• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    If your birth year begins with a decrepit “1,” you may remember this as the challenge in gym class involving a one-mile run, a flexibility test, and either push-ups or pull-ups. Discontinued in 2012 under president Barack Obama, Trump celebrated the return of this “wonderful tradition” by inviting friends and former athletes to the White House — among them Lawrence Taylor, the hard-hitting NFL linebacker who was once arrested for statutory rape and prostitution charges for having sex with a 16-year-old sex worker. He ultimately pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute and was required to register as a sex offender.

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    At this point, you just have to know this isn’t a coincidence anymore. This is an undeniable pattern.

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      Powerful people doing whatever the fuck they want without consequences.

      We need consequences.

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        Was that the jumping test? I do think I recall that, along with pullup and pushup tests. It’s such a rigid definition of fitness. By the way do you remember when Michelle Obama wanted kids to be fit? Parents threw a fit their child no longer had access to tater tots lol. This is just wankery.

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          They’re talking about the one where you put your feet flat on the end of the far side of the box, then you stretch forward as far as you can to see how far you can touch.

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      As a kid who didn’t care for sports, the flexibility test functioned as something in gym class I was actually good at. I did appreciate that about it.

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    I love football and played it as a kid. With that said, having Lawrence Taylor is crazy.

    Plus the year is 2025 not 1995. The kid toucher (Donald Trump) could have picked any NFL player that is still active.

    What’s next Ty Cobb’s bones presenting an award for kid rapist at the Meta Gala?

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    Came here expecting shit talking on Trump, instead, it seems to be mostly whining about having to perform PE in PE class.

    “Oh God, they made me run a mile, it was the most useless test ever… in PE…”

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    This news is STUPID! He’s OBVIOUSLY just Appealing to His Base! They ALL think Jeffrey Epstein is an American Hero after all!