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Posted by: thepinetree on 04/07/2021 11:02 AM Updated by: thepinetree on 04/07/2021 11:02 AM
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President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Key Roles in the Department of Interior, Department of Transportation, and Department of Veterans Affairs

Washinton, DC...Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Robert Anderson for Solicitor of the Department of Interior, Mohsin Syed for Assistant Secretary of Government Affairs, Department of Transportation, and Patricia Ross for Assistant Secretary of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs





Robert Anderson, Nominee for Solicitor of the Department of Interior

Robert Anderson is currently the Principal Deputy Solicitor for the U.S. Department of the Interior. For 20 years he was a law professor at the University of Washington and directed its Native American Law Center. He has been the Oneida Indian Nation Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School for the past twelve years. He is a co-author and editor of the leading federal Indian Law treatise, Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law, and is a co-author of a leading textbook on American Indian Law. He has extensive expertise and has published many articles in the fields of natural resources law, water law, and American Indian law. He grew up in the small town of Ely in northeastern Minnesota and is an enrolled member of the Bois Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Anderson attended local public schools and received his law degree from the University of Minnesota. He served as the Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs and Counselor to the Secretary under Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. He began his career as a staff attorney for the Native American Rights Fund, where he practiced law for twelve years. Anderson also served on the transition agency review teams for President-elect Obama and President-elect Biden.

Mohsin Syed, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Government Affairs, Department of Transportation

Mohsin Raza Syed currently serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Congressional Affairs at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Mohsin previously served for over six years on Capitol Hill, including as the Majority Chief Counsel for the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Minority Staff Director for the Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security within the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Legislative Counsel for Senator Bill Nelson. Prior to his work on Capitol Hill, Mohsin worked as a career Attorney-Advisor within DOT’s Office of the General Counsel, as an attorney in private practice, and as an intelligence officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency. Syed received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia. Syed currently resides in Arlington, VA with his wife and two sons.

Patricia Ross, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs

Patricia L. Ross is a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), where she has served since 2011. Over the past decade, Ross has led a broad domestic policy portfolio in both the Speaker’s Leadership and Congressional Offices, covering veterans’ affairs and military families, agriculture and nutrition, education and labor. She has spearheaded major bipartisan agreements in these arenas, including the COVID-19 response, CHOICE Act, MISSION Act, Forever GI Bill, Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, Deborah Sampson Act, Every Student Succeeds Act, 2014 and 2018 Farm Bills, and ending the Widows and Kiddie Tax. As Senior Policy Advisor, Ross has supported and helped coordinate multiple bipartisan traveling Congressional delegations, including the 75th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy and Battle of the Bulge, as well as staffed multiple State of the Union addresses, Inaugurations, and Joint Addresses to Congress by heads of state. Ross is the daughter, granddaughter and niece of Veterans and a native Ohioan. Ross is a graduate of The College of Wooster (Ohio) and currently lives in Washington, D.C. with her partner, also a Veteran, and two dogs.

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No Subject
Posted on: 2021-04-07 11:45:33   By: Anonymous
 
Oh me oh my,Biden is nominating key role personal. After a long conversation with “Barack Obama” his decision was made for him! At least Kamala has gone underground, exactly where Biden should be! We all are embarrassed having this guy be our president. Bernie Sanders would have made him make better decisions. You democrats have a lot to learn. All hope is lost..

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    Re:
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:43:05   By: Anonymous
     
    What has Biden done wrong?

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      Re:
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 17:18:09   By: Anonymous
       
      What has Biden done right?? Nothing!!

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        Re:
        Posted on: 2021-04-07 20:37:02   By: Anonymous
         
        Fuk trump

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    Re:
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 17:56:32   By: Anonymous
     
    VP Harris has hardly gone underground but is working on the immigrant crisis at the border. She was also home visiting Oakland yesterday speaking about jobs, small business and infrastructure. You really need to try to get your news from more than one source. I also wonder if she wasn't a woman would you call her by her first name as opposed to the office she holds? You're hillbilly misogyny is showing but what else can one expect from someone who supported Trump?

