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BumRushDaShow

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14. Like I said - it was a Nixonian thing!

Reply to mdbl (Reply #10)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 11:06 AM

Sep 2025

That's why you heard references to the term "Saturday Night Massacre" attributed to what 45 has been doing.

Nixon's impoundment of funding for stuff that he didn't like, is also something that lead to the law that 45 is breaking right now. 2 peas in a pod!

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Understood. I a not arguing those points. mdbl Sep 2025 #10

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