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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2025: Sum up the United States in 10 words or less.
4me: "Murphy was an optimist."
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2025: Sum up the United States in 10 words or less. (Original Post)
speak easy
Jan 2025
OP
Oddly enough, another suggestion came to me by way of the radio this evening . . .
hatrack
Jan 2025
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InAbLuEsTaTe
(25,518 posts)1. Doomed under tRump.
Think. Again.
(22,456 posts)2. "Rotting from the inside out."
PhilosopherKing
(415 posts)3. Circling the drain
Whyisthisstillclose
(658 posts)4. What the fuck is he screwing up today?
hatrack
(64,835 posts)5. High on her own supply, Norma Desmond lost her keys.
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speak easy
(12,597 posts)8. All right, Mr. DeMille.
hatrack
(64,835 posts)16. Oddly enough, another suggestion came to me by way of the radio this evening . . .
"And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention" - Talking Heads, "
Nothing But) Flowers)"
Hugin
(37,838 posts)6. "Fresh Hells, served fresh." n/t
jalan48
(14,914 posts)7. We've turned into a television reality show audience.
Tommy Carcetti
(44,493 posts)9. We brought it on ourselves.
Sad but true.
brer cat
(27,570 posts)10. The inmates are running the asylum.
Tommy Carcetti
(44,493 posts)11. Fool us twice, shame on us.
Or Dont get fooled again, according to one former President.
dalton99a
(94,093 posts)12. 330 million terrorized by demented rapist felon
sakabatou
(46,119 posts)13. "Welp, we're fucked."
FirstLight
(15,771 posts)14. Buckle up, we are so Screwn...
I see the Climate kicking our asses more than anything... as we humans scramble like ants in a rainstorm. It's too late to turn it back and Trump's ineptitude will only exacerbate an already fucked up planet.
AKwannabe
(6,890 posts)15. Fucked
Johonny
(26,119 posts)17. Dunning-Kruger effect and the end of experts
Spells doom.
multigraincracker
(37,611 posts)18. We Have The Best Government Money Can Buy.
sinkingfeeling
(57,788 posts)19. Not fit for civilized society.
Blue Dotty
(179 posts)20. Darwin was wrong
roamer65
(37,945 posts)21. Dying empire.
Emile
(42,194 posts)22. Easily conned.
oasis
(53,646 posts)23. U.S. democracy: It was good while it lasted
Fla Dem
(27,618 posts)24. America, Home of the Brave and unfortunately the corrupt Oligarchy
No longer "the Free".