 p.m.
(2/2)
“small potato” 🥔: iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:52 p.m.
• I am 1,000% sure that is a comment a Dem president could have said with zero blow-back or Native 9/5/2026 - 8:03 a.m.
(1/1)
Donald’s going to fly in his Qatar 747 to Ireland: iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:17 p.m.
(4/4)
For the Elon stans here Native 9/4/2026 - 9:16 p.m.
• RE: For the Elon stans here iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 10:09 p.m.
• Also, DOGE: Brag that you’ll save $3T, after starting claim you’ll cut $2T, work for trash 9/5/2026 - 1:19 p.m.
• Love this for him! Maybe he'll finally be deported along with Milo and the Tate Brothers * Native 9/4/2026 - 11:11 p.m.
(7/7)
France, Netherlands and Norway are taking their gold out of the US. trash 9/4/2026 - 5:13 p.m.
• Not unlike what France,Netherlands,Belgium,Great Britain and West Germany did in ‘71 * Boggy Creek Gator 9/5/2026 - 12:03 p.m.
• Don't you know there is no way we could have known this wouldn't have happened under Harris too? * Thunder 9/5/2026 - 8:49 a.m.
• Well, she's not a petulant child whose constant lies & incompetency are well documented, but Golden Gator 9/5/2026 - 3:15 p.m.
• I was just coming over here to poast this: iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:11 p.m.
• Apparently, substackers are slow to a story. Repatriation has been ongoing since early 2010s : Mississippi Vol 9/4/2026 - 9:24 p.m.
• Not sure Venezuela quite compares * trash 9/5/2026 - 9:41 a.m.
(4/4)
What is more alarming/disturbing right now...the USPS scheme to disenfranchise VBM or Native 9/4/2026 - 2:53 p.m.
• Grady Judd busted lying about their arrest Native 9/4/2026 - 3:42 p.m.
• Gray’s not apologizing for using Flock iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:21 p.m.
• Or maybe this - WH website hosts video games (since America can't afford to go out), including Native 9/4/2026 - 3:09 p.m.
(7/7)
John Fetterman...Fox News attention whore UGADawginVA 9/4/2026 - 8:10 a.m.
• Oh goodie - from the Twitters... Native 9/4/2026 - 3:05 p.m.
• RE: John Fetterman...Fox News attention whore iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:05 a.m.
• I get it. I love hoodies. And hoodie weather is coming. I have a solution for him. J.M. 9/4/2026 - 9:54 a.m.
• RE: I get it. I love hoodies. And hoodie weather is coming. I have a solution for him. iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 10:07 a.m.
• He votes with Dems 85% of the time, but is a MAGA darling. They only like him because Native 9/4/2026 - 8:52 a.m.
• RE: He votes with Dems 85% of the time, but is a MAGA darling. They only like him because iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:09 a.m.
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I am frequently lectured here that Dems have to be more than not-Trump Native 9/4/2026 - 7:53 a.m.
• I think Charlie is underestimating how much Trump and his Republican allies are going to be able to Jean Voljean 9/4/2026 - 8:11 p.m.
• It's going to be the biggest threat to democracy, we will have to outvote the rigging Native 9/4/2026 - 9:15 p.m.
• I agree. YOu don't have to be just Orange man bad.... LeapingLizard 9/4/2026 - 3:58 p.m.
• Like how a wall would be built and Mexico would pay for it? * Thunder 9/5/2026 - 8:31 p.m.
• you left out transgender for all. * iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:12 p.m.
• Perfect place to drop this substack from a Manatee County Commissioner on the socialism Native 9/4/2026 - 9:51 p.m.
• Rs redistricting to add seats weakened existing "solid R" districts...which are now "solid purple"? ncg8or 9/4/2026 - 12:10 p.m.
• Yes, the dummymander seems to be helping, not hurting, Florida's vulnerable Dems like Native 9/4/2026 - 1:20 p.m.
• You should chill and take this pill, Native. You'll feel better. J.M. 9/4/2026 - 9:03 a.m.
• RE: You should chill and take this pill, Native. You'll feel better. iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:07 a.m.
• I could pay for it with his $1 gold coin that costs $1.55 Native 9/4/2026 - 9:34 a.m.
• Regarding Trump's gold coin, it's not every day you see a coin with two rear ends * Thunder 9/4/2026 - 9:38 a.m.
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Widow of KIA Auburn grad benefits are being reviewed iPhoneHobbes 9/3/2026 - 10:51 a.m.
• If only there were a former AU coach as a US Senator. 10EC 9/3/2026 - 2:36 p.m.
• talk about someone abandoning his principles: iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 7:31 a.m.
• OK, I threw up in my mouth. Thanks... * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 7:37 a.m.
• RE: OK, I threw up in my mouth. Thanks... iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 7:39 a.m.
• He'd tell her to suck it up and thank Trump for starting the war. * aubie in bham 9/3/2026 - 3:36 p.m.
• Hey, that's Florida's 3rd Senator you're disparging there, bub. * All Hail Florida 9/3/2026 - 8:04 p.m.
• Mike Rogers is standing right there... * Native 9/3/2026 - 8:46 p.m.
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Former R turned D running for Congress in Florida's second district on why he's no longer an R Native 9/3/2026 - 10:26 a.m.
• as of August 20 this year and fwiw Harry Dery 9/3/2026 - 12:40 p.m.
• Dems are winning races they shouldn't all over the country. Rs have peaked thanks Native 9/3/2026 - 1:35 p.m.
• The Rs recent supermajorities and executive chokehold in Fla has meant Ds can really do nothing All Hail Florida 9/3/2026 - 2:30 p.m.
• I was referring to races over the last year; yes, we will likely need several cycles but Native 9/3/2026 - 2:43 p.m.
• My sense has been that the D defectors are legislators who want to get sh*t done * All Hail Florida 9/3/2026 - 8:01 p.m.
• I mean, one was Tampa's Susan Valdez...she was never much of a Dem and a proven liar to boot Native 9/3/2026 - 8:15 p.m.
• Correction: running for the Florida House. * All Hail Florida 9/3/2026 - 11:20 a.m.
• Ah, thanks, I missed that Native 9/3/2026 - 12:00 p.m.
• You can stop being an R w/o becoming a D. 10EC 9/3/2026 - 10:37 a.m.
• Fence sitters are useless for stopping Trump and Trumpism. * Jean Voljean 9/3/2026 - 1:08 p.m.
• You’re soooo close to getting it. trash 9/3/2026 - 11:10 a.m.
• Oh, I get what he said. I just think he is FOS. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 11:40 a.m.
• Please explain how * Native 9/3/2026 - 12:01 p.m.
• MAGA doesn't make you turn from pro-life to pri-choice is a prime one. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 12:22 p.m.
• Pro-Forced Birth is the farthest thing from Pro-life you can get. Let me know when they support trash 9/3/2026 - 4:39 p.m.
• Well, we know you are pro-death. 10EC 9/3/2026 - 9:00 p.m.
• Sure, except what I said has the advantage of being accurate, yours is a lame bullshit attempted trash 9/4/2026 - 12:02 p.m.
• No, you changed the terminology. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 1:29 p.m.
• Correcting the terminology. * trash 9/4/2026 - 5:16 p.m.
• Making it up as you go... * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 8:38 p.m.
• Uh, you have done this for years, and it's offensive but expected and normalized * Native 9/4/2026 - 7:08 a.m.
• I get you don't want the label, but it is what is happening. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 7:19 a.m.
• Ok self-appointed God. We’ll come to you for approval since clearly you’re the only actual authority trash 9/4/2026 - 12:06 p.m.
• I'm not the one wishing for the power to kill. You want to God power. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 1:28 p.m.
• Oh FO. I’m advocating for women to control their own health decisions, you are advocating taking trash 9/4/2026 - 5:15 p.m.
• I'm advocating for the health of those who cannot advocate for themselves. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 8:38 p.m.
• I know, you think a handful of cells takes priority over actual living women. * trash 9/5/2026 - 9:42 a.m.
• "A handful of cells"... well, at least you have declared your opinion of the value of a growing 10EC 9/5/2026 - 12:16 p.m.
• You’re a “life begins at conception” guy right? At that point, that’s exactly what it is. trash 9/5/2026 - 1:24 p.m.
• I am a life when... 1) fertilized egg and an environment that, left undisturbed, will 10EC 9/5/2026 - 1:59 p.m.
