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3825-87867

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30. A-ha!
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:18 PM
Aug 2025

Please be so kind as to tell us how the Democratic Party works. From what I've seen the last decade plus, every Democrat either thinks we go "high" (thanks Michele!) because we're better than them or Democrats have no answer or a thousand maybe's of which the centrist Democrats can't agree because it might affect THEM.

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A lamp post outside a gas station works for me Best_man23 Aug 2025 #1
I hear liberalgunwilltravel Aug 2025 #10
Maybe RFK, Jr. can join his toad god POTUS in the Grand Poohbah's Gold Ballroom when they're both Texin Aug 2025 #22
They could both be hanging from the ceiling with lights all over them. calimary Aug 2025 #62
Zeus willing zorbasd Aug 2025 #34
Preferably ... alimbalt Aug 2025 #36
Yup Abstractartist Aug 2025 #77
Best_Man23 - I though your gas station reference might be missed, but no, folks just piled on that one. Nice. FadedMullet Aug 2025 #51
Lamp post time. Clouds Passing Aug 2025 #80
Has anyone tested Bob jr for drug use? travelingthrulife Aug 2025 #2
Why hasn't Trump paroled Captain Zero Aug 2025 #5
Is an addict ever actually 'former addict'? I think not. Just 'recovering' or still using, but always an addict Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #33
Addict Maninacan Aug 2025 #58
And the replacement doesn't have to be a "substance"... it can be a cult, for example. slightlv Aug 2025 #65
Very often the case, in my obversation Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #72
Addiction is a terrible disease and rarely, if ever, the "fault" of the addict RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #83
Quite a few of Trump's circle need to be drug tested. Irish_Dem Aug 2025 #52
Gonna be a race to see who kills more: RFK domestically or Rubio by gutting international aid programs Arazi Aug 2025 #3
They Already Did. GB_RN Aug 2025 #15
RFK Jr said "Hold my beer." Asshole. vanlassie Aug 2025 #21
Yup. GB_RN Aug 2025 #45
"Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent" lol bluescribbler Aug 2025 #54
Triple C... GB_RN Aug 2025 #68
When the next pandemic occurs, it's going to make the COVID death toll look like child's play. The chances of us Karasu Aug 2025 #61
How about MAGAcide Abstractartist Aug 2025 #78
Good candidate Arazi Aug 2025 #79
They just won't record/report the deaths. nt intrepidity Aug 2025 #4
Make it illegal for doctors to collect data from Ilsa Aug 2025 #12
Death during pregnancy yankee87 Aug 2025 #26
Its gonna be hard to hide Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #29
I'm an ER doc Akakoji Aug 2025 #31
Let us know what would help. And thank you Evolve Dammit Aug 2025 #49
Just do like the IA GOP run government did during the pandemic. progressoid Aug 2025 #39
Wasn't there also some fudging of numbers with DeSantis in Florida? llmart Aug 2025 #63
I think you may be referring to area51 Aug 2025 #70
Yes, that's the one I was thinking of. llmart Aug 2025 #74
Ever since Bobby the loon was installed, I've been worried about something like ebola turning up and Vinca Aug 2025 #6
You don't have to go as far as Africa. LPBBEAR Aug 2025 #18
I read that cats are a bridge to humans for bird flu crimycarny Aug 2025 #23
Why cats as a bridge? They sleep with their humans. They snuggle. Hekate Aug 2025 #44
It's not their closeness to humans, it's something in their biology crimycarny Aug 2025 #46
If that happens I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2025 #64
What did the vet give Disaffected Aug 2025 #25
Never made it to one LPBBEAR Aug 2025 #73
That's an awful thing to go through. Disaffected Aug 2025 #86
This message was self-deleted by its author crimycarny Aug 2025 #87
Yes, there are LPBBEAR Aug 2025 #92
