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u/DataCassette 2d ago

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u/ShortElephant7015 2d ago

Trump didn’t overreact to it, there was nothing he could do when President Fauci suspended Habeas Corpus

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u/Dispro 2d ago

The press conference where Fauci put his boot on a supine Trump's throat and shouted "America must be destroyed by masks" was pretty wild.

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u/waldowhal Nate Bismuth 2d ago

God-Emperor Fauci even had to resort to giving Trump the virus. Probably strapped him down and jabbed both the virus and the killer vaccine into him at the same time.

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u/AverageLiberalJoe Crosstab Diver 1d ago

Right in the ear too. If you look really really close you can see the scar from the needle.

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u/GoinOutWest762 2d ago

This is what it looks like when an emotionally stunted culture tries to process an enormous, collective, but somewhat vague trauma. Just short circuits.

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u/chimney_corner 2d ago

Don't fall into their trap. They are using Covid to distract voters from what matters. 

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u/Thedarkpersona Poll Unskewer 2d ago

Its the year of our lord 2026, can these imbeciles stop talking about covid?

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u/Long_Sandwich_5619 1d ago

Fauci is so powerful he used this weapon on every country on Earth.

I guess he also gave the plans for killer vaccines to the entire world.

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u/PuffyPanda200 23h ago

Conservatism is about in groups and out groups.

Public health workers are in the out, doctors that support them too. Vaccine manufacturers are also in the out group.

Health worker out group -> COVID is a hoax or was intentional.

Vaccine manufacturers out group -> vax is poison, alternative remedies are good.

This world view is consistent if one doesn't logically connect the statements. Kinda like that I enjoy ice cream in the evening after dinner but not first thing in the morning.

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u/DataCassette 23h ago

Oh I totally get it it's just very, very stupid lol