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I wish someone would do an estimate of what Trump has cost taxpayers, with his frivilous laawsuits and not so frivilous lawsuits against him; additional security measures including manpower relating to elections because of his false claims of fraud; and security relating to the well being of judges, and congressional leaders and their families and others due to his threats against them; damages to the Capitol building after Jan. 6; and more, much more. For people who hate taxes, they sure like to use tax payer money.

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"His refusal to sign the documents allows him to circumvent fund-raising rules that put limits on private contributions to the transition effort, as well as ethics rules meant to avoid possible conflicts of interest for the incoming administration"

Following assiduously tRump's 2016 playbook, where grifting and back-handers were fully in play, up to and including his inauguration...it's the tRump way, ffs!

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Thanks for the link to Monica Hesse's review - it's just perfect and it's all we need to know about 'Melania'.

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Woodward is an arrogant prick. There's no good reason for keeping these damning revelations secret for so long. What he has he used to have.

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Totally agree. Woodward was fortunate to have a good partner in Bernstein to write about Watergate and everything since then has been self-serving. He's gotten worse over the years, in his writing, holding info and especially in interviews.

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"Ryan Walters (barely) revises proposal to spend taxpayer money on Trump Bibles"

https://open.substack.com/pub/friendlyatheist/p/ryan-walters-barely-revises-proposal

A much better analysis of the Oklahoma Trump Bible story.

And now it's known that the Trump Bible was printed in China for about $3 each, selling for almost $60. He continues to fleece his herd.

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If what Woodward states

about Trump/Putin phone

calls is true, I think Woodward

had a responsibility to report

this. I've been seeing reads

it's a violation of the Logan

Act. I just think it's

disgraceful of Woodward to

withhold this type of

information, again.

Melania - The Silent Wife 😉

I wonder if DeSantis is

prepared $ for what's going

to be left of a lot of his state,

to not accept any calls from

Biden & Harris offering help.

As for the people of Florida,

stay safe and best of luck.

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What’s going on in Georgia and elsewhere is just one symptom of a potential Trumpist post-election electoral coup that could be engineered through a “contingent election” AFTER Election Day. See the article linked to below which contains a Rachel Maddow video clip on the subject, and know what you’re doing when you vote. Americans need to understand the importance of voting a COMPLETE ballot and for knowing which lower level offices will be crucial to what happens in the post-election process. A vote at the top of the ticket is not enough. This applies especially to independents and Republican cross-over voters: if you split your ticket, know and vote strategically for these offices. Share the article so that the 30% of voters who normally don’t vote a complete ballot will understand the importance of doing so.

https://crisafulli.substack.com/p/vote-blue-down-ballot-or-house-may-elect-trump

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