• Think about what you are saying - you know more about what is in that fetuses best interest than Native 9/4/2026 - 9:10 p.m.
• In cases of a mother ending here developing human when for nothing but 10EC 9/4/2026 - 10:24 p.m.
• There you go with the inconvenience again, which is just your stubborn bigotry about women's health * Native 9/4/2026 - 11:12 p.m.
• Women's health has nothing to do with adults not taking responsibility for their actions. 10EC 9/5/2026 - 8:01 a.m.
• Who appointed you God? Still want to understand why you think you know better than any and every trash 9/5/2026 - 9:44 a.m.
• When one considers an action a murder, one has the responsibility to act. * 10EC 9/5/2026 - 12:12 p.m.
• So you want to send doctors and women who’ve had abortions to prison then? * trash 9/5/2026 - 1:25 p.m.
• I would prefer to handle it on the access end. * 10EC 9/5/2026 - 1:57 p.m.
• Proves once sagain you have no idea how to deal with women's health care * Native 9/6/2026 - 7:26 a.m.
• women's health care isn't terminating a viable pregnancy with no threat to momma. * 10EC 9/6/2026 - 2:29 p.m.
• He knows more than ob-gyns! Also, more apparently than Jesus, who never spoke on it but did say Native 9/5/2026 - 10:13 a.m.
• Nice try with that self-declared middle school understanding of scripture. * 10EC 9/5/2026 - 12:13 p.m.
• I am confident I know the scripture on this as well as you do. Also, trash and I both read Native 9/5/2026 - 2:02 p.m.
• Funny thing is... my position has nothing to do with my religious beliefs. 10EC 9/5/2026 - 2:48 p.m.
• Saying you have an opinion with no logical reason to support it is not the flex you think * Native 9/5/2026 - 4:56 p.m.
• That is your ignorant opinion * 10EC 9/5/2026 - 5:42 p.m.
• It's one shared by a clear majority of Americans - I warned you to enjoy your pyhrric victory Native 9/5/2026 - 7:47 p.m.
• It was never going to be a linear victory. * 10EC 9/5/2026 - 8:48 p.m.
• Why are you so hung up on things like this - life happens and is messy Native 9/5/2026 - 8:15 a.m.
• You have such a potty mouth... * 10EC 9/8/2026 - 11:36 a.m.
• Because it's a lie...abortion has been known to save the life or two of a miscarrying woman Native 9/4/2026 - 7:34 a.m.
• Of course, we are talking about "for inconvenience" abortion. 10EC 9/4/2026 - 7:38 a.m.
• Abortion is abortion, there is no "inconvenience" thing in medicine * Native 9/4/2026 - 7:46 a.m.
• A rationalization. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 7:47 a.m.
• It’s the way the laws you favor work. * trash 9/4/2026 - 12:03 p.m.
• ^^^Today in every accusation is a confession * Native 9/4/2026 - 7:54 a.m.
• Answer the question below and let's see. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 7:55 a.m.
• I did and you are still wrong * Native 9/4/2026 - 8:52 a.m.
• It is more complex than that, but David Jolly would like a word Native 9/3/2026 - 1:09 p.m.
• No, that is pretty black or white. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 1:21 p.m.
• Actually for many people it's not. I know a lot of people who wouldn't make that choice for Native 9/3/2026 - 1:31 p.m.
• Then they are not pro-life. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 1:45 p.m.
• I don't care what you call it * Native 9/3/2026 - 2:44 p.m.
• My point stands... * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 2:47 p.m.
• In your own mind, of course * Native 9/3/2026 - 3:19 p.m.
• So, you have nothing... as usual * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 3:38 p.m.
• I don't think saying pro-life people can't change their mind is quite the flex you are insisting * Native 9/3/2026 - 3:52 p.m.
• Yeah, it's night and day. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 8:59 p.m.
• Most people don't see abortion as a black and white issue. There's nuance all over the place * Native 9/4/2026 - 7:09 a.m.
• There isn't nuance in going from pro-life to pro-abortion 10EC 9/4/2026 - 7:18 a.m.
• There absolutely is. Not your election, but this is exactly what David Jolly says happened to him Native 9/4/2026 - 7:36 a.m.
• Again, you are trying to frame it as the exception for medical necessity 10EC 9/4/2026 - 7:40 a.m.
• It's a common medical procedure. Women are being denied and dying because of zealots like you Native 9/4/2026 - 7:47 a.m.
• What % of all abortions? * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 7:54 a.m.
• Considering approximately 20-25% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage, it's quite a lot Native 9/4/2026 - 8:50 a.m.
• No one is against medically necessary abortions to save mother. 10EC 9/4/2026 - 8:55 a.m.
• apparently some people are, as doctors are letting women developed sepsis rather than terminate non- iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 9:11 a.m.
• That is ignorant. If bc of fear of law then laws should be updated for that. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 9:16 a.m.
• I thought it unlikely, but folks like Native predicted this. iPhoneHobbes 9/4/2026 - 10:11 a.m.
• It is minor compared to the number of children allowed to be born. 10EC 9/4/2026 - 10:24 a.m.
• Rationalzation. Abortions have been around since the beginning of time, and you can't legislate Native 9/4/2026 - 10:27 a.m.
• Dodge, duck and weave. It is about the inconvenience abortions and not the other stuff. 10EC 9/4/2026 - 11:15 a.m.
• Inconvenience is made-up, anti-choice gaslighting, full stop. Other people's doctor's offices and Native 9/4/2026 - 11:29 a.m.
• Josef Mengele Was a doctor * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 1:25 p.m.
• Talk about distractions. Mengele experimented on living, post-born people Native 9/4/2026 - 1:59 p.m.
• It won't be because of idealogues like you. That is what we've been telling you for years * Native 9/4/2026 - 9:35 a.m.
• I just agreed that that is a miss. By definition, that makes me NOT an ideologue. But, I am 100% 10EC 9/4/2026 - 10:07 a.m.
• You voted for this and women are suffering for it period? Talk about rationaizations! Native 9/4/2026 - 10:11 a.m.
• Yes, I did vote for it. And I want more of it. 10EC 9/4/2026 - 10:23 a.m.
• Common sense will not be, that is the actual point. As Hobbes said, I was fn right about this Native 9/4/2026 - 10:25 a.m.
• Just bc you don't agree doesn't make it illegitimate. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 11:14 a.m.
• Given the circumstances on how two of the justices got their seats, yes. Thunder 9/8/2026 - 1:24 p.m.
• I said the court is illegitimate and it's just another thing I'm correct about. They lied to get Native 9/4/2026 - 11:30 a.m.
• Oh, I was assured in this thread that people can change their mind. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 1:27 p.m.
• Swearing an oath to uphold precendent is not the same thing as realizing your dogma doesn't work Native 9/4/2026 - 2:00 p.m.
• Yeah, in this context, it is. Sorry, but you stepped into that one. * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 2:14 p.m.
• I didn't step into anything because most rational people understand that a fetus is not a Native 9/4/2026 - 2:48 p.m.
• Do you disagree that it is a developing human? * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 3:20 p.m.
• No, but you are playing semantical games. Something like 75% of abortions are first trimester Native 9/4/2026 - 7:43 p.m.
• No games. Just facts. And, apparently, just inconvenience is ok for you. 10EC 9/4/2026 - 8:37 p.m.
• That's right, because it's not my body, child, or #badword#ing business. * Native 9/4/2026 - 9:11 p.m.
• Why have Capitol murder when you live by that logic? * 10EC 9/4/2026 - 10:25 p.m.
• Because terminating a pregnancy does not equal murder * Native 9/4/2026 - 11:13 p.m.
• That wasn't in your criteria. * 10EC 9/5/2026 - 8:02 a.m.
• It is, it always was and has been. My position on this has been clear for my 30+ years here * Native 9/5/2026 - 10:11 a.m.
• Well, you just added it in this thread. * 10EC 9/5/2026 - 12:14 p.m.
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Semper Fi John Kinsel Sr. iPhoneHobbes 9/3/2026 - 9:37 a.m.
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Who ate the strawberries??? UGADawginVA 9/2/2026 - 3:05 p.m.
• Trump's Russian friends supply supersonic missile tech to Iran to kill U.S. soldiers. J.M. 9/2/2026 - 6:40 p.m.
