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    Let’s see how committed they are to “Free Speech”. Bets on how long until Florida or D.C. bans these ads? (They’ll call it “foreign interference”).

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      They’ll call it “foreign interference”

      Honestly it kind of is. Though in this case I’m all for it.

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      The First Amendment is gone.

      Trump is openly retaliating against people who criticized him. Our constitution isn’t worth the crumbling paper it’s written on any more.

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        It never was, ignoring how it enshrined slavery, the system it built relied on people acting in good faith. The idea that elected officials would always work to preserve democracy.

        Now it’s evident that is not an appropriate system for checks and balances.

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          It has good parts and had a lot of bad parts. It was written centuries ago, so let’s take that framing into consideration. It was a worthwhile endeavor to pursue the good parts while amending the bad, directly or via modern courts. Unfortunately it’s been a backsliding battle against conservatives who selectively interpret it as “originalists”, like they selectively interpret their bible to enhance their power and pocketbook and ignore the parts that are inconvenient or get between them and money, and obstinately refuse change or would actively change it for the worse.

          The most ironic part is that the countries that the US fought with in WW2 that had some absolutely awful leadership and governance were outfitted with relatively excellent frameworks to govern with postwar, Germany and Japan, while the US has been crippled with resting on its laurels and mulish refusal to take the lessons learned those endeavors to heart.

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    I’d do an ad that says: “We don’t pay the tariffs. You do” — Canada

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      We need to formulate an ideogram that even Florida man can understand.

      Sounds like lyrics to a Soul Coughing song. Is M. Doughty around here, somewhere?

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      “At Fox News we’d bet our bottom dollar that we’d do anything to increase our bottom dollar”

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        I like to imagine that the Murdoch news outlets are exchanging money for other outcomes, like spreading racism and hailing corporate.

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    How long until they spend more time and effort banning this while yelling about it constantly than ever saying one bad thing about how Russia is infiltrating our country by doing almost the exact same thing.

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    I didn’t know foreign governments could buy ads in America for political purposes.

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      For now, sure. Why would it not be?

      Maybe next week it will be punished by sending someone to a camp.

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          Neither does AIPAC

          From there website:

          WE STAND with those who stand with Israel. The AIPAC PAC is a bipartisan, pro-Israel political action committee. It is the largest pro-Israel PAC in America and contributed more resources directly to candidates than any other PAC. 98% of AIPAC-backed candidates won their general election races in 2022.”

          WE ENCOURAGE the U.S. government to enact specific policies that create a strong, enduring and mutually beneficial relationship with our ally Israel.

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    Ha! I thought op used a highlighter to cover the screen, and one could just see through it.

    But it’s just the design of the machine…

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    They should be more precise: “Trumps tariffs are a tax on your grocery bill”. Anyone elses would be, too, yes, but no-one else is that stupid.

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      Wait until 2028 when tariffs are the moderate Democratic policy.

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        because Democrats insist on chasing Republicans tail as they both run further into fascist degeneracy.

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      In Ohio as well. Too bad Im convinced this state is too stupid to understand anyhow.