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Jerilynn Johns's avatar

Groceries aren't cheaper & egg prices aren't coming down at my Kroger.

?????

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Jude Berman's avatar

Bird flu isn't over either. More like picking up speed down the runway...

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Teresa JV's avatar

These Republikkkans actually believe Donnie Dumbass listens to them or cares about their talk of ‘concern’. They’ve created this monster, good luck reining him in!

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David Maceira's avatar

Don't forget the corrupt SCROTUS protected, empowered and emboldened t-Rump.

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Mr. D.'s avatar

MAGA = Most Americans Getting Anal’d.

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George's avatar

Excellent and tragic, Mr. C., you missed your calling and should have been an author instead. @jerilynnjohnes makes a point I, too, have noted in my neck of the woods. I don't see prices going down much. Not just me, but others on social media have mentioned it as well. Ever since COVID, the cost of things has NOT come down, and many things have gone up instead. I'm convinced the price of things is man-made and artificial. Shop around for the best price because it seems like a free-for-all with no Government oversight.

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Lynn's avatar

Hamas Force One

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Julie Vantine's avatar

So all Qatar has to do is dangle a shiny carrot. Trump is like a dog seeing a squirrel. Qatar just bought the President of the United States and our democracy. Shameful and frightening. Yes, what's the payback?

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Marilyn's avatar

Its undeniably illegal! Michael is on point. This is a situation that' clearly must be stopped. This isn't about a gift from Qatar . When the inner circle of his administration starts consistently pressing their flight attendant call buttons , indicating that there may be snakes on this plane, there are snakes on this plane flaps down. You need a times square neon advertisement to say ahhh, so , what's the emoluments clause for? This bribe, excuse me, this bird will not fly. It's a "No Go.!"

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Michelle Landa's avatar

This terrifies me more than even I expected. He is selling us lock stock and barrel. Nobody is stopping him. He has his sycophants, his MAGAS and his followers bamboozled, and the rest of us scared to death. He must be stopped. How is the $64,000.00 question. Can we wait until the midterms? I don’t think so. He did too much already. There is too much time left for him to burn the whole house down. In short, I’m scared. I am working 20 hours a day with 4 different justice groups and I feel helpless. I’m trying not to feel hopeless, but that isn’t far away.

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Smclive's avatar

Trump’s decision to befriend evil players like MBS the bone saw murderer of Saudi Arabia or Qatar who back Hamas and Netanyahu who is committing genocide in Palestine on a daily basis are all choices that do not bode well for the USA .

The world is watching . Decisions made by a US president which are immoral , detrimental to many and beneficial only to a few are a signal to the Middle East . It is their gotcha moment . They will cash in at some point .

On the other hand , countries that still have some semblance of a moral compass are in a word … disgusted , and are slowly pulling away .

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Agent#99's avatar

This is just another cautionary tale of how Donny distorts his deeds. It is puzzling how a man can be elected at this level and still possess a fragile ego. Of course, it's quizzical how he was elected again anyway! After his many missteps and failures, how can he be trusted? Of course, I am preaching to the choir because we understand the basic underlying precept- HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED! I personally have never seen this level of narcissism, yet history reveals time after time other "leaders" with this treacherous trait. How did that turn out for their constituents? Yet, somehow he flashes his orange grin and buffoons his way through a press conference, and people call that "charming." Hitler, Mussolini, Jim Jones (Jonestown), among others, charismatically persuaded people to follow them down a yellow brick road of death and despair. I ask myself, "WHY are we repeating history? When will we learn a lesson?"