• Trump is the useful idiot that Russia, Iran, NKorea, etc have dreamed of. * BelmontGator 9/2/2026 - 10:07 p.m.
• Trump's North Korean friends supply missile tech to Iran to kill U.S. soldiers, Israeli civilians J.M. 9/3/2026 - 6:19 a.m.
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Trump’s latest desecration. East Potomac park, home of most of the cherry trees gifted by Japan trash 9/2/2026 - 9:13 a.m.
• That is sad. The Japanese gifted us another 250 cherry trees as part of the... LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:50 p.m.
• How nice for you that you don’t even bother to try to make your whatabouts replies trash 9/3/2026 - 7:09 a.m.
• Most of what you have to say is what I would classify as a.... LeapingLizard 9/4/2026 - 3:46 p.m.
• I know it doesn't fit your narrative, but Google Gemini says: Golden Gator 9/2/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• Was it fixed under the Biden Administration? * LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 5:19 p.m.
• RE: Was it fixed under the Biden Administration? LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 5:21 p.m.
• The info I posted said cleaning started the next day. I have no clue about the fountain. Golden Gator 9/2/2026 - 6:03 p.m.
• A lot of the infrastructure in DC has been neglected for a long time. LeapingLizard 9/4/2026 - 3:48 p.m.
• Show me where I am "so concerned with all this all of a sudden" - I'm not. I just pointed out your Golden Gator 9/4/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• Also Kennedy Center Weeping Willows, planted to honor an assassinated president * Native 9/2/2026 - 11:38 a.m.
• I saw that photo and was saddened, but I also read the trees died and had to be cut. what to believe * lurch 9/2/2026 - 7:04 p.m.
• It's true that trees get diseased and even die at the end of a normal lifespan Native 9/3/2026 - 8:37 a.m.
• He is a literal wrecking ball. Every day you just dread finding out what he’s destroying next. * trash 9/3/2026 - 8:59 a.m.
• Watching the news is just another of thousands of things he's ruined for me over the last decade * Native 9/3/2026 - 10:24 a.m.
• His FU's will only get worse as the end nears. * UGADawginVA 9/2/2026 - 3:43 p.m.
• He’ll do whatever The Tsar tells him to do, for The Tsar holds all the cards!! * ncg8or 9/2/2026 - 8:50 p.m.
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Some activist friends welcomed the governor and his goons to Tampa last night Native 9/2/2026 - 7:44 a.m.
• I bet you stumped for the Gillum crook and drug addict. * LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:53 p.m.
• I did, because I knew the alternative was going to be very, very bad Native 9/2/2026 - 3:30 p.m.
• It was no barb, I stated the truth. LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 3:41 p.m.
• LOL, I know the ones you like are no good, very bad, and terrible * Native 9/2/2026 - 4:24 p.m.
• and Kulaks that need to be liquidated no doubt. * LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 4:27 p.m.
• While I'm sharing video...Angie Nixon is just a good retail politician Native 9/2/2026 - 7:52 a.m.
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Mark Cuban is growing on me..... UGADawginVA 9/1/2026 - 8:21 p.m.
• People are starting to worry about the deficit now? LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:34 p.m.
• Republicans only care when there's a Dem president * Native 9/2/2026 - 2:51 p.m.
• You are spot on there. Most of them do exactly that. I think Rand Paul has been consistent here. LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 3:01 p.m.
• We didn’t pay attention to Paul Ryan. The D’s couldn’t stand him pointing out the DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 6:27 p.m.
• Paul Ryan didn’t pay attention to Paul Ryan once he got the Speakership. trash 9/3/2026 - 9:01 a.m.
• I dont think the Rs will budge on tax breaks, carried interest, subsidies,loopholes and the increase UGADawginVA 9/2/2026 - 3:22 p.m.
• Well from the duopoly, I would expect the worst possible "solution". LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 3:26 p.m.
• I certainly like his idea of making corporations pay their fair share to employees Native 9/2/2026 - 7:00 a.m.
• Corporations do that now. With ESOP they can donate stock to the plan DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 8:11 a.m.
• Although private, I understand Publix corporation has a system where they give... LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:39 p.m.
• Publix employees are what have made it so successful and are the best thing about their Native 9/2/2026 - 2:41 p.m.
• Oh, you are one of those Polk county types. I see. LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 3:13 p.m.
• ESOPs are not that easy to convert to unless you are of a decent size. * aubie in bham 9/2/2026 - 2:19 p.m.
• Our rule of thumb used to be 50 employees and up but that may have changed in 15 years DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 2:23 p.m.
• Last quarter, corporate profits reached their highest share of GDP ever recorded trash 9/2/2026 - 7:31 a.m.
• How many of their employees need state or federal nutrition or other forms of assistance? Native 9/2/2026 - 7:37 a.m.
• Can’t you just feel all the trickling down? * trash 9/2/2026 - 8:45 a.m.
• As long as people are willing to provide labor for a given wage then there is no 10EC 9/2/2026 - 8:48 a.m.
• To be fair, some are willing, but others are trapped by their obligations and lack of alternatives. * StrayGator 9/2/2026 - 10:37 a.m.
• Family matters will always be an issue. And I get the WV scenario. * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 12:16 p.m.
• You really should think deeper about the words you just wrote. You’re endorsing an environment where trash 9/2/2026 - 9:23 a.m.
• Can you give me a few monopolistic industries. I’m curious. * DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 2:05 p.m.
• Live Nation/Ticketmaster * WAR DAMN EAGLE 9/4/2026 - 2:16 p.m.
• First off, I said near-monopolistic behavior. trash 9/2/2026 - 5:39 p.m.
• RE: Can you give me a few monopolistic industries. I’m curious. aubie in bham 9/2/2026 - 2:21 p.m.
• Not a monopoly but violating anti-trust laws and otherwise restraining trade: iPhoneHobbes 9/2/2026 - 3:01 p.m.
• Public Utilities are monopolies by government edict. Microsoft is a curious example DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 2:28 p.m.
• RE: Public Utilities are monopolies by government edict. Microsoft is a curious example CodeMonkey 9/3/2026 - 1:38 p.m.
• Sinclair and local radio and tv. * trash 9/2/2026 - 5:40 p.m.
• That’s a pretty good one. In fact last month the FCC relaxed some rules DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 6:22 p.m.
• How companies attract and retain workers really isn't any of your business. 10EC 9/2/2026 - 10:02 a.m.
• We have government intervention though, it’s just on the behalf of the corporations in support trash 9/2/2026 - 10:34 a.m.
• FLSA/ ERISA / OSHA /ACA / FMLA to name a few major interventions. * Mississippi Vol 9/2/2026 - 2:31 p.m.
• I don't agree with socialism towards companies * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 12:08 p.m.
• The laws of supply/demand be damned... * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 7:20 a.m.
• You can't just drag that out for things you don't like, the US government is putting its thumbs on Native 9/2/2026 - 7:34 a.m.
• The U.S. shouldn't be. * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 8:44 a.m.
• Adam Smith said something about capitalism not working without regulation and controls Native 9/2/2026 - 11:43 a.m.
• If government power is the problem, how can more government power be the solution? * Mississippi Vol 9/2/2026 - 2:34 p.m.
• The problem is corrupt people using the levers of government for their own power/uses Native 9/3/2026 - 7:00 a.m.
• Appearing as an issue regardless of time and place, argues for removing, not adding, power. * Mississippi Vol 9/3/2026 - 8:28 a.m.
• This is literally why we can't afford nice things like health care in this country...I have yet Native 9/3/2026 - 10:28 a.m.
• I’ll see your robot dogs and raise you one high speed rail system and Solyndra * DurangoGator 9/3/2026 - 4:42 p.m.
• I don't know about Solyndra, but people can benefit from high speed rail system Thunder 9/8/2026 - 1:28 p.m.
• Good companies treat their employees well. Bad companies don't last. * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 12:10 p.m.
• Trump, Inc is still a thing, so unfortunately that's not true * Native 9/2/2026 - 12:38 p.m.
• How many bankruptcies? * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 12:55 p.m.
• Eight, I believe, but they're still out there, scamming and ripping people off * Native 9/2/2026 - 1:24 p.m.
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Mike Nellis, like me, is done pretending this court is legitimate. Hard truths ahead trash 9/1/2026 - 1:54 p.m.
• And the rule that McConnell made up to steal that seat? Thunder 9/1/2026 - 3:44 p.m.
