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Just heard a radio ad in which Bill O’Reilly pitched gold and silver to hedge against the Biden economy. Normalcy hitting hard rn
In a few minutes, the line of presidential succession will change again. When the Senate majority flips, Pat Leahy replaces Chuck Grassley as Senate president pro tem, putting him third in line behind Harris and Pelosi.
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A West Virginia legislator streamed, then deleted, video of himself storming the capitol
“Fortunate Son” plays as Trump de-planes, an entry for the “nobody listened to the lyrics” hall of fame.
There are no mass shootings in Japan because there are no video games there
Secret Service has moved crowd back from the overflow stage so it can be broken down.
Not many people know this, but Medicare-for-all is the only thing that costs money. Keeping a military presence in central Asia is actually free, thanks to a bunch of coupons the Pentagon cut out in the 70s.
"He’s not going to sign a bill that doesn’t have money for the wall... if he gives in now, that’s the end of 2019 in terms of him being an effective president. That’s probably the end of his presidency." - Lindsey Graham, January 2
"If the people who wrote this bill were proud of it, they wouldn’t be forcing this vote in the dead of night." -- Mitch McConnell, 2009
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