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The 'Israeli' occupation forces have established a new advanced position inside Syrian territory, the tenth such position since the fall of Al-Assad. english.alahednews.news/fastne…

The ’Israeli’ occupation forces have established a new advan...

Alahednews - Fastnews - The ’Israeli’ occupation forces have established a new advanced position inside Syrian territory, the tenth such position since the fall of ...
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Stop the world, I want to get off!!!!

I log in to Verizon to pay my bill. then there is additional authentication since my log-in is not good enough. All this to protect me from someone else paying my bill.

I log in to EFTPS to pay payroll taxes. There is a second authentication since my log-in is not good enough. All this to protect me from someone else paying my taxes.

But I can be brought to the US, given money, cel phone, healthcare, food, etc.

People fight for illegals.

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#Trump's Big Ugly Bill is a #deal with the devil. It hikes up #taxes on #people making less than $50,000 while cutting #Medicaid and #SNAP benefits to give #ElonMusk and #greedy #billionaires a huge #tax break. You do the #math. Is that worth it to you?

#video #usa #america #fascism #capitalism #extortion #exploitation #classwar #ausgov #politas

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“Ain’t Nobody Helping Me.” More Calls For Reforms To Massachusetts Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law

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#Massachusetts #Wrongful #Conviction #Compensation


“Ain’t Nobody Helping Me.” More Calls For Reforms To Massachusetts Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law - HorizonMass

Legal advocates have said the Massachusetts system for compensating victims of wrongful convictions is unfair. Here's their plan to fix it.
ANDREW QUEMERE (HorizonMass)

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They lost the war - but made billions. This doc uncovers how U.S. defense contractors turned global conflict, from #Afghanistan to #Gaza, into a profit machine.

Investigative journalist Abby Martin helps break down this story.
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#WarProfiteers #USMilitary #DefenseContractors
#imperialism #warmongers #industrialmilitarycomplex #capitalism #USA


We Give You Aid, You Buy U.S. Bombs

They lost the war - but made billions. This doc uncovers how U.S. defense contractors turned global conflict, from Afghanistan to Gaza, into a profit machine...
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If you sell the house at the assessed sales value a certain number of years after the assessment

If ( 100 / X ) years you will have broken even

After ( 100 / X ) years you will have actually lost money

If you sell before ( 100 / X ) years you will have gained money

This maybe off by 1 year depending on how taxation is timed

This does not account for multiple assessments

You will be homeless if it is your only house and you sell it to fund your retirement wuthout buying a new house

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Nano-engineered thermoelectrics enable scalable, compressor-free cooling

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Nano-engineered Thermoelectrics Enable Scalable, Compressor-Free Cooling

Researchers at Johns Hopkins APL, in collaboration with Samsung Research, have unveiled a breakthrough in solid-state cooling technology, doubling the efficiency of today’s commercial systems.
Katie Kerrigan (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)

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#Military leaders aghast as #Meta’s #Zuckerberg crashes #classified #OvalOffice #meeting
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Military leaders aghast as Meta founder Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting on fighter jets: report

Facebook mogul’s sudden appearance is increasingly typical of freewheeling West Wing during Donald Trump’s second term, which president has reportedly nicknamed ‘Grand Central Terminal’
Andrew Feinberg (The Independent)

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#France - L'entrisme sioniste = pas de vagues dans le #médiavers
Imagine si ça avait été des musulmans.....

#Orpi porte plainte après avoir reçu des menaces de mort
Le directeur général de la chaîne d’agences immobilières dit avoir été la cible de messages haineux depuis le licenciement, vendredi, de deux de ses collaborateurs qui avaient insulté l’eurodéputée insoumise.
Le directeur général d’Orpi a reçu des insultes et des menaces de mort sur les réseaux sociaux, tels que : « Tu te couches devant une militante du Hamas pour faire ta com, (…) tu n’as pas de c… je te souhaite de couler petit pauvre », « une de vos agences incendiées… parce que vous préférez lécher les bottes d’islamistes, vous ne serez pas épargné. »
Dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, une agence du groupe a en effet été incendiée dans le XXIIe arrondissement Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône). Une enquête a été ouverte pour « incendie volontaire »


L'agence n'a pas brûlé du tout, c'était une toute petite tentative foirée...

