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3. I don't know if that is a good expenditure of political capital

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 04:18 PM

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I worry we'd be stuck we a "defund the police" sorta narrative again.

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When we win, [View all] mr715 4 hrs ago OP

Why not? Cirsium 2 hrs ago #1

I don't know if that is a good expenditure of political capital mr715 1 hr ago #3

Fear Cirsium 1 hr ago #9

No different than Nuremberg imo. Iwasthere 1 hr ago #2

Atone implies a heartfelt acceptance of punishment. mr715 1 hr ago #4

Add oversight, insist they obey the law, and apply actual consequences RandomNumbers 1 hr ago #5

They've gotten billions of dollars mr715 1 hr ago #6

Yes, I should have mentioned that it probably needs to be downsized RandomNumbers 1 hr ago #7

Send the terrorists to El Salvador dalton99a 1 hr ago #8