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Remember when MAGA railed against measures to curb the spread of Covid?
Wait until they hear what the Trump administration is doing to combat hantavirus and Ebola.
- Mandatory federal quarantine
- 24/7 Guards stationed outside for home quarantine
- Infected Americans cannot return home
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"You know what I really love? I love the inflation" - Trump at the signing event for ICE and CBP funding
He doesn't care about ordinary Americans
Trump says the quiet part out loud. Iran "keeps playing us for suckers".
Yes. They do.
Trump said “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation” when making decisions about Iran
32% of rural whites approve of Trump’s handling of the economy. 68% disapprove
And yet...4 out of 5 GOP voters approve of Trump.
Why?
Trump 2024: "I will bring down prices on Day 1"
2026: Inflation surges to 4.2%
Despite Trump's proclamations, coal is no longer a viable energy source
In 2025, it lost generating capacity, while solar energy made the biggest gains
So, the GOP is claiming fraud in the LA mayoral election.
If the Dems have the ability to rig this election, did they somehow forget to rig those that put Trump in the Oval office and The GOP in the majority in both houses of Congress?
Israel claims that Trump has ordered the release of $3B in frozen Iranian assets in a bribe to Iran to stop the fighting
The art of the deal
While the American Right celebrates Putin's supposed "manliness", the adaptability of the Ukrainian forces has given them superiority over the Russians
The tide has turned
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The reasons Trump is dragging his feet on a drone deal with Ukraine are not really mystifying
!. He hates Zelensky because Zelensky is smart, popular, and not corrupt
2. Trump wants to funnel money ($1.5Trillion) to his donors/cronies in the defense industry
Follow the money
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The administration imposed mandatory quarantine orders on two passengers from the cruise ship hit by hantavirus and is blocking Americans who catch Ebola from returning home for treatment.
