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Bluetus

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18. :) "My name is Charlie. Anybody ready to bag this thing and get a beer?"
Sun Jan 18, 2026, 05:41 PM
4 hrs ago

But seriously, whenever I have served, it took at least an hour to decide on a foreman.

But back to my "sense of the street" comment. I am getting the feeling everywhere that people are getting really, really pissed with Trump, ICE, and the Republicans in general. I don't think the media is "reading the room" so to speak, and I don't think the pollsters are asking the right questions. The anger that is brewing is at a deeper level than individual issues. Pollsters have never had to probe into this kind of feeling. The political elites are still acting like this is basically the same business as usual since 1975.

I think we are deep into uncharted territory now. In my circle of friends, two people jump out. These are both really smart people, one a retired college processor and the other a small business owner with a PhD in physics. A year ago they were at least neutral to Trump if not leaning his way. The college professor is Jewish, and maybe he felt like Trump was going to do more for Israel than others had accomplished. And the PhD is a big time libertarian who wants nothing to do with social programs -- everybody should bring their own bootstraps to the party, etc.

They both are extremely anti-Trump now -- more vocal about it than I am most days. This is just anecdotal, obviously, but in my entire circle of acquaintances, I can only think of 4 who are still solid with Trump/MAGA. The rest have either flipped or gone underground.

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