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canetoad

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51. No. Too far fetched

Tue Oct 12, 2021, 02:37 AM

Oct 2021

To believe that the proletariat, the workers, the enslaved, the oppressed - those with the very least power and influence, get to 'choose' their own history.

Almost like saying it's their 'karma'.

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This is NOT 'normal. NOT business as usual. These are the last months of our Democratic Republic. [View all] CousinIT Oct 2021 OP

K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2021 #1

Post removed Post removed Oct 2021 #2

No, it's not normal& I find any news that's not about this, pointless right now. themaguffin Oct 2021 #3

right Cosmocat Oct 2021 #4

Yep! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #11

The only appropriate hair style right now: lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #13

Agree. It's incredibly frustrating. NOTHING else matters if this isn't dealt with NOW. n/t CousinIT Oct 2021 #5

K & R Sinistrous Oct 2021 #6

K&R ck4829 Oct 2021 #7

The dam will break when the FIRST INDICTMENT is issued. Eyeball_Kid Oct 2021 #8

I do so want to believe you, but don't believe the DOJ moves without criminal referrals on the 1/3. ancianita Oct 2021 #18

Hitler was throw in jail for the failed beer hall putsch Cosmocat Oct 2021 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #9

Chilling StarryNite Oct 2021 #10

Indeed. Delphinus Oct 2021 #12

Trump and his followers fully expect him to be President again. hamsterjill Oct 2021 #14

You are correct, and honestly, if it didn't happen by now Cosmocat Oct 2021 #27

That's my fear. hamsterjill Oct 2021 #31

Outraged billionaires are exerting their financial influence to avoid any tax increases dlk Oct 2021 #15

Asking reQublicOns on the campaign trail about the "BIG LIE" KS Toronado Oct 2021 #16

The new voting rights bill should have been passed weeks ago. Lonestarblue Oct 2021 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #22

HAVE an opportunity to remake the rules of the Senate? Do they still have it? Did they back in Jan? ancianita Oct 2021 #23

They have the power to change the rules around the filibuster, or drop it entirely. Lonestarblue Oct 2021 #32

They don't have the power if they don't have the votes to change the rules. Guess whose votes they ancianita Oct 2021 #34

This. CentralMass Oct 2021 #29

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2021 #45

K&R! GoodRaisin Oct 2021 #19

We can fill this action vacuum with fearful misgivings or concentrate on WV and Manchin. ancianita Oct 2021 #20

Did Hitler have a Manchin and a Sinema? world wide wally Oct 2021 #21

Perhaps our time would be far better spent scrubbing our internet history. Hortensis Oct 2021 #24

yep Cosmocat Oct 2021 #28

I always wondered how average people cozied up to the Nazis. Initech Oct 2021 #25

go a layer deeper, the root is that unhappy people will latch onto a message of change Amishman Oct 2021 #35

So, who exactly are we supposed to reach out to for help? Mr. Ected Oct 2021 #30

K&R UCmeNdc Oct 2021 #33

As long as we have an apathetic society, too lazy to get off of their ass and protest en mass, Firestorm49 Oct 2021 #36

Only thing I know to do is tweet @ POTUS and senators, Jan 6th commission, justice dept. CousinIT Oct 2021 #37

It'll peak when a few states try to secede traitorsgalore Oct 2021 #38

I remember all of the other times we were doomed. Bonx Oct 2021 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Oct 2021 #40

Doom is like catnip to many DUers BannonsLiver Oct 2021 #41

Well don't turn on MSNBC because they've been talking about it all day. CousinIT Oct 2021 #42

I never watch cable news. BannonsLiver Oct 2021 #49

I don't care that you do either. CousinIT Oct 2021 #50

You have made it clear in every post for months that DUers are beneath you, too. So why post here? Scrivener7 Oct 2021 #53

How do you think we got here? It happened overnight? CousinIT Oct 2021 #43

Like day after election 2015? The "we're doomed" regarding Trump have been more right than wrong uponit7771 Oct 2021 #46

"Our democracy is over... slow-motion coup" CousinIT Oct 2021 #44

Wait what? Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2021 #47

Don't. pretend to know the future. History is not cyclic. struggle4progress Oct 2021 #48

No. Too far fetched canetoad Oct 2021 #51

None of us choose the world we're born into -- but we do get our chance struggle4progress Oct 2021 #56

We're not at the stage of 1933 yet, but... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2021 #52

Manchin and Sinema could stop this by supporting President Biden's agenda. Roisin Ni Fiachra Oct 2021 #54

Agree But Hope I'm Wrong colsohlibgal Oct 2021 #55

Its over Cosmocat Oct 2021 #57

If we're fucked already, Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #58