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Join me in wishing a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to @OU_Football legend and 2008 @HeismanTrophy winner Sam Bradford! Enjoy you day.
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Kamlager-Dove on Hegseth Impeachment: We knew that this vote was coming, so people should have gotten their raggedy selves up these steps to vote. There is no reason why we should have lost this vote because of attendance issues.
You know this man should not be in this position. That’s why he got up at 8 o’clock in the morning with his sorry self to plead to the American people.
So shame on folks who are not here. Because these people lost. They lost, and they still found a way to show up to table this bill. Shameful.
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It's time.
The Democratic party will make a catastrophic mistake if they lock out all of these voters for a man who has been in political office for 51 years (5 decades).
NEWS: 600,000-member Machinists union is urging Schumer not to seek another term as Senate Dem leader.
“We believe this is the right moment for a new generation to lead Senate Democrats,” IAM President Brian Bryant writes in a letter sent to the full caucus, obtained by @POLITICO w.@DashaBurns
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Jim Widdifield retweeted
SORRY, BUT STUDENT LOANS SHOULD HAVE 0% INTEREST.
Why should borrowing $50,000 for an education turn into owing $80,000?
Give people a clear repayment plan to pay back what they actually borrowed.
No interest piling on another $30k.
No years of payments that barely touch the balance.
You borrowed $50k. You should owe $50k.
Education debt shouldn’t grow while you’re trying to pay it off.
Jim Widdifield retweeted
Absolutely unacceptable that 11 House Dems just *missed* the vote to proceed with the impeachment of Pete Hegseth. What’s the point of being a Rep if you’re not gonna be there for stuff like this?
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Thanks to Chase Villars ('19) for talking to senior AmGov students today about law school!
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Great start tonight for the Play Production crew setting up for the public performance! Go Whippets!
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Democrats will have a 56-seat majority in the US Senate. We need to use it. Pass Medicare for All.
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The Democratic Party needs a new and bold direction. I will not support Chuck Schumer’s reelection as Democratic leader.
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IMPEACHMENT, Article III
The law requires our military to withdraw from hostilities within 60 days if Congress does not authorize the activity.
Operation Epic Fury has been underway for 256 days. Congress has not authorized it.
Hegseth is breaking the law.
Not even debatable.
Jim Widdifield retweeted
**Salary of retired US Presidents:**
$450,000 FOR LIFE
**Salary of House/Senate members:**
$174,000 FOR LIFE
**Salary of Speaker of the House:**
$223,500 FOR LIFE
**Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders:**
$194,400 FOR LIFE
**Average salary of a soldier:**
$38,000
**Average income for Seniors on Social Security:**
$12,000
I think we found where the cuts should be made!
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Retired presidents get ~$253k/yr pension (Exec Level I rate), not $450k. Congress members do not get full salaries for life; pensions avg $45-85k based on service (not automatic full pay). SS retired worker avg ~$25k/yr, not $12k.
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Jim Widdifield retweeted
Congratulations to Aly Cederburg and the 2026 Volleyball Team on breaking the following school records: Season Blocks, Career Blocks, and Team Blocks in a Season!!
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Massie: "I hope Hegseth addresses the 8 articles of impeachment, and doesn‘t get up and misquote the Bible in Quentin Tarantino fashion and do some pull-ups and call everybody fat and gay. I may have just given you half his speech, I don't know."
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🚨NEW: Democrat Scott Colom has won the Mississippi U.S. Senate race, defeating GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith. He is the first African American to represent Mississippi in 145 years.
RETWEET to congratulate Senator-elect Colom on making history!
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Coach Tomlin at halftime, “when you put pressure on Caleb he turns the ball over” AFTER Caleb throw 3 picks under pressure in the first half. Gerald ON FRIDAY BEFORE says something very similar, Bears fans……. THIS GUY IS AN IDIOT, He doesn’t know football, get him off tv, Welp imma go back in my hole now………. 😂😂😂