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#Russia Declares Full Control Over #Lugansk
End of 11-Year Struggle

On June 30, 2025, Russia declared complete control over the Lugansk People’s Republic, finalizing the reunification of the region with the Russian Federation. The announcement by #LPR head Leonid Pasechnik closes an eleven-year chapter marked by uprising, and armed conflict.

From 2014’s Maidan nazi coup, Lugansk has been at the heart of the conflict.
That ends here.

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#KirstieAllsopp is so #bourgeois she was 'shocked' to see an empty Tube carriage at 9:20am and tried to make a point about #people not going to #work when they should be...
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Kirstie Allsopp was shocked to find no-one else in her Tube carriage and ended up magnificently owned into next week

Kirstie Allsopp took time out from searching Rightmove and all the other stuff she does to share her dismay at the particular vista she encountered on the London Underground this week. The Location, Location, Location presenter got on the Tube at 9.
Poke Reporter (The Poke)

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What was the role of Americans on the ethnic cleansing of #Palestinians before 7th of October?

"What’s a guy from Virginia doing building a fence outside a Palestinian family’s house?

In exclusive footage obtained by AJ+, a group of Americans were filmed installing wiring and a fence around the land just outside the Salem family home in occupied East Jerusalem.

The incident happened just days after the family was served an eviction notice by settlers who are linked to U.S. charities.

In this report, we explore how the effort to displace the Salems has been decades in the making."

youtube.com/watch?v=kbPnF8Hvj0…

#USA #colonialism #ColonialViolence #zionazis #Jerusalem #AlQuds #JerusalemIsPalestine #Palestine #FreePalestine #ethniccleansing


Americans in Jerusalem Are Helping Kick Out Palestinians

What’s a guy from Virginia doing building a fence outside a Palestinian family’s house?In exclusive footage obtained by AJ+, a group of Americans were filmed...
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Make no mistake about it, the American Revolution was a war of independence from the International Jewish Banksters who dominated the Crown, even if the Founding Fathers were completely unaware of that fact.

We're given a history wherein the war hinges on a tax on tea and the resultant Boston Tea Party, but what is never mentioned is that the British Empire only declared war on the colonies after . . . stormfront.org/forum/blogs/u15…

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I need some guidance.

I'm not sure I'll get too many more opportunities to travel with my boys, so even though it won’t be easy, I am trying to plan a vacation.
We are going to be driving, so I'd like recommendations for hotels and restaurants in a few different locations:

Charleston, Tampa, Marco Island (food recs only), and Fayetteville
It will only be one night in each destination.
TIA for your help.
Please boost for a wider audience.

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Trump Tightens US Blockade on Cuba, Bans US Tourism orinocotribune.com/trump-tight…

Trump Tightens US Blockade on Cuba, Bans US Tourism

US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum reinforcing the US blockade on Cuba and banning all US tourism to the island. The move targets Cuba’s economy and aims to isolate the Cuban government.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say, if you're applying to work somewhere, and you see motivational posters or messages around, think twice about working there unless you have to. At least park it in your memory, that the work here is probably not motivating, hence the need for the signs and sayings. Just a thought. I could be wrong, it's happened before.

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Here I am the wet blanket.

July 4th was NOT the founding of the United States.

July 4th was the secession of the States of America from Great Britain.

It was NOT about taxes. It was about local control and local authority to impose taxes.

It ushered in a War. The war ended with thirteen individual peace treaties with the 13 States.

We were NOT a united body at that time any more than we are today.

Celebrate the ability to seceede from those organizations that abuse you.

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dobó istván

… Where?

The scan of the original treaty is here.

s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstora…

It’s one treaty, and specifically mentions the United States again and again.

There is one section where it enumerates it recognition of each state as free and independent, but the overwhelming majority of the treaty which sets up borders, fishing rights, etc is all “the United States”.

I’m not trying to be a dick, but what you’d describing sounds like National Treasure 4.

Nevertheless: fuck Lincoln.

