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kpete

(72,898 posts)
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:30 AM Monday

This episode is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as president.

No one should lose sight of the fact that the National Guard was only in Washington, D.C. as part of an extended political messaging stunt. They are there because of a legal lacunae created by the district’s non-statehood and consequent lack of democratic sovereignty. The shooter (the man in custody is suspected of, but not proven to be, that person) is guilty of the attack and the carnage surrounding it. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This episode is the collateral damage of, downstream of, Trump abusing his powers as president.
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This episode is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as president. (Original Post) kpete Monday OP
I learned a word today underpants Monday #1
by Josh Marshall elleng Monday #2

underpants

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1. I learned a word today
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 09:41 AM
Monday

la·cu·na
/ləˈko͞onə/
noun
plural noun: lacunae
an unfilled space or interval; a gap.
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