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abqtommy

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1. This is good as far as our immediate situation and recent history, but it can be truthfully said

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Aug 30, 2020, 12:11 PM

Aug 2020

that the assault on the U.S. as a Democratic Republic has been under assault ever since 1776. Even before that there were those political/religious leaders who were sure that they were right and our form
of governance was not. To paraphrase a quote from Benjamin Franklin: "We have a Republic, if we can
keep it." Can we keep it? Can we put it back on track? We have the same potential to achieve success
that we did in 1776...

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Donald Trump v the United States review: how democracy came under assault [View all] Nevilledog Aug 2020 OP

This is good as far as our immediate situation and recent history, but it can be truthfully said abqtommy Aug 2020 #1

Hmm. So it was Rosenstein who cut Mueller off at the knees: Mike 03 Aug 2020 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Aug 2020 #3