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Arthur_500

@istvan

Unted States' ,notice the apostophe, free, sovereign and idependent States

This treaty and the separate peace treaties between Great Britain and the nations that supported the American cause, including France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic are known collectively as the Peace of Paris.[3][4] Only Article 1 of the treaty, which acknowledges the United States' existence as free, sovereign, and independent states, remains in force.[5]

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Devlet sustuğunda, katiller konuşur…
Mahmut Uzun

2 Temmuz 1993. Sivas’ta bir otel yakıldı. İçinde insanlar vardı. Aydınlar, sanatçılar, ozanlar, çocuklar…
Canlı canlı yakıldılar. Dışarıda toplanan binlerce kişi “yakın, yakın!” diye bağırıyorlardı. İçeridekiler ise insanlıktan medet umuyordu.
Gelmedi...

Bu bir halk isyanı değildi. Bu bir linçti. Bir katliamdı. Devletin gözetiminde, devletin bilgisiyle, devletin gölgesinde yaşandı. Herkes izledi. Herkesin izlediğini tarih kaydetti.

Ve sonra ne mi oldu?

Tansu Çiller çıktı, “Çok şükür otel dışındaki halkımıza bir zarar gelmedi” dedi.
Yani içerde yananları “halk”tan saymadı. Onları bu milletin parçası olarak görmedi.
Bu, yalnızca bir cümle değil, bir zihniyetti.

Süleyman Demirel ise “Olay münferittir. Halkla güvenlik güçleri çatışmamıştır”
dedi.
Sanki bir tesadüfmüş gibi, sanki binlerce kişi bir anda “aniden” galeyana gelmiş gibi…
Sanki öncesi yokmuş, yıllarca biriken nefret yokmuş, devletin ideolojik mühendisliği hiç yokmuş gibi…

Erdal İnönü ise sorumluluğu başkalarına devretmeye çalıştı: “Benim kadar onlar da sorumlu.”
Hayır! Siz hepiniz sorumluydunuz! Çünkü o gün orada susan herkes, yanındakinin çığlığını bastırdı.

Fehmi Koru, Aziz Nesin’i suçladı.
Mehmet Gazioğlu, inançlara hakaret ettiğini iddia etti.
Yani bu insanlar, “Aziz Nesin vardı, o yüzden insanlar yakıldı” diyebildi.
Faili suçlamak yerine, mağdura yöneldiler.
Tarihin en alçak diliyle konuştular.

Bu sözler rastgele değildir. Bunlar bir zihniyetin, bir devlet aklının, bir cezasızlık geleneğinin göstergesidir.
O gün orada yakılan yalnızca insanlar değildi. O gün insanlık da yandı. Vicdan da, adalet de, hakikat de…

Bugün hâlâ Madımak Oteli bir utanç müzesi
değilse…
Hâlâ faillerin bazıları korunduysa, bazıları serbest kaldıysa…
Hâlâ devlet yetkilileri o gün söylediklerini düzeltme gereği duymadıysa…

Bu, bir devam halidir. Sivas katliamı geçmişte kalmadı. Sivas sürüyor.
Ve o gün “yakın” diye bağıranlar bugün başka meydanlarda, başka isimlerle, başka sloganlarla hâlâ aramızdalar…

Ama artık yeter.
Çünkü devlet sustuğunda, katiller konuşur.
Ve biz sustukça, tarih yanmaya devam eder.

Mahmut Uzun
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Mahmut Uzun on Instagram: "Devlet sustuğunda, katiller konuşur… Mahmut Uzun 2 Temmuz 1993. Sivas’ta bir otel yakıldı. İçinde insanlar vardı. Aydınlar, sanatçılar, ozanlar, çocuklar… Canlı canlı yakıldılar. Dışarıda toplanan binlerce kişi “yakın, yakın!”

9 likes, 0 comments - muzun58 on July 2, 2025: "Devlet sustuğunda, katiller konuşur… Mahmut Uzun 2 Temmuz 1993. Sivas’ta bir otel yakıldı. İçinde insanlar vardı. Aydınlar, sanatçılar, ozanlar, çocuklar… Canlı canlı yakıldılar.
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🔖 Title: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mississippi Masterpiece Lists for $2.5 Million
🗓️ Published: 2025-07-03T19:02:14+03:00
📄 Summary: The rare Usonian home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Mississippi has been listed for $2.5 million. This architectural gem stands out as one of only four Wright designs in the state and holds the distinction of being the sole Wright property on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi. A true treasure for enthusiasts of modernist architecture and Wright’s lasting legacy.
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💓 #FrankLloydWright #UsonianHomes #ArchitecturalHeritage

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A Hebrew University poll shows that roughly 82% of Jewish Israelis agree with the genocidal idea that there are “no innocents in Gaza.”

