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Can't say that the press were very impressive today. They kept repeating the same questions at Karine and the Admiral. If this was genius work, it was too deep for me.

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There was that one guy who likened the situation in Israel to Jimmy Carter being held hostage in his own country, and something something Biden. He was practicing his timing and it was better than average.

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Biden tweeted the video of Trump praising Hezbollah with this:

"Our nation’s support for Israel is resolute and unwavering.

And the right time to praise the terrorists who seek to destroy them is never."

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Over and over and over again...

"When?! When?!! [reporters jump up and down impatiently] When will we get to have another war?!!"

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Well, if Republicans would just let go of the purse strings...

It’s a bizarre time we are in.

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Wars are easy for modern "journalists". You just sit back in the studio, watch the satellite feed, and bloviate. They find war sublime, just as Edmund Burke did enjoying them from London.

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"Look at this! So exciting! That drama!!"

"Uh, you're watching a Marvel movie."

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"The President has to do multiple things at once". He has to multitask. Unlike you stenographer scum.

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The press corpse definitely knows how to multifap.

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Sounds painful. I hope they use good lube.

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It will be good until I replace it with pepper sauce.

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Go for the habanero. That should spice things up.

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That's what I wanted to say but I forgot and was too lazy to google.

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HOW DOES LOWERING PRICES HELP INFLATION???

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If you want to do something about housing costs, start slapping hedge funds around with an iron fist.

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That will surprise the hedge funds something fierce after having their peens gently fapped around for years and years.

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I want to point out how he stated that both Israelis and Palestinians are victims of this Hamas attack. It’s the best description I’ve seen so far. It benefits absolutely nobody, and hurts everyone.

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Economics. How does it work?

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None of these dipshits has ever read 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴

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I have! All 5 books!

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Neither have I but I have a rudimentary understanding of how things work with so many different factors affecting so many different commodities and services.

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They skipped Econ 101 and 102, also, too. And you should read 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, it's not easy, you can skip a few chapters that in the contemporary fashion would be relegated to an appendix, but you'll find yourself nodding sagely at much of it.

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I think that these reporters do not read much of anything. I will take your suggestion, I'm sure the library has it.

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Yo! Rethugs! Get your fucking act together!

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For a minute there I thought the Kirby was going to say "James...you ignorant slut."

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I don't know why US reporters bother showing up to press conferences, or even to actual events.

All they can do is repeat the same pre-written, pre-chewed stories, over and over. Fewer than a dozen stories, just changed in the manner of Mad-Libs.

And it's what America demands. If we hear anything that isn't one of that small number of stories, we can't deal with it and become very angry.

But for those of us who don't mind hearing a story that wasn't pre-configured so we all know all the variations and the ending; it's very boring.

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Now they'll try to out smart Karine. Good luck with that, losers.

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"hey, let's ask her the same thing we asked the last guy."

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"One GOP lawmaker tells me there was talk in the meeting of putting a temporary speaker in place for 90 days to provide more time for the conference to figure out a plan."

Of course, this would require them to agree on a temporary speaker.

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Fuck, they can't agree on Coke or Pepsi, or what toppings for the pizzas.

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I grew up in a Pepsi town, but the correct answer is actually Coke Zero. The Pizza ratio is is 1 plain to 1 mushroom to 1 pepperoni. As long as the 4th, 7th, 10th etc is always plain, you can switch up the order of the other 2 until you complete your order.

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Who's the asshole always voting for anchovies and broccoli on their pizza?

(My 11 year old likes this kind of pizza. That's why Mod Pizza is the best family pizza place.)

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"We need a committee to start a committee to start a committee to figure out what temporary Speaker we're going to have in place of the temporary Speaker we're going to have in place of a Speaker. Everyone in agreement on at least this much?"

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They have one in there right now. They could kick the can down the road 90 days. Nobody has to admit defeat.

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Can they not just roll with the stand-in for now and get some shit done?

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Several reports indicate Steve Scalise is quite a far way from having enough votes to be made Speaker. Gym of course is even farther away. LoL, the House GOP caucus is like the dog that caught the car. They dumped McCarthy, who was widely hated by the far right wing, but without answering the question, "Who, then?"

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Well, they could put in some Bose speakers replaying talking points from Trump and they’d basically serve the same function as Gym Jordan or David Duke Scalisi.

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"Got no highs? Got no lows? Only midrange? Must be Bose!"

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why isn't the US just racing in there guns a'blazin' and gettin' the guys who killed our people? huh? Is it because Joe Biden is old? Is he still changing his shoes?

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Well, they are sneakers, which are the appropriate footwear for running, amiright?

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If America sent troops into every nation holding Americans hostages right now it would be fucking WWIII.

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Yet another incredibly stupid question. Fuckwit here knows NOTHING about military operations.

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I was just an Army wife but fucking hell I know more about military operations than these numbnuts do!

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You picked it up at the minimum by osmosis on pillows!

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Well, most of those stenographers know NOTHING.

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