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marble falls

(72,531 posts)
1. In an effort to control everything, TACO hired people less competent and dumber than himself. There's no-one ...
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 12:25 AM
Jan 2026

... capable of filling in. This will work against the GOP when he fails. People like Miller have no political pull. Noem does - in North Dakota.

SharonAnn

(14,178 posts)
2. Political pull in North Dakota? That's interesting, since she was governor of South Dakota.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 12:59 AM
Jan 2026

NowsTheTime

(1,336 posts)
5. If you combined both Dakota's into one State pop. would be less that 2 mil and then reduced it to one Senator, the
Tue Jan 27, 2026, 05:39 PM
Jan 2026

population supporting that Senator less than two million people verses

40 million Calif population : one Calif Senator representing 20 million people.

So the ratio today is actually 20:1 by population.

Kablooie

(19,121 posts)
3. The main issue is...
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 01:02 AM
Jan 2026

Will it fail before it completely destroys our system of government?

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