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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
It’s crazy how little the GOP has to run on and how historically bad their candidates are and it’s still an uphill battle to take both halves of Congress. If we want to talk rigged….
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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
Where's the error?
Jesse Watters, "I mean they've called Trump a Russian traitor, they called him a rapist, they called him an insurrectionist, they called him a Nazi." 🤷‍♀️
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Tweet of the day
If your political movement depends on millionaires pretending they are offended by the suggestion that the Cheesecake Factory is chintzy, you’re cooked. Like, that is the literal death rattle.
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I think Don Henley was about 35 years early with this: youtube.com/watch?v=giZ2tSSo… O' beautiful, for spacious skies But now those skies are threatening They're beating plowshares into swords For this tired old man that we elected king
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No you're not. You already know they won't
Curious whether any MAHA leadership will condemn this racism from @SecKennedy. How does it serve the idea of making America Healthy Again?
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Is Trump a criminal, ignorant, incompetent, narcissistic lunatic? Wordle 1,956 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
RFK told a room of Repubs that 500 million Arabs produce no science, no literature, & no prizes. Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel. Ahmed Zewail won the Nobel. Omar Yaghi won 1 too. Algebra is literally an Arabic word. He knew that & still erased the whole history so he could call an entire people useless. Straight-up racist bullshit from the guy running HHS
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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
"Our country is making more money than it’s ever made, because of the fact that oil is so high.” “I don’t give a damn, I’m going to say it: We’re making a freaking fortune.” Donald J.Trump, President October 24, 2026 Fun Fact: Higher oil prices can increase revenue and profits for American oil companies and producers, some investors like Trump, but not the average working American. 2.96 the day Iran was invaded, 4.29 today about 8 months later.
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Funny thing about the cult - they never recognize that they're in it!
Bold accusation for a bona fide cult member to make
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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
Please, get out and vote.
BREAKING: A top GOP official accidentally said on a hot mic, “If Netanyahu loses reelection in Israel, and Democrats in the US win subpoena power in both chambers of Congress, all I can say is Jared Kushner is completely, totally, utterly, historically, spectacularly f*cked.”
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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
Staged for the MAGA cult people's entertainment.
*man of the people* Billionaire @SecScottBessent tries to make Obama seem out of touch by pretending he has ever gone to a Cheesecake Factory before in his life LOL 😂 These guys are so ridiculous
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Would "insane" be the word you're seeking Brian?
just a wild thing for anyone to say, let alone a secretary of HHS responsible for global health coordination
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The guy who could get clearance nevertheless kept working!?!?!?!?
He spent a not insignificant part of Trump 1.0 as a government employee who was using WhatsApp to send messages to the Saudi Crown Prince and you'll be surprised to learn the BUT HER EMAILS crowd in the press could not have given less of a shit about it. 🙃
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I think you meant to say how/why ANY sentient being didn't try to block his nomination
I'm still wondering why the @AmerMedicalAssn didn't try to block his nomination.
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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage
The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI
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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
Trump: "We didn't start the war with Iran. Iran started the war with us."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The U.S. launched the war on February 28, 2026, with coordinated strikes under the name Operation Epic Fury. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening strikes. Iran retaliated afterward. reuters.com/business/aeros… apnews.com/article/iran-u…
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Paul Hughes-Cromwick (Pooge) retweeted
The guy who had boxes of classified documents at his golf resort just had the guy who helped him win in 2016 b/c of Hillary's email server charged with, wait for it, mishandling classified information. I think irony has been killed once and for all.
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