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      Re:
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 20:38:18   By: Anonymous
       
      ^^That person you refer to would still prefer Mike "the anus sucker" Pence to be VP. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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No Subject
Posted on: 2021-04-07 11:56:16   By: Anonymous
 
Most of this Biden Administration has turned into nothing but a joke.
Trying to get different news sources about how much money in this new Infrastructure bill is actually going to roads and bridges? Ted Cruz said 5% is going to New roads,highways, ports and bridges, so I kept looking. The most from a TWO TRILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY BILLION DOLLARS would actually go to Infrastructure? $650 BILLION DOLLARS. That's it. Just curious did anyone think it might be more, like how much of the covid-19 relief stimulus actually went to covid-19 related relief and it came to a grand total of 8.5 PERCENT.
If the Dems are going to raise our taxes at least come out and tell the truth for a change. Them raising taxes on corporations will 1) drive those corporations to other countries, AGAIN 2) The ones who stay will simply raise the cost of their products to who? Us, the ones Joe said he wouldn't.
Lose lose situation with the Greedy Dems at the helm.

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    Re:
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:07:57   By: Anonymous
     
    Can't agree my friend. Covid vaccine working cases trending down in most areas. Jobs increasing month by month. Stock market still on the rise. You must be getting tired of winning 😜😜

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      Re:
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:44:22   By: Anonymous
       
      Tired of winning? I was doing well with Trump as President, no lies there. Bidens decisions, stopping all oil drilling of Federal Land, stopping the Keystone pipeline will hit Americans soon enough in the pocketbook. China and Russia have never slapped America in the face, but now have no worries about the US under Biden. Biden has made some of the worst Foreign Policy decisions and now as our President and the way Putin and just recently in Alaska, Joe's people were humiliated by China, and China isn't worried about Biden. Under Trump, china used a great deal of caution, those days are over. Let's just hope the Dementia Patient who's probably also wearing Diapers doesn't drag us in a war.
      Biden raising taxes on corporations has usually had those corporations leave the US, trump knew that, like him or not ( yes, I thought he was embarrassing) but he knew how to raise American Manufacturing 28 % in 4 years. Lowest unemployment in 50 to 60 yrs, for all races.
      Many of Joe's decisions were to simply to reverse Trump's, and if you've read anything about our border, Joe and the Dems have completely botched it all. Did you know that now the Dems have decided to build some of that wall again? Trying to patch the holes where the Mexican Cartel is making ten's of millions a week just running immigrants here. The Mexican Cartel even used FB to advertise until it was brought to their attention.
      It's true, easily looked up.
      But just watch in 6 months a year, what bidens decisions right now will do to all of us.

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        Re:
        Posted on: 2021-04-07 20:39:28   By: Anonymous
         
        stfu you moron

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        Re:
        Posted on: 2021-04-08 11:49:51   By: Anonymous
         
        DON'T FORGET THE 500,000 CITIZENS DEAD DUE TO TRUMPS DENIAL OF THE PANDEMIC!

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      Re:
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 13:07:47   By: Anonymous
       
      Ah yes, the vaccines that Trump brought to the Entire World that the Dems and the media said would be impossible. Then Joe got a vaccine and even said that his administration made it. Not remembering that he got the vaccine in December, when he wasn't even in office, and the bobbleheads who elected the oldest, most frail, dementia Patient in the History of this country did not even disagree because most of them are not intelligent enough to know truth from fiction.
      Most of us know that Joe's chances of making it through 4 years in office are about as slim as Joe taking questions from the media without using color crayons circled around the WH press pictures and knowing what the questions already are. Or Joe not stuttering, losing his train of thought, hell 3 weeks ago he didn't even know the name of one of his Generals, what position he was promoted to and what branch of service. No wonder China and Russia are laughing at him. This just in, Iran is demanding 300 Billion Dollars from the Biden Admin. Just to start negotiations on giving THEM the green light for Nuclear Power/ weapons. Even Iran knows a fool when they seen Joe in his diapers.

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    Re:
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:27:59   By: Anonymous
     
    No one is rooting for trump! We are questioning your vote for Biden-Harris. Obviously over you head. Who really cares and what difference it makes is zero. Time can and will bite all you losers in the butt. Lay back, laugh and take a much needed nap! Just like your elected president.

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    Re:
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 19:25:04   By: Anonymous
     
    You idiots! The vaccine was here when Biden took office. Now, the Johnson and Johnson got to us after he was elected. He will talk about this for four years. Don’t need any news to tell us that! Your complete idiots.

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      Re:
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 20:40:30   By: Anonymous
       
      ^^^Imbecile.

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Finally
Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:05:04   By: Anonymous
 
Will be nice to see people in charge who are qualified. Need I list all the Trump-Humpers appointed merely because their family donated to Trump? Good riddance to that fat bastard. Many Are Getting Arrested.

