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Because we’re the regional hegemon.

Because they’re a client state with a ton of oil.

Because we need to avoid an energy crisis.

Because we started this stupid war.

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When it's all exposed hopefully it will be, quickly.

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But that’s been my point since the first term: it’s not being exposed by the FBI or DOJ.

Why is DataRepublican having to do this?

Why is fraud being exposed at the state level by teenagers getting driven around by their mom while being threatened?

Why are ICE officers attacked and nothing happens?

When people in power choose not to do something over a six year period while issues are apparent to anyone paying attention it’s hard not to start to believe they either don’t care or want it to occur.

Like does Trump think this gives him power to have the democrats doing crazy stuff or is the DOJ just so compromised that any investigations are squashed or the clock is run out?

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Hopefully these women are at least lifting and getting some protein in them.

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If they’d been lifting and eating right they wouldn’t be on GLP1 to begin with.

There are issues being found with bone density reductions related to these products where some young people are facing osteoporosis like outcomes as a result of sustained use, but it doesn’t look like the impact is consistent so they’re doing more trials to figure out why and who is most at risk.

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Observational data: Some large studies report a ~30% higher relative risk of osteoporosis diagnosis with GLP-1 use

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And it's all legal...it needs to either be amended or abolished.

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It is until violence occurs with a group that’s deemed a terrorist organization.

For example money is funding antifa.

If antifa is deemed a terrorist group anyone funding them can have their assets seized.

When paid protestors commit assault on a federal officer the organization that put them there along with the individuals who told them what to do are all part of a conspiracy that resulted in a felony.

Take down the funding networks, seize assets and show accountability for people involved and the actions of the left change overnight.

So… a conspiracy to commit domestic terrorism.

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The only place I see consistent attractive women these days seems to be either at the gym or at a special event of some kind. Grocery store, most restaurants, other "normal" places just seem to have absurd amount of porkies.

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It’s improving somewhat due to Ozempic but they’re still too lazy to work out so they get that weird Ozempic face and a skinnier body without any muscle tone.

But I live at the beach and pre Ozempic it had reached comical levels of fatness.

I took my children to a water park and felt like we were some other species because 80% of the parents were obese to morbidly obese and tatted up.

Only place you don’t see it are high end beaches like Alys/Seaside/Rosemary.

I’d bet the average woman at those three beaches are 30lbs lighter than the average woman in PCB or Destin.

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artists second

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I don’t even think anyone can defend the art.

These propagandists wouldn’t have gotten hired in Nazi Germany because they’re bad at propaganda. They’ve turned off Gen Z and younger millennials by becoming a meme and stereotype.

They’re just hacks who get hired based on their race or gender and willingness to churn out check box movies by activist boards that don’t care what the end product looks like.

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That’s exactly what it was, they didn’t do a “modern” story so they axed it

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When studios repeatedly purchase IP and refuse to make works that are true to the source material that don’t make money it’s impossible to conclude that their motives are pure.

Their activist boards self evidently care about the interjection of their political agenda over any other factors or they wouldn’t be doing what they’re doing.

They aren’t even woke capitalists, they’re intersectional political activists backed by hedge funds on the warpath to destroy existing American culture.

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Has the harvesting of ballots begun? Stuffed ballot boxes counted? It will be months before they find enough votes, but the Dems will win. It’s Cali.

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They usually wait until they know how many votes they need before they start dropping, but it’s California so they probably just do whatever because they know no one is going to stop them.

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This is still the same budget that leaves us with a 1.5 and 6.6 billion shortfall next 2 years, right? If yes, then no.

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Florida operates with a balanced budget and maintains substantial reserves. There is no current deficit.

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Reserves total $14.6–15.7 billion (including the Budget Stabilization Fund/“Rainy Day Fund” at ~$4.9 billion, unallocated General Revenue, and other funds).

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State government debt: Around $15.4 billion total, or roughly $681 per resident.

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ranks among the lowest (often 47th–50th) in per capita state debt.

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Tax-supported debt has been actively paid down (goal of 50% reduction by FY 2027-28; already ~48.7% by end of FY 2025-26).

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The state of FL is by far the best run in the entire nation from a fiscal standpoint.

-There are surpluses nearly every year
-debt per capita is at the lowest levels for any major state
-50% of state debt is projected to have been paid off by end of FY 25-26
-$16B in reserves

The shortfalls you reference are only if a few current items aren’t adjusted some of which are related to paying down that debt.

You're letting your political hangups blind you to objective reality.

You’re seriously arguing that a state that increased its revenue $18B (34%) in 5 years can’t eliminate some of its property taxes with the right plan?

Now they need to ensure that the tax revenues that increased find their way back to the counties that are losing revenue to ensure they aren’t adversely impacted, but that’s a measure of the quality of the plan not the mathematical possibility of it occurring.