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A case of massive oppositional mendacity that borders on the hilarious — except that many people believed and continue to believe him, all evidence to the contrary.

GOP positions on housing this election cycle have largely ranged from oppositional, in the case of Project 2025 proposals to scale back federal affordable housing programs and weaken tenant protections, to ambivalent, in the case of the Trump campaign's promises to reduce costs by defeating inflation and stopping "the unsustainable invasion of illegal aliens which is driving up housing costs."

From Salon

The threats are part of an oppositional strategy that has ramped up in recent weeks, as reported by NBC News.

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He also requested the court postpone a custody hearing scheduled for Sept. 10, granting him sufficient time to disprove her “false claims” about him — namely, that he is “unreasonably oppositional” and has neglected to show up for mandatory co–parenting therapy.

“It almost feels like the university has become somewhat of an oppositional force against its students.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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