Paul Franz
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What makes you say that?
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
What makes you say that?
Wtf? This is a terrible trade. We loved Nimmo. 😞
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Wtf? This is a terrible trade. We loved Nimmo. 😞
No talent hacks find refuge in an unprincipled movement that rewards the simple repeating of catechisms.
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
No talent hacks find refuge in an unprincipled movement that rewards the simple repeating of catechisms.
Hopefully they took on some Imperials.
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hopefully they took on some Imperials.
"Donald Trump will one day be gone, but your dishonor will remain". Never let them forget it. He will go the way of Berlusconi, people who were fervently MAGA will one day deny ever supporting it.
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"Donald Trump will one day be gone, but your dishonor will remain". Never let them forget it. He will go the way of Berlusconi, people who were fervently MAGA will one day deny ever supporting it.
But Mamdani is the deranged socialist/commie/coming of the apocalypse. And this is totally okay because "their side" is doing it.
Got it.
Got it.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
But Mamdani is the deranged socialist/commie/coming of the apocalypse. And this is totally okay because "their side" is doing it.
Got it.
Got it.
And now he's his biggest defender. What does that say about his own supposed values?
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And now he's his biggest defender. What does that say about his own supposed values?
It's only okay when their side is doing it. 🤷
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It's only okay when their side is doing it. 🤷
But USG taking equity stakes in Intel, US Steel, and NVIDIA is totally definitely not socialism.
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
But USG taking equity stakes in Intel, US Steel, and NVIDIA is totally definitely not socialism.
The people making these nationally-based judgments on 17 are not at all familiar with the district and its weird interplay of hyperlocal factions.
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The people making these nationally-based judgments on 17 are not at all familiar with the district and its weird interplay of hyperlocal factions.
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Mondaire was an objectively awful candidate last cycle, too.
November 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Mondaire was an objectively awful candidate last cycle, too.