• I am gonna die mad about a lot of things, that included Native 9/1/2026 - 5:18 p.m.
• He was on for the last half hour of Stephanie Miller this morning Native 9/1/2026 - 2:34 p.m.
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Tom Nichols: sycophancy is more important than competence Native 9/1/2026 - 7:33 a.m.
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We need these data centers... UGADawginVA 8/31/2026 - 9:22 p.m.
• Data Centers. The new moral panic * DurangoGator 9/1/2026 - 6:17 p.m.
• Like the panic trans people give/gave Republicans? * Thunder 9/1/2026 - 7:43 p.m.
• Some similarities for sure. Like in that one people don’t do the research to understand the issue DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 8:07 a.m.
• yeah, I don't think this is as important of an issue as other things happening right now. You've BBG 9/2/2026 - 8:48 a.m.
• Yeah, you have my initial thoughts right. Before the election I knew I didn’t want DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 9:10 a.m.
• thanks. Your votes don't frustrate me. I guess I just wonder where the line is for some folks. BBG 9/2/2026 - 2:53 p.m.
• You talk out of both sides of your mouth. You have harassed me about not voting for POTUS 10EC 9/3/2026 - 9:42 a.m.
• Kind of like you have harassed me about multiple things? * Native 9/4/2026 - 7:48 a.m.
• No, I am pretty consistent in my views. I don't single you out. 10EC 9/4/2026 - 8:26 a.m.
• It's amazing how you are able to deny our past history like I'd forget about it * Native 9/4/2026 - 2:03 p.m.
• You mean calling out your lies about how you would hide a fever from border agents? * 10EC 9/8/2026 - 11:37 a.m.
• We like Durango. * CoachTony 9/3/2026 - 3:25 p.m.
• Left ear buddy. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 3:40 p.m.
• I really liked that narrative. It seems so many Trump fans followed it DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 6:18 p.m.
• The only Data center I'd support is the android officer from Star Trek: The Next Generation. * Thunder 9/1/2026 - 6:11 p.m.
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Three sport senior at Gainesville HS detained by ICE, held for a September hearing Native 8/31/2026 - 8:26 p.m.
• What are we even doing? We are getting numb to this stuff Native 9/1/2026 - 7:18 p.m.
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Charlie Sykes “Piker is bad. Elon is a trillion times worse” iPhoneHobbes 8/31/2026 - 3:34 p.m.
• I thought this Charlie Sykes column was even better Native 8/31/2026 - 5:05 p.m.
• Elon actually built businesses and employs people. Not sure what the heck Piker does... LeapingLizard 8/31/2026 - 3:41 p.m.
• Elon is a corporate raider who takes credit for others' genius. How is Piker any different than Joe Native 8/31/2026 - 5:35 p.m.
• Did you vandalize a Tesla today? ;) * LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:22 p.m.
• No, many of my friends drive them, some with bumper stickers saying 'bought this before I knew he Native 9/2/2026 - 2:42 p.m.
• I saw that sticker on one too. LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 3:28 p.m.
• No technology is perfect, but it's actually great on many levels. Also, there's supposed to be a new Native 9/2/2026 - 3:50 p.m.
• Are you sure you just don't like him because he bought twitter and stopped the left from censoring LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:03 p.m.
• I mean, also his treatment of his trans son, dumping millions into elections and bragging things Native 9/2/2026 - 3:48 p.m.
• I will see you Elon Musk, and raise you a George Soros. LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 4:00 p.m.
• George Soros donates to Dem candidates. That's it...thats' the scandal? * Native 9/2/2026 - 4:25 p.m.
• Uh, no. Since 2000 the vast majority has been contributed to his PAC vehicles DurangoGator 9/2/2026 - 6:33 p.m.
• I thought it obvious. The "scandal" is the blatant hypocrisy of the left. * LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 4:26 p.m.
• No Dem donor has every had the influence Musk has and Soros has never, ever been accused of Native 9/2/2026 - 4:38 p.m.
• Ok. lol. the donations of billionaires to your favorite group is ok. Got it. Then complain... LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 4:48 p.m.
• Literally, things pop up in my socials and subscriptions being dicussed here - a new Netflix doc Native 9/2/2026 - 5:13 p.m.
• Accusations. We shall see. In the meantime you look very hypocritical complaining about money.... LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 5:31 p.m.
• It's pathetic The Hollywood Reporter is forced to cover things the legacy media refuses to Native 9/2/2026 - 7:31 p.m.
• WTF are you talking about? What money have I accepted? I want a job that pays me to protest! * Native 9/2/2026 - 5:37 p.m.
• You are being deliberately obtuse now. * LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 5:49 p.m.
• I most certainly am not. I have no idea what accusation is being hurled at me today * Native 9/2/2026 - 6:24 p.m.
• I was going to say, he buys businesses and fires a lot of people. And the bit about Piker just trash 8/31/2026 - 5:47 p.m.
• Oh good. What is the answer? LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:06 p.m.
• Piker has a reach of 11 million, he's very much like Rush Limbaugh on who influences Hobbes 9/1/2026 - 11:09 a.m.
• Don't you think there might be one or two other reasons for the issues the UK... LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:13 p.m.
• There are 50 Pikers in the right wing mediasphere. The only reason anyone is talking about him is trash 9/1/2026 - 1:56 p.m.
• It's bad when MTG is calling out Loomer for her disgusting racism, but no actual elected Rs will Native 9/1/2026 - 2:40 p.m.
• Agreed, but it's ridiculous to make Dems answer for PIker when Laura Loomer is getting people Native 9/1/2026 - 12:15 p.m.
• When Musk joined Tesla (he didn’t “buy it” but invested money is first round financing) DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:06 p.m.
• Derangement is strange. Elon has genius that shouldn’t be Peabody Hall 9/1/2026 - 4:39 p.m.
• Then let’s keep him in business and out of Govt. DOGE showed his “brilliance” quite clearly. trash 9/1/2026 - 1:59 p.m.
• Much like potus Regan did to David Stockman the rug Peabody Hall 9/1/2026 - 4:43 p.m.
• Classic example of someone who is really good at one thing deciding to he DurangoGator 9/1/2026 - 2:17 p.m.
• Total payroll of $10b. Starting from zero twenty years ago. Yeah, corporate raider. * BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 7:24 p.m.
• And his payroll will go to 0 if the US ever lets BYD electric cars be sold in the US. * BelmontGator 8/31/2026 - 11:23 p.m.
• SpaceX, X, Neuralink, and the Boring Company would lose all of their employees? BurrGator 9/1/2026 - 11:08 a.m.
• Meant regarding Tesla cars. I've ridden in multiple BYD cars in Europe and they are rather nice BelmontGator 9/1/2026 - 4:24 p.m.
• Government subsidies to outprice competition Chemosabe 9/2/2026 - 9:54 a.m.
• I've never been in a BYD but, I bought a Tesla Y Premium last weekend for my 86 year old mother dudehead 9/1/2026 - 6:04 p.m.
• I saw them in a showroom in Milan. Beautiful cars. I would think that the DurangoGator 9/1/2026 - 4:48 p.m.
• Musk did a great job rewriting Tesla's origin story * Native 8/31/2026 - 8:30 p.m.
• Yeah. Rescuing them from the Roadster debacle in ‘08 was terrible DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 8:35 p.m.
• Someone can be a jerk, which Musk is, and incredibly brilliant. * DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 7:34 p.m.
• He's really good at inflating his stock prices Hobbes 9/1/2026 - 11:04 a.m.
• I can’t figure out Tesla’s stock either. It’s been valued beyond norms for a decade DurangoGator 9/1/2026 - 2:16 p.m.
• He made us a lot of money before he became a racist, drugged out internet troll Native 9/1/2026 - 12:16 p.m.
• He made us a lot of money before he quit hiding that he was a racist, drugged out internet troll iPhoneHobbes 9/1/2026 - 8:14 p.m.
• You aren't wrong * Native 9/1/2026 - 9:45 p.m.
• One of the most innovative people in business. Huge asset to the country and world. * BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 8:31 p.m.
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Thoughts on the Clancy trial Water lizard 8/31/2026 - 3:03 p.m.
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On the "shrinking" middle class 10EC 8/31/2026 - 11:22 a.m.
• LOL at the billionaires in the Oval Office telling Americas if they'd just work one more year Native 9/1/2026 - 5:04 p.m.