As for taxes, Republicans always tank the economy and leave a mess for Dems to clean up. Tax breaks for the richest of the rich? I'm sure Trump paid his fair share on those returns he swore he'd release and never did.

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    Re: Finally
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:16:27   By: Anonymous
     
    Think you got her backwards son. Must not teach history in the school you went to. Oh that’s right you want to cancel history. Not learn from mistakes.

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      Re: Finally
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:37:51   By: Anonymous
       
      47 and 4 months of nothing. The biggest news CNN has is his dog Major is back at White House biting another staffer. Wind and rain stumbled Joey getting on Air Force 1 again. Oh and the pole smoking Donald (a the irony)Lemonhead wants to have children. Mean while the country is falling down fasting then Kamala underwear.

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        Re: Finally
        Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:45:05   By: Anonymous
         
        How is the country falling?

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      Re: Finally
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 12:57:07   By: Anonymous
       
      Like the school that taught you the earth is flat, the holocaust and moon landing never happened, Manson was framed, the Klan is full of democrats, and that you inbred trash are any better than gang and BLM trash?

      C'mon, scooter, you cannot think your stupidity is of lesser magnitude than that of the left trash.

      When will both parties disavow the their trash and form a party of common sense, science and respect for Patriotism without sounding like a radical islamic??

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        Differences
        Posted on: 2021-04-07 13:39:31   By: Anonymous
         
        There are 2 basic differences between Republicans and Democrats.
        Republicans- the party of the .001% evidenced by their only platform shown over and over- tax cuts for the rich, corporations. This trickle down fraud never helps the economy, only those who don't need the $, they are soaked with it already.
        Democrats- believe the government solves problems, their past history shows this- facts. They help the majority, such as the Covid vaccine program, badly managed by the sociopathic Republicans. Some even said- let the oldies die to keep the economy going. The Democrats clean up the Republican's economic mess- FDR reversed the the depression, as Hoover's ignoring it had no plan, the bush disaster, now trump's.
        Take morals, the Republicans take the cake-
        Republicans love to project their pedophilic tendencies/urges onto others.
        List Of Convicted Republican Pedophiles: Feel free to research these people independently.
        Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
        Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
        Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
        Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
        Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
        Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
        Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
        Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.
        Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.
        Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
        Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.
        Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.
        Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.
        Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.
        Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.
        Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.
        Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman* was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.
        Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.
        Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks* was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.
        Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.
        Republican preacher Stephen White*, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.
        Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.
        Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.
        Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.
        Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.
        Republican politician Andrew Buhr* was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.
        Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).
        Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.
        Republican County Councilman Keola Childs* pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.



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          Re: Differences are one party is overflowing our judicial system.
          Posted on: 2021-04-07 14:09:31   By: Anonymous
           
          Democrats want the people to be dependent on the Government.
          Republicans want the people to be dependent on themselves.
          That's why our jails and prisons are overwhelmingly filled with democrats, they have no idea how to stand on their own two feet and be independent, without resorting to crime.
          Regards

          An Ex-democrat and now an Independent

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            Re: Differences are one party is overflowing our judicial system.
            Posted on: 2021-04-07 14:19:05   By: Anonymous
             
            Indy, jackpot.

            But only educated folk are capable of independent thought.

            So the question becomes: how to form a party of insightful folk, and leave out the flag wavers and sycophants?

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    Re: Finally
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 14:25:52   By: Anonymous
     
    Yup now we have a VP who started her career by doing what to Willie Brown?
    Now we have a President who for 47 years accomplished....nothing. A Do Nothing Career Politician, who has about the worst foreign policy disasters then any politician in the house or senate. Who now is being disrespected by foreign head of states everywhere.
    A president law enforcement has no respect for. A president who had five deferments to get out of serving his country because of asthma that never bothered him in HS or college sports, but when it came to serving his country.... No wonder our military personnel has ZERO Respect for our Coward In Chief.
    We now have not only a coward as president, but an embarrassment of a leader, a frail confused liar that has no idea of his huge blunders he's already committed in such a short time in office he's scrambling now to build a wall on our border that he stopped because of his Bigotry and like everyone knew but him it seems, that having an open border would bring nothing but Crime and Terrorist into our country.
    Biden is nothing but a senile old idiot, and the idiots who question nothing, but just bobble their hollow head and agree with a senile, old, dementia patient. How fast a country can fall is now in session.

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      Re: Finally
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 20:42:09   By: Anonymous
       
      Fuk u, fuk trump.

