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41. Nope. Don't do this. It's bad. Very bad, BUT it's intentional front loaded shock & awe to get you to say what you just

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Sat Feb 8, 2025, 10:06 AM

Feb 2025

did.

They will not sustain all of this. Yes, there is real damage to real people and real institutions, but not all of what they are doing is "real" and not everything they set out to do is going to work.

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It's hard to accept your country is gone [View all] edhopper Feb 2025 OP

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I read it here on DU. milestogo Feb 2025 #42

Hi, my thoughts Bread and Circuses Feb 2025 #2

accept, not except.... Sogo Feb 2025 #3

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Do town halls gab13by13 Feb 2025 #4

Town Halls won't stop edhopper Feb 2025 #9

Actually... DET Feb 2025 #25

Good Point Baron2024 Feb 2025 #27

So where are they? edhopper Feb 2025 #40

It's Only Been a Week DET Feb 2025 #50

We gotta fight Demovictory9 Feb 2025 #5

It's Los Angeles edhopper Feb 2025 #10

It is far too soon to surrender. Big Blue Marble Feb 2025 #6

We are not fighting a foreign enemy edhopper Feb 2025 #8

We were fighting an internal threat then. Big Blue Marble Feb 2025 #14

The internal threat now is Fox, the NRA, the Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society, and of course the billionaires Initech Feb 2025 #30

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Thank you.. whathehell Feb 2025 #16

You are welcome. Big Blue Marble Feb 2025 #17

Thanks and yes, I agree with you. whathehell Feb 2025 #48

It's very depressing Dem4life1234 Feb 2025 #39

Yes, it is.. whathehell Feb 2025 #47

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K&R UTUSN Feb 2025 #11

Those of us who defended the Constitution The Wizard Feb 2025 #12

HCR believes it's not over. IF... summer_in_TX Feb 2025 #18

Bookmarking yellow dahlia Feb 2025 #22

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I can understand H2O Man Feb 2025 #21

The darkest hour is just before dawn. nt Quixote1818 Feb 2025 #28

Absolutely. H2O Man Feb 2025 #31

At some point edhopper Feb 2025 #44

Yes, above all else, it's important that we remain positive -- at least about our ability to KPN Feb 2025 #45

Then the question must be: kentuck Feb 2025 #23

This is what I have been wondering for a couple of days now hydrolastic Feb 2025 #33

courts are already pushing back...... Takket Feb 2025 #24

Are You Ready For the Country? MrWowWow Feb 2025 #26

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Misery loves company BigmanPigman Feb 2025 #34

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After two weeks? Big Blue Marble Feb 2025 #37

Nope. Don't do this. It's bad. Very bad, BUT it's intentional front loaded shock & awe to get you to say what you just themaguffin Feb 2025 #41

read what I added to my post edhopper Feb 2025 #43

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between." Oscar Wilde Ping Tung Feb 2025 #46

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I don't believe anything will ever be the same... stillcool Feb 2025 #52

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