• Curious the fix that won't have public outcry. * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 12:19 p.m.
• The public is overwhelmingly in favor of the rich and corporations paying more taxes Native 9/2/2026 - 12:24 p.m.
• So raise the match? Double the corporate? 12.4%? Need specifics. 10EC 9/2/2026 - 12:35 p.m.
• I'd say it's more like people don't like what their tax dollars are being spent on * Native 9/2/2026 - 12:38 p.m.
• Our tax dollars are increasingly being used to pay interest on debt. WAR DAMN EAGLE 9/2/2026 - 11:35 p.m.
• What is your plan to save SS? What are you going to reallocate in tax revenue? * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 12:56 p.m.
• Removing the cap is certainly a step in the right direction. Native 9/2/2026 - 1:05 p.m.
• when is the last generation of Kennedy that got their hands dirty doing an honest day’s work iPhoneHobbes 9/1/2026 - 8:23 p.m.
• RE: On the "shrinking" middle class Is this BBG? CONSIGLIEREG8R 8/31/2026 - 3:29 p.m.
• More current data from Pew about America's middle class shrinking Wize Guy 8/31/2026 - 12:00 p.m.
• If poor is shrinking since 1960 and I trust your link, where did they go? 10EC 8/31/2026 - 12:36 p.m.
• Don't trust his link . . . CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 1:02 p.m.
• I’m confused Wize 8/31/2026 - 11:55 p.m.
• RE: I’m confused CodeMonkey 9/1/2026 - 9:38 a.m.
• Dammit! Wize Guy 9/1/2026 - 10:40 a.m.
• The CBS chyron is not old Native 9/2/2026 - 7:24 p.m.
• And who defined "minimal quality of life"? Is that a double-wide and a satellite dish 10EC 9/3/2026 - 7:32 a.m.
• The problem with this discussion is that there's no definition for middle class that isn't relative. Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 2:54 p.m.
• Who is your boogey man? The billionaire who is believed to be hoarding wealth or 10EC 8/31/2026 - 3:05 p.m.
• The billionaires who have bought an entire political party who funded tax cuts by taking trash 8/31/2026 - 5:22 p.m.
• It's also the corporations...look at Target Native 8/31/2026 - 5:45 p.m.
• Agree with CodeMonkey that better K-12 for many kids can make a difference. Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 4:16 p.m.
• the billionaires are fine. I mean they have outsized influence on our elections now more than ever BBG 8/31/2026 - 3:19 p.m.
• Who is your boogey man? The billionaire who is believed to be hoarding wealth or CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 3:08 p.m.
• K-12 * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 4:06 p.m.
• Wages too suffer from this . . . CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 3:04 p.m.
• Different metrics tell different stories, but you point at the main thing . . . Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 4:20 p.m.
• The cost of housing relative to what it has proportionately been in the past is a huge factor. * GatorDJ 8/31/2026 - 5:18 p.m.
• Huge where? CodeMonkey 9/1/2026 - 12:48 p.m.
• RE: Huge where? GatorDJ 9/1/2026 - 1:45 p.m.
• Housing prices are significantly more expensive relative to income in other Western countries. * BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 7:27 p.m.
• For sure, good point. * Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 6:12 p.m.
• It's not just the cost of the houses, in Florida the taxes and insurance are as much as the Native 8/31/2026 - 5:36 p.m.
• Houses are different. They have air conditioning, etc. They are much bigger than the past. CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 5:32 p.m.
• You're not wrong, but that's still a doubling since the 1980s, and Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 6:11 p.m.
• The goal of building wealth through home ownership and home affordability aren’t DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:18 p.m.
• I don't think that's true at all. Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 6:35 p.m.
• If my home value grows at inflation then it really hasn’t grown at all DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:54 p.m.
• The comparison is vs. rent, which has no savings component Clockwork Orange 8/31/2026 - 7:06 p.m.
• The comparison is vs. rent, which has no savings component CodeMonkey 9/1/2026 - 12:08 p.m.
• Some of it is #badword#ing lucky timing. WAR DAMN EAGLE 9/2/2026 - 11:45 p.m.
• RE: Some of it is #badword#ing lucky timing. CodeMonkey 9/3/2026 - 12:01 p.m.
• You don't think the Ds wanna go after those unrealized gains. They want to make it real. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 1:29 p.m.
• My comment centered around the fact that wealth creation through home ownership isn’t DurangoGator 9/1/2026 - 2:20 p.m.
• RE: My comment centered around the fact that wealth creation through home ownership isn’t CodeMonkey 9/1/2026 - 3:06 p.m.
• Lies, damned lies and statistics. Buying power has diminished greatly in the past 50 years and trash 8/31/2026 - 5:52 p.m.
• No it hasn't CodeMonkey 8/31/2026 - 11:08 p.m.
• It has if you want things like higher education, a house and medical care. Your link trash 9/1/2026 - 2:11 p.m.
• You said buying power had "diminished greatly" . . . you didn't limit it to certain things . . . CodeMonkey 9/1/2026 - 2:23 p.m.
• My parents house was 1800 sqft. Mine is 3500 sqft. He isn't wrong. * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 8:01 p.m.
• Mine is ~2,000 - who is lecturing who here? Native 8/31/2026 - 8:25 p.m.
• Well said * Native 8/31/2026 - 7:08 p.m.
• All I know is in Florida they keep shoveling more and more money and charter schools and vouchers Native 8/31/2026 - 5:14 p.m.
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More from Jason Garcia on Hope Florida - how the GJ found wrongdoing but no wrongdoers Native 8/30/2026 - 2:52 p.m.
• In a sane state, Uthmier and Moody would be toast politically. But Florida… * D-Gator 8/30/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• In a sane state the D’s wouldn’t have nominated a DSA member. * DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 7:36 p.m.
• Charlie Pierce: Meatball Ron is in a $10mm pickle Native 8/31/2026 - 7:36 a.m.
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Leopard eating faces part MCMXLIX in 3-D iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:34 p.m.
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Bringing the Rays discussion here - just how bad did Hillsborough taxpayers get hosed? TBT has the Native 8/30/2026 - 10:28 a.m.
• sports stadia are yuge ripoffs. Freaking asshole Marlins owner Loria really screwed over Miami-Dade * iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:29 p.m.
• Right, like I said, it's not like baseball can routinely draw even 20K in Tampa Bay Native 8/30/2026 - 1:05 p.m.
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Alphabet has no spine....but predictable... UGADawginVA 8/30/2026 - 10:28 a.m.
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GOP snowflakes want to prevent naturalized or dual citizens from running for elected office. trash 8/30/2026 - 9:16 a.m.
• like Dr. Oz? iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:32 p.m.
• Mamdami and Abdul El-Sayad's success have completely freaked out the right... Native 8/30/2026 - 10:02 a.m.
• As well as some on the left. * Mudlizard 8/30/2026 - 11:55 a.m.
• Did you see Rahm Emmanuel on MoJo this morning? He continues to make a lot of sense, IMO Native 8/31/2026 - 2:53 p.m.
• That's fair; edited to add this, however. Mother Jones on how even Florida GOP operatives are Native 8/30/2026 - 1:02 p.m.
• Angie on the need for universal child care in this state Native 8/30/2026 - 10:19 a.m.
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I actually like Bill Maher. I think he is most decidedly left of center on most things, but LeapingLizard 8/29/2026 - 1:50 p.m.
• Become too big for his britches...believes he's got an opinon on everything and its right * lurch 8/30/2026 - 6:11 p.m.
• I always get him and that other dude confused . I think Dolly would have laughed at this joke iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:26 p.m.
• He's a douche, and he's more a constant malcontent than anything, but RGBMB (rewarding good Bill Native 8/30/2026 - 10:07 a.m.
• RE: He's a douche, and he's more a constant malcontent than anything, but RGBMB (rewarding good Bill iPhoneHobbes 8/30/2026 - 12:19 p.m.
• Darn! Maybe it's on his official website * Native 8/30/2026 - 1:03 p.m.
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HCR on corruption and Trump/Hegseth’s running the Navy into the ground. trash 8/29/2026 - 12:14 p.m.
• In addition to all the lies and cover-up about the lack of planning, supplies, and dealths/injuries Native 8/31/2026 - 6:55 a.m.
• Peabody, what’s your take on the corruption? trash 8/29/2026 - 12:17 p.m.