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Judy Cross's avatar

If Congress allows tRump to accept this plane then it will totally confirm how crooked they are. tRump talks as tho, it's a done deal. Doesn't it have to be approved? Why is the plane in Texas already. So much corruption and still too many can't see it. Everyone of these people need to read the Constitution over and over until they understand it and then start asking if this is what the Constitution says. Do I want to live in a country that is protected by the Constitution or do I want to abide by someone that wants everything just for himself? Ask yourselves some informed questions, maga. Quite being his stooge. Think for yourselves. Do you want honest information or information that is slanted to make you think you want it. Is the WH now run by people that don't want what is best for our country and peoples, but what is best for them. Since the WH is now lead by tRump and fox news, I don't think you will get any honest answers, since 23 people from fox news are now in the WH on government payroll. What other administration would run a WH from a newstation, selecting the most unqualified people. That should concern you maga. I know that it really concerns me. We are not that much different. We want to earn a living, take care of our kids, put food on the table, bank some for our retirement, have a little fun, enjoy ourselves. Do you think that is really going to happen with a president that is only about himself and his gains? Why don't you find out how much $ he has made while being in the WH and compare it to what $ you have made. If you see it in black and white, it might sink in that he is not doing what he promised. You might discover that he even lied to you. How would you feel about a president that lies and is only in this position for personal gain?

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Karen Braun's avatar

And Congress is just sitting it out. What more needs to happen before they protect the country, democracy and their constituents? What exactly is their true end game?

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Ilene Winn-Lederer's avatar

Sorry to sound crude, but I don’t know how else to say it: With the exception of only a handful of courageous Senators, the rest of them are too busy spreading their legs for Trump et.al just to keep their jobs and get re-elected. Their karma may be delayed, but it’s coming for sure.

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Karen Braun's avatar

Well, it is a nauseating visual but I can’t say that I disagree. The midterm results will be interesting if there is anything left of this democracy.

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Heather Wynne-Phillips's avatar

On point as always Michael.

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Smclive's avatar

It’s a lot like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted . Or rather “it’s too late baby now ,it’s too late “

Trump was voted in not once but twice . The second time he came in as a convicted felon . How he was even ALLOWED to be a contender is a mystery to me but there you have it .

The USA of today is a very different animal from what it once was . Your politicians ,whether the Republicans who enable Trump or the majority of Democrats who are doing NOTHING of merit to date to stop him , your Supreme Court judges who back him , the Tech billionaires who bought and paid for him … these are the people you should be pursuing . They put him in power , they keep him in power , and you the tax payers are paying into it.

Never mind praying to a new pope or trusting in a merciful God for protection … what are you as individuals going to do about it ?

Middle Eastern Royalty ,many of whom were financially backing not only Hamas but also Al Queda ( remember them , remember September 11 ?) are now your new best friends . How incredibly stupid has the US government become ? How incredibly dangerous is this ?

Greed and Power have won .

I fear it really is “ the end of the world as we know it “

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Open Letters by Mersault's avatar

📰 NEWS FLASH‼️

TRUMP’S NEW QATARI JET CRASHES INTO MAR-A-LAGO UNDER THE WEIGHT OF HIS OWN HYPOCRISY🛩️

PALM BEACH, FL – In a stunning display of cosmic irony and delicious karma, Donald Trump’s newly acquired, Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8 concluded its inaugural voyage by nose-diving into the rococo rot of Mar-a-Lago.

According to FAA officials, the jet began to sputter mid-flight as it attempted to compute the cognitive dissonance between Trump’s 2017 statement that Qatar is “a funder of terrorism at a very high level,” and his 2025 TruthSocial post calling the plane “THE BEST GIFT EVER—MAGA!”

Flight data indicates the jet was also carrying hazardous levels of foreign influence, constitutional contempt, and a cargo hold stuffed with unopened federal indictments, which may have compromised its structural integrity.

No deaths were reported—unless one counts the mortal wound inflicted upon the last tattered vestiges of presidential dignity.

Officials declined to comment, but the wreckage is already being cordoned off for conversion into the Trump Presidential Library.

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Laurel Yatsko's avatar

There is no depth of destruction the regime will not fall to, openly or behind closed doors. We have crypto scams, illegal suspension of Due - Process, tariffs that 'rebates', attempts to annex Greenland and Canada, security leaks.... etc., etc. The flying palace shouldn't be a surprise. We can only hope that it is this flying example of waste fraud and abuse is as successful as the other great deeds committed by the regime.

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