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slightlv

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11. This is why they've been getting regulation, piece by piece, since Nixon and Reagan.
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:20 PM
18 hrs ago

Republicans play the long term because they don't have to answer to the people. They only have to come up with culture clash words to distract their people. Democrats have always been too busy trying to mop up the messes from the prior Repuglican administration to act "right now" on any single issue. And it's come to bite us in the butt. R's just don't care. They hide behind the words "God will fix it." I say they hide behind the words because you can't prove to me that any R is religious enough to truly believe what he says.

We may have to let some of the R policies they fought so hard for... the ones that in particular hit MAGA... slip down the priority list in order to take up important items for own constituency... like reforming the SCOTUS, passing free and fair election reforms, reforming the IRS, expanding the social safety net to include Medicare for All and a real COLA for seniors... something beyond the $5 or $10 a month we've been seeing no matter what the percentage they say they're increasing it by. And my paramount concern is a Truth and Reconciliation Council, in the form of the Nuremberg Trials. And I'd like to see Jack lead the Council (if trump doesn't kill him first).... NOT political members.

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