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Army Chief of Staff purged for, no kidding, refusing to quash the Kid Rock helicopter probe Dawgspeare 8/29/2026 - 11:46 a.m.
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“The end of cheap food” rather sobering article. iPhoneHobbes 8/29/2026 - 8:53 a.m.
• Making food less available and safe was right there in Project 2025. * Native 8/30/2026 - 10:34 a.m.
• What’s a little explosive diarrhea, e-coli, or child labor when there’s corp. profit to be boosted. trash 8/30/2026 - 12:46 p.m.
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Read this entire thread and tell me what you think I have to agree with them UGADawginVA 8/28/2026 - 9:58 p.m.
• As a 40+ year Texan, these elections are about turnout.TX is blue already other than most don't vote * lurch 8/29/2026 - 8:59 a.m.
• Independents and NPAs will decide Florida. * Native 8/30/2026 - 11:51 a.m.
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White House signals move of DC to NC Golden Gator 8/28/2026 - 12:20 p.m.
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Doug Ford renames lake America iPhoneHobbes 8/28/2026 - 11:21 a.m.
• And Google Maps now shows it. * Phred 8/31/2026 - 9:30 a.m.
• A lot of people are deleting Google Maps for Mapquest * Native 9/1/2026 - 7:18 a.m.
• This AI slop MML Native 8/30/2026 - 10:09 a.m.
• I heard he was going to rename San Andreas to Bidens... * 10EC 8/28/2026 - 2:47 p.m.
• lol, well-played... :D * BandGeek 8/28/2026 - 4:20 p.m.
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Why Trump’s socialism is hurting our economy. If you don’t follow DurangoGator 8/27/2026 - 6:15 p.m.
• Good article and thanks for posting that from Cato. LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 1:44 p.m.
• Good article, left unsaid, or at least not explicitly discussed is Trump’s personal stake in these trash 8/28/2026 - 10:47 a.m.
• That is a powerful piece. Thank you. A particularly insightful point Jean Voljean 8/27/2026 - 8:54 p.m.
• State capitalism or corporatism seems to fit nicely. The misallocation of resources DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 9:06 a.m.
• Healthcare, education, and housing are prime examples. All have gotten prohibitively expensive BurrGator 8/28/2026 - 11:08 a.m.
• Again, a Yale study just released says the opposite of your health care claim Native 8/30/2026 - 10:37 a.m.
• The destruction of the middle class is a Dem wet dream and a myth. * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 8:46 a.m.
• There's no affordability crisis either, amirite? Native 8/31/2026 - 9:24 a.m.
• Compared to the world. Our middle class are rich. 10EC 8/31/2026 - 9:52 a.m.
• Give Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and their ilk time Thunder 8/31/2026 - 10:29 a.m.
• Or they will take those that work for them to the upper middle * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 10:38 a.m.
• How often does that actually happen * Native 9/1/2026 - 9:47 p.m.
• Everyday they report for work * 10EC 9/2/2026 - 4:32 a.m.
• Not if they have to depend on SNAP or Section 8 for basic necessities * Native 9/2/2026 - 1:25 p.m.
• Opportunities abound to correct that. It's on the person. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 8:33 a.m.
• Kraft CEO says consumers are near their breaking point, Mikey D's and Whirlpool bosses agree Native 8/31/2026 - 10:01 a.m.
• Yet note they are not backing off prices. They have not reached their breaking point yet. 10EC 8/31/2026 - 10:27 a.m.
• Kevin Warsh is signaling interest rate hikes due to inflation, it's funny how y'all stopped Native 8/31/2026 - 11:59 a.m.
• Nope. I do care and it is totally about his idiotic tariffs. * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 12:37 p.m.
• It's not ''totally about' but it did significantly contribute to it, as did his war and tax cuts for Native 8/31/2026 - 2:24 p.m.
• I agree with you and still you are craven... * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 3:06 p.m.
• You did not exactly agree with me so I clarifed my point...talk about cravin' * Native 8/31/2026 - 5:01 p.m.
• In the synopsis is this: Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 12:13 p.m.
• The “study” is non-peer reviewed Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 1:16 p.m.
• For sure more studies are needed, but it doesn't mean the results are invalid Native 8/30/2026 - 3:55 p.m.
• Non peer reviewed means it is meaningless. And they themselves admit glaring assumptions that Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 4:12 p.m.
• It means it needs more study * Native 8/30/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• But can’t be used to refute Burr’s claims if it is that inconclusive * Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 4:38 p.m.
• I think it confirms what we have seen from other countries with similar health care infrastructure Native 8/30/2026 - 5:43 p.m.
• That makes no sense Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 7:29 p.m.
• What makes no sense is defending our current system, paying more for the worst outcomes * Native 8/31/2026 - 7:43 p.m.
• I am no defender of this current Obamacare system * Chemosabe 9/2/2026 - 2:44 p.m.
• IMO an improvement would be peeling back the layers of government bureaucracy. * Mississippi Vol 9/1/2026 - 7:45 a.m.
• Yeah, wasn't that Elon's job and a massive fail? * Native 9/1/2026 - 2:56 p.m.
• AISI it successfully exposed the Democrat Party’s complicity in supporting wasteful spending. * Mississippi Vol 9/1/2026 - 8:40 p.m.
• It did no such thing...it just blew up a functioning govnerment and replaced it with a clown show Native 9/1/2026 - 11:12 p.m.
• We won't know for sure until we try, literally everything else is a huge failure Native 8/30/2026 - 1:06 p.m.
• A good healthcare example I’ve discussed before is LASIK surgery. No government DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 2:31 p.m.
• If we want capitalism, remove it from employer provided. Let the public purchase it * aubie in bham 8/28/2026 - 8:27 p.m.
• I agree. My business helped employers navigate the health insurance market DurangoGator 8/29/2026 - 3:52 p.m.
• Agree with all of that Chemosabe 8/29/2026 - 4:03 p.m.
• I went to a doctor’s visit either my 87 year old mother who has the beginning of dementia. We are at aubie in bham 8/29/2026 - 4:11 p.m.
• Your concierge doctor is doing you a favor Chemosabe 8/29/2026 - 5:01 p.m.
• RE: Your concierge doctor is doing you a favor aubie in bham 8/30/2026 - 11:36 a.m.
• The only accurate denial rates are for Marketplace policies so it’s tough to compare DurangoGator 8/29/2026 - 4:08 p.m.
• Few people actually do. Many have bought into the idea of “free”. Free sure sounds better on the BurrGator 8/29/2026 - 9:22 a.m.
• Of course, everything costs. The point is it costs more than it should because the ridiculous profit Native 8/30/2026 - 1:08 p.m.
• It is not “slightly” more taxes * Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 1:17 p.m.
• Yes it is, if billionaires and corporations start paying their fair share * Native 8/30/2026 - 1:47 p.m.
• Even if we demanded they pay other people’s fair share Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 2:02 p.m.
• Also, most of the deficit in this country is due to tax breaks for the rich and BS wars Native 8/30/2026 - 2:54 p.m.
• Not even close. DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:25 p.m.
• Anyone not paying the same percentage of taxes as government spending to gdp is not paying their Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 3:22 p.m.
• Ridiculous, the inequality in this country has never been greater, even than during the gilded age Native 8/31/2026 - 8:44 a.m.
• Likewise with envy. * BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 1:32 p.m.
• It's really about wanting a country that lives up to its promise and cares for its citizens Native 8/31/2026 - 2:28 p.m.
• Its promise is freedom. The rest is up to the individual. It’s the utopian dream BurrGator 8/31/2026 - 7:30 p.m.
• Charity is wonderful. Government is not charity. * Mississippi Vol 8/31/2026 - 5:26 p.m.
• The current tax system is very charitable to billionaires and corporations * Native 8/31/2026 - 7:43 p.m.
• All those profits circulate through the economy: it’s simply a matter of allocating the best use. * Mississippi Vol 8/31/2026 - 8:27 p.m.
• You know what is the best use? SNAP. Direct payment to those on the fringes Native 9/2/2026 - 1:27 p.m.
• Reinvesting profits provides jobs so folks can buy whatever they so choose. * Mississippi Vol 9/3/2026 - 4:19 p.m.
• She didn't have a lot of fans in Sevierville. Just saying.... * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 3:07 p.m.
• LOL, if you are bitching about her she's doing everything right * Native 8/31/2026 - 5:01 p.m.
• Google it. It is interesting. * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 7:59 p.m.