"When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king; the palace becomes a circus" Jim__ Aug 2025 #7
I favor wolves and horsewhipping mountain grammy Aug 2025 #8
Put him in stocks on the kacekwl Aug 2025 #32
Rick Wilson, as usual, has the right issue but the wrong damn answer, and typically a RW solution to democracy ancianita Aug 2025 #9
A-ha! 3825-87867 Aug 2025 #30
AHA! If you think ancianita Aug 2025 #37
My turn? 3825-87867 Aug 2025 #75
Of course. ancianita Aug 2025 #88
Dear fellow DUer: My daughter is an antivaxxer who thinks NotRFK is God's Gift. My grandkids are free of the evil vaxes Hekate Aug 2025 #40
I hear you. ancianita Aug 2025 #43
What do you think of Gov. Newsom's idea to fight gerrymandering with gerrymandering? Hekate Aug 2025 #47
I think he's one of our best governors. He shows great confidence in the people of CA to want equal representation. ancianita Aug 2025 #89
Trial by jury first sure... druidity33 Aug 2025 #76
Emotional manipulation isn't a good life strategy or a good governing strategy. But I hear ya. ancianita Aug 2025 #90
I am 100% in agreement, especially the last sentence of your post. Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 2025 #57
I think he should be hung for what he's done to Bobby's name and legacy! slightlv Aug 2025 #66
Oh darn, you had to bring common sense to a fun party. RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #84
We haven't the luxury for these "parties" anymore. We've GOT to stay focused and not let ancianita Aug 2025 #91
Need some statisticians moondust Aug 2025 #11
You mean the statisticians who were fired by Trump/DOGE and govs like DeSantis? Hekate Aug 2025 #41
Good choice. moondust Aug 2025 #50
I would prefer what happened to Ramsey Bolton in the Game of Thrones. Ray Bruns Aug 2025 #13
For those who are unaware... Ilsa Aug 2025 #14
Sounds good to me. His cousin Caroline says when they were teens he owned raptors... Hekate Aug 2025 #42
He's a sociopath, easily. I suspect Ilsa Aug 2025 #71
I wouldn't be unhappy if he dropped where he stands Marthe48 Aug 2025 #16
The plague race gfarber Aug 2025 #17
How about PILLORYING so to fit these mid-evil science times?! Leeches, anyone?? nt Exp Aug 2025 #19
Diabolical plan and not just stupidity? Ksout Aug 2025 #20
RFK Jr. is a former personal injury trial lawyer, he's made million$ suing drug manufacturers for "faulty vaccines." sop Aug 2025 #24
Conflicts of interest mean nothing to trump. Klarkashton Aug 2025 #27
Morgan & Morgan? I knew they sounded sketchy RandomNumbers Aug 2025 #85
Kick SheltieLover Aug 2025 #28
So far from what we know NewEnglandAutumn Aug 2025 #35
I sure hope millions of folks don't have to find out the hard way Blue Owl Aug 2025 #38
truth Rick. What happened to Michael Schmidt? Haven't heard from him lately. Used to appear on MSNBC Evolve Dammit Aug 2025 #48
I'm kind of partial to having him drawn and quartered. bluescribbler Aug 2025 #53
I have a fondness for the French Solution Bohunk68 Aug 2025 #82
This is the type of language and passion that all lawmakers should be using to save lives and save science. Doodley Aug 2025 #55
Considering who he works for, I'm thinkin' concrete galoshes would be appropriate JHB Aug 2025 #56
They are all for it, because they don't actually think it will happen to them. Linda ladeewolf Aug 2025 #60
I read somewhere today where trump is pushing to get the slightlv Aug 2025 #67
Good. Keep this at the forefront of the news. This regime needs to be forced to explain why the fuck they're trying Karasu Aug 2025 #59
Quite simply, they are Nazis DSandra Aug 2025 #81
There are a LOT of 'sons of bitches' who are candidates for a local tree... Jack Valentino Aug 2025 #69
I'm thinking along the lines of B.See Aug 2025 #93
Millions of people around the world will die ecstatic Aug 2025 #94
RFK Jr, serial killer Heftylefty Sep 2025 #95
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