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      Re: Finally
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 22:17:33   By: Anonymous
       
      And you dotards follow a morally deficient failed business man that grabs pu$$y.
      Would you rather have a son grow up to be like Biden or Trump?
      Pretty simple choice.

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2022 Olympics
Posted on: 2021-04-07 13:31:49   By: Anonymous
 
The Biden Administration has been discussing about Boycotting the Bejing China 2022 Olympics because of the Human Rights Violations committed by China. China just gave Biden a scolding and warning about even discussing this notion any further amongst ourselves or our Allies, and now Biden has coward saying, no no, we haven't even thought any such thing. Now you know why China isn't worried about Joe, because China owns Joe, owns Joes son the Dildo in his butt drug addict son, china owns bidens brother Jim, but don't worry, biden owns the FBI and the DOJ and most of us know that after the Fake Russian Collusion that both of them are just as corrupt as the biden family, the Clinton Family, Etc

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    Re: 2022 Olympics
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 13:54:40   By: Anonymous
     
    News Flash . Trump lost .Get over it .

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      Re: 2022 Olympics
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 13:56:46   By: Anonymous
       
      Trump was the worst president in history. Always lying to the American people. A con artist. Republican bull sh— on fox . Screaming idiots.

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        Re: 2022 Olympics
        Posted on: 2021-04-07 14:40:25   By: Anonymous
         
        The 2020 election was stolen. Why else are ds trying so hard to cover it up?

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          Stolen Elections Consequences
          Posted on: 2021-04-07 15:26:04   By: Anonymous
           
          The 2000 election was a SCOTUS coup, the votes were never officially counted, that was stopped by the SCOTUS.
          A year later after 3 recounts of all the ballots showed Gore won, all 3.
          bush was an illegitimate president. He nominated John Roberts as Chief Justice. His seat on the court was illegitimate.
          In the 2004 election there was a vote tabulation server switch from Oh to Ky, when Kerry was winning, an hour later , after the server switch, bush miraculously was ahead, forensics showed the switched totals were incorrect. bush did not "win"in 2004.
          The 2016 election was also a stolen election because of the inaccurate vote counts in Black precincts in Wi- Milwaukee, Mi- Detroit, Pa- So Ea Phila.
          The terminals did not record choices for president only , all other race choices were recorded . The margin of missing votes for president allowed trump the "win", the disenfranchised voters totals were more than the trump vote count "win" in those close margin states.
          trump's "win" was a fraud.
          The SCOTUS 3 nominees trump made are then all illegitimate.

          This is the consequence of stolen elections- an illegitimate conservative SCOTUS.

          Justice Roberts ruling that the civil rights law protecting the Black vote in many southern states, was rescinded, in a few days all southern states immediately had voter disenfranchisement laws enacted, which never would of been if the civil rights law had not been rescinded by the Conservative majority decision Roberts opinion stated that "racism is no more a consideration, as it does not now exist".
          How mistaken Roberts was , but in true Republican form, this was a plan to cement Republicans in many states due to refusing the vote of minorities, as the evidence shows.

          2000,2004, 2016, clearly were stolen elections.
          We now have a clear factual illegitimate SCOTUS, their rulings also are illegitimate.


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          Re: 2022 Olympics
          Posted on: 2021-04-08 11:55:36   By: Anonymous
           
          🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
          PLEASE REMOVE YOUR TIN FOIL HAT!
          Q🤣Q🤣Q🤣

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No Subject
Posted on: 2021-04-07 17:51:30   By: Anonymous
 
So awesome to have talented, experienced professionals in key government positions again - as opposed to family and big donors. Also people who represent the diversity that is America, not just old, rich, white guys.

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    Re:
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 18:13:16   By: Anonymous
     
    Profanity

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      Re:
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 20:43:33   By: Anonymous
       
      ^^^^^Your'e famile is in deep trouble with you.

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No Subject
Posted on: 2021-04-07 18:38:25   By: Anonymous
 
What day is it today Biden?? Ummmmm oh ummmm Yeah I have a card for that.........let me see......ummmmmm Who am I???? Oh yeah.......President Harris, I mean VP Harris will ummmmmm will visit the border ummm NEVER!!!!
BIGGEST JOKE OF A PRESIDENT EVER!!!!

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    Re:
    Posted on: 2021-04-07 18:48:29   By: Anonymous
     
    Profanity

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      Re:
      Posted on: 2021-04-07 20:44:16   By: Anonymous
       
      and I just fingered your wife.

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