• LOL, I will not. The Atlantic is right, Dolly is the last person in America that everyone likes * Native 9/2/2026 - 1:28 p.m.
• OK, be ignorant. * 10EC 9/3/2026 - 1:30 p.m.
• Preach * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 8:00 a.m.
• It's amazing how every other industrialized country has figured it out but the USA can't * Native 8/30/2026 - 2:45 p.m.
• The ACA created monopolies in the provision of health care services Chemosabe 8/28/2026 - 5:14 p.m.
• RE: The ACA created monopolies in the provision of health care services DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 8:58 p.m.
• Thanks for that information. I don’t know much about the impacts ACA DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 5:40 p.m.
• My primary Doc for 25 years quit for weight loss. Next two docs both quit private equity practices. InvestiGator 8/28/2026 - 9:42 p.m.
• The Medicare allowable fee (the limit fee for any doc participating in Medicare) Chemosabe 8/29/2026 - 9:25 a.m.
• RE: The Medicare allowable fee (the limit fee for any doc participating in Medicare) InvestiGator 8/29/2026 - 12:58 p.m.
• wait? iPhoneHobbes 8/28/2026 - 2:23 p.m.
• Capitalism = free market. Big businesses, even though they once started as small businesses, BurrGator 8/28/2026 - 4:57 p.m.
• One issue, which has been an irritant, is European piggybacking off US innovation Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 10:53 a.m.
• I think innovation would continue because Europe would pay more. DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 6:23 p.m.
• I agree Europe would pay more, but governments setting caps puts drug investment at a disadvantage. Mississippi Vol 8/31/2026 - 7:31 p.m.
• No cap, just making certain all nations are treated fairly Chemosabe 9/2/2026 - 2:41 p.m.
• I would usually agree but Europe is doing that now. Pharma needs to more adequately DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 7:34 p.m.
• Similar to a sovereign wealth fund? * Mississippi Vol 8/31/2026 - 8:21 p.m.
• You might have to expound * DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 8:31 p.m.
• Basically, the government acting as an investor with non voting shares, reinvesting any returns. * Mississippi Vol 9/1/2026 - 7:41 a.m.
• A lot of drug development does occur in Europe (and Asia) Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 11:24 a.m.
• Which begs the question, what if US capped prices to the European price cap? * Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 11:41 a.m.
• I am fully supportive of that..it is Trump’s position Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 11:51 a.m.
• It’s substantial regulatory authority. I’m more concerned about the overall effect on investment. * Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 12:20 p.m.
• Pharma would raise European prices and lower ours Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 1:18 p.m.
• OK, I thought you were using “free trade” in a more narrow sense of the phrase. * iPhoneHobbes 8/29/2026 - 8:42 a.m.
• Those who aren’t subject to the downside of that. Either by good coverage and or good health. * trash 8/28/2026 - 4:56 p.m.
• Government interference in the form of privatization of health insurance is what I am sure you mean. trash 8/28/2026 - 12:09 p.m.
• You are right to an extent. Even into the late 80’s most insurance was purchased through non-profit DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 4:48 p.m.
• Worse health outcomes? Are you saying quality lags? Throwing out access and affordability 10EC 8/28/2026 - 4:29 p.m.
• Yes, it is clear that profits take precedence over better health outcomes. Just like other insurance trash 8/28/2026 - 4:55 p.m.
• What a ridiculous post. It’s not even close to being the truth DurangoGator 8/29/2026 - 3:45 p.m.
• It’s not ridiculous. The most profitable health insurer UHC has an initial denial rate of ~33%. trash 8/30/2026 - 8:54 a.m.
• The numbers you show are initial denials. I have no idea why it would vary so much between DurangoGator 8/30/2026 - 9:09 a.m.
• Initial denials being exactly what I called out in the first place. * trash 8/30/2026 - 12:49 p.m.
• No, your post said that insurers were deliberately denying claims DurangoGator 8/30/2026 - 7:09 p.m.
• No, I didn’t. Try reading both posts again. * trash 8/31/2026 - 5:54 p.m.
• This is tiring. Here is the header DurangoGator 8/31/2026 - 5:58 p.m.
• RE: No, I didn’t. Try reading both posts again. I said profits take precedence over health outcomes. trash 8/31/2026 - 5:57 p.m.
• Preach * 10EC 8/31/2026 - 8:01 a.m.
• Homeowner's insurance in Florida is not much different Native 8/30/2026 - 3:57 p.m.
• I accept United Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 10:59 a.m.
• I pay close to the same amount for Medicare and supplements now (no Advantage in our area) DurangoGator 8/30/2026 - 11:06 a.m.
• Add $800 a month to your out of pocket expenses Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 11:26 a.m.
• RE: Add $800 a month to your out of pocket expenses InvestiGator 8/30/2026 - 3:12 p.m.
• BCBS is not one of the bad ones Chemosabe 8/30/2026 - 3:44 p.m.
• That explains it. InvestiGator 8/30/2026 - 4:20 p.m.
• Additionally, sector profits tend to encourage more, not less, investment. * Mississippi Vol 8/30/2026 - 10:46 a.m.
• The investment into new healthcare providers is non-existent. If returns were DurangoGator 8/30/2026 - 11:10 a.m.
• I wouldn't go outside the U.S. for heart or cancer. Just saying. * 10EC 8/28/2026 - 7:52 p.m.
• RE: I wouldn't go outside the U.S. for heart or cancer. Just saying. trash 8/29/2026 - 12:19 p.m.
• That adds meaningless points to the definition of quality. 10EC 8/29/2026 - 1:20 p.m.
• Most recently Obamacare, brought to us by the pharmaceutical industry. Costs skyrocketed since. * BurrGator 8/28/2026 - 12:29 p.m.
• neo-mercantilism: iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 10:48 p.m.
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They are picking on our Somali leaders in Minnesota again. LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 5:45 p.m.
• How come y'all never identify the woman facing 500 months in prison for Minnesota's medicaid fraud Native 8/29/2026 - 8:32 a.m.
• Who is "ya'll"? LeapingLizard 8/29/2026 - 1:01 p.m.
• Obviously, the right is trying to use it to attack Somalis and immigration Native 8/30/2026 - 9:53 a.m.
• Well, I don't think I even did it kind of, but whatever ya'll say. :) LeapingLizard 8/31/2026 - 2:04 p.m.
• You literally have bringing up Somalis. * Native 8/31/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• Is that not allowed? You can't even bring up certain topics...It is forbidden, comrade? * LeapingLizard 9/2/2026 - 2:29 p.m.
• The Hope Florida scandal is much closer to home, should put our governor, Senator & AG behind bars Native 8/29/2026 - 8:13 a.m.
• Yeah, and since we are both native to Florida, we should be concerned about any wrongdoing... LeapingLizard 8/29/2026 - 1:34 p.m.
• I think the leak is indicative of whistleblowers calling out the corruption and cover-up - do you Native 8/30/2026 - 9:51 a.m.
• I sincerely hope there is an investigation, of course. * LeapingLizard 8/31/2026 - 2:05 p.m.
• You know who else shares a home with a serial criminal and hangs out with unsavory people? StrayGator 8/27/2026 - 5:51 p.m.
• ok. all good and fair. * LeapingLizard 8/27/2026 - 5:53 p.m.
• More than good and fair. You think it is a big deal that the biggest crime of the roommate of Jean Voljean 8/27/2026 - 9:13 p.m.
• I never said I was all that outraged by the latest from Omar's family. Her father is an LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 1:11 p.m.
• You're right...only one issue Thunder 9/1/2026 - 8:18 a.m.
• apparently the answer to that is "yes" BBG 8/28/2026 - 8:12 a.m.
• BTW, I look forward to your next syllable with great eagerness. * LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 4:45 p.m.
• The answer to what is yes? * LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 1:24 p.m.
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TACO Tuesday falls on a Thursday this week. iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 4:39 p.m.
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What a complete and utter embarassment... UGADawginVA 8/27/2026 - 2:04 p.m.
• That's not going to bring back the men from the Edmund FITZGERALD * CONSIGLIEREG8R 8/28/2026 - 9:34 a.m.
• rename it Gitche Gumee? * LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 2:14 p.m.
• I might feel Superior to point out that, well, you know * Golden Gator 8/28/2026 - 11:55 a.m.
• The only "wins" he has left...the end of a dying regime when you give up on the hard stuff * lurch 8/27/2026 - 6:24 p.m.
