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Fabulous article Ruth! Not all GOP members are a venal coterie of mendacious, ignominious chodes. Most are simply unctuous derps, looking for a big payoff, coupled with the power and favor of holding political office!

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And you misspelled "drivel."

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Wow, your intellectual elitism can’t be any more glaring! No mention of the Left- Wing cancel culture, violence against and threats (by elected officials) against any conservatives! Even the ‘president’ promoting out and out lies! Over 1000 police injured in the summer of Love! 2 billion in damages, all supported by the peaceful Left! The collusion of the Media, which continues to hide the corruption and failed policies of this administration. Have you written an essay about the Russia Collusion story, planted by the DNC, to bring down Trump?????

The entire article is nothing but dribble!

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Dribble, you say, huh… do you understand the role Mike, Charles and Joe Flynn played in the Jan 6th insurrection, or were you busy watching basketball?

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I don’t watch basketball! Tell me why Nancy Peloci denied extra security on Jan 6 ???? Or why there is video of guards letting people into the Capitol??? Or why no Republicans were on the committee???

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Give me the sources for your statistics about police injuries.What lies are you referring to regarding Biden? You claim collusion with the media ? Proof would be nice instead of a partisan rant you are echoing from right wing propaganda.Talk about dribble!

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Have you heard about Twitter? Censoring conservatives! Police data easy to find, go look! I was on numerous chat sites, and you were immediately suspended if - vaccine, Trump, mandates, ivermectin, riots, voting, the border, etc were mentioned in a post.

Biden the great unifier- all he has said for 3 years is MAGA conservative will end Democracy. Dribble! I’ve never had a meaningful debate with a liberal.

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Vote, get your friends to Vote, tell everyone to vote, offer car rides. We must, MUST get rid of this sanctimonious, petty, little dictator-wanna-be!

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Does this publication cover any left-wing authoritarianism like vaccine and mask mandates as well as school closures? If not you have no credibility.

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Public Health Safety is a duty of all elected officials.If you have an ongoing pandemic killing thousands of Americans you try as a normal leader to save lives. I didn’t think I needed to explain that to someone.I guess you would conclude polio vaccines in public schools was a bad thing in the 1950’s.Polio is only making a resurgence with the nonvaxer crowd.Gee thanks!

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Public health has risk-reward trade-offs. Blue state governors killed thousands in elderly homes and kept their schools closed longer, which has caused lifelong harm to children for whom COVID was similar to flu in risk. Polio and its vaccines have a much different risk-reward profile than COVID and its injections, which do not prevent transmission or infection and has limited testing. 95% of parents with children under 5 have not gotten their kids the jab, indicating complete lost of trust in public health and also contributes to parents skipping other vaccines that actually work. Big Pharma thanks you for your profits and will continue to lobby officials to mandate their products. You have 2 graduate degrees which means that you are institutionally lobotomized, incapable of nuanced thought outside the current thing NPC programming: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-build-a-killer-business-and

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Public health measures are not authoritarian. Suprem cours overtirning Roe v Wade ignoring 50 years of precedent is authoritarian.

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Roe was a thin ice to start with? even RBG had doubts about whether it would hold up under Constitutional scrutiny! It passed bc of the liberal court at the time. Pro Choice needs to come to some reasonable compromise- not any time on demand!

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Hahaha- so you’re anti-public health. Got it.

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Follow the Science, Liberal af! https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/how-to-follow-the-science

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We follow science. You follow gibberish. The stuff you posted is NOT science, not by a long shot. Your bodily autonomy is unquestionable, even tho you may infect hundreds of people and some may die. However, you insist others limit their freedom b/c of your religious beliefs. Like abortion. It’s YOUR religious belief. Not everyone believes it, but you insist everyone else’s freedoms fall within the limits of your views. Just like death santis.

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If you still think the vaccine prevents transmission and infection, your brain has been broken. Keep living in fear and following government mandates, history has shown that leads to utopia! Jab and mask forever, they never worked but they will this time!

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Russian bot.

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Omg PLEASE GO READ SOME RESEARCH. #FactsMatter

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I did. A research study in Denmark found that boosters had negative efficacy and don't protect against newer strains of COVID. A research study in Israel found that the COVID jab lowered testosterone levels. Unless you have a time machine, you don't know what the long-term effects of this experiment are. Keep injecting yourself until you experience "sudden death" from "climate change", just leave the rest of us alone Karen.

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I wish someone would stand up to this bully. When I was a youngster growing up in Mobile, Alabama a bully (usually a male) was dealt a knuckle sandwich and the bullying usually stopped after a fat lip. I know that fighting is considered socially unacceptable now, but it sure would be nice to see DeSantis sporting a black eye. Everyone could see for themselves what happens when you screw with the wrong person. DeSantis is just another wannabe Hitler control freak who loves power. He gets a cheap thrill out of screwing with those he considers weaker than him. I wish karma would hurry up with this guy before he turns Florida into his personal dictatorship. I don't condone violence in the political arena because the ballot box method of removal is my preferred method of humiliating his type. The voters of Florida need to wake up and dispose of DeSantis at the polls.

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When I saw that happen I wish the Special Olympics had pulled out of Florida altogether. The guy is quite evil. We know it but many don't. It's ok to push back on a bully.

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I expect that DeSantis wouldn't mind if the Special Olympic participants who may very likely have cardiac problems might die of COVID...

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I imagine Colorado would love to have the Rays train there

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As president, Trump was a dangerous sideshow. DeSantis would end America as we know it.

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Not unless Biden beats him to it!

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I have often said that it’s not so much Trump but what comes AFTER Trump. Unfortunately, this latest post from Ruth will not be read by the very people who need to read it.

The clock keeps ticking and Trumpism is sticking…

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DeSantis is using the State to chill free speech of two organizations, Disney and The Tampa Bay Rays. Supposedly, corporations are people. First Amendment violation?

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they are only people with the free speech of giving money...not actual free speech

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DeSantis has the glaringly obvious fascist characteristics of sadism and intolerance of dissent. His callousness sounds sociopathc. He's telling us who he is..... and we should listen.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat you said "businesses based in Florida should prepare accordingly." Is this not only autocratic capture in that it creates state based incentives for businesses to hue the party line and punish those that do not or dare say anything negative against the leader or his policy but also a step towards fascism in that it coerces businesses leaders to merge with the state?

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"Businesses based in Florida should prepare accordingly." This shakes at a new, different pillar of society. It's swallowing up society faster, by shear numbers of people affected, or fear of being affected.

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The man seems devoid of "public virtue". Not a good look for a public servant in high office but, is apparently just what a lot of very wealthy donors are looking for.

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You are kicking out the jams now here in this article about DeSantis. I am a Sufi and my favorite subject is "Moral Culture." The immorality of DeSantis you point out well.

I should think simply listing his actions, as you have done, would/could lead his opponent to victory. The immorality of it all is clear to me.

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I wish that we're true. As a Florida resident, I'm ashamed to say I've heard far more of my neighbors praising this guy for "standing up" to Disney and "making Libs' heads explode" than criticizing his reactionary, thoughtless policies. They don't call it Floriduh for nothing...

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At least, you are there, and you can see DeSantis as the Trump wanta be he is.

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