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AKLynne's avatar

Myrmidon...a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly

It still amazes me the number of words I have never heard before (or ever needed to).

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Owlftr13's avatar

The important thing is that some kid 1500 miles away that they will never ever lay eyes on, won't get to run track next spring.

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diogenez's avatar

For Halloween, I'm going as a Panic Attack.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Meccalopolis and I are more farmers than Bessent. We grow some of our own food and herbs, we harvest them, and cook them (or preserve them). Not an ear of corn or a soybean among our food beds, and next year we'll have homegrown garlic, to which we're very much looking forward.

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Lil Snot's avatar

Scrappy-Doo libelz

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clairence's avatar

"Nobody thinks MAGA is stupider than its own leadership."

>This can be read in two ways, and I think both are true.

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John Santos's avatar

Slight correction: "[notion of] frameworks of concepts of plans for a deal"... Oops: "[ideas for] notions of frameworks of concepts of plans for a deal". Yeah, that's the ticket!

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Goonemeritus's avatar

There is only so much Trump can fuck over NY, CA, MA, he was always going to get around to screwing over Iowa

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Jennifer's avatar

I just realized… you know who’s actually LITERALLY dying and fighting for their lives right now (if they are still alive, that is)? The millions of children and families in poverty and war-torn situations around the world who are not receiving lifesaving food and vaccines due to the $4 billion cuts to US AID earlier this year. 😞

Here are some Argentinian economists describing that people are NOT actually dying in Argentina due to its economy and that Trump doesn’t understand the situation: https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/World-News/2025/10/23/argentina-trump-milei-dollar-swap-falsehoods/5931761235459/

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Jennifer's avatar

Oh yes — and he’s not only allowing SNAP benefits to end Nov 1, he’s preventing the emergency fund set aside specifically for reasons like this (so there are no interruptions in food delivery) from being used too!! He’s Making America (and millions of children all over the world) Starve Again. Good job!!

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clairence's avatar

yeah, but USAID isn't into oligarchy

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

coupla things: the floors in tht mansion he sold must have been shit because every picture had them blurred out, and of course he's a real estate guy, trump loves them

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Michael's avatar

"In no world, in no universe, at no time, by no rational definition was Scott Bessent ever a soybean farmer."

In fact he's never seen a farmer he didn't want to punch out with his Alpo-male fists. Where's Elno when we need him?

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Marty Smit's avatar

“…Alpo-male…”

* Chef kiss 💋

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Michael's avatar

💕

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beb's avatar

Bessent used to be a liberal but Big Money talks to Big Money which is why he's now a Trump stooge.

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TerseNurse's avatar

Bessent is a farmer like my landlord is a registered nurse.

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Runfastandwin's avatar

Gay republicans...wtaf?

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

if they're in the club, the bad things that are happening won't apply to them, is my guess of why you'd join in with people who hate you

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Runfastandwin's avatar

"It’s getting hard for even rural MAGA to overlook that they’re getting screwed" they will find a way.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

Fox is struggling to find ways to blame it on Biden.

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Michael's avatar

Maybe Hunter has the soybeans in his laptop?

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

or hillary bleached them with her emails

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

Bessent realized the grifting was much better on the Republican side. You just have to sacrifice any sense of shame or dignity.

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

i saw the way he decorated that mansion, dignity is not something he has

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