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ScratchCat

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9. Sad state of affairs

Reply to EleanorR (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2020, 02:43 PM

Feb 2020

I mean, Congress is passing a bill to limit the President's "War powers" when its the Congress and only the Congress who has the constitutional authority to declare war. Upsidedownbackwards world strikes again.

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Sad state of affairs ScratchCat Feb 2020 #9

too bad that last word is there. /nt sdfernando Feb 2020 #15

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