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    11 hours ago

    Forested wetlands (aka swamps) are ecologically rich and diverse places. All that “drain the swamp” has done is turn them into Superfund sites.

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      The phrase is generally one I lump in with other mindless drivel that is repeated like a mantra and almost always racist- and conservative-coded. They are easy refrains and fit on a bumper sticker, but if you try to dig into them, they don’t make much sense at all. Examples:

      1. Thin the herd <- This one is a total WTF when someone says it. Mostly because it’s some of the same people that listen to Alex Jones, LOL.
      2. Tort reform
      3. Term limits
  • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    “We don’t need a deal with Iran,” Trump said in the post. “Those days have long since passed. We’ve got their money, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and we’ve got their Strait!”

    Well then…