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#Palestine #Israel #Gaza
@palestine @israel


Poll: Overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis share genocidal belief there are ‘no innocent people in

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Turns out bunker busters work better than $150 billion cash on pallets.
The total cost of the recent U.S. bombing campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear sites is estimated to be around $500 million, reflecting a complex and costly military operation. This figure includes the deployment of seven B-2 stealth bombers, each valued at approximately $2.1 billion, which delivered at least 14 Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-buster bombs costing $15-20 million apiece. Additionally, about 30 Tomahawk missiles, each costing around $2 million, were launched. The operational costs—including fuel, maintenance, aerial refueling, support aircraft such as F-22s, F-35s, AWACS, electronic warfare platforms, and personnel—added tens of millions more, with total mission expenses likely exceeding half a billion dollars. Over 125 aircraft participated in the mission, underscoring the extensive logistical and financial investment involved[1][2][3][5][6][8].

Beyond the direct military expenditures, the strikes have also contributed to broader economic impacts, including increased volatility in global oil prices and inflation concerns due to fears of disruption in Iranian oil exports and potential retaliatory actions. These indirect costs, while harder to quantify, amplify the overall financial and geopolitical consequences of the bombing campaign[2][5][7].

In sum, the U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities represent a significant financial outlay in both direct military spending and wider economic ramifications, with the immediate operational costs alone estimated at around $500 million.

[1] timesofisrael.com/cost-of-dama…
[2] aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/24/h…
[3] foxbusiness.com/politics/ameri…
[4] cnn.com/world/live-news/israel…
[5] usatoday.com/story/news/world/…
[6] cnn.com/2025/06/21/middleeast/…
[7] nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/poli…
[8] aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/23/u…

To understand **how many water systems and power plants could have been built for \$500 million**, we can estimate based on average construction costs of these infrastructures. Below is a rough breakdown using typical U.S. figures (note: actual costs vary significantly by location, scale, and technology):

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### 💧 **Water Systems**

**Average cost to build a new municipal water system** (small to mid-sized community):

* **\$5 million to \$15 million**
(Includes treatment facilities, distribution pipelines, pumps, etc.)

#### 🔹 Conservative estimate:

* **\$10 million per water system**
➤ **\$500 million ÷ \$10 million = 50 water systems**

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### ⚡ **Power Plants**

There are various types of power plants. Here are a few types with rough average costs:

#### 🟢 **Small Solar Power Plant (\~10 MW):**

* **\~\$15 million**
➤ **\$500 million ÷ \$15 million = \~33 solar plants**
(Can power \~2,000 homes each)

#### 🔵 **Small Natural Gas Plant (\~100 MW):**

* **\~\$100 million**
➤ **\$500 million ÷ \$100 million = 5 plants**
(Can power \~75,000–100,000 homes each)

#### 🟠 **Small Modular Nuclear Reactor (SMR):**

* **\~\$300 million to \$500 million**
➤ **Could build 1 to 2 SMRs**

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### Combined Estimate

| Type | Average Cost | How Many for \$500M |
| ----------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------- |
| Small municipal water system | \$10M | 50 |
| Solar power plant (10 MW) | \$15M | 33 |
| Natural gas plant (100 MW) | \$100M | 5 |
| Small modular nuclear reactor | \$400M | 1–2 |

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### 🧾 Summary

For the **same \$500 million**, instead of being spent elsewhere (e.g., military aid, overseas projects), **the U.S. could build:**

* **50 municipal water systems**, or
* **33 small solar power plants**, or
* **5 small natural gas plants**, or
* **1–2 small modular nuclear reactors**

This kind of investment could power hundreds of thousands of homes or deliver clean water to entire regions in need.

