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MadameButterfly

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13. Nothing is usual and yes it will be catastrophic

Reply to Skittles (Reply #12)

Sun Feb 16, 2025, 12:00 AM

Feb 2025

but we have a more entrenched democaracy and more educated people than the Weimar Republic that succumbed to Hitler.

We have to find the balance between facing the intensity of the threat and maintaining a determination to win.
Fear is understandable but brave is not fearlessness but doing what one has to in the face of fear.
Hopelessness is not an option. Too much is at stake.

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Do not cause people to visualize a level of success Trump has not yet achieved, and probably won't. [View all] summer_in_TX Feb 2025 OP

Bravo! Trump lies like he breathes. So does Musk. Don't let them grind you down with their bullshit. Girard442 Feb 2025 #1

This is excellent! Thanks for posting. Ocelot II Feb 2025 #2

k&r BootinUp Feb 2025 #3

Man, thanks for the positive post!! vapor2 Feb 2025 #4

This helped me too and I think it helps all of us create MadameButterfly Feb 2025 #9

I love pipedreams and wishful thinking but I'm not seeing any real roadblocks stopping the fascist tRump train yaesu Feb 2025 #5

There are steps to be taken before the arrests. MadameButterfly Feb 2025 #10

It is certainly an abuse of power and corruption. summer_in_TX Feb 2025 #14

Thank you! Subscribed. (nt) Pinback Feb 2025 #6

tell that to the Fed workers Skittles Feb 2025 #7

It will be hell for awhile MadameButterfly Feb 2025 #11

Dems have long had to clean up repuke mess Skittles Feb 2025 #12

Nothing is usual and yes it will be catastrophic MadameButterfly Feb 2025 #13

As I said recently, the war isn't over, its just begun. CaptainTruth Feb 2025 #8