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Trump is pushing forward with his plans to create a "Crypto Strategic Reserve."

No one has bothered to explain why diverting government resources into crypto has ANY STRATEGIC BENEFIT FOR THE UNITED STATES.

The only benefit is for people who are current investors in crypto.

It's a grift.

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For now, the Democrats’ calls to “reinvent themselves” are rhetorical than actual. Even if moderates try to shift the conversation away from identity politics or radical positions, it doesn’t make sense that the party base will follow. Even if progressives try to rally the rank and file around a bold economic populism, there is no reason…

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At 4 p.m. today, the U.S. Senate votes to remove a rule that bans debanking, a practice where banks, financial institutions, payment processors, and even certain services in the digital finance sector, like cryptocurrency platforms, deny services to clients based on political, reputational, or ideological grounds.

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I could never post this one enough.

I am already sick of “fraud, waste, and abuse.”

You fuckers ever hear of variety?

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Seriously. That and “the American people want this.” NO! They are good at knowing repetition leads to their people believing it is true.

I hear you can get the variety pack of waste fraud and abuse at Costco cheaper than if you bought it at Walmart..

I’m also sick and tired of people describing people by the color of their fucking skin

Am I the only person out here who can describe a human without using their skin tones?

No, you're not. But if you want a fun challenge, try it at a nudist beach where everyone is wearing only sunglasses 😉

Been hearing it since about 1980. They still haven’t found any.

That’s just their cover for attacking “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

America should change its name to MAGA Talking Points R US

Same lies. They aren’t creative in the least. None of them has the single shared brain cell long enough to think.

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I was tipped off to the fact that Republicans might cut Social Security…

…when they said that’s what they were going to do

Everybody who votes Republican needs to have their head examined

These are 100% awful people

I want to know why every fucking Democrat didn't leave the floor after Representative Green was thrown out.

I want to know why one after another Democratic Rep didn't speak out and leave.

I want to know why we're so fucking spineless! 🇺🇦💙

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Raise your sons to be the kind of men that don’t feel the need to giggle as the POTUS makes fun an African nation ‘that nobody’s ever heard of…’. America already has enough of those kinds of weak sons-of-bitches. We need dudes that give a damn now.