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CrispyQ

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3. This may backfire. It could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Wed Oct 22, 2025, 12:59 PM

Oct 2025

He's already pissed of a lot of groups, so this isn't going to help. The optics are terrible. The younger gen might not mind but I'll bet anyone over 40 is sick or pissed or both at seeing those photos.

BTW, is this a typo? I know they did a lot of damage, but almost $3 billion?

...the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. According to a report by the General Accounting Office, the January 6 assault resulted in property damage totaling $2.7 billion, a cost to be borne by American taxpayers.

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Borowitz Report Donald Trump, Demolition Man [View all] turbinetree Oct 2025 OP

This is not Borowitz's usual satire. It actually happened. Vinca Oct 2025 #1

Yeah he was not doing what he normally does..................he is just as pissed off as everyone else........... turbinetree Oct 2025 #2

This may backfire. It could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back. CrispyQ Oct 2025 #3

This a**hole doesn't realize that both FDR and Teddy Roosevelt went and got permission to improve turbinetree Oct 2025 #4

WOW ... this sounds so much like Robert Moses ... I wonder if they knew each other (seems likely) ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #5