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    adage, chestnut, cliché, old wives' tale, proverb, trope, truism: concise insight? or hackneyed vestige?

    If you take income taxes into account it should be "A penny saved is two pennies earned". After all, if someone pays no income tax they have to earn $10 in order to purchase a ten dollar item. However, someone in a 50% tax bracket has to earn $20 in order to purchase that same item. Had a...
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    The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

    NATO wasn't founded until 1949, well after both WWI and WWII Don't see how you got the Allies starting WWI (admittedly it's been a long time since I took high school history so I would like an explanation). And the same goes for WWII
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    The U.S. Federal $Debt $Limit - Doesn't Work. Soooo, What Next ?

    Not to worry - regardless of which number is correct ($31 trillion or $35 trillion) it's still short by (at least) $150 trillion - by definition, the national debt excludes the funding shortfalls for Social Security and Medicare as well as other government pensions.
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    partisan clatter

    I expect it should have been exhonoree but even that is questionable.
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    For my Canadian friends

    The best 30 seconds you'll ever hear https://www.facebook.com/reel/1704377714066713
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    It was never a problem until the transphobes started weighing in. And I stand by the pics in #1,607. If you want to restrict washroom or locker room access based on sex at birth ....
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    The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

    Trump threatens to withdraw troops from Italy and Spain President Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday that he will 'probably' withdraw American troops from Italy and Spain. A day earlier, he had already said he wanted to reduce the number of troops in Germany, after Chancellor...
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    Wonder how many gender neutral bathrooms your neighbor has
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    The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

    ‘Incoherent’ Trump proves he’s utterly ‘detached from reality’ on live TV https://progressivepulsenews.blogspot.com/2026/05/incoherent-trump-proves-hes-utterly.html#
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    HEADLINES: 2026

    No vaccine is 100% effective - that's why herd immunity is important. And those who did contract COVID generally had less severe symptoms.
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    The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

    I don’t swear much—but this week, Republicans in Congress are trying to leverage the actions of an attempted assassin to justify spending millions of taxpayer money on his luxurious new ballroom, while my neighbors are barely staying afloat. So, pardon my French.
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    Funny thing is they ran on states rights and they are now trying to usurp them BREAKING The White House just declared California VIOLATED Title IX for letting Trans girls play on girls' teams — and billions in school funding are on the line. The Trump administration formally concluded its...
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    Oregon has agreed to pay $295K to a transgender inmate housed in a men’s prison after allegations of abuse. The settlement comes as a response to the mistreatment and harsh conditions the inmate endured, shedding light on the challenges faced by transgender individuals in the prison system. This...
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    New Zealand is updating its blood donation rules to allow gay and bi men to donate, following research showing it can be done safely
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    HEADLINES: 2026

    mRNA vaccines have been in the works for years. When COVID hit it was just a matter of identifying the virus to tailor the vaccine to it. Only thing is, the vaccine did work.
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