Pierre LaFontaine

@MedPierre

Working to Make Sense in a World of Contradictions. Some Sarcasm, Some Parody, Lot's of Truth. Remember: Every Avalanche begins with a few Snowflakes

Joined May 2016

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    27 Dec 2018

    31% of the Federal Workforce are - and 200,000 of them aren't getting paid BCZ of "non-essential" doesn't mean what you think - . Lawyers defending are "non-essential" "Essential" are staff related to life-and-death emergencies.

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  2. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    Fear and ignorance.

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    Replying to and

    I dunno, the folks at do a pretty fantastic job.

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    Dude couldn't run an internet steak company. Of course he has no idea what the government does.

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    14 hours ago

    That’s exactly what I thought. They still don’t know. They think people can just tell banks and landlords they can’t pay now because of the government shutdown? Why would anyone - how could anyone - continue to work with NO PAY? wants no government - for Putin

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    That's why you must defeat McConnell.

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    13 hours ago

    A bit of irony I learned today...eVerify is shuttered due to the shutdown. So businesses are unable to verify if US work eligibility documents are legit because we shut down the government over illegal immigration

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    14 hours ago

    Nothing gonna change 'til people at the top of the food chain feel the pinch. Congresspeople can't get home on the week-end? Aw, too bad. Can't get through customs after your trip to Switzerland? Aw, too bad. It's got to stop being the little people who pay all the time.

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    14 hours ago

    This is all a direct consequence of years of propaganda from the GOP about the federal government being worthless and wasteful and serving no purpose, and a Democratic party that allows them to get away with it. Because the gov't forces many employees to continue to report to

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    Moscow accuses Washington of detaining Russian citizen

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    Jan 4

    >100 cases & still going. A terrible self-inflicted wound created by an organized movement with >400 websites, amplified on SM + weak pro-vaccine advocacy, I discuss what's going on in my new book DID NOT CAUSE RACHEL'S

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    For background, Opportunity Zones are essentially tax shelters to incentivize wealthy ppl to invest in low-income, blighted areas. But once you start looking at the designated OZ's some aren't that distressed...

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    Key line of this story: "Millions of Americans also face delayed tax refunds and cuts to food stamps if the standoff drags into February."

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  17. 2 hours ago

    Three associates, not appointed, never served in military or government, secretly steered the VA. They: • edited budget • reviewed job candidates • were treated as having decision-making authority . . . . .

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    Jan 3

    That's it, Alexandria you're in the club! ❤️❤️

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    Ecumenical Patriarch signs decree granting Ukraine church independence

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    3 hours ago

    Speaker Pelosi's advice to women leaders: "Know your power...Know your why. Know your subject. Know why you're doing it. Know what it is. Know about it so that you can speak with authority on it...That connection is so important." Watch more:

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    Overheard just now as I’m going through security at FLL at 6am: Passenger to TSA agent: “you’re doing a great job” TSA: “thank u. Now tell the president that so I can get my paycheck” Yeah, federal workers are real thrilled they are working w/out pay🤦🏽‍♀️🤨

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