Thom Parker
@tapthomparker
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Southpaw, autograph collector, James Madison Fellow 1995 MI, retired teacher, avid non-fiction reader, skier, history nerd, Notre Dame fan, feelin' the zeel!
Joined December 2013
So having a stable trading relationship with our peaceful, democratic neighbor, with whom we share a 4000-mile border, has national-security implications? Trump slams Canada with tariffs. Canada diversifies exports of aluminum. Trump starts war. Needs aluminum. Genius.
So Trump puts a tariff on Canadian aluminum... Which leads to Canada selling most of it to Europe instead... Trump instead imports it from his dictator buddies in the Gulf, and now that's cut off... And now there's nothing left to buy from Canada lol
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Putting the current leaderās name and image on everything is an authoritarian move, designed to make them seem more present, more powerful, more invincible than they are. It is a betrayal of American democracy, where power belongs to the people. https://t.co/Z1svV66LP4
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Since the start of his second term, there have been more than a dozen instances of his name, image or signature emblazoned on a variety of American initiatives and institutions.
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Bree Moeggenberg, chair of Moms for Liberty Isabella county and the weirdo who dresses like Wonder Woman at the state board of Ed meetings had a very public affair with Jenniferās husband, the 2nd Congressional District State Chair for the Michigan Republican Party. Family values
MEET YOUR REPUBLICAN NOMINEES FOR THE MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Bree Moeggenberg, a Mt. Pleasant resident, is a mother of three and longtime advocate for children and families. For nearly two decades, she has worked as a licensed childcare provider and small business
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At Newburgh in 1783, Washington walked into a room of soldiers who wanted to march on Congress and install him as a constitutional monarch. He reached into his pocket for his eyeglasses ā the calculated theater of a man who understood exactly what the moment required ā and said
Donald Trump was everything Washington feared and despised could happen to the American presidency. https://t.co/vEzygf594Z
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These lies are just so easy to call out. Vince Lombardi died in 1970. Started getting seriously sick in 1967. Early 20ās Donald Trump wasnāt hanging with Vince and swapping play designs. Itās just yet another needless lie. If this man lies about knowing people he clearly
Trump: "I find that people that win, it's much easier to lead when you're successful. Vince Lombardi was a very tough person. He was a violent guy, actually. I knew him. But he won and he got away with things because he won."
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250 years ago, we fought a war to get a Kingās name off our laws. Now weāve got a President trying to Sharpie his name onto our currency and brand the government like a hotel chain. We didnāt trade a crown for a gold-plated ego. This is a Republic, not a franchise.
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šØ Do you understand what the President of the United States just said? while Iran is bombing Israel.. while the stock market bleeds from his own tariffs.. while Americans watch their 401Ks disappear.. Trump walked onto a stage in Miami and said he deliberately surrounds
Trump: I hang out with losers because it makes be feel better. I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success.
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Elissa Slotkin: We are going to have to grapple with the unbelievable corruption that is coming out of this administration. His kids alone have earned $1 billion since he became president. A lot of my peers do whatever the president tells them to do. They've ceded power as a
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LT. GEN. WHITNEY: The biggest thing weāve seen coming out of Ukraine is the rapid pace of innovation and how quickly they turn new concepts into reality. They fly things, test them, then iterate and constantly improve them. Their level of innovation is "out of this world".
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Ukraine was invaded by Russia. The US was not invaded by Iran. I hope this helps @marcorubio
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Trump burned through 25% of our Tomahawk inventory and spiked gas prices while giving Iran a whole new funding stream by turning the Strait of Hormuz into a toll plaza and killed off their nation's 86 year old leader only to replaced by his 56 year old son. ART OF THE DEAL BABYš¤”
Yikes. The US has burned through ~850 Tomahawks in 4 weeks. That's roughly a quarter of the inventory. At ~600 produced/year, that's ~1.5 years of production gone in a month. Hard to see what long-term political goal this buys. https://t.co/AxdU3zLYYW
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I want to flag something that may have flown under the radar, but shouldn't. In December 2025, President Trump and @SecVetAffairs Doug Collins moved to ban access to abortion care at the VA, even in cases of rape, incest, or when the health of the mother is at risk. Earlier this
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Democrats argued the measure ā always unlikely to pass ā would force Republicans to go on the record opposing abortion in dire circumstances for veterans.
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I used to give lectures where I'd explain to undergrads what it was like to grow up in the 70s, and how grateful they should be that they don't know what "Stagflation" means. Guess everyone's gonna find out again that hot stoves are hot.
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Our president āloves the poorly educatedā, said āsmart people donāt like himā, and admits he āhates successful peopleā and would rather āhang out with losersā. Makes you worry about his hiring practices and inner circle doesnāt it?
Trump: I hang out with losers because it makes be feel better. I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success.
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NATO members are obliged to support one another if attacked, not to join wars of choice. That stipulation was made at the demand of the US, which also insisted that the commitment be territorially limited. āThe treaty does not cover the entire world,ā said Dean Acheson. āIt
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The chart is based on FEMAās own data. It shows the Trump administration approved 23% of disaster requests from Dem-led states (defined as gov + 2 Dem senators) vs. 89% for Rep-led states. āā¦one nation, under Godā¦ā Until it comes to helping Americans in a disaster.
I know it's boring and repetitive to talk about how grossly evil Trump is, but the fact remains: Trump is grossly evil, in a way that's pretty much unprecedented in this country.
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Donald Trump has the slowest GDP growth of any President in the last 100 years. The top three are Democrats. 6 out of the bottom 8 are Republicans. But yeah, Republicans are good for the economy!
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