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FirstLight

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1. good...and I agree with EVERYTHING he said!

Reply to Jack Valentino (Original post)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 03:14 PM

Aug 2025

We should definitely be watching out for more of this now, unfortunately. Burning flags wasn't even an issue, but now that the turd said and did that, it might just become one. And I hate that it will be twisted into "Liberals hate our country"

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good...and I agree with EVERYTHING he said! FirstLight Aug 2025 #1

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Different time, sometimes different reasons/outcomes........................... Lovie777 Aug 2025 #11

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