Fmr. State Rep. John A. Businger(D-Brookline MA) Democratic State Committee Chief Sponsor MA Equal Rights Amendment and MA Freedom of Information Act

Joined August 2015
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BREAKING: HOLY SMOKES! Senator Jon Ossoff is absolutely CRUSHING his MAGA opponent in fundraising with $60 million compared to just $4.9 million. And it gets so much better.... “It’s a real severe uphill battle,” one Republican operative told POLITICO. As of May 27, Ossoff had raised $60 million with $32 million left on hand. His opponent Mike Collins had raised $4.9 million with $1.2 million left in the bank. Ossoff is currently running for reelection in Georgia on a campaign of hope, competence, and opposition to Trump's corrupt agenda. According to CNN's polling wizard Harry Enten, Ossoff has an 82% chance of winning based on current prediction markets. "He is the first Democrat to be a clear favorite for a Senate race in a generation," said Enten. There are two powerful forces at work here. First and foremost, Georgians are pleased with Ossoff's performance in the Senate. He has been a tireless advocate for their interests and a powerful bulwark against the worst abuses of this White House. Secondly, the Republican Party brand has never been more toxic. Donald Trump is the worst President in American history by every single metric. He destroyed the economy, started another costly, pointless foreign war, and continues to actively cover up his role in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. The only people who have fared well during this second term are his family members, his cronies, and the already-wealthy. Ossoff is surging so far ahead of his opponent Mike Collins that it triggered an outburst from Trump earlier this morning— "So happy for highly respected Congressman Mike Collins," the President wrote on Truth Social. "He will win his Senate Race in Georgia against a pathetic failed Dumocrat Senator, Os(jerk!)off, who is a joke in D.C. Nobody even knows who he is!!! I’ll be doing Big TRUMP Rallies for Mike in Georgia! President DJT" As far as political nicknames go, this is some of Trump's worst work to date. The demented old man has clearly lost his fastball at a time when he can scarcely afford it. If Ossoff holds his seats, Democrats' odds of taking back the Senate skyrocket. Ossoff is such an inspiring candidate in fact, that there is already chatter in the party that he could one day one for President. What do you think? Would you vote for him? Please ❤️ and share if you're a big fan of Jon Ossoff!
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Megyn Kelly: The Constitution does say you need approval to declare war, which Trump doesn't think he did and didn't seek. Vance: I don't think that Congressional approval was required. This was never a full scale war
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To everyone who helped bring the Obama Presidential Center to life, thank you. Michelle and I are so grateful for all your dedication and hard work over the years. I got a little teary-eyed tonight thinking about my mother-in-law, Marian Robinson.
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Reporter: There’s a $300 billion investment fund that’s being reported. How is that not effectively giving Iran a lot of money or even unfreezing assets? Moreno: However else they get money, I just generally don’t care, as long as it’s not coming from the U.S. taxpayer.
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Megyn Kelly: The Constitution does say you need approval to declare war, which Trump doesn't didn't seek. Vance: Well, I— I don't think that congressional approval was required. This was never a full-scale war
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Katie Britt blames Biden for the alleged terror plot at the White House UFC event
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Republican Senator Jim Banks insanely says G7 leaders should present Trump with a giant birthday cake and thanks for saving Europe. This is cult behavior.

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MAJOR BREAKING: Trump's full Iran deal LEAKS out of Saudi Arabia — and it's a thousand times worse than even his harshest critics predicted. This is a historic surrender by Trump and Vance. #6 is a real doozy... According to Al Arabiya, a state-owned news channel out of Saudi Arabia, the agreement between the White House and Tehran is a 14-point "Memorandum of Understanding." Here are those points in summary: 1) Iran, the United States, and their allies declare upon signing that there will be "an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon." They vow not to "launch any hostile attack against each other" and will "will refrain from the threat or use of force against each other." That means no more Truth Social threats from Trump ranting that a "whole civilization will die tonight." 2) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to refrain from interfering in each other's internal affairs. 3) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States undertake to negotiate and reach a final agreement within a maximum period of 60 days, extendable by mutual consent. 4) The U.S. will lift its naval blockade and "prevent any interference or obstruction against" Iran. Traffic through the region will be restored within 30 days to "full capacity" and "pre-war volume of traffic on the part of the Islamic Republic of Iran." The U.S. agrees to withdraw its military forces from the surrounding region within 30 days of the final agreement (which still has to be written and ratified). 5) Iran agrees to immediately "take steps" to ensure that the movement of merchant ships from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman and vice versa is resumed within 30 days to the pre-war volume, taking into account the need for the removal of technical obstacles and the neutralization of mines by Iran. 6) The U.S. and its allies will create a "comprehensive plan" for the "rehabilitation and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran." It must amount to AT LEAST $300 billion. The full design of the program will be written into the final agreement. In other words: Trump wasted billions of your tax dollars to blow up Iran and now he's spending billions more to rebuild it. 7) The U.S. agrees to end "all types of sanctions" on Iran, including those implemented by the U.N. Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency, as well as all "unilateral U.S. sanctions, both primary and secondary." This is an absolutely MASSIVE concession. Sanctions have long been the primary tool of imperial oppression wielded by the U.S. against Iran. While ostensibly designed to weaken the Ayatollah and the theocratic mullahs, in practice the sanctions have done nothing but inflict pointless suffering and misery on the Iranian people. Iranian elites exist in a pampered bubble much like the elites do in the United States. It's the normal people who suffer under sanctions because they're denied access to food, medicine, technology, and other imports. Because those supplies are restricted, prices inflate, choking the middle and lower classes. With the removal of these sanctions, the Iranian people have a chance to enter into a new era of economic blossoming. In his genocidal, nihilistic quest to weaken and destroy Iran on behalf of Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump may have accidentally Made Iran Great Again. 8) The Islamic Republic of Iran reiterates that it will never produce nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States have agreed that the fate of enriched material and the fate of all other mutually agreed nuclear-related issues, including Iran’s nuclear needs, will be adequately addressed in a final agreement; the final agreement will confirm the provisions of this Article. While Trump will try to claim point 8 as some big victory, the use of the word "reiterates" here is crucial. Iran was never pursuing nuclear weapons in the first place. The White House and Israel lied about Iran's intentions as a pretext to start this war. Tellingly, Iran has not agreed to surrender its enriched uranium in this memo. 9) The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States agree that, pending a final agreement, they will maintain the status quo: Iran will maintain the status quo on its nuclear program, and the United States will not impose new sanctions on Iran or strengthen its forces in the region. To put it more succinctly: Trump accomplished nothing. 10) The U.S. agrees to "immediately" issue waivers for exports of Iranian crude oil, petrochemical products and their derivatives, and all related services, including banking, insurance, transportation, and the like. Those waivers will no longer be required once the sanctions are lifted in full. 11) The U.S. agrees to release "frozen or restricted funds and assets of the Islamic Republic of Iran" so long as negotiations progress towards a "final agreement." Those funds will "fully available for use" by Iran. 12) The U.S. and Iran agree that "an implementation mechanism will be established to oversee the successful implementation of and future commitment to the Final Agreement." The final agreement will be approved through a binding resolution of the UN Security Council. Let us be very clear about what this deal memo represents: a complete, and total surrender by the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Iran. It constitutes the greatest military defeat in American history. It's also a cause for celebration. The deal is good for Iran, but more importantly it's good for the world. This conflict accomplished nothing beyond aiding Israeli's territorial expansion into Lebanon. Innocent people were slaughtered and Americans were forced to pay the price in the form of skyrocketing groceries and gas. It would have been far better if Trump had never started this war. But since he did, it's a blessing that it's finally (possibly) coming to an end. Please ❤️ and share if you think that Obama got a better deal!
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John A.Businger retweeted
He’s confusing spirituality with dementia. Why am I here? Where was I going?
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This is how he actually feels about Trump. They are all just too cowardice to actually say anything right now. #NeverTrumpGuy #DonTheCon
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Chief propagandist lying his ass off.
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President #Trump doesn't wear his faith on his sleeve. But it's all over his pants.
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He so obviously believes nothing he is saying
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Good Lord man, when did you become brain such a SHILL? I mean, I guess your bombastic nature over the last 25 years. I’ve often on watched you should’ve been assign, but you’re in full on Hasbara mode. I lift you up in prayer and pray you repent because with great power and influence comes great responsibility and you’re not showing it whatsoever my friend. Just my opinion based on your rhetoric these days.
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Which part is America first though? What have Americans gained? We're still paying high gas prices, we're still paying for both US and Israeli military operations... where is the material benefit for us? (Hint: there isn't one)
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Absurd! You can’t “sneak” football sized tankers through the Strait of Hormuz because you can literally see the whole thing with the naked eye most of the time Have you ever been there? I have, and trust me on this - you don’t need radar to monitor it, just eyes and binoculars!
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright testified in Congress that he was unaware of any U.S. operation seizing millions of barrels specifically from Iran and described the activity as facilitating increased tanker traffic through the strait, not a covert extraction.
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Not sure if we should be comfortable with stealing oil from other countries. . . What happened to the US being energy independent? Taking other countries oil and natural resources doesn't make America Great it makes us look like criminals. . .
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You can literally watch all traffic from Iran's shoreline without optics. You can do the same at night with cheap night optics. This is such a lie. Don't forget, even if true, it's still only 2.5% of what was going through before the war of choice. None of the other stuff is going anywhere either (fertilizer, bulk goods, LNG)
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