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30,000-pound bunker busters used for first time in Iran nuclear facility strikes

"Operation Midnight Hammer," the U.S. strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities, used more than a dozen 30,000-pound "bunker busters."
Cybele Mayes-Osterman (USA TODAY)

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Experts reveal how the PREP Act granting liability protection to vaccine makers is a “License to Kill” – NaturalNews.com

Sasha Latypova criticizes the PREP Act, which grants pharmaceutical companies complete legal immunity for mRNA vaccines, allowing them to avoid liability for injuries or deaths, effectively giving them a “license to kill.
NaturalNews.com

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Crypto industry pushing Canada to follow U.S. lead in embracing stablecoins

Cryptocurrency: Industry pushes Canada to embrace stablecoins

As the U.S. government takes big steps to usher cryptocurrency into mainstream finance, one of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges is urging the Canadian government to match and exceed those efforts, even as concerns mount.
The Canadian Press (BNN Bloomberg)
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doylio

CBDCs would grant immense power to the state. They would know every purchase you make and have the ability to block specific transactions or even freeze your account fully. It's an authoritarian's dream.

Stablecoins have drawbacks too, and the state could exercise control over them somewhat. But blockchains have more property rights and privacy (although not total privacy) built into it by default. It would be much more difficult for a state to overcome those hurdles.

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GreyPilgrim

No crypto. Bitcoin only. No ones in charge of it and all the companies are going to want it when they realize it’s perfect capital; they’re already buying as much as they can.

bitcointreasuries.net/
See for yourself how much they are picking up without anyone working realizes.

Most of the wealth on earth is owned by individuals. When Bitcoin flips the wealth transfers to companies. I don’t know what that really means for the good of humanity but there’s an itchy feeling.

Buy some not none.


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Track Bitcoin holdings of public companies, governments, and institutions. Live data on corporate BTC treasuries with real-time valuations.
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📢 Israel is responsible for "one of the cruelest genocides in modern history," 🔵 UN special rapporteur Albanese said on Thursday, accusing Tel Aviv of weaponizing #gaza as a testing ground and calling for sweeping international action, including a full international arms embargo

📌 Albanese names 48 corporate actors, including arms manufacturers, banks, tech companies, academic institutions, directly linked to broader 'economy of occupation'

#palestine

📰 Anadolu

aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/un-ra…


UN rapporteur accuses Israel of 'one of cruelest genocides' in modern history; urges arms embargo, global disengagement

Francesca Albanese says Gaza has become laboratory for Israeli weapons, calling on states to suspend all trade, investment with Israel - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr

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Here's a thought for cis men who, when women tell you to stop performing toxic masculinity because it is harming you, say "but do you have any idea what that would cost me socially? Men and women both constantly demand that I perform their idea of masculinity."

Women who have refused to perform the requirements of femininity absolutely know what it can cost, and we are telling you, it is better to accept that price than continuing living in a system that destroys you.

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Artemis

If we refuse to have babies, people lose their minds. If we refuse to be nice and sweet, people scold us. If we refuse to dress in ways that are socially acceptable for feminine women (whether by being too masculine or too "provocative") that opens us up to assault & transphobic violence (funny how those bathroom bills make it dangerous for any woman to go out in public without looking sufficiently feminine).

We know.

So don't tell me that you can't refuse to perform masculinity.

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EvolLove

Sadly this is how government is designed. It is impossible to get any work done without stepping anyone on the toes.

Thus U will either do as little as possible and stay for a total of 8 or 10 years in power, depending on nation.

Or U will upset people and be replaced at the next election and all the work U started will be cancelled.

This is how Democracy was always supposed to function.

That a population of morons would be able to elect by voting a genius leader is a joke.

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Arthur_500

@EvolLove

However, the answer is clear.

We live in a republic, not a democracy.

We have a federal constitution that is limited. All not listed in the constitution is the purview of the States.

Since 90% of the federal budget is unconstitutional, it should be scrapped. There would be no ability to 'promise' anything since it is unconstitutional.

Real leadership means the ability to follow the constitution

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EvolLove

I wasn't addressing USA specifically but the state of the western world.

I don't think that real leadership can be reduced to following the constitution.

Since That has yet to manifest. That might be a nice idea but it ain't happening.

Instead U have constant elections and propaganda. Perhaps U are a republic in name only and in every other aspect it's just Jewry?

That said, the electoral voting system, at least U have that instead of the popular vote. Rejoice :pepe_dream:

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When will landlords and speculators answer for their role in the housing and affordability crisis?

When will landlords and speculators answer for their role in the housing and affordability crisis?

When will landlords and speculators answer for their role in the housing and affordability crisis in Montreal and elsewhere?
Matthew Renfrew (Cult MTL)
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