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angrychair

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17. America the Beautiful

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 07:20 PM

20 hrs ago

Where our elders and disabled freeze to death in the streets and billionaires rape and eat our children.

I'm just full of optimism and hope for our country's future.

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Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police [View all] ificandream 22 hrs ago OP

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b 22 hrs ago #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #2

A bit more UpInArms 22 hrs ago #3

That's a miscommunication there. Igel 20 hrs ago #18

Just tragic UpInArms 19 hrs ago #19

+1 dalton99a 18 hrs ago #22

We would hope that dispatch would have called the caller back. LeftInTX 4 hrs ago #31

unbelievably sad Kali 22 hrs ago #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff 22 hrs ago #5

It appears son died first. She was then trapped in the car for quite some time. LisaL 20 hrs ago #11

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k 19 hrs ago #20

tragic Evolve Dammit 22 hrs ago #6

A kind and just society would not tolerate this. Borogove 21 hrs ago #7

So very sad. I suspect that if she was running the car Ilsa 21 hrs ago #8

I don't think they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. LisaL 21 hrs ago #10

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red 21 hrs ago #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles 20 hrs ago #13

But our billionaires are OK, right? Midnight Writer 20 hrs ago #12

Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy 20 hrs ago #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden 20 hrs ago #16

They had been living in the car for a year. surrealAmerican 20 hrs ago #15

America the Beautiful angrychair 20 hrs ago #17

" Their deaths were ruled weather-related" Javaman 18 hrs ago #21

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn 11 hrs ago #25

Oh, the call couldn't be traced. However, I wonder if dispatch called the caller back? LeftInTX 4 hrs ago #30

Meanwhile, $45 billion for ICE concentration camps, $10 billion for Trump's Board of Peace, etc. etc. dalton99a 18 hrs ago #23

Sometimes I hate this country. n/t Greybnk48 18 hrs ago #24

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven 11 hrs ago #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd 11 hrs ago #27

K&R jfz9580m 7 hrs ago #28

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #29

Terrible tragedy! electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #32