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I find the most peace in my gardens in the summer.Helping Monarch butterflies reach maturity.I am old and jaded and soon I will be on my way out of here.I worry and wonder about the world our grandchildren inherit,when we push the planet past the point of no return.Its really sad to me , because the earth is such a beautiful , mysterious place.

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How awful does a Nazi have to be to get kicked out of Elon’s neo-Nazi haven?

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I'm honestly surprised he hasn't declared that there will be ZERO Dems on the committee because "Demmycraps had ZERO Rethugs on THEIR Unselect committee".

The base would gobble that up with their 'hurr durr, dat's right; Cheney and Kitzwhatever are less than RINOs, they're totally demmycraps!' spoons.

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I really wished there were ghosts. Or, I should say, I sometimes wish I believed in ghosts. Because if there were ghosts, the dead Republicans ghosts that fought in both World Wars, Vietnam, and other just good, honest, wholesome republican ghost families of the past. (my family was in western NY Republican politics). They would throttle all these current democracy-destroying, crooked politicians and the elite that they serve. The system no longer serves all the people, and the under-served people are becoming far less able to change the system as the institutions around them crumple. So many of examples of extreme wealth, and so many examples of our poor ranking to other western, and more civilized nations. This oldster is ready to dust off the marching shoes like back in the late sixties. If we only had an alert and informed citizenry. I don’t want the old days back. I want more hope......... for a turn around in this current violent direction we are in. Kids going hungry every night, vets committing suicide every night? Corruption in billions of tax payers dollars at the highest levels every night. I try to optimistic but it’s not easy. The guys with the gold want more, always more. And you know they rig the game. Just ask those payday loan shops located right outside military bases, charging 40% interest on loans to vets.

Thank you wonks for letting vent again, you’re a great group of minds, and hearts and souls. And a source of enlightenment !🤟

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I'm afraid I'm losing all respect for Kevin McCarthy. .... ... Please laugh.

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I have this sinking feeling the next two years is going to be a real clusterfuck shitshow!

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If the msm is looking at McCarthy sideways, he’s really off to a fabulous start. We knew it would be a pathetic, petty shitshow. I hope the GOP threats to Medicare and SS persist, along with ideas like a .30 sales tax. Good stuff to do exactly what conservatives love to do - terrify their base. Except, that’s not the right kind of terrified they want.

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“My Kevin,” he called him. Because McCarthy hand-selected the BEST Starburst sweeties for Trump to chew. That’s idiotic for a lot of reasons, but namely there is already a bag of red starbursts, and giving candy chews to a man with denture struggles like Drumpf is simply uncaring.

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I LOVE my gardens. It's tricky because I'm not a huge fan of gardening, but one must pay the piper if one wants to dance. So I mostly stick with perennials.

It is difficult to see where the human race has brought us to. All you can do is play your hand, so enjoy your corner, your time, and live as best you can. This will matter to those around you. Place your hope in that.

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OMG the stupid memo

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What do you think Trump has on McCarthy? Live girl? Dead boy?

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Wait for it....Ds in disarray.

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Not gonna lissen to him. He ain't pickin' 'n grinnin'.I miss Buck Owens and Roy Clark.Kevin needs to learn Buck's part on the geetar.And I'm sure Santos can do Roy's part. Hee Haw !!

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😹😹😹

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"Integrity matters more." I'd be prepared to throw that statement in McCarthy's face at every opportunity for the next 2 years. "Since the Speaker believes that "Integrity Matters," I'd like to discuss Congressman Santos's volleyball career at Baruch College." "Since the Speaker chose Rep. Santos to sit on the Small Business committee, are we to assume that Integrity doesn't Matter in regard to Small Business?" "Mr. Speaker, the former president hosted Ye and Fuentes at a dinner, which guest do you think has more Integrity?" "If integrity matters, Mr. Speaker, why is Matt Gaetz on any committees at all?"

Rinse and repeat.

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