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zzyul t1_jdb730v wrote

Yep, the CIA created cigars filled with C4 in a plan assassinate Castro. They had to keep the weight low enough to avoid suspicion and leave enough tobacco in it so it would smoke and still smell like a cigar so there wasn’t a lot of C4 in it. The tests still showed it would blow a person’s face off if the cigar was near their mouth when it triggered.

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zzyul t1_ius7rzw wrote

Because we have separation of powers. The White House is just the Executive Branch, controlled by Democrats. Removing tax incentives or adding a windfall tax requires changing or creating new laws, that is handled by the Legislative Branch, so the House and Senate. Currently Democrats don’t have enough votes in the Senate to pass any laws that will increase corporate taxes on energy producing companies.

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zzyul t1_itq9myt wrote

Riley testified that he has helped to arrest over 1K demonstrators over his 25 year career as a Capitol police officer. Funny that he has a long history of arresting demonstrators but then decided to help a J6 demonstrator avoid being arrested. Seems like he only arrested people if he didn’t agree with what they were demonstrating against instead of enforcing the law equally.

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