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Mulberry Heel
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If it looks anything like Mar-a-Lago or his other personal properties I'm sure that it will be as gaudy and tasteless as hell.
Also
Trump to headline Kennedy Center fundraiser, with sponsorship as high as $2M
As president, Trump has overhauled the Kennedy Center's leadership.
Trump to headline Kennedy Center fundraiser, with sponsorship as high as $2M
President Trump is set to headline a fundraiser for the Kennedy Center next month, according to an invitation obtained by ABC News.abcnews.go.com
Also reports are that Trump is considering using his expected settlement with CBS over 60 Minutes reporting to fund his desired renovation of the Kennedy Center.
Mulberry Heel
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Earth-shattering?
I'm sure that whatever it is it won't be as extraordinary or awesome as right-wing media and his cult will make it out to be, and if it's a peace deal or treaty of some sort it will likely fall apart very quickly or, when you read the fine print, won't be such a good deal for the USA. Knowing Trump, it might be an announcement that his administration believes that UFOs are real and that aliens have been visiting the Earth for centuries.
ETA: After reading a post later in this thread I wonder if the "earth shattering" announcement will be that he's renaming another body of water via executive order.
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Earth-shattering?
earth shattering announcement ?
a positive development for this country ??
OMG !
Trump is going to resign as POTUS !!!!!!!!
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Biden gives interview to BBC
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“… Biden dropped out less than four months before the November election, and when pushed on whether he should have left sooner and allowed more time for a replacement to be chosen, he said: "I don't think it would have mattered. We left at a time when we had a good candidate."
"Things moved so quickly that it made it difficult to walk away. And it was a hard decision," he said. "I think it was the right decision. I think that… it was just a difficult decision."
Trump appeasing Putin with pressure on Ukraine, Biden tells BBC
Biden BBC interview: Trump appeasing Putin with pressure on Ukraine
In his first interview since leaving office, the 82-year-old criticises his successor's handling of the war and is challenged on his own record.
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“… Biden dropped out less than four months before the November election, and when pushed on whether he should have left sooner and allowed more time for a replacement to be chosen, he said: "I don't think it would have mattered. We left at a time when we had a good candidate."
"Things moved so quickly that it made it difficult to walk away. And it was a hard decision," he said. "I think it was the right decision. I think that… it was just a difficult decision."
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Again, we keep saying deportation when I'm pretty sure we actually mean extraordinary rendition.
Or, worse, everyone is required to stay an extra hour at the end of the work day for a pizza party because it’s “team building.”
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I am so tired of having to endure this garbage on a daily basis. And from an American president no less. It's shameful.
Imagine an interview with Trump’s opponent demonstrating her anti-Trump views. The corruption is staggering…
Wait, the idiot (convicted felon) that complains about election fraud wants to release someone convicted of tampering with an election?
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I wish every credible reporter would ask Trump at every press availability some version of, "Mr. President, do you ever get tired of whining about every single thing you experience in your role as the leader of this country?"
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My son does not use AI to write. He wants to learn and had a good teacher for most of his life. At college, he's taking a 300 level humanities course for his distribution requirement. Got an A+ with the professor saying his paper was the best in the class. Maybe everyone else is using chatGPT so that's why his is so good? Anyway, this will create an opening for people who are willing to work.
People say: why learn to write well, given that AI will be improving and maybe AI drafting is out future. I respond: we think in language. Learning how to write isn't only about the words you put on a page. It's how you organize them in your head. I always say, "if you can't explain it well, you don't understand it well."
When I set myself to be a better writer my last year of undergrad, I started understanding the world a lot better. I got smarter in virtually every way. Also, it can be surprising how little there is to remember when you understand the internal logic of what you're studying. I barely had to study contracts for the bar exam because mostly everything follows a tight internal logic. I had to study torts a lot more because either a) torts has no real internal logic; or b) I don't get it. Then I realized I could bomb the torts section if I aced the contracts one. OTOH, that choice was sort of forced upon me by my own procrastination. When one studies for the bar in basically three days, compromises need to be made.
People say: why learn to write well, given that AI will be improving and maybe AI drafting is out future. I respond: we think in language. Learning how to write isn't only about the words you put on a page. It's how you organize them in your head. I always say, "if you can't explain it well, you don't understand it well."
When I set myself to be a better writer my last year of undergrad, I started understanding the world a lot better. I got smarter in virtually every way. Also, it can be surprising how little there is to remember when you understand the internal logic of what you're studying. I barely had to study contracts for the bar exam because mostly everything follows a tight internal logic. I had to study torts a lot more because either a) torts has no real internal logic; or b) I don't get it. Then I realized I could bomb the torts section if I aced the contracts one. OTOH, that choice was sort of forced upon me by my own procrastination. When one studies for the bar in basically three days, compromises need to be made.
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