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USAFRetired_Liberal

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February 8, 2021

Police unions

The only unions that I despise and the only unions that seem to get a free pass...and they are more like protection rackets than unions...speaking of which I just read about this guy who leads the NYC SBA union, I looked him up after reading a CNN story of him defending the cop who wore a trump patch on her uniform ...not only does he collect a tax payer funded salary of $133,000 as a cop (although he doesn’t perform any police duties), he also get another $82,000 as the union boss....he is also constantly on twitter criticizing the mayor and commissioner....hue is that even legal for a cop to public’s criticize his superiors like that and why he getting paid a police officer’s salary when he doesn’t actually work

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/nypd-sergeants-union-chief-appeared-on-fox-news-with-a-qanon-mug-2020-7%3famp

And here is his union Twitter account constantly being political

https://twitter.com/sbanypd/status/1358214759561183234?s=21

February 7, 2021

This super bowl even feels different now that Trump isn't President

Something as simple as hearing America the Beautiful and the National Anthem felt normal and didn’t feel like Trump’s songs

Edit - also, I felt like I was rooting for one team over the other due to politics...like the first year I was rooting for Atlanta because New England felt like Trump's team, last year it was KC because of Nick Bosa from the 49ers being a Trumper

February 7, 2021

This tweet about redistricting is spot on

The states that are losing seats (Cali, NY, Minnesota, New Jersey) the seats that are lost have to be the Republican districts ones to offset what Republicans are going to do in Florida and Texas....wouldn’t it be nice for McCarthy and Nunez have to battle each other in a primary because one of their districts went away

https://twitter.com/lumpyprole69/status/1354582368149852161?s=21

February 7, 2021

My Twitter says Christ follower and I have the American flag symbol

So now I can say the most despicable stuff, but remember I am untouchable because I love Jesus and American Democracy

February 6, 2021

I would love to get rid of gerrymandering and have independent commissions, BUT

The playing field has to be even....I just did a look on how how different states handle redistricting and Democrats are at a disadvantage...its because we want to play fair, but Republicans don’t...I will give you a few examples...in California where Democrats could have gerrymandered the hell out of their districts in favor of Democrats they have an independent commission, where as in Texas and Florida they don’t have a commission and Republicans are going to take advantage and make the maps very favorable for them....Now let’s take Virginia where the Democrats finally have taken control, the last two go arounds the Republicans were in control in Virginia during this time and they made the maps favorable to them, but now that Democrats are in control there is an independent commission, the Democrats could have shifted some of those seats, but No, we have play fair...Geez, I tell you we really suck at politics


Edit - so when the MSM says there is gerrymandering on both sides that’s a lie, maybe 50 years ago but not now

February 6, 2021

"The Party is his, it doesn't belong to no one else"

Marjorie Greene at her press conference saying that about Trump. There better be a political commercial being played with this soundbite in every purple to light red congressional district and competitive senate race in 2022.

February 5, 2021

"Why is Biden traveling to Delaware this weekend?"

Who was the idiot who asked this dumb question during the press conference? Then he tried to preface it by saying that the Administration has advise the American public against traveling so why is he....as if Biden is buying a Want to Getaway ticket from Southwest Airlines...

Edit - here is the full exchange

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1357754480780058626?s=21

February 5, 2021

Listening to Chris Cuomo on Sirius XM

He had a caller spewing the same old Republican talking points and Cuomo was going at him....but at the end of the call he had thanked the caller and said he was always welcome on his show....and that it’s good to have different points of views and that just because you have different points of view doesn’t make you bad.....NO! And that has been the problem with people like him, Chuck Todd and others in the MSM....they legitimize these people by having them come on their shows just spout lies and regurgitate talking points....that’s how Kaighley Mcmaney became a household name.....they treat politics as just a game with two opposing sides with different points of view and we end up with Trump and margorie Greene

Oh geez, now he is talking about how we can’t call these people racist

February 4, 2021

I know that your were expecting that $1400 stimulus, but

“ I know that your were expecting that $1400 stimulus, but Susan Collins was concerned that you are too rich..Oh no, you aren’t that rich where you got a tax break on the bill that she supported through reconciliation in 2017, you are too poor for that. But you aren’t poor poor....but here are some free face masks.”

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