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  1. I'm old enough to remember that the Soviet state propaganda bureau was "Pravda"... which translates to "Truth". It astonishes me that (a) they didn't even bother to come up with a new name and (b) press, pundits, and basically everyone who should be calling it out just shrugged and moved on.

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  2. Note that video of Trump raping a 14 year old would fit the definition of "child pornography". Yes, the victims must be protected - but NOT the adults committing crimes. Name and prosecute every single one of them, regardless of party, power, or fame.

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  3. Alcatraz was a prison that housed criminals convicted of a crime after a trial. What they have built in the Everglades is a concentration camp to hold in inhumane conditions people kidnapped off the street by unidentified secret police without due process - "Alligator Auschwitz" is more accurate.

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  4. A reminder that on April 4 2025 DHS terminated the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, rescinding all pending applications and clawing back $882 million specifically designated to fund exactly this sort of thing. www.fema.gov/press-releas...

    FEMA is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and canceling all BRIC applications from Fiscal Years 2020-2023. If grant funds have not been distributed to states,...

    FEMA Ends Wasteful, Politicized Grant Program, Returning Agency to Core Mission of Helping Americans Recovering from Natural Disasters

    FEMA is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and canceling all BRIC applications from Fiscal Years 2020-2023. If grant funds have not been distributed to states,...

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  5. A reminder that on April 4 2025 DHS terminated the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, rescinding all pending applications and clawing back $882 million specifically designated to fund exactly this sort of thing. www.fema.gov/press-releas...

    FEMA is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and canceling all BRIC applications from Fiscal Years 2020-2023. If grant funds have not been distributed to states,...

    FEMA Ends Wasteful, Politicized Grant Program, Returning Agency to Core Mission of Helping Americans Recovering from Natural Disasters

    FEMA is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and canceling all BRIC applications from Fiscal Years 2020-2023. If grant funds have not been distributed to states,...

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  6. A reminder that on April 4 2025 DHS terminated the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, rescinding all pending applications and clawing back $882 million specifically designated to fund exactly this sort of thing. www.fema.gov/press-releas...

    FEMA is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and canceling all BRIC applications from Fiscal Years 2020-2023. If grant funds have not been distributed to states,...

    FEMA Ends Wasteful, Politicized Grant Program, Returning Agency to Core Mission of Helping Americans Recovering from Natural Disasters

    FEMA is ending the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program and canceling all BRIC applications from Fiscal Years 2020-2023. If grant funds have not been distributed to states,...

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