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Hugin

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4. I would say this is the judgement call any person needs to make...

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 02:06 PM

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“The epoch-defining judgment call western governments thus have to make isn’t about the US under Trump, but about whether the US itself is lost to us, for a generation or more.”

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I would say this is the judgement call any person needs to make... Hugin Sunday #4

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