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Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - My parents were really old when they had me—mid-40s. Old enough that they were teenagers during The Great Depression.
They had so many insane stories about that time. Oatmeal for dinner. Kids sleeping 4 to a bed. My grandfather going out in the street at night looking for cigarette butts so he could pull out enough tobacco to roll his own cigarette. All the kids going to work in their late teens and giving all their money to my widowed grandmother so the entire family could survive.
They were poor.
One other theme that always echoed from those stories was that they “never went on relief.” (“Relief" was what they called government welfare programs back then.)
They were so proud of that fact. It was shameful to go “on relief,” and they never did.
What happened to that America?
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/1983929914383532503

Daily Mail @DailyMail - Bengals legend Bob Trumpy has died at the age of 80. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-15251013/nfl-legend-bob-trumpy-bengals-dead.html
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https://x.com/DailyMail/status/1985029146175500555

The Daily Signal @DailySignal - Virginia and New Jersey's gubernatorial races indicate Republican candidates matching or surpassing Trump's past margins. This trend could signal a significant shift in voter sentiment, potentially threatening Democrats' "second blue wall" in 2026 and 2028.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/11/01/republicans-surprising-performances-in-key-governor-races/
https://x.com/DailySignal/status/1985172625832693890