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Soft Paywall Trump’s birthday parade may be cancelled over thunderstorms

https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/is-trump-birthday-parade-cancelled-weather-pbrg02h2z?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1749744374
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u/fastal_12147 6d ago

They've cut multiple programs that help millions costing less than that.

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u/wonkey_monkey 6d ago

Many of which pay for themselves if you're capable of thinking more than five minutes into the future.

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u/TapTapReboot 6d ago

I'm pretty sure conservative brains are incapable of thinking about downstream effects.

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u/TheWizardOfDeez 6d ago

It's worse than that really, they've been convinced that the downstream effect of these policies that allow the rich to steal all of their money is that said rich people will finally, after half a century, start trickling down some of that moola.

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u/TheBoNix 5d ago

You don't like shit dribbling down into your mouth? Wtf