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26. Congratulations on 60,000

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 02:05 PM

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Yes this country is getting bizarrer and bizarrer by the day.

Colbert did a bit in his monologue this week looking back at George W. Bush. He turned his head towards the on-screen graphic and said “I never thought I’d say this but, I miss you”.

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I never imagined, 60,000 posts ago, that our country would be in so much trouble today. [View all] highplainsdem Thursday OP

Congrats on 60K! SheltieLover Thursday #1

Thanks, Sheltie! highplainsdem Thursday #9

Way to go 60,000K. applegrove Thursday #2

Thank you! And oh, how I love those smilies, especially the highplainsdem Thursday #10

Congrats!! dalton99a Thursday #3

Thanks! And yes, Confused and Nauseous would probably describe most of us these days. highplainsdem Thursday #11

Beautiful post! Thank you so much for writing and sharing! BoycottTwitter Thursday #4

Thanks! And yes, we definitely need a plan for recovering/repairing our democracy and society. highplainsdem Thursday #12

Congratulations on 60,000 posts! I've enjoyed livetohike Thursday #5

Thanks! I'm glad you liked the Oasis posts. That was a very significant tour for rock music. I saw so highplainsdem Yesterday #13

Congrats on a posting milestone! Moostache Thursday #6

Thank you! And I agree that Cameron did a great job warning of a possible AI dystopia. Fortunately highplainsdem Yesterday #15

Thank you! sheshe2 Thursday #7

Thanks, sheshe2! I nearly breezed past 60,000 yesterday without even noticing, since the tablet I use highplainsdem Yesterday #20

" But we WILL get there..." sheshe2 Yesterday #21

Remember the Bush/Cheney years? PJMcK Thursday #8

Oh, yes. And we thought they were a nightmare at the time. But we never imagined how much worse highplainsdem Yesterday #16

Congratulations 👏🎉 MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #14

Thanks! I'm hoping that someday - not too far off - we can all celebrate milestones on days when we're seeing highplainsdem Yesterday #17

I hope so too 🤞 MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #18

Wow! 60 K! Hugin Yesterday #19

Thanks, Hugin! highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #28

Congrats malaise Yesterday #22

Thank you, malaise! highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #29

The Bush Administration helped to lay the foundation for Trump DSandra Yesterday #23

In some ways, yes. But Trump and his enablers are both more irrational and more extreme, and adding highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #30

I saw one piece of really good news on the AI front jfz9580m Yesterday #24

I'd like to see all responsible for training LLMs illegally, on stolen intellectual property, prosecuted. highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #31

Well I definitely agree highplainsdem jfz9580m 17 hrs ago #38

This will be my last post for a long time jfz9580m 9 hrs ago #39

Congratulations on 60,000 posts LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #25

Thanks! I'll never come close to your contributions to DU, though. Over 175,000 posts, as of today. Wow! highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #32

Congratulations on 60,000 underpants Yesterday #26

Thanks, underpants! I missed that Colbert monologue, but I can understand him saying that - mindboggling highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #33

💐🍸⭐ quaint Yesterday #27

Thank you! That's so cute. And the cute rats partying there reminded me that one of the tech highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #35

If you had told me 15 years ago.. Initech 19 hrs ago #34

Trump and MAGA and the AI bros. Mustn't forget them...though you probably had at least some of highplainsdem 19 hrs ago #36

Don't forget the Saudis and Elon Musk, either. Initech 19 hrs ago #37

Goddamn every single person who voted for the crazy, maniacal, power hungry creep now in the White House Fla Dem 6 hrs ago #40