Fri
Feb 13 2026
02:14 pm
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services recently admits to,
Snorting cocaine off a toilet seat
Went on a "dinosaur bone hunting trip convicted pedophiles
It just gets better. We know how to run a government.
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