• pwning the Candians!! YAYAYAYAY! THANK YOU FOR YOU ATTENTION TO THIS MADDER! * BBG 8/27/2026 - 3:21 p.m.
• Can't wait for Canada to rename Lake Michigan to Lake Canada * Wize Guy 8/27/2026 - 2:55 p.m.
• Troops massing at the border... * 10EC 8/27/2026 - 5:02 p.m.
• did you hear that it's suspected that is was Russian drone that was found in Leipzig airport? * BBG 8/27/2026 - 6:06 p.m.
• Was just reading that this morning. How does that happen? * 10EC 8/28/2026 - 6:57 a.m.
• RE: Was just reading that this morning. How does that happen? BBG 8/28/2026 - 7:50 a.m.
• How should they respond? Do the same thing to them? 10EC 8/28/2026 - 7:58 a.m.
• you want WWIII? I don't know, I am not a geopolitical conflict expert. BBG 8/28/2026 - 8:16 a.m.
• Well, I am mystified that anyone is afraid of the Russian military today. LeapingLizard 8/28/2026 - 3:43 p.m.
• There are ways to get the message across without starting a war. 10EC 8/28/2026 - 8:40 a.m.
• Missing an opportunity to rename it "Canada's Dong Lake" WAR DAMN EAGLE 8/27/2026 - 3:47 p.m.
• Sweet Jebus, take the wheel. What a Dipshit. Maybe he should name the lake “Trump” or “Epstein” * D-Gator 8/27/2026 - 2:39 p.m.
• So at least it was a vowel. HAMES versus HOMES * 10EC 8/27/2026 - 2:35 p.m.
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Looks like the ICE agent who murdered Pretti will not be extradited.. UGADawginVA 8/27/2026 - 1:59 p.m.
• Not the Preti case, but it's hard to keep all the shootings straight. This guy lived luckily. * lurch 8/27/2026 - 6:26 p.m.
• Sort of ironic he wants to immigrate to Mexico. * Dawgzilla 8/27/2026 - 3:34 p.m.
• More like "escape" to Mexico. Perfect irony would be if he asks for asylum. * StrayGator 8/27/2026 - 5:36 p.m.
• Mexico should deny it and deport him...to Minnesota. * Thunder 9/1/2026 - 7:50 a.m.
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I had forgotten this little tidbit about our last trade deal with Canada... BBG 8/27/2026 - 10:15 a.m.
• Maple syrup & round bacon for guns & ammo? * SpacinGator 8/27/2026 - 3:30 p.m.
• I've been reminding you guys of this just about every time Canada gets mentioned... Dawgzilla 8/27/2026 - 1:39 p.m.
• I love how Byron Donalds is complaining about the UMSA that Donnie negotiated Native 9/3/2026 - 6:58 a.m.
• Donald violate the law? One he helped get codified? UNPOSSIBLE!!! * iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 4:41 p.m.
• I expect this sort of duplicity from him - the shame lies with those who still take him at his word * Dawgspeare 8/27/2026 - 11:00 a.m.
• this is next level, even for him. He is out there now talking about how badly Canada treats us BBG 8/27/2026 - 12:19 p.m.
• Don't you know we can't know if Harris would have been different? * Thunder 8/27/2026 - 12:23 p.m.
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The Hope Florida grand jury report that broke yesterday should be a much bigger story D-Gator 8/27/2026 - 8:28 a.m.
• Sounds like Mississippi. Must be something in the Gulf of America water we share * dudehead 8/27/2026 - 12:02 p.m.
• It's Trumpian level grift * Native 8/30/2026 - 2:46 p.m.
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If anyone has seen CodeMonkey, would you be so kind as to ask him to reset the Pick Em Pick Em Guys 8/27/2026 - 7:38 a.m.
• Let's make him "seen" if for no other reason . . . CodeMonkey 8/27/2026 - 2:38 p.m.
• RE: Let's make him "seen" if for no other reason . . . iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 5:38 p.m.
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Is this the future for rape victims, at least in the military Thunder 8/27/2026 - 6:33 a.m.
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This cartoon nails it... UGADawginVA 8/26/2026 - 10:47 p.m.
• The same things exists on the other side. Just different subjects. * 10EC 8/27/2026 - 10:28 a.m.
• Things like the Iran war, the economy, prices, rampant government corruption, the Epstein cover-up, trash 8/27/2026 - 12:54 p.m.
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Judge enjoins enforcement of Texas drag show ban: Hobbes 8/26/2026 - 1:48 p.m.
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Seriously. Did anyone ever really believe this about even Donald 1.0? Hobbes 8/26/2026 - 7:56 a.m.
• Nope. I thought he was reckless but am now convinced he is stupidity and lazy DurangoGator 8/26/2026 - 5:10 p.m.
• ding ding ding.... and I would add to your accuracies that on top of stupid and lazy, he is a BBG 8/27/2026 - 7:01 a.m.
• Art of the Deal, Baby!!! * Dawgzilla 8/26/2026 - 4:51 p.m.
• Con artist…uninformed suckers. * SpacinGator 8/26/2026 - 9:20 a.m.
• just having voted for Harris would make me informed and intelligent? * Harry Dery 8/26/2026 - 1:12 p.m.
• Knowing what we knew of the alternative, yeah, pretty much. * Mudlizard 8/27/2026 - 9:27 a.m.
• Then why did Democrats, being so informed and possessing superior intellect, nominate a loser? * Mississippi Vol 8/27/2026 - 11:33 a.m.
• The fact that people think Donald is a winner says a lot. * iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 11:54 a.m.
• Regardless the perceived quality of the opposition, burden rests with each party to choose their Mississippi Vol 8/27/2026 - 4:22 p.m.
• This is playing out in Florida now. Moody is not a good candidate but DurangoGator 8/28/2026 - 4:50 p.m.
• guess it comes with being an “uninformed sucker” * Harry Dery 8/27/2026 - 10:30 a.m.
• RE: guess it comes with being an “uninformed sucker” iPhoneHobbes 8/27/2026 - 11:53 a.m.
• We knew that the orange man was a con/crook/horrible person, so…yes. * SpacinGator 8/26/2026 - 2:37 p.m.
• In your case I seriously doubt it. * Hobbes 8/26/2026 - 1:51 p.m.
• sensible chuckle * Harry Dery 8/26/2026 - 1:57 p.m.
• hyena cackle * LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 4:04 p.m.
• yes, many did. some still do. * BBG 8/26/2026 - 8:01 a.m.
• RE: yes, many did. some still do. Hobbes 8/26/2026 - 8:07 a.m.
• Besides Clocky, of whom do you speak? * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 8:30 a.m.
• RE: Besides Clocky, of whom do you speak? iPhoneHobbes 8/26/2026 - 9:38 a.m.
• Good additions... * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 9:53 a.m.
• There have been a lot of really thoughtful posts here in recent months Clockwork Orange 8/26/2026 - 10:13 a.m.
• RE: There have been a lot of really thoughtful posts here in recent months iPhoneHobbes 8/26/2026 - 11:40 a.m.
• RE: There have been a lot of really thoughtful posts here in recent months StrayGator 8/26/2026 - 12:02 p.m.
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Something else for us to be proud of Jean Voljean 8/25/2026 - 10:00 p.m.
• I can assure you that mistakes of that nature have been made even with Democrat geniuses in charge. LeapingLizard 8/26/2026 - 2:58 p.m.
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Ahhh the first day of autumn 🎃☕️ Mississippi Vol 8/25/2026 - 8:48 p.m.
• Huh...PSL season came a little late this year * Dawgzilla 8/25/2026 - 10:53 p.m.
• Kinda like astronomical seasons. It’s a pleasant 68 this morning and a 🌖 eclipse is coming! Mississippi Vol 8/26/2026 - 7:34 a.m.
• I was camping in Telluride and woke up to 47 degrees this morning. Finally * DurangoGator 8/26/2026 - 5:11 p.m.
• Pikes Peak was awesome last week. So cool... * 10EC 8/26/2026 - 7:55 p.m.
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Donald’s picks Bryan Avlia as his running mate. He like his Peabody Hall 8/25/2026 - 6:18 p.m.
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OK something I agree with Donald on:having flags at 1/2 staff for Dolly Parton. iPhoneHobbes 8/25/2026 - 6:05 p.m.