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misanthrope

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7. Loved this quote:

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 01:50 PM

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"Trump at some level knows he’s failing politically, cognitively and physically and wants to take it all down with him, the way that ancient rulers were buried with their slaughtered horses and servants."

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The United States is destroying itself. -Rebecca Solnit [View all] CousinIT Sunday OP

The traitor and his party took advantage of an antiquated, ossified document that never got updated. dalton99a Sunday #1

Decades of effort got us to this point. A slow poisoning of the target. Blue_Adept Sunday #2

+1. We're probably at the apex of the evolution of the modern Republican Party dalton99a Sunday #3

Examples? Not Remotely At The Levels Of What Trump Has Done. ColoringFool Sunday #4

Oh there was a LOT of groundwork set down for drumph Nittersing Sunday #6

A job WELL DONE by Trump and company usonian Sunday #5

Loved this quote: misanthrope Sunday #7

One can decry the antidemocratic nature of the EC and various voting laws and gerrymandering, RockRaven Sunday #8

And it has been devastating to watch. yellow dahlia Sunday #9

Much easier to destroy than to rebuild Martin Eden Monday #10

Has been since the late 70s SocialDemocrat61 Monday #11